Chapter 511
On the highway, three cars were moving smoothly, with Xiao Ying driving a black red flag car with a guard leading the way, and Ji Feng driving a BMW X6 with his mother and Tong Lei, walking in the middle. Bubble*Book*Bar() Zhang Lei, on the other hand, was walking at the end with the two remaining guards.
It was now after 1 p.m. After sitting in the car for the whole morning, Zhang Lei was more or less exhausted. However, when he saw the road sign in front of him, he was immediately refreshed by it.
“Crazy …… Ji Feng, up ahead is the boundary of Mang Shi County!”
The intercom, came Zhang Lei’s voice, this guy screaming habit, open mouth to shout crazy, the words just out of his mind, Ji Feng’s mother Xiao Su Mei can still be in Ji Feng’s car, the words can not be called indiscriminately.
Ji Feng shook his head and laughed as he listened, picked up the intercom and laughed, “Cheer up, there’s still half an hour to go before you get home, drive carefully!”
From Zhang Lei’s voice you could hear that this guy was a bit tired, Ji Feng couldn’t help but remind him that driving with fatigue would definitely be a bit dangerous. Especially after arriving in Mang Shi County, it would be even more important to drive carefully.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public. Moreover, many vendors have set up their stalls directly on the roadside, taking up most of the road.
There are also some farmers who harvest their wheat, and the straw is piled up directly on the roadside for the vehicles coming and going to help roll off the wheat grains, so there is even more unrest on the road!
If you’re not careful when driving under such circumstances, something could go wrong at any time, so Ji Feng had to remind Zhang Lei.
“Hey, hey, don’t worry, I always drive very carefully!” Zhang Lei laughed and said, “Ji Feng, let’s go to my house first, you have to arrange a place to stay first anyway, take a break at my house and when you have arranged a place to stay, you guys can get busy again, okay?!”
Ji Feng laughed, “I’ll have to ask my mum about that ……”
Before he could finish his words, he heard his mother in the back row say, “This is a good arrangement!”
Ji Feng instantly smiled, “Lei Zi, did you hear that, my mother said it’s okay, let’s arrange it like this!”
“Okay!”
Zhang Lei’s spirits were lifted again, boy, there were four guards here, although they were guards protecting Xiao Su Mei, but it would be twice as dignified for him to follow.
Of course, Zhang Lei also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to show those people in the county party committee family compound what kind of background his family had!
He knows very well that his father, Tong Kai De, is a low-profile person and usually does not reveal his background. What’s more, the situation is somewhat complicated from all sides, and if you easily let others know your family’s background, you’ll probably become a pawn for people to use, and often be used as a gun by some gaming people.
Therefore, since arriving in Mang Shi County, Tong Kai De has been working entirely on his own merits and has not mentioned his background to anyone at all.
However, if they now went directly to the family home, the effect would be much different.
Xiao Sumei and Ji Feng were both members of the Ji family, so if they went there, there might not be anything, but Xiao Sumei had guards with her, so that anyone would know that this was someone of great importance.
But on the contrary, others did not know exactly what these people were from, they only knew that they were related to the Tong family. In this case, anyone would know that Tong Kai De had a great background, or at least a relationship with someone with a background.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
So a trip to Tong Kai De’s home first can be said to be a two-for-one thing.
Ji Feng didn’t care what Zhang Lei thought, he just knew that this brother would not screw himself over, let alone harm him, and that was enough. In fact, even if Ji Feng really knew what Zhang Lei was planning to do, he would only smile faintly. It is normal that friends should help each other.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
“Phew…!” Ji Feng let out a light sigh, picked up the intercom and said, “Xiao Ying, slow down the car, I’ll lead the way, you don’t know the road ahead!”
Although the navigator was very good, in a small county like Mang Shi County, many roads were not marked with road names, and when people talked about a certain road, most of the time they would say a building near that road that was somewhat famous.
For example, behind the second middle school is called People’s Road, but, to ask about the people of Mang Shi County, not many people know, but to mention the big road behind the second middle school, as long as the people who have come to the county almost all know.
“Okay!”
Xiao Ying replied back, then slowed down and let Ji Feng’s car overtake him.
“Lei Lei, isn’t it nice to be home this time!” Sitting in the back seat of the car, Xiao Su Mei asked as she pulled Tong Lei’s hand.
“It’s okay, I came back once during November, so I don’t miss it much yet!” Tong Lei said in a brittle voice.
Xiao Su Mei smiled lightly, she was satisfied with her future daughter-in-law, she was like a fairy, she was as beautiful as a fairy.
If it were in the past, Xiao Su Mei would have hoped that her son could get into a good university and find a virtuous daughter-in-law after graduation, and then she would have been satisfied with a stable life.
But now, everything has changed from what she imagined, and she, too, is finally going back to the home she left for more than ten years.
Not only that, but also her son, who had been humiliated at first, now had to be dragged over by herself and was about to step into the old home where he had endless painful memories …… No, it was not her son’s old home!
The first thing you need to do is to think of your son’s home, and if that was his home, how could the family have done that to your son?
When she thought of how young her son was, he was so stubborn and determined not to set foot in that village, and for the next ten years or so, he never mentioned that village again, as if he had forgotten all about it.
Xiao Su Mei, however, knew that her son had not forgotten, but had only remembered it Avray in his heart.
The superficial forgetfulness actually represented a deep impression in his heart!
Xiao Su Mei couldn’t help but shake her head slightly, sighing lightly in her heart, although she had always hoped that her son could let go of his past grudges, but now it seemed that even she couldn’t identify with the people in that family and didn’t want her son to be aggrieved, so with her son’s character, she wouldn’t be aggrieved for no reason, even for her own sake, her son definitely wouldn’t!
“I just hope that those people must not go too far, otherwise, when the time comes, even if my son is not angry, I will not be able to resist throwing my hands away!” Xiao Su Mei said secretly.
What she was most afraid of was that the people in that family would not know any better and would say something that would make everyone get offended, in that case, it would be the old man’s life that would be delayed in the end!
“Mom, up ahead is Uncle Tong’s house!” Ji Feng’s voice made Xiao Sumei come back to her senses, and she subconsciously gathered her hair.
“Stop at the front, we came in a hurry this time and didn’t have time to prepare any gifts, I need to go to the front to buy something!” Xiao Su Mei said.
Ji Feng laughed, “Mom, then I’ll just go, once you go down, Xiao Ying and those few guards will have to follow, the gesture is a bit too big and draws too much attention!”
Xiao Su Mei hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, “Alright then, remember to buy something suitable, but don’t buy it indiscriminately!”
Ji Feng smiled, “Don’t worry, I know what to buy!”
Although Mang Shi County is small, the population is quite a lot, and with such strong spending power, there will naturally be no small supermarket, right at the mouth of the most prosperous cross street in Mang Shi County.
Ji Feng thought about it, to go to Tong Kai De’s home, actually do not need to take anything, just go, is the best gift. But due to the etiquette, the gift must be brought.
So he chose a few bottles of slightly more expensive wine, as well as two famous cigarettes, paid and walked out of the supermarket.
Afterwards, Ji Feng and Xiao Sumei arrived at Tong Kai De’s home with their gifts.
When they arrived, Tong Kai De was naturally very happy, but Ji Feng only greeted them before going to book a hotel with Ji Feng.
From the time he decided to follow his mother to Mang Shi County, Ji Feng had never thought of staying at that home, if he really lived there, he was afraid he would casually strangle those people when he got up in the middle of the night and sleepwalked!
After booking the hotel and returning to Tong Kai De’s home, Xiao Su Mei was already standing at the entrance of the family home, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Tong Kai De themselves, and her mother was whispering and laughing with Mrs. Tong.
“Uncle Tong, see you later!” Ji Feng sat on the driver’s seat and waved his hand with a smile.
“You kid, still polite with me? Take your time on the road, your mother should be a bit tired after such a long ride!” Tong Kai De said with a smile, with his eyesight, he could naturally see the affection between his daughter and Ji Feng, the youngest child of the pair, and the parents of both sides had already met, so Ji Feng was his son-in-law-to-be, he was naturally enthusiastic beyond words.
Ji Feng smiled and nodded, and after his mother had greeted them, he stepped on the gas and hurried to the village that he could never forget – Xiao Jia Zhuang!
Chapter 512
Xiao Jia Zhuang, the small village that gave Ji Feng his deepest memories, is located about a dozen miles north of Mang Shi County, from the county to Xiao Jia Zhuang, in the middle, you have to pass through a large embankment, in ancient times this was the old Yellow River, the river ran through here, but then in the course of hundreds of years, the Yellow River was diverted several times, and this place became the old Yellow River road. **Bubble! Book. bar*
However, the Yellow River once flowed through here, but it bred fertile soil, and in the early years when the common people lived off the land, the area was considered rich.
However, with the development of the times, by now, the majority of farmers have gradually started to give up cultivating the land and started to do other businesses, such as petty trading, or opening shops – at least, this is common in Mang Shi County – because Mang Shi County is located at the border of three provinces, the transportation is extremely convenient, and trading on the roadside may earn more than farming, and it is also easier.
However, this is only for people whose families live by the roadside. In fact, here, especially in the countryside, there is very little talk of renting a house, or even a shop.
The new generation of young people don’t like to work in the fields and don’t want to live with their backs to the ground, so when they get married, they open a small shop in a house by the roadside, and although they don’t earn much money, they live comfortably.
But for those on the roadside, they had to continue farming, cursing those on the roadside for not knowing how to run a business while envying them, and so the days went by.
Xiao Jia Zhuang is in a very awkward position, this village is not far from the main road, but also not close, want to open a shop, but the location is not good, want to plant, a look up can see the neighbouring village people leisurely open a shop, life is so uncomfortable, these people’s heart can not help but jealousy.
Under such circumstances, the people of Xiao’s village became more or less narrow-minded, selfish and had some disgusting habits – such as occasionally stealing and having bad thoughts when they saw that others were richer than their own families.
Ji Feng sometimes wondered, in a place where human nature had become less pristine, whether the bullying he had received since childhood could be related to the selfish and bad character of these people!
As he traveled along the road, Ji Feng looked at the shops lined up on both sides and couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile, “Everything is flooded now, although the population in this rural area is large, the spending power is not good, now everyone is opening shops and going to make money from who?!”
Xiao Su Mei, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn’t help but shake her head, “No way, none of them want to work in the fields, in the past, when anyone’s fields were managed well, it was a kind of glory, the neighbours were envious, but now it’s all changed, these shops may not earn as much as farming, but they love it and feel good about themselves!”
Ji Feng chuckled, “In fact, it’s the same as city people looking at country people, to say that the vast majority of those city people are working people, earning a few thousand dollars a month, farming in the countryside, if managed well, it’s possible to average down to ten thousand dollars a month, or maybe even more, but in the eyes of those city people, they’re still country people. Those people don’t think about the fact that they are actually no better than rural people in terms of food, clothing, housing and transport, so why do they have to elevate themselves to such a high position?”
“Laughing at people who have nothing to hate has been the case since ancient times, city people may not be able to match the country people in terms of income, so they can only find a little face in other areas, I have found quite a few examples of this during my time in Yanjing, Yanjing people look down on foreigners, Jiangzhou people also look down on foreigners, but they may not be able to match others in terms of income, in fact, this is a mentality problem.” Xiao Su Mei saw that her son’s talk was going strong, so she couldn’t help but smile and say a few more words.
Ji Feng couldn’t help but laugh dumbly, this was indeed the case, just like what his mother had said, many people were not as good as others in certain places and wanted to find face in other areas when they were talking.
This is also known as windbagging! It’s also a sort of inexplicable sense of superiority, while in reality it’s a sign of weakness of heart.
“Little Feng, when you arrive at Xiao Jia Zhuang, if those people say anything cool, don’t be ordinary with them, just ignore them!” Xiao Su Mei was still a bit uneasy and couldn’t help but admonish.
Ji Feng laughed: “Mom, don’t worry, since I’m here, naturally I won’t give up just because of some people’s gossip, at least the treatment will be almost …… Right, mum, I can’t guarantee that I can definitely cure it, you also know that your son is not some miracle doctor, he just got a medicine by chance, but medicine is not a cure-all ……”
“Mom knows, as long as you do your best, no one can say anything else!” Xiao Su Mei said.
Ji Feng smiled and nodded, but in his heart he said secretly, those people still can’t say anything? If he really couldn’t cure the old man, by then, just the windy words could drown him!
“Xiao Ying, after the embankment in front of you, you’re almost at the bend, slow down!” Ji Feng picked up the intercom and spoke in a low voice.
“Yes!” Little Shadow answered.
Ji Feng laughed, but in his heart he thought to himself, I am really related to this Xiao Village, I haven’t come back for more than ten years, I can’t believe I can still remember the way to Xiao Village so clearly …… I am really guilty of being cheap!
If it was possible, Ji Feng really wanted to forget everything about the Xiao Family Village, even if it was even the path. But this is impossible, Xiao Jia Zhuang, the people of the Xiao family, gave Ji Feng too deep memories, so that he could not forget even if he wanted to.
Suddenly, Ji Feng’s eyes just subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror, but was stunned to find that his mother’s face seemed a little tense.
He couldn’t help but shake his head slightly, his mother’s nervousness was more or less hard for him to understand, what was there to be nervous about? Now it was he who had gone to bring them the gospel, not to beg them to do something.
Over the years, it had never been them who owed themselves, he had never owed them half a thing.
In Ji Feng’s memory, it seemed that he had never eaten a meal at the Xiao family estate, not even a sip of water, and the only time he had eaten was when he stole some wild vegetables and other things from others in the wilderness, which did not have anything to do with the Xiao family.
So in Ji Feng’s opinion, he was at most willing or unwilling to come, this had absolutely nothing to do with nervousness in the slightest, as for his mother’s nervousness, Ji Feng was even more incomprehensible, was she worried about the old man’s illness?
“Little Feng, stop the car!” Xiao Su Mei suddenly said.
Ji Feng was stunned and couldn’t help but ask, “Mom, what’s wrong?”
“I… I think I saw your second uncle!” Xiao Sumei said with some hesitation, “The one standing on the roadside in front of us talking to someone else, seems to be your second uncle!”
Ji Feng raised his eyebrows and laughed, “Mom, you can’t stop here, you’d better wait until you get there!”
He didn’t care who was standing in front of him, he was here to cure the old man, as for the other seven aunts and uncles, they didn’t have anything to do with him!
Xiao Sumei opened her mouth, but did not know what to say. She also knew that it was not that easy to get Ji Feng to talk to his second uncle, and it was already a great favour for Ji Feng to come this time.
Xiao Su Mei naturally knows what kind of stubborn temper her son has, otherwise, she wouldn’t have personally gone to Jiangzhou …… or slow down a bit!
Ji Feng’s face was expressionless as he gradually accelerated, but his gaze fell on a group of people not far ahead of him, a typical group of crop farmers, a few standing on the roadside, and also a few squatting, were smoking and joking, and in front of them, various tools were laid out, such as tile knives, iron plates and the like, a look at the masons!
Ji Feng’s gaze glanced over, but also found that among these people, there was a middle-aged man of medium stature, standing aside smoking a cigarette, not saying much, and seemed to be honest and straightforward.
However, Ji Feng was able to see a few similarities to his mother in his face, so I guess this was the so-called second uncle?
The car drove by quickly, and Ji Feng’s gaze calmly retracted, so he concentrated on driving and no longer bothered about anything.
Xiao Su Mei looked through the car window and wanted to speak, but was unable to do so.
And at this time, those masons outside were amazed.
“Look, look, isn’t this the BMW car shown on TV?” One man said in amazement.
“Come on, how can a BMW come to this Sh*tty place of ours?”
“That’s not necessarily true, even if it’s not a BMW, you look and how beautiful the car is, it must be a very rich person!”
“Ee? I, I think I saw Su Mei in that car!”
“I shucks!”
The others burst into laughter, pointing at a middle-aged man and laughing, “I say, Xiao Guoqing, you’re poor and crazy, aren’t you? With that immodest sister of yours, can you afford to drive such a nice car? You really have the nerve to say that!”
“You guys, you guys are bullSh*tting!” That middle-aged man, Xiao Guoqing, turned red with anger, “Isn’t it just that you got pregnant without getting married? What’s the big deal? Because of the gossip of you B*****ds, my sister hasn’t returned home for more than ten years, and now she doesn’t know where she’s gone. …… Erguzi, you still have the nerve to say that you fell into the river more than ten years ago and froze your penis in the middle of winter. Don’t I know that? You don’t even have any tools, how could you have a child? Everyone else is immodest, but your mother-in-law is!”
“You, you ……” that the second dog was Xiao Guoqing said full of red face, but dead can not speak, want to make a move but can not beat the strong Xiao Guoqing, can only hate a grunt, squatting down to smoke.
“Hahahaha ……” The others saw this and burst out laughing, Erguzi’s wife stole a man, most of the village knows that the village chief, only no one said it explicitly! Now that Xiao Guoqing had said it, the group was all laughing.
“Laugh, laugh at your mother’s legs!”
Xiao Guoqing pointed at one of the younger ones and scolded, “Donkey egg, you still have the nerve to laugh at others, why did you come back all of a sudden when you were working outside? Don’t you dare say anything!!!”
Swish!
That young man’s face turned red, but he couldn’t say anything!