2. Disagreement

Li Minqiang returned home, washed his face, and then the family happily ate and drank around the sumptuous dishes. Everyone's face was full of smiles. Li Baiwang put a chicken leg into Minqiang's bowl and said with a smile:

"As soon as you come back, our family's life will get better soon. Come! Let's have a drink." The two of them raised their glasses and drank together.

Song Xiuqin asked with a smile: "Minqiang, where are you going to work when you change jobs?"

"Shagang Village!" Li Minqiang replied without hesitation while eating chicken legs.

Li Baiwang was shocked and his eyes widened: "In our village? You are not an officer! Why did you come back to our village?"

Li Minqiang laughed and said, "Why can't the officer return to our village? I grew up drinking water from Shagang Village, so I have feelings for this place."

"Did you make a mistake in the army?"

"What are you thinking? How could I make a mistake? It's normal for military officers and soldiers to rehabilitate and change jobs."

"Soldiers are rehabilitated, cadres are transferred to other jobs, and you have made meritorious service in the army. Qiangzi, don't worry, the government will definitely arrange a good job for you." Li Baiwang comforted his son.

Li Minqiang smiled slightly and said: "Communist members are like bricks. They can be moved wherever they are needed. Come and drink." He picked up the wine bottle and filled it for his father. "Dad, let's have another cup!"

At this time, Dong Datian came back from a meeting in the town and came to Baiwang's house happily: "Hey, you guys can drink it!"

The family quickly stood up.

"Datian, please sit down and eat together." Song Xiuqin said with a smile.

Dong Datian smiled and said, "No, I'm sorry for disturbing your meal."

Li Baiwang said: "I don't want to disturb you, I'm not an outsider."

Li Minqiang said: "Uncle Tian, ​​sit down and have a drink." He filled the bottle with wine.

Dong Datian did not sit down, but stood up and picked up the wine Minqiang gave him, and said happily: "Then I will have a cup." He drank the wine, put down the cup and said, "Qiangzi, you have been assigned to the county police station.

It’s over, this job is not bad!”

"Datian, what did you say?" Li Baiwang asked.

"Min Qiang is going to work at the County Public Security Bureau."

"real?"

Dong Datian smiled and said: "It's not true. Mayor Chang told me personally. It won't affect your meal. I'll leave and come back later." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the house.

Li Baiwang said happily: "Qiangzi, am I right? You are an officer who has made meritorious service, how can the government let you go back to the countryside to farm? You work well in the county public security bureau, and your partner also works in the county.

It's great for two people to be together! Qiangzi, hurry up and report tomorrow, meet your partner by the way, and get married as soon as you decide, which will save us a lot of worries."

Li Minqiang said: "Dad, I am not going to work in the Public Security Bureau."

"Why? Do you think the job is not good?" Baiwang's eyes widened in confusion.

"No. Didn't I just say that I wanted to stay in our Shagang Village."

"If you can have any future in our village, don't be stupid."

"I'm not stupid. I have considered working with everyone to build our Shagang Village."

"Farming at home?"

"Um."

Li Baiwang tilted his head and said, "Is there nothing wrong with you?"

Song Xiuqin and Xiaoying also stopped eating, holding their rice bowls and looking at Minqiang with wide eyes.

"Are you really not going to the police station?" Song Xiuqin asked Minqiang.

"right!"

"You should think carefully, this is no small matter." Song Xiuqin said.

"I have made up my mind."

Li Baiwang stared and threw his chopsticks on the table: "Nonsense! Are you crazy or stupid!"

Song Xiuqin said: "Baiwang, don't be anxious, let's discuss it as a family!"

"What's there to discuss?" Li Baiwang, who was usually taciturn, said with the veins on his neck twitching so high that it looked like a few old silkworms lying on his face. "What else is there besides sand in our village?"

What's the obsession with the spine? Who doesn't want to go to the city to live a good life with a salary and live in a building! What do you want to do in the village instead of working in the city? To suffer hardship? You are simply confused! Stupid!

fool!"

Song Xiuqin said: "Teach your children carefully that losing your temper is of no use."

Li Baiwang glared at his wife and said, "You have long hair but short knowledge. You know nothing! Stop nagging and stay away!"

Song Xiuqin pouted, murmured softly, and left with her rice bowl.

Xiaoying, who was standing aside, saw her father getting so angry. Her little face turned red with anger. She couldn't hold it in any longer and said, "Why are you so angry when I just got home?"

"You have no business talking! Get out of here!" Li Baiwang picked up the broom from the ground angrily and was about to hit him, but Min Qiang stopped him. Xiaoying put down her rice bowl unconvinced and ran out with a pout.

Song Xiuqin fell silent, Xiaoying was driven away, the cheerful atmosphere disappeared, and the room became deserted.

Li Baiwang sat on the chair next to the table, took out the cigarette pouch from his pocket, filled the cigarette pouch pot with cigarette powder and lit it, lowering his head and smoking silently.

Song Xiuqin felt uneasy.

Song Xiuqin is of medium height and has a well-proportioned figure. Although she is not very beautiful, she has good facial features. She was introduced to the Li family just after she turned eighteen. She is steady, careful in speaking, kind-hearted, and gets along well with her neighbors.

She also has a very good relationship. She is a virtuous and family-oriented woman who takes care of everything inside and out. Her son did not eat the first meal when he came home. How could she feel calm? She forgot to wash the dishes.

I used chopsticks to feed the chickens and poured the chicken food into the pig trough. I forgot to add water to the pigs' hot food. I didn't expect that my son would be so unhappy as soon as he got home. I supported Minqiang in convincing her husband, but I also felt that what the husband said was reasonable.

It is true that the countryside is not as good as in the city; but Minqiang may also have his own ideas in the countryside. Minqiang is an independent child. What can we do? Her heart is like a mess of wires, which is blocked and panicked.

It hurts.

Li Minqiang was neither as angry as his father, nor as anxious as his mother. Instead, he took advantage of it and calmed down. Judging from his face, he was confident of victory. He moved closer to Baiwang,

He said in a gentle tone: "Dad, it was not easy for you and your mother to pull me up. You fed me, clothed me, sent me to middle school, and joined the army. You always loved me and cared about me. I will keep these in my heart."

I also know that you asked me to work in the county town so that I can have a better life in the future, and you are afraid that I will suffer hardship in the countryside."

Li Baiwang moved his body, looked up at Min Qiang and whispered, "Just understand."

"But rural areas also need people to build them."

Li Baiwang said unconvinced: "Without you, the countryside cannot be built! Do you know? In order to leave the countryside, many people in our village are now heading to the city. But you are better... Humph!" After that, he shook his head.

Nuan continued to lower his head and smoke his cigarette.

Li Minqiang said with a smile: "They go to the city to work. This is a temporary phenomenon. After the rural construction is completed, even the people in the city will still go to our rural areas."

"Don't talk in your sleep in broad daylight, it's impossible!"

"You don't believe it, but I do."

"I mean, you are an officer trained by the army. If you are capable, you should do bigger things."

"Growing crops is also a big deal. Have you ever thought about it, people in the city can't live without farmers like us who grow the land! Have you forgotten what people often say? There are no mud legs in the countryside, and fat mouths starve to death in the city."

Li Baiwang knocked off the ashes from his pipe pot and said: "Okay, okay! I don't want to listen to your big ideas. You have grown up, you have ideas, you have gained skills, and you don't need me to care about you!" After saying that, he stood up and huffed. He hid out.

Li Baiwang came out of the house and sat on a long bench in the yard. He put the cigarette pot into the cigarette pouch and twisted it for a long time before it was full. He took out a match and struck it for a long time, but still couldn't draw it. Because his teeth were chattering. The pipe was held in his mouth, and half of the cigarette powder was shaken off. He threw away the match handle angrily, knocked half of the pot of cigarette powder on the ground, and sighed. His mind was rolling up and down like boiling porridge in a pot. Author:

Who wants to be in this poor rural area? How many people are heading to the city. Why did I support you to become a soldier in the first place? Isn't it to let you leave this poor village and live a good life? But you are better off, just leave it to the city. I don’t want to work, but I want to endure hardships in the countryside. Isn’t this a stupid boy? If you let the organization get you, I can’t be so angry and get so angry. Who told you to fail to grasp the scale and make mistakes? Well, but you are not! You are an officer who has made meritorious service! Now that you have gone out, you must move forward well. It is not easy to be able to serve an iron rice bowl and earn money for the country!

Your mother and I have worked so hard to bring you up, do you think it’s easy for you? After so many years in the army, there is no day when I don’t think of you. If you don’t write to me for months, I feel bored. You have made meritorious service in the army and became an officer. , I am happy from the bottom of my heart that you have added light to our family. Birds fly to bright places, and people walk to high places. You have grown up, and you should do something big and make others look up to you. Why do you have to do this? Come back and farm! Your partner is a formal employee in the city. Will they not dislike you as a farmer? Will the elderly in the woman’s family agree? Oh, Qiangzi! You think about the problem too easily! I’ll let you in I don't think about your welfare when I work in the city. It's all for your own good! Even if you have the ability and the people think highly of you, what good will it do if you are allowed to be a village cadre in the future? Especially in a poor village like ours. What kind of achievements can you make? Besides, it’s so easy to be a rural cadre! It’s hard for one person to win the hearts of a hundred people. When the people are not satisfied, you may not necessarily say good things to you even if you think about them all day long. Everyone eats the fried beans, and only one person eats the frying pan. Even if you put in a lot of effort, you might end up with something wrong. Also, the countryside is not like your army, where you obey orders and follow orders! The land in the countryside is now contracted to individuals, and everyone cultivates their own land. Who listens to you! Work is grasped If it is loose, the superiors will be dissatisfied; if it is tightened, the people will have opinions. Pressing up and squeezing down is like a rat getting into the bellows and getting angry at both ends. How about Mu Qinglin who has been the secretary of the village for so many years? It is not an opinion. A lot of people put the label of corruption on him; when Datian is the village director, you can't say that he doesn't work hard, right? What do people say about him? Give him a stick and take it seriously as "two hundred and five"; and Wang Wensi, who doesn't know that he is a shrewd person? People, in terms of mind and eyes, three people are tied together and they are not his size. He was a village cadre when you were still in school. What did you end up with after working for so many years? He got a reputation as an "old fritter", Zhu Bajie photo You are not a human being inside and outside the mirror. Your temper, unreasonable approach to things, and lack of flexibility will not only cause quarrels with others! You are not hitting the moon with a millstone without knowing the importance! No matter how you farm, you are making a contribution. Anyone can shout big slogans. There are so many people in the village, but you are still missing? If you come to the village, our poor village can become a rich village? You think you are the savior! Stop looking up to yourself.

"Brother Baiwang, Qiangzi is back?" Wang Wensi, deputy secretary of the village party branch, entered the yard with a smile on his face.

Li Baiwang raised his head and glanced at Wang Wensi. Without moving his buttocks, he replied absently: "Ah, I'm back."

Li Minqiang heard the sound and hurriedly walked out of the room: "Uncle Wen Si is here."

Wang Wensi said in a tone that was both happy and complaining: "Why don't you send me a message in advance when you come back so that I can pick you up personally? I heard what Shunzi said and I hurried to see you coming."

Li Minqiang and Wang Wensi walked into the room while talking and sat on the chairs next to the square table in the outer room. Xiuqin took out a pack of cigarettes from the back room and put it on the table, then sat on the small bench next to her and sewed Xiaoying's clothes. .

Wang Wensi already felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere at home, but she didn't know why, so she shouted outside: "Brother Baiwang, it's very cold outside, why don't you come and sit inside."

Li Baiwang did not say a word or move, and continued to think about his thoughts.

Li Minqiang took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and handed it to Wang Wensi. Wang Wensi lit the cigarette and took a puff, then said: "Qiangzi, do you want to stay longer when you come back?"

"I won't leave when I come back this time."

"What? Are you back?"

"Well, the army has been reduced in size and I have changed my job."

Wang Wensi said in a comforting tone: "As the saying goes, it is difficult for anyone to serve in the army for a lifetime if they are a soldier in an iron-clad barracks. You have made meritorious service in the army, received awards, and are an officer. You are a man of both civil and military skills!" The government will definitely arrange a job for you. Which department will you be assigned to?"

"County Public Security Bureau." Xiuqin replied softly.

Wang Wensi said happily: "The Public Security Bureau is great. It is a government agency. It pays wages on a monthly basis and has a good harvest every month throughout the year!" Then he added, "To be honest, you can do any job in the city. It’s better than being in the countryside, what’s so good about being in the countryside! You’ll be covered in sweat on a sunny day, and covered in mud on a rainy day. The work of the Public Security Bureau is not bad, and with Qiangzi’s skills, he might even become the director after a few years of work!”

Li Baiwang heard Wang Wensi's words outside, and the wrinkles on his face relaxed a little. He thought: What, what I said makes sense, right? Wang Wensi is an educated cadre in the village, so he can see the problem more thoroughly than me. He raised his head and leaned sideways to listen carefully to the conversation in the room.

"Uncle Wensi, stop talking, I want to be in the countryside."
To be continued...