Chapter 25: County Head Zhang's Son

The next day was Thursday. Early in the morning, Su Xinghui sent Yu Gaoshan to the car and then accompanied Professor Rao to Yezhugou with Li Maofa and Zhang Xiaochuan.

The village cadres of Yezhugou Village are now performing their own duties. Gao Daping went to the township to run for loans and handle business licenses for the breeding farm and bamboo weaving factory. Zhao Zhongfu went to the township brick and tile factory to buy bricks. The bricks are very popular now. If you don't book them early, you won't be able to buy them when you need them.

Fang Youcai presided over the construction of pig pens, chicken coops, and rat pens for the breeding farm in the village. Of course, it is impossible to enter the substantive stage now. You can only choose a good place first and prepare to dig the foundation. Of course, there is no need to worry about workers. When building houses in the countryside, they are all built by the villagers themselves, and there is no need to hire an engineering team.

In fact, the village cadres originally planned to repair the cow shed and use it as a breeding farm. However, Professor Rao said it was not appropriate. First, the area of the cow shed was a bit small, and wild boars needed enough activity space. Raising pheasants, bamboo rats, etc. required high conditions such as ventilation and drainage. The original cow shed could not reach it. It is best to build some new chicken coops and rat pens.

Professor Rao came to Yezhugou this morning and looked for the most suitable place with Fang Youcai to build houses. Su Xinghui and Zhang Xiaochuan also followed behind. In addition, there were two strong laborers, holding wooden sticks and bringing a few dogs. In case they met wild boars, they could protect Professor Rao.

Now the ecological environment on the mountain is good, and there are more and more wild animals. Although there are no fierce beasts, it is still very dangerous if you meet a big wild boar. Now their hunting guns at home have long been confiscated, and only wooden sticks and dogs can be used for self-defense.

After turning around the village, Professor Rao took a fancy to a piece of shady hillside land. This land is close to the mountain forest, no one plants it, and the time of direct sunlight in a day is very short. It is very cool and is a place suitable for building a breeding farm.

After choosing the place, Professor Rao pointed out to Fang Youcai and the others where to build pig pens, where to build chicken coops, where to build rat pens, and how to dig drainage ditches. He has been in this line for decades and can be said to be familiar with these things. He can handle various details at his fingertips, which makes the few benefit a lot.

Time is pressing. Fang Youcai immediately asked a laborer to return to the village to call people. Today, he started digging the foundation. Just waiting for bricks, tiles, and prefabricated slabs to arrive, the work of building houses could start immediately.

Along with the laborers came a group of women. They were led by the women's director Xia Lan and brought herbal tea. This herbal tea was made by boiling mung beans and Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle in the mountains. It has a miraculous effect of relieving heat and cooling down in summer. Although the climate in Yezhugou is cool, the temperature during the day is still a bit high.

Xia Lan personally brought a bowl of herbal tea to Professor Rao, and the one who brought herbal tea to Su Xinghui was Xia Zhu. She handed a bowl of herbal tea to Su Xinghui shyly and timidly, not daring to look at Su Xinghui's eyes.

Su Xinghui took the herbal tea and drank it in one gulp. He returned the bowl to Xia Zhu and asked, "Xia Zhu, you talked to your mother about the matter yesterday, right?"

Xia Zhu nodded gently and said, "Well, it's settled!"

Su Xinghui suddenly felt that his mood had improved. After he knew about that matter yesterday, he had been thinking about it. As soon as he thought that such a beautiful and pure girl like Xia Zhu was going to marry a cripple who hadn't even graduated from elementary school, he felt that it was a waste of heaven's gifts.

Now, Xia Zhu finally got rid of such a destiny, and Su Xinghui was very happy. Since his rebirth, he finally did a meaningful thing.

Su Xinghui said, "That's great!"

Xia Zhu looked at him secretly and said softly, "Brother Xinghui, thank you! I will definitely work hard in the future."

Xia Zhu was really full of gratitude to Su Xinghui. She had already accepted the preparation of marrying a strange cripple, but had she ever had the idea of resisting such a destiny? It's just that the reality of the family made her have to accept such a destiny.

Just when she was close to despair, Su Xinghui appeared. It was he who changed her destiny. Just imagine, could she not be grateful to Su Xinghui?

She also remembered the scene when she talked to her mother about this matter yesterday. She said that the village was going to set up a bamboo weaving factory. She would earn at least several dozen yuan a month by relying on her own bamboo weaving skills in the future. She could support her younger brother and sister to go to school, and she didn't have to get married now.

Her mother was very surprised. She had never thought that by relying on weaving those little toys with bamboo, she could earn several dozen yuan a month? She couldn't believe it.

However, Xia Lan went to her house in the evening. She guaranteed to Xia Zhu that she would earn at least several dozen yuan a month. If it was done well, it would be possible to earn more than one hundred yuan a month. She also said that if Xia Zhu's income in the bamboo weaving factory did not reach more than fifty yuan within two months, she would let Xia Zhu get married then.

Just like that, her mother agreed to Xia Zhu. In fact, Xia Zhu knew that her mother also felt sorry for her? How could she be willing to send her own daughter into a fire pit? She was also helpless!

Xia Zhu made up her mind that she must work day and night in the bamboo weaving factory in the future, earn more money, and truly support this family.

Hearing Xia Zhu call him Brother Xinghui, Su Xinghui was a bit stunned, but he immediately accepted this title. He smiled and said, "Okay, then you work hard in the future, you will definitely be able to do it well!"

Seeing the smile on Su Xinghui's face as bright as sunshine, Xia Zhu's face turned red for no reason. She quickly squatted down, picked up the teapot, poured a full bowl of herbal tea for Su Xinghui again, and handed it to him.

Su Xinghui looked at the large bowl of herbal tea and felt that he couldn't drink it anymore, but he couldn't refuse Xia Zhu's kindness, so he could only drink a bowl with a bitter face. When he saw Xia Zhu taking the bowl and wanting to pour it for him again, he quickly said, "Okay, Xia Zhu, I can't drink that much!"

Seeing the bitter smile on Su Xinghui's face, Xia Zhu couldn't help but burst into laughter. She turned around, and her long braid swept across Su Xinghui's face. The end of the braid swept across Su Xinghui's nose, making his nose feel itchy, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Xia Zhu went to pour herbal tea for other laborers with silver bell-like laughter, and Su Xinghui came back to his senses.

Xia Lan walked over mysteriously and said to Su Xinghui, "Little Su, are you stunned? Is my sister beautiful?"

Su Xinghui nodded subconsciously and said, "Beautiful!"

Xia Lan smiled and said, "Then do you want me to go and propose marriage for you?"

Su Xinghui's face also turned red, and he quickly waved his hand and said, "Sister Xia, don't joke!"

Su Xinghui's embarrassment made Xia Lan laugh loudly. I don't know why, but she liked to see the shy look of this clean college student.

In the following two days, Su Xinghui accompanied Professor Rao to Yezhugou every day to guide the villagers to build houses. The days were quite fulfilling. He became more and more familiar with the villagers, especially Xia Zhu, who poured him herbal tea first every day. Sometimes she would get some roasted sweet potatoes, boiled eggs, etc. for him to eat. He couldn't refuse Xia Zhu's kindness and ate it in front of her every time.

On Saturday evening, Su Xinghui returned to the township government. Cheng Taoxian told him that someone called him at noon today. He asked who called, and Cheng Taoxian said it was a woman, saying she was Manager Song. As soon as Su Xinghui heard it, he knew it must be Song Qiaoli who called him.

Su Xinghui thanked Cheng Taoxian and went to the office to call the Lu family. The person who answered the phone was Lu Xiaoya. Su Xinghui asked her if it was her mother who called him at noon. She said yes, and called Song Qiaoli to answer the phone.

On the phone, Song Qiaoli said that she planned to come to Menghuling Township tomorrow. Su Xinghui said happily that he welcomed Auntie Song to come, and he would wait for Auntie Song at the township government tomorrow.

After the call, Su Xinghui went to Chen Hongfu's room and told him that Song Qiaoli was coming to Menghuling tomorrow. Chen Hongfu was naturally very happy to hear it and immediately decided to accompany her personally tomorrow.

Su Xinghui remembered that when he went back last time, Zhang Cheng and the others said they were coming to see him this Sunday. He said to Chen Hongfu, "By the way, Secretary Chen, I have a few classmates who might come to see me tomorrow!"

Chen Hongfu didn't care: "Okay, then you treat them well tomorrow. Do you have money? If you don't have money, find me to get some."

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Chen, one of my classmates is County Head Zhang's son."

This made Chen Hongfu's eyes widen. County Head Zhang? Zhang Kaishan? That is his direct superior. He is the deputy county head in charge of agriculture. Little Su actually has such a relationship, so he cannot neglect it.

Chen Hongfu was exiled to Menghuling because there was no one above. Although Zhang Kaishan was only a deputy county head, he entered the Standing Committee. If he could establish this relationship, someone would help him speak at the Standing Committee meeting if he wanted to be transferred back to the county in the future.

Chen Hongfu immediately said, "Then I will also accompany you personally tomorrow."

After saying this, Chen Hongfu asked Su Xinghui to report to Dong Jianshu and Li Maofa that Song Qiaoli was coming to Menghuling tomorrow. As the top leader of the township government and the township head in charge, they must also participate in the reception work.

This is also because Menghuling is too poor. Otherwise, it would not be that someone would come and the party and government leaders of the township would accompany them at the same time.

Su Xinghui then reported to Dong Jianshu and Li Maofa respectively that Song Qiaoli was coming to Menghuling for inspection tomorrow. Both of them agreed that they would accompany her throughout the process tomorrow.

After reporting to the leaders, Su Xinghui went to the office to call Zhang Cheng. He wanted to confirm whether Zhang Cheng and the others were coming tomorrow. If they didn't come, he wouldn't have to wait. It is really inconvenient to have no mobile phone at this time.

After Zhang Cheng answered the phone, he said that he had already made an appointment with a few classmates to come to Menghuling to see Su Xinghui tomorrow. Su Xinghui said that he was waiting for them at the township government and asked them to set off early tomorrow. Zhang Cheng said that Xu Xiaoguang was driving tomorrow, so he should arrive very early.