After Sun Hong and the inspection team got in the car and left, Director Yu of the county party committee stood up.

Look at the students behind you.

Director Yu asked, "Are you all full?"

A little boy with a dark face wiped his mouth with a look of unsatisfied feeling, like a little adult: "That's about it. It would be nice if we could have a meal every now and then."

“Hehe….haha…”

This whimsical remark immediately caused all the students in the room to burst into laughter.

Director Yu's face was filled with annoyance: "In just this one meal, you've already eaten up all our savings. You still want to have a meal every now and then? You're just dreaming."

"Okay, now that we've finished eating, let's take it back quickly. Teacher Li, please take all the students back and be careful on the road." Director Yu said.

"Okay, Director." Teacher Li also enjoyed the meal very much. He hurriedly stood up and greeted the students: "Students, bring your instruments and line up outside. Hurry!"

After the students left, Director Yu walked towards the cashier with a grim expression.

"I'm wondering what's wrong with you. Didn't I tell you to just pick out cheap dishes for the students so they can eat their fill? But you're the opposite. You're serving expensive dishes and even soda. We're only drinking tea."

"You're really taking advantage of us and ripping us off."

"I don't care. You have to give me a discount for this meal. I'll write you a note and pay you next month!"

Director Yu spoke like a machine gun, firing a barrage of words at the hotel manager behind the counter.

It was not until this time that the cashier who had taken the hundred yuan from Lu Ye opened the drawer, took out the banknotes, and handed them to the hotel manager.

The manager took the money and said with a smile, "Director Yu, the leader you are entertaining is really particular. Look, he has already paid the bill. You said, he asked us to pick out the best dishes for the students, so we can't disobey him."

"What the hell?" Director Yu was a little confused by the hotel manager's words.

Many leaders come to their Mulan County every year, and their county government always spends money to entertain them. However, this is the first time he has seen a group of people like this who settled the bill quietly.

"They have already settled the bill, so you don't need to pay it anymore, and you don't need to write us an IOU." The manager said with a smile.

"Yes, it was that young man who asked the students to come in for dinner. He paid the bill secretly and asked us to wait until they left. He was also the one who asked us to serve the soda," said the cashier.

"Oh my god, this is ridiculous."

After hearing these words, Director Yu's face felt hot.

He had previously said that others were being high-profile, and now Director Yu felt very regretful.

After getting off the national highway, the country roads in Mulan are even more rugged and difficult to travel.

There is a small pothole every three steps and a big pothole every five steps. The road is completely muddy.

During the 20-kilometer journey, the minibus drove at a terrifyingly low speed of 20 to 30 kilometers per hour.

Lu Ye was sitting in the car and even saw some 28-inch bicycles whizzing past his window, which was much faster than their minibus.

"County Magistrate Sun, this road in our county hasn't been repaired in how many years? It's too difficult to travel on it." Lu Ye was feeling uncomfortable from the bumpy ride and said to Sun Hong who was sitting in front of him.

Faced with Lu Ye's question, Sun Hong also sighed.

"The road we're walking on now was built in the 50s. After all these years, there's still no money to rebuild it."

"It's because of this broken road that it turns into a muddy pond when it rains. Even cars can't go through, people can't get in, and things can't be transported out. This is how poverty continues for generations."

"In order to build this road, our county submits reports and applications to the city every year, but the city always says: 'There's no money.'"

"Our county has been labeled as a poor county in the province every year. It's so shameful!" Sun Hong also took the opportunity to complain directly.

Seeing Sun Hong saying these things again, Wang Guodong was worried that he was always crying poor and scaring away Hong Kong businessmen.

He quickly interrupted him: "County Magistrate Sun, please be mindful of the impact."

But for Sun Hong, it doesn't matter what the impact is. As long as he can create economic value for their county, he doesn't care about his face.

Ignore Director Wang's words.

Sun Hong turned back, looked at Lu Ye, and continued:

"In fact, our county government has calculated that this road is 23 kilometers long, running almost through the entire county, and can directly and indirectly connect 28 administrative villages. If we want to renovate this road into a cement road, including cement, sand, gravel and all labor, the total cost will not exceed 360 million yuan."

Lu Ye had never expected that when he asked how long the road had not been repaired, County Magistrate Sun would actually talk to him endlessly and even told him the cost of road construction.

It's as if he can come up with the money to build roads.

Su Mengyao, who was sitting next to Lu Ye, saw this scene and smiled secretly.

Lu Ye might take out 300 yuan without hesitation, but more than 300 million yuan would mean that even if he emptied all his assets, he would not be able to make up a single cent.

Sun Hong starts complaining as soon as he gets the topic started.

Lu Ye shut his mouth in disappointment and didn't dare to say anything more, for fear that the other party would say something else.

Without responding, Lu Ye withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the scenery outside the car.

I have to say, the scenery here is really nice.

Especially the green hills in the distance, stretching in an orderly manner and lush and green, are very beautiful.

After nearly an hour's drive, the minibus finally arrived at their destination, Tieshan Village.

Tieshan Village is located in the northern part of Mulan County and is an administrative village within the farm planning area.

The village is not big, with only about a hundred households in total, all of whom are farmers who have been farming here for generations.

There is not a single brick house in the entire village. All of them are made of adobe. Many houses don’t even have tiles on their roofs, but are made of thatch.

Before entering the village, Lu Ye smelled a familiar smell, which was the unique smell of smoke produced by burning rice straw in the countryside.

"Mr. Shu, we're here. Starting from the road behind us, the area to the north belongs to the farm planning area." When they arrived here, Wang Guodong introduced to Shu Tianqi.

Shu Tianqi forced himself to get out of the car.

If he had known that this journey would be so difficult, he probably would not have come at all.

"We're finally here." Shu Wen helped Shu Tianqi get out of the car together.

Everyone got off the bus. In the car behind, there were two other people who suffered from motion sickness like Shu Tianqi. They all got off the bus with the help of their companions.

Lu Ye and Su Mengyao got out of the car and looked around at the surrounding environment.

This village is the same as many villages outside, except that it is more dilapidated. There are many local villagers on the village road, wearing patched clothes, watching them from afar.

The children were all skinny, and some of the younger boys didn't even have any clothes on, their butts were bare and covered in mud.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like