At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the car arrived at Liulinbao Village, Qingniuyu Township, Yuchi County.

The village is still the same village, basically unchanged, and there are few people standing on the roadside chatting, only a few children playing on the roadside. Seeing the car enter the village, the children stopped playing, some watched from afar, and some pointed at the car. There are also a few bold children who approach the car, wanting to see if the car is good or not, and see what the officials in the car look like.

Even though the car was moving slowly, it was not something that the children could keep up with, so some of the children trotted behind the car. This scene is too familiar, Chu Tianqi also did such a thing when he was a child, and he also wants to see what this iron guy looks like. But I just want to see it, but I don't dare to hope when I can sit on it, even if I have this idea occasionally, it will soon be waved out of my mind, and at the same time, I am ashamed of my delusions. At that time, I didn't have any grand ambitions at all, I just thought that I wanted to study hard and have a good future in the future, but I didn't make a specific plan about what it would be like to be promising. At that time, I was only thinking about when I would be able to eat and clothe myself, and at the same time, I also had the luxury of eating rice a few times a month, and if I could eat one or two meals of meat, it would be even more beautiful.

It is precisely because of such a childhood and such an experience that Chu Tianqi has always expressed doubts about the "ambitions at a young age" mentioned by some so-called successful people. I suspect that those things are made up, or taken from someone else, and then infinitely magnified many times.

Adult villagers occasionally passed by on the road, but Chu Tianqi did not ask to stop, nor did he roll down the window to talk to the other party, as if he was showing off. Anyway, I have to stay in the village for a few days, walking on the street or going to the neighbor's house, some for the opportunity to meet, and some for the time to talk.

When the car drove to the front of the stage, Chu Tianqi found that there were more than ten people at the entrance of the commissary next to the stage. These people were standing or sitting, and at this time they all set their eyes on the black "Santana 2000", and some of them pointed and pointed, apparently guessing that the person sitting in the car might also be guessing how much the car was worth.

I saw a single pedestrian just now and didn't get out of the car, which was unwilling to show off. Now that I have met so many villagers, if I don't get out of the car, it will not be low-key, but there will be no one in my eyes. Instructed Li Jian to go to the house first and asked him to stop, and after the car stopped, Chu Tianqi stepped out of the car.

Seeing Chu Tianqi getting off the car, those villagers didn't greet him warmly, but they all had honest smiles on their faces.

Growing up here, Chu Tianqi naturally understood the shyness unique to the villagers, so he waved his hand and greeted him in the local dialect: "What about not eating?"

I don't know if the reply was too quiet, or if no one answered, anyway, Chu Tianqi didn't hear it. But he understood the way people expressed their emotions, and although he was a little embarrassed, he still walked towards everyone.

"Isn't that a dog?" shouted a man with a child in his arms, as he came out of the commissary.

Someone next to him immediately corrected: "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Chu Tianqi waved his hand at the man holding the child: "Erzhuzi, I haven't seen you for a few days, why did you give birth to another one, you are powerful enough." ”

Erzhu held the child in one hand and scratched his head with the other, "hehe" smiled: "Not much, not much, only two." ”

He took out a cigarette and gave one to each person. Whoever takes the cigarette will not say the word "thank you", but will just smile honestly, and some will show an embarrassed look. But almost all of them have an action, and that is to look at the red font on the cigarette and then show a look of envy and joy. The cigarettes that Chu Tianqi took out were the hospitality cigarettes allocated to him by the Chengkang City Government, with a ration of five cigarettes per month and twenty yuan per box of cigarettes. What is normal for a deputy department-level official is a very valuable luxury in the eyes of these villagers.

Chu Tianqi really wants to talk to everyone, that is, Lala's homework, talk about the family's harvest, or talk about his own children. But people obviously regard him as a big official, and in the face of his questions, some people ask one by one, and some people simply smile honestly and say "nothing to say".

Looking at the envious expressions of the villagers and feeling the taboo of the people against officials, Chu Tianqi did not have that kind of arrogant mentality, but was more embarrassed, embarrassed by the invisibly estranged relationship between the government and the people.

In this atmosphere, Chu Tianqi had nothing to say, and not only was he embarrassed, but the villagers were also embarrassed, so he had to say hello to the people inside and outside the commissary and walked towards his house on foot. He noticed that as he turned to walk, the people behind him were chattering, apparently talking about himself, an official who had come out of the village.

……

Just a few steps out, niece Niuniu and Liu Lianzhu have already greeted them.

"Uncle. Niuniu cheered and hugged Chu Tianqi's legs, "Your car is so beautiful." ”

Chu Tianqi hurriedly hugged Niuniu: "You will have it in the future." ”

"Really? I can also be an official?" Niuniu was obviously happy with her uncle's statement, but she was also a little incredulous.

"Even if you are not an official, there will be. After answering his niece's question, Chu Tianqi and Liu Lianzhu started to make a family.

Compared with those villagers, Liu Lianzhu and Chu Tianqi have a lot to say. This is not only due to family affection, but also because Liu Lianzhu has been floating outside for some years, and he has seen a little bit of the world, at least he has seen more people than those villagers. What's more, since Liu Lianzhu went home and lived with Chu Lijuan in peace, Chu Tianqi was very good to this brother-in-law, every time he went home, he would bring cigarettes and alcohol to Liu Lianzhu, and he usually called his sister's house every once in a while to chat with Liu Lianzhu. Therefore, Liu Lianzhu is not estranged from this brother-in-law, but is willing to ask this brother-in-law for some advice.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the house, I saw a lot of children around the car, touching * touching this and touching that.

"Don't touch it, it's my uncle's car. Niuniu jumped down from Chu Tianqi and ran towards those children.

"It's okay to touch it, and it's not bad to touch. A little boy spoke. He wasn't afraid of this little girl at all, but when he saw the tall official, the little boy immediately stopped talking and ran away.

The other children also dispersed, hiding in the distance, watching.

Li Jian happened to come out of the courtyard, and when he saw the small handprints on the car, his face was both angry but helpless.

Chu Tianqi could understand the driver's mood and smiled at Li Jian.

Li Jian smiled awkwardly and said, "Mayor, if it's okay, I'll go back first." ”

"Okay, slow down on the road. Chu Tianqi said.

At this time, everyone in the family walked to the door, Chu Yuliang held the sharp sword, and the others gathered around Chu Tianqi.

After the politeness, Li Jian left, and he wanted to rush back to his home in Yuchi County.

Chu Tianqi found that in addition to his parents, sister, brother and others, there was also a new face, a young girl. Looking at the expressions of the girl and his brother, he understood what was going on.

The girl looked forward and shouted timidly, "Big brother." ”

Chu Lirui hurriedly introduced on the side: "Brother, this is Yangmei." ”

"Bayberry is good. Chu Tianqi responded to the girl's question in an elder's tone.

The family entered the house, washed their hands and faces, and dinner began. Rural people have two meals in winter, generally breakfast is more than 9 o'clock, and dinner is about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Men naturally want to drink, and they all sit on the edge of the kang, Niuniu leans on her uncle's side, and women sit on the edge of the kang.

In the process of eating, Chu Tianqi found that Yangmei always rushed to serve vegetables and meals with her eldest sister, and her mother naturally "took a back seat", obviously, Yangmei was very familiar with this family.

Yangmei's height is estimated to be between 1.6 and 1.65 meters, and her facial features are not very delicate, but she is definitely not ugly. Chu Tianqi felt that from the other party's appearance and busy behavior, he should be completely worthy of his younger brother. He also found that except for when he first saw him, Yangmei was a little timid, and the whole person was very generous.

At the end of the meal, the whole family ate happily, and the whole meal was filled with strong family affection. Especially the old couple are even more smiling, not only happy for the reunion of their relatives, but also proud of having such a promising eldest son.

After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Chu Lijuan washed the pots and bowls, Yang Mei and Chu Lirui went out for a walk, and the rest of the people sat on the kang and chatted about family life.

Mother You Chunmei looked at her eldest son and said, "Tianqi, what do you think?"

Chu Tianqi understood what his mother was asking, and at the same time he was surprised by what his mother called him, when he first met at the door, his mother called himself like this, and he felt strange at that time. So he didn't speak, but looked at his mother with a smile.

"You kid, why don't you speak, what are you staring at me all the time?" You Chunmei was a little puzzled. immediately understood, and explained, "Your father won't let me call you by your nickname, saying it's not good, I think he is ......"

Chu Yuliang grabbed the words: "Tianqi is now a public servant and a government leader, so he must always pay attention to his image. You call nicknames all day long, and you lose his identity. ”

"As far as our own family, what are we afraid of, my son is mine, I can call it whatever I want. When there are outsiders, I don't call it that. You Chunmei is obviously worried about her wife's request.

"Habit becomes natural, if you don't pay attention to it, you always talk about it. Chu Yuliang obviously didn't approve of his wife's "quibble".

Seeing that the two of them were anxious, Chu Tianqi hurriedly diverted the topic: "Mom, are you asking how Yangmei is?" I think the appearance is quite compatible with Lirui, and I am also quite knowledgeable, and I have strong eyesight, which should be good." ”

"It's okay, and your brother and you are both agricultural classmates. It's okay to work, working as a technician in an agricultural company. It's just that her family conditions are average, her parents just opened a commissary in the county seat, and there is a younger sister who is studying. As she spoke, You Chunmei sighed softly.

Chu Tianqi smiled: "Mom, as long as the two of them are compatible, this is the most important thing." Besides, people are in the county, we are in the countryside, and the conditions are better than ours. ”

"Her family is in a small county town, she is a small trader, and my son is a big official. You Chunmei thinks that the reason is very sufficient.

"People are married to Lirui, not Tianqi, your hierarchy is too heavy, old feudal. Chu Yuliang refuted.

"I can cultivate the mayor's son, my old feudal ?......" You Chunmei suddenly became anxious and launched an "attack" on his wife.

Chu Tianqi couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, although his mother's words had a hierarchical concept, how could his father's words not be?

The mother continued to denounce her wife, angry and white-faced, but the father smiled and did not answer. In the face of the quarrel between the old couple, Chu Tianqi was not bored, but he felt a strong family affection, this is living at home.