Xiao Jingyu saw that Xiao Zheng's house was an ordinary two-story house, almost the same as other houses. The exterior walls were covered with yellow and white dust, and the doors were closed. If it hadn't been for the yellow light coming from the window.
, you can’t believe there are people living in it.
"My home has arrived."
Xiao Zheng got out of the Audi car and helped Xiao Jingyu open the rear door. Li Haiyan also got out of the passenger compartment. She found that the Audi car written by Xiao Shu. had already been covered with paint in the few minutes it entered Lushui Village.
It is covered with dust, which shows how bad the air quality in the village has become?
Probably hearing the sound of cars outside, Fei Qingmei and Xiao Rongrong pushed the door open to greet Xiao Zheng and the others, "Here they come, come in quickly, come in quickly!"
"Uncle! Auntie!" Li Haiyan greeted Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei, and introduced, "This is our county secretary."
Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei were stunned. They never expected that the county party committee secretary would suddenly come to their humble residence. Xiao Zheng called and just said that two friends were coming for dinner. They thought they were just ordinary friends, but they didn't expect it.
He turned out to be the county party committee secretary!
Could it be that his son has become "friends" with the county party secretary and secretary? Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei immediately greeted warmly: "Secretary Xiao, come in and sit down quickly. It's very gray outside." Xiao Jingyu nodded and said.
: "Thank you."
When he arrived at the house, Xiao Jingyu glanced around this ordinary house. Although the dust in the village was like snow, filling the sky and the earth without hesitation, the house was still quite clean, with tables, chairs, simple furniture, and a stove.
There is no dust to be seen, water has been poured on the ground, and there are fans hanging from the ceiling. It feels like a paradise. Although there is still a dry smell of dust in the air, it is much better than outside after all. It can be seen that the people in Xiao Zheng's family
, they all love to be clean, and preparations were made for their arrival today.
Xiao Jingyu has a good impression of people who can live a neat and orderly life in a harsh environment. She thought that the basic conditions of Xiao Zheng's family are not good, but the family's good living habits must have given Xiao Zheng a lot of nutrients.
, allowing him to enter a key university and embark on the path of a civil servant.
The ability of children from ordinary families to enter the system has a lot to do with family tradition and living habits.
Xiao Jingyu unconsciously showed a smile on his face: "The room is quite clean." Fei Qingmei greeted: "Sit down quickly and drink tea."
On an Eight Immortals table inlaid with marble in cypress wood, a pot of tea has been brewed with a large teapot with a blue and white appearance, and six teacups are placed next to it. Li Haiyan asked Xiao Jingyu to sit down on the table, poured Xiao Jingyu a cup of tea, and
While pouring tea for others, Fei Qingmei hurriedly said: "I'll come, I'll come." Li Haiyan refused and said, "Uncle and aunt, you guys sit down."
Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei felt more and more that Li Haiyan, a girl, was really honest and polite. Xiao Jingyu took a sip of tea. It was obvious that it was coarse tea, but the coarse tea had a very good effect on quenching thirst. After Xiao Jingyu arrived in this village, he felt that his mouth and nose
I felt uncomfortable inside. After taking a sip of hot tea, I felt a little better and asked, "Do the people here live like this? With the doors and windows closed all day long?"
Xiao Rongrong replied: "This door and window cannot be opened. Once opened, the lime from outside will get in." Fei Qingmei said: "We don't dare to put the washed clothes and pants outside to dry, otherwise,
When we bring it in, we can dust off a pound of lime." Xiao Jingyu frowned: "How can such an environment be suitable for people to live in?" Xiao Rongrong said: "Who wants to live here? It's not just for mining, everyone is here.
Can you make some money?" Xiao Jingyu asked: "How much money do you make?" Xiao Rongrong said: "The ones who make the most are of course mine bosses and cement factory bosses. Ordinary workers like us can make a thousand a month.
Two or three hundred, right?! It's better than earning seven or eight hundred outside, and the expenses are less. However, people in our village are more likely to get sick. People like me will probably get pneumoconiosis, and there will be six to seven out of ten.
Someone got a worse disease, and all the money they earned was given to the hospital."
Xiao Jingyu was shocked and turned to Xiao Zheng: "I want to go to other farmers' homes." Seeing the situation in this village and listening to the introduction of Xiao Zheng's parents, Xiao Jingyu had already made the decision to conduct a temporary visit and survey.
Xiao Zheng asked Fei Qingmei: "Mom, is dinner ready? Let's eat first, and then I will go for a walk with Secretary Xiao." Fei Qingmei immediately said: "It's done. Let's do it now.
Serve it up."
Fei Qingmei and Xiao Rongrong went to serve the dishes, and Li Haiyan helped place the dishes and chopsticks.
Xiao Jingyu grew up in the provincial capital. He heard about the so-called rural life indirectly. The bowls and chopsticks in Xiao Zheng's family are all the most ordinary bowls and chopsticks. The quality is not very good at first glance, and the taste is not up to par.
But it was clean. Xiao Jingyu’s first dinner at a farmer’s house was given to Xiao Zheng’s family.
When Xiao Zheng called, it was already late, but Fei Qingmei still went to the small vegetable vendor in the village to buy some vegetables and made several farm dishes such as stewed chicken with dried bamboo shoots, pan-fried creek fish, mushroom embroidery, etc. Because
Xiao Zheng didn't drink while driving, and Xiao Jingyu didn't drink either, so everyone had tea instead of wine.
Maybe it was because the dinner was a little late, Xiao Jingyu was also hungry, and he ate very deliciously. After eating a bowl and a half of rice, he praised: "Xiao Zheng, the food at your home is very delicious." Fei Qingmei said:
"If it's delicious, I'll come here to eat often in the future. Now that mining is opening in our village, these vegetables are wholesaled by vendors from outside. In the past, the local vegetables in our village were delicious." Xiao Jingyu raised his head and asked: "Then let's go back to the past.
, are you willing?"
Xiao Rongrong said: "In the past, the mountains were beautiful, the water was clear, everything was good, but there was no money. We have lived through the days of no money before, and having no money was more difficult than anything else, even more difficult than now. So if we had no money, we would
If you don’t want to go back, as long as you have some income, even if it’s a little worse than now, and you can go back to the good old days, that would be great.”
Fei Qingmei also interjected: "I think so too. Many people in the village are sick now, and it's all caused by the environment. But what everyone is more afraid of than getting sick is returning to poverty again."
Poverty and illness are big obstacles that weigh heavily on the villagers. But if the villagers were given a choice, they would rather be sick than be poor.
Xiao Jingyu felt that Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei were telling the truth. After eating, before taking another sip of tea, Xiao Jingyu said: "Xiao Zheng, take me for a walk."
Xiao Zheng took a pack of cigarettes and walked out with Xiao Jingyu and Li Haiyan. Xiao Rongrong had just recovered and had not gone out, but Fei Qingmei chased him out: "I will take you there. After Xiao Zheng went to college, he came back less often.
, I’m afraid I’m a little alienated from the Murakami people.” Xiao Jingyu said, “Thank you for your hard work.”
Fei Qingmei took Xiao Jingyu, Xiao Zheng, and Li Haiyan to the village and went from house to house. Every time they arrived at a house, Fei Qingmei would say hello and make introductions.
.
Xiao Jingyu clearly felt that Fei Qingmei had a good relationship in the village, and the neighbors were polite and casual. Although Xiao Zheng went to university and was in the town after working, he dealt with the villagers as "brother" and "sister-in-law"
"Uncle", "Uncle", "Amu", etc. were all easily spoken. The villagers were also very polite when they saw Xiao Zheng, praising him as "he has made great achievements and is eating the country's food" and "he has become a town leader and has a bright future" etc.
etc. But Xiao Zheng was polite and showed no pretense as a deputy mayor, saying, "No matter what I am, in front of you, I will still be the same Xiao Zheng as before!"
The villager grinned happily: "I want to hear this. Qingmei, your family has trained and taught you well, and you have cultivated such a good child!"
Xiao Jingyu asked Fei Qingmei to keep her identity secret in advance, so no one knew that Xiao Jingyu was a parent official. Seeing that she and Li Haiyan were both young and beautiful, they thought they were colleagues from Xiao Zheng Town or friends from the university.
A man even joked: "Xiao Zheng, which of these two girls is your girlfriend?" Both Xiao Jingyu and Li Haiyan became embarrassed when asked. Xiao Zheng joked: "Both of them are
ah."
Fei Qingmei pinched Xiao Zheng's arm: "What nonsense are you talking about? No, don't misunderstand, these two are Xiao Zheng's leaders." Li Haiyan works in the county, what should I say?
It makes sense that he is Xiao Zheng's leader.
But the villagers were also cunning and said, "Is he the leader of the family?" Fei Qingmei said, "You are all unreasonable, let's go, let's go. Let's go somewhere else."
It's a joke, but it's all about having fun in the midst of hardship. Xiao Jingyu has learned that the living environment of the villagers is similar. In a word, it is very bad. There are many cases of people getting sick due to pollution and falling into poverty due to pollution. Although mining is
It allows the villagers to make some money, but this kind of money has sent many villagers to the death gate of cancer. Even those who have no physical problems at present actually have hidden dangers in their bodies.
After walking through the village, Xiao Jingyu was worried, and no longer disturbed Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei's rest, and said to Xiao Zheng: "We are going back."
Xiao Zheng said goodbye to his parents, drove the Audi again, and sent Xiao Jingyu back to the county town.
As soon as they left, Xiao Rongrong lay half-lying in a wicker chair and asked Fei Qingmei: "Wife, which of the two girls just now do you think is more suitable to be our Xiao Zheng's wife?" Fei Qingmei was shocked: "
What are you talking nonsense about? Xiao Zheng’s girlfriend is Chen Hong, you are so full that you are talking nonsense!”
Xiao Rongrong smiled and said: "I mean, we Xiao Zheng don't have to hang ourselves on a tree. There are many outstanding girls, and these two just now are pretty good."
Fei Qingmei scolded: "A toad cannot eat swan meat. That Xiao Secretary is the county Party Secretary. Do you want our children to marry the County Party Secretary?" Xiao Rongrong said: "Male and female.
As long as a man and a woman love each other and cherish each other, it will be fine. I think our Xiao Zheng is also very good, and maybe we can also be the county party secretary in the future!" Fei Qingmei said: "Our Xiao Zheng is
Excellent, but what do you want Chen Hong to do? This girl is also very good."
Xiao Rongrong said: "Chen Hong is good, but his parents are not good. Her mother went to the hospital to prevent us from living with her son and daughter-in-law and asked us to go back to the countryside. I always feel uncomfortable," Fei Qingmei said.
: "Okay, stop saying a word."
Xiao Zheng sent Xiao Jingyu to the county seat and was about to go to Anxian International Hotel when Xiao Jingyu suddenly said: "Go to the county committee."
When they arrived at the county party committee, Li Haiyan said to Xiao Zheng: "Commissioner Xiao, please go back." Because Xiao Jingyu had told Li Haiyan before that Xiao Zheng was the township deputy and it was not appropriate to enter or leave the county party secretary's office, so she wanted Xiao Zheng to
Go back first.
Without thinking, Xiao Jingyu said: "Commissioner Xiao, park your car here, follow me upstairs, and come to my office to discuss things."