He was not the highest-ranking official in the city. He had the final say in everything. Unless there was a very good reason, it was not easy for him to intervene in this matter.
Wang Yao understood what he was trying to say.
"Dr. Wang, are you not satisfied with the compensation?"
"Oh, it's not that," Wang Yao said. "I just think this plan is too sudden, as if it is specifically targeted at the village. I have been operating Nanshan Hill for several years and poured my heart and soul into it. I really don't want it to be destroyed because of such a thing."
"I'll think of other ways to deal with this matter," Yang Haichuan said. He originally thought Wang Yao was not satisfied with the compensation. He did not expect it to be because of such a reason.
"Thank you, Secretary Yang." Before Wang Yao came, he did not expect Yang Haichuan to help him solve this matter. After all, his identity was there. It was already very rare for him to be willing to say such a thing.
"Why don't you stay for lunch?"
"No, I still have something to do. I have to go back."
"Take care."
After leaving Yang Haichuan's place, Wang Yao drove back to Lianshan County and found the highway that was under construction. It seemed that there was still a considerable distance to the mountain village. There was still plenty of time left for him.
After returning home, he heard his parents talk about the road that had to pass through the village.
"Who told you that?"
"The secretary came to our house today. The road has to pass through the hillside in the east and Nanshan Hill. He said that someone will come to measure the land and take photos soon. It's mainly about the compensation," Zhang Xiuying said.
"So soon?"
"Mom, you and Dad don't have to worry about this," Wang Yao said. "I'll take care of it."
"Oh, OK." As a mother, she naturally knew that her son poured energy and effort into that mountain. She did not know why a good road would cost so much.
Their village was surrounded by mountains on all sides. If they wanted to pass through Nanshan, they would have to pass through Beishan. Beishan was a stone mountain. If they wanted to pave a road through it, they would have to spend a lot of money.
That afternoon, Wang Mingbao came back from the county town. He went to the clinic to find Wang Yao. At that time, he was giving acupuncture to a patient.
"Wait a moment. Pour yourself some tea."
"Okay, go ahead," Wang Mingbao said. He then made a cup of tea and waited at the side.
Half an hour later, there were no more patients in the clinic.
"What's the matter?" Wang Yao asked as he washed his hands.
"The new Weihai Expressway is going to pass through our village and Nanshan?"
"Yes, I just found out about it not long ago," Wang Yao said.
"Isn't this nonsense!" Wang Mingbao said angrily. He had come specifically for this matter.
"It's indeed very nonsensical."
"Tsk, what are you going to do about this?"
"I'm trying to think of a way."
"I've asked my friend. If we want to change the plan, the city government has no say." He knew about the relationship between Wang Yao and Yang Haichuan.
"It's not that it doesn't count, but it can't be changed without sufficient reasons." In fact, if there was a suitable reason, Yang Haichuan could also intervene. After all, the construction of such a road would definitely have to consider the local opinions. The key problem was that there was no suitable reason now.
The subordinates needed to report to their superiors carefully, in detail, and adequately. The superiors only needed a sentence and a document to do things. To a large extent, this was the case.
Wang Mingbao gulped down two mouthfuls of tea. He really couldn't help much in this matter. There was no other way. The level involved was too high.
"Didn't you ask Xiaoxue?"
Relatively few people knew about the matter between Wang Yao and Su Xiaoxue. Wang Mingbao was one of them. After all, the two of them were close friends.
"Not yet," Wang Yao said. "She's still in school."
"What should be said to her still needs to be said," Wang Mingbao said. "In short, it's troublesome for us to do it, but not for them."
"Okay."
The two of them talked in the clinic for a while. Then, another patient came in.
"You go ahead with your work. We'll talk in the evening."
In the evening, they booked a small private room in a restaurant in the village.
"I've asked someone to inquire about it. This is a last-minute change, so additional subsidies need to be provided," Wang Mingbao said.
"There are some people who are dissatisfied with the sudden change outside of the plan."
"This matter may have something to do with me," Wang Yao said.
"It has something to do with you? Who did you provoke to be so capable?" Wang Mingbao was surprised.
"He does have the ability, but I didn't expect him to do this. He dares to do this. Does his father not care about him?"
"Who is his father?"
"Guo Zhaojun."
"Well, this name sounds familiar," Wang Mingbao suddenly shouted. "Damn, it's the governor!"
Wasn't it familiar? He was the second-in-command in the province. It was said that he was very likely to replace the secretary who was about to be transferred and become the most important person in the province.
"Did you provoke his son?"
"How should I put it? He seems to like Xiaoxue very much. He asked me to give up, but I didn't agree."
"Sh * t!" Wang Mingbao said angrily.
"Who does he think he is?"
"I think so too," Wang Yao said. "He is fine, but his father is very troublesome."
"Maybe his father doesn't know about this matter," Wang Yao said. "He is just using his father's name. People like him should be more protective of their own feathers."
"You mean, you want me to go to his father and tell him that his son is doing these dirty things. Do you think it is so easy for a small citizen like me to see the high and mighty governor? Besides, if you bully people outside or do something illegal, what will your father do when he knows? At most, he will scold you, but he will never hand you over to the police, right?" Wang Yao said. "I have to find a way to clean up your mess."
No matter how much he cherished his own feathers, this was his biological son after all. He only had one son. It was human nature to help one's relatives and not reason. It was understandable. Moreover, Wang Yao didn't have any evidence to prove that he did this.
"Ah, okay!"
"Drink!"
"Drink!"
The two of them didn't leave until nearly 9 p.m.
Wang Yao said goodbye to his family and went up to Nanshan Hill.
In the evening, Wang Yao wanted to call Su Xiaoxue. He didn't expect that she would call him as soon as he went up the hill.
Have you eaten? What did you eat? Where did you eat? How did you learn? Are you tired?
She asked about the usual things.
Wang Yao's voice was very soft. It was as if the fairy-like woman was in front of him. Listening to her voice, these troubles were temporarily put aside.
Su Xiaoxue was very happy on the other end of the phone.
I don't want to tell her about this matter, Wang Yao thought.
He was going to use another channel.
In Jing, at the Wu family's house.
The two of them chatted for a long time before hanging up the phone.
The next day, on Saturday, there were more people in the clinic.
Recently, for some reason, there were more people with diarrhea, and most of them were children. Most of them were foreign invaders.
Wang Yao's medicine was simple. It drove away the evil and stopped diarrhea. Basically, the effect was seen in a day.
That day, he was busy for a long time. It wasn't until 5 p.m. that the last patient was sent away. Just as he was cleaning the clinic, he heard the outside door open again.
Someone came again.
It was a faint fragrance.
"Why are you here?" Wang Yao was surprised.
At that time, she had not yet arrived in front of him. There was still a wall and a door between them.
After entering the door, Su Xiaoxue was surprised. "How did you know I was here?"
"I smelled it." Wang Yao smiled.
"Don't you have classes today?"
Wang Yao asked. "No, I miss you, so I came," Su Xiaoxue said.
Wang Yao was stunned for a moment, then he opened his arms and pulled her into his arms.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. This young lady is too capricious.
Outside, Chu Lian shook her head.
She suddenly remembered that there were no classes. Then, she asked for two days of leave from the school and came over. There were three people in her mother's family who were teaching at Yanjing University. Moreover, one of them was already the dean. With this layer of relationship there, what else could people say? They just turned a blind eye.
When Wang Yao brought Su Xiaoxue home, his parents were very happy, especially his mother. She was busy cooking a lot of dishes. During dinner, she kept asking Su Xiaoxue to eat more.
After dinner, the two of them took a walk around the mountain village hand in hand.
"By the way, are the patients who lived in the village still here?" Su Xiaoxue asked.
"Two of them have recovered. There's still one person left."
"It feels like there are a lot fewer people at night than last time!" Standing at the south end of the village, he could see that many houses in the village were not lit.
"They all moved to Lianshan County."
What a capricious thing!
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