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Chapter 48 Old Village Chief

The old village head is also surnamed Shi, and he is over 60 years old this year. Although he and Shi Jingqi's family have five clothes, Shi Jingqi should also be called grandpa in terms of seniority.

Shi Jingqi has been in school for so many years, and when the Shi family was unable to make ends meet, every time she would ask the old village head to borrow money. The old village head had helped them through many difficulties.

Shi Jingqi was admitted to Fudan University. The old village head was the happiest person besides his parents. He also hosted people from the town who came to congratulate him for dinner, and gave Shi Jingqi things.

Usually, if Shi Jingqi was at home and something happened in the village, the old village chief would also like to praise him, saying that he was a scholar in the village and should sit on the table.

So Shi Jingqi respected the old village head very much.

Seeing that the old village head was wearing an old sheepskin jacket, slightly hunchbacked, without crutches, and without a flashlight, he hurriedly helped the old village head into the house.

Father Shi also hurriedly stood up, and the father and son invited the old village chief to sit on the upper seat.

Although the old village chief's face was black and red from the cold, his eyes were happy when he saw Shi Jingqi, and he said, "Qi Wa, finally came back to celebrate the New Year."

Shi Jingqi hurriedly said: "I came back today at lunch time, and I was thinking of going to see you tomorrow morning."

Father Shi took out a large bag of dry shredded tobacco brought by Shi Jingqi, put it in the hand of the old village head, and said, "Uncle, Qiwa brought you shredded tobacco."

The old village head was very happy, and immediately took a pipe from his waist, knocked it twice, Shifu unpacked the tobacco, and the old village head filled a pipe himself, lit it with a candle, took a puff, and said: "Sure enough, the cigarettes bought in the city are better to smoke."

Asked Shi Jingqi to sit down next to him, and asked him in detail about his work, what he did, how he usually got along with colleagues and leaders, and his attitude towards work, etc.

After half a round of drinking, Shi Jingqi answered in detail one by one. Mother Shi brought up the food, and Father Shi kept it honestly. .

The old village head was in high spirits, so he picked up the wine glass and clinked a glass with Shi Jingqi and his son.

As soon as she put down the cup, she heard someone knocking on the door. Mother Shi went to open the door and found that it was the eldest granddaughter of the village chief's family.

The little girl was fifteen or sixteen years old, she was wearing a big red padded jacket and a scarf, her face was flushed from the cold, and when she saw Mother Shi, she asked, "Ma'am, is my master at your house? My mother asked me to come and find him." Go back to eat."

"Chunhua, your grandpa is here. Brother Jingqi came back and brought some snacks. Are you cold? Come in and eat." Mother Shi said enthusiastically, and walked into the house holding Chunhua's hand.

There is no rule in Shijiawan that women can't go to the table. Shi's mother pressed Chunhua on the stool and stuffed her with snacks, and then went to get Chunhua's bowls and chopsticks.

But the old village chief stood up and said, "Ms. Chunhua, don't be too busy. We are gone. How can we really eat at your house on New Year's Eve?"

Father Shi hurried forward to support the old village chief's arm: "Uncle, aren't we all Yishi's family? How can you leave after drinking half of the wine?"

"Yes, it's a Shi family. It's fine to have a couple of drinks here with you, and it's bad manners to stay any longer." The old village head said with a smile.

Chunhua took advantage of the politeness of the adults, finished the chicken cake in her hand in one gulp, and quietly pulled Shi Jingqi's sleeve: "Brother Jingqi, did you bring the novel?"

In this small village, she has no chance to get in touch with novels other than textbooks. Last summer, Shi Jingqi went back to the village for a few days and brought two foreign novels for entertainment. She saw them and borrowed them to read for a few days. , I have remembered it ever since, thinking that if Shi Jingqi comes back, I will ask him to borrow a book.

Just now her mother said that someone should come over to find her grandfather for dinner, and she asked to come.

Shi Jingqi chuckled and took out two books by Jin Yong.

"A copy of "Dragon and Babu" and a copy of "Swordsman", both are wonderful martial arts novels, you should read them first."

Chunhua hurriedly picked it up, worried that the book would get wet in the snow, so she made a gesture to lift off her clothes and stuff the book into the padded jacket.

Shi Jingqi hurriedly stopped her, took the oiled paper wrapping the snacks, and said, "Use this."

Chunhua took it and carefully wrapped the schoolbag.

The old village head here has already arrived at the door of the house, urging Chunhua: "Nizi, let's go."

"Here we come." Chunhua promised, and ran to the door to help the old village chief go.

Mother Shi hurriedly took a pack of snacks, walked quickly a few steps and stuffed the snacks into Chunhua's hands.

The old village chief left, and Shi Jingqi's family finished their meal safely.

Mother Shi cleaned up the kitchen and boiled a pot of hot water, and the whole family soaked their feet in hot water.

Shi Jingqi's room was in the west room, and his parents' room was in the east room, so he didn't go to the west room, and went back to the east room with his parents.

It's cold in winter, and the whole family is nestled in the bed, and each person hugs a hot water bottle, which is warm.

The parents listened to the broadcast on the radio, while Shi Jingqi took a book and read it under the candle.

"The old village chief said that next year or the year after that, our village will have electricity, and with electricity, there will be light." Father Shi said.

In his early years, he worked in a coal mine for several years in order to provide for Shi Jingqi's schooling. Although the conditions in the coal mine were difficult, there was electricity, and he knew the convenience of having electricity.

Shi Jingqi put down the book and discussed with her parents: "I'll leave that bicycle to you too. It's convenient to go to town with the bicycle. When I return to Mincheng, I can just take the bicycle back."

Mother Shi hurriedly said: "No, no, I don't know how to ride. If we don't go out, a simple bike is enough. You should ride away..."

"You can't ride, I can ride." Father Shi interrupted Mother Shi: "My son is filial to us, why not, with this foreign car, it will be convenient for us."

Shi Jingqi chuckled: "Then I'll leave it to you..."

Mother Shi patted her son's arm with her hand: "Didn't you send a message that your partner would come with you? Why didn't the girl come with you?"

"She's going to work during the Spring Festival. If we have electricity here, I'll buy you a TV, and you can see her on the TV." Shi Jingqi said.

"It's all nonsense, people who are on TV are all fairies, could they be your partner?" Shimu said.

Shi Jingqi just laughed and didn't try to defend herself anymore.

On the third day of junior high school, Shi Jingqi had just had breakfast early in the morning.

Seeing that Chunhua came again, she held the two books in her hand: "Brother Jingqi, I will return the books to you. My grandfather said that you are going back to Mincheng today."

Shi Jingqi saw her haggard and red-eyed, and asked, "Have you stayed up late reading?"

Chunhua nodded: "If I don't stay up all night, I can't finish reading. It's because my mother said I wasted candlelight."

Shi Jingqi refused to accept the book: "I forgot to tell you, this book is given to you, take your time to read."

Chunhua immediately put a smile on her face and said, "Really?"

Shi Jingqi reached out and patted the little girl's head, and said with a smile, "I really gave it to you, I just bought it for you."

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