"Isn't this... the second son of your Wang family's second uncle?" Zhou's mother looked forward in the voice and said in surprise.

"Hey, it's just that boy from my second uncle's family." Sister Wang said proudly: "I heard that I made a lot of money from doing business outside. This is not because I spent tens of thousands of yuan when I came back during the Chinese New Year, just to pull a telephone line for my family."

"Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Is there anyone working in the Post and Telecommunications Bureau?" Zhou Shuo also came over, called Aunt Wang politely, and looked forward.

In the crowd at the entrance of the village, a string of telephone poles was indeed erected. As the person in the circle shouted, there were still a few supporting actors in the crowd applauding.

"Bah!" When talking about the post office, Sister Wang couldn't help but spit and hummed, "I hope those guys from the post office who are too lazy to have maggots will not be able to use the phone in the next life! Don't say that today is the New Year, you don't even want to work on them on your daily basis. This person was found by your second uncle himself, otherwise, which post office master would come to our small fishing village?"

"Look for someone by yourself!" Zhou Shuo asked in disbelief: "This cost is not cheap, and the Post and Telecommunications Bureau also recognizes the construction acceptance?"

"Give it money, these turtle-gods, why don't you dare to do it if you are rich?" Although Sister Wang cursed, she still seemed very proud of her relatives. She said with a humming voice: "Your second uncle has made a lot of money in business in the past two years, but it's not okay to talk to his wife alone outside, right? She came back a few years ago and gave a red envelope to a section chief of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, and then she added the phone to get it."

"This is really not easy." Zhou Shuo looked at Li Zhi behind him, his face a little burned. The communication conditions between him and Li Zhi were much better than others, but in fact, he could not make calls often. After all, the convenience of landlines is still not good. Either he couldn't find Li Zhi or Li Zhi couldn't find him.

"Now, with this phone line, it will be much more convenient for someone else to install a phone in the future." Sister Wang sighed and said with a smile: "I really envy you people in the city. It is convenient to install a phone and there are many opportunities to make money. We rural people can only guard this sea for the rest of our lives and make some hard money..."

Zhou Shuo laughed dryly, speechless. The countryside was not a good place in the 1990s. It would be best to let those who admire the pastoral scenery in later generations receive a little education for poor and lower-middle peasants. Not only did they have no advantages in infrastructure, but the cash income they earned in a year might be just two months of wages for urban workers.

But even so, farmers still have to pay various agricultural taxes, withdrawal and coordination and other miscellaneous fees. The food cannot be sold at the price, and there are not so many job opportunities when working, and the rural life is not good due to the gap between workers and peasants' scissors.

"But our second uncle is really capable!" Sister Wang pointed to a man wearing a shiny leather jacket in the crowd and said, "Do you still remember him if your second uncle went out to make a living? I heard that he has done some projects in the past two years and has made a lot of money. After the reform and opening up, we farmers can also make money in the city."

Sister Wang pointed twice, and perhaps the person inside had a sense of the response, and turned his head and walked towards Zhou Shuo.

Only when he was close did Zhou Shuo see clearly what his "second uncle" looked like. It was hard for people to guess his age. If he was not old, the ravines on his face were dense. But if he was old, he did not look old at all. This man seemed proud and proud while walking, and obviously he was very content.

"Sister, which one is this? I drove here, it's not bad." Wang Er walked around the Zhou family's car twice and laughed: "Take it big, this car is good. It's a long way to go to the countryside and other things. There is a boss on our construction site who drives this car, which is very exciting!"

Sister Wang pulled Wang Er for a moment, pointed at Zhou's mother and said, "This is your sister Zhang. Can't remember it? Your second sister of the old Zhang family at the east end of the village, this is her partner, his son and... daughter-in-law?"

"This is my boy's girlfriend. She will get married after a few years of age." Zhou's mother smiled proudly: "Don't look at her young age, she is a small leader in the Xiucheng Railway Bureau."

"Hello, second aunt, second uncle." Without waiting for Zhou's mother's instructions, Li Zhi asked Sister Wang and Wang Er obediently and generously.

"Okay, you're good too!" Wang Er looked up and down at Li Zhi, and couldn't help but give Zhou's mother a thumbs up and said, "Sister Zhang is so lucky. He has such a beautiful and capable daughter-in-law!"

"I'm sorry for my little brat." Zhou's mother said this, but her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon with a smile.

"Is this car on the railway? That's right, it's like running everywhere on the railway. It's still convenient for cars like Cherokee." Wang Er nodded and automatically made the car into Li Zhi's private use of public vehicles. Of course, in this era, no one took this seriously. Public vehicles are a tradition brought by the planned economy, and how can they stop it without decades?

Zhou Shuo laughed and didn't say anything. Instead, Wang Er looked at Li Zhi with interest and asked curiously: "By the way, Zhou's wife. I'll ask you about your personal information. Are you familiar with Zhang Duan Changchang from the Xiucheng Communication Section?"

"Zhang Duan Zhang? Are you talking about Zhang Shi? I know people, but I'm not very familiar with each other." Li Zhi is not a three-year-old child. He has worked on the railway for more than a year and always understands some people's feelings and worldly styles.

He only talks with people, but this is not necessary to fully implement it, but it is still necessary for people like Wang Er who meet by chance. Li Zhi is now the head of the communications department, and Zhang Duan Chang is the communications section of the Xiucheng flight department. How could the real immediate boss be unfamiliar with it?

However, Li Zhi and Wang Erbi were still very shallow. When he saw his eyes turn, he realized that he was so anxious that he was in a relationship, so he stopped talking about it.

Wang Er nodded, turned to Zhou's mother with a smile and said, "Sister Zhang, Brother Zhou, I still have something to do, let's see you back!"

"I'll leave first, the second sister, too, there's still cooking at home." Seeing that her younger brother had left, Sister Wang couldn't stay there. She told the Zhou family that she had parted with her younger brother and hurriedly chased her younger brother.

"What are you thinking about after leaving my son?" Zhou's mother patted Zhou Shuo on the shoulder and woke Zhou Shuo who was in a daze. The four of them got in the car and drove towards the village.

In the form of a car trembling on the rugged village road, the 1994 Grand Cherokee is definitely a classic model, but it is still incomparable to suspension and control and twenty years later.

After driving through the bumpy road, the four members of the Zhou family felt their bodies dispersed. Zhou Shuo carefully observed that many places in the village had undergone obvious changes. Although the clam shop is just a small fishing village, the foundation of Bohai Province is still good in the first 40 years. The poorest families are not as barely left behind like some mainland provinces. Most families have more or less a red brick house.

In recent years, this remote fishing village has also undergone many changes. The biggest change is the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor. Originally, everyone lived in similar brick houses. Some families even exposed their bricks on the outside, and those with better conditions were just a layer of mud and dust. Nowadays, many families have changed their houses, some are beautiful two-story buildings, and some are spacious Beijing flats. Even worse, they can still build several red brick houses similar to illegal buildings in the city.

"Second Sister!" As soon as the car stopped, a woman emerged from the old house of Zhang's family. The woman looked about thirty years old, nearly forty years old. She held Zhou's mother's hand and said with a smile: "I arrived this year so early, oh, I still drove here! Everyone said that my second nephew made a lot of money in business, and it seems that it is true!"

"He, just do it." Zhou's mother ran to the back of the car first, opened the back door and greeted: "I said, "Fourth, please come in and call out everyone. I've brought the goods for many years."

"Lingchuan Laojiao? This is my favorite drink!" Zhou Shuo's fifth aunt followed Zhou's mother to the rear of the car curiously. When she saw a car full of New Year's goods, she screamed in surprise.

"Big sister, third sister, come out soon. Second sister has brought a lot of things back!"

Zhou Shuo parked the car and jumped out of the car with the shy Li Zhi. Zhou's father went to the car and helped Zhou's mother. Zhou Shuo knew that this was the time when his mother was envious of others, so he didn't need to help him. He was also happy to satisfy the vanity of the older generation, and he pulled Li Zhi into the old house with a smile.

"Is it Zhou'er? Is this your girlfriend?" Zhou Shuo just walked into the yard and heard the sound and quickly ran a few steps, carefully holding the person talking.

He waved to Li Zhi behind him and said loudly beside the old man: "Grandma, this is my girlfriend Li Zhi."

"Happy Chinese New Year, I wish you good health." Li Zhi bowed obediently and cleverly, and supported the old man from the other side.

"Okay, what a handsome daughter." Grandma touched Li Zhi's face and nodded with a smile.

"Grandma, it's cold, let's go in first." Zhou Shuo looked at the sky. It was dark early in winter, and the sun was already about to set.

Zhou Shuo lifted the curtain like a quilt, and the room was as hot as a stove. Two girls in their teens and 20s were sitting on the kang, each carrying a pot of ice shrimps and peeling them. Zhou’s mother’s father died early, and now only one mother lives here with her elder sister.

The old man's son got married in another place and he rarely came back during the Chinese New Year. Apart from Zhou Shuo, the remaining sisters gave birth to daughters. Of course, the status of women in the Zhang family is not low. Several sisters are all skilled in taming their husbands, and they always speak with one person.

Soon after, all the aunts who were picking up New Year's goods outside the door came back. Zhou Shuo then formally introduced Li Zhi to his two sisters and aunts.

Then he was squeezed out of the core circle in the house. The women chattered around Li Zhi and asked nonstop. Fortunately, Li Zhi was generous and neat, so he was not afraid of the scene. He dealt with it appropriately and naturally, and he really liked it from the bottom of his heart.

Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, a loud shout suddenly sounded in the Zhang family yard.
Chapter completed!