After the sharp change in his face, Zhao Chengli spoke first: "Director, please believe us, in the past, due to various reasons, we really did not have a comprehensive understanding of the relevant work. Since the county decided to temporarily take charge of the party and government work, we have not dared to slack off at all, and while dealing with urgent affairs and daily work, we have stepped up our studies. Every day, we had to study late and discuss with each other, and sometimes we didn't rest until the middle of the night. ”

Duan Caixia added: "Of course, we are not the only ones who discussed in the evening, and many township cadres discussed together. After leaving the secretary's office, Chen Lili, a member of the propaganda committee, and I would continue to discuss and study in my office, and most of the time she would go back after midnight. Secretary, you see that the circles under our eyes are black, and we just stayed up late working overtime. ”

Not to mention, the eyes of the two are really dark, and the eye sockets are quite deep, it is clear that they have stayed up late, but whether it is really for work is unknown.

Li Xiaohe didn't answer, didn't ask a question, raised his legs and went down the river, and walked forward.

Zhao and Duan glanced at each other and hurriedly followed.

Needless to say, Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liu had already taken a step ahead of Zhao and Duan and went down the river.

Stepping on the dry river bay, Li Xiaohe walked all the way to the other side of the river and looked around. Then he asked suspiciously: "Why is there less scouring here, almost ten centimeters higher than the place where I stood just now, is the river water force here small?" ”

"This, this, let's come down and observe and understand." Zhao Chengli responded vaguely again.

"I'm so worried!" Li Xiaohe sighed and returned along the original river.

After looking at each other, Zhao and Duan walked a few steps quickly and followed.

Seeing that Li Xiaohe was about to get into the car, Zhao Chengli hurriedly caught up and asked: "Standing Committee Li, it's noon soon, let's go back to eat and rest first." ”

Raising his hand to look at the time, Li Xiaohe said "um" and got into the car.

On this return trip, without Zhao Chengli leading, Cheng Jianfeng had already driven the off-road vehicle and rushed forward first.

When the off-road vehicle of the county party committee stopped in the township compound, the township car then stopped, and Zhao and Duan quickly jumped out of the car and ran towards the county party committee car.

Li Xiaohe didn't give the two a chance to open the door, and drove to the ground.

With a little respite, Zhao Chengli reported: "Standing Committee Li, you go to the guest room to wash your face, let's go to the restaurant opposite to eat immediately." ”

"Who said I went to a restaurant? The cafeteria is just a simple meal. Li Xiaohe's tone was not good.

"Canteen...... The restaurant is fast, you won't have much time, hurry up and finish it, and you can still rest. Zhao Chengli explained.

"Where's the cafeteria?" Li Xiaohe said, already walking towards the office building.

"I'll just say, Standing Committee Li is pragmatic and thrifty, and he won't go to the hotel, and Lao Zhou has a bad idea."

"That's it, Lao Zhou's words are unreliable, so I'll just say that Standing Committee Li won't go."

Listening to the nagging of Zhao and Duan, Li Xiaohe laughed secretly: What kind of double reed is playing? I don't think it's "Lao Zhou", it should be "nonsense".

When the group arrived at the cafeteria, the cafeteria was empty, except for the sound of pots and spoons colliding in the kitchen.

Li Xiaohe pointed to the empty room and asked, "Where have all the people gone, and they haven't gone to work?" ”

"No, it's on, it's on. Maybe I'm too busy to take care of it. Zhao Chengli gave a somewhat absurd statement.

"We will stay here for a few days, but we will not affect the normal work and life of our comrades because of our existence. Take eating as an example, eat when you get to eat, don't wait for us to arrive, okay? Li Xiaohe's face was very cold.

"Yes."

"Okay, okay."

Zhao and Duan were busy replying.

"Standing Committee Li, please come inside, let's go to the private room." Zhao Chengli gestured.

"Since everyone is waiting for me, then I can't be boring, so let's have lunch with everyone and sit outside." As he spoke, Li Xiaohe had already pulled out a chair and sat down at the table.

"This, this, Standing Committee Li, it's noisy outside, let's go inside." Zhao Chengli continued to do his work.

Li Xiaohe didn't pay attention to the other party, and had already greeted Xiao Zhang, Xiao Liu, and Cheng Jianfeng.

Zhao Chengli's face was full of bitterness, his left hand kept scratching a few times, and then signaled to Duan Caixia: "Hurry up and let people come, you can't let the county leaders wait for them, right?" Let them sit on the three tables, a total of four tables. ”

"Okay, okay." Duan Caixia rolled her eyelids and walked out of the cafeteria quickly.

Looking at the four people who were already seated, Zhao Chengli couldn't sit or stand, he couldn't laugh, he couldn't be annoyed, his face was extremely embarrassed, and his expression was restrained.

Li Xiaohe ignored Zhao Chengli and chatted with the four of them.

After a few laps on the ground, Zhao Chengli reported: "Standing Committee Li, I'll go to the kitchen to see why the food is served so slowly." ”

"Let's see, sooner sooner to save trouble." Li Xiaohe replied.

"Okay, okay." Zhao Chengli replied continuously, and slipped into the kitchen.

Looking in the direction of the kitchen, Zhang, Liu, and Cheng all looked at Li Xiaohe.

"What do you mean?" Li Xiaohe asked in a low voice.

All three of them didn't speak, but shook their heads.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Xiaohe's mouth, and he asked in a low voice again: "Why do you say that the food can't be served?" ”

"Report to Standing Committee Li, this is just a sous chef, and the chef is there." Xiao Zhang pointed to the north and then to the guide.

Looking at Xiao Zhang's serious expression, but funny sentences, the other three couldn't help laughing, but they all tried to hold back their voices.

"Ahem" twice, holding back his smile, Li Xiaohe asked again: "What do you two say?" ”

Xiao Zhang hesitated: "I said, it's similar to what he meant, it must not be served here." ”

"It's not going to be like this pot is collapsing." Cheng Jianfeng said this, and a smile appeared on his face again, "But if the director sits in the private room, it may be full of chickens and ducks by now." ”

People couldn't help laughing again, but they tried not to make a sound, but there was still a sound.

At this moment, Zhao Licheng rushed out of the kitchen: "Standing Committee Li, it's really unfortunate that the kitchen stove is broken." There are a few dishes for the next-door neighbor to help make, so I'm going to take a look. ”

After speaking, without waiting for a reply, Zhao Licheng rushed out of the cafeteria early, and when he arrived in the courtyard, he disappeared.

The four of them finally couldn't help it, and laughed out loud with "hahaha", only to catch a glimpse of the chef's cheek looking out, and then stopped.

Not long after, a group of people appeared in the courtyard, and this group of people was walking towards the cafeteria. It looks like he is walking in an orderly manner, and he almost lined up and shouted "one, two, one", which was obviously deliberate.

Through the window glass, Li Xiaohe noticed that several people also participated in the morning greeting, apparently other township cadres came.

Soon, those people entered the room and greeted with their heads bowed: "Hello Standing Committee Li, hello everyone!" ”

"Sit, sit." Li Xiaohe owed a debt and greeted, "I told Secretary Zhao and Township Chief Duan just now, if you eat in the future, whether we are here or not, we will eat at a certain time, so as to save you time." Sit, sit! ”

"Okay, okay." The little leaders took the lead in replying, and everyone sat down at the round table one after another.

With the arrival of these people, Li Xiaohe and the four of them could no longer chat like before. Those people didn't say a word, and when they met Li Xiaohe's gaze, they either smiled innocently, or pretended to turn their heads and dodge.

It was quiet in the room, awkwardly quiet. Fortunately, the sound of cutting things from the kitchen broke some of the silence, but the outhouse cafeteria was still awkward.

A figure appeared in the courtyard, Zhao Chengli in front, Duan Caixia in the back, and two strange women in the back, all four of them holding a small soup pot in their hands.

Immediately someone in the house stood up, and when he reached the door, he opened the door and lifted the curtain.

Before Zhao Chengli entered the house, he spoke first: "Their family is also grinding, and they can't make such a dish quickly." ”

The man who lifted the curtain said politely: "Secretary, I'm coming, what else, I'll go to dinner......"

"Lift the curtains." Zhao Chengli interrupted his subordinates in a rough voice.

While speaking, Zhao Chengli entered the room and put the plate in his hand on the innermost table.

Li Xiaohe saw that the soup pot was covered with plastic wrap and contained potatoes and beef.

Duan Caixia and the two women respectively put the soup basin in their hands on the other three tables.

Li Xiaohe noticed that the two strange women wore black shoes and black pants, one wearing a red half-sleeve and the other wearing a green half-sleeve. The half-sleeves of the two were very clean, but there were a lot of oil stains on the black pants.

The two strange women walked out of the house, and Zhao Chengli and Duan Caixia sat at Li Xiaohe's table.

Li Xiaohe pointed to the soup basin: "Secretary Zhao, the food is up, let's eat, do you have any food?" ”

"Okay, okay, eat, bring your dishes too." Zhao Chengli shouted at the kitchen.

When the kitchen master heard the news, he soon had a plate of boiled vegetables and a plate of fried celery on each table. There is a little less celery, and the amount of four plates is about the same as three plates.

"Standing Committee Li, would you like to have some drinks at noon?" Zhao Chengli asked carefully.

"Do you usually drink?" Li Xiaohe asked rhetorically.

"Usually ......" hesitated for a moment, Zhao Chengli hurriedly said, "Don't drink, don't drink, it's just that you ...... today"

"It's okay if you don't drink it, let's not drink it." Li Xiaohe's tone was very kind.

As soon as the dishes and chopsticks were served, people began to eat.

Compared to the first course, the dishes in the back are really not slow, in addition to the two strange women, there are two more older women.

"The country food is rough, and Standing Committee Li will eat it." Zhao Chengli said modest words from time to time.

Li Xiaohe was noncommittal.

Seeing that six large portions of dishes had already been brought from outside, Li Xiaohe said: "There are so many, I can't eat it, don't serve it, don't serve it." ”

The woman in black pants, who had just put down the plate, immediately answered: "Sir, there are still two dishes, which have already been put into the pot, and there is no way to return them." ”

"Secretary Zhao, you guys are not real." Li Xiaohe turned his head to look at Zhao Chengli.

"I ...... I ......" Zhao Chengli was speechless.

Li Xiaohe smiled: "Such a good taste, you even say that it is rough, similar to that of a restaurant." ”

The woman in black pants said, "We are ......"

"Hurry up and go back and serve those two dishes." Zhao Chengli urged the woman in black pants.

The woman in black pants stuck out her tongue and walked out of the room quickly.

"Standing Committee Li, that family seems to have been a cook before." Zhao Chengli continued to explain curtly.

"Not really." Li Xiaohe muttered and picked up a piece of chicken.

The people at the table next to them didn't forget to smile secretly when they were feasting.