At about 10 o'clock in the morning of the fifth day when squad leader Liu escorted the prisoners back to the county seat, a man wearing a rare Mao suit symbolizing his status at that time, with a distinctive split head, which made people see at a glance that he was eating government food, rode a 28-inch bicycle to Chen Village.

After the man entered the village, he told the villagers he met that he was from the county and was looking for the patriarch.

When the man followed the instructions of the villagers and found the ancestral hall, He Xiaojun happened to discuss with Uncle Tai just there how to adjust the prevention work in the village after eliminating the bandits who threatened the village.

The man introduced himself to Uncle Tai and said that he was a clerk of the county government, and today he came down on behalf of the county to inform the county government of the commendation of Chen Village's suppression of bandits, and asked the patriarch Uncle Tai to summon all the villagers of Chen Village to listen to the briefing.

After the villagers of Chen Village gathered in the open space in front of the ancestral hall, a clerk from the county announced in public: In this crackdown on bandits, the villagers of Chen Village have worked together to eliminate a total of 55 bandits with zero casualties, completely destroyed the gang of bandits headed by "Ya Gongsheng" who had been doing evil for many years, and made contributions to the peace of the surrounding areas.

Then, the document announced the county government's commendation for the outstanding individuals in Chen Village's crackdown on bandits.

The people who were commended by the county this time were the patriarch Uncle Tai, the head of the sect He Xiaojun, and the main forces in the battle, Brother Han, Da Niu, and Ah Guang. The clerk said that the county had sent these people to the county seat to receive the prize and attend the sentencing meeting of the bandits.

After handing over a list of official documents and rewards from the county government to the patriarch Uncle Tai, the clerk said to him: In addition to the grain that has been stored in Chen Village, other prizes should be awarded on the spot after the judgment meeting, and the judgment will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, so that he can organize the people who have won the prize in Chen Village to leave early.

Uncle Tai said to the clerk that he was old and frail, could he let the representative receive the award?

The clerk pondered for a moment and said, there is no problem with the others, but the head of Chen Village must go, because the county magistrate and the platoon commander of the army have named the planner and great hero of this crackdown on bandits.

Because it was the busy season of farming, and Brother Han and Ah Guang were reluctant to show off, in the end, the village had to decide to let He Xiaojun and his fan Da Niu go to the county to accept the award on behalf of Chen Village.

Chen Village is 17 or 8 kilometers from the county seat, and if you walk at a normal speed, it will take at least three hours to walk, so He Xiaojun and Da Niu didn't even eat breakfast, took some dry food, and rushed to the county seat.

Before going to the county seat, He Xiaojun, who was penniless, advanced two oceans of labor to the patriarch's uncle. The first time I went there, it was still an unfamiliar county for me, and I always had money in my bag to defend myself.

Uncle Tai didn't say a word, took out five pieces of ocean, and said to He Xiaojun that this time to deal with the bandits, he made great efforts to make a great contribution to the future peace of the village, and these five silver dollars should be regarded as the prize awarded to him by the village.

He Xiaojun thanked his uncle for his kindness, and he said solemnly: Since he has already collected the salary of the village and served as the head of the village, then he has the obligation to deal with the bandits, so these things he did for the village are what he should do, and they are already within his remuneration, and there is no need for another bonus.

Uncle Tai once heard He Xiaojun say that his money and luggage were "lost" when he came here, so that he had no long belongings.

Now, seeing He Xiaojun, who is penniless, he is not greedy for the money given to him, Uncle Tai can't help but admire his character even more, and at the same time, he is also happy that the village can invite a strong, conscientious, and noble character leader.

Maybe because of their strong body, He Xiaojun and Da Niu only took half the time of ordinary people, and rushed to the county seat at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Seeing that it was still early before the verdict, the two of them wandered around the county town.

At this time, in the county seat, there is still a vague shadow of He Xiaojun in his previous life, but it is much smaller.

He Xiaojun's hometown was called Haishan City in his previous life, and now, the name Haishan has been used, but it is only called a county.

And the county seat of Haishan, no matter in He Xiaojun's previous life and present life, has always used the same name, which is Ningcheng.

At this time, Ningcheng, the county seat, was much smaller than the urban area in He Xiaojun's previous life, only about one-tenth of the size of the urban area. In the post-era, the outskirts of the urban area are now either wasteland or some rural areas.

In He Xiaojun's previous life, Haishan City was known as China's No. 1 hometown of overseas Chinese, and at that time, the number of overseas Chinese in Haishan City was nearly 20 percent more than the city's population, with more than one million people.

The history of overseas Chinese in Haishan began in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and continued to the 2010 years of He Xiaojun's previous life, with a history of nearly 200 years.

Those overseas Chinese who go out to make a living have inherited the traditional habits of the Chinese, that is, even if they are hard and settled outside, they must return to their hometowns to build their ancestral homes beautifully.

As the capital of the county, it can be said to be a representative work of overseas Chinese architecture.

In He Xiaojun's previous life, more than 80% of the buildings in the most central area of Haishan City were small western-style buildings with a history of nearly 100 years and a combination of Chinese and foreign styles. In other words, 80 percent of the buildings already exist in this year.

Another major feature of the architectural layout of Ningcheng is that the entire urban area is full of arcades that are rare in China. These arcades built to facilitate pedestrians to cross the street and avoid the sun and rain can also be regarded as a kind of people-oriented humanistic embodiment at that time.

He Xiaojun, who has lived in this city for more than 20 years, is of course so familiar that he can't be more familiar with it, so the purpose of his visit now is not to appreciate the unique characteristics of this sea and mountain, with European and American classical style, unique design, and great artistic appreciation value of the buildings, but to understand the various markets of this era.

After adapting for more than half a month, He Xiaojun no longer has the complaining attitude when he first crossed over, and is ready to live well in this strange era that he has to live in.

He Xiaojun has always been a person with no ambitions in his previous life, he is the kind of little person who asks for two meals a day and a night is enough, and his ambition has always been to do what he likes on the premise of a better quality of life.

After crossing over to this ancient era in He Xiaojun's mind, he has seriously considered his future no less than a hundred thousand times.

The profession of teaching head is definitely not a long-term solution, and a place like Chen Village is not a place to stay for a long time, because He Xiaojun not only can't do farm work, but he was born in the city and grew up in the city, and he is not suitable for such a rural life.

He Xiaojun has already thought about his future direction in the past half a month. Born as a worker and working in a factory for ten years, it was certainly impossible for him to re-enter this industry in this era of very backward industry, so after finishing his first job as a teacher, he wanted to rely on his experience of being more than half a century more advanced than this era, to do some small business first, and then consider the next direction after he could maintain his own life.

Now He Xiaojun is visiting the county with the purpose of investigating business opportunities.