Chapter 23: Persuasion

[Chapter Word Count:2187 Latest Update Time:2014-10-1300:00:00.0]

After dancing for a few days in a row, and they came morning and night, the old ladies also had a good impression of Duan Yu, a handsome guy, and now young people are impatient, and young men like Duan Yu are simply rare, so they all affectionately pulled Duan Yu and asked him, where is the young man?

Duan Yu is often asked red-faced, Xie Shaolong's mother doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about this kind of boring interrogation, whenever the old ladies pull Duan Yu to ask questions, she always silently cleans up the stereo on the side and never participates, but Duan Yu still noticed very carefully that when he told the old ladies that his hometown was Huilong Township, Qulong County, Xie Shaolong's mother's body trembled obviously violently, and suddenly turned her head to look at Duan Yu, Duan Yu quickly turned her head away, so that she would not realize that she actually meant to tell her。

After another two days, Xie Shaolong's mother did not show any abnormality because of this, Duan Yu was secretly anxious in his heart, and it was difficult to show it, on the morning of the third day, he was packing his clothes and preparing to leave, Xie Shaolong's mother stopped him, and asked with some hesitation: "Young man, I heard that your hometown is Huilong Township, Qulong County, right?......."

Duan Yu was ecstatic in his heart, but he pretended to be very dazed on his face and said: "Yes, my hometown is Huilong Township, Qulong County, what's the matter, old man, have you been to us ?......."

The old lady showed a trace of panic on her face, and waved her hand again and again: "I haven't been, I haven't been, but I used to have a distant relative who was there, so I asked casually ......."

"Oh!" Duan Yu knew that the more times like this, the more he couldn't express his eagerness, and after a sigh, he said, "Old man, your square dance is really good, I have been learning from you for a few days, and I feel very energetic......."

At this time, the old lady's homesickness that had been suppressed in her heart for decades had been completely hooked up by Duan Yu, where did she still have the heart to discuss what square dance with him, and after a few perfunctory words, she continued to ask: "How is it going back to Longxiang now?......?"

After the reform and opening up, the living conditions of the villagers have improved a lot, and they are much richer than before...... However......" Duan Yu saw that the old lady had been successfully aroused by herself, and she didn't know how to climb up the pole, so she first talked about the great changes in Huilong Township over the years, and the old lady had tears in her eyes, and saw that the fire was almost over,

He sighed and began to "but".

The old lady was enjoying listening to it, and when she saw Duan Yu suddenly sighing, she hurriedly said, "But what? Could it be that something bad happened in Huilong Township?......

Duan Yu saw that the old lady really took the bait, he was secretly happy in his heart, shook his head and said: "There is nothing bad about it, but the winding mountain road from the county seat to Huilong Township is too bad, which restricts the development of Huilong Township, although the villagers are much better than before, they still have not completely got rid of poverty ......."

"Ah, how can this be?! I remember that when the People's Commune was built, the township was already building that road, and every day it organized laborers to go up the mountain to blow stones to pave the road, but why hasn't it been repaired yet? Now that the state policy is good, a lot of money is allocated every year to repair the road, and I think that many places have already paved cement roads? Why did they just leave the road back to Longxiang?......?" the old lady asked in surprise and concern, forgetting that she had just said that she had never been to Huilongxiang.

At this time, Yu suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to the old lady, and the old lady was stunned, and hurriedly said: "This kid, what kind of thing are you doing, why are you bowing to me for no reason?......

Duan Yu said with sincerity on his face: "Old man, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you the truth just now, in fact, I am a cadre of the Huilong Township Government, I have heard your story a long time ago, I am deeply sympathetic and indignant to you and your family in the ** period, I just bowed on behalf of the Huilong Township Government to apologize for the persecution you received during the ** period......."

"I came to the provincial capital this time to ask your son, Director Xie, to allocate funds to Huilong Township to repair the road, I know that it is because you and your family are here** The experience of the period has made Director Xie have a great prejudice against Huilong Township, but the mistakes of history should not be borne by the people of Huilong Township now, as a senior cadre of the party, he can not abolish the public for personal reasons, and mix personal feelings in official affairs. ......", said Duan Yu and bowed deeply again!

The old lady's mouth opened wide all of a sudden, and her face was cloudy, and after a long while, she sighed, patted her thighs and wept: "Wronged! Back then, I said that I hated the people of Huilongxiang to death, and I would never return to Longxiang for the rest of my life, but after so many years, there is not a day that I don't want to miss Huilongxiang! I often dream of returning to Longxiang in my dreams......."

"I have always taught our family Shaolong to be a good official, to be a clean official! Over the years, the gift-givers in the family have been driven out by me with a broom, but I didn't expect that because of my angry words back then, I actually let the fathers and villagers who returned to Longxiang go on a bad road for more than ten years! This matter is wrong with me, a mother, ah......."

"Ever since Shaolong became an official in our family, I have set a rule for myself that I must not interfere in his work! But for the sake of the people who have returned to Longxiang, I will break the rules! Young man, you go home with me, and when our Shaolong comes home from work, I will mention this matter to him......

Duan Yu was overjoyed, and followed the old lady to her home, as soon as she entered the door, the old lady beckoned Duan Yu to sit on the sofa, and was busy pouring tea and fruit for him, Duan Yu persuaded the old lady not to be busy, while observing the surrounding environment, Xie Shaolong's house was very simple, the furniture was all old wooden furniture, and there was a somewhat blurry old photo hanging on the side wall, which should be the posthumous photo of Xie Shaolong's father.

The layout of the whole room is not at all like the layout that a department-level cadre's home should have, the only luxurious thing is the LCD TV hanging on the wall, but the room is very clean, the sofa is covered with a snow-white hollow sofa cover, and there are a few pots of emerald green potted plants in the corner, which is not shabby, it is very elegant, which can also be seen that the old lady is a good housekeeper, and Xie Shaolong is indeed a clean official with two sleeves.

The old lady said that she wanted to leave Duan Yu to eat at home, turned on the TV and asked Duan Yu to watch TV first, and then went to the kitchen to work, Duan Yu sat on the sofa and watched TV casually, but she was thinking about Xie Shaolong when she went home, whether the old lady could persuade him to agree to allocate funds to Huilong Township to build roads, after all, since Xie Shaolong was the deputy director of the Department of Transportation, he must be assertive, and it is impossible to be completely swayed by his mother.