After a while, the car turned from the county road onto the Yangqian Highway that was being built. Lei Xiaobo slowed down the car and introduced Huo Siyan to the back as he drove: "This is the first-class road that our village is building, and half of the roadbed is almost ready." When there was not a penny in the village, I tried to get it started, and now it is progressing relatively quickly. ”

Lei Xiaobo introduced her with pride, Huo Siyan looked out through the car window, and her good-looking brows quickly wrinkled.

That's right, the construction vehicles on the road are busy coming and going, and the roadbed is built wide. But on both sides of the road are low, gray old houses, barren hillsides and land, and there is not a single factory in sight, or a slightly more modern building, or any industrial park.

Moreover, in his introduction just now, Lei Xiaobo said that he had managed to start construction without a penny, so where did the money for road construction come from?

Huo Siyan thought sensitively and shrewdly, and her face became more and more serious.

Lei Xiaobo didn't notice Huo Siyan's ugly face, and slowly drove the car to the village. He still introduced it as he went, but unfortunately, there was nothing to introduce or see in the village except for the low houses scattered on the hillside.

The more Huo Siyan looked at it, the cooler her heart became, the luster on her face slowly dimmed, and she was speechless. It's too poor here, much to her surprise, and it's not as good as Lei Xiaobo introduced.

The car drove along the narrow road into the mountains, and after a while, it drove to the playground of Red Hearts Elementary School.

Lei Xiaobo parked the car, came out and diligently helped Huo Siyan open the car door, lowered his head and looked into the car and said, "Here, our village committee is here, and I work here every day, you go in first and sit for a while." ”

Lei Xiaobo introduced it with a happy and even excited mood, but Huo Siyan got out of the car, raised his eyes and looked at the school, and his face suddenly darkened. Oh my God, what kind of village committee is this? Such a dilapidated and low house is actually a village committee?!

Lei Xiaobo took her to the row of houses in the back, and said happily as he walked: "This is the primary school in our village. ”

"Huh?" Huo Siyan couldn't help but exclaim, her beautiful eyes and mouth opened at the same time, and they opened as big.

Lei Xiaobo turned around and looked at her, and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?" Huo Siyan couldn't believe his eyes and ears, and asked in horror: "This is the primary school in your village?"

"Yes. "There are three mixed classes and four teachers, including the principal. ”

Huo Siyan didn't expect that there would be such a dilapidated school now, she was really stunned, and she was so stunned that she couldn't speak.

It's no wonder that she, who had just come from the city to this remote mountain village, had not yet adapted to her consciousness and feelings. Compared with the high-rise buildings that the city is accustomed to, the bungalows here are extraordinarily small and cannot be reflected.

At this time, the school playground was empty, and there was no one, and it seemed so cold and empty. In a trance, Huo Siyan thought that she had walked into a deserted primitive tribe, and she was a little panicked.

They turned the front row of bungalows to the courtyard of the back row of bungalows. Huo Siyan glanced up and saw two wooden signs, one red and one black, hanging at the door of a dilapidated house in the west. The red letters are written in "Qianao Village Committee, Yangshu Township, Hongshan County", and the black letters are "Qianao Village Villager Reception Room, Yangshu Township, Hongshan County".

Huo Siyan looked at the two wooden cards, was surprised again, and shook her head. She felt a little funny to hang such a sign in front of such a dilapidated door.

The office door was open, but there was no one inside, not Ms. Yao. Lei Xiaobo led her into the village committee office and said to her, "This is our office." ”

Huo Siyan looked up, and there was a hint of brightness on her face. She thought the office inside was okay, so she simply decorated a dilapidated classroom into four small rooms, and most of the office furniture inside was new. The office is clean and organized.

"This is my office. Lei Xiaobo led her into his office and introduced her with some pride, "Next door is the reception room and conference room, the front of the two east rooms is the villagers' reception hall, and the back is the village finance room." ”

Huo Siyan looked at it curiously and asked, "Who is sitting opposite you?" Lei Xiaobo replied in a low voice: "Secretary of the village party branch." ”

Huo Siyan nodded, and said as if he had realized something: "Oh, you are her assistant, so you sit opposite her." ”

At this time, the door was dark, and Yao Hongyi walked in: "Village Chief Lei, you are here." ”

Huo Siyan looked at the door, and her eyes lit up, there are such young and beautiful girls in this broken place? What does she do? Before Lei Xiaobo could introduce them, Yao Hongyi walked to the door of the office and said to them in an immature tone: "Village Chief Lei, she is your girlfriend, right? ”

Before he finished speaking, his face turned red to the base of his ears. Lei Xiaobo said: "Well, yes, just arrived. ”

Huo Siyan asked Lei Xiaobo: "She called you Village Chief Lei? Aren't you an assistant? How did you become the village chief?"

Lei Xiaobo said: "I forgot to tell you that after returning from the city last time, there was a democratic election in the village. I don't know how to get elected as the village chief with a high vote. ”

Lei Xiaobo said proudly, led Huo Siyan into the guest room, and asked her to sit down on the sofa. Huo Siyan sat there, not saying anything to praise him, but thinking, he became the village chief, is he not leaving? Does he really want to stay in this place where ghosts don't? That is so terrible that I can't stay for two or three days.

At this time, Yao Hongyi made her a cup of hot tea, politely brought it to her, and said with a red face: "Please use tea." ”

"Thank you. Huo Siyan politely said thank you, looked at her, and asked Lei Xiaobo softly, "What does this little girl do?" Lei Xiaobo said: "She is the secretary of the Youth League branch in the village. ”

"Huh?" Huo Siyan said again, "So young, is the secretary of the Youth League branch?"

Yao Hongyi hurriedly stared at Lei Xiaobo, then turned around and walked out. Walking outside, she raised her voice again and said to Lei Xiaobo: "By the way, Village Chief Lei, I went to the cafeteria just now to take a look, the lunch has been cooked, where are you eating?"

Lei Xiaobo said: "We also eat in the cafeteria. ”

Yao Hongyi said: "Then you can go and eat, it's almost twelve o'clock." Just now, Master Liu asked me to come and see you, are you here? Lei Xiaobo stood up and said to Huo Siyan: "Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria to eat." ”

As he spoke, he took Huo Siyan towards the cafeteria. Walking into the cafeteria, Lei Xiaobo didn't see Tulip Jingxiang, and he was relieved. Qiao Xiaoyu and the other two teachers were there, and when they saw Lei Xiaobo walking in with a beautiful and tall girl, they all turned around to look at them.

Lei Xiaobo led Huo Siyan to the window to pick up food, and Master Liu said to him with a smile: "Village Chief Lei, Secretary Guo called me yesterday and said that a guest is coming today. I've cooked a few dishes, you can go to the private room and eat them, I've already prepared them. ”

Lei Xiaobo said, "Thank you, Master Liu, how much is it?" ”

Master Liu looked at the beautiful and noble Huo Siyan and said, "Village Chief Lei, you go to eat quickly, and then talk about the money." Lei Xiaobo said seriously: "That's not good, we can only eat after paying first." ”

Master Liu smiled and said, "Village Chief Lei, you are always so serious. Okay, then you can give eighty yuan, four dishes and one soup. Lei Xiaobo said seriously: "How can there be such a cheap one? You won't talk about the hard work, and the money should be calculated accordingly." ”

Saying that, he went to the private room to take a look, and felt that these dishes were more than just these money, so he walked back and said to him: "Master Liu, let's eat first, and after going to work tomorrow, you ask Accountant Sun to sum it up, and I will give the money." To give enough, I can't take advantage. ”

Master Liu said with some emotion: "Village Chief Lei, these vegetable funds are all donated by you, and you are still so true, really." ”

Qiao Xiaoyu and the other three teachers who were eating all said in unison: "Yes, Village Chief Lei is really good." Qiao Xiaoyu said: "Yesterday, he donated another 10,000 yuan to the canteen to provide free lunches for poor students. ”

This scene, these words, Huo Siyan heard and witnessed, and his heart was deeply shocked. She knew they weren't acting, it was a natural manifestation. She didn't expect Lei Xiaobo's thinking to be so good, not to mention that he could endure this hardship, he could endure the poverty and loneliness in a remote mountain village, he was so serious and honest in his work, and he kept donating, how could he have changed so much? I don't even know him anymore.

Lei Xiaobo took Huo Siyan into the private room, asked her to sit down, opened a bottle of Wang Laoji for her, poured it for her, and said, "Come, Siyan, let's eat." The village is poor, and there is nothing to eat, so you will just order it, ah. ”

Huo Siyan's eyes suddenly turned red and she sobbed. She lowered her head and cried very sadly, her body twitching, tears hanging from her face like broken pearls.

Lei Xiaobo panicked, and he didn't know where he made her angry. He quickly stood up and took a piece of paper to wipe her eyes: "Yanyan, what's wrong with you?"

He finally said what he had been calling her all along. Unexpectedly, Huo Siyan listened, not only did not stop, but also cried even more, she fell on the dinner table and cried "whining".

Lei Xiaobo was so panicked that he hurriedly stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder gently, saying, "Yanyan, light, it's not good to be heard." Don't cry, you have something to say to me. As soon as you cried, it scared me to death, and I was distressed to death. What did I do wrong? You're going to be angry like that. ”

Huo Siyan slowly stopped crying, raised her head, took the napkin in Lei Xiaobo's hand and wiped her eyes, and said while wiping: "It's not that you did anything wrong, but I was moved by your deeds, so I couldn't help crying." I also cried for the idea that I hated the poor and loved the rich. Really, I'm so bad in your comparison. ”

(End of chapter)