Just after leaving the gate of the county bureau, someone suddenly called Dong Xuebin's name from behind. When I looked back, it was Hu Silian, the office director. Hu Silian smiled and pushed an electric bicycle to greet him, "Director Dong, let's go home to the building together, along the way.
"She was still very careful. She knew that Dong Xuebin had just arrived and didn't know much about the situation here, so he might not be able to find a place. "Put your luggage in my car too. This basket is strong and can withstand it."
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "Why are you so embarrassed? You are still riding a bicycle. I can't let you walk with me."
Hu Silian kicked off the car and reached out to pick up Dong Xuebin's suitcase, "It's not far away, it's okay. By the way, the bureau leaders are not here and we haven't prepared your reception banquet. Otherwise, why don't you give me a favor tonight and make do with it at my house? Haha."
, My wife’s cooking skills are quite good.” As the office director, Hu Silian’s political wisdom is obviously higher than that of Dong Xuebin. At first, Dong Xuebin’s position was similar to Hu Silian’s, mainly responsible for logistics, but Dong Xuebin has such a hot temper.
, she offends people everywhere, but Hu Silian is obviously the opposite of Dong Xuebin. She can't offend anyone, she is smooth and can get along with any leader in terms of face. Of course, there are certain advantages of a woman in it.
Dong Xuebin said: "Don't bother me. I'll have a chance another day. I have to go to Huitian Township to see my mother in the evening."
Hu Silian was stunned. Director Dong's hometown was also in Yantai County? She really didn't know this.
County bureau family building.
This is a community that is about ten or twenty years old. The house is not very new, but it is barely passable. When Hu Silian took Dong Xuebin upstairs and opened the door, he was speechless and discovered that there was something special inside. The decoration of this two-bedroom apartment
Everything is very particular, and the home furnishings are all well-equipped. LCD TV, fully automatic drum washing machine, cabinet air conditioner, everything is available. It is almost as good as a standard room in a hotel.
As soon as Hu Silian left, Dong Xuebin put down his luggage and lay down on the large double bed in the bedroom. The grassroots level is the grassroots level. There are many things that don’t have to be as careful as those in Beijing. His current living conditions are probably better than those of deputy director Xu Yan.
The superior leader is even more superior. By the way, when the time comes, I will take my mother to live with me. After working hard for most of my life, it is time for her to enjoy peace and happiness.
Dong Xuebin picked up the phone and called the village.
"Hey, who are you looking for?" A woman's voice came from the other side, but I couldn't tell who it was.
Dong Xuebin said: "I am Dong Xuebin, is my mother here?"
"It's you." Sheng'er paused, "...wait a moment...Xiaoping...Xiaoping...your son's phone number!"
Not long after, my mother Luan Xiaoping's voice rang, "Xiao Bin? Why did you call home?" Her son always called the rural middle school to find her, and rarely called home.
Dong Xuebin frowned, "Mom, who answered the phone just now?"
"It's your aunt."
"Huh, she still hasn't changed after so many years. Her tone sounds like I owe her money."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Your aunt actually loves you very much."
"Mom, please stop looking for money for them. We both know their humanity." When his father was critically ill, Dong Xuebin and his mother borrowed money from their family, but their uncle and aunt couldn't even get enough money.
No money was given to them, but the second aunt's family had never been in good condition and all their savings were spent. This incident immediately made Dong Xuebin feel cold to his mother's relatives. In addition, they had not had much contact with each other, so the family
The relationship between people was very tense. During the holidays, Dong Xuebin would not even say hello to other elders except calling his second aunt and uncle to say hello.
"Xiao Bin, are you okay? Mom is washing vegetables, or else I'll call you later?"
"Why are you washing the dishes again? You've been working all day. My aunt and the others are all busy with home, so why are you doing the washing?"
"It's not the same who washes the vegetables and who cooks, we're a family, why do you care about this?"
"Mom, you are just too honest, I shouldn't have done this!"
"Mom knows what to do, so just leave it alone."
Every time he mentioned something about his mother's family, Dong Xuebin would get angry and sit up from the bed. He said, "I'm in Yantai County. I'll take the bus to your place later."
"Eh? Why are you here when you're not at work?"
"I have something to do. I'll tell you when we meet in person. I'll go over now."
"You haven't eaten yet? Then I'll call your second aunt's family and we'll wait for you to eat." Luan Xiaoping mentioned this to Dong Xuebin once during the last Chinese New Year. Now her son is willing to go home. Luan Xiaoping is very happy.
I thought my son had taken leave specifically to come back and have a look.
I went out and got on a long-distance bus and arrived at Huitian Township on a bumpy ride.
As soon as he got off the car, he saw his mother, Luan Xiaoping, waiting for him there. Dong Xuebin complained: "Why are you even going out there? Something will happen at night." The security here is not as good as in the capital.
"Who is at home? Have my second aunt, second uncle, and sister arrived?"
Luan Xiaoping smiled and said: "Your sister is working overtime today. She will come back as soon as we talk. Everyone else has arrived."
Dong Xuebin held his mother's hand and said, "Okay, let's go over there and look at your feet."
"Haha, Mom's eyesight is fine, she doesn't need help." Luan Xiaoping patted her son's hand happily and led the way.
When you could see the jujube tree in the small courtyard of your hometown, several young people suddenly walked from the opposite side swaying and swaying, some holding cheap cigarettes that cost one or two yuan a pack, and some humming.
Humming a mountain tune, some people looked at Dong Xuebin and Luan Xiaoping unscrupulously.
Luan Xiaoping took a look, quickly pulled her son away, and lowered her head slightly.
Dong Xuebin looked at them coldly, "Mom, what do these people do? Why are you afraid of them?"
"Our Yantai County produces gold. These are the gangsters hired by the mines. They usually live in the countryside, stealing people's vegetable fields, teasing other people's girls, and doing all kinds of bad things." Seeing the gangsters walking away, Luan Xiaoping
Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Xiao Bin, if you see them, stay away from them in the future. Don't mess with these people. I heard that they have a good relationship with the police at the township police station. The sweet potatoes we planted several times have been watched helplessly by these people."
I dug it up, but even if I called the police, the police wouldn't care."
"Khan, do you want me to hide from them?"
"Listen to mom, your job is in Beijing, so you are of no use here. You can't screw them."
Dong Xuebin is a bit funny, calling me, the deputy director of the county bureau, hiding from gangsters? Are you kidding me?
Dong Xuebin, the son of the small courtyard here, has been here several times many years ago. Except that the jujube trees have grown a little taller, the rest of the courtyard has not changed much. He walked over on the yellow soil and pushed open the large iron gate hung with red paint.
, Luan Xiaoping and Dong Xuebin walked into the courtyard, looking for a lighted earth-tile house and stepped into the house. After a glance, the whole family was there, including the elderly grandma, uncle and aunt, aunt and uncle.
My second aunt and uncle, only my sister and a few younger children are not here.
Dong Xuebin didn't like anyone except his second aunt and his family, but he still wanted to give his mother some face, so he called them one by one.
The uncle and aunt were both a little indifferent. After all, Dong Xuebin had slapped the table with them and glared at them before, and they all held grudges. Only the second aunt and uncle came up to him with a smile, and the second aunt held Dong Xuebin's hand.
She looked at him up and down, and couldn't help nodding her head, "Xiao Bin is getting more and more energetic as he grows older. Look, he's a head taller than me. Come on, sit down quickly, sit down quickly, we're going to eat."
Dong Xuebin really missed his second aunt, "Second aunt, you are getting younger and younger. How is your health recently?"
"It's okay, haha."
The second uncle smiled and said: "I heard from your mother that you are now a leader in the agency?"
Dong Xuebin took out a pack of Chinese cigarettes and gave one to his second uncle, "Hey, just fool around, you smoke."
The second uncle glanced at the cigarette box with greedy eyes and said, "Oh, this is such a good cigarette."
When his uncle saw that Dong Xuebin didn't give him a cigarette, he frowned and said, "The leader of the National Security Bureau is not worth much. He is said to be the deputy director, but he doesn't have much real power."
My aunt smiled and said, "That's right, it's the grassroots officials who benefit from it."
Dong Xuebin turned his head and looked at them.
Luan Xiaoping was very unhappy to hear them belittle her son, but they were her brother and sister-in-law, so she couldn't say anything.
The second aunt said: "You can't say that. How old is Xiaobin? His future is limitless."
The aunt also looked down on Dong Xuebin and curled her lips, "The old lady is also hungry. Let's eat before we can wait for Xiaojin."
The reason why the aunt and uncle treated Dong Xuebin like this was because, firstly, there had been some unpleasantness, and secondly, Dong Xuebin’s official position was in Guoan, after all, in Beijing. Where is the capital? It is the political center, and there are a lot of cadres.
In addition, it is a very closed department like the National Security Bureau, and the value of the deputy department is extremely low. Basically no one will recognize it outside their unit. Therefore, after hearing that Luan Xiaoping's son was nominated for the deputy department, everyone did not become too enthusiastic.
, still the same as before.
This meal made Dong Xuebin very angry.
Not only because of the attitude of several relatives and elders towards me, but also because of their attitude towards my mother!
Luan Xiaoping seems to be a nanny in the family. Whether it's cooking, serving dishes, or pouring water, it's all my mother's job. Even brushing the chopsticks and dishes after eating is the job of my mother and my second aunt.
My mother was not in good health. She taught in a rural middle school for a day, and she still had to do this and that when she came back. However, my aunt, who had no job and stayed at home all day long, didn't do any work at all. She just ate and drank happily.
Auntie watched TV together, too lazy to act like a pig.
Seeing that her son was about to get angry, Luan Xiaoping hurriedly smiled and said: "Xiao Bin, you have been traveling all day, so go and have a rest in the house."
Dong Xuebin glanced at his aunt and her family coldly. Just as he was about to say something, bang, the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open.
Tang Jin, the daughter of the second aunt and uncle and Dong Xuebin’s cousin, wiped away her tears and ran into the house, “Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
It’s been so long since we last saw each other that Dong Xuebin almost didn’t recognize him, “You are... Xiaojin? It’s Xiaojin, right? What’s wrong? Who bullied you!?”