village assistant

Chapter 44 Even if they meet, they should not know
Leaving the ferry, there is a river embankment surrounding the village and farmland.Standing on the embankment, you can see the roofs of the villagers' houses.There are still many old-style southern Guangdong houses here, with red tile roofs and blue bricks. Some houses even retain the "pot ears". It is very pleasing to look at them from the top of the river embankment.

The car drove less than a kilometer west and saw the Shazhou Village Neighborhood Committee compound located under the river embankment.That was their destination today.

There is a large courtyard of two to three hundred square meters, with a brightly colored basketball court with a plastic floor in the middle; next to it is a bright yellow and brand-new fitness facility. The three-story L-shaped neighborhood committee building facing south is more impressive than the town government.

The gate of the courtyard was wide open. Su Changhui drove the pickup truck directly into the courtyard, bypassed the basketball court, and joked while slowing down: "Don't say it's over the standard, the land price here is not worth it. Hahahaha..."

After parking the car, they got out of the car and walked into the neighborhood committee office.In the neighborhood committee office with the door open, there is only a red-faced man in the corner?
Su Xiaoye instinctively glanced at the Tissot watch on her wrist: 10 a.m....

She was stunned in place, but Tang Zeshen continued to walk forward, came to the man, took out a Hibiscus King, and patted the man on the shoulder: "Gu Qide, where is the fourth uncle?"

Gu Qide was startled. He looked up and saw that it was Tang Zeshen. Then he relaxed and took the cigarette, lit it and smoked hard: "Fuck, you scared me to death!"

Tang Ze pointed at his computer screen: "How many times have I told you not to use your office computer to watch the stock market!"

Su Xiaoye took a closer look and saw the red and green K-line chart...

she:"……"

Gu Qide smoked a cigarette and said: "The director went to the city early in the morning to deliver groceries. He said he wanted to buy a bicycle for his son and would come back at noon. I was going out too. If you hadn't called me, I would have gone to the province. The city is playing tricks."

Tang Zeshen said: "I know you all come here because you have something to do, so I made an appointment in advance."

Later, Su Xiaoye learned that the mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, and the village cadres are much more free and loose. They only come when they have something to do, and when they have nothing to do, they open the door and answer questions, and everyone does their own thing.

They all have their own livelihoods. After all, no one can live on the village's salary of a thousand or several hundred yuan, right?

Gu Qide said: "Then let's go now? Meiling! Meiling!"

"Here we come!" There were thumping footsteps upstairs, and a young girl of medium height and round face ran down.Based on the sensitivity between professions, Su Xiaoye guessed that her identity should be the same as hers, a college student village official.

When the girl saw a guest downstairs, she was startled, slowed down, and her face gradually turned red.

Sure enough, Gu Qide pointed at Gu Meiling and said: "This is my niece, the college student village official of Shazhou Village. Meiling, this is the town executive Tang. Please prepare your camera, we are going to the countryside now."

Gu Meiling agreed, and Tang Zeshen said, "We have a camera."

But Gu Qide insisted: "We also need to archive it ourselves. Take it."

A few minutes later, everyone sat on the pickup truck. Su Changhui drove and the fat Liang Guosen sat in the passenger seat.Gu Meiling, Su Xiaoye and Gu Qide were crowded in the back row.

Su Xiaoye said friendly to Gu Meiling: "Hello, my name is Su Xiaoye."

Gu Meiling was a little shy. She stared at her for a while before saying, "My name is Gu Meiling."

Her voice was also small, more than two octaves different from when she loudly answered Gu Qide's call upstairs.

Su Xiaoye noticed that she was carrying a delicate bag - the same MK Princess Diana bag she gave to Guan Yuexin.

She was surprised: This bag costs more than 2000 yuan even if purchased overseas. Their village official's monthly salary is only more than 2000 yuan!

She couldn't help but look at Gu Meiling a few more times, thinking that she must be a middle-class girl to be able to carry this bag, right?
Unexpectedly, except for the exquisite bag, Gu Meiling's other clothes were ordinary. She wore a T-shirt and jeans worth tens of dollars, and a pair of off-brand canvas shoes. She wore a bare face and no light makeup.

This outfit is particularly inconsistent with the exquisite bag she is wearing.

Gu Meiling misunderstood her meaning, touched her bag, and said with a smile: "Is this bag good-looking?"

"Well, not bad." Su Xiaoye agreed.

Gu Meiling held the bag in front of her: "This is the original item. It's 1:1 with the counter. The price is much cheaper. If you want, I can get one for you."

Su Xiaoye was sweating profusely, and a black line hung down from her forehead: "Huh?"

Gu Meiling's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

Su Xiaoye declined awkwardly but politely: "No, thank you..."

"Don't be embarrassed. A girl's youth only lasts a few years. If you don't seize the time to look beautiful, you will get old." Gu Meiling said, "Look at the wiring, the hardware, the leather..."

Su Xiaoye couldn't bear it any longer. She pointed at the zipper of the bag and said, "The paint on the hardware has peeled off. Also, the four buckles at the bottom are not engraved. This kind of imitation can't be replicated anywhere else."

Gu Meiling was choked hard by her and stopped talking.

Su Xiaoye also felt embarrassed, after all, she was in the workplace now.

But having said that, it was too much for Gu Meiling to sell her a piece of shit when they first met!
With this thought, she felt at ease. When the car became quiet, she closed her eyes to recuperate.

A few minutes later, the car stopped under the big banyan tree at the village intersection. This big banyan tree was probably several decades old and was thicker than three people hugging each other.Strands of brown aerial roots hang down in the air, casting a shade as big as a badminton court.Under the big banyan tree, there is a small "social temple" with waist-high guardrails built on three blue brick walls. A stone tablet in the middle says "the position of the Lord of the Land". There is an incense burner in front of the temple, which is densely packed with incense. Feet, in addition there are apples, grapefruits, oranges and other offerings.

Gu Qide said: "I will take you to the Yiji Mipu ruins first."

They passed the temple and walked deeper into the village. After going around and around, their eyes suddenly opened up, and they actually went around to the river again?
It turns out that this is the old village of Shazhou. Except for old buildings such as temples and ancestral halls, almost all the villagers have moved away.There are thirty or forty houses scattered along the river, all of them dilapidated.

They walked on the high and low bluestone road. The moss was wet and slippery, making it extremely difficult to walk.Su Xiaoye guarded the camera carefully, and the more she walked, the more she wondered: The demolition of the highway project over there was in full swing, but why did Tang Zeshen drop everything and go to this remote village far away from the center of the town?

The terrain of the stone road gradually rose, and when it turned to the left, Gu Qide said, "Here we are."

A dilapidated two-story building stood silently on the roadside. Looking through the door panel, it was empty inside.Su Xiaoye looked up upstairs. On the wooden railing on the second floor, two buckets were hanging. On each bucket were written the two traditional Chinese characters "Yi" and "Ji", and the paint had peeled off.

The face is dusty, and the temples are like frost.

Tang Zeshen ordered: "Take pictures."

　If it is published, it will probably be about 10 words?After it is released, it will also be a chapter of 2000 words. How many cents will it cost?Ordering a few hundred chapters is only the price of a bottle of Erguotou, so everyone should continue to support me~ (That’s how shameless)

　　
　
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