Chapter 048: The Ups and Downs of Life

(In addition to his busy work, he has to deal with this rice, flour, oil, salt, pot and ladle after work; he also has to be prepared to deal with his wife's nagging; if this is life, he has a preliminary taste of the inside in just one day.) It is still in the corner of the county party committee's family home, in the two houses where Zhou Li lived temporarily. Because it was used as a wedding room for two people, it had already been painted and decorated with a new look: the exterior walls had been repainted with white lime, and the interior of the room had been wallpapered, tiled, and ceilinged. Not to mention, after this series of re-equipment, it really looks like a new house. In particular, the red paper-cut "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang" on the window in the bedroom, the big red double "Xi" character on the bedside and dresser wall, the new jade-colored wardrobe, Simmons bed, computer desk, dresser, etc., add infinite joy and auspiciousness.

It was the morning of their wedding. After the first day of worrying and busy, and the wedding night and the almost crazy love lingering, the two who were already exhausted really wanted to be lazy in bed. But when I think about it, the burden on my shoulders has increased a lot from that day, and if I only need to carry 80 pounds before, I am afraid that it will be more than twice as much as before. First of all, on the burden of this deputy director, the other two fronts of public security supervision under the bureau have been increased. In the past, I lived alone, and the whole family was not hungry when I was full, but now it is a small family after all, in addition to still having to worry about myself, I also have to worry about the life of my new wife Zhou Li, who is used to living in her mother's house. For example, now, he was physically and mentally tired and didn't bother to get out of bed, but considering that there were still many things that he needed to do that day, he would eventually get out of bed even if he was tired. But as soon as he got up and sat down at the head of the bed, his new wife Zhou Li's naked body immediately pounced.

"My dear, don't get up in a panic, and continue to sleep with others for a while. Zhou Li rubbed Jing Liang's lower body with only pants with her naked upper body, and stroked the man's flat chest with her hand, and said delicately. "Last night was the most important wedding night of our lives, and you only gave it to me twice, which was so unpleasant. No, you'll have to make up for it again before you get up. ”

"My dear, let's discuss, there are indeed many urgent things to be done today, you see, it's seven o'clock, it's breakfast time in the past, and you can't get up late. Jing Liang rubbed the other party's short hair with his hand and said in a low voice. "Besides, after being busy all day yesterday and tossing and turning for most of the night last night, I—I don't have much energy. So tonight, must you make up for it tonight?"

"No, I can't. That's what you said. Zhou Li said without concessions. "How can there be any debts for this kind of thing? there is still tonight's mission!"

Since the discussion couldn't be understood, Ren Jun had to take off his shirt again against his will, burrow into the hot quilt again, immediately hugged the woman's naked body, first chewed and used the heat before the zuo-ai, and casually poured out another love; Seeing that the other party was tired and fell asleep, he got up and dressed lightly.

After washing his hands and face on the sink in the courtyard, he gently opened the kitchen door, hoping that this first meal after the wedding would make a delicious meal for his wife, but because he came back last night in a panic, he did not prepare anything such as rice noodles and steamed vegetables. He only smiled bitterly and shook his head and thought: Even a clever daughter-in-law is difficult to cook without rice, not to mention that he is not a clever daughter-in-law, only a stupid husband. I had to bring up the meal and go to the canteen to buy food again.

"Hey, Deputy Director Zhong, why are you also queuing up to buy food? I have married and built a new home, and I don't immediately live a comfortable life in the world of the two of you, and I can eat and do whatever I want. "In the county party committee, a canteen restaurant was opened for single people, and an acquaintance lined up to buy food, and when he saw Zhong Jingliang coming in with a lunch box, he greeted him warmly. "This is a guy for single people, and the three meals a day are all old printing plates of rice steamed bread noodles. You see, everyone who has a family and a business, except for a few families who occasionally come to buy two steamed buns, who still comes here to buy food. ”

"I'm just starting a family, and the kitchen furniture and cooking materials are not yet complete, so I have to buy half of the meal in the public canteen temporarily. Jing Liang explained seriously. "When everything is ready at home, I won't come back to buy it. ”

"Xiao Zhong, this life is like drinking wine, if you don't drink it violently, you will only feel bitter and then spicy at first. Another veteran cadre of another county party committee who is about to retire still affectionately calls him by his first name. "But when you drink it slowly, you can gradually taste some of the taste of life. ”

"Not really. Or maybe I've been thinking about it seriously. Jing Liang also catered to the old leader and said. "This person has to go through everything, and only through a lot can he see widely, and only then can he understand what life is and how to live. Perhaps the phrase 'a long illness becomes a cure' or 'there was no road on earth, but when there are more people walking, it becomes a road', all of which are talking about this philosophy. ”

When I went back from buying food from the canteen, my wife Zhao Li had just gotten up and was washing up in the sink in the hospital. Zhong Jingliang raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and suddenly let out an "ah" sound: Before I knew it, it was almost eight o'clock! At this time in the past, most of the people in the agency had already signed in to work. He suddenly remembered that today he also asked the director of the bureau office to inform in advance that there was a meeting of heads of relevant departments in charge of the front, and if he went late, let everyone wait for the person who presided over the meeting, it would not have a good impact. So, he explained to Zhao Li, who was putting on makeup in front of the dressing table in the bedroom, and said: "Ah Li, I just bought the food, I am heating it in the kitchen pot, you can eat it as soon as you finish washing; I informed yesterday that there was a meeting and I had to go to the agency quickly. While talking, he took a steamed bun and ate it, and went to the courtyard to push the cart.

Zhong Jingliang drove the electric car all the way and rushed to the back of the office building of the Education Bureau. On the third floor, there is a sign of "Director's Office", in two offices. Director Zhou Pingfan, who was sitting in front of the long office, was signing a document to be issued. Suddenly, I heard someone talking under the back window.

"Deputy Director Zhong is early!" Listening to the voice, it seems to be less than that of the Letters and Visits Section.

"Ah, what are you doing standing here instead of the office at work?" this was the voice of Zhong Jingliang, the deputy director's son-in-law.

He immediately stood up and paced to the back window and looked down at the window, where the two men were standing opposite each other and talking. He turned to look at the clock on the wall, which pointed to 8:15. He couldn't help but frown immediately. The camera pans to the back of the building again.

"I'm standing here waiting for you. Yu Liang immediately explained. "There is a retired teacher Wang Jintang in Wangzhuang School in Taiping Town, and I want you to help me talk about it, so that his daughter who graduated from high school can take over teaching. Because it was obviously not in line with the policy, Gong Li and I persuaded him not to leave, and squatted in front of your office door for half an hour. I know you have a meeting this morning, and I'm afraid that he will delay your time if he entangles you. What do you think of this?"

"Go and tell him now: Although there is no teacher retired and his children will take over, remember his contribution to rural education, and let the town education office choose his daughter as a substitute teacher as needed, and give priority to when there is an opportunity to recruit teachers. Jing Liang frowned and said thoughtfully. "After the meeting was dismissed, I hurriedly called Director Wan of the Taiping Education Office. ”

Medium-sized meeting room on the third floor of the West Office. Deputy Director Zhong is in charge of the front, letters and visits, public security, fire and health, and dozens of people are responsible for each mouth, and they have already arrived. Seeing Zhong Jingliang coming in in a hurry, the director of the bureau office first stood up and introduced to the responsible people attending the meeting: "From now on, Deputy Director Zhong Jingliang will be in charge of the work on the three fronts of letters and visits, public security, fire protection, and health. ”

Then everyone sat down and spoke freely. Mainly talk about the opinions and requirements of the leaders in charge of the front in charge. Everyone must speak their minds freely. Zhong Jingliang also followed the words of the director of the bureau office and added. "As for the specific work of each mouth, we will talk about it at the meeting of the front in the future. At this moment, on the second floor of the North Office, near the "Office of the Letters and Visits Section," in front of a house with a sign of "Deputy Director's Office," Yu Liang specially brought a chair from his office, courteously asked the retired teacher Wang Jintang to sit down, and brought him a cup of tea. It seems that just now, Yu Liang had told Mr. Wang Jintang the opinions and arrangements of Deputy Director Zhong Jingliang, and the old man seemed to be very excited.

"As early as last year, when Director Zhong was in our Taiping Town, when he was the director of the Letters and Visits Branch, I saw that he must be a good person and a good cadre. Teacher Wang drank tea and moistened his throat and said excitedly. Fortunately, the leaders of the county party committee were aware of everything, and not only did they promote the unjust case of good cadres to Zhaoxue, but also promoted the deputy director. It's really a good person who gets a good reward. Teacher Yu and Teacher Gong also disturbed the two. Since Deputy Director Zhong is still busy with meetings, I won't bother him anymore. Please go back and tell him, if you have time to go to Taiping Town, you will definitely go to my house as a guest. You two should also drop back and have a look. ”

"Okay, don't worry, Mr. Wang, I will definitely get the words. Yu Liang said as he sent Teacher Wang downstairs. In the blink of an eye, it's noon time to get off work. Zheng Renjun took a trip to the supermarket after getting off work; and went to several shopping communities in a row, and bought all the foods used in his family: rice, noodles, fish, shrimp, meat, eggs, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other foods, put them in two shopping bags, and placed them in the front basket and back seat of the electric car; he subconsciously glanced at his watch, and with difficulty stepped on the electric car to rush home - at noon, his mother-in-law helped her daughter and son-in-law cook lunch together. Although the house is a little narrow, and the kitchen and bathroom are a bit simple, after the efforts of the three of them, the lunch is still rich: not only three dishes and one soup, complete meat, eggs and fish, but also rice and steamed buns. On the first day of Deputy Director Jingliang's tenure, the work went smoothly, and although he came home to do it himself, it was a relatively good lunch. But his full interest was dispelled by the complaints of their mother and daughter after the meal.

"Hey, although our house is simple and the conditions are limited. But as of now, we're finally at home. After eating, Jing Liang first gave it to his mother-in-law, then to his wife, and then poured tea for himself, and then said happily. "What else am I not satisfied with?"

"Is it? Relying on his wife's identity, he was only allocated two simple houses in the agency, and you are satisfied?" Unexpectedly, his wife Zhou Li suddenly had a blank face, and said nakedly and sarcastically. "Then where are all your ambitions and grand ideals before marriage?"

"Yes, Jingliang, after all, you are also a seven-foot-tall man, aren't you now the deputy director of the Education Bureau?" "Although you came from a peasant family in the countryside, I also heard that in the early years the peasants still had the pursuit of '30 acres of land and a cow, and the wife and children were hot on the kang'! As a college student and a state cadre, you are already a deputy director. Isn't it better to be a peasant worker who goes to the city to work? I have no bricks or tiles in the city, and I can live in a simple house shared by my wife's unit?"

"Lord Deputy Director Zhong, I want to ask you, do you have a plan to buy real estate in your mind?" With the support of the old lady, Zhao Li asked her newlywed husband even more sharply. "Shouldn't you repeat the same old tune, saying that your 'peasant parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law have broken their waist tendons, and it would be good to be able to provide for themselves to graduate from college, and now why are you embarrassed to ask them to buy a house again?'"

"Son-in-law, I came to your house today, didn't I come to eat mixed rice. "I discussed with your immediate boss and father-in-law last night: since you have just graduated and gone to work, your salary is low, and your foundation is thin, and it is difficult to scrape together enough money to buy a house; In the future, you will rely on your salary to settle the monthly payment. Within half a month, my father-in-law and I will be waiting for you to reply at home. "The cadres of the former Municipal Women's Federation are still vigorous and resolute when they go to work; after saying the above words, they didn't look back, and went out; they left the two couples in the house, looking at each other and being stunned for a long time - Chapter 049 The embarrassed new son-in-law (Look at today's so-called wedding banquet for new guests, that is to treat new guests as courtesy, it is obviously to use people as monkeys. It's embarrassing and embarrassing. The three days of the wedding passed in the blink of an eye. This is the time according to local customs: the day of "returning to the door" for three days to marry the daughter.

It's a rare sunny day in autumn. When she was about to go home, Zhou Li looked up at the cloudless sky, and said happily: "We are so blessed! I met such good weather when I returned home in three days." This is a sign that we will have good days ahead. Maybe I'll get you pregnant. Do a good job, my dear, happiness beckons to you not far ahead!"

"That's good, I'll congratulate the lady here!" Zhong Jingliang barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and said insincerely. On behalf of the Zheng family, I would like to express my deep gratitude in advance, and thank you for giving birth to a successor to the Zheng family as soon as possible. ”

It is not that Zhong Jingliang has any opinion on accompanying his newlywed wife back to her parents' home, nor is it that he is suspicious or disdainful of her so-called "cross-door" feelings. This man, whether he grew up in the city or in the countryside, was a poor person or a family of officials and businessmen, and according to the rules handed down by his ancestors, he was responsible for marrying a wife and having children, and carrying on the family and his family from generation to generation. Don't look at Zhao Li in other things, cotton and linen are indistinguishable, confused with a pot of pulp,