Hearing Zhu Changyou call the woman Zhang Cai'e, Yue Haohan glanced at the woman; Look at that Zhang Cai'e is wearing a simple blue floral gown on a white background, a pair of blue cloth pants, a melon seed face, a slender figure, black and thick hair is simply coiled on her head, and the broken hair on her temples is casually tucked behind her ears, which is very capable and neat, and has a simple and frugal taste; I can't tell it at all, it's a woman who already has three children.

Zhang Cai'e carried the fish to the canteen in the management area; Zhu Changyou said to Yue Haohan: "Xiao Yue, this Zhang Cai'e is the cook in the management area; Since her man Luo Erbao had an accident last year, she has pulled three children, and her father Zhang Mingkui is old again, and the family is very difficult; It just happened that the management area needed a cook, so she was asked to come, with a salary of 35 yuan a month, this Zhang Cai'e is a good person, both diligent and quick. ”

The lunch at noon was soon ready, and Yue Haohan accompanied Deng Xuanfa, Zhu Changyou, and Deng Guoxing to the canteen in the management area; The canteen restaurant in the management area is very neat and clean, and the dishes have been set on a black and shiny old-fashioned Eight Immortals table; After everyone sat down, Zhu Changyou said, "Township Chief Deng, do you have some liquor or beer at noon?" If you want to drink rice wine, you can also drink rice wine, the glutinous rice bought in the management area, and the rice wine made by Zhang Cai'e tastes good. ”

Deng Xuanfa said: "If you want to have a meeting in the afternoon, you should drink some yellow bars; One bowl per person, it should be fine. After Deng Xuanfa finished speaking, Zhu Changyou called Zhang Caiyun to take a bowl and pour rice wine.

After the rice wine was poured, Zhu Changyou pointed at Yue Haohan and said to Zhang Cai'e: "Zhang Cai'e, this is Xiao Yue, Comrade Yue Haohan, who has just been assigned to our management area, after you eat, clean up the room next to the office; In the future, Xiaoyue will live in that house. Zhang Cai'e answered and went out.

After Zhu Changyou finished instructing Zhang Cai'e, he picked up the rice wine and proposed that everyone drink together; Yue Haohan took a sip, feeling sweet and fragrant, elegant and pure, soft in the mouth, and pleasant aftertaste; Putting down the bowl, he said: "This rice wine tastes so good!" ”

Deng Xuanfa said: "Vast, don't look at its good taste, the wine is quite strong; With a dose of alcohol like mine, you will get drunk after drinking two bowls at most, and you will work in this countryside in the future, and you must master the drink of rice wine; If you get drunk with this rice wine, you will lose your memory temporarily. ”

Yue Haohan sandwiched a piece of fish and ate it, and said, "Then I will pay attention to drinking rice wine in the future." After speaking, he then asked, "What about the rest of the people in this management area?" How many people work in the management area? ”

Zhu Changyou replied: "There are four people in our management area, deputy director Li Huashan went to Heishishan Village today to collect taxes, and clerk Hu Yugui went to Dengjiagou Village, and it is estimated that they will all come back for the afternoon meeting." In addition, in this management area, the township units have sent a person here; They all have rooms, but they rarely stay here. ”

The four of them drank rice wine, chatted, drank a bowl of rice wine, couldn't bear Zhu Changyou's persuasion, everyone drank half a bowl each, and then ate.

After the meal, the four of them walked towards the office again, and when they passed the room next to the office, they saw the door open; Zhang Cai'e was cleaning up the room with sweat on her face, and the four of them walked in; Yue Haohan saw that Zhang Cai'e's clothes were soaked with sweat, so he said to Zhang Cai'e: "You take a break, I'll clean it up later." ”

Zhang Cai'e, who was wiping the desk, her face was flushed, she looked at Yue Haohan and smiled, and said, "It's okay, I'll clean it up in a while, you go over to drink tea, and I will burn all the water in the water bottle." Yue Haohan suddenly found that the smile of Cai'e was very good-looking.

Deng Xuanfa, who was standing on the side, looked around at the house, introduced Yue Haohan, and said: "Haohan, when I was in the management area, I have been living in this room, and this bungalow has an advantage, it is warm in winter and cool in summer. ”

Yue Haohan took a closer look at this room; The room was a concrete floor, a room separated from it, and in the front half of the room, against the window, there was an egg-yellow desk, and in front of the desk was a rattan chair; Leaning against the wall of the compartment, there is a leatherette sofa where the three of them sit. There was also a door in the middle of the room, Yue Haohan pushed open the door, and saw a wooden brown mattress bed inside, and a bedside table in front of the bed.

Looking at this house carefully, although the furnishings are simple, Yue Haohan feels that this room is very tight and warm. After looking at the entire room, Yue Haohan sighed in his heart: "This is where I want to live for a long time in the future!" ”

The four of them stayed in the room for a while, then went to the office next to them, sat and talked, Zhu Changyou said to Deng Xuanfa, "Township Chief Deng, you and Haohan go to the guest room to rest for a while, and I will call you when the people are almost there; This village has a meeting, you also know, the notice is half past two, less than three o'clock, I am afraid that the people will not be even. ”

Deng Xuanfa said: "Okay, let's go to the rest meeting, call me when the time comes." After speaking, he said to Yue Haohan: "Go to Haohan, let's go and rest." ”

Yue Haohan said: "Uncle Deng, you go to rest, I'll help clean up my room, I won't be able to sleep this time." After speaking, Deng Xuanfa, Zhu Changyou, and Deng Guoxing all went to take a lunch break.

After Deng Xuanfa and the others left, Yue Haohan carried his travel bag and went to the next room, where he saw that Zhang Cai'e had already mopped the ground and was wiping the drawer of the desk with a rag; Yue Haohan put the travel bag on the three-person sofa and said to Zhang Cai'e: "Xiao Zhang, you can rest and drink some water; I'll clean up by myself, you've been busy all day. ”

Zhang Cai'e heard Yue Haohan call her Xiao Zhang, looked at Yue Haohan, smiled, wiped the table drawer, and said: "College student, you are really good at talking, you are still Xiao Zhang, you are old!" You can call me by my name in the future, or you can call me sister or not; I heard Secretary Zhu say that you are the godson of Teacher Deng Xuanchang Deng, and Teacher Deng is my cousin; You should call me sister. ”

Yue Haohan said: "Okay, then I'll call you Sister Zhang from now on." After speaking, Yue Haohan asked again: "Sister Zhang, how old is your child?" Let's go to school. ”

Zhang Cai'e replied while wiping the rattan chair: "The eldest girl is twelve years old, and she is in the fifth grade this year, the second girl is eight years old and in the second grade, and the third girl is five years old and has not yet gone to school." ”

After Zhang Cai'e finished speaking, Yue Haohan shook his head and said in his heart: "It seems that this Zhang Cai'e's family must have a very difficult life; If you have a chance in the future, you will still help them more. After Zhang Cai'e cleaned up Yue Haohan's room, she said goodbye and left.

Yue Haohan sat on the rattan chair in front of the desk in the room, thinking about all kinds of encounters from yesterday to today, as if in a dream; I didn't think about it at all, but township work is so complicated; Yesterday received all kinds of cold reception, especially this morning, even a driver of a township government dared to dictate in front of himself in front of the deputy head of the township.

Yue Haohan really didn't dare to think, if he hadn't met Deng Xuanfa yesterday, what would he have been like on the first day of reporting to Wulong Township, living on the streets of Wulong Township? Why are the people in this Wulong Township government compound so indifferent? Did you come to grab food from them?

Just as Yue Haohan was thinking about what had happened in the past two days, he heard a voice in the courtyard of the management area, Yue Haohan turned around and looked outside, and saw three men who looked like village cadres, talking, and walking in the direction of the office.

Yue Haohan got up, walked out of the room, and beckoned, "The three of you are here for a meeting." Seeing Yue Haohan greeting him, the three of them stopped talking, and one of them, a slightly chubby, man in his fifties, said with a smile: "You are the college student who only came to report today, Yue Haohan, Xiaoyue; I am also in charge of the district, and my name is Hu Yugui. ”

After Hu Yugui introduced himself, he turned around and pointed to the two behind him, and said, "This is Deng Zuming, the party secretary of Dengjiagou Village, and this is Zhu Jinshan, the party secretary of Longwanghe Village." ”

After Hu Yugui finished introducing him, Yue Haohan said with a smile: "The two secretaries are good, please take care of them in the future." As he spoke, he and Hu Yugui let the two of them into the office and sat down.

Yue Haohan poured a cup of tea for everyone, and only after sitting down did he carefully look at Deng Zuming and Zhu Jinshan; Seeing that Deng Zuming was about forty years old, black and thin, with a pair of small eyes shiny and shiny, he knew that he was a shrewd person when he looked at it. Look at Zhu Jinshan again, thirty-one or twelve years old, medium height, looking strong, and dignified.

Several people were sitting, chatting, and drinking tea, Zhang Minghai, secretary of Majialing Village, and Sun Xiwang, secretary of Heishishan Village, also arrived one after another. Zhang Minghai's appearance of thirty-seven or eight; Sun Xiwang looked like he was about fifty-three or fourteen years old.

Deng Xuanfa got up for lunch break and just sat down in the office; I saw that in the courtyard, Li Huashan, deputy director of the management area, and Deng Shaojie, secretary of the branch of Heiyazi Village, also walked in with a smile. Li Huashan's appearance of forty-seven or eight is considered young in the management area. That Deng Shaojie looked a little over forty at most.

Seeing that the secretaries of the five villages had arrived, Deng Xuanfa said, "Let's go, let's go to the conference room." "The conference room in the Heiyazi management area is in two identical rooms against the gate of the courtyard, and there is a small rectangular conference table in it, and on either side of the conference table are placed with bar-shaped backrest chairs.

Deng Xuanfa and his entourage had just arrived at the conference room, and Zhu Changyou and Deng Guoxing also walked in with notebooks; When they arrived at the conference room, Deng Xuanfa and several people in the management area, including Yue Haohan, all sat on the side of the conference table, and the five village secretaries naturally sat on the side outside.

Yue Haohan looked at everyone sitting like this, and smiled secretly in his heart; Looking at this sitting method, it is similar to what you see on TV, when the two countries sit during diplomatic negotiations, except that the flags representing their respective countries are missing in the middle of the conference table.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Cai'e came in with two bottles of boiling water, and after giving everyone a cup of tea, she put the two boiling water bottles against the wall at the door before leaving the conference room.

After Zhang Cai'e left, Deng Xuanfa looked at everyone, turned his head to Zhu Changyou, and said, "Secretary Zhu, let's start." Zhu Changyou responded: "Okay, start." ”

Then, Zhu Changyou made an opening statement: "First of all, welcome Township Chief Deng to the Heiyazi Management Area today to guide the work!" At the same time, a young and promising comrade was sent to our management area. After speaking, Zhu Changyou took the lead and puffed up his palms.

The applause stopped, Zhu Changyou paused, pointed at Yue Haohan, and continued: "This is Comrade Yue Haohan, graduated from Jianghan University, selected and transferred from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and was assigned to work in Wulong Township. Everyone is welcome! ”

After everyone applauded again, Zhu Changyou said: "Next, I will ask Comrade Xiaoyue to tell us a few words." Hearing Zhu Changyou say this, Yue Haohan stood up and said, "Hello everyone! I just came out of school, and my home is in the county seat; In the past, there was relatively little understanding of rural areas; I hope that in the future, in my work, everyone will help me more, give me more good suggestions, and if I don't do well in the future, just put forward them for me and criticize and correct them. That's all I have to say, thank you! Yue Haohan sat down after speaking, and everyone applauded again.

After the applause settled, Zhu Changyou said: "Next, please ask Township Chief Deng to give us instructions, everyone is welcome!" Again there was applause; Deng Xuanfa raised his hand, pressed it down, and after the applause stopped, he said, "Old Zhu, where did you learn these false tricks?" See you every day, don't give me these 'everything' again in future meetings, pick up useful ones! Haohan came to report today, and I won't criticize you. ”

After speaking, Deng Xuanfa picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, put down the cup, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "I'm here today to gather everyone, just two things; The first thing is that Comrade Yue Haohan, starting from today, will come to work in the Heiyazi Management Area, so that everyone can come to meet and be familiar with each other; Comrade Yue Haohan is a top student of the History Department of Jianghan University, and a student selected and transferred from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee. I hope that in the future, you will give more to Comrade Yue Haohan in your work and help him more. Today, I will talk about the ugly things first, if anyone is 'stumbling in front of Comrade Yue Haohan' at work in the future, don't blame me Deng Xuanfa for not being polite, whatever happens in the future, I will spread it on the table. ”

After speaking, Deng Xuanfa paused again, picked up the teacup and took a sip; At this moment, I saw Zhu Xiaoshan, the driver of the township government, at the door of the conference room, put his head into the door and looked inside, Deng Xuanfa glanced at the door, put the teacup in his hand on the conference table, and said: "Today, the second thing is still a cliché, this year's tax collection; Before the meeting, I took a look at the progress statistics table given to me by Lao Zhu, which was not ideal, and I knew everyone's difficulties; Everyone has been working hard lately, and they have come to do more work. In addition, let me tell you that yesterday the township party committee studied an opinion; Recently, the personnel of various units directly under the township have been dispatched to form a special class for tax collection and cooperate with the management areas to pull out nails; My opinion is that in our Heiyazi management area, except for poor households who can't afford to pay, there are no nail households, and we don't need special classes to pull out nails; Let's figure it out by ourselves, which village wants to have an idea, come to me directly! ”

After the meeting, walking out of the conference room, the car driver Zhu Xiaoshan walked next to Deng Xuanfa and asked, "Township Chief Deng, it's not early, when will we go back?" ”

Deng Xuanfa just walked in the direction of the office, didn't look at Zhu Xiaoshan, his face was expressionless, and replied directly: "I'm not in a hurry to go back after dinner, why are you in a hurry?" ”