On the last day of August, Li Xiaohe packed up early and sat in his office waiting, waiting for people who had returned from studying in the provincial capital.

The reason why Qin Mingsheng and ten female villagers are welcomed today is not only to welcome everyone who has been away from home for a few days and go home today, but also to affirm that everyone has left their homes and businesses to go out to study. The significance of today's greeting is not limited to today, but also to convey a message to people: the township respects talents from all walks of life. Not only is he waiting today, but even Dong Dingfang, the township secretary, has a rare face, saying that he wants to meet these people who have returned from study.

When people went to study, although only the government held a meeting to discuss, and although the opinions of the township party committee and Dong Dingfang were not sought, Jia Xianglan was resolutely opposed at that time. The reason for the opposition is also high-sounding: the township cannot spend this unjust money for the villagers, and it cannot open this opening.

Jia Xianglan's statement also represents Dong Dingfang's opinion, which was proved to be the case later, Dong Dingfang has said on different occasions: Shuangsheng Township is a poor township, and the township is short of funds, so it is necessary to use the limited financial expenses to develop the economy and improve the people's livelihood, and cannot sell fame and reputation, and cannot use public funds to gain personal fame. In fact, this is no longer an insinuation, and it is almost a direct name.

When Li Xiaohe heard about it, he just smiled slightly and ignored it. The mouth grows on others, and love is the freedom of others, as long as the things you learn can be done.

I never thought that I hadn't seen him for a few days, but Dong Dingfang's attitude had such a change. Maybe Dong Dingfang may not really approve of this, maybe it is a compromise that has already been completed, and by the way, he also buys it from the villagers to get some good people's voice. No matter what the purpose, the fact that the secretary of the township party committee can come forward to welcome the villagers back from their studies is a good thing for the villagers and themselves, and it is worthy of recognition. Just because Dong Baofang said that he wanted to welcome the villagers, Li Xiaohe's mood was better. At first, he was also a little worried, worried that Dong Baofang would be lacking in appearance when he welcomed him, but when he thought about it, he was relieved, as the secretary of the party committee, Dong Dingfang would never do anything that damaged his image in front of the villagers.

Raising his hand to look at his watch, it was already more than 8:50, Li Xiaohe thought to himself: At most, he should be back in half an hour.

The train that everyone took will arrive at Siyuan Railway Station at seven o'clock this morning, and the township has sent three cars to pick it up in advance, and for this reason, Lao Shen was specially assigned to temporarily act as a 212 car driver.

"Tuk tuk", the knock on the door interrupted Li Xiaohe's thoughts.

With permission, Zhou Liang, director of the Party and Government Office, walked into the house and said, "Township Chief, Deputy Township Chief Qin called just now, and they have already entered the township border, and it is estimated that they will arrive in about 20 minutes." ”

Li Xiaohe was somewhat surprised: "Really? So fast? Then you notify and let people gather in the conference room in ten minutes and wait for Lao Qin and them. A few of us were waiting in the front yard at that time. ”

Zhou Liang replied: "I have already informed that people are starting to gather in the conference room one after another, and the deputy township chiefs have also been notified." Deputy Township Chief Jia was noncommittal, and Deputy Township Chief Zhang said that he was in place on time. ”

Jia Xianglan's attitude is not unexpected, it doesn't matter if she goes to greet her or not, informing her is just a procedure, it's better not to go, and it saves her yin and yang. This woman is also different from Dong Dingfang, who is already the secretary of the party committee, she doesn't care whether the number of people is suitable or not, but the more people there are, the more she will be lacking.

After chatting for a while, Li Xiaohe and Zhou Liang left the township chief's office and walked to the front yard. When they arrived in front of the first row of houses, Zhang Quan also happened to have just arrived. The three of them bathed in the warm sunshine together, facing the direction of the courtyard gate, chatting and waiting for the people returning from studying.

"Click", there was a sound of women's leather shoes, and a red figure flashed out of the middle aisle and went straight to the side of the three people.

Jia Xianglan still came, it seems that she doesn't want to lose points in front of the female villagers, and she also wants to show her face in front of everyone. It's just that this guy is dressed too festively, and he thinks he is a big girl, but he is just a rag, Li Xiaohe teasingly scolded this woman.

After just a short pause, the three of them ignored the woman next to them, and continued to chat.

Jia Xianglan didn't care about this, and took the initiative to bring up the conversation: "The weather is really good today, with blue sky and white clouds." ”

Although the conversation was interrupted, the three of them did not answer, but continued to look in the direction of the gate of the compound.

Jia Xianglan did not stop talking because of the cold reception of others, but brought up a new topic: "This time, the female compatriots in the township must have learned a lot of things when they went to study in a big place in the province, and their skills have improved even more, right?" ”

knew that Jia Xianglan was looking for something to say, but no one paid attention to her, which shows how bad her popularity is.

"Director Zhou, are you right about what I said? You wouldn't disagree, would you? Jia Xianglan directly called the name.

Zhou Liang couldn't help but take advantage of this, so he replied: "The ten villagers who participated in the study are the best among many female compatriots, and after the study, visit and practice of the provincial city system, the skills will definitely be more skilled, the skills will definitely improve faster, and they will definitely go to a big level." ”

"Director Zhou, our heroes see the same thing!" Jia Xianglan sighed.

Zhou Liangke didn't resonate with the other party, but scolded in his heart: "Thick-skinned girls, you know that it's shameless to lean on blindly." ”

"Pedal", there was a sound of footsteps, and a figure flashed in the middle aisle again.

Seeing the pockmarked face that strode in, Li Xiaohe couldn't help but be secretly surprised, in fact, the two of them were equally puzzled. However, the three of them also figured out one thing, Jia Xianglan was able to come to greet her, it must have been influenced by Dong Dingfang, either because she heard the news that Dong Dingfang was coming, or because she accepted Dong Dingfang's "advice".

"Secretary, you're here." Jia Xianglan was the first to say hello.

"Ah, here we are." After Dong Dingfang returned to Jia Xianglan, he opened his mouth to everyone again: "You came early!" ”

This can't help but make a stubble, so Li Xiaohe replied: "It didn't take long to arrive, and it was only a few minutes." ”

Dong Dingfang let out an "oh" and looked at his watch, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was saying to several other people: "I guess it's time to arrive, right?" ”

Dong Dingfang spoke really accurately, as soon as the words fell, the car shadow flashed, and the green off-road rushed into the yard first, followed by the other two cars followed.

Taking two steps forward, Dong Dingfang came to the side of the green off-road that had just stopped, and stretched out his hand to open the car door: "Warmly welcome all the female soldiers who have returned triumphantly!" ”

Seeing the township secretary behave like this, Chen Yu, who was sitting by the car door, didn't dare to get off, and the others also looked at each other and sat in the car.

"Guys, do you think we're not enthusiastic enough? I still went out to study for many days, and I was unfamiliar with this place. Dong Dingfang smiled even more, and made a gesture of "please", "I'm home, get off!" ”

"No, no, the secretary you misunderstood, we are ......" Chen Yu was stunned, hurriedly jumped out of the car, and explained.

"Thank you, Secretary Dong!" Zheng Yumei, Xu Youhua, Yue Xiaomiao, and Qu Yuanyuan got off one after another to express their gratitude.

At this time, the people in the other two cars also got out of the car.

After Dong Dingfang welcomed all the female compatriots, he stepped forward and held Qin Mingsheng's right hand tightly: "Township Chief Qin, it's hard to go out and lead the team, on behalf of the township party committee, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you for your work!" ”

Facing the enthusiasm of the secretary of the township party committee, Qin Mingsheng also hurriedly said: "Thank you, secretary, thank you leaders, this is what I should do, I haven't done enough." ”

"It's so humble, and this attitude of yours is all the more admirable. Ladies and gentlemen, all brothers and sisters are waiting for you. Dong Dingfang said, looking in the direction of the conference room, and then made a "please" gesture.

Although Li Xiaohe and others also expressed a warm welcome, and although they also interacted warmly with everyone, Dong Dingfang expressed his position first, and the other party was the number one in the township, Li Xiaohe and others had a lot of brilliance, and they obviously became Dong Dingfang's foil. Although there is no argument about this, this time everyone went to the provincial capital to study, after all, it has always been led and promoted by themselves, and Li Xiaohe felt a little uncomfortable. The key is from Dong Dingfang's series of performances, Li Xiaohe has found that the other party is stealing the limelight from him, and has already shown a sarcastic smile to himself several times, and his contempt is overflowing.

If you are not happy, you can't show it, and you can't let the returnees from the provincial capital misunderstand. So, at Dong Dingfang's suggestion, Li Xiaohe enthusiastically accompanied everyone and walked to the conference room together.

Zhou Liang walked a few steps quickly, stood outside the door of the conference room, and when everyone arrived, he made a "welcome" gesture towards the conference room.

"Wow", warm applause rang out.

Accompanied by the secretary, township chief and other township cadres, in the extremely warm applause and welcome, greeted by the smiling faces of Zhang Zhang, ten female villagers walked into the house.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Xiaohe noticed something unusual, there were more things in the conference room, and there were a lot of red silk and big flowers.

Who got it? As soon as he was puzzled, Li Xiaohe immediately gave the answer: Dong Dingfang. Thinking of this, he turned his head to see that the pockmarked face was showing a smile that seemed to be smiling.

According to the pre-planned position, Zhou Liang arranged for everyone returning from the provincial capital to sit in the middle of the first two rows, and invited the secretary and the township chief to take a seat on the stage.

Dong Dingfang did not look at Li Xiaohe too much, quickly retracted his gaze, and said loudly and enthusiastically: "Comrades, under the direct leadership and full support of the township party committee, and under the specific operation of the township government, ten outstanding female compatriots from the whole township have been selected and sent to the provincial capital for systematic study. From August 20 to today, it has lasted 12 days, and after deducting the time on the way back and forth, everyone has studied for a full 10 days. In these days, we have placed high hopes on you and hope that you will be able to complete your studies as soon as possible. Today, everyone has finally returned triumphantly, and on behalf of the township party committee, I once again express a warm and sincere welcome to all of you! ”

"Wow." Applause resumed. This time, the applause was even more enthusiastic, including the welcome of the township and village cadres, and the gratitude of the returnees from the provincial capital.

Dong Dingfang's anti-guest-oriented performance is too much, shouldn't there be other conspiracies? Li Xiaohe put a question mark in his mind.

"Everyone, the watermelons and fruits have arrived, this is Secretary Dong's heart." Jia Xianglan took the lead, carrying a large end of cut watermelon and stepping into the house, followed by two people from the township party committee, who were holding apples and bananas on their plates.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiaohe's doubts became even worse.