When the plane arrived in Xugou City, it was around one o'clock in the afternoon. The airport in Xugou City is very small, but after Huajin got off the plane, she found that not only people came to send flowers, but also a TV reporter who followed her.
Smiling and taking the flowers brought by others, Hua Jin said thank you.
A few well-dressed middle-aged men came forward to shake hands with Pei Yan politely and enthusiastically, and whispered to him about the economic development and educational construction of Xugou City in the past few years. Unexpectedly, things would develop like this, Hua Jin took a few steps slowly, and asked one of Pei Yan's assistants in a low voice: "What's going on?"
"A few years ago, Mr. Pei learned that the economic development level of Xuguo City Structure was backward, and heard about the deeds of local officials who were dedicated to the people, so he did something that would help the local economic development. Because the local officials have always been very grateful to Mr. Pei, this time when they heard that he was coming to inspect the work, they made special arrangements to receive him." The assistant replied in a low voice, "We also didn't expect the local area to have such an arrangement, so we didn't communicate with you in advance, which is a dereliction of our duty."
"It's okay, it's good to have someone to pick up after plane." Hua Jin looked at these officials, her expression was a bit dazed, just now she saw on the plane, sequence structure city tall buildings, vehicles on the viaduct flowing, compared with eight years ago, the change is really too big
"Please come to meet me even though you are busy." Pei Yan exchanged pleasantries with the receptionist, looked around and found that Hua Jin was actually several steps away from him, so he waved at her, "This time I came to your place, not for business, but for some personal matters."
Several receptionists were a little surprised that this Mr. Pei, who had helped Xuguo City so much, could have any personal matters that required him to come to a small place like them?
"This is my partner Hua Jin," Pei Yan saw that Hua Jin did not come to his side, he simply turned back and walked to her and took her hand, "She was born in your place, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up, I came this time to accompany her back to her hometown to pay respect to her ancestors."
The receptionist had long noticed Hua Jin, but did not expect the two would be in such a relationship. They were first shocked, then overjoyed. Mr. Pei's partner was from their city, so if they wanted to attract investment and increase jobs for the local people in the future, wouldn't they have another layer of help?
During lunch, Hua Jin saw that the reception staff wanted to win over the relationship between the two parties, but they didn't dare to speak casually, so they kept asking them to eat the local specialties of Xugou City.
In order to promote the agricultural products of Xugou City, the reception staff also worked hard. The dishes on the table are grown by the local people, the fruits are picked from the local orchard, and the meat ingredients are from the local farms. Even the soil ceremony given to them , are all processed food made from local agricultural products.
Compared to those businessmen who used their tongues and tricks to pull in investment, the receptionist of Xuguo City was simple and clumsy, but Pei Yan did not show any dissatisfaction from the beginning to the end, but talked about some cooperation after the meal, which made the receptionist happy and full of red face.
In the afternoon, the receptionist arranged some more visits, and perhaps in consideration of Hua Jin's status, they also arranged two female receptionists who were close to Hua Jin's age.
On the way to visit, a receptionist in his fifties heard that Hua Jin was a master of Shu embroidery and emotionally said: ""In the past, we lived here with several cities along the river, many families to raise mulberry silkworms, in recent years, with the development of the economy, a large number of young and strong people go out to work, sericulture families are becoming fewer and fewer.""
"The place is small and the level of economic development is limited. It is not easy to retain talents." The receptionist sighed, "How can a city retain its vitality if it does not have enough young adults and talents?"
Hua Jin looked at the wide and tidy streets outside the car window: "Xugou City has changed a lot, and I can hardly recognize it."
The receptionist was humble for a while, but the words still made him proud that his hometown had developed.
Listening to these, Huajin found that the village in her memory was gloomy, and the train station in Xugou City was crowded and scary, but when she came back eight years later, the sun here was bright, the streets were wide, and the people were crowded, the people were welcoming, and even the green trees on both sides of the street were vibrant.
She thought maybe she had grown and become stronger. In other words, the past is no longer important to her, which is why she has such a peaceful and joyful state of mind.
Pei Yan and Hua Jin stayed in Xugou City for a day, and set off for her village early the next morning. Xugou City was worried that they would encounter any troubles that would affect their impression of the local area, so they specially arranged for two staff members to accompany them.
"There is already a direct expressway from the urban area to the county seat. It used to take an hour and a half by car, but now it takes 40 minutes to get there, which greatly shortens the transportation time." Several districts and counties are all good places with convenient transportation, beautiful scenery, and outstanding people. If Mr. Pei and Ms. Hua have enough time, we warmly welcome you two to take a look around."
Hua Jin smiled and said, "I will definitely go when I have the chance."
"Anonymous County has changed a lot in the past few years, Miss Hua has not returned to her hometown for many years, so I'm afraid she is not familiar with it anymore." The accompanying officer said, "May be enough to venture to ask, where is Miss Hua's hometown?"
"My hometown is in the countryside of anonymous county, when I was in high school, my parents' brother died in an accident, so I followed my eldest uncle's family for nearly half a year, and then because I didn't have the opportunity to take the college entrance exam, I went out of town to make a living." Hua Jin added as if jokingly, "In my senior year, I was still the top of the grade, it's a bit of a pity."
The accompanying staff were a little embarrassed when they heard this, but seeing Hua Jin didn't seem to care much, they said, "It's indeed a pity. "
The elders in the family passed away, followed relatives but had no chance to take the college entrance examination, what's tricky inside, needless to say, everyone can guess.
Thinking of this, the staff of Xugou City are a little worried. Ms. Hua has experienced this before, will she have a bad impression of Xugou City and affect Mr. Pei's investment in Xugou City?
Pei Yan shook Hua Jin's hand, and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, I'll vent your anger for you."
Hua Jin twisted his waist gently but fiercely.
Pei Yan: "..." Okay, what are you doing twisting his waist again?
"I'm sorry, but I remembered the sentence you once said that beating a dog depends on the owner." Hua Jin raised her finger, "It doesn't work anymore."
Pei Yan: "..."
Before dawn, the Party Secretary of Nine Village, Xiashu Town, Unnamed County, got up from the bed. Last night, he received a notice that investors from big cities were coming to visit them, and asked the staff in their village to prepare for the reception work.
In the past few years, life in the village has been pretty good. Businessmen often come and say that they want to invest, but unfortunately it has not been implemented in the end. Of course, he wants to make the village develop better. It's just that something happened in the village recently. If the investor happened to come across this...
Thinking of this, he was so worried that he squatted on the edge of the field and took two puffs of cigarettes. The field of piles was in a daze.
"Secretary Hua, what are you doing squatting here? Hey man." A villager who was about to go to the county town to do geotechnical work was startled. He stood there for a while before he recognized him, "Early in the morning Yes, you don't doze off in bed?"
"Why are you dozing off? I'm so worried that my brain hurts." Secretary Hua distributed a cigarette to the villager, "Today, the leaders from above brought investors to visit us. When they came, Hua Chengzhong and Hua Chengguo came to my place to make a fuss again. When this trouble breaks out, where will the investment chamber look after us?"
The villagers lit their cigarettes and squatted down like Secretary Hua: "If you want me to say, Hua Chengzhong and Hua Chengguo shouldn't take the homestead and fields left by Hua Laosan. Hua Laosan doesn't have a daughter in his family. These should belong to the head of the house. What does it have to do with the two of them? The most shameless person is Hua Chengzhong. Back then, the girl's grades were so good. They didn't let her go to school. They asked her to marry a 30-year-old bachelor. The girl was forced to go out of town , and I don't know what it has been like these years, do you think it is immoral or not?" They are all from Huajiagou,
Nine Villages, and strictly speaking, as long as the surname Hua in the village, how many generations of ancestors There is more or less a blood relationship involved. Even Secretary Hua and Hua Chengzhong's family have descended from the same ancestor for several generations, so they are counted as in-laws.
Speaking of Hua Laosan's family, Secretary Hua sighed. When Hua Laosan's family was alive, although they favored sons over daughters, they were at least willing to let the female dolls in the family go to school. Later, when the couple of the Hua family took their son out of the house, an accident happened. There was only one doll left in the house, and she was treated harshly by her uncle. Who wouldn't say behind her back that Hua Chengzhong lacked virtue?
"Go ahead, I'll stay here for a while." Secretary Hua threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped hard, "You're right, even if the things in Hua San's house are rotten, they belong to the baby."
It's just that when the daughter of the Hua family ran away, she was not yet eighteen years old. Now seven or eight years have passed, and she doesn't even have a contact method. Where can they find someone?
Back then, Hua Chengzhong made trouble in the village, saying that the daughter of the Hua family was disobedient and stole the family's money and ran away secretly. They helped Hua Chengzhong's family to look for it. He and a fellow villager had actually seen the girl squatting in the cornfield, but seeing her trembling with fright and her face full of tears, the two old men's hearts softened. .
Everyone in the village knew that Hua Chengzhong wanted to marry his niece to the old bachelor. Everyone thought that his actions were immoral, and it was normal for the girls of the Hua family to be unwilling. It's just that outsiders like them are not very good at managing other people's family affairs, and sometimes they have no other choice but to persuade Hua Chengzhong.
I don't know if it was right or wrong to pretend that I didn't see the girl of the Hua family. What if she encounters an accident outside... The more I think about it, the
more I feel panicked. Secretary Hua went home and changed into clean clothes. Seeing that it was getting late, I went to the village office.
Not long after sitting in the office, two brothers from the Hua family came. One said that the homestead left by the third brother should be shared equally between the two brothers, and the other said that he helped the third brother raise the baby left behind. It should belong to his family.
"How shameless do you have to be to say such a thing?" Hua Chengguo spit on the ground, "You were raised by Jin Jin back then, who in the village didn't know? Lock Jin Jin in the house, Preventing her from taking the college entrance examination, and wanting her to marry an old bachelor, you are not ashamed to do these things, but I feel embarrassing when I say it."
"You shameless, then why didn't you raise her back then?" Hua Chengzhong retorted, "She is a girl who will marry sooner or later. What's the use of reading so many books? Can she still be the number one scholar?
" You can't say that, if you let the golden baby take the exam, maybe our village will really be the number one." A village woman who watched the excitement interjected in a strange way, "Although the second child is not raised Jinwazi, that doesn't hurt her."
"What's in my house is none of your business." Hua Chengzhong glared at the woman who interrupted, "It's disgusting."
"Hua Chengzhong, you short-lived turtle, how dare you Scold me?" The husband of the village woman stood up and put the hoe in his hand on the ground, "Believe it or not, I tricked you."
"Don't make any noise." Secretary Hua walked out of the office, looked at the crowd crowded outside, and stared at her. The two brothers of the Hua family: "You two have been arguing here for a few days, and you do
n't care about the family's farm work?" Let others take advantage of it."
"Since which one should belong to whichever one belongs to you, what is there for you two brothers to argue about?" Secretary Hua put his hands behind his back, "Everything should belong to the third daughter, so what does it have to do with you?"
"Jinjindu hasn't been back for seven or eight years. Who knows what she's doing." Hua Chengzhong said, "It's better to give me the homestead and landfill, so it won't be wasted."
"Nonsense, if Do what you say, what law do you need?" Secretary Hua said with a sullen face, "Stop making trouble, anyway, things are expensive, so don't try to argue with either of you two brothers. The leader is coming today, you two Don't make a fuss here, it will affect our whole village."
"It's good to have a leader, and I'll let the leader tell me what it should be." Hua Chengzhong's wife said in a sharp voice, "Hua Jinjin, that short-lived girl, hasn't come back for so many years, maybe she ran away with a wild man, and she doesn't even remember which direction the door of the house opens. You still want to leave the homestead to her, why open an international joke."
During the slack season, when the villagers have nothing to do, they like to watch the excitement. When Hua Chengzhong's wife said this, the villagers who watched the excitement began to discuss. Some said that Hua Jinjin was abducted by human traffickers, and some said that Hua Jinjin must have married outside. Anyway, no matter how you discuss it, everyone knows it in their hearts. , she will never return to this village.
"It's okay to go back and watch TV, don't hang around here, just walk around." Secretary Hua saw a few cars driving towards the village office on the road, and felt a little nervous. Investors and leaders came here so early?
The other staff members of the village office also surrounded them. Seeing that the villagers were unwilling to leave, they whispered to them not to talk nonsense. This is an investor from a big city. If they are lucky, they can make the investor By investing in this village, they can earn a lot of income every year.
Although the villagers liked to watch the excitement, they also knew what was at stake, so they all took a few steps back, ready to applaud and welcome.
For Huajin, the whole village is unfamiliar. She remembered that when she left the village to go to the county seat, she had to climb two very high mountains, but now the mountains were gone, there were only spacious roads and neat terraced fields, and she sat in the car, not even knowing where she used to live village for more than ten years.
"Leaders, the village branch office of Huajiagou is ahead." The driver whispered, "The road to the village branch office has not been fully repaired, so the car will be a little bumpy, please be careful, leaders."
As the car left The two-story white building was getting closer and closer, and Hua Jin's heart... was not disturbed.
The car stopped outside Xiaobailou, and the escort opened the car door for her, and she heard warm applause.
"Welcome the leader to come and inspect."
"Warm welcome."
"Please go inside and have a cup of hot tea. You have come a long way."
"Come on, I'll accompany you to get out of the car." In front of Huajin.
Hua Jin turned her head and smiled at him, put her hand in Pei Yan's palm, and walked out of the car. Looking around, she saw people smiling and applauding enthusiastically.
The author has something to say: Huahua: Seeing me, fellow villagers, are you happy, moved, or surprised?