Chapter 1019

The two looked at each other and smiled, clinked their glasses, and each took a sip.

Putting down the wine glass, Lu Xiaoya took a bite of food and asked, "I heard that you had a quarrel with our County Magistrate Tian today. Why? Do you dislike him very much?"

Su Xinghui said, "It's not a question of whether I dislike him or not, it's that he went too far today."

Lu Xiaoya said, "How did he go too far?"

Su Xinghui said, "He wants to introduce a steel plant to Pengjiawanzhen."

Lu Xiaoya was surprised, "Isn't this a good thing?"

Su Xinghui said, "What's good about it? This is a private steel plant, it's a long process and uses converter technology. In short, it's the kind that has particularly large environmental pollution. The larger the scale of such an enterprise, the more serious the pollution, and the greater the harm to Pengjiawanzhen. Moreover, this kind of backward production capacity will be gradually eliminated by the state in a few years."

Lu Xiaoya said, "No wonder. According to what you said, this steel plant cannot be introduced. You did the right thing! Come, I toast you, my great hero!"

Su Xinghui smiled and drank another cup with Lu Xiaoya, "I can't be called a hero, just a relatively clear-headed cadre."

Lu Xiaoya asked, "Then do you need me to do anything for you?"

Su Xinghui said, "You can help me do something. Aren't you working in the News Section of the Propaganda Department? Help me find more news reports about the harm of environmental pollution, especially news reports about the serious consequences caused by environmental pollution in developed countries, and publish more in the internal publications of our County Party Committee, so that our county leaders can also understand the seriousness of environmental pollution."

Lu Xiaoya nodded, "I know, I can help you handle this matter."

Su Xinghui said, "Thank you, my dear Comrade Lu Xiaoya, come, I toast you again!"

The two ate sweetly, walked out of Chaochao Restaurant, held hands, and strolled on the street. Today is not only Valentine's Day but also the Lantern Festival, so there are many more people on the streets of Pengjiawanzhen than usual, which is quite lively.

There is a saying in Shangjun County, called "the small year is the middle of the month," and another saying is, "the fire on the night of the 30th, the lights on the night of the 15th." These two sentences explain the importance of the Lantern Festival to Shangjun people. Today is the Lantern Festival, and the dragon lantern teams and colored dragon boats from various villages in Pengjiawanzhen have come to the streets to dance, and the common people from various villages have come to the streets to watch the lights.

Many common people bought lights at the stalls, let their children carry the lights, and wandered on the street. The children were so happy.

The town cultural station also organized a lantern riddle guessing activity. As long as the person who guessed correctly, there were small prizes. The prizes might be a pencil, a notebook, or a small flower lantern. The prizes were not valuable, but everyone was addicted to guessing. As long as someone guessed correctly, a burst of cheers would erupt in the crowd.

Su Xinghui looked at all this gratifiedly. Isn't he working so hard to see such a stable and peaceful situation?

Lu Xiaoya said to Su Xinghui, "Xinghui, shall we also go and guess some lantern riddles?"

Su Xinghui nodded, "Okay, but we just guess once each, and leave the others to them."

Su Xinghui is a master of guessing riddles. If he really wants to guess, so many lantern riddles are really not enough for him to guess, then today's lantern riddle activity will lose its due meaning.

Lu Xiaoya nodded, "Okay, I just want to guess correctly once and get a small flower lantern."

The two walked to the scene of guessing lantern riddles and looked at the lantern riddle strips hanging there. The staff of the cultural station at the scene saw Su Xinghui at once, and a staff member called out in surprise, "The Town Mayor is here."

The common people who were racking their brains to guess riddles around the lantern riddle strips turned to look at Su Xinghui when they heard it. Everyone called out affectionately, "The Town Mayor is here, Town Mayor, come quickly, no one can guess these lantern riddles."

Su Xinghui has traveled all over every village and every villager group in Pengjiawanzhen, and basically there are no common people who don't know him. Everyone respects and likes this town mayor who brings them a prosperous life from the bottom of their hearts.

Su Xinghui walked over and asked, "Why, are the lantern riddles produced this year difficult? Station Master Zhu, this won't work. You made the riddles so difficult, how can everyone guess them?"

The name of the station master of the cultural station, Zhu Shenwu, contains the word "Wu," but in fact, he is a thin, small, and gentle cultural person. He wears a wine bottle bottom glasses and laughs, "The lantern riddles this year are not difficult. They didn't use sentences from ancient books, they are all modern, and no riddle styles were added."

Su Xinghui was just joking with him. He also laughed, and then walked forward with Lu Xiaoya along the path cleared by everyone, looking at those lantern riddle strips.

Several common people said, "The Town Mayor is a cultural person, a great intellectual, guessing these lantern riddles must be no problem."

Lu Xiaoya took a fancy to a lantern riddle at a glance. She pointed to this lantern riddle and said, "I guessed it, the answer is Guatemala."

Everyone looked at that lantern riddle. The riddle was "Suspended cliff holding the reins," guessing a country name. Zhu Shenwu nodded with a smile, "Guessed correctly, what prize do you want?"

Lu Xiaoya pointed to a flower lantern and said, "I want that small flower lantern."

Zhu Shenwu picked up the lotus lantern pointed by Lu Xiaoya and handed it to her.

Some people among the common people suddenly realized, "Well, isn't the cliff 'dangerous'? Isn't holding the reins 'holding the horse'? It is indeed Guatemala."

Someone asked, "Where is Guatemala?"

For this country name, many people are too unfamiliar. Lu Xiaoya said, "This is a country in Central America."

The common people praised one after another, saying that the Town Mayor's girlfriend is also a cultural person, a great intellectual, which made Lu Xiaoya a little embarrassed.

A common person pointed to a lantern riddle and said, "Town Mayor, what do you think is the answer to this lantern riddle?"

Su Xinghui looked at that lantern riddle. The riddle was "Maple forest not yet dyed," also guessing a country name. Su Xinghui thought for a moment and said, "The answer is Bhutan."

Zhu Shenwu nodded with a smile, "Town Mayor answered correctly, what prize do you want?"

Su Xinghui pointed to another orchid lantern and said, "I want this lantern."

Zhu Shenwu handed him that lantern.

Someone asked, "Why is this Bhutan?"

Still others asked, "Where is Bhutan?"

Su Xinghui explained, "What color is the maple tree in late autumn?" ===== CHAPTER 1021 =====