Xinhua Street, behind the only department store in Linshui County, in a four-story residential building.

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With the help of Director Sun, Guo Yongkun contacted a girl who worked in the Land and Resources Bureau, and it was said that he had the best relationship with Guo Xiaomei in private, and through her, Guo Yongkun finally found Guo Xiaomei's "nest".

But no one.

At this moment, the iron door was locked, and Guo Yongkun waited in front of the door for almost two hours, with cigarette butts on the ground.

The sky has dimmed, no matter what Guo Xiaomei is doing, it's almost time to go back.

Downstairs.

"Give me a bite!"

"You've just eaten so much and you're still eating?"

"Just take a bite. ”

"Hold back, eat later, what if it doesn't grow round in the middle of winter in the future?"

"Hmph, Zhang Xiaoyong, do you think I'm fat!"

"No, you're not fat right now, I mean to control ......"

In the last rays of the sunset, a young man and woman were playing and slowly walking towards a building opposite, looking like a newlywed couple to outsiders.

In the end, it was the girl who gained the upper hand, and succeeded in getting half a golden roasted sweet potato, and took a bite of it contentedly, as she climbed upstairs.

"Zhang Xiaoyong!"

"Huh?"

"I can't crawl anymore. ”

“...... It's almost there. ”

"I don't care, you carry me. ”

The two flirted and scolded, and they were typically in love.

"Come on, come on!"

The girl lay on the boy's back, while munching on the roasted sweet potato, waving the flag and shouting, turning a corner of the stairs, and seeing the door of her house, but at this moment, the sound stopped abruptly, and half of the golden sweet potato in her hand fell directly to the ground.

"What's wrong?" the boy asked, unclear, as his eyes were on the steps, before he could figure out the situation.

"Put me down. The girl's voice trembled.

The boy was slightly surprised, but did so, and when he straightened up, he noticed a man standing above his head. His eyes narrowed.

Guo Yongkun noticed this detail, and it was obvious that the other party knew him.

Then, this guy's purpose of approaching Guo Xiaomei will inevitably make people speculate.

A sturdy young man, with a small head, not very handsome, can only be said to be passable, with slightly smaller eyes, very thick eyebrows, and bronzed skin.

"Third, third brother. Guo Xiaomei trembled, her face was a little white, she had never dreamed of this scene.

Somehow, Guo Yongkun was originally full of anger, but he couldn't break out at the moment, maybe because of the half of the roasted sweet potato that fell on the ground, or maybe it was Guo Xiaomei's dress.

She was wearing a sky-blue cotton jacket, which was already a little white after washing, which Guo Yongkun bought for her, two ...... Probably three years ago. At the foot is a pair of very old-fashioned black flannel cotton shoes.

This kind of clothes and shoes, when she was still in college, Guo Xiaomei would never wear them.

What about her money? Guo Yongkun wondered.

Her salary is seventy or eighty yuan a month, and she has some savings of her own, plus she often asks her mother for money, to be reasonable, she should be considered a little rich woman, why can't she even afford a new dress?

A girl who was also raised as rich suddenly felt like a village girl.

If you want to talk about raising a little white face...... Not like that.

First of all, the guy next to him doesn't look like a little white face, he has strong muscles, and he looks like a person who works a lot. In addition, the dress is not as good as Guo Xiaomei, and the blue liberation pants are obviously autumn clothes.

"Third brother is good. The boy was also a little overwhelmed, so he could only call along.

"Come up first. Guo Yongkun couldn't hear the joy and anger, and was ready to verify the last thing.

However, Guo Xiaomei remained motionless, and changed the topic with an embarrassed smile, "Third brother, why are you here, have you eaten, why don't you go out to eat first." ”

"I'm not hungry, I'm just a little thirsty, so I go inside and drink a glass of water. ”

"There's no boiling water in the house, why don't we go find a restaurant, eat something, and let Zhang Xiaoyong accompany you for a drink or two." ”

Zhang Xiaoyong: Guo Yongkun finally knew the other party's name.

Zhang Xiaoyong was also on the side to help.

It's a pity that today's door Guo Yongkun has been decided!

"Open the door!" he suddenly lowered his voice.

Guo Xiaomei was a hundred reluctant, but she knew that the third brother's temper was obviously on the verge of an outburst, and she was afraid, so she could only walk up the steps, take out the key, and open the door with shaking hands.

A small house, two bedrooms and one living room, no decoration, cement walls, cement floor.

After Guo Yongkun entered the door, he began to look around, just like a detective in the investigation of a crime scene.

Guo Xiaomei was still at the gate, unable to stop trembling, thinking that it was over.

There is not much "evidence" left in the house, there are two bedrooms, but there is only one bed, the other is used as a utility room, and on the small balcony outside the living room, there are clothes to dry, both men and women.

Obviously, Guo Xiaomei and this Zhang Xiaoyong have lived together.

This is Guo Yongkun, if Li Xiumei is allowed to see this scene, I am afraid that everyone will be angry.

Unmarried cohabitation is nothing after twenty or thirty years, but in this era, it is really immoral, and it will also make the family very embarrassed, especially the woman's family.

A little further, you have to dip the pig cage.

"Guo Xiaomei, you can!"

To say that there is no anger in his heart, it is false, but Guo Yongkun is still trying his best to suppress it. Perhaps, it's because of this poor house.

It is the kind of rough house, not to mention any soft decoration, no hard decoration has been done, the electric light is an external wire, not even fixed, and it walks around the corner at random, and the water pipe is also external, and there is only one faucet, in the small dark room that cannot be called a bathroom.

This condition is not even comparable to the dormitory of the Land and Resources Bureau.

Guo Yongkun couldn't imagine that Guo Xiaomei could live here.

"Third brother, I'm so old, but I can deal with someone. Guo Xiaomei took a deep breath, since she was caught, it was useless to be afraid, so she could only face it.

"Yes, you can. But who gave you the guts to live with someone before you got married?" Guo Yongkun paced back to the living room, looked directly into Guo Xiaomei's eyes and asked.

"I—We're ready to get married. ”

Guo Yongkun's expression was cloudy at the moment, and Guo Xiaomei's behavior and attitude were much more resolute than he imagined.

He really wanted to take Guo Xiaomei away directly, pull her back, quit her job in Linshui County, or ask her to adjust her relationship. But if things have come to this point, does it work?

Guo Xiaomei's legs are long on herself, and it is impossible to chain her.

So, he gave up on the idea, took a deep breath, and paced to the only piece of furniture in the living room, a crudely made wooden table, and sat down on a bench.

"Come and sit!"

Guo Xiaomei walked over tremblingly and sat down opposite him. Zhang Xiaoyong sat on the other side.

"It's been two days off at work, when do you plan to go home?"

There is a subtext in Guo Yongkun's sentence: Don't you even want a home?

Guo Xiaomei was not stupid, she understood, and quickly explained: "The day after tomorrow, because Zhang Xiaoyong is going to the provincial capital to deliver goods, I just took a boat, and I didn't delay the New Year, and I saved the fare." ”

There's a lot of information in this sentence.

"When did you become so frugal?" This is one thing that Guo Yongkun was more surprised by, the fare of a few yuan, if replaced by Guo Xiaomei before, it would not be taken seriously at all.

"I blame it. Without waiting for Guo Xiaomei to speak, Zhang Xiaoyong next to her took over the conversation. He lowered his head and said, "Xiaojuan, she basically gave me all the money." ”

"What are you doing?" asked Guo Yongkun with raised eyebrows.

"Doing, doing business. ”

Aren't you a second-rate kid who still does business?

He didn't mean to talk more with this guy, and turned his head to look at Guo Xiaomei, "You just said delivery, what kind of goods to send, and what kind of boat to take?"

"Zhang Xiaoyong is in the sand and gravel business, and if someone wants goods, he rents a boat to send them outside. Well, just started doing it. ”

As soon as she said this, Guo Yongkun had some guesses.

As a provincial capital, Hedong has developed quite rapidly in recent years, and buildings have been being built, but the government's management of indiscriminate mining of sand and gravel in rivers has gradually become strict.

On the estuary of the river, most of the villages used to rely on sand and gravel for food, but now it is said that they have basically lost their jobs, and patrol boats have begun to patrol around the river, and if they are caught, they will be fined or even imprisoned. Sand mining has to go through procedures.

Of course, there must be people who stealthily steal.

In this way, there are business opportunities in small counties like Linshui County.

Because it is also adjacent to the Yangtze River, but the management in this area is much more lax.

In other words, Guo Xiaomei's Land and Resources Bureau is actually in charge of this.

However, according to Guo Yongkun's understanding, this bowl of rice is not delicious.

Sand and gravel is still quite promising, firstly, there is no "purchase" cost, and it can be sold when it is mined; secondly, with the development of society, its price is rising all the way.

Therefore, many people are aiming at this cake, and there are actually only a few places in an area suitable for sand dredging ships to dock, or places to facilitate the entry and exit of towing vehicles. At this time, it is necessary to fight, than whose fist is harder!

Not only in this era, but also in the future.

Guo Yongkun had heard of these things for a long time, and many of the first people in the province were Sha bosses, and they were more or less involved in violent activities.

This would explain why people from the Land and Resources Bureau said that Zhang Xiaoyong was a second-rate man.

If he eats this bowl of rice, it should be.

"How did you two meet?"

Guo Yongkun is very concerned about this.

To put it mildly, there are a lot of people who want to have something to do with him now, and people who want to be his brother-in-law or brother-in-law, it is estimated that they can line up from Linshui County to Hedong.

Aren't later generations often joking that if you fall in love with a rich woman, can you save a few decades of struggle?

There are only two girls in his family, who has the ability to marry home, probably no need to struggle in this life.

That's right, he suspected that Zhang Xiaoyong was planning something wrong.

And this is the most unacceptable thing for him, and he can't accept it even more than the other party is second-rate!

There is no mistake