Zhenhua applauded and laughed, looked at Wang Xiang and said, "Uncle Xiang, your cigarettes and alcohol are gone." ”

Wang Xiang also smiled: "It's good to be lively." The lion dance team is not easy, we are reluctant to spend the capital, and they are reluctant to contribute!"

Zhenhua nodded: "Thank you Uncle Xiang for your support of cultural and entertainment activities in your hometown!"

Wang Xiang shook his head: "I don't know what cultural and entertainment activities are, anyway, just watch it lively." ”

The lion dance team continues to perform forward.

The villagers all followed the lion dance team and watched with smiles.

Zhao Wenle also came, holding the camera and pressing the shutter sharply, taking pictures from all angles.

Many old ladies and aunts, when they saw Zhenhua, praised them sincerely: "Zhenhua, it's good that you have arranged lion dances and bench performances this year." We have a lively look, the men don't gamble anymore, and there are fewer quarrels!"

Zhenhua was very proud in his heart and said with a smile: "As long as everyone likes it, in our village, there will be lion dances and singing activities every year in the future." ”

In a blink of an eye, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the chess competition kicked off.

In the afternoon, more than 100 chess enthusiasts from Dongwan Village gathered at Dongwan Primary School, gearing up and eager to try.

Zhenhua and Cai Xingmei were in charge, numbering all the contestants, and then announcing the rules of the competition: "Folks, masters from all walks of life. Although we are a village-level chess competition, we must also pay attention to the rules, and I announce the specific rules: red first and black second, touch the child and move, and fall without regrets......"

Everyone understood the rules, nodded their heads, and urged them to start quickly.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the competition officially began, and the contestants fought each other.

Zhenhua, Cai Xingmei, Lao Fuzi, Ge Shoudao and others served as judges and patrolled various venues.

In order to ensure the fairness of the game, this tournament adopts the cross-game method.

Each contestant will fight each of the three opponents for one round, and the winner of the three rounds will advance to the next round.

In the afternoon, the first round was over, and there were still fifty-eight players left.

To Zhenhua's surprise, Wang Xiang's second son, Wang Huaizhi, turned out to be a chess master, winning three battles and three victories, and successfully advanced to the ranks.

Zhao Wenle, Liu Zhigao and Lan Yushu and other masters also advanced. Lan Yushu lost one game to Wang Huaizhi, but won two other opponents, so he is still eligible for the next round.

Zhenhua handed out souvenirs to the losers, which was a glass teacup with the words "Dongwan Village 1998 Chess Tournament Commemoration" printed on it.

These teacups were commissioned by Zhenhua to his sister Chunlan and ordered by a merchant. Chunlan happened to be engaged in activities, customizing a batch of teacups to give back to customers, and by the way, she customized this batch of chess game souvenirs.

Each teacup costs only a few dollars. But the contestants were still happy to get souvenirs.

On the afternoon of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the chess competition finally ended.

Wang Huaizhi won the first place in the chess competition, Liu Liyin, a veteran teacher, won the second place, and Lan Yushu was lucky, passing the test one after another and winning the third place. The third master of the high school was miserable, and he didn't even enter the top 16; Zhao Wenle reached the top 16, but because he had to go to work, he gave up the game halfway.

From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, Dongwan Village has always been very lively, and there has been no gambling money. The countryside does not gamble for the New Year, this is the first time in the world.

The village invested a total of 1,200 yuan to bring a different and lively Spring Festival to the villagers of Dongwan Village!

Zhao Wenle wrote a manuscript and sent it to the county newspaper office along with the photos he took.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the county's "Morning Post" published the new fashion of the Spring Festival in Dongwan Village on a large page, praising and affirming the efforts of the leadership team of Dongwan Village, and calling on the villages of the county to learn from Dongwan Village.

When the leaders of the township saw the news report, they were so happy that they immediately said that they would vigorously support the cultural and entertainment activities and the construction of the township in Dongwan Village in the future.

Zhenhua is naturally happy and full of ambition, and is ready to complete the transformation of agricultural electricity in Dongwan Village this year.

However, compared with Zhenhua's excitement, Qi Lei was very lonely at this time.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Qi Lei returned to the provincial capital of his province, looking for it on the streets, and planning his future life path.

The east gate of the provincial capital is less than 100 kilometers away from Dongwan Village.

Qi Lei was worried about meeting the villagers in Dongwan Village, so he kept wandering around the West Gate.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, those who should go to school go to school, those who should go to work go to work, and everything in the provincial capital returned to normal.

Qi Lei found that there were many carpenters, bricklayers and painters, who were picking up jobs on the side of the road. They carry kits, sit on the curb and smoke cigarettes and wait for customers, with a palm-sized wooden sign in front of them that reads "carpenter" or "bricklayer".

Qi Lei bought a pack of good cigarettes and chatted with a few masters. The masters all said that they were very comfortable with this kind of work, and their wages were higher than those on the construction site. Sometimes when you get a big job, you can even earn a thousand yuan in three or five days.

"Dude, I can also be a bricklayer, and I will also put up a sign here, okay?" asked Qi Lei with a grin.

"Yes, but there has to be a first-come, first-served one, and your sign has to be in the back. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm at the back. Qi Lei smiled and went to prepare the sign.

After finding a few pieces of wood from the garbage heap and buying a bottle of red paint, Qi Lei made six signs, which read carpentry, bricklayer, painter, plumber, scaffolder, and a sign that read "Anything will"!

Six signs were lined up, leaning against the curb stone.

Qi Lei squatted behind the sign, waiting for the customer to come to the door to turn over the card.

However, after waiting for three days, Qi Lei didn't receive a job.

Fortunately, the eldest brother in the stall next door took a big job, asked Qi Lei to help him work for three days, and gave him a salary of 200 yuan.

Qi Lei was very grateful, and said to the eldest brother next door: "When I get a big job in the future, I will definitely take you to make a fortune together!"

"Pull it down, you, taking business on the side of the road is a small job for three or five days, can you still take over a building to do?" The big brother next door didn't believe Qi Lei's words.

"I've taken over big projects before, built a lot of buildings, and ...... in Nanjing," Qi Lei sighed.