Chapter 394: Manage to the End

Rent a house?

The middle-aged man didn't react for a while. What kind of house should I rent?

"Which house do you want to rent? Is it used to house the villagers? How can one house be enough?"

Li Yi explained patiently: "Of course I don't just rent one house. As long as there are vacant rooms in the houses in the town, I will rent them all! Every household!"

"The villagers are all at the train station now. Although they are out of the wind and rain, they still have to have a safe place to go, right?"

The middle-aged man sighed, nodded, and then pulled Li Yi into the large courtyard with three entrances. As he walked, he said: "Your method is indeed good. Come on, let's go in and talk!"

Li Yi was stunned and said quickly: "Are you the mayor here?"

The middle-aged man suddenly stopped, slapped his forehead, and said with a smile:

"Look, I was so busy asking about Kaoshan Village that I forgot to introduce myself!"

"My name is Chen Ruqing, and I am the mayor of this town!"

Then the mayor continued: "Our ancestors were teachers in Jinyuan. They have been passed down from generation to generation. They are half a scholarly family, so this name is a bit arty! How funny!"

Is this the mayor?

Li Yi raised his brows. The successor of the teacher came out as a mayor. It can be said that they complement each other!

There is a word specifically to describe these cultural people, what are they called...scholar!

That's right, I looked at the mayor again this time, and he was really bookish!

He looks upright, well-dressed, and has ink in his belly. He looks a bit like a county magistrate!

"By the way, mayor, this is your home? It's very grand!"

Chen Ruqing smiled bitterly and said: "Don't make fun of me as a small mayor. Kaoshan Village is also under the jurisdiction of Jinyuan Town. If such a big thing happens, I, as the mayor, should be asked to inform me Really incompetent!”

Li Yi raised his foot and crossed a threshold and said in a deep voice: "This is not your fault. After all, transportation and communication are very blocked. It was a coincidence that I passed by such a village, otherwise..."

At this point, both Li Yi and the mayor were frightened. ReadМ

Sitting down in the living room of this house, Chen Ruqing said with a serious face: "Tell me in detail about the issue of renting a house you mentioned! I will try my best to persuade the people in the town!"

Li Yi smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for everyone. I don't want to do moral kidnapping!"

"When you do good deeds, you have to let good people see the good rewards, right? If all the good people get bad retributions, who would be willing to stand up and do good deeds?"

"Well, that's the truth!" Chen Ruqing said.

"For those who have a wing at home, and who have the conditions to accommodate residents of the mountain village, I will provide subsidies! Fifty yuan a month per family!"

Fifty dollars a month?

How many residents are there in Kaoshan Village? Let’s say more than 100 households!

Calculated based on one hundred households, that would cost five thousand yuan a month, which is a lot!

What is this young man planning?

Could it be that he also came from Kaoshan Village? That’s not right, and his accent doesn’t sound like it, either?

Looking at Chen Ruqing's confused eyes, Li Yi asked with equal doubts: "What's wrong? What's the problem? If fifty yuan is not enough, I can add more!"

Fifty yuan a month is equivalent to half of an industrial worker's monthly salary in big cities in this era, so it's not cheap anymore.

Then, Chen Ruqing said with a smile: "Of course it's not about money, I'm just curious, what does Kaoshan Village have to do with you? Why are you willing to spend so much money to help the villagers in Kaoshan Village?"

Li Yi leaned on the chair, put down the teacup in his hand, and turned to look into the yard.

There is a pond of lotus in the yard, and a water tank with two lotus leaves floating in the water tank. When it rains, the rain hits the lotus leaves. It must be a very wonderful sight, right?

"Suppose there is such a water tank in front of you in the yard, and you know that it is going to crack and the lotus leaves inside will fall to the ground. If you don't take care of it, it will rot on the ground. What would you do?"

Chen Ruqing was stunned for a moment when asked, but still answered without thinking: "Of course I first fish out the lotus leaves, then put them into the pool, and then clean up the fragments of the water tank and the water on the ground! You don't have to think about it at all!" "

Li Yi smiled and nodded when he heard this, and said: "Isn't there already an answer? I am the one who fished out the lotus leaves and picked up the fragments of the water tank!"

"I am passing by here after all, but in the final analysis, this matter has something to do with me! Of course I can turn around and leave now, because I have saved the lives of these people!"

"But what will they do if I leave, live a homeless life, and end up starving to death in the streets? To be honest, if that's the case, I shouldn't have told them that there was a mudslide, and I shouldn't have let them go from there. Come out of the village!"

Li Yi's eyes were very firm, and every word he spoke was very resounding: "Since I have intervened in this matter, I will definitely take care of it to the end!"

"well said!"

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, Chen Ruqing stood up, moved the wicker chair back, and bowed to Li Yi respectfully!

"I, Chen Ruqing, are not as good as you in this respect, but I can't just sit idly by! The town government has paid for the rent of these villagers' houses!"

Li Yi raised his eyebrows when he heard this. That was five thousand yuan, and it was not done at once, but before these people were settled, five thousand yuan was needed every month. The town government's finances could not be able to stand?

Chen Ruqing saw Li Yi's worry and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will just report it to the superiors truthfully. This is the responsibility of our town government anyway!"

"Then I will replace these villagers. Thank you, Mayor Chen!"

Chen Ruqing patted Li Yi on the shoulder and said: "I, the incompetent mayor, should be the one to thank you! Thanks to you, Kaoshan Village can breathe easy!"

Li Yi waved his hand, and then asked curiously: "Does Mayor Chen know about things in Tongcun Village?"

Tongxiang Village?

Hearing this name, Chen Ruqing suddenly had a wry smile on his face.

"I know! How could I not know! This village really stumps me!"

How do you say this? Is there something wrong with the village?

"Can you introduce me to them? It stands to reason that the government should give them some relief or support!"

Chen Ruqing said helplessly: "Yes, we did give it, but the situation is a bit special..."

special?

Li Yi suddenly had doubts in his heart. He wanted to know what kind of special method it was.