Chapter 1445

But this time, Xue Xingyuan came to Matou Town. This was a signal. Anyone in official circles with a little political sensitivity knew that this meant Xue Xingyuan's relationship with Su Xinghui had made some progress.

Although not many people knew why their relationship had made progress, this did not prevent various versions of rumors from spreading in Changshan County. Combined with the incident a few days ago where Xue Xingyuan made up his mind to shut down those non-compliant quarries, many people sensitively felt that the political situation in Changshan County was likely to undergo a relatively large change.

Xue Xingyuan came to Matou Town, and Su Xinghui and Ma Sheng led the town's leaders to welcome him. When Xue Xingyuan saw the current situation of Matou Town, although he had been mentally prepared, he was still very shocked.

In his impression, Matou Town was a poor and backward township, but the Matou Town presented before him now was a vibrant emerging town.

On the road from Changshan County to Matou Town, Xue Xingyuan saw patches of industrial land being planned. Some were undergoing "three connections and one leveling," and some had already started building factories. On the distant hillsides, the messy shrubs and weeds had been cleared away and planted with uniform pasture, which looked to have a strange aesthetic beauty.

Arriving in Matou Town, it was even more refreshing for Xue Xingyuan. Many new buildings were being built in Matou Town, and many new restaurants, inns, and shops had been opened. The flow of people was much greater than before, and the pedestrians all had happy smiles on their faces, smiles full of hope.

This left Xue Xingyuan stunned. Was this still the Matou Town in his impression?

Although Xue Xingyuan had heard many people talk about the new look of Matou Town, hearing is believing, but seeing is believing. Only by being there did he know what Matou Town had developed into.

The current Matou Town could be said to have developed better than the Chengguan Town of Changshan County, and by far.

After getting out of the car, Xue Xingyuan smiled at Su Xinghui and Ma Sheng, "Comrade Xinghui, Comrade Ma Sheng, you have done an excellent job."

Su Xinghui said, "This is mainly the result of Comrade Ma Sheng and other comrades in the town working very hard."

Ma Sheng said, "Secretary, you are too modest. Without you, we wouldn't be able to do anything even if we wanted to. These changes are all because of you; we are just running errands and doing the work."

Xue Xingyuan said, "You all have merit; you are all meritorious officials of our Changshan."

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Xue, let's go to the conference room to sit for a while, and we will report some of this year's work to you."

Xue Xingyuan waved his hand and said, "No need. Let's go directly to the villages below to take a look. Just report whatever there is on the spot."

Su Xinghui asked, "Then where shall we go first?"

Xue Xingyuan said, "Today my itinerary is handed over to you."

Su Xinghui nodded. He and other town leaders took Xue Xingyuan to Mayang Village first. This village's livestock cooperative was the most prosperous, and the slaughter base of Jiangcheng Meat Union was also built here, so it was appropriate to come here first.

Xue Xingyuan looked at the Mayang Village cooperative and the construction site of the Jiangcheng Meat Union slaughter base, and he couldn't stop praising them.

Next, they took Xue Xingyuan to several villages and successively looked at the construction site of the mineral water factory, the construction sites of several leather factories, and the construction site of the Changyu Highway. This series of construction sites in full swing made Xue Xingyuan very excited.

At noon, Xue Xingyuan also had a working meal in the canteen of the Matou Town government. Originally, Su Xinghui wanted to add a few dishes to make a banquet, but Xue Xingyuan said, "Comrade Xinghui, since your town has implemented a new entertainment expense system, I should abide by it and should not break the rules for me alone. Let's just have a working meal. County Magistrate Anguo also plans to implement your system in the county government in the future."

So, everyone accompanied Xue Xingyuan to have a working meal. After eating, Xue Xingyuan went to Su Xinghui's office and talked to him alone.

Xue Xingyuan's first sentence was, "Actually, the working meal is quite delicious. The meal I had today is the most I've eaten in these past few years."

Su Xinghui couldn't help but laugh. Indeed, Xue Xingyuan ate a lot today; he ate a portion of vegetables and had a second serving of rice, which was more than he ate at sumptuous banquets.

Su Xinghui said, "Maybe it's because our town's cook has good skills; his braised pork is especially good with rice."

Xue Xingyuan sighed, "I am a person who likes face. Usually, when receiving guests from the city, I like to make the banquet sumptuous. In fact, they are all local specialties, not too valuable. Some wild game—I didn't know they were protected animals; it was from you that I learned it. Later, I never let the reception center serve those wild game again."

Su Xinghui had also eaten with Xue Xingyuan and Ling Anguo later, and those times indeed no wild game was served. Su Xinghui knew that this was Xue Xingyuan's subtle apology to him. With his personality, being able to say this was already not easy.

Su Xinghui said, "Since Secretary Xue didn't know those were wild protected animals, it is understandable. However, I hope the county will strengthen the popularization of knowledge about animal protection among the masses in the future and strengthen their awareness of wild animal protection. Changshan County is a beautiful place. Such a beautiful place should also have a variety of wild animals living here, so that Changshan County will be more charming."

Xue Xingyuan nodded and said, "To be honest, we local cadres are all rough people without much learning, let alone knowing which animals are protected animals. After hearing you say it that time, I specifically went to the county library to find some books on this aspect to read, and then I knew that those few were protected animals. We are like this, let alone the common people. It is necessary to strengthen education."

Su Xinghui said, "I believe that with Secretary Xue's attention, the popularization of knowledge in this area will definitely be done well."

Xue Xingyuan said, "Comrade Xinghui, you have done a really excellent job in Matou Town. In terms of developing the economy, I am not as good as you, and no one in Changshan County can compare to you. I hope you will work hard in the future. The future of Changshan County depends on you."

Su Xinghui smiled, "Secretary Xue is overpraising."

Xue Xingyuan suddenly said, "Thank you for Junda's matter."

Su Xinghui didn't look surprised at all. He said, "Secretary Xue, no need to thank me. Comrade Xue Junda is a university graduate with strong ability and good character. He is exactly the talent our province urgently needs."

Seeing Su Xinghui not claiming credit at all, Xue Xingyuan looked at him with even more respect. He felt a bit strange in his heart: such an outstanding and humble young man—when he first came to Changshan, why did he find him so unpleasant? It seems that he was indeed a bit headstrong.

At the moment, Xue Xingyuan didn't dwell on this topic for too long. He chatted with Su Xinghui casually for a few more sentences and then went to rest for half an hour. In the afternoon, he went to look at Dafushan. That was one of the first scenic spots developed by the tourism development company, and it was also very worth seeing.

On this day, Xue Xingyuan didn't return to the county seat until after five o'clock in the afternoon, having enjoyed himself.

Xue Junda was officially transferred to the General Office of the Provincial Government and became a staff member of the Third Comprehensive Division of the General Office, which was a secretary. The director of the Third Comprehensive Division was Li Shanlin, the chief secretary of Lu Zhenghong. Xue Junda was under the direct leadership of Li Shanlin.

Xue Junda's rank was set at the deputy section level, which was another unexpected surprise for him. Although he had told Xue Xingyuan that he would rather have no rank at all if he could just transfer to the provincial capital, this didn't mean he really had no pursuit for his career. Now that he had transferred to such a good unit and his rank had also been promoted, it was impossible for him not to be happy.

Li Shanlin was very friendly to Xue Junda because Su Xinghui had specifically called him to ask him to take care of Xue Junda. Li Shanlin naturally wouldn't refuse such a small request from Su Xinghui. As soon as Xue Junda arrived at the General Office of the Provincial Government, Li Shanlin took the initiative to talk to him and taught him a lot of things, allowing Xue Junda to adapt to the work of the General Office as soon as possible.

After the brief surprise, Xue Junda also had some doubts. He wasn't considered very outstanding in the Yulin Municipal Government, and he had asked Xue Xingyuan countless times to help him transfer to the provincial capital—any unit would do—but Xue Xingyuan had never been able to do it. So why was he suddenly transferred to the General Office of the Provincial Government this time?

This puzzled him, but he had one advantage: he stopped thinking about things he couldn't figure out. He thought that he must work hard here, strive to adapt here as soon as possible, and gain a firm foothold here.

Three days after he transferred to the General Office of the Provincial Government, it was a weekend. Xue Xingyuan and his wife called Xue Junda and went to the home of his girlfriend, Xiao Lei, in Qingyang City to help him propose.

Xue Junda had already agreed with Xiao Lei to get their marriage certificate on May 4th, Youth Day, and then hold the wedding ceremony on July 1st. At that time, July 1st was still a day many young people chose to get married.

Xue Junda and Xiao Lei had already experienced a long love marathon, and they hoped to get married sooner.