It was only a two-mile journey from the town coal mine to Houling Village, where Qin Hai's house was located, and although the road was bumpy, Qin Hai's car drove very slowly, and it arrived in a few minutes. Jeeps drove past the village, attracting countless adults and children on both sides to come forward to watch. When it was discovered that it was Qin Hai who was driving, and Qin Minghua, Qin Mingliang and other farmers in the village were actually in the car, everyone was clamoring, and there were even half-grown children chasing after the butt of the car, and from time to time they had the courage to pat the steel plate on the carriage, and then rattled and laughed.

"Minghua, your Xiaohai has been driven by the leader, you should enjoy it." Qin Mingliang, who was sitting in the back seat and enjoying the treatment of the county magistrate, complimented Qin Minghua with envy.

"What blessings can I enjoy, isn't the driver just waiting for people, and it's not Xiaohai himself who is the leader." Qin Minghua was proud in his heart, but he wanted to belittle his son desperately in his mouth.

"Uncle Minghua, that's not what you said, look at the driver Hu who drove for Mayor Liu in the town, how good he usually is. He's not driving a jeep, he's driving a truck. Brother Xiaohai can drive a jeep for the leader at such a young age, and he will definitely have a great future in the future. ”

Qin Rongcai and Qin Rongqing, who were of the same generation as Qin Hai, complimented them together, and when Qin Minghua heard these words, although he waved his hand again and again to deny it, his face was full of smiles.

Qin Hai drove the car all the way to the outside of his courtyard wall and stopped, and several passengers got off the car unsatisfied, and after a few polite words with Qin Hai, they went home separately with excitement. Qin Hai walked to the back of the car, opened the back box, and took out some things purchased in Pingyuan County before leaving.

"What is this?" Qin Minghua asked.

"I bought a plate duck and a few Cantonese sausages, but I didn't dare to buy meat, for fear that the weather would be too hot and smelly." Qin Hai said.

"Where did you get the money?" Qin Minghua took the things from his son's hand and asked again.

"The wages that the factory lent me." Qin Hai disguised.

In fact, Qin Hai had just gone to work and had not yet received his first month's salary, but he had an advance payment of 2,000 yuan lent to him by Yue Guoyang. Since he believed that he could make more money, he didn't care about misappropriating a little from it first.

Qin Minghua was happy in his heart, but his face was gloomy, and he scolded: "You haven't made a lot of money yet, what are you doing with such a big spend." But it's not a festival, what to buy a duck for, and this sausage, there are also in the town, I've seen it, it's expensive, a pound of sausage is worth the price of three pounds of meat. ”

Qin Hai smiled and didn't answer, he knew that this was a sign of his father's authority in front of him, no matter what he did, his father would discipline him. He then took out two bottles of Site wine from the back box and said, "This is for my mother-in-law." ”

"Well, that's pretty much it." Qin Minghua appreciated this matter, "Zhilu Dao has honored your mother-in-law, and it is not in vain that your mother-in-law is good to you." ”

The father and son were talking, and when they entered the courtyard gate, two slim girls greeted them, and after they shouted "Dad" to Qin Minghua respectively, they immediately surrounded Qin Hai: "Brother, why are you back!" ”

"Xiaoshan, Xiaoling, come, one for each person." Qin Hai patted the two younger sisters on the heads, then took out two paper bags from the shoulder bags he carried and handed them to the two girls.

"Alabaster, thousands of purples and reds!"

"Hairpin card, plastic yes!"

The two girls opened the paper bags and jumped for joy. Qin Hai followed Wang Xiaochen's prompt and bought a box of alabaster and a red plastic hairpin for each of his two younger sisters, which really surprised the two younger sisters.

"Where's your mother?" Qin Minghua asked his eldest daughter Qin Shan.

"In the hall, there are guests." Qin Shan's face suddenly sank, and her mouth was pursed.

"What kind of guest?" Qin Minghua was stunned for a moment, not knowing what was going on.

"He said that he was a cadre in the town and wanted to propose to his sister." The youngest daughter, Qin Ling, explained.

"The cadres of the town?" Qin Minghua's face also became not very good-looking, he handed over the duck and sausages in his hand to Qin Ling's hands, and went straight into the house.

Qin Hai didn't know what to do, he asked Qin Shan, "What's the matter?" Why is there a kiss? ”

"It's Huang Zhangcai in the town, you know, his son's name is Huang Zheng." Qin Shan whispered.

Qin Hai searched in his mind, and really remembered this person. Huang Zhangcai is a cadre in the Baihe town government office and is said to be the secretary of the mayor. Huang Zhangcai's eldest son is named Huang Zheng, when he was in middle school in the town, he was one year higher than Qin Hai, and he stayed at home after graduating from junior high school.

Between Qin Hai and Huang Zheng, there is still a little festival, that is, going to a technical school.

Because the land acquisition and demolition occupied the land of Baihe Town, the county gave Baihe Town an enrollment quota for an agricultural machinery technical school as compensation. Huang Zhangcai was full of hope that his son Huang Zheng could be admitted to a technical school, but who knew that when the exam was held, it was Qin Haichao's level performance in front of him, which covered Huang Zheng's limelight.

Huang Zhangcai's background is not enough in front of the Agricultural Machinery Technical School, and people don't care whether he is the secretary of the town mayor at all, and blindly insist on merit-based admission. Huang Zhangcai once took Huang Zheng to Qin's house at that time, and even coerced and lured, wanting Qin Hai to give up the opportunity to go to a technical school and let Huang Zheng go to school in his name.

Qin Minghua is a person who has seen a little bit of the world, and he knows how precious the indicators of a technical school from farming to non-farming are, where would he agree to let his son give up. Huang Zhangcai hit a nail in this matter, and in the following two years, he gave Qin Minghua a lot of eyes. Fortunately, the countryside has started joint production contracting, and there are not many places in the town that can card farmers, and Qin Minghua's family does not have any tricks such as arrears of agricultural taxes and overbirth, so Huang Zhangcai wanted to embarrass the Qin family, and he didn't find a suitable opportunity.

However, how could such an enemy come to the door to propose to Qin Shan, who was only 16 years old?

Qin Shan was also vague about this matter, some of which were a little girl's shyness and anger after being coveted. Qin Hai patted his sister's hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll call the shots for you, no one can force you." ”

"Hmm." Qin Shan simply agreed.

Qin Hai handed over the things in his hand to Qin Shan, and then walked into the house, and when he came to the hall, he saw Huang Zhangcai sitting on a bench with a cigarette in one hand, and was talking boastfully. Opposite him, Qin Minghua and Qin Hai's mother, Zong Huiying, had a smile on their faces, listening to him bragging honestly. Next to Huang Zhangcai, there was also a young man wearing a military uniform, Qin Hai recognized that this person was Huang Zheng.

"My family, Huang Zheng, is now a soldier in the provincial military district! You know the provincial military district, it's not an ordinary army. In an ordinary army, having a company commander is remarkable, isn't it? In the courtyard of the provincial military district, I casually met a cadre, all of whom were army commanders and division commanders. My Huang Zheng is standing guard for the commander, Huang Zheng, you tell Uncle Qin about it. Huang Zhangcai stabbed his son with his hand and said to him.

Huang Zheng, as Qin Hai had seen a few years ago, was still a little wooden. He glanced at his father, and was very worried about what kind of army commander and division commander his father blew out, but it was inconvenient to expose it, so he could only follow his father's words and say: "Well, we sometimes go to stand guard for the commander, and there are quite a lot of opportunities to meet the commander." ”

"Didn't you say that the commander gave you a toast?" Huang Zhangcai reminded.

"Well, it's ......" Huang Zheng's voice was so low that it was sad, Yue Guoyang did toast him, but that was a toast to the entire guard company, was it good? Let his father say this, as if Yue Guoyang really regarded him as a character.

"Listen, listen." Huang Zhangcai was very proud, he only found Qin Hai coming in from outside the door at this time, so he casually greeted: "Oh, Qin Hai is also back, how many years do you have to study in the technical school?" ”

"I've graduated." Qin Hai couldn't help but smile and replied humbly. He wanted to say that Yue Guoyang had indeed toasted him, and at that time, a soldier like Huang Zheng could only serve dishes next to him. However, there is no need to say this kind of thing, with his vision, he already disdains to deal with a small cadre in a town.

"I've graduated, where's my distribution?" Huang Zhangcai asked again.

"Pingyuan County Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory." Qin Hai said.

Huang Zhangcai said: "Well, I've entered the factory, it's not bad." However, now the factories are generally losing money, and the workers are no longer popular. When my family Huang Zheng is demobilized, I will let him go to the agency, and now it is not as good as in the past, and the agency is popular. ”

"Huang Zheng is a young talent, and he is familiar with Commander Yue, and the future must be promising. By the way, Secretary Huang, you came to my house today, what are you doing? Qin Hai smiled and went straight to the point.

Hearing Qin Hai say Commander Yue, Huang Zheng was slightly stunned. Of course, the name of the commander of the provincial military district is not classified information, but if ordinary people do not pay special attention to it, they will generally not know it. Even after his father heard him, he learned that there was a Commander Yue in Lu Dao.

Huang Zhangcai didn't notice this detail, and when he heard Qin Hai ask him, he showed a reserved face and said: "I told your parents just now, my Huang Zheng is also 19 years old, and he will be demobilized in two years, I said, I will arrange him to go to the county office." Your sister Qin Shan is also 16 years old this year, she is beautiful and has a good personality, I brought Huang Zheng over today, just to let them know each other and make friends. ”

"Isn't that right? Qin Shan has just entered her first year of high school and is still a student, and having a boyfriend at this time is considered a puppy love, and she will be expelled. Qin Hai said in a playful tone.

Huang Zhangcai said in a reprimanding tone: "What do you know, do you think that after two days of technical school, you will become a city person?" In the countryside, there are children born at the age of 16, Huang Zheng is now a soldier in the provincial military region, how many people come to my house to propose, I didn't agree, I think your family Qin Shan is good, you, as an elder brother, don't think about your sister's future? ”

"My sister's future is to go to the capital to study at university, and this opportunity in Secretary Huang's family should be left to other people who need it." Qin Hai said with a smile.