Chapter 2663

In the summer of 2000, Su Xinghui was rarely leisurely. This season was the flood season in the places where he had worked before. If he were still working there, he would probably be on the embankment now, how could he live such a leisurely life with his wife and children every day.

However, he was still relatively concerned about this year's flood situation, because he still had many relatives and friends in areas that needed flood control, so he often called these people to ask about this year's flood situation.

The result was relatively reassuring. After two consecutive years of heavy rainfall, the intensity of this year's rainfall was obviously not as good as the previous two years. In the past two years, the state had invested a lot of manpower and material resources in flood control and disaster relief, and the embankments everywhere had been reinforced, so this year's flood situation was not as urgent as the previous two years.

When he called Ke Zhifang, Ke Zhifang joked, "Xinghui, you have avoided a leisure this year. If you were still in Chongjin County, I guess you would be busy now, right?"

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Ke, are you busy now?"

Ke Zhifang said, "Can I not be busy? Don't you know? Now that I have lost such a capable assistant like you, I am even busier."

Su Xinghui said, "Then you have to take care of your health!"

After hanging up the phone, Su Xinghui still had some nostalgia, missing the days of being busy on the embankment for those few years. He shook his head and smiled, had he lived a good life for too long?

But to be honest, Su Xinghui felt that the current leisurely life was comfortable, but he always felt that something was missing. Perhaps he had lived such a life too much in his previous life. In this life, he felt that he should live a busy and fulfilling life.

But such a life also had its advantages. During this period, he had a lot of time to spend on his collectibles and his own calligraphy and painting works. This period was also of great benefit to his artistic progress.

In the capital, there were many calligraphy and painting exhibitions of famous masters. After all, this was China's cultural center, and the best calligraphers and painters in China all yearned to come here to hold calligraphy and painting exhibitions. Therefore, Su Xinghui could also often visit these famous calligraphy and painting exhibitions, which also allowed him to absorb a lot of nutrition.

These nutrients made his calligraphy and painting skills improve day by day, which made him feel that if he wanted to improve his calligraphy and painting skills, he still had to go to more places and see more good works by others. It was not enough to just ponder at home.

He put his works from this period at home and didn't take them out to sell. Anyway, he didn't have anything to use money for now, so why take them all out to sell?

During this period, he would also often go to antique and art markets like Panjiayuan to stroll around. Although there were not many real things in these places now, there were always some. With his current artistic appreciation, there was no problem in identifying the true from the false, and he also knew the market very well, so every time he went to these places, he would always have some gains.

The room in his home where those collectibles were stored was almost full. He would hang some celebrity calligraphy and paintings he bought in the living room and rooms, which made his home full of artistic atmosphere. If they didn't know his identity, people who came to his home for the first time would definitely not think he was a deputy-department-level high-ranking official.

Su Xinghui was in the capital and received many guests. Many of his relatives and friends came to the capital on business and would contact him. Of course, he wouldn't have the airs of a deputy-department-level cadre and would always entertain these friends well every time.

This day, the old gentleman Hou Guangbi, accompanied by his two brothers Hou Wenhai and Hou Wenchang, came to the capital, and Su Xinghui entertained them warmly in his home.

Hou Guangbi was already eighty years old. Although his spirit was still very vigorous, he was old after all, so he showed some old age. When Su Xinghui picked up the three of them to the courtyard, Su Wenjun and his wife and Lu Xiaoya brought Niu Niu to the door to greet them.

When Hou Guangbi got out of the car, Su Xinghui helped him slightly, and Su Wenjun greeted him, smiling and shouting, "Old Hou, welcome, welcome, welcome to our home as a guest! Is your health okay?"

Because Su Xinghui had a good relationship with the Hou family, Su Wenjun and his wife would often visit the old man Hou Guangbi when they were in Shangjun, so after coming and going, their relationship was also very good.

Hou Guangbi smiled and said, "Doctor Su, hello, I want to thank you, my old problem of coughing has not happened again."

Hou Guangbi originally had an old problem of coughing. Every time the weather changed or the air quality was not very good, he would cough endlessly. Later, Su Wenjun went to his house to help him diagnose his pulse, helped him prescribe some medicine, and usually asked him to pay attention to his diet, and asked him to drink a kind of medicinal tea every day. Now Hou Guangbi's coughing problem was almost better.

Su Wenjun said, "That's great!"

They invited the three of them into the courtyard. Hou Guangbi looked at this courtyard and sighed, "Your courtyard is really good, much bigger than mine. When did you buy it?"

The layout of the courtyards in the north and the south is a bit different. The Hou family's courtyard looks very exquisite, and the Su family's courtyard looks more atmospheric.