Chapter 5 chapter Five

1 A black Audi sedan slowly drove into the Beilong City Hotel.On the passage leading to the VIP building in the backyard, Zhao Zhentao watched the exquisite gardening on both sides of the path through the car glass: green trees, flowers and artificial rocks, next to an open-air swimming pool and a tennis court, with creepers and dogs hanging from the barbed wire around the tennis court The tail flowers, the green leaves seem to burst the tall wire.The evening here is always quiet, and you can hear bursts of crisp birdsong, which is in stark contrast to the noisy and dirty pier in Old Crab Bay.

Zhao Zhentao escaped Sun Yanping's mother and daughter from home two hours ago, and arrived at the Yanhua Hotel, where he found the city government's car had arrived.This is the special car left by Mayor Hu, and it is also his special car for Zhao Zhentao.When he got into the car, the leaders of Yanhua, such as Secretary Chai and the county magistrate Bai, sent him off, but he did not go back directly to Beilong, but asked the driver to drive the car to the construction site of Beilonggang, and asked Xiong Dajin and others to learn about it. First-hand materials of Beilonggang. Xiong Dajin and others were surprised by Zhao Zhentao's arrival.Zhao Zhentao sensed that Xiong Dajin was depressed. When he saw the Audi car that Mayor Hu had been sitting in, he had a complicated expression. He called Zhao Zhentao aside and handed in his resignation to the commander-in-chief who was about to take over. He asked to be transferred.Zhao Zhentao saw what they were thinking, and they thought that even if they didn't resign, they would be removed in the future.Zhao Zhentao said angrily: "You will stop working after you leave Mayor Hu? I won't let you go."

Xiong Dajin said helplessly: "It seems that Mayor Zhao is forcing us to jump into the sea like Shi Yingmin!" Zhao Zhentao did not show weakness, and shouted loudly: "Jump, whoever thinks he is guilty should jump! Go straight ahead, don't look to both sides!" When he shouted here, someone laughed softly. The new mayor is still very humorous. This is a line in a Japanese movie (Hunt).After Zhao Zhentao made such a fuss, they became quiet instead, staring blankly at the new mayor. Zhao Zhentao went to look at the ruins of the collapsed cross-sea bridge again, feeling very heavy.When he left the port, Xiong Dajin repeatedly asked him to approve his transfer application, but Zhao Zhentao ignored him, so he stuffed a transfer application into the car.Zhao Zhentao opened the paper and found that it turned out to be a map of Beilonggang. He guessed that Xiong Dajin took out the wrong thing in a panic.He stared fixedly at the map, which was modified from the azimuth map of the Great Northern Port drawn by Mr. Sun Yat-sen himself.From the map, you can't see that the old crab bay looks like a giant crab. Only when you walk there can you feel the appearance of the giant crab.He grew up here since he was a child. Does anyone know his feelings for Cancer Bay?Whether it is history or reality, there is no lack of such situations. Some small places that are not well-known or even hard to find on the map, because some important tasks and important events in history have happened there, that place will be marked with solemn words. Walking into the annals of history passed down through the ages, it is frozen in our memory.Isn't Old Crab Bay such a place?

Walking into the lobby of the VIP building, Zhao Zhentao thought of wine.Today, the members of the Standing Committee of the Beilong Municipal Party Committee are going to wash him off, and there is no way he can hide from this drinking.Secretary-General Cao of the municipal government told him that he was temporarily staying in the hotel for the past few days, and the small building in the compound of the military division was being cleaned. At the wine table, Secretary Gao Huanzhang finished introducing the Standing Committee members of Beilong, and Zhao Zhentao waited for everyone's compliments.It's hard for him to say how much he can drink, he often just drinks emotional wine, such as drinking with his father Zhao Laogong, and he won't get drunk even after drinking half a catty, and drinking official wine, he just depends on his impromptu performance.

Gao Huanzhang was the first to raise his glass, and said happily: "Mayor Zhao is my younger brother. Before Gao Huanzhang abdicates, I can still work with my younger brother for a while. I, Gao Huanzhang, am lucky for three years! Zhentao is a talented man from Beilong. It is only natural for him to return to Beilong today. Except for Secretary Xu, all of you are from Beilong. Once Mayor Hu left, someone would scold me that Gao Huanzhang likes to join the Beilong gang. I am not afraid of anyone Whoever is scolding, as long as the work of Beilong is carried on, what's the matter with the Beilong Gang? The people of Beilong are just in a group! Zhentao, I want to toast you as an elder brother!"

Zhao Zhentao looked at Gao Huanzhang's face and said movedly: "Secretary Gao, today you called me brother in our Beilong accent, which sounds very kind to me! In our team, your eldest brother is the old monitor. I, Zhao Zhentao, have no experience. You You can't watch the excitement, you have to get on the horse and see you off!" He smiled and drank the glass of wine. Gao Huanzhang was a man with a red neck, and he drank three more glasses in a row. Zhao Zhentao raised his hand to hold Gao Huanzhang's arm: "Secretary Gao, you have a bad stomach, so please drink less. Zhentao appreciates the kindness of Big Brother!"

Deputy Secretary Han also stopped him and said, "Secretary Gao went down to the coal mine, and the wine was horrible! You've ruined your stomach! Secretary Gao, let me drink the following wine for you!" Zhao Zhentao heard that Deputy Secretary Han was also promoted from the coal mine and was Secretary Gao's right-hand man. Right now, he doesn't know how close he is to Gao Huanzhang, or whether Gao Huanzhang is really proud of him.Watching Deputy Secretary Han toast, Zhao Zhentao could only calmly accept the challenge: "Other members of the Standing Committee here, except for Secretary Gao, the only person I met first was Secretary Han! Secretary Gao, don't drink, let's drink!" He drank it down.

Gao Huanzhang sullenly said, "Ah, you young people don't want me as an old man?" Zhao Zhentao said: "Let's drink first, you rest first! Seeing the changes in our Beilong and seeing the good wine and food that Secretary Gao prepared for me, I might as well stop waiting and respect everyone!" Just got up to toast. Gao Huanzhang raised his hand and said, "Don't, don't break the rules. Everyone respects you first, and then you can drink whatever you like! Hey, I like what Mayor Zhao said just now. The cadres who took office in Beilong in the past, Let me tell you at the wine table that I am here to change Beilong's poor and poor appearance. Who said we are poor and poor? He entertained him with eight dishes and eight bowls of delicacies from mountains and seas, and said that we are poor and poor, is it irritating or not?" He laughed haha.

Zhao Zhentao said: "Secretary Gao loves Beilong, and we all love Beilong too! Then drink this glass of wine!" His face was flushed with wine. Gao Huanzhang also drank the wine: "Everyone may not know that Zhentao is the mayor who was blown by this storm! He had already been notified that he was going to study at the Central Party School one day away. The Provincial Party Committee asked Zhao In the long run, it is the support for our Beilong! Of course, Mayor Hu has done a good job! We can’t take care of organizational matters! The current work of Beilong is affirmed by the provincial party committee. It is indeed the case , the situation is great, but also the situation is severe! Especially the storm surge hit us by surprise! Let me lose my wife and lose my army! Tomorrow is Monday, and we will hold an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee in the morning, focusing on research on governance and rectification Under the situation, open the situation again!"

Zhao Zhentao said with a smile: "Secretary Pan said that you are a hard-working man, you are right! You are talking about work while you are drinking?" Gao Huanzhang slapped his head: "I was wrong, I was wrong! I punish myself with a glass of wine!" He drank a glass as he spoke, making everyone laugh. Zhao Zhentao's mood was really aroused by Gao Huanzhang, he drank wine and observed these important officials of Beilong.At this table, except for Gao Huanzhang, they are all strangers, and they will work together in the future, so people can't say that Zhao Zhentao is not very young, and "he has a good spectrum".When he arrived, his father-in-law told him: When you return to your hometown to be an official, you must not show off.You are young, if you are old and old, how happy you will be.Learn to endure when things happen.

This storm surge was a big disaster for Beilong, but it might be a happy event for Zhao Zhentao in his life.In the past, he was the executive deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee. He was at the deputy department level, and the provincial opening-up office was also at the deputy department level. Now he has been promoted from the deputy department to the main department.Zhao Zhentao toasted and drank very kindly, because he was in a good mood, he was not a bit drunk today, and kept the necessary smile and silence all the time.He quietly watched the speech and behavior of everyone present, including the eyes and expressions used by others for the first moment when they looked at him. When they broke up with these people, they all made appointments with Zhao Zhentao to meet him, but Zhao Zhentao declined them all: "Secretary Gao will represent all of them tonight." Gao Huanzhang said in a drunken state: "You all have good cigarettes and good alcohol, I know! Just save it for now. Mayor Zhao has just arrived, and he has to go to various counties, agencies, major factories and mines to get familiar with and conduct research. What do you think? Can we drink less wine? It’s fine if I have an old stomach problem, and I’ve drained Zhentao, who will work hard for us Beilong? Hahaha—” Gao Huanzhang laughed and accompanied Zhao Zhentao back to the guest room.As soon as he lay down on the bed in the guest room, he fell asleep in a daze, and snored loudly.Deputy Secretary Han picked up a blanket and covered Gao Huanzhang. After everyone had left, Zhao Zhentao called Gao Huanzhang up.Gao Huanzhang sobered up, took a sip of water, smoked a cigarette, and said, "Brother Zhentao, is this group okay? There's nothing special about it. If anyone tells you wrong in the future, just tell me!" Zhao Zhentao raised his head and looked at him nonchalantly: "Old Gao, this is what bothers you when you are a brother. Can you manage your subordinates submissively? Do they still dare to raise objections?" Gao Huanzhang said loudly: "It's hard to be the top leader at the grassroots level! Such a large area, with so many people, if you don't take care of it, everything will be messed up! You will understand when you become the top leader!" Zhao Zhentao said: "Old Gao, I won't argue with you anymore. In the future, I, Zhao Zhentao, will not be as honest as them. You have to be mentally prepared!" Gao Huanzhang said with a smile: "You are different from them. You are my younger brother and someone whom Gao Huanzhang admires. Even if you scold me, I love to hear it too! You can do it and they can't! This is called one thing for another!" Zhao Zhentao smiled wryly and said, "Look at you, the coal mining business is here again! Lao Gao, the Standing Committee will be held tomorrow, and I want to communicate with you about Salt Chemical and Beilonggang! I really know what to say !" Gao Huanzhang thought for a while and said, "Zhentao, I'm really happy that you got into the situation so quickly! In fact, I, Gao Huanzhang, recommended you to Beilong to the Provincial Party Committee. Apart from our brother's affection, I just liked you." Talent! Your talent will be used in Beilonggang, so I can rest assured! Secretary Pan of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor Fu also expect you to be in Beilonggang!" Zhao Zhentao shook his head and smiled: "Old Gao, you have won the prize! What kind of talent do I, Zhao Zhentao, have? I'm afraid your brother may be mistaken!" Gao Huanzhang nodded and said: "I, Gao Huanzhang, came from a coal digging background. I am not very capable, but I am still very accurate! You can do a good job! I might as well give you all my opinions on Yanhua and Beilonggang today, so as not to waste money You blame me in your heart, Gao Huanzhang, for being unjust! Salt is my long-term unit, and Secretary Chai used to be my secretary. Saltification did not work well, which was beyond my expectation! Of course, he also encountered a storm surge that does not happen in a century, so he should be unlucky! Secretary Chai has a good relationship with Lu Guoying, who paid bribes, and Li Guanghan, who is at large. Came to my place! So when Lei Juan asked me that day, I was at a loss. I was afraid that Secretary Chai would follow him in, yell at him, and call him into the room alone. I only asked him a word : Did you take bribes? He said frankly no!" Zhao Zhentao remembered his judgment at the time and didn't interrupt. Gao Huanzhang's voice became much higher: "I am confident that he dare not lie to me! But I still asked him: You know Lei Juan's anti-corruption ability. If you are found out by then, I will not care about you." Yes! You know that I, Gao Huanzhang, hate depraved hypocrites the most! But he still insisted that he had nothing to do with it! Then he proposed to transfer away from Saltification. I said that your feet are not afraid of crooked shoes! Keep going, I, Gao Huanzhang, will believe you , What are you afraid of? He promised me that he would do something amazing in a short period of time! Look, should you let him do it first?" Zhao Zhentao said: "At this moment, the team that stabilizes the salinization is right!" Gao Huanzhang said: "The first and second leaders of the salinization team will not move yet, and some adjustments can be made. When I came back, I exchanged opinions with Minister Xu of the Organization Department. Qi Shaowu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Xiewan Township, during this extraordinary period of disaster relief and relief, Excellent performance! He is also a candidate for the deputy county magistrate, so he was brought up, and the materials have been reported to the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee—” Zhao Zhentao didn't express his opinion right away, he was pro-three-pointed, no matter how he hated Qi Shaowu, but he was willing to mention Qi Shaowu to his third sister Haiying.He pretended to be calm and said: "Secretary Pan is very satisfied with Secretary Qi's performance! But I can't say anything, because he is my brother-in-law!" Gao Huanzhang said with a smile: "You are a ghost! It's not easy to express your opinion. You brought out the living secretary, and you still said you didn't express your opinion? Zhentao, you have to show some courage. Say what you want, as long as you speak to the party and the people. Good, what are you afraid of?" Zhao Zhentao looked at Gao Huanzhang and said nothing. Gao Huanzhang said again: "Today I had a few drinks, just to drive them away. I have something to discuss with you! I thought, I can't stay in Yanhua, this place will be assigned to you, Mayor Zhao! Then you are from Yanhua, and secondly, you have to go to Beilonggang often, incidentally! I want to go to the three counties in the northern mountainous area to catch the poverty alleviation work!" Zhao Zhentao was a little surprised. He heard that Mayor Hu wanted to intervene in Salt Chemical several times, but was blocked by Gao Huanzhang.Why did Lao Gao trust him so much?Since Gao Huanzhang dared to let go of Yanhua, it means that he has no interest relationship with Secretary Chai, and he has no need to protect Yanhua.Zhao Zhentao nodded and said, "Since Secretary Gao said it, I have no choice but to obey! If you dig a hole, Mr. Gao, I, Zhao Zhentao, have to jump in!" Gao Huanzhang said: "Jump, didn't Shi Yingmin jump? Beilong Port is not navigable, and we will all have to jump into the sea in the future. Are you aware of it?" Zhao Zhentao said: "Yes! I was just about to ask you what to do in Beilonggang?" Gao Huanzhang blinked and said, "Are you asking me? I'm still asking you!" Zhao Zhentao said: "I went to Beilonggang again this afternoon. Shi Yingmin died, Mayor Hu was transferred away, Xiong Dajin and others were very depressed, and the project management had no rules, and the quality of the original project was not completely up to standard! Throwing a lot of money into the sea, if the return is a shabby project, you say that it cannot be sailed and jumped into the sea, I think it will be destroyed after the navigation, and we will have no face to see Hades if we want to jump into the sea!" Gao Huanzhang said: "What do you think? Stop? This won't work. In Salinization, I said to stop work, only considering the funds. It's a temporary anger! Calm down and think about it, it's hard to explain up and down! The common people will question us. , the Provincial Committee blames us, and the middle-level cadres will laugh at us! Even if we are skinny dogs, we have to hold on!" Zhao Zhentao stood up and said, "Boss Gao, today's stoppage is for a better start tomorrow! We can't put on airs. Right now we have no money, even if those scumbags are not greedy, they are hairy crabs gnashing their teeth indiscriminately. It can only be a low-level project!" I held the map of Laoxie Bay and thought about it all the way. This year is the second year of bank tightening and rectification. Many foreign investors are watching, and the new wave of opening up is coming soon! We can only accumulate strength now. Prepare financial and material resources However, the scientific research in the seaport cannot be stopped. We need to build a strong team to overcome the storm surge. When we start construction in the future, we can start the supporting projects for storm surge control! In this way, we are under pressure, but for our children and grandchildren. Future generations have left a safe haven!" Gao Huanzhang thought for a while and said, "Your thinking is right! But how do we deal with the situation in front of us?" Zhao Zhentao smiled and said, "Didn't you always say that there is no flaming mountain that cannot be passed!" Gao Huanzhang said: "I'm not mistaken, so I'll do it according to your idea! However, at this moment, the salted Xiaochai has an idea. Xiaochai told me, let me scold you back, so let's sing a good song first." Let's play!" Zhao Zhentao didn't ask what his good show was. He was always not enthusiastic about Chai Defa. Could it be that he was prejudiced?When Gao Huanzhang was about to get up and go home, Zhao Zhentao suddenly asked him: "Old Gao, I don't understand why you care so much about Chai Defa? I don't think it's just that he was your secretary—" Gao Huanzhang sat down again, sighed, and said, "Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhao, you deliberately don't let your elder brother go home! Your sister-in-law blamed me, and I will settle the score with you! The question you asked, Bei How many times have people from Long asked, and I didn’t tell anyone. It’s actually very simple. The relationship between me and Xiao Chai comes from his father’s generation. His father, Chai Fushan, and I are buddies. We went down the well together, and he was older than me. When I was a teenager, he protected me everywhere. In a coal mine leaking accident, that old brother died to save me! It means that Xiaochai’s father was kind to my life. When my old brother was about to swallow his last breath , asked me to take good care of his only son! Soon Xiao Chai’s mother died of illness again, which is tantamount to relying on the orphan! Decades have passed, and it seems to happen in the blink of an eye. Every year I go to Brother Chai’s grave Let’s go and have a look, and tell him about Xiao Chai’s situation, so I feel at ease!” He couldn’t continue, and there were tears in his eyes. Zhao Zhentao suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right, Xiao Chai is an orphan." Gao Huanzhang continued with red eyes: "The relationship between us coalspots is incomprehensible to ordinary people! This kid grew up with his grandma, and he did it under my nose! His father wanted him to do it when he was alive." He is a good doctor. He graduated from a medical university. After graduation, he will change his career. He is willing to enter politics. Once he enters politics, he will not be able to disclose our relationship! I also hope you will keep it secret. Take care of where!" Zhao Zhentao said, "Everyone is the secretary of the county party committee, so you still need me to take care of them?" Gao Huanzhang said proudly: "Don't tell me, since he went there for three years, the total output value of industry and agriculture has doubled! It has entered the top 100 counties in the country! The salted coal tartar power plant, large cold storage and this section of the expressway , if it wasn’t for this storm surge, the cross-sea bridge can be counted. Xiaochai has made some political achievements in Yanhua. The people in Yanhua are obvious to all! An open county! Yanhua can still contribute to our Beilonggang! Yanhua people know what is openness, openness not only refers to the market, but also refers to the spirit of people! The spiritual outlook of Yanhua people is also first-class in the city!" Zhao Zhentao said: "Hearing what you said, I am proud of Yanhua! But I also see that Yanhua's black hands are hanging high!" Gao Huanzhang grinned and said, "Don't be afraid, the black hand hangs the overlord's whip!" 2 Zhao Xiaole didn't feel complacent because his elder brother returned to his hometown to be the mayor, on the contrary, he became timid because of his elder brother's arrival.The buddies who smuggled salt with him in the past have recruited him to join, saying that with your big brother as the backer, are you afraid of going to jail again?Zhao Xiaole said, I am a fisherman, so I have to act like a fisherman and grab food from the sea with my strength.Saying this from the mouth, I still have the meaning in my heart not to cause trouble for my elder brother.Ever since he and Liu Lianzhong attacked the harbor technician Gao Tianhe last time, he felt a little scared, but he had never been afraid before.So when Siju interrogated him, he tremblingly used all his moves, and knew that if it wasn't for Siju's rescue, Gao Tianhe would die, and he and Liu Lianzhong would have stopped cooking.Is it worth putting your life in for the sake of Zhu Zhu?Later, when he heard from Siju that Gao Tianhe had no intention of dating Zhu Zhu, he regretted it even more. Liu Lianzhong was severely scolded by Siju, and he didn't dare to mess with Xiaole anymore. He contracted the closed paper mill in the village to restart it, and earn a lot of money by himself, waiting for Siju to marry him.Zhao Xiaole didn't have a partner to make troubles with, so he went into the sea to fish in a down-to-earth manner. As soon as Xiao Le forgot about Zhu Zhu's resignation, he was stopped by Zhu Zhu's mother La Hua when he came back from selling fish in Laohekou that day.Lahua smiled with that old snobbish face: "Xiao Le, come here, mother has something to tell you." Zhao Xiaole walked stubbornly, ignoring her.Spicy flower chased after a few more steps: "Xiao Le, did you hear that? Mother is talking to you!" Zhao Xiaole turned her head and cursed: "Fuck you, my mother is dead!" The smile on the corner of La Hua's mouth still didn't fade away: "Are you still angry with me? I don't blame Zhu Zhu and you, nor Zhu Zhu, it's all the fault of that little boy surnamed Gao who hooked up with Zhu Zhu! Your father You are reconciled with my father Zhu Zhu, you old man, are you still always small-bellied?" Zhao Xiaole chuckled twice: "I don't blame you, I blame myself for not being up to date! The old man is a matter for the older generation, they should be fine. As for me, I will pretend that I don't know your old Zhu family, and we will fly away It's clear!" Lahua said calmly, "Xiao Le, you are stubborn! Listen to me telling you: Zhu Zhu wants to see you, she wants to reunite with you! You said your brother is going to be the mayor, Still not getting you into the city? Be a company manager or something?" Zhao Xiaole said: "Is the city where I stay? I'm not going anywhere! If I want to be a manager, I can do it in Laoxie Bay! Let me tell you one more thing, tell Zhu Zhu: She is A big worker in the harbor, I am a fisherman in the sea, I am not good enough for her! Let her give up, I, Zhao Xiaole, will never marry her even if I have been a bachelor for the rest of my life!" Lahua was so angry that she couldn't breathe, she stopped with a bah and said, "I don't know what's good or bad!" Zhao Xiaole turned his head and glared at her, feeling a sense of relief in his heart.This world is really unbelievable, people are living smaller and smaller, and their eyesight is getting shorter and shorter. In just a few days, Lao Zhu's family made a 180-degree turn for him.What about the tone of life, why is it gone?Dad often said a word: anger is in people, and it is over when people are angry. When Xiao Le returned home and told his father and Siju, Siju covered her mouth and laughed.He patted his chest and said proudly: "Since my eldest brother came to Beilong, I, Zhao Xiaole, is now Zhang Fei selling weights, and the goods are hard as well as the people!" Zhao Laogong ignored him, smoking sullenly, his body bent like Lu Ban's ruler.During the day, Zhu Quande also approached him to intercede. Zhao Laogong knew that he was a henpecked master, so it was embarrassing enough to beg him.He wiped away tears without saying a few words.He feels that old Zhutou is pitiful, does old Zhutou know that he is pitiful?Had I known that now I have gone to fuck?If this is Zhao Laogong's daughter, let alone resignation, even if she doesn't respect the old man, he will discount her legs.He swallowed all the complaints about Old Zhutou, and replied vaguely: This is the children's own business, let them manage their own affairs!There are many things you can't ask for.However, I still want to persuade Xiao Le, Zhu Zhu is indeed a good boy, I like him from the bottom of my heart. Thinking about it, Zhao Laogong exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Xiao Le, Dad knows that you still love Zhu Zhu!" Zhao Xiaole said in a riddle: "Zhu Zhu, who is Zhu Zhu? I don't know her!" Then she secretly laughed. Zhao Laogong shouted angrily: "You son of a bitch, your father is talking to you! Zhu Zhu is a good girl, but she wants to be with you again after a change of heart. What else are you going to do? Just marry, Zhu Zhu is not just Married second-best!" Zhao Xiaole said with a stern face: "Father, there is no turning back when you shoot the bow, the old Zhu family is really shameless! This is not a junk buying store, she will marry whomever she likes!" Si Ju also echoed, "Father, you usually stand by you when you scold Xiao Le, but today I don't agree with your words. This marriage is not a child's play!" Zhao Laogong saw that he couldn't talk to two children, so he yelled: "You will be a bachelor for the rest of your life!" Angrily, he turned around and hid.His head was swollen, his breathing was heavy, and his feet were as heavy as iron anchors. Zhao Xiaole's marriage is not as pessimistic as his father imagined. No one expected that his luck would come like a wave, let alone that he would find a female teacher in the harbor. It was a peaceful afternoon, and even though the sun had penetrated through the clouds, it was still so steamy that the old boat of the old Hekou Haizi looked away with a stern look.Zhao Xiaole was lying on his boat resting the tide, and the three mountain men he hired went ashore to buy cigarettes, so the boat was very quiet.He fell asleep for a while, and then heard a fisherman shouting: "Xiao Le, you are so fucking dreaming of marrying a wife!" Zhao Xiaole didn't look up, and cursed back: "Go play, get under the bed of your bitch!" He laughed, and the laughter disappeared very slowly. There was a thunder, and the sky became overcast.Xiao Le covered the cabin with plastic sheeting, and jumped off the fishing boat by himself.He came straight to an old house on the beach.This is the mud house of the old man with six fingers. When he comes back from the sea, he often plays chess with the old man with six fingers and listens to the old man with six fingers sing fisherman's songs. After walking a few steps, there was a howling wind on the beach, a burst of thunder and lightning, and raindrops as big as copper coins slammed down, splashing salt flower-shaped blisters on the beach, which shattered in a blink of an eye.Xiao Le ran towards the mud shop with her head in her arms, flicking her big feet.He shyly ran to the eaves, pulled out a handful of dry reed grass from the eaves, and scraped the mud and sand on the shoes.When he lowered his head abruptly, he saw a pair of delicate and delicate feet of a woman. With greedy eyes, he moved up bit by bit along the goose-yellow skirt.The sky suddenly turned pink, and Xiao Le was dumbfounded for a moment: "Oh my god, where is this girl from?" The girl was painting very intently, but she didn't notice Xiao Le's arrival.Xiao Le stared closely at the girl's flushed face dyed by the sea breeze, it was round like a blown face.He looked closely at this face, it was the appearance of an ordinary woman, but her figure was no match, her glistening waist swayed like a kind of light dance.The girl didn't even care about the splash of raindrops, she was immersed in her painting.Zhao Xiaole was so teased that his mouth was dry, and there was a desire to possess her in his heart.Only then did he realize that the girl was drawing his boat.The six-fingered old man in the room sang fisherman's songs, which annoyed Xiao Le a little, but he saw that the painting girl loved to listen, so he hummed along from time to time. The charming fisherman flows out of the small mud hut, creating an atmosphere in the ears of the female painter, like a vivid ancient legend, leading her thinking into the blue labyrinth of the sea, and fully understanding the fisherman's conquest across the wild age The majestic wind of nature.In her eyes, Xiao Le's big boat also changed shape, becoming an ancient carrier, a world purely composed of primitive colors.It was as if the eyes of the soul had been opened, and the bumpy patches of color she had smeared on the canvas had also become a stroke of genius. Standing behind the girl, Xiao Le deliberately made some noises with his sore arms, so that the girl could pay attention to him, even if it was enough to just smile at him.But the girl didn't speak, which made Xiao Le very annoyed.Pretty proud, you know it's my boat that you drew.He didn't know why the girl was interested in his boat?His boat hasn't been painted yet!He saw his white boat from the painting.The humiliation of being neglected gave him the desire to conquer her. He rubbed against her, tilted his head, and saw her face.Her face is more delicate than the profile.He wondered if the girl really didn't see him, or was she ignoring him on purpose?Then imitating the tune of the six-fingered old man, he yelled: "Wow--" The girl was startled, her hand holding the paintbrush trembled, she turned her head and cursed: "I hate it!" Zhao Xiaole grinned: "You scold me for being annoying, but do you know whose boat you are painting?" The girl asked, "Whose boat?" "My Zhao Xiaole's white stubble boat! You can paint it after I finish painting!" Zhao Xiaole said. But the girl's face was filled with joy: "I didn't expect you to be so discerning! If you paint, I won't paint!" Zhao Xiaole was stunned: "Hey, you are so weird, where are you from?" The girl continued to draw, but pursed her lips and did not answer. The six-fingered old man came out of the mud hut: "Xiao Lezi, are you bullying people again? Bullying women is not up to you!" Zhao Xiaole patted the six-fingered old man's bald head affectionately: "Old Six Fingers, you're on a rainy day, why are you humming? It's like a pig squawking!" Before Lao Liuzhi could speak, the girl said loudly, "My lord sings beautifully, I love to hear it!" The six-fingered old man smiled and said, "Look, Teacher Mi is cheering me on!" Only then did Zhao Xiaole know that the girl was Mi Xiuxiu, an art teacher at Haigang Elementary School.He felt that Mi Xiuxiu was surrounded by a celestial spirit, full of femininity, and so elusive.Just this side, he can't forget her. Back home, Zhao Xiaole told Siju about Mi Xiuxiu's appearance, and Siju shamed him and said, "Don't be a toad who wants to eat swan meat! There are many good girls in the world, what does it have to do with you, Zhao Xiaole? Dad said I called my eldest brother to persuade you to get married with Zhu Zhu quickly, and my father is still waiting to hold a grandson!" Zhao Xiaole said dissatisfied: "Give up your mind!" He took out a painting that Mi Xiuxiu had badly painted and looked at it bit by bit. Sending it to his mouth, he secretly smiled and kissed him.In fact, he didn't know if Teacher Mi had a lover?It's just a hot unrequited love. In order to wait for Teacher Mi, Zhao Xiaole missed Chao'er several times in the past few days. 3 Coming out of the meeting room of the Standing Committee, Zhao Zhentao met with his new secretary, Zheng Jin.Zheng Jin was the pillar of the municipal government's Political Research Office. Zhao Zhentao had a good first impression of the young man, so he asked him to take him to the Open Office in the front yard of the municipal government to see his old subordinates.When he was in the province's opening to the outside world, he had a very close relationship with the comrades in Beilong.The comrades of the Office of Opening to the Outside World were very moved, and Zhao Zhentao politely declined when they insisted on helping him.He asked Zheng Jin to go home for dinner, and walked to the hotel by himself.He wanted to take a break at noon and wait for Xiong Dajin and others from Beilonggang to report in the afternoon. Walking into the lobby of the hotel, Mrs. Ge and Sun Yanping came out of the crowd.Zhao Zhentao couldn't dodge it, because Sun Yanping's eyes had already met his, and no one could avoid the other's eyes.His heart tightened, but he greeted him calmly.About three years ago, he met this woman in the provincial capital. Mrs. Ge was still the same, but Sun Yanping was different, she looked younger than then.She seemed to have just taken a bath, her shiny black hair was curled into a beautiful bun, neatly coiled behind her head.She was wearing a black dress, which made her complexion whiter and fresher.There are still shallow wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her lips are full, and the little ruffian at the corner of her mouth makes her look tricky.The pink silk woven underwear is very revealing, which makes people unable to distinguish the boundary between flesh and clothes.Her eyes are the same as her mother's when she was young. Seeing Sun Yanping reminds people of Mrs. Ge's back then.Ge Yuqin was born to Ge Haiba and his concubine, and she is a beauty in Laoxie Bay.As for Sun Yanping, she is more beautiful than her mother was, because she caught up with a good time.The moment Zhao Zhentao approached the two of them, Sun Yanping's face was blurred, blurred like petals of small oranges.How could it feel like this? Sun Yanping called him sweetly: "Zhentao, it's time for you!" Zhao Zhentao deliberately avoided Sun Yanping's hot gaze, first shook hands with Mrs. Ge, and called Aunt Sun kindly.Even though Sun Yanping's father had died long ago, he kept yelling that, and Mrs. Ge was used to it.Mrs. Ge took Zhao Zhentao's hand and smiled into a chrysanthemum face: "Look, Zhentao has become the mayor!" When Zhao Zhentao shook hands with Sun Yanping, he felt that Sun Yanping's hand was cold and trembling slightly.They didn't speak, they just nodded knowingly. Zhao Zhentao took them to the restaurant of the hotel and sat down. As soon as they sat down, Mrs. Ge made a statement: This meal was invited by their company. Zhao Zhentao smiled slightly and said, "Let me invite Aunt Sun." Mrs. Ge said: "Auntie welcome Zhentao!" Sun Yanping smiled at the side, and said, "Whoever invites me, Lu Yiran looks like a debt collector. From time to time, she turns her head to look at the mirror on the wall, looks at herself in the mirror, and asks Zhao Zhentao when she turns her head: "Am I old? " Zhao Zhentao understands the psychology of this type of women best. When they tell a man that they are old or ugly, they are waiting for you to praise her for being beautiful and young.Zhao Zhentao said not against his will: "Yanping is really getting younger and younger! What panacea have you taken?" Sun Yanping smiled happily, showing her teeth.Although her teeth are as beautiful as white jade, upon closer inspection, Zhao Zhentao can still see her ferocity from the wormholes in the roots of her teeth.Zhao Zhentao often judges women's good and evil based on their teeth.What is a woman?Women are teeth.A good woman has good teeth, and a bad woman has bad teeth!Once the woman with the bad teeth has bitten a man, you will forever remember her magic, and the horrors that come with it. After the dishes were ordered, Mrs. Ge asked Zhao Zhentao what wine to drink.Sun Yanping said decisively: "Drink foreign wine, XO or Remy Martin or something! In the past, Zhentao often went abroad, he likes to drink foreign wine!" Mrs. Ge said: "Then drink foreign wine! Is it Zhentao?" Sun Yanping's tone made him lose the possibility of explaining and defending.Zhao Zhentao marveled at Sun Yanping's memory, he only treated her to a debt twice in the provincial capital, and she remembered what wine he liked to drink. Indeed, even Zhao Zhentao himself didn't understand why he, a carpenter who got out of Old Xiewan, liked to drink foreign wine.He often asked himself, your stomach is soaked in sorghum rice wine from your hometown. Have you not had sawdust on your head for a few days?为这，妻子盖瑶说自己出国后，一定要把赵振涛带到国外去，而身居高位的老岳父就不这样说了，叮嘱他把洋酒戒了：当领导干部的要格外注意。一来有经济原因，二来是脱离群众，一个喝洋酒的基层干部能够与老百姓同甘苦共命运吗？他把洋酒就戒了。 他淡淡地说：“艳萍真是好记性，我是喜欢喝洋酒，不过，太贵了，再说让人看见也不好！就喝点白酒吧！” 孙艳萍任性地说：“不行，就喝洋酒！你在官场上喝啥酒我不管，今天是咱自家人聚会，必须喝个痛快！” 赵振涛摆摆手说：“我下午还有个办公会，意思一下就算啦！” 孙艳萍生气地站起身，亲自到服务台拿来一瓶人头马，急急地打开。赵振涛觉得她的脾气和意志都无法抗拒，就默认了。 孙艳萍很嫩的纤手上溅满了酒液，在他眼前晃来晃去，她站在那里也犹如一条朦胧的黑影，使他感到陌生。这原本是他多么熟悉的身影呢？他的脑袋像是有什么东西给炸开了个洞儿，积存了很久的东西又漫了上来。 对面的老太太，是孙艳萍的母亲，从另一个角度上讲，葛老太太也是他赵振涛的母亲。他饿得要死的时候，也曾吃过这个老太太的奶水哩。尽管是队长给安排的，还给葛老太太记着工分，可他毕竟吃了她几个月的奶水。 赵振涛与孙艳萍产生感情是在上学的时候，这感情与他们一乳喂养是有关系的。孙艳萍看他的眼神那时就不一样，他在她的眼神里看到一种光，那是别的女孩儿身上没有的。 赵老巩家里孩子一多，生活就十分紧巴了。一次，一连三天赵振涛啃着书包里的盐疙瘩，饿得小脸发青，回家的路上就晕倒了。孙艳萍一直跟着他，吃力地将他背起来，背到自己家里，给他煮粥喝。葛老太太对赵老巩一家有仇，可对他家抱养的赵振涛没仇，几次找队长要将他抱养过来。赵老巩死活不答应，骂道：“你们是啥出身？俺家穷是穷点，可俺们家根红苗正，过到你们家，孩子的前程就完了。” 小时候，赵振涛去队里的舱船上偷过一书包棉籽饼，发了霉的棉籽饼。那是很黑的夜晚，他被队长抓到后捆绑在大队部里，恰巧给路过的葛玉琴瞧见了。葛玉琴就跪下跟队长求情：孩子还小，放了他吧，张扬出去孩子还怎么做人？赵振涛记得，葛玉琴膝盖都跪出血来了。队长问她为啥对这个小杂种这么上心？葛玉琴流着眼泪说，他要是赵老巩的种儿俺才不管呢！他吃过俺的奶水，俺就心疼他。你要真不给面子，就拿俺换下孩子吧！队长的阶级斗争观念很强，就真的拿葛玉琴替下了赵振涛。后来在全村召开批斗葛玉琴的大会上，赵老巩幸灾乐祸地拉着小振涛去受教育。赵振涛心如刀绞，躲在一个小角落里哭了。这是赵振涛心里永远欠着葛老太太的情债。 赵振涛欠孙艳萍什么呢？他与孙艳萍的感情是从上初中的时候开始的。现在看来，这不幸的感情可能是个怪圈，无论朝哪个方向走都没有出路。那时的孙艳萍就爱上他了。少女最初的情感萌醒是默默和偷偷的单恋，她经过了见他脸红、悄悄审视他，到大胆追求他的阶段。许多琐琐碎碎的小事，赵振涛几乎都记不清了，他永远不忘的是那个夜晚：他和孙艳萍等几个同学去海汉子里捞蛤蜊，大雨几乎将他们冲散了，只有艳萍紧紧拉着他的手。他和孙艳萍背着蛤蜊到看船佬六指爷的小泥铺子里避雨。六指爷不在，就是他们两个人。打雷的时候，孙艳萍惊叫了一声，靠在他的怀里。他忘记她当时说了一句什么，只觉得她的声音里有肉感，声音像是从身体里飘出来的，像花蛇一样紧紧缠住了他的头。她饱满的胸脯顶着他的腰了，他以为是她的手顶他，他本来是想择开她的手的，却摸着了她的乳房。她红着脸用蚊子一样小的声音哺哺：“振涛哥，你真坏呀！”他就摸上去了，感觉她很嫩，她的皮肤很嫩，一种湿润细腻的嫩，连她的心也很嫩了。她抱紧了他，任他脱掉她的衣眼。借着闪电的光亮，他看见了两个白白的东西，整体看是模糊的，局部又是清晰的，逼真的。这个时候，孙艳萍抖了，额头上冒着汗，像条美人鱼似的在他怀里翻来覆去，把他给弄迷糊了。他听见她说着：俺好怕，俺好怕——平时是他怕孙艳萍，此时他不怕了，觉得浑身燥热而兴奋。他还没有挨着她的宝贝，就将一线湿湿的亮线洒在孙艳萍的脸上身上。他的鼻尖上流着幸福的汗，连声说：完蛋了完蛋了完蛋了！多少年之后她与他单独在一起的时候，还在争论这次发生了实质性内容没有？赵振涛一口咬定没有，而孙艳萍非说那次她的膜破了。不久，他们就偷偷恋爱了，私下定的终身是不敢暴露的，然而孙艳萍敢暴露。赵振涛对她的疯狂感到惊奇，她竟敢到赵家去，双手叉腰地跟赵老巩发难：俺爱振涛哥，谁也不能阻拦！赵老巩气歪了鼻子，把赵振涛叫到家里一顿好骂：你这杂种不是拿铁锚往老爹的心窝子里戳吗？赵振涛给赵老巩跪下了。 道德常常是实现内心欲望的障碍，赵振涛那时所经受的情感折磨，是常人所难以承受的。这边是对他患重如山的义父，那边是他心爱的姑娘，而且两边是那么水火不容地难以调和。胆怯是对矛盾的躲避，人一旦到了没有躲闪的余地，怯懦者也会勇敢起来。赵振涛觉得赵老巩这样对待孙艳萍是不公正的，她娘与赵家的仇恨不能强加在艳萍的身上。他生气地对赵老巩吼道：您是我爹，是我的恩人，我永远不忘。可您不能阻拦我和艳萍！ 赵老巩只顾抽烟没吭声，可他内心风起云涌，他扭皱着老脸说：孩子，爹也知道难为你啦。爹求人给你在公社找了个差事，你去吧，爹眼不见就好啦！将来你们结婚千万别叫爹！他说着，赵振涛的眼泪刷地就流下来了。后来，赵老巩悄悄躲在船场，蹲在木垛旁边抹眼泪，赵振涛则离开了船场，由一个木匠成为公社的报导员，这样，与孙艳萍的来往就方便多了。当时像他这样没有一点背景的人能进公社，简直是不可想象的事。多少年之后，赵振涛才知道自己能进公社，是老爹求了一个亲戚，这个亲戚在盐化当宣传部长，文化大革命中因参与打砸抢，被定为三种人撤职了，前年又因患糖尿病死了。 恋爱的美满结局是婚姻，可婚姻的美满却全凭着机遇和侥幸。当时赵振涛立足未稳，不可能将孙艳萍也调进公社，可孙艳萍在他进入公社不久就进来了，在公社当上了一名话务员。孙艳萍说是怕他地位变了甩了她，其实赵老巩为他求人也是有这层意思。孙艳萍因母亲的出身不好，能进公社简直超出他的预料。但她不仅呆得很稳，而且与当时的公社书记马印奎关系很好，赵振涛的一些事情她都能照料。他们设计着美好前景，商量着要离开农村，到城里生活。1975年春天，赵振涛怎么也没有想到，全公社惟一的上大学指标落在了他的头上。孙艳萍却一点也不惊讶，说是你干得好呗。还说你前脚走俺后脚就跟上，俺也上大学，俺们不就可以留在城里了？她天真地笑着，赵振涛不敢怀疑她的能力了。她爹是贫农，她能不受娘的一点影响进公社不就是一个例子吗？ 孙艳萍亲自将他护送到武汉大学校园，站在长江大桥上，他们拥在一起对未来好一阵遐想。在火车站分手的时候，两人都哭了，孙艳萍还把自己的一条红腰带亲手系在他的腰上。赵振涛知道这是老蟹湾女人爱情的信物，凡是出远门的男人，都要由女人给系上用丝绸做的红腰带，以示吉祥平安并拴住男人的心。赵振涛把红腰带珍藏在行李包里，思念孙艳萍的时候就拿出来看看。 第二年夏天，孙艳萍来信说她已经填表，估计年底回家过节的时候，他就可以看见她的大学录取通知书了。可是天有不测风云，发生在北龙市震惊世界的大地震，将他们的姻缘无情地斩断了。赵振诗心里惦念着家人，更惦念着孙艳萍的安危。后来他听广播说，震中主要集中在北龙和东南县，盐化破坏程度很小，他才悬心略释。不久他收到了父亲让妹妹海英写的一封信，这封信几乎使他跌入痛苦的深渊。海英在信中说，家里都没事儿，只是坍了一间厢房。但孙艳萍出事了，她与公社的马书记砸在了北龙市五七干校的一间教师宿舍里，被人扒出来的时候，两人浑身都光溜溜的。孙艳萍受伤后被解放军的飞机转院到了山东枣庄医院，马书记则被停职检查。信上还说全老蟹湾都嚷嚷开了。 赵振涛看完信半天没说话，脸色纸白纸白，泪水流了再流，顺着脖子流到了胸脯上。他向老师请了假，脸上带着茫然的神情坚定地走了，到山东枣庄的医院来看养病的孙艳萍。他什么也没说，装作一切都不知道，可孙艳萍却羞愧得很，紧紧抱住他委屈地哭着，请求他的原谅。她说：不这样俺们能有出头之日吗？不这样你能走进武大的课堂吗？ 赵振涛原本是要原谅她的，可她最后那句话深深地伤害了他作为一个男人的自尊。回到武汉后，他就把孙艳萍送给他的红腰带扔进了长江。第二年全国统一高考的时候，他找来了所有的考卷，夜深人静时坐在教室里认真地解答。在答考卷之前，他默默地想：如果他超不过分数线，就还娶了孙艳萍，如果超过分数线，那么孙艳萍你就死心吧！他为自己捏了一把汗，可他竟然超过了分数线—— 不论赵振涛在心里怎样找着平衡，他都觉得欠着孙艳萍和她母亲的。欠人钱好还，欠着情债是不好受的，她们永远都可以找他。想着想着，赵振涛扭头打了一个喷嚏，这个时候打喷嚏是不吉利的。 葛老太太边喝酒边东扯西扯，最后回到了正题上。她很镇静地说：“振涛啊，赵老巩这个老东西，对你大妈总是存着成见，看来俺们俩的仇怨只能在下辈子去解啦！俺去家里找你，他总是又挡又拦的。你掏良心说，大妈这些年来，坑过你没有？大妈就是盼着你好哇！” 赵振涛笑着说：“那是那是。大妈从小就护着我！” 孙艳萍翘起手指欣赏着自己手上的金戒指，眼睛闪烁着格外逼人的光芒，问：“我的大市长，我呢？我孙艳萍对你不好吗？难道我不比你的孟瑶还惦念你吗？” 赵振涛无奈地说：“当然，艳萍是我的好妹妹！” 喝酒和斗嘴，赵振涛都不怎么犯怵，对付这两个女人并与她们周旋，他也是没问题的，他怕就怕她们提出盐化的腐败案，尤其是逼他解救孙艳萍的丈夫李广汉。对李广汉，他即使发话，铁女人雷娟也未必能听，而他从本质上也痛恨李广汉这样的腐败分子。他刚来北龙不能开这样的先例。 赵振涛怕什么还就有什么，葛老太太终于看看手表，说：“振涛啊，时间也不早了，后半晌你还有事，俺们娘俩急着找你，是有一个大事求你。也许你知道啦，咱盐化东风盐场的场长李广汉是艳萍的男人，如今犯在了雷娟那娘们儿手上，在外地躲着不敢露面！其实他是冤枉的！县里有人故意整他！这年头跟前些年整人不一样啦，都是从经济上来。眼瞅着他就当上副县长啦，有人眼红，就——” 赵振涛故意装糊涂说：“大妈，您不是常说，脚正不怕鞋歪吗？真是一个好干部，就该真金不怕火炼！既然他没事——” 孙艳萍有些火了，尖声说：“振涛，你这话我不爱听，咋跟台上做报告似的？你要是跟我娘打官腔，我把这杯酒设到你脸上去！” 赵振涛吃了一惊，愣愣地抬起头。 葛老太太瞪了孙艳萍一眼：“去你的，给你脸啦？振涛是市长啦，不是过去拉大锯的木匠啦！说话得讲究点，不然娘撕烂你的嘴！” 孙艳萍转怒为笑道：“我是跟他逗呢，试探试探他，看他敢不敢跟我急。哼，咱光脚的还怕穿鞋的？” 赵振涛瞪了孙艳萍一眼，笑着说：“你简直是个坏女人！” 孙艳萍在餐桌下用脚踢了一下他的膝盖：“我坏吗？这年头办事靠权，没权靠钱。像我们这种没权没钱的老百姓，就得坏点，不然就没法活了！” 赵振涛说：“两年不见你又变油啦！” 孙艳萍说：“你干脆说我五毒俱全算啦！” 葛老太太抬手狠狠拍了一下孙艳萍的脑袋，说：“死丫头，你还贫？你男人都大难临头啦，你还跟没事人一样斗嘴，气死我啦！” 孙艳萍涨红着脸说：“我是冲着儿子才给他活动的，要是冲他李广汉啊，玩蛋去！这个时候，他那些狐朋狗友都哪去啦？小姘们都钻哪个爷们被窝里去啦？” 葛老太大气得直抖：“住嘴！说着说着你就现原形啦！” 赵振涛见这娘俩的样子有些好笑，他板着脸说：“大妈，您和艳萍的心情我都理解。广汉出事啦，家人是应该尽力，不过，这得根据情况来。据我了解，李广汉还不仅仅是卢国营咬出来的这点问题。那天省委潘书记来北龙港视察灾情，夜里就发生了盐工请愿的事，我整整做了一宿的工作！现在还不算完。你们应该劝说李广汉投案自首，悔过自新。逃，逃难的日子是那么好受的吗？躲过了初一能躲过十五吗？” 孙艳萍说：“你别唬我们啊！你们的政策我早就领教过，坦白从严，抗拒从宽！这年头哪不能藏个人？风头一过也就搁黄啦！” 赵振涛皱了皱眉头，说：“看你，说的什么呀？岁数大了，腰包鼓了，水平却变低啦！你说，李广汉走到这一步，是不是你逼的？” 孙艳萍大大咧咧地说：“我和俺娘，老老实实做生意，是凭血汗挣钱。他的钱我一分见不着，有时他还沾巴我们呢！” 葛老太太焦急地说：“振涛啊，大妈是明白人，不会逼你犯错误，只是求你在权限里给他说说话！你不认识广汉，他可是个重义气的汉子，你帮了他，他会报答你的！” 赵振涛哭笑不得地说：“大妈，小时候您对我的情，振涛一辈子也忘不了。可是关于李广汉的事，还没弄清楚，很复杂，我不好向您许什么愿，就是许了愿也是骗您的！我能骗您吗？今天就谈到这儿吧！”他起身想告辞。 孙艳萍附和他说：“妈，振涛初来乍到，就别为难他啦！” 赵振涛笑了：“这回艳萍还说了一句明白话！艳萍，谁家都不愿发生这样的事，可是既然出现了，又有什么办法呢？你得常劝着大妈点儿，别火上浇油啊！还有你自己也多保重！” 孙艳萍终于撑不住了，黑亮的大眼睛里流出了泪：“振涛，你说我的命咋这么苦啊？”她啜泣着哭起来。 赵振涛叹息了一声，走了。孙艳萍急忙抹抹眼睛，追到门口，眼里闪出狂热的神情，讷讷地说：“振涛哥，以后我能来看你吗？” 赵振涛愣了一下，忽然感到她是一个经历坎坷依然有梦的女人。这样的女人最不容易忘掉初恋的情人，生命能不断地受伤又不断地复原，这将是很可怕的。他冷冷地说：“我很忙，很忙——” 孙艳萍目送着他的背影消失，身子险些跌倒。 4 走进宽敞明亮的办公室，有一丝光亮从赵振涛眼里透出来。他站在全国地图旁看北龙是一个手指印，再看老蟹湾就像针尖扎出的一个小眼儿了。几天来，他满脑子全是风暴潮留下的惨境，老蟹湾的风暴潮已经戏弄了人类多少个世界了。现在，在整个环渤海经济战略里，北龙港将举足轻重，因为在未来的日子里，谁赢得了出海口，谁就找到了广阔的生存空间，下个世纪将是向海洋进军的世纪。当年孙中山先生和另外两位辛亥革命领袖宋教仁、黄兴来到老蟹湾的时候，就绘制了令志士仁人热血沸腾的希望与梦想：这里水深岸陡，终年不冲不淤不冻，足以建立中国北方最大的天然良港。此时，他翻阅着这些书籍和孙先生亲笔勾画的北龙大港的蓝图，心想，难道这是伟人给后人设计的“乌托邦”吗？北龙港啊，你赔进了我父亲，难道还要把我也拖进这个陷阱里吗？ 这个念头冒出来的时候，赵振涛为自己的渺小感到羞愧，仿佛看见生父责备的眼神。生父在打他的嘴巴，狠狠地抽打，当北龙港的熊大进和黄国林等人被秘书郑进领进他的办公室时，他还觉得脸上火辣辣地疼。 熊大进屁股还没坐稳，就急切地问：“赵市长，听说北龙港要下马啦，这回该放我走了吧？” 赵振涛静静地看着他，没说话。 黄国林不解地问：“为什么下马？这不是劳民伤财吗？老百姓骂我们劳民伤财！拿着国家的钱财在海里打水漂啊！” 老工程师魏喜堂激动地说：“赵市长，我说两句行吗？我这辈子尽是和港口在打交道啦，龙山港、威海港、烟台港，我都参加过，可没有一个是半拉子工程，没有一个是半途而废的！进驻老蟹湾，也许是我一生中最后一个工程啦。当时我们来到老蟹湾，只有孤零零的两间平房，无水无电，吃水还得从县城运来，终日与波涛为伴，昼夜与泥沙捉迷藏。我不图别的，就图港口建起来，听见第一声轮船的笛声，我就告老还乡了——”他说着抬起袖衫擦擦眼睛。 屋里冷了一下场，静得呼吸都能听到。 赵振涛看了看大伙，说：“谁还有话要说？都说出来嘛！” 副总指挥黄国林说：“北龙港不是拉开架势等时机的形象工程，它是卡住我们咽喉的急迫工程！我们北龙是煤都、煤码头，北煤要南运！这里三个盐场加起来，是亚洲最大的盐场，盐却一直运不出去，没办法，五年前才在盐化建起了大型企业大宝碱厂。我们都知道盐是碱的主要原料，可是碱厂能吃进多少盐？只能消化九分之一呀！还有碱，生产出来的碱也是运不出去呀！靠汽车有限的运力，成本增加，产品失去竞争力，盐和碱都成了闭塞的资源！还有，北龙港的运力不仅仅局限在北龙啊，铁路从京山线接往老蟹湾的工程也要启动，那么北龙港的承运范围是大半个北中国哩！这些，你们考虑过没有？” 赵振涛听着听着，竟认真地做起笔记。黄国林不说话时，他抬起头说：“说，说下去——” 黄国林摇摇头说：“说啥？想想施总也够没劲的！可不能让一只老鼠坏一锅汤！施英民在工程进料中吃了富强公司的回扣，他吃回扣并不等于我们大伙都这样啊！要是因为这个停工，我也辞职！领导不信任我们，我们还抓挠个啥？” 一提起施英民，屋里又冷场了。 赵振涛站起来说：“你们说完了，该轮到我说啦！谁说北龙港从此不建啦？惟恐天下不乱！我们今天暂停，是为了明天更好地上马！这个明天也不会很远的。我个人觉得，当初上马有些仓促，最大的问题是没有把风暴潮弄明白。还有眼下正是治理整顿的大环境，资金确实有困难，如果勒紧肚子，还能挺个时日，可那就会影响工程质量。市委的想法，是要组建一个强有力的科研小组，专攻风暴潮，搞好港口防潮设计，除掉后患！” 熊大进一愣，说：“研究风暴潮？” 赵振涛大声说：“你熊大进别瞪眼，这项工作就交给你负责！你不是要走吗？我偏留你！我已经给胡勇打过电话啦！他要是敢挖你走我就跟他没完！你跟我赵振涛处处，我哪点不如他呢？于工作是凭本事，别老是因人划线！” 熊大进嘟哝说：“赵市长，咱们没仇没怨，我不恨你！要恨的是我自己。施英民是我的好朋友，他是我推荐给胡市长的，他如今出了事，我有责任，我是有罪的！” 赵振涛笑了：“你还是这点顾虑呀？我不是说过了吗？他是他，你是你！我赵振涛疑人不用，用人不疑！只要雷娟查不出你有问题，我永远相信你！” 熊大进有些动情地说：“有你这句话就够啦！不过，我有一个难处，你要是能给我解决了，我真不去找胡勇啦！你别误会，这不是我要挟你的条件！” 赵振涛说：“你尽管提！” 熊大进说：“我收养了一个女儿，叫米秀秀，中专毕业，一直没工作，现在在咱海港小学当代课教师！你这市长一支笔，能不能将她转为正式国办教师？” 赵振涛说：“我喜欢你这种做法，别以为这年头不请客送礼就办不成事了。遇事找领导，咱公私兼顾，现在我就答应你！” 熊大进点头致谢。赵振涛扭头对