"Tianxiang, where are you calling, how are you? How's the body? Is the migraine problem better these days? How about resting at night. [Ran^Text^Library] A series of questions came quickly, and although the voice was still soft and soft, it seemed eager and trembling slightly.

This is also Qi Tianxiang's favorite sound, and the voice he can't hear enough.

"I'm fine, my body is good, everything is fine, don't worry." Xiaoli's voice made Qi Tianxiang feel a little sorry, this was the first time he called Xiaoli after he came out. In the past, they had to talk on the phone almost every day when they went out, this was an agreement formed when they were at school, at least three times a week, one time to communicate, and the section of writing letters after marriage was exempted, but the phone must be called once every two days, and it must be Qi Tianxiang to call her, for two reasons: first, I don't know what he is doing, and it is inconvenient to disturb. The second reason is a bit coquettish: men have to take the initiative to call women, which is a sign of respect for women. After coming out, he called Yan Li before dinner in the evening and reported his safety, and after the matter came out, he was in a mess for the past two days, and he didn't know where to start, but he ignored Yan Li's worries, you think things are all going on, can Yan Li not know? It was better to call earlier, so that Yan Li would be less worried.

"I'm fine here, don't worry, tell my dad too, let him not worry." After a moment, Qi Tianxiang calmed down and said softly: "In a few days, it will be the old man's eightieth birthday, and it is estimated that I will be choked here, and you and Xiaoliang will have to go back." ”

"You don't have to worry about that, I'm preparing for this for the next few days." Yan Li said softly: "I originally wanted to call you to discuss it, but you were very busy as soon as you went, so you had to make up your own mind."

Before getting married, Qi Tianxiang finally brought Yan Li back to his hometown.

With the approval of Xiaoli's family, things were much simpler, and in the days before the wedding, Qi Tianxiang brought Yan Li back to his hometown, a small riverside town where he was born and raised.

For going home to see her parents, Xiaoli is full of expectations, after the May Fourth event, especially every winter and summer vacation after the formal establishment of the relationship, Yan Li clamored to go back to his house to see, and the ugly daughter-in-law also wanted to meet her in-laws, and he couldn't say what the reason was, every time he found an excuse and politely refused. It's not that you also participate in the work, the school Youth League Committee is a normal working organization, how can you do it if you don't go to work. Or I don't go home directly this time, I have to go to a few counties and cities to conduct an investigation first, and wait a few days to go home, in short, I try my best to avoid these things, the reason is really not clear, maybe I am afraid of pulling home, the old parents are happy at first sight, then the marriage is imminent, not to think about it, maybe the family wants him to go home to work after graduation, will let Xiaoli choose to come back together, and Xiaoli contact with not long ago, I am really not sure that Xiaoli will give up Beijing or Hezhou, the capital of Hehai Province, to become a teacher in a remote town in the west. He was really afraid of losing Xiaoli.

Of course, the family wants him to go back to work, he is the first master's degree student in the town for so many years, he was admitted to the Capital University of Political Science and Law with the top score in the city's college entrance examination, and the Education Bureau sent good news to his family with gongs and drums, which was a sensation in the city at that time. It still feels like it was yesterday. It doesn't matter what you study, as long as you have a high degree, you are a talent, and as long as you are a talent, of course, the government department will also give priority, so it is certain to return to the small town and enter the agency. The closure of the small town, in their minds, the biggest and most glorious place is the organ, where to work is undoubtedly to jump the dragon gate.

He knew that Xiaoli would not come to work in the small town, not only Xiaoli, but he was also destined not to come back to work, and the tutor hoped that he could study for a master's degree and a doctorate, and the country would not train a small bureaucrat for the town if it spent so much energy and financial resources.

It dragged on like this for a long time, and it wasn't until he met Yan Li's family and got approval that he made up his mind to take Yan Li home to visit his parents.

Although the small city is small but it is a beautiful city, although it is located in the central and western regions, it has benefited from the third-line construction in a special period, the country has a large number of heavy industry, machinery, and military industrial enterprises that are related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the whole has moved from the northeast to the interior, and a large number of cadres and skilled workers have come from the prosperous city to the sparsely populated west, and have started a new vast world and made great achievements. On the one hand, it has solved the strategic transfer of important industries and effectively avoided the catastrophe of destruction brought about by a possible war, and on the other hand, the large-scale relocation of industries has eased the population pressure in the east, especially in key areas, and this move has not only solved the problem of feeding a large number of people, but also brought the vitality of the industrial revolution to the vast land in the west, solved the problems of barren land, sparse personnel, and low productivity in the western region, and also solved the problem of the development of the western region. Industrial transfer drives population transfer, population transfer drives regional industrial transfer, and regional industrial transfer drives changes in productivity mode, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

Qi Tianxiang's parents are transferred from Hehai Province to work, working in a machinery factory, is for the national secret industry production of related precision parts, the factory is very large, there are more than 10,000 workers alone, with nearly 50,000 family members, no wonder some people jokingly call the director of the factory is the commander of the corps, although it is a joke, but the director of the machinery factory is indeed a senior cadre who has transferred from a division to a job, and the enterprise specifications are very high, subordinate to the second machine department of the country, production and transportation are in a state of high secrecy, the factory is always called by the army, In addition to the factory leader called the factory director, the workshop to the team are the regiment, battalion, company, platoon, squad establishment and title, and later there was a long time before there was such a name as director and foreman.

The specifications of the enterprise are very high, and it belongs to the national ministries and commissions, and has almost no relationship with the locality, because the specifications are much higher than the local party committee and government, and does not accept the deployment of the local party committee leaders, many things are not necessary to communicate with the local government, the relevant material supply has been allocated by the state, and there are few exchanges with the locality, and the number of enterprise leaders in Beijing is more than that of the municipal party committee.

This was a freak in the state administrative system for a long time at that time, the reason for the administrativeization of enterprises was the nationalization of enterprises, and most of the early enterprises were taken over, received, and transformed, there were bureaucratic enterprises in old China that were directly taken over, there were foreign-funded legacy enterprises that were received, there were private enterprises that were transformed, and there were enterprises that were aided and built by the former Soviet Union, because all these enterprises have traces of military transition, and most of them are military cadres, so it is inevitable to wear clothes and hats in the management system. What size of enterprise is held by what level of cadres. In addition, due to the simultaneous establishment of the government framework and the industrial system in the early days of liberation, and the synchronous development of the war, industrial production is closely related to the construction and development of the army, so the cadres are equipped and managed to adopt high standards, so that the construction of the two systems of enterprise specifications are higher than the government specifications, and the long-term continuation of vertical and block management makes the enterprise specifications often higher than the local government, and the planned supply of materials and raw materials makes the dependence of enterprises on the local government relatively low. To a large extent, local governments rely on enterprises to solve urban construction, health, education, employment, materials, supply and other work, so the operation of the government and enterprises has continued for a long time. There has even been a strange phenomenon that the top leader of the local party committee is held by the second-level party committee of the enterprise, and the top leader of the government concurrently serves as the deputy director of the office of the enterprise; some enterprises have simply undertaken the task of government construction, and the second-level organs of the enterprise are responsible for setting up the local party committee and government team and exercising local management responsibilities for a long time.

Due to the relative importance of the enterprise, Qi Tianxiang's growth and learning almost did not have too much contact with the outside world, the primary school is the primary school for the children of the workers, and the middle school is the middle school for the children of the workers, all of which have gone unusually smoothly. Since both parents are employees of the enterprise, the salary of the enterprise is very stable, and the welfare is very generous, and there seems to be no big impact on life.

Qi Tianxiang is the youngest one at home, with three older brothers and one sister, and he grew up happily under everyone's care until he left the city in college.

In fact, this small city is still very beautiful, although it is located in the west but not partial, few people but not desolate, due to the relocation of enterprises, driven and supporting the corresponding textile, printing and dyeing, food, shoes and hats and other light industry systems, the formation of a new industrial city with complete industrial categories, urban facilities are also planned and constructed according to the advanced urban blueprint at that time, the city covers an area of 15 square kilometers, the population is 100,000 people, the resulting urban layout is efficient and practical, especially the street layout is uniform, and the greening is very decent, life is convenient and comfortable.

At this point, Xiaoli felt it as soon as she stepped on the city, "Wow, you have such a good greenery here, such a quiet town, it's so beautiful and comfortable." ”

This was also his feeling, and he wondered how Xiaoli could feel this way, and he thought that what he loved about this small city was not only the city that gave birth to him, but also the natural tranquility of this small city. He didn't think he had told Xiaoli too much about the city, let alone anything like tranquility, Xiaoli's feelings could only be interpreted with his heart, and he was very happy about it.

Because Xiaoli was told on the phone in advance that she was coming, the queue at the station to pick up relatives was a bit huge. The third sister-in-law, sister, nephew, and niece were waiting outside the station, which made Xiaoli, who thought she had seen some of the world, also a little overwhelmed, called them one by one with a red face, followed him to call his sister-in-law and sister, and kept pounding him with her elbow on the car home.

Xiaoli's performance made him very happy and satisfied, especially Xiaoli's red face and shyness made him feel inexplicably excited, which also made him happy about his choice.

Since it was said in advance that Xiaoli would not reveal her family background, Xiaoli's natural performance was crucial. Fortunately, Xiaoli's performance at the station was very decent, which won her a good impression, coupled with Xiaoli's delicate appearance and sparse personality, she conquered her little niece and became good friends on the train, which also made her get a lot of extra points without showing up. Of course, the parents are very satisfied with Xiaoli, the parents of course care about the marriage of the younger son, and the second is the appearance of the person, and the parents are confident that there will be no problem with the marriage of the younger son.

Xiaoli left a very good impression on her parents, and I don't know how Xiaoli prepared, the small box actually brought gifts for each family member, the old mother's pearl necklace, the old father's jade cigarette holder, the sister-in-law and sister's scarf, the brother's razor, and the nieces and nephews' gadgets, the dazzling array is like a grocery store, I really don't know how she prepared, and I don't know when she prepared, it can be seen that she has taken some pains, and she has done her best. In the years that followed, whether someone went to Beijing or came to a small town for the New Year, the gifts were never broken, and they were all handled by her, but the gifts were more targeted.

"I like to do these idle things, and I'm willing to give people small gifts, and give people roses to have a lingering fragrance. These are the kinds of work I do, and the cadres of the regiment are the assistants of the party, and the assistants are just doing some errands such as serving tea and water, running errands and delivering letters, and they cannot do big things. You are the number one in our family, I am the assistant, and serving you well is a contribution to the school's teaching work. This is Yan Li's confession, and she has always done it after marriage.

Thinking of this, Qi Tianxiang's heart warmed