Chapter 11 chores

After more than ten minutes, Lao Liu drove the car from Shazhou Hotel. Zhu Yan got into the car, leaned his head on his back, squinted his eyes, and looked tired. After Hou Weidong sent Zhu Yan into the room, he was about to say good night, when Zhu Yan said, "I'm so unlucky tonight, I lost badly. Do you have any money with you? Three or four thousand will do. I'm going back to Lingxi." Hou Weidong had 20,000 yuan in public money with him, and he quickly handed a wad of money to Zhu Yan. Zhu Yan casually put the money aside, and said: "It's hard work as a secretary with me, and there are endless things to do every day. Do you have any complaints?" He originally wanted to say in the next sentence: "Sometimes, you have to do business with integrity. Take the wrong path." But Hou Weidong, after all, was the new secretary by his side, so he swallowed the last two complaints.

Hou Weidong was unwilling to be too flattering and ingratiating in front of Zhu Yan, so he said in a down-to-earth manner: "I learned a lot from Secretary Zhu, which cannot be replaced by books." Zhu Yan didn't continue the topic, saying: "I will go back to Lingxi tomorrow, and you will stay in Shazhou to accompany my lover. I will be back around 6 pm on Sunday." After going downstairs, Lao Liu was sitting on the bed watching TV. Hou Weidong happily threw a pack of cigarettes to him and said, "Secretary Zhu will go back to Lingxi tomorrow. When I come back on Sunday, I will wait for you in Shazhou."

Seeing Hou Weidong's high spirits, Lao Liu joked, "I'll drive you back, you two are better than newlyweds, so take it easy and don't break the bed." Hou Weidong and Lao Liu also got along very well, and said: "My bed has been processed to make it extremely strong, and it won't collapse no matter how much it is tossed." After joking a few words, Lao Liu followed Hou Weidong downstairs. Lao Liu is a soldier of the Automobile Regiment, and his skills are good. After his son was specially approved to enlist in the army the year before last, he has already been admitted to the military academy.He saw that Zhu Yan always took Hou Weidong with him when he went out, and he knew that Hou Weidong would become an official sooner or later, so he tried to establish a good relationship with him.Although his son had studied in the military academy, he would come back one day, and he might ask to serve under Hou Weidong one day.

Looking at the neat and bright street lights, Hou Weidong said with emotion: "Shazhou is brighter at night than Yiyang. The lights are a sign of whether a city is developed." Lao Liu considers the problem with realism: "With so many lights turned on so brightly, I don't know how much electricity bills will be used. How can Yiyang's economic strength compare with Shazhou's." When he arrived at the gate of Xinyue Building, Hou Weidong suppressed his excitement and called Xiaojia in a very regretful tone. "Well, I'm afraid I won't be back this week."

Xiao Jia was busy playing mahjong, holding her mobile phone between her cheeks, and complained, "I knew you wouldn't come back. I'm going to study in Shanghai next month. Anyway, you have to take a few days off to make up for the loss." Listen Seeing Xiaojia's complaints and the sound of mahjong in the room, Hou Weidong's face was full of joy, and he continued to say in a regretful voice: "There are too many things at work these days, it is difficult to ask for leave." Xiao Jia's voice became louder, and she said, "It's fine if you can't ask for leave, and you don't have to use it when I go to Shanghai in the future." Several poker players looked up at Xiao Jia.

Hou Weidong said very hard: "Don't be so unreasonable, why don't you allow me to come to Shanghai? Is Shanghai your home?" After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone. Xiaojia was originally joking, but this time she was really angry. She played a card indiscriminately and was beaten by the next player. Director Xie was quite like a big sister, and persuaded: "Xiaohou must be very busy to be the secretary of the county party secretary, you have to understand." Hou Weidong eavesdropped on the door for a while with his ears sideways, and then opened the door lightly.The air conditioner was on in the mahjong room, and the door was closed. He changed his shoes, and walked right by to knock on the door.

Xiaojia was very angry at first, but when she heard the knock on the door, she immediately thought of Hou Weidong's arrogant attitude on the phone, and realized that Hou Weidong had come back, so she picked up a towel casually, and when Hou Weidong walked in with a ghostly smile on his face, He smashed it hard. The people playing cards in the room are all acquaintances, one is Deputy Director Xie of the Garden Management Bureau, and the other two are the elder sisters of Xiaojia Construction Committee Office.When Deputy Director Xie saw Hou Weidong, he smiled and said, "Hou Weidong is back, our overnight plan has been broken."

She pushed the cards on the table and said, "We have to go, so as not to disturb the newlyweds' intimacy." She said in a drawn-out voice, "Xiao Jia, turn up the temperature of the air conditioner, so you don't catch a cold." This is Shazhou It means that the newlyweds are upside down in bed, and if they get the quilt on the floor, they will catch a cold.Director Xie is in his forties and has always spoken freely. She looked at Xiao Jia's tender face and made a gentle joke with her. Xiao Jia blushed slightly, and said, "Thank you Bureau, I'm really sorry, Hou Weidong didn't say he's coming back." The women had seen the wind and rain and experienced the rainbow, and they knew everything, jokingly, and went out the door happily .

Hou Weidong and Xiaojia insisted on sending the three of them downstairs, and then rushed to pay for the taxi.When the taxi left, Xiao Jia had already entered the cave, holding Hou Weidong's arm.Avoiding the guard's eyes, Xiao Jia pinched Hou Weidong fiercely and said, "Who told you to lie to me?" After entering the room, Hou Weidong hugged Xiao Jia by the waist, and said, "Let me touch it, have you gained weight?" Xiao Jia was hurt by the sharp beard and hawthorn, and said, "You haven't shaved for a few days. Got a beard?" Hou Weidong touched the hard beard and said: "I shaved my beard yesterday morning, and it sprouted again. There is no way, my body is so good. You must miss me."

"Ah, take it easy, you'll be pretty." Newlyweds and farewell, a night of endless spring. When I woke up in the morning, the sun was shining directly on the window sill, illuminating a fortune tree in the corner of the house.Xiaojia opened her eyes, leaned her head on Hou Weidong's arm, and said, "Husband, I have been in Shanghai for the past two years, you have to take care of yourself." Since Hou Weidong was with Xiaojia, he has not had any relationship with other women outside except Duan Ying.The matter with Duan Ying became a thorn in his heart, so he couldn't speak harsh words, he could only joke: "You have to trust me, or you will take me to Shanghai too."

Xiao Jia said: "There are red-light districts that are not red-light districts everywhere, which shows that there are too many men fooling around outside." "I won't mess around outside, don't worry about that." Speaking of this, Hou Weidong told himself secretly: "In the past, cadres who were not well-known in towns and villages were not so much cadres as businessmen. Problem. Now follow Zhu Yan, the future is bright, we must pay attention to the influence, and we must not stumble on personal issues." Thinking of Duan Ying's devil-like figure, he was a little distracted, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "We must cut through the mess with a sharp knife, and cut through the thread of love with a wise sword, so that Duan Ying will not become a time bomb." He hugged Xiao Jia tightly, and said casually, "You are already a bachelor, do you still need a diploma?" "I want to study business. Without business, people look down on me. I don't want to be an official, I just want to be purely technical. During the few years in the construction committee, I realized that I like simple people and live a simple life. "Xiaojia turned sideways, feeling Hou Weidong's strong heartbeat, and daydreaming on her face: "When I come back from Shanghai, we will have a baby. My mother has been laid off and can help us take care of the baby. The baby will not drag the two of us. hind legs." Hou Weidong got out of bed and said, "It's rare to have a Saturday. How should we arrange it today? It's really a pleasure to be the master." "Actually, according to our economic conditions, we can live a more relaxed life. Why do you need to be a small secretary? Minister Su has long promised to transfer you to the Organization Department. When you arrive at the Shazhou Organization Department, your development prospects are equally bright." This question Xiao Jia thought about it many times, and today she wanted to ask Hou Weidong what he really thought. Hou Weidong put on a pair of sports shorts and did push-ups by the bed.He moved very quickly, did more than thirty, jumped up from the ground, and said: "Although I often stay up late during this period, my physical fitness is still not a problem. I wish the secretary to sleep for a while in the car every time he stays up late Son." After saying this, he seriously answered Xiao Jia's question, saying: "I think entrepreneurs will eventually become the mainstream of this society, but this time may be very long. Today's society is still dominated by the government, especially in our society. In the inland areas of China, powerful government officials have a more direct role in promoting social progress. I am now the secretary of the county party committee, and the opportunity is very good. I want to give it a try and see how far I can go.” The couple chatted some gossip, and went to the bathroom together to brush their teeth and wash their faces. Xiaojia fried poached eggs, took milk and Fuling mustard, and the two ate with relish in the living room.Hou Weidong looked at the mustard mustard in Fuling, and thought of Tongganru, the main product of Yiyang Native Products Company, and asked, "How about the sales of canned Tongganru and pickles in Shazhou?" Xiao Jia curled her lips and said, "Who still eats canned copper rods now? The quality is too bad, and they have been eliminated long ago." Then she said, "Sister-in-law has made appointments several times, and today we will have dinner at her home." "Okay, I'll follow your arrangement." Thinking about the game between Zhu and Ma around Yiyang Native Products Company, he was a little lost in thought, and in the end he was pinched by Xiao Jia a few more times. When Jiang Chu heard that Xiao Jia and Hou Weidong were coming to eat, he immediately cheered up and went to the vegetable market early to buy vegetables. After returning from the vegetable market, he carried a lot of materials and products in the living room, and started to make busy ready. Hou Weiguo sneered at the side: "Hou Weidong and Zhang Xiaojia are throwing themselves into the trap." Jiang Chu retorted: "You are old and stubborn, Qinglian products are the most advanced high-tech products, completely adopting European standards, with a history of 90 years, and are exclusive products for nobles. I will introduce the products to the third child and Xiao Jia, It is to allow them to live a high-quality life without being polluted by chemicals." Recently, Hou Weiguo was tortured enough by Jiang Chu's plausible principles, and he said angrily: "It's rare for the third child to come here, please let us two brothers stay quietly for a while, don't bother us, I beg you gone." Jiang Chu blinked without getting angry, and said, "Again, I'm sharing. If there are good things, I naturally want to share them with my family." Hou Weiguo was fed these theories by his wife every day, and he wanted to bang his head against the wall. Hou Weidong and Xiaojia entered the room, Jiang Chu affectionately held Xiaojia's arm, and the two chatted non-stop. Hou Weidong asked casually: "Sister-in-law, how is your stock?" Jiang Chudao: "The quilt is tied up on the top of the mountain, and I don't know when it will be untied, don't mention it. Now I won't do stocks, wait for it to develop freely, and now I will do Qinglian products." She brought the fruit on a plate, and told Xiao Jiadao, "We usually peel the fruit when we eat it. This is the most unscientific behavior. The peel is the most nutritious and contains multiple vitamins. Peeling it off is the biggest waste." Xiao Jia is more professional in gardening, and disagrees with Jiang Chu's statement, saying: "There are a lot of pesticide residues on the peel. If you don't peel the peel, the pesticide will enter the body." How to answer these questions is all in the training book of Qinglian products. Jiang Chu has already memorized it fluently, and immediately said: "Qinglian products are high-tech products, which can quickly decompose various pesticides. If you use Qinglian products, you don't need to cut them. The peel of the fruit can be eaten directly after washing." She picked up an apple, took a big bite, and said, "Eating like this is the most nutritious." Qinglian products are MLM products popular in Shazhou, and several people have already sold this product to Xiaojia.Xiaojia has neither bad feeling nor good opinion of this product, but the price of Qinglian products is ridiculously high, and the selling price of a few hundred milliliters is only four to five hundred yuan. Although she is rich, she is reluctant to buy Qinglian products. Jiang Chu was completely obsessed with MLM. He went to lectures two days a week, had parties two days, and went to sell products door-to-door for three days a week, which made Hou Weiguo hate it.Every time the couple quarreled, Jiang Chu's theory followed another, which sounded absurd, but it still formed its own system, which made Hou Weiguo very depressed. At this time, Hou Weiguo saw that Jiang Chu was promoting her Qinglian products again, and said, "Third brother, let's play a game of Go." Hou Weiguo and Hou Weidong set up a chessboard in the corner of the living room.Hou Weiguo glanced at Jiang Chu, who was beaming with joy, and said, "Jiang Chu likes to follow the fashion the most. A while ago, he was obsessed with stock trading, and now he is obsessed with pyramid schemes. I have had countless quarrels with her about this matter." Hou Weidong said: "My sister-in-law makes Qinglian products, so let her do it, so what's the problem?" Hou Weiguo sighed, and said: "You don't know the harm of doing pyramid schemes. After she fell into it, she is now thinking of resigning, saying that she can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars by making Qinglian products in a few years. After a few years of hard work , happy for a lifetime. I think she is a bamboo basket fetching water in vain. The most hateful thing is that she doesn't listen to persuasion at all. If you persuade her, she can do ideological work with you for an hour. I wish all relatives and friends could become her. Customers. She wanted to find Second Sister and Xiao Jia for a long time, but I scolded her so badly that she didn't go, and today you are in a trap." "Brother, are you short of money? I didn't urge you to pay back the money. I gave you all the money." Hou Weiguo looked distressed, and said: "The house is bought, and the wages of the two of us have increased again. Although we are not very rich, we are not in financial difficulties." In the kitchen, Jiang Chu took Xiao Jia, took a few glasses of water with a glass, and started to do product experiments again.Xiao Jia watched her sister-in-law's face patiently while doing the experiment. After chatting for a few words about Jiang Chu, Hou Weidong changed the subject and said, "Yiyang is not peaceful this year, and a lot of big things happened. Public Security Bureau Chief You Hong was put under double supervision. In order to investigate Yiyang's local product company, the procuratorate was first set on fire, and the The archives room was burned, and later Yang Weige, the deputy director of the local product company, was poisoned to death in the procuratorate." "I've heard these things." "Brother, how do you look at this matter from the perspective of case investigation?" "The arson case and the poisoning case in the Yiyang Procuratorate, I think the focus is still on the Yiyang Native Products Company. People from the Native Products Company are most likely to collude with the police officers of the Procuratorate to commit crimes. These are common-sense thinking, and the Yiyang Public Security Bureau should think about it. The key is A matter of finding evidence." Hou Weiguo thought of the cases he had handled, and said: "In the past few years, Shazhou's economy has developed, and gangs of gangsters in various places have also developed rapidly. They are generally engaged in pornography, gambling, and drugs, and some of them even intervene in construction and construction. The mining industry, if you don’t make great efforts to rectify it now, it will be difficult to let them form a climate. The situation in Yiyang is also complicated. The last time I came to track down guns, I also returned without success. Since you are the secretary of the county party secretary, you should benefit Yang's social security is doing its best." Hou Weiguo's words moved Hou Weidong's heart. When he was in Shangqinglin, he had a face-to-face struggle with Hei Wa and other evil forces, and he had a deep understanding of the dangers of evil forces.He thought about it: "As much power comes with as much responsibility. Although I don't have legal power now, as the secretary of the county party committee, I have the advantage of being close to the water. I should report the serious problems in social security to Zhu Yan." Hou Weidong had a new idea, so he began to ask carefully: "You went to Yiyang to investigate the gun case. Objectively speaking, is the gang in Yiyang serious? To what extent?" "Yiyang's economy is developing faster, and its minerals are also rich. Compared with the other three counties, there are relatively more gangsters and the most rampant gangs. I remember that Qin Dajiang in Shangqinglin was shot to death. At the same time, there were several incidents in the county. With the murder case, Yiyang has reached the point where it needs to be dealt with. In the past, You Hong was the chief of the public security bureau, and he reported good news but not bad news for a long time, and many problems were related to him." The two brothers of the Hou family chatted while playing chess, talking about social security issues, while Jiang Chu took Xiao Jia to talk about Qinglian products. After lunch, when Hou Weidong and Xiaojia said goodbye, Xiaojia was carrying a bag in his hand, which was full of Qinglian products, including detergent, cosmetics and other household products. "How much are these things?" "More than two thousand yuan." Hou Weidong curled his lips: "It's so expensive, what are you buying it for? Is it really useful?" "This is something my sister-in-law sells. No matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it. We don't need this money." Hou Weidong was puzzled by Jiang Chu's behavior: "My sister-in-law was transferred to the suburbs of Shazhou, and it is only a ten-minute drive into the city. She can naturally find a way to transfer to the city after working for several years. She was obsessed with stocks a while ago, but now She is also obsessed with MLM and spends less and less time at home, I really don’t know what she thinks.” Xiao Jia felt the same way, and said, "It's actually very hard to do sales, and the condition of my eldest brother's family is not bad, so there is absolutely no need to do this business." When she got home, Xiaojia put Qinglian products in the corner of the living room without opening the package. After talking with his eldest brother, Hou Weidong began to think about the social security issue in Yiyang.As a member of the Gravel Association, he has deep pains for the rampant gangs, and the murder of his friend Qin Dajiang has not made any progress so far. "How can Secretary Zhu make up his mind to crack down on gangsters?" This question was always in Hou Weidong's mind on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, Lao Liu drove to the gate of Xinyuelou on time, picked up Hou Weidong, and then went to pick up Zhu Yan.After receiving Zhu Yan, Hou Weidong saw that his complexion was not good, and tried to ask: "Secretary Zhu, where are you going?" Zhu Yan's complexion was not good, and he said, "Go back to Yiyang directly." Hou Weidong knew that Zhu Yan was not in a good mood, but he didn't ask if Zhu Yan didn't speak, and the atmosphere in the car was extremely dull.The road from Shazhou to Yiyang is newly built. The road condition is good, and the speed is correspondingly faster. In less than an hour, we arrived at the Yiyang County Party Committee Compound. When going upstairs, Zhu Yan ordered: "Let Shang You and Li Du come to the office." Back in the office, Hou Weidong took out the confidential phone book, and first dialed Shangyou's mobile phone. "Commercial Bureau, I am Hou Weidong, the County Party Committee Office. Secretary Zhu invites you to come to his office immediately. I don't know the specifics." Since the procuratorate's arson case and poisoning case did not make a breakthrough, Shang You was very nervous about meeting Zhu Yan, but the ugly daughter-in-law always wanted to see her in-laws, so he called to get in the car and hurried to the county party committee.As soon as his car stopped, Li Du's car from the procuratorate also came to the court. Shang You and Li Du basically got off the car at the same time, and Li Du asked first: "Shangju, is there any progress in the case?" Shang You shook his head and said: "The direction of the investigation is very clear, but no evidence can be found. The criminal police team has gone all out." In a few days, Li Du's hair was almost completely white. He looked distressed, and said: "There have been many accusations letters from the provincial and municipal committees, and some of them have scary titles. They are called county party secretary killed innocent entrepreneurs. I A comrade-in-arms at the Provincial Letters and Calls Bureau called me today and specifically asked about this matter." When the two went upstairs, Hou Weidong was already waiting at the stairs, he said softly: "Secretary Zhu just came back from the provincial capital, and he is not in a good mood." Li and Shang looked at each other, and silently followed Hou Weidong into Zhu Yan's office.Zhu Yan asked straight to the point: "How is the procuratorate's case going?"