Li Rui interjected, "Even if you use the money, you don't have to worry, you can apply for a loan from the mutual aid and poverty alleviation foundation in your county, it's not a big problem." Hu Liquan said, "But I haven't raised scorpions, so I don't know how to raise them." Li Rui said: "This problem is also easy to solve, just ask the experts of the county agricultural bureau or the municipal agricultural bureau in the breeding of scorpions to come and train you." I'm in charge of that, you don't have to worry. Hu Liquan said happily, "That's great, with a foundation loan and expert training, I will definitely be able to do a good job." Li Rui said, "Well, you must also do a good job." Didn't the Wang branch secretary look down on you, saying that you made a fortune and his name was written upside down, you must show him your ambition. Hu Liquan nodded heavily and said, "Well, I have to write his name backwards this time." ”

Coming out of Hu Liquan's house, Li Rui said to Ling Shuyao with some excitement, "It's finally a little effective." Ling Shuyao poured a large basin of cold water on him, "There are more than ten poor households in Xiaolongwang Village, do you have to provide door-to-door service like this" Li Rui shook his head and said, "Of course not." After so many days of door-to-door research, we have figured it out, and in summary, there are four causes of poverty: poverty due to laziness, poverty due to illness, poverty due to overbirth, and poverty due to backward thinking. I think we should carry out a unified ideological education method for people with the same causes of poverty, which is the most effective, the most efficient, and the most trouble-free for both of us. ”

Ling Shuyao sighed faintly and said, "Through the past few days, I have also understood that poverty alleviation work is really not so easy to do. When I first came into contact with this poverty alleviation plan, I sat in the office, thinking that I would just follow the steps in the plan and complete the poverty alleviation task, but when I actually arrived in the village, I realized that planning is planning and action is action. Don't blame me for being discouraged, I think that under this situation, we can stay in the village for about a year before we can achieve certain results. ”

Li Rui felt that her words were very reasonable, and sighed secretly, but said: "Don't be discouraged, take your time, we have only been in the village for a few days, if we can produce results in these days, there will be no difficulty in poverty alleviation work." Ling Shuyao was silent. Li Rui said, "We still have to set up a few examples first, and with the power of example, we can raise our arms and lead many people." Ling Shuyao asked, "Do you think Hu Liquan can be used as a typical case?" Li Rui said, "Why can't Hu Liquan or anyone, as long as the poverty alleviation strategy is appropriate and the industrial model is correct, you can get rid of poverty and become rich." ”

Ling Shuyao shook his head and said, "I don't mean that, I mean, if Hu Liquan breeds scorpions, can you see the effect in the short term, don't you need the effect to establish a model, who will follow and learn to imitate" Li Rui snorted and said, "What you said is very reasonable, it seems that Hu Liquan raised scorpions, we have to plan carefully, and strive for a hit." Ling Shuyao said, "Actually, this matter is also very simple to operate, didn't Hu Liquan himself say that there was a pharmacist who went to his house to collect scorpions, more than 200 yuan a catty?"

Li Rui nodded and said, "Yes, but what about this," Ling Shuyao said, "Isn't this a gimmick, we can take the opportunity to publicize it, the scorpion raised by Hu Liquan has been booked by a pharmaceutical company, and when the time comes, when the scorpion grows up, people will buy it for three hundred yuan per catty." As soon as the people in the village heard that the scorpion was so profitable, they must follow the imitation, which is the psychology of following the trend. According to what you said, it doesn't take much money to raise scorpions anyway, so it doesn't matter whether you lose money or not, and people are willing to learn to follow suit. There are more people raising scorpions, and maybe a special industrial area can be formed. Li Rui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said, "It's really yours, okay, just do it, after Hu Liquan starts to engage in scorpion breeding, we will publicize this, of course, we have to do work with Hu Liquan in advance and let him cooperate." ”

Ling Shuyao said, "Don't forget, there will be a poverty alleviation mobilization meeting tomorrow." You promised the villagers that as long as they came to this mobilization meeting, they would have gifts to give, but you haven't bought these gifts yet. Li Rui smiled: "This is easy to say, when we have dinner, we will drive to the township to buy it." Ling Shuyao pursed her lips and said, "There are hundreds of people, I see what you can buy, you can buy hundreds of copies at once." Li Rui thought for a while and said, "Just buy the most commonly used daily necessities for people, such as towels and soap." These gadgets are cheap and practical, and people are sure to like them. Ling Shuyao made a rough calculation and said, "Although these are cheap, there are thousands of yuan for hundreds of copies, do you bring so much cash, but there is no ATM in the village." Li Rui smiled, "Bring it, you don't need to buy so much, we'll buy it after eating." ”

The two went home to cook and eat, and they didn't rest after eating, and drove directly to Longwangmiao Township. After inquiring about several department stores in the township, none of them had so much stock, and even if they bought all the stocks in all the stores, I am afraid it would not be enough.

Ling Shuyao said: "There are two solutions now: first, buy less and give less, and when the meeting is held tomorrow, the villagers who actively participate in the meeting and answer questions are eligible to receive gifts; You can do it. Li Rui praised, "That is, you can come up with such two good ways in a short period of time." Ling Shuyao pouted and said, "You don't pat my ass, say it quickly, what should I do." ”

Li Rui said: "I think the first way you said is good, buy less and give less." If everyone gives it, it will not show that the gift is precious, and the villagers will take it for granted, but they will not be grateful for the kindness of our poverty alleviation cadres. Also, it doesn't seem to be much use to send it. Those who really want to help themselves with the help of the government, such as Hu Liquan, are willing to participate in this poverty alleviation activity if you don't give gifts; but those who are not willing to change the face of their family's poverty through self-reliance, let alone give him gifts, even if they give them gold, it is estimated that people will not appreciate it. ”

Ling Shuyao nodded and said, "Well, then buy less and give less." Li Rui smiled: "You are really my good assistant." Ling Shuyao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Hurry up, I'll continue to be busy after buying it." ”

The two started a frenzied purchase, and finally bought a total of 50 towels, 30 soaps, and 20 packs of laundry detergent, spending a total of 496 yuan, almost less than 500. These things will be distributed to the villagers who are most enthusiastic about participating in the conference tomorrow.

Back at their home in Xiaolongwang Village, the two found that there were five or six young men standing at the door, smoking in a circle. When these people saw the two of them getting out of the car, they all took the initiative to say hello, "Hello city leader." "The leader is back. "The leader has worked hard, smoke a cigarette"

Li Rui exchanged a few words with them, and through understanding, he learned that they had participated in the mobilization meeting in the morning, and were very interested in this poverty alleviation activity, and wanted to take advantage of the spring breeze of this activity to do something, but they didn't know how to do it, and they didn't know what to do, so they heard that the two of them were coming to their home and planned to talk to them carefully.

Of course, Li Rui welcomes this kind of activists who have the psychology of self-help and self-help, not afraid of being poor, but afraid of short-mindedness, people with short ambitions are not able to help Adou, people who are poor can change the face of poverty through help, so he enthusiastically brought a few people to his home, because the hall was really dim, it was inconvenient to entertain guests, so he stood and chatted with a few young men in the courtyard.

These young men are all natives of Xiaolongwang Village, they are all people who dropped out of primary school or junior high school, the education level is not high, and they have not mastered any skills, they dropped out of school and returned home to help their parents farm or do odd jobs, and never thought of going out to work, because even if they go out without a skill, no one wants them, so they have been living in the mountain village. Because I am not very old, I still have a lot of energy, I don't want to be poor all my life, and I am still full of expectations for a better life, so I hope to take the good opportunity of this poverty alleviation activity to make some business.

Of course, they themselves are also people with ideas, and they all confessed to Li Rui at this moment. This one said that he wanted to breed vegetables in greenhouses, that said that he wanted to breed meat ducks, and some wanted to breed wild boars. There are a lot of ideas, but they are all imaginary, and I don't know much about the industry I like. For example, a young man who wants to breed meat ducks has no idea where to sell them when they grow up. Similar problems abound, and many Li Rui are not clear. However, he was not in a hurry, and recorded these problems with Ling Shuyao, waiting for consultation or hiring experts in relevant fields to solve them together.

After sending these young men away, Li Rui frowned, the deeper he participated in the poverty alleviation work, the more he could understand the weight of the burden of this work, and those who had not participated in it would never be able to understand the huge difficulty involved. At this moment, I finally understand why the state has been engaged in poverty alleviation for decades, investing tens of billions of dollars in poverty alleviation every year, but it has not seen any good results. Even in many places, the more they are being helped, the poorer they are. Alas, poverty alleviation is too difficult to do.

In the evening, Xie Sanping, the village director, called Wang Tiekui, the party secretary of the upper village, and several other village cadres to invite Li Rui and Ling Shuyao to his house for dinner. It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Li Rui agreed.

When they arrived at Xie Sanping's house, his wife had already prepared four cold dishes and two hot dishes, and everyone immediately sat around the dining table to eat and drink.

After a few glasses of local brewed local wine, the atmosphere of the banquet became lively.

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