With her taking the lead, the surrounding women were emboldened. They swarmed forward and quickly surrounded the pile of gifts.
Ling Shuyao shouted angrily and waved her arms, trying to push the women away. However, the law did not punish the majority. These women were not afraid of her at all. They only knew how to rush in and snatch the gifts. No one paid her any attention. There were even a few vicious women who secretly kicked and pushed her away, and she was soon pushed away.
By the time Li Rui, Wang Tiekui, Xie Sanping, and the others had chased the women away, the pile of gifts was already half empty. The women who had received the gifts were laughing and joking as they squeezed out of the crowd and rushed back home, each showing off the gifts they had snatched.
Li Rui was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He glared fiercely at the backs of these women. He wished that he had a special ability to melt these women with just one look. He thought to himself that these women were too uncultured. What was the difference between this kind of robbery and robbery? Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that Ling Shuyao was squatting on the ground with a pained expression. He hurriedly went over and asked, "Are you okay?"
Ling Shuyao bit her lips in pain. In front of him, she pulled up her trousers and then pulled up her long johns. Li Rui looked over and saw that there was a bruise on the white skin in the middle of her calf. He hurriedly asked, "What happened?" Ling Shuyao's eyes looked like they were about to spit fire. She looked at the backs of the women and said, "Let them kick me!" Li Rui was furious. He said, "Is there still any law?"
Wang Tiekui and Xie Sanping saw this scene and their faces were full of embarrassment. They hurriedly came over to express their opinions. One said, "Director Li, Director Ling, don't worry. We will definitely get back the gifts that were snatched away." The other said, "These old women dared to kick you. Just you wait, I'll teach them a lesson for you. Damn it, I think they need to be f * cked … uh … taught a lesson! "
Li Rui gently asked, "Does it hurt a lot? Shall I rub it for you? "Ling Shuyao shook her head and rubbed it with her own hands. Li Rui said, "Why don't you go back to the village committee and rest for a while?" Ling Shuyao shook her head and said, "I'm fine, I can still take it. It's much worse than being stung by a scorpion." Li Rui couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then I'll continue."
Next, Li Rui asked a few more questions. Most of the people he asked were people he was familiar with, including Hu Liquan, the young men from yesterday, and the wife of the village doctor, Li Wenhua. After taking care of these 'people on his side', he glanced at that pretty little wife and thought to himself, 'I should also take care of her for once. No matter what, she did point the way for me, so I have to repay her kindness.'
He thought for a while and decided to ask a question that didn't have a standard answer, in case she couldn't answer it. Anyway, the right to ask questions was in his hands. No one could stop him, and no one could question him. He then asked, "I'll ask the villagers one last question. This question doesn't have a standard answer, so you can freely express your opinions. Listen carefully, I'm going to ask: Villagers, tell me, what is the most important thing to get out of poverty and become rich? In other words, if you want to get out of poverty and become rich, what is the first problem you have to solve? You can say whatever you want. As long as it's realistic, I won't be stingy with giving out gifts. Be more enthusiastic. "As he spoke, his gaze had already stopped on that little wife's face.
This question was too simple for all the villagers present. They thought that as long as they didn't stray too far from the topic, they should be able to pass. So they scrambled to raise their hands and shouted, "I'll do it!" "Let me say it, I know." "I'll say it, I'll say it. The leader chooses me."
Li Rui didn't look at these people at all. He pretended to look around from left to right, and from right to left. In the end, his gaze accurately fell on that little wife. Seeing that she didn't raise her hand, he was very disheartened. He thought to himself, 'Beauty, beauty, I've already given you the opportunity to get gifts for free. Why don't you raise your hand? You're deliberately not letting me thank you, right? '
However, he was a person with a way. He smiled slightly, looked around at the crowd, and said, "Today, the villagers who participated in the mobilization meeting are very enthusiastic, but I found a problem. Although many villagers came to participate in the meeting, they didn't speak from beginning to end, nor did they raise their hands to answer the questions. I don't know what they're thinking. Do they think this kind of meeting is boring, or are they not paying attention? No, today I'll do the opposite. If anyone doesn't raise their hand, I'll make her answer the question. " As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his arm and pointed accurately at that little wife's head, and said, "Let's choose this female comrade. Tell me, why don't you raise your hand?"
This little wife would never have thought that her head would be pointed at if she didn't raise her hand. When she saw Li Rui pointing at her, her face turned red. She wanted to say something but couldn't. She was very shy and finally lowered her head.
Li Rui smiled and asked, "Comrade, don't be shy. I'm asking you a question. Why don't you raise your hand? Are you not paying attention? "The little wife only shook her head. Li Rui said, "Then tell me the question I just asked. Try to answer it. It's okay. It's okay if you say something wrong. Just say it casually." The little wife gathered her courage and raised her head. She looked at him timidly and said, "I … I …" Li Rui encouraged her, "It's okay. It's okay if you say something wrong. If you are poor and the government is willing to help you get rid of poverty and become rich, what do you think is the most important problem for you to solve? "
The little wife's face and ears were red. Her lips moved but she couldn't say anything.
Li Rui kindly reminded her, "Why are you poor? Is it because you are lazy and don't want to find a job, so you can't earn money? Or is it because you can't find a way to become rich? "The little wife thought about it and whispered like a mosquito," I can't find a way. " Li Rui continued to remind her, "If you can't find a way, it means that your thinking is backward and your self-help awareness is not in place. Now, answer me. What is the most important problem for you to solve? " The little wife said, "You just said that we need to liberate our thinking …" Li Rui smiled and said, "Congratulations, you got it right. Ling Chu, give her the gifts. " He then said to the villagers, "I hope that everyone will remember this. Before the start of this poverty alleviation program, the first thing you need to do is to liberate your thinking. If you don't liberate your thinking, you will never see a way out. "
After the meeting ended, there was still about a third of the gifts left.
Li Rui thought about the gifts that were snatched away by the unscrupulous village women and sighed secretly. He glanced at Ling Shuyao's gloomy face and walked over to her and asked with concern, "Is your leg okay?" Ling Shuyao snorted, "A bunch of ungrateful wolves!" Li Rui sighed and said, "I really can't say anything about them." Ling Shuyao said angrily, "The scorpions here are poisonous, the snakes are disgusting, and the people are even more disgusting." Li Rui held back his laughter and said, "Don't be depressed. Let's go and discuss with the village leaders about the poverty alleviation program."
After a busy day, Li Rui drove Ling Shuyao and brought a change of clothes to the Dragon King Temple Village in the evening. They found a bathing pool that looked quite high class to take a bath.
When they came out of the bath, the two of them looked brand new, but their hair was still wet. They looked at each other and didn't look happy. The main thing was that there was no progress in the poverty alleviation program these days. Instead, they encountered all kinds of disgusting activities. How could they be happy?
After coming out of the bathing pool, the two of them found a restaurant and had dinner in silence.
On the way back to Little Dragon King Village, Li Rui sighed and said, "Poverty alleviation is not easy. I think I have to let down Song Shuji." Ling Shuyao hit the nail on the head and said, "We are helping people, not the poor. That's why it's hard." Li Rui felt that it made sense. He nodded and said, "That's right. If you want to help the poor, you have to help the people first. If you can't help the people, then don't think about helping the poor." Ling Shuyao said, "Don't say that I'm a jinx. I think that we'll be lucky if even one-tenth of the eighty-odd poor households in Little Dragon King Village take part in this poverty alleviation program."
Li Rui thought for a while and said, "Even if it's one-tenth, it's still eight households. If these eight households can be promoted vigorously, then we can be considered to have achieved something. When we go back, it won't be too embarrassing for us to face the Song Shuji. " At this point, he suddenly realized something. He patted the steering wheel excitedly and said, "That's right. We were wrong before. We wanted to help all the poor families, but the goal was too big. It could even be said that it was illusory. It was not realistic at all because the poverty situation of each family is different. We can't possibly help all of them, and we don't need to help all of them. As long as we can set up a few examples and connect the dots, it can be considered a great achievement. "
Ling Shuyao agreed and nodded. He said, "Hu Liquan can be considered as one household. In addition to the few enthusiastic young men who came to you for advice yesterday, it shouldn't be a problem to gather eight households. If we can help these poor families, we might be able to help another ten or so households. That's very impressive. Didn't you see that Hanshui County's Poverty Alleviation Office has been helping for six years, but they've only helped a dozen or so village officials become rich? We're not a professional poverty alleviation organization, so there's no need to set a goal that's too big. As long as we can live up to ourselves and these poor families, that's enough. After all, we have a job to do, so there's no need to be too insistent on this kind of thing. "
After confirming this point, the two of them felt much more cheerful. They felt that they had a goal in their poverty alleviation work, so they didn't have to worry about it anymore. Next, as long as they could help Hu Liquan and the others, their mission would be considered complete. In fact, the two of them could have set a lower goal, which was to help Hu Liquan and his family. They didn't know that helping a poor family escape poverty and become rich in just a few short months was already considered a great achievement. At the same time, it was also a solid achievement. Then, they invited the city's television station and newspaper reporters to come over and do an interview. The two of them's achievements were written clearly on paper, and Song Chaoyang felt proud.
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