Various meetings were held. On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Lin Jinhong returned home with his nearly exhausted body. When he came back, his family was shocked. He was so dark and thin, he looked like an African refugee. He came back. After arriving home, the first thing he did was to take a nap. He slept soundly until the New Year's Eve dinner was ready before his grandma called him to eat. After dinner, he received a call from the girl. The two of them After chatting heartily with each other for nearly half an hour, he reluctantly put down the phone. As soon as he put down the phone, Shen Yuan called again. Anyway, he kept calling, and he felt a little numb.

The first day of junior high school was the most relaxing day for Lin Jinhong. Sitting in the yard, his grandfather, father and he spent a long time basking in the sun and chatting about work matters for a long time. Both father and grandfather were quite satisfied with his performance. .His father patted him on the shoulder and said, "On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I will take you to meet some of my old friends and show you where to go. You can move around on your own if you have anything to do in the future!"

"Dad, Secretary Wu of the municipal party committee is your friend. Is your relationship very strong?"

"Do you know Secretary Wu?"

"I met him when I went to the city, and he mentioned your relationship to me!"

"Oh!" His father smiled, with a nostalgic look on his face, "We have a good relationship. We used to wear the same pants at school and when we went to the countryside. But then I went to the National People's Congress and he entered the system. , the two of them don’t get together much anymore! By the way, how did you run into him when you went to the city? He didn’t mention it to me the last time we talked on the phone!”

Lin Jinhong told what happened in the city. Grandpa and father suddenly understood after listening to it. Grandpa gave a rare smile: "You kid, you keep it a secret. You never told me that you won the Medal for Bravery. When this happened, Xiao Shen didn’t even tell me about it!”

"It's not a big deal. I would have to worry Grandpa if I mentioned it, so I didn't mention it." Lin Jinhong explained quickly.

Grandpa waved his hand and said loudly: "You don't have to rush to explain. You have grown up and you can figure it out yourself."

The next day, the number of people in the family gradually increased. The third aunt and the seventh mother-in-law all came to pay New Year greetings. This was the busiest year since my grandfather retired. The whole day, the house was full, even in Shankou Village. Several village party secretaries and village chiefs from Daliao Village and Shaoyuan Village also came to join in the fun. The busiest people on this day were grandma and mother, who had not sat down much all day.

On the third and fourth days of the Lunar New Year, Lin Jinhong began to pay New Year greetings. Relatives and several leaders from the town all came to visit.

At dawn the next day, Lin Jinhong was awakened by his father's knock on the door, "Dad, do you need to be in such a hurry?"

"Stop talking nonsense, how many can I see today? I'm going back to Yanjing tomorrow, why don't you go wash your face and brush your teeth!"

"Why are you going back so early? There are still about ten days before school starts?" Lin Jinhong asked strangely. My father is a professor and seems to be very busy. He never stays home for more than ten days during the Chinese New Year every year, and he rarely goes back during the summer vacation. Home. If the relationship between his father and his mother had not always been very good, he would have suspected that his father was having an extramarital affair in Yanjing.

"The research topic hasn't been completed yet, you think I don't want to stay at home!" Dad sighed after saying this, and said leisurely, "Hey, sometimes I really want to move you to Yanjing, so as not to Running back and forth like this."

Lin Jinhong didn't have the time to listen to his father's lamentation and ran to brush his teeth and wash his face. After breakfast, the father and son ran to the entrance of the village to wait for the bus. Since it was still the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, there were only three buses from the town to the county, morning, noon and

There is one bus each in the afternoon, and it leaves at seven o'clock in the morning, which is considered an early bus. I looked at my watch and saw that there are still ten minutes before seven o'clock. "Dad, who are you seeing today?"

"Wu Zhengqiang, Chen Liwen, and Ruan Chengzhang. As you know about Wu Zhengqiang, Chen Liwen is now the deputy director of the Organization Department of the county party committee. He is my college alumnus, one year younger than me, and we have a good relationship. The other person, Ruan Chengzhang, is a businessman.

, the boss of Tianxiang Group Co., Ltd. in the city. I met him when I was doing research a few years ago. I once gave him a few pointers. He is a good person, and he doesn’t have the smell of copper like ordinary businessmen."

"Dad, you are so awesome. Your classmates are either municipal party committee secretaries, county organization ministers, or CEOs of group companies!"

"Stop flattering, the car is here, let's get on first!" The two of them got on the car. Since it was the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, there were not many people out, so the car was empty. They found a seat at random and sat down.

Lin Jinhong was just about to take the money when he unexpectedly handed over a hundred-yuan note from behind and said to the conductor, "Comrade, I gave them both their fares!"

Lin Jinhong was stunned for a moment, then turned around. The person who wanted to pay for his car was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He looked quite gentle and honest. The key was that he had a bookish air. Lin Jinhong thought about it for a moment.

I couldn't remember that I knew this person, so I asked doubtfully: "Who are you?"

"Deputy Mayor Lin, I am Chen Ran's lover Li Guoping. I have met Deputy Mayor Lin several times before, so I know him!"

"Oh, it turns out to be Brother Li. Why do you have the nerve to ask Brother Li to pay for the car? Put it away quickly!" Lin Jinhong hurriedly stopped his hand and wanted to withdraw the money. The two of them went back and forth for several rounds.

, Lin Jinhong has always been thin-skinned. Seeing the slightly impatient look in the conductor's eyes, he finally asked Li Guoping to pay the fare.

Lin Jinhong sat down in his seat and turned around, "It cost Brother Li a lot of money. Where is Brother Li going?"

"There is a relative in the county town, and Chen Ran can't leave, so I have to go and take a trip!" Li Guoping stuffed the recovered money into his pocket and said shyly, "Deputy Mayor Lin, do you have anything to do in the county town?

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"It's a small matter! Haha, Brother Li, just call me Lin Jinhong. Don't be so polite!" Lin Jinhong responded casually and introduced his father. When Lin Jinhong saw Li Guoping, he seemed to have something to say, "Brother Li

Is something wrong?"

Li Guoping smiled: "No...it's okay. Deputy Mayor Lin will come home and sit down when he is free!"

After the two chatted for a few words, the scene calmed down. Lin Jinhong turned his head, smiled at the father beside him, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

More than an hour later, the car finally arrived at the county seat. The two changed buses and went to the city first. My father heard that Secretary Wu was waiting for him and his son at home in the morning, so they went to the city to visit Wu Zhengqiang and Ruan Chengzhang in the afternoon.

Return to the county seat to visit Chen Liwen.

On the bus, my father asked about Chen Ran, and Lin Jinhong introduced Chen Ran a little bit.
Chapter completed!