The distance of six to seven li, although it was all level two paved road, was still quite strenuous to walk. After a while, these people were divided into several small groups according to the amount of energy they had lost. Song Chaoyang and Fang Qingyun walked in the front, Du Minsheng and Li Rui were a few steps behind, Xiao Dawei and Robin were ten meters away, panting. Their secretaries did not dare to walk in front, nor did they dare to fall behind, closely following behind them. Although they were not tired of walking, they were very tired of following. Behind them were Yao Xuefei and the two reporters, and at the very end were the Shuanghe County Party Secretary Zheng Yuanfang, the Deputy Secretary, the Deputy County Head, the Office Director, and several other county leaders who were obviously physically exhausted.
Li Rui did not feel sorry for these city and county leaders who were clearly unable to walk but still forced to walk. What he felt sorry for was his precious Yao Xuefei. She was wearing high heels today, how could she have thought that she would walk such a long distance? Walking six to seven li in high heels, one could imagine how much suffering her white and tender feet would suffer. He really wanted to carry her on his back and walk the rest of the way. Unfortunately, this kind of thought could only cross his mind, and he absolutely could not do it.
Fortunately, after the Jiupo Town Government received the news, they quickly sent vehicles to welcome these leaders who were walking. Although they were all old Volkswagens and Jettas, none of the leaders expressed dissatisfaction. At this time, not to mention motor vehicles, even if it was an ox cart or a donkey cart, as long as they did not walk, these people were very welcome.
There were not many cars, only three in total, but the drivers were all important people in Jiupo Town, including the Town Committee Secretary, the Mayor, and the Director of the Party and Political Affairs Office. Of these three people, other than the Party and Political Office Director, whose status in the town was slightly lower, the other two were big shots who stood by their words. In the past, they were looked up to and respected, but today, in front of these leaders from the city and county, they were only fit to be chauffeurs.
Song Chaoyang and the others arrived at Jiupo Town's government building by car and rested for a while. They had no choice but to rest. The long journey just now was really tiring. Even if Li Rui, who was physically strong, didn't feel tired, his feet were very sore. While resting, he happened to hear Zheng Yuanfang and Fang Qingyun's report on the reconstruction of the disaster area and the deployment of winter measures.
The words' disaster area reconstruction 'were not exactly accurate when used in Jiupo Town's disaster area. This was because the mountain torrent this summer did not cause a devastating disaster to the villages of Jiupo Town. Even Xishan Village, which was the most seriously affected, was not completely razed to the ground. There were still many villagers' houses and courtyard walls. This was not like those earthquakes that could easily reach a magnitude of 7 or 8. After the earthquake, the disaster area was completely razed to the ground. Even if the houses did not collapse, their bearing walls and foundations would be damaged, and they would need to be completely demolished. In Jiupo Town's disaster area, it was more appropriate to use the word 'repair'. In other words, the houses and courtyard walls that were severely soaked in the flood needed to be repaired. Moreover, Jiupo Town and the county did not have enough funds to carry out large-scale reconstruction.
The disaster affected villages in Jiupo Town were stepping up their efforts to repair the damaged houses. The residents mainly did the repairs themselves. If their families had difficulties, the two village committees and the town committee would take the initiative to provide help.
As for the measures for the disaster victims to get through the winter, Shuanghe County actively raised funds and divided the disaster victims into two categories according to the standards of those who had houses and those who did not have houses. The first category was those whose houses were destroyed by the flood and had no houses to live in. The government would help them rent houses in villages that were not affected by the flood. The monthly rent would be 200 yuan, and a living allowance of 10 yuan per person per day would be given. The second category was those whose houses were not destroyed by the flood, but all of their belongings were destroyed, and only living allowances were given. According to this standard, the first category was divided into 51 households with 187 people. The second category had 309 households with 1,290 people, and all of them had been properly settled.
When it came to the resettlement houses, Fang Qingyun reported that there were two sets of temporary houses in the resettlement area. One was a resettlement house for the winter, and the other was a temporary resettlement house. The owners of the resettlement houses for the winter were those who were more seriously affected by the disaster and had no homes to return to. They could live there for two years. The temporary resettlement houses were for the disaster victims whose original houses were not too badly damaged and could be moved in after some repairs. The resettlement houses for the winter were built using a new type of material, "wooden plastic boards," with plaster inside. It could provide better insulation and heat preservation. Currently, the four resettlement houses in the north, south, and south of the town had all been put into construction. 960 resettlement houses would be built. Among them, 400 resettlement houses for the winter and 560 temporary resettlement houses would be built by the end of January next year.
At the same time, the leaders of Shuanghe County at all levels would go deep into Jiupo Town to deliver cotton-padded clothes, coal stoves, and other activities. They would also provide "point to point" assistance to the "Three Nos" and "Three Orphans" people who were seriously affected by the disaster to ensure their safety and warmth through the winter. So far, Shuanghe County had distributed more than 16 million yuan to the disaster victims, 327 sets of coal stoves, 2,100 quilts, and 2,500 cotton-padded clothes.
Song Chaoyang listened very carefully and asked questions from time to time. Fang Qingyun, who had just been appointed as the acting County Mayor, was very eye-catching. She answered fluently and logically, and she could answer many specific numbers without stuttering. Although Song Chaoyang did not mention any rewards, it could be seen that she was quite satisfied with this.
During the meeting, Li Rui thought of something his master, Yuan Xiaodi, had taught him: Prepare two pairs of comfortable and soft cloth shoes for himself and his boss in Car No. 1. When they go to the suburbs for research, especially when they walk in the fields for a long time, they can change out of the heavy and rigid leather shoes and put them on.
Why did he treat his feet so well? Yuan Xiaodi explained it well: "The feet are the second heart of the human body, and also the root of the human body. It is the reflection zone of the human body's five viscera and six bowels. When the feet are comfortable, the body will feel comfortable. If the feet are not comfortable, the body will not feel comfortable. For example, when people soak their feet in hot water, they will feel relaxed and comfortable. When people freeze their feet in winter, their bodies will also feel weak. Therefore, you must learn to take care of your feet. "
Li Rui thought about it. When his master had told him this, he had thought about it, but his boss did not seem to have any cloth shoes, so he had forgotten about it. Now that he thought about it, he did not have any cloth shoes to buy. If he did not have time to buy them, he could have bought them for him. Otherwise, why would he have a secretary? He made up his mind to prepare a pair of cloth shoes for his boss as soon as possible when he returned to the city. But then he thought, why wait until he returned to the city and buy them in town? It was a town, after all. How could he not be able to buy a pair of cloth shoes?
During the meeting, Li Rui did not see Li Yulan, the Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee. But when he came out of the building, he saw her outside. She was still hiding behind the main leaders of the Town Party Committee. She did not show her face, but it was easy to see her rosy face in the crowd. Li Yulan also saw him. She looked at him a few times and blushed. She lowered her head slightly. After a while, she could not help but look at him again.
The two of them occasionally looked at each other. They used their eyes to convey an ambiguous message that only the other could understand.
Li Rui wondered if he had time to take a look at the dried fruits and grains processing factory in the town's granary. He wanted to see what the company he had invested in looked like, and whether his old classmate Yang Peng would be there.
The first stop of Song Chaoyang's inspection was the resettlement house project site in the south of the town. It covered an area of more than ten acres and was responsible for the resettlement of the victims of the disaster in the southwest of the town. When Song Chaoyang and the others arrived, the bulldozers and excavators were busy working. Hundreds of workers were working in the cold. On the ground that had just been leveled, the foundations of more than 200 resettlement houses had been laid. Some of the houses had already taken shape.
Fang Qingyun reported to Song Chaoyang and the other city leaders, "This project site was selected on the morning of the 26th of last month. The design started at noon and the construction started in the afternoon. This resettlement house project has a total of 260 houses. Each house has an average floor area of 20 square meters. According to the requirements of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, all the houses have to be ready to move in before January 20th of next year. Time waits for no one. Now, we have to work around the clock … The reason why we chose this place to build the resettlement houses is because, on one hand, the terrain is high and safe. On the other hand, the supporting facilities here are relatively complete. It's right on the edge of the town, so it's very convenient to connect to water and electricity. You can go to the market and buy groceries one or two hundred meters away. "
Song Chaoyang nodded and walked to the model house first. He carefully checked the size, layout, water, electricity, heating, and so on. Finally, he said some words of comfort to the construction team and the county leaders.
Yao Xuefei quickly directed the cameramen to record this scene as part of the news.
After coming out of the resettlement house project site, Song Chaoyang rushed to the resettlement site without stopping to check on the living conditions of the victims again.
After all this was done, it was already past 12 o 'clock. It was almost past lunch time. Under the organization of the county and town staff, Song Chaoyang and the other city and county leaders had lunch in a restaurant in town. After lunch, they took a short break.
There weren't any high-end hotels in town for people to rest in. It was nothing more than a few small hotels and inns. Under the arrangement of the town, Song Chaoyang and the others stayed in a family hotel owned by the locals. It was the same hotel that Li Rui had stayed in when he accompanied Song Chaoyang to Jiupo Town to study poverty alleviation.
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