But Bai Zhe thought again and could only laugh. The young man in the photo was so thin. How could he be the same person as the Li Simin he knew?
Thinking of this, he quickly said: "Maybe I made a mistake, they should just have the same name."
Mother Li took a deep look at Bai Zhe.
Only then did she realize that she hadn't mentioned Li Simin's name at all.
Seeing Li's mother's strange expression, Bai Zhe quickly explained: "Oh, Li Ke once told me that her father's name is Li Simin."
It would have been better if Li Ke was not present. In front of Li Ke, Li Ke could easily see through it.
He knew that Bai Zhe had lied, but Li Ke did not expose it. Instead, he nodded cooperatively and said, "Yeah, yes, I told our leader."
Li's mother looked at Li Ke angrily and said, "You kid, why do you say everything to others?"
He immediately turned to look at Bai Zhe and said, "It's nothing. Now that you know it, I won't hide it from you. I hope you can pay more attention to me and Li Ke in the future. We, mother and daughter, will be very grateful."
Bai Zhe patted the back of Mother Li's hand and comforted: "Don't worry, Auntie, I will pay attention."
After speaking, Bai Zhe took a sip of the hot water and stood up and said, "It's already late by then. I have to go back quickly."
"Okay, then Auntie won't keep you here, please go slower on the road."
Although he was only twelve years older than Bai Zhe, there was nothing wrong with Bai Zhe calling him aunt in front of Li Ke.
After the mother and daughter saw each other off, Bai Zhe left Li Ke's home on little Mulan.
Mother Li looked at her daughter deeply and asked sincerely: "Tell me the truth, do you like your leader?"
Li Ke stirred the hem of his clothes with his fingers, lowered his head and did not answer.
Mother Li touched Li Ke's head and sighed: "Daughter, my mother knows what you are thinking. She can tell it right away by the way you look at your leader."
I couldn't help but think of my sad past, and muttered: "But Mom still wants to advise you, don't follow Mom's old path. Mom was also a people's teacher like you back then, but since she met your dad, It changed my life’s destiny.”
"Mom, stop talking." Li Ke's voice was like a mosquito, and he immediately lowered his head to the ground.
She knew that her father was the party secretary of the town back then, and then he was promoted and never heard from again, leaving her orphaned and widowed mother in a remote small county town.
How could she let go after waiting for more than twenty years?
…
In the early morning, Bai Zhe came to pick up Li Ke early. It was obvious that Li Ke's eyes were clearer again.
Perhaps, after a night, her belief in Bai Zhe was stronger, and she hugged him tighter behind Bai Zhe.
[It would be great if we could keep going like this. 】
Chencun Beidi Forest Farm.
Large excavators and forklifts roared, knocking down all the saplings in front of them, and then one after another piled fresh soil into a huge mound.
Countless slender tree trunks were broken and ended their lives prematurely, just like a battlefield that had just experienced a fierce battle, falling aside in a mess.
A van stopped next to the construction site, and Bai Zhe got out of it.
Following closely behind was Chen Decai's Jetta and the cars of several other deputy mayors in the town.
Bai Zhe looked around and saw that the two thousand acres of land were vast and could become the main venue for the groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow.
When Chen Decai came over, Bai Zhe said, "Secretary Chen, it's such a shame that these saplings are destroyed like this. Why can't they be used in advance?"
Chen Decai said loudly against the wind: "It's too hasty, there is no time at all. The forest farm owner also wants to sell out, but we can't afford to wait."
Bai Zhe thought to himself: [He sold it out. He knew that the town government was waiting for the demolition and construction to start. Even if he could sell it, he wouldn't bother to put in the effort. He would just let the town government pay all the compensation in one go. It would be better than just paying the liquidated damages for land use. More affordable. 】
But it is human nature for forest farm owners to think this way, but as the leader of a town government, it is wrong to think this way.
"This is not treating the country's money as your own, and I really don't feel bad about using it!"
Bai Zhe's words sounded a bit harsh to Chen Decai, and he thought to himself: "You know how to save money. For such a big thing, you don't care about money. Can the matter be handled smoothly?" How childish! 】
"Mayor Bai, you can't say that. Our task is mainly to quickly and effectively complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors. If we don't proceed from the interests of the masses, how can things be done well and how can we deliver missions to the party and the people? "
Chen Decai was very good at talking and turned the conflict directly to the interests of the people. Even if Bai Zhe talked about it, he would not be able to refute it.
But Bai Zhe just smiled softly and did not answer Chen Decai's words. Instead, he pointed at the saplings and said, "Now let people gather these surviving saplings. This is Sophora japonica. A sapling costs at least dozens of yuan." ? Say hello to the county gardening bureau and plant them all around the industrial zone. You can save a lot of money."
Chen Decai frowned [You said it lightly, the road greening in the development zone has long been contracted to the County Garden Bureau, do you just say hello when you say hello? Why should people listen to you? Easier said than done. 】
"Oh, Mayor Bai, don't worry so much. The Renmin Garden Bureau has its own overall planning and greening standards. The most important thing is for us to do our own thing well."
Bai Zhe immediately replied: "What is important? I think this matter is very important. A sapling costs thirty yuan. Do you know how much ten thousand trees are? Three hundred thousand yuan. Look at how much it is. I'm afraid There are more than 20,000 trees, right? Saving money for the government, how can this be called a waste of worry?"
Chen Decai slowly turned his head.
[Hmph, if you want to beat me, you can beat me yourself. I won’t ask for trouble. 】
Since he didn't want to make the call, Bai Zhe simply picked up the phone and dialed it himself.
But after one call, no one answered, so Bai Zhe had to give up.
This number is on the list of the development zone leadership group. It is the landline number of each leadership office. It is normal that the call cannot be reached.
But looking at the saplings being forcibly removed by the forklift and buried in fresh soil, Bai Zhe knew that if this problem was not properly handled, it would bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to the later projects.
After thinking about it for a while, he still couldn't give up, so Bai Zhe dialed Qi Chao's number directly.
"Hey, Brother Zhe, what are your instructions?"
Qi Chao's phone number is always on call for Bai Zhe 24 hours a day. I have to say that Qi Chao has indeed done this.
"Stop talking nonsense, call your bosses and stop work immediately."
Qi Chao was stunned: "Hey, my brother Zhe is angry at this tone. Did something happen to him?"
Bai Zhe raised his head and said, "It's not a big deal. I think those saplings are a problem and must be dealt with in advance."
As soon as Bai Zhe said this, Qi Chao immediately understood and said, "Okay, I'll explain it to the brothers. In addition, you have to give me a way, right? How to do it."
"My suggestion is to have people from the Garden Bureau come over and take away the saplings. They won't be charged for the saplings, but it will be deducted from the project payment. They only need to move in early and don't have to go out to buy them. Well, isn’t this the best of both worlds?”
"Okay, I have something on hand. After I finish it, I'll go find you and let's talk in detail. But I will ask the construction team to suspend the work first. Then you can't say that I deliberately delayed the construction period."
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Hurry up."
"okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Bai Zhe looked at Chen Decai.
Chen Decai listened to Bai Zhe's phone call clearly throughout the whole process and could not say anything. He could only give Bai Zhe a thumbs up: "Mayor Bai, you are really awesome. I, the secretary of the town committee, cannot surrender to you. Come on, you are solely responsible for this matter. I will withdraw. If the construction period is delayed and the higher-ups blame it, you can bear the responsibility alone."
Bai Zhe waved his hand: "Go slowly, I won't send you off!"
This action really made Chen Decai so angry that even Chen Ping who was following him couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Seeing those forklifts stalling one after another under the shouts of the contractor, Chen Ping admired Bai Zhe and fell to the ground.
This operation can be said to be a thunderous method.
Since it doesn't make sense, just do it and try not to beep.
Upon seeing this, Lao Wang quickly ran over and asked, "Mayor Bai, why have you stopped? Tomorrow is the foundation laying ceremony, and we don't have much time."
Bai Zhe looked at Lao Wang and said, "I'm not even in a hurry. Why are you so anxious?"
"this……"
Lao Wang was completely speechless. When faced with such an arbitrary leader, even the secretary was no match, so he was no match.
"Haha, okay, everything is up to you."
Lao Wang felt bored and walked away with a smile.
Lao Wang's original plan was to wait for the groundbreaking ceremony to begin tomorrow, use his own money to buy dozens of meat buns for the city leaders, and imitate Bai Zhe's skills to become familiar with them, so he called the owner of the fire shop in advance. Hello, let me prepare more fires tomorrow.
This is good, the 100 yuan deposit has been given to them. Bai Zhe just said a word and the project was stopped?
Can he not be in a hurry? It's like an ant on a hot pot.
All the little bits of his life are in Bai Zhe's hands. How could Bai Zhe not know this clearly?
But it’s better to have someone enthusiastically serve tea and water to the leader than to be left in the cold, right?
So Bai Zhe didn't care about him and let him toss around to his heart's content.
In just a short while, Qi Chao arrived at speed in his traffic law enforcement Jetta.
After getting out of the car, Qi Chao took off his hat and got into the car, turned around and walked towards Bai Zhe.
"My brother Zhe, you really don't want me to worry, so what's wrong?"
Bai Zhe pointed to the saplings and said to Qi Chao, "See for yourself, such good saplings are buried in the soil. Is it possible to do this?"
When Qi Chao saw it, he quickly put his arm around Bai Zhe's shoulders and walked to a place leeward.
"I'm talking about Brother Zhe, I'm not talking about you, take a look at the public affairs, how can you do this?"
"What's wrong with this? Is there a problem?"
Qi Chao smiled: "You know this is a big problem?"
Qi Chao then took out a Chinese stick and handed it to Bai Zhe, but Bai Zhe pushed it back.
