afternoon.
It's past four o'clock.
Dong Xuebin drove back from the Municipal Party Committee Family Court. He looked at the long-lost community and the familiar buildings around it. He felt that the old poplar trees on the roadside were very pleasing to the eye. He was born and raised in the capital, but after two or three years of work, he Almost all of them live in Fenzhou City. No one can be ruthless except grass and trees. Dong Xuebin also has a special feeling for this place. He likes the streets here, the trees here, and the people here. Anyway, he is not in a hurry to eat. , Dong Xuebin drove the car very slowly and looked around.
Nothing has changed.
It's still the same as when I left.
The car stopped downstairs, and Dong Xuebin went upstairs with his big and small bags. He knocked on his door, too lazy to get the key.
The door opens.
Mom is out.
"Why did you come back?"
"Hey, something happened on the highway."
"I know, Huilan called me, yo, why are you covered in blood?"
"I came to save people, but it's not my blood that's on it."
"Go inside quickly and change clothes. Where is Huilan?"
"She has gone to the hospital. Huilan is in charge of transportation and sanitation, so she will definitely have to be busy for a while."
"Aren't you coming back to eat?"
"She said she would come back during dinner in the evening."
"Your wife's due date is coming soon, and you still let her mess around. It's true."
"Isn't this an emergency? And you don't know who she is? She has to listen to what I say."
"As long as you're not hurt, it's okay. I heard there was a car accident, which scared mom."
"By the way, find a place to put this thing."
"Why do you still take so many things? You don't lack anything at home, so you buy them blindly."
"Haha, my colleagues gave them to me when I left. Some local specialties or gadgets from Zhenshui County. You can give them to me when the time comes."
Entered the house.
Dong Xuebin quickly took off his clothes and changed, then sat down on the sofa, grinning with pain in his back. "Mom, pour me a glass of water and squeeze my neck. I just saved people for a long time and I'm exhausted."
Luan Xiaoping glared at him, "He even summoned me."
Dong Xuebin chuckled. "Who made you my mother?"
He snorted. Luan Xiaoping got him a cup of cold water and threw it over. After throwing the bloody clothes into the toilet and soaking them in water, Luan Xiaoping pinched her son's shoulders and neck. "You brat, do you miss your mother?"
"Of course I have."
"Just tell me, why didn't Mom notice?"
"I really think about it. I miss you every day in my dreams. By the way, I bought you two pairs of clothes on the way back. You can try it later... Phew, try harder here, hey, comfortable, so comfortable "My mother is better than my daughter-in-law."
"Only you can talk."
"You take a rest and I'll peel some fruit for you."
"Why are you resting? Mom still has to make vegetables. After a while, Yunxuan came over from Lu'an City with her children after work. Huilan called her in the afternoon. You, you don't know what kind of blessing you got in your previous life. You two The relationship between my daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law is quite good now. When my mother was in trouble a few days ago, it was Yunxuan who came to take care of Huilan. Yunxuan was particularly busy for a few days, and it was Huilan who took care of her children. "
"Didn't they quarrel?"
“…it’s noisy sometimes.”
"Uh, what about that? Let's change the topic. Let's change the topic."
"Lie down by yourself while mom goes to wash the vegetables."
Just as Dong Xuebin was about to ask for help, his cell phone rang. It was Luo Haiting, director of the Supervision Office of the Fenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. "Hello, Sister Luo."
On the other end was Luo Haiting's laughter: "Xuebin, are you back?"
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "You are quite well-informed. Well, I just arrived in the afternoon."
"It's not that the eldest sister is well-informed, it's because she opened the window and saw your car."
"My car? Land Rover? Hey, I see, then your eyes are sharp enough to recognize this."
"Haha, who in the entire Fenzhou City doesn't know your Dong Xuebin's car?"
"It's so exaggerated."
"It's really such an exaggeration. Didn't you drive a Porsche before? Later, after you were transferred, you switched to a Land Rover with Mayor Xie. There was something particularly interesting at the time. About half a month after you left, Mayor Xie went to inspect the towns below. At that time, the road was blocked. Many villagers held up signs to protest and refused to let the cars in front pass. They insisted on meeting Mayor Xie. Then Mayor Xie drove up from behind. Guess what happened? When the people saw your Porsche coming, they all thought it was you. They all ran away. Mayor Xie got out of the car and no one could be seen. We all didn’t know what was going on at the time and were still wondering. Well, I finally figured it out after I went back. Haha, this matter was regarded as a joke in the agency, and many people knew about it. "
Dong Xuebin was happy when he heard it.
Luo Haiting then said: "I know you are busy, so I won't say much more. I just want to invite you to dinner, call all your old friends, and we'll treat you."
Dong Xuebin said happily: "Okay, no problem."
"You promise quickly and don't let us go again?"
"Ahem, last time it was an accident. I had made an appointment with everyone, but something suddenly came up. It won't happen this time. Besides, I have to stay with Fenzhou City for at least a week."
"Okay then, when will we make an appointment?"
"Okay, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is fine."
As soon as I hung up the phone, a few more calls from old friends arrived.
Dong Xuebin was busy socializing, everyone chatted for a long time, and finally made an appointment for a dinner.
Not long after, my mother came out of the kitchen and said, "I'll call you as soon as I get back. You're busy."
"We haven't seen each other for a long time. We must keep in touch. Mom, I won't be eating with you tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Suddenly, the key rang.
The door was pushed open from the outside.
Dong Xuebin saw that Qu Yunxuan, who was wearing a professional attire commonly worn by TV hosts, was standing at the door. She looked at Dong Xuebin with a warm smile, "Are you here?"
Dong Xuebin immediately stepped forward and said, "Hurry up and give me a hug. I miss you so much."
Qu Yunxuan was so full of him that she couldn't help pinching his little nose angrily and funnyly, "Mom is still here. Don't make trouble. We just met her in the past two months."
"I've missed you for two months." Aunt Xuan's body is still so soft and comfortable to hold.
My mother said helplessly from behind: "Don't yell at the door. Come in first and ignore the children?"
"Child? Where is it? Where is my good daughter?" Dong Xuebin was stunned and didn't look at Aunt Xuan holding her in her arms.
As a result, Qu Yunxuan turned to one side, and little Qianqian in a cute little dress showed her little head behind her mother. She looked at Dong Xuebin blinkingly, and then she cheered. Her little hand was held by her mother, and her little feet But he flailed around for a while, as if he was about to pounce on his father.
Dong Xuebin was so happy: "Oh, oh, our little princess can walk now?"
"She's only one year old, so she can't." Qu Yunxuan said with a smile: "I held her hand, so she could barely move a few steps. She couldn't let go, and she fell down as soon as she let go."
Dong Xuebin hurriedly squatted down and opened his hands, "Hurry up and give dad a hug!"
Qu Yunxuan pulled her daughter forward and handed it to her, "Go to your father."
Dong Xuebin hugged his daughter, stood up, and kissed Qianqian's face. "She's so good, so cute. She's grown taller again after not seeing her for a long time."
Little Qianqian giggled and stretched out her little paws to scratch her father mischievously.
Dong Xuebin let his daughter scratch his face and was very happy: "You little naughty, look at how ladylike your mother is. You must learn from your mother in the future."
Xiao Qianqian seemed to understand and stopped making trouble immediately.
Dong Xuebin said in surprise: "You are so obedient, keep walking, daddy will reward you!" After that, he lifted Qianqian up and let his daughter ride on the back of his neck, and then shouted like a child, "Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!" While carrying her daughter around the house, she didn't look like an adult at all.
Luan Xiaoping is also used to it: "This kid always puts in a lot of trouble as soon as he comes back. He just asked me to squeeze his shoulders when he was tired. Now he is more energetic than anyone else. Why is he tired?"
Qu Yunxuan smiled and said: "Let the two of them make trouble, and I will help you get the food."
"No need, sit with mom for a while. I've prepared all the dishes, just put them in the pot." Luan Xiaoping pulled Qu Yunxuan and sat on the sofa, smiling as she watched the two running around.
Qu Yunxuan said: "This girl is happy to see her father."
Dong Xuebin said happily: "That's right, this is personal charm."
Luan Xiaoping revealed: "Just brag, Qianqian only comes to you when she wants to play. Who does she go to when she's hungry and sleepy? They all go to Yunxuan, but she clings to her mother and has to be held by her even when she's sitting on the sofa. ”
Dong Xuebin didn't believe in evil, and when he was tired from playing for a long time, he went over to sit on the sofa.
Sure enough, Xiao Qianqian took a few breaths and got off her father's lap. She climbed up Qu Yunxuan's legs and sat on her. Seeing that her mother didn't move, Xiao Qianqian pulled her mother's arm hard, but she still didn't. He moved and pulled again.
Qu Yunxuan then hugged the little guy.
Xiao Qianqian was immediately satisfied and laughed.
Dong Xuebin was unconvinced and clapped his hands and called, "Come on, baby, mommy is tired, come to daddy, daddy will hold you." He called several times.
Little Qianqian just crawled onto her father's lap.
Dong Xuebin laughed out loud, "Did you see it? Kiss me too."
Qu Yunxuan did not follow him, but suddenly remembered something. "By the way, have you read the newspaper?" She immediately took out a newspaper from her bag and said, "Provincial Newspaper."
Dong Xuebin blinked and said, "Do you have me?"
"Both you and Huilan were on the front page, but it wasn't the headline. I also saw the page below the headline and bought it."
"Let me take a look."
It’s no surprise that the headlines are political news.
At the bottom of the front page, before Dong Xuebin even read the title, he saw Xie Huilan's face directing the scene with a big belly in the photo below. In the background was a car that was knocked a little crookedly. Dong Xuebin's figure was also in the photo. It was just a figure from behind, rescuing a wounded person, with blood on his hands. Dong Xuebin couldn't help but muttered that he didn't even give his buddy a close-up of his face, which was a waste of time. However, he also knew that the protagonists of the rescue of this accident must still be local officials, and someone from the Provincial Propaganda Department might be building momentum for Huilan.