Ding Xiaoyun thought for a while and said, "This is indeed very abnormal."

"No, I've just been thinking about it, but I just can't figure out what the purpose of County Mayor Shang is. For public or private, this is a good thing for me, but I don't think he has such a kind heart." Qiao Liang said.

Ding Xiaoyun nodded. She didn't think Shangke was so kind, but based on what Qiao Liang said at this time, he could not tell anything.

"Since County Magistrate Shang wants to increase your work in charge, you can't refuse this matter. After all, he is the county magistrate and has the right to adjust the division of labor among the county government team. And if it is just a matter, this matter will not harm you." Ding Xiaoyun said.

"Well, so I didn't plan to refuse. If I really wanted to refuse, I just gave it to others. I was wondering, is County Magistrate Shang waiting for me to refuse? His idea was to capture my suspicious mind, wait for me to refuse, and then seize this question and attack me for disobeying the arrangement and being indifferent to the leadership, so as to achieve the goal of smearing me." Qiao Liang said, this was a possibility that he had thought of. Although this possibility didn't seem to be great, it was the only thing he could think of now.

"What you said is not impossible, but now these are all speculations. You can only take one step at a time. Anyway, you should be more careful." Ding Xiaoyun said.

"That's right, that's all right now." Qiao Liang nodded.

After staying in Ding Xiaoyun's office for half an hour, Qiao Liang left immediately. After chatting, they couldn't figure out what Shangke's purpose was. As Ding Xiaoyun said, he could only take one step at a time and be more careful and cautious.

Time flies. At night, Qiao Liang invites Ding Xiaoyun to have dinner together, but Ding Xiaoyun politely declines. Qiao Liang can see that Ding Xiaoyun seems not used to getting along with him in private now. This may be related to Ding Xiaoyun's mentality has not been adjusted yet.

If he couldn't make an appointment with Ding Xiaoyun, Qiao Liang went to Ma Yuanxiang's place in the evening. Ma Yuanxiang also called him and knew that he had returned from Jiangzhou after the New Year, so he asked him to go over for dinner in the evening.

When he arrived at Ma Yuanxiang's house, Qiao Liang smelled the familiar and fragrant smell of rice as soon as he entered the door, and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that every woman has her own unique taste when cooking."

"Is that true?" Ma Yuanxiang looked at Qiao Liang with a gentle smile on her face, "Then what does the dish I cook taste like?"

"The taste of home." Qiao Liang smiled, looking at the gentle and lovely Ma Yuanxiang in front of him, Qiao Liang was a little dazed. When he mentioned home, he thought of Zhang Mei. In the marriage between the two for several years, Zhang Mei seemed to have never cooked a meal for him.

Feeling something, Qiao Liang stared at Ma Yuanxiang in a daze: "You are a good woman, and anyone who marrys you will be happy for the rest of your life."

"What nonsense? I won't get married anymore. After An Fu passed away, I never thought of remarrying. It's good to be alone." Ma Yuanxiang looked down. Thinking of her deceased husband, Ma Yuanxiang felt a little uncomfortable.

When Qiao Liang saw Ma Yuanxiang's expression, he hurriedly said, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have raised this topic."

Ma Yuanxiang shook her head and wiped the corners of her eyes: "It's okay."

"Eat and eat, don't mention those sad things." Qiao Liang secretly scolded himself for being mean, why didn't he pick up any pot?

"Okay." Ma Yuanxiang nodded and took off her apron.

"Come on a bottle of wine, let's have a drink tonight." Qiao Liang said.

When Ma Yuanxiang heard this, she immediately went to get the wine and had a meal and drank with Qiao Liang. Perhaps the happiest time she has now.

The two of them were having a meal and drinking. Qiao Liang asked Ma Yuanxiang where the New Year was. Only then did he know that Ma Yuanxiang went to his hometown in the countryside to celebrate the New Year with his mother-in-law during the New Year. He only came out of his hometown after the third year of the New Year. Because the school arranged a duty on the fourth year of the New Year, Ma Yuanxiang had to rush back to the county town.

From this point of view, Ma Yuanxiang is a good woman who is filial in the traditional sense. Although her husband Wang Anfu passed away, she still regards her mother-in-law as a relative and has been concerned about it in her heart. In this materialistic society, there are not many women who can do this.

"Does your school arrange people on duty every day?" Qiao Liang couldn't help but ask when he heard Ma Yuanxiang was on duty on the fourth day of the lunar month.

"Absolutely, there are two teachers on duty every day, and the school is also a public institution. In fact, like your government departments, there are people on duty during holidays. If it weren't for the fourth year of junior high school, I wouldn't have come back so early." Ma Yuanxiang said, paused, and said, "And our Liangbei County has its own special situation. The land is vast and sparsely populated. Many children from the countryside who go to school will stay in school because their homes are too far away and do not go back during winter and summer vacations. Some of these students stay in school to work and study. After all, there are many opportunities to stay in the county town to earn some living expenses. Some of them stay in school to study during holidays, and some stay to study, hoping to get into a good university and change their destiny. Therefore, in order to facilitate the care of these students, the school will allocate a part of the separate dormitory for the students who stay in school during winter and summer vacations, and arrange teachers on duty every day. There is also a purpose to take care of this small number of students."

"Which students don't go back during the winter vacation? Don't they go back for the New Year?" Qiao Liang said strangely.

"Most of them will go back to celebrate the New Year, but a small number will still stay. Some of them are too poor in their families and hope to use their holidays to stay in the county to work and earn some money to supplement their family income. Some of them have both parents at home and rely on relatives to support their studies, so it is the same whether they can go back or not. After all, there is no one at home, so they will choose to stay in school." Ma Yuanxiang explained.

"What you said belongs to students with family difficulties." Qiao Liang's mood suddenly became heavier when he heard this.

"Well, it's basically this kind of thing." Ma Yuanxiang sighed, "If you have a good family background, you can go back and reunite with your family happily. Who would like to stay at school?"

"Oh, it can be seen that the poverty alleviation work in Liangbei County is still a long way to go." Qiao Liang frowned tightly. When talking about poverty alleviation, he returned to the work he was in charge. Qiao Liang felt that the burden on his shoulders was still very heavy.

"You are the county leader in charge of poverty alleviation. Can you find a way to do something for these poor students?" Ma Yuanxiang looked at Qiao Liang carefully.

"Your suggestion is very good and timely. The poverty alleviation work I have done before has neglected the education field. In fact, poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation should be first supported. The root of it is still in education. Only when the young generation masters the knowledge can they truly get rid of poverty and become rich from the root." Qiao Liang said thoughtfully. The work he did before was not wrong, but ignored the help to poor students. Qiao Liang felt that this was the shortcomings he should make up for in his future work.

After thinking about it, Qiao Liang said again: "In the future, I will ask the staff of the Poverty Alleviation Office to work with the Education Bureau to come up with a practical and feasible assistance measures for poor students in the county."

"Really? That's great." Ma Yuanxiang looked at Qiao Liang with bright eyes, looking excited. She didn't expect that the words she said casually could help poor students in the county.

"Come on, I'll give you a toast to your proposal, and thank you for pointing out my shortcomings in work." Qiao Liang said.

"I'm embarrassed to say this. I just said it casually, it's not that great." Ma Yuanxiang said embarrassedly.

"Anyway, just toast." Qiao Liang said with a smile.

The two of them clinked their glasses and drank them all in one gulp. Ma Yuanxiang had a physique that was easy to get to her face when drinking. After two or three glasses of wine, her fair face was already red again.

After drinking, Ma Yuanxiang couldn't help but mention what happened in the school today and said, "Do you know, a girl in our school jumped off a building and committed suicide, which scared a female teacher on duty. The female teacher happened to be the teacher who was in class with me. When she called me in the evening, her voice was still trembling, saying that she didn't dare to sleep at night and was afraid of having nightmares, so she asked me to accompany her."

"Aren't there two teachers on duty? What are she afraid of?" Qiao Liang wondered.

"The other teacher on duty is a man. They sleep in one room for each of them. She can't go and hold them to sleep with her," said Ma Yuanxiang.

When Qiao Liang heard this, he suddenly realized that it was like this.

Ma Yuanxiang said at this time: "So I have to go to school after dinner and spend the night with her at school."

Qiao Liang blinked and said, "So, I have to leave after I finish eating?"

Ma Yuanxiang's face turned slightly red, and she lowered her head and said, "Let's go tomorrow night, come here to have dinner tomorrow night, so... you can stay for the night."

Seeing Ma Yuanxiang's shy look, Qiao Liang couldn't help laughing. Both of them had been together several times. Ma Yuanxiang is still like a shy little wife now, but Qiao Liang is just teasing Ma Yuanxiang now. It doesn't matter whether she stays for the night or not. However, Qiao Liang was a little curious about the female student and asked, "Why did that female student jump off the building?"

"I don't know now. Anyway, after the police came, they decided that they had committed suicide, so there was no further information for the time being." Ma Yuanxiang frowned with a look of pain. "I don't know why I can't think so. I'm young and my life has just begun. Why has the little girl's family embarked on such an extreme road."

Qiao Liang nodded when he heard this, not sure about the reason, and Qiao Liang didn't express any opinions, but a young life withering is indeed heartbreaking.

Qiao Liang was silent, Ma Yuanxiang continued: "In fact, our current exam-oriented education has great problems. We only focus on students' grades, but ignore students' psychological education. Nowadays, many students' psychological qualities are not good. In addition, the study pressure is too high, many students have more or less psychological problems."

Ma Yuanxiang is an education worker, so she is deeply touched by this. After hearing this, Qiao Liang could not help but nodded and said, "Actually, you should reflect your thoughts more to your superiors."

"I am just a little teacher, and I am not very useful when I speak softly." Ma Yuanxiang shook her head repeatedly and said with a wry smile.

"Is it useful? You have to report it before you know it, right?" Qiao Liang said.

"It's useless. The leaders will not listen to the voice of me, a little teacher. Besides, this is a problem of the overall social environment, and it cannot be solved by a mere county education bureau." Ma Yuanxiang said.

When Qiao Liang heard this, he thought about it carefully and said to himself that what Ma Yuanxiang said was indeed reasonable. Only because the other party is an educational worker can he have such a deep feeling about this issue.
Chapter completed!