was the pride of the sky, but suddenly faced an embarrassing situation that could fall into the quagmire overnight, and what was worse was that the safety of his family was in danger......

Such a strong psychological gap made Zhou Cheng's emotions almost out of control.

After sitting quietly all night, it was not until the eve of dawn that he lifted his spirits a little, washed his face with cold water, and went downstairs to dine Soon after, Secretary Chen and the driver rushed to the hotel where Zhou Cheng was staying.

Zhou Cheng appeared in front of Secretary Chen with a chicken nest head, his eyes were bloodshot, his black trousers were wrinkled, and his expression looked a little sluggish.

Secretary Chen looked at it without a trace, and the surprise in his eyes flashed.

The group quickly left the hotel and returned to J City in the morning glow.

On the way, Zhou Cheng rolled down the window and looked out of the window against the biting cold wind.

The high and empty sky, the white is a little dazzling, and the large area of morning glow in the distance is a brilliant and colorful powder, with the glow of the sun, sprinkled in the sky.......

The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening, like the ebb and flow of the tide, which is the normal state of nature.

Zhou Cheng quietly looked at the scenery outside the window, and suddenly felt a sense of relief - maybe his father's life is like this rising sun, there will always be ups and downs, it is inevitable.

"Mr. Zhou, the wind is too strong, and if it blows too much, it will catch a cold." Secretary Chen persuaded.

Zhou Cheng nodded, pressed the lift button, the window glass slowly rose, and after a while, he chatted with Secretary Chen about the material.

Xiong Dingbang is in charge of finance and trade in J City, and Secretary Chen, as his first confidential secretary, is naturally much better informed than ordinary people in this regard.

However, when Zhou Cheng tentatively asked if he could buy some rice, flour, grain, oil and daily necessities, the other party's answer disappointed him.

"The major supermarkets and some grain and oil stores are no longer open to the public, some suppliers are hoarding some goods, not commonly used or not consumed much daily necessities can also be traded in currency for the time being, the price is relatively large, about five to ten times the original, food, those merchants now only accept gold transactions. Of course, this is all a private black-box operation, on the surface, these suppliers all claim that they have no goods in their hands, after all, everyone knows that it is illegal to raise prices without permission......."

Zhou Cheng is an out-and-out "third generation of the army", from childhood to adulthood, the concept of money is extremely weak, and now the savings in his name are only a few hundred thousand, and there is no gold or two.

As soon as Secretary Chen said this, he could only temporarily dismiss the idea of purchasing another batch of materials.

When he arrived in J City, everyone had lunch, and Secretary Chen offered to send him back to Datian Village in person.

Zhou Cheng waved his hand: "No need, I'll drive back by myself." ”

Secretary Chen was afraid that he would be tired of driving, so he insisted on sending him, and specially called a driver to drive Zhou Cheng's Passat to accompany him.

The moment the vehicle slowly drove into Ota Village, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, as if he had hope, and he was full of a sense of loss......

As soon as everyone got out of the car, Xu Rongguang trotted all the way up to meet them.

If Zhou Cheng had changed before, he probably disdained to deliberately introduce Secretary Chen's identity in front of Xu Rongguang, but unfortunately now it is different from the past, he not only did so, but also took the secretary to visit the village committee building.

Secretary Chen is eight years older than Zhou Cheng, and his current position can throw Zhou Cheng a few streets, which seems to be brighter and more ambitious than Zhou Cheng's official career, but this is not the case.

In Huaxia, civil servants in their twenties basically work at the most basic level, and once they reach the age of 35, as long as someone in the background is promoted, the promotion is like taking a helicopter.

It's a pity that Xu Rongguang, who has mud legs, doesn't know these situations, in his opinion, whether it is at this stage or in the future, Secretary Chen can climb to such a high position just because he is young, which is definitely much more powerful than Zhou Cheng.

After Secretary Chen left, Zhou Cheng put his luggage back in the dormitory, tidied it up again, and added a few pieces of coal to the coal stove after coming out.

A few years after the construction of the village committee building in Datian Village, a new type of earth heater was installed.

This type of earth heating is based on the same principle as the heating centers in the city - radiators are installed in the room, and the heat of the water flow is used to heat the house.

Most of the coal stoves for boiling water are placed in the stove room or washroom, and the vents are also set up separately, which is different from the shell stove, which is very safe and can be heated 24 hours a day.

Zhou Cheng saw that there was only a small pile of coal left in the shed, so he couldn't help sneering and entered the office with a black face.

Xu Rongguang, who wanted to inquire about Secretary Chen's situation, also walked in, Zhou Cheng blocked the other party's temptation in a few words, and then changed the conversation and asked, "I've only been away for a day, why is there so much less coal?" ”

"Is it missing?" Xu Rongguang blinked, looking calm: "I don't know about this." ”

Zhou Cheng secretly scolded the old thief, and there were four cadres in the village committee - the propaganda officer, the treasurer, and he and Xu Rongguang. According to his understanding, the first two didn't have the courage to steal public property, and only Xu Rongguang dared to do so by taking advantage of his absence, and relying on his official position to be higher than the other two.

But if he didn't grasp the current situation, he really couldn't take Xu Rongguang well, thinking about it like this, he suddenly felt that if he stayed in Datian Village all the time, the main dormitory didn't seem to be very convenient.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, he left the village committee building and went to Liang Xuetao's house.

Liang Xuetao was chopping firewood in the backyard shirtless, Zhou Cheng was dumbfounded, and subconsciously tightened his collar: "Brother Xuetao, the outdoor temperature today is only about minus fifteen or sixteen degrees, are you ...... In this way, not afraid of freezing? ”

Liang Xuetao raised his eyes and looked at him, and answered the question: "Don't want to go or can't go?" ”

Zhou Cheng's expression froze: "Yes, half and half, I came today because I want to ask you for advice." ”

"Okay, wait until I'm done chopping this pile of firewood." Liang Xuetao said, his hand was up and down, and a piece of firewood had been chopped.

Seeing this, Zhou Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and after some observation, he found that Liang Xuetao was fast and accurate, and his arm strength was full, and the time interval between swinging the knife was very short, almost in the blink of an eye, a piece of firewood was chopped, Zhou Cheng picked it up and compared it, and found that the thickness and length of each firewood were very close.

For a while, Liang Xuetao's image in his mind became taller, as if he had become a worldly master living in seclusion in the mountains.

"Brother Xuetao, have you been so good at chopping wood?" He asked.

Liang Xuetao shook his head.

"Is it because of that firmware?"

This time, Liang Xuetao neither shook his head nor nodded.

Zhou Cheng thought he had acquiesced, and asked again, "Does your master still accept apprentices?" I want to worship him as a teacher. ”

"If you really want to learn, I'll teach you, you don't need to find a master." Liang Xuetao paused: "But if you want to learn like me, it depends on your talent." ”

Zhou Cheng felt that this was not a problem at all, his requirements were not high, first of all, he could strengthen his body, and secondly, if his force value could reach half of Liang Xuetao's, he would be satisfied.

However, after he practiced firmware, he realized that it was a fool's dream to achieve this wish!