Chen Anxiu knew that what his father said was exaggerated, but now the village cadres are not good at taking it seriously, especially when it comes to money, the common people don't listen to what they say like before, they all have their own ideas, "How much money will our village probably cost?"

Dad Chen said a number.

"It's a lot of money. "Building roads is the most expensive thing, plus the demolition costs of the surrounding shops, if it is distributed to each family, it is certain that each family will pay a big hundred, if someone is willing, of course it is nothing, but now most people do not agree, and a few hundred will become a lot of money.

As far as Chen Anxiu is concerned, he is absolutely in favor of building the road, the turning place is between the building materials store and the small restaurant, every day the people at home go back and forth I don't know how many times the road is walked, accidents This kind of thing will not be greeted in advance, Dad and Ton Ton They have already had an accident, and they have more or less something to do with the road conditions there. If the road is repaired, it will not only be convenient and safe for their families, but also for the people in the town, and now there are more people who come to the mountain to travel, and the driving safety of tourists is also guaranteed. Of course, you have to find a way to deal with that kind of drag racing. But now that everyone doesn't agree, where does the money come from?

He doesn't have such a large amount of money on him, Zhang Shinian may be able to consider it, but will it be too high-profile? Their relationship is already eye-catching, and if they suddenly come up with such a large amount of money, even if they do good deeds for everyone, they will inevitably not be discussed and suspected behind their backs. If you don't handle it well, it can cause endless trouble, and it will be difficult to clean up the situation when the time comes.

Chen's mother went to the yard to dry her clothes, entered the door and said, "Look at the two of you, I don't know how to do it, I really think that you are the secretary and director who get the salary, I know that you want to repair it, but our family takes the money, and this road can't be repaired, wait and see what other people in the village mean, when the time comes, everyone really agrees, let's take it, even take a few more." Since she was almost hit by Lu Zhanzhan's car last year, she still doesn't dare to let her child walk that part of the road alone.

Chen Anxiu saw that the time was indeed not early, and his father was back, so he promised to go back to his house, and the matter of repairing the road could not be solved in three days or two days. can only be like what my mother said, wait and see, or wait for Zhang Shinian to come back and discuss it with him, that person's brain is easy to use, and he may be able to come up with a good solution.

But speaking of Zhang Shinian, it's been five days since New Year's Day, and the man is still not busy, when will he come back? Went back to wake him up first, dragged him out of the quilt and urinated again, and stuffed him back again, lying on the bed and couldn't sleep and wanted to call Zhang Shinian's eldest brother, seeing that the time was past eleven o'clock, thinking that the person should also rest, so he gave up.

But this time he guessed wrong, Zhang Shinian hadn't rested yet, and was on video with his uncle who was far away in Los Angeles.

Zhang Jinzhi is a few years younger than Ji Zhongjie, but now he is almost eighty years old, full of white hair, but his face is ruddy, and he has a pair of gold-wire glasses on the bridge of his nose, he is a very elegant old man, he is not very similar to Zhang Shinian's appearance, his eyebrows are more beautiful, and there is a faint smell of mixed blood, but after all, he is a nephew, and he can still see the blood relationship when he compares his photos when he was young with Zhang Shinian.

Zhang Shinian was raised by this person since he was a child, and he was most deeply influenced by his uncle in terms of his conduct and words and deeds, and it can even be said that the old man in front of him was the guide of the formation of his original world view and outlook on life. He also has a lot of respect for his uncle in his heart, and he has feelings no less than those of his father.

The two began to talk about some work matters, and when it came to a recent project in Hong Kong in which Zhang and Mingming jointly participated, Zhang Jinzhi said, "I already know about this matter, and there have been some conflicts with the SAR government, how is the progress now." ”

"It hasn't been negotiated yet, bearing in mind that the proposal is to start an arbitration mechanism in the contract and submit it to international arbitration. ”

Zhang Jinzhi pondered for a moment and asked, "What about your decision?"

"I haven't given them an answer yet, I don't agree with this approach, even if I win the lawsuit, I will hurt the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800. "Profits are objective, but if you do this, not only will it affect Zhang's good relationship with the government, but also affect Zhang's image among the people.

Zhang Jinzhi nodded with approval, "Now your two elder brothers have a pivotal position in both the military and political circles, but you still have to be cautious, especially when dealing with the government, you must not be impatient and blindly arrogant. Although the development of the Zhang family to the present is inseparable from the efforts of several generations, it is also very important to maintain a good relationship with the government. ”

"I remember everything you said. ”

Zhang Jinzhi is still very satisfied with this nephew, he sometimes thinks that even if he and Bi Ning have a biological child, they must not be able to compare to this. After the work talk, he changed his words and said, "I have received the photos and videos you have sent me recently, and the more you look like you, as soon as I see him, I think of your childhood, and you are also very cute, a healthy and lively little guy." ”

Zhang Shinian smiled and said, "After the New Year, I will take An Xiu and the child to see you and your aunt." ”

Zhang Jinzhi waved his hand and said, "No, no, I told you before, Mao Mao is still young, and long-distance travel is a lot for children, I plan to go back to my hometown tomorrow autumn to worship my ancestors, and let them come over together when the time comes." ”

"Then it's settled. I'll take them back to my hometown next year, what about my aunt, are you doing morning class?" "Aunt Fang Bining is a devout Christian and spends a lot of time in prayer every day.

"Well, it's almost time, I'm going down to get ready for breakfast, you can rest early, and say hello to your parents on my behalf. ”

Zhang Shinian ended the video, leaned back in the chair and fell into contemplation, Uncle is a person who treats people gently, but he is a very principled person, before seeing An Xiu, he will definitely not make judgments, but he will definitely not be too close in his heart, it is the nature of blood to love children, and if he likes An Xiu, he needs their further efforts, but he thinks that An Xiu should not be a big problem, he has been out for so long, he should almost go back, otherwise that person would have rebelled at home, and dared to tease him on the phone, see how to clean up people when he goes home.

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Entering the wax moon, when it does not snow, the streets of Qiuli Town look much more lively than usual, although the New Year is not in a hurry, but many things are slowly beginning to bloom, the street selling melon seeds and walnuts is obviously more than before, there are also selling black soft dates, persimmons, fresh strawberries and green radish, pushing a small cart, the basket is covered with a piece of cloth, selling along the street. There are very few peanuts sold, because they all know the road, every household here grows peanuts, peanuts are easy to serve, and they don't have to care about planting in the ground, just grow it on their own, so the peanut yield is definitely not high, but we don't expect this to make money, as long as it is enough to eat at home during the New Year, and the rest will squeeze some peanut oil.

There are few peanuts sold, but there are those who come to the town with machines to fry peanuts, there are more than 20 catties of a small pot, and there are 40 or 50 catties of a large pot, with charcoal burning underneath, the small pot is generally ten yuan, the big pot is twenty, you can cook a pot yourself, and you can fry a pot with others.

Because it was Laba soon, Chen's mother cleaned up the house, cleaned up a lot of things, and took out the peanuts harvested after the autumn to dry. She chose some full grains to keep for next year's seeds, weighed the ten catties bigger, and led Mao Mao to fry peanuts, and let Chen Anxiu pull the rest to the oil mill.

Green Island here is mainly eaten peanut oil and some soybean oil, the town's oil mill is also mainly squeezed these two, this small oil mill squeezed out of the peanut oil is a little turbid, not more clear than the outside to buy, mainly peanuts have some things not sieved out, the appearance is not very good-looking, but the fragrance is enough, there is no addition, it is pure and pure peanut oil, eat rest assured, this oil is placed in a cold place, can be condensed into milky yellow, very thick.

The oil mill is run by a husband and wife, in addition to squeezing oil, but also make some star anise, pepper noodles, chili noodles, sesame sauce and sesame oil and other things, all in a village, originally acquaintance, Chen Anxiu has opened a small restaurant at home in the past two years and often comes here to buy things, and the family is already very familiar, speak without restraint at all, today the proprietress happened to boil sesame paste, saw that it was him, so he brought a big bowl out, and said enthusiastically, "I know that you young people are afraid of eating sweet, so I put a little sugar on you, can you taste the taste?" If you don't think it's sweet, I'll add two more spoonfuls to you. ”

Chen Anxiu tasted it and praised her, "Sister-in-law, or you will say that you are in charge, you are too good in your heart, just right, and a little more will be too sweet." "I said that I was calling my sister-in-law, but in fact, the proprietress was about the same age as Chen's mother, but the seniority was placed here.

The proprietress was overjoyed by his praise, and said with a smile, "It's like honey on your mouth, it's cold here at the door, go to the back room to eat, it's clean and warm." When your second brother squeezes the oil well, I'll call you. When he left, he gave him two more bottles of chili oil, but Chen Anxiu thought that there were not many spices at home, so he picked a few more here.

Can hold five liters of peanut oil barrels, Chen Anxiu squeezed five barrels, and two large bags of leftover peanut cakes, these things are put away, there is no vacant space on the tricycle riding, on the way back, I saw Mao Mao is sitting with a little girl of about the same age eating radishes, he is very generous, people don't eat, he has to stuff into people's mouths, provoke the girl to cry, the most embarrassed let grandma pat it on the buttocks, teach two sentences, he hung his head and honestly held the radish with both hands, and gnawed it himself.

Chen Anxiu scolded him in his heart for deserving it, "Is it true that everyone eats like candy and doesn't pick anything?"

The car stopped past them, and as soon as he saw his father coming, he came over and hugged Chen Anxiu's leg, obviously he had just been trained, he would smile, and he couldn't see it at all, "Dad, Dad......"

His peanuts were frying, Chen's mother was talking to someone next to him, Chen Anxiu didn't go over, he sat on the side of the car for a while, pinched his son's fat face and said, "You have a good heart, say, what did grandma beat you for just now?"

Rubbing his face, lying on his shoulder and laughing, Chen Anxiu estimated that he should be able to understand a little bit when he touched him, patted his ass and said, "Next time you bully your little sister, Dad will beat you too." ”

The peanuts were fried very quickly, Chen Anxiu didn't wait for a long time, his family was fried, because he fried it with others, and passed the scales separately, he moved the peanuts that were still hot into the car, laid a blanket for Mao Mao, and let him sit in the car, because the peanuts and peanut cakes were hot, and he was very warm when he sat next to him, and Chen's mother sat on the side, holding Mao Mao and not letting him crooked.

The small restaurant is not as busy as before, everyone is in charge of their duties, Chen Anxiu doesn't have to stare at it with a good eye, after squeezing the oil, he stayed at home to eat at noon, Chen's father has been able to eat the mung bean sprouts he sent a few days ago, grab two handfuls when eating, mix a cold dish, stir-fry it is good, eat it in winter, refreshing and refreshing.

Today's weather is good, Chen's father also came back to eat at noon, the family is three and a half people, Chen's mother fried mung bean sprouts with new oil, mixed a pickle shredded, warmed some chicken soup, and boiled a yam porridge for Maomao.

The next day is Laba, the first night Chen's mother has peeled the garlic at home, pickled Laba garlic, the pickling of Laba garlic here on Green Island is very simple, choose a good garlic peel, put it in a vinegar bottle, seal it up, Chen's mother generally likes to use canned bottles, clean and good brush, the sealing is also good, Laba pickled, you can open it when you eat dumplings during the Spring Festival, the pickled Laba garlic is green, sour, and still leaves a little spicy, with dumplings to eat is a perfect match.

The remaining little garlic, tons of sorghum stalk skin strung round, put in the soup bowl and raised, said to wait for the garlic seedlings to eat, like a decent place on the window sill illuminated by the sun, and added a lot of water.

On the day of Laba, Chen's mother got up early in the morning to boil Laba porridge, the materials were prepared earlier, just need to get out of the pot in the morning, home-made, and not limited to a few kinds, Chen's mother found some rice, millet, red beans, mung beans, lotus seeds, red dates, chestnuts, and boiled a big pot thickly, because it was boiled on the stove for a long enough time, and the things in the porridge were rotten, and even the teeth that were not open could be eaten.

At noon, Chen Anxiu's cousin sent two hares to Chen's father, saying that he went up the mountain to beat them, so that his family could taste the taste, Laba is a festival, and there is nothing big during this time, Chen's father and Chen's mother discussed, and invited a few neighbors and uncles and brothers to come over to drink in the evening, and stewed the two rabbits.

Chen Jianhao also came over, in addition to his own work during this time, he was also busy with Chen Tianyi's house, looking at people and losing weight a lot, Chen's father persuaded him to eat more food, but he may have a lot of unsatisfactory in his heart, drinking and drinking too much, and counting down the eldest brother Chen Jianming's is not, Chen's father stopped a few times, but he was drunk, he couldn't listen to the persuasion at all, this matter is not a secret, and the people sitting here are not outsiders, Chen's father knew that he felt uncomfortable, and he went after the worst.

Chen Anxiu also served the table, but he knew how much he had drunk, and after drinking two glasses, he stopped, all the elders who came today were elders, and no one would pour a junior on the wine table, so it was up to him.

Chen's father didn't drink heavily, but Chen Jianhao was so drunk that people couldn't recognize it, so Chen's father and Chai Qiuxia, who came to pick up people, took it back, Chen Anxiu helped his mother clean up the wine table, and said that he wanted to go back to the farmhouse.

"It's so late, what are you going to do?" Sun Xiao and Zhang Yan both lived there nearby in winter, and they were not afraid of losing things.

"There will be a batch of goods coming out very early tomorrow, and neither Sun Xiao nor Zhang Yan have the keys to the warehouse. ”

Mother Chen stared at his face and said, "Are you alone, did you drink just now?" She and Ton Ton and Mao Mao ate in the back room, and they didn't see how much An Xiu had drunk.

"It's okay, Mom, I just drank a little, my own amount of alcohol, I still don't know the way?"

"Why don't you wait for your father to come back and send you over?" In case you get drunk and fall on the road, it is difficult to find someone to help, and Layuetian sleeps outside for a night, and she has to freeze half to death.

Chen Anxiu waved his hand heroically, and said clearly, "It's okay, Mom, how old am I, just these few steps, do you want Dad to send it?"

Chen's mother looked at it, but she didn't see any flaws, thinking that maybe she really hadn't drunk too much, so she said, "Okay, I'll decorate some porridge for you, you can eat it yourself tomorrow morning, don't make it up yourself." "Big deal, I'll call again later to ask if it's done.

Chen Anxiu agreed, and went to talk to Ton Mao again, telling Ton Mao to go to bed early after finishing his homework, and telling Mao Mao to sleep obediently at night, and not to make trouble with his grandparents.

Seeing that his logic was so clear, Chen's mother relaxed a little, filled him with a thermos bucket and filled him with a lot of porridge, and sent people to the intersection of the village before coming back.

The night tonight is very good, walking on the mountain road, there are no lights, the vision is very good, look up, the sky is full of bright stars, sprinkled with broken diamonds, "this is Orion, this is the North Star......" He can still find the constellation, who dares to say that he is drunk.

The road was not wrong, and he arrived home smoothly, but when he saw the slender figure standing at the door, he suspected that he was really drunk, and under the starry sky, the man turned around, and his face was still familiar, "Who are you?" He's drunk, and his mind is probably already mushy.

The man didn't make a sound, but when he heard this, his face darkened significantly, but at night, Chen Anxiu didn't see it, or he could see it, and he didn't have enough brain capacity to analyze the reason.

"Why don't you speak?" Chen Anxiu leaned over to admit it, and almost put his face on the other party's face. 、

Zhang Shinian reached out and grabbed him by the collar, pressed the person against the wall with force, pasted it himself, bit Chen Anxiu's lip, and said cruelly, "I will tell you with my actions who I am." ”