Chapter 89 Xiaoqiaogou Village Research
Looking at the summary and reports of Shuanghe Town over the past five years, Qi Tongwei became more and more angry.
They really have no shame at all. At the end of 1993, the per capita GDP of Shuanghe Town was as high as 3100 yuan, and the per capita disposable income was 1224 yuan, both of which reached the national average.
Just looking at the reports and summaries, the people of Shuanghe Town definitely live a happy life, and they are not hungry or cold. But in fact, Shuanghe Town has not yet solved the problem of food and clothing.
This also made him realize that false and empty behavior must be eliminated, which is even more harmful than corruption.
After breakfast the next day, Qi Tongwei informed Ma Tao, director of the Party and Government Office, that he would go to various villages and groups for research starting today, accompanied by himself, Zheng Wenkai, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and Zhao Shikun, a cadre.
It is said that without investigation, there is no right to speak. Only by personally seeing and understanding the actual situation of each village and group in Shuanghe Town can we make targeted efforts and formulate practical development plans.
As his first stop, he chose Xiaoqiaogou Village, which was the farthest from Shuanghe Town.
Xiaoqiaogou is more than 40 kilometers away from the town government. The roads are muddy and many roads require walking. In view of this, Qi Tongwei and his party did not drive but chose to ride motorcycles.
The road is bumpy and muddy in many places, making it difficult to travel even on a motorcycle.
At this time, he began to understand why Li Dakang was so keen on building roads. If the roads were not smooth, no matter how many resources there were, they would only rot in the fields. If one wanted to develop the economy, transportation was the most important factor.
It was such a short distance, but they walked for more than two hours. In later times, 40 kilometers would take at most half an hour.
After entering the village, Qi Tongwei was shocked by the villagers’ living environment, most of which were dilapidated.
The poor living conditions of the villagers also made him realize how huge the responsibility he had.
When I saw Qi Tongwei and his group, the close relationship I had imagined did not appear.
On the contrary, the villagers stayed away, even with disgust.
Ma Tao, director of the Party and Government Office, was about to say something but was stopped by Qi Tongwei.
"Fellow villagers, I am Qi Tongwei, the new town party secretary. My purpose of coming to our Xiaoqiaogou Village is to understand everyone's living conditions. You can tell me if you have any difficulties."
The people around did not say anything, they just looked at Qi Tongwei blankly.
This made Qi Tongwei's heart sink to the bottom. It seemed that the relationship between the cadres and villagers in Shuanghe Town was handled very badly, and the masses had no trust in government cadres at all.
Qi Tongwei felt depressed. The attitude of the villagers in Xiaoqiaogou made him realize that the most urgent thing before him was to gain the trust of the people.
Without trust, how can we lead the villagers to become rich?
At this moment, a greasy-looking middle-aged man came running over from a distance, panting, "Secretary Qi, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were coming. I'm sorry for the delay. Please go to my house and have some water first."
Xiaoqiaogou is very backward and there has been no phone call so far, so Xie Wanhai naturally didn't know that Qi Tongwei was coming.
"Secretary Qi, this is Xie Wanhai, the village chief of Xiaoqiaogou Village, and the uncle of Bai Xiaojun, the director of our township family planning station." Ma Tao, director of the Party and Government Office, introduced in a low voice.
“No need, I’ll just go around the village.
Ma Tao, you and Comrade Xie Wanhai should check the specific situation of Xiaoqiaogou. I hope the figures I see are true. "Qi Tongwei reminded Ma Tao.
Of course, the other purpose was also to get Xie Wanhai away.
"Yes, Secretary Qi." Ma Tao replied respectfully.
Seeing that Ma Tao understood what he meant, Qi Tongwei said to Zheng Wenkai and Yang Shikun: "You two come with me to the village."
I don’t know if it’s because of the township government or some other reason, but no one seemed to speak in public.
Qi Tongwei realized that the villagers had concerns.
He guessed that most of the time, government officials had harmed the interests of the villagers and disappointed them. He must find out the specific reasons and win back the lost people's hearts.
After leaving the village, Qi Tongwei and others came to a thatched house that looked very shabby. In the yard, there was a shirtless man sharpening a sickle.
He had dark skin, looked skinny, very thin, and had bruises on his back.
"Hello, fellow villager, I am Qi Tongwei, the new town party committee secretary of the township government. I came to your village today to understand the situation. Could you please tell me about the situation in our Xiaoqiaogou?" Qi Tongwei said gently.
The man glanced at Qi Tongwei, put away the whetstone and was about to leave, as if he was too lazy to talk to Qi Tongwei.
"Fellow villagers, I just took office yesterday. I don't know why the people here have such strong disagreements with the township government. Can you tell me about it?" Qi Tongwei must find out today why the villagers of Xiaoqiaogou hate government officials.
"San'erzi, who are you talking to?" A cough was heard from inside the house.
"Mom, it's a township government official." The man hurriedly replied to the room.
"Are they here to ask for the deposit again?" There was resentment in his voice.
"Auntie, we are not here to ask for the deposit. I have something to ask you and your son." Qi Tongwei replied hurriedly and followed the man into the thatched hut.
After entering the room, Qi Tongwei looked around and found that this thatched house was not much better than a cattle shed. It would probably leak wind and rain on rainy days.
An old lady was sitting in front of the stove on the ground, pumping the bellows. Her hair was gray and her face was covered with wrinkles.
"Mom, why are you out in the field again? Didn't I tell you to rest?"
“It’s okay, mom, you are from the township government.
I tell you, don’t scare people with the deposit.
Xie Wanhai wants the cemetery plot of my family. He will take it after all of us are dead, otherwise he will never succeed." The old lady said angrily.
Qi Tongwei's heart moved, and he said immediately: "Auntie, I am the secretary of the township government who was transferred from outside yesterday. I am not here to urge the payment of the reserved money. Can you tell me about Xie Wanhai's request for the cemetery?"
"Are you really the new secretary of the township government?" the man asked after hesitating for a moment.
"How could it be false? This is our new Secretary Qi. If you have any questions, please report them to our Secretary Qi." Zheng Wenkai said on the side.
"Are you really the secretary? Are you not lying to me?" The man looked at Qi Tongwei.
"I am really the new secretary Qi Tongwei. What is your name? If you have any questions, I will give you an answer now. As long as your response is true, I will definitely help you." Qi Tongwei encouraged.
“Secretary Qi, my name is Han Tiantian, and you must make decisions for us farmers.
Xie Wanhai took a fancy to my family’s cemetery and asked me to dig up my father’s remains to bury his father. When we disagreed, he started beating us.
In order to achieve his goal, he teamed up with his brothers to beat me up half a month ago, and also brought township government officials to collect taxes and fees. We are almost being bullied to death by him." Han Tiantian said angrily.
Then he pointed to his back and said, "These are the wounds they inflicted."
"Didn't you call the police?"
"I reported it, and three policemen came and said we were fighting each other. They fined us 100 yuan each. Because I didn't have money to pay the fine, I was detained by them for 10 days," he said angrily.
"Do you have any other evidence?" Qi Tongwei asked calmly.
Those who are familiar with him know that this is the most terrifying time.
Han Tiantian took out the collection notice left by the township government officials and Qi Tongwei took it and saw that the three increases and five totals for Han Tiantian and her son were as high as 467 yuan, and they also needed to pay 819 kilograms of public grain.
"Comrade Wen Kai, you have worked in Shuanghe for many years. Can you tell me how much the three increases and five unifications cost in Shuanghe Town?" Qi Tongwei's face turned ashen.
Zheng Wenkai had met Qi Tongwei yesterday when he took office at Weishi. Naturally, he did not dare to hide anything and began to describe the tax situation in Shuanghe Town.