The taxi carrying the Chen family and Tong Ming stopped at the entrance of Lanmu Village, which immediately attracted the villagers to stop and watch.

When the Chen family got out of the car, the villagers immediately gathered around.

The villagers of Lanmu Village, represented by the village chief, took the initiative to come to the Chen family and said some words of deep apology......

"I'm really embarrassed, Lao Chen, we mistakenly believed the rumors, thinking that your son killed someone, now it seems that your son is innocent, that Xiong Yong, not only the township, but also the city, he really deserves to die!"

The village chief made his attitude unequivocal.

From the beginning when the task force was stationed in Lanmu Village to investigate the matter, all the villagers believed that Chen Xiazhu would one day be wronged.

After the truth was revealed, the village chief temporarily convened a village committee to ask the villagers to change their views on the Chen family, no longer exclude them, and apologize for the wrong things they had done before.

Under the call of the village chief, the villagers realized that what they had done to the Chen family was indeed a bit harsh, so they also thought of finding an opportunity to apologize to the Chen family.

"Yes, Lao Chen, we didn't know anything before, so we would have excluded you, but now that we all know, then our family and your Chen family are still friends!"

"Lao Chen, your son has grown so big, capable and courageous, I don't know if you are interested in letting me talk about matchmaking for him?"

"Chen Xiazhu, this time, you beat Xiong Yong violently, you are really angry for our whole family!"

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The villagers, you and I say a word, so that the Chen family has no chance to speak at all, and even Chen Xi, the female secretary who usually speaks like a river, can't say a word when faced with such a situation.

Tong Ming watched silently, he didn't speak, just stood still, after all, he was not a member of the Chen family, and the villagers didn't notice him.

"The Xiong family will definitely suffer retribution this time!"

"If it weren't for their family raising such a child, how could such a thing happen?"

"yes, yes, I wish I could kick them out!"

Compared with the previous situation, now, the attitude of the villagers towards the Xiong family is completely a 180-degree turn.

In the past, the Xiong family relied on the wealth in the family and Xiong Honglei to be the deputy county magistrate in Yangming County, so they were rampant in the village, and they were full of bully families, and there were even little overlords like Xiong Yong, who did many evil things.

But this time, the Xiong family was deflated.

It was obvious that someone from his family had died, but in the process of handling the incident, the villagers of Lanmu Village found that the Xiong family had quietly lost ground.

First of all, Xiong Honglei, the deputy county magistrate, had to give up all his connections in Zhoushan City, let Xiong Yong's death return to the judicial process, and now he can only be his deputy county magistrate with his tail between his legs.

Then came the intervention of the task force, they went in and out of Xiong's house to investigate, if they entered a no-man's land, they didn't give the Xiong family face at all, it can be seen that the Xiong family is not as good as before at this time.

Finally, it was the confession of Zhang Suben, the aquatic product boss, who clearly stated the fact that the Xiong family represented by Xiong Yong was rampant and domineering in the entire Zhoushan City, and this fact directly caused the city to begin to exert pressure on the Xiong family.

The current Xiong family doesn't dare to move at all, and the villagers of the entire Lanmu Village regard the Xiong family as a broom star, and they can't wait to drive their entire family out!

Under such circumstances, the Xiong family didn't even dare to take a step out of the gate, and quietly lived their own life, not to mention doing evil in the village.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Chen Xiazhu and his family have returned, tonight, we have prepared a village banquet, and all the villagers are invited to participate!"

The village chief's words made everyone boil.

In Yangming County, Lanmu Village is a small village, and there are only about 100 households in the whole village, and the most solemn thing in the village is the village banquet.

In the past, in Lanmu Village, the village banquet would only be held when someone picked up relatives, and the scene could be said to be very grand!

This time, the village chief had already made preparations, and as soon as the Chen family came back, he invited the chef to prepare the village banquet!

The time for the village banquet is in the evening, but from noon, the preparations will begin, and the chef invited by the village chief, with a few of his assistants, will start to get busy.

Different from the village banquet in inland cities, because Lanmu Village is a village near the sea, the dishes of the village banquet are mainly seafood.

Fish, shrimp, shells, and turtle dishes are relatively expensive in inland cities, but they can be found everywhere in Lanmu Village.

In addition to these meats, there are also iodine-rich dishes such as kelp and sea cabbage.

The chef and his team were busy throughout the afternoon to present a grand feast for the villagers.

As for the location of the village banquet, it was chosen in the courtyard in front of the village committee, which was large enough to set up 50 or 60 tables.

At six o'clock in the evening, the village banquet began, and the villagers all sat at the table and began to enjoy the rare village banquet.

This is the grandest festival in Lanmu Village, so almost all the villagers in the village rushed to celebrate Chen Xiazhu's return to the light of day, and also to sing the praises of a better tomorrow.

"Now, I announce that the village banquet has officially begun!"

The village chief said with a glass of wine, and all the villagers burst into laughter.

The village banquet began, and the villagers pushed their cups and cups to enjoy the rare food......

Tong Ming was also behind the crowd, although this time, his credit was the greatest, but the villagers, not too many people noticed him, just regarded him as an ordinary guest.

In contrast, the villagers toasted Chen Xi's father, Chen Hai, much more times!

Of course, Tong Ming didn't care about these false names, he just quietly enjoyed this village banquet.

"It tastes so good!"

Tong Ming ate the dishes at the village banquet and exclaimed.

In Tong Ming's impression, the village banquet is actually a big pot of rice, a chef has to cook so many people's meals at the same time, in terms of the taste and quality of the meals, it is naturally not as good as the chefs of those star-rated hotels.

But after eating, I realized that although the village banquet was full of weight, it was not bad in taste, and the seafood village banquet was quite distinctive.

Especially the fish, Tong Ming tasted it, it was delicate and salty, and it melted in the mouth, and compared with the sea fish and the freshwater fish, there are not so many spines, and it is simply a pleasure to eat!

There is also the plate of conch, where is this rural feast, it is clearly a delicacy that can be put on the western table!!

"If it's delicious, eat more."

By Tong Ming's side, only Chen Xi, the secretary, cared.

In Lanmu Village, the status of men is obviously higher than that of women, so even if Chen Xi graduated from a key university and worked in a well-known company and earned a lot of money, in the eyes of the villagers, she was still a little woman worth mentioning.

Chen Xi's mother, Lin Shu, has a similar status in the village......

On the contrary, Chen Xi's father Chen Hai and son Chen Xiazhu became the objects of enthusiastic toasts from the villagers.

Chen Hai and Chen Xiazhu both smiled from ear to ear, temporarily forgetting Tong Ming, who was left out on the side.

"I'm really sorry, Lanmu Village is like this, I swore when I was a child that one day, I must leave this village, so I studied hard, and even changed my name! Now, I have finally succeeded and settled in Linhai City, but when I returned to the place where I was born, I realized that I was still so inconspicuous in this village. ”

Chen Xi was a little frustrated, because no matter how hard she struggled, in the eyes of the villagers, she was still a woman with no status, so she didn't like this village very much.

Tong Ming said with a smile: "The phenomenon of preference for sons over daughters is not only here, but also in many rural areas in China, so don't be presumptuous, you are you, you are my most important secretary, and you can't be despised casually." ”

Tong Ming's words made Chen Xi blush a little, she lowered her head, ate silently, and didn't dare to look at Tong Ming's eyes.

Finally, someone came to pay tribute to Tong Ming's wine, Tong Ming, as the commander of the wine, how could he be looked down upon, although the wine drunk at the village banquet was not very good, but he also had to hold on, and drank a few big bowls with the villagers.

On the premise of not using the "non-drunk card", Tong Ming's stomach and head could not withstand such a drinking method in Lanmu Village, and after drinking more than ten or twenty bowls of liquor, he finally fell down heroically.

Chen Xi hurriedly helped Tong Ming up, but her strength was too small to help Tong Ming back to her home, so Chen Xi had to find a strong villager and ask him to help Tong Ming home.

Because the other beds in the house were not very clean, Chen Xi asked Tong Ming to help him to his bed.

After the person who helped Tong Ming left, Chen Xi helped Tong Ming take off his shoes and covered Tong Ming with a quilt.

After that, Chen Xi stayed by the bedside and watched Tong Ming sleep.

After watching it for a while, Chen Xi hesitated whether it would be hot for Tong Ming to fall asleep, and whether he should take off his coat for Tong Ming?

After thinking about it, she still felt that she should help Tong Ming take off her outer clothes.

"Mr. Tong, this is to prevent you from getting sick, so please bear with me, after all, I'm not your girlfriend, let alone the big star!"

Chen Xi muttered to herself, and uncovered the quilt, she slowly took off her coat for Tong Ming......

At this time, Chen Xi's mother Lin Shu came back, and when she saw her daughter undressing a man in her room, she was stunned for a while, and then said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see anything." ”

With that, Lin Shu closed the door.

“……”

Chen Xi didn't know how to explain, her hands froze, and she didn't know whether to put on clothes for Tong Ming or continue to take them off.

After a long pause, Chen Xi helped Tong Ming back to lie on the bed and covered it with a quilt, and Tong Ming's clothes remained halfway off.

That night, Chen Xi's father and brother both came back late after drinking, and both father and son were already drunk and unconscious, but Chen Xi didn't have the heart to take care of the two of them, so they stayed by Tong Ming's bedside until dawn the next day.

Tong Ming didn't get up until he had slept well, although he drank high yesterday, but after waking up, his head didn't hurt.

"It doesn't seem to be fake wine, the countryside is simple, no matter what, it's wine made from the grain you drink!"

Tong Ming muttered to himself, he noticed that he was lying on Chen Xi's bed, and beside him, Chen Xi had fallen asleep on her stomach, it seemed that she took care of herself until late last night.

"I'm so sorry to let you take care of me."

Tong Ming got out of bed and draped the quilt on Chen Xi's body, but when he saw that he had half taken off his coat, he also realized that something probably happened last night, but I believe it is not a bad thing.

After stretching his waist, Tong Ming went to walk inside the courtyard, Chen Xi's mother Lin Shu had already woken up and was busy outside, Tong Ming and Lin Shu greeted each other.

Chen Hai, Chen Xiazhu, and Chen Xi all slept until noon before waking up.

Although the lunch was not a village banquet, it was also a distinctive farmhouse dish, and Tong Ming ate a full meal, so he said to the Chen family: "Everyone, Secretary Chen and I, because we have to rush back to Sanjiang City as much as possible, we can't stay here for a long time." ”

The Chen family was stunned, and Chen Hai hurriedly said: "Mr. Tong, this time Xia Zhu can be released, it's all your credit, you can't just leave, at least live here for ten days and half a month before leaving!" ”

Chen Xiazhu also said: "Yes, Mr. Tong, you can stay here for a few more days, our Lanmu Village, there are still many interesting places, I'll take you to see, how about it?" ”

Chen Hai's father and son enthusiastically kept themselves, but Tong Ming shook his head.

"I'm really sorry, because of the affairs of the studio, I can't delay any longer, Secretary Chen and I, but the core people of the studio, if we don't go back, I'm afraid that everyone will be lost!"

Tong Ming said helplessly, and this is also the current situation of the master key studio.

In the past, it was the general manager who was always busy with this and that, and the work of the studio could not be continued, thanks to Chen Xi, the competent secretary, Chen Xi helped manage the employees of the studio, even if there was no work task, the employees had to do their duty.

However, when Chen Xi's family had an accident and left Sanjiang City to come to Zhoushan City, the studio fell apart all of a sudden.

Before coming to Zhoushan City, Tong Ming had asked people to gather the staff of the studio to work honestly, but in Zhoushan City, Tong Ming delayed a lot of time, and he didn't know what the situation in the studio was.

Therefore, as the general manager, it is necessary for Tong Ming to go back!

"Meimei, are you going back too?"

Seeing that it was fruitless to keep Tong Ming, Chen Hai could only work on Chen Xi's body, after all, it was his daughter, Chen Xi hadn't been back to her hometown for a long time, didn't she want to live in Lanmu Village for a few more days?

"I'm sorry, I have the same attitude as Mr. Tong, for us, the studio is very important, we can't leave the studio alone!"

Chen Xi's answer made Chen Hai speechless.

It seems that when a girl grows up, she will never stay in it again, Chen Xi, she doesn't miss her hometown.

"Dad, Meimei wants to go back, let her go back, she has grown up, she is no longer the little girl she used to be, she has her own career, she has what she should do, if she is forced to stay here, she will be unhappy!"

Chen Xiazhu persuaded his father that he was a little jealous of his sister.

Chen Xi's grades are much better than herself, so she can be admitted to key universities, and after graduation, she can work in large enterprises and make a lot of money.

As for himself, compared to his sister, it is simply not worth mentioning!

Therefore, if Chen Xi had been staying at home, Chen Xiazhu would have some inferiority, in that case, it would be better for Chen Xi to go back as much as possible, and as for himself, he would quietly work hard to strive for Chen Xi to be able to make a name for himself when he returned here again!

"Meimei, in that case, I won't keep you, you and Mr. Tong, just go back as much as you can—but there is another condition, that is, after you go back, you must often call the people in the house, and let us know if you are doing outside, you know?"

Chen Hai finally relented, and he also put forward new requirements for Chen Xi.

"Okay, Dad, I'll call a lot!"

Chen Xi agreed, and the family was in an atmosphere of reluctance.

"Meimei, you should also think about your life's events, even if you are a strong woman, you can't not get married, right? Remember, girls should be gentle at all times, so that men will like it!

I think you did a great job last night. ”

Mother Lin Shu sighed and said, this sentence just hit Chen Xi's death hole!

Chen Xi's face suddenly turned red, she looked at her mother, and then at Tong Ming, she was so ashamed that she couldn't extricate herself.

Chen Hai and Chen Xiazhu looked at each other, they didn't know what Lin Shu meant......

Tong Ming looked at Chen Xi and thought about what happened last night, but because he had drunk a lot of wine, he couldn't remember it at all.

"Mom, what are you talking about??"

Chen Xi complained, her mother was so annoying, how could she say such a shameful thing casually?

"It's all big girls, what's so shy?"

Lin Shu was unforgiving, because last night, what she saw in her eyes lingered in her mind for a long time, so she said it at noon, in order to give her daughter a wake-up.

In Lin Shu's opinion, Tong Ming is young and promising, and he is a good product that he can't find with a lantern, but he can't let his daughter miss it for no reason......