Chapter 8 Chapter two

In the early morning, there was a rush of telephone ringing on the desk of the reception station for letters and visits from the masses in Guling County.Zhou Zhou, who was on duty at the petition station, got up and rubbed his eyes. He was stunned for a while before he realized that he leaned over to pick up the phone, feeling something urgent in his heart.He is a demobilized soldier, short, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks very smart. The call was from Li Xiangnan, the secretary of the county party committee who just arrived in Guling County yesterday, and asked him to go there immediately.

I heard that the secretary of the county party committee is very young, only in his thirties. But what did the young secretary of the county party committee do on the second day after he took office?And so early.Looking up at the window, it was gray, and the elm tree with crooked head was still dark. When Xiao Zhou walked anxiously through the quiet and deserted county party committee compound and entered the plain office of the county party secretary, Li Xiangnan was lying on his desk writing something on a piece of letterhead.The doors and windows were open, and the ground had been sprinkled with water.On the desk illuminated by the morning light, the fluorescent desk lamp was still dimly on unobtrusively.Seeing Xiao Zhou coming in, he raised his head with a smile on his thin, dark face.He pulled up the chair and kindly asked Xiao Zhou to sit down at the table. "I want to know about the letters and visits from the masses. I know that you are the most familiar with the situation. It is a living file." He smiled, and some bloodshot eyes were shining in his eyes.

Xiao Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, smiled a little shyly, and felt a burst of warmth in his heart.He is the patriarch of the reception station and has been here since its inception.Although the successive directors of the reception station had prepared materials when they reported to the county party committee, none of the leaders had ever paid attention to this obscure little officer. "Can you give a brief overview of the whole situation in twenty minutes? Be brief, but don't miss any real situation. Where there are statistics, it is best to use statistics to explain the problem." Li Xiangnan paused, looked With Xiao Zhou.

Because it was the first time for Xiao Zhou to make such an important report to the leader of the county party committee, he was a little nervous. "Is it difficult to say this? Do you want to think about it first? I can give you a quarter of an hour to think about it first." Li Xiangnan raised his wrist and looked at his watch. At the same time, he pulled a stack of documents from the upper right corner of the desk and put them in front of him. "No need to." "That's good." Li Xiangnan nodded appreciatively, pushed away the documents that were just about to be opened, took out a few blank loose-leaf papers, and picked up a thick pencil.

Xiao Zhou coughed and started a very organized report: the number of letters and visits in the past year; the number of problems of various natures; the daily situation of reception work; The contact information of departments such as the Disciplinary Inspection Commission and other departments; the number of cases transferred to each department... It is simple and concise, and there are statistics everywhere.While listening, Li Xiangnan briefly interjected and asked questions while taking notes. It could be seen that he was very satisfied with Xiao Zhou's report.When he heard that the reception day of the Standing Committee every tenth every month has been implemented for two years, he hummed with interest. "Okay," he stopped writing and frowned, calculating, "every ten? There are three days in a month, and thirty-six days in a year, which is too little. The common people are anxious, and they can only see you three days a month. Our Big Standing Committee?" He smiled a little humorously, "There are twelve Standing Committee members in the county, and each person only has three days of reception days a year. It's better to change it to every Friday or every tenth, doubling the number. That way Well, a member of the Standing Committee only rotates six days a year, not many. What do you think?... Well, this—" He opened the desk calendar and quickly jotted down a few words, "Let's study it at the county committee meeting tomorrow. You go on."

Xiao Zhou coughed, and then continued to report: "In the past two years, there have been a total of 740 cases of letters and visits issued by the Standing Committee. Among them..." Xiao Zhou was talking about statistics about cases ordered by the Standing Committee, but was interrupted by Li Xiangnan.He asked: "Among the cases approved by the county party committee, how many problems have not been resolved? What proportion?" Xiao Zhou was stunned: "This... I haven't counted it." Yes, such problems have never been counted.No leader at any level has asked for such a figure.Xiao Zhou, who was familiar with letters and visits, felt the weight of this question.

Li Xiangnan frowned slightly and thought for a second or two, put down the pen in his hand, opened the chair and stood up, and asked with his finger: "This Mrs. Wu, do you know him?" Behind the bookshelf, a rural elder sister-in-law in her forties sat with her head bowed.She was wearing a clean blue gown, her hair was tied up in a bun, and she had a thrifty and efficient working temperament.The trouser legs were wet with dew, and they must have come all the way along the field path before dawn.When she looked up at Xiao Zhou, there was a kind look that Xiao Zhou was very familiar with in her eyes.

Of course he knew this Mrs. Wu.She is a widow in Chen village. She has been retaliated against because she raised opinions on the unfair distribution of land contracted to households by brigade cadres.In addition, her surname is not Chen, so this kind of retaliation has the nature of a big surname bullying a small surname in the village.Ducks swarmed into her seedling fields, pigs burrowed into her vegetable fields, and disasters of all sizes fell on this weak woman.In the past six months, she has petitioned dozens of times, and the county standing committee has also given instructions several times, but they can't solve it after going back and forth.

"Now, there are many things that can't be solved by just giving instructions." The young secretary of the county party committee looked at Xiao Zhou seriously and said. "I'll go back and make statistics to see how many of the cases that have been instructed have not been resolved, and some cases have been repeatedly instructed." "Yes, such a survey and statistics should be conducted." "I'll send in the results of my investigation next week." "No, I only give you two days. I believe in your efficiency." Li Xiangnan smiled kindly, "Go back and report to the director. You have worked hard. Check files, make phone calls, and run by car. If you don't have a car, take My car is going to work overtime. The day after tomorrow," he looked at his watch, "at this time, seven o'clock in the morning, the survey statistics will be delivered. No problem, right?"

Xiao Zhou shook his head, indicating that there was no difficulty. Li Xiangnan nodded with satisfaction.He opened the desk calendar page of the day after tomorrow and wrote: "7 o'clock, Xiao Zhou of the petition station", and then said gently: "Don't be too general. We need to investigate each case one by one, and investigate step by step. , who, what is the reason? It is more important to understand one thing in detail than to understand a hundred things in general. Are you right?" "right." Li Xiangnan lowered his head and wrote something quickly on a piece of blank loose-leaf paper, and continued: "We don't care about rectification or reform. In the final analysis, we want to improve efficiency...a problem can be solved by dozens of petitions by the masses. No, what is the efficiency?..."

Xiao Zhou looked down and saw that the cursive words he was writing on the paper were: Why can't the cases that have been approved be resolved? (Survey Outline) 1. Total number; 2. Category; (how to classify?) 3. Typical cases; (3-5!) 4. Resistance, various reasons; ......... "After a while," Li Xiangnan looked at his watch and said while drawing exclamation marks and question marks vigorously, annotating what he had just written, "At eight o'clock, I will ask the secretary to send you the survey outline for you to prepare the outline for." For reference." He pressed the loose-leaf paper with a pencil, stood up and walked in front of Aunt Wu, and comforted him: "Sister-in-law Wu, your matter will definitely be resolved." Aunt Wu nodded obediently, she must have heard such official words a lot time. "However, you have to wait for a while." Aunt Wu's eyes showed disappointment.In the past, the reply of "I will solve it for you soon" has been delayed until now. Isn't this "wait for a while" even more years and months? "Secretary Li, when do you want me to wait, let me wait another six months or a year?" "Don't be in a hurry. You may have to wait all morning, okay?... I'll ask the comrades in the office to arrange lunch for you." "Wait all morning?" Mrs. Wu couldn't believe her ears, and didn't know what to say. The young secretary of the county party committee turned to Xiao Zhou: "Please help me make a few calls, and in my name invite the director of the Chencun Commune, the branch secretary and team leader of the Chencun Brigade, and the county standing committee member who has given instructions on this case. Comrades come to my office for a meeting at eleven o’clock in the morning. Chencun is five or six miles away from the county seat, so please make sure to arrive on time. A comrade will also come to your reception station.” "it is good." At eleven o'clock in the morning, everyone who was notified arrived on time.In half an hour, the problem was completely solved.The brigade branch secretary and the brigade captain expressed their stance, and if there was another bullying of Mrs. Wu in the village, no matter who they were, they would be dismissed from their posts. "Okay, when the time comes, I will resolutely revoke your positions. This is definitely not a joke." Li Xiangnan said with a serious expression, and then turned to Mrs. Wu, "Do you have any comments?...Let's go back after dinner." Sister-in-law Wu held the hand of the young county party secretary, and tears welled up in her eye sockets.There are pigs, chickens, and children at home, all of which are waiting for her to feed. If she doesn't eat, she has to go back immediately.Li Xiangnan used his jeep to send her back to Chencun together with the commune director, brigade secretary and brigade leader...