Li Rui interjected, "Even if you use money, you don't have to worry. You can apply for a loan from your county's Mutual Aid Poverty Alleviation Foundation. This is not a big problem." Hu Liquan said, "But I have never raised scorpions and I don't know how to raise them." Li Rui said, "This problem is easy to solve. Just ask the experts from the County Agriculture Bureau or the Municipal Agriculture Bureau to come and do training for you. I am responsible for this, so you don't have to worry." Hu Liquan said, "That's great. With foundation loans and expert training, I can do it well." Li Rui said, "Well, you must do it well too. Secretary Wang looked down on you, saying that if you get rich, his name is written upside down, you must show him your ambition." Hu Liquan focused his head and said, "Well, I have to let his name be written upside down this time."

After leaving Hu Liquan's house, Li Rui said to Ling Shuyao excitedly: "It finally has some results." Ling Shuyao poured a large basin of cold water on him: "There are more than 80 poor households in Xiaolongwang Village. Do you have to serve each of your homestays like this?" Li Rui shook his head and said: "Of course not. Through so many days of homestay research, we have figured it out. In summary, there are four reasons for poverty: laziness, poverty, illness, poverty due to over-birth, and poverty due to backward thoughts. I think we should carry out a unified ideological education method for people with the same kind of poverty. This is the best, the most efficient, and the most convenient for us."

Ling Shuyao sighed quietly and said, "I have also understood through the past few days of traveling around the house. The poverty alleviation work is really not that easy to do. When I first came into contact with this poverty alleviation plan, I sat in the office and thought that it would be enough to follow the steps in the planning process. The poverty alleviation task was completed. But when I really got to the village, I realized that planning is planning and action is action. Don't blame me for saying discouraged words. I think that according to this situation, we will be almost the same in the village for a year before we can achieve certain results."

Li Rui felt that her words made sense, 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 achieve results in just a few days, poverty alleviation will be no difficulty." Ling Shuyao was speechless. Li Rui said, "You should set a few examples first. With the power of role models, you can drive many people with a shout." Ling Shuyao asked, "Do you think Hu Liquan can be a typical case?" Li Rui said, "Why not? Whether it is Hu Liquan or anyone, as long as the poverty alleviation strategy is appropriate and the industrial model is adopted correctly, you can get rid of poverty and become rich."

Ling Shuyao shook her head and said, "I'm not saying that, if Hu Liquan breeds scorpions, can we see the effect in the short term? Do you need to set a model? If there is no effect to get rich, who will learn to imitate it?" Li Rui said, "What you said makes sense. It seems that we have to plan carefully about Hu Liquan raising scorpions and strive to make a shot." Ling Shuyao said, "In fact, this is easy to operate. Didn't Hu Liquan himself say that a drug dealer went to his house to collect scorpions, which cost more than 200 pounds?"

Li Rui nodded and said, "Yes, but so what?" Ling Shuyao said, "Isn't this a gimmick? We can take the opportunity to promote that the scorpions raised by Hu Liquan have been booked by drug dealers. When the scorpions grow, they will buy them for 300 yuan per catty. When the people in the village hear that scorpions are so profitable, they will definitely imitate them. This is the mentality of following the trend. As you said, raising scorpions does not cost much, so it doesn't matter whether they lose money or not. People are willing to learn to imitate breeding. With more people raising scorpions, they may form a characteristic industrial area." Li Rui's eyes lit up and said, "It's true that you are, okay, just do it like this. After Hu Liquan starts scorpions breeding, we will promote this. Of course, we have to do work with Hu Liquan in advance and let him cooperate."

Ling Shuyao said, "Don't forget that there will be a poverty alleviation mobilization meeting tomorrow. You promised the villagers that as long as you come to attend this mobilization meeting, you will get gifts. You haven't bought these gifts yet." Li Rui smiled and said, "This is easy to say. After dinner, we will drive to the village to buy them." Ling Shuyao curled her lips and said, "There are hundreds of people. I think 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, soap, etc. These things are cheap and practical, and people will definitely like them." Ling Shuyao calculated roughly and said, "Although these are cheap, hundreds of copies are thousands of dollars. Have you brought so much cash? There is no ATM in the village." Li Rui smiled and said, "The ones you bring, there is no need to buy so many. After dinner, we will go and buy them."

The two returned home to cook and eat. After dinner, they didn't rest and drove to Longwangmiao Township. After inquiring about several department stores in the countryside, none of them had so much inventory. Even if they bought all the inventory in all the stores, they were afraid that it would not be enough.

Ling Shuyao said: "There are two solutions now: one, buy less and get less. When the meeting is held tomorrow, the villagers who are actively participating in the meeting will be eligible to receive gifts; the other, since the village cannot buy them all, go to Hanshui County and buy all the goods in the county. You can do it." Li Rui praised: "That is, you, you can come up with these two good solutions in just a short time." Ling Shuyao curled her lips and said, "Don't flatter me, tell me quickly, what should I do."

Li Rui said: "I think the first method you mentioned is good, buy less and get less. If everyone gives it, it will not show that the gift is precious, and the villagers will take it for granted, and they will not be grateful for the kindness of our poverty alleviation cadres. In addition, it seems that it is not very useful to give it to people. Those who really want to carry out poverty alleviation and self-help with the help of the government, such as Hu Liquan, if you don't send gifts, he is willing to participate in this poverty alleviation activity; but those who are unwilling to change their family poverty through self-reliance, let alone send gifts to him, even if they give gold, they probably won't appreciate it."

Ling Shuyao nodded and said, "Well, then buy less and get free." Li Rui smiled and said, "You are really my good assistant." Ling Shuyao rolled her eyes and said, "Hurry up, I have to continue working hard after buying it."

The two started a crazy purchase, and finally bought a total of fifty towels, thirty soap, and twenty packs of laundry detergent. The total cost was 496 yuan, which was almost less than five hundred. These things will be distributed to the villagers who were most enthusiastic at the conference tomorrow.

When they returned to their home in Xiaolongwang Village, they found five or six young men standing at the door, smoking in a circle. When they saw the two get out of the car, they all took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, the city leader." "The leader is back." "Thank you for your hard work, smoke a cigarette!"

Li Rui exchanged a few greetings with them. Through understanding, he learned that they had participated in the mobilization meeting in the morning and were very interested in this poverty alleviation activity. He wanted to take advantage of the spring breeze of this activity to do something, but he didn't know how to do it or what to do. So when he found out that the two of them came, he planned to have a closer talk with them.

Of course, Li Rui welcomes activists who have the mentality of self-help and self-help. They are not afraid of people who are poor, but are afraid of having short ambitions. People with short ambitions cannot be helped. People who are poor can change their poverty through assistance. So they enthusiastically brought a few people to their homes. Because the main hall was so dark that it was not convenient to entertain guests, they stood and chatted with a few young men in the yard.

These young men are all native to Xiaolongwang Village. They are all people who can't drop out of school after going to elementary school or junior high school. They have low cultural levels and have no skills. They drop out and help their parents farm or do miscellaneous work. They never thought about going out to work, because even if they don't have any skills and no one wants them, they have been living in a mountain village. Because they are not old and have a strong spirit, they don't want to be poor all their lives and are full of expectations for a better life. Therefore, they hope to take advantage of this poverty alleviation activity to start a career.

Of course, they themselves have people with ideas, and they all confessed to Li Rui at this moment. This one said to be a greenhouse breeding vegetables, the other said to be a farmer, and some wanted to raise wild boars in the mountains. They had many ideas, but they were all imaginary and did not know the industry they liked. For example, the young man who wanted to raise meat ducks had no idea where the meat ducks would be sold after they grew up. Similar problems were everywhere, and many Li Rui didn't know. However, he was not in a hurry, and recorded these problems with Ling Shuyao, waiting for consultation or hiring experts from relevant parties to solve them.

After seeing off these young men, Li Rui frowned. The deeper he participated in the poverty alleviation work, the more he could feel the burden of this work. Those who had never participated would never understand the huge difficulty. At this moment, he finally understood why the country has been working on poverty alleviation for decades and invested tens of billions of poverty alleviation funds every year, but he did not see any good results. Many places even get poorer and poorer. Alas, it is really difficult to do poverty alleviation work.

In the evening, the village director Xie Sanping called Shang Village Party Secretary Wang Tiekui and several village cadres to invite Li Rui and Ling Shuyao to have dinner at his house. It was difficult to refuse the affection, so Li Rui agreed.

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

After drinking a few cups of local homemade local wine, the atmosphere became lively during the meal.
Chapter completed!