Zhang Youcai looked at the gloomy look on his son Zhang Fugui and felt a little worried, so he asked, "Rich! Do you have something on your mind to hide from the old man! ”

Zhang Fugui has nothing to hide from his father Zhang Youcai since he was a child, but he has a firm foothold in this matter, and he doesn't want his father Zhang Youcai to worry about himself, after all, he knows that his father Zhang Youcai has suffered for himself and this family for most of his life, and now he feels that he has grown up and can support everything in the family and become the pillar of the family, so when his father Zhang Youcai asked him, he just said casually "No, nothing".

As the saying goes: "Knowing the son is more than the father", although Fugui didn't say anything to his father Zhang Youcai, but Zhang Youcai, the old man's heart, can be open, he knows what Fugui is thinking, after all, he is also a person from the past, and he knows what his son Fugui is thinking at this moment.

"Rich! Dad knows that it is not easy for you to support this family alone, and I don't have any skills, and I can't help you, but you can go into the county to find your Uncle Wang, your Uncle Wang is knowledgeable, highly educated, and the secretary of the county party committee, he may be able to help you answer the doubts in your heart! Zhang Youcai said.

After Zhang Fugui listened, he felt that it was more or less a way, but he had never been to this county since he was a child, and he had never been to the farthest place, that is, he accompanied his father Zhang Youcai to the Yanjia Commune to catch the market, which made him feel a little scared, but when he saw his daughter-in-law Jianmei and the two dolls "Shaoping" and "Shao'an" sitting on the side, this had to make him muster up courage, and he secretly said in his heart: "Even if it is not for himself, he must also think about this family and his two dolls!" ”

Zhang Fugui mustered up the courage to go into the county to find him Uncle Wang, hoping that Uncle Wang could help him and let him get out of this seemingly good and bad situation in front of him, although he had never entered the county seat when he was a child, but he also knew that people in the city loved to be clean, not like the smell of sweat and mud in the countryside, so he asked Li Jianmei, a woman, to make a basin of hot water for him, and wiped his face and neck vigorously on the white towel with soap, and the white towel after wiping was covered with black mud pills. After several rubbings, he finally washed the dirt off the towel.

Zhang Fugui, who had scrubbed it, looked more energetic, and the whole person was full of vitality, and after tidying up his collar and trouser legs, he was ready to go to the county seat he had never been to in his life.

Li Jianmei, a woman, is also the first time to watch her husband go out of the house, I don't know what to prepare, but no matter what, this money is essential, she carefully took out a few pieces of Zou Zou Baba's money from her purse, a total of thirty-seven yuan, all of which she saved by saving money on weekdays, just to help her husband get rich one day and subsidize some household expenses for this family.

With tears in his eyes, Zhang Fugui took the thirty-seven pieces of Zou Zou Baba's money handed to him by his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei, carefully put it into his purse, and patted the purse with his hand, for fear that the money would accidentally slip out of the purse.

In order to save his expenses for going to the county seat, Zhang Fugui brought a few steamed yellow steamed steamed buns from Jianmei from home when he went out, and these steamed buns were wrapped in a piece of gray gauze, the purpose was to take them out and eat them when he was hungry.

Zhang Fugui walked out of Zhangjia Village alone, and not long after walking out of the village, he passed through Eagle Mountain, and walked to the Tianshui River from Eagle Mountain to the northwest.

The water of the Tianshui River is sweet and delicious, if the croppers who go back and forth from ten miles and eight towns are thirsty, they will squat down and quench their thirst with their hands, and the hot July day has to make Fugui sweat profusely, he wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeves, carefully squatted on the bank of the Tianshui River, held the river water with his hands, and then sucked the sweet and delicious stream with his mouth, and the heat of the whole body was suddenly reduced.

He rested for a while and then stood up and continued to hurry, when he walked to the dragon riding town, he asked a few townspeople to walk to the town's bus stop, he bought a bus ticket from the ticket office for three yuan and five cents to the county seat, he tightly pinched the ticket in the palm of his hand, for fear that the ticket would be lost.

When he was on the bus, his heart began to be restless, after all, he had never left Zhangjiacun to go to the county seat since he was a child, which had to make him feel a little frightened, but as long as he thought of his two dolls "Shaoping" and "Shao'an", his heart was soothed.

He sat on the seat of the passenger car and looked at the billowing dust outside the window, and smiled inadvertently.

When the bus drove into the bus station of the county, he carefully walked off the bus station and shuttled through the streets and alleys of the county alone, everything here made him feel so new and prosperous.

In addition to the two- and three-story bungalows, there are also the antique red walls and green tile houses, these antique red walls and green tile houses are the buildings left over from the late Qing Dynasty, although the age is long, but this antique building looks very new and bright except for a few spider webs under the eaves.

He walked through street after street in a daze, some of which he might have walked twice, but it was new to him.

Most of the streets in the county are smooth ground paved with asphalt, a breeze blows, raising the smell of asphalt in the air, he feels the breath of the county air for the first time, this breath is completely different from the township, he sucks hard the smell of asphalt in the air, which makes him feel a little obsessed, Zhang Fugui secretly thought to himself: "If all this in front of me happened in his own Zhangjia Village, it would be great."

He swam alone in the county town for a while, and from time to time he saw some people building houses, he felt a little curious, so he walked over and accosted him, "Hey, fellow, your house is so beautiful, I haven't seen these bricks before, these bricks are made of miles!" ”。

As soon as the city man saw him, he knew that he was from the village, and the city man looked at the clothes he was wearing with a lot of cloth and said with a smile: "Look at your dress, is it the first time you have entered the county seat!" ”

Zhang Fugui touched his head with a smile and said, "Yes, it's the first time I've entered the county."

"Then do you plan to visit relatives or do you plan to find something to do when you come to the county seat?" , said the city man.

"But looking at you dressed like you don't look like you're a relative, if you're looking for a job, I can help you find a job, as long as you're willing to sell your strength, you can still make a lot of money," the city man continued.

Fugui said with a smile: "I'm not here to do something, I'm here to find my Uncle Wang, and my Uncle Wang is Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee."

The city man felt a little funny after hearing this, after all, looking at Fugui's clothes, this had to make him feel that Fugui was joking with him, and the city man teased him and said: "There are many people who have swollen faces and fat people these years, and they dare to say that they are the nephews of the county party secretary."

The simple Zhang Fugui didn't know that this city man was belittling him, he just touched his head and said with a smile: "Fellow, I have to ask you where the secretary of the county party committee works, I am not familiar with this life, and I am a little confused."

The city man pointed his finger and said, "Look, you go straight to that path, turn another corner and pass through an alley, and then you can see the county party committee office building when you turn the alley."

After Zhang Fugui thanked the city man, he walked in the direction pointed by the city man's finger until he walked in front of a three-story building with a red five-pointed star on the building, and a shining five-star red flag fluttering in the wind under the building.

Fugui walked straight over, there was an old man living in the guard room under the county party committee office building, Fugui walked over to him, and said with a smile: "Old man, may I ask if this is the office building of Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee!" ”

The old man raised his head and looked at Fugui, and said with a smile from his mouth: "Yes, Wang Weiliang, the secretary of the county party committee, is working inside, what are you here for!" ”

Fugui saw that this old man was more kind and kind, so he responded with a smile and said: "Old man, I am here to find my uncle Wang Weiliang and Secretary Wang."

The old man in this guard room has been working here for so long, and he has seen more or less the world, but looking at the rich and noble dress, he does not look like a relative of Wang Weiliang, the secretary of the county party committee, so he said with a smile: "I have seen a lot of swollen faces and fat people in recent years, and it is really rare to dare to say that he is the nephew of Wang Weiliang, the secretary of the county party committee, under the office building."

Fugui felt that the people in the city always spoke a little insinuating, not as simple as the villagers, so he took out his purse and took out the pack of gold leaf cigarettes that his father Zhang Youcai gave him, this cigarette is precious to him, he carefully took out a cigarette and handed it to the old man, the old man looked at the gold leaf cigarettes handed to him by Zhang Fugui and said with a smile: "Oh, I didn't expect you to be dressed well, but there is still this good cigarette on your body."

It is said that the hands of people are soft, and the mouth of eating people is short, after Fugui handed him a cigarette, this attitude was simply a 180-degree turn, so he smiled and said to Fugui: "Old man, I don't think it is easy for you, so I'll tell you the truth!" Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee, went out on business, maybe he can come back tomorrow, see that you are an honest man, I will tell you, otherwise it is useless to let you do it alone in a hurry, it is not early in the day, you should go to a nearby hotel to stay overnight, and wait for the county party secretary to come back tomorrow, you will go to see him again! ”。

Fugui felt that what the old man said was sincere, so he said with a smile: "Old man, this is the first time I have come to the county, and I don't have any money with me, but I don't dare to go to the accommodation, anyway, I have a strong body, if you don't dislike it, I can make it up on the steps at this door for a night."