Strictly speaking, Zhao Qingyao was Li Chuan's first woman, so Li Chuan naturally held so special feelings toward Zhao Qingyao.
Since it was his friend visiting, he had to do it himself to show sincerity, so Li Chuan grabbed two buckets and a net from the yard and headed towards the village river.
After the mountain flood, it evidently flushed out quite a few wild animals hidden in the mountains.
Before long, Li Chuan caught a big wild turtle and several large eels...
Back in the village, the village branch secretary brought along Zhou Ruolan this ti. Becoming a teacher, Zhou Ruolan's eloquence was not just words. In front of the town leaders and Zhao Qingyao's microphone, she spoke confidently, recounting a series of issues in Taohua Village, including the incident where Chen Xiaole fell into the river and almost drowned. She also specifically talked about the geographical environnt and many other issues of Taohua Village.
After listening to Zhou Ruolan, the town leaders couldn't help but show a troubled expression. As a mber of the leadership team, he really wanted to treat everyone equally and contribute to rural developnt, but the current general environnt was challenging. As a deputy mayor, his power was limited, and wanting to allocate funds would require approval from the county finance bureau.
However, the deputy mayor expressed in front of the cara that he would definitely report Taohua Village's issues to the county finance bureau and do his best to apply for funds, because the primary school had collapsed during the torrential rains, and the situation was urgent!
After this round of investigation, Zhao Qingyao didn't leave with the town leaders but instead, in high heels, walked along the uneven stone road in the village, stepping carefully towards Li Chuan, eventually reaching the riverside where she saw Li Chuan, shirtless, fishing in the river with a net.
Not having enjoyed Li Chuan's company for so ti, Zhao Qingyao couldn't help but feel a tingling affection in her eyes and a budding spring longing upon seeing Li Chuan's robust muscles.
She imdiately took off her high heels, standing barefoot on the grassy riverbank, and shouted to Li Chuan: "Hey boy, strutting around in this village every day, have you been a trouble to many of the village's young girls and widows? I noticed the way Teacher Zhou looks at you is odd!"
Li Chuan's lips curled into a smile: "What? Is our Reporter Zhao jealous?"
"I had pickled green beans and fish with pickled vegetables this morning, guess why!" Zhao Qingyao snorted, "But honestly, you really are quite the heartthrob."
Li Chuan glanced down at himself: "? I'm not exactly small, am I?"
"Scoundrel." Zhao Qingyao's face instantly turned red, her mind echoing with the joy of being dominated by Li Chuan's second brother. Imdiately she retorted playfully: "Shaless!"
With that, she looked for a stone to sit on by the riverbank, dipping her feet into the water, gently kicking at the river. The village was very cool after the rain, and the feeling of being one with nature made her feel very relaxed, very at ease.
"So comfortable, no wonder you're reluctant to leave this mountain village."
Soon, Li Chuan ca out with the bucket in hand and sat beside Zhao Qingyao, the two acting like a young couple.
Zhao Qingyao suddenly said: "Li Chuan, tell the truth, is all the stuff happening in Taohua Village your doing?"
Li Chuan was taken aback: "Sister Qingyao, what are you talking about?"
Zhao Qingyao: "Stop pretending. Why do I feel no matter where you go, whatever you do, you always manage to turn the place upside down?"
At this ti, Zhao Qingyao recalled Jiangzhou College of Traditional Chinese dicine, Seven Bowls Tea House, the old street in West City, and the newly opened Li's Clinic...
Anyway, wherever Li Chuan was, it would go viral!
Too bizarre!
Is this the legendary "troublemaker aura"?
Li Chuan: "..."
Truth be told, Zhao Qingyao, as a reporter, has an exceptionally keen sense, she even guessed that.
The death of the Chen brothers was indeed his orchestration, but the collapse of the stone arch bridge and the school during the heavy rains was purely coincidental.
However, these are rely Zhao Qingyao's assumptions, because such matters are impossible to find evidence for, proving that the two bears were summoned by Li Chuan.
"Alright, let's go. Honestly speaking, the air in this village is very good, and the scenery is nice too. Later I'll make you so real mountain and river delicacies for you at the village committee." Li Chuan smiled, standing up and reaching out to pull Zhao Qingyao up.
Heading back, Li Chuan introduced the situation of Taohua Village to Zhao Qingyao.
Li Chuan and Zhao Qingyao were just chatting, but the things he ntioned were even more detailed and all-encompassing than Zhou Ruolan's.
After lunch, Zhao Qingyao and the TV station crew drove off in a Toyota Prado leaving Taohua Village.
That night, Jiangzhou City's TV station aired today's interview, bringing Taohua Village, a hidden mountain village, into the public's eye for the first ti.
The citizens who watched the television news report learned that Taohua Village was a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, but its school had collapsed due to a mountain flood, and the village's only connecting stone arch bridge had also been washed away!
It's hard to imagine, beneath Jiangzhou City's glamorous exterior, lies such a poverty-stricken and backward place.
Because, the situation of Taohua Village might have been common in the 70s and 80s, but now, it certainly cos as quite a shock!
The next day, Jiangzhou City's Party Secretary held a eting instructing the finance bureau to allocate funds to rebuild the primary school and construct the bridge.
However, Wang Guanghan, the finance bureau chief of the county where Gushan Town is located, stated that the finances are currently very tight, and they can at most provide one million for the school and bridge construction.
One million may seem a lot, but to carry out such projects in the remote mountains of Taohua Village, it's still far from enough!
But upon receiving the news, Zhou Ruolan was extrely excited, imdiately sending this good news in the WeChat group.
Additionally, she directly donated 300,000 from her savings to the village for free!
However, the villagers' response was quite calm because although the finance bureau allocated one million, to build a primary school, construct the bridge, and repair the fence, it would probably cost several millions!
So in this case, wouldn't the remaining funds still be the village's collective expense?
Thus, they were quite troubled by this.
In their view, the school could just be repaired, there seed to be no need to rebuild it.
The bridge on the river could also be constructed using wood from the mountain, if washed away by flooding, just cut more trees, there's absolutely no need to spend a fortune building a bridge.
Zhou Ruolan's enthusiasm was drenched with cold water.
She initially thought this ti she could persuade the villagers to pool funds together, but unexpectedly...
"Teacher Zhou, would you like to lend a hand?" Li Chuan asked with a smile, looking at the sowhat downcast Zhou Ruolan.
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