Chapter 1445: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1445: Have You Fallen for Me?

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.

Just as dawn broke, the entire Wang family got up, preparing to leave Mountain Gully Village.

Because today was Monday, Du Xiaojuan, Wang Erhai, Wang Xiaohua, and the others all had to return to work.

After packing up, Wang Dashan drove, carrying Du Xiaojuan, Li Xiulan, Wang Dujin, and Kang Yi, and set off for Guangzhou.

Meanwhile, Wang Erhai drove Zhang Yueran, Zhang Dehou, Ji Xiaolan, and Wang Xiaohua, and they set off together.

Wang Erhai first dropped Wang Xiaohua at the Shangang Town government, then headed for the County Town.

This brief family gathering came to an end just like that.

The grave relocation didn't work out, but the trip wasn't in vain either; at least the three brothers got together.

Wang Xiaohua arrived at the office early and handled the documents left unfinished from last week; the other grassroots cadres from the Rural Revitalization Office arrived one after another.

Today is Monday, and a meeting is scheduled as per routine.

So everyone has to come over.

What Wang Xiaohua didn't expect was that the earliest to arrive was actually Liu Yumeng.

"Yo, Wang Xiaohua, I thought I'd be the first one here, didn't expect you to be even earlier than me!"

Seeing Wang Xiaohua, Liu Yumeng greeted him with a smile on her face; Wang Xiaohua only smiled faintly in response, not saying a word.

Seeing Wang Xiaohua processing some documents, Liu Yumeng spoke again:

"Just a grassroots cadre, a monthly salary of just over two thousand yuan, why are you working yourself to death like this?"

Wang Xiaohua was speechless inside at Liu Yumeng's slightly mocking words, but still maintained a polite smile and replied:

"Am I not doing this for your sake? If I don't process these documents, they'll be left for you to handle."

Liu Yumeng laughed:

"Didn't expect you to be so thoughtful towards me; tell me honestly, have you fallen for me?"

"Pfft..." Wang Xiaohua choked: "So I have to leave extra work for you to avoid your misunderstanding? If that's really the case, then from today on, I'll have to double your workload!"

"No!" Liu Yumeng hurriedly said, "I was wrong, you mustn't double my workload; the current workload is just right, not too much, not too little; more and I won't cope, less and I'll be too bored."

The other people in the office arrived one after another.

Wang Chang, Dong Dongdong, Huang Meiling, Lin Aijun, Zhao Xiaohui.

Seeing all members present, Wang Xiaohua didn't waste words and started the morning meeting directly.

"Wang Chang, you start; report on last week's work!"

Wang Chang reported immediately:

"Director Wang, last week's poverty alleviation work at the Changjiang Village Committee was as follows: the Rural Cafeteria is operating steadily, the low-intelligence poverty-stricken households come for lunch every day, last week's food ingredient purchasing list and receipts are right here! Out of 59 poor households, 48 were visited, 3 show a trend of shaking off poverty, 9 monitored households, all have been revisited and monitored, 23 marginal households, 15 visited, that 1 household that might fall into poverty has now found a contact person, so for the moment it shouldn't fall into poverty!"

Wang Chang reported work without needing to look at financial statements; all kinds of data were at his fingertips, rolling off his tongue.

Wang Xiaohua was very satisfied with his state and couldn't help but nod slowly:

"Very good; for poor households, we must find ways to mobilize them onto the path of shaking off poverty; for marginal households, we must stay vigilant, and at the first sign of falling into poverty, follow up promptly!"

Wang Chang nodded.

Wang Xiaohua turned to Dong Dongdong and said:

"Dong Dongdong, how was your work last week?"

Dong Dongdong reported just like Wang Chang, first explaining the Rural Cafeteria situation, then reporting the various data on poor households.

"Director Wang, last week's poverty alleviation work at the Sanlian Village Committee was as follows: the Rural Cafeteria is advancing steadily, the low-intelligence poverty-stricken households come for lunch every day, this is last week's food ingredient purchasing list and receipts! Out of 69 poor households at Sanlian Village Committee, I visited all of them, 5 show a trend of shaking off poverty, 6 monitored households, all have been revisited and monitored, 19 marginal households, 10 visited, all 10 currently show no signs of falling into poverty!"

Wang Xiaohua nodded, then had Huang Meiling, Zhao Xiaohui, and Lin Aijun report in turn.

Wang Xiaohua committed all the data they spoke of to memory, especially those marginal households showing signs of falling into poverty, for which he kept an extra watchful eye.

After they finished reporting, Wang Xiaohua adjourned the meeting.

As for Liu Yumeng, he didn't have her report on work.

Liu Yumeng stays in the Town Government office almost every day, processing only some optional documents that Wang Xiaohua has screened, so there's really nothing to report.

Wang Xiaohua also didn't want Liu Yumeng to embarrass herself during the work report; after all, her job has nothing much to say about, and saying it out loud would only give the other colleagues various ideas.

So he simply didn't have her report.

But after the meeting adjourned, Liu Yumeng became depressed:

"Wang Xiaohua, are you giving me differential treatment?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua's heart skipped a beat, his face full of surprise:

"Why would you think that?"

Liu Yumeng said:

"You let the other colleagues report, but uniquely didn't let me report; if that's not differential treatment, what is?"

Wang Xiaohua gave a dry laugh:

"Alright then, starting next week you'll report too."

But Liu Yumeng said:

"But my work has nothing to report."

Wang Xiaohua was speechless:

"You know that and you still ask?"

Liu Yumeng said:

"But you let them all report, yet won't let me report, which indeed easily causes misunderstandings."

Xiao Hua was even more speechless:

"If there's a misunderstanding, it's that others mistakenly think I'm shielding you, not isolating you. In this department, how many people want to sit in the office and enjoy the air conditioner but can't? And you, this young miss, as soon as you arrive, you get to enjoy the air conditioner!"

Liu Yumeng then said again:

"That's not good either. I want to stand on equal footing with my other colleagues. I certainly don't want them all to mistakenly think I'm a connection household."

Xiao Hua laughed in speechlessness. Most importantly, did they need to "mistakenly think"?

Wasn't it obvious?

In this Shangang Town Government, who doesn't know that she, Liu Yumeng, is a connection household? Who doesn't know she has background and backing in the County Town? Who doesn't know Liu Yumeng's uncle is the Police Station Chief of the Shangang Town Police Station?

"Miss Liu, then how exactly do you want things to be?"

Liu Yumeng said:

"I want you to help me find a balance point here, so I can integrate into this small collective of the Poverty Alleviation Office and not be watched with strange eyes. You're so clever; you'll definitely find this balance point, right?"

Xiao Hua said:

"Then starting today, follow me every day to visit poor households."

Liu Yumeng said: "I'm afraid of the dogs in the Village!"

Then she added in puzzlement:

"Besides, aren't those people under you visiting every day anyway? Why would you, the Director of the Poverty Alleviation Office, need to visit again? Isn't that redundant?"

Xiao Hua said:

"They visit at fixed times and locations according to a plan; I conduct random spot-check visits. How can they be the same? Believe it or not, if I don't conduct random spot-check visits, over time they will start to slack off, even deceive their superiors and hide the truth from their subordinates. By then, I won't be able to grasp the true information of the poor households."

Liu Yumeng said with an indifferent expression:

"What does that matter? It doesn't affect your promotion as a Top Scorer, and if they do that, the data on your account might look even better, which would be even more favorable for your promotion."

Xiao Hua's mouth twitched; words don't match when there's no common ground.

He and Liu Yumeng were not people of the same world; when the Arrive differs, one does not plot together.

So Xiao Hua didn't want to waste his breath anymore:

"Process the documents here. The documents to be processed today are all on your desk. It's not early; I have to go down to the countryside. Goodbye."