"Okay, how many do you want to buy?" Zhou Jianping asked.

"I'll buy one, secretary, do you want to buy it?" The clerk looked at the two leaders.

"If it's convenient for Jianping, buy us one too." Zhou Jianliang said.

"Second brother, you don't say it early if you want to buy a bicycle, there is nothing inconvenient, the workers in the factory have almost solved it, you need these three or five cars, it is a trivial matter for my friend. It's just that I bought it for you, how can I get it back? Are you still riding back like those workers in the factory? ”

"There are few of us, so we take bicycles in a car, so I guess there is no problem." Zhishu Road.

"Yes, we have few people, so it should be fine." Clerk said.

"Okay, you three have decided when to go to me, call me a day in advance, and I'll get ready with you. Uh, can you make a phone call from the village? Zhou Jianping said.

"I haven't tried it, I need to transfer it to the exchange station in the township, and I guess I can't play."

"That's okay, there are more than 600 people in the village who work in my factory, and they go home every three or five days off in turns, you inquire diligently, and let them send me a letter after they settle down."

The village party secretary and clerk wanted to toast again, but were stopped by Zhou Jianping, "If you want to drink, the four of us can drink together, such a trivial matter, there is no need to talk about it." I have a suggestion, can you reflect it with the township government and repair the road from our village to Xishan Township? ”

"Yes, even if you have a car, it's hard to ride from the village to the village."

"It costs money to build roads, and Xishan Township is originally a poor township, so I don't think the township will agree." Zhou Jianliang said.

"You don't need to build a new one, even if you get some sand and gravel to fill in the potholes." Zhou Jianping said.

"Well, that's probably about the same. Our village committee writes an application and submits it to the township government, even if it is the poverty alleviation support of the higher authorities for Yuanba Village. The village party secretary communicated with Zhou Jianliang with his eyes.

"Okay, Xiao Zhou will take the time to make an application report, and I will hand it over to the township government when I go to the township for a meeting."

As Chang Yuling expected, this wine was drunk from twelve o'clock at noon until the evening when the lamp was held, although the time dragged on for a long time, Zhou Jianping was reluctant to drink too much, and the others were embarrassed to let go of the drink, plus most of the time they were talking and chatting, and the four of them were quite sober.

Zhou Jianliang was about to pour wine into the cup again, but was stopped by Zhou Jianping, "It's not early, don't drink it." ”

For the first time, Zhou Jianping spent more than half a day on the wine table, for him this was the first time in his life, but for the three village committee leaders, this was a commonplace, especially in the leisure time, from noon to night, isn't it commonplace?

If it had been placed in the past, Zhou Jianping would not have participated in an occasion like today, but now his mentality has changed somewhat, with the achievements he has made so far, he feels that it is also a very good thing to enjoy a few compliments in front of these village officials, you know, Zhou Jianping left a bad impression on the people in the village many years ago.

Xiao Zhou picked up the bottle and poured wine, "Uncle, just one more drink, just one cup, anyway, it's not too early, go home at this point, everyone in the family has had dinner, let's stay for a while." ”

"Okay, it's better to be respectful, but let's say it first, this is the last cup."

When Zhou Jianping returned home, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, Yuling and the child had already slept, he did a simple wash, tiptoed to the bed, and touched Yuling, "You are so annoying, what time is it?" only to come back. ”

"I'm sorry to be late, but I want to."

"Hurry up, go to bed when you're done, you're going to kill me."

......

On the third day, Zhou Jianping had nowhere to go, so he could only stay at home and do housework, he wouldn't, take the child, Maomao didn't like to play with him, and he wasn't very good at coaxing the child, and within half an hour, the child cried and looked for his mother. On this day, he finally stayed up until dark, had dinner, and went to bed first without waiting for the child to fall asleep.

As soon as she opened her eyes on the morning of the fourth day, Yuling asked, "Are you going to leave today?" ”

"Let's go? Where to go? ”

"Go back to the unit, I see that you are uncomfortable at home, how good it is to go back to the unit!"

"Oh, it's only the fourth day today, so I'm in no hurry to go back."

"So what do you do today? Still going to Jianliang for a drink? ”

Zhou Jianping scratched his hair with his hand, "Forget it, I'll accompany you at home." ”

"Don't accompany me, you're uncomfortable, I feel sorry for you when I see you like that. If you don't return to the unit today, I'll give you a message. Chang Yuling said.

"Say it quickly."

"Zhou Jianping, do you remember how long it has been since you visited my parents' house? Can you remember my parents? ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth! Yuling, don't say that, I have a plan to visit your parents when I go home this time, and you see that the things I brought home will be given to your parents. Zhou Jianping hurriedly explained.

"When are you going? Did you tell me? If you don't remind you, I don't think you might be able to remember the day you go back to work. ”

"Okay, thank you for the reminder," he said, hugging Yuling and kissing him, "I'm going to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law today." ”

Yuling glanced at her, "How smart do you think you are, I think you are a fool, go to my parents, which time is not a good treat for you, my father is so old and still has to drink with you." ”

"I admit to being a good hospitality, but your father accompanied me to drink, what you said is not the truth, in fact, your mother usually doesn't let him drink, and his old man took advantage of me to go to have the opportunity to drink, so it should be said like this."

"You have such a mouth, you are too slippery to learn now, how can you make sense." Yuling looked too lazy to take care of it.

Zhou Jianping took the opportunity to press Yuling under him, "Don't say it, I want you again." ”

"It's time for the child to wake up and talk about it in the evening."

After breakfast, Zhou Jianping hung a box of snacks and a box of gifts specially purchased from the city on the handlebars, Yuling sat in the back with the child in his arms, and he rode the "perpetual" bicycle that Yuling brought from her parents' house to her father-in-law's house.

Wu Guixiang was tending to the flowers and plants in the yard, and when she looked up and saw Yuling's family entering the yard, she was extremely surprised, "Lao Chang, come out and see, who is here!" ”

"Mom, how are you?" Before the bicycle was stopped, Zhou Jianping hurriedly asked.

Hearing the sound of talking in the courtyard, Yuling's father Chang Wenxin came out of the house, "Jianping Yuling, you rare guests, come into the house and sit." Maomao also came and asked her grandfather to hug her. ”

"Dad, how are you? Is your body okay? Zhou Jianping asked.

"Okay. Jianping, today is not the New Year's Day, why do you have time to go home? Chang Wenxin asked with concern.

"Now the factory is very formal, I have hired professional management personnel to be responsible for daily management, so I don't need to take care of everything like before, relatively speaking, I am not as busy as before, I can go home for a few days every other time, take advantage of this opportunity, I and Yuling to come and see you two old people."

"Okay, sit down. I heard that there are hundreds of employees in your factory, but it is not a small factory. ”

"There are only about 700 people, which is not big, you look at those state-owned enterprises, there are tens of thousands of people at every turn, so they are called big enterprises."

Wu Guixiang took her grandson Maomao to play, Chang Yuling helped make tea, and went to the yard to talk to her mother.

"Jianping, don't look at that, the size of the enterprise has to talk about efficiency, if there is no benefit, no matter how big the enterprise is, it will be empty, maybe it will close down one day." Chang Wenxin is a retired employee of a large enterprise, and he has long known the inside story of the company.

"Yes, there is no benefit, even the wages of employees cannot be paid, no matter how big it is, it is only famous."

"Jianping, in addition to being busy with the operation and management of the enterprise, you may not have time to pay attention to the current affairs of the country, right?" Although Chang Wenxin only had a Chinese degree, his early experience in the army made him develop the habit of caring about national affairs, and even after retiring at home, he ordered a newspaper at his own expense and listened to radio news every day.

"Originally, I was very interested in this aspect, as you said, I was busy all day long, sometimes I was so busy that I didn't have time to read the newspaper for a few days, why, what new policies does the state have?" Zhou Jianping said.

"I haven't seen any clear new policies on the news for the time being, but the actual actions of some southern provinces seem to be ahead of the times, and some exploratory practices at the top level seem to be neither affirmed nor denied, so I think you'd better pay more attention to this news in the future." Chang Wen Xindao.

"To do business, we should pay more attention to national policies, and only by keeping up with the pace of policies can we avoid detours in the development of enterprises. No matter how busy you are in the future, you should squeeze out a certain amount of time every day to read newspapers and learn about the country's enterprise and economic development trends. Dad, how is your business now? In the domestic machinery manufacturing industry, it is one of the top few famous large enterprises! ”

"Since I retired and returned home, I don't pay much attention to the situation of the original unit, last month Yuling and her brother came home for a few days, according to him, now he is also facing some pressure, fortunately some of the large machinery produced in our factory, now the general private enterprises can not produce for the time being, the future is not good."

Time flies so fast, it was about eleven o'clock in a blink of an eye, Yuling sent the child to Zhou Jianping, and she wanted to help her mother Wu Guixiang prepare lunch. The little guy was very naughty and had to run around, Zhou Jianping had to follow closely, and his conversation with his old father-in-law could only come to an end.

The lunch was very rich, with fish and fresh vegetables readily available, Chang Wenxin took out a bottle of good wine, "Jianping, let's drink this wine at noon today." ”

Wu Guixiang hurriedly advised: "Old man, you have high blood pressure, Jianping is here, it's not the same thing if you don't let you drink, let you drink, you have to control it yourself, drink less." ”

Zhou Jianping glanced at Chang Yuling, smiled and said nothing.

"Dad, don't drink it, let Zhou Jianping not drink it either." Chang Yuling snatched the bottle.

"Yuling, what are you doing here? It's more ruthless than your mother, and your mother asked me to drink less, but you're good, and you don't let you drink at all. Of course, Chang Wenxin didn't know that Yuling was competing with Jianping, and he didn't understand his daughter's actions.

"Dad, this has nothing to do with you, Yuling mainly doesn't want me to drink." Zhou Jianping explained.

"Hey, what's the fuss you two are about? Pour us a drink. Chang Wenxin said to Yuling.

Wu Guixiang and Yuling finished eating after a while, and Chang Wenxin and Zhou Jianping hadn't finished their first glass of wine yet, "Jianping gulped, didn't you see it?" Your mom and Yuling are both against me drinking, so I have to control my speed, you can't be as slow as me. ”

"Actually, I have no interest in tobacco, alcohol and tea, and sometimes I have to drink it in order to cope with the occasion, but I have limited amount of alcohol."

"Okay, there are no outsiders here, you can drink as much as you want, and decide for yourself." Chang Wen Xindao.

"Let's continue with the morning's conversation. Dad, with your attention to current affairs, what do you think the environment for doing business will be like in the future? The topic of enterprise development aroused Zhou Jianping's interest.

"I think that in various industries, the competitive pressure on enterprises will be greater and greater in the future."