Chapter 553: This Idea Is Quite Good

Gu Shanmin said with relief, "If only our rural areas could have a few more cadres like you!"

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Gu, don't make me sound too good. In fact, there are many excellent cadres in rural areas now, and they are also working hard. It's just that they have to blaze a trail out of nothing, which is of course a bit harder."

Gu Shanmin looked at Su Xinghui with interest: "Every time I meet cadres, they are eager to exaggerate their own contributions. I haven't seen anyone like you who fights for credit for others. Then tell me, others have to blaze a trail out of nothing, so are you walking on a ready-made path?"

Su Xinghui said, "I like to read newspapers and magazines, see how rural areas in the southern coastal regions are developing, and add my own thoughts. This is almost a ready-made path."

Gu Shanmin nodded: "You said it very well. We just need cadres like you who are willing to work hard and use their brains. If you really develop well here, the rural areas of our Hudong Province will have a ready-made path to follow. In the future, we will advocate for rural cadres from the whole province to come to your Meng Hu Ling for visits and inspections. Don't keep any secrets then."

Su Xinghui quickly shook his head: "How could that be? I just hope that all rural areas in the province develop well!"

Gu Shanmin said, "Alright, then I hope you keep your word. Next year, we will take Meng Hu Ling as a model for agricultural reform in the whole province and promote it to the whole province."

Su Xinghui nodded: "Secretary Gu, don't worry. I will definitely cooperate fully with the promotion of the province. Whatever you need me to do is fine."

Su Xinghui's attitude made Gu Shanmin nod repeatedly. The two talked for nearly half an hour before Su Xinghui took the initiative to leave Gu Shanmin's room. He couldn't take up too much of Gu Shanmin's time, because Gu Shanmin had too many people to see. If he took up too much time now, Gu Shanmin might not have enough rest time in the evening.

Even so, Su Xinghui's special treatment was enough to make people jealous. This was a meeting with the Provincial Party Secretary! What a great honor it was to be able to stay with the Provincial Party Secretary for half an hour?

As soon as Su Xinghui came out, more people came to cozy up to him, especially Sun Si, who nodded and bowed in front of Su Xinghui, who was nearly twenty years younger than him. In normal times, such behavior would naturally be chilling, but today was different. Everyone present was similar to him, so it was a case of "the pot calling the kettle black."

Su Xinghui dealt with these people and then made an excuse that he had something to do and left.

At 6:00 PM, when Gu Shanmin walked into the restaurant of the Shangjun County Committee guesthouse led by a waiter, he was stunned. It turned out that the restaurant was not like ordinary places, with tables full of chicken, duck, fish, meat, and mountain delicacies, but like a buffet restaurant in some city hotels, with all food and drinks placed on a long table, steaming hot.

The cadres of Yulin City and Shangjun County were all looking at Gu Shanmin with anxiety. They hadn't told Gu Shanmin in advance, fearing he would be angry.

Lu Zhenghong was quite confident. He had heard about this from municipal and county cadres in advance, and he had nodded in approval. Based on his understanding of Gu Shanmin, he felt that Gu Shanmin would like this format.

Sure enough, Gu Shanmin was only stunned for a moment before nodding and smiling. Then he walked to the long table, picked up a plate, took two golden-yellow mixed-flour steamed buns, took a bowl, filled it with a bowl of millet porridge, added some stir-fried dishes, walked to a dining table, sat down, and ate it deliciously.

Seeing Gu Shanmin eating deliciously, the provincial cadres who came to Shangjun County with him also went to take food and eat. Next were the municipal and county cadres.

Sitting at the same dining table with Gu Shanmin, besides Lu Zhenghong, Hong Boyang, and Hao Yuanbo, were Shi Deyou and several other leaders from Yulin City. Others were of too low a rank and didn't dare to take the initiative to sit at this table.

Gu Shanmin ate very deliciously, and while eating, he said to Shi Deyou and the others: "Who came up with this idea? It's quite good. There's everything, you can take whatever you like to eat, and it's clean, hygienic, and comfortable."

Seeing Gu Shanmin's reaction, Shi Deyou let go of his anxious heart and said: "Secretary Gu, this idea was come up with by the cadres of Shangjun County."

Gu Shanmin drank the last mouthful of millet porridge, stood up, went to the long table, filled another bowl of braised noodles, returned to the dining table, and said: "Don't say, the chef here makes our Yudong-style food quite authentic. I haven't eaten so deliciously for a long time."

Shi Deyou didn't dare to say that this chef was temporarily found from Yulin City this morning. He was a person from Yudong Province who opened a braised noodle restaurant in Yulin City. It was Shi Deyou who sent someone to Yulin City to find him after hearing the plan of Ji Tao and the others, and it cost a lot of money.

However, in order to let the Provincial Party Secretary eat well, no matter how high the cost was, it was worth it.

Shi Deyou laughed: "Secretary Gu, as long as you like it."

Gu Shanmin didn't ask any more questions. He knew that there was no such coincidence that everything he liked to eat was here, and it was made so authentically. Shangjun County must have put a lot of thought into it. However, he also knew that when the Provincial Party Secretary traveled, the cadres below were also in a difficult position. It was already quite good that Shangjun County could manage not to have any feasts of mountain delicacies.

Overall, Gu Shanmin was quite satisfied with Shangjun County's reception this time. He didn't say anything else and lowered his head to eat.

After eating, Gu Shanmin was in a good mood. He rested for a while and began to receive cadres again.

Su Xinghui didn't eat at the County Committee guesthouse. There were too many people eating at the County Committee guesthouse today, and he didn't want to join the fun.

After Su Xinghui finished eating at home and stayed for a while, seeing that it was completely dark, he called Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu. Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu picked up the phone, and when she heard it was Su Xinghui, she said happily: "Is that Xinghui? We have nothing to do now, we can come out."

Su Xinghui said: "Then you come to the outside of the County Committee guesthouse, I'll wait for you."

Su Xinghui hung up the phone, went out, and went to the County Committee guesthouse. He waited in the dark outside the door. After waiting for a few minutes, he saw Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu and Lu Xiaoya come out together, looking around outside the door. Su Xinghui walked out of the dark and called out: "Xiao Ya, Sister Sister Ruoqiu, I'm here."

The two then saw Su Xinghui, and they ran over happily. Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu said: "Xinghui, where are you going to take us tonight?"

Lu Xiaoya didn't speak, but she had a smile on her face, looking at Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui looked at the curious eyes of those coming in and out of the County Committee guesthouse, took them to the dark, and said: "I was going to take you to eat snacks on the street tonight, but today the street vendors in the county have been cleared, so snacks might not be possible. I'll take you for a stroll."

Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu and Lu Xiaoya also knew why the county cleared the vendors, and they both nodded. Lu Xiaoya said: "Xinghui, why don't you take us to see that Zhuangyuan Lane you painted? I think it's quite beautiful there."

Su Xinghui nodded: "Alright, then let's go to Zhuangyuan Lane."

Su Xinghui took the two women to Zhuangyuan Lane, not walking very fast. Anyway, it was a stroll, so there was no need to be in such a hurry. The two women looked curiously at Shangjun County. Although Lu Xiaoya had been here, she hadn't strolled like this, and this was her first time looking at Shangjun County like this.

Su Xinghui looked at their eyes and asked with a smile: "How is it? Can't compare to Jiangcheng and the capital, right?"

Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu said: "It's a county town, small is a bit small, but small has the advantages of being small."