On the tenth day of the first lunar month, after spending the New Year at home and drinking a few New Year's wines, Guo Yongkun drove Alto and left the city alone.

In fact, over the years, he has to go back to Qiantou Mountain once a year, and it is about this time, first, he is more free, and second, he can pay a New Year's greeting by the way.

It's almost a convention.

It is not far from the provincial capital to Qiantou Mountain, it is more than 100 kilometers, just because the road is not good, so I drove all morning.

Before the car arrived at the entrance of the village, one or two people were seen in the distance. As if to be able to see further, the guy rode a big horse and sat on the shoulders of adults.

"Kun, is it coming?"

"Yes, the white one, it seems to be my godfather's!"

White, that should be right. Zhao Dalong thought to himself, even if Qiantou Mountain has developed very well now, it is still not common for cars to enter the village.

Before long, the car approached with dust rolling up.

"Kun!" Guo Yongkun rolled down the window and waved.

I'm used to it now, and it always felt strange to shout like this a few years ago.

"Godfather. ”

Zhao Kun's face was full of joy, and among the days he looked forward to the most every year, there was today.

Godfather is very good to him, every time he comes over, he will bring him a lot of delicious food, as well as rare toys that can't even be bought in the county. He can be the king of children in the village, and these snacks and toys are indispensable.

He always remembered his godfather's words and was not stingy to share them with his partners.

"Come, get in the car. ”

It is worth mentioning that the former Qiantoushan Brigade no longer exists, and is now called Qiantoushan Village, the old branch secretary Zhao Fumin retired, and now Zhao Dalong is the village party secretary.

The car slowly moved along the cement road into the village, looking at the scene on both sides of the road, Guo Yongkun felt a lot.

When he was still in the queue here, there was not a single red brick house in the village, and all the houses that caught your eye were all mud brick houses, and all kinds of dilapidated garbage could be seen everywhere, looking poor and dirty.

And a few years later, there have been a lot of changes here, almost every house is a red brick building, some are still two-storey, everywhere is cleaned very clean, many people's doors, are parked with shiny 28 bars.

It's hard to imagine that this is a village located in the corner of a large mountain.

The appearance of its villages, including the living conditions of its residents, has long surpassed that of ordinary township residents.

This is the power of reform.

If you want to find a typical rural area to reflect the great changes in China's reform and opening up, Qiantou Mountain Village is undoubtedly the most suitable.

In fact, it is also true that it now receives many learning teams from all over the country every year, including big leaders.

"That's Yongkun's car, right?"

"That's right, it was this last year. ”

"Daughter-in-law, hurry up, get the cake cannon out!"

As the car drove by, the fiery artillery battle rang out endlessly, and people from almost every household stepped out and waved at the vehicle.

The next generation of Qiantoushan like Zhao Kun may not understand where the happy days in their hometown come from, but the older generation has a clear heart.

In this way, they welcome their benefactors home for the New Year.

Although Guo Yongkun did not stop, he turned the car to the lowest speed, and also stretched out his arm from the window and waved back to everyone.

My heart is warm. This is one of the reasons why he has never been able to let go of the mountain in front of him, which is like his other home.

Outside the red brick bungalow of Zhao Dalong's house, it is undoubtedly very lively today, and there are too many villagers who come to ask for warmth, and the chairs at home are not enough to sit on.

Fortunately, everyone did not forget that they were croppers, and they were not particular about it, so the chairs were given to the older ones to sit on, and the younger ones took two handfuls of straw on the nearby haystacks, put them on the ground, and sat down.

Guo Yongkun took out an Ashima from the car, plus two packets of White Rabbit toffee, and divided it for everyone. Zhao Dalong also caught a lot of melon seeds and broad beans.

Everyone ate and drank, remembered the bittersweet memories, recalled the interesting things of the past, and chatted happily. Hearty laughter resounded in the blue sky

When it was time to eat, everyone left together very interestingly, and several elderly people, Zhao Dalong didn't pull them down.

Rarely, the folk customs here are still simple.

"Brother Dalong, why didn't you see the old branch secretary?" At the dinner table, Guo Yongkun asked curiously.

In previous years, every time he came over, Zhao Fumin was always the first to come.

Zhao Dalong sighed and said, "His legs and feet are not very convenient now, and he can't walk far away." ”

"Why can't you walk!" Guo Yongkun didn't answer, and Zhen on the side couldn't help it, "That's because I don't have the strength to walk, I don't have to eat, how can I have the strength to walk?"

Zhao Dalong glanced at her and didn't reply.

Guo Yongkun put down his fast son, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qiantou Mountain has such a situation now, the old branch secretary Zhao Fumin can be said to have made great contributions, and what is even more rare is that he has not always held on to his rights, and when Qiantou Mountain was at its most brilliant, he stepped down and handed over the baton to Zhao Dalong's hand Zheng

Otherwise, with his prestige in Qiantou Mountain and his contribution to Qiantou Mountain, as long as he can still do it, there is no reason for him to step down.

Zhao Dalong gritted his teeth and said, "It's not his unfilial son Zhao Aiguo." In the past, when the old branch secretary was in power, he had real power in his hands, and he was not less polished, but now that the old branch secretary has retired, he doesn't give a good face at all. His mother-in-law is the same, some time ago because of a little thing with the old branch secretary was unhappy, and now cooking is only for their family of three, it's really not a thing!"

Guo Yongkun frowned, Zhao Aiguo, this animal, is really a dog who can't change eating, I remember that I had taught him a lesson before.

"Then you don't care, you are now the village party secretary. ”

Zhao Dalong smiled bitterly, "Yongkun, others don't understand, don't you know the temper of the old branch secretary?" I have proposed more than once that he should move to the team headquarters to live, and there are dormitories and canteens there, but he just won't go. In the past few New Year's greetings, the things I brought and the red envelopes I gave were all confiscated, and I couldn't put them hard, so I threw them away in front of me.

"He is also holding his breath now, that is, he is going to die in front of that unfilial son, so that he will not be at peace for the rest of his life. Don't let us go, even his daughters can't be persuaded to do so. ”

Zhao Fumin's character, Guo Yongkun is really clear. Through Zhao Dalong's words, he roughly analyzed Zhao Fumin's current mentality.

After all, he is a figure with a head and a face, especially in the area of Qiantou Mountain, everyone admires him so much, and even, to this day, this respect has become a part of his life. But who would have thought that there was an unfilial son in the family, who refused to change his teachings repeatedly, and even intensified his efforts, and didn't even give him food, what a big contrast?

He couldn't stand it at all, he felt hopeless in old age, and he didn't want to live anymore.

"I'll take a look later. "Guo Yongkun.

Since this kind of thing has happened, he can't ignore it, no matter what, the other party is also his elder. And in all fairness, like other villagers in Qiantou Mountain, he always had respect for Zhao Fumin.

A person who can dedicate everything he has to his hometown and to his parents and fellow villagers deserves this respect.

"I'm with you. Zhao Dalong nodded.

At the easternmost end of the village, there is the only two-story red brick building, which is Zhao Fumin's house.

His lazy son Zhao Aiguo definitely didn't have the ability to build such a building, according to Zhao Dalong, Qiantoushan has developed well over the years, and has made a lot of money, in the past when Zhao Fumin was in power, the annual salary and rewards were not low, and those savings were all spent on this house.

He was thinking of giving his son and grandson a better home, but he never imagined that the house he built with a coffin book would not even be qualified to live in it

On the right side of the building, along the wall, there is a tiled house, the size of a bullpen, which is Zhao Fumin's residence.

This room was built by his son Zhao Aiguo out of his own pocket.

"Brother Da Long, there are only three people in Zhao Aiguo, right?"

"That's right. ”

"But this building, three major joints, two floors, at least six bedrooms, their family of three each sleeps one, and there are still three rooms, what reason is there to drive the old father to the cowpen next to it?"

Zhao Dalong clenched his fists and said, "It's an eyesore." Once this person and others don't deal with each other, don't live together, it's an eyesore to look at. ”

Guo Yongkun had a backlog of anger, manic in his chest, and wanted to erupt.

Beast!

The door of the building was ajar, and in the open space outside the door, a boy in new clothes was playing with a spinning top, and the whip crackled.

"Sun Tzu?" asked Guo Yongkun.

"Yes. is eight years old and sensible, but you have to understand that children who have been educated by such parents do not have much affection for the old branch secretary. ”

Guo Yongkun didn't say anything, paced over, and called, "Son." ”

"What are you doing?" Zhao Da put away his whip and looked at the visitor curiously. Zhao Dalong he naturally knew, but when he said this, he felt a little familiar, but he didn't have an impression.

"Have you eaten?"

"Eat. ”

"Has your grandfather eaten?"

"My mother doesn't have to eat, many cadres send him things, they all eat crookedly, and they don't give me food. ”

"How do you know your mother's name is real?"

"I'm not going, my dad has a snake in his house. ”

"Didn't your teacher tell you that the winter snake is going to hibernate?"

"Yes!" Zhao Da's eyes lit up, he was most afraid of snakes, so he almost never entered his grandfather's house, and now in winter, there will definitely be no snakes.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look. Guo Yongkun patted his head.

When the two came to the front of the house, the door was closed tightly, Guo Yongkun glanced at Zhao Da and pointed to the door.

"Smack, smack!" Zhao Da understood, clapped his hands and knocked on the door, "Master, master, open the door." ”

"Da?" said a voice from inside the room, looking weak.

"It's me. ”

"Why are you—Why are you here?"

"I'm coming to see you, now that the snake is hibernating, I'm not afraid. ”

The speed at which the wooden door was pushed open was much faster than Guo Yongkun imagined. A sallow old face came out, and there was an irrepressible joy on his face.

However, when he noticed that there were still two people, his expression quickly converged, and at the same time, his back was unconsciously straightened, and he subconsciously straightened the torn cotton jacket draped on his body.

"Yongkun is back. "It's the same as it was back then.

"Yes, old branch secretary. Why don't you invite me in and sit down?"

"Why don't you talk outside, it's a bit of a mess in the house. Zhao Fumin walked out across the threshold, the house was dark, and it was difficult to see the specific scene from the outside.

How shabby is it that you can't stand to be seen?

When he was about to take the door casually, Zhao Da squeezed into the crack of the door, "Master, let me in, it's cold outside." ”

Zhao Fumin let out a sigh and put him in. Then he smiled and signaled to Guo Yongkun and the others, "Let's go shopping, it just so happens that I also slept with a sore back." ”

Guo Yongkun nodded, not hurting the only trace of self-esteem in his heart.

There is no mistake