Chapter 1303: Matou Town Party Secretary

That afternoon, Su Xinghui, Wei Pengfei, and Cheng Hongli walked around on the nearby mountains. Wei Bingsheng and another strong man accompanied them up the mountain. They said there were wild boars and leopards in the deep mountains, and they had to protect the guests.

Both of them were strong and sturdy, middle-aged men in their prime. Each held a spear, and a firewood knife was tucked into their waists. They watched the woods on both sides of the mountain road vigilantly. If any fierce beast rushed out, these two spears could still play a considerable role.

Wei Pengfei and Su Xinghui each held a firewood knife. Wei Pengfei had also grown up in the mountains since he was a child and was very handy with a firewood knife. Although Su Xinghui hadn't grown up in the mountains, he had learned kung fu at his uncle-in-law's house when he was a child and had also used a firewood knife to chop wood, so he was also no stranger to it.

At his uncle-in-law's house, chopping wood with a firewood knife was also a lesson to exercise eyesight and knife skills.

Su Xinghui paid attention to the branches above his head. He knew that in the mountains, there were often poisonous snakes on the branches. If one was not careful and was bitten by a poisonous snake, there would be a danger to life.

Although they were fully prepared, they didn't go too deep into the mountains, so they didn't encounter any fierce beasts, and didn't even see a muntjac or water deer. However, Su Xinghui saw a bamboo leaf green snake on a branch. Just as it was about to launch an attack, its head was chopped off by Su Xinghui with a quick firewood knife.

Wei Bingsheng stepped forward quickly and threw the body of the bamboo leaf green snake into a basket he was carrying on his back, saying, "This is a good thing, we can add a dish tonight."

He turned his head and said, "Town Head Su, I can't tell, your skills are very agile. If you were in our mountains, you would definitely be a good hunter."

Su Xinghui laughed, "I just happened to hit a dead mouse."

Wei Bingsheng said, "That's not right. I think this knife of yours is no worse than the best hunter in our mountains."

Su Xinghui smiled faintly and brushed it off, and everyone continued to walk forward.

This afternoon, they took a trip on the mountain. Wei Bingsheng had some gains. Besides that bamboo leaf green snake, he also caught two wild rabbits and picked a nest of wild eggs. He planned to take them all back to Wei Pengfei's house to entertain these rare guests.

Su Xinghui's gains were also not small. Although he had done his homework before coming to Changshan County and understood the situation in Changshan County, it was still not as good as seeing it on the spot.

When he was in Meng Hu Ling, he had run around on the mountains with Rao Songnian, Luo Ping, and Huang Chuanyong, and had learned a lot about the plant and animal species on the mountains. In the mountains of Changshan County, he also saw many relatively rare species.

Now it was winter, and it got dark early. They went down the mountain at about five o'clock and ate dinner at Wei Pengfei's house. Wei Pengfei's mother had already prepared bedding for them. She let Wei Pengfei sleep with his younger brother, let Cheng Hongli sleep with Wei Pengfei's younger sister, and Su Xinghui slept in a room by himself.

Fortunately, it was a house built by themselves, with many rooms, so there was no worry about having no place to sleep.

Su Xinghui entered the room and saw that the bed was covered with brand-new bedding. He knew that this was probably the bedding prepared by the Wei family for Wei Pengfei's marriage. He was moved in his heart, but he didn't decline. He knew that what he needed to do now was to help the common people of Changshan County change this kind of life as soon as possible.

The next morning, at about ten o'clock, the Wei family ate. Like Meng Hu Ling before, they only ate two meals a day. This was also helpless; they were really too poor. Moreover, the three of them had to eat early, and after eating, they had to walk to the township to catch the shuttle bus.

The afternoon shuttle bus was the last one of the day. If they didn't catch it, they wouldn't be able to return to the county seat today, and Wei Pengfei and Cheng Hongli would be late tomorrow.

After eating, the three of them said goodbye to the people of Changshanchong Village, rushed to the township, and took the shuttle bus back to the county seat.

On Monday morning, the Changshan County Party Committee held a Standing Committee meeting. This Standing Committee meeting was specifically to discuss the arrangement of Su Xinghui.

Originally, according to the practice of Changshan County, the arrangement of cadres was generally after the Spring Festival. However, Su Xinghui's situation was special. He was a cadre sent by the city for exchange, and now that he had arrived, he had to be arranged immediately, so the County Party Committee temporarily held this Standing Committee meeting.

Actually, during this weekend, Ling Anguo had already communicated with Xue Xingyuan. The content of the communication was the arrangement of Su Xinghui. Originally, Xue Xingyuan wanted to arrange Su Xinghui to Shifan Township in the southeast corner of Changshan County to be a township Party secretary, but Ling Anguo firmly disagreed.

Shifan Township was the most remote township in Changshan County and also the township with the highest terrain in the whole county. The average altitude there exceeded one thousand meters, and it was more than fifty kilometers away from the Changshan County seat. This was still a straight-line distance. The whole road was a mountain road, and the actual distance was probably about one hundred kilometers. Returning to the county seat from Shifan Township took five or six hours.

If Su Xinghui were really placed in Shifan Township, even if Su Xinghui had great abilities, he wouldn't be able to finish the road from Yulin City to Shifan Township without three or five years. If the road wasn't finished, even if he had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't be able to develop Shifan Township.

To finish these more than one hundred kilometers of mountain road, I fear fifty or sixty million wouldn't be enough, and it would take at least three years or more. Would Su Xinghui be willing to build a road there? Ling Anguo was very skeptical about this. After three years, I fear Su Xinghui would also be transferred away.

Ling Anguo told Xue Xingyuan about Su Xinghui's willingness to build a road in Matou Town, and only then did Xue Xingyuan hesitate.

Xue Xingyuan wanted to put Su Xinghui in Shifan Township, firstly because he didn't like Su Xinghui, and Su Xinghui had offended him that day. Secondly, someone from above had greeted him, saying that Su Xinghui should be sent to the most remote and difficult place to exercise, which would be conducive to Su Xinghui's growth. Then Shifan Township was naturally the most suitable.

However, after Ling Anguo said this, Xue Xingyuan's thoughts wavered. If Su Xinghui could really help Changshan County build such a road, it would indeed have a huge effect on the development of Changshan County.

Although Xue Xingyuan was overbearing and self-willed, he also hoped to see Changshan County develop. Otherwise, he would be a County Party Committee secretary with no taste.

He asked Ling Anguo, "Did Su Xinghui really say that? Is he willing to help the county build a road?"

Ling Anguo nodded affirmatively, "Yes, he is willing to help the county build a road. However, if he is put in Shifan Township, then I wouldn't dare to be sure whether he is willing to build a road. It is too far from Yulin City."

Xue Xingyuan pondered that if Su Xinghui were put in Shifan Township, he certainly wouldn't be willing to build a road. Who would be willing to do this thankless task? In his view, Su Xinghui was transferred to Changshan County and would be transferred away in at most two or three years, and would not work in Changshan County for a long time. However, building this road would take more than three years. ===== CHAPTER 1305 =====