After resting in Yangcheng for two days, Lu Li, Li Zhengrong, Xu Yunjian and Xue Hui rushed to Pengcheng three hundred miles away, the road situation is still bad, the vehicles between Guancheng, Yangcheng and Pengcheng, especially those giant trucks with heavy loads, are not very fast, but the roads they pass through are like rolling up a sandstorm, and the distance of thirty or fifty meters in front of them is not visible at all.

That's not all, the drivers of these big cars drove very barbaric, there were only two cars parallel to the national highway, but there were two big trucks going side by side, until there was an intersection car in front of them, they would merge, and at other times, the national highway was crowded tightly, Li Zhengrong pressed the horn so much that it almost exploded, and the driver in front just didn't give way to him! So angry that he rolled down the window and cursed,...... Ahem, ahem, ahem! Before he finished his sentence, he choked on the dust and quickly shrank his head and closed the window tightly.

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian laughed when they saw it, and even Xue Hui, who had always looked at Lu Li unpleasantly, was also surprised, "Are you still laughing?" Li Zhengrong smacked the dust in his mouth and said complainingly: "Can't you find a place to come down, you can open it?" Why don't you let Xiao Xu have a meeting? ”

"It's all right." Luli nodded and said, "Find a place to rest for a while, and then I'll drive." He turned his head to look at the dust flying on the side of the road, and in the depths of the road were large expanses of turquoise plants, but more often than not, there were water systems that crisscrossed the road. On both sides of the road from Yangcheng to Pengcheng, because there has not been too much development, the original ecology is maintained quite well, and the southern country of China itself has a dense area of river system, if you don't have something to rush to the destination, find a place to rest, it is also quite a good enjoyment.

"Xiaoxiao, what do you think?"

"Huh? Yes. Lu Li smiled back, "I once read a book, I forgot the title of the book, but I still remember some of the contents, the author said in the book, if a country wants to achieve long-term peace and stability and prosperity, the first thing is people's livelihood." The foundation of people's livelihood is the economy, and the center of gravity of the economy is transportation. Of course, this is a relatively macro view, specifically, it includes waterways, land, air and other multi-faceted, full-dimensional transportation network. Only with the convenience of transportation, there is the possibility of personnel exchanges, large-scale flow, the same, can also make the materials carry out a nationwide action, with the basis of the first step. There's no this—don't talk about it, Xu Yunjian, you always remember, right? When we were in Shanglin, we encountered such a big disaster, the central government issued an order, the whole country rescued, and when did the first batch of supplies arrive in Tangshan? ”

"I remember, the next day you just came out of the tent, right? It seems to be ...... Number 8 or number 9? I forgot. ”

Xue Hui suddenly interjected, "This ...... Isn't it a long time? ”

"Yes, on the surface, it doesn't seem to be a very long time, but don't forget, Tangshan is located on the Great Plain of North China, the roads extend in all directions, and there is no danger of any mountains and rivers, and it will take more than ten days to get there, what if such a disaster occurs in Yunnan-Guichuan? Do you calculate, how much time does it take? I'm afraid that when the things arrive, the sky will start to get cold! ”

Xue Hui immediately asked him, is it true, if it is in a mountainous, multi-river mountain valley area, there may be far fewer deaths, right? "No, you're not right, there aren't so many people over there in Yunguichuan at all!" The girl raised her head proudly, as if she had found the flaw in his words. A pair of phoenix eyes squinted at him, waiting for his answer.

"You, your university is in vain," even Lu Li himself sometimes couldn't tell why he always liked to work against Xue Hui: "We are now discussing the relationship between roads and transportation, rather than considering the problem of population density." Lu Li laughed exaggeratedly and said with disdain.

Xue Hui was speechless for the second time, she really couldn't argue with Lu Li, and she was a little scared of this person for no reason, so she had to vent her anger on the man next to her, "Hey, why are you pinching me?" Xu Yunjian screamed in pain, and shook his hand vigorously, "I didn't provoke you, who bullied you, who do you find?" ”

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong burst out laughing.

Approaching Guancheng, the two people in front exchanged positions, and Lu Li sat in the driver's seat and stepped on the accelerator to the end first! This time, several people in the car can be regarded as guilty! The road was bumpy and undulating, the speed was too fast, and the effect of this vibration was more obvious, and when the car drove into the guest house of the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee, several people, including Lu Li, were like falling apart!

As soon as Li Zhengrong and Xu Yunjian stepped out of the car, they began to scold! After scolding, the three of them discussed: simply, let's not take the car on the road below, let's change the train temporarily, otherwise, when we get to Pengcheng, we will have to go to most of our lives. As soon as he advocated the promise, this matter was decided, and Lu Like was a little stupid, "Don't ...... Don't? How to ...... the car Do? ”

Hearing him speak, he suddenly stammered, and Xue Hui looked at him intently as if he had discovered a new continent, feeling very funny. "You can drive yourself."

"No, I'm going to take the train too. Put this car here, Brother Rong, drive back when you come back? ”

"Or don't you, when we get to Pengcheng, we must always have a car, and it is convenient to come and go, otherwise, you take the train and go, and I will drive over?"

"How does this work?" Lu Li sighed, and glared viciously at the pair of little mandarin ducks who had random ideas, there will be moths when they are fine! Frightened, the two of them hurriedly retreated, "I'll drive away, you two take the train over ......, okay, Brother Rong, don't fight with me." ”

Xu Yunjian also regretted it a little, but he just said it casually, why was he serious? How could he and Lu Li, who had been friends for so many years, watch their friends suffer and hide aside to enjoy the blessings? "That's it, I'll drive over with Xiaoxiao, Brother Rong, you take Xiaoxue by train."

"You...... What is this called? How did you entrust me to an outsider? ”

"You don't talk nonsense!" Xu Yunjian's eyes widened, so frightened that Xue Hui didn't dare to argue anymore, the girl pouted aggrievedly, and said in a snort: "Or...... Shall I go back by myself? ”

"You don't kick your nose in the face, huh?" Xu Yunjian was really a little anxious, and said without hesitation: "If you want to go, you will follow, why didn't you say it in Yangcheng at the beginning?" I asked you if you would come, and you said come, and then I said that if you come, you have to be obedient on the way, right? You said yes yourself, didn't you? ”

"I ......"

"You don't talk nonsense, if you like to go or not, let me tell you, if you dare to go back, the two of us will be finished!" Xu Yunjian waved his hand and scolded sharply, "Xiaoxiao, let's get in the car and go!" ”

gave him such a roar of thunder and artillery, Xue Hui was honest, obediently followed behind Li Zhengrong, and went all the way.

Lu Li was amused in his heart, and he and Xu Yunjian drove separately all the way, and when it was close to dusk, they rushed to Pengcheng. Xu Yunjian opened the car door, leaned outside with half of his body, and turned around to talk to him, "Hey, what's going on with Lao Cao?" I haven't been back for a few days, and there are so many forks? You two, you really don't let me worry! ”

Luli laughed, "You deserve to say that?" ”

Xu Yunjian also smiled, "Seriously, what's going on?" ”

"He seems to be dissatisfied with some of the things I've been doing for so long, and the last time I ......," he explained hastily, "it was probably a general outburst." When you receive them, you have a day off, and tomorrow you take Xiao Xue over there. Oh, there's another thing, I put the key to the house in the bedside table, you take the key, take Xiao Xue to live - but she can only live, don't you follow the mix? ”

Xu Yunjian smiled, but didn't say anything. Lu Li understood what he was thinking at a glance, and glanced at her angrily, "Xu Yunjian, don't make a mistake." Didn't you learn enough about this kind of thing in Shanglin back then? You can't bear it for a few days? It's really time for the two of you to be happy, you can do whatever you want, old man, don't be so unproductive, do you hear? ”

"I hear you. By the way, is there any furniture in the house? ”

"Go over and see for yourself, anyway, just sleep there, just wait for me to go back."

Xu Yunjian nodded, and suddenly felt inappropriate, "Xiaoxiao, forget it, it's your and your sister-in-law's new house in the future, and we'll live in it now, what's the matter?" Sister-in-law should not be happy to turn around. ”

"Don't worry, she won't say anything. Hey, you say, if ......"

"What? Say! ”

"I thought, in the future, after the house is completed, our brothers will live together, and your sister-in-law will help take care of the housework and serve us, wouldn't it be better?"

Xu Yunjian thought it was funny at first, how could he be such a husband, serving his husband is not counted, but also serving his husband's buddy? But I was deeply moved! He patted Luli on the shoulder, "Xiaoxiao, buddy, thank you, you have this heart, better than anything else." As for what you said about living together, forget it, sister-in-law, ......, I'm not saying that sister-in-law may not allow it, the key is that the two of you live together, what is it if we mix in? Forget it, when we make money later, we will also buy a house, and we will get closer. ”

"It's okay, let's discuss this matter later, hey, they came out?"

The two stepped forward, and Xu Yunjian talked to Xue Hui with a smile as if he had never been unhappy in Guancheng at all, "How is it, has he served you well?" If it's not good, just say it, I'll settle accounts with him and give you anger. ”

Xue Hui glanced at him, and said angrily: "Of course people won't ......, it's time for you to talk about yourself." ”

"What's wrong with me?"

"What do you say?"

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong watched the two of them bickering and couldn't help but laugh. This Xue Hui is quite hearty and bright, her biggest characteristic is that the matter is over in the past, and there will never be too many entanglements, in this regard, she is stronger than Liang Wei.

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After resting all night, Xu Yunjian and Xue Hui were sent through the gate, and Xue Hui was like a frightened deer, timidly holding Xu Yunjian's hand and walking through the gate, it was obvious that the girl's heart was full of longing and curiosity about the unknown world ahead, like a little girl holding her father's hand, and obediently followed.

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong turned around and got into the car, drove back to the city again, and drove the car into the city government compound first—even in Pengcheng, which was in ruins, it was also a special place, covering an area of three square kilometers, wrapped in a tall wall, and there were heavily armed policemen standing guard at the door.

"Does the old man know that we are coming?"

"Yes, I called him yesterday. He has a meeting today, and he may have to open late, so the two of us will eat in the small cafeteria in the compound, and then take a shower and wait for him to come back. ”

This time of waiting was much longer than Lu Li imagined, until more than nine o'clock in the evening, I saw a car light on outside the building shrouded in shadows, and it was Li Ting who had returned. "Chief (Dad), are you back?"

"It's a small ...... Lou, right? They stood in the backlight, and Li Ting looked around for a while before he could tell the difference, "Welcome, welcome, come, let's go in and say." Li Ting said with a smile: "I heard my son talk to me, Xiao Lu is not simple, now do all the business to Hong Kong?" Amazing, amazing! San'er, look at people? Younger than you, earlier than you, and much more successful than you. ”

How can Li Zhengrong tell the difference? He rolled his eyes and followed his old father's footsteps into the living room, where a waiter took the tanning bag and hat handed over by his secretary, and hung them up without mentioning them.

From the old man's words, Lu Li heard a different meaning, seeing that he was full of words and no falsehood, he knew that he was really happy that he had achieved such a little achievement, what made his thinking change? "Chief, are you well? I see that you seem to be getting younger and younger, the last time I saw you, to be honest, you look a little old, or maybe you are too tired from work, this time it will be different, if you go out with Brother Rong, you will be like two brothers. ”

Father and son laughed at the same time! "Do you speak human language? I went out with my dad, like two brothers, do you mean I'm old, or do you mean that my dad has a young surname? ”

Li Ting also smiled: "Xiao Lu ......"

"Dad, don't call Xiao Lu Xiaolu, it's like asking the secretary to help you with your errands, how many points? You are like me, and you call him Tiny. ”

"Tiny? What's the name? ”

It's his nickname. That's what they call him, isn't it? ”

Li Ting nodded with a smile and said, "This nickname is quite funny." I'll call you that from now on, okay? ”

Luli blinked a little confusedly, why did so many people think their nicknames were funny? It's just a title, what's so fun about it? "Of course, chief, of course. You are my elder, and you should call me by my nickname. ”

Li Ting nodded with a smile and asked, "Where did we talk about just now?" Oh, say I'm missing my last name. Hehe, Xiaoxiao is not wrong in saying this, not only you, but also many comrades said that I am much younger than before after seeing me. You say, this thing is also strange, a lot of work on Pengcheng's side has just begun, and I am too tired to do it, but physically I am tired, but my spirit is getting stronger and stronger. When I woke up every day, I was a vigorous man - just like when I first participated in the revolution. Do you think it's weird? ”

Li Zhengrong pursed his lips disdainfully, and was about to sneer a few words, when he heard Lu Li say: "Chief, you also know that I sometimes run between Hong Kong and Guangdong Province now, and I know some people, and one of them has spoken to me, and I personally think that it is most appropriate to describe your spirit." ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"He said to me, 'Power is the best tonic for men.'"

Li Ting's father and son were stunned at the same time, and the old man slapped the armrest of the sofa hard, and said loudly: "Well said, well said!" After saying this, he seemed to feel that he echoed such words, and somewhat lost his identity as a leading cadre, and hurriedly added, "However, our power comes from the people." What we have to do is to serve the people wholeheartedly and be the master of the people! ”

Lu Li smiled bitterly in his heart: Good official! On the surface, there was thunderous applause! "The chief said it so well! Unfortunately, it's too late now, otherwise I'd have to ask you to write this down for me as a ......"

"What are you afraid of when it's late? Xiao Liu? Xiao Liu? Li Ting called the secretary and instructed, "You go to my study, turn on the light, and then prepare the ink or something, I will go over in a while, and I will use it." ”

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong hurriedly stopped, but the old man seemed to be really interested, and he couldn't stop it, so he finally accompanied him to the study, and the paper and pen that had been laid on the desk, and each side pressed it with a copy of "Mao Xuan", Li Ting picked up the pen, soaked it in ink, and wrote down what he had just said, and wrote it on his head: Encourage Comrade Lu Li. The inscription is Pengcheng Li Ting in the midsummer of 81.

Lu Li is not good at writing brush words, but he can have a very beautiful pen hand, although there is an essential difference between the two, but the quality of the font is still somewhat similar, he found that Li Ting's brush writing is not bad, compared to his language expression ability, and can not be said in the same way.

When the ink was dry, Lu Li carefully rolled up the paper and put it aside, "Chief, thank you very much." This...... It's too precious. ”

"It's just a pair of handwriting, what is precious or not?"

Luli nodded, no longer polite to him, "Then, chief......"

"In the future, don't call the chief, the chief, you and he are friends, just call me uncle."

"Okay, uncle, it's too late today, you can rest early, and I'll talk to you tomorrow? Let's talk? ”

Li Ting looked at the clock on the wall, it was past ten o'clock, he usually rested at this time, but today he was excited, he didn't feel sleepy at all, waved his hand and said, "It's not too late, it's not too late, let's talk again." If you're sleepy, go to sleep. The second half of the sentence was addressed to his son.

Li Zhengrong was also really tired, so he gave Lu Li a look and went upstairs. (To be continued.) )