In the blink of an eye, it was lunch time, and Township Chief Liu and Zhou Jianping didn't plan to eat in Yuanba Village, but when they met for the first time, it was difficult for anyone to leave early.

"Township Chief Liu, you and Mr. Zhou met for the first time, and you stayed at noon to taste the coarse tea and light rice in the village, right?" Xu Zhishu said.

"When I meet Mr. Zhou for the first time, if I can't finish chatting, okay, I must stay at noon today to have lunch with Mr. Zhou." Township Chief Liu went to the countryside to inspect his work and rarely ate in the village.

"Township Chief Liu, I rarely eat in the village, I originally wanted to return to the city, Secretary Xu told the second brother Jianliang that you want to come, and I specially stayed to accompany you." Zhou Jianping said.

"Township Chief Liu and Jianping rarely eat in the village, and today is just in time, it just so happens that you are also meeting for the first time, and this meal is very meaningful. It's not too early, let's go. Zhou Jianliang urged everyone to go to the fast food restaurant in the village.

Indeed, if Township Chief Liu and Zhou Jianping hadn't met here at the same time, neither of them would have stayed for lunch. On the one hand, both Zhou Jianping and Township Chief Liu knew the financial situation of the village, and they were unwilling to add any burden to the village.

In the best private room of the fast food restaurant, Secretary Xu let Township Chief Liu to the escort position, today Township Chief Liu is the master here, after Township Chief Liu sat down, he invited Zhou Jianping to the guest of honor, "Township Chief Liu, I am a native of Yuanba Village, returning to the village is equivalent to going home, I am not suitable to sit in this position!" Zhou Jianping said.

"Mr. Zhou, it's not appropriate for you to sit here, do you think it's appropriate for anyone else to sit here?" Liu Xiangchang said.

Zhou Jianping invited the young man who came with Township Chief Liu to the guest of honor, "I can't sit here." The young man ran away.

"Secretary Xu, you sit here." Zhou Jianping pointed to the position of the guest of honor.

"Mr. Zhou, don't embarrass me." Secretary Xu refused.

"Jianping, I think you still obey Township Chief Liu's arrangement, you can sit down." Zhou Jianliang said.

"Well, Director Jianliang is right, Mr. Zhou, please sit here," Township Chief Liu pointed to the position of the deputy guest and greeted the young man who came with him, "Secretary Zhang, you sit here." ”

After the position of the host and deputy guest of honor was arranged, Township Chief Liu didn't care about the other positions, and Zhou Jianliang asked Secretary Xu to sit in the deputy accompaniment position, and he sat down next to him.

Xu Zhishu and Zhou Jianliang invited Township Chief Liu and Zhou Jianping to the kitchen to order, Township Chief Liu knew that there was nothing to order in the fast food restaurant in the village, "You two just look at the arrangement, I want to talk to Mr. Zhou more." ”

"Mr. Zhou, what Director Jianliang said also makes sense, almost all of your peers are farming in the countryside, how did you think of going out back then? And it's really done. Township Chief Liu asked curiously.

Zhou Jianping gave a brief introduction to Township Chief Liu after his college entrance examination failed the list, and Township Chief Liu was full of interest when he listened, "You are the first batch of businessmen, experienced failure, and made some money, but you think that is not what you are interested in, so you found an old classmate to seek opportunities, and entered the factory, where you learned the knowledge and experience of business management and marketing, saw the opportunity, and with the help of friends, you have achieved your current career." ”

"yes, that's basically how it came all the way." Zhou Jianping said.

"When you came home from high school, you said that you didn't want to work at home, and at that time, in your judgment, you thought there was no hope of farming at home?"

"According to my analysis, with such natural conditions as Yuanba Village, it is impossible to get rid of poverty by growing grain. The national policy has been loosened or even relaxed, I am glad that I have caught up with the rare historical opportunity, since there is such a good opportunity, why not try? So, I said goodbye and ran away from home, because my parents were against it, especially because my father had a deep prejudice against me because of this incident, and we still have no common language between father and son. ”

"Don't say it, when you made this decision, your consciousness was ahead of your time, and your courage was great, needless to say, in that era, you were still under great mental pressure. It's easier to say now, how conservative people's ideas were at that time, and it was actually normal for your father not to understand your behavior. Liu Xiang said.

"Don't hide it from Township Chief Liu, in the first two years, when I walked on the road in the village, I could hear people laughing and mocking behind my back."

"Is there an urge to shame the people who laughed at you in the first place?"

"Absolutely not. Township Chief Liu, didn't you say that in that historical period, people were conservative in their thinking and outdated concepts, should we understand? Actually, I've forgiven those people a long time ago. They are also my fathers and fellow villagers, and now I am building a vegetable planting base in the village, helping the villagers to change the planting structure, improve economic conditions, advance funds at the beginning, and treat all villagers equally, leaving no one behind. ”

After waiting for less than twenty minutes, the dishes were served on the table one after another, because there was something to do in the afternoon, Township Chief Liu didn't plan to drink, considering that he met Zhou Jianping for the first time, he decided to have a drink, and only one drink! Zhou Jianping immediately expressed his support, he knew that the road construction had not yet been implemented, and he had to hurry up.

Zhou Jianliang poured the glass in front of the drinker full of wine, and Township Chief Liu picked up the wine glass, "Mr. Zhou, I salute you with two glasses of wine, first, through conversation, I know that you are not only brave and enterprising, advanced in concept, but also kind, regardless of previous suspicions, noble realm, I admire your character very much!" ”

Picking up the chopsticks and picking up some dishes, Township Chief Liu picked up the cup again, "The second cup of wine, you have made great contributions to Yuanba Village, and I would like to thank you on behalf of all the villagers!" ”

Lunch time is limited, there is not much drinking, except for Township Chief Liu's toast to Zhou Jianping, everything else is exempted, a period of chat, the topic is on the matter of road repair, mentioning this topic, Township Chief Liu is a little embarrassed, "Secretary Xu and Director Jianliang told me, but Xishan Township is a poor township, the township finances are very tight, and we really can't afford to build roads, we feel very guilty." ”

"Township Chief Liu, now that the funding problem has been solved, Mr. Zhou and his company will separately fund the construction of that road." Secretary Xu said.

"Ouch, Mr. Zhou's company has done a great thing for Yuanba Village and even Xishan Township, come, Mr. Zhou, I thank you on behalf of the people of the township!" Township Chief Liu toasted with Zhou Jianping again.

"There is no other way to do it now, the vegetable base has been built, and our company has all underwritten, but the roads are not good, and the cars cannot enter and exit, which has not become a failure? So, we decided to build that road no matter what. ”

"Hurry up, huh? Is there anything that needs to be coordinated by the township government? Township Chief Liu said with concern.

"Township Chief Liu happens to be here today, or we want to go to the township to find you. Although this road was built by Yuanba Village, the section of the road in our village is not long, and the other three villages along the way, the objects on both sides of the road need to be cleared before the construction starts. Zhou Jianliang said.

"That's fine, is there anything else you need?"

"In the morning, we discussed what kind of construction team we should invite." Xu Zhishu said.

"Construction team? Mr. Zhou's company spends its own money, and I suggest that it is better not to find a construction team. ”

"Township Chief Liu, why is that? If you don't find a construction team, who will build the road? Zhou Jianliang was puzzled, and the others didn't understand what Township Chief Liu meant.

"When I used to be the director of the township office, I dealt with the construction team, and we have a construction team in the township that is attached to other places, if you let them do it, you don't have to worry about anything, just give money, but their budget is too large, because their management fees are quite high, and the company has to be profitable. This route is repaired by Mr. Zhou's company at their own expense, and I think it should be carefully budgeted and cost-saving. Liu Xiang said.

Zhou Jianping has a deep understanding of the situation that Township Chief Liu said, when he was preparing for the construction of the vegetable base and negotiating with the Huaxing Agricultural Science Institute, the price quoted by the other party was about twice as much as the actual cost. "Thank you Township Chief Liu for thinking so much about us, may I ask Township Chief Liu, if you don't use the construction team, how to organize the construction? Where can I find the construction tools I need? Zhou Jianping was very grateful to Township Chief Liu for this money-saving suggestion, but he also had questions.

"In my opinion, this is an ordinary country road, you can build it by finding a few people who can work, as for the construction machinery, what do you need, when the time comes, I will come forward to help you go to the township construction company to borrow or lease, even if you count the construction equipment rental fee, at least 30% of the cost will be saved."

As soon as Township Chief Liu's voice fell, Zhou Jianping stood up excitedly, "Township Chief Liu, thank you very much for your suggestion, just follow this line of thought, I respect you!" As he spoke, Zhou Jianping picked up the wine glass and touched it, and drained the little wine left in the glass in one gulp.

"Today's lunch is very meaningful, I saw Mr. Zhou who has been admired for a long time, the first time I met Mr. Zhou, I should have had two more drinks with Mr. Zhou, but everyone has something to do in the afternoon, and the wine is here, and there is a chance to get together again. Mr. Zhou, when will the construction of the road start, if you need anything, call me in advance, this is my contact information. Township Chief Liu took out his business card from his bag and handed it to Zhou Jianping.

"Township Chief Liu, you said that this method is really good and very feasible, but for such a thing as road construction, do you think there should also be someone who understands technology to come forward to guide it?" Zhou Jianping said.

"You're right, people who come out to work don't necessarily know how to build roads, you can find the best one who knows how to build a road, if you can't find one, I can help you find one." Liu Xiangchang said.

"Secretary Xu, second brother, can you find someone who knows how to build roads? I don't know anyone like that. Seeing the two village leaders shaking their heads, Zhou Jianping said: "Township Chief Liu, please help us contact a person who understands road repair technology. ”

"No problem, before deciding to start construction, you tell me two days in advance, I will help you find technical personnel, people still have to make some technical preparations, after contacting you, you may have to go to the site to do some simple surveys."

In fact, for road repair, now everything is ready only to owe the east wind, this east wind is when to start, "Township Chief Liu, we want to start construction as soon as possible, you can help us contact the technician now, once the obstacles on both sides of the road are cleared, the construction can start immediately." Zhou Jianping said.

"Okay, when I go back to my hometown in the afternoon, I'll arrange for roadside obstacles to be cleared and contact you with a road construction technician."

At eight o'clock in the morning the next day, Zhou Jianping received a phone call in the office, "Is it Mr. Zhou?" ”

"I'm Zhou Jianping, who are you?"