As we enter the twelfth lunar month, the New Year atmosphere in Dongquan County becomes more and more intense. People who work outside, study, and do business are returning to their hometowns one after another. The county suddenly becomes lively and people can be seen everywhere.
There are more and more small merchants and hawkers on the street. Some sell Spring Festival couplets, some sell clothes, some sell hairtail fish and other food, and some sell pots and pans. Afraid of the cold, I got on a tricycle early and came to the county town to buy some New Year goods. After a year of hard work, I had to wait until the end of the year to buy something for my home and family.
Shen Tong's family is no exception. This year is a double blessing for their family. Shen Tong's father, Shen Jianzhu, is so happy that he can't open his mouth from ear to ear. His son has become a great person and has become the secretary of the county party committee secretary. This is a blessing inherited from his ancestors. In addition, his own breeding farm was also in full swing. By the end of the year, all the pigs he raised were sold out, and he earned more than 200,000 yuan in total.
In previous years, some departments would line up to ask for money at the end of the year. This year, strangely, no law enforcement unit came to collect money. Shen Jianzhu guessed that this may be related to his son becoming the secretary of the county party committee. The benefits brought by it are far more than just In this way, the secretary of the Beizhai Township Party Committee, with a stroke of his pen, personally delivered all the supporting funds from his superiors to his door without any deductions, and designated Shen Jianzhu's breeding farm as a key agricultural enterprise in Beizhai Township. He plans to continue to expand the scale in the coming year and provide full support. .
This was something that I would have never dared to think about before. The party committee secretary and the town mayor personally visited the door to inquire about the welfare, and even some people whose names could not be named also came to deliver rice, flour and oil, which made Shen Jianzhu's face bloom with joy. Besides, in the village, in the past, the village Everyone in the family looked down upon this "outsider", but after Shen Tong went to the county party committee, many people came to visit his house. The villagers greeted each other long ago, and they were a little embarrassed with their enthusiasm. In addition, they came to propose marriage. Not to mention.
Last time, the pigs raised by Shen Jianzhu ran out of the pig pen again. The village chief himself roared on the loudspeaker and mobilized the whole village to search for pigs in his house. In less than half an hour, dozens of pigs were found and returned without even falling to the ground.
His son has become more promising, and Shen Jianzhu has become much younger. He nags in front of his mother-in-law all day long: "What does it mean to be proud of your ancestors? This is it! Look at my daughter in Zhaobei City, and look at my son. He has grown up and looks so beautiful." "
Shen Tong's mother Liu Xiulan was also very happy, but since her son started working in the county party committee office, he had only gone home a few times. Most of the time he just made phone calls. She sighed and said: "My son is promising, but this It’s not a big deal if you don’t go home.”
Shen Jianzhu ignored Liu Xiulan and said, "What do you know? As a man, you have to put your career first and run home all day. How much can you do? Look at the son of Zhou Hailong's family in the village who stays at home all day long, either playing mahjong or wandering around. , would you be happy if Shen Tong did the same?"
Shen Jianzhu lay on the kang and said: "I have calculated that if I throw away all the money for buying seeds tomorrow, I still have hundreds of thousands left in my hand, which is enough to buy him a house in the county. As for the decoration money, my daughter and I Let's talk about it, ask her to come up with something, and she will come up with it. My son is old and will start a family soon. He will definitely not come back to the village, so we will give him a home in the county."
Thinking that her son was about to get married and have children, Liu Xiulan suddenly wiped away tears and said: "Hey! Time flies so fast. I didn't expect that my son would also get married. By the way, I don't know if he has found a partner? The first two Sister-in-law Wang from the village next door told me that she wanted to marry her daughter to our son. I have met her daughter. She is not bad looking and has a decent job. She teaches in a rural primary school. Why don't we wait until my son comes back?"
Shen Jianzhu glanced at Liu Xiulan and said: "Let me tell you, don't interfere in your son's affairs. He is such an old man and has his own opinions. He knows exactly what kind of person he wants to find. Maybe he will We've already found it, so don't worry about it."
Liu Xiulan sighed and said: "It would be better if Shen Tong gets married as soon as possible. I can still take advantage of my body and take care of his children. If it's a few years later, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."
Shen Jianzhu ignored Liu Xiulan, dragged a pillow from the corner of the kang, covered it with a towel and fell asleep. Liu Xiulan asked for trouble and went to clean other rooms with a feather duster.
Shen Tong is also very busy here. He has worked overtime for several nights in a row because of the work report. Just as Shen Tong thought, Guo Jiangang was half-hearted when he heard that Wu Jiangkai asked Shen Tong to draft the report. Since he didn't let him Participate and simply leave it alone. Just leave it alone. I will still do what I should do without you.
To Shen Tong's surprise, the newly transferred Nie Shaoxin showed great enthusiasm. He accompanied Shen Tong almost all the time these days. Whenever he needed any data, he was busy calling various units to get the figures. Shen Tong worked overtime at night. He didn't leave either, and worked overtime with him, which more or less made Shen Tong feel warm.
Nie Shao He prides himself on being older and respects Shen Tong very much. The two of them have similar interests and neither have a family or a career, so they become good friends over time.
In addition to drafting reports, there are still a lot of things waiting for Shen Tong to do. He usually accompanies Wu Jiangkai to meetings. The tea party held two days ago was an eye-opener for him.
Since it was a tea party, the format of the meeting was relatively lively. Normally, the conference table was formed into a circle, with some literary and artistic activists performing in the middle. Shen Tong chose a corner and sat down.
Even though he was in a corner, he couldn't escape the glare of some officials. After a while, an official came over to shake hands with him. These faces were deeply imprinted on Shen Tong's mind, and he could basically call them by name. He stood up and bowed humbly. Bow to show respect.
The key lies in the handshake. For example, the director of the Transportation Bureau quietly slipped over and shook hands with Shen Tong naturally. When Shen Tong stretched out his hand to greet him, he felt something hard and card-like between his hands, and he suddenly felt... He jumped and was about to stop. But the director shook hands tightly, nodded slightly, quickly pulled away his hand and turned around to leave.
Shen Tong's heart was beating wildly. When no one was paying attention to him, he quietly took out the card and saw that it was a supermarket shopping card with a denomination of 500 yuan. Shen Tong didn't know what to do with it, so he put it in his pocket first. No Thinking of it, this was just the beginning. After more than two hours of tea party, Shen Tong received more than 20 shopping cards of different denominations and rice, flour and oil coupons.