Not long after returning to Sijiu City from the disaster area, the overseas investigation of the Material Bureau that had been delayed due to the earthquake was also put back on the agenda.

Not long after he was put into work in the bureau, his superiors issued a notice that he was about to leave for Xiaori.

It is a very rare thing to be able to go abroad this year, and after an aunt heard the news that Li Ping'an was about to go abroad, even the people who preached it in the courtyard knew it, like a stupid pillar, they came to Li Ping'an to inquire about the specific situation.

"No, I said Brother Zhuzi, what's the matter when I go to the courtyard, why did you and your sister-in-law come to the door with something?" At home in the family courtyard of the Materials Bureau, Li Ping'an had just come back from work and saw Silly Zhu and Xu Yanxia sitting on his sofa.

"Hey, didn't you hear that you are going abroad, I thought about coming to see you with your sister-in-law"

Looking at the stupid and unnatural appearance, Li Ping'an immediately guessed that this guy definitely had something to do with the gift coming to the door, not as simple as he said.

However, Li Ping'an didn't break it, he didn't take the initiative to speak, Li Ping'an didn't see it, and followed the stupid pillar to chat at home.

Xu Yanxia next to her saw that Silly Zhu had been unable to get down to business, so she hurriedly kicked Silly Zhu's feet under the table.

Under Xu Yanxia's urging, Silly Zhu was a little embarrassed and explained his intentions: "That brother Ping'an, that's the case, our eldest girl, you also know, this is not a high school graduate, you need to find a job, you see"

The eldest child, Li Ping'an, still likes it very much, and it is not difficult for Li Ping'an to arrange a better job. The problem is that this girl just graduated this year, and her academic performance in high school was good, and the college entrance examination will be resumed soon, so it's a pity that this kid is now looking for a job to work.

Now there is internal information leaking out, and the above is already preparing to interview the leaders of the education department, preparing to discuss the resumption of the college entrance examination this month, Li Ping'an thought about it and decided to reveal the news to the stupid Zhu couple.

The policy of going to the countryside is still being implemented, but it has nothing to do with the big girl, there are two children in the stupid Zhu family, and his big treasure is only ten years old this year, according to the current policy, even if the big girl has no job, she doesn't have to go to the countryside to cut the line.

The year after tomorrow, they will stop going to the countryside to cut the queue, and their two children are destined not to go to the countryside.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, facing the expectant eyes of the silly pillar couple and his wife, Li Ping'an said lightly: "This arrangement is a small problem, I can arrange it for the eldest girl at any time, but I don't recommend the eldest girl to find a job now"

As soon as these words came out, the stupid Zhu couple were stunned, not understanding what Li Ping'an meant? When the child graduates, how can he not be allowed to look for a job, so he will eat at home?

Looking at the expressions of the couple, Li Ping'an didn't let the two of them think too much, and then said the reason: "Now the above has been talking to the education department to prepare for the resumption of the college entrance examination, probably after the National Day, the news will be reported to the whole country, you husband and wife think about it, whether to let the eldest girl review at home to prepare for this year's college entrance examination, or let me arrange a job for her"

"Resume the college entrance examination, okay, we don't have to think about it, let's let the eldest girl take the college entrance examination, I can afford to support the children, and the family is not bad for that salary" Hearing the news revealed by Li Ping'an, the stupid pillar slapped his thigh and stood up directly from the table.

Looking at the stupid pillar's excited appearance, Li Ping'an nodded secretly in his heart, this guy is a little confused, but he is still very competent in dealing with his stepdaughter, and he usually doesn't deduct the eldest girl's living expenses at home, and he treats the eldest girl as his own child.

Ding Qiunan, who had been chatting with Xu Yanxia, also joined in at this time, saying that the place in the courtyard was too noisy, so the eldest girl could come to the family courtyard to accompany Ding Qiunan to review and prepare for the upcoming college entrance examination.

"What? Dr. Ding, you are the mother of two children, and you are going to take the college entrance examination this year? Xu Yanxia looked at Ding Qiunan in disbelief, and opened her mouth wide in shock by the news that Ding Qiunan was going to take the college entrance examination.

Xu Yanxia is a rural woman, even if she has been married to the city for ten years, she can't accept Ding Qiunan, a woman in her thirties and a mother of two children, to take the college entrance examination.

"What's this, the college entrance examination has been stopped for so many years, and so many fresh students are now thirty, right? This college entrance examination should be no age limit, no identity limit, as long as you have the idea of continuing your studies, you can sign up for it" Li Ping'an explained to Xu Yanxia.

Silly Zhu knew that Ding Qiunan was reviewing and preparing to take the college entrance examination, and this time the college entrance examination resumed, and it was not too difficult for Ding Qiunan to participate, so he pulled Xu Yanxia and said angrily: "What do you know about you, Dr. Ding also wanted to take the college entrance examination back then, but he was unlucky, and now he retakes the college entrance examination, isn't that how it should be?"

After being reprimanded, Xu Yanxia hurriedly apologized to Ding Qiunan.

Ding Qiunan was not very angry about this, he knew his own situation, and he didn't wonder Xu Yanxia had such a big reaction.

The two families discussed the big girl's review, and Silly Zhu decided to buy a lady's bicycle for the big girl tomorrow, so that the big girl could come here to review.

Li Ping'an didn't explain too much to the stupid pillar on the issue of confidentiality, there is no need to keep this kind of thing secret, and as soon as the meeting at the end of the month is held, these people who live at the foot of the imperial city, who don't have any relatives, will soon spread in a small area at that time.

That's the benefit of living in the capital, and if there are any major benefits, these people will know more or less in advance, and they will have more time to prepare than people in other places.

For example, the college entrance examination, outsiders know it in October, and some people in Sijiu City know it in August, which suddenly gives half of the review time than other students, and the chance of being admitted is greater.

Early the next morning, when Li Ping'an had breakfast and was about to go to work, the eldest girl was already taken to her home by Xu Yanxia.

Li Ping'an was in a hurry to get to work, and after a few words of encouragement, he hurriedly rode his bicycle to the Material Bureau.

In the afternoon, a meeting was held in the bureau, and the time to go abroad was set for the day after tomorrow, and all the members of the delegation would have a day off tomorrow, and they would gather in the bureau the morning after tomorrow, take a car to the airport together, and set off on a special plane.

"Peace, how did you change the foreign exchange? I have exchanged forty yuan of foreign exchange here, if you are short of foreign exchange, I can exchange half of it for you" ended the meeting, Li Ping'an and Wang Yangzhi were on the way back, Wang Yangzhi asked about Li Ping'an's exchange of foreign currency.

Li Ping'an has no relationship with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where to exchange foreign exchange, he has already made up his mind to go to the small day to directly rob his mother's small day, of course, this kind of thing naturally can't be said, can only open his mouth nonsense: "Teacher Wang, you don't have to worry, I also found a way to change some foreign exchange, although it is not much, but enough, you don't have to worry about me, after your foreign exchange goes out, you should keep it and buy some local specialties to bring back to China."

Wang Yangzhi naturally didn't know Li Ping'an's plans, and when he heard him say this, he didn't have too many doubts: "Okay, since you have changed some foreign exchange, then I won't consider your problem, if there is not enough place, you can ask me to change it."

"Don't worry, if you really need it, I will definitely ask you for help"

Before leaving, Li Ping'an didn't go anywhere, but took his wife and children back to the courtyard to accompany his family.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw that houses were being built everywhere in the courtyard, and the good yard was built beyond recognition.

Frowning and looking at Yan Fugui, who was building a lot of buildings, Li Ping'an handed over the child in his arms to Ding Qiunan and asked her to take it into the hospital, while Li Ping'an stepped forward to inquire about the situation: "I said the third master, you are not qualified as the third master in the courtyard, how can you openly build in the courtyard?" This is a good three-in-style courtyard, see what you can do."

"Look at what you said, what is a private construction, I am building an earthquake shed, if there is another earthquake like the last time, I can't have a place to cook" Yan Fugui said with his eyes open and said nonsense.

Li Ping'an was discouraged by these words, and he weighed the ancient bricks that Yan Fugui had deducted from the city wall, and pointed to the house built of brick and stone: "It's not that I said the three masters, whose earthquake shed have you seen built with bricks and stones?" Just this house, the foundation is so shallow, any earthquake can collapse, what kind of earthquake can you prevent?"

Yan Fugui's old face turned red, and he waved his hand again and again: "Go and go, don't just catch your three masters and say, the whole courtyard is building a house in a circle, why don't you care about them?"

"They're not the masters of the courtyard, I can't talk to others."

Yan Fugui, the little old man, saw that Li Ping'an was about to put on a posture of debate, Yan Fugui, who knew that he was wrong, lowered his head and ran back to the house to hide.

Yan Fugui ran away, and Li Ping'an lit a cigarette and went back to the middle courtyard, not because he had to trouble Yan Fugui, but mainly because the matter of enclosing land and building a house was the bad idea that Yan Fugui, the old guy, thought of.

In order to avoid the criticism of building a house by himself, this old guy actually asked the entire courtyard to build it, and made the courtyard a good refugee for his mother.

Along the path left by each family, when Li Ping'an returned to the middle courtyard, good guy, the whole middle courtyard has changed a lot, the Jia family directly circled two rooms in the open space in front of their house, and the faucet was about to be repaired into her own house.

Returning to Yi Zhonghai's house, looking at the construction in front of the door of the room next door where he used to live, Li Ping'an sighed deeply, this old Yan is really a bad head.

I used to think that after the change, I would find a way to collect the courtyard house, but I still forget about this posture. The outside is well preserved, and there are more houses that have not been built privately, who is in whose hands to buy it or not?

I didn't stay much here in the courtyard, I did 007 in the material bureau every day, and finally had a break, so the whole family couldn't go out for a walk?

The family was in the department store, Xidan walked around for an afternoon, and ate a meal of mutton shabu outside with a large bag in hand, which ended today's trip.

Looking at the increasing number of young people on the street, Li Ping'an felt more and more uneasy in his heart, the current public security is fine, once the educated youth return to the city on a large scale, the street will be completely chaotic.

Shake your head and don't think about it, anyway, there are still two years, let's talk about it then.

Back home, Ding Qiunan began to pack up the clothes for Li Ping'an to wear on this business trip, looking at Li Ping'an's suitcase was all handmade clothes by himself and his aunt, Ding Qiunan frowned: "It's not easy to go abroad once, and the clothes I wear are all made by myself, will I be looked down upon when I go abroad?" ”

"How can there be a saying that I look down on it, don't you respect tailors abroad, maybe I still think I wear handmade clothes noblely."

"You can talk nonsense, foreigners respect tailor-made suits, not our four pockets" Speaking of this, Ding Qiunan sighed deeply: "My dad used to have suits, but unfortunately they were all burned, otherwise you wouldn't have used them when you went abroad this time?"

"Okay, how many years is there left in your dad's suit, before liberation, right? I can't wear the suit I wore thirty years ago, so maybe I might as well make these four pockets for me."

"How is it possible, our family was still rich at that time, and the materials used were all good materials," Ding Qiunan argued unconvinced.

Early the next morning, Ding Qiunan rode a bicycle to send Li Ping'an to the gate of the Material Bureau, after all, he was going abroad, everyone was very excited, and no one was late.

This time, the team was led by a deputy director of the General Administration, and after seeing everyone arrive, he arranged for everyone to board the bus prepared in advance, and the group headed towards the airport.

On the way to the airport, the group was very excited, chattering about the situation abroad, some cadres who do not understand the situation abroad, are still talking about the very backward foreign countries, and this kind of words are still very marketable, most people agree with it.

Li Ping'an did not participate in the discussion, and sat in the back row from the perspective of an outsider and watched the discussion of everyone in full swing. Li Ping'an, who came from later generations, knows a lot about foreign countries at this stage, and knows how the group of people on the bus will be shocked after they go to Xiaori Country.

The plane at the airport had already been arranged, and when Li Ping'an got on the plane, there were already many people on the plane, and many acquaintances were found among them, all of whom were personnel from various state-owned factories in Sijiu City.

It was all this overseas delegation, and the seats on the plane could be sat at will, and Li Ping'an was pulled to his seat by acquaintances from other factories.

"It's been a long time since I've seen each other, let's smoke a cigarette to moisten my throat, and when we take off, we can have a good drink on the plane."

Li Ping'an: "."

This year, the plane can provide free tobacco and alcohol, the cigarette is Huazi, the wine is Moutai, unlimited refills, you can drink as much as you want.

Most of the people on the plane are acquaintances, and after the plane flies smoothly, the plane has completely become a social field, with one person holding a wine glass, and pushing the glass everywhere.

(End of chapter)