Chapter 439

At this time, Su Yang hadn't opened his mouth to make a promise to these children, and Xie Siyang, who couldn't hold back anymore, said, "It doesn't matter. As long as you want to go to school, Aunt can give you this guarantee. You go to school tomorrow, and I will pay your tuition."

"And not just the tuition for this semester, but all the tuition for your future schooling, and I will cover it all. As long as you study hard, it will be fine."

When she said this, her eyes were red. Obviously, in her world, she had never experienced such a thing. Liu Xiaodan and these children caused a psychological impact on her that exceeded her understanding of the world.

Gao Peixia pursed her lips and didn't speak. She knew that Xie Siyang had this economic strength, or that Xie Siyang's family also had this strength.

There were so many children in the village, and with her conditions, she could help these children pay the tuition for this semester, or pay for the next semester, but she couldn't afford to support these children's schooling with her current income.

After Liu Xiaodan and the other children heard this, they all gathered around Xie Siyang, "Is what you said true, Aunt?"

"Aunt, I have a potato here. I didn't come out to eat it for lunch today. I haven't eaten it yet, I'll give it to you to eat."

Liu Xiaodan took out a potato with worn skin and dust from her schoolbag and held it up to Xie Siyang with both hands. Perhaps to her, this was the best thing she could take out.

Xie Siyang didn't like potatoes, but she still accepted Liu Xiaodan's gift, "Fine, you guys register your names, and then you arrive at school on time tomorrow morning. We will go to your school to pay your tuition."

The children then jumped and went home. Perhaps they wanted to tell their parents this good news first.

Watching the backs of the children, Gao Peixia said angrily, "Didn't the county allocate education support funds? For children like this, shouldn't they be given subsidies or have their tuition waived? Where did this money go?"

Xie Siyang curled her lips, "Need to ask? It must have been embezzled by Cui Mingjiu and the others."

Su Yang said, "How about this: although we are specifically here to do poverty alleviation work, in fact, for us, this is also a part of poverty alleviation work. Solving their current poverty is treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Focusing on the education of the next generation actually has greater significance for poverty alleviation."

Xie Siyang said, "If the county gave them special funds, then this matter cannot just end like this. Let's apply for people from the Discipline Inspection Commission to check their accounts. Don't we have to check this group of people thoroughly?"

Su Yang smiled, "I think our cadre team needs people like you who dare to think, dare to do, and dare to fight, but at the same time, we must also consider whether this matter is feasible."

"I'll tell you the truth, this is a common phenomenon at the grassroots level. If you go to check now, they will have a hundred legitimate reasons to round out the accounts, so write down this account first, and when the time is right, we will settle it together."

"For such township leaders, don't make a move if you don't have to, but once you make a move, it must be thunderous. I think we shouldn't disturb their school either. Just give them the money, let them take it themselves, and pay it tomorrow morning. And don't talk about this when we go back to the township."

The reason Su Yang said this was because they were from the Poverty Alleviation Office. If they directly intervened in these tasks, it would inevitably give Cui Mingjiu a reason not to cooperate with their work.

Another thing is not to say hello. When the time is right, shake out all the things at once. Whether it is Lu Kai or Cui Mingjiu, they must pay the price for this.

Hearing Su Yang say this, Xie Siyang hurriedly caught up and gave each of these children 200 yuan, and gave Liu Xiaodan 50 more, telling her to buy something to eat.

And told them this was tuition, don't lose it, and hand it to the school tomorrow morning.

On the way back, Su Yang didn't say a word. In previous years, everyone was shouting about poverty alleviation, and everyone knew it was just shouting slogans, and no one took it seriously.

So much so that until now, Cui Mingjiu and the others still thought they were just here to shout slogans and didn't take it seriously at all. But only he knew clearly that if the situation in Xiushui Xiang couldn't be changed, and it continued like this, I'm afraid it would be finished.

Not having clothes to wear, not having enough food to eat, not being able to afford school—this can no longer be described as poverty.

At this moment, he felt that he had a heavy responsibility. On the one hand, he had to speed up the visits to each natural village. On the other hand, he should speed up the pace of Lu Kai's stepping down.

Of course, there is no difficulty in making Lu Kai step down. Originally, there were many problems in Xiushui Xiang. As long as all the problems were shaken out, Cui Mingjiu would definitely let Lu Kai come out to be the scapegoat, plus Lu Kai's own problems, his stepping down would be logical.

Now it is to give Cui Mingjiu and the others a chance to be self-righteous and amplify all the problems infinitely.

On Friday, Su Yang didn't go to the villages below to visit the situation as usual, but asked people to bring the relevant ledgers and rosters for poverty alleviation for the past two years. He wanted to check them one by one.

"Township Mayor Cui, did you really just give him the ledgers and rosters? And as far as I know, Wei Xiaohai hasn't finished them in the past two days, and there are still problems in some places. I guess they don't match up, right?" Deputy Party Committee Secretary Bai Yutang said from the side.

Cui Mingjiu didn't care at all, "It doesn't matter. If he can find problems, let him find as many as he can. What can he do to us then?"

"And I'm hoping he finds problems. If he doesn't find problems and doesn't make any trouble this time, that's fine. Otherwise, I want him to be unable to get off the stage on the spot. He thinks what kind of place this is? This is Xiushui Xiang, not the county government. Even if he has a backer, what's the use?"

Bai Yutang patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, my brain, look, I don't know what I'm thinking. We are connected to the city. If he cooperates in the township, that's fine. Otherwise, let him roll back to where he came from."

"That's right, he doesn't think about what Cui Brother relies on to stand tall as a township mayor for so long? Not only relying on the support of the brothers, but also having someone above."

"I estimate that this Su Yang only knows that our foundation below is relatively solid, and he can't do anything, so if he can pull something back for us, that would be the best. If he can't pull it back, then let him roll away."

"He didn't give Cui Brother face in front of so many people last time. If Cui Brother hadn't hinted at me not to do it at that time, I would have gone up and punched him twice in the face. Who gave him the courage to act like a big wolf in our township?" Discipline Committee Member Gao Haisheng also scolded angrily.

Cui Mingjiu said, "I estimate that Su Yang will soon see the problems from the roster, because he has been visiting for the past few days, and there will be situations that don't match. We will wait here, wait for him to come to us to find problems."

"Call the restaurant to send some wine and meat, and we will drink and wait for him here."