Rebirth in officialdom and rising to the top

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the Qingyun Town Government has come to get off work.

In Conference Room 206 on the second floor of the government building, several middle-aged women who had just had their injuries treated at the town health center were anxiously waiting for the arrival of the young mayor.

Thinking of everything that happened in the afternoon, Wang Yanmei, the oldest of these women, who is in her early [-]s, is still dreaming:

Could it be that this time, we poor people finally met Mr. Qingtian who is willing to make decisions for the people like in the TV series "Bao Qingtian"?

Are you not dreaming?

Thinking of this, Wang Yanmei said to Wu Xiaoqiu, who was sitting next to her and had a front tooth knocked out by Huang Tailai today:

"Sister Xiaoqiu, pinch me!"

Wu Xiaoqiu, 40 years old, is the leader of this group of petitioning women. When she heard this, she said inexplicably:

"Sister-in-law Yanmei, why did you ask me to pinch you?"

Wang Yanmei laughed naively and said with some embarrassment:

"I just want you to pinch me to see if it hurts or if I'm dreaming!"

Wang Yanmei's behavior seemed a little funny, but Wu Xiaoqiu saw only sadness and heartache in her eyes:

Alas, if she hadn't already reached a certain level of despair, how could Sister-in-law Yanmei suspect that she was dreaming?

Yes, when I think about how people like me were treated as class enemies by the interviewers in the past, and were often beaten, scolded, insulted, and even illegally imprisoned,

Looking at the bright and clean conference room in front of them, with the air-conditioning turned on just for them, and the tea and snacks placed on the table for them to take as they please, it's really like a scene that can only be dreamed of in a dream. …

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoqiu patted the back of Wang Yanmei's rough-skinned and scarred hand and comforted:

"Sister-in-law Yanmei, don't worry. You are not dreaming, and neither are any of us. That Mayor Chen is a great hero who risked his life to save our children. If we don't even believe his words, how can we still survive?" Who do you believe?"

Wang Yanmei felt relieved after hearing this, nodded and said:

"Yeah, sister Xiaoqiu is right. We have to believe Mayor Chen. By the way, sister, Mayor Chen will come over to ask questions later. It's better you speak on our behalf. After all, you are also a person who has attended high school. The few of us I haven’t even gone to school, so I’m afraid I’ll say the wrong thing!”

Several other women also echoed after hearing this:

"That's right, I didn't even go to elementary school, so let's do it, Miss Xiaoqiu!"

"Yes, yes, sister Xiaoqiu, you represent us, we believe you!"

……

Seeing everyone saying this, Wu Xiaoqiu naturally nodded without hesitation:

"Okay, I'll tell you later!"

……

It wasn't until all the town government staff had left that Chen Wangyang, Sun Shaowu and Zhou Zhengwu walked into the 206 conference room one after another.

Seeing several petitioning women hurriedly trying to get up to say hello to him, Chen Wangyang quickly waved his hand and said:

"Sisters, if you are still injured, don't get up. Sit down quickly!"

Wu Xiaoqiu and the others were indeed injured everywhere, and their movements were somewhat inconvenient. They stopped getting up after hearing this, but they were quite simple and they still thanked Chen Wangyang very embarrassedly:

"Thank you, Mayor Chen!"

"Thank you mayor!"

Looking at the middle-aged women with bruises on their faces and similar age to his mother, Chen Wangyang also felt a little sour in his heart:

"Sisters, please don't be so polite. You are about the same age as my mother. How about I call you aunt?"

Several middle-aged women were startled and waved their hands in panic:

"You must not do it. You are the parent and official of us common people. You must not do it!"

"It's just..."

Chen Wangyang did not force himself and sat down at the conference table with a smile:

"Mayor Shaowu, Director Zhou, please sit down too. Let's listen to the appeals of the elder sisters today!"

"Good mayor!"

After Sun Shaowu and Zhou Zhengwu also sat down, Chen Wangyang took out a notebook and a pen:

"Sisters, let's get started!"

Several women looked at each other, and finally, as agreed upon in advance, Wu Xiaoqiu, who had a leaky front tooth, came out to speak:

"Dear Mayor Chen and Mayor Sun, hello, I am Wu Xiaoqiu, a villager from the second group of Huangjia Village, Qingyun Town, and they are Wang Yanmei and Li Yaomei..."

"The thing is like this... On July 2005, 7, when it was determined that the land acquisition compensation for our family was only half of that of other villagers named Huang, we planned to ask the village chief Huang Baojun for an explanation, so we did not show up for the appointment. Sign the land acquisition compensation agreement..."

“However, in the early morning of July 7, Huang Guangyong, the youngest son of the village chief Huang Baojun and the director of public security, brought several bulldozers to our fields and wanted to forcibly bulldoze our corn fields that were about to be harvested... "

"At that time, several of our men were sleeping in a shed next to the cornfield. After discovering this situation, we immediately stopped them..."

"But they were outnumbered. Not only did our men stop us to no avail, but they beat us up arbitrarily and unreasonably. We could only watch helplessly as they pushed our cornfield away..."

Speaking of this, Wu Xiaoqiu's voice choked up, and several other women also had tears in their eyes:

"It's so tragic, it's really tragic. Sister-in-law Yanmei's man, Brother Lin, is almost sixty years old. They used a pickaxe to break one of his legs alive. My man was pinned to the ground by them. I was slapped more than a dozen times, and I lost hearing in my right ear..."

Hearing this, Chen Wangyang could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He stopped writing furiously with the pen in his hand and slammed the table:

"Lawless, really lawless!"

Chen Wangyang's sudden anger shocked Wu Xiaoqiu and several middle-aged women:

They thought Mayor Chen was angry at them!

Seeing the silence of Wu Xiaoqiu and others, Chen Wangyang realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly comforted him in a gentle voice:

"I'm sorry, ladies, these people are lawless and misbehaving. I was so angry that I slapped the table. It wasn't directed at you! Sister Wu, keep talking!"

Wu Xiaoqiu and Wang Yanmei breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and looked at Chen Wangyang with a little more hope and trust:

Mayor Chen, who is so jealous of evil, must be able to help our man redress his injustice, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoqiu cleared her throat and continued:

"Later, we reported the police to the town police station,"

Having said this, Wu Xiaoqiu glanced timidly at Zhou Zhengwu, who looked a little embarrassed. Seeing that the other party had no intention of stopping him, he continued:

"The police station dispatched officers in time to arrest Huang Guangyong. However, within a few days, not only was Huang Guangyong released, but several of our men were also arrested by the police for picking quarrels and provoking trouble..."

Hearing this, Chen Wangyang, who was filled with displeasure, couldn't help but look at Zhou Zhengwu and asked in a deep voice:

"Director Zhou, I think I need an explanation!"