Chapter 248: Brother-in-law is quite capable?
After listening to Huo Yan's words, Li Hongjun was stunned for a moment, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
He said: "It was the provincial construction company that bought 150,000 trees in our village. If you don't believe it, just ask Zhou Yong."
Zhou Yong, who was named, had a calm expression, but a thousand horses were galloping in his heart.
Based on the tone of voice that Huo Yan spoke, Zhou Yong guessed that he most likely worked in a construction company.
For a moment, Zhou Yong felt his scalp tingling, and thought: If this matter cannot be resolved, he will be the one to suffer the consequences!
Zhou Yong's brain was working at high speed. He said calmly, "Brother Huo, do you work for a construction company in the provincial capital?"
Huo Yan nodded: "Brother-in-law, I do work in a construction company in the provincial capital, but I have never heard of our company purchasing 150,000 trees in your village..."
Li Hongjun frowned and said immediately: "No way? You work in a construction company, how could you not have heard of this? The official seal on the contract is the official seal of your provincial construction company, and the trees were purchased in full. Everyone in our village knows about this..."
When Zhou Yong listened to what his brother-in-law said, he felt like tearing his mouth apart.
Huo Yan fell into deep thought after hearing what Li Hongjun said. Gu Shuwen stamped her feet and said, "Let's go out and have fun. Let's not talk about work, okay? You're really a spoiler..."
Gu Shuwen's complaint disrupted Huo Yan's thoughts. He smiled and said, "Then let's not talk about work."
"That's right. Sister, let's continue hunting..."
It's a rare opportunity to go out and have fun, and Gu Shuwen doesn't want to be affected by Huo Yan's work.
The five people chatted and laughed as they wandered around in the mountains, and after playing for more than an hour they went down the mountain.
Zhang Guifang was preparing dinner at home early. When they came back, Gu Shuwen and Li Caiyun helped with cooking, while Zhou Yong, Huo Yan and Li Hongjun were talking in the living room.
Huo Yan did not mention the matter of their unit purchasing trees, which made Zhou Yong breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.
But he knew that Huo Yan would definitely ask his colleagues about this matter when he returned, and then the matter would no longer be concealed.
Zhou Yong was multitasking while chatting with Huo Yan and Li Hongjun, thinking to himself: I have to go to the commune as soon as possible to call Chen Pingliang and see how this matter can be settled!
He was having a headache at the moment. Zhou Yong had never expected that one day he would have intersection with people from the provincial capital's construction company.
"Zhou Yong?"
"ah?"
Li Hongjun frowned: "What are you thinking about?"
Zhou Yong chuckled, and his mind raced: "Brother, I was thinking that the leader is coming to conduct a field inspection. Should I inform Secretary Xu?"
It would certainly be icing on the cake if Xu Jianmin could attend and accompany them, but even if he is absent, the other party cannot be blamed.
After all, I didn't say hello in advance and it was just a sudden visit, so no one could say anything if there were any shortcomings in the work.
Li Hongjun thought for a while and said, "It's better to inform Secretary Xu. After all, the provincial leaders are coming to conduct an on-site inspection. It's not right to bypass Secretary Xu..."
Don’t underestimate the leaders of the vegetable club. They control the dining tables of thousands of households, and every unit has to curry favor with this department.
Of course, the provincial capital vegetable club has no control over the affairs of the Qingmu County vegetable club, but as a leader, he always pays attention to the appearance when traveling.
After listening to Li Hongjun's words, Zhou Yong nodded seriously. He looked at Huo Yan and asked, "What time will Auntie arrive tomorrow?"
Huo Yan's mother will stay at a relative's home in Qingmu County tonight and will arrive in Huaixi Village at eight o'clock tomorrow.
Zhou Yong checked the time: "If that's the case, I have to go to the commune now. Otherwise, if Secretary Xu has to leave the commune tomorrow, it will be a troublesome matter..."
Zhou Yong took great pains to call Chen Pingliang.
Huo Yan: "Brother-in-law, I'll drive you there."
Zhou Yong didn't hesitate and left home with Huo Yan.
When they arrived at the commune, Xu Jianmin had already finished get off work.
Zhou Yong asked Huo Yan to wait for him in the car, and he used the commune duty room phone to call Chen Pingliang's home landline.
Because there was someone on duty present, Zhou Yong couldn't say it so bluntly. He just mentioned a few key words, and Chen Pingliang on the other end of the phone knew what had happened.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yong thanked the people on duty and walked to Xu Jianmin's house.
After coming out of Xu Jianmin's house, Zhou Yong thought to himself: I hope Chen Pingliang is reliable, otherwise all their money will be wasted.
Although Zhou Yong thought so, based on his understanding of Chen Pingliang, this guy would not let his own money go to waste.
After arranging this matter, Zhou Yong felt completely relaxed and drove back to Huaixi Village with Huo Yan.
They came back just in time, the food had just been served.
Zhou Yong and Huo Yan washed their hands. There were seven adults at one table and five children at another.
Everyone was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant.
After dinner, the five children went back to the west room to do their homework, and Li Jingan went to the east room to watch TV.
Gu Shuwen and Li Caiyun seemed to have endless things to talk about, and they started talking about one topic after another from the table.
Li Baotian doesn't drink, but he chatted with them after dinner.
Since they were all young people, Li Baotian might have found it boring, so he sat for a while and then got up and went back to the east room with Zhang Guifang who had finished her meal.
Without the old man present, Huo Yan and Gu Shuwen were obviously more at ease.
"Come, let's drink."
Huo Yan got drunk with Li Hongjun and fell down before the table was cleared.
Gu Shuwen felt that Huo Yan was really embarrassing: "Sister, he is good in every way, except that he can't drink well. He drinks a lot..."
In fact, Huo Yan doesn’t usually drink, so isn’t he at the home of Gu Shuwen, his savior?
Zhou Yong asked Li Hongjun to join them. Even though he couldn't drink, he didn't want to spoil everyone's fun.
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "Just like your brother-in-law, he drinks a lot."
Gu Shuwen glanced at Zhou Yong who was helping Huo Yan up, and she complained: "I don't know what's so good about this wine!"
Li Caiyun smiled and said to Zhou Yong, "Help Huo Yan go to the south bed in the west room. Shu Wen, the children and I will sleep on the north bed at night..."
Zhou Yong nodded, and Li Hongjun lent a hand, and the two of them carried the drunk and unconscious Huo Yan back to the west room.
After coming out of the west room, Li Hongjun returned home. Zhang Guifang, Li Caiyun and Gu Shuwen cleaned up the dishes. Zhou Yong felt a little dizzy from drinking, so he went to bed early.
Zhou Yong had a dreamless night and got up early the next day.
He first lit the stove to heat up the west room, and then went to fetch water twice.
When Gu Shuwen and Li Caiyun came out of the house, Zhou Yong was sweeping the yard.
"Sister, my brother-in-law is quite capable, isn't he?"
Li Caiyun's eyes fell gently on her man: "Your brother-in-law is a man who is very capable. As long as he is at home, he will do all the work..."
Gu Shuwen glanced at Zhou Yong who was sweeping the yard. She took Li Caiyun's arm, and the two went to the toilet while talking.
When they came back from the toilet, Zhou Yong was chopping wood in the yard!
It was at this moment that Gu Shuwen's heart was deeply touched. She finally understood why Li Caiyun was so proud every time she mentioned Zhou Yong in her letters.
Because Zhou Yong is different from other men of this generation, he doesn't have that kind of disgusting machismo.
On the contrary, after just less than a day of contact, Gu Shuwen saw that he was a down-to-earth and hardworking person. What is even more commendable is Zhou Yong’s attitude towards his family.
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