Chapter 3 Chapter two

Hong Zhonghua encountered an obstacle when he was going to work in the afternoon. A group of old and weak women and children blocked the gate of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, holding crude cloth strips and papers in their hands, with the words "Return my land, I want to survive", "Land You took it away, what do we live on?" and other slogans to demonstrate.Hong Zhonghua saw that people from the Municipal Government's Letters and Calls Office led a group of armed police and policemen in plain clothes to chase and intercept them, preventing these people from rushing into the city hall building. The door of the mansion compound was firmly plugged.

Sima quickly turned the car around and drove in through the back door of the government compound.In recent years, like all cities in China, Tongzhou City’s GDP growth rate, as the most effective performance advertisement to the superiors, has become the goal pursued by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government.Crazy and disorderly expansion of the city, land acquisition and protection, compensation for demolition, collective petitions, and escape from mass siege have become an endless game of cat and mouse between the government and citizens.Hong Zhonghua has become accustomed to this, as long as no lives are caused, as long as these people don't run to Beijing, everything will be fine.The Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government Letters and Calls Office, the guards and the armed police have mastered a whole set of proficient soft suppression techniques in dealing with these petitioners.

This afternoon, Hong Zhonghua had two things in mind, one big and one small. The big thing was that Secretary Zhang of the Provincial Party Committee was going to Tongzhou City for inspection in a few days, and he needed to implement the reception.It is not the first time to receive the secretary of the provincial party committee. This kind of thing has its own set of fixed procedures. As long as the normal procedures are followed for security, security, schedule, reporting to work, listening to instructions, daily board and lodging, etc., there will be no problem.Even so, Hong Zhonghua still didn't dare to take it lightly. Every time he encountered such an important reception event, he still had to pull the mayor Wan Lusheng to listen to the reports of the relevant departments in person.

The trivial thing is to ask Sima to go to the hospital to see how the little girl who was sent to the hospital at noon is doing.Originally, it would be enough to send her to the hospital, but what the doctor and Sima said made Hong Zhonghua feel a little worried. If it was really because the air conditioner in his car was too cold and made her condition worse, then it would be a big deal. The irony of this is that although the nature is to do bad things with good intentions, according to the general principles of civil law, people who do bad things with good intentions must also bear responsibility.Hong Zhonghua is not a person who evades responsibility.

To do things should be easy and then difficult, first simple and then complicated, Hong Zhonghua will do simple things first, and after getting out of the car, he tells Sima: "I don't need the car in the afternoon, you go to the hospital to see the mother and daughter, and tell me in time if you have anything to do." Let me know, don't hide from me if you have any questions, and you will come back if there is no problem." Sima agreed and drove away. Hong Zhonghua walked into the office, and the secretary-general hurried over to report: "Secretary Hong, the car accident in the morning has been initially investigated. The deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau went to the provincial capital for a meeting. On the road, a car in front braked suddenly. They were afraid of rear-end collisions. Emergency braking, the speed of the car was a bit fast, and the accident was caused by loss of control. It happened that Director Wei of the Municipal Administration was going to the provincial capital for a meeting, and the car followed them. Their car stopped, and Director Wei's car also stopped. So far, although Deputy Director Che’s car has overturned, no casualties have been caused. Unexpectedly, Director Wei was followed by a container truck, which did not stop and rode on Director Wei’s car. He would not die next to him, but he just happened to be sitting in the back seat when the container truck ran over him to death."

Hong Zhonghua asked: "So Deputy Director Che and the others have no responsibility?" The Secretary-General said: "There are some responsibilities. Their car went through the on-site inspection and was speeding. For Director Wei's death, there may be some indirect responsibility. The final determination of responsibility has to wait for the traffic control department to decide." Hong Zhonghua said: "Oh, let's wait for the traffic control department to get the final opinion. The key now is to do a good job in comforting and dealing with the aftermath of Director Wei's family. You can arrange it. I will take time to visit Director Wei's house. The farewell ceremony was more grand, and the main leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government all participated. Anyway, Director Wei died on duty. Also, please inform Mayor Wan to see if he has time in the afternoon. If he has time, I will Please join me in calling comrades from the relevant departments of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to implement the preparations for receiving Secretary Zhang of the Provincial Party Committee."

The Secretary-General said: "I was just about to report to you. Mayor Wan just called and said that he had arranged a special meeting in the small government conference room at four o'clock in the afternoon to implement the reception of Secretary Zhang and asked if you could attend. " Hong Zhonghua was slightly unhappy when he heard that Wan Lusheng had made arrangements.He respects the government very much. Before arranging a meeting, the mayor's time must be confirmed. Under normal circumstances, the meeting is based on the mayor's schedule.Wan Lusheng had already arranged the meeting without even saying hello to him. If he had other matters, he would have to change the schedule if he wanted to attend the meeting. Although this was a trivial matter, it reflected that Mayor Wan Lusheng Lu Sheng didn't have enough respect for the municipal party committee and him, Hong Zhonghua.Hong Zhonghua held back his breath. It was a big deal to receive Secretary Zhang of the Provincial Party Committee well, and there was no need to be serious with Wan Lusheng at this time.So he said to the secretary: "I have no problem, I will attend on time."

According to Hong Zhonghua's instructions, Sima came to the First Hospital and bought some food at the entrance of the hospital.What surprised him was that Li Guixiang's mother and daughter were both lying on the hospital bed, and they were both receiving infusions.It was obviously Li Guixiang's daughter who had suffered from heatstroke, but when they were sent to the hospital, both of them became sick, and both seemed to be seriously ill.Both mother and daughter fell asleep, Sima didn't dare to wake them up, and hurried to the doctor's duty room to inquire about their condition.The doctor told him that the little girl was suddenly transferred to an air-conditioned car to cool down rapidly when she was suffering from heatstroke.Children with poor resistance are more likely to cause pneumonia or even severe shock and systemic symptoms.As for Li Guixiang, it was an obvious cold, which may also be related to suddenly entering a car with sufficient air-conditioning from high temperature.

After hearing the doctor's introduction, Sima became nervous, asking repeatedly whether his life would be in danger or cause serious sequelae. If those consequences occurred, he would not be able to bear the heavy burden both economically and morally.He was relieved by the doctor's words: "That's not true, but I have to stay in the hospital for a few days, just in case. This is a relative of Secretary Hong. Of course, we will take it seriously, please rest assured." Seeing that the doctors had subjectively regarded Li Guixiang's mother and daughter as Hong's relatives, Sima agreed without further explanation.Then he left a phone number for the doctor and said: "This is my phone number. The unit and mobile phone are on it. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me."

Back in the ward, Li Guixiang had already woken up. When she saw Sima, she thanked Sima repeatedly: "Thank you and Secretary Hong very much. I heard from the doctor that if it weren't for you and Secretary Hong, we really don't know what to do." Sima said: "It's okay big sister, this is what we should do. Secretary Hong is a warm-hearted person who likes to help others the most. You can rest at ease and don't rush to leave the hospital. Let's talk about it after the illness is completely cured." Thinking about it, he asked again, "You and the child are both hospitalized, and your lover doesn't know about it? Do you need me to notify you?"

Li Guixiang smiled sadly and said, "No, it's okay." Sima saw the bleakness hidden in her smile, and guessed there might be something hard to tell, so he didn't want to ask further, so he said some comforting words such as peace of mind and recuperation, not worrying about expenses, etc., and got up and left.Back at the municipal party committee, I asked the secretary. Knowing that Hong Zhonghua had gone to the small government meeting room for a meeting, he also returned to the motorcade to stand by. The city government fleet is under the management of the government affairs department, which is a department-level unit. The captain is the driver of the former secretary of the municipal party committee. This can be regarded as a department-level cadre. The former secretary not only gained peace of mind, but also gained a good reputation for being meaningful to his subordinates.Although the level of the fleet is not high, there are quite a few cars in charge. There are more than 20 leaders of the municipal party committee and the city government. Including more than a dozen luxury buses, minibuses and vans for reception, there are sixty or seventy vehicles in total. If the drivers are all present, there will be no room for the large classroom-like lounge of the team.If the level is determined according to the number of people directly in charge, the level of the team captain is the highest in the city government compound.It was the rush hour for cars, and most of the drivers were not there. The only ones who were there were some special car drivers and commuter car drivers who were in a meeting with leaders like Sima.Some of the drivers were playing games in front of the computer, some were playing cards, some were playing chess, and some were making tea and talking nonsense.The captain gave him the nickname "Exclamation Mark", which was based on his physical characteristics.The two eyebrows of the exclamation mark are black and thick. Others' eyebrows grow horizontally, but his eyebrows grow vertically. The eyes under the eyebrows are small and round like two glass balls. The distance from the eyebrows is very close, which looks very similar. There is an exclamation point on one side of the bridge of the nose.As if to prove the validity and rationality of the exclamation mark, no matter what others say, his spoken words are exclamation: "Damn!" Drizzle was out of the car for the first half of the day, and did not arrange any tasks for him in the second half of the day. At this time, he was dictating the scene of the car accident at noon with eloquence: "It's so fucking miserable, that Wei Kuiyang has turned into a ball of meat sauce, and his blood is flowing all over the place." , that car turned red. Old Wei isn’t too young, is he?” A person who knew Wei Kuiyang next to him introduced, “It’s fifty-six or seven.” Drizzle then asked the next question: “ Why is there so much blood at fifty-six seven?" No one can answer this question, because there are no medical experts present, and no one can tell how much blood a fifty-six-seven person should have. The exclamation mark held a car DVD player in his hand and used a hair dryer to blow the dust inside, and he kept exclamating "Damn it!" from his mouth.The exclamation point has the advantage that you can't keep your hands idle.This was the case when I was driving for the secretary of the municipal party committee in the past. I often liked to help others repair some small parts that were not worth sending to the garage and thought they could be easily repaired.Most of the small parts that passed through his hands turned out to be good things that were broken, and bad things that were scrapped and eventually had to be replaced with new ones.That's why the drivers in the team love to ask him to help repair things, and if they are broken, they can be justified and replaced with new ones. Sima made himself a cup of tea, and then leaned over to listen to Xiaoyu's vernacular: "Do you think it's strange? Director Wei's car was parked well, but the container that caught up behind him was crushed into meatloaf. His driver Actually only suffered a little skin trauma. The wheel of the Civil Affairs Bureau was even worse, his car turned over seven or eight somersaults, and the wheel and the driver only scratched a little bit of oil..." The exclamation mark exclaimed again: "Damn!" Other drivers commented one after another: "There is no way, this is fate, and whoever is destined to die must die." "This is called life and death, wealth and honor..." Xiao Yu said viciously: "This is called retribution, that Wei Roujiang has done too many immoral things." Someone asked: "Didn't that person hear that he was very good? What's the matter?" Drizzle Yu: "Isn't he the one who came up with the immoral way of collecting annual parking fees in the city? Those who do everything possible to scrape the common people's oil and water will definitely be punished by heaven." The exclamation point suddenly said "Damn!", it turned out that he was patronizing to listen to the vernacular of Drizzle Yu, and used a hair dryer to blow the plastic casing of his car's DVD player into bread.The car DVD player was in the special car of the executive deputy mayor. The driver rushed over and grabbed the DVD player and yelled sadly: "My God, oh my god, this is the original Philips, you made it like this. what to do?" The exclamation mark was very embarrassing, he stretched out his hand and snatched the DVD player over, broke and pressed it hard, and wanted to restore the severely deformed casing to its original shape, but in the end, not only did it not return to its original shape, but the casing was completely shattered after a painful groan under his hand It split into several pieces, exposing the miscellaneous internal organs inside.The owner of the DVD player yelled again: "It's over, it's over, captain, you're cheating on me, and I have no problem with you, why are you hurting me? What should I do if the leader wants to listen to music?" Xiaoyu was complacent about being the center of attention, and when there was a commotion, everyone's attention shifted, so he was very upset, and said cursingly: "I've never seen you guys so boring, isn't it just a piece of shit? Is it a DVD player? If you don’t buy the old one, you won’t get the new one, change it, just make a phone call, and they will deliver it to your door, so why do you need it so much?” Drizzle usually likes to read some idle books, so he will bring them with him when he talks One sentence or two idioms.Everyone in the convoy knew that he was in a bad mood and was ready to fight with others at any time, so no one answered him, only the exclamation point said: "Damn! Then call and change one." Just now I was still chattering about the exclamation point The driver, like a crying child who got the apple from his aunt, immediately stopped talking.So the exclamation mark began to call the people at the designated repair shop of the city government fleet, asking them to bring a car DVD player right away. "I want the best one, the original one." The owner of the DVD player yelled at the phone. Xiaoyu took the opportunity to change his car to a DVD player, and said to the exclamation point: "Captain, the stereo in my car has long since ceased to work, and it is still made in China with a single disc. If the car bumps slightly, no matter who is singing It has to become a stutter, so I’ll change it too.” The exclamation mark said: "Damn it! My car should be changed too, and we will change it together when the time comes." The exclamation point is the captain, who is not on duty, does not keep an eye on the car, and catches him when he wants to use the car. He said that he didn't say anything.Drizzle asked the captain to scold him on the spot, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense.The county magistrate might as well be in charge now, the captain is the immediate boss, if you want to confront him, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat.At this time, the phone on duty rang, and the exclamation point picked up the phone and asked who he was looking for, and turned to Sima: "Damn it, Sima, your call came from the City No. 1 Hospital, saying that Secretary Hong's relatives could not be found. Scared to death, I asked you if you knew where they were going." Sima quickly answered the phone. The call was from the nurse on duty. The nurse told him that Li Guixiang's mother and daughter had gone to nowhere after the injection of the bottle, and they couldn't find it everywhere. picked up.Sima was puzzled: "No wow, I didn't answer." The nurse asked again, "Did Secretary Hong pick him up?" Sima couldn't tell people that these two people were not relatives of Secretary Hong at all, so it was impossible for Secretary Hong to pick them up.If their illnesses are already cured, they leave as soon as they leave. If their illnesses are serious and they leave by themselves, then the problem is serious.So he asked, "How is their illness?" The nurse said: "It's not a big problem when I fell ill. I did a routine blood test and found that the child suffered from heatstroke and caught a cold. The adult's erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a little high, which may be caused by the cold. After taking the injection and taking the medicine, there is basically no major problem now. However, according to the doctor's order, they will have a thorough examination tomorrow, and the CT order has been prepared, so if there is any disease after she leaves like this, we will not be able to explain it." Sima said: "Well, I'll find a way to find them, and if I can find them, I'll send them back. If you can't find them, don't worry, they may have gone home..." The other party cut off his words and said: "Not only the physical examination, but also... and... what do you think about the medical expenses? It's not that we don't give Secretary Hong face. The hospital has regulations. Clearing the accounts, we can forget about the labor, but the medicine expenses are all accounted for, and we really have nothing to do, I'm really sorry." Sima said: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go over to settle the bill with you tomorrow, as much as you want, and I won't owe you a penny." Putting down the phone, Sima figured it out, the mother and daughter were afraid that they would not be able to bear the burden He ran away secretly to pay for the medical expenses.Thinking of this, Sima suddenly thought of his elder brother and sister-in-law far away in his hometown.My elder brother is already in his fifties and has worked in a state-owned enterprise all his life. He was laid off because of poor profitability the year before last.It is more difficult for people in their fifties to find a job after being laid off than for a poor bachelor to find a wife. It is not as chic and easy as the song "starting all over again".Brother Sima Tata ran around for half a year but couldn't find a job, so he had to set up a stall on the street to repair bicycles for others.Fortunately, misfortunes never come singly. Last year, his sister-in-law suffered from breast cancer again. In order to save her breasts, she spent all her savings from hard work all her life. In the end, she couldn't save her breasts and cut off one of them abruptly.His nephew is studying in university. In addition to paying tuition and living expenses, he has to buy handouts compiled by the substitute teacher himself. It is difficult to pass the exam without buying.The only way left for my elder brother and sister-in-law's family is to sell the house.After the operation, follow-up treatment is required. His sister-in-law thinks the follow-up treatment is too expensive, so she is determined to die, saying that it is better to die like this than to be cured and suffer.Thinking of this, Sima felt so ashamed that he couldn't cheer up. The other drivers were chatting and playing cards lively. He sat aside, thinking about the mother and daughter who escaped from the hospital, and estimated the life of the mother and daughter. The situation must be very embarrassing, otherwise he would not have escaped from the hospital in a hurry before he was cured.