Uncle Wang, the village elder of Shili Village, is very respected by the villagers in the village. Naturally, there is a reason why Shu Mark is fair in dealing with things, but more importantly, it is because he has a son who is the chief of the Cadastral Section of the Land and Resources Bureau in Dongshi.
Uncle Wang was naturally proud of having such a son. But his son also gave him headaches sometimes.
A year ago, a foreigner came to the village. He was an old man over sixty years old. He had disabled legs and was sitting in a wheelchair. The aura on his body still made Uncle Wang still fresh in his memory.
The old man clearly exuded the aura of an outsider, but his eyes were calm and powerful, as if a person's legs would weaken after being stared at by him. Old Uncle Wang, who had never been out of Dongshi in his life, had never seen such a person before, but it happened that this person was brought back to the village by his son Wang Xudong.
His son asked him to build a house on the hill behind the village, and to open up stone steps for the old man to go up and down the mountain. From now on, the old man will live in the village.
Uncle Wang was shocked at his son's request, "How can the land in this village be given to outsiders? The villagers must have objections!"
But the son only said: "Dad, just listen to me on this matter. This matter is ordered by the superiors, and your son also obeys orders... Well, in short, don't worry about it. The city will coordinate the specific matters."
Uncle Wang was even more surprised when he heard this! Will the city take care of it? How big a person does this have to be
In his opinion, the people who can attract attention from the city are naturally the big shots. He didn't dare to say anything now, so he just did as his son said.
This turned out to be true as the son said. Within a few days, the city issued a document saying that the old man had invested in many projects in the city and had made great contributions to the development of the city. Because the village has beautiful scenery, he wanted to live in the village and recuperate. The land in the village is not used in vain, every villager has given subsidies.
The subsidies are generous and given every year. The villagers naturally had no objection to this matter, and the old man settled down in Houshan.
In the hearts of the villagers, this old man is an entrepreneur and a big shot. Therefore, no one dared to disturb him. Even the children in the village were told that no one was allowed to be naughty and cause trouble outside the house, otherwise they would be beaten back home! In fact, this was a small calculation in the minds of many villagers. They were afraid that the old man would not live peacefully in the mountains, so they left in a rage, and the generous subsidies every year were wasted.
The old man has lived in the village for a year, and during this period he has never been seen going down the mountain. All food and daily necessities are delivered regularly by Uncle Wang.
As time went by, Old Uncle Wang gradually got used to it. Anyway, it was just to deliver things, and the old man had no other requirements.
But the strange thing is that when he went to deliver things the day before yesterday, the old man asked him about things in the village for the first time. The question was about the day when he accompanied Professor Zhou to select the ancestral cemetery, and asked about the details in detail.
This incident made Old Uncle Wang feel very strange, but there was something even more strange after that!
Before he left, the old man actually asked him about the birth date of Xia Shao, the granddaughter of Lao Xia Tou's family!
Although Old Uncle Wang is the village chief, how can he know the birth date of a girl? In desperation, he had no choice but to invite Xia Shao's grandfather Xia Guoxi to his home for a meal. He knew that Xia Guoxi liked to drink a few cups, so the two of them drank a lot during the dinner, and then slowly the formula came out. .
He sent the birth date to him overnight, and when he was waiting for him to go again yesterday, the old man actually made another request - he wanted to see Xia Shao!
This, what is this called? !
Old Uncle Wang shook his head repeatedly. Xia Shao was a ten-year-old girl. Now she was being asked about her birth date and asked to meet her. Could it be that this old man had a grandchild at home and wanted to decide whether the baby would be married?
If this is the case, it can be considered that the old Xia family is extremely lucky. This old man is a big shot who even respects the leaders of the city!
It was a sigh of relief, but Old Uncle Wang didn't dare to neglect it. He came down from the mountain and went straight to Xia Guoxi's house.
When he reached the door of Xia's house, Old Uncle Wang was stunned. From a distance, he saw Zhou Wang leading Professor Zhou towards this side, both of them still carrying things in their hands.
Taking a closer look, Zhou Wang was actually holding five bottles of Maotai liquor, five sticks of good cigarettes, and two large yellow croakers.
When Zhou Wang saw Old Uncle Wang standing outside the Xia Family Courtyard wall, he was also stunned and asked, "Village Chief, why are you here too?"
Old Uncle Wang asked: "What are you doing?"
Zhou Wang immediately showed a wry smile after hearing this, "Isn't this because of what happened two days ago? My second uncle is always thinking these days that thanks to that little girl Shaozi, our Zhou family avoided a major disaster. Isn’t that right? I’m here to say thank you today.”
"Ah?" Old Uncle Wang's eyes almost popped out of his head. He was also there that day. Can this, this child's words be taken seriously
After much deliberation, I still can't figure it out, let alone how a small girl fell in the eyes of a professor from Beijing University and an old man from the back mountain. This is really...
Old Uncle Wang shook his head and said nothing. He shouted twice into the inner room from outside the courtyard. After a while, Xia Shao and grandma Jiang Shuhui came out to welcome him.
"Grandpa Zhou!"
As soon as she saw Zhou Wang holding something in his hand, Xia Shao knew why the two of them were here. She didn't show it on her face, but in her heart she praised Professor Zhou's character.
Although it was indeed Xia Shao's credit for saving the lives of Professor Zhou and his family, I'm afraid most people would think this was a coincidence and would never attribute the credit to a child.
Professor Zhou obviously liked Xia Shao very much. When he saw her, he picked her up and made Xia Shao's grandma look stunned. After reacting, he quickly went into the room and called out to the old man who was lying on the bed listening to the radio.
Xia Guoxi was famous in the village for his tough temper. Even if it was Professor Zhou who came, he was not very enthusiastic. He just invited people into the room, looked at the cigarettes and wine Zhou Wang put on the table, and said, "Wangzi, we are all from the same village. , you and your second uncle came over to sit here, why did you bring anything? Alas! Although your uncle Xia is a veteran, you know that these days, life is getting better, how can anyone like us veterans take it to heart? ? That’s Professor Zhou. A cultural person is a cultural person after all. When he returns to the village, he still remembers to come and see me, an old man. Alas! He is much better than those officials in the city. "
Zhou Wang snorted and almost stopped laughing. Uncle Wang looked embarrassed at the side. They all knew that Xia Guoxi had misunderstood. He thought Professor Zhou came to see him specially. But in fact, they came because of his granddaughter's face.
Professor Zhou smiled elegantly and did not say anything. He just echoed: "The country has always been concerned about veterans. We all came from the war-torn era. If there were no soldiers on the front line to protect our families and the country, where would we be?" Today’s happy day?”
These words touched Xia Guoxi's heart. Speaking of his bravery on the front line, he was commended! He still has the military medal hanging at home, but because of his tough temper, some officials couldn't stand it, so they abruptly canceled the treatment that was due to him, and he ended up farming at home. The veteran cadres who retired in the same year as him are now living a leisurely life in the city and are respected by others. Every time he meets these old comrades, he loses his old face.
As if he had met a close friend, Xia Guoxi talked about old things from those years. Professor Zhou didn't show any impatience when he heard it. He was very well-educated and even started chatting with him. In the end, the two calculated their ages and found that Professor Zhou was ten years older than Xia Guoxi, so they started calling him brother and brother.
"Brother Xia, let me tell you, when our generation reaches this age, we should look away from many things. If you are really depressed, then look at the next generation! As the old saying goes, the tides will turn, and the children This generation may not be inferior to those people." Professor Zhou comforted, looking at Xia Shao who was sitting obediently aside.
"Your granddaughter has been well educated! I saw her a few days ago. This child, despite her young age, is polite and quite smart! When I came back from the back mountain that day, I asked her some questions about the world. It’s rare for a small, unknown country to be able to name its famous capital city!”
Professor Zhou did not mention the matter of selecting a site for the ancestral tomb construction that day. He soon understood that there has always been a deep misunderstanding of Feng Shui in China. People in this industry are often said to be swindlers and have a bad reputation. This profession has always been difficult to achieve in China. Xia Guoxi is a man of great reputation. If he really said it, he would blame Xia Shao for not learning well at a young age.
Furthermore, Professor Zhou actually believed that what happened that day was a coincidence, but even if it was a coincidence, it was true that he benefited from the child's unintentional words. So he still came to thank me today. If he didn't come, he would always feel like he owed something.
Xia Guoxi met his soulmate today, and after venting his unhappiness over the years, his mood was much better than usual. Hearing that his granddaughter was praised for her knowledge by a professor from Beijing University, she naturally felt that she had gained face, so she nodded to Xia Shao, with a rare look of relief in her eyes, which made her look more pleasing to the eye than before.
"Honey, let's go stir-fry two dishes. Brother Zhou is coming to the house today, and I have to drink two cups with him!" Xia Guoxi said.
Jiang Shuhui felt a little embarrassed about the cigarettes and alcohol collected today. When she heard this, she quickly agreed, turned around and cooked the two yellow croakers that Zhou Wang had brought, and took out the meat, vegetables and eggs at home. Prepare to cook a few more dishes.
Old Uncle Wang couldn't sit still for a long time. He was afraid that the old man on the mountain would wait for a long time, but he never found a chance to interrupt. When he heard that Lao Xia's family wanted to cook and drink, he coughed and said, "Ahem! Lao Xia Tou, actually I came here today because of something important..."
Xia Guoxi, Zhou Wang and Professor Zhou were all stunned. Zhou Wang thought that Old Uncle Wang happened to pass by the door of Xia Guoxi's house, and when he saw them coming in, he followed them in to sit for a while. Didn't expect something happened
"Well, that's it. Do you remember the people who live in the house in the back hill of our village, right?"
"Then why don't you remember?" Zhou Wang perked up when he heard this, "That's a big shot even the city gives him some respect! Didn't he have a bad leg and was recuperating in our village? But since he lived in Houshan, I've never seen him come out. Uncle Wang, you often go to give things to that person, he, he's not dead, right?"
"Ah, bah, bah, bah! What are you talking nonsense!" Old Uncle Wang almost slapped Zhou Wang on the head, "If he dies, will you, Old Uncle Wang, and I go give things to ghosts all day long?"
Zhou Wang shrank his neck and muttered: "Why don't living people come down the mountain for a year? It's really mysterious."
"Stop guessing, this man is alive and well! And I came to Lao Xia Tou's house today because this man asked me to come." Old Uncle Wang said.
"What? He asked you to find Old Uncle Xia?" Zhou Wang looked at Xia Guoxi in surprise, "Old Uncle Xia, when did you know such a big shot? Why did you hide it and didn't reveal it to us? "
"Who knows this kind of person! Isn't it just because he has some dirty money? If a foreigner uses land in the village, he still needs the city to issue documents. I don't know how many shady transactions there are! It's only been a few years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. , started a riot! I don’t want to know these officials and rich people now!" Xia Guoxi's face dropped, and his bad temper came back.
Seeing the situation, Old Uncle Wang glared at Zhou Wang. Although Xia Guoxi had lost his temper again, he had no choice but to continue.
"Oh, I'm not looking for Lao Xia Tou!"
"Ah? Aren't you looking for old Uncle Xia?" Zhou Wang's eyes widened.
"No!" Old Uncle Wang waved his hand and turned to Xia Shao under the puzzled gazes of Zhou Wang, Xia Guoxi and Professor Zhou.
"What I want to see is Old Xia Tou's granddaughter! Mr. Tang asked me to take Xiao Shaozi up the mountain."
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