After graduating from a prestigious school, he turned down offers from big cities and returned to Qingshi Township, the poorest town in the county, just to fulfill his father's words: "Being an official means serving the people."
While others were sitting in the office reading reports, he would squat on the field ridge, in the petition room, or under the work shed - the accounts that did not match up, the words that were swallowed back, and the flaws behind the polite remarks could not escape his eyes.
Starting as a temporary deputy township head, he will treat poverty alleviation, housing reform, and medical insurance as cash machines, and unravel the network that has been entrenched at the county and city levels for many years, layer by layer.
