"Guo Degang is not at home, his unit took him on a business trip, did you say that he entrusted you to help before, can you contact him over there? Okay, I'll give you another three pips at the wholesale price, okay? Guo Degang's father said.

"Uncle, that's the case, I have a friend who wants all your things, and you'd better come to us for the specific situation. Because there are some situations that I don't know very well, purely foreigners. It's better to be early, and there are a lot of people who come to them. Wang Zhongyu said.

The matter was handled by the two brothers in this way, and Huang Lijuan was also stunned and confused, but she didn't want to ask. Wang Zhongyu put down the phone and said:

"Old classmate, I have to keep the general coming, and I have to keep the general going. Just send us back again! ”

"Why don't you just come to my house for dinner? After the Lantern Festival, I will send you back. Huang Lijuan said.

"Then what's the matter, there is still an old man at home, and Sister Lotus's body has not fully recovered, not to mention that we all have customs here." Wang Zhonggang said.

"Okay? Go, I can't force it. ”

Then the three of them got in the car and returned home, leaving Huang Lijuan to eat. Wang Zhongyu and the two brothers reported the matter to Lotus as it was, and the family was happy. Wang Zhonggang was very happy that she finally helped the lotus once. Wang Zhongmei hummed a small tune as she cooked, and sometimes took light dance steps and twisted her waist. Lotus walked up to Huang Lijuan and said:

"Is there any support fund above? How much can I borrow with a bank loan? When will it be approved? What are your plans to do with this funding? I'd like to hear your opinion. Lotus said.

"The above support funds are only 50,000 yuan according to the policy, and the bank loan is guaranteed by the government, and I applied for 150,000 yuan, which is also the highest loan. Then there are 200,000 total funds, with 100,000 yuan to buy raw materials, and some production tools, the remaining 100,000, 50,000 for activity funds, and 50,000 for plant maintenance, this plant must be many years, safety first. ”

"But it's okay, but my idea may be a little bolder than yours, the 200,000 yuan fund only uses 50,000 yuan as raw material funds, and the remaining 150,000 yuan is all used to repair this road, because we can only repair the highway is convenient, and the connection between the inside and outside of the mountain will be accelerated, as for the funding problem, the government also has support for building the road! You will declare immediately, see how much the government approves, I think you can go from three steps, the first step is to see how much the government approves, the second is whether we can get 300,000, the third we look for the company of the chief engineer to advance the repair, please Zhu the chief engineer to come forward to contact, if this is done, the problem will be solved. What do you think? Lotus said.

"Yes, the key is to have an advance unit, indeed you are bold enough, the highway should indeed go ahead, first so decided, I will be responsible for running the above funds, as far as possible to strive for the highest amount. You will start to contact the chief engineer to advance funds and budget matters, and try your best to raise 300,000 yuan, if you can't raise 300,000 yuan, you can raise 250,000 or 60,000 yuan! Huang Lijuan said.

The two settled the matter, and Wang Zhongmei's meal was also ready. Then everyone gathered around the table, Wang Zhongmei took out a bottle of Moutai wine for the chief engineer, because no one usually drinks at home, poured a full cup for everyone, everyone raised the cup and was about to drink, three or four people came from outside the door, one of them Huang Lijuan knew, that is, the director of the Office of the Provincial Development Department, and the rest of Huang Lijuan did not know, everyone turned their heads together, only to hear one of the older people ask:

"Excuse me, is this He Lotus's home?"

"Yes, when did you arrive? Why don't you say it in advance? It's good to have a response! Everybody come in. She is He Lotus. Huang Lijuan greeted her and said.

She knew what was going on. It's just that it came too suddenly, and I didn't prepare at all. The guests walked into the house, Wang Zhongmei, Wang Zhong was just busy finding a stool to sit on, Wang Zhongyu, and the lotus was busy pouring boiling water.

But one of the guests said, "Eat your food." I ate the meal first. ”

"Come and eat! If there is rice, in case the rice is not enough, let's cook noodles! Wang Zhongmei said.

"We have eaten in the county, the road is not easy to walk, we have not walked the mountain road, the car does not dare to drive fast, the curves are large and many, and steep. The road was rotten and narrow, we hadn't driven a mountain road, and one side of the road was almost a deep ravine, and the view was not so good, but fortunately there were basically no cars on this road, so it was too late to get here. You eat, wait a few words and then go back to the county seat, and come here early tomorrow morning. I'm going to trouble you anyway. We didn't find Huang Lijuan in the development bureau, and someone told us that if we wanted to find her, we would be able to find her if we went to Dashan Village to find Lotus first, so we went to the factory site, and several maintenance workers told us that Lotus lived here, and then took the liberty to come. Said the director of the office of the Provincial Development Department.

"In that case, let's come and have a bite to eat! You must have eaten early, and you should be hungry by now, but maybe you are not used to life in our mountains! We people in Dashan Village don't pay too much attention to it, there is no way, the conditions are like this, and we can't pay attention to it if we want to......" Lotus said.

"Okay, okay, since you have talked about this, you can't eat it, and we won't say more, just cook a bowl of oil tea noodles from the mountains for us!" I ate it more than twenty years ago. The older woman said.

"Okay, is that okay? Straightforward, don't like to beat around the bush is also a scenery of our mountains! Lotus said.

Wang Zhongmei immediately began to cook oil tea noodles for them, and everyone ate and talked together, when the older woman asked again:

"Is Mr. Hu Guangwen still alive? Who are some people in his family now, and has Mr. Hu's work resumed? The woman asked.

Huang Lijuan said, "Teacher Hu? We have just met, he is in good health, and as for the work, it seems that the work has not yet been confirmed! We don't have time to ask about it, and if you don't say he has a job today, we don't know. I just think he has a good word, which I only learned about in the past few days, and it seems that we need to inquire about the situation. As for the family, they didn't ask? Lotus said.

After the lotus finished speaking, Wang Zhongmei's oil tea noodles were also handed to everyone, fragrant, before the mouth, the appetite came up, how can I feel like I want to eat a little bit! The guests hula hula put a big bowl of oil tea noodles and devoured them all at once. After everyone finished eating, Wang Zhongmei cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and the others were chatting about this and that. Those who knew answered one by one. If you don't know, you won't answer, and when Wang Zhongmei cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, the guests were also anxious to go back to the county seat, and then the older woman said: "You guys go back to the county seat first, come early tomorrow, I will stay at the lotus house tonight, stay with the lotus for one night, and have a good chat." You'll have to make arrangements tomorrow! Mr. Hu must have not seen each other for so many years, so we have to bring gifts! “

"How can this work, we are in the countryside, are you used to it." Lotus said.

"Habits, habits, isn't it a good thing to look back on life back then? It's so much better now than it used to be. Okay, Huang Lijuan leads the way, it's too late to wait. This rugged road, I really didn't think it was like anything before, at that time, if I wanted to sell some small things, I would just take the factory to pull coal and send the iron pot to the supply and marketing cooperative. Now when I see this highway, I am a little afraid! The woman said.

Huang Lijuan immediately said: "Let's go, everything will be said tomorrow, she is not an outsider, if she wants to live here, let her live here." Then she walked ahead, followed by the other three cars.

When the night gradually came, Lotus knew that this woman had worked hard all the way, and she was relatively old, revealing a bit of fortitude from her pale skinny face, but at the same time, it could be seen that this woman had been sick for a long time, and she might have been like this for a long time, with a tall figure, and she looked particularly slender, and her pale face and the back of her hands looked a little puffy. So the lotus let her rest early, if she has something to say tomorrow, the lotus boiled hot water, and brought a basin of hot water to let her scald her feet, hot water scalding her feet is beneficial, can increase blood circulation, reduce fatigue. After the two of them finished washing, Lotus changed all the sheets and quilts into new ones, and even the straw for the bedding. Lotus knows that people are city people, they love cleanliness, and they can't compare to our countryside. Then the two went to bed together, and the lotus put a pillow on one end, and the woman had to sleep with the lotus, and the lotus was worried that she would not sleep and affect the woman's sleep. But the woman took the two pillows and put them together, and then she asked the lotus to sleep inside, saying that she was used to sleeping outside, but the two of them fell asleep and didn't feel sleepy, so they simply sat up and leaned back against the head of the bed, and then the two slowly chatted about the topic and started to talk about home. The woman said,

"It's been decades since I've been gone, and how sad it was to think about those difficult days! Lotus, I knew your name before the future, because I am always paying attention to the affairs of Dashan Village, where there are many footprints I left back in those years, and there are many places worth remembering. Every day when I read the newspaper, I have to look for news, new things, and new people in Dashan Village. Although I have only lived here for three short years, in these three years, I have indescribable emotions for the mountains and rivers here, the humanities and landforms, and I miss them every moment for the people of Dashan Village. Their emotions are pure, real, there is no hypocrisy at all, the people of Dashan Village treat everyone with an excellent conscience, it is precisely because of this, I just left home a few days after I got married and came to this Dashan Village, because of the identity of my parents, I came to Dashan Village Pot Factory to clean up, and was assigned to live in Mr. Hu's house. ”

"No wonder you asked about Hu Guangwen's house as soon as you entered!" Lotus said.

"When Mr. Hu's family knew that I was pregnant with a child, under the meticulous care of their family, I gave birth to a baby boy. But there is a serious lack of nutrition, very weak and small, I am only one person here, and I have to go to work, and I can't let people know that I have given birth to a child, how to feed this child is a problem, and I have to go to work alone, how to take care of the child? So I told my idea to Mr. Hu, and entrusted Mr. Hu to find the right person, foster to others, and then Mr. Hu found Zhang Luozheng in the depths of the mountain, when the child was born a few days later, Mr. Hu found a distant relative Dongmei, sent the child into the mountain, and handed it over to Zhang Luozheng. I haven't met this Luo Zheng either, so I have been separated from my child for decades, and decades have passed, and my child has grown up. I wanted to come to find the child, but it must be difficult to talk about it. When I learned from Mr. Hu that Brother Zhang was single, although Zhang Luo was honest and trustworthy, I was a little worried, and Zhang Luo was a man, so I was really worried about the child's life. Although he was concerned about the child, he did not make the idea of bringing the child back. I'm afraid that Brother Zhang has ideas. Nevertheless; I was also worried about whether the child was still alive, because the child must have been young at that time, and he was in the mountains, not to mention that Brother Zhang was not married, and he didn't know how to take the child. When I received the notice to return to the city, the notice was very urgent, and I didn't even say goodbye, even Mr. Hu, I just left a note to make an explanation, and then left in a hurry. It's been decades, and it's been a lot of time. “

"I guessed, the person who sent the child at that time was called Yu Dongmei, I don't think you will send it. Because one is that you have just given birth, the second is that you are not familiar with the road, and the third is that the natural humidity and cold in the depths of the mountains are particularly heavy and not suitable for you. Now the child has grown up, healthy and healthy, but he has lived in the depths of the mountains for a long time, lacking communication with the outside world, coupled with the natural climate in the depths of the mountains, the living conditions are poor, a little lack of nutrition, and a little unexpected physically. But he was very smart, he made a mustard, it was very delicious, you have a chance to taste it, and he saved my life. The two talked like this late at night, and fell asleep until almost dawn.

When Wang Zhongmei's breakfast was cooked, the people from yesterday also arrived, at this time the lotus and the woman also got up, they finished washing, everyone sat down to eat together, everyone finished eating, a middle-aged man took out a lot of things from the car, put the things brought by the lotus family, and then took out a piece of paper from the car again, incense and paper. Then he came to the woman and asked:

"Sister, did you ask? Where is Brother Zhang's grave? Let's burn the incense paper for Brother Zhang first, and then come back and talk! ”

"Oh! Behold, I have forgotten about it. The woman said, "Come here, all of you." I forgot to introduce it all the time, but now I'm going to introduce it, and then all three of them came over again. ”

She pointed to the middle-aged man and said, "This is my brother." “

He pointed to the director of the office of the Provincial Development Department and said: "This is my niece Xie Tianying working in the Development Department." ”

Then he pointed to the youngest woman and said, "This is my husband's youngest sister, Tian Hongqin, who works in the provincial news media. My husband has something to do temporarily, he is studying medicine, he has very little time, and he didn't come when he couldn't get out for the time being. ”

"As for me? My name is Wang Xinqun,"

She pointed to the lotus again, "This is the He Lotus that was reported by the major newspapers and periodicals in the province a few days ago, and now it is the organizer and emperor of Dashan Village Lotus Temporary Food Co., Ltd., the real Dashan One Branch." “

He also pointed to Wang Zhongyu and said: "This is Wang Zhongyu, the fiancé of Lotus, a top student of the Provincial University of Economics, who will graduate and be assigned immediately." ”

Then pointed to Wang Zhonggang: "He is Wang Zhongyu's younger brother Wang Zhonggang." Studied at Harbin Institute of Technology. ”

pointed to Wang Zhongmei again: "She Wang Zhongmei is still studying in the first year of high school in Provincial No. 1 Middle School." There is also a father at home who has not yet gotten up. ”

finally walked up to Zhang Yunzhong and said: "Child, I'm sorry for you, this is Zhang Yunzhong, he is the child that Zhang Luo is bringing up, and he is also the child I am looking for." ”

She immediately burst into tears, but she still forced herself to go back, but she spoke with a slight cry, because of the time relationship, everyone is about to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and local customs and habits do not allow crying and crying in other people's homes like this. There is also to burn incense paper for Zhang Luozheng's grave. Besides, I haven't been in touch with Hu Guangwen yet. It's going to be the Lantern Festival soon. Oh, yes! Wang Xinqun wanted to cry a lot, but also exuded years of grief and guilt in his heart, for the child, I only gave birth to him, did not raise him, but now I want to recognize him, I am really embarrassed to recognize him, I hope the child can understand. Either way, I'll do my best to compensate for it! As for whether the child understands or not, is his business, does he have his outlook on life? What about me? With my own principles of doing things, I can only do this! Although the mystery of life is out, but the face is the child's situation, so many years suddenly there is one more parent, what the child thinks in his heart, I don't know at all, but I don't want to know, I believe that he has the day to understand. Well, let it be! Lotus, Wang Zhongyu took them to Zhang Luozheng's grave to burn incense paper and set off firecrackers. Then they didn't go home, they went directly to Mr. Hu's house, as soon as they entered the house, Wang Xinqun saw that all the patterns of the house had basically not changed, Mr. Hu's house was a row of five rooms, and in the middle was the main house, Wang Xinqun went to the main house when he entered the house, and a row of houses were connected, and he could go from this to that and from that to the end. Wang Xinqun walked into the main house, everything has not changed, and the middle of the main house is still the ranking of the ancestors: the position of the prince of heaven and earth. On the left and right walls are Mr. Hu's own masterpieces. Written all kinds of calligraphy, next to the wall on the right is a wooden bed, Wang Xinqun slept on this bed back then, and no one has slept in the bed since she left. She was assigned by the brigade to live at Teacher Hu's house. Fortunately, she was assigned to Mr. Hu's house, otherwise maybe her life would have to be rewritten, and maybe she wouldn't be able to come back today. Maybe this is God's arrangement! She walked around, looked everywhere, everything didn't change anything, the only thing was that Mr. Hu's father left the world, what a good old man left like this, at this time Mr. Hu also picked two big radishes from the field and came back, just entered the house, he didn't know that there were guests at home.

"Brother Hu, do you still know me?"