The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 56
Luo Qian sent Liu Jianguo to the gate of the park and left.

Liu Jianguo walked in slowly, and from a distance, he saw that the two lanterns at the entrance of Xinyuan Teahouse in the park had been lit up.

The trees in the park are also covered with colorful lights.

The lights are brilliant and bright.

There are already many elderly people dancing in the square in the park.

The children are running and playing happily.

The singing is accompanied by laughter.

Liu Jianguo was also infected by the joyful atmosphere, passed through the cheerful crowd, and walked into the gate of Xinyuan.

"The squad leader is here, come quickly, I'll be waiting for you."

Liu Jianguo was dragged into the restaurant by Wang Dayong.

The students who were chatting around the table all stood up.

Chen Lili: "Squad leader, come and sit down, sit here."

Liu Jianguo: "What are you all doing standing, you are all sitting down."

After everyone sat down, Zhang Xiaohong yelled: "Squad leader, three drinks for being late today."

Liu Jianguo: "No problem, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home."

Zhang Xiaohong: "Hey, the squad leader said that if you don't get drunk, you won't go home. Everyone open up and drink. The waiter—open the wine."

Hu Wei: "Let me declare first, except for me, you are all free to stay drunk."

Li Xiaomi: "Understood. You said the police uncle, you must keep a clear head at all times."

While talking, the waiter has already filled the glasses for drinking.

Zhang Xiaohong: "Today is considered a formal gathering, and everyone who can come has come. Squad leader, you speak."

"Yes, monitor, say a few words."

"Welcome to the squad leader's speech."

Liu Jianguo picked up the cup, looked at the familiar face in front of him, and swallowed the words again.

He really wanted to tell his classmates that he was going to help the poor, but seeing how happy the classmates were, it was a rare gathering, so don't spoil everyone's happiness.

So he said: "Cheers to everyone's friendship and to the love of classmates."

Everyone raised their glasses: "Do it."

"This second glass of wine, I hope everyone is in good health."

He Xiuli: "Squad leader, don't be in a hurry."

Chen Lili glanced at He Xiuli, "That's right, the squad leader doesn't just drink alcohol and eat vegetables. This was prepared by He Xiuli all afternoon."

Come and eat.

Wine over three rounds of dishes over five flavors.

Li Xiaomi: "It's a pity that there are too few people in our group. When will everyone be able to gather?"

Zhang Xiaohong: "Juqi? I'm afraid I have to wait until I retire."

Liu Jianguo: "Let's try to contact other students as much as possible, and count as one if you find one."

Li Xiaomi: "Should each of us post a missing person notice in Moments, looking for the students in Class [-], Grade [-] and Grade [-] of Ningcheng Middle School, hahaha..."

Wang Dayong: "You can give it a try, maybe someone will see it and find it."

Oh, by the way, have you contacted Zhu Xia yet? "

Chen Lili shook her head: "No. I've called her, but I couldn't get through. I thought it was because I misremembered the phone number, and I called Secretary Xiao again, but it didn't work. I thought they would contact you, the monitor. .

That day we gave Secretary Xiao both our contact information and WeChat group number.After receiving the things we brought, no matter what, Zhu Xia should make a phone call, right? "

He Xiuli: "Maybe I'm too busy, or I still haven't received it?"

Hu Wei: "Don't guess, there must be no Internet access. Some remote places have no mobile phone signal. But this time there is a big move in the city. In order to cooperate with the smooth development of poverty alleviation work, many places in the countryside will have Internet access."

Chen Lili: "I hope this day will come soon, so I can have a video call with our Chinese department representative."

Zhang Xiaohong: "It would be great if Zhu Xia could come back."

Li Xiaomi: "If she doesn't come back, we can go to see her. How about we prepare another batch of donated materials and send them directly to their school? It's considered support for poverty alleviation work."

Wang Dayong: "This proposal is good, I support it, I will drive my "BMW" and pull a car there. Hehe."

The students started discussing immediately, and the more they talked, the more they talked about what to buy, and the other said what to prepare. It felt like I was back in my school days, and I wanted to participate in a meaningful group activity.

"Then make time on weekends. Those who are at work are free on weekends. Those who are not free will transfer their shifts first to save weekends."

Wang Dayong: "Chen Lili, He Xiuli and I are all freelancers, we can always..."

He Xiuli: "Does any of you know where Qingfeng Village is? Do you know the way? Is it far?"

Everyone looked at me and looked at you, and they all said they didn't know.

Wang Dayong: "Officer Hu, don't even you know?"

Hu Wei: "Xiao knows it. I can see it on the map, but I haven't been there."

Liu Jianguo, who remained silent all this time, said, "Qingfeng Village is in Taiping Township, Baima Town, County S."

"Squad leader, how do you know?"

"It must have been what Secretary Xiao said."

He Xiuli: "When Secretary Xiao came that day, he only mentioned Qingfeng Village, not Taiping Township, Baima Town, County S, so I don't know how far it is."

Liu Jianguo: "I know, I have been there too."

"What, monitor, have you been there?"

"When did this happen?"

Everyone looked at Liu Jianguo curiously.

Liu Jianguo: "That was 20 years ago."

"More than 20 years ago? You were a college student at that time, right? Did you go for an internship?"

Liu Jianguo: "No. The first time I went to Qingfeng Village was with Li Ying. Qingfeng Village is her hometown."

Zhang Xiaohong quietly asked Li Xiaomi: "Who is Li Ying, why do I feel the name is so familiar?"

Li Xiaomi: "It's the monitor's lover..."

Zhang Xiaohong suddenly realized that she knew.

The squad leader's lover committed suicide by jumping off the building, and several of their classmates went to the funeral.

It's just that after many years, I didn't connect the name Li Ying with the monitor's lover for a while.

He Xiuli: "Squad leader, stop talking."

Her husband has also passed away for many years, and she understands the monitor's feelings.

Some people and things have been buried for many years, and when they are brought up suddenly, it will cause sadness again.

Wang Dayong: "Then we won't go."

Liu Jianguo: "What's the matter with you? It's been many years. I don't have anything else to do. I still have to do it. Since Li Ying left, I haven't been to Qingfeng Village. It seems that there is not much change. Ah, otherwise Zhu Xia wouldn’t be helping the poor. If you were going, I think Zhu Xia would be very happy, and Li Ying would also be very happy. She was always thinking about finding a way to get rich for her hometown. pity……"

Li Xiaomi: "Okay, squad leader, we listen to you. Although we are not many people and our strength is not strong, we can't play much role in the poverty alleviation of the entire Qingfeng Village, but we can be targeted. We spontaneously organize and communicate with Qingfeng Village. If you are paired with your school, you can do as much as you can."

Liu Jing: "Okay, I agree. Our hospital also has paired helpers. This proposal is good."

Wang Dayong: "Okay, I agree."

Chen Lili: "I agree."

He Xiuli: "We must persevere all the time, not just for a while."

Hu Wei: "I have no objection."

Liu Jianguo picked up the cup with deep feeling: "I toast to everyone."

Everyone raised their cups: "To the monitor."

(End of this chapter)