Chapter 66: Returning to the Heart is Like an Arrow
The shuttle bus was slowly driving on the gravel road in the countryside. The bumps of bumps rose and fell like a roller coaster. The rumbling sound of the car engine mixed with the noisy voice in the car. Coupled with the strong smell of engine oil in the car, the sour smell on the seats made the intestines almost regretted it. Why didn't Luo Shuai drive him back?
Fortunately, many people finally got off the bus one after another. Chen Yangmei finally waited for a seat by the window. Chen Yangmei stretched out his hand and pulled open the slightly deformed car window glass beside him. A gust of fresh air mixed with the bitter cold wind blew on his face, making him feel much more comfortable. But this feeling didn't last long. The fat woman sitting next to Shen Yangmei was trembling and waking up slowly from her sleepy sleep. She broke away from her sleepy eyes and looked around blankly. When she saw the half beside Chen Yangmei When she opened the car window, she finally found the culprit who made her feel cold. She glared at Chen Yangmei, stood up, and pushed the glass back to its original place with a "bang" and shouted, "Little Bastard, why do you want to freeze me to death?"[bsp;
It seemed that he was quite satisfied with Chen Yangmei's attitude of admitting his mistake. The aunt nodded unwillingly, sat back on her seat and narrowed her eyes again. However, it seemed that after being woken up by the cold wind, her sleepiness disappeared with the cold wind and could no longer fall asleep. After a while, the aunt seemed to feel a little bored, poked Chen Yangmei with her elbow and said, "Young man, is your home from that place?"
"Ah!" Chen Yangmei was a little surprised, but she still smiled and said, "It's just at the Qichao Road intersection not far ahead."
"Qiancha Road Intersection..., then your surname must be Chen, right?"
Chen Yangmei smiled and shook his head, saying, "Auntie, then you guessed it wrong. Is my surname Chen Chen?"
"The surname is Chen..." The aunt tilted her head and frowned, then hesitated, "There is a family whose surname is Chen, but I heard that they moved here later. It seems that they heard that there was a flood in my hometown, and the family left their hometown and finally settled at the Qicha Road intersection. They have been saying this for more than 20 years."
Chen Yangmei didn't expect that this aunt knew even this allusion. But after thinking about it, she felt relieved. After all, the Chinese people paid the most attention to people leaving their hometowns, so no matter what irresistible natural disasters and man-made disasters, few people are willing to leave their hometowns and settle in other places. More than 20 years ago, if a family from a village had a family with a family whose surname was relocated, it would probably spread all over the countryside. Therefore, it was not surprising that the aunt could know that Chen Yangmei's family was. Of course, Chen Yangmei himself also knew this history. After all, the entire intersection of Qicha Road was full of Chen's surname, and only Chen Yangmei's family was outside the surname. Therefore, Chen Yangmei had been bullied by children in the village since childhood. When he was a child, he didn't understand why, and he always pestered his father to ask why so many children bullied him. In my memory, every time his father faced his questions, he would stop his work, and kept his head silently and pick up the cigarette puff that seemed to never leave his mouth and suck it hard. The mother would hold him gently in his arms and pat him gently. The strong sister always clamored to help his younger brother vent her anger, but was always stopped by his mother. Later, he did not understand the reason until he became sensible, and he knew from his father that their family had been moved from other places. Thinking of his relatives at home, a happy smile appeared on his face.
"However, I heard that there was an amazing big man in the family. I heard that he had become a high-ranking official in the county." The aunt said as she looked up and down carefully for a while, and she didn't seem to see anything wrong with his face, so she continued: "Who is your family?"
Chen Yangmei threw away the thoughts in his heart, shook his head with a smile and said, "No, aunt, have you heard it awkwardly? Why didn't I know that this is the case!"
"Oh!" The aunt looked at Chen Yangmei again with a little hesitation, and then said in a low voice: "That may be because I heard it wrong, but my second aunt's daughter's sister-in-law married at the intersection of Qicha Road. This was all heard from her. It is logical that she shouldn't have lie to me..."
The aunt seemed to have lost interest in chatting with Shen Yangmei. Not long after, the bus stopped. The aunt stood up and took off her bag from the luggage rack. She smiled and said to Chen Yangmei: "Brother, my family is in Sanwanji in front. The first agency store in Dongtou belongs to ours. If you have time, go to our place to play." Chen Yangmei naturally smiled and nodded repeatedly.
Many people got off the car at this site one after another, and the car started again in the bumpy road. After looking at the surroundings, Chen Yangmei opened the window with confidence. There were a lot of people in the car, and then the whole car became quiet. Chen Yangmei leaned on the back of the seat, and took out a cigarette and lit it in the cold wind.
Yesterday morning, Chen Yangmei went to the hospital and found Zhang Shikun for a comprehensive examination of his body. It took him a whole morning to sit down for various examinations. This was because of Zhang Shikun's explanation that the green light was everywhere. It seemed that the difficulty of Chinese people was not a problem that only occurred later, but a problem that had always existed. It was just because of the development of information in later generations that made this problem stand out. Of course, it was not his turn to worry about these problems now. Fortunately, his body has completely recovered, and only two irregular round scars were left on his chest and abdomen.
In the evening, Chen Yangmei went to visit Lin Zhitian again. Since he had made up his mind to go to the township, he simply rejected Lin Zhitian's proposal directly. When he heard Chen Yangmei say that he wanted to work in the township and did not want to come to the Discipline Inspection Commission, Lin Zhitian was not angry, but just listened quietly to Chen Yangmei and said his thoughts.
Finally, Lin Zhitian also told Chen Yangmei about his plan. It turned out that Lin Zhitian and Shen Yangmei had different ideas. Lin Zhitian wanted to transfer Chen Yangmei to the Discipline Inspection Commission first, solve his full-time treatment as soon as possible, and then find a suitable opportunity to arrange him to serve as the top leader in the township. This way, there will be less work constraints and will also help him carry out his work. After listening to Lin Zhitian's words, Chen Yangmei could only secretly scold himself for being stupid in his heart. Even Du Haining could see the way to advance in the officialdom. How could Lin Zhitian not understand these? Compared with the path Du Haining asked him to take, the road that Lin Zhitian arranged for him should be smoother. Chen Yangmei felt like he was backfiring and shot himself in the foot.
Fortunately, Lin Zhitian told him again that his own ideas were actually good. After all, he did not have the experience of grassroots work, and sometimes he would inevitably follow the script and might make some empirical mistakes. He first went to the township to serve as a deputy, accumulate grassroots work experience, and then served as the top leader and take charge of the party. This is also a good path. These words have relieved Chen Yangmei's depression a lot.
Chen Yangmei failed to persuade Lin Zhitian’s wife An Wanrong, and was eventually "forced to stay" at Lin Zhitian’s house for dinner. However, during the meal, I didn’t know if it was his illusion. Chen Yangmei always felt that An Wanrong’s gaze at him was a little weird, with some appreciation, some regret, and some comfort, which made Chen Yangmei puzzled. But An Wanrong’s care for him was definitely out of sincerity, and she absolutely felt Chen Yangmei’s experience of decades of life. When she learned that Chen Yangmei was going back to her hometown the next day, An Wanrong even took out a large bag of small bags of nutritional supplements from the utility room at home, and insisted that Chen Yangmei take home to give it to his parents.
Chen Yangmei smiled and joked with Lin Zhitian that he was afraid that the entire Quyang City would send things to Secretary Lin, you. Only Xiao Shen came empty-handedly, carrying a bag of small bags. I could have enjoyed the treatment of a department-level cadre in advance. Of course, Lin Zhitian laughed and scolded him a few times. You are not a department-level treatment, at least you are also a deputy minister-level.
Since An Wanrong gave him a lot of nutritional supplements in the end, maybe some time ago, because An Wanrong was unwell, many people who came here sent so many supplements. An Wanrong finally packed them and asked him to take them away. Looking at the supplements piled up in front of him, Chen Yangmei had to call Luo Shuai and let him drive him back.
He left part of the supplements he had collected from Lin Zhitian to Liang Weihong, and the rest was placed in Luo Shuai's car. Later, Liang Weihong called Luo Wen back from a certain table on the grounds of celebrating Chen Yangmei's recovery from a serious illness, and set up a battlefield at home. The four of them played mahjong in the middle of the night, which made Chen Yangmei and others complained repeatedly. However, due to Liang Weihong's usual majesty, the three of them could only force themselves to cheer up and accompany her.
The next morning, Luo Shuai sent Chen Yangmei to the station. Originally, Luo Shuai planned to send Chen Yangmei home. However, Chen Yangmei knew that it was the broken road leading to their house. Luo Shuai's Santana really might not be able to hold on, so he politely declined Luo Shuai's proposal and set foot on the shuttle bus home alone.
Perhaps it was because of his timidity in the homesickness, Chen Yangmei did not rest well last night. But as he got closer to home, his mood relaxed. As the car bumped, Chen Yangmei slowly fell asleep.
In a daze, Chen Yangmei seemed to feel the car stop and slowly opened her eyes. Chen Yangmei thought the car had reached a stop, but when he looked out the window, he found that it was not the case. The car was parked in a wilderness. It seemed that something was happening in front of him. He pushed people into a circle, blocking the way forward tightly, and noisy sounds came from time to time.
Chapter completed!