Chapter 1332

Su Xinghui said, "These are some friends I invited. Many of them are investors. Secretary Shi, you must work hard to perform well; perhaps you can keep the investors here."

Shi Lianxi was both surprised and happy. Secretary Su had only been here for a few days, and he had already invited so many investors. Just looking at these luxury cars proved that these investors were very powerful.

Su Xinghui then introduced the identities of these guests to Shi Lianxi, Shi Anlu, and other village cadres. After everyone exchanged pleasantries, Su Xinghui let the village cadres lead the guests around the village to see the situation here.

Shi Lianxi saw the villagers surrounding the motorcade, and some curious children standing beside the luxury cars, curiously wanting to reach out their little hands to touch them. He loudly scolded those children, telling them not to touch the cars. He also called out the names of several villagers, telling them to guard the motorcade and not let anyone touch these cars.

If they touched these cars and made them dirty, angered the investors, and made them leave, that would be a huge loss for the village.

With village and town cadres leading the way, Su Xinghui walked at the very back of the group with Lu Xiaoya. He quietly took Lu Xiaoya's hand. Lu Xiaoya was a bit shy, but seeing that everyone's eyes were looking forward, she let Su Xinghui hold her hand.

Su Xinghui asked, "Xiaoya, the journey was hard on you."

Lu Xiaoya said, "I'm fine. You working here, that's truly hard."

Su Xinghui said, "Then didn't you take leave today?"

Lu Xiaoya said, "I took two days of leave, plus the weekend, so I can stay here with you for four days."

Su Xinghui said, "Then I'll accompany you to have a good time here for these four days."

Lu Xiaoya said, "You don't need to specially accompany me. I'm very happy just being able to see you every day. I know your work is busy."

Su Xinghui felt a bit moved and also a bit apologetic. He said to Lu Xiaoya, "Xiaoya, my work is indeed quite busy right now. I've only been in office for three days, and I haven't even been able to finish running through the dozen or so villages in the town yet. The town's foundation is too weak, and the common people's lives are too difficult. I can't rest."

Lu Xiaoya turned her head to look at Xiuyan Village. She nodded and said, "Yes, it's too poor here. These houses are too dilapidated, and those children—it's winter now, and they're still wearing such thin and tattered clothes."

Su Xinghui said, "Many children here can't even afford to go to school. Most people have probably never left the county in their lives; the furthest place they've been is Changshan County town."

A look of unbearable pity appeared in Lu Xiaoya's eyes. She asked, "Then can we donate some clothes, books, and such things to them, and then donate some scholarships?"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course we can. I'll mobilize them to donate some supplies and funds in a while. But this isn't a long-term solution. The long-term solution is to develop the economy here and give them the ability to generate their own wealth."

Lu Xiaoya nodded, and her hand gripped Su Xinghui's hand tighter.

Xiuyan Village lived up to its name; the mountains were green and the waters clear, and the scenery was very beautiful. There were high mountain peaks, gentle slopes, dense jungles, craggy strange rocks, mysterious karst caves, clear mountain springs, and babbling brooks, making one's eyes dazzle.

And the leisurely Matou goats grazing on the slopes also made everyone very interested. These goats were different from ordinary goats; their appearance was very peculiar, and everyone was asking what this kind of goat was called.

Yu Ruizhi turned back and walked toward Su Xinghui, and Lu Xiaoya hurriedly pulled her hand away from Su Xinghui's. Yu Ruizhi walked to Su Xinghui's side and asked Su Xinghui, "Is this the Matou goat you were talking about?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "This is a high-quality breed of goat, which can be used for both meat and leather. Its hide is a very excellent raw material for making leather goods. If you open a leather factory here, you won't have to worry about raw materials."

Yu Ruizhi said, "Is the meat of this kind of goat delicious?"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course it's delicious. I've tasted it."

Yu Ruizhi said, "Then I want to buy one to take back and taste at noon."

Su Xinghui said, "Then I'll have someone buy one and send it back, and have them prepare it first."

Yu Ruizhi said, "You don't need to buy it; I'll buy it. You're all so poor here; I can't add to your burden."

Su Xinghui laughed and said, "Fine, that's righteous enough. Then you, the big boss, buy it."

Su Xinghui called over Shi Anlu. Right there on the slope halfway up the mountain, they chose a large goat weighing nearly a hundred jin and called over the goat herder. Yu Ruizhi handed him a thousand yuan, saying he wanted to buy this goat.

The goat herder counted the money and said that so much money was too much, it wouldn't take that much. Su Xinghui told him to take the money and then asked him to help prepare the goat. The goat herder agreed happily.

Yu Ruizhi let his driver, He Weidong, go down the mountain with the goat herder to slaughter the goat, and after slaughtering it, take the goat to the town government and have the restaurant prepare it.

After seeing Xiuyan Village, everyone went to Wangshan Village, and then to Baiyun Village and Hougou Village. Today they were driving, so their pace was relatively fast, and they didn't look at the later villages as carefully; they were just taking a quick look, so they saw them faster.

After seeing these villages, it was almost noon, so everyone returned to the town government to have lunch.

When they were in Baiyun Village, Li Bokun's eyes looked toward the Baiyunshan Quarry outside the car window, seeing a dead production line. Li Bokun's eyes were very complex.

Just as Li Bokun looked at the quarry, Ling Anguo also looked at Li Bokun, a mocking smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Returning to the town government, Yu Bo had already booked four tables of banquet at the Haozailai Restaurant, the only restaurant on the town street. The goat that He Weidong had sent back had also been prepared by the restaurant owner; half was roasted, and the other half was made into a hot pot.

These four tables of banquet were very sumptuous; Haozailai Restaurant had served almost all of its best stock, and the best local buckwheat liquor was also served on the tables.

Ma Sheng's eyes couldn't help but look at Su Xinghui. His eyes were a bit gloomy. He wanted to see: the new hospitality expense system you made me formulate—looking at the situation today, it's definitely going to greatly exceed the standard. Let's see if you report this table for reimbursement today. If you take the lead in violating the hospitality expense system, then I'll have something to say.

Everyone ate this meal very happily. They were deep in the mountains, and whether it was chicken, duck, fish, or meat, everything was very fresh, unpolluted, and didn't eat feed; it was much more delicious than those outside, and there were many mountain delicacies from deep in the mountains.

Things like shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, and bracken were not rare in the mountains, but they were indeed very delicious.

Especially the Matou goat; the mutton was fresh, tender, and delicious, and what was rare was that there was no gamey smell, making everyone praise it endlessly. They all said this was a good place.

After finishing the meal, Yu Ruizhi took out his wallet and let He Weidong go to settle the bill. This made Ma Sheng, who had been preparing to watch Su Xinghui make a fool of himself, suddenly dumbfounded. There were investors like this? Not only did they come to invest, but they also paid for the meal themselves? He had heard that local governments had to serve investors like grandfathers. How could the investors Su Xinghui found be like this?

Ma Sheng was stunned, and Su Xinghui saw this scene as if it were a matter of course. But Ling Anguo couldn't sit still. He stopped He Weidong and said to Yu Ruizhi, "President Yu, how can this be? You are guests when you come; how can we let you settle the bill? Ma Sheng, you have someone go settle the bill."

Ma Sheng hurriedly stood up, preparing to have someone go settle the bill. Yu Ruizhi said, "County Magistrate Ling, don't be so polite. Su Xinghui and I are buddies; what does settling a bill count for? Weidong, go quickly."

He Weidong then walked quickly to the front and settled the bill with the landlady.