Prepare for a treat
After the two of them complimented each other for a few times, Hu Yufeng let out a long sigh: "Well, to be honest, my family's life has improved a little, thanks to the care and support of our town leaders, especially our Secretary Liu. I thank him from the bottom of my heart..."
Secretary Gou nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course! Secretary Liu is so busy but still cares about your family. He even asked about it at the last meeting." In fact, it was Officer Liu who took Qin Wenli's bill to sign. When Secretary Liu saw that it was the Qin family, he asked a few more questions. Secretary Gou happened to be there, so he took the opportunity to praise him!
"So I discussed with Wenli how we can express our feelings without causing trouble to the leadership?" Hu Yufeng asked sincerely.
Secretary Gou had been prepared for a long time and now he understood everything. The protagonist of the banquet coincided with his guess, and he immediately felt more satisfied with Hu Yufeng.
At the end of each year, each village would find various excuses to invite the main leaders of the town to have a meal and maintain good relationships. In previous years, their village always ranked last in terms of whether or not to eat it, so he just followed the crowd and ate something casually at home. But ever since the night school incident left a good impression on Secretary Liu, Murakami has done several great things in succession. Seeing that he could win the third prize if he made another effort, he was damn tempted again.
I was just trying to find an excuse these days when Hu Yufeng took the initiative to hand me flowers. If he didn't take the opportunity to offer it to Buddha, he would have to get up in the middle of the night and slap himself twice.
Thinking of this, he smiled more sincerely: "Old Hu..."
Hu Yufeng raised her eyebrows and said, Wow! It was Wen Li's mother who came in. She called Lao Hu at this time. It was obvious that this proposal touched Lao Gou's heart, so she was relieved!
"Well..." After thinking about it for a while, Secretary Gou looked at the mother and the two of them and said, "I'll go and find out what the leaders think in the next two days. I'll give you a definite answer tomorrow at the latest! Well, to be honest, it's not easy for the village..." Old Secretary Gou talked about how difficult it was for the village, then rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly, "Leave it to me. If it succeeds, our village will take advantage of you again!"
"Look at what you said. Our family all depends on the support of our village. Only when the village is doing well can we do well. I understand this principle. Besides, I can't wait for the leader to come to my house. I just need your help to run the trip!"
Look at her level of awareness and high level of consciousness. If there were no difference between men and women, Secretary Gou would have wanted to grab her hands and give them a good beating.
"It's a matter of mutual benefit. It's the right thing to do. It's all for the sake of development!" His eyes were full of admiration.
“Yes, yes, it’s all for development!”
The two looked at each other and smiled. After sitting for a while, the mother and daughter got up to say goodbye. Secretary Gou walked them to the door and watched the two figures blend into the darkness before returning.
She climbed onto the kang with a curled-up mouth and humming a little tune, her face full of smiles that she couldn't suppress.
"Sister Hu is very generous. You didn't do anything to help her, but she is giving you gifts and treating you to a meal..." Secretary Gou's wife took a handful of fried dough twists and handed them to her son, saying with a smile.
"That's secondary. I was just worrying about who to let entertain the leaders this year, and they opened their mouths."
Secretary Gou's wife went out while the others were talking, and was delighted when she heard the news. My old man is the village party secretary, so we host banquets at home every year. It would be fine if she just stayed in the kitchen cooking all the time, but her leader was very polite and always said she worked hard and toasted her with two glasses of wine. She didn't know how to say those polite words, and she was always trembling with fear of embarrassing the old man. It was so uncomfortable.
Sister Hu is not just generous, she is even more domineering. Just for saving her from the dire situation, Sister Hu is like her real sister. She couldn't help but give her son a few more instructions, asking him to treat Hu Yufeng like his own aunt in the future.
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Hu Yufeng and Qin Wenli were in a good mood as they had resolved a problem.
Qin Wenli pondered as he walked. There were at least 10 to 20 leaders in the town, plus the three people from Murakami, so there were three tables in total. There is also a table for those who are invited to help with the slaughter of the pig, for a total of four tables, but the vegetables at home are not enough.
The thin moonlight sprinkled on the two people's heads, and cast two shadows, one tall and one short, on the ground. The taller ones were counting on their fingers and muttering to themselves, while the shorter ones were slightly tilting their heads and nodding occasionally.
Hu Yufeng was lost in thought as she looked at the swaying shadow. In her memory, there seemed to be an unbridgeable gap between mother and son since the day they met. Not to mention that they were disgusted with each other, they were also indifferent to each other. After Wen Li became an adult, even though they noticed that the distance between them was growing, they just watched coldly, waiting for the moment when they would disappear from each other's sight.
Never has it been so close and natural as tonight.
This feeling is wonderful, as long as mountains and rivers, stretching endlessly.
"Mom, please go inside!" Qin Wenli pulled the dazed Hu Yufeng, and then he naturally moved to the side close to the car.
The next moment a semi-trailer whizzed past the two of them.
Hu Yufeng looked at the figures on the ground overlapping and staggered, and a warm feeling welled up in her heart.
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Secretary Gou is very efficient in his work. If he says it will take two days, it will take two days.
The next day he informed Director Liu, who was overjoyed to hear the good news. To be honest, every year the other village party secretaries assign the responsibility to whichever family, and they won't listen to your arguments. That is to say, their Party Secretary Gou knew that he and the clerk had their own difficulties at home, so for several years he had been living in his own home despite his daughter-in-law's complaints.
He discussed with his wife last night that his eldest son who was serving in the army sent back some money a few days ago, so if it doesn't work out, he can just let him go this year. My wife is not in good health, and she said she would ask her two nephews’ wives for help when the time comes.
But I didn't expect that the Qin family would take the lead. Well, no wonder Secretary Gou always said that the Qin family has a bright future. Look at what he has done this week, it’s hard to be a failure!
After talking to Director Liu, Secretary Gou found an excuse to visit Secretary Liu in town.
After staying in the secretary's office for quite a while, Secretary Gou came out with a big smile on his face, and he kindly helped the leader close the door.
In the afternoon, Hu Yufeng received accurate information: Secretary Liu was very grateful for her invitation and would make time to arrive on time.
Then Secretary Gou smiled and said that in order to avoid embarrassing the leaders, he invited all the leaders in the town and the secretary in the office. In the end, a total of 19 people were confirmed to attend the appointment that day, plus the three shameless Murakami guys, a total of 22 people.
Last night, Lao Gou had already given a heads-up, so Hu Yufeng smiled and praised him for being thoughtful, "Having too many people is not a problem, the only problem is not having enough people..." Normally, people would have to be wary of these people if they wanted to invite them, so she was so happy that they had the honor of coming to her house for dinner. Wenli planned three tables last night. Isn't that just right if each table has eight people?
Seeing that Hu Yufeng was indeed very happy, Secretary Lao Gou was also happy and suggested that the village pay for the vegetables.
But Hu Yufeng suddenly changed her expression: "I told you I'll treat you. You've been very concerned about our family this year. You helped us with today's guests. If I let Murakami pay for it again, will I still have the face to show off?"
Okay, okay, okay. Seeing her firm attitude, Secretary Lao Gou quickly begged for mercy. But he kept this matter in mind, thinking about how to get compensation to the Qin family in the future.
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Now that the date and guests have been set, the family gets busy.
Yang Xiu also took Qin Yu and Qin Shu, who were on winter vacation, home, and let Huizi and her daughter go up to look after the store.
The first thing is cleaning. Anyway, the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, so I might as well take this opportunity to do a thorough cleaning of the house.
The first thing to be affected is the yard. In fact, Lao Qin's yard is cleaned every day, but if you clean it carefully, there are still a lot of fallen leaves and dust in the corners. Qin Yu and Qin Shu were entrusted with the important task of cleaning every corner and window sill with a broom.
After cleaning up the yard, the outside of the yard was tidied up. The firewood that has to be burned must either be sawed off or pulled out as a whole and put into the stove, and the fine pieces of firewood residue must be collected and used to burn the kang. All the weeds on both sides of the road leading to the house were removed, all the fallen leaves under the trees were swept and bagged, and the potholes on the road were filled with soil.
The toilets and cattle pens must not be left out, in case the leader suddenly wants to check on the cattle and sheep at home.
So Qin Shengtian, who had just finished paving the way, took on a new job, and this time he readily agreed. What a joke. I asked around the village and found that several people had talked to the town secretary, but they had never even met him face to face. But they are coming to their house for dinner, and this alone is enough for him to brag about for a whole year! Thinking of this, Qin Shengtian shoveled even harder!
How can we just clean the cattle and sheep pens? The cows are still covered with grass clippings and dust, so we need to brush them too! So he added another job to himself: combing the wool of cattle and sheep!
Qin Shengtian was very busy and had a lot of fun, so the others didn't give in much. We all have the same mentality, just show our best side! So every room was the same, even the old lady's room that no one entered, was scrubbed and washed by its owner until the skin was almost wiped off. Hu Yufeng also took this opportunity to do some decluttering, packing up her torn clothes and bed sheets into bags, waiting to take them apart, wash them, and make shoes in the spring.
After Old Qin's house was cleaned up, Li Lanhua became displeased with the shabby outer courtyard of her own home. She knew some of the inside story, so she simply asked her three children to clean up the mess. Let’s not talk about cleaning up to the level of Second Uncle’s family, but at least we can’t be a comparison group. After cleaning up the outer courtyard, the courtyard was also a mess. Never mind, since the work has started, I might as well clean it up completely!
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There were only three families in total, oh no, four families. The uncharacteristic behavior of these two families startled Chen Xiulian: something was wrong, definitely something was wrong. In previous years, they would only clean up after the 23rd, but this year, not only did they start on the 17th, they even filled in the potholes that no one had taken care of in previous years. There must be something she doesn't know.
When I think of this, I feel like I'm being scratched by a cat. I won't be able to sleep if I don't find out the answer.
Just ask Orchid. As a result, the child knew nothing about anything. When asked again, she just said that she felt itchy because she saw her second uncle's family was beating her, and she couldn't help but want to work.
Lazy Chen Xiu Lian was speechless. There are weird people in the world who are itching to work, or why can't she get along with her eldest daughter-in-law?
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