Section 4 Hometown

Feicheng, affiliated to Tai'an City, is located in the central part of Shandong and at the western foot of Mount Tai. It is a treasure land in Shandong with rich resources, and is famous as the hometown of fat peaches both at home and abroad. It borders Daiyue District of Tai'an City to the east, Dongping County and Pingyin County of Jinan City to the west, Ningyang County and Wenshang County of Jining City to the south across the river, and Changqing District of Jinan City to the north with mountains as the boundary. The whole territory is 48 kilometers long from north to south, and 37.5 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of ​​1277.3 square kilometers. In 2005, the city's population was 963,000, with a sex ratio of 104.7:100. The urban area is located in the east of the north of the city, at the intersection of Jin (South) Wei (Mountain) and Xue (Jiadao) Guan (Tao) highways, with Tai (An) Fei (City) Railway in the north and Tai (An) in the south. ) Fei (City) first-class highway passes by. In 1992, the county was withdrawn and established as a city, with a total area of ​​1277.3 square kilometers, 14 townships and offices, 1 provincial-level high-tech development zone, 607 village (residential) committees, and a total population of 963,000. It is a national star city, One of the top 100 counties (cities) in terms of comprehensive strength, an economically strong county (city) in Shandong Province, and an advanced city in the construction of spiritual civilization. This is the hometown of Comrade Li Cong, Feicheng, Shandong. His grandfather, Li Shugong, was a village party secretary in a town called Wenyang to the south of Feicheng. He was also the current patriarch of the Li family. Long, I am ninety this year, my grandma is seven years younger than my grandpa. At that time, Duxing was an old man and a young wife. There was an uncle and two aunts in his hometown; Li Cong’s grandmother’s house was only a few kilometers away from this village. I grew up with my grandmother since I was a child, and I still have a deep affection for my grandmother. There are two uncles and an aunt at home, and they are all honest farmers. life to a great change.

"How far is it, Dad, I'm so thirsty that I didn't drink any water when I woke up in the morning, and my throat is about to smoke." Li Cong had a bitter look on his face.

"Who can blame this? I started walking early in the morning. Are you working so hard? It will be there in ten minutes. The new road we walked this time took less than fifty minutes for 40 kilometers, which is fast enough Come on, your dad is not young enough to drive fast in the army." Father Li looked at his son while driving, as if he had never known him, and he had never seen his son being so enthusiastic about something. Heart.

In a small farmyard of 50 square meters, Li Cong's grandfather is clearing the snow in the yard, and his grandmother is preparing breakfast in the kitchen. It is a peaceful scene. Li Cong's cousin has not found a job because she just graduated from a junior college. Staying at home, helping grandma wash the old clothes at home.

"Old man, don't bother with that. Hurry up and bring me the noodles I made in the house. Liangliang and his father will be back in a while. The two of them haven't eaten yet. Don't starve them both." Knowing that her eldest son and grandson were coming back last night, the old lady made the noodles overnight, washed the leeks, ate noodles in the morning, and prepared dumplings at noon, both of which are favorite foods of Li Cong and his son.

"Hey, you, that's the name of being busy. He and his father don't come back after eating at home. What are they doing when they come back? It's not a good job after the new year, and they interrupt my work all day when they come back." The old man said so but Without delaying the work in his hands, he quickly dropped the broom and went to serve noodles in the house.

"Hehe, grandma, why do you love my brother and uncle so much? I didn't see you cooking for me after working all morning, so I asked if I had eaten." The granddaughter Li Hui on the side expressed her dissatisfaction.

"Ghost girl, I'll cover your mouth when I come out later, saying that I'm biased, how many meals does your brother eat in a year, you seem to grow here all day long, which meal will starve you " The old lady was angry with her precious granddaughter, and was about to say a few words, when there was a familiar brake sound at the door, this Shenlong Fukang was bought by Li Cong's father at the old car market for 20,000 yuan, but in this It's a rarity in a small village. Regardless of whether Feicheng is one of the top 100 counties in the country, it's all reported by newspapers. The actual situation is far from the truth.

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My uncle and my brother are back, and I will pick them up. "After speaking, the little girl dropped the work in her hand and ran out. Li Hui and Li Cong were not much different in age, and their relationship was quite good. Before Li Cong got out of the car, he heard his sister's voice.

"Master, brother, you are back. I didn't see you during the Chinese New Year when I was working part-time." While talking, he rushed towards Li Cong. Before Li Cong got out of the car, someone hugged him and turned away.

"Hehe, let go quickly, such a big girl, she thought she was a child, and told your brother to hold you in circles, hurry up, let your brother get tired." The old lady followed afterward. .

"Hehe, it's okay, grandma. She weighs less than a hundred catties. I haven't seen each other for more than half a year. The last time I met was on grandpa's birthday. She really is getting more and more beautiful. She is not my sister. Such a girl has to marry Go home and be your wife, tell your brother where the boys chasing you are queuing up, don’t you know the door of our house, don’t go wrong.” Li Cong has become glib since brain indoctrination, Li Cong, who was an honest boy, was determined not to say this in the past. This made Li Hui blush, and she raised her little hand and punched her brother.

"Grandma, look what nonsense he is talking about, I don't care if you don't." The little girl used her unique trick and began to act like a baby.

"Hehe, stop making trouble, go home, mother, where is my father?" Father Li still used the old-fashioned address in the countryside, and walked inside while talking.

"Your father, I'm making noodles for you and your father. Last night, as soon as your mother lay down, you called and said that you would come back. You can't sleep now. Get up in the middle of the night and make noodles for you two. Go wash your hands, I Just now I called and heard from Yan'er's mother that you two left early in the morning and didn't eat, so eat while it's hot." The old man is such a person, he is obviously very happy to see his son and grandson come back, but he still has to put on a look on his face. The cold appearance, this is the so-called "majesty", which Li Cong's father definitely inherited from his grandfather.

"Well, Grandpa, don't go out, I have something to do with you, it's business." Seeing that the old man seemed to be going out, Li Cong hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him.

"What's the matter with you? Tell me quickly. I'll go to the brigade right away. I'll come back to have a drink with your grandparents at noon when I'm done. Your uncle and your uncles will come over later, and our family will also get together."

"Then let me tell you now, I want to borrow our old house."

"What? An old house? What are you doing with that?" The old man didn't speak, and the old lady spoke first, but Li Cong saw that his grandfather didn't speak, but the question in his eyes was bigger than that of his grandmother. After all, in the eyes of the old man, Li Cong was nothing. Children in the city, what are you doing at your hometown?

"It's such a father and mother. He's tinkering with some gasoline project and needs a place. Doesn't our house happen to have a big yard? Save money, and you have to spend money to rent someone else's." Li's father caught Li From the perspective of grandparents, the elderly in rural areas pay attention to saving money. When they heard about saving money, most of them agreed. Don't tell me when years pass by, doesn't this house still belong to him? Isn't saving your son and grandson's money the same as saving your own? The old man's thoughts changed quickly.

"Okay, I don't know what your project is, as long as you don't demolish our ancestral house, I don't care about you." The old man gave Li Cong the key to the ancestral house while talking. "I still have something to do in the brigade, you two hurry up and have something to eat, after eating, ask Xiaohui to take you there and clean it up, the house has not been lived in for a few years, Chao." The old man went out while talking.

"Hey, old man, what are you doing cleaning the house? There are so many rooms in our house, so we just come back here to live. Could it be that Liang Liang lives in that broken house over there? At the entrance of the village, there is such a strong wind that there is no shelter or obstruction. Hurry up. Don't be dazed, go into the house and eat noodles." The father and son walked into the house while agreeing. The father and son have one characteristic, they love to eat noodles, especially hand-rolled noodles. It seems that this grandma is indeed competent. After a quarter of an hour , Li Cong burped when he was full, and took his sister to the old house.

"Brother, please slow down. Is there any antique in our old house? You are so anxious, it hurts my hand, and no one will snatch it from you. Slow down."

"What kind of antique, our family has several generations of poor peasants, where can there be an antique." Ignoring my sister's protest, I still ran quickly, causing comments from passers-by. "Hey, isn't this the eldest grandson of the Li family? Why are you dragging his sister away in such a hurry?" "Yeah, something happened at home or something?" The second uncle (Li Cong's grandfather) heard about it and won't break your legs." Li Cong kept his ears shut and ran towards the old house with all his heart, and finally came to his ancestral house after a short jog.

Looking at the dilapidated house in front of him, Li Cong seemed to see the sky full of RMB rushing towards him, and his eyes glowed green, which made Li Hui firmer in her idea that there were antiques in the house, or her brother was stupid. Yes, the little girl thought so, she reached out and touched her brother's head, which startled Li Cong.

"What are you doing, Xiaohui, I don't have a fever, why are you touching my head?"

"You also know that you don't have a fever. If I had a camera just now, I would have taken a picture of you. Looking at you like that, you almost lost your temper. What is there in our old house? You are so excited, don't hide it. Come on, tell me quickly, does our family have something from the Tang Dynasty, can I also make a fortune, what is it?" It seems that everyone in the Li family has YY inheritance, this twenty The next year's little girl has already started the antique YY at home.

"What are you thinking about? I think you have a fever. Open the door and go in. Forget it. I'll do it myself. You can go home. You don't need to worry about this. You can go home and help grandma cook. At noon There are so many people here, grandma can't do it by herself." Li Cong suddenly remembered that what he was going to do was so shocking, it would be better to quickly coax the curious baby in front of him home.

"Really? Are you sure you don't want my help? I'm really leaving. To be honest, I really don't want to clean this old house for you. It's too dirty. I'm leaving. Bye dear brother After speaking, Li Hui threw down the key and disappeared without a trace, which made Li Cong despise the low moral level of this society from the bottom of his heart.

Now that no one is there, let’s start our own plan. After opening the door, lock the door. There is a bare brick floor in front of us. Because there is no one living in the yard, the biggest obstacle to placing the machine, the two uncles, have been cut down. And there are no tall buildings around, the sun is sufficient, it is really the best place, Li Cong's first step is about to start, he didn't look at the moldy house, he just walked around the yard , still muttering, "I have to recruit people. If my big machine is thrown here, grandpa and the others will definitely suspect how I got it. How should I hide it? By the way, the machine is so big. Like solar energy, how about I buy more than a dozen solar energy, and say that I assembled it myself, haha, I am really a genius, forty employees are easy to say, with grandpa’s prestige, four hundred is not a problem, idle people in rural areas in winter There are, but this oil shaving is a delicate job, I'm afraid men can't do it, and the salary doesn't need to be raised. I will start doing it when my mother brings me the money. Haha, I will be a millionaire next month.

Li Cong is still silent in his fantasy. He doesn't know that the road is not as simple as he thought. The most important thing is that he has no channels for sales. How can he see the rainbow without going through the wind and rain? The real training has begun. Li Cong started his own The longing for love and the pain of losing love are motivating him to move on.