Li Rui interrupted, "Even if you need money, you don't have to worry about it. You can apply for a loan from your county's Poverty Assistance Foundation. It's not a big problem." Hu Liquan said, "But I've never raised a scorpion before. I don't know how to raise one at all." Li Rui said, "This problem is easy to solve. Just ask the experts from the county's agriculture bureau or the city's agriculture bureau to come over and give you training. I'll take care of this. You don't have to worry about it. " Hu Liquan said happily, "That's great. With a loan from the foundation and expert training, I'll definitely do a good job." Li Rui said, "En, you must do a good job too. Didn't Wang Branch Secretary look down on you? He said that once you become rich, he would write his name backwards. You must show him your ambition. "Hu Liquan nodded heavily." Mmm, "he said," This time I must make him write his name backwards. "
After leaving Hu Liquan's house, Li Rui said excitedly to Ling Shuyao, "There's finally some results." Ling Shuyao poured a bucket of cold water on him, "There are more than 80 poor families in Xiao Longwang Village. Don't tell me you want to do this kind of door-to-door service for all of them?" Li Rui shook his head and said, "Of course not. After so many days of door-to-door research, we've figured out that there are four causes of poverty: poverty due to laziness, poverty due to illness, poverty due to overbirth, and poverty due to backward thinking. I think we should use a unified way of educating people who have the same causes of poverty. This is the most effective and efficient way of educating them. It's also the easiest way for both of us. "
Ling Shuyao faintly sighed and said, "After going from door to door these past few days, I also understand that poverty alleviation work is really not that easy to do. When I first came into contact with this poverty alleviation program, I sat in the office and thought that if I followed the steps of the program step by step, then the poverty alleviation mission would be considered complete. But when I really came to the village, I realized that planning is planning, and action is action. Don't blame me for being discouraging, but I think that in this situation, we should stay in the village for at least a year before we can achieve some results. "
Li Rui felt that her words were very reasonable. He sighed secretly, but he said, "Don't be discouraged. Take it slow. We've only been in the village for a few days. If we can get results in just a few days, poverty alleviation work won't be that difficult. "Ling Shuyao remained silent. Li Rui said, "We still need to set a few examples first. With the power of example, we can mobilize many people." Ling Shuyao asked, "Do you think Hu Liquan can be used as an example?" Li Rui said, "Why not? Whether it is Hu Liquan or anyone else, as long as the poverty alleviation strategy is appropriate and the industrial model adopted is correct, they can escape poverty and become rich. "
Ling Shuyao shook her head. "That's not what I meant. What I meant was, if Hu Liquan were to breed scorpions, would he be able to see results in the short term? Don't you need results to set an example? If they don't get rich, who will learn and imitate them? " Li Rui nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable. It seems that we need to plan carefully about Hu Liquan's scorpions and strive for a hit." Ling Shuyao said, "Actually, this is easy to do. Didn't Hu Liquan say that a drug dealer went to his house to buy scorpions for more than 200 yuan per catty?"
Li Rui nodded. "Yes, but so what?" Ling Shuyao said, "Isn't this a gimmick? We can take the opportunity to advertise that Hu Liquan's scorpions have been reserved by drug dealers. When the scorpions mature, they will be bought for 300 yuan per catty. When the villagers hear that the scorpions are so profitable, they will definitely follow suit. This is the psychology of following the trend. According to what you said, it doesn't cost much to breed scorpions anyway, so it doesn't matter if they lose money or not. People will be willing to follow suit. If more and more people breed scorpions, it might even become a special industry district. " Li Rui's eyes lit up when he heard this. "You're really something. Alright, let's do that. After Hu Liquan starts cultivating scorpions, we'll publicize this point. Of course, we'll have to do some work with Hu Liquan first to get him to cooperate."
Ling Shuyao said, "Don't forget that there's a poverty alleviation rally tomorrow. You promised that as long as the villagers attend the rally, they will be given gifts. You haven't bought these gifts yet. "Li Rui smiled." That's easy. After dinner, we will drive to the village to buy them. " Ling Shuyao pursed her lips. "There are hundreds of people. Let's see what you buy. You can buy hundreds of gifts at once." Li Rui thought for a moment and said, "I'll buy daily necessities like towels and soap. These things are cheap and practical. People will definitely like them. " Ling Shuyao did a rough calculation and said, "Although these are cheap, hundreds of gifts will cost more than a thousand yuan. Did you bring that much cash? There's no ATM in the village. " Li Rui smiled. "I did. Besides, there's no need to buy so many. We will buy them after dinner."
The two returned home to cook and eat. After dinner, they did not rest and directly drove to Dragon King Temple Village. After asking around in several department stores in the village, none of them had so much stock. Even if they bought all the stock in the stores, they were afraid that it would not be enough.
Ling Shuyao said, "There are two solutions. First, buy less and give less. During the meeting tomorrow, only the villagers who actively participated in the meeting and answered questions will be eligible to receive gifts. Second, since we can't buy everything in the village, we will go to Hanshui County Town and buy everything in the county town. It's up to you. " Li Rui praised, "Only you can come up with these two solutions in such a short time." Ling Shuyao pursed her lips. "Don't flatter me. Tell me, what should we do?"
Li Rui said, "I think the first solution is not bad. Buy less and give less. If we give everyone a gift, it will not show how precious the gifts are. The villagers will take it for granted and will not appreciate the good intentions of the poverty-alleviation officials. Besides, it doesn't seem to be of much use. For those who sincerely want to help the poor and help themselves, like Hu Liquan, he is willing to participate in the poverty-alleviation activities even if you don't give him gifts. But for those who are not willing to help themselves to change the face of poverty in their own families, I don't think they will appreciate it even if you give them gold. "
Ling Shuyao nodded and said, "Mm, then buy less and give less." Li Rui smiled and said, "You're really my good assistant." Ling Shuyao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Hurry up, we still have to continue working after buying."
The two started a shopping spree. In the end, they bought 50 towels, 30 bars of soap, and 20 bags of detergent. In total, they spent 496 yuan, which was less than 500 yuan. These things would be distributed to the villagers who were the most enthusiastic in participating in the meeting tomorrow.
When they returned to their home in Xiao Longwang Village, the two found five or six young men standing in a circle at the door, smoking. When they saw the two coming out of the car, they took the initiative to greet them. "Hello, Mayor." "Mayor, you're back." "Mayor, you've worked hard. Have a smoke!"
Li Rui exchanged a few words with them. He found out that they had participated in the mobilization meeting in the morning and were very interested in the poverty-alleviation activities. They wanted to use this opportunity to start a business, but they did not know how or what to do. Therefore, he asked around and came to their homes to talk to them in detail.
Of course, Li Rui welcomed these activists who wanted to help themselves. They were not afraid of being poor, but they were afraid of having low aspirations. People with low aspirations were hopeless. People with low aspirations could not be helped. People who were poor could be helped to change their poverty through help. Therefore, he enthusiastically brought them home. As the central room was dark, it was not convenient to receive guests. Therefore, he stood in the courtyard and chatted with the young men.
These young men were all locals of Xiao Longwang Village. They had dropped out of primary school or junior high school. Their level of education was not high, and they did not have any skills. After dropping out of school, they helped their parents with farming or other chores. They had never thought of going out to work. Even if they went out, no one would want to hire them if they did not have any skills. Therefore, they had been living in the mountain village. Because they were young and ambitious, they did not want to be poor for the rest of their lives. They were full of expectations for a better life. Therefore, they hoped to use this poverty-alleviation activities as a good opportunity to start a business.
Of course, they were also people with their own ideas. At this moment, they all confessed to Li Rui. One said that he wanted to cultivate vegetables in a greenhouse. Another said that he wanted to cultivate ducks. There was also someone who wanted to cultivate wild boars. They had a lot of ideas, but they were all baseless fantasies. They did not know much about the industry they were interested in. For example, the young man who wanted to cultivate ducks did not know where to sell them after they grew up. Similar problems could be found everywhere. Li Rui was not clear about many of them. However, he was not in a hurry. He and Ling Shuyao recorded these problems and waited for consultation or hiring relevant experts to solve them together.
After sending off these young men, Li Rui frowned. The deeper he was involved in the poverty-alleviation work, the more he realized how heavy the burden of this work was. People who had never participated in it would never understand the great difficulty in it. At this moment, he finally understood why the country had been engaged in poverty-alleviation activities for decades. Every year, tens of billions of yuan were invested in poverty-alleviation funds, but there were no good results. In fact, many places became poorer the more they were helped. Alas, poverty-alleviation work was really too difficult.
In the evening, the village director, Xie Sanping, called the village party secretary, Wang Tiekui, and several other village cadres to invite Li Rui and Ling Shuyao to his house for dinner. Li Rui could not refuse such great hospitality. Therefore, he agreed.
When they arrived at Xie Sanping's house, his wife had already prepared four cold dishes and two hot dishes. Everyone immediately sat around the dining table to eat and drink.
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