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In the past two years, the number of trains to Henan Province has increased. Unlike the beginning when there was only one train at night, Jiang Wenbai chose the 2 pm train, and arrived in Xintian at about the same time the next day.

Jiang Wenbai's driver Xiao Zhang already knew the train number they were coming back on and was waiting at the exit early.

The train station nowadays is not like the later generations. The exit is far from the platform and it takes a long time to walk. Also, Xintian is a small county after all, and the train station is also simple.

At the exit, you can see the arriving train through the iron gate, and you can see outside after getting off the train. And as long as there is a train, the staff will open the gate and let people in. After all, everyone goes out with big bags, and it is really inconvenient if you don't pick them up.

Tang Xin and Jiang Wenbo had just got off the train with their bags when they heard Xiao Zhang's voice.

"Leader, sister-in-law, here."

Outside, Xiao Zhang didn't dare to call County Magistrate Jiang Wenbai directly, and could only call him "Leader".

"Leader, sister-in-law, hey, sister-in-law has worked hard all the way."

Xiao Zhang took the luggage from Jiang Wenbo's hand and looked at Tang Xin with a smile. He could finally call her sister-in-law.

"Hello, Xiao Zhang. Long time no see."

Xiao Zhang is about the same age as Tang Xin, but he follows Jiang Wenbo and calls her that.

Jiang Wenbo knew why Xiao Zhang was so happy. He said that he had wanted to call Tang Xin sister-in-law for a long time, and now he could finally do so.

"Sister-in-law, it's been a long time since we last met. Don't you know that we are all looking forward to seeing you? Are you tired on the road?"

Xiao Zhang started chatting with Tang Xin directly.

"Okay, let's talk about it when we get back. Let's go home first."

Jiang Wenbai spoke with a smile, and was stunned when he said the word "go home". He liked the word "go home" very much.

"Yes, look at me, sister-in-law, let's go back first."

Xiao Zhang smiled, there were surprises prepared by everyone at home.

The car carrying Jiang Wenbai and Tang Xin drove into the county government staff housing complex. Not far from the backyard of the county government was a community consisting of five-story buildings. Tang Xin had been there last New Year's Day.

The house assigned to Jiang Wenbai was in Building No. 1, where leaders of government agencies basically all lived. Because housing was allocated according to levels, the apartments in Building No. 1 all had three or two bedrooms.

"It's on the third floor. Next door are Director Ma from the Industry Bureau and Secretary Liu from the Transportation Bureau. They're all at work now. I'll introduce them to you in the evening."

Jiang Wenbo introduced his neighbors to Tang Xin.

At that time, the houses were small. Since they were the county government staff buildings, they were not built like the most common tube-shaped buildings now, but suites with their own independent kitchens and bathrooms.

Tang Xin listened and nodded.

"We're here, sister-in-law."

Finally arriving at the door of the house, Xiao Zhang excitedly introduced it to Tang Xin.

In fact, Xiao Zhang didn't even need to introduce it. Tang Xin knew at a glance that it was her house because there was a big red wedding character clearly pasted on the door.

"Xiao Zhang, what is this?" Jiang Wenbai asked.

"County Mayor, this was arranged by Sister Wu from the trade union. They said that you are finally getting married and you need to decorate it well. Otherwise, it will be too shabby and it will be unfair to your sister-in-law."

Xiao Zhang explained with a smile.

"Thank you so much, Sister Wu and the others."

Jiang Wenbai was very grateful after hearing this, saying that Sister Wu from the union was really capable of getting things done.

"Sister-in-law, welcome home. Can you open the door?"

Xiao Zhang handed over the room key with a smile.

"Okay, thank you. Not only Sister Wu and the others, but you have also worked hard. When I'm settled, I'll invite you to my house for dinner."

Tang Xin smiled and took the key from Xiao Zhang.

She turned to look at Jiang Wenbai, who smiled and nodded, motioning for her to open the door.

Tang Xin inserted the key into the lock and turned it.

When he opened the door, he saw that the room was indeed covered with red wedding characters, and there were even lace patterns on the roof. What surprised Tang Xin the most was that some of the items in the room, such as the kettle and washbasin, were all new.

She remembered that Jiang Wenbo didn't say anything about buying a new one. She turned to look at Jiang Wenbo, who was also confused.

"This is a gift from everyone to you. Don't worry, it's not oversized, just ordinary. Sister Wu and Director He are helping to look after it." Xiao Zhang explained quickly.

Hearing him say this, Jiang Wenbai felt relieved. He was no longer worried as long as Director He was watching him.

"Thank you, everyone. Xiao Zhang, you too. Why didn't you tell me in advance? I'll treat you all to a good meal later." Jiang Wenbo said to Xiao Zhang.

"Isn't this a surprise for you? That's great. We are all waiting to eat your wedding candy."

Jiang Wenbo and Xiao Zhang put down their luggage, and Xiao Zhang said goodbye first. Jiang Wenbo was still on vacation, but he was still at work. Although he was not busy without Jiang Wenbo, he still had to go to the office and wait.

After giving Xiao Zhang a handful of wedding candy, he left satisfied. Tang Xin did not rush to pack her luggage, but walked through each room one by one.

The layout of the house is square. As soon as you enter the house, you will see a living room. The furniture in the room is ready-made, including a table, a cabinet, and a sofa and a coffee table next to them.

On the left is a kitchen, and next to the kitchen is a small bedroom with only a bed, a desk and a bookcase. It seems that Jiang Wenbo intends to use this room as a study.

On the right is a large bedroom with a double bed, a cabinet, and a table. Next to the large bedroom is a very small bathroom. There is no shower, only a squat toilet and a sink.

"All the things were given by the government and bought temporarily. We will make some new ones when we have time. Tell the carpenter what kind of shape you like."

Jiang Wenbo held Tang Xin's hand.

"Yeah, that's fine. I'll think about it when I have time."

Tang Xin has already started thinking about how to decorate their new home.

After looking at the house, Tang Xin began to pack up the things she brought with her, as well as the existing items in the room and the gifts from Jiang Wenbo's colleagues, and thought about what else she needed to buy.

It’s time to start living our daily life. There are still many things missing at home.

It took a while to finally finish cleaning. Tang Xin was very satisfied looking at the tidy house.

"Hurry up and sit down and take a break. You haven't had a break since you came back."

Jiang Wenbai went to the water room to get some hot water and prepared the water for Tang Xin.

"It's okay. I'm happy to clean my own house. I'm not tired at all. But the conditions here are quite good. I didn't expect there is heating. This way I don't have to burn the stove in winter."

Tang Xin was quite surprised. After all, central heating was not widely available in that era.

"Well, it's our own small boiler. This building is new, and the other old buildings don't have one, so we have to burn the stove ourselves. But the county has a plan to gradually carry out renovations so that all employees can enjoy central heating and live in houses with heating."

Jiang Wenbai explained that this can be considered as a welfare benefit provided by the county to its cadres. The county's economy has developed well in the past two years, so of course they want to make their own people live comfortably.

Tang Xin nodded. Indeed, since Jiang Wenbai came here, he has made considerable achievements in just two years.

At noon, the two of them had lunch in the cafeteria. There were some daily necessities at home, but there was no kitchen equipment at all. After all, Jiang Wenbo did not cook himself.

After lunch, Tang Xin and Jiang Wenbai went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought pots, pans, firewood, rice, oil, and salt. There was not even an oil barrel at home, so they had to buy everything. It was really a big shopping spree.

After sending the things back, the two went to the department store again. Jiang Wenbo stayed in the new house for two nights. As a grown man, he didn't use curtains at all. But Tang Xin couldn't stand without curtains, so she insisted on closing the curtains first.

Fortunately, curtains nowadays are simple and don’t have so many patterns. All you have to do is buy a piece of fabric you like and ask the staff at the service center in the mall to help you lock the bottom, leaving a hole in the middle for the wire to pass through.

After returning home, just pass the wire through the curtains and then nail them on both sides of the window.

After cleaning up all this, Tang Xin felt exhausted.

"No, I was thinking about making something for dinner tonight, but I don't want to move, so why don't we just buy some food."

Tang Xin said to Jiang Wenbai.

Jiang Wenbo smiled, "Okay, then shall we go to the canteen or go to the state-owned restaurant?" he asked good-temperedly, and then came over and rubbed Tang Xin's shoulders.

Tang Xin hummed comfortably. If she hadn't had dinner yet, she felt like she would have fallen asleep on her stomach.

"Well, I don't feel like moving at all, so maybe I should go to the cafeteria and take care of it."

Jiang Wenbo said okay, told Tang Xin to rest at home, and took his lunch box to the cafeteria to get food.