Chapter 20 The second part two good people's faith hope love endless love of the earth

Entering the border of Henan, Fang Caodi talked about the coincidences he had experienced in his life, and asked Lao Chen if he believed in coincidences?Old Chen thought to himself that as a novelist, he had to rely on coincidences. In reality, the importance of coincidences must have been overestimated.However, Lao Chen generally didn't need to respond too much to what Fang Caodi said, as Fang Caodi would follow up on his own.After leaving Beijing early this morning, Fang Caodi kept talking.At this time, Lao Chen just shrugged his shoulders. Fang Cao said: "I just need to ask more questions. You are a writer, so you must believe in coincidences. You know that life is just like a novel, and it's all coincidences. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to Henan with you at this moment."

Old Chen asked curiously: "Have you read the coincidence novels by American Paul Auster?" Fang said: "No, I have read Japanese mystery novels by Seicho Matsumoto. There is no novel without coincidences." Lao Chen said: "Fiction is one thing. In real life, coincidences may be just fate. On the surface, it is a coincidence, but behind it is Skynet. There are clues, but most of the time we can't see the clues." ". Fang said: "Incisive, old Chen, incisive". Lao Chen looked at his mobile phone: "Ah, Zhang Dou said that he found Mai Zi Bu Die. There are new posts on Kaidi Community, Sina.com, and XinNB.com. One of them said that she finally got rid of the ghost of 1983, and the other said that she was in H County W, City J, Province, defends farmers’ rights. Hu Yan’s text message said that Landing Wheat Church is in Jiaozuo, Henan, that is, H and J, just find County W.”

Fang said: "Wen County, it must be Wen County. Because I have been there. It's a coincidence." Old Chen didn't bother to refute Fang Caodi's logic, so let's start with Wen County.Lao Chen transferred the GPS to Wenquan Town, the county seat of Wen County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liu Xing, a high-production college classmate, is the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Jiaozuo Municipal Party Committee, in charge of media publicity.When Gao Shengchan called in the morning and said he wanted to see him, Liu Xing immediately said without hesitation: Let's go to Yiwan Hotel for dinner at night and chat slowly.If it was two or three years ago, Liu Xing would not have wanted to be seen walking with Gao Shengsan in public places, but since Liu Xing was not promoted this time when the local government changed, he knew that his official career was at its peak. That's it.He is already fifty years old, he will not make it this year, and he will have no chance again.So now, is it okay to have a meal with a high-production old classmate, so what if people see it?

Fang Caodi and Lao Chen were delayed for a few hours because they went to Happy Village. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when they arrived in Jiaozuo. They couldn't go to Wenquan Town, so they had to stay in the urban area for one night.When Fang Caodi followed Chen's request and checked into the four-star Billionaire Hotel at the front desk, in the private room of the hotel's Chinese restaurant, Liu Xing and Gao Shengchan had already drunk three rounds, and they got to the point. Gao Shengsheng talked about the troubles his church has encountered recently: the violation of rights of several fellow brothers and sisters in Zhangjia Village may intensify.

Religion is a matter of the religious affairs department, not Liu Xing's department, so we can chat with old friends.Gao Shansheng knew that he must not say that he would ask Liu Xing for advice, otherwise Liu Xing would be unwilling to tell the truth.Gao Shengchan just finished talking about the situation of the church to himself, and the two continued to drink, talk nonsense, and wait patiently for Liu Xing to say something more. Although Liu Xingjiu drank too much, but after so many years of training in the officialdom, his speech is still watertight, and no one will be caught.He said that governments at all levels are studying a document from the central government recently, and there is an assessment, and he will memorize it:

"At this stage, our party's ruling philosophy is to govern well for the people and to improve the relationship between cadres and the masses. Cadres are the public servants of the people, and the people are the parents of cadres. It is necessary to correctly handle the contradictions among the people, improve the resolution mechanism of social conflicts and disputes, and build a stable society. The early warning mechanism actively prevents and properly handles various mass incidents, maintains social harmony and stability, strictly prevents and cracks down on various illegal and criminal activities in accordance with the law, and always puts the maintenance of basic systems and national security in the first place of China's core interests.

To put it another way, the government now has to take the stance of solving problems for the common people, so there can be no group incidents that damage the image of harmony. If there is a lack of early warning and mass incidents occur, no matter how the incident is resolved, there will always be officials who will take the blame afterwards. What is one-party dictatorship?Dictatorship means that the ruling party has absolute power. When it wants to implement a "strike hard" dictatorship, the state apparatus can exercise dictatorship over the people or some of the people without the people's authorization or restriction. , it is necessary to let the people feel that the party and the state care for the people everywhere.Now is the stage of not tossing around, as long as the core interests of the basic system of the Communist Party's one-party rule remain unshakable, and the means are not afraid of being flexible, the body may be soft.

Gao Shengsheng understands this too well. The reason why the church has been able to develop without interference in the past two years is because the country's current policy is not to make troubles. Officials are afraid that mass incidents will occur in their jurisdiction and make themselves lose their hats, so no one dares To poke a hornet's nest.The underground churches are like hornet's nests. Liu Xing said these words at this moment with a purpose, and Gao Shengan also interpreted them very accurately.The subtext is that since the people are now afraid of the officials, and the officials are also afraid of the people, if the news that the masses are going to make trouble is publicized in advance, maybe the officials will be willing to resolve it instead.The moment when you are about to make trouble but have not yet made trouble is the time when all parties have the most room for maneuver. If you really make trouble, the consequences will be unpredictable. It may be suppressed by charges of beating, smashing, looting and burning. Both the government and the people will be injured. Afterwards, several officials took the blame and resigned, which did not help everyone.

However, who should know the news of the mass disturbance in advance?If it is too publicized, it will become a public event, and the official face will be lost, but if it is not publicized, it will have no effect.For example, Liu Xing just pretended not to know, because it was not under his jurisdiction.Gao Sheng was bored eating the fruit after the meal, thinking to himself, which official would be nervous about this? Originally, the most direct is the leadership of the township government. However, if they were not obsessed with money, they would not collude with interest groups to do things that are sorry for the common people.In the face of huge interests, they will not see the coffin without crying, and will not give in easily. They have to make things so big that they really change the group incidents before they can turn around, but this is exactly what Gao Shengnan wants to avoid from the standpoint of the church.For high-production calculations, if you want to publicize it, you have to publicize it to the higher level of government, that is, the county government.

So he casually said, as if changing the subject, our county magistrate Yang in Wen County is quite capable and has a good image.Liu Xing said this while waiting for high production, and immediately said: "Xiao Yang, young and promising, in his thirties, has a bright future." Gao Shengnan understood: Liu Xing had pointed out who to contact, a young official who was in charge of various townships and was nervous about his official career. At this time, Liu Xing also made an airborne gesture and said, "Do you know that the mayor of Jiaozuo was transferred from Fujian? Do you know that the mayor of Xiaoyang County was promoted by the mayor? You know that the mayor will be transferred this time around. Go to the province?"

Gao Shenghan thought gratefully, it was an old classmate who spoke so clearly.The mayor came from another place by air, and he will definitely promote some cadres as his team, instead of reusing people like Liu Xing who are close to the old mayor.County Mayor Yang is the mayor's man. Now the mayor is going to be transferred to the province. After his butt is settled, he will bring his own people to the province.For county magistrate Yang, who is under forty years old, as long as there are no major incidents in the county in the past few months, he can smoothly skip a grade and become an official in the province. In other words, once a mass incident occurs, regardless of whether it is handled well or not, county magistrate Yang will add variables to the affairs of the province. Therefore, magistrate Yang is an ideal target for publicizing mass incidents in advance. How could he, who is young and promising, Adding uncertain factors to his official career for the sake of a few corrupt township cadres? When Liu Xing saw that Gao Shanchan had fully understood it, he also felt a sense of pride in his heart, and staggered to the toilet.Gao Shengchan took advantage of this time to call Li Tiejun and told him to make an appointment with County Magistrate Yang immediately. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jiaozuo is also a planting base of traditional Chinese medicine, rich in rehmannia glutinosa, yam, achyranthes bidentata, and chrysanthemum.When Fang Caodi knew in Beijing that he was coming to Jiaozuo, he decided to buy some pregnant medicine and return to Beijing to recuperate Zhang Dou's internal injuries and Miaomiao's dementia.He got up at 4:30, finished practicing Qigong, and went out before dawn, so as not to disturb Lao Chen's sleep. Although Lao Chen was very tired after driving all day yesterday, he didn't sleep well at night. He got up at six o'clock and had breakfast at the restaurant, but he had to wait until almost nine o'clock before Fang Caodi came back with a large backpack full of herbs. Shi Lao Chen's face became a little ugly.The two hurried out and drove to Wenquan Town. Arriving in the center of the county seat, Fang Caodi asked the driver of a taxi if he knew there was a Jesus Church in Wen County called Luoxiaomaizi?The driver said that it was only a few steps away, and asked Fang Caodi to drive along and lead them to the gate of the church compound without charging anything.Old Chen thought, isn’t it the underground church? Why does everyone know the address, and there are Christian Spring Festival couplets hanging outside the door, so blatant?Fang Caodi was thinking: Who are the Henan people messing with? Everyone scolds Henan people. Do you think this brother is too righteous? In the yard, Gao Chanchan and Li Tiejun were about to go out to meet County Magistrate Yang.Li Tiejun said a little proudly, our church has thousands of believers in Wen County, does the county magistrate dare not meet us?Gao Shanshan told Li Tiejun to meet the county magistrate later and leave the matter of talking to Gao Shanchan. He was sure to persuade the county magistrate Yang to solve the Zhangjia Village infringement, and told Li Tiejun to stop interfering. Thinking and talking, the four met at the gate of the yard. Fang Caodi was afraid that Lao Chen's Mandarin accent would make others suspicious, so he hurriedly said, "Brother, please excuse me, is this the underground church of Jesus, that Luoxiaozi?" Li Tiejun said a little warily: "This is Landing Wheat Church, who are you looking for?" Fang Cao said, "We're looking for an elder sister named Xiao Xiaozi, whose real name is... what is it?" Old Chen answered: "Wei Xihong, Xiaoxi". Fang Cao said, "Do you know him?" Li Tiejun didn't want to lie, so he just repeated: "Wei Xihong, Wei Xihong, Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi..." Fang Caodi: "He's from Beijing." Li Tiejun continued to say as if thinking: "From Beijing, from Beijing, from Beijing to Henan..." Fang Caodi asked impatiently: "Who is in charge here?" Li Tiejun said: "We are in charge of our family is God." Fang Cao said, "What are you talking nonsense about?" Lao Chen stopped Fang Caodi and said, "Forget it, let's go." Lao Chen dragged Fang Caodi away. Li Tiejun turned around and deliberately closed the gate of the courtyard, and walked to the town with Gao Sanan.Li Tiejun thought to himself that shepherds have the responsibility to protect their lambs.He said to Gao Shanshan: "Tell me, these two people may be the spy of the security department. I don't want to tell them more. I didn't tell a lie just now." Gao Shengchan didn't say a word just now, but he had a different judgment on the two of them. He felt that Lao Chen had a special relationship with Wei Xihong, which was a matter between men and women, so he knew where Wei Xihong was and didn't say anything, and didn't want to help them find Wei Xihong.Gao Shanshan knew that these two people would come back again, but he was still a little uneasy about his intentional silence.However, his mind changed quickly, and he dealt with matters differently. The most important thing now is to prevent the church from getting involved in the struggle for rights protection. If Lao Chen hadn't received Zhang Dou's text message and knew that Mai Zibudi was in W County, J City, Province H, and he was still not sure if Xiaoxi was here, his confidence might have been shaken by this time.Now, as soon as they arrived in Wen County, they found Landing Wheat Church. Lao Chen was sure that Xiaoxi was nearby, but those two just refused to tell the truth.He asked Fang Caodi to wait outside the church, and when Xiaoxi appeared, he walked back to the town by himself, and went to an Internet cafe to try to connect with Maizi Immortal. Old Chen and Fang Caodi didn't know, but what Gao Chanchan and Li Tiejun knew was that Xiaoxi was currently studying scriptures in the courtyard.Today, Xiaoxi will not leave the yard all day long, eat at church at noon, browse the Internet in the church in the afternoon, browse the virtual world on the Internet, maybe write a blog in the name of Immortal Wheat to talk about farmers' rights protection, maybe there will be a follow-up scolding An old jerk who turns right and wrong on the Internet.In the rural areas, I have dinner at 5:30, attend the fellowship daily testimonial meeting at 6:30, and hold the final action meeting for rights protection in Zhangjia Village with a few enthusiastic brothers and sisters at 8:00.Xiaoxi felt that her life was full. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Wenxian County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, Wenquan Town, the county seat, has a population of less than 100,000, but there are several broadband Internet cafes.When Gao Shanchan and Li Tiejun were received by the county magistrate at the county magistrate's office on Huanghe Road, Lao Chen also waited until an Internet cafe opened for business.He found maizibusi's blog posts and posts on Kaidi Community, Sina Blog and XinNB.com, and he was very excited.But it took Lao Chen four hours to post the first follow-up post. At first, Lao Chen pretended to be cool, writing that he and his friends were traveling in Henan, passing through Jiaozuo to buy some Chinese herbal medicine, and asked Xiaoxi hypocritically if he was still in Beijing, saying that there was a chance to meet.Old Chen probably wanted Xiaoxi to reply and say, what a coincidence, I am not in Beijing, but also in Jiaozuo, Henan, so let's have lunch at Yiwan Restaurant!Fortunately, Lao Chen didn't post this post, who is he trying to deceive?IQ is too low.After Xiaoxi was scared away by Wen Lan last time, she would not meet him casually again. So Lao Chen deleted and rewritten, he apologized for what happened last time, and hoped to see Xiao Xi again.But after seeing such a post, Xiaoxi replied that she didn't need to apologize for what happened last time, she was really fine, and see you when I have time.Lao Chen still couldn't see Xiaoxi. Lao Chen realized that he had to say frankly that he had come to Wen County, Jiaozuo, and he just wanted to see her because... because he wanted to be with her.Lao Chen decided to express his love for Xiaoxi.Now that you can show your love publicly, you can also be honest with each other in other aspects.More than 20 years ago, he fell in love with Wen Lan, but was hurt in the end, and he dared not give any more affection for many years.Now, it really takes courage to open his chest for Xiaoxi to inspect.Old Chen sat in a daze for two hours before writing a 5,000-word follow-up post titled "A Letter to Maizibusi from a Familiar Person". The opening sentence of the letter is: "When you read this letter, I am already in the Modern Fuxi Internet Cafe on Huanghe Road, Wenxian Town, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province..." Old Chen first said that in the 1990s, he was in Wuwei Teahouse in Wudaokou After I met Xiaoxi, I have always liked her. I didn’t express it at the time. One is because she has many male friends around her, and later I have a British boyfriend. The other is that I have been emotionally traumatized, and I dare not fall in love again. And the one who broke his heart was Miss Wen who broke in last time.Lao Chen wrote about how he and Wen Lan met, how they got engaged, how they were dumped, and how they met the French crystal lamp after more than 20 years.The most important thing is that his heart has been occupied by another long-lost woman in the past few months. How did he find her contact information, how did he wait for her reply, how did he meet again, how did he because of Miss Wen appeared and lost contact, how to track it down on the Internet, how to come to Henan with unreliable information, how to figure it out that she is in Wenquan Town, this woman is Xiaoxi.Now, he only hopes that Xiaoxi can give him a chance to date him and give him time, whether in Henan, Beijing or other places, so that he can prove his love for Xiaoxi.He also brings a friend who can help Xiaoxi recover her memory.Lao Chen even wrote down his thoughts on death on the way to Henan. If he died unexpectedly, he hoped that he would hold hands with Xiaoxi to face the last moment of life. If it was a normal death, he hoped that it would be Xiaoxi. Watching him by the bed.He is willing to accompany Xiaoxi to face old age, welcome aging, and share the last years of life. Lao Chen wanted to use the post as a follow-up post to Xiaoxi’s blog post, but it was too long to post, so he could only cut the post into small sections and post it in sections, and left a message saying that he opened a blog on Sina. to the full text. After Lao Chen went all out, he sat calmly in front of the computer, checking every few minutes to see if there was any response. In fact, after lunch, Xiaoxi went online at the church, and soon saw Lao Chen's post, and also went to Sina to read the full text, as if she was paralyzed and could not move.In the past two years, Xiao Xiduo hoped to find a man who could communicate with her and be a life and emotional partner, but she was disappointed every time.After meeting Lao Chen, she had a little fantasy, thinking that Lao Chen was different from other men, and in the end she almost became a third party.Just when her condition was getting worse and she was close to despair, she found the church.She did not believe in religion, but joined a large family.Then the Zhangjiacun rights protection incident happened, which made her feel that she was a useful person.Unexpectedly, at this time, Lao Chen appeared in her life again, confided in her his whole life, and was willing to be with her until old age. Xiaoxi sat blankly in front of the computer for more than an hour, and she knew that there was another person sitting blankly in front of another computer. Finally, she replied: "I am no longer Xiaoxi from the 90s". Soon, Lao Chen posted: "I like you more now". Xiaoxi: "I am a depressed patient." Old Chen: "I know, I will take care of you." Xiaoxi: "My body is deteriorating." Lao Chen: "I am your beautiful witness." Xiaoxi: "I'm not sure if I want to fall in love." Old Chen: "I will wait patiently for you to confirm." Xiaoxi: "I definitely don't have time to fall in love right now." Lao Chen: "I can wait, in Henan, anywhere." After going back and forth like this, it was past five o'clock in the afternoon. Xiaoxi's last post: "I'm going offline, please ask me to think about it." Xiaoxi went to help the church make dinner, and Lao Chen also left the computer, intending to return to the church to find Xiaoxi. Neither of them knew how many netizens were following their posts with bated breath throughout the afternoon.After the two left the computer, the discussion among netizens began, and they followed many posts excitedly. Some said that they were touching, some said they were disgusting, some said they were cute, and some said they were disgusting. Said that she orz was convinced by this pair of Obasang and Ojisang, and mainland netizens also said that the whole thing looked ridiculous, but in general, netizens reached a unanimous verdict: less verbosity, Xiaoxi and Lao Chen will get better Everything is OK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At around 6:00 p.m., the brothers and sisters of the Landing Wheat Fellowship in Wenquan Township had dinner and came to the church one after another with gratitude. They waited eagerly for the start of the witness meeting inside and outside the courtyard. At this time, Gao Chanchan and Li Tiejun also came out of the county government building. The two stood by the road and decided to say another short prayer to thank the Lord for His grace.In the morning, I saw the young and promising county magistrate Yang. If God helped Gao Shanchan, he would have said everything he needed to say, in an orderly manner, neither overbearing nor humble. Although the county magistrate didn't say anything, Gao Shanchan knew what he said, and county magistrate Yang listened to it. up.As for how the county magistrate will weigh the pros and cons, and the fate of the church, it is up to the Lord.After the meeting was over, the secretary of the county magistrate chased them out and told them not to go far, but to be there whenever they were told, which was a good sign.The two of them had been waiting in a small restaurant outside the government building. Gao Chanchan held Li Tiejun's hand and said, "Let's pray." After a short discussion with his staff, the county magistrate Yang asked the secretary to call the township leaders and representatives of interest groups to come to the county for a meeting immediately. The meeting lasted until after five o'clock in the afternoon, and then called Gao and Li back to the county magistrate's office. .This county magistrate Yang is an official with official-oriented thinking, but he is also a smart person. He knows that Gao Shanchan is playing the game of forcing the palace, but he has to give in for his own official career.He told Gao Shengchan and Li Tiejun that the land acquisition development project in Zhangjia Village must be carried out as scheduled, but under the coordination of the county government, the compensation for each household has been increased, and the plan has been revised due to actual needs. They are no longer within the scope of land acquisition.In this way, the interest groups were forced to give back some huge profits, and the low level of corruption of the township cadres was humiliated by the county leaders. The prestige of the government was preserved, and the riots of the organized masses were resolved in advance. County Mayor Yang routinely sent Gao Chanchan and Li Tiejun to the door of the office, thinking that he would no longer have to be pissed off by you religious people when they came to the province.Knowing that his goal had been achieved, Gao Shengchang complimented County Magistrate Yang a few words before leaving, saying that he was really the official of the people's parents. County Magistrate Yang replied that he was just a public servant and his vocation was to serve the people, and the people were his father and mother.They just recognized each other as father and mother, and said goodbye coldly. On the way back to the church, Gao Shengchan felt that he had done a good deed.The rights and interests of believers have been fought back, and the conflict between the church and the government has been avoided. The only thing that may feel a little disappointed is a group of brothers and sisters in the fellowship who are eager to fight with the government, especially Xiaoxi. It is never ambiguous about which is more important than high production. Before Gao Chancellor and Li Tiejun came to the church, Lao Chen and Fang Caodi were already sitting in the chapel with the believers, looking around to see if Xiaoxi was there.In the kitchen, after Xiaoxi assisted in preparing refreshments, she calmed down after bringing the afternoon away. She looked at the chapel from the small window in the back room, and her heartbeat immediately accelerated again because she saw Lao Chen sitting among the believers.Xiaoxi hides behind the window and dares not go to the chapel. Xiaomin Canaan's poem "What am I" comes from the wall, which makes Xiaoxi very excited. Gao Shanchan and Li Tiejun walked into the chapel, and Gao motioned for Li to confess. Li asked everyone to be quiet and told everyone about something, and then announced the government's new decision in Zhangjiacun.Gao Chancellor went on to say that the violation of the rights of brothers and sisters in the fellowship has been resolved. This is a miracle, testifying that God heard everyone’s prayers, and then led the whole group to shout: Thank you, Lord!Some believers were moved to tears.Many believers like to come to witness meetings because there are always moving testimonies. As soon as he calmed down, Lao Chen stood up and said loudly, "Everyone, I have something to say." Li Tiejun wanted to stop him, but Gao Chanchan pulled Li Tiejun and motioned for him to speak.Gao Shengsheng knows that things in the world cannot be blocked by force, and they should be left to the Lord to decide. Old Chen said: "Fellow folks, I'm looking for a person, her name is Wei Xihong, also called Xiaoxi." Everyone stared at the stranger, but no one responded. Old Chen said: "I am her friend." Still no one answered. Old Chen continued: "You know where she is, please tell me, let me see her, because... because I can't live without her, I love her, I beg you, please tell me, is she here?" Chen Dan covered his face with his palm and wept.A man who is sincere will be moving. Every good person in Henan in the fellowship looked at Lao Chen intently, not knowing what to do. "Old Chen!" At this time, Xiaoxi came out from the back room. Old Chen looked up and saw Xiaoxi. Xiaoxi said calmly, "Let's go back to Beijing, Lao Chen."