Chapter 1312

On the mountain road along this way, there were many places where even bicycles couldn't be ridden. The two of them could only carry the bicycles and walk, and after walking through that difficult section of the road, they got on the bicycles and continued forward.

Matou Town had fourteen villages. Today they were walking north from the town government. There were eight villages north of the town government. Su Xinghui planned to run at least four villages today. These four villages were all to the northeast of the town government.

The village closest to the town government in the northeast was called Xiuyan Village, only three or four li away from the town government. However, even for such a short distance, the two of them spent over twenty minutes riding their bicycles to get there. As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Xiuyan Village, a torrential rain fell from the sky. The two of them pedaled hard for a few steps and rushed to the eaves of the village committee, hiding from the rain.

Yin Hualong said, "Secretary Su, we are in a mountain area here. This weather is like a child's face, changing as soon as it changes."

Su Xinghui had stayed in Meng Hu Ling Township, so of course he knew the climate characteristics of the mountain area. He laughed, "It seems our luck is not bad. If we had encountered it on the road, we would have been drenched like drowned rats."

Two people came out from the village committee, one was the village branch secretary of Xiuyan Village, Shi Lianxi, and the other was the village director, Shi Anlu. Both of them had gone to participate in the meeting to welcome Su Xinghui yesterday. As soon as they saw Su Xinghui, they hurriedly welcomed Su Xinghui into the village committee.

Shi Lianxi said, "Secretary Su, why did you come today? You didn't get drenched by the rain, did you?"

Su Xinghui laughed, "I wanted to look around the villages below today, so I came. But as soon as I arrived at your Xiuyan Village, I encountered rain. It seems your village doesn't welcome me?"

Although they knew Su Xinghui was joking, Shi Lianxi and Shi Anlu both hurriedly said, "How could that be? Secretary Su, you can come to our village, and all our villagers welcome you!"

Su Xinghui asked, "How many people are in your village?"

Shi Lianxi said, "Our village now has over three thousand people."

Su Xinghui laughed, "Then these three thousand people all welcome me?"

Shi Anlu said, "Welcome, welcome, definitely all welcome!"

After joking, Shi Lianxi and Shi Anlu let Su Xinghui sit down and poured him a cup of hot tea, "Secretary Su, did you get wet? Drink a cup of hot tea to warm up quickly. Do you want to take off your clothes and bake them on the stove at home?"

Su Xinghui said, "No need, I didn't get wet."

Su Xinghui walked to the door and looked at this village committee. This village committee room had three rooms, all tiled houses, which were considered the best buildings in the village. However, the age of these tiled houses was clearly already very long, appearing a bit dilapidated, and quite a bit of the wall skin on the walls in the room had fallen off.

He looked outside the door again. The houses of those villagers were even worse. Some were walls built of unburned earth bricks, some were walls piled up with block stones, and many house roofs were still covered with grass. These houses looked crooked and twisted, as if they would collapse if the wind blew. In this heavy rain, they appeared precarious.

Su Xinghui's mood was very heavy. He turned his head and asked, "Fang Zhishu Shi, Director Shi, with such heavy rain, won't those houses be collapsed by the rain?"

Shi Lianxi said, "It won't go as far as collapsing, but it's certain that the house will leak."

Su Xinghui said, "Then the village must take preventive measures. Accidents cannot happen."

Shi Anlu sighed, "The village has already tried its best to do it, but the village is too poor, and the heart is willing but the strength is lacking."

Su Xinghui knew that what Shi Anlu said was also the truth. However, he still said seriously, "No matter what, your work must be done more meticulously. If the rain falls too heavily and any accidents happen, you are responsible."

The faces of Shi Lianxi and Shi Anlu were both stern. Although Su Xinghui was chatting and laughing as soon as he entered the door, he was full of momentum when he put on a straight face. Only then did they remember that Su Xinghui was the town Party secretary, the number one person in the whole town. Moreover, his political achievements were placed there, and this was a formidable character.

They couldn't help but put away that slight contempt brought by Su Xinghui's youth, and nodded together, "Secretary, we know. We will definitely do the work more meticulously."

Su Xinghui looked at the outdoors again and said, "Check all the houses in the village as soon as possible. If there are any dangerous houses, organize manpower to rush to repair them as soon as possible. Report the results of the inspection to me as soon as possible."

Both of them nodded and agreed.

The rain in the mountains comes fast and goes fast. In about ten or twenty minutes, the clouds in the sky collected and the rain stopped. The sun came out and sprinkled sunlight on the earth again.

Su Xinghui went out to look at the hillsides around the village. Most of the hillsides around here grew shrubs.

The vegetation on the mountain was also very lush, so there was no fear of the danger of landslides. He felt slightly relieved.

On the hillside, quite a few mountain goats were leisurely eating grass, eating the branches and leaves of shrubs. This kind of mountain goat grew much taller than ordinary mountain goats, and they walked like horses. Su Xinghui asked, "Fang Zhishu Shi, Director Shi, is this kind of mountain goat the Matou goat?"

Shi Lianxi answered, "Yes, this is the specialty of our Matou Town. Many families in our village raise this kind of goat, and each family has to raise two or three."

Su Xinghui said, "How many Matou goats are there in the village in total now?"

Shi Lianxi said, "There are about over a thousand."

Su Xinghui asked, "Why not raise more?"

Shi Lianxi said, "Secretary, you don't know. This Matou goat is very precious. It doesn't eat anything but fresh grass and leaves, and doesn't drink anything but clean water. It's not easy for the mother goat to be pregnant with a lamb, and even if it produces a lamb, most of them are only one, and it's rare to produce two or three. The common people are anxious to sell them for money, and generally, small lambs are sold after growing for a year or two, so it's difficult to increase the quantity."

Su Xinghui nodded. This might be because the reproduction rate of Matou goats was relatively low. However, this problem could be consulted with Professor Rao Songnian, who was exactly an expert in this field. Su Xinghui planned to call Professor Rao Songnian after returning to ask him to help study the problem of expanding the population scale of Matou goats.

Su Xinghui asked, "I see that big goat is much taller than ordinary mountain goats."

Shi Lianxi said, "This Matou goat is indeed larger than ordinary mountain goats. A one-year-old goat can grow to forty or fifty jin, and the largest male goat that grows to two or three years or more can grow to one hundred and ten or one hundred and twenty jin, and the mother goat can also grow to about one hundred jin. It produces more meat, and after a goat is slaughtered, it can produce about half meat. This mutton tastes good and is nourishing. Secretary Su, you should also taste it today."

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "No need to taste mutton. I have already set the rule that when town cadres go down to the villages, they are not allowed to eat in the villages, and they must all return to the town government canteen to eat. However, I have really tasted this mutton. I tasted it when I was eating with my classmate at the People's Restaurant, and the taste is indeed quite good."

Shi Lianxi was shocked, "Secretary Su, you don't eat in the village?"

Su Xinghui laughed, "I have already set the rule. You can't let me take the lead in breaking the rule, right?"

Shi Lianxi and Shi Anlu looked at each other. Today Su Xinghui came, and they were still prepared to entertain Su Xinghui well today. Unexpectedly, Su Xinghui didn't eat in the village at all.

Su Xinghui said, "Alright, take me to the village to look around. I want to see some specific situations in the village."

Su Xinghui went to the village to look around and talked with many common people in the village, and he understood quite a few situations in the village. The life in this Xiuyan Village was indeed difficult. Su Xinghui's mood was very heavy. Developing the economy was imminent!

After seeing the situation in Xiuyan Village, the two of them went to the next village, Wangshan Village. The situation in this Wangshan Village was much the same as in Xiuyan Village, and the situation was about the same. After seeing Wangshan Village, it was already nearly eleven o'clock. Su Xinghui returned to the town government with Yin Hualong, ate in the town government canteen, rested for about half an hour, and then set off again.