At this time, Lu Fuquan walked out of the kitchen with a bowl in his hand. Hearing this, he said, "Mom, don't waste your time. If our family really has something good, dad will definitely tell us back then." Hearing this, the aunt was disappointed at first, and then said to Chu Chen with a wry smile: "It's all because of greed, Chen, I'm really troubling you." When Chu Chen heard this, he quickly waved his hands and said: "It's okay, what's the trouble, aunt?" , you should eat first" Seeing that Lu Fuquan was going to serve Mrs. Lu for dinner, Chu Chen saw that it was almost time and was about to say goodbye and go home. "Brother Fuquan, go ahead and do your work. I'll go back first." Lu Fuquan quickly persuaded him to stay: "Chen Wazi, it's already so late, so don't go back. Your house has to be cleaned. How inconvenient it is! You Just make do with it and live in my house!" Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Brother Fuquan, it's okay. It's not like you don't know. The village chief cleans my house every month. I just need to wipe the bed when I go back. , that¡¯s it.¡± Chu Chen¡¯s house is one of the few brick houses in the village. In order to make Chu Chen live comfortably, Liu Guomin spent many years of savings and a lot of effort to transform the adobe house into a house with bricks and tiles. The current brick house. Two years ago, Chu Chen came back and saw that the house was full of dust. He felt very unhappy, so he paid some money and asked the old village chief to help clean it once a month. Therefore, the house should not be very dirty now. The most important thing is that Lu Fu's family only has three rooms. It is really inconvenient for Chu Chen and the others to stay. After Lu Fuquan heard what Chu Chen said, he thought that it was indeed the case, so he no longer forced himself. ¡ Chu Chen¡¯s family lived in the easternmost part of the village. Next to his house was the village office. When he and Chu Yulan walked to the door of their house together, they found that the old village chief was still waiting at the door of the village office. When the old village chief saw them coming, he immediately walked over and said, "Chen Wazi, are Mrs. Fuquan okay now?" Chu Chen shook his head and said, "It's okay, old village chief, why are you still standing here, eating?" "No?" The old village chief laughed and said, "I've eaten. I'm waiting for you. This is what they signed when we distributed the things." As he said that, he held up the two crumpled pieces of paper. Passed it to Chu Chen. Because he knew the old village chief's meticulous style, Chu Chen was not polite. After reading it carefully, he said: "No problem. By the way, old village chief, you happen to be here. I may need to trouble you about something." "What? Just ask, as long as I can do anything, I will definitely help you handle it," the old village chief promised, patting his chest. Chu Chen chuckled and said, "Come back this time. I originally wanted to discuss building a road for our village with you, but you also know that because of Sister Lu's matter, I will return to the capital tomorrow, so I'm ready to work I can only ask you to help Zhang Luo." Hearing what Chu Chen said, the old village chief asked in shock, "What? Chen, you want to build roads in the village?" Seeing Chu Chen nodded affirmatively, The old village chief frowned and said: "Chen Wazi, I know you mean well, but although the road from our place to the school is not long, it is a bit difficult to build and the cost is not low, especially the five steps. It will cost a lot of money." Chu Chen said with a smile: "Old village chief, I know all this. Don't worry about the money. I can still afford it." "Chen, this is a few million. , not a few hundred yuan!" The old village chief couldn't help being startled by Chu Chen's tone. "To tell you the truth, I have already opened a company with two big bosses in the capital. The money I make in one year is enough to repair the road." After hearing what Chu Chen said, the old village chief His mouth opened wide. At this time, there were no words to describe the shock in his heart. After a while, he opened his mouth, and his face immediately showed excitement and excitement, and said: "Okay ! Okay! Chen Wazi, I won¡¯t say much more about my thanks. Just ask me for anything, even if I¡¯m an old man, I¡¯ll do it for you!¡± Chu Chen waved his hand and said with a smile. Old village chief, the matter is not as exaggerated as yours. When the road is built, I will definitely hire a special construction team to do it. I just want you to prepare the rough data for the road construction first, as well as some nearby geographical environment. It can be used conveniently when the designer comes over." Hearing that it was such a trivial matter, the old village chief patted his chest and said, "Okay, this is easy to do, but when will the designer come?" Solution, Lujia Village is really too poor to open its nest. Seeing that every villager has left their hometown to work outside, the old village chief knows that if there is no development in the village, Lujia Village will probably be left empty. In the end, how will I face my ancestors under the Nine Springs? If you want to get rich, build roads first. The best way to solve this problem is to build roads. But the village is already in trouble, so where can the money be used to build roads? It is even more impossible to rely on the superiors. This is a poor mountainous area and cannot make ends meet. The superiors' income cannot even pay teachers' salaries. How can they expect to build roads? Now there is finally hope. Chu Chen has the ability to repair the road. The old village chief is eager to start construction immediately. In fact, Chu Chen had already made a decision about building roads in the village, and he had already asked Liu Qinshu about related matters before. He originally planned to stay at home for a few more days. After discussing with the old village chief and others, he called the relevant personnel involved in road construction to come over and prepare for the preliminary work of road construction. However, I didn't expect that when I met Mrs. Lu, I would have to let the old village chief be responsible for the reception. "Old village chief, I'll call tomorrow. They should arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest, but I won't be there at that time, so we can only ask one person from our village to wait at the school. What do you think?" "Okay?" , It¡¯s a simple matter, I will send someone there when the time comes, don¡¯t worry, Chenwazi,¡± the old village chief replied with a smile. Then, Chu Chen took out three thousand yuan from his pocket, handed it to the old village chief, and said: "Old village chief, this is three thousand yuan, which can be regarded as the funds to receive the staff." The old village chief was stunned. , and then he carefully took the money and sighed. There was really no money in the village, so he had to take it. Then he said: "Oh, Chenwazi, I'm really sorry. Even if the village borrowed this money from you, Wait until I write you an IOU." "Old village chief, there's no need for this. I'm also a member of the village, so this money is mine," Chu Chen said quickly. "What kind of business is this? You have already paid for the road construction, and you still have to pay for the entertainment. If word spreads, where will the other people in the village put their faces? Okay, Chenwazi, don't talk about this, just press It's up to me." After saying that, the old village chief hurried back to the village office. After a while, he came back with the IOU he had just written, and then handed it to Chu Chen together with a key and said, "Chen Wazi. , this is the key you gave me before. Now that you are back, the key will be returned to you. Give it to me when you get back. " "Okay." "Well, you can go and rest early. I'm already in the house. I've cleaned it for you. I've wiped the beds in both rooms and the quilts are clean. I've put the hot and cold water in the kitchen. You can just use it." Hearing this, Chu Chen felt very warm in his heart. Thank you to the old village chief again and again. "What's there to thank you for? It's rare for you to come back, so you should help me with this. Okay, I'll go back first. If you need anything, come to my house to find me" Watching the old village go away, Chu Chen He opened the door with the key and walked into the house with Chu Yulan. Chu Chen couldn't help but feel warm in his heart when he saw that the house had been cleaned very clean by the old village chief, and the dust on the doors and windows had been wiped off. After paying homage to his father, Chu Chen looked at his father's photo and was filled with emotion. In the blink of an eye, his father had passed away for five years, but he felt that his father's voice and smile were still in front of him, and he thought of his father's infinite warmth and kindness towards him. After teaching earnestly, Chu Chen's eyes couldn't help but become slightly moist. The two things that my father was most concerned about during his lifetime were his own life experience and his concern for his sister who was far away in the capital. Five years have passed, and things that I thought were more difficult have been solved, but there are no clues about relatively simple things. Although I have been asking for clues from neighbors every year for so many years, there is no news about my father's sister. . Thinking of this, Chu Chen couldn't help but lament the impermanence of the world. At the same time, he made up his mind that after returning to Beijing, he must make greater efforts to find and fulfill his father's wish so that he can rest in peace. Seeing the worried look on Chu Yulan's face, Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Xiaolan, it's not very convenient to take a bath here. You can just make do with it tonight. You can sleep in my room tonight." Chu Yu Lan nodded in agreement, and after she washed up, Chu Chen took her to his room. The furnishings in the room are very simple, with a bed, a wardrobe and a desk. Although simple, these were carefully crafted by his father for him at that time. Seeing these, Chu Chen's heart was filled with a warm feeling. After Chu Yulan was settled, Chu Chen washed up and went to his father's room. The furnishings in the room were the same as Chu Chen's, but there was an extra bookshelf and a camphor wood box. The bookshelf was originally filled with various historical and antique books, but before Chu Chen went to the capital, he had received all the books in boxes. He planned to move all these books to the capital when the road was built, because from these books, Chu??I can feel the warm scenes of being with my father since childhood. After sighing for a while, Chu Chen lay on the bed. Feeling the familiar environment around him, he slowly recalled the beautiful feeling of being nestled in his father's arms when he was a child, warm and cozy. This feeling immediately plunged him into the memories of his previous happy life.