Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-One

After Li Xiangnan and the Standing Committee members went to the countryside, Gu Rong felt that his illness should be better, and it was time to walk around the county town. It was boring to stay in the "VIP Hospital" all the time.He walked slowly to the entrance of the county hospital, and two jeeps were approaching at a high speed, and screeched to a stop.Xiao Hu and Kangle pushed open the car door and jumped out. "Little Hu?" Gu Rong stopped in his tracks, "Are you back?" "No, I'm here to deliver the wounded. Secretary Gu, come out for a walk?" Xiao Hu replied, busying people to carry Tingting and Zhong Zhong out.

"What wounded?" Gu Rong asked. "The classroom cave in Henglingyu Commune collapsed, hitting teachers and students." "Oh." Gu Rongming nodded clearly, this is a very common thing. "How can it collapse?" As a leader, he showed due concern. "The cave dwelling has been in danger for a long time. It has rained and leaked in the past few days, and it has collapsed." Xiao Hu hurriedly replied while carefully carrying the stretcher out with the people. Gu Rong frowned and listened with his hands behind his back, criticizing: "Why didn't you find out about the danger early and move away? It's too careless." Xiao Hu turned his head and gave him a quick glance.Zhong Zhong was carried out.

"This is a student." Xiao Hu introduced. Gu Rong nodded with his hands behind his back, and looked at it with deep concern. Tingting was carried out. "This is the teacher, Xiao Tingting. She rushed into the classroom again to save the students, and was buried together." Gu Rong nodded again. Perhaps because of the bumps along the way, Tingting woke up, and she opened her eyes slightly. "You are very brave, Comrade Xiao Xiao." Gu Rong bowed slightly and praised. "Secretary Gu..." Tingting said with difficulty, she recognized this Secretary Gu.

Gu Rong comforted lovingly like an elder: "You are injured, please treat well." "Secretary Gu...thank you." Tingting's weak voice was barely audible. "Don't thank me." Gu Rong said. "Thanks to the county party committee... the classroom... finally solved it..." Gu Rong looked at Xiao Hu and Kangle next to him suspiciously, he didn't know what Tingting's words meant. "Thank you, Secretary Gu...Thank you to the county party committee..." Tingting's voice was weak, and she fell into a coma again. Gu Rong frowned slightly, as if he had a vague memory.He didn't have time to think, he straightened up and waved his hand: "Hurry up and send it in for rescue." The director, Dr. Zeng, also hurriedly led people out from the hospital gate to pick up the wounded. "You must do your best to rescue him." Gu Rong solemnly instructed with his hands behind his back.

"Yes." Doctor Zeng nodded repeatedly. "At all costs, report any difficulties to me directly." Gu Rong ordered. "yes." "Little Hu." Gu Rong greeted.Xiao Hu was following the stretcher into the hospital, and stopped in a hurry. "Leave the wounded to Dr. Zeng and the others. Come to me for a while." "This..." Xiao Hu looked back in embarrassment at the stretcher being carried into the hospital. "You can follow me to the hospital first, come to my place later." Gu Rong waved his hand and said. Xiao Hu hesitated for a moment, said "OK", and hurriedly followed into the hospital.

Gu Rong turned around on the street and returned to the "VIP House".He wanted to wait for Xiao Hu to come to learn more about the situation of going to the countryside.As a politician, his first concern is the political struggle, and everything else is trivial. Xiaoli was carrying a satchel, holding a letter and pushed open the door and came in: "Uncle, your letter. I brought it to you from the county party committee." Gu Rong took the letter, and when he saw the "Beijing Li Yan" written under the envelope, he knew who the letter was from.He took it apart immediately.

"Uncle, who is this letter from Beijing?" Xiaoli asked curiously as she took out the canned fruit she bought for Gu Rong from her bag and put them on the table. "Oh..." Gu Rong lowered his head to read the letter on the sofa, and responded perfunctorily. "Oh what?" Xiaoli said dissatisfied, "Who is this Li?" "It's Li Xiangnan's father." Xiaoli stopped her hands sensitively: "Uncle, why is he writing you a letter?" "He is my old chief." Xiao Li stood there and stared at Gu Rong with blinking eyes. Gu Rong read this important letter again from beginning to end.Then he frowned in satisfaction and stared somewhere ahead, slowly folding the letter up and putting it in the envelope.After a few seconds, he woke up from his trance, looked at Xiaoli opposite, and smiled comfortably. "The old chief is very concerned about Guling." He put the letter on the tea table and patted it, and said happily.

Xiao Hu pushed the door open with sweat on his forehead and came in. "Come on, Xiao Hu." Gu Rong made an exception and stood up and greeted, "Sit down, sit down. I haven't seen my comrades for a day, and I feel left out here." Xiao Hu smiled cautiously, wiped his sweat and sat down on the opposite sofa.Xiaoli also sat aside generously. "The wounded settled?" Gu Rong asked. "It's undergoing surgery." Xiao Hu replied. "How is it? From yesterday to now, how is Li Xiangnan leading you around?" Gu Rongyang asked leisurely, smoking a cigarette on the sofa.

"Go to Huangzhuang Reservoir first." "I've heard that." Xiao Hu looked up at Gu Rong. "Did you beat Long Jinsheng and Zhuang Wenyi?" Gu Rong asked. "Hmm... I guess I criticized the one-sidedness of their thinking methods." For the first time, Xiao Hu felt the difficulty of answering Gu Rong's question. "Are they two?" "They didn't say anything, probably, there is nothing to be dissatisfied with." Xiao Hu said vaguely. "Is there nothing to be dissatisfied with?" Gu Rong shook his head, "As long as Long Jinsheng keeps his mouth shut, that is his greatest dissatisfaction." He tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers, then looked at Xiao Hu, "In What else is going on at the Huangzhuang Reservoir?"

"Haven't you heard all about it?" Gu Rong slightly waved his hand: "No matter how long my ears are, and no matter how well-informed I am, I can probably hear a few words. Have you carried Zhu Quanshan out again?" Xiao Hu glanced at Gu Rong, not knowing how to answer. "What's not to talk about, because Xiao Li is here?" Gu Rong asked with a smile. "No, no." Xiao Hu said quickly, and he smiled at Xiao Li.Xiao Li turned her head to look at Gu Rong.She was separated from Gu Rong by a coffee table, and her attention was always on the letter on the coffee table.

"Then let's be frank. What decision did Xiang Nan make over there?" "Yes." Xiao Hu began to calm down. "What decision?" "One decision was to approve the contract of the Huangzhuang brigade for renting the water surface on the spot. Another decision was to make an investigation report." "What investigation report?" Gu Rong raised his eyes. "Through the dissection of the Huangzhuang Reservoir, what suppresses talents and productivity?" Gu Rong sat up from the sofa at once: "Is this coming for me?" "The specifics are not so clear." Xiao Hu replied as calmly as possible. "Suppressing talents, this talent is Zhu Quanshan." Gu Rong said coldly. Xiao Hu was silent for a few seconds, then said, "That's what it means." "What kind of talent is Zhu Quanshan?" Gu Rong continued sarcastically, "What is it for him to push aside a group of cadres like you Xiaohu? Is he reusing talents? He has only been in Guling for three days, and he kicked out the county party committee office .” He paused, “Anything else to decide?” "Let Zhu Quanshan take charge of the county's fishery." "Is this equivalent to mentioning the county party committee as a member of the Standing Committee?" "In addition, let him help Laolong take care of the county's agriculture." Gu Rong stood up suddenly, and walked a few steps in the room with a gloomy face, "Help take care of the county's agriculture? This is a strategy. It is obvious that Zhu Quanshan will be the deputy county magistrate and county magistrate in the future. " he said angrily.Li Xiangnan took the Standing Committee down and did it like this, which is vicious enough.He underestimated that too much.He looked at the letter on the coffee table and calmed himself down, "When we got to Henglingyu Commune, what kind of drama did we sing again?" He sat down again and asked. "Remove Pan Goushi from his post." "Because of what?" Gu Rong suddenly raised his eyes again. "Because of my incompetence at work...and also, because of the collapse of the elementary school classroom." "A classroom collapsed and one or two people were injured, and a commune secretary was replaced because of this accident?" Gu Rong was furious. Xiao Hu remained silent for a few seconds: "The landslide was not entirely accidental." "Isn't it accidental? The landslide in the Henglingyu Commune can be blamed on Pan Goushi, but the landslide within the ancient tomb should be blamed on me? Whoever wants to blame it?" "Pan Goushi is responsible for this matter. Other comrades in the commune have mentioned the danger of this classroom cave to him more than a dozen times this year." Gu Rong stared at Xiao Hu, but didn't speak for a while. "Xiang Nan looked at the classroom yesterday, and instructed him to move that day. Pan Gou Shiyang refused, and dragged until today to collapse." "Yang Feng Yin Yin?" Gu Rong looked at Xiao Hu suspiciously.What is this position?Gu Rong suddenly understood.His face suddenly became serious: "Little Hu, you had some conflicts with Pan Goushi in the past, and that was a thing of the past. Now we must take the overall situation into consideration, and don't bring over the little personal prejudices from the past." Xiao Hu lowered his head and took a few puffs of cigarettes. "I have no prejudice." He lowered his eyes and said against the pressure of Gu Rong's gaze, then raised his head to look at Gu Rong, "I think Pan Goushi, the secretary of the commune, is incompetent." "Did you vote for it too?" Gu Rong asked. "Yes, all voted yes." Gu Rong's face suddenly darkened, and he smoked fiercely. Xiaoli temporarily turned her attention away from the letter on the coffee table, and listened attentively to the conversation between Gu Rong and Xiao Hu.She is very concerned about matters related to Li Xiangnan's fate now. "What else?" After a while, Gu Rong asked again. "It was also decided to issue a circular, which will be broadcast to the entire county through cable broadcasting tonight, and reported to the prefectural committee." "Report the landslide incident and deal with Pan Goushi?" "Yes. There are also criticisms of some key leaders of the county party committee." "To whom?" "Yes...to you. But I didn't call the name." "why?" "The dangerous situation in this classroom, you heard the report when you went to Henglingyu to inspect the work last year. The teacher Xiao Tingting asked you to report it face to face." "Xiao Tingting?" "You promised her to study and solve it soon." "I?……" "This elementary school teacher and the students have been waiting for you to solve the problem for a year. When we went yesterday, the children were sitting in the leaking cave dwelling with plastic sheets on their backs. Xiao Tingting also encouraged the children with what you promised last year, saying You care about them." After finishing speaking, Xiao Hu looked up at Gu Rong. Xiaoli also turned to look at Gu Rong. Gu Rong was silent while smoking a cigarette.Only then did he understand why Xiao Tingting said that at the hospital gate just now. "The general spirit of the report is that this kind of bureaucracy can no longer continue." Xiao Hu reported again. "It's just that my deputy secretary can't continue working." Gu Rong laughed at himself coldly. Xiao Hu bit his lip and paused for a while: "Xiang Nan also criticized himself, saying that he was responsible for his poor supervision yesterday." "He was trying to gain fame and buy people's hearts." Gu Rong put out the cigarette in the ashtray. Xiao Hu kept his mouth shut, he felt his disgust towards Gu Rong. Xiao Li looked at Xiao Hu, then at Gu Rong, her eyes flicked back and forth on the faces of the two of them. Gu Rong might feel that he was losing his composure, so he took out another cigarette, lit it, and fell silent. "Secretary Gu, what else do you need? If you're fine, I'll go to the hospital for another check." Little Hu bowed slightly and asked for instructions. Gu Rong leaned back on the sofa and got rid of the anger just now, "Is there a doctor there?" He waved his hand slightly upwards, "You little politician, why don't you know how to care about major political issues?" Criticized, "Don't limit your attention to some specific matters." "Xiao Tingting and the others are very dangerous, I don't worry about it." Xiao Hu explained uneasily. "There are life-threatening patients in the hospital every day. We have to focus on that. Are we still doing serious work? The leader is not a doctor or a nurse." Gu Rong said dissatisfied. Xiao Hu was silent for a while: "Secretary Gu, it's inappropriate for you to say that." Gu Rong was stunned for a moment, then heaved a long sigh: "Why don't you understand what I mean? We want to care about the sufferings of the people, but we need to care fundamentally, from the whole. Right? Politics can't be done well. If you only care about the specific injuries of a certain person, or what wrongs a certain farmer has complained about, that doesn’t solve the problem.” "But fundamentally, as a whole, don't care?" "What do you mean?" Gu Rong looked at Xiao Hu sternly. Xiao Hu lowered his eyes and smoked, but didn't speak. Gu Rong raised his head and laughed: "Look, why did I lose my temper with you? Hu, you still have a childish personality." "I'm not a kid with a personality." Little Hu said. The smile on Gu Rong's face disappeared: "Xiao Hu, I think your attitude has changed a bit." "Maybe." Gu Rong looked at Xiao Hu sharply: "Why?" "No reason." Gu Rong smoked a cigarette and looked at Xiao Hu through the smoke.He was a little confused about this young man: "What other decisions have been made in Hengling Valley? Who has been appointed as the secretary of the commune?" Xiao Hu was silent for a moment, then said, "Me." Gu Rong suddenly realized, "Li Xiangnan pushed you out to the commune again?" "I am cum." "Concurrently as the secretary of the commune? Are you still in the political research office of the county party committee?" "yes." "Still the deputy director?" Gu Rong asked. "Old Zhou has retired to the second line." "What do you mean, isn't he the director of the Policy Research Office?" Gu Rong was confused by Xiao Hu's irrelevant questions. Xiao Hu didn't answer. "Let you be the director?" Gu Rong suddenly thought, "At the same time as the secretary of the commune?" "yes." Gu Rongquan understood.He looked at Xiao Hu coldly, stood up and paced around the room. "Our little Hu has been recruited." He sighed. Xiao Hu sat there silently, raised his hand and looked at his watch. Gu Rong stopped and sat down slowly, "Young people want to start a career, I understand that." He said slowly, "If you want to start a career, you must have the trust and trust of a leader, and you must rely on a leader. I also understand that." He flicked the ash in the ashtray again, and paused, "But will the leadership we rely on be reliable for a long time?" He took a drag on his cigarette, leaned back on the sofa, and said meaningfully He sighed, "That's hard to say." Xiao Hu quickly glanced at Gu Rong. "Maybe Xiangnan won't stay in Guling for long, at least the secretary of the county party committee won't be here for long." Gu Rong seemed to sigh with deep regret. Xiaoli also turned to Gu Rong in surprise, "What's wrong with him?" She blurted out. Gu Rong glanced at Xiaoli dissatisfied.A child's family should not disturb his conversation with others.Then, he shifted his gaze to Xiao Hu: "Young people should take a long-term view when looking at problems." He nodded slightly.It is like a warning of love, but also like a cold beating.Xiao Hu lowered his eyes, smoking a cigarette, and the smoke filled his face. "It's not," Gu Rong patted the letter on the coffee table, "His father also wrote about this matter." Xiao Hu adjusted his glasses, but still lowered his head. "The Provincial Party Committee has already considered this." Gu Rong added slowly. Xiao Hu's eyelids trembled, and he sat there motionless. "When a young man makes a decision, he has to think ahead and think about it. If he is not thoughtful, he is too one-sided and too absolute. Once the conditions change, it will be difficult to accept him, and it will be difficult to continue his work." Gu Rong taught with emotion road.He looked at Xiao Hu and knew the weight of his words: "You said, didn't you?" Xiao Hu stood up. "Secretary Gu, do you have anything else to do?" He asked calmly. Gu Rong was stunned for a moment: "Ah...nothing else." "Then I'll go to the hospital first." Gu Rong looked at Xiao Hu, he couldn't understand the psychology behind Xiao Hu's attitude.Are you feeling stressed?Are you dissatisfied with yourself? "Then you go first." He said hesitantly. Looking at Xiao Hu's back, Gu Rong stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. Xiaoli glanced at Gu Rong, took the letter on the coffee table, took out the letter paper and read it quickly. A passage in the letter jumped into her eyes: ...the situation stated in the letter is fully known.I believe it completely, and I don't need to know it from the sidelines.Xiang Nan behaved more seriously at home than this, as if the truth was in his hands alone.He doesn't listen to much of what I say.He has a stubborn personality since he was a child, and now he is self-righteous in politics. I often worry about him.I have already called Comrade Gu Heng, expressed my concerns, and said that it is not appropriate for Xiang Nan to be the secretary of the county party committee.Not good for him.I agreed with him to go down to do some practical work, but it's not good to be a leader in the county, even if you go to the commune, it's better not to be a leader, just do a normal job.What is important for him is to learn to respect others and unite with others.Of course, with such a transfer, it might be difficult for him to work in Guling, so he can change to another county. Comrade Gu Heng has agreed to consider my opinion, and he wants to find out more about the situation. In addition, regarding what you said about him and that female teacher, please be sure to advise and restrain him as an elder.There is no girl he likes in Beijing, so how can he fall in love with a woman whose life style is problematic?very worried.For this matter, I also want to transfer him away from the ancient tomb. At the same time as this letter, I also sent a letter to Xiang Nan.I asked him to go back to Beijing... Xiaoli put down the letter.Her heart was pounding, anxious and chaotic.She flicked her short hair and stood up to leave. "Have you read the letter?" Gu Rong turned around and looked at Xiao Li, who looked a little excited. "Letting me take care of Xiangnan is really difficult for me." Gu Rong spread his hands and sighed, "He can't even listen to his father, who can he respect?" "Uncle, you are doing this wrong." "What's wrong with me?" Gu Rong looked at Xiaoli in surprise. "You shouldn't have pushed him away." "He is the secretary, I am the deputy secretary, can I push him away?" "You wrote and spoke ill of him." "The old chief needs to understand the situation, I just introduce it in a realistic way." "You also said in your letter that he has a special relationship with Lin Hong." "That's what people in the county say. I haven't listened to everyone's feedback." "This is impossible." "How is it impossible? With such a busy schedule, a secretary of the county party committee braved the heavy rain to run several miles to see a divorced woman. Is this a normal relationship?" "It's just impossible, I know." Lily argued. Gu Rong looked at Xiao Li.Lily looked very excited.Gu Rong was shocked by her obvious love for Li Xiangnan.A thought suddenly flashed in his mind like lightning.He was so sloppy and dull, how could he have forgotten such an important truth?Girls have the most special thing about girls. If Xiaoli and Li Xiangnan really had that kind of relationship, it would be too bad and too troublesome. "Little Li," Gu Rong said tactfully, "It's not like you don't know Lin Hong's details, Li..." "I know. But Li Xiangnan won't. He and she won't." Xiaoli said anxiously.She didn't understand why she was getting more and more excited to deny this for Li Xiangnan.Moistness glistened in her eyes. Gu Rong sighed, and sat down on the sofa: "Okay, let's not talk about it beforehand. You said that uncle rejected him. This month, you saw who rejected whom? He completely regarded me as his opponent .” "You also regard him as your opponent." "This……" "What's wrong with having an opposition? There are political opponents, and the two sides restrict each other. You can all be more cautious, less authoritarian, and less bureaucratic." Xiaoli said fiercely like a quarrel. "Little Li, you..." "Uncle, I'm leaving." Xiaoli walked out the door with her head down. Gu Rong stared blankly at her getting on the bicycle through the window. Xiaoli rode to the county party committee office like a gust of wind. "Is there a letter from Secretary Li in the past two days?" She asked. "What's wrong?" an officer asked. "I'll go to the countryside and bring it to him." "It's on his desk." She just wanted to go to the countryside to find Li Xiangnan and tell him the news. She came to Li Xiangnan's office and rummaged through the desk in the back room.In a stack of letters and files, she found a letter from "Beijing Li Yan".She put it in her schoolbag and was about to leave when she glanced at a letter that Li Xiangnan had not sent under the corner of the glass. Chencun Middle School Lin Hong personally Lily's heart skipped a beat.She hesitated for a moment, then pulled out the letter.The letter is not yet sealed.She hesitated again, and pulled out the letter paper.Here is an unfinished letter: Lin Hong: This is writing to you at night under the lamp.When I came back from Chencun today, I was very restless.Over the years, I have never been able to forget you. I always remember the conversation I took while walking by the lake more than ten years ago. I remember that you like red and white. I also remember the walk we took on the playground before jumping the queue.Although more than ten years have passed, such a past is difficult to be overwhelmed by time. I sincerely hope that you can change your current pessimistic attitude towards life.I know it's no use preaching, I want to help you change your life first... I wrote half of the letter and stopped here. Xiaoli's thoughts were completely confused, and her mind was buzzing. "I would like to help you change your life first".What is life changing?What did Li Xiangnan and Lin Hong say that day?Is this what it means?No, no, Li Xiangnan would not want someone like Lin Hong.But isn't this written in black and white by himself?No, she doesn't believe it.That's not what it means.Xiao Li put the letter back to the original place, got on the bike and left, turning left and right, passing the street like the wind.Suddenly, she squeezed the brake, leaned on the tree and sat on the car to stop.What happened to me?So jealous, so sad, so anxious.The face is so hot, the heart is so confused.No matter how bad her heart was at self-examination, she finally knew clearly that she was in love with Li Xiangnan.These days, this introspection has crossed her mind more than once, but she smiled and shook her head in denial. At this moment, she could no longer deny it. Isn't she in love?An inexplicable grievance surged up, and tears welled up in her eyes.Is she going to the countryside to deliver letters to Li Xiangnan?Will Li Xiangnan put up his airs again to train himself? No, she didn't care about it, she wanted to send the letter to Li Xiangnan immediately and tell him the situation.But where is Li Xiangnan now?Could he have left Hengling Valley?She forgot to ask about this practical question.She wiped her eyes, saw the tears on the back of her hand, and smiled embarrassedly.She pedaled into the car and went at a high speed again, and the pedestrians in the shop were left behind.This high speed is her character.This is how she went forward in order to achieve her goal.She locked the car at the entrance of the county hospital, asked where the wounded in Henglingyu could be rescued, and walked inside.She wanted to see Xiao Hu, and asked where Li Xiangnan and the Standing Committee members went? This is the operating room, and the door is closed.There was a woman in a white dress waiting at the door.Her back is beautiful, her figure is graceful, so beautiful that Xiao Li is a little jealous.She turned around, and both of them froze.It's Lin Hong. It flashed by in a daze.Both of them stared at each other coldly.Xiaoli's eyes condensed her contempt for Lin Hong, she tried her best to keep her eyes from flickering, and she would never dodge her eyes first.Lin Hong's eyes revealed a gaze that understood each other at a glance. She looked at Xiaoli, thought it was a little funny, and then looked away.All she saw was a stranger who paid no attention to her. Lin Hong's obvious superiority in demeanor aroused Xiao Li's anger. "Slut." She looked away and cursed in a low voice through her teeth. Lin Hong didn't seem to hear, she turned her head to look at Xiao Li, and then turned around. "This is a hospital and needs hygiene." She said calmly, giving him a haughty silhouette. The door opened, and Xiao Hu came out from inside. "How is Tingting?" Lin Hong asked eagerly. "Not out of danger yet. Why are you here?" Little Hu said. "Seeing that you can't fit in the car, I came here later by bike." Lin Hong said. "Where are they going south?" "Go to the Phoenix Ridge Brigade." A strong jealousy welled up in Xiao Li's heart, and Lin Hong followed her to Hengling Valley.Wherever Li Xiangnan went, Lin Hong followed him.Shameless.The fire rushed to her head. "Xiao Li, why are you here?" Xiao Hu turned around and found Xiao Li. "Ah... I want to ask you, where did Li Xiangnan and the standing committee members go?" "Didn't Lin Hong say that just now?" "I didn't hear. I asked you." "Ask who is different? They went to Fenghuang Ridge. Why are you asking this?" Xiaoli's eyes flickered, "There is a letter from Li Xiangnan, I'll send it to him." She glanced at Lin Hong's profile and said frankly. "What's the rush? They'll be back tomorrow." "Li Xiangnan entrusted me with the letter. If you have a letter, I must find a way to deliver it to him on the same day." Xiaoli made up. "Why is the letter so urgent?" Xiao Hu looked at Xiao Li suspiciously. "His father's letter. Li Xiangnan asked me to give it to him as soon as I received it." Xiaoli glanced at Lin Hong again, realizing her sense of superiority. "Oh, then you go." "Director Hu." The door of the operating room opened, and a nurse called out. "Okay, wait a minute." Xiao Hu went in. Only two women remain. Xiao Li took a look at Lin Hong. "Hmph, I don't even look at who I am." She said sharply, and turned to leave. These words can be described as vicious.Lin Hong felt her chest tremble a little, she looked at Xiaoli coldly, but smiled faintly: "Don't you think your acting is ridiculous?" Xiaoli stopped suddenly: "Hmph, let's see who has the last laugh." She said angrily, and hurried away.