Chapter 1378: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1378 Wang Xiaohua Gets Criticized

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"The government is good now, the Communist Party of China is truly good, they won't abandon us poor folks!"

Li Liangang's face revealed a simple, honest smile; he felt from the bottom of his heart that this was a good era.

He was easily satisfied.

Material things, money, and such — he didn't covet too much; enough to get by was fine.

If one had to name his only regret in this life, it was that his wife had run off.

So before Wang Xiaohua and Lin Aijun left, he still brought it up:

"My old woman, if you get any news, remember to tell me, tell her her son waits day and night for her to come back, a child cannot be without a mother."

Lin Aijun maintained a polite smile on her face:

"Old sir, rest assured, as soon as there's any news, we'll definitely inform you at the first opportunity!"

Li Liangang chuckled:

"Good, good, with your word, I can set my mind at ease!"

Actually, every time the Poverty Alleviation Office people came to see him, he would ask a sentence about his wife's whereabouts.

And the Poverty Alleviation Office people, every time, would perfunctorily tell him the government was helping him search.

But in reality, no one was helping him look at all.

Not finding her was actually to his benefit.

If they did find her, her family would come accuse him of trafficking women, and then he'd be finished.

The current outcome was already the best for Li Liangang.

Lin Aijun and Wang Xiaohua left Li Liangang's home and headed to the next poor household.

Walking on the road, Lin Aijun suddenly said to Wang Xiaohua:

"For someone like Li Liangang, you mustn't be too sympathetic; he got what he deserved!"

Wang Xiaohua nodded:

"Indeed he got what he deserved; no matter what, he shouldn't have gone and bought a woman back then."

Lin Aijun agreed completely:

"Exactly, to do something like buying a woman, not arresting him and throwing him in prison is already lenient, yet he still wants that woman to come back? He's dreaming!"

Lin Aijun added:

"Of course, don't expose him; that's the sliver of hope he lives on; if you tell him the truth, he might just collapse."

Wang Xiaohua smiled:

"So-called 'rarely confused' — perhaps it's just like this; for those who suffer too much, being awake is a kind of sin."

Lin Aijun, however, said:

"Nonsense! Being awake is never a sin at any time; only committing mistakes while awake is a sin! You think Li Liangang didn't know buying a wife was illegal back then? I'm telling you, he knew perfectly well in his heart! But he still did it; he looks honest on the surface, but he's not much different from Zhao Futian — for a wife, he'd do anything!"

Wang Xiaohua fell into thought.

Have to admit, Lin Aijun's words held a certain logic.

In terms of continuing the family line, Li Liangang buying a woman and Zhao Futian going to victimize someone's simple-minded daughter-in-law — the nature is indeed equally vile, the behavior equally base.

Thinking of Zhao Futian, and Zhao Congming's simple-minded wife Wang Aidi.

Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but say a sentence:

"The child Wang Aidi is carrying in her belly — couldn't it be Zhao Futian's seed?"

Lin Aijun couldn't help but freeze.

She looked at Wang Xiaohua in surprise.

"You know, you might just be right — there really is that possibility!"

Wang Xiaohua frowned:

"If it's Zhao Futian's seed, then what?"

Lin Aijun merely spread her hands:

"What else can be done? Cold shoulder it!"

Wang Xiaohua's brow furrowed even deeper:

"Just watch with open eyes and do nothing?"

Lin Aijun, however, said:

"It's not exactly watching with open eyes; it's turning a blind eye — knowing the truth but unable to puncture it. With Zhao Futian's deadbeat state, can he shoulder the responsibility? If you arrest him and send him to jail, think how happy he is to go home for Spring Festival; the Town Police Station people can't be bothered with this kind of thing either! Besides, Zhao Congming this fool — you want him to sue Zhao Futian, does he know how? He doesn't even know how to dial 110!"

Wang Xiaohua sighed.

At this moment he actually prayed the child in Wang Aidi's belly would die, miscarry.

Not because he was cruel.

Nor because he was cold-blooded.

But because if that child were born, it would absolutely be a catastrophic starting hand.

If the IQ also had issues, that would be fine.

Could live out a lifetime foolishly like a simpleton.

But if the IQ were normal, that would be troublesome.

From childhood he had to shoulder the burden of supporting the three fools at home.

Anyone with a slightly clear head would live in utter misery.

At this point Xiao Hua said:

"Why don't we report this upward and see how the leaders above instruct?"

Lin Aijun then said:

"If you want to report it, you report it; I'm not reporting it — just asking for trouble for myself! Might even get a tongue-lashing from Director Chen!"

Xiao Hua still felt it had to be reported.

He just feared that turning a blind eye and letting things slide would let Zhao Futian go further and further overboard.

If they didn't report it, and Zhao Futian stirred up something, responsibility would be pushed down layer by layer, and the ones who'd end up unlucky would definitely be him and Lin Aijun, these two grassroots cadres.

So he said:

"If you won't report it, then I'll report it."

So returning to the Changjiang Village Committee Office, Xiao Hua immediately wrote a detailed report to the Shangang Town Rural Revitalization Office, reporting the situation of Zhao Futian, Zhao Congming and others, and put forward suggestions: first, do a good job of prevention and appeasement work to avoid Zhao Futian going further and further out of line; second, after Wang Aidi gives birth, immediately do a paternity test on the child, establish responsibility; third, poverty alleviation must foster aspirations, cannot just hand out welfare to people like Zhao Futian, must establish a disciplinary mechanism to urge him to work hard.

As a result, after this report was submitted, Chen Yuancheng read it and was quite angry.

"This Xiao Hua, only been at the grassroots a few days and already writing these long-winded treatises? Truly lives up to being a bookworm! To put it nicely it's 'waving the whip to command the realm'; to put it bluntly it's pointing fingers — who doesn't know these things, but to implement them, where is it that easy!"

After reading the report, Chen Yuancheng immediately called Xiao Hua and told him to come to the Town Government.

Xiao Hua knew Chen Yuancheng would probably criticize him.

But he had long since made psychological preparation, and did not shrink back or change his resolve just because he was going to be criticized.

Sure enough!

"Xiao Hua, you're something — only been down at the grassroots doing poverty alleviation a few days and you've produced this long-winded treatise for me; you truly live up to being a cultured person!"

Chen Yuancheng spoke these words with sarcastic irony.

Xiao Hua was neither servile nor overbearing, face showing no fear:

"Director Chen, I merely reported the situation truthfully and expressed my own views; if you feel there's anything inappropriate, you can point it out — no need to communicate while carrying emotion like this; we all have the same goal, which is to do work for Shangang Town's poor households, striving to help them shake off poverty as soon as possible."

Chen Yuancheng said angrily:

"You think I don't want to help them shake off poverty? Mud like Zhao Futian — you think it's that easy to prop up on the wall? Do you know, if your report gets seen by superiors, how much extra workload it'll add to our Poverty Alleviation Office! You've invited credit for yourself, but afterwards everyone will have to run their legs off!"

Chen Yuancheng also said:

"Don't always think about claiming credit for yourself and ignore your colleagues' welfare; everyone's already exhausted enough — if there's something, communicate face to face, don't write any reports!"

Xiao Hua still wanted to explain:

"But work needs to leave a paper trail..."

Chen Yuancheng loudly interrupted:

"Is this how you leave a paper trail? You go back and reflect properly!"

Xiao Hua felt stifled.

He really couldn't understand why Chen Yuancheng held such hostility toward him.