It's not quite dark yet.

The entire Xiping Village has been boiling, and the sound of firecrackers has resounded over the entire Xiping Village. Some children can't wait to start setting off fireworks.

The silver light snake dances, and the sound is continuous. Xia Jian took Xiao Chenchen to stand in the courtyard and raised his eyes into the distance. Looking at the long-lasting fireworks, Xia Jian felt extremely sorry in his heart.

This shows that Xiping people have money, and with money they can play these things to their heart's content. Xia Ze acted like a child and brought out the salute he bought. Hand-in-hand, let Xiao Chenchen light the first fireworks of the year from their old Xia family. With a loud bang, the fireworks formed a beautiful pattern in the air.

Sun Yuejuan wiped her hands while looking at the fireworks and said with a smile: "The old thing has really made a lot of money this year, and the artillery battles we bought this year are more than we have bought together in the previous decades."

"It's okay, isn't that hilarious? Otherwise, other people's homes are in full swing, but our family is cold and abnormal," Xia Jian said with a smile.

Xia Zecheng let go of the fireworks and walked over, he glanced at Xia Jian and said, "Big leader!" You have said all these good things alone, may I ask what about the artillery you bought? I didn't buy it! And the New Year's cigarettes and alcohol, have you bought them all? ”

"You dead old man, what are you talking about? The child is busy, where will he remember these" Sun Yuejuan hurriedly came out to play the round.

Although Dad said that it was a joke, it made Xia Jian feel guilty. He really cares too little about his family. He regarded his home as his hotel, coming and leaving whenever he wanted.

Zhao Hong saw Xia Jian's embarrassment, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh, Uncle Xia! Xia Jian pays the money, you just have to contribute, if he doesn't give you the money, I'll tell me about it, see how I clean him up"

Xiao Chenchen heard Zhao Hong say this. He ran behind Xia Jian, gave Xia Jian two punches, and said in his tender voice: "Call you disobedient" Xiao Chenchen's words made everyone laugh.

It was at this time that Chen Erniu walked in with a group of people. In their hands, they all have big bags and small bags. Chen Erniu laughed as he walked: "Uncle and aunt! We're greeting you for the New Year."

"You stinky boy, you have taken a fancy to my case of good wine!" Xia Zecheng laughed and beckoned everyone into the hall.

Most of these people who came with Chen Erniu had followed Xia Jian in the village before. It's all good now, which makes Xia Jian feel very comfortable.

Sun Yuejuan had already made preparations, and after a while, a table of sumptuous dishes was put on the table. Zhao Hong poured wine for everyone on the side, and seven or eight people gathered around the whole table.

Xiao Chenchen also likes to join in the fun, and when he saw that there were so many people in the house, he ran over and wanted to drink. This made everyone laugh. In order to let the little guy know the taste of Dao wine, Xia Jian really poured him a little.

The little guy tentatively picked up the cup and took a sip slowly. Immediately his expression lit up, and he stuck out his tongue, kept blowing, and ran around the house.

Zhao Hong saw it, walked over and gave Xia Jian two punches, she scolded with a smile: "Is there a child like you?" ”

"Daddy is bad! I won't play with you anymore, I'll play with grandpa" Xiao Chenchen said, hit Xia Jian, and ran towards the kang. The child's innocence and cuteness made everyone laugh.

Once a year, everyone lets go of drinking. Xia Jian knew in his heart that among these people, if a few of them were drunk, it must be that the wine was not drunk well. There were six bottles in a case, and in less than two hours, four bottles had been put aside.

Although Xia Sanhu's alcohol consumption is not very good, he can control the rhythm of this drinking. After all, it's not good to drink vomit during the Chinese New Year. It's a pity that there are too many people, and the size of this wine is also uneven. When the fifth bottle was opened, two people were lying on the table.

Chen Erniu was very happy, and immediately asked people to help the two drunk guys go home.

"Xia Jian! Xiping Village can have today, it can be said that you have contributed a lot. As the saying goes, you are doing well now, and you are happy to be a brother" Chen Erniu carried the wine glass and drank it all.

This kid used to be a rough man, and he only knew how to fight and brawl or flirt with women every day, and he never spoke on the sidelines. But since he was appointed as a village cadre by Xia Jian. Chen Erniu has changed a lot, first from the outside, and then to the inside, he has really put a lot of effort into it.

"Hey! Erniu, did you learn this from Mo Yan? Sun Yuejuan, who was sitting on the kang and teasing Xiao Chenchen, suddenly laughed and asked.

Chen Erniu laughed and said: "Auntie is right, I really learned this set from others, and if I don't learn it, I will really fall behind, I Chen Erniu can't let her look down on it!" ”

"Stinky boy! It's not necessarily a good thing to be afraid of your wife," Xia Zecheng said with a smile. However, when he said this, he also secretly glanced at Sun Yuejuan, which amused Zhao Hong on the side.

As soon as the sixth bottle of wine was finished, the clock on the TV rang out. Xia Zecheng couldn't sit still, he urged: "Okay, you should go burn the incense, this is our old rule for many years, you can't break it"

During the Chinese New Year, Xia Jian didn't want to make his father angry, so he immediately stood up. He said loudly, "Go!" Brethren, go to the mountain temple and burn incense."

Xia Zecheng had already prepared incense candles for them, and a group of people went to the mountain temple under the leadership of Xia Jian. Due to the Chinese New Year, all the street lights in the village were turned on and lit up to the mountain temple.

When Xia Jian and the others went, there were already a lot of people here. Everyone burns incense, and everyone burns incense, and everyone fires cannons. There was also a group of people beating the gongs and drums to their heart's content. As soon as many people in the village saw Xia Jian, they ran over to greet him, and they seemed very affectionate. This was rare before.

This can only show one thing, that is, Xia Jian has indeed done good things for the people of Xiping Village, so that everyone can live a rich life.

"Come on! The two of us are playing drums" Chen Erniu suddenly pulled Xia Jian and walked towards the place where the drums were playing. When everyone saw it, they hurriedly flashed. The two young men who were playing the drums stopped and gave the drumsticks to Xia Jian.

Xia Jian is not polite, this drumming is his forte when he was a child, in order to be able to play the drum when the whole village dances the lion, he did not compete with Wang Youcai in secret. He didn't understand, at that time, as long as it was something he liked, Wang Youcai would definitely like it, anyway, he had to do it with him.

As soon as he picked up the drumstick, Xia Jian remembered the past. Chen Erniu glanced at Xia Jian and said, "Let's have three pairs of doors and give everyone a show."

Chen Erniu's words brought Xia Jian back to his senses, and he exhaled sharply, exerting his strength between his arms. When the drumsticks fell, the sound of the drums changed. The crowd erupted in thunderous applause.

At the same time, the old Wang family in Xiping Village. Wang Degui's three sons, as well as Chen Gui and the old playboy Wang Lao Crooked, plus a few young people from their Wang family, set up two tables of banquets. This is also the most open-minded time for him Wang Degui.

The three sons are back, and what makes him happy is that the eldest Wang Youfa can take Song Fang home for the New Year, which is more important than anything else. Wang Youfa is the eldest son of the family, and his two younger brothers can see it all.

The second king, Youdao, is also unprecedented, and brought back his girlfriend who had been hiding in the snow for a long time. In fact, Wang Degui saw it at a glance, and the second child said that this woman was his girlfriend, but Wang Degui had treated her as a daughter-in-law, because he found that this woman's belly had risen slightly.

In this way, it is a matter of time before you get married. When Wang Degui thought of this, he was secretly happy in his heart. Xia Zecheng had a two- or three-year-old grandson overnight, and even if he Wang Degui lost, he couldn't lose too badly.

Thinking of his grandson, Wang Degui was a little angry. If it weren't for the divorce of Wang Youcai, the third son of the unsuccessful family, and his wife, his grandson would also be crawling on the kang at this time.

"Yo! Who's playing the drums here? It's so imposing! Song Fang, who was watching the Spring Festival Gala with melon seeds, suddenly asked.

Everyone looks at each other, you look at me, I look at you, but no one can say it. Wang Youfa smiled and said: "You asked the wrong person, you have to ask clairvoyant, he will know who is playing the drum at a glance."

"You talk a lot of nonsense, I don't know if it's good to drink your wine," Song Fang said a little unhappily.

Wang Degui listened sideways, he let out a sigh of relief and said: "This person is Xia Jian, except for him, no one in Xiping Village can play such a deafening drumbeat."

"Huh! It's this guy again, and he wants to be in the limelight in the New Year, and I'll go up and try it out with him in a while," Wang Youcai said a little unconvinced.

Wang Degui sat on the big kang, held the teacup in one hand, shook it with the other and said, "You still drink your wine, and go to bed after drinking." What do you compare to him, what do you compare? Compared to drumming, he is inferior to him from a small person, compared to his career, he finished the general manager of the group, and now he is the mayor of the town, and what about you? ”

"It's not just a broken mayor, I heard that he is still hired," Wang Youcai said with a little disdain.

Wang Youdao shook his head and said, "You are wrong, don't underestimate Xia Jian's hiring of the mayor, this is a precedent in Pingdu." Originally, Chen Jiang wanted to take this opportunity to rectify Qin Xiaomin, but he didn't expect Xia Jian's achievements to be too prominent, and the province had already come up with a sentence. So it's not impossible for him to turn positive next year."

"Regular? As soon as he turned positive, wasn't it him, Xia Jian suddenly became a department-level cadre? Wang Degui asked in surprise.

Wang Youdao nodded and said, "It's all possible, because Xia Jian's results are where they are." Especially our Xiping Village, which is now a model village in the province. Now there is another Zhangyang Village, and the momentum is also very big. Another point is that Pingyang Town has not reported a single poor household this year"

"Not reporting does not mean that there is none," Song Fang suddenly interjected coldly.

Wang Youfa glanced at her and asked in a low voice, "What do you mean by this?" “

"More than 50 extremely poor families, Xia Jian raised funds to solve them, so he didn't cause any trouble to the government. This is the cleverness of his Xia Jian. But I seem to have heard that Pingyang Town will get rid of poverty next year, this is the task given by Xia Jian to everyone, and it is also the military order he set up for the city" Song Fang swallowed melon seeds and said casually.

Wang Youdao didn't speak again, and he couldn't help but wonder where Song Fang's news came from.

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