On the twenty-eighth of the lunar month, at half past ten in the morning, Liao Fanmin's Volvo car arrived at the courtyard of his hometown.

The sound of crackling firecrackers rang out.

When Liao Fanmin got out of the car, he found that his home was very lively.

The village secretary and village director all came and greeted them with a respectful smile on their faces.

Liao Tiangui walked out of the house with a smile on his face with a satisfied expression, beckoning Liao Zexi and the others to go home, Liao Zetian and Liao Zebing came over to help carry things.

"My little people, take us to the governor's office to see, more than ten stories high, we walked up layer by layer, don't you know, the provincial government building, so magnificent...

Liao Tiangui happily talked about the experience of going to the provincial government compound, the village secretary and the village director nodded again and again, and even the second aunt and aunt who helped make tea also had a proud look on their faces, because they also followed to see the provincial government building.

Liao Fanmin suddenly understood the meaning.

The village secretary and the village director have never seen the world, and the villagers are even more so, Liao Fanmin can take his grandparents to the provincial government compound to have a look, and when they see the governor's office, they must think that Liao Fanmin can see the governor every day, and even speak on behalf of the governor.

Comparatively speaking, although Liao Zexi is the mayor of Libei City, in the eyes of the village secretary and village director, he does not have Liao Fanmin's status, because Liao Fanmin is in the provincial government, and Liao Zexi is only in the municipal government.

Thinking of this, Liao Fanmin smiled dumbly.

Turning his head and seeing Liao Zexi's expression, it was also very interesting, as if he was smiling but not smiling.

Liao Fanmin knew that at this time, he couldn't speak, let alone explain, if it was difficult for him to see the governor, it must be a big bad scenery, grandparents would be embarrassed or even unhappy, and the village secretary and village director would not believe it, and they might even think that he Liao Fanmin had a high status and was unwilling to get close to the people in the village.

During the meal, the village secretary and village director toasted Liao Tiangui, Liao Zexi, and Liao Fanmin.

When drinking, the village secretary said that everything in the village is good, but there are a few young men who are old and can't find their daughters-in-law, and many girls in the village have gone out to work, and basically can't see the young girls anymore, and many girls are working in other places and will not come back for the New Year.

After the village secretary finished speaking, Liao Tiangui glared and spoke, saying that how could the governor take care of these small things, even the mayor would not care about these things, and it was the boy's own business that he couldn't find his daughter-in-law.

The village secretary and village director nodded yes again and again.

Liao Tiangui raised a specific problem, that is, the road conditions in the village are not very good, some groups are not connected to the road, and the pigs and grain grown at home cannot be sold.

Liao Fanmin understood the meaning, the road in the village could not be very good in these years, the reason was that the local government had no money, and the central government was not particularly rich.

The tax-sharing system began to be implemented in 1994, and so far it has only been eight years, and the accumulation of central finance is not enough, let alone local governments, facing the problem of insufficient money, and the debt ratio is rising.

Of course, there are exceptions, and if a village has a leader with real power, it will definitely be able to win funds for infrastructure construction, such as building roads, repairing canals, and even laying water pipes, connecting to cable television, and so on.

Liao Fanmin doesn't have that kind of ability, don't talk about Liao Fanmin, Liao Zexi can't do it.

Fortunately, Liao Tiangui did not continue to delve into this topic.

After eating, the village secretary and the village director said goodbye with excitement on their faces, each holding a cigarette in their hands.

Liao Zexi took Liao Fanmin for a walk in the village, and the two walked towards the small mountain bag.

"Xiaomin, how do you feel?"

"Dad, how can I feel, I'm honestly afraid, I'm just a small clerk in the seventh department of the secretary, I don't have any power, and I think I can really see the governor from time to time."

"You, I ask you how you feel, is to let you understand the simplicity of the people, your grandfather said such words, not to let you solve the specific problem of the highway, he just reminded you, don't forget the people, these years there are indeed some bad atmosphere, which village has a leader, you can find money, can solve many problems in the village, if there is no big leader in the village, then there is only poverty, do you think this situation makes the people convinced."

"Dad, you're talking too far, I can't think that far."

"How can you not think about these problems, you work in the general office of the provincial government, the environment is different, if you have the opportunity, you have to bring these problems up, to tell the people's desires, to let the leaders of the province know, if you always want to follow the steps, how can you show your own brilliance."

Liao Fanmin nodded, feeling empowered.

"Xiaomin, what I ask you to do is related to your future, I have no objection to you thinking about promotion, soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers, everyone understands this truth, and the leaders of the central and provincial governments are even clearer, the key depends on how you find the way to be promoted, it is to spare no effort to drill the camp, or seriously think and solve problems, and put forward the best suggestions, the former I definitely disapprove of, although there are many people who do this, and the latter bedroom supports...

"Dad, I see, what you said is so good."

"It's good to understand, more than half a year, you will join the party, was promoted to deputy section chief, indicating that the work is very good, but I estimate, that is, the job is good, there is no extension, no innovation, and no down-to-earth, then you want to continue to progress, you have to think deeply about the problem, to put forward feasible suggestions and opinions, if you can't do this, step by step, don't think that you work in the provincial government office, just get on the rocket, can get a rapid promotion, that is impossible...

Liao Fanmin nodded forcefully.

"Another point, you must remember that you are unlikely to come up with far-sighted suggestions, you don't have that high vision, and you haven't reached that level, but you can put forward things at the grassroots level, so you need to understand where the focus of the opinions and suggestions is, and you have to be clever in the opportunity to make suggestions, go and don't make suggestions for the sake of making suggestions...

Finally walked up the hill, and almost the whole village could be seen.

The curling smoke wafts through the fields, bringing peace and tranquility.

Liao Zexi and Liao Fanmin watched this scene and did not speak.

Footsteps soon sounded behind them, and the two looked back at the same time.

"Dad, why are you here?"

"I saw the two of you walking, I followed all the time, there are many dogs in the village, and I was accidentally bitten by a dog, that's terrible."

"Dad, I'm getting older, so I won't walk on such mountain roads in the future."

"What are you talking about, I'm in good health, and I still have to watch Xiaomin do big things."

Liao Fanmin looked at Liao Tiangui and smiled.

"Grandpa, I must have done something big sooner."

"It's still my grandson."

Since the afternoon of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the house has been very lively, there is an endless stream of people who come to pay New Year's greetings, many distant relatives who have not been in contact with each other before have come, the second daughter-in-law and the old daughter-in-law are busy with their feet not touching the ground, and even Xu Wenqing has come to the kitchen to help.

The custom in the countryside is different, and guests should have a meal at any time, just like a flowing water feast, and guests who have eaten before can also serve and drink again.

Liao Tiangui, Liao Zexi, Liao Zetian and Liao Zebing are almost all accompanying them to eat and drink, and many times Liao Fanmin also has to accompany them.

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the parents of the second daughter-in-law, as well as the brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces all came, which surprised Liao Tiangui, you must know that this day of the reunion year is in his own home.

There are three tables of reunion dinner.

When the red envelopes were distributed, the atmosphere was the most lively, of course, Liao Fanmin and Liao Fanyao did not have red envelopes, and they didn't look down on the money in the red envelopes, Liao Zetian and Liao Zebing prepared a big red envelope for Liao Fanyao, and the five thousand yuan in the red envelope were stuffed to Liao Fanyao before the New Year's dinner.

After eating, the second daughter-in-law's brother and sister-in-law finally stammered and said something, it turned out that they also wanted to follow to Nanhua City to work to earn money, the second daughter-in-law's brother also went out to work last year, but they didn't earn much money, they knew that Liao Zetian and Liao Zebing were both working in Nanhua City, and all their families were taken to Nanhua City, thinking that the two of them must have made a lot of money in Nanhua City.

Liao Zetian readily agreed, after the beginning of the year, there are still many houses in the New Century Garden Community that need to be renovated, and the company also needs manpower, but Liao Zetian put forward a request, only his brother can follow, and his sister-in-law still has to be at home, if the family goes, the money earned is not enough to spend.

From the first day of the first month to the fourth day of the first lunar month, the guests at home are constant, and the firecrackers explode at any time, even Liao Fansong and Liao Fanwei, the two little guys who love to play with firecrackers, are not very interested in firecrackers.

Early in the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Liao Zexi, Xu Wenqing, Liao Fanmin and Liao Fanyao packed up.

After breakfast, they were going back to Fandu.

Liao Tiangui took out an envelope from his arms and put it in Liao Fanyao's hand.

"The boss, the eldest daughter-in-law, there was a lack of money in the family back then, and there was no money to go to the second daughter-in-law's house to recognize relatives, at that time it was the three thousand yuan you took out, I have always remembered this, for so many years, this family has always been supported by you, if it weren't for you, I don't know what it looks like, now everyone's life is better, and the money is not so lacking, but your good, we all remember, Yaoyao is still in college, and she can't earn money for the time being, so I give Yaoyao money, and the rest is not given, the money is not much, Yaoyao takes it and uses it, Eat better in Beijing, don't be wronged... ”

The sedan got on the road.

"Dad, Mom, 10,000 yuan."

"Take it, this is the heart of grandparents, don't forget to honor grandparents in the future."