Lin Qiang's mother had already known the good news that Xiaolan was pregnant with her second child, and as soon as the car returned home, Lin Qingliu was busy welcoming her.

"Xiaolan, you are still so thin when you have a body, no, no, you must make up for your body. Lin Qingliu pulled Xiao Lanzai to look at it carefully and said.

"Grandma, Mom said she won't get fat no matter how much she eats, do you see if I'm fatter than the last time I came back?" Xinxin got out of the car and pulled Lin Qingliudao.

Lin Qingliu touched Xinxin's head lovingly and smiled: "Our Xinxin is taller than the last time we came back, but we are still a little thinner, so we need to eat more meat." ”

"I don't want to be that fat, I can't wear my beautiful dresses. Xinxin said.

Lin Qiang took down the luggage in the car and said to his mother: "I'll go to the orchard in a while and ask Lao Cao Zai to come back with two ephedra chickens to make chicken soup for Xiaolan." ”

"Your dad is still in the orchard, just let him bring it back. Come inside, it's windy outside. ”

Lin Qiang and his family still live in an ancestral house in the countryside, although a few years ago Lin Qiang had applied for several sets of free houses in the name of other people in the town, and also built three connected two-and-a-half-story buildings, one for each of himself, Lin Feng and Lin Hui, together with several other separate buildings, all for rent, and they themselves have been living in the ancestral house here.

First, because his grandmother is almost 90 years old, she has difficulty moving, and the old people are particularly nostalgic for the old house, and they usually have to go to the vegetable garden when the weather is good, and secondly, Lin Qingliu also feels that he is not used to living in the town, and he is still comfortable in the countryside to talk to his neighbors and play cards.

The house in my hometown has an unparalleled status in the hearts of many people.

Lin Qiang is naturally no exception, for him, the house in his hometown maintains family affection, which is not only an old building, but also a kind of thought, a kind of concern, and his eternal home. Although he and his wife and daughter are all registered in Guangzhou, he has also bought a house in Guangzhou, and he also has a big river view house in Fengcheng, and he is even about to buy a villa in Yangzhou, but he always feels that these outside houses can only be regarded as a residence at most, and the old house with blue bricks and black tiles in his hometown is the real home!

Hukou can be moved, people can move to the city to live, but that family affection, that hometown complex can never move away, and therefore, the Spring Festival has been given a new meaning - go home! No matter where you make a living, where you wander, the Chinese New Year is the time to return home!

It is often said that in a big family, when the parents are gone, the family is scattered.

But Lin Qiang feels that as long as the house in his hometown is still there, there is still a sustenance, brothers and sisters can go back to their hometown to reunite, and the home in memory is still a complete home, but if even the house in his hometown is gone, the home will be scattered, and the family affection will fade, and people will be like rootless duckweed, without sustenance.

Therefore, Lin Qiang has always insisted on keeping these ancestral houses, and is not in a hurry to tear down and rebuild the new building, just to keep that memory for his grandmother and parents, and he can leisurely all kinds of dishes and play cards, until life starts here and ends here!

"Fourth woman, let's come back for the New Year. Lin Qiang walked into the house with his luggage, and saw his grandmother sitting on a bamboo chair looking at the door, so he hurriedly put the luggage away, walked over and half-squatted down.

"It's Qiangzi and Xiaolan who are back, what about us Xinxin?" The old man's eyesight is not very good, but his memory is very good.

"Ah Bai, I'm also back, I won the first place in the final exam of this semester, you see, this is my certificate. Shin Shin took the certificate and walked over happily.

"My family is really happy. The old man had taken the certificate, and although he was illiterate, he came close to his eyes and looked at it carefully.

"Bai, my mother said, I will soon have a little brother or little sister. ”

"Really, did your mother tell you that?" said the old man rejoicingly.

Xiaolan also moved a stool and sat next to the old man: "Fourth woman, I'm Xiaolan, it's true, it's been more than two months." ”

Lin Qiang saw the old man's face showing relief.

Lin Qingliu took advantage of the good weather and the sun was shining a few days ago, and took the bedding and mosquito nets in Lin Qiang's room outside to dry. Although Lin Qiang himself often comes back to his hometown, he comes and goes in a hurry every time, only comes back to see his grandmother and mother, and rarely spends the night at home, their room has actually been unoccupied for a long time, but fortunately, his mother often helps him open the window to breathe, and there is no obvious smell in the room.

As soon as Lin Qiang helped Xiaolan make the bed, his father came back from the orchard and really brought back two slaughtered ephedra chickens.

"Qiangzi, Huaguang Group remitted the money from those sugar oranges this morning. Lin Yaokun said excitedly. He really couldn't believe that Huaguang Group ordered 13,000 boxes at once, and Lin Qiang set the price to 48 yuan per box, and the price here alone was 620,000 yuan, which was three times more than the purchase price of those fruit sellers, and the price of thousands of boxes in Yangzhou and Fengcheng was also 38 yuan per box, and the high price of 68 yuan per box was sold in the Luyanghe characteristic commercial street. Lin Yaokun is now the chairman of the industrial company, Cao Zhiping and Lin Hui have been stationed in Yangzhou for the past year, and the daily affairs of the industrial company are managed by Lin Yaokun, including the small river sand field in Gaoqiao Town and some small projects in the town.

Lin Yaokun, who has been in business for most of his life, is also very handy in managing an industrial company, he took out a passbook from his pocket and handed it to Lin Qiang: "The payment for the sugar oranges is all here, with a total of more than 880,000 yuan." ”

Lin Qiang said: "You can take the passbook." Next year, we will see what other projects can be developed in those mountains, or make Lao Cao's chicken farm bigger. By the way, Dad, didn't you say last time that you want to get a driver's license too? Or sign up after the New Year, and after you get your driver's license, go with your mother to see what car you like, and buy one to drive. ”

Lin Qingliu walked over and took the passbook: "Qiangzi, don't provoke Dad's addiction anymore, how old are the people, they are almost seventy, what kind of driver's license do you get? Isn't it good to drive a motorcycle? I will keep the passbook." ”

Lin Yaokun smiled bitterly at Lin Qiang, he is still driving the Jialing motorcycle he bought in the eighties of the last century, he has been driving it for more than 20 years, and the car is still in good condition, and he has been reluctant to change it. Now that there are more and more private cars, he once asked Lin Qiang if there is an age limit for taking the driver's license, but Lin Qingliu objected when he heard it, saying that in a place like a country town, it is enough to have a motorcycle.

In fact, Lin Qiang didn't approve of his father's driver's license test at this age, mainly because he was worried about safety, and he could only spread his hands to his father at the moment: "When I had dinner with Mayor Chen last week, I mentioned to him that I wanted to build a tea farm on our mountainous land, and Mayor Chen was also very much in favor, and said that he would introduce the experts of the provincial tea institute to me. ”

"That's a good idea, we have hundreds of acres of mountainous land there anyway. By the way, wait for Ah Feng to come back for the New Year and see what good suggestions he has. Lin Yaokun said.

Lin Qiang said: "After lunch in a while, I will take Xiaolan and Xinxin to Fengcheng, they have not been to the new house in Yushui Haoting, I will call Ah Feng over in the evening." ”

"Your younger brother is more introverted, this time he finally got promoted to a level, Qiangzi, you know a lot of people in Fengcheng now, you have to find a way to help Ah Feng find a way." ”

Lin Qiang said: "I know, last time I had found an opportunity for Ah Feng to meet Mayor Chen, and I also went to Shitang Town to have a meal with their secretary and mayor. Ah Feng has only become a branch committee now, although the treatment is equivalent to the deputy mayor, but there is no real real job, according to the convention, the branch committee must be a period of time, and it is not easy to be a real post in the original town, unless there are special circumstances. ”

"I heard that there will be a change of office soon after the New Year, Qiangzi, you can see if there is a chance to find a way to go away and help Ah Feng transfer to other towns, such as Yuantan Town, which is not bad. Lin Yaokun said.

Lin Qiang said: "Now that the time for the change of office is very close, under normal circumstances, it is basically set, if there is no sudden situation, I estimate that this change of office should have no chance for Ah Feng." However, I will pay close attention to it, and I will find out the specific situation with Ah Feng in the evening. ”

"Did the porcelain sand I told you last time have any troubles?" asked Lin Yaokun.

"I have already learned about the situation with Wu Jiming, and he is now focused on real estate, this may be a good opportunity for us, and I will talk to him again when I go to Fengcheng in the afternoon. Lin Qiang said.

Lin Yaokun said: "But I heard that Luo Heng say that it takes a lot of money to engage in porcelain sand, and the risk is not small." ”

"I have mentioned it to a few partners, there is not much problem in terms of funds, but now there is a new situation in the porcelain sand industry, how to operate, I haven't thought about it, Dad, you can go to find Lao Pan when you are free, he is Lao Xingzun, listen to what good advice he has." Lin Qiang said.

After lunch, Lin Qiang drove Xiaolan and Xinxin to Fengcheng. As soon as the car drove to the town, he received a call from Wu Shuya, asking him if he had time to come to the Caidiao Branch, saying that he had something urgent to discuss with him.

Lin Qiang said that he was just returning to his hometown, and he could rush to the color carving factory in about ten minutes. 9