Chapter 2184

Premier Nan said solemnly, "You cannot say that. You are not our burden. Since the founding of the country, it is precisely because of your hard work and dedication that our country can be built into what it is today. It can be said that it is you who have raised the more than one billion people of the whole country!"

Hearing Premier Nan's such high evaluation of the farmers, they couldn't help but become excited again. The old farmer surnamed Chen began to wipe away tears again.

Premier Nan said, "I hope you can actively carry out production and self-rescue under the leadership of the county cadres to try to make up for the losses. However, the Party Central Committee will not forget you either. Very soon, condolence money will be issued. After the flood control ends this year, the Party Central Committee will also issue relief funds according to your specific situation. Please rest assured, everyone!"

Premier Nan's words made everyone overjoyed. Such a high-ranking official as Premier Nan must have words that carry weight, and he said it in front of so many people, so it was even more impossible for it to be fake.

The old farmer surnamed Chen nodded and said, "Okay, Premier, we will definitely work hard."

Premier Nan got up and said, "Then take me to the village to have a look."

The old farmers got up and led Premier Nan and his group to the village. The disaster situation in Jingbao Village was indeed still very severe. There were quite a few houses that had collapsed after being soaked by the flood. Premier Nan looked at this scene and frowned tightly.

Premier Nan asked about the specific disaster situation in the village, and the village cadres who rushed over upon hearing the news introduced the situation to him.

Premier Nan said, "With so many houses collapsed, are there any casualties?"

The village director said, "County Magistrate Su had us move the masses in these dangerous houses to safe places in advance, so there were no casualties."

Premier Nan looked at Su Xinghui again with great surprise. The deeper he came into contact with Su Xinghui, the more he felt that Su Xinghui was a talent. He had too many precious qualities. For such a young county magistrate to have such meticulous thoughts was truly rare.

A ruler must not only have ability but also needs such comprehensive and detailed thoughts. The ability Su Xinghui had shown now was already more than what a mere county magistrate could possess.

Premier Nan asked again, "Then where are these disaster-stricken masses living now? Is their life okay?"

The village director pointed to the west end of the village and said, "County Magistrate Su had dozens of tents transferred over. Now the disaster-stricken masses basically live in tents. The daily living supplies needed are sent by the county, and their life is still guaranteed."

Premier Nan looked in the direction the village director pointed. Sure enough, a patch of blue tents could be faintly seen there. He said, "Then let's go to the tents to have a look."

Walking to this tent area, led by the village director, Premier Nan entered a tent and saw an old woman leaning on a bed. The village director introduced that this old woman was a 'five-guarantee' household in the village, over eighty years old. Her house had been in disrepair for years and collapsed in this flood. She had no relatives, so she was now living alone in this tent.

Premier Nan walked up quickly, held the old woman's hand, and said, "Old sister, I represent the Party Central Committee to express condolences to you!"

The village director said loudly, "Auntie Zhang, this is Premier Nan of the Central Government. He is here to visit the disaster-stricken masses."

Auntie Zhang was over eighty and already had difficulty moving, and her ears were not very sharp either. She tilted her head to listen and said, "What? Little Five, what did you say?"

The village director's nickname was Little Five, but he was also a person in his forties or fifties. Being called by his nickname in public by Auntie Zhang, he couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed, but he still loudly repeated what he had just said twice.

Only then did Auntie Zhang understand. Although she couldn't understand many official titles, she knew what a Premier did. She had a natural sense of closeness to the title of Premier because there had been a good Premier before who was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

She held Premier Nan's hand tightly and said, "Premier, thank you! Thank you to the Party Central Committee for still remembering this old woman."

Premier Nan said a few more words to her. Although she couldn't hear clearly, looking at Premier Nan's expression, she could also know that Premier Nan was offering condolences to her. She nodded repeatedly to express her gratitude.

Premier Nan turned his head and asked, "Does anyone take care of the life of such an elderly person who has difficulty moving?"

The village director said, "There are people in the village specifically taking care of their lives. County Magistrate Su said that a welfare home will also be built in the township to take such elderly people to live in the welfare home, so their lives will be even more guaranteed."

Premier Nan looked at Su Xinghui with approval again. Su Xinghui always kept the suffering of the common people in his heart, not even forgetting such 'five-guarantee' households. This was a qualified leading cadre!

Premier Nan said goodbye to Auntie Zhang and then went to other tents to offer condolences to the disaster-stricken masses. After the condolences were finished, Premier Nan asked Su Xinghui, "The houses of the disaster-stricken masses have collapsed. When can the reconstruction work begin? It's fine now that the weather is hot, but it won't be good to live in tents for a long time when the weather gets cold."

Su Xinghui said, "The reconstruction work may have to wait until the flood season ends and the flood control and rescue work comes to an end before it can begin. Now we really can't spare any manpower, and there is a possibility of rain at any time."

Premier Nan nodded in understanding. Generally speaking, after such a major flood, the work of rebuilding homes had to wait until the flood season ended before it could begin. In addition to the two reasons Su Xinghui mentioned, it was also necessary to count the disaster situation of the disaster-stricken masses, determine the losses, and then report to the state to allocate disaster relief funds before the work of rebuilding homes could begin.

In fact, in addition to these reasons, Su Xinghui had another special reason, which was that after the flood control and disaster relief work this year ended, it was highly likely that 'returning farmland to the lake' would be implemented. By then, Jingbao Village would become a vast expanse of water, so there would be no need to build houses for the disaster-stricken masses whose houses had collapsed. Building houses now would be a complete waste.

After offering condolences to these disaster-stricken masses living in tents, it was already mealtime. The village director said very cleverly that the village had already prepared meals and invited the leaders to have a meal here. Premier Nan nodded with interest and said, "Okay, then we will have a meal here today."

The meals in the village were still quite rich. In addition to some local chickens, ducks, and vegetables in the village, the most abundant were actually canned foods, such as luncheon meat, douchi dace, canned oranges, canned yellow peaches, etc. These canned foods were disaster relief materials donated by Yu Ruizhi's charity foundation to the disaster-stricken masses.

During the heavy rain in the past period, various materials were relatively scarce, and these canned foods played a great role, allowing the villagers here to successfully get through that period. And the villagers also found these canned foods quite rare. After the heavy rain stopped, they treasured these canned foods and would not take them out to eat easily.

Today, Premier Nan came, and so many provincial and municipal leaders also came, so the villagers took out all these canned foods and opened them all for these distinguished guests to enjoy.

The villagers didn't know that the provincial and municipal leaders wouldn't look at this at all. They ate delicacies from mountains and seas every day, and they didn't like to eat this kind of canned food. The villagers enthusiastically urged them to eat these canned foods, making them all look embarrassed.

Premier Nan, however, was full of smiles. He took the lead in picking up a chopstick of luncheon meat, put it in his mouth, and ate it deliciously. In fact, his daily life was very simple. Not to mention this kind of canned food, even if it was a bowl of plain noodles, he would eat it deliciously. Plus, he had walked for so long today and was already hungry, so he ate every meal deliciously.

Ke Zhifang and Su Xinghui were not picky either; they ate everything and also ate deliciously. Seeing them eat deliciously, the villagers were very happy.

Seeing that Premier Nan was not picky, those provincial and municipal leaders who didn't like to eat canned food had to eat it too. Premier Nan ate it, and if they didn't eat it, were they more noble than Premier Nan? There was no such logic.

In this way, everyone had a rich lunch. However, some ate deliciously, and some pretended to eat deliciously. When Premier Nan put down his chopsticks, everyone put down their chopsticks.