Chapter 19 Tired Spring Festival

In 1996, Yiyang County worked smoothly throughout the year, with GDP and fiscal revenue rising as planned, and no major safety accidents occurred in the mines.Many units have begun to hang lanterns on the gates, not only to celebrate New Year's Day, but also to prepare for the Spring Festival. New Year's Day is like a freight train, roaring and leaving 1996 behind.After entering the new year, there have been some changes in Yiyang's personnel: Wei Guo, the former secretary of the Wuhai County Party Committee, was transferred to the Shazhou Political Consultative Conference, and Zhao Lin, the deputy secretary of the Yiyang County Party Committee, was directly transferred to be the secretary of the Wuhai County Party Committee.In Shazhou, under normal circumstances, when the deputy secretary of the county party committee wants to be promoted, most of them are the county magistrate first, and then the secretary of the county party committee. Zhao Lin's appointment was beyond many people's expectations.Not long after he arrived in Wuhai County, Ren Lindu was transferred to the Wuhai County Party Committee Office as the deputy director of the Wuhai County Party Committee Office.

After Zhao Lin was transferred, a deputy secretary position was vacant. With Zhu Yan's strong support, Ji Haiyang, member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and Director of the County Party Committee Office, won the competition with Liu Jun, Minister of Propaganda, and Liu Mingyang, Minister of Organization, and took over Zhao Lin's position. He became the deputy secretary of the Yiyang County Party Committee. Hou Weidong was transferred from the Organization Department to the county party committee office in just half a year. He first served as the chief of the general department and then the deputy director of the county party committee office. This speed is already Yiyang's rocket speed.After Ji Haiyang became the deputy secretary of the county party committee, the county party committee did not appoint a new director of the county party committee office for the time being, and Hou Weidong presided over the work of the county party committee office as the deputy director of the county party committee office.

Hou Weidong has become a leader among young cadres in Yiyang County. In terms of position, he is still the deputy director of the committee, and Liu Kun was already the head of a town a year ago.But in terms of the importance of the position, although the mayor of a town is also a faction with real power, there is a big gap between him and the deputy director who presides over the work of the county party committee. In order to adapt to the new job, Hou Weidong devoted 100% of his enthusiasm. The trip to Shanghai was postponed several times. Xiaojia once worked in the office of the Construction Committee, so he understood Hou Weidong and supported his work.However, four lesbians from different areas in Lingxi lived in the same dormitory, and the husbands of the other three came to Shanghai one after another by taking various opportunities. Only Hou Weidong never showed up. disappointment.

In mid-January 1997, ten days before the Spring Festival, the wanderers in Yiyang County who went out to work, study, and do business returned to their hometowns one after another. Yiyang County was much more lively than usual. In addition to the work unit, many people also posted Spring Festival couplets , hung up red lanterns. At 11 o'clock in the morning on January 27, Hou Weidong accompanied Zhu Yan to finish the symposium for veteran cadres. Before his butt was warmed up on the bench, he received a call from Ji Haiyang, the deputy secretary of the county party committee.He took a sip of hot tea and did a few chest expansion exercises in the office before arriving at Ji Haiyang's office.

Ji Haiyang's office was not the one that Zhao Lin used to. The committee cleaned up the former reference room, redecorated it, and replaced all the office furniture. Zhao Lin's office was temporarily locked and no one was using it. Hou Weidong personally selected new furniture for Ji Haiyang.He knew that Ji Haiyang paid attention to taste, so he took Ren Xiaowei to Shazhou, and picked a set of office furniture with Nordic style in the largest furniture city. The price was not outrageous, 15,000 yuan.After buying the furniture, there is no paint smell that is common with ordinary furniture. After the installation is completed, the grade of the office is immediately raised.

When Ji Haiyang met, he only said one sentence: "Weidong still has eyesight." It was considered to have approved Hou Weidong's arrangement. Hou Weidong entered the room with a notebook and a pen. Seeing Ji Haiyang leaning on the swivel chair and smoking, he said, "Secretary Ji, what instructions do you have?" Ji Haiyang pointed to the chair opposite: "The Spring Festival is here, and there are a lot of things, let's discuss it first." The things Ji Haiyang specifically explained should be relatively important things, so Hou Weidong spread out his notebook and prepared to record.

Ji Haiyang pointed to his head: "You have to keep this in your heart, not in your notebook. During the Spring Festival, there has been a custom of visiting relatives and friends since ancient times. Some leaders who have an important impact on the development of Yiyang need to visit around the Spring Festival. , can enhance the relationship, and can get instructions from the leader. This is very important, and you must not take it lightly. When you are in charge of the work of the county party committee, you must think ahead for the leader and grasp the details. Only in this way can you be considered competent.

"Let me start with the big picture. Before the Spring Festival, we need to arrange for people to distribute New Year's cards." He took out a confidential number book of Shazhou City, and said, "Anyone with a name on it will send out a New Year's card. In the name of the Yiyang County Party Committee and the county government. This is a large-scale work, not particularly important. Find a few staff members who can write beautifully, and it will be completed quickly. Remember, it must be written by hand, and cannot be printed. This is the only way to show sincerity. "There are a few key people who must be remembered. On the second or third day of the Lunar New Year, you must try your best to give Secretary Zhou a New Year's greeting. You must contact Secretary-General Huang for the specific time, and ask Secretary Zhu for advice on what gifts to bring. Every year, he Personally decide. The deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, Jiang Lin, is the deputy secretary in charge of the organization. He and Secretary Zhu are classmates in the party school. , Definitely going. How the other standing committee members of the municipal party committee make arrangements depends on Secretary Zhu's time.

"The new mayor, Liu Bing, can make a courtesy visit. There are still some powerful factions in the city-level authorities, such as Lao Kong, the director of the Finance Bureau, and Lao Fang, the director of the Public Security Bureau. It's a fellowship. "Director Gao Zhiyuan of the National People's Congress and Li Yongguo, the old leader, want to go around before the year. Gao Zhiyuan arranges 5,000 yuan for the new year. He likes new tea, and he must send a box of Mingqian tea. Li Yongguo will give 2,000 yuan. money. "There are also a few key figures in the province, you should also remember."

Ji Haiyang explained in great detail, repeatedly exhorting him, and he talked for more than an hour just about how to pay New Year's greetings. "Forget it, I'll tell you so much today. Before the Spring Festival holiday, you arrange the whole New Year's greetings, and I'll take a look first." Hou Weidong's head was a little dizzy, so he returned to the office, took out his notebook, recorded the names of the leaders mentioned by Ji Haiyang, and counted them, a total of twenty or so.He secretly said: "Secretary Zhu is even busier than usual. Where is it the Chinese New Year? It's clearly spending money to find fault."

After sitting in the office for a while, another deputy director, Zhuang Weiguo, came in.Zhuang Weiguo is an old scalper of the committee and has been in charge of writing work for a long time. In the committee, most of Zhu Yan's speeches at important meetings were written by Ji Haiyang himself, and other articles were written by Zhuang Weiguo. Zhuang Weiguo's writing work is excellent, but he has no strong connections, and he is not flexible in dealing with people. He has been working in the committee for more than ten years, and many leaders praise him as an "old scalper", but every time he is promoted, he does not have his share.Now that he is older, he doesn't think much about his official career, and the committee is well paid, so he doesn't want to be transferred to other departments and wait for the committee to change to a non-leadership position. Zhuang Weiguo sat opposite Hou Weidong, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes constantly, and said, "Director Hou, I have something to report to you." Hou Weidong hurriedly said: "Director Zhuang, why are you so polite, please tell me if you have anything to do." "I'm getting old and my eyes are failing. Recently, reading and writing are very blurry. I'm going to Lingxi to have my eyes checked and get a pair of glasses to correct astigmatism. This kind of glasses requires high technology, and only Lingxi can match them well. .” "When are you going? The committee will send a car to take you there." Zhuang Weiguo put on his thick glasses and said, "I will not write the speech that Secretary Zhu gave at the Veteran Cadres' Association. After writing for more than ten years, my eyes are ruined, and I have problems with my lumbar and cervical spine. I am a useless person. " There are quite a few good writers in the secretarial department, but the important articles are all written by Zhuang Weiguo or Ji Haiyang.There are two sides to this matter. On the one hand, Zhuang Weiguo was exhausted, and on the other hand, other comrades were full of complaints because they didn't get a chance to show off. Hou Weidong was going smoothly at this time, and he was very angry. He secretly said: "Zhuang Weiguo is going to put down the stall. Why don't you attend after leaving the carrot? This pass will be passed sooner or later." He said happily: "Director Zhuang, you don't have to worry about this matter. Yes, let's discuss it, you will check the big materials in the future, and hand over the other small materials to the secretarial department to handle." Seeing that Hou Weidong agreed to him easily, Zhuang Weiguo was secretly happy in his heart: "Hou Weidong is indeed not as sophisticated as Ji Haiyang. He thought writing materials was easy, and I am finally out of the sea of ​​suffering." He stood up and said, "Thank you Director Hou for your concern. article is gone." After a while, Zhuang Weiguo handed over the leave slip and asked Hou Weidong to sign it.After Hou Weidong signed the words "Agreed, Secretary Ji please read it", Zhuang Weiguo took out another form and said, "This is the schedule from years ago, and the things I'm in charge of may need to be rearranged." This list was made after New Year's Day, and it is a detailed list of large-scale activities before the Spring Festival. Zhuang Weiguo is in charge of four materials for the old cadres' social gathering, the city's corporate banking tea party, the Spring Festival group meeting, and the tea party for successful people abroad. Hou Weidong said cheerfully: "Director Zhuang, don't worry, go to the provincial capital to check your eyes, and just help check after you come back." Zhuang Weiguo left Hou Weidong's office with a smile on his face and returned to his own office.While he felt relaxed all over, he also felt strange in his heart.He has always been good at writing, but now that he is not required to write the large materials commissioned, he feels as if he has been abandoned, and he feels extremely uneasy, like a useless person, no one needs him, no one pays attention to him. Ji Haiyang relied heavily on Zhuang Weiguo in terms of writing, and when he saw Lao Zhuang's leave note, he asked with some doubts: "Why, Lao Zhuang asked for leave?" "He's going to Lingxi to have his eyes checked." Ji Haiyang didn't hide his worry, and said, "Lao Zhuang's astigmatism is serious, and he should have gone for treatment a long time ago. However, before the Spring Festival, the county committee has a heavy task, and Lao Zhuang is gone. Can we take up the writing?" Hou Weidong said: "It's time to put the burden on the young people. I'll let Yin Dahai, the chief of the secretary, be in charge of the writing. If Director Zhuang can come back before the festival, he will take care of it." Ji Haiyang warned: "That's fine, you can figure it out yourself, but you have to know the quality of the materials. The articles produced by the county party committee represent the writing level of Yiyang County. They are the face of Yiyang, so don't be careless." "Secretary Ji, don't worry." After Hou Weidong left, Ji Haiyang looked at Hou Weidong's straight back, lost his mind for a while, and said to himself: "Young people are aggressive after all, and they have less rules in their minds." He thought of something again, and frowned. Hou Weidong is not good at writing articles, but he is not flustered.Some time ago, he entered all Zhu Yan's speech scripts he could find into the computer. Through this tedious work, he basically knew what he was doing, and he was not as afraid of writing big materials as before. Back in the office, he called all the comrades in the secretarial department for a meeting, and distributed the materials that needed to be completed in the near future to everyone.These secretaries are all selected from various towns and units, and they can write a few strokes, but Zhuang Weiguo has always been the chief author of the big materials, and they can only write leftovers. They are somewhat resentful and have private discussions. .This time, the young director came up with a new trick. Each of them has a task in their hands, and it always feels good to be valued by others. Most of them are secretly a little excited, feeling that the burden is heavy on their shoulders, and hold back their energy to write beautiful articles. Yin Dahai, chief of the secretary section, is in charge of checking these texts.Yin Dahai used to be a Chinese teacher at Yiyang Middle School, and published many articles in newspapers and magazines. He was first seconded to the committee office, and after dealing with the staffing, etc., it took four years to become the secretary and section chief.He has always been conceited in writing, and he disdains Zhuang Weiguo's old routines, but Ji Haiyang appreciates this old scalper, so he can only be a green leaf honestly. Hou Weidong had a good understanding of the mentality of Yin Dahai and others during the time he was in the committee. He left Yin Dahai alone and said, "Senior brother Yin, you are a talented person from Shazhou College. I saw it when I was studying. You have a lot of articles. Director Zhuang is going to Lingxi to have his eyes checked this time, and there are a lot of important speeches during the Spring Festival, so I will leave them to you." Hou Weidong was promoted to the county party committee office like a rocket. When he was the chief of the general section, Yin Dahai was very unbalanced. Now that the gap is too big, he has become psychologically balanced. Yin Dahai sensitively realized that this was an opportunity, and said: "Director Hou, don't worry, there are routines for several speeches during the Spring Festival. I will work overtime, and the first draft will be ready in two days." The Spring Festival in 1997 was on February 7th, and the official holiday in Yiyang County was on February 5th. In fact, around the beginning of spring, the main business of most units stopped. Drinking some revolutionary wine and paying New Year greetings to relevant leaders and related units became the main tasks of work. On February 4th, Hou Weidong prepared 2,000 yuan for Li Yongguo's festival expenses, and bought cured pork, sausages, and large barrels of oil from Mengguan Town, which were very rich. At the gate of Li Yongguo, Zhu Yan happily bowed his hands and wished the New Year.Li Yongguo was not too interested, took out a cigarette, passed it to Zhu Yan, and said: "At my age, I am most afraid of birthdays and New Years. After my birthday, I will be one year older. After the New Year, I will be one year closer to that day. .” He said loudly to Hou Weidong who was carrying new year's goods: "Young man, eat at my place at noon." Among the retired leaders who live in Yiyang, Li Yongguo is the most important one. Zhu Yan is ready to have lunch here, which is also the past practice. Hou Weidong took a bottle of wine and said: "Old leader, I have prepared all the wine. This is the wine made in Guizhou winery, authentic Moutai wine." Li Yongguo is getting older and less able to drink, but it is still no problem to drink half a catty of high-strength wine, said: "If it is authentic Moutai, where can ordinary people drink it, you will know the output." His wife said, "Old lady, don't watch here, go and get some food and drink." Li Yongguo was in power when he was in power, and after retirement, although several main leaders of the county party committee would visit him regularly, some old friends also came to visit him. Take a walk, but after all, people leave tea to cool down. Compared with when they were in office, it is inevitable that the family will be left cold.Because of this, he attached great importance to the New Year's dinner with the secretary of the county party committee every year, and made preparations early. Shangqinglin air-dried chicken, pig ears, homemade sausage, two vegetarian dishes, and a small vegetable soup. There are not many dishes, but they are very delicious. At the dinner table, after chatting about some gossip, Li Yongguo said: "I heard that Yiyang Native Products Company is going to be restructured. Is it really not going to last?" Zhu Yan poured a glass of wine for Li Yongguo, and said, "The local product company has long been insolvent. This year, it plans to introduce a Taiwanese-funded enterprise to inject capital, management technology and sales channels, but the workers have too much opinion. Taiwan In this situation, there were many scruples, and in the end the negotiation failed, and the joint venture matter was left alone. "Yi Zhongling of the native product company has resigned, and Gu Tiejun, the deputy director of the planning committee, has gone to be the head of the native product company. Xiao Gu is still able to engage in economics, and is currently undergoing a thorough restructuring to change the company into a joint-stock limited liability company." Li Yongguo was silent for a long time, and said: "In my understanding, after the restructuring, it will no longer be a state-owned enterprise. Does this count as a loss of state-owned assets? If it goes on like this, is it still not socialism? Comrade Changquan will come to Yiyang to see me this year. , He has a higher level of education than me, so I want to find out." When he was in office, he devoted a lot of effort to Yiyang Native Products Company, but he never thought that the factory had only been brilliant for ten years, but now it has fallen into storm. When Hou Weidong heard the word Zhou Changquan, he glanced at Zhu Yan sensitively from the corner of his eye. Zhu Yan looked normal, and said: "Grasping the big and letting go of the small is a big national policy, not only in the documents, but also in the newspapers and radio stations. The country only cares about those large state-owned enterprises that are related to the lifeline of the economy, and all county-owned enterprises must be put on the market. , To put it bluntly, it is to let the county-owned enterprises survive on their own, and there will be no enterprises at the city and county levels in the future, and the government and enterprises will be separated." Li Yongguo was still very angry, and said: "The company is running like this, is there really no corruption? I heard that Yang Weige, the deputy director of the factory, died in the procuratorate. Apart from him, there are no other corrupt elements in the local product company? Yi Zhongling has no problem? I don't know. believe!" Zhu Yan said: "This matter is a bit complicated, I will tell the old leader slowly." He put the wine glass on the table and put a piece of pig's ear on Li Yongguo. Hou Weidong heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning. At this time, he had eaten more than half of the bowl of rice, so he told the table knowingly.Seeing Hou Weidong leave the table, Lao Liu also came out.The two of them were looking at the flowers, plants and vegetable garden in the yard. They saw a dozen or so pots of flowers and trees, most of which had brown spots on their leaves and drooped their heads.Hou Weidong secretly said: "It seems that Mr. Li likes to grow flowers but he can't do it properly. He is far worse than Lao Xing of the grain station. In spring next year, he can buy two big bonsai." Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing at himself: "What's going on now? , why do you always think about giving gifts, could it be an occupational disease?" At 1:30 p.m., Li Yongguo was a little drunk and held onto Zhu Yan's hand.Seeing Li Yongguo's expression and movements, Hou Weidong thought to himself: "Has Mr. Li really turned the corner? But looking at it like this, he must have no objection to Zhu Yan. Secretary Zhu is too good at dealing with people, and it is worth learning from me." After getting into the car, Hou Weidong asked with concern: "Secretary Zhu, I drank half a catty of bar at noon and went to the guest house to rest for a while." Zhu Yan had a private room in the small guest house. Sometimes when he needed to be quiet, he would go to the private room to avoid Being disturbed by endless people. Zhu Yan's fair face was slightly red, she looked at her watch, and said, "I'll send over the draft of the group meeting in a while. Also, remember to leave at 4 o'clock. I have an appointment with Director Gao. I will invite him and the secretary of the National People's Congress tonight. Long meal." Back in the office, Hou Weidong read the manuscript of the group meeting sent by Yin Dahai. The logic of the manuscript was clear and the data was sufficient. He thought to himself: "I can't write an article of this level." After reading it carefully, he felt that The article was too calm to highlight the festive atmosphere that characterizes the gathering. Hou Weidong's writing skills are obviously not as good as Yin Dahai's, but he also has an advantage, because he is by Zhu Yan's side and has a good grasp of his preferences.He added a few imposing parallel sentences to the article, turned on the computer again, and borrowed Yin Dahai from the ending of the speech draft of the reunion meeting the previous year. Yin Dahai didn't like Zhuang Weiguo's long deletion of his articles before. When he heard that the article had been slightly revised on the phone, he felt a little pimple in his heart. He put down the phone and came to Hou Weidong's office. Seeing that the pages of his manuscript are still clean, without domineering hooks and crosses, the repressed dissatisfaction in Yin Dahai's heart is much less.He carefully tasted Hou Weidong's revisions, and felt that his tone was very similar to Zhu Yan's, and his momentum was much higher than the original article. He secretly said: "Hou Weidong still has a few brushes, and we should not underestimate them too much." In the evening, I went to Gao Zhiyuan's house to pay New Year's greetings, and sent red envelopes and New Year's goods, five hundred more than expected. Gao Zhiyuan was very happy, and took out the Wuliangye that had been stored for ten years. Hou Weidong drank more than half a catty, Zhu Yan drank more than three taels, and Gao Zhiyuan drank a cup. It was 8:30 when I left Gao's house. Zhu Yan drank two drinks in succession and had a splitting headache. He said, "Today I will stay at the Shazhou Hotel. There is a massage shop downstairs in the Shazhou Hotel. The technique is very good. I want to Go relax, or you won’t be able to cope with tomorrow’s drinking battle.” He said helplessly, “It’s said that being an official is good, but I think it’s a hard job, especially during the Spring Festival, when you drink every day, your liver, stomach, kidneys, and intestines will all be consumed by alcohol. Soaking, sooner or later there will be problems." Hou Weidong went to the Shazhou Hotel several times to open a room. He was familiar with the door and the way, and quickly arranged the room.After Zhu Yan rested in the room for half an hour, he went upstairs. Secretary Zhu's fair forehead was all wine red, rubbed his temples with his fingers, and said, "Let's go, go down." Zhu Yan usually didn't call Lao Liu when he went out for activities, including eating. Most of the time, Lao Liu would find a place to eat alone, and then The committee will issue a meal allowance. During the period from New Year's Day to the Spring Festival, Hou Weidong signed him more than 1,000 yuan for the meal allowance alone, which is higher than his salary.Lao Liu naturally likes this policy. Of course, this is only a special policy formulated by Ji Haiyang for the county party secretary drivers, and other drivers cannot enjoy it. Downstairs is a regular massage parlor, with six beds in the lobby and no private rooms.The person who massaged Zhu Yan was a tall woman with a refreshing vigor. She knew Zhu Yan, chatted for a while, and heard Zhu Yan yell: "Ah!" The man who massaged Hou Weidong was a handsome man, and asked, "Is this your first time here, whole body or part?" Hou Weidong pursed his lips and said, "Same as the boss." The big man grinned, his smile was very sunny, and he said: "Okay, I'm going to start, if you feel pain, just call." Hou Weidong didn't understand what he was referring to and didn't care, but when the big man's elbow suddenly squeezed his back like a sharp stone, he couldn't help crying.The four people in the massage parlor shouted one after another, as if they had entered a slaughterhouse. After chatting for a while, Hou Weidong knew that the owner and his wife were both retired athletes, and boasted: "Sure enough, they are athletes, and they are really strong." The big man folded his arms, his facial features were well defined, his broad shoulders were narrow and his waist was very masculine, and he said: "There is no way to do this. I have dedicated my youth to the sports field, and now I have no skills, so I can only rely on this to make a living." .” After the massage, although the pain was a little bit painful, I felt comfortable all over, as if my body was about ten catties lighter, and walking was much easier.Zhu Yan's drunkenness was swept away, and he said: "In Yiyang, my popularity is too high. Once I felt too stiff. When I went to a massage shop for the blind, I was recognized by people as soon as I entered the door. It turned out to be a tourist attraction. panda." It was only 9 o'clock in the evening, Zhu Yan said: "You go upstairs with me first. I need to contact Standing Committee Huang. If we can't make contact, we will sleep with our heads covered. If we do, we may have to participate in some activities." Hou Weidong helped Zhu Yan make tea, then sat on the sofa and waited. "Commissioner Huang, I'm Zhu Yan, heh, where are you chic?" Huang Zidi was busy at the moment, and said in a low voice: "I don't dare to be unrestrained, people from the province have been working on it for two days, and I'm still serving in the saddle." "You are a big housekeeper. You are in charge of millions of people. Speaking of business, I am in Shazhou. Is my brother free tomorrow? Ask Lao Kong and Lao Fang out, and we will celebrate the Spring Festival ahead of time. Too busy after the festival , not easy to get together." Huang Zidi is a smart man, he hummed on the phone for a while, and said: "We can talk, we can get together at any time, I'm afraid you want to find Secretary Changquan. You came too timely. Secretary Changquan is going to travel after the Spring Festival. I'm afraid we have to wait until before the festival to celebrate the New Year, this news is absolutely confidential." Zhu Yan became anxious and said, "Can I see Secretary Changquan tomorrow?" "It's hard to say. People from the province will leave tomorrow, but I don't know if it's morning or afternoon. Just wait at the hotel and listen to my calls anytime." After making the phone call, Zhu Yan said, "Try to see Secretary Changquan tomorrow." Then he asked, "How much money do you have with you?" "No problem, well prepared." Zhu Yan didn't say much, and said, "You go home, come here early tomorrow." Back to Xinyuelou, if Xiaojia is not at home, the family will not be a family, and it will be deserted.Hou Weidong watched TV for a while, then turned on the computer, and read Xiaojia's letter on Huiduo.com. Letters are an ancient method of transmitting information. In ancient times, due to inconvenient transportation and poor information, letters became the most important means for people from afar to transmit information. The pain of lovesickness in the ancient society that does not work, or homesickness, or homesickness. Now that the earth has become a village, there are N ways to transmit information, and the way of letters is outdated.Although it is an electronic letter, sitting in a quiet home, reading a letter full of Xiao Jia's lovesick words, the opening sentence "dear", is like a warm tropical tortoise slowly crawling across my heart. After reading the letter, I washed up and went to sleep.After waking up, Hou Weidong arrived at the Shazhou Hotel early before 7 o'clock.After eating breakfast with Zhu Yan, Zhu Yan walked around the garden behind the hotel for a while, and said, "Go to the Xinhua Bookstore and find me a book. If you don’t have this book, just buy me a set of Jin Yong’s, Xinhua Bookstore should have this book. If you don’t have either of these two, you can figure it out.” Lao Liu took Hou Weidong to the largest bookstore in Shazhou. Hou Weidong didn't look around and asked the waiter directly. Fortunately, both kinds of books were available. Holding six thick books in his hands, he exudes the unique fragrance of printed matter. Zhu Yan took a few new books and flipped through them several times, saying: "Keep it and read it slowly, now I'd better read a lighter book." Before turning a few pages, Huang Zidi called and said: "Secretary Changquan promised to have lunch together After dinner, I'll call you then." The morning time passed by, and it was almost 12 o'clock at noon. Hou Weidong came to Zhu Yan's room. Zhu Yan was sitting by the window and was still reading with great interest. Hou Weidong asked for instructions: "Secretary Zhu, can I arrange lunch?" "Not busy, wait for a call from Standing Committee Huang." After 12 o'clock, Zhu Yan was still concentrating on reading. Finally, his cell phone rang. Zhu Yan usually has two mobile phones, one is the mobile phone number disclosed in the confidential phone book of Yiyang County. Today, in order to avoid being disturbed, this phone is held by Hou Weidong.The number of the other mobile phone is very secret, only a dozen or so people know it, and it is a special phone that only a few people know that rang. Five minutes later, Zhu Yan got into Lao Liu's car, drove towards Hebin Road, and entered a house with red tiles and high walls.Before entering the door, Hou Weidong handed the bag to Zhu Yan knowingly and said, "We will wait outside." Zhu Yan looked at his watch and said, "Secretary Zhou has a reception task at 4:00 p.m. Hebin Road is an emerging food street in Shazhou. It is far away from the city, so it is convenient to have a car.The customers of the Hebin Road restaurant are people with cars, and the grade is naturally not low. Lao Liu drove around and saw the signboard of authentic boiled fish, so he asked: "Director Hou, boiled fish is very popular now. Very, have a taste?” I don’t know when the boiled fish entered Shazhou, and it became a huge hit immediately after entering. There are about 20 tables in the lobby, all of which are full.The two ordered four catties of boiled fish, Hou Weidong ordered another bottle of beer, and a bottle of juice for Lao Liu, slowly enjoying the beauty of their stomachs. While eating happily, Lao Liu raised his eyes in surprise.Hou Weidong looked back and saw Duan Ying standing behind him holding a glass of beer. After Hou Weidong and Duan Ying had skin-to-skin relationship, the two tacitly stopped contacting each other. They haven't met alone for half a year. Duan Ying had already drank some wine, blushed slightly, and said, "I saw you just now when I got out of the car, this car belongs to Secretary Zhu, right?" When she was in "Yiyang Daily", she followed Zhu Yan to conduct interviews many times , know Zhu Yan's car. After exchanging pleasantries, Duan Ying said to Hou Weidong, "Today my colleagues are giving me a farewell farewell." Hou Weidong asked in surprise, "Farewell party? Where are you going?" "I was transferred to "Lingxi Daily". It's a secondment." Duan Ying said, looking at Hou Weidong furtively. After not seeing him for more than half a year, Hou Weidong became more and more masculine.When she was drinking with her head up, a scene of the two being together suddenly popped up in her mind. This scene usually haunts at night. Today, she met the male host and appeared inappropriately. Duan Ying coughed a few times, and her face became redder. After toasting, she looked at Hou Weidong with a half-smile, and returned to her colleagues. Hou Weidong ordered another bottle of beer, feeling very emotional: "The fate of people is really unpredictable. I think Duan Ying was almost laid off back then, but now he is transferred to "Lingxi Daily". "Lingxi Daily" is a dignified provincial newspaper. When I was in Shangqinglin, I spent a lot of difficult time by reading the provincial newspaper." Lao Liu didn't know Hou Weidong's complicated feelings, and said, "Reporter Duan used to be the daughter-in-law of Director Liu, and for some reason she flirted with Minister Liu's son." Hou Weidong didn't want to talk about this topic, so he raised his beer glass and said, "Old Liu, Have another bottle of fruit juice." Old Liu still couldn't get enough, and said: "Liu Kun is the mayor of the town, but the two of them are talented and beautiful, what a pity!"