The car drove out of the courtyard of Qinxi County No. 1 Middle School, Nie Zhenbang's expression became more and more gloomy. Jin'an City and his party made Nie Zhenbang experience the rampantness and arrogance of the Zhao Group. He snorted coldly, Nie Zhenbang's face was unprecedentedly solemn: "I'm really responsible for this little business."

In the next few days, Nie Zhenbang took a quick look and checked many cities and cities. In the entire Longxi, there were ten cities under its jurisdiction, namely Liangzhou City, Yizhou City, Yongzhou City, Qinyang City, Weiyue City, Shi'an City, Jin'an City, Linzhou City, Qinchuan City and the ancient city of the provincial capital.

In the next four days, Nie Zhenbang passed through seven of the cities and finally only Shi'an City and ancient city were left.

Basically, in a city for half a day, Nie Zhenbang spent most of the time traveling in the evening. Basically, Nie Zhenbang felt a city at night, took a look, walked around, and learned about the local customs and culture, and looked at the local economic development. You can probably see something from the mentality and expression of the citizens. Then, at around 10 am and at 11 o'clock, I rushed to the next place. Arrived in the afternoon and took advantage of the afternoon and evening to understand this place. In the evening, after dinner, I rushed to the next city to rest.

After four days, even though Nie Zhenbang was strong and physically strong, he was a little tired. Finally, in one day, Nie Zhenbang came to Shi'an City.

This is the place where the ancestors once struggled. The scenery of the Loess Plateau, with loess all over the sky, revealing a kind of dryness and poverty. Caves can be seen everywhere. Due to the serious soil erosion, looking around, there are dense gullies and green. Even many places are gradually desertifying.

Seeing this scene, Nie Zhenbang's face also became gloomy. The An River winds through the city of Shi'an City. The entire city is well built. However, Nie Zhenbang did not stop. He walked towards the distance and towards the depths of the Loess Plateau.

The speed of the car was kept at 60 yards. Considering his purpose, Nie Zhenbang did not take the highway, but walked aimlessly along the provincial highway and even county highway in Shi'an City.

The environment here is very harsh. The deeper you go, the more you become, the more you become poorer and backward.

The tune of Xin Tianyou can be heard faintly. The farmers wearing white turbans drive goats and sing on the beams. The high-pitched and clear sound is so penetrating.

The vegetation here is extremely damaged. The ridges and ravines are all bare, and there is no green to see. Looking around, all the loess is brought to your eyes.

When the strong wind blows, there is a kind of loess all over the sky. The environment is so harsh. In such a place, the water and soil can no longer be maintained. In addition, it was originally a drought and rainy cycle. Under the vicious cycle, the survival of the people here has become a difficult problem.

Then, breeding goats, cattle and other livestock, these are even more important households that consume vegetation. The poorer the worse, the worse the worse, the poorer it is. This has become a vicious cycle.

The task is long and the way is long. Looking at all this, Nie Zhenbang's mood has an unprecedented sense of heaviness. If Nie Zhenbang was angry before in Jin'an City, then at this moment, he felt a kind of depression and a sense of mission. He served as an official and benefited the people. This sentence was given to Nie Zhenbang when the old man was alive. This is a famous saying. It was not what the old man said. It has been passed down for thousands of years since ancient times, in the domestic officialdom.

However, Nie Zhenbang has always kept it in mind and has always implemented it like this. However, after seeing all this, Nie Zhenbang's mood became heavier.

As we continued to go deeper, the original asphalt road had been replaced by a dirt road, and the car walked by. In the back, dust was raised.

Suddenly, a figure on the ridge in front attracted Nie Zhenbang's attention. A thin figure walked on the ridge with difficulty, and on the back of the figure, carrying a basket comparable to half of the body.

Seeing this scene, Nie Zhenbang couldn't help but stop the car, open the car door, and walk down. He walked towards the other side of the mountain ridge.

As the two figures approached, Nie Zhenbang was shocked. How old is he? Twelve years old? Or thirteen years old, a child wearing a very old-fashioned floral clothes. He was carrying a large backpack on his back. Step by step, it can be seen that such a heavy weight is heavy for a child.

Nie Zhenbang walked up and directly held the backpack on the child's shoulder. Inside were two large white rectangular kettles. You can see that the clear water inside was shaking. There were only two kettles, weighing at least about 80 kilograms.

Without saying a word, Nie Zhenbang helped the child to support him and walked down the ridge. At this time, the child put down his back basket and nodded at Nie Zhenbang, "Thank you, uncle."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he spoke full of Qin Opera. However, Nie Zhenbang could hear it clearly. What shocked Nie Zhenbang even more was that this child was actually a girl.

My heart felt sad. This is the child. Looking at this body, I'm afraid it's younger than Panpan. At this moment, Nie Zhenbang felt a little emotional, and his voice was a little choked: "Child, do you want to go so far to carry water to drink?"

"Yes, the well water in our village is all salty water and cannot be drunk. Only here is there a sweet well. In the village, every household has to walk a mountain road of more than five miles every day to carry water." The child didn't think anything was there. Looking at the clear water in the back basket, what was revealed on his face was a kind of expectation and happiness.

This scene made Nie Zhenbang feel even more sad: "Child, what about your parents? You are so young, you should go to school."

The girl's face and hands were dirty, but her eyes were very clear. Hearing this sentence, a trace of sadness appeared in the little girl's eyes. She lowered her head and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Nie Zhenbang walked up and said with a smile: "Child, come, today, uncle will help you carry the water. You are leading the way."

Following the girl, he walked forward along the ravine, about a thousand meters away, turned a corner, and in front, a typical farm village appeared.

The girl's home is right at the east end of the village, with two caves. As soon as she arrived at the door, the girl shouted loudly: "Grandpa, grandma. I'm back."

The door opened and an elderly man with dark skin came out. The gray rustic cloth sleeveless vest, thick layered cloth shoes, and the pleated face was written with simplicity and honesty.

Seeing Nie Zhenbang, the old man was stunned for a moment. Before the old man could speak, Nie Zhenbang smiled and said, "Old man. I am a passing person. At first, on the ridge there, I saw this child carrying the water alone. It was very pitiful, so I helped her send it back."

"Uncle, how old is this child? Is your son and daughter-in-law not at home?" Nie Zhenbang was a little dissatisfied. How could such a young child allow her to carry such heavy physical work?

However, what Nie Zhenbang did not expect was that after the words came to an end, the old man sat silently on the threshold and sighed, "Oh, big brother, you don't know, this daughter is miserable. My child, who had given birth to her, went to Jinmei to mine and died there. His wife was still young, and she left her baby and remarried. This daughter lives with us two old men. Now, we are old and can't carry it anymore."

Silence. Another silence. At this moment, Nie Zhenbang's mood became heavier. Sitting next to the old man, on a stone pier, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket of clothes, and handed it to the old man. Nie Zhenbang also said, "Uncle, how about the harvest of a year? Can it be passed? Why didn't the child go to school? This is not possible. This is related to the future of the child."

Speaking of this, the old man nodded: "How about not studying? Now it's a holiday. I'll go to junior high school next year. After junior high school, it's like this. It's a pity that my kid has the best grades and the teacher praises her every year. However, in this situation, we are a little bit better if we have labor. If we go out to work, we can still lose a little. It's just like my family. If we can get a hundred yuan a year, it's not good. If we can't afford it if we study again, we can't afford it. If we get older, we will find a good family and marry her, and we will be worthy of her father."

The suffering of farmers is, the pain of farmers. The more you are in such a poor and backward place, the more obvious it becomes. The history of relying on the weather and relying on the mountains has never changed much. At this moment, Nie Zhenbang was in a little depressed.

He nodded and looked at the old man and said, "Uncle, don't worry, you will get better, you will get better. The Party and the government will definitely pay close attention to rural issues. Don't worry."

Nie Zhenbang's words made the old man feel a little puzzled. At this moment, Nie Zhenbang suddenly stood up, touched his pocket, and looked at it. At this moment, there were only a few dozen yuan left on his body. The other cash was placed in the car.

Taking out a thousand integers, Nie Zhenbang walked to the front of the old man, handed the money to the old man, and whispered: "Old man, accept it. A little bit of your heart. No matter what? Children must not stop studying. No matter how hard they are, they cannot make them suffer. Only knowledge can change their destiny."

"Hey, big brother, how can this... not do it?" The old man was also confused. He never expected that Nie Zhenbang would do such a move.
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