Chapter 1280 No one dared to move their chopsticks until he came

Chapter 1280 No one dared to move their chopsticks until he came

The car drove out of Yanjing City, headed south, and drove onto the road back home.

At this time, the five vertical and seven horizontal national highways had not yet been built. Only when conditions allowed would they use some broken stones to pave the road surface, so that the speed of cars could be increased a little. Most of the roads in the country were simple yellow dirt roads.

In addition, it has been snowing continuously in the north during this period, with occasional sunny days. The snow on the road melted and froze again, and froze again, making it really difficult to walk.

It was easier to walk in cities close to the city with many cars, but once he left the city, the roads were snowy and muddy, and Li Xiangnan could only follow the large trucks traveling north and south, so his speed was a bit slower.

However, although the journey was long and arduous, everyone in the car was eager to return home, and the closer they got to Southern Anhui Province, the more excited their families became.

Just as my father-in-law said, after passing Dongshan Province, the road heading south became much wider, the snow was crushed clean by the vehicles coming and going, and the speed of the vehicles gradually increased.

Near noon, Li Xiangnan arrived at Peidong. He found a gas station to stop and drove to fill up his car with water and gas. Qin Ruobai arranged for the old man to rest and for his parents-in-law to eat lunch quickly.

When Li Xiangnan came back, he hurried to finish his lunch. Seeing that his parents and grandfather all looked good, he smiled and said, "Grandpa, Mom and Dad, are you all right? You're not carsick, are you?"

Li Dequan waved his hand, "You drive very steadily. Your father gave us some Chinese medicine for motion sickness this morning and made so many preparations. Just drive your car! Don't worry about us!"

Zhu Qiuju also smiled and said, "Son, it's a long drive, so if you're tired, just take some rest. It doesn't matter if we get home late! Switch with Ruobai for a while, don't get too tired!"

"I know! I can handle it!" Li Xiangnan waved his hand and asked his family to get in the car.

At this rate, we should arrive in Luzhou in the evening!

Fortunately, I made a plan one day in advance and told Zhang Zhidong the specific situation. Otherwise, it would have been unsafe to rush there in rainy and snowy weather.

……

And at this time.

Lijia Village in Hongshan County has long been filled with a lively atmosphere.

Not to mention that every household here is looking forward to the return of Li Xiangnan and his family, even those who have heard the news from the brigade secretary Li Fugen are rushing to prepare New Year's goods at home, waiting to treat them to a meal after their family returns home.

In the past few days, many people have been coming in and out of the door of Old Li's house, asking when Li Xiangnan will come back.

Li Tuanjie, Li Jianshe and Wang Ergou returned home early again. When they came to Li's house, they saw Li Chaodong making a snowman with his two sisters in the yard. They came in and asked when Li Xiangnan would be back.

"Brother Tuanjie, you three come here many times a day, but I still say the same thing, I will be back tomorrow! Don't be anxious! Look at me, I'm his younger brother and I'm not anxious!" Li Chaodong threw a snowball at the three of them.

Li Tuan rolled up a snowball and threw it back, saying with a smile, "Of course you are not in a hurry. You can only see your brother a few times a year. We have to go to work, so how can we see him? He didn't even come back last summer vacation!"

"Brother Tuanjie, Brother Jianshe, Brother Ergou, it's tomorrow! My brother called Uncle Fugen a few days ago. If there was any change in the schedule, he would definitely let us know! No call, that means the plan hasn't changed! Come and wait for us tomorrow!" Li Yuanbei drew eyebrows on the snowman with charcoal slag and laughed with his sister Li Dingxi.

"That's right!" Li Jianshe waved his hand and said with a smile, "Then let's come back tomorrow! Let's go!"

The three of them walked out of Li's house one after another, looked at the mountain village covered with heavy snow, and returned home tacitly. They took out their shovels, and started shoveling the snow inch by inch from the door of Li's house on the road leading out of the mountain to the village entrance.

After they had been working for a while, they noticed a lot of tinkling sounds behind them. Looking back, they saw that almost every family had a man helping to shovel snow and repair the road.

The three of them looked at each other and laughed.

"Sister, Brother Ergou and the others have gone to shovel snow!" Li Dingxi ran back to report after playing with his friends for a while.

Li Yuanbei went out to take a look, then found a shovel and handed it to Li Chaodong, "Chaodong, you go too!"

If Li Chaodong had been told this in the past, he would have definitely "resisted" for a while, but today he had no objection. He grabbed the shovel, smiled and went out, and started shoveling snow.

They all knew that the eldest brother was going back to the village!

Li Yuanbei called his sister again, and each of them picked up a broom and followed others out to help sweep the snow.

"Yuanbei, your aunt has come back, right?"

Hearing the greeting, Li Yuanbei looked up and nodded quickly, "Grandpa, you're back! In the kitchen!"

"Okay!" Li Dewen nodded and walked into the house while slamming his pipe.

"Sister, what does great grandfather do?" Li Dingxi was not clear about the twists and turns in the family.

"Let's go and take a look!" Li Yuanbei was also very curious and followed, dragging his broom.

"Xiao Tong is busy!"

Li Dewen walked to the door of the kitchen and saw sisters-in-law Tong Yu and Ji Qingfang happily frying meatballs.

"Uncle! Please come in!" Tong Yu looked at the door and saw that it was Uncle Dewen from the clan who came in person, so he quickly invited him in.

"I'll talk to you at the door if I have anything to say!" Li Dewen smiled, waved his hand, and asked directly, "What time will Dequan and the others arrive tomorrow?"

Tong Yu knew the rules of the tribe and recalled: "Nannan said that they would drive back around noon this time, and they would rest in Luzhou for the night!"

"Okay, the clan will hold a welcoming party for him tomorrow! In my family, all the women will go there early in the morning to help! Let's keep the old rules!" Li Dewen ordered.

"It's our duty!" Tong Yu and Ji Qingfang replied quickly.

"You guys go ahead and do your work! I'm leaving! No need to see me off!" Li Dewen waved his hand and left.

The two sisters-in-law looked at each other and felt a little proud in their hearts.

Those in the clan who go out to study or work are at least fifty years old, but none of them can be valued so much by the clan. Only Li Xiangnan deserves to be treated like this by the whole clan and deserves to be personally invited by the great clan leader Li Dewen.

"Mom, we're having dinner at grandpa's house tomorrow. Do they have fried meatballs?" Li Dingxi asked vaguely as he picked up a big rice meatball from the bamboo basket and put it into his mouth.

Ji Qingfang hit her on the head and said with a smile: "You are asking that question, kid! There is nothing to eat at Great Grandpa's house! Everything is delicious!"

Li Dingxi said in confusion: "Mom, why? Great-grandfather's family is not well off..."

Li Yuanbei looked at Qian Qiuxue behind the kitchen window, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Because, that's a meal for our eldest brother!"

The two sisters-in-law smiled slightly, and Li Dingxi scratched his head in confusion.

“Tong Yu Tong Yu!”

Suddenly, a hurried voice was heard outside.

Ji Qingfang wiped her hands on her apron, stretched her head out to look outside the kitchen, then retracted her head to remind him, "Sister-in-law, it's Brother Fugen!"

"Why is it him?" The eldest brother's wife Tong Yu was a little confused. She ran out of the door and saw a polite and well-mannered man following Li Fugen. She was even more confused and asked hurriedly: "Brother Fugen, what's the matter? Who is this..."

"Tong Yu! Don't you know her?" Li Fugen hurriedly introduced her: "Xu Wei, secretary of County Party Committee Secretary Jiang!"

Tong Yu shook her head. Although she looked confused, she still greeted him, "Hello, Secretary Xu!"

Xu Wei nodded with a smile on his face, and without beating around the bush, he asked directly: "Sister Tong Yu, when will Comrade Li Xiangnan be back tomorrow?"

"About noon!" Tong Yu said and then looked at Ji Qingfang, becoming even more confused.

"Okay! I'll go back and tell Secretary Jiang right away. He and County Mayor Qu will come over to visit and talk to Mr. Li Dewen!" Secretary Xu reminded.

"Oh!" Although she didn't know why Secretary Jiang came to see Nan Nan, Tong Yu was Li Fuqiang's relative after all, so she had some insight. She smiled and said, "Secretary Xu, we can just make a phone call for this matter! You don't have to come here in person!"

"It's hard to explain over the phone, and it will waste time. I happen to be doing something nearby! It's not far to come over!" Secretary Xu smiled, "Then I'll take my leave!"

After saying that, he waved his hand decisively and left.

"If Fuqiang and Fuqin come back at night, remember to tell them that Secretary Jiang and County Magistrate Qu will be coming tomorrow!" Li Fugen reminded them and hurriedly sent them away.

After he left, Tong Yu took off her apron and said, "Qingfang, you take care of it for a while. I'm going to call Fuqiang and tell him about this! Fuqiang and Fuqin were planning to come back before the New Year, but now they have to come back tomorrow!"

"Okay sister-in-law!"

……

7:30 p.m.

In the provincial party committee compound, in a private room of the office cafeteria, a table of delicious dishes has been prepared steaming hot.

Zhang Zhidong sat in the main seat, smoking a cigarette while quickly working with a pen, reviewing today's documents.

Gan Jun, deputy director of the logistics department at the door, pulled Secretary Zhang's secretary Yin Jun aside, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said anxiously: "Secretary Yin, the food has been heated up twice. If it really doesn't work, let Secretary Zhang eat first! I see that the comrades outside are also very hungry. This is bad for the leader's health..."

Yin Jun shook his head, shook his hand and said, "Secretary, Comrade Li Xiangnan is not here yet, no one dares to pick up the chopsticks! Just wait! No hurry, no hurry!"

"..."

Let a provincial party secretary wait for an unknown person who has never been heard of. No one dares to pick up the chopsticks until he comes.

Gan Jun was filled with great doubts.

Who is this person?

Such a high standard?

His face was full of question marks, and he turned to look towards the gate of the provincial party committee compound.

A car light pierced through the night fog and stopped in the yard at this moment...