Chen Weiguo went home in the morning, which is not common in normal times.

He worked in a brick factory to cut bricks, which was a skilled job. The work is not heavy and does not need to be exposed to the sun and rain, and it is busy in front of the brick machine all day long, but this position is very important, and it requires very skilled workers to do it, otherwise it is easy to delay things and affect the production progress of bricks.

The brick factory is such a skilled worker as him, under normal circumstances, unless it rains or there is a problem with the brick machine, he can rest, but even so, the brick factory has other jobs that need manpower, Chen Qiaoshan is very curious, this is a good sunny day, why did Chen's father go home in the morning.

Chen Weiguo saw that there were guests at home, so he hurriedly greeted him, but he didn't talk much, and he didn't know the people who came, so he fell silent after chatting for a few words, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Chen Qiaoshan saw that he had a worried look on his face, and knew that he must have something in his heart, but he didn't want to ask much now.

"Dad, this is Reporter Xie of Dahe Daily, and this is Master Huang who is driving!"

"Journalists?"

Chen Xi has always had an unreal feeling, Chen Weiguo is back, she finally has a backbone, and people are also in good spirits, and immediately said excitedly: "Dad, the second brother has won the first place in the province, and the reporter came to our house for an interview!"

"No. 1 in the province?" Chen Weiguo was a little surprised, the second child actually took the first place in the province, how could this be.

Chen Weiguo has a number of the academic performance of several children in the family, and he will not mention the fifth child, the third and fourth have the best grades, and it is not strange for him to say that they won the first place.

The second child's grades are not bad, but compared to the two younger sisters, it should not be a problem to test one with his results, at this time he said that he took the first place in the province, if it was just the third child's empty mouth and white teeth, he would definitely not believe it, but looking at the car parked outside the yard, and the reporter sitting opposite, he slowly believed it.

"Comrade Chen, congratulations!" Xie Lei looked at him, thinking that she might be able to get some useful information from him, so she asked one question after another.

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Chen Weiguo was in a trance, "Comrade Chen, congratulations!" How many years have passed, he thought he had forgotten, but suddenly heard this same opening sentence again, and all kinds of past came back to his heart.

He was a little gloomy, it had been twenty-three years, when Zhang Ziyu took the first place in Nanyang, and the county cadres came to his home to report the good news, which was the same opening remark, what was the mood at that time, maybe it was happy, but the bottom of his heart should be more worried. The later results did confirm his worries, Zhang Ziyu left, and took his eldest daughter with him by the way.

Thinking of this, he felt a pain in his heart again, Xiaobao is 23 years old this year, thinking that she is better than Zhang Jiabi in the scholarly family by his side, and I don't know what she looks like now......

Xie Lei was a little surprised, what's wrong with Chen's father, he didn't react when he asked him, he didn't seem to be able to give up, his son took the first place in the province, and he couldn't see any joy at all.

Chen Qiaoshan was also a little strange, and was about to remind him, Chen Xi preemptively said, "Dad, Reporter Xie asked you something!" She thought that Chen's father usually had very few words, so she said in a big way: "Reporter Xie, if you have any questions, just ask me, I know everything about my brother!"

Xie Lei was very curious, at first, this little girl was silent, and thought she was very shy, so she would take the initiative to greet herself, but she didn't mind, "Why did your brother's grades improve so much?"

"I know the reason, it's actually related to me!" Chen Xi was not modest at all, and directly took the credit for herself, and explained to Xie Lei in detail how she inspired her second brother to go to Yenching University.

The two women quickly chatted hotly, Chen Xi was able to speak, the second brother won the top prize, and she was also honored, and under the guidance of Xie Lei, she said that the second brother she knew had a girlfriend, issued a mask and other things.

Chen Qiaoshan didn't care about the third child's revelations, these things are not something that can be concealed if you want to, he is the champion of Henan Province this year, he dares to say that Xie Lei may not dare to write about falling in love and being naughty, even if she dares to write a newspaper and dare to send it, the power of role models is powerful, if you really report it, more than one million high school students in the province will follow him to learn how embarrassing you make the school!

Xie Lei didn't care so much, what she learned from Chen Xi was consistent with the information she obtained at Yigao. Chen Qiaoshan is smart enough, naughty and mischievous at school, and acts bravely without asking for anything in return, this is a real college entrance examination champion.

The two chatted for a while, and Xie Lei said goodbye, and there were many follow-up interview arrangements later. Chen Xi went out to see her off, and when she came back, she shook a piece of paper at Chen Qiaoshan, smiling.

"What's that?"

"Guess?"

"How can I guess!"

"College entrance examination results, second brother, you are really unexpected!"

Chen Qiaoshan took it and looked at it, it was a note and a business card, the style of the business card was very old-fashioned, but in addition to the normal contact information, there was also an email address of 163, and he couldn't help but wonder that this reporter is really keeping pace with the times.

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Mrs. Liu in Xiawan is not in good health, Tao Xiuying was called over by her grandmother to help, and she didn't come back at noon, the meal was made by the third child, don't look at her only sixteen years old, the baby in the countryside is in charge early, and she is already a good hand at laundry, cooking, and housework.

She is good at rolling noodles and steaming steamed buns, and the taste of stir-fried vegetables is not bad, which is the true inheritance of Chen's mother. A plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a plate of cucumbers, half a bowl of bacon and a pot of rolling noodles, this is the lunch of father and son.

"Third child, go and bring the wine!"

"Okay!" Chen Xi happily ran to take out a bottle of loose wine, and went back to the kitchen to bring a plate of peanuts, which Chen's mother had fried and packed up for guests.

"Why do you just take a wine cup?" Chen Qiaoshan was a little dissatisfied.

"You have an injured foot, you can't drink!" Chen Xi said confidently, and he had to give up.

Chen Weiguo will also come out of the sadness just now, he is very happy that the second child has taken the first place in the exam, the nature is very high, but the amount of wine is limited, so he took a small sip of the wine cup, quite a little raised eyebrows, two glasses of wine down, and there were more words, which was very different from usual.

The Chen family's father and son didn't drink much, and they all drank with a physique on their faces, and after a few glasses of wine, Chen Weiguo's face became red, and he staggered back to the house to take a nap after eating.

After the people finished serving, the pigs were still hungry, the clothes that had been soaked in the basin for a long time in the morning had not been washed, the third child was busy after eating, and Chen Qiaoshan couldn't help much, so he could only sit on the side and chat with her.

He didn't have the habit of taking a lunch break, so he picked up the ancient legend of the year and flipped it up, he couldn't stand it and flipped through the book casually, Chen Xi looked at his irritable appearance, wiped his hands and walked over and turned on the TV.

News was being broadcast on TV, and the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization held a joint press conference in Yenching. Only then did he remember that today was June 24, and it was today that the SARS epidemic, which had been raging for several months, was finally brought under control, and the WHO lifted the travel warning for Yanjing.

Looking at the deputy minister of health called Gao Wall, who was talking eloquently on TV, Chen Qiaoshan was a little curious, this guy is a senior economist who graduated from the National People's Congress, and has been engaged in economic work, until the outbreak of SARS, he was appointed as the vice minister of health, and directly shouted "It is better to sacrifice economic interests than to protect people's health." ”

The reason why he remembers so clearly is because Gao Wall's career is particularly weird, after SARS, he was promoted to Minister of Health, and two years later he was demoted to Vice Minister, and then went to the National People's Congress to do his old job, and after two years of work, he was dismissed by the National People's Congress, such a person is simply a strange officialdom, especially noteworthy is that he burst a powder keg in 2014, and he, the former head of the Ministry of Health, accused the Ministry of Health of drug approval as a source of corruption, which caused huge repercussions in the society.

Chen Qiaoshan was pondering, Chen's mother was back.

"Your dad is back?"

"Well, I'll be back in the morning, and I'll have some wine at noon, and I'll take a nap!"

"Why did you come back?" Tao Xiuying muttered to herself, Chen Qiaoshan was also puzzled, his face was depressed when he came back, obviously something had happened.