After resting in Yangcheng for two days, Lu Li, Li Zhengrong, Xu Yunjian and Xue Hui took a car to Pengcheng, which was 300 miles away. The road conditions were still bad. The vehicles traveling between Guancheng, Yangcheng, and Pengcheng, especially those giant load-loading Jiefang brand trucks, were not very fast, but the roads they passed were like sandstorms rolling up in the sky, and the road conditions were invisible at thirty or fifty meters ahead.

That's not all. The drivers of these big trucks were very savage. There were only two national highways running side by side, but the two large trucks were moving side by side until the intersection was driving in front of them. At other times, the national highway was squeezed tightly. Li Zhengrong pressed the horn so hard that he almost burst out. The driver in front just didn't give way to him! He was so angry that he rolled down the car window and cursed, "... Cough cough cough cough cough!" Before he finished speaking, he choked the dust and quickly tightened his head and closed the window tightly.

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian laughed loudly. Even Xue Hui, who had been disliked by Lu Li, smiled at it, "Are you still laughing?" Li Zhengrong spat at the dust in his mouth and said complainingly: "If you can't find a place to come down, you can open it? Or let Xiao Xu have a meeting?"

"Everything is OK," Lu Li nodded and said, "Look for a place to rest for a while, and then I'll drive." He turned to look at the dust flying on the roadside. There were large areas of green plants deep in the road, but more were crisscrossing water systems. On both sides of the road from Yangcheng to Pengcheng, the original ecology was maintained quite well. The southern country of China itself has a dense area of ​​rivers. If you don't have any trouble, you have to rush to your destination and find a place to rest, it would be a good enjoyment.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Ah? Ah." Lu Li smiled back, "I once read a book and forgot the title of the book, but I still remember some of the contents of it. In the book, the author said that a country wants to achieve long-term stability and stability and prosperity. The main focus is people's livelihood. The foundation of people's livelihood is economy, and the focus of the economy lies in transportation. Of course, this is a relatively macro view. Specifically, it is a multi-dimensional and three-dimensional transportation network including water, land, air and other multi-dimensional transportation network. Only with the convenience of transportation can people exchange and carry out large-scale movements. Similarly, materials can be carried out nationwide. With the foundation of the first step, there is no such thing as Xu Yunjian, do you still remember it? When we were in the business forest, we encountered such a big disaster. The central government issued an order to rescue the whole country. When did the first batch of materials arrived in Tangshan arrive?"

"I remember it was the next day when you just came out of the tent? It seemed... the 8th or 9th? I forgot."

Xue Hui suddenly interrupted, "This... hasn't been a long time?"

"Yes, it doesn't seem to be very long on the surface. But don't forget that Tangshan is located on the North China Plain. The roads are well-connected and there is no danger of any mountains and rivers. It will take more than ten days to arrive. What if such a disaster occurs in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan? Calculate it. How much time will it take? I'm afraid that when things arrive, the weather will start to get cold!"

Xue Hui immediately asked him, indeed, if it was in the mountainous and high-altitude canyon area, there might be far more than so few people who died? "No. You are wrong. There are not so many people in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan!" The girl raised her head proudly as if she had found the disadvantages in his words. Her phoenix eyes glanced at him sideways, waiting for his answer.

"You, your university is gone," even Lu Li himself sometimes couldn't explain why he always liked to fight Xue Hui: "We are now discussing the relationship between roads and transportation, rather than considering the density of population." Lu Li sneered exaggeratedly and said disdainfully.

Xue Hui was speechless for the second time. She couldn't argue with Lu Li, and she was a little scared of this person for no reason, so she had to expose her anger to the man beside her, "Hey, why are you pinching me?" Xu Yunjian screamed and kept shaking his hands, "It's not me who messed with you, who would you go to if you bully you?"

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong burst into laughter.

As the two people in front exchanged positions, Lu Li took the driver's seat and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom! This time, the few people in the car were considered to be suffering! The road was bumpy and the car was too fast, and the vibration effect was even better and more obvious. When the car drove into the Guancheng Municipal Party Committee Guesthouse, several people, including Lu Li, seemed to have fallen apart!

Li Zhengrong and Xu Yunjian got out of the car and started cursing! After the scolding, the three of them discussed: Just don’t take the car on the road below, and change the train temporarily. Otherwise, when you arrive in Pengcheng, you will have to go for a lifetime. Once you promote the promise, this matter will be confirmed. Lu Like was a little stupid, "Don't...Don't? How to do the car...?"

When he heard his words suddenly stuttering, Xue Hui looked at him intently as if she had discovered a new world, and found it very funny. "You can drive it yourself."

"No, I have to take the train too. Let's put this car here. Brother Rong, will you drive back when you come back?"

"It's better to be good. When we arrive in Pengcheng, we always need a car, which is convenient for coming and going. Otherwise, you can take the train and I'll drive over?"

"How can this work?" Lu Li sighed and stared at the pair of little mandarin ducks who were making trouble. If nothing happened, they would make trouble! They were so scared that they retreated urgently, "I'd better drive away. You three take the train to come over... Okay, Brother Rong, don't argue with me."

Xu Yunjian also regretted it a little, but just said it casually, why did he be serious? How could he and Lu Li have been friends for so many years, so how could he watch his friends suffer and hide aside to enjoy the happiness of the whole country? "Well, Xiaoxiao and I drive over, Brother Rong, take Xiao Xue by train."

"What are you... what's this? Why did you entrust me to an outsider?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Xu Yunjian glared with big eyes, scaring Xue Hui so much that she didn't dare to argue again. The girl pursed her mouth in aggrieved manner and said stutteringly: "Why... I'll go back alone?"

"Don't be so arrogant?" Xu Yunjian was really anxious and said without saying anything: "If you ask you to go, just follow me. What's wrong with you in Yangcheng? Ask if you come or not, you say come, and then I said if you come, you have to be obedient on the way, right? You agreed by yourself, right?"

"I……"

"Stop talking nonsense. Do you like to go or not? Let me tell you, if you dare to go back, we will be over!" Xu Yunjian waved his hand and scolded him sternly, "Xiaoxiao, let's get in the car and go!"

With such a roar of thunder and fireworks, Xue Hui became honest and followed Li Zhengrong obediently and went all the way.

Lu Li was amused and drove all the way with Xu Yunjian. When it was almost dusk, he rushed to Pengcheng. He couldn't rest here, but instead went to the train station to pick up the two people who had not arrived yet. Xu Yunjian opened the car door, leaned outside half of his body, and turned around and talked to him, "Hey, what's wrong with Lao Cao? I haven't been back for a few days. So many fusses have happened? You two, it really doesn't make me worry!"

Luli laughed. "You deserve to say this?"

Xu Yunjian also smiled, "To be honest, what's going on?"

"He seemed to be dissatisfied with some of my practices for so long. Last time..." He explained a few words and said, "Maybe it was a general outbreak. When you get them, you will take a day off. Tomorrow you will take Xiao Xue there. Oh, there is another thing. I put the key to the house in the bedside table. You take Xiao Xue over with the keys - but she can only live. Don't mix up with it?"

Xu Yunjian smiled, but did not make any statement. Lu Li understood what he was thinking at a glance, and gave her annoyed look, "Xu Yunjian, don't be fooled. Didn't you learn enough lessons in the business forest back then? Can't you bear it for a few days? After the day when you two are really happy, do you do whatever you want, man, don't be so unreliable, have you heard?"

"I heard it. By the way, do you have any furniture at home?"

"You guys go over and see it yourself. Anyway, you just sleep there. Just go first, and I'll talk about it when I go back."

Xu Yunjian nodded and suddenly felt something was wrong, "Xiaoxiao, forget it, that is your new house with your sister-in-law in the future. We will live in it now. What's the matter? My sister-in-law should be unhappy when she goes back."

"Don't worry, she won't say anything. Alas, you said, if..."

"What? Say it!"

"I think, after the house is ready in the future, my brothers will live together. Is it better to have your sister-in-law help with housework and serve us?"

Xu Yunjian initially found it funny. How could he be a husband like this? He doesn't count as a husband, but he still has to serve his husband's buddy? Then he was deeply moved! He patted Lu Li on the shoulder, "Xiaoxiao, thank you, brother, you have this kind of heart, better than anything else. As for you, you should forget it, sister-in-law... I'm not saying that your sister-in-law may not be tolerated. The key is that you two live together. What's the point of getting involved? Forget it, when you make money in the future, we can buy a house, and we'll get closer."

"That's fine. We'll discuss this matter then. Oh, are they coming out?"

The two of them went forward. Xu Yunjian seemed to have never had any unhappiness in Wancheng, and he laughed and said to Xue Hui, "How is it, has he served you well? If you don't, just say, I'll settle the score with him and vent your anger."

Xue Hui gave him a blank look and said angrily: "Of course I won't..., it's time for you to talk about yourself."

"What's wrong with me?"

"What do you think?"

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong couldn't help laughing at the two of them quarrels. Xue Hui was quite cheerful and bright. Her biggest feature was that even if the matter was over, there would never be too much entanglement. In this regard, she was even stronger than Liang Wei.

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After resting for a night, I sent Xu Yunjian and Xue Hui through the gate. Seeing Xue Hui like a frightened deer, I timidly took Xu Yunjian's hand through the gate. It was obvious that the girl's heart was full of longing and curiosity for the unknown world ahead, and she followed her obediently like a little girl holding her hand for her father.

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong turned around and drove back to the city again. They drove the car into the city's government compound first. Even in Pengcheng, which is in ruins, this place is a special place. It covers an area of ​​three square kilometers and is wrapped in a tall wall. There is a policeman with guns and ammunition at the door. After verifying his identity, he lifts the pole and releases it.

"Do you know if we're here?"

"I know. I called him yesterday. He has a meeting today, and it may have to be opened until very late. We will have to eat in the small cafeteria in the courtyard, take a shower, and wait for him to come back."

The waiting time was much longer than Luli thought. It was not until after nine o'clock in the evening that the headlights outside the building shrouded in shadows were on. It was Li Ting who came back. "Chief (Dad), are you back?"

"Is it little... Lu?" They stood in the backlight place. Li Ting looked around for a while before they could tell, "Welcome, welcome, come. Let's go in and say." Li Ting said with a smile: "I heard San'er talk to me. Xiao Lu is not simple. Now he has done his business to Hong Kong? Awesome, great! San'er, look at him? He is younger than you, earlier than you, and much more successful than you."

How could Li Zhengrong tell the difference? The big guy rolled his eyes and followed the old father's footsteps into the living room. A serviceman took the leather-making schoolbag and hat handed over by his secretary. He went to hang it up and didn't mention it.

Lu Li only heard the unique meaning from the old man's words. Judging from his feelings and no falsehood, he could tell that he was really happy for the achievements he had achieved. What changed his mind? "Chief, are you in good health? I think you are getting younger and younger. When I saw you last time, I looked a little old, and maybe because I was too tired of work, it would be different this time. If I go out with Brother Rong, I am like two brothers."

The father and son laughed at the same time! "Can you speak human language? I went out with my father, like two brothers. Are you saying that I am happy or that my father has less sex?"

Li Ting also smiled and said, "Little Lu..."

"Dad, don't call Xiaolu, it's like asking the secretary to help you with your affairs. How can you be so happy? Just like me, call him Xiaoxiao."

"Xiaoxiao? What's the name?"

"It's his nickname. They all call him that, right?"

Li Ting nodded with a smile and said, "This nickname is quite fun. I will call you that too in the future, okay?"

Lu Li blinked in confusion. Why do so many people think that their nickname is fun? It's just a title. What else is fun or not? "Of course, chief, of course. You are my elder, so it's time to call me a nickname."

Li Ting nodded with a smile and asked, "Where did we talk about it just now? Oh, I said I'm less sexual. Haha, Xiaoxiao's words are not wrong. Not only you, but many comrades said that I'm much younger than before after seeing me. You tell me, this is also strange. Many of the work in Pengcheng has just started and is very tired, but they are physically tired, but their spirits are getting stronger and stronger. Every day, they wake up, and they are a lively man - just like when they first participated in the revolution. Do you think it's strange?"

Li Zhengrong curled his lips disdainfully, and was about to sarcastically say, Lu Li said: "Chief, you also know that sometimes I travel in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province now, and I know some people. One of them said something to me. I personally think it is the most appropriate to describe your spirit."

"Oh? What did you say?"

“He said to me, ‘For men, power is the best tonic.”

Li Ting and his son were stunned at the same time. The old man slapped the handrail of the sofa with great affection and said loudly: "Well said well, well said!" After saying this, he seemed to feel that he had agreed with such words, and some of his loss of his identity as a leading cadre, and hurriedly added, "But, our power all comes from the people. All we have to do is serve the people wholeheartedly and make the decision for the people!"

Lu Li smiled bitterly in his heart: He beat a good official voice! On the surface, he applauded like thunder! "The leader said it so well! Unfortunately, it's too late now, otherwise, I would have to ask you to write this sentence down for me as..."

"What are you afraid of when it's late? Xiao Liu? Xiao Liu?" Li Ting called the secretary and ordered, "Go to my study room, turn on the light, and then prepare the ink and something. I'll go there later and use it."

Lu Li and Li Zhengrong hurriedly stopped him, but the old man seemed to be really excited and could not stop him. Finally, he accompanied him to the study room, and had already spread paper and pen on the desk, pressing each with a copy of "Selected Mao" on both sides. Li Ting picked up the pen, soaked ink, and wrote down his words just now, and said on his head: Encourage with Comrade Lu Li. The signature was written by Li Ting, Pengcheng, in midsummer in 1981.

Lu Li is not good at writing calligraphy, but he is very beautiful in writing calligraphy. Although the two are essentially different, the quality of the font is still similar. He found that Li Ting's writing calligraphy is not bad, and he is not as good as his language expression ability.

When the ink was dried, Lu Lizhen rolled the paper with great importance and put it aside, "Chief, thank you really. This... this is too expensive."

"It's just a handwriting, what's expensive or not?"

Luli nodded and was no longer polite to him, "Then, the chief..."

"Don't let the leader in the future, the leader's call you, you are friends with him, just call me uncle."

"Okay, uncle, it's too late today. You can rest early. I'll talk to you tomorrow? Let's talk to you?"

Li Ting looked at the clock on the wall. It was already ten o'clock. He usually rested at this time, but today he was excited and had no sleepiness. He waved his hand and said, "It's not too late, not too late, talk again. If you are sleepy, go to bed first." The second half of the sentence was said to his son.
Chapter completed!