The leader is my girlfriend

This time the man didn't refuse. He raised his finger and pointed, "Go straight along this road until you reach the third house."

Hearing this, Liu Miaomiao quickly thanked him, "Okay, thank you, thank you for your trouble."

After the three of them walked a few steps, Wang Guifeng stopped, frowned, and turned to look at Liu Miaomiao beside her.

"Miaomiao, do you think we've come to the wrong village? There's something strange going on everywhere here."

"I feel the same way. Let's go to the village chief's house first. If we're wrong, we should leave before it gets dark."

"Okay." After saying that, the two nodded in understanding, looked at each other and quickened their pace.

"Hey, you two wait for me." Li Bo followed hard from behind. He had only one feeling at this moment - hungry.

Not long after, several people successfully found the village chief's house according to the route provided by the middle-aged man. The gate was ajar. Liu Miaomiao stood at the gate and shouted inside.

"Excuse me, is anyone home?"

As soon as the words fell, a low and alert voice came from inside the house, "Who are you?"

Immediately afterwards, a burly, serious-looking man walked out of the house quickly, his eyes full of vigilance.

Faced with the other party's unfriendly attitude, Liu Miaomiao was not in a hurry. She continued to wear a polite smile on her face and quickly introduced herself.

"Hello, we are reporters from the capital. Is this the village chief's home?"

The man who came out frowned slightly after hearing the introduction and asked, "Reporters? What are you doing all the way here?"

"Well, we received a submission asking for an interview with Ms. Zhang Haiyan, a typical figure in the Down to the Countryside Movement."

After listening to her explanation, the man was silent for a moment and said, "Wait a moment."

After saying that, he turned around and walked back into the house.

After about a few minutes, a slightly older middle-aged man came out. If nothing unexpected happened, this was the village chief they were looking for.

The village chief was smiling and looked very amiable. He was the first smiling person the three of them saw after entering the village. He waved to them warmly and invited them in.

"Reporters, please come inside. Don't just stand there."

"Thank you for your help." Hearing the village chief's invitation, Liu Miaomiao and the other two entered the house and handed over the gifts they had prepared in advance.

After a brief argument, the village chief asked his wife to accept it and asked her to make some brown sugar water for the guests.

After everyone was seated, the village chief started asking again,

"Who did you say you were going to interview?"

Liu Miaomiao cleared her throat. "The person we want to interview is named Zhang Haiyan. She's probably an educated youth who came to the village before graduating from university. Now she's building a primary school here and teaching the children to read and study."

The village chief nodded after listening, picked up his pipe, took a puff of tobacco, and after blowing out the smoke rings, he slowly said, "Haiyan, I know, there is no problem on my side, but given Haiyan's personality, I'm afraid she won't be willing to accept your interview."

Hearing the village chief say this, Liu Miaomiao quickly responded, "It's okay, even if it's just a few simple words with her, that way, we can have an explanation when we go back and complete the task smoothly."

Liu Miaomiao felt that it would be better to think about this interview carefully after returning. She believed that her intuition was right. And it was not just her who thought so. Even the thoughtful Wang Guifeng held the same view, of course, excluding Li Bo, who was a bit careless.

The village chief tapped the edge of the kang lightly with his pipe. "That's fine, but I'm afraid it's not very convenient right now. How about this? You guys wait here first. I'll go to her house to communicate and see how things are going, and then arrange for you to interview her."

Hearing the village chief's words, Liu Miaomiao quickly responded, "Okay, thank you for your help. If it is really inconvenient or impossible to arrange an interview, then forget it." After saying that, she showed an understanding and non-compulsory expression on her face.

At this moment, the village chief seemed to have suddenly remembered something and asked with concern,

"By the way, you haven't eaten yet, right? I'll ask the child's mother to prepare something for you later."

The three of them came in such a hurry that they didn't prepare any extra food. Before Liu Miaomiao could answer, Liu Bo took out the food coupons and money from his pocket and handed them over.

"Uncle Village Chief, thank you for your help. We haven't eaten anything along the way. Here are our food coupons and meal money."

The village chief waved his hand and declined with a smile, "Don't be so polite. You just carried some things, and they're not cheap either."

Liu Bo insisted on handing the food coupons to the village chief. "Of course, of course. We have travel allowances for our trips. Please accept this."

Seeing Liu Bo's persistence, the village chief had no choice but to accept the food coupons and turned to shout into the house, "Boss, go tell your mother to prepare some food for these journalists. Make more."

"understood."

【Dinner Conversation:

It was not just a meal, the village chief also prepared some drinks. Liu Miaomiao and Wang Guifeng did not drink any, but Li Bo could not refuse the hospitality and drank several glasses in a row.

Seeing that the meal was almost over, the village chief started talking. He turned to look at Liu Bo and asked with a smile,

"Did the reporters come directly to our village this time, or did they contact and report to the township first?"

When asked, Li Bo answered honestly, "Time was a bit tight, so I went straight to the village."

"Haha, so that's how it is. That's good too. It's a kind of fate that you can come directly to our village!" The village chief said as he filled the glass in front of Li Bo with wine with a smile on his face.

At this time, Liu Miaomiao on the side quickly took over the conversation and added further,

"Uncle Village Chief, that's not too direct. We've already arranged a ride on the oxcart and have to leave tomorrow morning. The newspaper office is anxiously waiting for our reply. The day after tomorrow morning, we have to go to the office to give a work report. You don't know, but we have so many people to interview recently that we're really overwhelmed."

"Oh, is that so. Then I'm curious, how did you know there was such a person in our village?" The village chief seemed very interested in this question, and his eyes fell on Li Bo again.

"I'm not good at talking, Miaomiao, what exactly happened?" Li Bo looked at Liu Miaomiao.

"Well, Uncle, a few days ago, the newspaper received a submission that described Teacher Zhang Haiyan. Her story was quite typical, and the editor-in-chief thought it was very valuable. He immediately arranged for us to come down and do a quick interview. He was thinking that if we could get the article published, we could see if we could get a piece of the story in the next issue."

Hearing this, the village chief's face showed a complicated expression, and there was a hint of gritted teeth in his smile. "Submit an article? What did you write? I want everyone to know."

"The content is actually quite simple and clear. It describes how teacher Zhang Haiyan, despite the harsh environment, came to the mountain village at a young age to provide support, selflessly dedicate herself to promoting the dissemination of cultural knowledge."

The village chief listened and nodded. "Yes, Haiyan is a very good child. It is a blessing for our village to have such a kind-hearted and responsible teacher like her."

As he spoke, the village chief raised his glass again and greeted everyone warmly.

"Come on, Reporter Li, have some more. This is homemade wine, not very strong. The alcohol content will wear off after a while."

...]

After dinner, Liu Miaomiao and Wang Guifeng suggested going out for a walk. The interview was originally scheduled for tonight, but Li Bo got drunk, so the interview had to be postponed to tomorrow morning.