Until he entered Wang Tiekui's house, Li Rui did not see any restaurants or shops in the village, let alone a hair salon or a bath center. He was a bit absent-minded. Could it be that he had traveled back in time to thirty years ago? Why was there nothing in the village?
The sky had already darkened. Wang Tiekui's wife was cooking porridge in front of the stove in the courtyard. She was burning twigs and weeds as well as corn porridge. The smoke from the burning twigs drifted in the air, adding a bit of mystery to the dark night.
Suddenly, a small firewood puppy jumped out of nowhere and ran in front of Li Rui. It circled around him and sniffed him affectionately. Li Rui did not know whether to laugh or cry. He thought that in this Little Dragon King Village, he was only welcomed by this puppy.
Wang Tiekui wanted to invite Li Rui in for a drink, but Li Rui waved his hand and refused. He said, "Party Secretary Wang, I won't delay your meal. I just wanted to ask, where are we going to stay tonight? Also, what about dinner? "Wang Tiekui asked curiously," Ah? You're not going back to the county? " Li Rui smiled. "We're staying in the village this time. We're not going back to the county. Even if we were to go back, we'd go straight to the city." Wang Tiekui asked, "Then you're going back to the village?" Li Rui smiled bitterly. "We're not going back. We're going to stay in Little Dragon King Village for at least a month."
Wang Tiekui was shocked. "The county didn't make any arrangements?" Li Rui shook his head. "I guess County Head Gu thinks that the village will make arrangements." Wang Tiekui frowned and scratched his head. Dandruff the size of snow fell from his hair. Li Rui saw this and quickly turned his head away. He thought that he would not have to eat tonight.
Wang Tiekui said, "If you want to stay, there are two single beds in the village committee. They are prepared for the people on duty. But all of you are city leaders, and there are six of you. I'm afraid it won't be easy …" Li Rui quickly said, "As long as there is a place to sleep, we will be fine. We don't ask for much." Wang Tiekui said, "Then we will stay in those two beds first. You and Ling Chu have the highest rank, so you two can live together first. I'll think of a way to deal with Director Ai and the others. As for food, sigh, there is a breakfast stall at the east side of the village near the primary school, but it is not open at night … Uh, if you really can't do it, you can ask Ling Chu to come over and have a meal at my house. "
Even though Li Rui was mentally prepared, he never expected that there wasn't even a decent restaurant in the village. Sighing, he replied, "Thank you for your kindness, but it's not a problem for us to eat here. But it's not good to eat here, right? Wouldn't that make you poor? "
Wang Tiekui's wife was a cheerful woman. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of eating. No matter how poor I am, I can't be that poor."
Wang Tiekui said, "If you feel that it's inconvenient, then you can just cook your own meals. There is a small store in the village where you can buy meat, vegetables, fish, etc. "Li Rui asked," Then where do you cook? In the village committee? Wouldn't that be unreasonable? "Wang Tiekui frowned," Just make do for tonight. Tomorrow, I'll think of a way to find a place for you to stay. Once you have a place to stay, then you can cook. It will be more convenient. "Li Rui happily said," Then I'll have to trouble Party Secretary Wang. " Wang Tiekui said, "It's no trouble, no trouble. Hehe, you all came from the city to suffer for the sake of our village's poverty alleviation. Our village should help you."
Li Rui asked for the location of the small store and left. After walking for a while, he went to the small store and bought two bowls of instant noodles, two loaves of bread, and two sausages before returning to the village committee.
Ling Shuyao was still the only person in the village committee. At this time, the sky was already completely dark.
Even though he already hated this woman, Li Rui still patiently explained the situation to her. In the end, he passed the instant noodles, bread, and sausages to her and said, "There's no other way. We can only make do for tonight." After he finished speaking, he carefully observed her expression to see if she was willing. Ling Shuyao took the three items in her hands and said lightly, "You don't have to look at me like that. I'll make do. I've eaten these quite a lot in the past." Li Rui said, "Then let's eat."
The two returned to the house and Li Rui found two thermos flasks. They were not bad. The thermos flasks were full. When he opened the lid, steam came out. It was obvious that they had just boiled in the afternoon.
As Li Rui prepared dinner, he thought that it would be great if there was a mobile restaurant that would serve him and Ling Shuyao every day. The two of them could then devote themselves to poverty alleviation work. It would not be like now, where they had to worry about food all the time.
There was no table in the house. After the two of them boiled the instant noodles, they could only sit on the chair and eat a bowl each.
Li Rui could not see how he looked when he was eating, but he could see Ling Shuyao clearly. When he saw her, he naturally knew how he looked and his heart was incomparably miserable. If he was not Song Chaoyang's secretary, he would have thought that he had been banished. From now on, he would fall from the sky to the ground. This was far worse than the predicament at the Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau. He swore to himself, "No matter what, I can only climb up and continue climbing. As high as I can climb, I definitely cannot fall down. Once I fall down, what awaits me may be the situation in front of me. "
After eating, they did not have to wash the dishes. They just threw the garbage into the garbage truck in the yard. After that, there was no entertainment in the village. The two of them sat in the house in a daze.
Li Rui thought about the work he was going to do the next day. He wanted to discuss it with Ling Shuyao, but who knew that she would walk out at this time with a piece of tissue in her hand. He kindly reminded her, "You want to go to the toilet, right?" Ling Shuyao said coldly, "You want to care about that?" Li Rui was angry and said, "Why should I care about you going to the toilet? I'm just reminding you to be careful of the dark road. Don't lose your footing and hit your head. "Ling Shuyao said," There's no need. How old am I? Do I need you to remind me? "After saying that, she swung her not very plump little butt and walked out.
Li Rui gnashed his teeth in anger. When she was far away, he raised his hand to slap himself and scolded, "That's what you get for your cheap mouth!"
After chastising himself, he took out his toothbrush from his bag and went to the water pressure machine in the yard to brush his teeth. There was no running water in the village. If the villagers wanted to drink water, they had to get it from the underground water that was more than ten meters deep in their yards. In the past, there was an old-fashioned water pressure machine that used manpower to press the water. But now, with the popularity of electricity, the old-fashioned water pressure machine was abandoned and replaced with an electric water pump. As long as the switch was gently turned on, an endless stream of clear underground water would gush out from the thick rubber pipe.
The water pressure machine in the village committee's yard had long been abandoned, but the outlet pipe of the electric water pump was still installed here. Next to the water pipe was a huge water tank that was about half the height of a person. The water tank was filled with water that was released in advance. There was an aluminum cover on the water tank, and on the cover, there was a water ladle made of a gourd.
Li Rui walked to the water tank, picked up the water ladle, opened the cover, scooped out half a ladle of water, and carefully poured it into the toothbrush. Then, he took the toothbrush to the wall to brush his teeth.
"Ah …" A scream suddenly came from the corner of the wall. Li Rui was so scared that he shivered, and a lot of water in the toothbrush spilled out. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it came from the outhouse in the southwest corner. After listening carefully, it seemed to be from Ling Shuyao. His heart skipped a beat. He knew that it was not good to call her when she was in the outhouse, but he still wanted to ask her what happened. He hurriedly asked, "Ling Shuyao, what's wrong? What's the matter? "
At this time, Ling Shuyao had already run out of the outhouse and was screaming in pain.
Li Rui easily spotted her running figure. Using the light from the courtyard lamp at the door, he saw her holding onto her pants with both hands as she hurriedly ran out like a fish caught in a net. Seeing that her belt and pants were loose and not fastened, he was greatly shocked. What exactly happened to make such a cold and elegant lady disregard her manners?
"Ling Shuyao, you … what happened to you?" Li Rui asked in puzzlement.
When Ling Shuyao saw him, it was as if she had seen her savior. She ran straight to him and screamed miserably, "I was … I don't know what stung me. It hurts … it hurts so much … ouch … it hurts so much …" After saying that, her body swayed as if she couldn't stand properly. Li Rui did not have time to brush his teeth. He drank some water to rinse his mouth and put the toothbrushes on the water tank cover. He turned to face her and asked, "Where did it sting you?" Ling Shuyao did not dare to speak. Li Rui's eyes swept past her waist and saw that her pants were open, revealing a pair of light-colored underwear. He was shocked and did not dare to look around. He raised his head and asked, "Tell me, where did it sting you? Was it a mosquito? "
Ling Shuyao shook her head in pain and said, "How could it be a mosquito? A mosquito sting would itch, but this … it hurts so much. I don't know how to describe it. It hurts more than a bee sting. I … I can't stand. I can't stand properly. "As she said that, her body began to sway. Li Rui quickly went to support her and said, "Is it very painful? I … I'll help you to the camp bed first and then I'll go find a doctor. "Ling Shuyao snorted and limped into the room with his help.
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