Chapter 795 ’Official’ Grandeur
When Li Haiping arrived with the village chief, it was already midday.
Lin Fan sat at the table in the courtyard and smiled, "Mayor Li, long time no see."
"County Magistrate Lin, if you wanted to see me, you could have just called me directly instead of sending a notice from the county."
As the mayor of Lotus Town, he had been Lin Fan’s superior before, but now Lin Fan had become the Deputy County Magistrate and had truly turned the tables. Li Haiping quickened his pace and shook Lin Fan’s hand.
"I had the county call to handle it officially. I just wanted to inquire about the village connectivity project funds that were supposedly disbursed a while ago, yet there are still households in the village without concrete access roads. I thought we should hold an onsite meeting to look into this matter."
After gesturing for Li Haiping to sit down, Lin Fan smiled at the standing village officials, "After all, meeting the needs of the people should be our primary pursuit as officials. You must have noticed the dirt roads in disrepair when you arrived; isn’t it rather unacceptable that not even a vehicle can access them?"
"Village Chief Xu, what’s the explanation for this?"
Li Haiping had realized something was amiss as soon as he arrived and stared angrily at Village Chief Xu.
"This... this road is indeed planned... but it’s been the busy farming season... we hadn’t managed to repair it... I was actually about to start organizing labor to begin work in these two days..."
Village Chief Xu bowed, hardly daring to breathe, fully aware of the presence of the Deputy County Magistrate, his superior’s superior, and also the grandson-in-law of Old Xu, a connection he had never imagined could exist.