It was already more than twelve o'clock in the middle of the night when Qiao Xin returned home from the meeting, and she fell asleep in less than five minutes after taking a shower and climbing into bed, forgetting all about Xiao Rui's confession that she made a video call before going to bed.

Xiao Rui waited and waited, and he didn't see Qiao Xin calling him until after three o'clock in the morning. Originally, he wanted to call over, but after thinking about it, he would also go to the county for a meeting tomorrow, so he would simply surprise her.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ruijue didn't sleep anymore, today was the market day in Jiangcheng Town, he quickly got up, rinsed his mouth and washed his face, went to the big banyan tree at the edge of the village, and waited for the villagers to go down the mountain to the side of the highway and take a ride to Jiangcheng Town.

Villagers in remote mountain villages go to the market, and they usually get up at three or four o'clock in the morning to go down the mountain and wait for the bus, and go to the town just before dawn.

Xiao Rui originally planned to go down the mountain at seven o'clock the next morning and wait for the official car to pick him up and go directly to the county seat, but in order to be able to go with Qiao Xin, he rushed back to drive his private car to pick up Qiao Xin.

Qiao Xin was still asleep, and was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door, she reached out and picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table to look at the time: it was just ten o'clock, and there were still twenty minutes before the alarm clock she set was set to ring, she really didn't want to waste this precious twenty minutes of sleep, but the knocking kept knocking, and no one responded when she asked who it was, so she had to get up.

"Who? Why don't you make a sound? Qiao Xin opened the door and said unhappily.

However, when she saw clearly that the person who came was Xiao Rui, she was stunned.

Xiao Rui smiled sideways and walked into the house from her: "Stupid, right?" ”

Qiao Xin came back to his senses and looked Xiao Rui up and down, seeing that he was carrying a few fritters and two servings of soy milk in his hands.

"Why don't you stay in Honghe Village to help the poor, what are you doing here?"

Xiao Rui put the fritters and soy milk on the table, found a place to sit down, and then looked up at Qiao Xin and said, "I'll pick you up and go to the county seat for a meeting." ”

Qiao Xin's eyes widened and he shouted, "You're going to a meeting too?" I didn't notify you yesterday! ”

Xiao Rui: "I just received a call from the county magistrate last night, and he said that he wanted me to attend the county poverty alleviation industry symposium. ”

Qiao Xin: "But it's only seven o'clock, when did you come back?" ”

Xiao Rui: "I didn't sleep all night, so I went down the mountain with the villagers who came to catch the market and took a ride to the street, and then took a taxi back to Longmen Town to pick up the car and then reversed it back here." ”

Qiao Xin said with a concerned face: "You have to drive for two hours later!" Hurry up and have breakfast, rest on this couch, I'll go to the office for a meeting, work on some papers, and I'll call you when the time comes. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, quickly finished breakfast and lay on the sofa to catch up on sleep.

Qiao Xin originally wanted Xiao Rui to sleep in the car, but today was the market day, and the government compound was full of people, so it was too noisy for her to sleep in the car, so she had to let him sleep on the sofa at her house.

When Qiao Xin finished breakfast and was about to go out, he glanced at Xiao Rui, who was curled up and asleep, hesitated for a moment, and then went into the bedroom and took out a blanket to cover him.

After Qiao Xin walked out and closed the door, Xiao Rui opened his eyes suddenly, smiled and said to himself, "Oh yes! It worked! ”

Qiao Xin went to the office and immediately convened a meeting of all cadres and workers to discuss how to divide the land after the rectification and rectification.

Xiao Rui rested for half an hour, then got up and went out to buy porridge with tube bones and put it in a thermos pot, planning to let Qiao Xin eat it on the road.

At ten o'clock, the two of them set off for the county seat on time, and when Qiao Xin saw the porridge that Xiao Rui specially boiled for her, she was so moved that she didn't want it.

"Xiao Rui, thank you!"

Xiao Rui suddenly looked at Qiao Xin affectionately and said, "Qiao Xin, let's date!" Let me take care of you. ”