At this time, Lu Fuquan walked out of the kitchen with a bowl in his hand, and said, "Mother, don't work hard, if there are really good things in our family, my father will definitely tell us back then." ”

Aunt Lu was first disappointed when she heard this, and then said to Chu Chen with a wry smile: "It's all the eldest lady who is greedy, Chen Wazi, it's really troublesome for you." ”

Hearing this, Chu Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, what's so troublesome about this, auntie, you can eat first......"

Seeing that Lu Fuquan was about to serve Sister-in-law Lu for dinner, Chu Chen saw that the time was almost up, and he was ready to say goodbye and go home.

"Brother Fuquan, go get busy, I'll go back first."

Lu Fuquan hurriedly said: "Chen Wazi, it's so late, don't go back, your house still has to be cleaned, how inconvenient!" You can just stay at my house! ”

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Brother Fuquan, it's okay, it's not that you don't know, the village chief helps my house clean once a month, and I just need to wipe the bed when I go back." ”

Chu Chen's house is one of the few brick houses in the village, and in order to make Chu Chen live comfortably, Liu Guomin spent many years of savings and a lot of effort to change the earthen embryo house into the current brick house.

Two years ago, when Chu Chen came back, he saw that his house was full of dust, and he felt very uncomfortable, so he paid some money and asked the old village chief to help clean it once a month, so now the house should not be very dirty. The most important thing is that Lu Fu's family only has three rooms, and it is really inconvenient for Chu Chen and them to stay.

Lu Fuquan listened to what Chu Chen said, and when he thought about it, he was no longer reluctant. ……

Chu Chen's family lived in the easternmost part of the village, and next to his house was the village office, and when he and Chu Yulan walked to the door of the house together, they found that the old village chief was still waiting at the door of the village office.

When the old village chief saw them coming, he immediately came over and said, "Chenwazi, is Mrs. Fuquan okay later?" ”

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "It's okay, old village chief, why are you still standing here, have you eaten?" ”

The old village chief smiled and said, "I've eaten, I'm waiting for you, this is what they signed when they divided things just now, you can look at it." As he spoke, he handed the two crumpled pieces of paper in his hand to Chu Chen.

Because he knew the meticulous style of the old village chief, Chu Chen was not polite, and after reading it carefully, he said: "No problem, by the way, the old village chief, it just so happens that you are here, there is something that may trouble you." ”

"What's the matter, just ask, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you do it properly." The old village chief patted his chest and reassured.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Come back this time, I originally wanted to discuss with you about building a road for our village, but you also know that because of Sister-in-law Lu's matter, I will return to the capital tomorrow, so I can only ask you to help Zhang Luo in the preparations." ”

Hearing what Chu Chen said, the old village chief was stunned and asked, "What?" Chenwazi, do you want to build roads for the village? ”

Seeing Chu Chen's affirmative nod, the old village chief frowned and said, "Chenwazi, I know you have good intentions, but the road from here to the school, although it is not long, it is a little difficult to repair, and the cost is not low, especially the five ladders, which will cost a lot of money." ”

Chu Chen smiled and said: "Old village chief, I know all this, don't worry about the money, I still have a few million." ”

"Chenwazi, this is millions, not hundreds!" The old village chief couldn't help but be taken aback by Chu Chen's tone.

"Let me tell you the truth, I have already opened a company with two big bosses in the capital, and the money I make in a year alone is enough to repair the road."

Listening to Chu Chen's words, the old village chief opened his mouth wide, at this time, there were no words to describe the shock in his heart, after a while, he clicked his mouth, and his face immediately showed excitement and excitement, and said:

"Good! Good! Chen Wazi, I won't say much about thanks, what do you want me to do, even if you tell me, even if you fight my old bones, I will help you do it! ”

Chu Chen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Old village chief, things are not as exaggerated as you are, I will definitely ask a special construction team to do it when the road is repaired, just let you prepare the general data of the road repair first, as well as some nearby geographical environments, and it can be easily used when the designers come over." ”

Hearing that it was such a trivial matter, the old village chief patted his chest and said, "Cheng, this thing is easy to do, but when can this designer come?" ”

There is no way, Lujia Village is really poor and can't open the nest, seeing that all the villagers have left their hometowns and gone outside to work, the old village chief knows that if there is no development in the village, it is likely that Lujia Village will end up with ten rooms and nine emptiness, and then how will he face the ancestors and ancestors under the nine springs?

If you want to get rich and build roads first, the best way to solve this problem is to build roads, but the village can't open the pot in the first place, where can the money be used to build roads? Counting on the superiors, it is even more impossible, it is already a poor mountainous area, the income of the superiors cannot even pay the salary of teachers, how can you still expect to build roads?

Now that there is finally hope, Chu Chen has the ability to repair the road, and the old village chief is eager to start construction immediately.

In fact, Chu Chen had already made a decision about building roads in the village, and he had already asked Liu Qinshu about related matters before.

He originally planned to stay at home for a few more days, and after discussing with the old village chief, he called the relevant personnel to come over and prepare for the preliminary work of road repair. However, I didn't expect to meet Sister-in-law Lu, and the old village chief could only be responsible for the reception at that time.

"Old village chief, I'll call tomorrow, they should be there the day after tomorrow at the latest, but I'm not there at that time, so I can only let our village be alone, wait at the school first, what do you think?"

"Okay, this matter is simple, I will send someone over then, Chen Wazi, you can rest assured." The old village chief replied with a smile.

Then, Chu Chen took out three thousand yuan from his pocket, handed it to the old village chief, and said, "Old village chief, this is three thousand yuan, which is considered the funds for the reception staff at that time." ”

The old village chief was stunned, and then carefully took the money, sighed, there was really no money in the village, so he had to take it, and then he said: "Alas, Chen Wazi, I'm really embarrassed, what about this money, even if the village borrows you, wait for me to give you an IOU." ”

"Old village chief, don't you need it, I'm also a member of the village, just count this money on mine." Chu Chen hurriedly said.

"In this business, you have paid for the construction of the road, and you have to pay for the hospitality, and it has been passed out, where are the other people in the village putting their faces! Okay, Chenwazi, don't talk about this, just do it with me. ”

After speaking, the old village chief hurriedly ran back to the village office, and after a while, he came back with the IOU he had just written, and then handed it to Chu Chen along with a key, and said: "Chen Wazi, this is the key you gave me before, since you are back, the key will be returned to you, and when you go back, give it to me again." ”

“haode。”

"Okay, you go to rest early, I've already cleaned the house for you, I wiped the beds in both rooms, the quilts are clean, and the cold and hot water are put in the kitchen, you can use it directly."

Hearing this, Chu Chen felt very warm in his heart, and expressed his gratitude to the old village chief again and again.

"What is there to thank, it's rare for you to come back, that's what you should do for this favor, okay, I'll go back first, you can come to my house to find me if you have something......"

Seeing the old village go away, Chu Chen opened the door with the key, took Chu Yulan and walked into the house together. I saw that the house was cleaned very clean by the old village chief, and the dust on the doors and windows was wiped off, which made Chu Chen's heart warm and coaxing.

After paying homage to his father, Chu Chen looked at his father's photo, his heart was full of emotion, in the blink of an eye, his father had passed away for five years, but he felt that his father's voice and smile were still in front of him, thinking of his father's infinite warmth and earnest teachings to him, Chu Chen's eyes couldn't help but moisten slightly.

The two things that my father was most concerned about before his death were his own life experience, and the other was that he was concerned about his father and his sister who was far away in the capital.

Five years have passed, and what I thought was more difficult has been settled, and there are no clues to relatively simple things, although I have inquired every year according to the clues of my neighbors, but my father's sister has no news.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen couldn't help but feel the impermanence of the world, and at the same time made up his mind that after returning to Beijing, he must spend more effort to find it, fulfill his father's wish, and let him rest in peace under Jiuquan.

Looking at the worried look on Chu Yulan's face, Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Xiaolan, it's not too convenient to take a bath here, you can just take a break tonight, and you will sleep in my room at night." ”

Chu Yulan nodded in response, and after she washed up, Chu Chen took her to his room. The furnishings in the room are very simple, with a bed, a wardrobe and a desk. Although it was simple, these were all carefully built by his father for him at that time, and seeing these, Chu Chen's heart was filled with a warm feeling.

After settling Chu Yulan, Chu Chen washed up, and then came to his father's room, the furnishings in the room were the same as Chu Chen's, but there was an extra bookshelf and a camphor wood box.

The bookshelves were originally filled with all kinds of history and antique books, but before Chu Chen went to the capital, he received all the books in the box. He was going to wait for the road to be repaired, so he would move these books to the capital, because from these books, Chu Chen could feel the warm pictures of being with his father since he was a child.

After sighing for a while, Chu Chen lay down on the bed. Feeling the familiar environment around him, he slowly recalled the beautiful feeling he felt when he was a child, snuggled in his father's arms, warm and warm. This feeling immediately made him fall into the memories of his previous happy life.