In the dark night, the light from the mobile phone screen spread on Gu Haitao's face. Fortunately, it was the era of color screens, so the light was not so frighteningly green.
Jiang Qiuyan’s text message came back quickly: What’s it got to do with you?
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Gu Haitao was puzzled. Why was this different from the expected plot?
Gu Haitao: Why aren’t you surprised or angry?
Jiang Qiuyan: What's there to be surprised about? Men are not good people.
Gu Haitao: I am an exception, right?
Jiang Qiuyan: You are neither a man nor a good person.
Gu Haitao: I...will wait for you to come back from vacation, and then we can go to Dongjiang to play for two days?
Jiang Qiuyan: Get out!
Jiang Qiuyan was chatting with Gu Haitao via text messages late at night, just like many other nights recently. At the same time, she was secretly thinking, my poor silly sister! How could she believe that?
The people in this family are more stupid than each other. What should I do in the future?
The young college student was thinking worriedly that her sister was sleeping peacefully, leaning against the pillow, holding Huo Qianli's hand.
The next morning, Gu Haitao lay in bed, hesitating for a long time. Why hadn't Brother Qianli come back yet? He secretly got into the bed and pretended to have slept here last night. Should he wake up or not?
Just as he was struggling, there was a noise from the door. Gu Haitao quickly closed his eyes and pretended that he was still asleep.
"Okay, get up! I knew you were awake early."
Huo Qianli smiled and spoke. Gu Haitao opened his eyes dazedly and rubbed his eyes. "Brother Qianli, when did you get up? I don't know."
Huo Qianli sat down beside his bed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and looked at him, "Okay, don't pretend, I rested next door last night."
Gu Haitao smiled awkwardly and hesitated to speak.
Huo Qianli handed him the water and said, "Are you confused as to why I didn't hide it?"
Gu Haitao nodded, took the water, and drank it down in gulps.
Huo Qianli smiled and said, "Because I just took a nap, everything is clear."
Gu Haitao showed a wicked smile, obviously not believing it at all.
Huo Qianli did not argue and asked, "Do you think your father is a corrupt official?"
Gu Haitao frowned, "My father is not even an official, why would he be greedy?"
Huo Qianli added: "Then guess what the villagers think of him? Think about it calmly and rationally."
Gu Haitao thought about it for a while and nodded helplessly, "It's possible. My house is indeed better. Everyone thinks that all officials are corrupt."
“You see, that’s the problem.”
Huo Qianli leaned back leisurely, "People are only willing to believe what they want to believe, such as a rich village chief is a corrupt official, or a rich young woman is a mistress. We must learn to think independently and learn to make rational judgments."
Gu Haitao tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "Brother Qianli, it's hard for you to come up with such a big reason for such a thing!"
Huo Qianli's face turned serious, and he gave him a chestnut, "Don't tell anyone about this when you get back, got it?"
Gu Haitao covered his forehead and nodded resentfully.
So much effort wasted... Huo Qianli clapped his hands and stood up, "Hurry up, pack up and go back for dinner!"
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The next day after the three returned, the street lights were delivered to Hushan Village.
The construction workers helped to install it, and people from the town's power supply station also came to connect the circuit.
On the night when the street lights were installed and announced to be turned on, villagers stood in groups of three or five on the main road of Hushan Village.
In the depths of winter, it is already dark before six o'clock.
The dark night that had shrouded the village for who knows how many years, just like the countless days in the past, enveloped everything in Hushan Village.
People stood in the darkness, quietly and excitedly looking forward to the light.
When seven o'clock arrived, rows of street lamps were lit up at the same time. In an instant, the scattered lights looked like a long dragon.
The dark night was suddenly washed away, lighting up their bright future.
There were bursts of cheers from the crowd. It was a farewell to the past, a celebration of the present, and also a beautiful expectation for the future.
Liu Xiaoyu took the camera and captured the glory of that moment.
She had never thought that the street lights that she was familiar with in the city could be so bright, so brilliant, and so exciting.
Gu Haitao picked up his cell phone, took a very blurry photo, and sent it to Jiang Qiuyan via MMS.
In the dim lights, Huo Qianli and Jiang Qingyue watched quietly, holding hands and smiling, as if they were watching a grand fireworks display.
For the next three days, the town leaders went to Hushan Village whenever they had nothing to do. Fortunately, there was a film crew from the provincial TV station, so their demands for the face-to-face project were not so exaggerated. However, they had to secretly put pressure on Huo Qianli or the village committee.
Fortunately, Huo Qianli is not the kind of stupid and unreasonable person. He has done a lot of detailed preparations while trying not to disturb others.
January 24, 2008 is a good day for travel.
In front of the village committee of Hushan Village, a banner was specially hung, [Warmly welcome the superior leaders to visit and inspect]
Secretary Zheng and Mayor Zhang arrived early in the morning with the town's propaganda officer Wang Wei and waited at the door with members of the Hushan Village Committee.
“Here it comes!”
One of the villagers shouted loudly, and everyone looked towards the village road in the distance. A large truck was driving along the winding mountain road.
"Wow! He must be a high-ranking official. His car must be bigger!"
In the simple understanding of some villagers in Hushan Village, the size of the car seems to be linked to the rank of the official position.
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