After two days of May Day holiday, I originally agreed to go to Shihu Lake in the north of Pengcheng with Gao Jie, a large freshwater lake across Suhuai Province and Ludong Province, Shihu County is named after the lake. Shihu Lake is rich in aquatic products and beautiful scenery, Li Rui has long wanted to go to see and play. As a result, Gao Jie temporarily notified Wuyi to accompany her mother Cen Aini to Jiangning, and the planned itinerary had to be invalidated.

Since the last time Li Rui told Gao Jie about his life experience, Gao Jie has become weird, and left without a sound the next day. When he talked on the phone at night these days, he didn't talk as sweetly as before, he couldn't finish talking, he didn't say a few words, he was either going to sleep or taking a shower, and he hung up the phone in a hurry, which made him feel very depressed.

Li Rui also thought that it might be because his life experience was too "terrifying" that Gao Jie couldn't accept it for a while, but this is not a bad thing. Although he is an abandoned son of the Zhang family, after all, he is still a member of the Zhang family, as long as he is at least not bullied in this land, he can not only have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, but also live better than ordinary people. If you change to someone else, you may not be happy if you inadvertently catch a golden beetle! And seeing that her father Gao Changlong will retire in more than a year at most, maybe he can use the power of the Zhang family to be transferred to the provincial capital to be the deputy director of the personal congress or the vice chairman of the CPPCC, and the level is transferred to the deputy department, and he can work for two more years, and then retire in style.

Of course, Li Rui also knows in his heart that Gao Jie is not the kind of vulgar person, she takes a fancy to herself, otherwise she would not have accepted herself as a poor boy at the beginning. But why is she like this? Li Rui really couldn't figure it out, and he was upset these days. Since Gao Jie went to Jiangning, he didn't bother to go back to Pengcheng. On April 30, he returned to Nanqiao after work and made an appointment with Xie Caigen, Xu Chunsheng, Geng Zhongchen and several other old subordinates of the Coal Management Bureau, plus Wu Kangmei and Fang Qiang. Drank a drink.

Early the next morning, Li Rui, who rarely slept lazy, was still immersed in sleep. There was a knock on the door, and I opened my eyes in a daze, and looked at the time, but it was only half past seven in the morning.

"Who came to the door early in the morning?"

Li Rui put on his clothes indiscriminately, yawned and ran out to open the door, and when he saw that it was Yu Meixia, there was still Zhao Wenlong's Toyota Land Cruiser parked at the door.

"Why are you here?" Li Rui was surprised.

Yu Meixia frowned, fanning the wind with her hand in front of her nose, "A smell of wine, how much wine did you drink yesterday?" Stinky and coaxing! ”

"Didn't you just get up? I was woken up by you, and I didn't have time to brush my teeth and wash my face. Li Rui yawned and said, "Why don't you call in advance when you come over, in case I'm not there, won't you be in vain!" ”

"Gao Jie has gone to Jiangning, where else can you go, you will definitely stay in Nanqiao honestly." Yu Meixia glanced at him and said proudly.

"How do you know that Gao Jie has gone to Jiangning? Talking to her on the phone? ”

"Well, I called her last night. I thought I'd ask her to come with me if she's okay. Yu Meixia said.

"If she's okay and it's your turn, you'll go to Shihu with me a long time ago."

"Hmph, stinky beauty!"

Walk into the main room. Li Rui said: "You sit down for a while, and I'll brush my teeth and wash my face." Haven't you had breakfast yet? Snacks on the coffee table, pad first when hungry. It is estimated that Aunt Fang is also coming over soon. ”

Waiting for Li Rui to brush his teeth, he took a shower. Changing clothes and walking out, it happened that Aunt Fang walked in with a pot and a fritter flatbread in her hand. Seeing that Yu Meixia was also there, she immediately said happily: "I heard the magpie calling on the branch early in the morning, and it turned out that Manager Yu was here." Manager Yu hasn't had breakfast yet, has he? Freshly baked flatbread and fritters are still hot, and freshly ground soy milk. ”

"Aunt Fang, hello. Well, it tastes so good, my saliva is about to come out. Yu Meixia greeted Aunt Fang with a smile, and took an exaggerated deep breath, smelling the fragrance of fried dough sticks and flatbread.

"Aunt Fang, don't take it to the back, just leave it here to eat." Li Rui came out of the bedroom and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go get the bowl and chopsticks."

Aunt Fang brought chopsticks and bowls from the kitchen at the back, and served two bowls of soy milk to the two of them, "You eat slowly, what does Manager Yu want to eat at noon?" ”

The last time Yu Meixia came here for the New Year, the relationship with Aunt Fang was very good, and Aunt Fang liked this Hong Kong female boss who was neither shelf nor squeamish, so she was particularly enthusiastic when she saw Yu Meixia today.

"Thank you, Aunt Fang, don't bother. After breakfast, I'm going out with Li Rui. Yu Meixia hurriedly said.

"Yes, that's okay, then you eat slowly, I'll go back and have a look first." Aunt Fang said with some regret.

After Aunt Fang went out, Li Rui said to Yu Meixia while drinking soy milk: "Say, what's the matter with coming to me today?" Where are you going to take me? ”

Yu Meixia glanced at Li Rui, chewed fritters in her mouth and asked: "Our boss has decided that once the Tengfei Center is completed, the two apartments in the back will be sold to the outside world, and the others will be operated by themselves, in addition to the shopping plaza office building, the main building is ready to open a five-star hotel." ”

"Really? He didn't even mention it to me last time. ”

"He also made the decision just a few days ago to let me go back to Hong Kong next week to attend the hotel management training."

"So, he's going to make you the general manager of this five-star hotel? Hehe, congratulations on your promotion again. I'll replace the wine with soy milk, and I'll toast you with a bowl. Li Rui said with a smile when he heard this.

picked up the bowl and touched it with Yu Meixia, and after taking a sip of soy milk, he asked again: "Then you will go back to Hong Kong next week, what is the matter with coming to me today?" Shouldn't you just say goodbye to me? ”

Yu Meixia glanced at him and snorted: "Do you have such a big face?" It's worth my trip to say goodbye to you. ”

"Hehe, how can I say that I am also your savior, so quickly turned his face and denied people."

"Poor mouth!" Yu Meixia said coquettishly, "Let me be serious, didn't you promise to take me to your village on the mountain in Qingshanquan Town last time, so many days have passed, and I haven't seen a phone call." I'm going back to Hong Kong soon, and this training is estimated to take half a year. ”

"Oh, look at my memory!" Li Rui patted his head and said apologetically: "The main thing is that I am too busy with work during this time." Also, I didn't expect you to go back to Hong Kong so soon. ”

"So I took the initiative to come to the door today and take advantage of these two days off. If you take me to the mountains to see, you shouldn't have any other arrangements, right? Yu Meixia looked at Li Ruidao.

"Nope. No. I'll accompany you up the mountain when you've breakfast. Li Rui hurriedly waved his hand and said, "By the way, do you really have the idea of investing?" ”

"Why can't you invest?" Yu Meixia asked with a smile.

Li Rui was speechless for a while, thought about it and shook his head: "The six villages on the mountain are mainly going to engage in fungus cultivation, and chestnut is also home farming. Your MBA graduated from an Ivy League university in the United States actually wants to do the business of mountain goods and pigs, cattle and sheep? ”

"Who said that those who come out of the Ivy League University can't do mountain goods trading? Let me tell you, Hong Kong people love to make soup and food, but most of the ingredients come in from outside. I heard you say that the environment on the mountain is very good, and it is very suitable for growing all kinds of edible mushrooms and chestnuts, so I want to go and see it. Maybe it's still a good business. Yu Meixia said with a smile.

Li Rui lived in Hong Kong for most of his last life, how can he not understand? Hearing Yu Meixia say this, her eyes lit up and said: "This is a good idea, not only does this have a price advantage, but secondly, you are from Hong Kong, and if you invest, there is a three-year tax holiday, so this transaction must be worth it." Not bad, not bad! ”

"Don't be too happy, I'm just listening to you now, and I'm going to see it on the spot. The final product must also withstand the inspection of the Hong Kong inspection and quarantine department, otherwise I will not vote. In addition, I also want to go and see the Ji Chunhua sisters you mentioned last time, the two sisters are really pitiful. "Speaking of Sister Ji Chunhua. Yu Meixia's mood was obviously low.

Li Rui glanced at her and said, "Okay, I called the heads of several villages on the mountain." In addition, let Ding Junfeng come over to drive, and we set off after breakfast. The road on the mountain is not easy to walk, and Yide Village, where the Ji Chunhua sisters live, is the farthest. Maybe you'll have to spend the night in the mountains. ”

"Don't worry, I'm prepared, I'll have everything with me."

Ding Junfeng came over soon after receiving the call, and after the two finished breakfast, Li Rui brought another coat and set off in the car. When the car passed Qingshanquan Town and began to go up the mountain, the road began to become steep, and the violent bumps made Yu Meixia's face pale, looking out through the car window, and couldn't help but say: "This is the road that the car walks, fortunately Xiaoding drives, otherwise I wouldn't dare to drive this kind of road." ”

"So the first step is to build roads, and to get rich, you have to build roads. I have reported the situation to the county leaders, and the county leaders are also very supportive, and when I go to work after the holiday, I will hold a project promotion meeting, and ask the heads of various departments to brainstorm and contribute money and efforts to change the backward situation here as soon as possible. Li Rui said.

"Yo, I really can't see it, it's different after becoming a secretary, and I speak in one set." Yu Meixia looked at Li Rui and joked with a smile.

Li Rui said with an innocent face: "That's the way it is, if you want to do something without the support from above?" Mushroom planting, chestnut improvement, pig and cattle raising, all of which require investment, and the villagers in the mountains have no money, so they can only rely on government support. And this road, if it is not repaired, no matter how good it is, it will not be able to transport it out of the mountain. This also reflects the superiority of our socialism, and the government invests and then changes the backward situation here through market-oriented operation. ”

"Cut, it's still socialist superiority, superiority still makes people have no clothes to wear and nothing to eat!" Yu Meixia said with a disdainful face.

Li Rui knew that she was referring to the misfortune of the Ji Chunhua sisters, and said with a smile: "This is just an isolated example, doesn't your capitalism exist?" There are also homeless people and slums. Just look at it, I think it won't take a few years, here is guaranteed to change a lot, and there will never be anything like this with Sister Ji Chunhua. ”

Yu Meixia bowed her head and was silent, and her expression seemed to become very lonely all of a sudden.

After nearly two hours of bumps, I finally came to Cheng'en Village. Wang Baoquan, the village party secretary, and Ma Liang, the village director, who had received Li Rui's call in advance, were already waiting in the village committee.

The moment the two countrymen saw Yu Meixia, their eyes lit up. It is no wonder that although Yu Meixia is not tall, her figure is extremely prominent, especially wearing a slightly tight sports coat, which attracts the attention of men.

is paralyzed, it really embarrasses Lao Tzu. Li Rui deliberately coughed twice, which made them reluctantly withdraw their gaze, Wang Baoquan ran over and rubbed his hands and said, "Secretary Li's meals are ready, let's go in." ”

Walking into the dilapidated village committee, although Li Rui could see that there were obvious traces of cleaning and tidying up compared to the last time he came. But Yu Meixia frowned when she walked in, and her little hand was subconsciously placed under her nose.

In the center of the room was a table of eight immortals. The table is already full of format dishes, fungus eggs. Tea tree mushroom stew, mushroom chicken, braised bamboo shoots in oil and so on.

Li Rui first introduced Yu Meixia to Wang Baoquan and Ma Liang, and heard that this was a big boss from Hong Kong with investment intentions, and the eyes of the two immediately lit up, looking at Yu Meixia's gaze had long since lost their previous lust, and warmly invited her to take a seat, and the degree of politeness suddenly exceeded that of Li Rui, the party secretary.

Li Rui saw that Yu Meixia still looked reluctant, and said with a smile: "Aren't you here to inspect today?" Look at the talents on this table, but they are all produced by themselves, how can they know what it tastes like if they don't taste it. ”

Wang Baoquan echoed again and again: "Yes, yes, yes! These fungus, shiitake mushrooms and other things are all home-grown, and the chickens are also home-raised, and they grow up eating insects and wheat grains, and they are never fed feed. Boss Yu, you can taste it, it is guaranteed to be different from the mountain. ”

Although the dishes on the table looked good, the black chopsticks and rough bowls in front of her made Yu Meixia hesitate. Seeing this, Wang Baoquan explained embarrassedly: "Boss Yu, don't worry, I soaked this bowl of chopsticks in boiling water before I let my wife serve it." Sterilized, clean, clean. ”

Li Rui saw that Yu Meixia was disgusted with this and that. I couldn't help but be a little dissatisfied in my heart: "On the mountain, just on this condition, you will settle." As he spoke, he picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of tea tree mushroom roast meat and tasted it.

"Hmm. It tastes good, this pork is very fragrant! It's home-raised by the villagers, right? ”

"Yes, yes, yes. It's not a holiday, my family killed a pig yesterday, and this meat is very fresh. Secretary Li, you can eat more. Ma Liang hurriedly replied on the side.

"Well, yes, yes. Much better than the pork down the mountain. Li Rui nodded again and again.

"Secretary Li, the pigs under the mountain are captive, the pigs on our mountain are free-range, the quality of this meat must be better than that of the mountain, whenever the Chinese New Year, there are many people under the mountain to buy meat from us, most of them are bought whole. If it weren't for the inconvenient transportation on our mountain, it is estimated that more people would come. Wang Baoquan said.

Yu Meixia listened to what they said, and couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and put a tea tree mushroom in her mouth to taste the taste.

Seeing this, Li Rui couldn't help but smile and said, "It tastes good!" Let me tell you, these are free-range green and pollution-free, compared to your Hong Kong pigs, cattle and sheep that are fed by feed and hormones, which are not only nutritious but also delicious. ”

"Most of what we eat in Hong Kong is not imported from your mainland." Yu Meixia retorted unconvinced.

"Aren't they two different things?"

Wang Baoquan took out a bottle of Samsung Qingyunchun and said, "Secretary Li, let's drink some?" I don't have any good wine here, this Qingyunchun is new, and it tastes very good, can you try it? ”

"Hehehe......" Li Rui couldn't help laughing, pointed at Yu Meixia and said to Wang Baoquan, who was a little inexplicable: "I still need you to show off, the owner of this winery is sitting here." ”

Wang Baoquan looked at Yu Meixia, and reacted and was immediately ecstatic, since this Boss Yu from Hong Kong can invest in Shagou Distillery, it means that it is very likely to invest in Qingshanquan Town, grabbing his scalp and saying: "I don't know, but Boss Yu, your wine is really good, I drink it is not much worse than Moutai Wuliangye, the key is that the price is not expensive, the packaging is good, and it is very face-saving to visit relatives and friends." ”

"Do you hear me, this is the most unpretentious evaluation of your winery by consumers." Li Rui said to Yu Meixia with a smile.

Yu Meixia looked up and smiled at Wang Baoquan: "Thank you, Secretary Wang." ”

"No thanks, no thanks, thank me for what!" was thanked by the beautiful boss from Hong Kong, Wang Baoquan looked very cramped. opened the wine and said cautiously: "Boss Yu, would you like to drink some too?" ”

Although the food on the table is delicious, but the environment is not flattering, Yu Meixia is also worried about hygiene, thinking about drinking some liquor and disinfecting, "Then drink a little, Secretary Wang, pour less." ”

"I think it's just a bottle of wine, let's share it with a few people, and I'll go to a few other villages in the afternoon." Li Rui said.

Wang Baoquan toasted Li Rui with a glass of wine and asked about the project.

Li Rui revealed the situation to them, "The project plan, the Agricultural Trade Office and the Forestry Station have been prepared, and the project promotion meeting will be held immediately after work. Remember, the advantages must be played, and the bitterness must also be called, and whether our project can be successful or not depends on them. ”

Wang Baoquan and Ma Liang nodded again and again: "Understand, understand, who wouldn't be bitter?" In the past, the two of us often went to the town government to complain, but unfortunately we couldn't get the money. ”

"This time is different, the new county magistrate Yang is very supportive of our work, and then we will prepare to repair the road leading to the mountain, this traffic problem is the biggest bottleneck restricting your development up the mountain."

Wang Baoquan slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Who said it wasn't!" The people of our six villages on the mountain don't know how many years they have been looking forward to this road, if the road is really repaired this time, Secretary Li, I didn't say it, although we don't have money, but we have people, we can bring our own dry food to help build the road together. ”

"Good! As long as you have this and positivity. I also hope that you, the cadres, will take the lead and lead all the villagers to cooperate with the work of the town party committee and the town government, and strive to completely shake off the situation of poverty and backwardness within two years. Li Rui picked up the bowl and drank half a bowl of wine with Wang Baoquan and Ma Liang. (To be continued.) )