Rebirth: My 80s

Most of the houses in the village are not wealthy enough.

Many families of seven or eight people, young and old, are crowded into three or two rooms.

After much inquiries, Li Jiankun and others found the village chief's house.

The village chief's house consists of three brick and stone houses, and two more rooms were obviously built behind the house later.

There are five rooms in total, and only the old couple live there.

The village chief is the most educated person among the older generation in the village. He attended a private school. Although compared with today's standards, he can only be considered to have graduated from elementary school, the private schools back then and the elementary schools today are completely different things.

At that time, I had to learn "The Rules of Disciples" and "Three Character Classic" and recite classical Chinese.

The village chief has beautiful calligraphy.

Shortly after the New Year, the Spring Festival couplets on the doorposts of many houses were still preserved, most of which were written by the village chief.

He is knowledgeable and has different ideas.

All the children in the family were sent away to study, and now they have settled down in Chengguan.

I only come back during the holidays.

This is why the village chief built so many houses. When the children come back, they need a place to stay, right? They also want to make the children live more comfortably and stay at home for a few more days.

There is no doubt that the village chief's family lives the best life in the village.

Li Jiankun rented three rooms in the village chief's house for 30 yuan a day, not counting meals.

In the words of the village head's wife, they lack everything here except mountain products, such as pheasant, wild mountain jump, hazel mushrooms, and a wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain, all stewed in a pot. It is guaranteed to be fragrant and nutritious.

As long as she pays, she can arrange every meal.

When the village chief first saw Li Jiankun and his companions dressed in fancy clothes and driving two 212 Jeeps into the village, he refused to take any money no matter what. But after finding out that they were not cadres and that the old woman had secretly twisted a few handfuls of his kidney meat, he finally agreed to the deal with them.

Night falls.

The north wind was howling outside the window.

It was warm as spring inside.

This is a house behind the village chief's main house.

There is a stove on one side for cooking, and a table and chairs on the other side for eating.

There is also a fire pit surrounded by bricks and stones against the wall.

At this time, the dry firewood inside was burning with a crackling sound, and the flames jumped high, steaming a large aluminum pot hanging on a wooden frame into a white mist and exuding fragrance.

The food cooked inside was the pot of dumplings that the village chief's wife mentioned.

It is indeed fragrant.

In Li Jiankun's opinion, the eight dollars is a good deal, as the pot is full of meat, real game.

And the best hazel mushrooms.

Wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain is something you can’t buy even if you have money in later generations.

How can there be meat without wine?

Jin Biao took down two bottles of iron-capped Moutai from the jeep, and Li Jiankun pulled the village chief over.

The village chief's wife originally pulled the village chief to say it was inappropriate. After Li Jiankun advanced 100 yuan for board and lodging, the village chief's wife smiled and said, "As the head of the family, you must accompany people well!"

The weather was too cold, so everyone didn't go to the dinner table and sat around the fire pit.

It's like eating hot pot.

Li Jiankun was thinking that they had been busy looking for Hu Dayong's master, the mountain keeper.

But I ignored the person in front of me.

Being able to become the village chief, and at his age, his prestige in the village is naturally not low.

Another point: no matter how high or low his official rank is, he is considered the chief executive.

I won't stand on the side of human trafficking.

He has to take care of this matter!

After clinking glasses with the village chief, Li Jiankun turned the topic to business and said:

"Old village chief, any movement in the village will definitely not escape your eyes.

"The child from Hu Dayong's family is this girl's biological brother.

"We will not pursue his human trafficking, and we have also said that we will compensate him for every penny he spent.

"Now the child's biological sister has come to his house, but he is holding the child hostage. What's going on?"

The village chief practiced Tai Chi:

“Oh, Dayong and his wife are very good to the child.

"You don't know, during the coldest days before the New Year, the child's delicate skin couldn't bear it and had a high fever. The barefoot doctor couldn't handle it, so Dayong pulled a cart and his wife followed to take care of the child and left the village overnight.

"It was a snowy day, and you can imagine how difficult the road was to travel on. Most people couldn't even pull the car empty.

"It's so cold, so cold that it can kill you. You can freeze yourself if you pee outside at night—"

"Hu Dayong and his wife are good to Zhuangzhuang, we know that."

Li Jiankun interrupted the village chief and said, "But this cannot be a reason for them to detain people.

"They have no blood relationship with Zhuangzhuang. Zhuangzhuang's biological sister is the one next to me. His parents are still alive and are looking forward to finding their child day and night.

“No matter what, we must take Zhuangzhuang away.

"To tell you the truth, Village Chief, before I came here, I thought about calling the police and bringing them along. It was because this girl heard that the Hu couple treated Zhuangzhuang well, so she wanted to talk to them first.

"Well, we talked about it this afternoon, but we couldn't come to any conclusion.

"If it doesn't work, we can only call the police."

The village chief frowned.

Li Jiankun continued: "There is another way."

The village chief asked, “What?”

"You are the village chief. You have to step in and convince Hu Dayong and his wife about this matter."

Li Jiankun said: "As long as they don't make trouble, and considering how good they are to Zhuangzhuang, I can give them ten times the amount they spent on Zhuangzhuang."

The village chief and his wife, who was sitting behind the stove, opened their eyes wide at the same time.

"ten times?!"

The village chief's wife gossiped, "I heard it cost more than two thousand yuan."

Li Jiankun said: "Okay, I'll give them 20,000."

"His!"

Li Jiankun looked at the silent village chief and said, "We didn't mean to make a big deal out of it, but you should be able to see that we are not afraid of trouble. I know a lot of people in your province."

The village chief swallowed and said, "The province?"

Chen Yajun interrupted and said, "Old village chief, you are nothing in the province."

Jin Biao echoed, "If you know anything about the outside world, you will know him. The village party committee should have a phone number. If you don't believe me, call them and ask: Who is Li Jiankun?"

"Okay, okay, let me think about this."

After having enough wine and food.

The village chief said goodbye and left the table, then quietly went out, braving the sharp wind, and came to the village branch office at the east end of the village.

There is indeed a landline phone in the village branch.

The village chief sat at the desk where the phone was placed, thinking for a long time. He decided that the call was not made to the higher authorities, but to his eldest son who was a section chief in a unit in the county.

The phone call was made to the unit.

The person who answered the phone went to the unit dormitory to call his eldest son.

"Dad, what's your name?"

"Li Jiankun."

A surprised voice came from the other side, asking: "Is this person in our village now?!"

"Yes, he's staying at our house. I just drank two liang of wine with him."

The village chief asked, "Daming, who is this person?"

"Fuck!"

"Hey, kid, you are a cadre, what are you talking about? Be careful of the impact."

"No, Dad. I'm telling you, you must treat them well. Don't let my mom take their money—"

"Well, I'm afraid that won't work. It's already been collected."

"Back off, back off! Give it back to them! Just pretend you know nothing. I'll be back tomorrow morning! As for Dayong's family, you must do a good job. The child can't be kept, and can't be kept... Forget it, forget it. Anyway, I'll be back tomorrow, and we'll go together then."

Village Chief: "No...you haven't said who he is yet?"

"God of Wealth!

“He’s the most popular person in the country right now.

“Every government office wants to ask him for help.

“For a county of this level, no matter who you are, you can’t see him under normal circumstances.

"I'll come back tomorrow to confirm if it's him. If it's really him... Dad, just wait and see. The road to the village you've been trying to build for so many years will be flattened by cars!"

The village chief could feel his eldest son's excitement through the phone line.

Only then did I realize that he was not bragging.

A huge figure suddenly came to this remote mountain place where their grandmother and uncle didn't care about them.

After returning home.

The village chief immediately found the woman and told her exactly what her eldest son had said.

The village chief's wife is a calculating person. Although she feels sorry for the money, she realizes that this matter may be related to her eldest son's future. In comparison, earning a few hundred yuan is not a big deal.

When she was going out, she happened to meet Shen Hongyi who was getting water for washing. She forced the money into her hands and said it was just a joke.

They also say that we Northeastern people are warm and hospitable, so how could we really accept any money?

After scratching his head, Shen Hongyi came to the room of Li Jiankun and General Hengha, and told Li Jiankun that the village chief's wife had returned the money.

Li Jiankun knew it very well. The village chief had asked about his background.

I thought it shouldn't be a bad thing.

There is a high probability that local officials will come tomorrow.

It is different from the police.

The next day, when it was almost dawn.

The dogs in the village started barking together.

At the same time, there was the roar of cars.

Not long after, there was a call from outside the village chief's house. The village chief's eldest son had returned.

There were two other people returning with him.

He is Corey's right-hand man.

He has not yet reported this matter to his superiors.

Shen Hongyi was alone in a room and was the first to get up.

When Li Jiankun and his two generals Hengha finished wrapping the dumplings and left the room, they saw Shen Hongyi and a man who looked like a cadre talking in the main room. There were two other men and the village chief and his wife surrounding them.

After seeing Li Jiankun's face clearly.

blind!

The village chief's son and his right and left hands almost fell to their knees.

It really is!

"Comrade Jiankun, I have heard of you for a long time. I didn't expect you to come to our village and live in my home. It's fate."

The village chief's son rushed forward, his hands arrived before he did.

After Li Jiankun shook hands with him, he was invited by the village chief's son to sit at the first seat at the square table in the central hall.

The village chief served tea and water with a smile.

The village chief's wife happily went to prepare breakfast.

Although they still didn't understand Li Jiankun's identity, they could all see that this person was very, very important to their eldest son.

After a conversation, the village chief's son patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it!"

Li Jiankun smiled and said, "Okay."

If the village chief's son could really get it done, he wouldn't mind giving him a bright future.

This is a very poor county with a total population of only a few hundred thousand.