In the next few days, Chen Huai rested at home and made a special trip to accompany his girlfriend "Cheng Yi" who came from afar to travel around Donghua, regardless of the rumors. Xie Zhi took the excuse that there was something wrong with the company and went to Xucheng in shame the next day.

Chen Huai sprained his ankle and it took two or three days to reduce the swelling. At first, it was inconvenient to drive in two days. Fortunately, Sun Yalin pulled Chen Dan and accompanied them to drive all the attractions that Donghua could see.

In addition to Xiapu and Xinjin, Chen Huai also drove Cheng Yi to Yushan.

Yushan County is located on the southeast slope of Yushan Mountain. The northern suburbs of the city are the southern boundary of Yushan Mountain County. However, a mountainous Xiangqiu Ridge, which is not very high but has a steep mountain, makes it possible to go around twenty kilometers from Xiapu County to enter Yushan County from the city.

The twenty kilometers that are often circumvented are secondly, and they are all Pinglu County Road, which is relatively flat. The roads entering Yushan County are called trouble.

The winding mountain road that is circling forty or fifty kilometers is not very dangerous, but the road is bumpy, and there is not even a flat gravel road. It takes nearly three hours to drive, and people like Sun Yalin who cannot do anything to drive all day and have excellent physical fitness can almost not withstand it.

When they arrived, Chen Dan and Cheng Yi opened the car door and squatted to the side of the road, spitting wildly, and the color was bleak.

Cheng Yi was embarrassed to say anything, and Chen Dan couldn't help complaining: "Cheng Yi is a rare trip to Donghua. You take us to Laozhiling. What kind of good scenery is here? It's also a mess of such a road."

Chen Huai grinned and saw Cheng Yi, who was bleak in color, was also confused and said, "You were just experiencing a car-sickness just now, so you didn't pay attention to the terrain. The river along the way is called Dongyuxi Lake, the largest reservoir in the eastern part of Huaihai Province, and the east and west rivers are divided into East and West Rivers. Dongyuxi was also called Yezi River in its early years. We entered the county town and walked upward for two or three miles. The terrain would be higher, and you could see the wild seed forests on both sides of the river. This is the time when the wild seed trees are the most colorful. If it is sunny tomorrow, you will know that this trip is not worth it. Like Sun Yalin can't bear the hardship, and I have never brought her here before?"

"Blow it," Sun Yalin asked, "I heard that you go to the mountains every three or four months to see this wild seed forest? You can see it late autumn and early winter, and after winter, what's the point in spring and summer?"

"Cheng Yi, after you first arrived in Donghua, do you think Donghua's development is very backward?" Chen Huai asked.

"..." Cheng Yi nodded. She took Xie Zhi's car and walked over from Xucheng on the national highway. In so many places she has walked, she has never seen a place that is more backward than the Huaidong area.

Even in Donghua City, there are not many tall buildings. The so-called commercial street in the city center is also very narrow. There are even dilapidated houses in the middle of the street shops. Even the main shopping mall in Donghua is only six stories high. The thirty-story Tianheng Building has some face to support Donghua, but it also makes the surrounding urban area look dim.

In comparison, although Meixi Town has a smaller territory, it feels like an emerging town, rising next to the southeastern suburbs of Donghua City.

The areas that have been renovated in Meixi Town, the roads, green plants on the roadsides and buildings on both sides are all excellent, especially Zhuxi Avenue, where large areas of ginkgo, which have been transplanted for eight to ten years on both sides of Meihe Highway. Although the trees are still very delicate, the apricot trees have been golden since late autumn and are pleasing to the eye.

When I got off the plane at Xucheng, I took a bus to the east. I walked along the road in the plain area on the north bank of the Zhujiang River. I saw fields and rarely saw large forests.

After arriving in Meixi Town, I saw that there were places where there were planting such dense trees in the plains of Huaidong area. It was called Cheng Yi and found some British towns.

Cheng Yi can see that the trees planted in Meixi Town and the countryside are quite young, but due to the relatively dense planting, it is quite impressive; while the beach wetlands along the Meixi River have been restored to metasequoia forests and shrubs, and the scenery is particularly beautiful with mixed reeds.

This makes people know that Chen Huai is not as bad as he imagined as he imagined. Even if Chen Huai no longer holds a party and government position in Meixi Town, it also shows that what he left to others is not always bad.

"Donghua is poor, and its development has improved in the past two years. The per capita income in urban and rural areas this year may be only more than 2,000 yuan, but compared with the situation in Yushan County, it is much more generous," said Chen Huai. "The per capita income in Yushan County this year may not exceed 1,000 yuan."

"So poor?" Cheng Yi asked in surprise.

Cheng Yi went to the UK to study for a master's degree in law. With family factors, her knowledge is much more open than that of ordinary young women. Naturally, she knows that the per capita income in urban and rural areas is only 1,000, and how terrible the degree of poverty will be. Almost half of the population will be below the extreme poverty line, and most people will even have food and clothing problems.

For most families with wealthy life, it is difficult to understand what it means to be a problem with food and clothing.

When Cheng Yi and Chen Dan recovered a little, Chen Huai pointed at the road and asked Sun Yalin to drive to Yushan County.

The so-called Yushan County is similar to Meixi Town two or three years ago. The area is even slightly smaller, and there is some farmland outside.

The whole thing looks like a dam nestled among the mountains, with a narrow and long elliptical terrain, as if a huge elm leaf fell among the mountains, dividing Dongyu Creek into two pieces.

The main city is in Hedong, with a section of asphalt road along the river, which is also the flattest road since entering the mountain. But when you drive over, the branch roads on the side of the road are either gravel roads or ancient stone roads. Compared to Meixi Town, the Yishan County Town maintains a better appearance in the ancient town. Especially in Hexi, although the place is narrower, the ancient town has a richer charm. Looking from afar, there are only two narrow bridges at the end of the city, connecting two and a half cities in Hedong and Hexi.

The county guesthouse is located at the top of the asphalt road, next to the county government compound, and is full of old-fashioned village buildings.

Chen Huai drove the car into the guesthouse yard and completed the accommodation procedures. The best rooms are only 30 yuan per room, and the dinner is 10 yuan. However, knowing that the scenery is good after the autumn of Yushan Mountain, there are quite a few travelers who stay in the guesthouse. Chen Huai and the others may not have enough rooms even if they come later.

After entering the guesthouse, Cheng Yi and Chen Dan recovered their spirits. The hazy day of weather suddenly turned clear at dusk. Chen Huai took his three girls away from the guesthouse and lamely walked higher. Looking down, he looked at the layered black roofs of Yushan County, which divided Dongyu River into two pieces, as if two dark clouds. On the edge of the city, the wild seed forest was dyed like fire, as if it was about to burn Dongyu River...

"The scenery here is really good, and it will be good to develop the tourism industry in the future." Cheng Yi then felt that it was really worth it to take this trip for two or three hours while bumping on the road.

Chen Huai smiled and said, "Yes. But how far the tourism industry can develop is closely related to the overall level of economic development. Yushan County is the smallest county in Donghua, but it also has a population of about 500,000. If a population of more than 500,000 can solve the problem of food and clothing by relying on the tourism industry, it will need to attract at least 10 million people a year. On average, 30,000 people will travel to the mountains every day to spend free of charge. Relying on three or five wealthy people or occasionally overseas tour groups of 10 or 20 people, you can only ask three or five hundred people to take this as a business. Even if the external economy develops and there is a need for travel consumption, Yushan County itself has poor basic conditions, and there are not many people like us who are full and have enough food to eat and have a bumpy trip to see a wild forest for two or three hours."

When Sun Yalin heard Chen Huai talk about the customs and customs of Yushan County all the way, he saw that he knew the various situations in Yushan County very well, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "You are not idle and want to go to Yushan to become an official, right?"

"Don't you think Yushan is a good place to rest and develop one's nature?" Chen Huai asked.

"Yushan County has too limited resources, and there is even less flat land for large-scale industries. No matter how strong you are, throwing you into Yishan Mountain, you are just a little loach and can't make any waves," said Sun Yalin. "If I were Tan Qiping, I would directly transfer you to Yishan County and let you be the deputy secretary. I am trapped here and can't do anything. It depends on how you still have to do it. If you don't obey the transfer order, then don't go back to the place in the future."

"It's even more harmful to women," Chen Huai and Sun Yalin said to Cheng Yi, "By the way, Mr. Cui had fought guerrillas in Yushan County in his early years, and was also the secretary of Yushan County Party Committee at that time. He liked to drink Yushan tea. If you go back the day after tomorrow, you will bring some mountain goods, so you can definitely win the likes of your elders."

With a guarded attitude and getting along with friends with ordinary people, Cheng Yi found that Chen Huai is a man with extensive knowledge, profound insights, funny conversations, and proper manners. He will not feel any pressure when dealing with him. Perhaps as he said, being a lover is not qualified and being a friend is really good.

Even though Sun Yalin often squeezes Chen Huai's words and even criticizes his previous bad deeds from time to time, Cheng Yi could feel that Sun Yalin and Chen Huai might not be considered cousins ​​who have any blood relationship, and their relationship is actually very close.

Two days have passed, Chen Huai's right leg has a lot of swelling. As long as the journey is not long, he can walk slowly. At night, he accompanied the three girls around Yushan County. He also found a normal mountain-style restaurant and invited them to have a full meal.

I got up early the next day and drove on a more rugged road to go upstream Yuxi Lake for fun.

Yuxi Lake is a reservoir built in the 1960s. It is equipped with a hydropower station. It is one of the few industrial facilities in Yushan County. The installed capacity of the power station is only 4 kilowatts. Although the hydropower station is not large, due to the backward economic development of Yushan County, the power station generates even a wealth of electricity during the flood season and can be exported outward. It is also one of the main sources of income in Yushan County.

Yuxi Lake is hidden among the mountains and gathers more than a dozen streams and rivers on the east slope of Yuxi Mountain. The water area is nearly 100 square kilometers. It is not only the largest reservoir in the eastern part of Huai Province, but also the largest freshwater lake in Donghua City.

After playing in Yuxi Lake for a long time, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Huai drove again and took his three girls directly to Yushan County and returned to Donghua City. The next day, he rushed to the airport and sent Cheng Yi to the airport and asked her to take the plane back to Yanjing.
Chapter completed!