Cheng Qiao glared at He Yan, He Yan stared at her with a smile, the golden retriever dog obediently and quickly came out of the hall, circled around the two of them, and saw that the two had not moved for a long time, and called at the two of them, breaking the silent and strange atmosphere that spread before the two of them.

obediently wagged his tail and glanced at He Yan, then spit out his pink tongue and smirked at Cheng Qiao, and leaned over his hairy head and rubbed it twice on the hostess's leg, which was to remind Cheng Qiao that it was time to go for a walk.

Cheng Qiao came back to his senses, broke away from He Yan's hand, opened the courtyard door one step ahead and walked out, and the golden retriever spread his legs and ran out.

He Yan sighed, hurriedly kept up with Cheng Qiao's pace, and the two walked side by side towards the old mansion.

It gets dark late in the middle of summer. It was past seven o'clock, and the sky could still faintly see the afterglow of the setting sun dyeing the clear blue sky a fiery red. The acquaintances in the trees and the frogs in the fields sang sonatas happily.

Such a beautiful and quiet night gradually calmed down Cheng Qiao's originally restless heart.

He Yan walked beside her, and kept secretly observing her with his spare light, and when he saw that her face had improved, he had the courage to raise his hand to hook her shoulder, and he was relieved to see that Cheng Qiao was defenseless and broke free.

After the old house was exposed to the sun during the day, the accumulated heat made the room stuffy, and it was completely impossible to stay, Cheng Qiao simply opened the door and window to breathe, and when the heat dissipated, the two came to the backyard again.

The canopy overhead had turned navy blue, and the stars were twinkling.

Cheng Qiao stood in front of the cherry trees, which she had listed as the focus of her care, and at this time they were already growing extraordinarily luxuriantly, and white flower bones could be seen in the middle of the dark green oval leaves.

He Yan stood behind her, stood on tiptoe and stretched out his hand to next a branch, pointed to the delicate buds, and said with a smile: "When the flowers are gone, you can eat big cherries." ”

Cheng Qiao was a little envious of his height and long legs, and he could easily touch the branches and leaves of the cherry tree, so he just glanced at him casually and replied, "I don't know how long I have to wait......

When the flowers of the cherry tree were in full bloom, the Cheng family's old mansion welcomed a long-lost guest, Professor Wu.

Seeing his good brother who had not been seen for a long time, Mr. Cheng was very happy, warmly entertained him a lot, and said that he would stay for a few more days. However, this time Professor Wu did not come alone, but brought a team, in addition to his students, there were also staff from relevant departments from the provincial capital, and even the county magistrate Zhao was alarmed and accompanied him to Chengjia Village. County Magistrate Zhao and Cheng Qiao's father are old partners, and they are also familiar with the Cheng family, so they will inevitably be pulled by Old Man Cheng to reminisce about the old days.

There were so many people in the village all of a sudden, and there was such a big commotion, and the villagers were stunned, thinking that something big had happened. Cheng Yubiao, the village head, thought about it and didn't know what mistake he had made, so he was afraid of being responsible, so he had to go to the county magistrate Zhao to ask him clearly, and after getting the answer, he fell into shock again: "What?

County Magistrate Zhao happily patted him on the shoulder and ordered: "Hurry up and fill out the application form, prepare the materials and hand it over to the county." ”

It turned out that after Professor Wu returned to the school, he wrote a paper on the protection of ancient buildings with the materials of Chengjia Village, which attracted the attention of the leaders of relevant departments after it was published, and then formed a special investigation team to go to Chengjia Village for investigation, so there was such a one.

Cheng Yubiao touched his head and felt a little unbelievable that there was a good thing about pies in the sky, and silently read in his heart: It would be nice if it could be evaluated! After the shock, he couldn't bear the joy in his heart, and personally ran errands to each house to inform the villagers to hold a small meeting in the village office to convey the words of County Magistrate Zhao.

The villagers whispered after hearing this, and the expressions on their faces were almost all written in disbelief.

"Just our old house that can't be broken anymore is actually a monument?"

"That's right. It's too old to live in, so what's the use?"

Cheng Yubiao glared at the few people who spoke, and explained loudly: "Tell me which of the old houses we live in is not handed down by our ancestors for hundreds of years, why is it not considered a historic site? Why can't our village be selected as a famous historical and cultural village?"

"Village chief, really?"

Cheng Yubiao's voice was louder: "Can I lie to you? The experts are all staying in the old branch secretary's house, and even the county magistrate Zhao is here in person, you don't believe me, do you want to ask the county magistrate Zhao yourself?"

As the head of a village, it is impossible for the villagers to really question the county magistrate, and they immediately said: "Village chief, we believe you!"

"Do what you say!"

Cheng Yubiao crossed his hands on his hips and said in a thick voice: "Since you know about this, you all give me a lot of energy, don't talk nonsense and lose the face of our Chengjia Village when you encounter any expert leaders!"

"Understood. The villagers present replied in unison.

The experts wandered around Chengjia Village for a whole day, and when they left, County Magistrate Zhao pulled Cheng Yubiao and revealed: "The experts are very satisfied, the selection can be completed, hurry up and hand over the information." ”

Cheng Yubiao's face bloomed with joy, and he waved his hand to see off County Magistrate Zhao and the experts to leave. When the convoy was far away, I remembered that I didn't know how to apply at all, my eyes were completely black, and I returned home with a bitter gourd face, and I was absent-minded about eating.

His wife asked him in wonder, "What happened?"

As soon as Cheng Yubiao told him about the matter, his wife thought about it and reminded him: "The professor who was beaten last time seems to be still at the old branch secretary's house, do you want to ask?"

Cheng Yubiao's eyes lit up, he threw away his chopsticks, and he didn't care about eating, so he spread his legs and ran to Cheng Qiao's house.

Professor Wu was reluctant to leave when he came, and stayed at Cheng's house with that chrysanthemum face under the enthusiastic support of Mr. Cheng.

Cheng Yubiao pulled him and asked, Professor Wu is an old pedant, and he deviated as he spoke, and he babbled a lot of professional knowledge to him, and also pointed out that there are several old houses in the village, which are very old, and it would be a pity if they collapsed if they were not repaired quickly.

Cheng Yubiao didn't understand much of the professional terms in Professor Wu's words, but he understood the last sentence, and hurriedly asked, "What should I do?"

Professor Wu thought for a while, and said truthfully: "When the rating of your historical and cultural village is clear, the county should allocate funds for restoration." ”

"How long will it take?" Cheng Yubiao asked again.

Professor Wu replied embarrassedly: "It's hard to say." If it's fast, it's possible to get through guò in a month, and if it's slow, it's possible to get it for half a year to a year......" He said, sighing again, "I'm afraid that those places won't be able to support it for so long, and it will be too late when the county's money comes down......."

Cheng Yubiao weighed it in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "Our Chengjia Village first advanced this money to repair the old mansion!"

Professor Wu held his hand and shouted excitedly: "There are too few good comrades like you who care for cultural relics and historic sites these days, it's not easy!"

Cheng Yubiao was an anxious person, and the next day he gathered the villagers in the office building of the village committee for a meeting, and said that in order to pass through the selection of historical and cultural villages, it was decided to raise funds to restore the old houses in the village.

When they heard that they were going to pay for it, some villagers were not very happy.

"Didn't the village chief say that when the money is passed, the county will pay for it?"

"Yes, yes, I don't know if we can be rated or not, so we have to pay for it, what if we don't make it?"

The opposition came one after another, Cheng Yubiao's heart was blocked, and he took out the majesty of the village chief and said loudly: "Is it over? You haven't been back to see what the old house has become when you move to a new house, don't say what the old house has become, some places are about to collapse, and if you don't repair it now, what's the use of waiting for the house to be gone?"

The villagers suddenly stopped talking. Cheng Yubiao's eyes swept around the silent conference room, and found that most people were still not convinced.

A prickly head shouted: "Village chief, you keep saying that you want to select a famous historical and cultural village, what good is it for us to be evaluated." ”

As soon as these words came out, the conference room became lively.

"Yes, if we want to pay, we have to get something in return!"

"yes, don't just get a false name, what's the use of coming!"

Cheng Yubiao slapped himself on the conference table, stood up and shouted: "Benefits, benefits, you know that you want benefits, and I will tell you about it." Where are we thirty miles ahead of Peach Blossom Town?"

"Isn't that Lanxiang?" someone replied.

"Lanxiang is a tourist attraction in our county, everyone knows it. ”

"That's right, the village over there in Lanxiang can be rich, I heard that the dowry they marry their daughters is a million-dollar luxury car......"

"Village Chief, what does Lanxiang have to do with our selection of historical and cultural villages?"

"You elm heads, why are you so unenlightened!" Cheng Yubiao scolded, "Why Lanxiang has become a tourist attraction, isn't it because they have historic sites and scenic spots to visit? You must know that one of the seven villages around them is a national-level historical and cultural village, and there are two provincial-level and four-city-level historical and cultural villages!"

"Does the village chief mean that the reason why Lanxiang is so rich is because it is rated as a famous historical and cultural village?"

"Isn't this how Lanxiang developed? In the past few decades, they were not the same as our Taowu Town, and they have changed greatly in the past decade or so, and they have become rich by developing the tourism economy. Cheng Yubiao replied.

"Can we do the same?" someone asked.

"What are you doing, our village only has those old houses that can be shown to tourists, and no one is willing to pay for repairs when they are about to collapse, and what kind of tourism will they do when they all collapse!" Cheng Yubiao sat down and shouted angrily.

The conference room fell silent again.

The villagers are all calculating the gains and losses in their hearts. The good brain spoke first: "Village chief, then fix it." ”

"Fix it, my family is willing to pay. After the repair, let's do tourism together. ”

"My family is willing too!"

Contrary to the beginning, there were voices of agreement in the conference room.

Cheng Yubiao turned his anger into laughter and took out the fund-raising agreement and asked the villagers to sign it one by one.

After solving the problem of funding, it is another question of who to find to decorate. The restoration of ancient houses is different from general home decoration tooling, and the required processes are more and more complex.

Professor Wu recommended Yan Bo's decoration team without thinking about it, and Cheng Yubiao went to Cheng Qiao's old house to see it once and felt that it was indeed exquisitely decorated, so he was relieved.

Yan Bo finished several home improvement projects in his hand before taking over such a big project. I was very happy in my heart, but when I thought of being tossed by Professor Wu again, my heart became awkward. The hearts of the workers are also both ice and fire, and they are grateful to Professor Wu for spurring them on and making their skills improve by leaps and bounds, but they are also afraid of the old man's nagging and merciless blows, so they return to Chengjia Village again with complicated feelings.

Yan Bo naturally wanted to go to his old classmate Cheng Qiao to report, but found that He Yan and Cheng Qiao were crooked in the old house, feeling that they had finally reconciled, and they didn't want to be a light bulb so they went to the backyard to cool off.

Under the scorching sun, the backyard was full of small saplings that had not yet grown, Yan Bo looked around, and finally hid in the shadow under the cherry tree and stood.

The white flowers on the tree have all gone, and the dense dark green leaves hide the purple-red oval fruits, which look particularly attractive.

As soon as Yan Bo looked up, he saw the branches full of ripe fruits, and exclaimed, "Wow, what a big cherry!" Standing on tiptoe, he stretched out his hand and pulled down the heavy branch, regardless of the thirty-seven twenty-one, he tore off one and threw it into his mouth and chewed it, and after a while, he spit out a fruit core and wiped his mouth: "Sweet and sour, it's delicious." As he spoke, he picked a few more, don't eat them, don't shout, "Delicious, big and sweet!" he couldn't stop eating, and ate all the fruit on the branch, and stared at the other places with great interest, but the other branches were too high, and he was a little reluctant to reach them.

When Cheng Qiao came to the backyard, he found that Yan Bo was spitting all over the ground, and scolded angrily: "Foodie." ”

Yan Bo looked at the mess all over the place, and hurriedly said, "I'll clean it up for you." He followed behind Cheng Qiao and asked flatteringly, "Sister Qiao, what kind of cherry is yours, it tastes better than imported from the supermarket." ”

Cheng Qiao didn't bother to take care of him, went straight to the miscellaneous room, took a broom and threw it in front of Yan Bo: "Clean it." ”

Yan Bo took the broom with a bitter face, still thinking about the cherries on the tree, and asked with a smile: "Qiao girl, I have cleaned it, can you let me pick more cherries and take them home to eat......

Cheng Qiao tilted his head and thought for a while: "Look at your watch." ”

Yan Bo immediately said, "I promise to complete the task immediately!" picked up the broom and began to clean the ground.

Cheng Yuan came to the old mansion to call Cheng Qiao and He Yan to come over for dinner, and happened to bump into Yan Bo coming in after sweeping the yard, he was startled, and asked hesitantly, "Brother spinach, do you want to come and eat together." ”

At the mention of food, Yan Bo's eyes lit up, and his head nodded as if beating a drum, "Go!

provoked Cheng Qiao and He Yan with a burst of disdain.