"What? Three days of flowing water mat? Are your brains burned out? You can't waste money like this!" Wang Laoshi was very happy at first. He saw his son come back to celebrate his birthday. Unexpectedly, this boy asked for three days of flowing water mat. Wang Laoshi
Once I heard this, I was fine.
"No, no, just set up two tables. It's not such a waste of money. It would be nice to make a bowl of noodles at home and lay two eggs on it." Wang Laoshi waved his hands and shook his head. His face was full of distress.
"You old fool, your son came all the way from the East China Sea to celebrate your birthday, and you still resisted." My mother, Chen Cuihua, got angry, and her father immediately stopped. However, Chen Cuihua still said to Wang Guohua: "Second son, why don't you just show off for a day?
Three days is too much for a bar. If you don’t know better, you’d think you embezzled the money.”
You can't say that she doesn't have political consciousness. Wang Guohua originally wanted to manage things well. When I said this, I had to compromise: "Then let's hold wine for one day and sing for three days." As he said this, Wang Guohua sat there and looked at the scene with a smile.
Murong from the family said: "Captain Murong, can your troupe come down?"
Murong didn't expect Wang Guohua to say this. He was stunned and said: "You can come down, but there are performances every day in the provincial capital theater." After thinking about it, Murong gritted his teeth and said: "We have to let the newcomers come on, and the main members of the troupe come down, anyway.
Three days.”
"If it doesn't work, let the young people come down. Anyway, the villagers just want to have fun listening to the opera." Wang Guohua didn't want to embarrass Murong, so Murong rolled his eyes and said, "How can that be done? Since we are branded as a provincial troupe, those who come down will be here."
It has to be a pillar, otherwise it will ruin its reputation." Wang Guohuaxin said, isn't your provincial capital theater also a sign?
"That's okay, you can figure it out, don't be too embarrassed."
"There is still time. I have to rush back to the provincial capital and make careful arrangements. Is it the day after tomorrow?" The two discussed it and the matter was settled. Murong went back in the afternoon. Fortunately, Wang Guohua was driving when he came.
Murong wasn't too tired either.
Chen Cuihua was happy when she heard that the provincial theater troupe had been confirmed. This provincial theater troupe has little influence among young people, but it is a well-known name among middle-aged and elderly people. Especially in villages and towns, let alone the provincial theater troupe, it is also a city
When the grass-roots team came down, it was a big event in all parts of the country. It was quite a sensation.
Although I was still very distressed, in the end the parents didn't want to spoil their children's happiness, so the matter was settled. Murong left, and Wang Guohua was left idle, mainly because there were too many people working.
In recent years, Wang Laoshi's family has been the most prosperous in Wangjiagou. Not to mention that his son is a high-ranking official outside, and his daughter and son-in-law's family are also doing a prosperous business. Xie Manhe bought several sand trucks with loans in the past few years.
The earthwork project in the city. With Wang Guohua and the care of Gao Omi, Gu Xun, Hong Cunming and others, it is difficult to even think about this business.
Murong hadn't left for a while, but Xie Manhe rushed back from the city. This guy was now driving Poussin, and his previous motorcycle was lost somewhere.
Seeing Xie Manhe, Wang Guohua still stood up to greet him warmly, without any pretense of being a market or party secretary. It is said that the older the leader, the more easy-going he is, and this is not true. Wang Guohua sat in the yard and accompanied the villagers to visit him.
When people drank tea, the Chinese cigarettes kept coming out. By the time Xie Manhe came back, Wang Guohua had lost all his cigarettes.
"Brother-in-law is back." Wang Guohua's enthusiasm is not fake. The main reason is that Xie Manhe can remember to celebrate his father's 60th birthday, which is very rare. For this reason, Wang Guohua also has to respect him. "These years I have
Outside, the elderly at home are grateful to you and my sister. Thank you for your hard work. I will give you a toast to my brother-in-law tonight."
Xie Manhe didn't dare to act like his brother-in-law. Over the years while working on projects outside, he had learned a lot about worldliness. Even though he was getting along like a fish in the city, he knew very well in his heart that without Wang Guohua, who could look at him seriously? Understand this
The truth is, in front of Wang Guohua, Xie Manhe became even more low-key.
"It should, it should. Speaking of which, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to do business."
The two chatted for a while, and when it came to the matter of the sixtieth birthday, Xie Manhe naturally had no problem. Everything was done according to Wang Guohua's wishes, and he went out to prepare in the afternoon. He also had to let my mother go out to organize things in the village.
Ladies and aunts, there is a lot of work to be done tomorrow.
The two of them hadn't talked for a while when the Desert Prince who was patrolling outside appeared. He came in and laughed loudly: "Guohua, the chef has already taken care of it. I will take care of the entire Nanshan Hotel team for you."
Wang Guohua handed over a cigarette, lit it and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, but can the chef of the hotel handle this banquet in the countryside? Can he handle the banquet in the countryside? All winemaking in the countryside is done in a big pot."
Gu Xundao: "Of course I know this. How many tables do you want to set up at home? I have informed Gao Jinjiang of your return. He is holding a meeting in the city and said he dared to come back in the evening. He is now the secretary of the district committee, and he is here
Nanshan sticks to his word. I estimate that some leaders from the city will also come, so you can’t also join the big pot, right?”
Gu Xun was right. Wang Guohua was a little impatient to deal with these officials. But if you think about it carefully, it would be a honor to have a group of officials come to your father's sixtieth birthday, so just come. Ordinarily.
When Wang Guohua comes back this time, Liangshui will need at least a deputy secretary to accompany him. Wang Guohua is coming back quietly, otherwise it is the rule of the city to send someone to accompany him.
Wang Guohua's phone rang, and after answering it, he heard Zeng Zeguang laughing on the phone: "Guohua, why didn't you say anything when you came back?" Zeng Zeguang is now the municipal party committee secretary, at the same level as Wang Guohua, but he is Wang Guohua's official leader, even though
Even if he was putting on some airs, Wang Guohua had to accept it obediently.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Old leader, here's the thing. My sister didn't explain clearly. I thought something happened at home, so I hurried back and found out it was for my father's birthday."
Zeng Zeguang heard the respect from the past in Wang Guohua's tone, and he couldn't help but feel secretly in his heart. Not everyone can maintain a humble heart after their status changes.
"Since it is the old man's sixtieth birthday, I must be there. Please tell me the specific time."
When Wang Guohua reported the time, Zeng Zeguang took the initiative to hang up the phone. If Wang Guohua remembered correctly, Zeng Zeguang retired from the position of executive deputy governor. Speaking of which, being able to reach this point in the officialdom is considered a very remarkable person. I think back then.
When Wang Guohua was still an ordinary civil servant, following Zeng Zeguang, he would never have imagined that one day he would be on an equal footing with him.
Gu Xun remained quiet when Wang Guohua answered the phone. He did not dare to "disturbed" the exchange between the two secretaries. Regarding Wang Guohua's current status, Gu Xun had no jealousy but only envy and admiration. Also within the system, Gu Xun
We know very well how difficult it is for a civil servant to rise from the lowest level to Wang Guohua's current position. Some people may not be able to reach the department level even if they spend their entire lives.
In this sense, when struggling within the system, luck is very important, and talent is also very important. Wang Guohua is undoubtedly a monster with good luck and talent. There is no point in being jealous of this kind of person, and he is not normal.
people.
Gu Xun didn't stay long. He had other things to do and went back first. Wang Guohua sent him to the door and came back and asked Xie Manhe: "Why didn't you see the old branch secretary?"
"I had a stroke. It happened in the first half of the year. Both of my sons at home refused to spend money to treat him. You fought me and I fought you. The hospital almost stopped taking the medicine, but your sister couldn't bear it anymore and sent her to him.
Five thousand yuan." Speaking of this, Xie Manhe still had a bit of displeasure on his face. Wang Guohua knew why he was unhappy. In order to have his son born, Xie Manhe was fined a lot of money. As a result, he couldn't pay the money.
The old party secretary led the village militia and took away half of the pigs raised in the family. Even so, they could not collect the fine. They only paid it at the end of the year. Xie Manhe was very upset about this matter.
There was something that Xie Manhe didn't know. When Wang Guohua was admitted to college, he couldn't make up the first-year tuition fee by two thousand yuan, so the old party secretary secretly sent the coffin to Wang Laoshi behind his family's back. This happened
Wang Guohua witnessed it with his own eyes, so he always kept this in mind. Otherwise, how could he be so enthusiastic about the old party secretary, and would always come back empty-handed.
"Has anyone been rescued?"
"He was saved, but he was paralyzed. The two sons threw him in the warehouse where the sundries were stored. They gave him some food every day and didn't take much care of him. If not, Widow Xu at the east end of the village would take care of him every day.
It’s long gone.” Xie Manhe sighed again and again as he spoke. The old Party Secretary was also a famous figure back then. Wang Guohua knew about this woman, Widow Xu, and had heard of some scandals between her and the old Party Secretary. However, the old Party Secretary died a widower in his forties.
It is also true that she did not renew her marriage because of her two sons.
"The old party secretary has been a hero all his life, but he ended up raising two white-eyed wolves!" Wang Guohua hates this kind of children who don't care about anyone, and there is disgust on his face as he speaks. Turning back, Wang Guohua found Wang Xiuxiu and said: "There is cash at home.
What? Get me some."
Wang Xiuxiu took out a stack of money from a jar under the bed and said, "Take what you just took out."
Wang Guohua found a newspaper, put his wallet in his pocket, said hello to the others, and went to the old party secretary's house. In order to find a wife for his two sons, the old party secretary first built a two-room, two-story building for his eldest son.
When my son got married, he built a three-story house because the old party secretary wanted to live with his younger son, which was also the rule in the village.
As soon as I walked to the place, I saw Widow Xu carrying a bamboo basket. When she was young, Widow Xu was also a pretty beauty in the village. She married from another place. Unexpectedly, just after her thirties, the man was gone. Now this woman is old.
Even though she was walking, she was a little unsteady. But when she went to the home of the old party secretary, her steps were very firm.