Chapter 22: Hometown

Because of the illness of Lang Lingdu, secretary of the Shunchang Municipal Party Committee, the hearts of the entire Shunchang people fluctuated. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info On the second day, Secretary Lang's condition was diagnosed, and he was paralyzed. Some people's hearts are mostly relaxed, while others are clouded with sorrow. For example, Xie He, secretary of the Wanshou County Party Committee.

Zhao Wenhuai came down to investigate, although because of Secretary Lang's illness, he was delayed for some time and stayed overnight in Wanshou. However, the next morning, Zhao Wenhuai still inspected the electrification project in Wanshou County.

Because of his mood, Xie He only made a brief report on the village electrification project, and then took some materials such as reports and data and gave them to Zhao Wenhuai.

Zhao Wenhuai didn't pay attention to his attitude, just looked at it, and didn't stay in Wanshou to eat in the morning, so he drove to Shazhou City, which is adjacent to Wanshou.

"On behalf of the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, I welcome all leaders to do inspections." After Zhao Wenhuai got out of the car, Wu Haidong held Zhao Wenhuai's hand and said.

"It's not an inspection, it's just to find out what is going on." Zhao Wenhuai and Wu Haidong shook hands and said. Then he looked at Mayor Huang Xi next to him and said, "Mayor Huang, hello." ”

Huang Xi is about forty years old, with fair skin, red face, and he is very energetic, and he is tall and strong, giving people a feeling of being rich and strong.

After Zhao Wenhuai shook hands with Wu Haidong, he hurriedly stretched out his hand, shook hands with him, and said enthusiastically: "Welcome Director Zhao to our city for inspection." ”

After the group greeted each other, Wu Haidong asked suspiciously, "Didn't you hear about the five leaders?" Why are the four of you here? ”

"What leaders don't lead." Zhao Wenhuai said politely: "The young man in one of our places is from your sandbank, I think that since he is back, let him go home and have a look." Leave him alone, he'll be back by then. ”

"Oh? It's actually us sandbankers? Then it should be even more coming, there are relatively few people in our sandbar in the province, and it is rare to know one, how can you not introduce it? Wu Haidong said in surprise, he didn't seem to have the impression that there were no Shazhou people working in the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee. Otherwise, it should have been connected a long time ago, you must know that from ancient times to the present, fellow villagers are a big relationship.

The ancients talked about "classmates", "same year", and "fellow villagers" in officialdom, and now it is no exception. For example, in recent years, because of reform and opening up, many overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese have come back to their hometowns in the name of visiting relatives, and some have directly invested in their hometowns to develop the economy of their hometowns. This is the "return to the hometown" that the Chinese people have paid attention to since ancient times.

Wu Haidong heard that there were Shazhou people working in the provincial party committee, so he naturally wanted to come to make friends, whether they were big or small, whether they could get in touch with each other, it would not be harmful to him. If there is anything in the future, it is much better than no one, and the name of the countryman is much better, and no one else will have anything to say.

Wu Haidong was concerned about this matter, so he decided to leave Zhao Wenhuai today. He found an opportunity and said to Huang Xi: "Find a few people who can drink today, and leave Director Zhao behind." ”

Huang Xi nodded knowingly, and arranged the people next to him in a whisper.

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Li Mu was at his hometown in the countryside at this time. My hometown has been abandoned for many years, and I can already see the sun overhead when I stand in the house. This is the first time he has come back since going to college, he didn't want to come back here before, his grandfather has passed away, and he is just sad when he comes back, and the cobwebs in the house make people feel the ruin of this family.

There are nothing valuable in the house, they are all old things, when Li Mu was in college, he gave away everything he could give, and he thought that he would not come back in the future. But when I saw this desolate scene, I suddenly felt that my nose was a little sour. Through the broken old age painting on the wall, he vaguely saw the figure of his grandfather, who was looking at him kindly. Caught in the memory, he couldn't help but shout: "Grandpa".

However, no one answered, and he sat down on the dusty ground in a somewhat distracted manner. Thinking about what happened when I was a child.

From the memory, I am a child without a father and a mother, and I have always relied on my grandfather, but I can know that I still have a father from the annual remittances, but my mother has never heard my grandfather mention it. Thinking of his grandfather's figure when he was alive, and the figure of being busy for himself every day, Li Mu sighed deeply in his heart, put away his sad mood, and prepared to leave.

But he inadvertently saw a desk in the middle, and the desk was also full of dust, and his original face was no longer clear, but Li Mu vaguely remembered that it was red. He walked over slowly, gently wiping the dust off it with his hands.

At this moment, he stood in front of the desk, as if returning to his childhood, his grandfather held his hand and taught him to write calligraphy, he tried to use his fingers to stroke a "big" on it, which was the first word he wrote, grandpa was holding a copy of "University" at the time, to teach him to recognize words, and the first thing to learn is a "big".

When he was older, the stern voice of his grandfather when he urged him to practice calligraphy sounded faintly in his ears at this moment. How many years of Duntun teachings, how many years of interdependence, there are no longer at this moment.

He spent nearly a morning in the room, reminiscing about his youth, reluctant to leave. Knowing that someone was calling him outside, Li Mu woke up from his memories.

"Muzi, are you here for a morning?" Coming in was a man in his forties, a little old in countenance, with a full beard, a yellowish face, and messy hair.

"Big brother, I'll take a look." Li Mu replied, "What time is it?" Li Mu put away his mood and looked at the visitor, this is his cousin Li Jia'an, and his grandfather is a grandfather of himself, and his grandfather and his grandfather are brothers. When he was a child, he and his grandfather were taken care of by him, and Li Mu also lived in their house after he came back yesterday.

"It's time to eat, go home and eat." Li Jia'an said, looking at Li Mu and sighing secretly, he didn't know what it was like, thinking that this child didn't even have any relatives after he came back, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart. He didn't say much, understood Li Mu's mood, and just reminded Li Mu to go home for dinner.

"Okay, I'll lock the door." Li Mu answered, and then came out.

"After being in this house for so long, you see that your clothes are all dusty, and you will ask your sister-in-law to wash you and dry them for a while." Li Jia'an looked at the ash on Li Mu's clothes and said, "You work in the province, dress decently outside, don't let people look down on us." ”

"It's okay, let's eat first, and then go down to the river to take a bath, I haven't gone down to the river to take a bath outside." Li Mu misses the feeling of soaking in the river in the summer when he was a child. There is no development in my hometown, unlike in the city outside, where the river water is seriously polluted.

Moreover, the small rivers here are generally dry, except for a few large rivers leading to the Qing River, where there is no shortage of water all year round. In the summer, there are several heavy rains, and the river then swells to a depth of one or two meters, and in some cases more than three meters. Every summer, there are children in various rivers and ponds, and adults will also go to the river to bathe in the evening after a day's work.

"Okay, after eating in a while, let's go together." Li Jia'an said briskly. Generally, in the summer, there will be no noon bathing, because that is the time when the sun is hot, and the upper layer of the river is not completely warm, and the bottom is even colder, and after a long time in it, the bones and joints are frozen, and it is easy to get sick. But Li Jia'an wanted Li Mu to take a bath, and he would not see things and people again, and he would be kind to him, so he readily agreed.

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