Chapter 9 Section IX

Li Jinkui will never forget that day. In autumn, Li Jinkui took time to go home. At that time, there was already a jeep in the village, and he went back by jeep.When we returned to Dali Village, it was already half-past. In a locust tree forest not far from the village, Li Jinkui saw a ball-like object writhing on the ground, and it was dragging a long tail... Heartbroken, he stopped the car and walked over alone.In a bright yellow leaf, he saw his grandfather.Grandpa's waist has been bent to ninety degrees, and he looks like a ball, rolling and rolling. He is dragging a bamboo stick in his hand, hugging leaves in the forest!When he came to him, Lao Bao turned around on the spot, half-turned his body, slowly twisted his neck and looked up at him, he hurriedly said: "Master." Lao Bao made a "goo" in his throat, He half covered his ears with one hand, squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, then suddenly said: "Major Li is back." But the old bundle walked towards the woods without moving.After a while, Lao Biao came back in a bunch, holding a small wooden stool with four legs behind his back. He wiped the small stool with his sleeve and said, "Major Li, you sit down." Well, it’s not dirty.” Li Jinkui’s scalp was about to explode, and he said, “Grandpa, don’t say that again…” Lao Bie twisted his neck and looked up again, and said, “It’s not ‘right’ yet. " Li Jinkui said: "It's right..." Lao Bie said: "If you are right, you will be an official. Sit down, don't think your father is dirty." Li Jinkui looked at him carefully and found that he didn't mean to play tricks at all. , Grandpa spoke seriously, and Grandpa's eyes were even filled with uncontrollable joy.So, he sat down in front of his grandfather, who stretched out his hand tremblingly, and stroked his face for a while. His hand was very thick and felt hot to the touch. He said, "Major Li, being an official is not good. It’s the same, look at this face is also smooth.” Li Jinkui said: “You, don’t say that, it’s a joke.” Lao Bie said: “It’s really nothing, what a joke?” Li Jinkui sighed and said: “This year Too much, I never took a penny from home..." Lao Bie said: "What kind of money is not money, you have made me look good! This is better than anything else. Like the Tonghammer family, the old cousin, more than ten years I didn’t move around anymore, and came up again a while ago, carrying two boxes of snacks! Your mother wants to keep it for you, and I said that Li Xiangzhang still lacks this?!..." Then, the old bundle said: " Do you still remember that when you were leaving for school, a guy bought you two plates of meat buns and two bowls of hot and spicy soup, which was enough to keep me busy!..." As he said that, Lao Bie smiled happily.

Li Jinkui shed two tears when he heard what the master said.At this time, Li Jinkui finally realized that life is a kind of relationship!On what level of relationship do you live.What kind of life do you have.Grandpa's words made him feel distant, even ridiculous.Ke Ye's feelings are real, so real that it makes people's heart ache!He felt that the distance between him and his master was getting farther and farther, to the point where he had nothing to say...Of course the master would not know how his township head became. That is also a battle! Strictly speaking, Township Mayor Wu was almost squeezed out.The earliest contest between the two was in the wine field. "Wine fighting" is what Township Chief Wu is most willing to do.In Fentai Township, everyone knew that Mayor Wu was a heavy drinker, and he was also aggressive.As long as he goes to the wine shop, he must drink one. This is his hobby and also his problem.At that time, most of the prestige of township cadres was established in the wine field, and many things were also decided in the wine field.Often, when the drink reaches 70-80%, the township head says, so it's settled like this? !Everyone said, it's settled!Therefore, when working in the countryside, if you can't drink, you can't work.When Li Jinkui first became the deputy township head, the township head Wu always liked to make fun of him whenever he went to the liquor store, saying what about Jin, you can't drink it!Come, come, have a drink and practice hard.So, Li Jinkui drank one cup after another for him, and then said: I can't do it, I really can't.Wu Township Chief Bao squinted and said, Surrender?Li Jinkui said, vote, surrender.Mayor Wu said, raise your hands and surrender!So Li Jinkui stood up, raised his hands and said, I surrender.Mayor Wu laughed and said, good!Forget it, just surrender.From now on, whenever there is a wine shop, the head of Wu Township will repeat the old story, playing tricks on him time and time again.For the fourth time, Li Jinkui said first when he came up, Wu, Wu Township Chief, you, you are old comrades, and I will learn from you.Wu Xiang was very happy, saying that young people are making progress!But there is one thing, I am playing ten sets!At this time, Wang Cuihua, director of the Women's Federation, hurriedly stopped him and said, big brother, don't play two games, he wants to force you!Ten you are not his opponent.If you lose a lot, I will replace you.Mayor Wu immediately said: "That's not acceptable! If you two are a family, I'll let you replace me." Wang Cuihua spat: "Old Wu, you are talking embarrassingly again!"Li Jinkui said, big sister, it doesn't matter, I won't let anyone take over, I will learn from Wu Xiangchang.Then he said, "Major Wu, I also know that I am not your opponent. One thing, you have to let me drink water. I can't do without water."The head of Wu Township was very angry. He said, "Okay, let's help each other."So as soon as I got started, ten plates came, one plate was ten full cups, and a catty of wine went down.The rule in Grave Township is to dry the wine and brighten the porcelain (bright wine cup). Li Jinkui is a "squeaker". After drinking, he has to raise the wine cup high for everyone to see.Mayor Wu drank happily, even if he lost ten pieces of "Zhi", the porcelain also shone happily!Everyone sweated for Li Jinkui, fearing that he would drink up.But Li Jinkui took a sip of wine and then a sip of water, but he was calm.In this way, when drinking the second bottle.Mayor Wu's head turned red, and he said with a big tongue, the back of his hand today, no punching, tiger stick!Li Jinkui came to "Tiger Pole" with him... When the second bottle was drained, Wu Xiangchang's face turned a little purple, but he still said: I'm fine, I'm fine at all!Jin Jinkui... how about you?Li Jinkui said, I can't do it, but I have to give up my life to accompany the gentleman, and today I have to learn from Wu Xiangzhang.Further down, Township Chief Wu wanted to "put his finger" again, so Li Jinkui gestured to him. When the third bottle was finished, Li Jinkui was still sitting there upright, taking a sip of water from time to time.Mayor Wu actually slipped under the table... That night, Mayor Wu, who was as drunk as mud, urinated on the gate of the township government!Afterwards, he lay in the compound of the township government, crying and cursing, and no one would pull him up. He cried and said: I have worked in the township for eighteen years!

From then on, Mayor Wu never "fighted wine" with Li Jinkui again. (But he will never know that Li Jinkui spit half of the wine he drank into the teacup.) The second is "speech".When Li Jinkui was not the deputy mayor, he had no right to speak; after he became the deputy mayor, the opportunity to speak gradually increased, and he soon discovered that speaking is an art!Speech is the best way to occupy the venue and conquer people's hearts.Speech can be said to be a living advertisement that reflects the level of leadership. If the words are well spoken, they can really be used as money!Not only can it be used as money, but it is actually a way of expressing power.Language has become a kind of space here, and occupying space at one time is equivalent to occupying the right to speak of the township government.The countryman said, isn't that what this person meant by "taking up space"?When Li Jinkui spoke at the beginning, he was not very used to it, sometimes he couldn't help but stutter, and he made people laugh at the venue.He found that Mayor Wu's way of speaking was very unusual, and he didn't have any skills in speaking, but his voice was louder and full of domineering. Once he stood there, no one dared to speak. quiet.But he spoke in a reprimanding tone, with a great air, and from time to time he used some local dialects of "ah, ah, fuck, fuck", but there was nothing there, and the rest was just some content on the document.Once Li Jinkui understood it, he worked hard to practice.Whenever he had the opportunity to speak, he prepared meticulously.Therefore, every speech is an opportunity for him, and he will never let go of any opportunity to speak.At the beginning, when he was speaking, he always took a few pages of paper, and first he read two lines in a low voice on purpose, so that people could not hear him clearly and made people despise him.But he read out a kind of sincerity and an attitude that would make people feel that this person is sincere.Then, when people began to pay attention to him, he folded the two pages and raised his voice suddenly, so that people would be surprised, and they would listen to him carefully, and then he would speak vividly. up.He uses his voice as a magnet, he wants to attract people tightly, and he gestures when he needs to make gestures; when his voice should be lowered, he lowers his voice; The first two sentences, and then he will quote two Tang poems or something, and make a joke or two; sometimes, he will use the local vulgar language and slang to speak for a while, and then suddenly turn into high-level words, even referring to the United States, Japan also brought in a big talk, and when people seemed to understand half of what they said, they pulled back the topic and fell on some very simple things... As they talked, there was laughter: Then It drew applause, and then whenever he spoke, the applause continued.Sometimes, if he doesn't talk about it, someone asks him to talk about it, and let the village chief Li also talk about it!

After that, for a period of time, his speech became an invisible oppression to Wu Xiangchang.When the mayor always speaks.Mayor Wu has more opportunities to speak, but time and time again, in front of everyone, Mayor Wu can't speak as well as him, and Mayor Wu feels very suffocated.In the past, it was fine if there was no such comparison, but now when people speak, there is applause. How can Township Chief Wu not be angry?Mayor Wu was angry but he couldn't say anything. You can't criticize others just because they speak better than you, right?As a result, Wu, the first chief executive of Fentai Township, always felt very depressed.Very depressing!Originally, Mayor Wu’s cultural level was not high, so he wanted to speak better, but he was used to yelling, and he couldn’t change it. Sometimes he wanted to speak more vividly, but he often couldn’t remember the word he wanted to say He often scratched his head and said: "That, that, ah? What is that? Ah, this, this..." The "ah" and "ah" go like this, it seems that I am not level.In some meetings, the township head usually makes the final summary, but the township head Wu heard Li Jinkui speak so well, so he was so angry that he didn't want to say anything, and the only thing left was two angry words: the meeting was over !

In this way, gradually, Mayor Wu didn't like to talk much, and he almost gave up the space for public speaking. Sometimes he was often locked in the room alone, drinking, and his mentality was very bad. As for popularity, let alone, in the less than three years in Fengtai Township, the cadres of the township government have already owed Li Jinkui more or less favors.Those things may seem small when they are said, but they are big things when they are placed on the individual.They all wanted to repay him, but he never gave them a chance to repay them.Therefore, some cadres always came to Li Jinkui and said, "Major Li, is there anything wrong?"Li Jinkui said, nothing.Then there are the village chiefs and party secretaries. There are thirty-five administrative villages in Fentai Township, and each village will have requests for personnel, big or small. As long as Li Jinkui is found, he will be full of responsibility and never shy away.In this way, as time went on, those village chiefs owed him their affection one by one.These things are all kept in mind, and everyone has an account in their hearts.When they saw Li Jinkui again, they couldn't help being more enthusiastic, saying: What is Li Xiangchang missing?Just say what you want.Li Jinkui said: No shortage, no shortage of anything.

After a long time, Li Jinkui's words became more and more "occupied". Mayor Wu felt that the matter was serious.One day, he called Li Jinkui over, stared at him for a while, and said, "Major Li, I underestimated you." Li Jinkui immediately said, "Major Wu, I... I... I was brought out by you." If there is something wrong, please criticize it more.” Wu Xiang turned his back, scratched his hands and said silently: “I really despise you.” Li Jinkui said: “I was raised by you...” Wu Xiang He sighed and said, "It seems that I should go." Li Jinkui said, "Major Wu, you must not dare to say that. This is a serious statement. How can I compare with Mayor Wu?" said Mayor Wu : "Let's open the window and tell the truth, there are no two tigers in one mountain! Either you go or I go..." Li Jinkui was silent for a while, and said: "Major Wu, you are asking me to go, and it is I who want to go Go." Wu Xiangzhang didn't say a word for a long time, after a while, he scratched his head and said, "Whatever you go, I'll go."

Having said that, neither of them moved.In the summer, something happened in Fentai Township. The villagers of eight villages surrounded the township government!That's because the corn seeds from the village didn't sprout.This matter was undertaken by a relative of Mayor Wu, but the relative ran away, so the matter fell to Mayor Wu.At that time, the villagers of the eight villages crowded around the gate of the township government, cursing and demanding compensation for the losses.Mayor Wu had no choice but to hide in the house.At this moment, Li Jinkui appeared.He called the party secretaries of the eight villages together and said: "Major Wu has worked in our township for eighteen years and has done a lot of good things for our township. If there is no credit, there is hard work, right? He has encountered difficulties now. Let us I have to help him anyway. Listen to me, you do the work, withdraw the people, and I will take care of the rest." The branch secretaries are all indebted, and because of face, it is hard to say anything up.A party secretary asked: "This radish is not small! The autumn seedlings don't wait for anyone. Li Xiangzhang, what are you going to do?" Li Jinkui said: "There are still seven or eight days, and it is still time to replenish the seedlings. I will deal with the seeds myself. , I will go to the Provincial Institute of Agricultural Sciences to find someone to get the best seeds, and your village will collect the money..." After saying this, Li Jinkui's face darkened, and he didn't say a word, just looked at him with a tense face. Looking at those branch secretaries, branch secretaries, you look at me, I look at you, and finally, someone said: "Major Li has never asked us to do anything. This matter is difficult or difficult, and we admit it!" Li Jinkui said: "Okay. Give me face, I'll make a note of it. Let's do it!"

That's how things settled down. Afterwards, Li Jinkui still did not say anything to Mayor Wu as usual.But all the cadres in the township knew that it was Li Jinkui who wiped the "ass" of Mayor Wu.Wang Cuihua, the director of the Township Women's Federation, spoke well of him whenever he met. As a result, Mayor Wu felt that he really couldn't stay any longer.So, I went to the top for some activities, and soon moved to the county.When Lao Wu moved like this, Li Jinkui naturally "righted".When he was leaving, Li Jinkui went to see him off in person and sent him all the way to the county seat.Before the two broke up, Lao Wu said with emotion, "Jin Kui, you are a slow poison!" Li Jinkui smiled and said without changing his face, "I still have to learn, and I have to learn from the old leader."

On the way to send Lao Wu to take office that time, Li Jinkui suddenly spotted a familiar figure.