Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2646: The cement road to the doorstep

Department Nine, in the office.

Yang Xiaotao had just come back when Liu Huaimin walked in.

"I heard you didn't go home last night?"

Yang Xiaotao thought the other party would be happy for him, but he came up with a serious look on his face, which made Yang Xiaotao a little confused.

"Well, it's just a feeling, an idea, just..."

"Just what?"

Liu Huaimin interrupted Yang Xiaotao and said, "Go back and rest now. Look at your dark circles. If you don't know, you might think you have some disease."

"The body is the capital of revolution, and you don't even take care of your own body?"

"I"

"What am I doing? Go back and have a rest. Come back tomorrow."

Liu Huaimin said seriously, "This work can never be completed in one day. There will be more important tasks in the future. If you fall, what will happen to the Nine Departments?"

"What to do with so many tasks?"

"What about revolutionary construction?"

"It's not serious."

Liu Huaimin left the office after he finished speaking, and urged before leaving.

Yang Xiaotao stood in front of his desk, speechless. What was going on?

It’s as if the revolution and construction cannot be carried out without me.

"Minister Yang, the secretary is right, you should go back and rest!"

Liu Lixue also stepped forward to persuade her at this time.

Lou Xiao'e on the side also nodded.

Yang Xiaotao looked at the two men with sincere expressions and then smiled.

He knew his own physical condition very well. Not to mention staying up all night, even staying up for several days in a row would not be a problem, but Yang Xiaotao still decided to follow the advice.

After all, this is other people's concern and care for him.

Good intentions cannot be rejected.

Otherwise, people won’t talk about it anymore.

"Okay, then, you guys sort out your work. If there's anything important, go find Secretary Li and Secretary Liu."

Lou Xiao'e nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, if there is anything that cannot be handled, I will leave it for you. You can come tomorrow."

Yang Xiaotao rolled his eyes, "If that's the case, I might as well stay here."

After saying that, the man left the office.

Lou Xiao'e's laughter came from behind.

After coming downstairs, Yang Xiaotao walked straight to the parking shed, took out his bicycle, then stepped on the pedal and rode out.

After leaving the gate of the Ninth Department, Yang Xiaotao originally wanted to go back to the courtyard, but when he thought that there was no one at home, he went to the Ran family instead.

It is the busy farming season now, and when Ran Qiuye goes to the countryside, he will send Dudu to Ran's mother to help take care of him.

The little guy is still young, it’s impossible for him to not miss his mother.

But unfortunately, both of them have jobs, so they have no choice but to let Xiao Dudu suffer a little.

Yang Xiaotao was preparing to go home and take the little guy with him.

Ride your bike to the slum.

Yang Xiaotao parked the car, greeted the old men and women at the door, and walked into the yard.

Then I heard a child shouting in the yard.

As I walked in, I saw a group of children holding bamboo tube water guns and spraying the wall. There were also a few lines on the ground, like scales, to see whose "water gun" could shoot farther.

At the side, Dudu was holding the water gun that Yang Xiaotao had specially made for him in the summer and spraying it hard.

Although the little guy is only two years old, he has inherited Yang Xiaotao's physique. At the age of two, he is as strong as a four or five-year-old, and he is also tall among his peers.

Although still wearing open-crotch pants.

At this time, the little guy was holding a carefully made water gun in his hand with a very proud look on his face.

Of course, it would be better if my chest and pants weren’t wet.

When Yang Xiaotao walked in, some children saw the person coming, and then Dudu was poked. When they turned around and saw that it was their father, the boy immediately ran over.

Yang Xiaotao grabbed the little guy and held him in his arms.

"Dad, my gun is the best."

Dudu said in a baby voice, Yang Xiaotao stretched out his hand and pinched the little guy's nose, "Your clothes are all wet, tell your mother how to punish you."

Upon hearing this, Dudu immediately lay in Yang Xiaotao's arms.

Although he didn't understand much, he knew that the eldest brother in the family was most afraid of his mother.

On the contrary, this old man who is usually serious with them is the easiest to talk to.

Of course, it depends on the person.

It would be best for my sisters.

Yang Xiaotao walked into the house holding Dudu.

At this time, Ran's mother came out from the inner room with needle and thread in her hand.

"mom!"

Yang Xiaotao came forward to say hello, and Ran's mother asked with a smile, "Aren't you at work? How do you still have time to come over?"

As he was talking, Dudu was about to reach out to find Ran's mother, Yang Xiaotao glared at him, then said, "It's nothing, I'll be back soon."

"By the way, take Dudu back to the village."

After hearing this, Ran's mother picked up Dudu.

It is said that the elderly love their children, and naturally they love the youngest one even more.

Dudu seemed to have found a sense of security and kept snuggling into my arms.

"These clothes are all wet. I'll change them for him later."

As he said that, he walked into the house holding Dudu.

Yang Xiaotao sat in the living room for a while and asked casually, "Dad hasn't come back these two days?"

"He's busy all day. I heard he went out again."

“I don’t know where he went.”

Hearing this, Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Maybe they are out busy. That's their job. They have no time to rest."

After hearing this, Ran's mother came out carrying Dudu, who had changed his clothes, and the little guy was holding a water gun in his hand.

I guess he heard that we were going back to the village and wanted to continue playing.

"It's not good to be idle. People are busy for most of their lives, and the thing they fear most is to suddenly be idle."

Ran's mother sighed, and then said, "Old Xu from the hospital next door worked for most of his life and just retired last year. But just after the Dragon Boat Festival, he collapsed at home. The hospital examination showed that it was a brain problem. One of his arms and legs cannot move."

"Fortunately, he came right after the injection and is now recovering at home."

"They say if we keep doing this, maybe these things won't happen."

Ran's mother was nagging, Yang Xiaotao let Dudu walk down by himself, and then smiled, "So, it's better to be busy."

"There's food to eat."

Ran's mother hummed.

Then Yang Xiaotao asked about Ran Hongbing and Ran Xinrui.

As a result, when talking about these two children, Ran's mother felt a headache.

"I don't know what that second girl is thinking. She's just following her father's path to the end. She even talks about building a spaceship. A girl like her only knows how to run away."

"And that brat!"

At this point, Ran's mother said angrily, "It's good that you are here, find some time to go and talk to him. He doesn't study hard now, but he joined the table tennis team in school. Now he comes home and hits the wall with a broken ball. It's so annoying."

After Ran's mother finished her nagging, Yang Xiaotao promised to talk to Ran Hongbing before taking his youngest son out.

Ran's mother followed behind and came to the front of the bicycle. She tied the prepared small seat to the main beam and laid a layer of cushion on it before letting little Dudu sit on it.

Yang Xiaotao watched speechlessly.

But he didn't dare to say much at this time. He let Ran's mother kiss Xiao Dudu on the face twice before riding his bike towards Yangjiazhuang.

Maybe it was the first time that Yang Xiaotao took care of the little guy. He was very excited sitting on the beam. He aimed the water gun in his hand at the surroundings from time to time and made strange popping noises from his mouth.

Yang Xiaotao ignored him and his eyes were on the road out of the city.

At this time, the road in front of us was no longer the previous dirt road, but a concrete road.

Moreover, the width of this road is one lane wider than the previous dirt road.

After scanning the roadbed in front, you can see that the thickness of the cement reaches ten centimeters.

This thickness is truly a conscientious project.

Naturally, the cement consumed was not a small amount. If there was no payment from the higher authorities, it would be impossible to build it in just a few villages in Yangjiazhuang.

However, after the road was built, it became more convenient for pedestrians to travel.

In the past, walking on a dirt road not only involved dust, but when it rained, water would accumulate on the road, making it even more difficult to walk when it became muddy.

Nowadays, people walking on this road are clean and have smiles on their faces.

“I just don’t know where it has been repaired to.”

Yang Xiaotao said this casually, then pushed harder with his feet and sped up the bicycle.

Dudu felt the speed increase, his little face was full of excitement, and he was shouting "faster".
When Yang Xiaotao came to a fork in the road, he saw someone had pulled up a horizontal line and there were people standing by to guide pedestrians to take other paths.

Yang Xiaotao came up and was about to speak when he saw two young men on duty coming over.

Yang Xiaotao stopped the car. He was not familiar with either of them.

"Hello, Yang Bu."

"Commander Yang, we are from Qinjia Village and are on duty here."

Although Yang Xiaotao didn't know them, the two of them were very familiar with Yang Xiaotao.

And according to the old people in the village, Yang Xiaotao almost became the son-in-law of their Qinjia Village.

Unfortunately, the village was unable to absorb this overwhelming wealth.

Otherwise, whatever Yangjiazhuang is like now will determine what their Qinjia Village is like.

"Oh, hello."

Yang Xiaotao nodded in response, then asked, "Are you building a road here?"

"Yes, this cement road has been built to our village, and the village chief asked us to stop people here and take other roads."

One of them said, and pointed to a small road next to it, "This road can pass through the village, and then turn around and return to the main road."

Yang Xiaotao nodded and said, "Okay, thank you very much."

Smiling at the two of them, Yang Xiaotao took Dudu and walked onto the path.

Then little Dudu couldn't laugh anymore. The road was full of potholes and bumps, and the little guy just felt a little pain in his butt.

Fortunately, grandma put a cushion there.

Yang Xiaotao didn't take it seriously and quickly arrived at Qinjia Village on his bike.

We walked along the path into the village and soon someone greeted us with a smile.

Yang Xiaotao also responded one by one.

After quickly turning a corner, Yang Xiaotao arrived at the construction site.

There were no cement mixers at that time, and cement mixing was basically done manually, so time had to be considered.

One group of people were mixing cement, one group was sifting sand, and another was delivering cement to the road in wooden barrels.

Further away, there were people busy tidying up the dirt road, filling in potholes, flattening protruding areas, and sweeping away stones and tiles. After all this was done, there were people pulling stone rollers to flatten the road surface.

When Yang Xiaotao came over, Wang Xuyang, who was directing the scene, saw him and ran over.

"Uncle Wang!"

"Dudu, call grandpa!"

Dudu, who was sitting in the car and moving his butt, raised his head and showed his chubby little face, "Hello, Grandpa."

Wang Xuyang looked at the little guy and immediately reached out to pick him up. He didn't forget to pat the little guy's butt in his open-crotch pants and said happily, "This kid is quite heavy and looks strong."

Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "It's impossible not to gain weight if you only eat and sleep."

After hearing this, Dudu looked aside and blew the water gun in his hand to express his dissatisfaction.

Then he looked at the scene again, "The road is being repaired very quickly. It has already reached Qinjia Village."

Yang Xiaotao leaned against the car and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

Wang Xuyang teased Dudu, then took the eye from Yang Xiaotao and said with a proud smile, "This is something that brings honor to our whole village. When everyone heard that we were going to build a road, they were very proactive."

After that, he came closer and said, "Besides, in addition to the free lunch, each person also gets two kilograms of coarse grains every day. Who wouldn't want to rush?"

Yang Xiaotao smiled and nodded, "This is also a good thing for the people."

"So, it can be repaired before the New Year?"

Wang Xuyang nodded, "Yes, it can basically be fixed."

“But the roads in other places are a bit slow!”

"What's wrong? We are not doing this together."

Wang Xuyang nodded, "Yes, the Hujia Village ahead doesn't agree to build the road."

"What?"

Yang Xiaotao was very surprised. How could someone try to stop such a good thing?
Wang Xuyang sneered, "Someone is just trying to take advantage of the situation. What a greedy guy."

"The higher-ups are considerate of us and have built a road right next to our homes, but we are still not satisfied. What a fucking bastard!"

Then Wang Xuyang told the other party what he was thinking.

Building this road will naturally occupy land. If this happens later, it will probably cost a lot of money.

But now there is no such thing as compensation at all. The order is given from above and executed below.

Plus, the land used was collective, so no one said anything.

As for those who have ulterior motives, they are probably just being too clever for their own good, and in nine cases out of ten cases, they will end up with nothing.

Yang Xiaotao didn't ask any more questions about these matters, as they would be handled by the local authorities.

Wang Xuyang carried Dudu and Yang Xiaotao around the scene. Yang Xiaotao also distributed the cigarettes in his hand and talked to everyone.

Among the crowd who were resting in front, Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru were wrapped in scarves, their eyes following Yang Xiaotao's figure.

It has been over a week since the two of them returned to the village.

After some psychological preparation, I decided to go back to the village to earn a living.

Because they were city people, the village work points did not count, so the two of them directly credited the work points to their mother's family. The benefit was that they could get an extra half pound of grains every day.

Even so, the two were willing to do it.

After all, it is rare to find such a job that is not tiring and comes with food.

However, after seeing Yang Xiaotao, both of them felt a pang of distress.

Especially Qin Huairu, the smile on her face froze instantly, and then her mouth was filled with bitterness.

At this time, I heard the sound of discussions in my ears, and I felt uncomfortable again.

Ever since Yang Xiaotao became rich, the gossip in the village has never stopped, especially after the isolated village became wealthy along with Yangjiazhuang, the sour feeling of not getting what you want has become even stronger.

After she returned to the village, many elderly people would bring up the story between her and Yang Xiaotao when introducing themselves, and this made her feel like needles were stabbing her heart.

Of course, these are nothing.

In the village, they are still city people and are very respectable in the city.

People who make sarcastic remarks are just saying that the grapes are sour because they can't eat them.

Moreover, they are Yang Xiaotao's neighbors. Outsiders don't know the situation of the courtyard, so no one else knows what they say.

This also makes the villagers somewhat envious.

"Sister, that guy is coming."

Qin Jingru suddenly spoke and took off her headscarf.

She also wanted to show off, at least to let the villagers see that she still had a say in front of Yang Xiaotao.

Hearing this, Qin Huairu immediately looked up at the road and saw Yang Xiaotao riding a bicycle and walking towards them with his child.

Qin Huairu took a deep breath, put on a smile, stood up and took two steps forward under the surprised gazes of the aunts and mothers in the surrounding villages.

Yang Xiaotao was riding a bicycle, moving forward. Dudu was sitting in front of him, moving his butt. Yang Xiaotao put out his hands to protect him, to prevent him from falling.

Then he saw a person standing out from the crowd. Yang Xiaotao took a glance and knew it was none other than Qin Huairu.

Standing next to her was Qin Jingru.

After a quick glance, Yang Xiaotao exerted force on his feet and the bicycle suddenly accelerated.

"Brother Yang"

Qin Huairu had a smile on her face and suddenly spoke when Yang Xiaotao passed by, but she found that Yang Xiaotao didn't even mean to stop and didn't even tilt his head.

In an instant, a bicycle passed by.

When the people around saw this, they immediately understood what was going on.

The discussion started again, Qin Huairu immediately covered up the embarrassment on her face and smiled at the people around her, "Brother Xiao Yang is busy."

"These high-ranking officials are all busy."

Qin Jingru beside him quickly echoed, "Yes, that's right, this little brother Yang doesn't come back to the yard until eleven or twelve every night."

"One time I went out to the toilet in the middle of the night and ran into them. What they sent back was a car."

The two spoke in a very serious manner, but the people around them were skeptical.

You said it so well, but the other person didn't even look at you.

This is different from what they said.