Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven
Since the traffic police team officially returned Hulu's driver's license and officially notified Che Jilu that the traffic accident case was closed, he has been riding a bicycle to and from get off work every day, and he will never ask the bureau office to send a car to pick him up.Of course, this is not because he has learned the "Three Represents" and his awareness has improved, he no longer wastes taxpayers' money, and wants to restore his true qualities as a public servant.He is a kind of soft protest. When those cadres at the same level commute to and from get off work in high-end cars, he rides an old bicycle to and from get off work. The one who ruined him was more ruined than him.
The wheel of the car fell so badly in the entertainment city of New York, although it was not a big deal, but there was still some dull pain in the legs, and there was a bruise on the crotch.With an idea, Che Lulu escalated his protest by instructing Hulu to take him to and from get off work by bicycle every day.Hulu was very surprised when he heard that Che Lulu asked him to use his bicycle to pick him up and go to get off work, with question marks and exclamation marks on his face.No wonder, the weather is too hot, even riding a bicycle is very hard, let alone riding an adult who is about the same height and weight as myself.Che Jilu told him: "You used to be my driver, but now they have sealed my car and made you laid off, so you can continue to be my driver, not four wheels, but two wheels, just like that on the street. Let's go, they are not afraid of being ugly, what am I afraid of, and see what others say."
Hulu understood what he meant to disgust other bureau leaders, so he picked him up at Che Zhulu's house early in the morning like a rickshaw driver hired by a rich family before liberation, took him home for dinner at noon, and picked him up for work in the afternoon , and take him home at night.Traffic rules do not allow people to ride bicycles, and gourds are swaying through the streets with wheels on their backs. They will inevitably be stopped by traffic police and traffic coordinators. The deputy director of the bureau, fell while riding a bicycle to work two days ago, and his leg was broken and he couldn’t ride by himself. I was too busy with work and couldn’t rest. I was his original driver, so I had to ride a bicycle to send him off.”
A curious policeman and assistant asked the question: "Since you are his driver, why don't you drive him, but ride a bicycle?"
Hulu then explained with a bitter face: "Our car chief has no car, so we have to ride a bicycle. If his leg is not injured and it is inconvenient, there is no need for me to ride him."
Nowadays, leading cadres who ride bicycles to and from get off work are as rare as the national treasure giant panda. After the explanation of the gourd, the traffic police and traffic assistants are not only embarrassed to punish the gourd and the wheel according to the traffic rules, but also feel sorry for such a leader who has maintained a hard-working spirit. The cadres are in awe.Somehow, this incident spread to news media such as TV stations and newspapers. What the current news media lacks the most is the report material of the positive image of leading cadres. Riding a bicycle to and from get off work will not leave the line of fire for minor injuries. It is even more rare for a driver to ride a bicycle to send a good cadre to and from get off work than aliens visiting the earth.So reporters from newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations rushed to the Civil Affairs Bureau, trying to interview Che Yulu, a good cadre and public servant who emerged in the new era without taking a special car.
Che Jilu declined all interviews with the news media. Of course, he was not being modest and prudent, guarding against arrogance and impetuosity, but because he was afraid that things would get too noisy and it would not end well. It is not good for him to upgrade from two wheels to four wheels.After a week of tossing like this, the director He Maotai finally couldn't take it anymore, and took the initiative to find several other bureau leaders and party members to coordinate the new car issue.The traffic police team has closed the case. The conclusion is that the Santana with a Beijing license plate of unknown origin suddenly braked while driving at high speed and caused the rear-end vehicle to rear-end. Che Yulu and their car did not have any direct responsibility. There is no sufficient evidence to prove that Che Yulu was responsible for the accident. driving a vehicle.Now that the conclusion of the law enforcement agency has been drawn, there is no sufficient reason for others to interfere.As a result, those who have objections to matching Che Jilu with a new car, and those who try to grab a new car from Che Jilu, including Wei Jun, who wants to take the opportunity to poison Che Jilu's job, are no longer stubborn, fearing that Che Jilu If he is in a hurry, he will do some strange tricks to disgust people.
After the work of the members of the leadership team was completed, He Maotai went to find Che Yulu, entered Che Yulu's office, and first expressed his condolences to Che Yulu's injury: "Old Che, is your leg better these two days?"
Che Jilu hurriedly got up to greet the leader: "It's much better, it's all right." He said so, but he deliberately limped a little while walking.
He Maotai made a self-examination pretendingly: "I am too careless. I don't care enough for your injury. You still ride a bicycle to and from get off work in such a hot day. I have a responsibility, a responsibility."
Che Rulu pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's nothing, you can exercise by riding a bicycle. Is Director He okay? Sit down and talk." Che Rulu guessed what he was going to do, but didn't say anything. He Maotai serves tea and pours water.
He Maotai quickly stopped him and said, "Don't drink it, I just drank it in the office. Your legs are inconvenient, let's sit down and talk."
Che Jilu sat on the sofa next to He Maotai.He Maotai made a heart-to-heart look: "Old Che, although we have only worked together for two or three years, we have known each other for more than ten years, right?"
Che Jilu: "That is, that is."
He Maotai was almost talking to himself: "Oh, I am a person, I dare not say many other advantages, I dare to say it in front of anyone when I am kind to others. You may say something to me on the issue of returning to the car this time. It’s a bit of a misunderstanding, and I won’t say much else, and you will understand my painstaking efforts in the future.”
Che Jilu also pretended to be open-minded: "It's okay, Director He is also doing it for my own good."
He Maotai went on to say: "You should also understand that there is no conflict of interest with me personally in the matter of your car distribution. But other comrades will inevitably have various ideas. Now it's all right, the matter is clear Now, no one can say anything, how nice it is for you to sit in a new car with confidence and aboveboard."
Of course, Che Jilu would not have any kind of direct conflict with He Maotai, the top leader, but he would not let go of the opportunity to belittle those colleagues: "I know and respect you very much, Director He, but I respect the others. I’m not flattering. Isn’t it just a car? Look at their virtues, it’s like a wild dog snatching hot shit. As for it? What a villain. As the saying goes, character depends on things. In this matter, Director He must be able to judge the quality of the character. I, Che Fulu, have no ambitions. From the first day in the Civil Affairs Bureau, I have been wholeheartedly dedicated to carrying the sedan chair for the Director. You have a loud voice, think about it carefully, what about the others? What are you thinking about and doing all day long? For a car, you can get rid of me face to face. If there are greater interests in front of you, you, Director He, will do the same. You have to face it."
He Maotai is not a two-year-old child either. Che Zhulu's intention to sow discord and sow discord is clear to him at a glance. Even though it is clear at a glance, he feels uncomfortable in his heart, because what Che Zhulu said is consistent with his basic experience in politics for many years: usually these people On the surface, he is respectful and obedient, and if there is a major conflict of interest, any of his deputies, including Wei Jun, can deal with him as an enemy.The rules of officialdom have something in common with the law of the jungle: obedience and support for the leader is relative, coveting and scrambling for the leader's position is absolute, and everyone wants to be the leader of the group is an unbreakable law.The subordinates who are usually low-browed and pleasing to the eye, when the conditions are ripe or think that the conditions are ripe, any individual will become the leader's enemy.
He Maotai suppressed the slight unhappiness in his heart, and brought the topic back: "The weather is so hot, and your legs are not good. I really can't bear to go back and forth on a bicycle all day. How about this? I have already called Wei Jun." Greetings, you propose to use the car, this car itself is for you, don't have any resistance because of this matter."
The purpose of tossing around with the wheels is to get the car, and the purpose has been achieved, and the director personally came to his door and said that although there was no apology, it was almost the same as an apology. Get off the donkey: "Director He, thank you for your concern. I won't be as knowledgeable as them. I'll let the gourd pick up the car."
Director He repeatedly agreed: "That's right, you should also do work on Hulu, and let him not have any opinion on Wei Jun. He also acts according to the rules and regulations. Which unit will support the driver without a car now? Now If you have a car, doesn’t he still drive it?”
Che Jilu: "Okay, I'll talk to Hulu, even a driver like him doesn't dare to do anything to Director Wei, and I don't have the same knowledge as Wei Jun, don't worry, the past is over, and we will work together in the future .”
Director He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that Che Yulu took the opportunity to threaten him and insisted that he would not want the car. If the matter dragged on, it would not only have a great negative impact on the Civil Affairs Bureau, but also he, the director, really couldn't do anything about it today. Out of the wheel of the office.In the end, Che Zhulu made it easy as soon as he said it, which was enough to give him face.The troubles were over, and the bureau returned to stability and unity. Director He was in a better mood, and before leaving the house, he said, "Tell Calabash that he has been driving you to and from get off work by bicycle these days.
In the afternoon, Che Jilu returned home from get off work in the newly purchased black Audi A4.Hulu returned to work and drove a new car again. He was even more excited. He asked Che Jilu for advice: "Director Che, come and try this car."
Che Jilu felt itchy: "It's not very good, is it? Let's go home and have dinner first."
Hulu parked the car on the side of the road and said, "I know you must have itchy hands because you haven't started the car for so long. You should go for a walk before going home for dinner."
The wheel was no longer polite, and I changed the seat with the hoist, and started the car and drove towards the suburbs. The Honda and this Audi are incomparable. This Audi drives with plenty of power, very stable, and the cab is more Luxurious and comfortable.Che Jilu suddenly laughed while driving, Hulu asked him, "What are you laughing at, Director Che?"
Che Jilu said: "Wei Jun, that bastard, originally wanted to use me up, but he did something good for me instead. This car is really much better than the one you chose."
Gourd made fun of it: "This means that the blessed don't have to be busy."
Hong Zhonghua, secretary of the municipal party committee, has been very uncomfortable these few days, not physically, but inwardly, as if being scratched by his wife on the face, painful and embarrassing, hard to say to the outside world, only a cat scratched.The joint meeting of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government held that day was full of excitement and noise. After the meeting, Hong Zhonghua looked back and thought about it. On the surface, many things were studied in that meeting, but they all asked the specific work departments to come up with plans and opinions after returning. It will be discussed later, and none of the items can be implemented immediately after being decided on the spot. In fact, no problem has been solved.In the past, this kind of thing was used to him, but now it is different. The matter came up in front of Secretary Zhang of the Provincial Party Committee. So much time to wait for the specific work department to get the plan?His original idea was to come to a package solution through this meeting to completely relieve his worries.However, even though he sits in charge and encourages himself, he still has not got rid of the operational inertia and procedural obstacles of the officialdom.Especially when studying the annual parking fee, when Hong Zhonghua expressed his negative attitude towards this method of collecting the annual fee, Wan Lusheng was as if someone had dug his ancestral grave, and insisted that he firmly disagreed with changing the current practice.
Hong Zhonghua admits that the opinions of the masses are justified. It is illegal to collect annual parking fees, at least it violates the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests. plunder.Just like buying things, you pay only after you buy something. The current practice is that you have to pay whether you buy something or not.Even more ruthless than the bandits who blocked roads and robbed in the past, the bandits still paid attention to passing by and leaving money to buy roads.When he was doing this, Hong Zhonghua was studying at the Central Party School. When he came back, it was a done deal, and the city government's red-headed documents had already been issued.Later, seeing that this kind of practice did have economic benefits without cost, Hong Zhonghua just let it go. He didn't expect the common people to be so angry.At the meeting, Wan Lusheng was eloquent when he mentioned this matter: "This matter has a policy basis, and it has also gone through a hearing. It is reasonable and reasonable. It is normal for some ordinary people to have opinions. Whoever pays for it will have opinions."
Hong Zhonghua cursed the "bastard logic" in his heart, and said: "The hearing is just a procedure. Besides, the public also has doubts about the legitimacy of the so-called hearing. Nowadays, hearings are held everywhere for price increases. Which hearing will stop the price increase? Realistically speaking, holding hearings has now become a fig leaf and a shield for pursuing the interests of special groups. All our actions as leading cadres can only and must be carried out within the scope permitted by the law. We can turn a deaf ear to the opinions of the masses, Turn a blind eye, but we can’t turn a blind eye to the provincial party committee, right? How should we explain this matter to the higher-ups? Leaders please share your opinions and suggestions.”
Wan Lusheng added: "I also admit that what Secretary Hong said just now is not unreasonable, but isn't it because we levy annual parking fees in cities to build more and better parking lots? It's for the people and for the people."
Hong Zhonghua cursed again in his stomach: "Asshole logic, robbed others of their money, and then told them that the purpose of robbing you is to improve your living conditions." Of course, such words cannot come out of his mouth, He was not in the mood to argue with Wan Lusheng again in front of everyone at the meeting, so he gave Wan Lusheng a sideways look, stopped talking, and waited for everyone to express their opinions.
On the issue of collecting the annual parking fee, it was clear that the secretary and the mayor disagreed, and the reaction at the venue was naturally silence.No one in the lower ranks will take a positive stand for this kind of thing. Supporting one will definitely offend the other, and no one wants to offend either of these two people.Moreover, none of the attendees was involved in the issue of paying the annual parking fee. They don't have to pay any fees by car, which is of course different from ordinary people who have to pay for it by themselves.Therefore, no one will come forward to ask for fairness for this kind of thing.Cadres at the same level, such as the director of the National People's Congress and the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, will not express their views publicly, and they will watch the secretary and mayor's fight with great interest, with an attitude that has nothing to do with themselves, or even sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.The cold spot made Hong Zhonghua embarrassed, and urged him again: "This is a joint party and government meeting. If you have any opinions and suggestions, just say that we are not responsible for the matter and the people. If you think this matter is wrong It’s okay to make a statement, so please talk about how we can explain this matter to our superiors. As the secretary, I have no way to explain this to my superiors now.”
Hong Zhonghua urged for a while, only Shan Liren, secretary of the Disciplinary Committee, muttered: "Driven by interests, all kinds of strange things can happen." After finishing speaking, he stopped talking and smoked dully.Hong Zhonghua made him speak in a daze, but it was not easy to ask questions. Sometimes the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee cannot ask questions, especially in public places.In the end, the matter was left alone, and no resolution was made at the meeting, even if there was a result of "going forward to formulate a plan" like other agendas.
Hong Zhonghua had no choice but to change the topic: study the issue of bus reform, and ask the participants to express their opinions on the issue of bus reform.In fact, he also understands in his heart that bus reform is definitely not a problem that can be solved at this meeting. His purpose is to at least bring this matter up at this meeting, which is commonly referred to as putting it on the agenda.The direct purpose of his proposal to reform the bus is to reduce financial expenditure. After all, the debts of "Sanshuntan" must be repaid, and there are many imminent things that need to be spent. It is not a bad thing to save a few. Son.His indirect purpose is to make some gestures that will applaud the superiors and the people on the most difficult issues to reform at this time, divert people's attention, and slow down the problems brought about by the series of problems that occurred during the inspection of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary Zhang. political pressure.
As soon as he brought up the issue of bus reform, the venue immediately fell silent. The information Hong Zhonghua read from the faces in front of him reminded him of the name of a novel he had read in the past: .It is no wonder that most of the participants are bus owners. If bus owners want to reform the bus, it is tantamount to letting people cut their own flesh.After being bored for a while, Hong Zhonghua repeatedly mobilized everyone to speak, and the director of the National People's Congress said: "Many provinces and cities are now exploring the way of bus reform. Up to now, I have not heard of any province or city that dares to brag on this issue. There is progress. It is not ripe for us to discuss and study this issue now."
It was Hua Sanba who started firing again: "Does the bus need to be reformed? Just go back to the original way. I have worked in Tongzhou City for half my life. In the past, no matter whether it was the secretary, the mayor, the director, or the chairman, no one had a special bus. The leaders If you want to use a car, you always call the team. Whichever car the team sends is that car. It’s not like the first car, the second car, and the third car. The car number is equal to the seat. Let me Let’s talk about it, restore the old traditional practice, don’t assign any special cars, the leaders need to use the cars directly to find the convoy to send them, and they can sit in the one they send. Except for the city leaders, anyone who is on a business trip is not allowed to send buses or special cars beyond the scope of the city. All take public transportation. The same is true for commuting to and from work. Except for those whose units have commuter cars, all take public transportation. All units do not reserve cars according to the number of positions, let alone use special cars in disguise. This restores the fine tradition of the past, Is it still necessary to spend so much energy on reform?"
His opinions were immediately under siege. City-level leaders and bureau-level cadres all refuted Hua Sanba one after another. There is nothing wrong with public transportation, which is legitimate and should be enjoyed. It is like this all over the country. Why does Tongzhou City want to deprive leading cadres of public transportation treatment...
Hua Sanba was not afraid at all, and put on a posture of fighting against the scholars: "If you don't have a special car, you can't do your job? If you don't do it, you don't do it. Three-legged toads are rare, and there are many people with two legs. They think they are What kind of treasure? In the past, there were no buses or special cars, so socialist industrialization was established. Huh, what kind of treatment is not treated? Who stipulates the treatment? Take out the party and state documents to see if the state really stipulates that it is If you are an official, you can have a special car, then I am farting!"
Some people started to talk about Hua Sanba's shortcoming of killing people by taking a bus for private business: "What others say is fine, but you don't have the right to dictate this matter, so you just sit down obediently and treat everyone like that." Crashed to death, you are the first one with bus corruption."
Hua Sanba was caught in the throat with this word just now and lost the right to speak, this time he didn't accept it, and immediately quarreled: "I didn't do it on purpose, after all, it was just I have already accepted the punishment for the traffic accident, and I have already paid what should be paid, so what do you want? Will you be happy if you kill me?"
Some people began to haha: "No kill, no kill, who can kill you, even if we want to kill you, it doesn't count... Hahaha..."
Hua Sanba immediately interjected: "As long as you don't kill me, as long as I live, I will speak, and if you don't let me speak, I have to speak. In the past, it was said that a tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger, but now it is a bus that is fiercer than a tiger. In the final analysis, I Isn’t the mistake I made an example of a bus accident? If there is no bus flood now, and I don’t have a car, can I make such a mistake? I learned from the painful experience..."
Immediately, someone interrupted him: "You learn from the pain, there is no need for others to learn from the pain like you, right? We take the bus every day, why don't we run over people? You should blame yourself, sit on the bus and do your own business, don't sleep on the bed and crush the child to death .”
Immediately, some people supported: "Yes, I ran over and killed someone by taking a bus for my own business. Why do you rely on the bus? Others take the bus for work, and you take the bus for personal work. Two different things, two different things."
Seeing that Hua Sanba has become the target of public criticism, and the venue has become a battlefield to crusade against Hua Sanba, Hong Zhonghua hastily stepped forward to stop it, and Wan Lusheng also came forward to suppress it: "Stop talking, is this an attitude to discuss research issues? No matter what you say Right, no matter who said it, if it makes sense, if it doesn’t make sense, shut up, I didn’t call you here to listen to your quarrel.”
In the end, this matter was the same as other agendas, without any results. After the decision was made, the Municipal Party Committee Research Office of Hua Sanba and the government secretariat, together with the Finance Bureau and the Office Affairs Management Office, came up with two bus reform plans. Provided to the Standing Committee for discussion.
This fruitless enlarged party-government meeting made Hong Zhonghua feel a lot of frustration. There is no way to solve the real problem. The mouths of the demolition households were blocked. He didn't dare to imagine, if this matter continued to drag on, would those people really make trouble in Beijing.
Hong Zhonghua wandered around the office worrying, but something that made him worry even more came to him again.Shan Liren, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, knocked on the door and walked straight in.When Shan Liren came to Hong Zhonghua's office, he brought a smell of cigarettes into his nose as usual. Hong Zhonghua frowned instinctively and twitched his nose. Shan Liren sat on the sofa without seeing him: "Is the secretary busy?"
Hong Zhonghua got up to open the window, and said in response: "No matter how busy you are, I have to make time for you."
When the window was opened, the heat wave outside was blowing in, and the air conditioner in the room immediately turned on.
Shan Liren half-jokingly said: "The secretary took the lead in violating the regulations."
Hong Zhonghua said: "I'm not wasting energy, it's for environmental protection. Can you smoke less, or smoke cigarettes instead of cigarettes, the smell on your body can choke you to death."
Shan Liren laughed so hard that he even coughed.Hong Zhonghua was stunned: "Is it that funny? Is this sentence worth your laugh?"
Shan Liren said: "I came to bother the secretary today to report something. You must laugh when you hear it. Unexpectedly, I can solve the case just by the smell of vape oil on my body."
Hong Zhonghua was dubious: "What the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee said can make people laugh? You solved the case with e-liquid? What case did you solve?"
Shan Liren became serious: "It's really not a good thing, you will definitely have a headache if you say it."
Hong Zhonghua sat back in his seat behind the desk. According to the normal situation, when receiving people like Shan Liren, Hong Zhonghua would not sit behind the desk and talk.Instead, they will sit on another sofa and have a close conversation with the visitor on an equal footing.But it’s not good for Shan Liren, the smell of Shan Liren is too strong, and it’s easy to get dizzy and nauseated if you sit close to him, especially for non-smokers.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Shan Liren took out a cigarette and wanted to smoke, but Hong Zhonghua stopped smoking again.Hong Zhonghua said: "It's okay, you can smoke it. You have been smoked for so many years, and you don't care about it for a while."
Shan Liren didn't smoke, and wrapped the cigarette in his mouth, acting like a child sucking milk: "I have two things to report to you, one big and one small, which one do you want to hear first?"
Hong Zhonghua said: "I'd better listen to the small things first, give me a transition, I'm a little bit mentally prepared, and then I won't be scared easily when I hear the big things."
Shan Liren first asked him: "Do you still remember how Wei Kuiyang died?"
Hong Zhonghua said: "How can you not remember what happened just now?"
"The two things I said are related to his death," Shan Liren finally lit his cigarette, maybe Hong Zhonghua's attention was all on what he was talking about, and he didn't feel his cigarette The smell is choking.
"Let's talk about his death first. Do you still remember the deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau who was in a car accident at the same time as him?"
Hong Zhonghua nodded: "Remember, it's called Che Fulu, I know it, but I don't."
"Recently, in the past two days, we have received two consecutive reports, one is signed and the other is anonymous. According to the report, the car from the Civil Affairs Bureau that caused Wei Kuiyang's car accident was not the driver at the time. Driving, but Che Fulu driving."
Hong Zhonghua: "Oh, if he really drove the bus, it would violate the regulations of the Commission for Discipline Inspection on prohibiting cadres above the division level from driving buses."
Shan Liren: "The problem is not limited to these. The driver who signed the report is Wei Kuiyang. According to him, he has already told the traffic police team the real situation. The traffic police team hastily closed the case instead of further investigation. Therefore, it is suspected that there are problems of bending the law for personal gain and taking money and breaking the law."
Hong Zhonghua nodded: "Well, there is such a possibility."
Shan Liren went on to say: "Another anonymous report letter also said that the perpetrator of the car accident was Che Fulu, and further reported that Che Fulu bribed the captain of the traffic police team, and the bribe was given to the cemetery Acupuncture point..."
Hong Zhonghua was dizzy: "What did you say? What acupuncture point?"
Shan Liren had no choice but to explain the acupoints in the cemetery again.Hong Zhonghua was stunned: "How could such a thing happen? Have you investigated it?"
Shan Liren: "We are preparing to launch an investigation, and we can't draw conclusions yet, but according to the tone of the report materials and the detailed analysis of the situation, this report letter is probably written by someone who knows the situation inside the Civil Affairs Bureau, because the accompanying letter There is also a payment receipt from the captain of the traffic police team, the payout is the name of the traffic police captain, and the signature of the payer is Che Fulu. It can be preliminarily concluded that it is quite credible. It is relatively simple to investigate this kind of thing. Send a Just let the Disciplinary Inspection Team of the Civil Affairs Bureau arrange personal cooperation. The more serious problem is the second matter, which is also related to Wei Kuiyang's car accident."
Hong Zhonghua's mind was still thinking about the issue of bribery, but he didn't think about it: "Why would you think of using the tomb of the cemetery to bribe? Even if you want to do this, the other party may not accept it, and you can resell it when you get it?"
Shan Liren said: "What is going on here needs further investigation and understanding. If this matter is true, it is very bad in nature. However, compared to the latter matter I want to tell you, Che Fulu It's just a small thing."
Hong Zhonghua couldn't help feeling a little nervous: "What's the big deal? Tell me quickly."
Hong Zhonghua was really surprised when Shan Liren opened his mouth: "This matter is related to Wan Lusheng."
Hong Zhonghua was astonished. He had been secretly guessing why Wan Lusheng insisted on charging the so-called city parking annual fee even though he knew that the common people had scolded him for three generations. He was worried that there was shady corruption behind it. It seemed that what he was worried about had finally happened. This matter was indeed a big deal for him, so that he instinctively ran to the window and closed it, as if what he said to Shan Liren would be transmitted to other people's ears through the window: "What's going on?"
Shan Liren said: "I went to the province to report Wei Kuiyang's problem, and the leader of the Provincial Disciplinary Committee instructed that we must investigate thoroughly, and we can't leave it alone just because he died. I then reported our thoughts, first to Hongfa Company Conduct an audit, I told you about this before I went to the province."
Hong Zhonghua still remembered, so he nodded: "Yes, you said it."
Shan Liren said: "After Wei Kuiyang found more than 6 million cash in his family, the first problem we faced was to find out the source of the funds. I checked Wei Kuiyang's personnel files. According to Wei Kuiyang's employment experience, three Years ago, he was only the deputy director of the transportation bureau in charge of transportation planning. In that position, even if he took bribes, it was not so fast. No obvious violations of regulations were found. These are just clues that we have roughly sorted out. In the process of sorting out clues, we found that the plan of the municipal government to levy annual parking fees was proposed by Wei Kuiyang, and he strongly advocated it It was actively promoted. The strangest thing is that the annual parking fee is an administrative fee item of the municipal government, but Hongfa Company is entrusted to collect and pay it on its behalf. This is very abnormal. Why should an enterprise be entrusted to collect and pay the government’s administrative fees What right? What right does a company have to collect money from ordinary people for the government? Even if the company is a state-owned company, it is illegal. From this we think that there will be a conflict between the collection of annual parking fees, Hongfa Company and Wei Kuiyang. What special interests will there be? At that time, it was just our guesses and judgments. Guesses and judgments needed facts and evidence to support them. Whether they were affirmed or denied, they all needed facts to speak for themselves. After we reported our thoughts to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection They are very supportive of our opinions. After returning, we and the Audit Bureau jointly organized an audit team to audit Hongfa Company. It was found that after Hongfa Company started to collect annual parking fees, the annual fees collected did not have a separate item. It is mixed together as business income and other income items of the company. So the huge annual fee income has become the economic benefit of the company. Correspondingly, the personal income of the company has doubled, and the main leaders have implemented an annual salary system. The minimum annual salary There are also 150,000 yuan, and the highest is Li Fang, the general manager and secretary of the party committee, with an annual salary of 500,000 yuan."
Hong Zhonghua asked, "Is the Li Fang you're talking about Wan Lusheng's wife?"
Shan Liren nodded: "Yes, that's her."
Hong Zhonghua said: "If this is the case, at best it is a violation of discipline. Correction and punishment are fine. It is not illegal, right? This matter seems to be less serious than the one you just mentioned."
When he said this, his mood relaxed a lot.In all fairness, he absolutely does not want the main leaders of the municipal party committee and municipal government to have serious corruption problems, and make the party and government leadership of the entire Tongzhou city feel ashamed.So when I heard that Hongfa Company only used the annual fee income to increase the economic benefits of the unit, thereby increasing the personal income of employees, I was relieved, and there was a slight sense of relief in my tone of voice, which meant that you were making a fuss out of a molehill?
Shan Liren smiled and said, "If that's the case, I won't come to you anymore. The Commission for Discipline Inspection will deal with it directly. During the audit, we found that Hongfa Company had a huge amount of unaccounted for funds, and the amount happened to be more than 6 million."
Hong Zhonghua almost jumped up: "What did you say? The whereabouts of a huge amount of money is unknown? More than six million? So how is it possible for a formal enterprise?"
Shan Liren: "This is a fact. The audit report is being written. I am here today to ask for your permission to impose double regulations on Li Fang."
Hong Zhonghua was startled again: "Is that necessary? How can Mayor Wan explain it?"
Shan Liren: "It is necessary. We have already contacted her. She initially explained the problem. There are many things that need to be further investigated. In order to prevent other problems from happening, it is very necessary to take organizational measures against her immediately." Said Here, Shan Liren giggled again.
Talking about this kind of topic, he can still laugh, which makes Hong Zhonghua very unhappy: "What are you laughing at? What is there to laugh at?"
Shan Liren held back his laughter and continued to report: "After we discovered this problem that day, we immediately asked them for financial investigation to find out the situation..."
After the joint audit team audited that Hongfa Company had a large amount of unaccounted for funds, it immediately asked the financial personnel to investigate and understand the situation.The financial personnel did not hide anything, and told the audit team directly that the funds were transferred to the designated account according to the instructions of the general manager Li Fang. As for where the funds went from that account, only the general manager Li Fang Know.In this case, the only way to find out is to find Li Fang directly.So the audit team talked to Li Fang to learn about the whereabouts of these funds.
Li Fang is the wife of Mayor Wan Lusheng, so naturally she doesn't take these small cadres of the audit team seriously.The small cadres didn't dare to be presumptuous to the mayor's wife, and they were respectful, not like investigating a problem, but like a door-to-door service to sell insurance.At the beginning, Li Fang patiently taught the small cadres of the investigation team: "These things are not what you should know. If there is a crime, can we put it on our books so blatantly? This matter involves major business secrets, you Just don't ask."
As for the responsibility, I have to ask, and if I don’t ask clearly, the investigation team can’t explain to their superiors, so they have no choice but to talk softly, begging grandpa to tell grandma, so that they can explain clearly, where did so much money go? up.As a result, the investigator was not in a hurry, and the person being investigated was annoyed. Li Fang lifted her buttocks and left. Before leaving, she said: "I am very busy and have no time to pester you. The big smoker came to investigate in person."
她要走，谁也不敢拦她，也没有合法的正当的理由拦她，只好急急忙忙向“大烟鬼”单立人报告。单立人一听就跑到了宏发公司，李芳其实并没有离开，在自己的办公室里上网聊天呢。单立人可不是应付不了市长夫人的小喽啰，板着一张黑脸，把李芳堵在办公室里开始谈话。李芳对着单立人态度虽然不敢像对那些小喽啰那么嚣张，却也仍然用“商业秘密”四个字来抵抗。单立人一时半会儿倒也真没有好办法，只好继续使用部下用过的办法：死缠烂打，不说就不让她离开办公室。李芳并不怕单立人，论职务单立人比她家万鲁生还要低上半级，可是她怕单立人身上那股味道，那股由卷烟和男人的体臭搅拌成的刺鼻味道，熏得她头晕作呕，恨不得马上脱逃出去。她几次三番要出去喘口气，都让单立人给拦住了。实在没办法，李芳只好说要上厕所。单立人指了指她办公室里的卫生间：“你这有卫生间，还上什么厕所？”李芳气得半死，这个时候她才开始后悔，当初装修这间办公室的时候，不应该专门搞这么一个豪华卫生间。
李芳怒冲冲地说：“你在这儿我怎么上卫生间？”
单立人嘿嘿一笑说：“你尿你的，隔着墙隔着门，怕什么？即便我不在这儿，你上卫生间也会有人跟着。”
李芳质问他：“你这是干嘛？限制我的人身自由？你这是非法拘禁，我要告你，别看你是纪委书记，犯了法也照样有人管你。”
单立人：“我犯法？六百多万国有资产你说弄没就弄没了，还敢说我犯法？明告诉你，今天你不交代清楚这六百多万的去处，就别想离开这间屋子。还有，你今天不交代清楚这六百多万的去处，明天我肯定要给你换个地方谈话。”
李芳软了，做出恳切的样子说：“单书记，你别逼我好不好？看在我们家老万的面子上，你别太为难我，我也实话告诉你，这笔钱肯定有下落，绝对不是我贪污了，你让我出去透透气好不好？”
单立人：“透什么气？这屋里空气好得很啊。”
李芳说：“我真的受不了了，你要是再不让我出去透透气我就得死在这儿。”
单立人说：“太简单了，你说清楚那六百多万的去处，我马上就离开，你以为我愿意在这儿耗费时间吗？是你叫我过来的，我怎么能不接受你的邀请把事情搞清楚呢？事情不搞清楚，我也没办法向你们家老万交代啊。”
李芳说：“那好，让我到外面透一口气，回来我就告诉你，行不行？”
单立人回答得非常决绝：“不行，你不告诉我就不能离开这间屋子一步，除非明天我给你换个地方。”
李芳终于发怒了：“你离我远点，熏死我了，哎哟，我实在受不了了。”
单立人也发怒了：“熏死你我偿命，没熏死之前你必须把那六百多万资金的去处老老实实交代清楚，不然，我饶不了你，国家饶不了你，你们家老万也饶不了你。”
李芳捂住了鼻子，死活不再跟他说话。单立人也不再催促她，点着一支大卷烟抽着，冷然盯着她。按照他的审讯经验，这阵李芳正在作思想斗争，或者说现在李芳正在犹豫不决，而他应该做的就是耐心等待，这也是耐力、意志的较量和搏斗。这个时候如果急于求成加大压力，弄不好会适得其反，强化对方的抵触情绪，加大调查的难度。果然，两个人对峙了十来分钟李芳就投降了，憋着气息说：“算了算了，我不跟你纠缠了，再犟下去真得让你熏死了。告诉你吧，这笔钱都给死鬼魏奎杨了。不过可不是我行贿，而是他帮我们催缴欠缴年费的活动经费。”
尽管当初审计宏发公司的目的就是想要找到魏奎杨的资金来源，可是一旦李芳这么轻易地说出魏奎杨的六百多万资金是从宏发公司拿去的，仍然让单立人大吃一惊。这太让人难以置信了，这些人竟然敢用这么简单拙劣的手段把六百多万拿回了自己家里，简直是胆大包天、丧心病狂了。单立人办过很多案子，凡是非法攫取经济利益的人，不管是贪污还是受贿，无一不煞费苦心、处心积虑地掩盖自己的犯罪行为。而像魏奎杨和李芳如此直截了当几乎等于公开贪占，反而让单立人吃惊至极有些疑惑，这种情况有三种可能：他们是傻子，他们是疯子，他们没有犯罪。当然，他们不可能是傻子疯子，那么唯一的问题就是需要认定他们转移这笔资金的性质，也就是他们到底是不是在犯罪。
单立人追问：“催缴年费用这么多钱？”
李芳却说：“真的假不了，假的真不了，我告诉你你得赶紧让我出去透口气。”
单立人答应了：“好，但是要有人陪着，不准对外联系。”
李芳说：“那是要拍电视片、印发公益广告、让车辆管理所把车辆年审和缴纳年费挂钩等等各项配套措施的经费。他让我们把钱打到指定账号上，我们就打过去了。怕什么？他还敢忽悠我？现在还有相当一部分有车户抵制缴纳年费，群众对市里强征停车年费的做法极为愤慨，于是市里就想办法用车辆年审来卡，凡是没有按规定缴纳停车年费的车辆，不但要征收滞纳金，车辆也不给年审。”看样子，这里头又有魏奎杨做的工作起了作用。不管是真是假，李芳起码有了表面上能够自圆其说的理由，单立人没有再阻拦她。一旦放行，李芳逃跑似的夺门而出，就像从狐狸的洞穴中逃出去的兔子。
部下对单立人敬佩极了：“还是单书记厉害，我们追问了整整一天，李芳根本不答理我们，单书记出马，不到两个小时就攻破了李芳的防线。”
对于部下的恭维，单立人内心里沾沾自喜，表面上却谦虚：“我也就是耐心好一点，经验多一点，其他的也没什么。”
正说着李芳带着几个部下回来，李芳不进办公室，部下冲进李芳的办公室，打开所有门窗，又打开了换气扇，还拿了一桶空气清新剂在办公室里拼命喷洒。李芳站在办公室外面懊恼地对单立人说：“你那一身烟油子味道，我要是再不说非得让你熏死，你咋那么大味呢？”
李芳的话让单立人尴尬不已，他的部下在一旁想笑不敢笑，憋得很痛苦。
洪钟华听了单立人靠浑身烟油子味道硬把李芳熏服了，忍不住哈哈大笑起来：“纪委书记用味道熏服调查对象，这是可以作为反腐败的奇特案例了。”笑过了，却又有一层深深的担忧浮上了心头，“你相信魏奎杨的六百多万真的就是宏发公司转过去的？还有，宏发公司那个李芳，就那么大胆子，那么一大笔资金就那么随随便便地交给了魏奎杨？有什么证据没有？”
单立人说：“这正是我们要向你汇报的。经过纪委常委会议研究，决定立即对宏发公司巨额资金非法转移立案调查，对李芳采取组织措施，进一步深入调查此事的原因，希望你能支持我们。”
洪钟华犹豫了，李芳终究是市长万鲁生的妻子，虽然她本人级别并不高，纪委常委会议就有权决定对她采取组织措施，具体说就是在规定的时间、规定的地点检查交代问题，俗称“双规”、“双指”、“两规”，对她实行双规不存在权限、程序上的问题，但是造成的影响却难以估量。万鲁生对此会有什么反应难以预料，在老百姓中间会造成什么影响也难以预料，对整个铜州市的工作会造成什么影响还是一个难以预料。如果万鲁生把这件事情的性质搅和成政治斗争，事情就会更加复杂。要是调查结果李芳并没有违法乱纪行为，那么他这个市委书记和市长之间的关系就彻底完了。党政一把手之间闹矛盾、起内讧是大忌，没有谁会认真调查、评价是非曲直，这就像两口子吵架打仗，外人是难以评说是非的，所以古话说清官难断家务事。党政一把手闹意见，闹得好，调离，闹不好，也是调离，结果都是两败俱伤。
洪钟华问：“难道非这样做吗？”
单立人没有直接回答他的问题：“我看过一本书，名字叫什么来着……”边想边用被卷烟熏得焦黄的手指头敲打着脑门子，“怪怪的名字，想不起来了，上面有这样一句话：每一个错案后面都有一段不可告人的故事，每一笔难以收回的贷款后面都有一段不可告人的故事，现在这句话应该再加一句：每一个市长作出的荒唐决策后面也都肯定有不可告人的故事。因为，能当上市长的人不会是傻瓜白痴，既然不是傻瓜白痴为什么会作出荒唐决策呢？初步查证的事实证明，征收停车年费这种荒唐事情之所以能够在公然违法、受到百姓强烈反对的情况下强制实施，背后确实有故事，而且还不是小故事。”
洪钟华心里明明知道这件事情背后确实像单立人说的那样有故事，但是遇到这种情况也难免思前想后、患得患失。不然他也不会做出把范家滩改成三顺滩，让老百姓骂他拍马屁的丢脸事儿了。所以，他对单立人说：“你考虑这件事情的后果了吗？我的意见是，征求省纪委的意见，如果他们要搞这个案子，我们全力配合，如果他们不搞，我们也没办法搞。”
单立人当然明白他的心思，也理解他的心思，从政有点像做生意，谁都想把利益最大化，风险最小化，从政成功的标志是级别，经商成功的标志是金钱，从政失败的标志是撤职，经商失败的标志是破产。理解归理解，并不等于认可。从大处说，单立人有自己担负的职能、义务和责任。从小处说，也有自己的利益需要维护，也需要建立自己本部门的业绩，业绩对于一个官员来说，太重要了，就像学生的成绩单，是要凭成绩单升级的。
单立人说：“洪书记，你说的意思我已经请示过省纪委了。省纪委的态度很明确，指示我们一查到底，决不姑息，同时也指示，即便是市长的老婆，也要按照干部管理权限来查，不能因为是市长的老婆就不敢查，把责任往上推。”
洪钟华听他这么说，马上松了一口气，跟万鲁生谈话他有由头了，把审查万鲁生老婆的事情推到省纪委身上就万事大吉了，而且，这种谈话，他洪钟华无疑占领了道义高地，不由他万鲁生不服服帖帖。想到找万鲁生谈这个问题的时候，万鲁生狼狈、惊愕的倒霉相儿，洪钟华心里暗暗有了快感。
洪钟华心里这样想，表面上却装得非常生气，板着脸说：“既然省纪委已经有明确的意见，那就按照省纪委的指示办，我没意见。”
洪钟华的言外之意就是：既然你已经向省纪委报告了，省纪委已经有明确意见了，你还来告诉我干嘛？难道我还能让你不按省纪委的指示办吗？单立人连忙解释：“洪书记，你别误会，省纪委仅仅是个工作意见，我们纪委工作要接受同级党委的领导，这是确定无疑的，我们也会坚决按照组织原则办事。当时上省纪委汇报还是你指示我去的，汇报以后，省纪委对这件事情非常重视，基本上是每天一个电话询问进展情况。我们找李芳谈话有了初步结果之后，还没来得及向你汇报，省纪委就来了电话询问案件进展情况，我顺便向他们汇报了一下，当时我的意思是最好由他们派工作组下来调查，我们负责配合。人家当时就把我顶回来了。”
单立人的解释也有自己的话外音：对这个案子涉及的复杂人事关系我不是不知道，但是这个案子的严重性你也应该知道，想放水是不可能的。见洪钟华沉吟未语，单立人咳嗽一声又补充了一句，把话说得更明白了一些：“这件事情现在看肯定要采取组织措施彻查了，其实，这种事情谁也没办法替别人埋单。”
洪钟华明白他的意思，认真想想，也真的就是那么回事，如果万鲁生的老婆违法犯罪了，别说他洪钟华，就是万鲁生自己又能替他老婆埋单吗？洪钟华问：“你有什么建议？”
单立人说：“没什么建议，其实，双规李芳纪委常委会就能定……关键是，万市长那边是不是洪书记你……”
洪钟华心里暗笑，脸上却做出勉为其难的愁眉苦脸说：“好吧，我抽时间跟万市长谈谈，你们该怎么做就怎么做，这件事情太大了，既要慎重又要坚决，别的我也没什么可说的了。唉——”
单立人走了，洪钟华拨通了市长万鲁生的电话：“老万啊，什么时候有时间，我有点事情跟你谈谈。”
万鲁生说：“我这一两天真的很忙，事情很重要吗？”
洪钟华说：“不重要我怎么敢耽误市长的时间啊？很重要，这样吧，今天下班以后，你到我办公室来，或者我到你办公室去也行。”
万鲁生迟疑片刻，还是答应了洪钟华：“那好吧，还是我到书记那去吧。”
洪钟华说：“那好，不见不散，我在办公室等你。”
李桂香上班了，当上了交通协理员。她的岗位在市区的东街口，这个街口是交通要道，汽车犹如钢铁洪流在狭窄的河床上咆哮奔腾，行人就像慌乱的羊群在车流暂时被红灯掐断的间隙匆匆忙忙从人行横道上跑过。李桂香的任务就是当红灯亮起来的时候，吹着哨子挥舞小旗拦阻企图和行人抢行的汽车，当绿灯亮起来的时候，吹着哨子挥舞小旗拦截企图和汽车抢道的行人。不时地还要制止骑自行车的带人、逆行、到汽车道上游逛等等违章行为。
中国人民上了马路似乎就都变成了急性子，汽车和行人都不愿意避让对方，好像只有抢到对方的前头才能显示自己的存在，展示自己的价值。李桂香维护交通秩序的难度很大，她不是正规的警察，没有执法权力，人家听不听她的全靠自觉。李桂香却是一个非常敬业的人，这份工作来之不易，工钱也还算满意，如果下班以后再兼点别的差事，比如帮人家装修队打打小工，到哪个娱乐场所当清洁工等等，每个月的收入不但可以满足自己和小燕的支出，还能略有盈余，积攒一段时间偿还医院的医药费应该是可以预期的事情。尽管司马达多次告诉她，医药费不用她操心，由市委洪书记负责，她却从来没有想过顺水推舟把那几千块钱的医药费省下来。她感谢市委洪书记和司马达，但是，自己有病了让别人掏钱跟她的世界观相悖，她虽然渺小，却也有自己做人的原则，并且非常艰难地坚守着自己的原则。
李桂香当了交通协理员，这是她下岗以来得到的最为稳定的工作，她暗暗盘算，如果能坚持干下去，再揽一些别的杂活，她和女儿的生活就会改善，她们就不但可以温饱，还可以略有盈余。新得到的工作，为这个母女相依为命的小家庭展示了前所未有的光明前景。为了能够把这个前景变成现实，李桂香就必须百倍敬业，这对李桂香来说并不是很难的事情，因为她本身就是一个敬业认真的人。
李桂香嘴里含着哨子，挥舞着小红旗，汗流浃背地指挥交通。车过来了，她便拼命拦住潮水一样想尽快通过马路的人群，偶尔有调皮的不知死活的孩子漏网，她便冲将过去连拉带抱地把孩子从车河中拯救出来。如果有不守规矩的汽车，在红灯亮的时候还企图强行通过，李桂香就拼了老命地吹着哨子挥舞着小红旗阻挡人家。她经常会招来恶骂，那些驾车的人坐在空调车里便往往会产生贵族似的幻觉，好像天生就比在外面烈日下奔波的芸芸众生高档很多。所以，当李桂香制止那些小轿车违章行为的力度大一点的时候，往往会有司机和乘客摇下车窗骂她：“干嘛？马路橛子捣什么乱？”“你他妈的找死啊？”“没事回家待着去，跑大马路上亮什么相，也不怕影响市容！”……此类的谩骂是李桂香要经常承受的侮辱。李桂香不敢得罪这些乘坐轿车的人，她知道，这些人虽然同样生活在社会主义国家，同样是人，但跟自己不是同一个品种，现在不讲阶级了，如果讲阶级那就好说了，他们不是同一个阶级，不讲阶级了就没有合适的词汇来表达这种区别，只好说不是同一个品种。那些坐在轿车里骂人的人，李桂香知道自己惹不起他们，对于他们的谩骂和侮辱，李桂香只能假装听不着，为了生存，她就要维护好这个路口的交通秩序，绝对不能出交通事故；为了维护好这个路口的交通秩序，保证不出交通事故，她就得忍耐那些人的谩骂和侮辱。
李桂香敬业，同时又是一个执拗的人，所以尽管有人骂她，侮辱她，她却非常尽心尽力地履行着自己的职责。一辆黑色的奥迪车威风凛凛地驶了过来，这时候红灯已经亮了，行人已经开始起步要通过斑马线了，那辆奥迪却仍然挣扎着要冲破人群通过路口。李桂香吹着哨子挺身拦在了车子的前面，她知道很可能又要挨骂了，但是她又不能不拦住这辆车，不拦住这辆车，她就是失职，尽管没有发生事故，那也对不起今天的这份工资。车子停了下来，车窗摇了下来，一个脑袋比皮球还光亮的秃子怒火中烧地嚷嚷：“你干嘛？我们有急事，耽误了工作你负得起责任吗？”
李桂香张开双臂，既是拦车，也是保护身后正在经过路口的一队小学生，汗水洇进了她的两眼，眼睛酸辣难忍，她还得心平气和地解释：“对不起啊，希望你们能遵守交通规则，现在行人正在过马路，你硬挤多不安全，万一……”
坐在司机旁边的人不耐烦地说：“行了，别啰唆了，交通规则我们懂。”然后吩咐司机，“葫芦，把车窗摇上，热气都烘进来了，你急什么？没看见是红灯吗？”
司机连忙把车窗摇了上去。李桂香松了一口气，她看到坐在司机旁边的是一个胖乎乎挺面熟的中年男人，进而想起这个领导就是那个在大纽约娱乐城滑倒的车局长。局长就是领导，当领导的人一般水平比较高，不会像那些暴发户或者暴发户的司机胡乱骂人。尽管这样，李桂香看到这位局长还是暗暗心惊，就是这位局长摔的那一跤，让她丢了在大纽约娱乐城保洁工的工作，潜意识里，她把这位局长当成了自己的灾星，所以，这位局长的出现让李桂香怦怦心跳，担心自己今天又有什么灾祸降临。绿灯亮了，李桂香连忙拦住身后的人潮，摆手示意汽车通行，那台奥迪车缓缓驶过李桂香的面前，既没有故意在她身边鸣喇叭吵她，也没有像有的司机那样故意甩一把方向拿车身蹭她。汽车离开路口远去了，李桂香长嘘一口气，暗暗祈求上天让她今后可别再碰上这个人，因为，在她的心目中，这个人一出现就很可能让自己倒霉。两种人最容易陷入宿命的牢笼：一种是万事如意的人，一种是命运多舛的人，李桂香属于后者。
汽车一辆接一辆地通过路口，行人在这种时候一般不会贸然闯进车流里面找死，李桂香也才有空闲用头巾擦拭了一把蜇眼睛的汗水。汗水擦去了，她的眼睛好受多了，她想起了女儿小燕，顿时像吃了一口冰糕，凉爽爽的舒服感觉让她暂时忘掉了酷热的暑气。她头上蒙着的这块红头巾是小燕给她买的，她问小燕哪来的钱，小燕说那段时间她住院，司马叔叔老来送吃的，她就把每天的饭钱省下来了。用省下的钱给她买这块头巾，就是让她上班的时候戴在头上，能够挡风遮太阳。李桂香嫌颜色太艳了，小燕说，红色的醒目，等于天天脑袋上顶着一个红灯，司机老远就能看见。所以，李桂香一想起头上的红头巾，就十分舒心，因为头巾是还在读小学的女儿省吃俭用给她买的。
李桂香的搭档是下岗工人老刘。老刘此刻正站在马路对面照顾行人和汽车，看到李桂香正朝马路对面张望，便隔着马路用手点点脑袋，又竖起了大拇指。李桂香冲他笑笑，明白他是说自己头上包的红头巾，心里油然有了一丝自豪感，这个自豪感是女儿小燕送给她的礼物。搭档是一个腿脚有点残疾的老工人，儿子读高中，除了要学费、生活费，跟他没话。他告诉李桂香，儿子就像眉毛，没有吧，好像比别人少了点什么是个缺憾，有了吧，又确实没什么实在用处，特羡慕李桂香有这样一个知道疼她的女儿，经常对李桂香说如果可能，他宁愿拿他的儿子换个女儿。
红灯亮了，李桂香拦住汽车，护着行人过马路，车队里一台黑色的轿车车窗摇了下来，司马达探出脑袋朝李桂香招手。李桂香正在忙着工作，顾不上跟他打招呼，一群刚刚放学的孩子正在横穿马路，孩子们活像刚刚出圈的羊群撒着欢在马路上奔跑，这是最危险的。红灯转换成了绿灯，孩子的队伍刚刚过了一半，李桂香急忙拦住后面的孩子，朝通过的汽车摆动着旗子，吹着哨子，提醒司机慢慢通过，不要抢灯。司马达的车缓缓从李桂香身边经过，李桂香这才有机会对司马达喊一声：“慢点，注意安全啊！”
司马达朝李桂香挥挥手。李桂香注意到，车里只有司马达一个人，市委洪书记并没有在他的车上，她有些纳闷，正是下班时间，洪书记怎么会没有坐车呢？
司马达经过了路口，从后视镜里又看了李