In Xiangyang Village at dusk, villagers are carrying farm tools and driving cattle back from the mountains. Smoke from the rooftops rises, and occasionally the sound of dogs can be heard. A terraced field surrounds the village, and a cement road cuts across the terraced field.
Passed and went straight to the entrance of the village. Cheng Yiping stopped the car at the entrance of the village, turned his head and said: "Get off the car, we're here!" Zhang Ruolan lowered the window, took a deep breath with both hands, and said with a smile: "One water protects the fields."
Surrounded by greenery and surrounded by two mountains, it’s really a great place!” Cheng Yiping smiled.
When the children playing at the entrance of the village saw a stranger coming, they rushed up together. During the Chinese New Year, Cheng Yiping came back. The children recognized him and shouted: "Uncle! Uncle!..." Cheng Yiping responded, while
She took out candies from the plastic bag she was carrying and gave them to them. Zhang Ruolan looked at these children, whose clothes were shabby but in good spirits, and stretched out their muddy little hands to ask Cheng Yiping for candies. She stepped forward and said with a smile: "Children
Guys, come here and I’ll give you candy!”
The children who got the candy all looked sideways at Cheng Yiping, who said: "Call Auntie!" The children shouted: "Hello, Auntie!" They immediately surrounded Zhang Ruolan in the center, and Zhang Ruolan smiled and said: "Hello!" and bent down.
I gave them the candies in my hands. When I heard the noise of the children at the house next to the roadside, the adults walked out of the house. When they saw Cheng Yiping, they all stepped forward and invited him to sit at home. Since Cheng Yiping last went home for the New Year,
, they already knew who Cheng Yiping was now, and they greeted him cordially and with respect.
When he saw the beautiful Zhang Ruolan next to Cheng Yiping, he boldly stepped forward to say hello, but the timid one just took a peek. Cheng Yiping greeted them with a smile and gave each of them a cigarette, surrounded by a group of children.
, walked home. Watching Cheng Yiping and Zhang Ruolan walking away, some adults slapped their children on the head and shouted: "Did you see that, study hard and learn from your uncle when you grow up!" The children seemed to understand but not understand.
Nodding.
Arriving in the yard of his house, a petite little girl flashed out from behind the door, calling "Uncle!" and ran towards Cheng Yiping. Cheng Yiping handed the candy in his hand to Zhang Ruolan, picked up the little girl, and hugged her
He kissed her on the cheek and shouted: "Do you miss uncle?" The little girl giggled and said: "Uncle, your stubble hurts me!" Who else is the little girl if she isn't Xiao Xi? Cheng Yiping laughed loudly,
He put her on the ground, bent down and put his hands on her shoulders, looked at her carefully and said, "Let uncle see, has the princess become beautiful?"
Summer is here. The little girl is wearing a white dress, silver sandals, two braids on her head, curved eyelashes, and big watery eyes. She is like a cute elf, making people love you. Xiao Xi tilted her head.
He raised his head and said: "Uncle, do you miss me?" Cheng Yiping said: "Yes, I think about it every day, uncle bought you a lot of gifts!" Xiao Xi said: "Thank you, uncle!" Zhang Ruolan stood behind Cheng Yiping.
He stepped forward, bent down and smiled: "Are you Xiao Xi? What a cute little girl!"
Only then did Cheng Yiping remember that Zhang Ruolan was following behind him and said to Xiao Xi: "Call Aunt Zhang!" Xiao Xi saluted Zhang Ruolan respectfully and said: "Hello Aunt Zhang!" Zhang Ruolan was amused by her serious way of saluting and smiled.
He smiled and said: "Hello, Xiao Xi!" From the plastic bag he was carrying, he took out two sets of unpacked children's clothes: "Auntie bought these for you, do you like them?" Xiao Xi looked up at Cheng Yiping,
Seeing Cheng Yiping nod, he took it, saluted Zhang Ruolan and said, "Thank you, auntie!"
Zhang Ruolan knelt down and pointed at her cheek and said, "Kiss auntie." Xiao Xi stepped forward and put his arms around her neck and gave her a kiss. Zhang Ruolan hugged her and kissed her too. Xiao Xi giggled happily.
Amidst the sound, the side door opened and Wen Xiuli came out. When she saw it was Cheng Yiping, her face was happy at first, and then she said angrily: "If you don't work in the county, what are you going to do when you go home?" Cheng Yiping scratched his head and pointed awkwardly.
He looked at Zhang Ruolan and said, "Mom, this is my friend Zhang Ruolan!"
Seeing Wen Xiuli, Zhang Ruolan's face flashed with joy, and she stepped forward and said, "Hello, aunt, you can just call me Xiaolan. My parents call me that." Wen Xiuli looked at her for a while and took the hand from her.
He smiled gently and said, "Come in, you and Yiping are welcome to come and play at home!" Zhang Ruolan led Xiao Xi into the house.
It was getting dark. In the living room, Xiao Xinui was watching children's channels in Cheng Yiping's arms. Cheng Yiping was flipping through her homework. Zhang Ruolan didn't regard herself as an outsider at all. She sat in the living room for a while and then walked into the kitchen to help.
Wen Xiuli was preparing dinner. There were footsteps outside the door, and a rough voice said: "Brothers and sisters, I heard that Xiaobao has brought a daughter-in-law from the city back?" Hearing what his uncle Cheng Yuankai said, Cheng Yiping couldn't help but smile bitterly.
According to the custom in Xiangyang Village, when you bring your girlfriend home to see your parents for the first time, the villagers and neighbors will come to congratulate you, bringing cigarettes, alcohol and peanuts. If it weren't for your identity, other unmarried young men would probably come to congratulate you.
The people were already making a fuss. He put Xiao Xi on the sofa, stood up and opened the living room door. He saw uncle Cheng Yuankai staring at him angrily outside the door. Xiang Zhenghua, the secretary of the Xiangyang Village Committee, and Lei Dafu, the accountant, were holding in their hands
Two bottles of Jiangzhoujiao and two cigarettes stood behind him with an embarrassed look on his face.
Wen Xiuli also walked out of the kitchen. When Cheng Yuankai saw Cheng Yiping, he said angrily: "You are so ignorant. Why don't you discuss a life-long event like marriage with me?"
Cheng Yiping understood his uncle's temper. Even though he scolded him fiercely, in fact, he had treated him as his own son since he was a child and he really cared about him. He turned sideways and let Cheng Yuankai and others into the room and said with a smile: "Uncle, get married.
How dare I hide this kind of thing from you? Everyone has misunderstood. Xiaolan is just an ordinary friend of mine. This weekend, she came to my house with me to play!" Cheng Yuankai looked at him and laughed and said: "I don't expect you, too.
How dare you deceive me!" Cheng Yiping smiled bitterly.
Xiang Zhenghua bowed and said: "Secretary Cheng, you are welcome to return to the village to guide the work of the village committee!" Cheng Yiping motioned for the two of them to sit down and said with a smile: "Uncle Xiang, Uncle Lei, you should call me Xiaobao. When you were young, you
They all call me that." Cheng Yuankai said: "That's right, you two old guys, and Xiaobao was also raised by you, so what do you call Secretary Cheng? It doesn't sound right to me."
Lei Dafu said in his heart: "Cheng Yuankai, you old man, Secretary Cheng is your nephew. Of course you can call him that. If you ask me to call you that, aren't you asking me to make a mistake? Although Secretary Cheng can't control Xiangyang Village now,
, In the future, the young person will be the secretary of the county party committee, and he will be transferred to the city in a few years. By then, the management will not be the same!" Xiang Zhenghua had the same idea as him. Hearing Cheng Yuankai's words, he just smiled and said,
Besides, I came tonight and asked him for help with some things.
Zhang Ruolan brought some peanuts on a plate from the kitchen. Cheng Yiping introduced Cheng Yuankai to her and said: "Miss Zhang, this is my uncle!" Zhang Ruolan was stunned. Didn't he call himself Xiaolan along the way? Why did he suddenly change it again?
After thinking about it, he understood what Cheng Yiping meant. He wanted to use his own words to explain the relationship between the two to Cheng Yuankai.
I remembered what Master Wu Se said to me in the meditation room on Miaohua Mountain. I blushed slightly, bent down to pour a cup of tea, and brought it to Cheng Yuankai respectfully: "Hello, uncle, please have tea. Just call me Xiaolan!"
Cheng Yuankai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up. His face was overjoyed. He glanced sideways at Cheng Yiping, thinking that he would settle the score with you, then he turned around and took Zhang Ruolan's tea cup with a smile, and praised: "Okay! Good!"
Zhang Ruolan turned around and brought tea to Xiang Zhenghua and Lei Dafu. The two hurriedly took it. Xiang Zhenghua understood a little. Judging from the situation, this beautiful woman was most likely to be the future secretary's wife. The secretary's wife offered tea to herself.
Then there will be some bragging. Doesn’t the newly transferred mayor look down on me? He is so lucky that the secretary’s wife will serve him tea. Just dream!
Cheng Yuankai put the teacup on the table, took out a red envelope from his arms, and said: "Xiaolan, Xiaobao's father passed away young, you can treat me as his father. This is a little bit of the kindness of the uncle and your aunt. It's not much. You can
Just buy whatever you like!" Cheng Yiping was shocked. This was no joke. According to the custom of Xiangyang Village, if Zhang Ruolan accepted this red envelope, she would be his unmarried daughter-in-law.
Just as he was about to stop her, her mother Wen Xiuli appeared out of nowhere and said, "Xiao Xi, go see why Yifan's grandma hasn't come yet. I've already prepared the food!" Xiao Xi said, "Oh.
"When Wen Xiuli interrupted, Zhang Ruolan had already taken the red envelope from Cheng Yuankai's hand, bowed and said: "Thank you, uncle!" Cheng Yuankai looked at her and said repeatedly: "Okay! Okay!" There was a kind look on his face.
His expression showed that he was extremely satisfied with this "daughter-in-law".
Wen Xiuli didn't know whether she didn't see it or pretended to turn a blind eye, so she smiled and said: "Xiaolan, come to the kitchen!" Zhang Ruolan said: "Oh." Cheng Yiping looked at her back, dumbfounded, and thought to himself: "Miss Zhang,
Mr. Zhang, I didn’t offend you, did you? You stayed at my house for two days and left. When the uncle asks me about you, how can I explain it to him?”
When Xiang Zhenghua and Lei Dafu saw Zhang Ruolan accepting Cheng Yuankai's red envelope, they looked at each other and said to themselves: "It seems that she is really the future secretary's wife, but she is low-key and doesn't want to be publicized!" They both raised their hands and said: "Congratulations to Cheng.
Secretary!" Cheng Yiping smiled and said: "Thank you!" There is no way to explain it now. Xiang Zhenghua said: "Secretary Cheng, don't worry, I always guarantee with the character of a party member, this news will not get out of this room, if
When anyone asks, we will just say that Miss Zhang is your friend!" Lei Dafu next to him also nodded solemnly.
Cheng Yiping smiled, that's fine. If the people in the village knew that he was "taking a wife" and didn't tell them, they would probably think that he had become the secretary of the county party committee and look down on them. Cheng Yuankai said to Cheng Yiping: "My mobile phone is out of battery."
Come on, bring your cell phone and let me make a call!" Cheng Yiping put the cell phone in the bedroom, got up and walked towards the second floor.
Seeing Cheng Yiping going up to the second floor, he turned to Zhenghua and said to Cheng Yuankai: "Old Cheng, are you going to call the young and old men in the village to congratulate Xiaobao for bringing his wife home? Cheng Yuankai said: "Nonsense!"
Zhenghua said: "Old Cheng, I have to say something to you. Do you want to listen or not? Xiaobao's marriage is a private matter of your Cheng family. As an outsider, I shouldn't say anything, but Xiaobao walked out of Xiangyang Village.
, How many years have passed since Xiangyang Village finally got a county magistrate, you don’t want to harm him, do you?”
Cheng Yuankai glared and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Xiaobao is my nephew, I will harm him?" Xiang Zhenghua said sternly: "Do you know what Xiaobao needs most now?" Cheng Yuankai and Xiang Zhenghua both said
We have a very good relationship, but every time we talk, it’s like we’re having an argument. When I hear this, I say, “If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have something to say, let it go!”
Xiang Zhenghua said: "What he needs most now is to keep a low profile. If you tell the truth about Xiaobao taking his girlfriend home to see his family, I guarantee that at dawn tomorrow, those bastards in the town will rush to Xiangyang Village.
, do you believe it or not?" Cheng Yuankai snorted and thought to himself: "It's better to come here and let them see my nephew, Cheng Yuankai, and see if they dare to look down on me in the future!"
Xiang Zhenghua said: "Maybe the county secretary and county magistrate will also come. When they come, the county reporters will also be dispatched. When the TV and newspapers publicize it, what will the city leaders think?
What will the common people think? Aren't you harming Xiaobao?" Cheng Yuankai thought for a while, looked sideways at Lei Dafu, and said, "Old Lei, is it really so serious?" Lei Dafu nodded solemnly, and when Lei Dafu nodded,
Cheng Yuankai also felt that his approach was a bit reckless, but he would not admit defeat. He cursed: "You are an old guy who has many twists and turns. No wonder I couldn't win against you when I ran for village chief!"
Cheng Yiping didn't know that while Cheng Yuankai and the others were chatting in the living room, the Yunshan Public Security Special Police, under the command of Zhang Peng, had begun a battle against the Red Star Gang.