The minibus continued to drive towards Jiachuan. After the second mistress left, Zhou Zhi turned to her grandmother and said, "Grandma, are you happy to come back and visit?"

"I'm so happy that I even laid a grave for Tian Min. I see there is an open space next to him..."

"Grandma, what are you talking about? It's still early for you to live a long life."

Zhou Zhi took his grandma's hand and said, "But the feng shui of that place is good. My aunt often said that the ancestral graves of the old Zhou family in Baimi often say that the ancestral graves of our old Zhou family are not good at producing daughters. The fifth aunt also said that the ancestral graves of my grandpa are not good at producing daughters. It's just right to put them here. Both ends are good.

occupy!"

"Then you were just joking! You are really planning on it!" Grandma said angrily.

"But that land is really nice." Zhou Zhi said, "Grandma, don't worry, I'll tell my fifth uncle that that land can only be reserved for you, the old man."

…

…

In the seats behind, my father and mother were muttering: "Xiu Qin, how much money do we have left?"

Mom looked around cautiously: "Go home and tell me! What do you want to do?"

Dad whispered: "Mom, there is one more thing..."

"What's going on?"

"Pay the party dues back."

"How much will it cost?" My mother was frightened when she thought about how old she was.

"It's not too much. For rural party members, it's only 20 cents a month."

"Just say how many years!"

"Keep your voice down! From 2029 to 1991."

My mother is an old accountant, and she got the number in the blink of an eye: "Three hundred and twelve?! So much?! I worked for Xiao Liu for three months in vain?!"

"This is an honor to our family!"

Dad patted his mother's hand and looked at the nagging grandson and grandson in front of him: "Honor! Are you saying that three hundred yuan can buy Zhou Zhi this education?"

"I don't think he has much education." My mother knew that the family had to make so much money, and she felt bad: "I went to clean up the radish and cabbage heads..."

After saying that, an idea suddenly came to him, and he turned to ask his godfather: "Brother, you said that if you publish a thousand words in a provincial publication, you will usually be given five yuan as a manuscript fee. Then I wrote two articles of thirty thousand words, and here is one hundred

five?"

The godfather nodded: "About this number."

The mother looked at her son again and asked her father: "I heard from the second sister that she will also reward elbows..."

"You should stop it as soon as possible..." The father couldn't help but roll his eyes at the mother, and then quickly looked away when she wasn't paying attention: "This will even out the profit and loss, right? And the child is being blamed!"

After saying that, he turned around and said, "Brother, I won't go to the secretary's place in a while. Mom is tired enough from the day, so we'll go home first."

The godfather smiled and said: "Okay, then I'll go and give Gan'er a striker first!"

"Don't talk nonsense, brother!"

The godfather smiled and patted his father on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I know!"

That night, Zhou Zhi's family stayed in front of the TV and watched the local news starting at eight o'clock.

There are also rules for news broadcasting. The network broadcasts first, then the provincial news, and finally the county news.

"...Early this morning, based on reports from the masses, the County Public Security Bureau conducted a surprise inspection of the county Sichuan Opera Troupe, cinema, and video hall attached to the cultural center. In the county Sichuan Opera Troupe's video hall, a batch of prohibited audio and video products were found and the relevant parties were dealt with.

"

"...Secretary Hua Yuliang has tasked the Sichuan Opera Troupe to review its responsibilities and make important instructions. As the Spring Festival is approaching, in addition to providing a stable and peaceful social environment for the people of the county, it is also necessary to provide a healthy and positive spiritual environment for the people of the county..."

"...This afternoon, behind the shrine in the home of Zou Xiuyue, a resident of Gujing Village, Shuangxi Town, relevant departments discovered several important cultural relics of the revolutionary party's history, including the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Border Region guerrilla flag, the Jiachuan Red Water Red Joint Special Branch

Standards, the list of underground comrades who joined the revolution at that time, and the list of some guerrillas."

"According to Comrade Wu Lingjun, deputy director of the County Culture and Education Bureau and director of the County Cultural Center, this material was specially collected and preserved by Zou Xiuyue's mother, Comrade Song Qiaoling, an underground member of our Party. It has very important historical documentary value and is an important part of our county's revolution.

This important addition to history has been reported to the relevant departments..."

"Mom, mom! Let's see you on TV soon!"

Grandma is using yellow wax to prepare the cotton thread for sizing insoles tomorrow: "I am so old that I still played a game of Yangge. Oh my God, even if I fall down..."

At this time, the phone at home rang. It wasn't my parents' friends, but Zhou Zhi's best friends.

The first is Feng Xueshan: "Elbow! You are on TV! And grandma!"

"I'll hold the ladder right there..."

"No matter what, I'm on TV, treat me!"

"What's the treat? I've already been here once on New Year's Day. You just don't know."

"Eh? What's going on?"

"I was asked to be the host of the New Year's Day performance, and I even had a cross talk with Yan Xiao. When the county reported the news about the performance, there were also scenes of me and Yan Xiao."

"Really?! I didn't even listen to what you said!"

"What's there to say? That oil painting is so ugly, hang it up first."

"Wait! You still have to invite me!"

"Please, please, please, wait a few days, then you can take action..."

With this beginning, there was no stopping for the rest of the night.

This is the daily life in the small county today. It is not surprising that a small incident spreads quickly throughout the city.

Early the next morning, the remittance notice arrived from the post office, and the first essay of 3,000 words was worth 30 yuan.

This number is double what my mother heard from her godfather, and Zhou Zhi doesn’t know what’s going on.

Zhou Zhi can't even remember how much money he had in his previous life.

Just as he was about to go to the post office to withdraw the money, his godfather called and asked him to go to the county committee.

Zhou Zhi shook the remittance slip in his hand: "Dad, let me go to Baihua Pavilion to eat pig cake."

"You've become more capable, haven't you?" Mom said, "What should I do, grandma?"

"You can bring it back to her later. Your class is a few minutes earlier and a few minutes later. Doesn't it matter?" Zhou Zhi shouted to his grandmother who was wearing an apron: "Grandma, do you want to eat pig cake? I'll treat you."

"Hey! Please eat it if you are a good grandson!"

Mom went to the kitchen and pulled out a pot: "Let's go, you and your dad eat there, and I'll come back and eat with your grandma."

The Zhu'er Bake Shop is close to the county committee, and there are many people coming here to have breakfast. Many of them know my dad, and even before he sat down, he was already greeting me constantly, and many of them were even chatting about what happened yesterday.

"It's better to buy it and take it home to eat." Dad was a little helpless: "Zhou Zhi, give me the money."

My mother was handing the pot to the boss to scoop out the soy milk: "Yes, give me the money."

Zhou Zhi took out the remittance slip and flicked it: "Advance."

Dad had no choice but to pay the money: "After eating, go to the county committee. If the guard asks about it, ask him to call the secretary of the county committee and ask him to come down and pick him up. Do you understand?"

"Know."

After breakfast, I went to the county committee and was stopped by the guard.

After a while, a young man in his twenties came downstairs: "Zhi Zhi, right? The secretary has a meeting at the Finance Bureau and said he would arrive later. Come with me first."

"Well." Zhou Zhi obediently followed the young man inside: "How should I call you?"

"My name is Song Yucheng, Secretary Zhang's secretary. Just call me Secretary Song. In private, just call me Brother Song."

"Brother Song was assigned to the county committee not long after graduation, right?"

"Yes, because of my lack of experience, I was often criticized by the secretary."

"Brother Song is so humble."

While talking, the two of them came to Hua Yuliang's big office. Song Yucheng made Zhou Zhi a cup of tea: "Zhou Zhi, let's wait outside. Great writer, will you read a book here, take a rest, and accompany me to work?" "

"Okay, Brother Song, you don't have to worry about me. I'll find a book to read by myself."

On the bookcase were the "Notice on Issues Concerning the Adjustment of Grain Purchase and Sales Policies" and the "Urban House Demolition Management Regulations" which were issued just last month. Zhou Zhi took out these two books and sat at the coffee table to read them.

Song Yucheng was also secretly observing Zhou Zhi. When he saw him sitting quietly reading two materials, occasionally picking up the tea cup and taking a sip, he immediately entered a very serious state. He felt that this boy could write such an article. , and there is indeed a reason.

The two materials were not long. Zhou Zhi finished reading them quickly, but instead of standing up, he picked up the one he had just read and started reading again.

Huh? What kind of way of reading is this? Song Yucheng felt a little strange.

This time the reading was much slower, and then the cycle started again.

In the end, it stopped completely at the "Notice on Issues Concerning Adjustments to Grain Purchase and Sales Policies."

"Zhou Zhi, let's talk?"

Zhou Zhi put down the materials: "Why don't you delay Brother Song?"

"The secretary hasn't come back yet, and I've finished the work in hand, so there won't be any delay."
To be continued...