Chapter 143: Sudden Rise

For the past two months, Wang Fang has been like an ant on a hot pot, anxious! She kept introducing objects to her precious son Chen Xu, from famous ladies to small family girls, and saw nearly twenty girls before and after, but none of them could spark even a little bit of fire.

The bond between people is determined at first sight.

People who like at first sight are recognized by their souls.

Chen Xu has a feeling that in the dark, he has been waiting for someone, waiting for a glance for ten thousand years, a glance into the heart.

The first time I saw that girl, there was a very familiar feeling, a very strong sense of fate, as if the memory of the previous life was awakened.

Although it was just a glimpse, that pair of eyes that seemed to speak, full of self-confidence and charming unique temperament, couldn't say how good it was, but no one could replace it, and the heart was mixed, but the mouth couldn't show half a point.

There is no one else in the eyes, those so-called "famous ladies" who flock to it, simply cannot cause the slightest ripple in his heart.

Every time he went on a blind date, Chen Xu had an indifferent attitude. He felt very helpless about his mother's painstaking efforts and expectations. After all, love is not something you can find if you want to. He could only pray silently in his heart, hoping that the destined her would appear again...

Chen Deming was on official business and just returned home to start "enjoying" his wife's nagging, and couldn't help but say: "Marriage is destined by heaven, don't worry about it blindly. I don't believe my son can still be a bachelor?"

Wang Fang complained: "What have you managed about Xiao Xu's affairs since he was a child? Marriage is not a child's play. Do you know what your son is thinking?"

"Isn't it enough to let him see a few more girls? If you see more, there will always be someone you like."

"You don't understand Xiao Xu too much. He is a dead-headed person. He hasn't talked about love once in his twenties. He participated in a Tsinghua activity and was hooked by that Lu Yao. I have asked him to go on blind dates these days, but there is no progress."

Chen Deming didn't think so: "What's this? If you like it, let him chase it. Our family has no threshold, as long as the character is upright."

Wang Fang rolled her eyes at her husband and mocked: "You are beautiful, there is no threshold. Now it is the girl who has a 'threshold'. I have seen it several times. It is a good child, but she doesn't consider talking about love at all, she wants to focus on her studies!"

"Then wait until she graduates, what are you anxious about?"

"I think you are really used to being a hands-off shopkeeper and don't care about your son at all. What if she suddenly wants to talk about love and there happens to be someone around? What if she doesn't want to talk about love? Can your son afford to wait? Your Chen family doesn't plan to pass on the family line? Xiao Xu wants to resign and start a business, doesn't he have to cultivate his grandson to enter politics?"

Chen Deming got up and said: "What era is this? Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Your thinking needs to be well transformed!"

Although he didn't think so on his mouth, Chen Deming knew his son's temper and remembered this matter in his heart.

The first snow after winter fell, sprinkling, covering the Loess Plateau in a piece of white.

Baishu Bay ushered in an annual snow scene feast, and the whole township seemed to be covered by a layer of white and elegant silver.

The distant mountains seemed to be cast by magic, the pale yellow tone of weekdays had disappeared, replaced by a soft and quiet snow white.

In this cold winter day, hot mutton has become the best tonic food in people's hearts.

Baishu Bay's Dijiao mutton is fresh and juicy, tastes mellow, and is fragrant. Every winter, it will be sold out quickly.

And this year, with the continuous increase in publicity, the sales of more than 10,000 sheep are also very optimistic, plus the orders from provincial, municipal, and county governments, there is no need to worry about sales at all. Just this one item created an income of more than 20 million for the township's breeders, and after deducting costs, there was a pure income of more than 6 million.

Similarly, Baishu Bay's greenhouse vegetables had a bumper harvest. Winter vegetable prices can double compared to summer. Under the operation of the cooperative, 1,000 fruit and vegetable greenhouses became the "money tree" for villagers, making vegetable farmers happy.

On this cold winter day, December 15 became an exceptionally warm and exciting day—Baishu Bay Livestock Product Distribution Co., Ltd. grandly opened!

After more than half a year of careful

On the day of the opening ceremony, it could be said that guests gathered in clouds. County Party Committee Secretary Gao Yuanfei, Executive Deputy County Chief Yang Chuanbei, Deputy County Chief Mi Xuwen, as well as leading cadres at all levels from the County People's Congress and the CPPCC, and heads of relevant departments all came upon invitation to witness the historic moment of Baishu Bay together.

The atmosphere at the scene was exceptionally warm, with colorful flags fluttering and drums and gongs sounding. Everyone's faces were filled with joyful smiles, and they were full of infinite expectations for the future.

With the opening of the Baishu Bay Livestock Products Distribution Co., Ltd., it will surely inject new vitality into local sheep farming, push the animal husbandry industry to a new level, and at the same time fill the gap of zero industrial enterprises in Baishu Bay!

After the opening ceremony ended, before the county leaders could leave, they were "blocked" by Township Party Committee Secretary Lu Fan.

"Leaders, it's rare for you to come to our opening ceremony today. Why not take the opportunity to inspect the township's key project this year—the Baishu Bay Fishing Base?" Lu Fan invited enthusiastically. If units that hadn't done a damn thing could report their work in such a flowery way, how could he not show off the achievements of Baishu Bay?

Gao Yuanfei smiled and said, "Since we're already here, let's go take a look!" Once the "boss" gave the word, the other leaders naturally "followed."

Thus, the group followed Lu Fan to the Baishu Bay Fishing Base.

As soon as they entered the village entrance, a poplar forest appeared, lush and green with thick foliage.

Lu Fan introduced to the leaders: "The first phase of this fishing base has an investment of over 30 million yuan. The goal is to build it into the largest national first-class fishing competition base in the Northwest with the most advanced oxygenation equipment. The enterprise has already applied for a provincial-level carp breeding base and a provincial National Games mass leisure fishing sports base, laying the foundation for the whole town to develop characteristic aquaculture, build a fishing brand, and integrate cultural tourism industries. At present, the base has already taken initial shape, and we have reached a cooperation intention with the Provincial Fishing Association, planning to hold the first fishing competition after spring begins..."

Immediately following this, Lu Fan led the group to start visiting the various functional areas under construction. At every spot, he introduced in detail the design concepts, uses, and future development directions.

The leaders listened to Lu Fan's explanation while observing everything before them with great interest. They nodded in praise from time to time and occasionally put forward some constructive opinions and suggestions.

Seeing the fishing base that had already taken initial shape, the leaders were full of praise and gave Lu Fan's work a very high evaluation, unanimously agreeing that the fishing base was novel and had great potential and development prospects.

Gao Yuanfei encouraged him: "You've done a very good job! You must make persistent efforts and strive to build this base into a shining business card for our entire county!"

The county's year-end assessment was imminent, and just at this time, an exciting piece of news arrived: the Xiangyang Village Fruit and Vegetable Greenhouse Base was designated as an industrial observation point! This was the first time in ten years for Baishu Bay Township!

The news was like a spring breeze, instantly blowing through the entire township government.

Proud and joyful smiles bloomed on the faces of the cadres; they knew deep down that their hard work this year had not been in vain!

The selection of this observation point was not only a high recognition of the township government's work but also provided a rare display opportunity for Baishu Bay Township.

Since learning the news, the leaders in charge of the area and the cadres assigned to the village had been stationed in Xiangyang Village all day, going all out to prepare for various tasks.

Their busy figures shuttled between the fruit and vegetable greenhouses, meticulously planning every detail to ensure that the observation activity could proceed smoothly and achieve complete success.

It was foreseeable that in the near future, the County Party Committee Secretary, the County Head, and other county-level leaders would personally lead an observation group composed of secretaries from various townships and leaders of county-level departments to visit and inspect the site. It was very rare for cadres without a background to have such an opportunity to "show their faces."

The County Statistics Bureau's bulletin was released and issued to various townships and departments. What Lu Fan cared about most was resident income, as this was the most concrete indicator.

The per capita net income of rural residents in the whole county was 9,150 yuan, an increase of 13.7% over the previous year, while the per capita net income of Baishu Bay reached as high as 28,500 yuan, three times the per capita income of rural residents in the county, ranking first in the county!

In the indicator of fixed asset investment, Baishu Bay left others far behind, sitting firmly on the throne of the top spot with a huge investment of as much as 135 million yuan!

Based on these two pieces of data alone, Baishu Bay Township had the strong confidence to challenge for the top three in the county! With such eye-catching hard indicators, Lu Fan would also go all out to strive for the improvement of soft indicators such as party building, spiritual civilization construction, and health city creation.

For this year's annual target responsibility assessment, Lu Fan set a grand goal for Baishu Bay—to complete a magnificent leap from the last place in the county to the first! This was not an easy task, but Lu Fan was full of confidence.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was early January, and the county's target responsibility assessment officially began.

County Party Committee Secretary Gao Yuanfei personally led the observation group to the Baishu Bay Fruit and Vegetable Greenhouse Base.

Facing such an important moment, Lu Fan naturally dared not be the slightest bit negligent; he had long since made full preparations and stood ready, waiting for the arrival of the leaders.

After Gao Yuanfei and his party arrived, Lu Fan reported in detail to the observation group about the situation of the base and the current status and future planning of industrial development in Baishu Bay Township.

Subsequently, the leaders walked into the interior of the fruit and vegetable greenhouses, and a scene of vitality presented itself before their eyes: various fresh vegetables and fruits were growing gratifyingly, lush and green, making people feel happy to look at them.

Gao Yuanfei and the others observed these fruits and vegetables with great interest, asking questions from time to time about planting techniques, market sales, and other aspects.

For these questions, Lu Fan was able to answer them one by one with confidence and also shared some experiences and insights he had summarized in practice.

His report was both professional and detailed, winning rounds of applause from the leaders present.

This observation activity could be said to be a great success, and the members of the observation group gave a very high evaluation of the work of Baishu Bay Township.

In just one year, Lu Fan not only proved his ability but also gradually gained everyone's recognition and support.

And all of this was inseparable from his hard work and struggle in his daily life.