Chapter 1290 If one can settle down in one's hometown, who would want to sweat in a foreign lan
"Are you done with the phone calls?"
At the Lijiacun Brigade, Qin Ruobai saw Li Xiangnan turning off the lights and coming out of the office, so he stood up from beside the tethered pastoral dog and went to greet him.
"Well, I'm done! I left five bucks for Uncle Fugen's phone money!"
"It's my duty! Let's go!"
The two held hands and walked towards the village step by step.
After eating the New Year's Eve dinner, Li Xiangnan came to the brigade and called the Qin family, the Song family, the Qiao family, and also called the factory hospital, the machine repair factory, the nursing home and the Nianwei Hospital to wish them a happy new year.
Of course, good friends and brothers such as Ge Dongxu, Yang Weidong, Tao Zhengtie, Cui Xinjian and others also sent their greetings.
Although Li Xiangnan said that he was just making a phone call, Qin Ruobai was deeply moved.
The husband is telling the people around him through his words and actions that no matter where he is, they are remembered and cared for by him until his death.
How can it be possible that life is the same no matter who I am?
Living with such a warm-hearted person, your days will always be full of expectations and always enjoyable.
The two returned home and their usual routine had already begun.
The young people of the same generation in the Li family all flocked to the old Li's house and set up a table in the main room. Some played cards, some chatted, and it was very lively.
This year, there is a new daughter-in-law, Qin Ruobai. Those who are married or have just given birth come to see her, and they eagerly chat with the new daughter-in-law, making the scene very lively.
Men, women, old and young gathered together to celebrate New Year's Eve. This is a scene that is impossible to experience in a residential compound like the Qin family's.
All this made Qin Ruobai, who had a new identity, feel strange and novel.
And from that day on, she truly felt the power of the Li family in the local area.
There was a constant stream of people visiting relatives from the first to the sixth day of the New Year.
During this period, she also had to follow Li Xiangnan and her father-in-law, as well as her uncle and third uncle, to visit relatives and friends. She visited all the relatives and her feet were almost worn out from the pain.
Not only did the girl not feel tired, but she found it very interesting.
At night, Li Xiangnan washed her feet in the new house, pricked the blisters with a needle, and couldn't help laughing and asked, "Will you come with me to visit relatives next year?"
"We have to go! It's fun here! Besides, I'm your wife. If I don't go with you, people will think we're divorced! That won't do! We have a great relationship!"
Li Xiangnan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Aren't you tired?"
"I'm tired!" Qin Ruobai stretched his legs and said cunningly, "But I still have my wife to rub my feet and massage them for me! I don't have anything to worry about! Next year... I have to come again and visit relatives again! It's fun, I love to play!"
"Hahaha!" Li Xiangnan couldn't help but flick her nose, "Then I'll do as you say!"
"Tomorrow is the seventh day of the New Year, we have to return! Have a good chat with your brothers and sisters tonight! Next time you come back, it will be New Year's Day again! Oh!" Qin Ruobai retracted her feet and reminded her husband to keep in touch with his brothers and sisters.
"I know!" Li Xiangnan nodded, walked to the side, took out a stack of stationery from the drawer, and put it into his briefcase.
"You visit relatives every day and write something when you come back at night. What do you write?" Qin Ruobai asked curiously.
"I always feel that what Secretary Jiang didn't finish telling me that day was about the development of my hometown! I'll just write a little bit casually. I'll just pass by the county town tomorrow morning and chat with him! I've already called him!"
"I see!" Qin Ruobai suddenly realized and immediately waved his hand and said, "Then I won't stop you. Go find Chaodong and the others!"
"Well! Go to bed early!"
Li Xiangnan turned off the light, closed the door, and walked towards the west wing opposite. Before he reached the place, he heard sobbing sounds. He smiled slightly and reached out to push open the door.
"Tsk, let me see which crybaby is crying again! Oh, there are three of them!"
As soon as the door was opened, I saw Li Chaodong lying on the table, crying and writing a letter, while Li Yuanbei and Li Dingxi were crying on the bed.
"Brother!" Li Chaodong wiped his tears, read the letter, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Li Xiangnan, "Tell Brother Xiao Zhang and Brother Defa that I will be going to Yanjing soon!"
"Wow, you've made it big! So confident!" Li Xiangnan put the letter into his pocket and rubbed Li Chaodong's head.
"Brother Nan, you can go to Yanjing, and so can I!" Li Chaodong was very confident, and then he pursed his lips again, "Even if you are leaving now, I can't bear to let you go!"
"Oh my, alright, alright! It's only half a year! It's already February, and you'll take the college entrance exam in July. I promise you, as soon as your admission letter comes out, I'll let your dad send you to Yanjing!"
"Really?" Li Chaodong jumped three feet high and immediately burst into laughter.
"When has big brother ever joked with you!" Li Xiangnan smiled slightly, held his head, turned his head and pursed his lips at Li Yuanbei's twins.
"Yuanbei, you can't bear to leave your brother even if you don't say anything! Your brother is here, but you don't say anything and just keep crying!" Li Chaodong ran to the bed and pulled her.
After sobbing for a while, Li Yuanbei wiped his tears vigorously and pulled his sister up, "Why are you crying? It's just two years! We can wait for two years! Big brother, wait for us in Yanjing!"
Li Dingxi nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, "Big Pot, wait for us!"
Li Xiangnan held the three children in his arms and said with emotion: "Brother believes in you. You will definitely be admitted to your ideal university! I'm in Yanjing, waiting for you! So, study hard and don't let your efforts and my trust go to waste!"
After he said this, he described to the three little ones the magnificence of Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, which raised their expectations completely and planted their yearning and longing in their hearts.
After coaxing the three children to sleep, he tiptoed out of the room. His eldest uncle Li Fuqiang and third uncle Li Fuqin were already waiting in the main room.
The second closed-door family meeting of the Li family was held in this way.
Early the next morning.
While the mountain village was still asleep, Li Xiangnan and his family had already driven out of Lijia Village and headed towards Hongshan County.
When we arrived at the county government compound, we found that the county party secretary Jiang Weifeng was already waiting at the door at a quarter past six.
Seeing Li Xiangnan's car, he hurried over while pacing at the door.
"Little Li!"
"Secretary Jiang, it's too early for you!" Li Xiangnan got out of the car and saw that the snow at the gate of the yard was already full of Jiang Weifeng's footprints. He immediately understood that he must have been waiting at the gate for a long time.
"I just arrived too!"
Jiang Weifeng invited the others into the reception room, turned around and went out, and soon came back with a lot of soy milk, steamed buns, fried dough sticks and fried noodles in his hands. "Come, have some breakfast! This is a specialty of our Hongshan County. You won't be able to eat it if you go further north! I'll do my best to be a good host!"
Li Xiangnan didn't hesitate to settle his wife, parents and grandfather. Then he put down his briefcase, bit his bun and pulled Jiang Weifeng to him, "Secretary Jiang, let's talk for a moment!"
"Okay!" Jiang Weifeng looked happy and quickly led him to the office next door.
Li Xiangnan was chewing on a bun and got straight to the point: "Secretary Jiang, you must have something to say to me when you were in Lijia Village last time, right? We are family, and time is tight, so why not be more direct!"
Jiang Weifeng's eyes lit up when he heard that, but after he sat down, a bitter look appeared on his face. He sighed and said, "To be honest, Xiao Li! Since the household contract responsibility system came out in 78, the higher-ups have asked us to learn the spirit of the household contract responsibility system in the past two years. But to be honest, the Huanghuai Plain is different from our Hongshan hilly and mountainous area and the county area. I am very distressed! I want to make some achievements and help the villagers find their own way, but I have no idea at all! Last time I went to the provincial meeting, Secretary Zhang specifically told me that if I couldn't find a way, I could listen to your ideas! I have waited a long time, and finally waited for you to return to the village!"
"Secretary Jiang!" Li Xiangnan smiled when he heard that and took out the draft he had been writing for seven days from his bag. "Then we really have a coincidence! I just happened to write down some of my thoughts and experiences based on the situation in Hongshan County!"
Jiang Weifeng was shocked and took the letter paper. He felt it was as heavy as a thousand pounds. He did not look at it immediately. Instead, he stared at this young man with great style and asked, "Xiao Li, how can you think of everything? Did you guess that I have something to talk to you about?"
Li Xiangnan nodded and looked out the window.
"I also hope that in the future, the young men of Southern Anhui can stay safely in their hometowns, and not leave their homes to become migrant workers in Beijing or Shanghai!"
“Who would want to sweat in a foreign land if they can settle down in their hometown?”