[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-romantic-path-to-success":3,"chapter-the-romantic-path-to-success-the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-5":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Romantic Path to Success",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2145435,3567,"Chapter 5","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>Both of them were used to walking on mountain roads, so it only took them more than twenty minutes to travel two or three kilometers. Fortunately, the terrain of Meng Hu Ling was high, so the climate was cool. Although it was nearly August, the temperature here was not very high, and Su Xinghui only sweated a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yezhugou Village, just like its name, was located in a mountain valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The mountains were covered with dense forests and bamboo forests. There were many wild boars in the forest, which often ran into the valley to ruin the crops planted by the mountain people. Yezhugou was named after this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before liberation, it was said that there were tigers here, but after liberation, there were occasional incidents of tigers hurting livestock and people. To eliminate the tiger threat, the county government organized a tiger-hunting team and shot several tigers with guns. By now, tigers could no longer be seen. At that time, even many wild boars suffered, and wild boars became fewer and fewer, until now they have slowly recovered their population density.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu came to the village committee, which was a three-room bungalow, built better than most families in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Su Xinghui was also very familiar with this place. In his previous life, he had stayed in Meng Hu Ling for several years and had run through every village here. However, he still had to pretend to be here for the first time and honestly followed behind Chen Hongfu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten meters away from the village committee, Chen Hongfu shouted loudly, \"Fang Youcai, Fang Youcai!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged man ran out from the middle room in response. He was the village party secretary of Yezhugou Village, Fang Youcai. Behind him followed two people, Village Director Zhao Zhongfu and Village Accountant Gao Daping. Seeing Chen Hongfu, they quickly smiled and shouted, \"Secretary Chen is here, you came quite early, thank you for your hard work, come in and drink some water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three welcomed Chen Hongfu and Su Xinghui into the office. Fang Youcai asked, \"Secretary Chen, who is this young man?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu said, \"This is Little Su, Su Xinghui, who just came to the Party and Government Office of the township government. He is a graduate of Jiangcheng University. I specially brought him down to the village today to recognize the road.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Youcai clicked his tongue, \"Jiangcheng University, that's a top student. No wonder Secretary Chen had to bring him down personally. He will definitely have a bright future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Zhongfu and Gao Daping also praised Su Xinghui well. Su Xinghui also pretended to be seeing them for the first time and was humble for a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Chen Hongfu and Su Xinghui went in, Gao Daping scalded two enamel mugs with boiling water several times, then put two cups of cold boiled water for them from a large enamel tea bucket, and placed them in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu drank the mug of water in one gulp, and Su Xinghui also drank a mug of water in one breath. After walking such a long way, they were indeed thirsty. Gao Daping quickly took the two enamel mugs and poured them another cup each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu smiled, \"Why isn't Xia Lan here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Lan was the women's director here, less than thirty years old, just at the most mature time of her life. She was beautiful and had a spicy personality. Because she was already married with children and also in charge of family planning in the village, she could make some jokes that didn't care about the content. The leaders of the township government liked to have Xia Lan accompany them when they arrived in Yezhugou. Of course, it was mostly just joking around. If anyone really wanted to move their hands and feet, Xia Lan had the courage to take a knife and hack at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Youcai said, \"She was just here, it seems she went to the village to distribute family planning supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Family planning supplies were naturally free condoms. Some women of childbearing age were unwilling to be sterilized, so they had to be given these things for contraception. When distributing condoms, they also had to explain how to use them. This work really couldn't be done by someone who wasn't spicy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Fang Youcai's words, Chen Hongfu laughed, but didn't say anything. If it were normal times, he would have made a few dirty jokes. Now that Su Xinghui was present, it was not good for him to make such jokes. He said to Fang Youcai, \"Youcai, what is the matter that you called me to come yesterday? You said there was some good news.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it's good news.\" Fang Youcai pointed to Village Director Zhao Zhongfu and said, \"Zhongfu dug a hole next to his cornfield a few days ago. A wild boar fell into it yesterday and was beaten to death by us. There is wild boar meat to eat today, so I specially called you to eat wild boar meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu became interested, \"How big is the wild boar?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Zhongfu smiled honestly, \"About seventy or eighty jin, not too big.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Zhongfu was a young man in his early thirties who had been a soldier. His age was considered young among the village directors in the township.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu nodded, \"Seventy or eighty jin is the best, it can't be too big, if it's too big, the meat won't be delicious. But it's only nine o'clock now, if you had told me earlier, I would have come later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Youcai said, \"It doesn't matter, we still have some things to tell the secretary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu smiled while pointing at Fang Youcai, \"I knew you didn't have such good intentions, specially calling me over to eat wild boar meat. What's the matter, say it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Youcai looked at Gao Daping. Gao Daping said, \"It's like this, Secretary Chen, people in the village all say that this year's retention and coordination standards are too high, and they can't afford to pay! Do you think it can be reduced a little?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu's brows immediately wrinkled, \"Reduce? The township's expenses all depend on this bit of retention and coordination. If it's reduced, what will happen to these expenses? The teachers' salaries in the township school haven't been paid for several months, and the elementary school classrooms need to be repaired. Money is needed everywhere. You say how to reduce it? Your salaries also come from this. Maybe you are willing not to receive salaries?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Zhongfu said, \"Secretary Chen, we know that the township is not easy, but it is an objective fact that the retention and coordination standards are too high. Last year's retention and coordination were more than ten yuan per person, which was barely affordable. How many items were added this year? A school building renovation fee, twenty yuan more per person, plus water conservancy funds, agricultural and forestry special product taxes, education surcharges, military service surcharges, tobacco taxes, pensions for two-daughter households, etc., adding up to more than ten yuan. Now the average retention and coordination to be paid is more than fifty per person. Families with more people have to pay hundreds. You say how can they afford to pay? Our annual per capita cash income here is at most more than ten yuan. They can't afford to pay even if they sell all their food.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu's brows twisted into a \"chuan\" character. In fact, he knew that coming to Yezhugou today would definitely have some troublesome things, but he didn't expect things to be so troublesome. Reducing retention and coordination, how easy is it to talk about? The township's annual expenses, if relying on financial appropriations, were simply not enough, and basically had to rely on these retention and coordination. And this was a task assigned by the county. Was it something he could reduce just by saying so? Even if he had this power, he couldn't open this opening. Once this opening was opened, the retention and coordination of more than a dozen villages in the whole township would not be collected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Chen Hongfu knew how difficult life in the countryside was. What Zhao Zhongfu said was basically the truth. This year's retention and coordination increased several times compared to last year, which indeed made the villagers a bit unable to bear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Chen Hongfu's tone softened a bit, \"I also know that life in the village is not easy, but retention and coordination must be paid. This is a task assigned by the county, and I have no way. Besides, our county's tasks are not considered to be increased much. The retention and coordination in Hongshan County are about more than one hundred yuan per person on average, and their income will not be higher than ours. Therefore, you village cadres still need to do more work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp voice came from outside the door, \"Secretary Chen, our work is really not easy to do!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu and Su Xinghui turned their heads together and saw a young young woman walking in from outside the door. She was of medium height, with a slightly plump figure, a delicate egg-shaped face, and long black hair tied into a long ponytail behind her head. She was wearing a red T-shirt that rural women rarely wore, looking full of vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the women's director of Yezhugou, Xia Lan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu smiled, \"Xia Lan is back, I heard you went to distribute family planning supplies, did you teach others how to use them hand by hand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu's joke was a bit dirty, but Xia Lan didn't take offense. Doing women's family planning work, if you can't stand such jokes, how can the work be carried out? She smiled and said, \"I'm clumsy with my mouth and hands, I can't teach well. Secretary Chen is here, just in time to go and teach the women in the village how to use them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu laughed, and others couldn't help but smile. The slightly heavy atmosphere in the room was immediately diluted a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Lan took the opportunity to say, \"Secretary Chen, this year's retention and coordination task is really a bit heavy. Can you reflect it to the county? Reduce it a little?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bitter smile appeared on Chen Hongfu's face. Fang Youcai said, \"Don't force Secretary Chen, so that Secretary Chen won't have the heart to eat meat and drink alcohol later. Secretary Chen has the kindest heart, he will definitely agree.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu pointed at Fang Youcai and smiled, \"Youcai, you are forcing the palace! No matter how you force it, the money that should be collected must be collected. For families that are really difficult, the township will consider it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Fang Youcai was not wrong. Chen Hongfu did have a kind heart. Su Xinghui knew this. After all, he was also from a farming family and knew the hardship of farmers, so he was not as hard-hearted as many cadres. Sometimes within his power, he was still willing to take care of the people under his rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Youcai said happily, \"Then I thank Secretary Chen on behalf of those difficult households.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu waved his hand, \"Don't thank me first, I don't know if it can be done. By the way, don't tell others, otherwise not one can be exempted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several village cadres nodded happily. Su Xinghui was full of emotion. At this time, many village cadres were still willing to do some good things for the common people. The fact that these village cadres could painstakingly invite Chen Hongfu today just to let the people in the village reduce some retention and coordination was really too difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>",1976,"2026-06-16T16:59:29.695Z","2026-06-16T17:54:29.625Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","baa47a1cad9102bc416e246dc905d077e749a2436076fad12f607971622f4716","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-6","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-4",572,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-romantic-path-to-success-cover.jpg"]