Although Wang Jianhua repeatedly stated that he would arrange a private plane to send Zhang Weidong to Lingnan Province, Zhang Weidong ultimately rejected his kindness. It is not that Zhang Weidong is being pretentious, but he just feels that there is no need to be so exaggerated and wasteful. To a certain extent, although Zhang Weidong is now slow
He has slowly adapted to his other status, which is so noble that others can only look up to him, but in essence he still has a bit of a philistine complex.
Zhang Weidong's plane arrived at Lingzhou City, the capital city of Lingnan Province, around twelve o'clock. There are trains from Lingzhou City to Changhai County, but the Chinese New Year is the climax of returning home every year, and train tickets have already been sold out.
He wanted so much that after getting off the plane, Zhang Weidong took his suitcase and went straight to the taxi stop, and then chartered a taxi directly to Changhai County.
Lingnan Province is a coastal economic powerhouse and one of the most influential provinces in the country. The climate in Lingnan Province is warmer than that in Tiannan Province, and is somewhat close to that of Hong Kong. Although it is winter, it does not make people feel cold.
The car was driving on the highway, and the sun was shining brightly above the head. There were lush trees everywhere on both sides of the highway, especially Changhai County, which is a mountainous area. After the car drove into the border of Changhai County, the view was filled with continuous green mountains, and the scenery became more and more full of spring.
Surprisingly, people don’t feel the cold and depression of winter at all.
Zhang Weidong visited Changhai County several times when he was young. Although he felt uncomfortable living in his grandfather's house, he was very satisfied with the scenery here. Beautiful mountains and clear waters, blue sky and blue clouds, and a humid and warm climate make it a comfortable and leisurely place.
Sitting in the car, looking out the window at the strange yet familiar green mountains passing by. Thinking that it had been more than ten years since he had been to his grandpa’s house, Zhang Weidong’s nephew couldn’t help feeling that time flies by, and he suddenly missed his grandpa. Grandma was still there.
There are uncles, aunts and others. No matter how cold I was to my grandpa’s house when I was young, there is a blood relationship there after all. No matter how weak the family relationship that blood is thicker than water is, how can we completely ignore it?
It's a pity that both grandpa and grandma are gone. Otherwise, with his current abilities, he could have given them a long life. Zhang Weidong looked out the window, but his grandfather and grandma's kind smiles flashed in his mind.
Just as Zhang Weidong said, what grandpa and grandma really have a problem with is his father, but they love Zhang Weidong, his grandson who is far away in another province.
It's just that the son's heart is always towards me. Seeing that his father was not popular in his grandfather's house, he had a grudge against his grandfather and grandmother when he was young. In addition, those cousins would often bully him, a very thin foreigner.
As a guest, Zhang Weidong's impression of his grandfather's family has never been very good. But now that he calms down and thinks about it, it is just his childhood ignorance.
I was thinking and feeling sad, but the continuous green mountains in the distance suddenly changed. Dozens of white-flowered hilltops formed after mining ores were exposed among the green mountains, which were particularly dazzling under the sun. Zhang Weidong's
His eyes are like those of an eagle, and his vision is frighteningly good. Even though it is far away, he can still see that the white-flowered hills are barren of grass and a desert. There is also a place where, although the Chinese New Year is about to come, there are still a few workers working on it.
Almost half of the hillside had been blasted open by the blast holes. There were several pools filled with green mineral liquid on the mountainside, and the surrounding area was a mess.
Zhang Weidong studied environmental engineering, but he was particularly sensitive to the phenomenon in the test. Seeing this, he could not help but frown slightly and said to the driver who was driving: "Master, I remember that when I came here a few years ago, no one seemed to be mining. Why?"
Now there are mining operations everywhere?”
"I'm not sure about this. I've been driving in Lingzhou City. It's extremely rare for you to charter a car directly to Changhai like you." The driver was not from Changhai County, and he didn't know anything about Changhai County.
It was very clear. He laughed and replied.
Zhang Weidong was a little curious, and because of his professionalism, he asked. Seeing that the driver was not very clear, he smiled and stopped asking. However, when he looked into the distance inadvertently, the dazzling scene under the sun was unexpected.
It still made him feel slightly unhappy.
Even though he was unhappy, Zhang Weidong couldn't make a conclusion about right or wrong in this matter. After all, there are gains and losses. The economy needs to develop, minerals need to be mined, and some damage to the mountains and forests is inevitable. The key issue still needs to be grasped.
There is a degree and balance. He doesn’t know much about mining, but from a direct perspective and from his professional perspective of environmental engineering, he feels that these mining operations should not do enough in terms of environmental protection, but specifically
Whether this is reasonable or not, it is not enough to look at it from an environmental point of view, but also from a comprehensive point of view.
For example, does the mining method and extraction method of this mine have to be this way? And are these mines worth sacrificing these originally lush mountains and forests? These are actually very particular and need to be considered comprehensively. For example,
If there are rich gold mines hidden in those mountains, from the perspective of the government and the country, I am afraid that no matter how severe the damage is, they will not hesitate to mine it.
The taxi soon left the Changhai County toll gate on the expressway. Not far from the toll gate, there was a Buick Excelle parked on the roadside. A man about 27 or 28 years old was leaning at the door of the car, holding a folder in his hand.
Smoking a cigarette, facing the toll station and watching the vehicles coming and going.
Although they had not seen each other for more than ten years, Zhang Weidong still vaguely recognized the man as Yang Yunli, the son of his second uncle Yang Changzheng, who was also Zhang Weidong's cousin.
"Master, have you seen that Buick? Stop over there." Zhang Weidong pointed to his cousin Yang Yunli in front and said to the taxi driver.
"Okay." The taxi driver replied and drove towards Yang Yunli.
Yang Yunli soon noticed a taxi coming this way, and saw Zhang Weidong sticking his head out to wave to him. He quickly pinched his cigarette, then smiled and waved to him.
"Second cousin, you don't seem to have changed much!" Zhang Weidong got out of the car and looked at the familiar and cheerful cousin in front of him with a smile and stretched out his hand to say hello.
"Haha, you have changed a lot. You used to be thin and small, but now you are still thin, but you have grown very tall. If you hadn't waved to me, I wouldn't have dared to recognize you when I met you on the road." Yang Yunli laughed.
He shook hands with Zhang Weidong, then took his wallet out of his pocket and said to the waiting taxi driver: "Master, how much does it cost?"
"Cousin, no, I'll do it myself." On this New Year's Eve, I took a taxi from the provincial capital directly to Changhai on the expressway. The fare was not a small amount. Zhang Weidong was embarrassed to let Yang Yunli go out, so he hurriedly pulled Yang Yunli away.
Drive away, taking money from your wallet and giving it to the taxi driver.
"You kid, you're still polite to me when you get to my cousin's territory!" Yang Yunli said with a smile, then turned around and went to the back to help take down the salute from the trunk.
Seeing his cousin whom he hadn't seen for more than ten years enthusiastically helping to load the suitcase into the trunk of the Buick, Zhang Weidong suddenly felt a touch of warmth of family affection. The estrangement left in his heart when he was young had long since disappeared without even realizing it.
Without a trace.
"I heard from my little aunt that you are very promising now. You became a university teacher at the age of twenty-four." After getting into the car, Yang Yunli said with a smile.
The aunt Yang Yunli refers to is Zhang Weidong's mother Yang Yuanqing, who is the youngest in the Yang family.
"It's not like you don't know what kind of business my parents are in. I was forced into it." Zhang Weidong said half-jokingly.
"Haha, you can't say that. You still have to be talented in reading." Like me, my parents are always strict, and you don't know about my grandfather, who is famous for being strict, but I
My grades have always been neither good nor bad, and the university I attended has also been neither good nor bad." Yang Yunli said with a smile.
"Is grandpa very strict? Why don't I think so?" Zhang Weidong said.
"How could grandpa not be strict? Our Yang family is also a scholarly family in Changhai County. The family rules were very strict when grandpa was here. You are the only exception. Because you live far away, you rarely come here once in a year or two, so
Zhang Weidong finally understood why his cousins were so unfriendly to him when he was a child. It turned out to be because his grandparents loved him very much. But then, he remembered that his grandparents were no longer here, and he didn't know why.
There is a feeling of panic.
"What's wrong? Still holding a grudge?" Yang Yunli said half-jokingly when Zhang Weidong suddenly became silent.
"How could that be? I just suddenly missed my grandparents." Zhang Weidong said.
"Yes, although grandparents adhere to the style of the older generation and are very strict with their children. In the past, when they saw them doing bad things, they would panic and hide away, but now there is no chance for them to control them.
But they both passed away when they were in their eighties, which can be considered an advanced age, so there is nothing to regret." When Yang Yunli saw Zhang Weidong saying that he missed his grandparents, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Zhang Weidong also knew that according to ordinary people, there was really nothing to regret. It was only because he was different now that he felt a little regretful, so he smiled when he heard this and stopped talking about this rather sentimental topic.
, but changed the topic and said: "By the way, cousin, where do you work now?"
"I am the County Civil Defense Office." Xu Yunli was slightly startled when he heard this, and then said with a hint of bitterness on his face.
"Civil Air Defense Office? What does it do?" Zhang Weidong asked with some confusion. Speaking of which, he has gradually learned a little about government departments because he has contacted more officials, but he really doesn't understand the Civil Air Defense Office.
"Haha, I know you don't know.
It’s just a very idle department, its full name is the Civil Air Defense Office, do you understand air defense?” Yang Yunli laughed after hearing this.
From Yang Yunli's laughter, Zhang Weidong heard a hint of helplessness and even a hint of resentment. (To be continued)