The sun rises in the east, and the small village, which has been silent all night, is in turmoil. The earth dogs that had been locked in the yard by their owners all night rushed out of the yard at this moment, shuttling and running in the fields and ravines. Occasionally, a male dog or two will roll and bite in order to compete for the favor of a certain female dog.

When the day dawned, the big rooster raised its proud head and crowed with all its might. The cat on the windowsill was squinting in the sun, and from time to time it opened a slit to look at the noisy rooster, thinking to himself that this nasty fellow was going to make me sleepless every morning.

The yard and the dirt road in front of the gate were covered with a layer of white frost, white crystals, as if sprinkled with a layer of salt. In the endless wheat fields outside the village, the green wheat is also covered with a thin layer of hoarfrost.

After Lin Dong got up, he stood in front of his house and looked into the distance.

It's almost the Chinese New Year, and almost all the villagers who are working outside have returned home, and the most noisy moment in the village is approaching.

Lin Hui and his family walked out of the courtyard with their rice bowls in their hands. When people in the village eat in the morning, they like to walk around with their rice bowls the most, and several people meet together, and as soon as the topic is opened, some of them will talk.

"Second uncle and second aunt, eating." Lin Dong said hello and stepped forward to salute Lin Hui with a cigarette.

Lin Hui smiled and took the cigarette handed by Lin Dong, holding the rice bowl in his hand, it was inconvenient to smoke it immediately, so he put the cigarette on his ear and asked, "Dongzi, you haven't eaten it yet?" ”

Lin Dong smiled: "Yes, my mother is still burning." ”

Cai Zhufen from Lin Hui's family said with a smile: "Dongzi." You wait, I'll bring you a steamed bun to taste, it was just steamed yesterday afternoon. ”

Lin Dong hurriedly waved his hand, "Second aunt, don't take it." I have it at home, and it'll be fine right away. ”

Just when Cai Zhufen was about to go home to get steamed buns for Lin Dong. Mother Lin walked out of the courtyard and called, "Dongzi." Time to eat. ”

Lin Dong smiled: "Second aunt." Don't take it, my family is ready. ”

Lin Dong entered the courtyard, and Lin's father had already walked outside the courtyard with his rice bowl, and walked towards Lin Hui, and the two of them started a homely routine.

Mother Lin served her son a bowl of porridge and took a steamed bun to Lin Dong. Lin Dong held the rice bowl in his left hand and the steamed bun in his right hand, and also went outside.

"Brother, the fat pig in your pen should be killed, right?" Lin Hui and Father Lin stood outside the courtyard next to Lin Dong's pigsty. Holding the rice bowl, looking at the fat pig in the pen.

Father Lin said: "Yes, I plan to slaughter this afternoon, if you are okay in the afternoon, stay at home and don't leave, when you kill the pig, please do me a favor." ”

Lin Hui smiled: "Brother, I'm fine, when the time comes, I will come over to help." ”

Lin Dong walked up to them with a rice bowl. There was a white breath in his mouth, "Second uncle, you estimate the weight of my pig." ”

Lin Hui said: "Can this be difficult to get your second uncle?" If you want me to see it, it should be one hundred and eighty pounds. ”

Since Lin Dong came back, the neighbors like to visit his house. No, every family came out to eat with a bowl, and when they saw someone at the door of Lin Dong's house, they all came over with a bowl of rice.

Lin Daniu in the west said: "Second brother, I don't think you can see accurately, such a big pig must have at least two hundred catties." ”

Lin Hui glanced at Lin Daniu, "What do you know?" I've been raising pigs for so many years, can you not know? ”

Lin Daniu said: "Second brother, my pig doesn't look as big as the old Brother Lin's one, and it's more than one hundred and ninety pounds." ”

The two had a dispute, each with its own reason, and both sides had villagers who supported them.

Hearing only a coughing sound, everyone looked back and saw Liu Dahai coming over, scattering one after another, making way for them.

Liu Dahai stood in front of the pigsty and glanced inside, "I see, this fat pig is at least two hundred catties." ”

No one spoke, not even one of them. …,

The affairs of the Lin family and Liu Dahai's family are known to the whole village, except for Liu Dahai, who are all from the Lin family at the door of Lin Dong's house, and everyone is very strange and surprised by Liu Dahai's sudden arrival.

Lin Dong reacted first, stepped forward and handed Liu Dahai a cigarette, "Uncle Dahai, smoke." ”

Liu Dahai nodded at Lin Dong, took the cigarette handed by Lin Dong with a slight smile, and turned to Father Lin: "Old Brother Lin, are you free in the morning?" My pigs haven't been killed yet, so I want you to do me a favor. ”

Father Lin didn't expect Liu Dahai to invite him to kill pigs, the two families hadn't spoken for more than a year, Liu Dahai's sudden arrival obviously caught him a little off guard, but since Liu Dahai had spoken, it was impossible for his son to refuse.

"Then in the morning, you go back and prepare, and I'll go over after dinner." Father Lin said.

Liu Dahai handed a cigarette to Father Lin and said with a smile: "Old Brother Lin, then I'll go home and get ready." After speaking, Liu Dahai turned around and walked to the west of the village.

After he walked away, the people surnamed Lin began to discuss.

Lin Hui looked at Liu Dahai's back, "Brother, something is wrong, why did Liu Dahai come to you to kill the pig?" Last year's Chinese New Year, he wasn't looking for Liu Wu of Xiaoliuzhuang to kill the pig. ”

Father Lin muttered: "I also feel puzzled, but since people have come to invite me, I can't help but go." ”

Only Lin Dong knew the reason why Liu Dahai did that, and he hoped to take this opportunity to resolve the conflict between the two families.

The people surnamed Lin gathered in front of Lin Dong's house to discuss for a while, and after breakfast, everyone dispersed.

Father Lin returned home and told Mother Lin about it, and Mother Lin also felt that something was wrong.

"Old man, what's wrong with Liu Dahai?" Lin Mu said.

Father Lin said: "I don't know which of his tendons is wrong." ”

Lin Dong said with a smile: "Dad, I think Uncle Dahai mostly thinks that everyone is a village, and if you look up and don't look down, it's always bad if the relationship is too stiff, so I took the initiative to ask you for help, just to resolve the conflict between our two families." ”

"Hey, it's not easy for Liu Dahai, his family Zhi'er is doing so badly now, I feel distressed when I look at it, Zhi'er is his daughter, can he not feel distressed? I see, the feud between our two families should also be resolved. Lin Mu said.

Father Lin nodded, "Yes, it is better to settle the grievance than to settle it." Okay, I'm going. Father Lin packed up his tools, carried his tool bag, and held a cigarette in his mouth, and went out of the house and walked towards Liu Dahai's house.

Not long after, Lin Dong also drove out in the car.

He drove to the town and went to Qiu Weijia's house, and when he asked, he found out that Qiu Weijia did not come back last night. He thought that Qiu Weijia must have gone to Ling Shanshan's appointment yesterday afternoon and stayed in the hotel.

Lin Dong drove to the county seat and called Gu Xiaoyu on the way.

Gu Xiaoyu received a call from Lin Dong, obviously he didn't expect Lin Dong to contact him so quickly, his voice revealed excitement and joy, "Old classmate, is there something wrong with me?" ”

Lin Dong smiled: "Squad leader, I really have something to do with you." Is it convenient for you at noon? I'll treat you to dinner. ”

Gu Xiaoyu said: "It's convenient, Secretary Yan went back to his home in the provincial capital for the New Year, and I was equivalent to a holiday." Or I'll invite you to dinner, you know, I don't need to pay for it myself. ”

Lin Dong smiled: "You're welcome to be with you, let's meet at twelve o'clock at noon." I'll pick you up at the county party committee compound. ”

Gu Xiaoyu said: "Okay, you come over early, I'll get off work at half past eleven." ”

"Okay."

After making an appointment with Gu Xiaoyu, Lin Dong hung up the phone. He thought carefully about Liu Zhi'er's matter, if he wanted Liu Zhi'er to divorce smoothly, Wang Guoshan would definitely be the biggest stumbling block. Wang Donglai is a bastard with no opinions and no brains, but Wang Guoshan is an old oilman who is scheming and calculating. …,

Lin Dong thought to himself, Wang Guoshan is a deputy mayor, in Huaicheng County, this is also a good official, being an official is the most afraid of superiors, Gu Xiaoyu is the secretary of the county party committee Secretary Yan, if Gu Xiaoyu agrees to help, Wang Guoshan should be able to solve it very well.

When he arrived at the county seat, Lin Dong did not stop, but drove straight to the city. Although Gu Xiaoyu is his classmate, when he asks someone to do something, he inevitably has to send something to express his gratitude. Lin Dong went to the best shopping mall in the mountain market and bought Gu Xiaoyu a shopping card of 20,000 yuan.

After coming out of the mall, Lin Dong looked at the time, it was already eleven o'clock, so he hurriedly drove to Huaicheng County, and arrived at the county party committee compound, exactly half past eleven.

He stood in the compound and called Gu Xiaoyu, "Squad leader, I'm here." ”

Gu Xiaoyu said on the phone: "You wait a while, I'll come down immediately." ”

After hanging up the phone, Gu Xiaoyu stuffed a stack of documents on the table into his bag, put it on, picked up his bag, and walked out of the office.

Lin Dong is still the first time to enter the county party committee compound, the house in the compound of the county party committee of Huaicheng County is very old, with blue bricks and tiles, but the greening in the yard is very good, giving people an antique feeling.

"Lin Dong!"

Gu Xiaoyu walked out of the office building and shouted behind Lin Dong.

Lin Dong turned around and smiled at her.

It was time to get off work, many people walked out of the office building to go to the canteen, and many people greeted her respectfully when they saw Gu Xiaoyu along the way.

Gu Xiaoyu wore a beige down jacket and walked in front of Lin Dong.

Lin Dong pulled the car door, "Secretary Gu, please get in the car." ”

Gu Xiaoyu covered her mouth and smiled and sat in the car.

Lin Dong got into the car and drove out of the county party committee compound.

Gu Xiaoyu said with a smile: "So many colleagues saw you driving to pick me up just now, it seems that the county party committee compound is going to spread about me for a while." ”

Lin Dong said: "Squad leader, you haven't had a boyfriend yet, right?" ”

Gu Xiaoyu nodded, "Huaicheng County is such a small place, it is not easy to find a satisfactory man. ”

Lin Dong understands that Gu Xiaoyu has a high degree of education and is beautiful, the key is the secretary of the county party secretary, in the eyes of many men in Huaicheng County, she is like a mythical existence, high up, can only be watched from afar.

"Squad leader, at your age, your family gives you a lot of pressure, right?" Lin Dong said with a smile.

Gu Xiaoyu sighed: "Yes, every time I go home, my parents give me a blind date." (To be continued)