The lights are on, and the weather is very pleasant at night in early May 2003 in Huayuan.

Xu Fan was walking on the way to Minghao Hotel, with neon lights flashing beside the road, and the young men and women were clattering from time to time. Xu Fan felt a little out of place.

I have been studying and living in this city for four years. I don’t know if this city has not accepted him or it has not accepted this city, so it has been difficult for me to integrate into this urban life that others envy.

Xu Fan went to attend a graduation party held by several high school classmates. Of course, it is not their high school graduation now, but the students who are studying in college in the same city are facing the upcoming graduation. It will be even more difficult to meet in the future and want to get together.

I walked into Minghao Hotel and walked towards the 218 box under the guidance of the welcome lady.

He pushed open the door and laughter floated out. Eight seats were already sitting on the sofa inside. It seemed that Xu Fan was the last one to arrive.

"Xu Da Caizi, you are finally here. We are so anxious to wait!" A boy stood up from the seat near the door. Oh, he should be a young man now. He walked up to Xu Fan and gave him a big bear hug.

This young man is Lin Jieshu, with a height of 187cm, an inverted triangle figure, and a handsome face. He is the school grass of their class in high school. He is also the initiator of this party tonight. Because his mother works in the Provincial Education Commission, his father's real estate business is also very prosperous. His only sister graduated from BGI. I heard that his career has been booming in recent years, so his family background is relatively outstanding among these old classmates.

Lin Jieshu pulled Xu Fan and sat down, shouting that he would be fined three glasses of wine when he was late. Xu Fan smiled faintly, but did not refuse. He took the wine glass and drank it himself for three glasses. Then everyone even claimed to be good. Only then did he have time to look at everyone present carefully, and he couldn't help but sigh that the boys and girls in the past have become much more mature. Most of the boys and girls were wearing formal clothes and leather shoes. Although the grade was generally not high, it was also a sign of moving towards the workplace. The girls dressed a lot more casually, but they focused on highlighting their graceful figures and putting on light makeup, which obviously told the world that they were no longer little girls.

After Xu Fan finished drinking, the classmates talked about their previous life in high school. Although the shadow of the college entrance examination was shrouded in, life was still carefree, revealing each other's embarrassing things, which caused bursts of laughter.

Xu Fan looked at a girl opposite. She wore a light yellow dress tonight, with a circle of lace on the collar and skirt. Her pretty and fair face made her look even more charming. Her name is Bai Xiaoru, and she has been sitting at Xu Fan's back table for three years in high school. As for why she sat in the back and Xu Fan sat in the front, it was not because she was taller than Xu Fan, but because of Xu Fan's good grades.

Xu Fan's high school scores in three years were all in the top three in the year, so Xu Fan, who is 175cm tall, won a seat close to the blackboard. Unfortunately, such good results were not reflected in the college entrance examination. A cold and fever before the exam made him miss the match with Tiannan University and entered the current Tiannan University of Science and Technology.

Bai Xiaoru is not a very beautiful girl in strict sense, but from when, Xu Fan always turned around and looked at her unconsciously during breaks. The faint warmth made the nerds at that time intoxicated. Of course, it was just intoxication. Xu Fan did not have the idea of ​​taking action, which can also be attributed to the fact that he was stupid in reading.

But when I arrived at university, after letting go of my body and mind, I failed to do it because of all kinds of trivial matters.

Tonight, I saw her again and saw her whispering from time to time with a boy sitting next to her, and inadvertently showed a hint of tenderness in my eyes. Xu Fan felt a little bitter in his mouth. The boy was named Ye Tian, ​​and I remember that he was a very ordinary boy in high school.

"I asked about the postgraduate admissions office of Huji University, and the admission notice for postgraduate admissions will be available to my school soon." The person who spoke was Lin Jieshu. At this time, the students had almost recalled the past and began to count the future.

"Wow, I'm so envious. I can also be leisurely at school. I want to go to Qiandu Company to be an unknown marketing manager. I said I was a manager, but in fact I don't have a single soldier and I have to go out for business every day." Another student shook his head and sighed after saying that.

"Xiaotian and I went back to Tianlu to do foreign orders in a foreign trade company." Bai Xiaoru finished speaking, and looked at Ye Tian and smiled.

Xu Fan's feeling of discomfort at this time faded a lot. Maybe this is the happiness that suits her more. But she was so naive that she couldn't help but smile bitterly. Unexpectedly, the kind of person she liked in romance novels who saw the person she liked and threw herself into the arms of others, but instead wished them happiness. Such bloody things would happen to me.

"Xu Dacaizi, what about you? You have been our idol in our studies for so many years!" Lin Jieshu asked when he saw Xu Fan not speaking for a long time.

"I want to volunteer for two years in a township government in Tianyan City." Xu Fan replied with a smile.

Hearing this, the students were shocked. Xu Fan certainly knew why they had such an expression. The volunteer service he mentioned was to participate in the "College Student Volunteer Service Plan for Underdeveloped Areas in the Western Region and Tiannan Province", and Tianyan City is in Tiannan Province. Although Xu Fan failed the college entrance examination, it was not difficult to find a decent job with his ability. But he still chose to go to Tianyan City. He did not want to submit resumes in the talent market, and did not want to jump from a company with low salaries to a higher company endlessly. He did not want to find a girl he didn't love to get married and have children early, so he chose to go to Tianyan Volunteer Service, although this is a bit alternative.

"Okay, I am worthy of being a talented man Xu. He has ideas, serves the motherland and contributes to society. His ideological level is high, haha." The students' words made the atmosphere a little awkward, and Lin Jieshu hurriedly smoothed out. However, from their eyes, he could see that he was not very optimistic about Xu Fan's future.

The next topic was obviously turned to other directions. Xu Fan was much deserted, and Xu Fan was happy. He didn't think that his classmates were snobbish. They were about to graduate and had an instinctive sensitivity to how to make promising friends. This is the case with human nature, so Xu Fan did not force it.

The party time passed quickly, and at the last moment, the feeling of parting surrounded everyone again. The girls hugged each other in three or three, whimpering softly. The boys were much stronger, shook hands and patted each other's shoulders, and had a bear hug.

Bai Xiaoru also walked up to Xu Fan, "When you arrive in Tianyan, life must be less convenient than being in Yuedong City. You must pay attention to your health and contact more in the future. My mobile phone number and QQ number have not changed."

The plain and sincere greetings made Xu Fan feel very warm and he replied sincerely: "You are the same, take care of your health!"

After walking into the famous hotel and watching the students get in the car and leave, Xu Fan didn't want to go back to Tiannan University of Science and Technology now.

It is rare to see a few stars in the night sky tonight. Xu Fan walked to the fountain in front of Times Square and found a bench to sit down. At this time, he was not imagining how difficult life would be in Tianyan City, but just wanted to enjoy the rare peace of mind.

It was half past ten, and Xu Fan should go back. If he didn't go back, the dormitory would be closed. As soon as he got up, he saw a figure passing by in front of him and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye. Yuedong City, as the capital city of Tiannan Province, has of course a rich nightlife, and there are still many people on the street at this time.

Xu Fan felt that he had stepped on something. He picked it up and found that it was a PDA. Fortunately, it was not broken. He opened the address book inside and saw the address of the organic owner. He thought that there was still some time to go back to school. He found a courier company nearby and filled out a courier form. The consignee's name was the owner: Xu Youde, of course, the sender's name was Xu Fan. He asked the courier company for a foam box, stuffed the PDA in and sent it out.

After finishing it, he returned to school. Tonight's party made Xu Fan feel a little bit like Duan Fanchen, and he couldn't help but look forward to Tianyan's volunteer service life.

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"Xiao Xu, find out the county's land rectification document yesterday, enter it into the computer, I will change it to our village later, and you can print it and mimeograph one for each of the leaders." The speaker was Lai Minghe, an organization committee member of Hezhuqing Township, who was about 45 years old, looks a little old, and his hair is black and gray. From the gossip he heard from various offices, this Lai organization committee member used to be an organization committee member in a town, but later he had a style problem and was sent to Hezhuqing Township.

This was the second week after Xu Fan graduated and went to Hezhuqing Township, Jinyuan County, Tianyan City to volunteer. He had devoted himself to volunteering. The basic work content was as follows: at 8 o'clock, first go to the Party and Government Office, carry a bucket of water (the office does not have a faucet), and then start boiling water in an electric teapot, six thermos bottles of boiling water, two bottles of township chief and secretary's office, leaving two bottles for the Party and Government Office. Next, it depends on whether the time is too late. If it is still early, the other three deputy township heads, organization committee members, National People's Congress chairman, political and legal committee members, discipline committee members and the Minister of People's Armed Forces can boil as much as the hot water can be.

Then, I collected the documents, opened the documents in the envelopes, registered them one by one with the "received documents book", and put them in the folder. When the organization committee member came, he would hand them over to him for circulation.

The next work is a bit chaotic. Since the number of leaders in the township and "soldiers" (i.e., general cadres) is close to one to one, each soldier is shared. Although it belongs to various offices, the leaders can still send them at will. Of course, the old fried dough sticks can find an excuse to make excuses. Sometimes they need to print a certain document, sometimes they need to answer the phone and find someone (except for the leaders' offices, only the party and government offices in the township have a telephone number), sometimes they have to find a document that may not exist from a pile of cardboard boxes (because this document may only exist in the imagination of a leader, but in fact it has never been), sometimes...

In short, there are few times of silence in the past, which is very different from the leisurely leisure of civil servants in the legend. Of course, it does not mean that the people in the township government bully newcomers, and other staff are also busy. Hezhu Qing Township was formed by the merger of several small townships, so the work that was originally done by 70 or 80 people is now only 30 people, so there is a problem if they are not busy.

"Xiao Xu, let go of the things at hand first. Our family planning office is insufficient, so you can also respond. Just stand there and don't have to do anything else." The speaker said that Yuan Mei, the deputy township chief in charge of family planning and culture, is a very fair young woman. There is no sign that a son is in kindergarten at all.

"Okay, Township Mayor Yuan, I'll sort out the documents and go there!" Xu Fan was quite happy to be able to go out for a walk, because he heard from Xiao Cao in the office that due to the insufficient staff of the family planning office, the whole township often needs to cooperate with each other to "invite" the more students.

He quickly turned off the computer, sorted the files casually, closed the drawer, and quickly got on the small pickup truck that Yuan Mei was now riding. This small pickup truck was not owned by the township government, but was the village director. The director relied on the care of the township and bought a large forest farm to make a fortune. Therefore, he often drove over to pick up and drop off the leaders, so he would not be indifferent after a long time.

The car quickly drove to "Shanglin Village". As soon as you entered the village, you could feel a very strong rural atmosphere. The whole village was basically filled with mud houses, with few buildings made of steel and concrete. The car was parked by the stream, and everyone got off the car with a tacit understanding and followed Yuan Mei to the man feeding chickens in the distance.

However, when passing by a huge rock more than one person tall by the stream, Xu Fan suddenly felt a sudden suddenness in his mind. Looking at the mossy-covered outer surface of the huge rock, he knew that it was already a few years. He found that he was a few steps behind the team, so Xu Fan quickly followed.

"It's Li Yousi, is your wife at home?" Before the man who was feeding the chickens could find Xu Fan and the others, Yuan Mei stood in front of him, and Xu Fan and the others surrounded Li Yousi. The other two female officials from the family planning office rushed to Li Yousi's house. It seemed that they wanted to search for whether his wife was at home.

"Ah, Township Mayor Yuan, my wife is not here. She is going to work outside." Li Yousi was a little panicked when he saw so many people.

"Then what about her contact number? Call her back for pregnancy test." When Yuan Mei spoke, the two female officers who entered the house came out. It seemed that his wife was indeed not at home.

"There is no phone number, we haven't contacted each other for several months." Li Yousi argued.

"What, no phone number, I'll tell you, Li Yousi, if you don't cooperate, I can only ask you to go back to your hometown." Yuan Mei became angry when she heard this. It was her third time here, and she had to explain it today.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little nervous, Xu Fan was a little uneasy. Now he advocated civilized law enforcement. They would not really do anything to Li Yousi, but they were afraid of meeting those who were so stunned that they were so stunned.

I was really afraid of anything I was going to the village. When Li Yousi heard that he was going to the village, he put down the dustpan for feeding chickens in his hand and wanted to break out. So hard that he was dead. This breakthrough was chosen by Xu Fan. Although Xu Fan often exercised in college, Li Yousi's opponent, who had been doing farm work all year round, kept pushing and shoving Xu Fan backed back.

"Xiao Xu, stop him, you guys go up and help." Yuan Mei stood aside and directed the other three to go up and encircle them.

However, before they could come up to help, Xu Fan tripped by the stone on his heel, and he leaned back. With a "bang", the back of his head hit the huge rock he had just seen, and his eyes turned dark and he fainted.

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"Where am I?" As soon as Xu Fan regained consciousness, he found that he was in an unknown space with stars above his head and the ground under his feet was made of glass-like brilliance. The most shocking thing was the light curtain that seemed to fall from the sky in front of him. At the top of the light curtain was a line of words from unknown countries, but Xu Fan suddenly felt that he could pronounce it casually, but after trying it a few times, he couldn't pronounce it. At the right end of the light curtain were three simplified Chinese characters - forging technology. Next to it was a middle-aged man wearing a pair of samurai uniforms doing a series of movements, which were awkward, but it was all the different beauty. There were five sets in total, but only the first set could be clearly seen. The other four sets were like a thin Masek, which was blurred.

Xu Fan tried to imitate these movements and found that the difficulty was not ordinary. Compared with the gymnasts I saw on TV, I saw a big house in a small house. After Xu Fan finished his first set of movements, he suddenly felt the connection with his outside environment.

Trying to close your eyes and open it again, I found that I had returned to the real world. At this time, Xu Fan was lying on the bed of Jinyuan County People's Hospital. There were seven or eight people around the bed, and only three of them were known to Xu Fan. Fan Tianming, the mayor of Hezhuqing Township, Li Bo, the secretary, and Yuan Mei, the deputy mayor, was surrounded by three of them like stars. In the middle was a serious middle-aged man. When he saw Xu Fan woke up, he immediately smiled and took Xu Fan's left hand affectionately. Although the man was standing on Xu Fan's right, who had let his right hand hang, he said: "Comrade Xiao Xu, come to our Jinyuan County to suffer. I will visit you on behalf of the Jinyuan County Government."

"This is our County Mayor Zhao." The secretary next to him saw that Xu Fan was a little confused and immediately introduced him.

"How could the county magistrate come to visit a 'soldier' ​​like me?" But in a flash, Xu Fan understood that the plan to support the western and underdeveloped areas is a national nature. If Xu Fan was really accidentally killed in Jinyuan County due to business, he would probably be able to go to CCTV to make excellent promotional videos, and the relevant leaders of Jinyuan County would have to bear some leadership responsibilities.

"Hello, County Magistrate Zhao, hello!" Although he was thinking in a mess, his mouth was not at all vague.

"Comrade Xiao Xu, you were injured because of our family planning career in Jinyuan County. Our county government must be responsible for it to the end. This condolence money is the county's little intention, so please accept it." As he said that, he handed over a red envelope, which was not allowed to refuse at all, and stuffed it directly under the pillow.

"Comrade Li Bo, Xiao Xu is the organization's care for you when hezhuqing Township comes to your Hezhuqing Township. You see, there are only six volunteers in the county, and many other towns are not available. Such talents can be taken good care of when you come to your place." County Mayor Zhao turned to Secretary Li and said.

"Yes, yes, County Mayor Zhao said that our township party committee has studied it and appointing Xu Fan as the deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee of Hezhuqing Township. This is also in line with the volunteer policy. In addition, the treatment will be paid according to the formal staff." Li Bo responded quickly.

Xu Fan knew in his heart that there was a piece of relevant documents for volunteers, which allowed volunteers to serve as deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee of their unit, so that relevant activities could be organized better, but not all units need to implement this.

After making polite mistakes, County Mayor Zhao and his group left, and Xu Fan did not take this matter seriously. What is important is whether the space just before waking up can be free to enter and exit in the future.
Chapter completed!