Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "I am indeed very comfortable in the United States, and you are the same, your complexion looks very good, you must have gained a lot of results in the past six months."

Niu Xiaoqiang came to visit Niu Xiaogang before studying abroad, and at that time he pointed out a way for Niu Xiaogang to reduce his sentence, that is, to engage in inventions and creations in prison. As long as the results are reliable, the prison will reduce his sentence.

Niu Xiaogang smiled and nodded: "The conditions in the prison are limited, and it is not easy to make inventions, so I changed my strategy, wrote a lot of articles and submitted them everywhere, many of which have been published, and I have been reduced by three months in prison because of this." ”

When he said this, he changed his words and said with emotion: "Thinking about it now, it's not a bad thing that I was arrested early, and if I wait until this year to get the incident, maybe I won't even have a chance to go to jail." ”

This is true, if Niu Xiaogang catches up with the trend of cracking down on crime in China, his crimes are enough to be shot, where will there be a chance to be reformed

Nowadays, those who commit petty theft can be sentenced to several years in prison, not to mention corruption. , dirty and arson.

Niu Xiaoqiang roughly understood the situation, and he nodded slightly: "The current legal environment is indeed more severe than before, and the country really needs to come out like this, otherwise the public security environment will only deteriorate, which is very unfavorable to the development of the economy." ”

Niu Xiaogang nodded, and the two brothers then chatted some thoughtful words, and then waved goodbye.

Before parting, Niu Xiaogang specially told Niu Xiaoqiang to help bring blessings to the second sister. Niu Xiaoqiang agreed with a smile and walked out with Niu Dongxiang.

At half past nine in the morning of the same day, the group arrived at Qingjiang Wharf by passenger ferry, and then changed to a passenger ferry to Aoshan, and returned to Aoshan Town at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Niu Xiaoqiang had already contacted his family in advance, and before the passenger ship docked at the wharf, he saw dozens of people standing on the wharf. From a distance, they were all familiar faces. In addition to the family, all the key personnel of the factory came.

As soon as the passenger ship docked at the dock, Niu Dazhuang took the lead to greet him. He patted Niu Xiaoqiang's shoulder hard, looked up and down a few times, and then grinned: "Not bad, yes, your kid has grown stronger." ”

Sun Mei cried with joy, pulled Niu Xiaoqiang's arm and asked questions, and the three sisters also asked for warmth on the side.

Niu Xiaoqiang took a lot of effort to appease his family, and then with a smile on his face, he greeted the familiar faces who came to greet him one by one.

Fang Dongping looks older than before, which shows that Niu Xiaoqiang must have worried a lot in the past six months when he went abroad.

After saying hello, Niu Xiaoqiang introduced Sam and others who followed him back to China. Among the people present, only Fang Dongping and Zhang Xiaolan knew what was going on with these foreigners, and when the others heard that these foreigners were the bosses who came to inspect the investment, they all believed it and opened their mouths to say hello.

These people are admiring Niu Xiaoqiang in their hearts: Look at Secretary Niu, he is really a capable person, he has met so many foreign big bosses in just half a year of studying abroad, and he has also taken others back to China for inspection, if this is replaced by others, who can do it

It's a pity that Wu Ping is not in the welcoming crowd, if she knows that Niu Xiaoqiang has brought so many foreign businessmen, she is afraid that she will jump up happily on the spot.

After all, he is the number one in the district, and on the surface, he still has to keep a certain distance from Niu Xiaoqiang. Otherwise, if it provokes rumors, the impact will be too bad.

Yu Simei didn't show up either, not because she didn't want to come, but because what happened during this time made her have to act cautiously.

When everyone greeted Sam and the others, Fang Dongping immediately waved his hand: "Everyone, let's go to the cafeteria to give Xiaoqiang a good reception." ”

Everyone nodded and applauded, and immediately gathered around Niu Xiaoqiang and several international friends and walked towards the canteen of the Asia Machinery Factory.

In order to welcome Niu Xiaoqiang's return to China, Fang Dongping had already ordered the canteen to prepare wine and food. There were a total of seven tables on the table, Niu Xiaoqiang and his family plus Fang Dongping sat at a table, Sam and a few other Americans sat at a table, and the others sat casually, nothing particular about.

Before the banquet, Niu Dazhuang specially told everyone to just mean it, but not to get Niu Xiaoqiang drunk. Everyone nodded in agreement with great interest.

People's precious son came back from the United States to visit relatives, and he can't get drunk before he enters the house, which is too unusual.

Niu Xiaoqiang drank a lot of wine with Fan Demin last night, and he was indeed a little unbearable tonight. If it weren't for his good physique, he would be afraid that he would lie down if he couldn't drink two glasses.

Even though Niu Dazhuang reminded everyone not to pour wine in advance, Niu Xiaoqiang still drank three glasses of liquor. There is no way, people can be polite to him, but he can't help but express it, otherwise it will inevitably make people think that he will become unkind after studying abroad.

The most active person on the wine table is not Niu Xiaoqiang, but Niu Xiaxiang. Niu Xiaxiang's wedding banquet was set for the first day of the Lunar New Year, and she was about to marry a woman, and she was in a very good mood, and took the initiative to take on the work of pouring wine, with an active atmosphere.

Zhou Kai and Wang Deshui, the two sons-in-law, also sat at this table, and Zhou Kai felt embarrassed when he saw his fiancée so active. He wanted to remind Niu Xiaxiang not to steal Niu Xiaoqiang's limelight, but there were a lot of people at the scene, and he was embarrassed to say it.

Fortunately, Niu Xiaoqiang didn't mind, he knew that the second sister was a showy person, and he was about to get married, so he should not only not mind being a younger brother, but should also try to cooperate.

It was precisely because he tried his best to cooperate with Niu Xia Xiang that he drank so much wine.

In the end, it was the old mother Sun Mei who couldn't see it, and reminded her, and Niu Xiaxiang relented.

After dinner, Niu Xiaoqiang personally sent Sam and the others into the guest house, and then he came to Fang Dongping's office. The master and apprentice have some confidential things to talk about separately.

Fang Dongping took out Xinhua cigarettes and handed them to Niu Xiaoqiang: "Have you learned to smoke?"

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head and said in surprise: "Master, why do you smoke this kind of cigarette?"

Before Niu Xiaoqiang went abroad, Fang Dongping smoked Hongtashan, and with his economic foundation, he could afford to smoke this kind of good cigarette. Now he smokes relatively cheap Xinhua cigarettes, which naturally makes Niu Xiaoqiang feel very strange.

Fang Dongping lit the cigarette, squinted his eyes and took a puff: "Have you forgotten that I funded the family of those old friends?"

Niu Xiaoqiang sighed, and finally understood.

Fang Dongping once followed a group of outstanding backbone technicians to study in the Soviet Union, and later all of these people were implicated in that special era, except for Fang Dongping, the others were all gone.

Their family's lives were in limbo. If it weren't for Fang Dongping's funding for them, I'm afraid that many people would even have a problem eating.