Chapter 135: The Biggest Obstacle to Development

  "What's going on?" He Wenbao, who was chatting with Feng Siche on the back seat, suddenly saw a puff of smoke coming out from the front of the car and asked in a somewhat panicked tone. Only after asking did he remember that he was just a follower, and the leader was sitting beside him, making a big fuss over a small matter was really unbecoming.

  Feng Si Zhe didn't notice He Wen Bao's slightly awkward expression, and when he saw white smoke coming out from the hood of the car in front, he let out a bitter laugh. "It's done for, I guess we'll have to rely on bus 11 from now on." Although he wasn't too familiar with cars, he had driven some good ones in his past life and knew a thing or two about minor problems. As soon as he got behind the wheel of this Lada, he felt something was off - the accelerator was stiff, the clutch was dead, and these things made him predict that the car wouldn't last much longer. Now that the car had broken down halfway, he could only shake his head, knowing that it had fulfilled its purpose. Unless a professional mechanic came to repair it, there was no way he, who couldn't even be considered a handyman, could get the car started again.

  After shaking his head, Feng Siche stretched out his hand to pick up his black briefcase from the back seat and said to He Wenbao beside him: "How about it? Are you still in good physical condition? If possible, let's walk to Shisanli Town next."

  Shisanli Town is the first town that Feng Sicheng needs to investigate, about 40 or 50 miles away from Dahu. After the previous Lada car ran, it completed more than 30 miles, which means the remaining distance is estimated to be around 10 miles or so, and it shouldn't be too far.

  "Ah?" He Wenbao got out of the stopped Lada car, looking at Feng Sicheng with a surprised face, "Mayor Feng, are...are we really going to walk on foot?"

  "Of course, what else can we do? Are we going to head to the county town? That's even farther than going to Thirteen Mile Town. And let's say we do go back, will they still give us a car in the county? Ha ha, I think it's unlikely. Even if we do go back, we'll just have to put up with their cold faces. We might as well not bother and just head straight to Thirteen Mile Town instead." Feng Sizhe said this naturally, while using the car key to lock up the Lada, which was after all public property and couldn't be left abandoned. They could always call the county from Thirteen Mile Town later and have them send someone to retrieve the car.

  After finishing all this, Feng Sizi took big strides along the asphalt road towards the direction of Thirteen Mile Town. At this time, He Wenbao on the side had just realized that others were playing with real stakes, and he hastily shouted "County Magistrate Feng" before quickly chasing after him.

  There isn't even a bus at this point, so except for walking, there's no other choice. Not even cars pass by here, who would let you hitchhike? Feng Sicheng and He Wenbao walked one after the other towards Shisanli Town, which was already a rare occurrence in the early 90s. After all, as the deputy county head, enjoying such treatment is also an exception.

  At the intersection of Shisanli Town, Mayor Liu Yong and his entourage had been waiting for half a day, but Feng Sicheng's car did not arrive. It wasn't until almost lunchtime that he still didn't see anyone coming. Amidst the crowd's discontented murmurs, he could only disperse the group and let everyone go back to eat first, saying he would call the county later to ask about it.

  Half an hour later, Feng Sizi and He Wenbao slowly appeared at the town entrance of Shisanli Town.

  He Wenbao saw that the town didn't even send anyone to welcome them, and he couldn't help but feel indignant, saying "How can this town also learn to bully people? Do they think we can't govern them?"

  "Ah." Feng Si Zhe waved his hand, looked up at the sun in the sky and smiled, "It's time to eat, I reckon they didn't expect our car to break down halfway, so they thought we wouldn't make it today. Never mind, this is actually good, let's find a place to eat first, then go to the town government."