Chapter 10 Chapter nine

forty five Xiaobing happily yelled "Mom...Mom..." and ran back to the courtyard, only to find that the door of the house was still locked, which made her a little discouraged.For about a month or so, she discovered that her mother, who used to always come home on time, was always "late", and often not a little late.Today, I thought that when my father came back, my mother would come home early, but I didn't expect that she would still be an "iron general".Lazily took out the key and opened the door, only to see a small piece of cake and a note on the table.The note reads:

Good girl, I may be late for a while.First light the stove for me, boil a pot of boiling water, and make tea for Dad.The tea caddy was in the top drawer of the chest of drawers.Thanks a lot. Mother And: Please take out the bag of chicken legs from the refrigerator and melt it first. While eating the cake, Xiaobing walked towards the back door with the coal stove in hand.Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, put down the coal stove, and ran back to the room.She opened all kinds of cabinets and drawers, rummaged through them, and searched carefully among Shang Bing's pile of books and manuscript paper.She didn't seem to find what she was looking for.She was a little discouraged again.

She sat lazily on the small bench and thought for a while.Suddenly, his eyes lit up.He hurriedly stuffed the last bite of cake into his mouth, locked the door, and ran outside.At this time, it happened to be off work time, and the sky was still bright.The traffic on the road was rush hour, and there was a lot of traffic, and the bus was extremely crowded. A dubious young man deliberately squeezed Xiaobing's slightly protruding chest.Xiaobing blushed and backed off a bit, but that guy pushed her again without hesitation.Xiaobing turned around abruptly, glared at the guy fiercely, and scolded in a low but sharp voice: "If you want to take advantage, go home and find your sister!" In the crowd.

After getting out of the car, Xiaobing hurried across the road.At this moment, the clock on the nearby post office struck six.Xiaobing quickened her pace, and just as she approached a small gray building, she saw Shang Bing walking out of the small building together with a middle-aged man.This small building is the unit where Shang Bing works—the Urban Planning Bureau.Xiaobing hurriedly hid behind a big tree on the sidewalk.At this time, she was about ten or twenty meters away from her mother. Although she couldn't hear what they said, she could see them clearly.The man enthusiastically sent Shang Bing to the side of the road, shook hands with Shang Bing enthusiastically, and talked to her enthusiastically for a while, showing that he did not want to break up immediately.Shang Bing also seemed to have a lot to say to the other party.In this way, the two stood by the side of the road and talked for a long time before breaking up.The man watched Shang Bing off, and when Shang Bing was gone, he reluctantly turned around.

Shang Bing rode a bicycle, and of course got home before Xiao Bing.The door is locked.After entering the room and turning on the light, I saw that the room was in a mess, but the notes and cakes on the table were gone, and the chicken legs in the refrigerator hadn’t been taken out yet, so I knew that my “little horse Daha” had returned; The open cabinet doors, open drawers, and messy desks were gathered together, and he took out the frozen chicken legs from the refrigerator, and hurried to the kitchen.In the kitchen, the coal stove was gone, and she hurriedly walked to the back of the house.Behind the house, there is a small piece of wasteland, two slender neem trees, a pile of dilapidated old tiles, all immersed in the thick twilight at this time.Shang Bing called a few times, but Xiao Bing did not respond.She was about to turn around and look elsewhere, but saw a figure sitting behind the pile of broken bricks and rubble.She hesitated for a moment, then boldly approached and took a closer look.

Sure enough, that person was Xiaobing.The unfired coal stove crouched darkly beside her. Shang Bing breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly asked: "There is no coal stove, why are you sitting here bored? The cake is good to eat, why don't you know how to take out the chicken legs and melt it first?" Xiaobing ignored her mother. Shang Bing bent down and asked, "What's the matter? What happened in school?" Xiaobing still ignored her. Shang Bing pushed his daughter: "You want to kill me? What happened?" Xiaobing suddenly stood up, threw down the coal stove, and ran away, leaving her mother aside.

forty six Going forward is Lishugou.It was almost completely dark. As previously agreed, we all went back to Daren’s house and had dinner at Daren’s house. We asked Daren’s Hui wife to make Ningxia noodles, mixed with a lot of oily and spicy seeds, and served a few raw noodles. Garlic, eat it with your mouth full and let out your breath.But Hua Suisui disagreed, and asked everyone to follow Huang Jiangbei to her Lishugou Primary School first.She said her reasons: First, there are classes in the evening, so I can't miss it.Second, I want Mayor Huang to see the conditions under which the children in the mountains of Linzhong County have been studying in the past two years. Lishugou is the most typical.Thirdly, only she has freshly planed sweet potatoes, new peanuts, red dates and walnuts freshly picked from trees this year.No one can beat her, little sister, besides, the situation in Lishugou is indeed more urgent than other schools, so it is right to go to her first.There was no further objection.Hua Sui stopped a truck casually and went to Lishugou to prepare dinner and set up the scene.Huang Jiangbei and the others moved forward slowly.

Hua Suisui is smaller than Huang Jiangbei and Shao Daren, not only a little smaller.They are in the third year of high school, and she is just in the first year of junior high school.But as a freshman in junior high school, she was very good at that time, and became a flag-raiser immediately after she came (this is a huge honor. Others have to be three years at the city level to be interested).When the national flag was raised every day, nearly a thousand older brothers and sisters who were older than her, more knowledgeable than her, capable of tossing around and even made great achievements, had to respectfully listen to this little yellow-haired girl's password, stand at attention, salute, turn and take a rest.Of course some people are not convinced.Later I heard that she was a child of a poor and lower-middle peasant in the suburbs. She was a representative of the National Young Pioneers Congress when she was in the fifth grade of elementary school. The third middle school in the public area.It is said that when she was admitted to the No. 3 Middle School, the Communist Youth League Committee and the Municipal Education Bureau made a default decision to ask the leaders of the No. 3 Middle School to focus on cultivating this "good seedling."As a result, many classmates no longer had trouble with her, but there were still many arrogant people in high school such as Huang Jiangbei and Shao Daren who continued to refuse.But slowly, the arrogant people found that they still had to submit.This little girl whose family is in the outer suburbs can only live in the school, but the school has no student dormitory, so she lives on the gymnastics mat in the sports room.Go home once a week, each time with a cloth bag of dried sweet potatoes, add a little corn flour, a little homemade pickled dried radish, and eat for six days.Clean the corridors of the playground every day and never slack off.One day later, when she gave the order to raise the flag, she actually fainted under the flagpole with a bloody nose, which caused a sensation in the audience.The school doctor said she was severely malnourished, but she still insisted on finishing her favorite English and Chinese exams on the same day. It's slowly not looking as good as it used to be.However, her sweet potato bag is still used by the teachers as a teaching tool for new students to demonstrate in the weekly meeting class.She still had to faint, and she still had to clean the playground for the whole school, but at that time, Huang Jiangbei Shao Daren and the others had already left school.

The slope became steeper and steeper, and Huang Jiangbei began to pant.take a break?Shao Daren advised.Huang Jiangbei shook his head. On the playground of Lishugou Primary School, there are piles of old corn stalks and sorghum stalks and piles of corn cobs and sorghum tassels.Every autumn and summer harvest, this playground is no longer a playground.But at this moment, dozens of children were sitting on the ground in front of the corn and sorghum stacks.On each child's lap was a small plank of wood for a desk, and beside each child was a small lantern.The cold mountain wind made the dozens of lanterns shake unceasingly, and the children were shivering.A gust of wind blew, and the old blackboard temporarily supported on two tripods creaked and shook, and it was about to fall.Huang Jiangbei hurriedly stepped forward to support it, and Hua Suisui also hurriedly supported the blackboard. All the children were still sitting motionless on the icy field facing the cold wind, staring at the blackboard in front of them.Huang Jiangbei looked at the child whose lips had been cracked by the cold, and at the group of mountain folk who stood silently looking at him outside the primary school courtyard wall, and slowly withdrew their hands.

He suddenly remembered that he hadn't been in the mountains for a long, long time. A large pot of sweet potatoes with white skin and red heart is really hot. "Why do you have classes at night?" Huang Jiangbei asked in a low voice on the way back to the county seat. Shao Daren told him that there are two situations.One is that the teachers go to other places to earn money during the day, so they have to put their classes in the evening; the other is that the village is too poor, and the children have to help the family earn money during the day, so the teachers only have to bring the children back to class at night.Lishugou belongs to the second category.

"How can teachers be allowed to work part-time during the day to earn money, and come to class at night? You are paid by the state!" Huang Jiangbei asked. "The problem is that your country doesn't pay wages." Hua Sui replied angrily. "Why aren't you paid?" "Linzhong County hasn't paid teachers salaries for several months." "Really?" Huang Jiangbei was really surprised.He stopped in his tracks and asked earnestly, "Really didn't send it?" "Who is joking with you?" Hua Sui Sui replied angrily. "It hasn't been posted for several months?" "You are really a bureaucrat..." Hua Sui added another sentence. "Suisui! Jiangbei just came here." The expert interrupted Suisui, and then told Huang Jiangbei: "It's been four or five months. The situation varies from school to school. The shortest one hasn't posted for three months, and the most It hasn’t even been posted for half a year.” Huang Jiangbei was really surprised. He really wanted to ask again, whether those cadres of the county party committee and county government were paid their salaries on a monthly basis.But after thinking about it, considering that this question is too "provocative" and "provocative", it is obviously not what he should ask when he is the mayor.But he reminded himself that when he returned to the city, he must ask about the situation. If the cadres in the county were paid monthly, how could they not pay the teachers?How can you do this? "Let's put it this way, if I don't get paid next month, I will have to find a place to earn some food during the day." Hua Suisui said. "What else can you earn?" Knowing that she was speaking angrily, Huang Jiangbei followed her words and asked with a smile. "Can't do anything else, and can't be an escort? Can't be with the young, and can't be with those old men with dirty money?" Hua Suisui answered bluntly. "Suisui, you've been shot today. Whoever you catch stabs whoever you are. Are you sick?" Shao Daren took Hua Suisui out of his sentence, and then told Huang Jiangbei: "It's not easy for Suisui, and he asked to teach in Lishugou on his own initiative. , the wages and benefits will be reduced a lot. In addition, the wages have not been paid for several months, and they still insist on not missing a day of class. Some teachers can't bear it. Like the one in Lishugou, It’s just going to the city to rent a counter to do business with others; some people can’t do business, so they go to work as temporary workers and go to the warehouse to carry big bags... Hey, I can do everything. It’s only five miles away from the county seat. Is it the schools in the big valleys in the 15th and 50th miles of the county seat?" Huang Jiangbei stood down, and silently turned his head to look at the mountains in the distance behind him. The mountains were speechless. After a while, Hua Sui asked, "Can I say a few words?" Huang Jiangbei said: "Say it. Say what you want." Shao Daren reminded: "Don't complain." Hua Sui glanced at Shao Daren, and said, "The mayor didn't limit me to this or that. Are you more mayor than the mayor?" The honest Shao Daren hurriedly smiled and said: "You say what you say. I just think that Jiangbei's time with us is limited, and we have to choose what is important to say. It's just for the moment, and complaining and weird things don't solve the problem. Isn't it? " Hua Sui Sui said angrily, "Don't keep smearing mud, you have to complain when you should. Teachers' salaries can't be paid, but you can go to the county party committee guest house to see that there are ten tables and eight tables open every day. Eating big fish and meat. The education funds allocated from all over the country, but 200,000 yuan is missing... Zhangtai City, Linzhong County finally managed to get a joint venture project like Wanfang Company. In the past few years, Lin Who among the ordinary people in Zhangtai City, Zhongxian County has ever benefited from this company? With Wanfang Company, the general's belly grew and the Chinese tunic suits were replaced with suits. I think only the group of people named Tian in Shangbalizhuang..." Shao Daren hurriedly said: "Subject! The more you talk, the more you will lose your edge... What does this have to do with whether the surname is Tian or not!" Hua Suisui refused to budge: "It's okay? It's okay, why can't you join Wanfang Company?" Shao Daren hurriedly pulled back the topic: "Today we only talk about our school's affairs, and have nothing to do with other things..." Hua Sui retorted: "You think it's irrelevant, but I think it's relevant..." "Sui Sui, you're just ignorant... Isn't it obvious that you're embarrassing Jiangbei by talking about it today?" Huang Jiangbei waved his hand and said in a nonchalant manner, "Today, our principle is to say what we say, to treat everyone equally." "Then I'll tell you." Hua Suisui took a breath and continued, "The leaders of Linzhong County used to have a crown for each of them. Later, when the central government advocated domestic cars, each of them bought an Audi. You see , not advocated, one car for one person; once advocated, two cars for one person. In a few days, the province will send out a message, calling on all cadres in our province to carry forward the spirit of love and province, and come to take the provincial-produced cars produced by Wanfang. Yes, One car for each person. Love the country, love the province, and they love three cars in the end, but what about us? Buying a car, we children don’t have to go to class in the open air while drinking the northwest wind! It’s enough to pay two months’ wages to our children in the whole county. We don’t want to take your car away Let us sit. Those of us who are kings of children have neither the heart nor the guts. I only ask you to buy one less car. Whether it is a Crown, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Citroen, or a Beijing Jeep cruiser, you alone Use one car, okay? Save the money for the other car, and save the poor children and teachers in our mountains! Is it okay?" Hua Suisui couldn't help sobbing stand up.The other teachers also bowed their heads sadly.Shao Daren turned his back and secretly wiped his tears.Huang Jiangbei's eye circles were also red. At this time, a convoy of about four or five cars came straight towards them, and the bright lights of the cars blinded them.The first car drove past them for about ten meters and stopped. Then, the second, third... also stopped one after another.Someone got out of the car.When they got closer, Fang Shaojie led a group of seven or eight people from Linzhong County, including the secretary of the county party committee, the county magistrate, and the director of the education bureau, to pick up Huang Jiangbei in a hurry.Fang Shaojie was a classmate of Huang Jiangbei Xia Zhiyuan when he was in Tsinghua University. Fang Shaojie shook Huang Jiangbei's hand enthusiastically, and said with a smile, "You guy came to Linzhong County to inspect the school and didn't say hello to me, the education manager." Huang Jiangbei said: "I didn't inspect it, just take a look at it by the way..." "Oh, okay, okay, I'm finally back, come, come, let me introduce you." Then, Fang Shaojie introduced the leaders of Linzhong County to Huang Jiangbei one by one, and finally said: "Mayor Huang and I, as well as Assistant Xia, were all admitted to Tsinghua University in the same year. He is the leader of our class. Outstanding, all-round talent. Later, he went to Peking University to study literature, master of philosophy. It’s amazing, he can play basketball and ping-pong very well, and he can dance very well..." "I dance? Dance with me!" Huang Jiangbei smiled faintly, interrupting the praise of this tall and fair college classmate. The older Qu county magistrate responded: "We have heard about Mayor Huang's knowledge and talent." Secretary Fang hurriedly said, "Haven't you had dinner yet? Did you go back to the county for dinner? We'll report to you..." "I won't report today, just take a look." Huang Jiangbei said, and then asked: "How many cars did you come?" County Magistrate Qu smiled and said, "What's wrong? Your driver left you alone? It's easy to handle. You take my Audi, and Secretary Fang and I squeeze into a car..." Huang Jiangbei smiled and said, "I would like to borrow everyone's cars first to send these teachers back. How about it?" County Magistrate Qu was slightly taken aback.Fang Shaojie was well-behaved and quick to comprehend. He hurriedly took Huang Jiangbei's words and replied, "Yes, yes, yes. Let Comrade Lenin go first. Send the teachers back first..." County Magistrate Qu immediately showed an unhappy expression.It's not that he doesn't want these teachers in his county to use his newly bought Audi 100. He just doesn't like this group of people and always likes to do things that go beyond the norm.Mayor Huang wants to send you off in the leader's car. It's nothing more than a gesture of the new official taking office.Are you really sitting?Even if you sit down, you have to be polite.If you don't say a few words of thanks, at least you have to decline, right?Well, I didn't even have a polite word of excuse, I just said "I'm so sorry, we little commoners have had a lot of trouble today", and then got into the car and left.I really don't know good or bad.County Magistrate Qu can't look at this kind of person who thinks that after studying for a few days, he no longer knows how high the sky is and how thick the earth is.The more this is the case, the less you can get used to their problems!He was always so angry and resentful. forty seven Without wasting much time, those cars rushed back and sent Huang Jiangbei and those leading comrades back to the county seat.The car drove directly in front of the county government guest house before stopping.Then a group of people talked and laughed and walked towards the small restaurant recruited by the county.Huang Jiangbei asked, what are you doing in the restaurant?The secretary of the county party committee said, eat.Huang Jiangbei said, I have already had dinner in Lishugou.County Magistrate Qu said, how can the rice in Lishugou be considered rice?Nonsense.Huang Jiangbei thought for a while, turned around and whispered something to a driver, and then replied with a smile, "Okay, okay, it's up to you, don't eat or be respectful, eat."Almost at the entrance of the restaurant, Director Kong of the County Education Bureau took a step forward, lifted the long soft plastic curtain hanging on the restaurant door, stood respectfully in a room, and waited for several leaders to enter the door. Huang Jiangbei turned his head and pointed to the bright neon lights of karaoke on the roof opposite the restaurant, and asked County Magistrate Qu: "Is this also the third industry of your county government?" "Hey, what are the three and six industries, get a certificate and get three melons and two dates, and subsidize the entertainment expenses in the county. That's it. Please come in." This person is about the same age as Secretary Lin The big veteran county magistrate muttered, speaking like most veteran comrades when they were in front of young comrades, straightforward and straightforward, with few scruples. On the big round table in the small restaurant, a table of extremely sumptuous food and wine has been set. Secretary Fang said earnestly: "Mayor Huang, you sit at the guest table. The conditions in our small broken county can't be compared with the big places outside, so you'll just settle. If the food is not good, the wine is not good, just one, and you have a good heart." County Magistrate Qu said: "Let Mayor Huang see how poor we are, and when we make the budget next year, give us Linzhong County more care. Please, please." Fang Shaojie continued: "Jiangbei, today's old classmate I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha to welcome you. Another day, let’s go to the house and have a good reunion...Come on, let’s raise our glasses..." Huang Jiangbei hurriedly made a gesture, asking Fang Shaojie to wait a little longer, because he also invited some important guests The guests come to eat together, and they will arrive soon. Not long after, the driver brought the guests invited by Huang Jiangbei.They are the heads of the Municipal Finance Bureau, County Finance Bureau, City Bank and County Bank.The sudden invitation of these gods of wealth has already surprised everyone present, but what surprised everyone is that Huang Jiangbei also invited Tian Manfang, the famous female deputy general manager of Wanfang Company.Accidents are accidents, but these "men" here are aware that Huang Jiangbei's invitation to Tian Manfang is not just to adjust the atmosphere and add some color to today's banquet. There must be articles in it. Tian Manfang, such a heroine, still feels sincerely happy. Tian Manfang herself didn't understand why Huang Jiangbei invited her to this banquet.Still, she was delighted to receive such an invitation.Happiness is not this scene.Over the years, countless social gatherings have become a routine for her.If not restrained, she will have to spend almost every meal of the day in entertainment.To run a company is to socialize, it is only right and proper.You also have to be warm, courteous, generous, and humorous, all of which she does brilliantly.But it also bored her to the core, so there was no excitement and joy to be talked about.But today she is really happy, she is willing to see Huang Jiangbei again. After the test bed accident, the American chief who stayed at Wanfang immediately reported the situation to the headquarters in Boston. The reply from Boston was very straightforward. If the weak and unscientific management is not fundamentally resolved, then the US side will terminate cooperation, withdraw all personnel, freeze investment, and immediately send personnel to deal with the aftermath in accordance with the relevant provisions of the agreement. The U.S. chief said to Ge Huiyuan: "Mr. Ge, this is the final decision of Boston. Please understand the seriousness of the matter." This American technical expert has always had great respect for Ge Huiyuan. I sincerely admire the professionalism and professional knowledge that Yuan has shown in the cooperation in the past three years.But he also couldn't figure out why, as the company's Chinese general manager, he didn't even dare to deal decisively with matters like Tian Enfu.He often doubts whether Ge Huiyuan is the real general manager.He specially invited Ge Huiyuan to his room, and asked Ge Huiyuan this question: "What else do you need to study about things like Tian Enfu? You have made a very correct decision on the spot, and you will be exempted immediately." Why can't you fulfill the position of Qutian? What kind of power is it that makes you, the general manager, unable to fulfill what you say? As the general manager, how can you endure this situation of having a position without authority? This is in our It is unimaginable in the United States. Why do you want to evacuate a general manager? If you want to evacuate him, why should you let him be the general manager? What is even more incredible is that you... sorry... how could you be willing to be such a evacuated general manager ?” Ge Huiyuan said: "You have some unreasonable things, which are also beyond our imagination." The US chief said: "But there is one thing we are firm on, that is, we will never allow anyone to harm the interests of the company." Ge Huiyuan said: "We are also firm on this point." The US chief didn't understand even more, and stood up excitedly: "Then why don't you bravely exercise the powers of the general manager that you should have? What is preventing you from exercising the powers of the general manager? I'm sorry, I am really very not understand." Ge Huiyuan fell silent.He couldn't explain further to the other party. Not long after Ge Huiyuan left, Tian Enfu came to the chief executive of the US side with some valuable gifts, and wanted to ask the chief executive of the US side to speak in front of President Ge for him.The US chief immediately invited Tian Manfang over. The chief of the U.S. side said: "Please tell this gentleman that he needs at least 400,000 U.S. dollars to redeem himself. The price of a test bench is 463,000 U.S. dollars to be precise. I only ask him for it." 400,000, in your Chinese language, that’s enough buddies.” The ignorant Tian Enfu kept asking the foreigner what the asking price was, which made Tian Manfang furious and told him to get out.Back in her office, Tian Manfang was about to teach Tian Enfu a lesson when Ge Huiyuan walked in furiously.Ge Huiyuan's face was pale, trembling all over, he stared straight at Tian Enfu, rushed over suddenly, picked up those precious things, and threw them out of the window one by one, until the last thing was thrown, that Tian Enfu endured I couldn't stop, rushed over, hugged the thing, and shouted: "Mr. Ge... Mr. Ge... This is a purple sand teapot made by Qu Ziye, a famous Shanghai teapot maker during the Daoguang period... I can't throw it away... I can't throw it away..." But the pot made by the famous pot maker was still thrown out.Tian Enfu screamed: "My God... my God..." He hurried downstairs and screamed furiously: "Ge Huiyuan, you son of a bitch, what do you think you are? Open Open your old eyes and see, the whole company is up and down, big and small, but whoever treats you as an individual? How dare you drop my Quhu, how dare you drop my Quhu..." No After a while, a large group of people came around. Tian Manfang rushed downstairs and had this shameless guy forcibly taken away.Tian Enfu stumbled and struggled all the way, and kept turning his head and screaming desperately: "He dropped my Quhu...he dropped my Quhu..." Ge Huiyuan returned to his office, still trembling all over.He quickly found the pills from the drawer, swallowed two, and after a while, gradually calmed down.At this moment, Tian Manfang pushed open the door of Ge Huiyuan's office and walked in. The lights were not turned on in the office, and Ge Huiyuan stood blankly in the dark. Tian Manfang comforted him, but Ge Huiyuan remained silent. Tian Manfang said: "I will definitely punish him..." Ge Huiyuan shook his head with a wry smile: "His surname is Tian..." Tian Manfang said, "Don't say that." Ge Huiyuan said: "I don't want to say that, the world is forcing me to say that. It's forced." Tian Manfang poured a glass of water for Ge Huiyuan: "Mr. Ge, I must deal with that bastard." Ge Huiyuan said: "You can deal with him because your surname is Tian. I can't deal with him because my surname is not Tian." Tian Manfang persuaded embarrassingly: "Mr. Ge, don't think so..." Ge Huiyuan suddenly looked at Tian Manfang with piercing eyes: "My deputy general manager Tian, ​​am I willing to think this way? Excuse me, are we in the 16th and 17th centuries, or in the 20th century? Are we in the 20th century?" In the 1990s, or in the 1920s and 1930s? Are we running the most modern high-tech industry, or are we tossing a feudal guild? Even the Qinghong Gang before liberation did not protect them like this The same clan, the same surname, the same township, and the same people are short." At this moment, the driver sent by Huang Jiangbei told her that the new mayor was waiting for her at the county guest house.