Li Rui presided over the meeting and let Ling Shuyao take the minutes. Speaking of which, this was quite a strange thing in the officialdom. A section chief presided over the meeting, but a deputy section chief took the minutes. No one would believe it if they told others. But there was nothing they could do about it. After all, Ling Shuyao was Li Rui's boss, Song Chaoyang, personally appointed to be his deputy. Therefore, no matter how high his rank was, he could only be his deputy.
The meeting was held in the central room of the village committee's courtyard where Li Rui had lived before. There was no meeting room or table, so everyone sat separately. Some squeezed on the camp bed, some sat on the armchair, some sat on the folding stool, and some sat directly on the stove. They spread out and formed a circle. Because these people had different statuses, their dressing, sitting posture, and temperament were all different. Everyone sat together in a circle. It didn't look like a meeting, but more like a lottery ticket.
Li Rui went straight to the point and said, "This time, the city has designated our Little Dragon King Village as the pilot of the poverty alleviation campaign. This has reflected the conditions of our village in all aspects. It's quite good. Therefore, I hope that all of us here will be sincere and united. We will strive to take advantage of this opportunity to unite all the forces that can be united, attract all the resources that can be used, and give full play to the advancement of our Party members. With the guidance of the scientific outlook on development, we will completely remove the poverty hat on our Little Dragon King Village's head. Before we officially start the poverty alleviation campaign, let's have a meeting that I think is very important. It can be considered a consultation meeting. Everyone, please express your opinions. Let's see what are the problems that are restricting our Little Dragon King Village's economic development, and what can we do to speed up the village's economic development. It's inevitable that we have to consider one more question. Is the county's poverty alleviation campaign effective? How effective is it? Is there any experience or lesson that we can learn from? Director Zhao of the county's Poverty Alleviation Office will explain this question in detail later. Okay, let's start now. The first question is, what are the problems that are restricting our village's economic development? Who's first? "
His words were quite normal, and there was nothing particularly inspiring about them, nor did they make them drowsy. Ling Shuyao, who was taking notes of the meeting at the side, overheard his words. She thought to herself, This guy is quite eloquent. No wonder he can follow the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.
Everyone looked at each other for a while, but no one said anything.
Li Rui had attended countless meetings with his boss, Song Chaoyang. He was used to this kind of awkward silence. Seeing this, he wasn't disheartened. He smiled slightly and confidently began to appoint people, saying, "Village Head Song is in charge of the poverty alleviation work in the village and also directly manages Little Dragon King Village. You must know a lot about the situation in the village. Let's talk about it first."
Village Head Song was a short and stout man in his thirties. He had the face of a common son-in-law. He was always smiling, and he did not look like a deputy village head at all. Instead, he looked like an office director who served the leader. He cleared his throat and said, "There are many problems that restrict the economic development of Little Dragon King Village. The first one is the inconvenient transportation. Now everyone knows that if you want to be rich, you have to build roads first. If the roads are not smooth, how can the village develop? "
Li Ruixin thought, Even cars can be driven into the village. What kind of inconvenient transportation is this? This reason can't be used as a reason, so he said, "Continue."
Village Head Song said, "Also, the location is not good. It's in the mountainous area, and it's all in the wilderness. The land that can be cultivated is too small. The agriculture can't develop, and the planting industry can't develop. At most, the villagers can grow corn, sorghum, white potatoes, potatoes, and other crops. They can only feed their families and not worry about them. They can't even think about selling them for money." Li Rui nodded and signaled for him to continue. Village Head Song continued, "Living in the mountainous area, the transportation is inconvenient, and life is isolated. The people's thinking is backward, and their education level is low. They don't have the consciousness to become rich. This is the main reason."
Li Rui nodded and said, "Director Zhao, your county's Poverty Alleviation Office is a professional poverty alleviation organization. What do you think are the main reasons that restrict the social and economic development of Little Dragon King Village?" Deputy Director Zhao, who was in charge of the county's Poverty Alleviation Office project, said, "From an economic point of view, poverty can be divided into absolute poverty and relative poverty. In our country, poverty in the theoretical and practical sense refers to absolute poverty. Therefore, our poverty alleviation work is mainly to solve the problem of absolute poverty. In our opinion, the main reasons that lead to absolute poverty in Little Dragon King Village are: the remote location, the lack of cultural, transportation, and commercial information, the lack of resources, the villagers' lack of awareness to save themselves, and so on. "
Li Rui saw that he was able to explain the problem in a concise and comprehensive manner. His level was indeed higher than the village's cadres. He then asked the village party secretary Wang Tiekui, "Party secretary Wang, you are the village party secretary. From your point of view, why do you think the village's economic development is not good?" Wang Tiekui sighed and said, "Even if you ask me, I can't say anything. It's just that it's poor."
Everyone was amused when they heard this.
Li Rui laughed and said, "But why is it poor?" Wang Tiekui said, "The poorer it is, the poorer it is. It's the same as the richer it is, the richer it is." Li Rui said patiently, "Yes, there is a reason in this aspect. But what is the most basic reason?" Wang Tiekui sighed and said, "The villagers don't have the ability. They can't farm, and no one wants them to work. They just live on a few acres of land. How can they get rich?"
At this point, there was no need to ask any more questions. There was no point in asking any more questions.
This situation was different from a famous saying, "All the happy families in the world are the same, but all the unhappy families are different." When it came to the problem of poverty, it should be said, "All the poor families in the world are the same, but all the rich families are different."
In the current country, there were many ways to get rich. As long as you had the brains, the ability, and sometimes a bit of luck, you could escape poverty and become rich. The reasons for the formation or maintenance of poor families were basically the same: they didn't want to get rich, they were lazy, and there were other reasons that they thought were objective but were actually subjective.
Li Rui really couldn't understand. Being in a mountainous area, remote location, and inconvenient transportation … How could these reasons limit the process of people getting rich? Thinking back to the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Manchu people lived between white mountains and black waters. They were limited to a very small area to survive by the Ming Dynasty's border generals. If they were willing to be poor, they could also find a lot of excuses, such as being in a mountainous area, remote location, inconvenient transportation, and so on. But they didn't. They all wanted to live a good life and enjoy this beautiful world. Under the support of this belief, they slowly developed and grew. Although they burned and robbed everywhere to accumulate a lot of wealth and finally fought their way out of Changbai Mountain and obtained a beautiful country, they still had the belief to get rich and conquer the world. Hundreds of years had passed in a flash. The villagers of Little Dragon King Village in front of him were willing to be poor. They were incompatible with modern society. It was really strange what they were thinking.
Didn't they think of the most basic way? Since they couldn't develop in the mountainous area, they could go out and work to earn money. A family only needed to send out two strong laborers. If each person could earn 500 yuan a month, the net income would be 1000 yuan a month, and the net income would be 12,000 yuan a year. After the New Year's Eve, the net income would be more than 2000 yuan per person. Wouldn't that be enough to cross the national poverty line?
Alas, it could be seen that the villagers' ideology was too old-fashioned and backward. This was the main reason that prevented them from getting rich.
Li Rui said to Director Zhao, "Now, let's ask the comrade of the County Poverty Alleviation Office to introduce the poverty alleviation work of Little Dragon King Village over the years."
Director Zhao asked Director Li of the Poverty Alleviation Office to introduce the situation.
Director Li said, "The county has been helping Little Dragon King Village for a total of six years. They have applied for more than 2 million yuan for poverty alleviation. They have dug two motor-pumped wells, improved part of the village roads, and developed several industries such as breeding and planting. In total, more than a dozen villagers have benefited from this, increasing the per capita net income. However, due to the special situation of the village, the poverty alleviation fund is insufficient, and many other reasons, the poverty alleviation effect is not obvious. There is still a lot of room for poverty alleviation in the future. "
Li Rui asked, "Have you found any practical and effective poverty alleviation methods?" Director Li shook his head and said, "Poverty alleviation projects are usually put forward by the village. What our Poverty Alleviation Office did before the project was set up was some targeted research work. Currently, we don't have much energy to invest in researching poverty alleviation methods. However, we are preparing to learn from some of the advanced poverty alleviation experiences of other provinces and strive to increase our investment in poverty alleviation in a faster and better manner. " Li Rui said, "You don't have to prepare. Bring all the poverty alleviation experiences this time. Use the ones that have practical value. Use the poverty alleviation pilot project in front of us to test the quality of all the experiences."
Next, everyone began to research and discuss poverty alleviation methods that were specific to Little Dragon King Village's actual situation. Everyone talked back and forth, and the discussion was very lively. There was no lack of bad ideas and unorthodox methods. Compared to the poverty alleviation experience provided by the Poverty Alleviation Office, it could be said that they were a laughingstock.
Li Rui found the discussion interesting. One of them actually talked about breeding earthworms, so he interrupted and said, "I found a situation last night. There are a lot of scorpions in our Little Dragon King Village. There are four or five scorpions in the cracks of the walls of the latrines …" As he said this, he glanced at Ling Shuyao.
Ling Shuyao rolled her eyes back at him, as if she hated him for bringing up a sore spot.
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