Zhang's family is also brightly lit at the moment, Zhang Shiyu is sitting cross-legged on the edge of the kang, grandfather Zhang Lu is sitting in the middle of the kang, on both sides are sitting father Zhang Jishou, uncle Zhang Jifu, cousin Zhang Yan is standing in front of the edge of the kang, on the kang table is Zhang Shibao brought back from the county seat of the wine and food, the family is waiting for Zhang Shibao and his family to come back from Wang Shouwu's house to drink together, only to see Shibao come back alone, and it is a dejected look.

Zhang Shiyu hurriedly let Shibao sit down on the kang, and then asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Brother, they didn't agree to let me be the security officer? Zhang Shibao was still blaming himself for the words he had just said at Wang Shouwu's house, he was worried that Huilan would pass these words to Father Liu, and Zhang Shiyu didn't listen to what he asked him at all.

Zhang Lu saw that Shibao looked worried, and Wang Huilan did not come back with him, he knew that Shibao must have collapsed in the Wang family, and he asked with concern, "Good grandson, did you quarrel at Shouwu's house?" Why didn't Hui Lan come back with you? ”

Shibao saw that his grandfather asked himself, so he quickly cheered up and responded with a wry smile, "Grandpa, you are really like a god, you told me a few days ago that the village committee will not agree to let Shiyu be the director of public security, and advised me to dispel this idea as soon as possible, I didn't believe it at the time, after all, Wang Shouwu, the village party secretary, is my second brother, and he patted his chest to promise me that there is no problem, and now it seems that you still know Daddy Liu, Shiyu's matter was vetoed by him with one vote, and he also humiliated the recommenders Wang Shouwu and Wang Shoujiang, who were at Shouwu's house just now, Because of my impulsiveness, I said a few rude words to Daddy Liu, but I annoyed Hui Lan and was kicked out by Hui Lan, who was angry and probably won't go home to sleep tonight. ”

Zhang Lu listened to Shibao's words, stroked his gray beard and muttered, Zhang Shiyu was furious, he had been immersed in the dream of being a security director for the past two days, and now it suddenly became a bubble, he shouted loudly, "Why doesn't his father Liu agree with me to be the security director?" Shuangliu Village has become his independent kingdom of Daddy Liu, Liu Chengzu, Liu Wengui, and Liu Zhongzhang are not Daddy Liu's uncles, or his brothers or nephews, all of them are people from the Liu family's compound, and finally there are two surnamed Wang, Wang Shouwu is his brother-in-law, Wang Huilan is his sister-in-law, this brother and sister are even more loyal to Daddy Liu, especially my sister-in-law, who is useless, doesn't regard our Zhang family as her home at all, her heart is all in the Liu family compound, brother, you are also the director of the county party committee office, why can't you fight a small village head? I'd like to see if Daddy Liu will arrange for the person in the Liu family's compound to be the security director. ”

"Shiyu, it's okay to talk about your whining at home, but you can't talk nonsense outside. I think it's better to get you into the county seat, find a temporary worker to do it first, listen to Shouwu's tone, Daddy Liu is likely to find trouble for you these days, go to the county seat to hide first, Shuangliu Village was originally a family surnamed Liu, our Zhang family and the Wang family are all outsiders, Daddy Liu is not only the village head, but also the patriarch of the Liu clan, don't say that I, the director of the office, can't fight him, even the county magistrate Liu Kuizhang is not his opponent, I have already caused trouble tonight, don't follow the chaos! I regret that I didn't listen to my grandfather's advice at the beginning, and I had to fight for you for this official who is smaller than sesame, and it turned out that stealing chickens and rice would not be successful! ”

Zhang Jishou also followed Shibao's words, "Shiyu, you will suffer a big loss sooner or later for stealing chickens and dogs, your eldest brother is right, you will enter the city tomorrow, Daddy Liu is the master who says the same, he said that if he wants to clean you up, he will definitely let you not eat and walk around, your grandfather pulls your ears every day and instructs, don't say bad things about Daddy Liu at any time and on any occasion, the wall has ears, why don't you have a long memory?" Zhang Jishou took the opportunity to teach Shiyu the opportunity to knock Shibao by the way, Shibao really shouldn't have said Daddy Liu's cruel words at Wang Shouwu's house, but he has always had special respect for Shibao, and even if Shibao did something wrong, he never directly criticized him.

Zhang Lu nodded, he agreed with Zhang Jishou's words very much, he was most disgusted with two-faced people, which was also the main reason why he liked and admired Daddy Liu, Daddy Liu was a bright and upright person, treated his friends with all sincerity, and was righteous and thin! Zhang Lu said to Zhang Yan calmly, "Xiaoyan, you take the dishes to the kitchen to heat up, and by the way, the wine is hot, it's not too early, let's talk while eating and drinking." ”

Zhang Yan agreed and went to the kitchen to work, looking at the grandfather who was as stable as Mount Tai, Zhang Shibao sincerely admired, he and his father Zhang Jishou changed positions, sat next to Zhang Lu, and then asked in a low voice, "Grandpa, will Huilan go to the Liu family's compound tonight to complain to Father Liu?" ”

Zhang Lu asked unhurriedly, "Shibao, what did you say about Daddy Liu?" ”

Shibao put Zhang Lu's ear and roughly stated what happened at Wang Shouwu's house, and after listening to it, Zhang Lu said in surprise, "Shibao, you shouldn't make such a low-level mistake!" I've told you many times, Daddy Liu is the benefactor and noble of our Zhang family, to give you an example, if he doesn't nod, can Huilan marry you?! Your sister Zhang Yan and Renzhang, the two of them have been with each other for a year, Daddy Liu didn't nod, this matter has to be dragged on, don't say a few anonymous letters from unknown sources, even real-name reports can't bring down Daddy Liu, Daddy Liu is completely different from Liu Wenhua, before the land reform, Daddy Liu quietly dismissed all the long-term workers, and then distributed thousands of acres of land to the Liu clan in Shuangliu Village for free, as long as the surname Liu has a share, this trick is too clever, advance and retreat freely, the land is divided, and the heart is united! Those anonymous letters are rumors! Where is Huilan, don't worry, she will definitely not go to Daddy Liu to complain, she has been with Daddy Liu all these years, she is smart, unlike you who can't put a few taels of sesame oil in your stomach, if she really wants to fix you, she won't scold you so hard. Shibao, you have to remember, in Shuangliu Village, you have to be a man with your tail between your legs at any time, you have to think twice before you do anything, don't think about the words first, if you say it, it will be the water that is splashed out, and it is difficult to collect the water! You are not as good as Xiaoyan at this point, she is comfortable in handling all kinds of relationships in the Liu family compound, neither humble nor arrogant, very measured, it can be said that it is not leaky, if I am not mistaken, our Zhang family will still rely on Xiaoyan to support in the future. Shibao, you will have to be close to your sister Xiaoyan in the future, maybe she will be of great help to you in the future. ”

Zhang Jifu saw that his father had such a high opinion of Zhang Yan, and couldn't help but ask happily, "Dad, you see that Zhang Yan is also not small, she is twenty years old during the Chinese New Year, and there were matchmakers who came to protect the media a few years ago, but they were all turned away by Zhang Yan and you. Just dry Renzhang and Zhang Yan like this, it's not a matter of consuming it like this, what do you think we should do? ”

Zhang Yan heard her father Zhang Jifu talk about her marriage to Renzhang, so she hurriedly brought the dishes to the kang table, poured wine for everyone, and quietly listened to Zhang Lu's analysis.

"What to do? Keep consuming! A good meal is not afraid of being late, our Xiaoyan is one of the best girls in Liushui Township, if Daddy Liu didn't like her, she would have interfered a long time ago, there is only one reason why he didn't move, that is, he continued to inspect Xiaoyan and our Zhang family, why did Daddy Liu agree to the marriage of Huilan and Shibao so simply? It's not because Shibao was the first among his peers in Shuangliu Village to participate in the anti-Japanese team, and he also brought Liu Muyan from the Liu family compound to the revolutionary road, in the final analysis, Daddy Liu is the character of Shibao. This winter conscription, I repeatedly urged Shiyu to let him sign up for the army, he used his overage as an excuse not to sign up, Liu Renzhang and Wang Shoujiang were not all overage, people still signed up, and Wang Shoujiang was exceptionally admitted. Shibao should know that Wang Shoujiang's admission was completely due to Daddy Liu's efforts, and Jiang Fengyi, the head of the Armed Forces Department in charge of conscription in Huang County, is Daddy Liu's brother in life and death, just like the relationship between me and Wang Bingqian, whether you can join the army is not a sentence from Daddy Liu? Having said that, why didn't Daddy Yoo agree to Yoo Inzhang going to the Korean battlefield? This has something to do with our family's Xiaoyan, if nothing else, Daddy Liu will definitely send someone to propose to Renzhang in the next few days! ”

Zhang Lu's words were like seeing the sun through the clouds, except for Shiyu, everyone else smiled, and Zhang Yan lowered her head even more shyly.

Zhang Lu is in his early seventies, although he is an old man, but he is in good spirits, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, his hair and beard are snow-white, his beard is more than a foot long, he is meticulously combed, quite Taoist style, his two sons Zhang Jishou and Zhang Jifu are not successful, and the only daughter Zhang Sanyan is ill-fated, and now the flesh and blood are separated, living in the home of Zhang Shibao County, and the grandchildren are not prosperous, only Zhang Shibao, Zhang Shiyu, Zhang Yan are three, Zhang Shibao participated in the Eighth Route Army during the most difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Lu personally sent him to the team of his good brother Wang Bingqian, and now he has taken the position of the director of the office of the county party committee at a young age, and if time comes to a higher level in his career, Zhang Lu has spent the most effort on Zhang Yan, and he also loves her the most, Zhang Shiyu is negligent in discipline, and he is idle without learning and unskilled after becoming an adult, and he has long been notorious.

Zhang Shibao picked up the wine glass and said to Zhang Lu respectfully, "Grandpa, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, our old Zhang family has you in charge, the days will definitely get better and better, for the sake of your health, everyone, toast!" ”

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Shiyu was a little drunk, he usually fooled around with some people in other villages, those people flattered him that he had a brother who was a big official in the county party committee, and encouraged him to seek an official and a half position in Shuangliu Village, so Shiyu begged Shibao to come forward and help him become the director of public security, but the director of public security did not become the director, and he had to go into the city to hide for a few days tomorrow, and he was very aggrieved, my brother's official is many levels higher than Daddy Liu, the village chief, right? There is also Liu Kuizhang, who is the head of a county, how can he grovel to the head of a village? Is there still a rule and a royal law? Could it be that no one in the world can cure him Daddy Liu? ”

Zhang Lu looked at Shiyu, who was drunk and blushing and thick-necked, listening to his seemingly reasonable bastard words, he was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, Zhang Lu has lived for such an age, and he has never quarreled with anyone in his life, let alone beating people, Shiyu often acts nonsense, all of which are taught by his father Zhang Jishou, Zhang Lu squinted his eyes and asked softly, "Shiyu, why do you want to rectify Daddy Liu?" ”

"Because, because he doesn't agree with me being the security director, he has to clean me up fiercely."

"Why doesn't he agree with you being the security officer? Why did he clean you up? ”

"Because, because ......" Shiyu couldn't speak, he usually did a lot of things like stealing chickens and dogs, the villagers of Shuangliu were simple, everyone because Zhang Shibao was the leader of the county, so they didn't have the same knowledge as Zhang Shiyu, Zhang Shiyu knew in his heart that Daddy Liu wanted to clean him up not because of those petty thefts, but because he teased Wendou's daughter-in-law many times, and as a result, Wendou's daughter-in-law went to Daddy Liu to complain, which made things bigger.

"Can't tell?! Shiyu, the official level can indeed crush people to death, and those who are crushed to death are all official fans, all of them are faint officials and mediocre officials who have no discipline, for a clean official like Daddy Liu, everyone would rather be broken than broken, not to mention that Daddy Liu still has the ability to suppress it, not that you can suppress it if you want to. Daddy Liu has been the village chief in Shuangliu Village for twenty-one years, and he has been the patriarch of the Liu clan for twenty-five years, and he can become the patriarch of thousands of people at the age of eighteen, and gain the support and respect of everyone. But there are more people in the world who can be the county magistrate than cow hair, and the county magistrate is undoubtedly dung in the eyes of Daddy Liu, I have already told your brother Shibao, don't help you seek any security director, Daddy Liu will never agree, who you are yourself are not clear? Why do you usually hide when you see Daddy Liu? Because you are afraid of him, you are afraid of the righteousness in him, this righteousness is the most resolute in heaven and earth, and it is invincible! ”

Zhang Lu said and said, he remembered that more than half a century ago, he was lonely, begging all the way from Xinzheng, Henan Province to Shuangliu Village, the ragged and skinny young man, was adopted by the lord of Liu Huayong and survived, his love and hate with the Liu family compound for more than 60 years as if it happened yesterday, under the stimulation of alcohol, he couldn't help but cry, his life and the Liu family compound have too many indissoluble ties......