"His family is from the township, but since his sister married Section Chief Song, their family also came to the county seat to buy a yard, just a little past the first middle school, which is quite close to our Wangkelai head office. Zhang Meng said, "The day after tomorrow, I will go to your house to find you!"

"Okay, then my brother-in-law and I will go back first!"

"Don't, Liangzi, since you're here, come and have lunch with us, there are no outsiders here, they are all classmates of me and Erlei!" Zhang Meng said.

"Forget it, Brother Meng, I'm not familiar with them, so I still don't mix!" Li Liangwan refused.

Then he went to say hello to Lei Lei in the crowd, and left the Forestry Bureau with his uncle.

Two days later, Li Liang, Wang Fagen, and Zhang Meng went to the monkey's home in the county seat with some gifts. The monkey's hometown is in the township, since his sister married Song Liangren, as Song Liangren rose step by step to the head of the sales department in the cement factory, the Hou family has also risen step by step.

Along the way, Zhang Meng introduced the situation of the Hou family to Li Liang and Wang Fagen. The monkey has a total of four brothers and sisters, in addition to the eldest sister who married Song Liangren, there is also an elder brother, but his brother is honest and honest, and Song Liangren arranged to be an ordinary worker in the cement factory. Monkey's younger sister is a little older than Li Liang, and was arranged by Song Liangren to go to school in the regional health school during the high school entrance examination last year. Health schools are different from other secondary schools, the conditions for recruitment are relatively low, and generally girls with similar grades or those who have a little relationship with their families like to go to health schools for two years, and after they come out, they can be assigned to work in hospitals or township health centers in various counties, which is both relaxed and decent.

After graduating from junior high school, he also worked in a cement factory for two years. This year, Zhang and Li cooperated to develop the shop on the side of the cement factory, and Song Liangren saw that his brother-in-law was doing things in the factory, but he was quite shrewd, so he discussed with his father-in-law and wife to arrange the monkey to take care of the store he was coming to.

When Song Liangren's store first opened, there were not many cement targets per month, only 10 tons per month, but in recent months, with the increase in the cement plant's production capacity, Song Liangren has obtained 20 tons. 20 tons per month is not much, but the goods are in short supply, and if they are sold openly, they can often be sold out in a few days at the beginning of the month.

However, the monkey is a shrewd man, he and Song Liangren opened a sand quarry by the Gan River, and the cement in the shop is tied to the sand from their own sand quarry, and to buy his cement, you must use the sand from their sand quarry, and you can make a lot of money every month.

The three of them were talking, and soon passed Hekang No. 1 Middle School, where the monkey's house was in an alley in the south of the east side of the road. The gate of the Hou family was open to the east, and the courtyard gate looked inconspicuous from the outside, and after Zhang Meng knocked on the door and the monkey opened the door and introduced the three of them into the courtyard, Li Liang found that the Hou family's compound was well arranged.

Li Liang's own yard has two orange trees and grapefruit trees, as well as a pressurized water well, which his mother usually pays attention to and the yard is relatively clean.

But the yard of the Hou family is different, his yard is very large, there are a lot of flowers and plants in it, although there is no flowering in winter, but some hardy varieties are still vibrant, and there are even a few bonsai in it, the shape is very distinctive. There is also a grape trellis in the yard, and a pot of water lilies under the ordinary shelf, the water lilies have withered, and two small red carp are enjoying themselves downstream of the dead leaves.

"Brother Meng, Liangzi, uncle, Happy New Year!" the monkey beckoned.

"Brother Monkey, Happy New Year, your yard is very beautiful!" Li Liang praised.

The monkey smiled and said, "This is all made by my old man!"

Entering the living room of the Hou family, an old man in his 60s was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, and the monkey introduced this to everyone that this was his old man.

"Happy New Year, Uncle!" Li Liang said sweetly.

"Happy New Year, you guys, come, sit, don't be restrained!" Old Man Hou said politely.

He put down the newspaper in his hand and beckoned everyone to take their seats.

"Do you smoke?" asked Old Man Hou as he picked up the cigarette on the coffee table.

Zhang Meng and Wang Fagen took the cigarette and lit it.

Li Lianglian said no.

Old Man Hou smiled: "It's better for young people not to smoke." ”

"Uncle, did you plant all the flowers and plants outside?" asked Li Haoqi curiously.

On the road just now, Zhang Meng introduced that the monkey family was originally from the township below, and after the monkey's eldest sister married Song Liangren, the family's conditions gradually improved, and then moved to the county seat.

Li Liang still thought in his heart that it was estimated that the Hou family should be mud legs, but when he came to the Hou family, he found that this was not the case at all, at least from the flowers and plants planted by the old man Hou and the appearance of holding the newspaper, he did not look like an honest farmer.

Li Liang's question itched Old Man Hou, and he asked with a smile: "Yes, how is it, is it good-looking?"

"It's very beautiful, it's very artistic, and there are flowers and plants at home that can cultivate people's sentiments!" Li Liang praised.

"There are a lot of people who come to my house, children, you are the first person to say your cultivation sentiments!" said Old Man Hou with emotion.

"Later, if you see what you like, take two pots and go back. ”

The monkey on the side listened and said with a smile: "Liangzi, you don't know that my father treats those flowers and plants of his as treasures, and he is never willing to give them away, you are the first!"

Li Liang smiled: "Uncle, then I'm so lucky!"

From the following chat, Li Liang learned that the old man Hou was an old intellectual before the liberation, and after the liberation, he worked as a teacher in the regional normal school, and was mistakenly branded as a rightist in the 50s, and was sent to Biyun Township under Hek County. After staying in Biyun Township for more than 20 years, it was not until two years ago that the Central Committee decided to conduct a comprehensive review of those who had been classified as rightists and correct the erroneous conclusions of the comrades who had been wrongly classified as rightists.

However, this result came too late, Mr. Hou had already reached the age of retirement, so he did not return to his home in the area, but took his family to take root in Hek County.

Several people chatted, and when the big clock in the living room of the Hou family rang 11 times, Song Liangren from the cement factory and a strange middle-aged man came in.

"Dad!" After Song Liangren came in, he shouted at the old man.

The strange middle-aged man shouted, "Happy New Year, cousin!"

It turned out that his surname was Mr. Hou's cousin-in-law, who was the distant uncle who worked in the county construction company that the monkey said.

Old Man Hou saw that they had all arrived, so he went to the study to read the book, so as not to delay them from talking about business.

The monkey introduced both sides.

Song Liangren is very familiar with Zhang Meng and Li Liang, especially Li Liang, because he happened to be in the county seat when the store opened, and he was fortunate to meet the father and daughter of Long Yemin, a senior county official who came to attend the opening ceremony, and also knew that Li Liang had saved Long Yemin's daughter.