Chapter 6 Chapter Six
Qiao Xue got into trouble!
That day, Qiao Xue was bored walking on the tree-lined path by the reservoir, she was very depressed.The work was not going well, and Aunt Yuyin's illness made her mood even more gloomy.Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened, and the mentor Suning was suddenly accused of sexually harassing the observer Zhou Zhenghong, intending to plot wrongdoing.This matter just happened to make Lao Tie bump into it again. The mentor was unable to argue for a while, and Zhou Zhenghong was not good at letting go, and quarreled about a small matter into a big one. As a result, the mentor Su Ning was taken away.
"What a fucking bastard!" Qiao Xue was about to go mad, why would the mentor sexually harass that woman?The instructor was so serious that he would avoid the ewes when he saw them. In front of her and Yuyin, he was so serious to the point of pedantry.It is often necessary for the two of them to go together when setting up work. If there is really only one person, the door will be opened wide, so that everything in the room can be clearly displayed in front of everyone.Besides, she has been a student of the tutor for more than a year, and she still doesn't know if the tutor is lecherous?
"This cock must be self-indulgent, or it's just a trap." Qiao Xue cursed angrily in her heart.In private, Qiao Xue referred to Zhou Zhenghong, who was dressed in avant-garde and behaved in an extremely undignified manner, as a "chicken mother-in-law". Qiao Xue looked down on this kind of woman who wanted to be open but would never open up. "Vulgar woman from the country", "upstart among women", she always picks the most vicious language to express her dissatisfaction with this vulgar, frivolous and self-righteous woman.Now the woman is publicly accusing her mentor of trying to moles her and tearing her underwear.God, she's also called underwear?I can't wait to tear myself apart and expose that pile of fat!
"Absolutely impossible, you must have read it wrong!" Qiao Xue yelled at Lao Tie the moment her mentor Su Ning was taken away.
"How could I be wrong? As soon as I pushed the door, I saw... saw..."
"See what?"
"I can't say it!" Lao Tie blushed. This day, he said the same thing no less than five times. Everyone who asked him to go in had him repeat what he saw. The more detailed the better. .Up to this point, he really didn't want to repeat those words, every time he said those words, his face would blush and his heart beat once.He is in his fifties, not a young man in his twenties. He is ashamed of that.
"Say it!" Qiao Xue let out a cry of hatred, her eyes wanted to eat people.
"Let's just say it, why are you so fierce?" Then, Lao Tie bit his bullet and repeated the scene he saw.After listening, Qiao Xue was speechless.She can doubt other people's words, but she can only believe the old iron's words.Since Lao Tie has repeatedly promised that if there is a false sentence in what he says, he will die, no matter what!Then, the instructor must have been impulsive.
How can he be impulsive?How can a man be impulsive when he sees everyone?It seems that I still know very little about men.
Walking under the shade of the trees, Qiao Xue was full of bewilderment, not just bewilderment towards her mentor Su Ning, but also bewilderment about the world.From being called by the tutor to now, what I see, hear, and feel are all different from the school.Not only are they different, they are simply two worlds.Qiao Xue couldn't figure out why the outside world was such a jerk!
This afternoon, Qiao Xue, who was in a bad mood, ended up spending time with two foreigners. They were a couple whose age was unknown, but their intimacy and harmony moved her.In other words, she can't see lovers this afternoon, as long as they are lovers, even if they are fake lovers, wild mandarin ducks, as long as there is an intimate movement, she will be moved, it can be called infection.It was only later that she realized that this afternoon, she was pregnant.
It's ridiculous and absurd for a woman who is nearly thirty years old to be pregnant in the desert by accident!Qiao Xue finally cried.
Later she called her cousin Xiao Yiwen, who asked her why she was crying?Qiao Xue choked up for a long time, and said: "I want to fall in love." Xiao Yiwen on the other end of the phone was completely stunned by this sentence, and asked tentatively for a long time, "Xue, will anything happen to you?"
"What can happen to me, people just want to fall in love!" After speaking, she cried even harder.
When Qiao Xue was brought into that mysterious office by relevant parties, several days had passed, and her mood had returned to normal.During this time, she also helped Yuyin with one thing.Yuyin didn't want her aunt to be disturbed any more, she tried her best to cure her aunt.Qiao Xue fully supported her, and she hated that kind of hypocritical caring the most. She was caring on the surface, but she didn't know what was going on behind the scenes.This society is really hard to see clearly.So as soon as Yuyin said this, she patted her chest and said, "My uncle is an expert in the hospital, and my cousin is a senior nurse in the hospital. I'll take care of this!" The hospital where Xiao Yiwen was, she was brought here by relevant parties.
"Have you ever had contact with two foreigners?" The person who asked the question was a middle-aged man, very official and dignified.
"I can't remember." Qiao Xue answered lazily.She has now learned to deal with people who look like cadres.
"Then remember well, who were you with on the afternoon of September 16?"
"I told you, I don't remember."
"Please have a better attitude."
"I also want to ask you to have a better attitude. What law did I break, ah, why did you bring me here?!"
"Miss Qiao, please calm down. What you have committed is serious. If you say it, I'm afraid you will be frightened." A cadre is a cadre, and what he says, including his posture and accent, are similar to those of the teachers in the school. There is a huge difference.
"Don't call me miss, I have a name!"
"Okay, Comrade Qiao Xue, please answer my question truthfully."
"You are sick, who is gay?!"
The cadre was stunned. He didn't understand what happened to the word comrade. The word "Miss" is easy to misunderstand nowadays, but comrade is the most traditional and most affectionate title in our party.
"Okay then, classmate Qiao, this is always okay, right?"
"casual."
Qiao Xue really didn't know the reason why they brought her here. If she knew that the matter would be so serious, she wouldn't dare to have that attitude.
She is suspected of leaking!
The two foreigners were not tourists, let alone lovers. They pretended to be lovers and came to the Desert Reservoir. The purpose was to obtain first-hand information about the Desert Reservoir.
They are experts sent by the International Forestry Organization!
Foreigners are really his grandma's best!There is no such thing as sending experts. They are making preparations and greetings vigorously. The five expert teams have been fighting hard for more than a month. Sha County has been busy up and down for a month. Well, they did come!Come here openly, why are you acting like a thief, pretending to be a couple, and fooling so many people!
But that’s how foreigners do things. They don’t always like mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people. Besides, in China, if you mobilize teachers and mobilize people, other people will mobilize teachers and mobilize people. So, can you still see the truth?
can not see!
If you want to see the truth, you have to be indifferent, pretend to be indifferent, see and talk wherever you go.I'm happy, let me take a few more photos, won't I get all the truth?
Halo, isn't this the kind of guerrilla warfare? They are quick learners!
When the Shaxian side knew the truth, everything was over.Who would have imagined that this couple would already be wandering around Sha County on the day the five expert teams arrived in Sha County.In the middle, they went to the Five Buddhas and Canglang. In short, they went around the Huyang River Basin.What they will see, hear, and shoot, including footage of villagers grabbing water along the way, footage of the sun-baked skin, footage of camels dying of thirst in the desert, and footage of people from the sand country grabbing lettuce deep in the desert. The footage was reported to the headquarters without any omission.Soon, the international forestry organization made a decision to suspend the allocation of relief funds for the Huyang River Basin, and the cooperative projects with the river basin have entered the audit stage. They feel that the funds seem to be useless, or, according to their terms In other words, it did not achieve the expected benefits.
This is polite enough.If they strictly follow the original agreement, they have the right to suspend the cooperation!
Something is wrong!
As soon as the interrogation letter from the International Forestry Organization arrived, Yincheng exploded, followed by a quarrel in Sha County.After working for such a long time, I didn’t eat well, I couldn’t sleep well, and I went in and out of the desert under the poisonous sun. To do it, but in the end it was a waste of work.Chickens are flying and eggs are being beaten. It's shameful and useless to do this job!The higher-ups quickly sent a message to find out who leaked the secret to the two foreign experts and told what shouldn't be said?After this investigation, Qiao Xue was found.Because that afternoon she drank drinks with two foreigners at the cold drink stand under the green shade, and talked endlessly. This scene was seen by many employees of the Desert Reservoir.
Qiao Xue couldn't let it go.
Qiao Xue was fine, she truthfully admitted to the cadre that she did sit with the two foreigners that afternoon.
"What did you talk to them about?"
"This also needs to be reported?"
"Report!" The cadre's tone suddenly became dignified.
"My private life."
"what?"
"Foreigners are interested in their private lives, and I am also interested in their private lives. It was a pleasant exchange with each other that afternoon."
The cadres underestimated Qiao Xue, and everyone underestimated Qiao Xue. After asking and asking, Qiao Xue still said those words.Later, she was brought to a larger cadre, and this time Qiao Xue got angry: "Why, you are also interested in my private life?"
"..."
Can't track it down.Next, the expert team withdrew, and the welcoming work came to an end.It is said that this incident caused a lot of embarrassment and could only be ended hastily.Qiao Xue was sent back to school, and the relevant authorities ordered the school to criticize and educate her.But Qiao Xue said almost madly: "I want to drop out of school. I knew that being an expert would be so useless. If I were killed, I would not study this book!"
In Yincheng Hospital, Yuyin's life is different.
Yuyin's insistence on sending her aunt to Yincheng Hospital was not just because of the relationship between Qiao Xue and Xiao Yiwen, but because of the way she did in Sha County.When all kinds of caring surged into the ward, Yuyin suddenly had a weird thought: Is this still my aunt?Indeed not.From a certain moment, Niu Zaohua was no longer Niu Zaohua, she became a symbol, a news figure who must attract the attention of all parties in Sha County.Some even raised her treatment to a political level.God, my aunt is so great and so valuable?Yuyin was panicked and restless, and amidst the pride of her father Niu Genshi and mother Su Jiaojiao, Yuyin began to wake herself up.She thought of the days before, when the wind and sand filled the sky, my aunt dragged her tired body and trudged sadly between several sand beams. At that time, there was no care, not even a word of greeting.If there is, it is not from Sha County, not from his father Niu Genshi, but from that man named Zheng Dayuan.During several holidays, Yuyin saw that Zheng Dayuan was the only one accompanying her aunt to plant and raise trees in Shawopu.That winter, there was an exceptional snowfall in the desert. The snow was so beautiful that it covered the desert, the grass, and the villages far and near. There was only snow left in the world, white and white snow.Yuyin was only a freshman in that winter, and her hometown was still holy and nostalgic in her heart.On the morning of Luoxue, her mother Su Jiaojiao asked her to follow her elder brother Yuhu to catch pigeons. Su Jiaojiao loves to eat pigeons and is so greedy that she would smack her mouth for a long time when a pigeon flew in the sky.The snow finally fell, of course Su Jiaojiao refused to let go of the opportunity.Everyone in Shawan Village knows that when the snow falls, it is a good opportunity to catch pigeons. In dry wells, on wheat fields, wherever there are pigeons, you can catch pigeons with a bamboo sieve and a few handfuls of grain. Pigeon.Yuyin really caught several pigeons that day.Later, later, she thought of her aunt, very suddenly.God, this thick snow, my aunt...
With this in mind, Yuyin couldn't bear it any longer. She was so anxious that she insisted on going into the desert to see her aunt.Brother Yuhu scolded angrily: "You have an aunt. Mom wants to eat pigeons. Can you mention your aunt less!" Yuyin didn't care, threw down the sieve and ran towards Shawopu.That day, she picked up grass to accompany her, picked up grass and went back to her mother's house, but the blind fairy went to Yanglu to sing filial piety, and fell ill in Yanglu.I didn't close my eyes all night while picking grass, and I plunged into the snow regardless of the thickness of the snow after dawn.Not long after I left, I remembered that the two children were still asleep on the kang of my mother's house, and I forgot to give them breakfast, so I had to turn around and come back.The second time I went on the road, I bumped into Yuyin.Two people go together, the road is not so far.At noon, they met an old shepherd, Liu Gen's father.Seeing Yuyin, the old shepherd yelled from a long distance, "Baby, you are here, go, go, your aunt and that man are fighting." Arrived at Shawopu before dark.From afar, I saw the door of the small mahogany courtyard open, a few chickens looking for food in the snow, and the big yellow dog lying on the haystack beside the courtyard gate, pricking up its ears vigilantly.
Standing in the snow, Yuyin suddenly didn't dare to take a step forward.For some reason, every time she went to Shawopu, she would have this strange fear.I can't tell what to be afraid of, but I will be afraid anyway.She was trembling, trembling, her breathing was extremely tight, and her heart almost jumped out.The snow in the distance, the sand nearby, the crooked-neck tree in front of the courtyard, and the old hens looking for food under the tree, all seemed to be the resurrection of her dreams and a hint of her life.Yes, dream.Yuyin suddenly remembered the dream at that moment. In the twenty years that passed with the wind, she had too many dreams about Shawopu. She seemed to have forgotten something about herself here, and she couldn't get it when she woke up Let's go, just wait in the dream.But in the dream, she couldn't take it away, the layers of dreams, the dreams that were more vast and darker than the desert, instead imprisoned her firmly in Shawopu.
Oh, Shawopu.
On that day, Yuyin suddenly had a poetic feeling, which was something unimaginable.
After the fear subsided a little bit, she saw the man.Zheng Dayuan walked out of the courtyard with his head covered in mist, and brought a mist to her.It was really fog. Yuyin felt very accurate that day. She could see the layer of fog under the white sun, and she could immediately think of it as fog. It can be seen that the white snow that day gave her inspiration.However, she later realized that it wasn't fog, it was smoke.Zheng Dayuan was lighting a stove for his aunt, and the firewood was probably wet, so he couldn't light it anyway, and ended up hiding a misty layer of smoke in his hair.Zheng Dayuan didn't see Yuyin at first, so he must have been in a bad mood. As soon as he left the hospital, he threw a tantrum at some old hens under the tree, and almost kicked a chicken into the tree.Fortunately, he quickly raised his head and looked towards Yuyin. This look made the two people in Xuezhong dumbfounded.
Yuyin was convinced that she was the first to be stupid that day.She originally hated Zheng Dayuan, this man had entered her heart when she was very young, and he still stubbornly occupied his position until now, even if he couldn't get rid of him.She remembered that she called him Uncle Zheng when she was a child, and when she was a little older, about seven years old, she would follow the grass pickers in the village and call him Old Man Zheng, and when she got older, she would just call him Old Man Zheng.Every time she changed her title, her aunt's face darkened. The darkness was written not on her face, but on her heart. Others couldn't find it, but Yuyin could feel it.She didn't understand why her aunt could allow others to call him like that, but when she called him herself, she would get so bad-tempered for no reason?Yuyin put this account on Lao Zheng's head, which has something to do with his father Niu Genshi and his mother Su Jiaojiao.No child's growth will be independent of their parents. Parents' likes and dislikes towards the world directly determine the child's attitude towards the world. Whether it is a person or an event, the child's likes and dislikes all come from here.Probably because her parents hated Old Zheng too much, Yuyin found it difficult to treat him well.Yuyin originally planned to continue to hate him, this man is too domineering, he has a family, a city, and such a good job, but he insists on staying in Shawopu.His mother, Su Jiaojiao, said that he was a ghost attached to her aunt, and that sooner or later she would kill her.His father, Niu Genshi, said that he was a broom star that fell from the sky, and it happened to fall on his aunt's head. In this life, my aunt will not suffer from him!Yuyin thinks her parents are right, she even thinks that he is a brazen broom star who wants his aunt to serve him for nothing all her life.
At that time, Yuyin already knew that he was an expert in sand control and tree planting, and that many of his achievements were related to Shawopu, and it was Shawopu who made him.But what did my aunt get?Poor aunt, honest aunt, the aunt who never knew what to fight for herself.
But on that day, to be precise, at the moment when she met Zheng Dayuan's eyes, Yuyin suddenly lost the hatred in her heart, really, it was so strange, how could it be possible to lose the hatred in an instant?What rose in Yuyin's heart was also a mist, it was really fog, curling up, like the sun shining on the snow, shining brightly, there was a mist.Moving, dancing, jumping, circling, wrapping up the heart.
Wrapped up.
Yuyin later realized that it was the man who moved her.Just imagine, in this icy and snowy land, in this desert and wild beach, who is willing to guard a crazy woman?Yes, my aunt at that time was simply a crazy woman, with crazy thoughts, crazy actions, and even more crazy words.She was so crazy that no one in Shawan Village dared to deal with her, and no one in Shawan Village dared to let her go back to the village.Scaring the child at night, but there was no way to do it, so I said: "Cry again, cry again and take you to the crazy woman!" The child immediately fell silent, really, very effective, including picking grass Here, Ling.
A lonely soul, a lonely soul that Yuyin can't let go of at all times, unexpectedly someone quarrels with her, unexpectedly someone lights a fire for her after the snow.Moreover, that person's appearance, unlike an expert, is clearly a...
Yuyin laughed out loud.
Zheng Dayuan also laughed.
That was the first time they laughed face to face.
That was the first time they smiled for each other, very bright, very bright, the same color as the sun.
It was also at that time that Yuyin knew many things about her aunt, some things were difficult, really difficult, so rare that a woman could hardly make it through, and could only go crazy.Thanks to him.
Later, Yuyin realized that in a person's life, you are destined to suffer some disasters alone, and you are destined to experience some loneliness alone.It was also later that she gradually understood that her aunt's life didn't need others to support her, he was enough.
So, under such circumstances, can Yuyin still accept the "care" for her aunt?
The situation of Zaohua is not optimistic. After being sent to Yincheng Hospital, she has fallen into a coma three times. Even when she is awake, she still suffers from chills and fever.Fortunately, with Xiao Yiwen's help, her father Xiao Tian left the research work at hand and became the attending physician.
The second consultation meeting has just finished, and Xiao Tian believes that the patient is mainly due to depression, emotional stagnation, liver-spleen imbalance, poor liver-qi, long-term stagnation of heat, and the patient's eating habits, liver-spleen damage, food-accumulated qi stagnation , Imbalance of ups and downs, air blockage, water retention.This disease is a chronic disease in liver disease, and it should not be delayed, but it should not be rushed.Xiao Tian proposed to adopt a treatment method combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine, with the main purpose of soothing the liver and relieving stagnation, invigorating the spleen and promoting dampness.Just as the plan was finalized, Xiao Tian was about to communicate with Yuyin when Niu Genshi broke in suddenly.
"Dean Xiao, no, I have to take the patient back."
"Take it back?" Xiao Tian stared at Niu Genshi in confusion.
"This group of dog days, two days ago, they were clamoring to send them to Beijing. Before they could say anything clearly, in the blink of an eye, even a ghost disappeared."
It turned out that Niu Gen was really angry with Sha County.Niu Genshi mistakenly thought that he had seized the opportunity this time, and seeing that Shaxian County took it seriously, he was so happy that his heart was about to blossom.My God, after thirty years, I finally waited for a luscious twelfth lunar month, and this time I have to take him no matter what.So Niu Genshi and his wife, Su Jiaojiao, went to the government and the Women's Federation every day, crying and exaggerating their sister's illness and suffering to the sky.The Shaxian side knew that he was suspected of taking advantage of the fire, but because of the importance of Niuzaohua, they could only work with him patiently.It's okay not to do work, but when he does, Niu Genshi's bullish energy becomes stronger and stronger.The conditions were mentioned in the sky, not only to heal the person, but also to pay her the salary for decades of sand control and tree planting.The couple slept in the hotel all night, counting with their fingers, you counted and she counted again, the more they counted, the more excited they got.I was so excited I couldn't sleep!After many calculations, I didn't even figure out a dime.Except for the 1,000 yuan subsidy from the Sha County Civil Affairs Bureau, Niu Genshi has not benefited at all so far.
That's all, the girl Yuyin moved Zaohua to the provincial capital behind their backs, which ruined their good show.The couple hated for three days, and vowed not to recognize this unrighteous species, nor the younger sister Niuzaohua.Thinking about it again, I can't deny it, the matter is not over yet, Sha County has red lips and white teeth, and none of the words I spit out have been implemented, so I was rushed to the provincial capital again, wanting to make a big fuss.Unexpectedly, before the couple could put on a show, all the people in Sha County ran away!
"I told him to run away. If he ran away from the monk, he could still run away from the temple? The gate of the county government is open. I will carry it back for him!"
Looking at this ravine-faced farmer, Xiao Tian wanted to say something, but he didn't.Xiao Tian already knew about the evacuation of Sha County officials, and it was his daughter Xiao Yiwen who told him.The daughter said that the Shaxian side knew about the private visits by officials from international organizations, and was very annoyed, thinking they were being teased.They suddenly lost interest in Niuzaohua, and thought they had done a stupid thing, so they withdrew them without notifying the hospital.The daughter was very angry when she said this, showing a tone of justice.Xiao Tian smiled, he understood his daughter, she was still young, and she didn't have a thorough understanding of this society.When my daughter goes through some wind and rain again, she won't be so excited.But towards Niu Genshi, he has a different attitude. This honest-looking man is a bit hateful, and his wife is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.For the sake of him being the family member of the patient, Xiao Tian endured a few moments and did not vent his dissatisfaction.Niu Genshi yelled for a while, seeing that Xiao Tian didn't answer, he said angrily: "Forget it, I won't tell you, the pair of trousers you wear are only thinking of making money, and you can't see the life and death of ordinary people!" After finishing speaking, Carrying the snakeskin bag that he has been carrying in his hand, he left.
Looking at his back, Xiao Tian was stunned for a long time.Realizing that he was deserting, he hurriedly stopped his thoughts, smiled wryly, and went to find Yuyin.
After listening to Xiao Tian's words, Yuyin nodded gratefully, and said, "I'll take care of the treatment. I'll take care of the hospital. Uncle Xiao, my aunt is not easy, you must save her." Xiao Tian resisted the sadness in his heart and nodded.The two came out of the office, and Xiao Tian did another checkup on Zaohua, without saying anything, he walked out of the ward with a heavy expression.Yuyin followed and followed until the top of the stairs.Xiao Tian stopped and asked, "Is there any difficulty with the medical expenses?" Yuyin held her throat and said, "Don't worry about the medical expenses, I will definitely get them together." Xiao Tian wanted to say, this is not a big deal. The small number, afraid of adding to the child's burden, was silent for a moment, took his leave and left.
When Yuyin returned to the ward again, she saw that her aunt had changed her clothes and got off the bed.
"Aunt, what are you doing?" Yuyin asked in surprise.
"Yin'er, it's dead. Let's go back to Shawopu." Niu Zaohua struggled, trying to make her illness less serious, but she couldn't work hard like that.Before the words were finished, people were struggling to breathe.
"Auntie, what are you talking about? Lie down quickly, don't scare me anymore." Yuyin said as she carried her aunt back to the bed.Unexpectedly, in just a few days, my aunt is as light as a child.Yuyin felt that what she held in her arms was no longer her aunt, but a bundle of dry firewood.
"Yin'er, listen to my aunt, let's go back, the hospital in the provincial capital is not suitable for us to live in."
"Aunt——" Yuyin really didn't know how to persuade her aunt. These days, in order to let her treat her illness with peace of mind, she exhausted all her words, and she almost rushed to say all the words of the past twenty years.
"Yin'er, you silly girl, aunt is fine, aunt is strong. All my life, aunt has rarely taken even a single pill. You let aunt lie here, aunt feels uncomfortable..."
"Gu—" Yuyin's heart was already overwhelmed, besides crying, what else could she say?
Just as the two hugged each other and cried, there was a light knock on the door. Yuyin wiped away her tears, and hurriedly wiped the tears off her aunt's face before running to open the door.As soon as the door opened, a large bouquet of flowers came in first.Tuo Tuo sat in a wheelchair, and the flowers covered him.Yuyin didn't see until the flowers entered the door, followed by the nurse Xiao Yiwen and the extraordinary temperament Jiang Changming.
Seeing that it was Yuyin's friend coming, Zaohua wanted to struggle to get up, but was stopped by Xiao Yiwen.Xiao Yiwen said that she had just changed shifts and happened to see Tuotuo and Changming, so they came over together.Tuotuo said: "I'm really sorry, I went out to perform these two days, and I just came back yesterday." After speaking, he turned around and asked Zaohua: "Auntie, do you feel better?"
When Zaohua heard that the camel's accent sounded like a person from Shaxiang, she hurriedly asked, "Why do you speak so well?"
Tuo Tuo laughed and said, "My family is also from Sha Township, it's close to you, on Yanglu Road."
"Yanglu?" Zao spent a long time thinking about it, and suddenly said: "You can't be the grandson of Master Tuo Liu?"
"My aunt's eyes are really sharp. My grandfather is the sixth master Tuotuo." As soon as Zaohua recognized him, Tuotuo suddenly became very kind.Yuyin stomped on him quietly, and gave him a wink.Although my aunt knew about Yuyin's blood transfusion for the camel back then, Yuyin kept it a secret from her aunt and never told her that the person she saved was a camel from Yanglu Village. up.Seeing Tuo Tuo talking about each aunt recently, I was afraid that he would slip up and tell the truth.Tuo Tuo didn't know it, and he was still thinking about how to express this meaning tactfully.Seeing this, Jiang Changming hurriedly interjected: "Tuo Tuo, the patient needs to rest more, let's go first and come back another day."
Tuotuo didn't seem to want to leave. He came here today to repay his benefactor sincerely. This time, he will repay the favor no matter what.Just when Yuyin's eyes were crowded, Zaohua fell ill again, with chest tightness, shortness of breath, and a little difficulty in breathing, probably because she met a person from Shaxiang here, and she was a little touched by the scene.Xiao Yiwen hurried forward to rescue her, and at the same time rang the rescue device, the ward became chaotic for a while, Tuotuo had no choice but to follow Jiang Changming, and went downstairs angrily.When passing the toll office, he and Jiang Changming deposited some money into Zaohua's account.Tuo Tuo saved 30,000, and Jiang Changming saved 5,000.After doing this, the two looked at each other, and then left the special ward without a word.
The sun outside was very bright, and when the sun hit his face, he still felt a pain.
The next day, Jiang Changming returned to Sha County.
Although the welcome work has ended hastily, but for the desert institute, the work cannot stop for a moment.Jiang Changming has a wish that he must promote the achievement of the teacher, not only to promote it, but also to fight for the honor he deserves for the teacher.Although the person is gone, the achievements and honor belong to him forever.
At the same time, another incident was also unfolding secretly.Jiang Changming didn't alarm anyone this time. He assured Zhou Xiaozhe that no matter how complicated the background was, he would push through the layers of fog to reveal the truth that should be revealed.
Ma Ming was the first to enter his field of vision.Ever since Meng Xiaozhou became the director of the desert institute, Ma Ming and the desert institute suddenly separated. Especially after the expert team entered Sha County, Ma Ming was more cautious and rarely showed his face on the scene.Jiang Changming has already learned that Shaxian Psammophyte Development Company is a joint-stock enterprise jointly funded by the county government and Northern Everbright Industry. The person exercising management power on behalf of the county government is a woman surnamed Dong. This woman is very mysterious. She has a lot of time. She is not in Sha County, and she rarely intervenes in the development of the company. After all, Ma Ming is still running the company.There is also news that since the establishment of the psammophyte development company, Ma Ming's main energy has been spent here, and his original Northern Everbright Industry has become an empty shelf instead.A person familiar with the industry and commerce bureau said that Northern Everbright Industrial did not have much assets. Ma Ming blindfolded others with a Mercedes-Benz. In addition, he dared to spend money, and his rich appearance made people mistake him for a wealthy businessman.Ma Ming was attracted by Shaxian County's investment promotion, and he was the guest of Shaxian government officials. This also gave him a certain ability to call the wind and rain in Shaxian County.There is evidence that he has an extraordinary relationship with Bai Junjie, the magistrate of Sha County.After Bai Junjie was taken away, Ma Ming suddenly became restrained.Not only that, but recently he suddenly left the psammophyte development company and devoted his energy to Northern Everbright Industry.
Through connections, Jiang Changming invited Ma Ming to a hotel in the name of co-promoting "Dayuan Three Generations".The two knew each other before, but the relationship was very weak. Not long after Jiang Changming arrived in the desert, Ma Ming went to sea to do business.But after all, it can be considered that they have worked together together, so the meeting did not show much life.
"I want to talk to you about the 'Three Generations of Dayuan'." Jiang Changming cut to the chase and put the cooperation intention on the table.
"Why did you think of looking for me?" Ma Ming asked, looking over the faces on the wine table.In addition to the graduate student Fang Lizhi, Shang Limin was also accompanying him today, which was deliberately arranged by Jiang Changming.In the past at the Desert Institute, Shang Limin was Ma Ming's senior sister, and the two were under Long Jiumiao's subordinates. Shang Limin took extra care of Ma Ming.
"In Sha County, who else would you look for if you weren't looking for Boss Ma?" Jiang Changming also changed his tone. He didn't expect him to play this kind of haha, and he was still very quack.
"It's a pity, Chang Ming, you have found the wrong person."
"What?" Jiang Changming was slightly startled, Ma Ming's attitude was a bit unexpected.
"To tell you the truth, brother, I am not interested in doing business now, and I want to try a different way of life."
As soon as Ma Ming said this, everyone at the table was surprised, especially Shang Limin, who was picking up vegetables, stopped suddenly, and stared at Ma Ming like a rare animal: "Why, you want to wash your hands and quit, This is not possible, 'Three Generations of Dayuan' depends on you."
Jiang Changming didn't tell Shang Limin his real intention, but only asked Ma Ming to help.As for Shang Limin, she was originally impatient and short-tempered. She didn't like to think deeply about any problems. When Ma Ming showed that she didn't want to help, her quick temper came up.Picking up the wine glass, he said, "Come on, senior sister proposes a toast to you. You have to help this favor, and you have to help if you don't. Anyway, you are not allowed to help for nothing. You are still a boss?"
Ma Ming smiled politely, but did not raise his buttocks, but moved on the chair, and pushed away the wine glass that Shang Limin was holding in front of him with a light push. "Senior sister, I'm sorry, I quit drinking. Let's avoid drinking today."
Shang Limin's face turned red, feeling like someone had teased her, but she seldom gave a toast to others, so she didn't think that Ma Ming wouldn't give her any face.
Jiang Changming said: "Drink wine as you like. Since Boss Ma has quit, we won't force it." Then, he took the cup from Shang Limin's hand, tilted his neck, and drank it.
Shang Limin was bored and held a grudge, so he sat down and didn't speak.Jiang Changming said again: "Brother Ma, if you really don't have this ambition, I won't force it. However, if the 'Three Generations of Dayuan' is promoted, the benefits will be extraordinary. I don't know if there is anyone else who is interested in it besides Brother Ma. interested?"
Ma Ming didn't answer immediately, he was eating the lamb chops with great taste, and at the same time, the corner of his eyes glanced at Shang Limin's face.Shang Limin seemed to be frustrated and couldn't adjust for a while, the atmosphere on the wine table was weird.Jiang Changming was not in a hurry. He hadn't planned to have a result from this meal. As long as he could connect with Ma Ming, he would not worry that things would not move forward.
As expected, the meal didn't produce any results. Ma Ming's attitude eased a little later, and he didn't show off so much, but he was really not interested in "Three Generations of Dayuan".He even said that he is not interested in anything now, and he just wants to go to Tibet. Tibet is so beautiful, with a deep blue sky, endless grasslands, and holy snow-capped mountains... Ma Ming began to chant poems.No one present was interested in continuing the conversation. There was more than half of the food on the table, but no one had any appetite.
Everyone was glaring at Jiang Changming, blaming him for spending money to hire such an unappetizing pig.
After the meal, Ma Ming took a taxi and left, Jiang Changming believed that Ma Ming hadn't lied to him, as he really couldn't even afford a car now.It seems that Ma Ming is not interested in earning money, he may not be able to earn this money anymore.
Jiang Changming then got news that Ma Ming was really in trouble, and the trouble wasn't just caused by Bai Junjie, it was probably caused by Long Jiumiao.During the further examination of Long Jiumiao by the investigation team, two suspicious contracts were found. One was signed by Long Jiumiao imitating Zheng Dayuan's handwriting, and the other was signed by Long Jiumiao himself.合同另一方，是沙生植物开发公司，但当事人不是马鸣，而是那个姓董的女人。
两份合同标的接近一百万，内容是沙漠所向沙县提供沙生植物开发及种植服务，包括常年性技术指导。这合同粗看起来没问题，沙漠所本来就有这项服务，收费标准也符合所里的规定，可细一追究，问题就暴露了。
龙九苗拒不承认那字迹是他伪造的，还说另一份合同也是郑达远安排他签的，至于钱，龙九苗说自己没收过，沙漠所的账上也没收到这笔钱。但沙县这边确实将款付了，分三次付的，收款人都是龙九苗。
再查，龙九苗就不得不招出，钱是马鸣替他领的，不过到现在马鸣也没将钱给他。
案件忽然有了方向。
就在调查工作朝着有利于江长明他们发展的时刻，沙县那边的情况突然发生变化，鉴于白俊杰涉嫌卷入龙九苗一案，五凉市委做出决定，由李杨接替白俊杰，出任沙县代县长。
不知怎么，江长明听到消息，心里突然一暗。对李杨这个人，江长明真是有点儿后怕。
江长明跟李杨的认识，还是因了沙沙。那时沙沙还在沙漠所，具体从事数据分析，但她的心思完全不在数据上，整日幻想的，就是下海办公司，或者，就像自由人一样在社会上飞来荡去。有一天，沙沙突然跑进他的办公室，很神秘地说：“晚上陪我去吃饭，跟你介绍一个人。”沙沙常有这样的饭局，也常有陌生的男女介绍给江长明。江长明真是搞不懂，沙沙哪来那么多关系，为什么总是有人请她吃饭，难道她真是一个别具魅力的女人？想法归想法，每次沙沙叫他，他还是都老老实实跟着去了。
那次的饭局设在银城新开张的一家粤菜馆里，江长明跟沙沙赶到时，其他人都已到了。江长明略带几分不安地解释：“不好意思，路上堵车，让大家久等了。”坐在两位漂亮女孩儿中间的男士起身，很有风度地笑了笑：“没关系，我们也刚到。”说着请江长明入座。沙沙一边跟那两个女孩儿亲热地打招呼，一边跟江长明他们介绍：“这位是李杨哥，这位是江长明，我们所的年轻专家。”李杨再次起身，彬彬有礼地握住江长明伸过去的手，微笑着道：“我叫李杨，省委办公厅的，请多关照。”
江长明当时心里便愕了一声，省委办公厅，好厉害的来头呀。等饭吃到中间，江长明才发现，真正让他惊愕的，不是李杨的来头，而是这家伙的能耐。就这么一阵工夫，江长明就听他接了不下十次电话，每次电话里，他好像都在帮人办事，而且顺带要说出几个领导的名字。有两个名字，江长明很是耳熟，细一想，不正是天天在电视新闻或是省报头版上看到的那两位吗？那么神秘的人物，到了李杨嘴里，竟跟说他们亲戚一样随便。江长明有点儿傻眼了。李杨倒是不在乎，电话一合，亲热地喊他一声江哥：“来，夹菜，这些人真是烦，弄得让你饭都没法吃。”他身边那位叫雪儿的女孩子趁势道：“李杨哥，是不是在背后也这么说我们啊？”李杨忙给雪儿夹菜，“哪啊，你们是我妹妹，跟他们不一样。”
那天的饭江长明吃得很堵，但也很开眼界。饭后那两个女孩子嚷着要去唱歌，李杨非要拉他一道去，说一回生二回熟，往后大家都成朋友了，没必要拉开距离。江长明借故晚上要加班，硬是从李杨的热情里逃了出来。沙沙有点儿不高兴，她是一心想让江长明陪她去的，见江长明硬着个脸，好像一去唱歌就把他的道德品质还有他的良好形象给唱坏了，一赌气就说：“不去拉倒，没见过你这么没情调的人。”江长明刚要生气，就见沙沙已在那位叫雪儿的女孩儿的煽动下，跟着李杨他们走了。
那晚江长明睡得很不踏实，第二天一上班，他便问沙沙：“这个李杨到底什么来头，你跟他怎么认识的？”沙沙眉毛一扬：“来头不小啊，怎么，你也学会当警察了？”
无论江长明怎么问，沙沙就是不告诉他怎么跟李杨认识的。不仅如此，那一阵子，沙沙跟李杨来往得很密，而且有意不让江长明知道。江长明心里很不安，总感觉李杨不像个正经人，至少，不像是省委办公厅的。他托人打听，结果把他吓了一跳。李杨不仅是省委办公厅的秘书，而且，他是前省委要员后来的省人大主任的二公子。这一下，江长明才真正傻了。啥叫个井底之蛙，啥叫个有眼无珠，啥又叫个孤陋寡闻？总之，他将自己狠狠恨了一顿，然后沮丧地念道，天要下雨，娘要嫁人，随她去吧。
江长明这番感慨，是发给沙沙的，他知道沙沙的野心，也知道沙沙做起事来有点儿不择手段。果然不久，他就看到李杨开着车子到大门口接沙沙，沙沙呢，那一阵子简直神采飞扬，眼里都没有别人了。江长明曾经婉转地提醒过她，意思是李杨是有家室的人，跟他接触，应该注意点儿分寸。
“啥叫分寸？”沙沙故作吃惊地瞪住他，见他一副灾难深重的样子，又道：“我跟你之间，是不是很有分寸？”江长明不敢再说什么了，沙沙的脾气他了解，你越是阻止她，她越是要拗上性子跟你作对。
有次师母问他：“沙沙最近是不是在恋爱啊？”江长明硬着头皮道：“可能吧，最近我也很少见她，等有机会，我问问。”师母叹了一声：“这孩子，我倒不是怕她恋爱，是怕她……”师母没往下说，但师母想说什么，江长明能想得到。怕是天下养女儿的，都不愿意看到自己的女儿充当第三者。但这世道就是跟你作对，一度时间，当第三者简直成了潮流，好像清清白白跟一个没有婚姻的男人谈情说爱，对女孩子来说，是件很没档次的事。但凡有点儿姿色，有点儿野心的，都想一脚踩进别人的家里。女孩子们私下把这叫做“掠城”，或者就用一句时髦的话：你的地盘我做主。
出事是在那年秋后，落叶铺满街道、秋风打得人脸疼的一天，江长明刚走出沙漠所大门，就被一位三十多岁的女人给叫住了。“你是江长明？”那女人问。
江长明点点头，目光警惕地盯住女人，那时候白洋已离开他，对陌生女人的造访，江长明有种本能的警惕感。
女人说她姓何，有件事想跟江长明聊聊。在那个秋风瑟瑟寒气袭人的秋末的黄昏，江长明跟姓何的女人来到滨河路上，多情的滨河路其实也是个很伤感的地方，这儿洒下的叹息跟眼泪并不比弥漫着的浪漫和温馨少。其实有多少亲昵就有多少诅咒，爱和恨、喜和悲就跟黄河两边的岸一样，你能说哪边的长哪边的短？人生说穿了还是一个等式，得到和失去，幸福和痛苦，温暖与寒冷总是很公平地降临到你的头上，一个人如此，一个世界也是如此。
姓何的女人并不善谈，她说出的话甚至比发出的叹息还要少。这样的女人往往是能让人生出怜悯的，在脚步跟落叶沙沙的摩擦声中，江长明总算听清了她要表达的意思。其实她用不着这么费劲儿地表达，她刚一开口，江长明就把事情的真相甚至解决的方式都给猜到了，不过姓何的女人还是让他吃了一惊。
“如果她能友好地离开，我可以给她一笔钱，算作补偿。”她说。
“其实她错了，李杨只是玩儿玩儿她，压根儿不会娶她，更不会帮她办什么公司。他拿这一套，已骗了不少女孩子。”她又说。
“我并不是舍不得离开他，是我不能。可能你不知道，我们毁掉过一个孩子，五岁了，是第一次离婚时，因为打架，吓慌了孩子，他从楼上跳了下去。”女人顿了顿，又说：“现在这女孩儿是后来生的，快满五岁了，上天让她患了先天性恐惧症。”
江长明后来才知道，李杨结婚很早，这跟他父亲有关。李杨的哥哥是个独身主义者，而姓何的女人则是父亲打算要娶给老大的，算得上一门政治婚姻，只是可惜得很，她嫁给李杨不久，身居要位的父亲突然中风，现在她不但要拉扯女儿，还要赡养生活不能自理的父母。
她也算是个可怜的女人。
那天的江长明并没向女人承诺什么，他知道替沙沙做出承诺等于是欺骗了这个善良的女人，所以他选择了沉默。不过从那天起，他开始做一件事，极力阻止沙沙跟李杨见面，为此他还厚着脸找过李杨，没想那时的李杨跟另一个女孩子打得火热，已经没心思再请沙沙吃饭了。
沙沙遭到了报应。呕吐是从某天早晨开始的，起先她还不明白发生了什么，后来意识到出了问题时，她绝望地发出一声长啸。沙沙就是沙沙，没办法，这点上，她比哪个女人都坚强，也比哪个女人都清醒。她知道自己一开始就是在玩儿火，结局无非就两种，要么被火烧死，要么，就玩儿出一场更大的火。可惜两种结局都没看到，沙沙表演给江长明和自己母亲的，是一场出奇的冷静，还有果决。打掉孩子的当天，她便背着包南下了。
沙沙后来跟江长明谈起过这事，她说：“你们都不了解李杨，他天生一个魔鬼，只是上帝给他穿了件人的衣裳，还给了他一张特能引诱女人的脸。女人碰上他，只能自认倒霉，如果胆敢跟他讨价还价，雪儿就是下场。”
那个时候的雪儿已离开这个世界，带着她的梦，还有她的不甘心。雪儿是出车祸死的，就死在滨河路上，跟驼驼出事的地方不远。不过是在午夜，肇事逃逸的车辆一直没找到。
死去一个人是很正常的，不值得大惊小怪。好在沙沙很清醒，她跟江长明说：“我可不想死，不就那么点儿屁事，犯不着。”
有时候江长明也乱想，有着深刻背景和良好平台的李杨这么久提拔不起来，会不会跟这些女人有关？不过这想法很是荒唐，一点儿说服力都没有。好在李杨现在走曲线救国的路子，总算是踩上仕途了。
江长明跟李杨的见面，是在沙县宾馆一间接待室里。
县上刚刚开过一次会，开得很隆重。会议的主题是：全县动员，上下齐心，抗旱救灾，打一场生产自救的攻坚战。
旱情的确很严峻，比旱情更严峻的，是沙县的政治气氛。江长明刚一下车，就感觉到沙县的空气不像了，很紧，很密，隐隐地，还掺杂着一股怪味儿。等回到宾馆，听尚立敏说完李杨上任后连续砍出的三斧子时，心里，就不只是压抑了。
李杨砍出的第一斧子，是对风波渐趋平静的国际组织私访事件做了一番深刻的检查，表示是政府没把治沙工作做好，没把治沙工作当成一项大事来抓。国际组织的批评应该虚心接受，并尽最大努力把工作赶上去。他要求全县干部少议论，多干事，绝不能被传言困住手脚。
第二斧子是撤换了沙漠水库管理处的领导，对部分职工也做了处理。尚立敏说，李杨这一斧子表面看是整治基层工作作风，其实是演了一出掩人耳目的好戏。她打听到，那个叫周正虹的目前已被安排到县政府统计局，索性活跃在了李杨县长的眼皮底下。管理处几位领导虽是被免了职，但将来的职位一定不比管理处差。“走着瞧吧，这种把戏，我见得多了。”尚立敏愤愤道。
第三斧子也是最关键的一斧子，李杨砍在了沙县的要命处。沙县目前旱象肆虐，沙尘不断，农作物几乎绝收，农业生产陷入瘫痪状态，农民的日常生活受到极大威胁。这个时候提出生产自救，全力抗旱真是顺应民心。但细一琢磨，就发现李杨这步棋真是高，真是妙，妙不可言啊。
转移公众视线的方法无非有二，一是将公众关注的事件彻底掐死，将火在短时间内迅速熄灭，让公众无法关注。这点李杨显然做不到。那件事儿虽说是过去了，但给沙县造成的影响怕是短时间内很难消除，况且，上面到底啥态度，咋个处理，到现在也没个说法。难怪下面人心草草，做啥事都打不起精神来。好在还有第二种方法，就是拿新的事件强压旧的事件，让大众迅速从原有事件中解脱出来，将目光聚集到更有吸引力的事物上。李杨在动员会上再三强调，抗旱救灾是当前压倒一切的中心工作，县乡两级政府务必行动起来，以高度的责任感和使命感，带领广大群众，投身到这场生产自救的战役中去。而且一定要少说话，多干事。
一切看起来无可厚非，江长明心里，却认定李杨是在演戏。有时候他也觉得奇怪，怎么就对李杨有如此深的成见呢？
李杨主动约见江长明，倒是让江长明生出几分不安。本来他要带尚立敏她们一道来，但李杨在电话里再三说，他想跟江长明单独叙叙旧。“有些疙瘩还是化解开的好，搁在心里，难受啊。”李杨在电话里发出一声喟叹，他的口气像是一个饱经风霜的老人，又像是一个看破红尘的智者，反把江长明给惊在了电话这头。
顿了一会儿，李杨又说：“化不开也没关系，我知道过去做的事儿挺没人味儿，对不住朋友。不过你到我的地盘上，好歹也得让我尽一次地主之谊吧。”
江长明就又胡想了，难道踩上仕途的李杨真成了另一个李杨？这也说不定，李杨毕竟已过四十，比自己大好几岁呢。一个男人如果过了四十还不能把自己的脚步修正好，还不能对自己年轻时的愚蠢发出忏悔，怕是上帝都要嘲笑他。
就这么着，江长明带着一肚子纳闷，坐在了李杨对面。
接待的确上档次，也充分显出主人的热情。装修豪华陈设别致的接待室，一看就不是什么人也能坐在这儿的。从江长明进来到现在，两个服务员就不停地忙着，茶是极品铁观音，烟是中华，可惜江长明对烟和茶都没感觉。他这生最大的遗憾，怕就是生为男人，居然既不嗜茶也不吸烟，人生便少缺诸多情趣。难怪白洋活着时，总要半是玩笑半是认真地奚落他几句：“我怎么看，你也不像个男人呀，少了阳刚之气倒也罢了，不抽烟，不喝酒，跟别人在一起时总是显得怪怪的。你不会是怕我吧，放心，我才不干涉你什么。”
为表示自己的诚心，李杨直言不讳，说：“下午本来有会，我推了，难得跟你一见啊，好好谈谈，早就该好好谈谈。”说完，他使个眼色，两个长相绝对一流服务也够水准的接待员知趣地掩门而去了。江长明忽然想，怎么这个人到哪儿都有美女相伴啊，仿佛天下的美女都要围着他转！
话题一拉开，江长明就真真实实感觉出李杨的非同一般来。李杨先是对沙县前一任政府的做法来一顿痛批，说他们在大方向上犯了错，没把治沙当成头等大事，结果，钱花了，精力耗了，沙化却没得到有效遏止。“难啊，基层干工作，不跟上面比，几十万人吃饭呢，一个失误，就会引出一大串后患。这不，眼下问题暴露了，我还得替他们擦屁股。”就这么几句，李杨便将自己推得干干净净。他接着道：“请你来，就是想听听你的意见，我这位子，难啊。”
江长明刚刚对李杨有点儿警惕，他这一句，又将警惕给逼了回去。
“不瞒你说，眼下我还真是没主意哩。”见江长明发惑，李杨又说。
江长明并没急着回答，他在想，李杨这番话，到底有几分真？今天约他来，李杨到底想表明什么？
兴许，是江长明的经验不够，也兴许，李杨这天表现得太诚恳了。总之，等谈话结束，江长明回到宾馆，他心里，对李杨的看法就有了改变。尚立敏不满道：“人家请你喝顿茶，你就掉转头帮着说好话，你还有没有原则？”江长明辩解道：“这跟喝茶没关系，眼下我们需要他的帮助，如果真能帮我们把'达远三代'推广开，替他说多少好话也值。”
“我看你是昏了头，算了，不跟你说这些，刚才有个姓范的找上门来，说他想做推广代理。”
“姓范的，不会是老范的侄儿吧？二十多岁，人长得很憨实，对不？”
“对。”尚立敏点头。
“算了，这人我接触过，人倒是没问题，跟老范一个脾性，可惜规模太小，不成气候。李杨跟我介绍了一位，晚上谈。”
一听又是李杨，尚立敏不乐了：“你能不能清醒点儿，他要是能帮你，这沙窝里的兔子都会帮你。”
江长明没跟尚立敏争，有些事情未必要跟尚立敏讲清楚。江长明并不是那么容易就信任了李杨，但眼下要尽快将“达远三代”宣传出去，为下一步大面积推广做准备。此事缺了李杨的帮助，能进行得开？再者，江长明有种预感，李杨定是想借“达远三代”为自己确立什么，县长毕竟跟所长不同，所长可以五年不出成果，县长要是一年不出政绩，怕就当到头了。与其对他设防，倒不如先把内心的戒备取掉，借他的优势一用。
可这些话，怎么跟尚立敏讲？一讲，她还不炸掉？尚立敏最反对的，就是做人不磊落。要是让她知道自己也在玩心计，那还了得！
江长明决计将此事进行到底。
晚上，灯火通明的腾格里大酒店，食客云集，靓女如云。因为大板瓜子还有发菜等沙生植物的畅销，江浙一带的商人很早就进入沙县，眼下已成为沙县经济的主力军。仿佛有一个不成文的规矩，浙商走到哪儿，美女就跟到哪儿，于是苍凉雄浑的沙县这些年也成了南国靓女经常光顾的地方。江长明在迎宾小姐的引领下，来到“308”包房，等他的是李杨介绍的西北沙生林科技开发公司总经理吴海韵，一位三十出头精干漂亮的女人。
互相打过招呼，主客双方边吃边谈起来。吴海韵是一位很健谈的女性，她生在南国，来西北投资已十多年了，最初搞服装生意，完成积累后又涉足房地产，这几年房地产过热，很多商品房因价位虚高卖不出去，吴海韵毅然转向，搞起了绿色产业。目前她旗下共三个公司，一家专门搞草产业，一家搞大板瓜子还有发菜等的批发与推销，这家沙生林开发公司，是最新成立的，瞅准的，就是胡杨河流域这块聚宝盆。
“'达远二代'我曾关注过，可惜那时志不在此，这次三代的推广，说啥也不能让别人占了先。”吴海韵脸上浮着真诚的笑，说话的语气很有种志在必得。
江长明有点儿欣赏这个女人，她的善谈还有不凡的经历，让他不由得对她生出一层好感。这是一个经过风浪的女人，一般说，大风大浪中闯过来的女人，总是比那些小家子气十足的女人容易带给男人信任感，这点上女人恰好跟男人相反。听吴海韵说得如此有诚意，江长明也坦诚地说：“'达远三代'是老师的心血，也是沙漠的一个宝，我真是希望，它能让我们的沙漠早日绿起来。”
“没问题。”吴海韵吟吟道，举起酒杯，她的眼里闪过一丝风情，很有味，可惜江长明没能捕捉到。吴海韵说：“让我们先干了这杯，往后，我们既是对手，又是伙伴了。”
“怎么讲？”江长明端起酒杯，不解地盯住她。
吴海韵再次笑了下，她的笑总是带着某种韵味，有种玫瑰的颜色：“这很简单，如果合同能谈成，我们当然是伙伴。但合作的过程也是竞争的过程，我就怕将来我把市场拓开了，你的树苗跟不上。”
“这你放心，有了沙窝铺和五佛那边两大基地，树苗供应绝对没问题。再说李县长已答应，要在沙漠水库新建一个苗圃基地。有了他的支持，你还怕树苗的事解决不了？”
一提李杨，吴海韵忽然不语了，像是不愿在这场合提起他。不过，既然江长明提起来了，她也不回避，幽然一笑道：“他可是一个有抱负的男人，但愿他能在沙县有所作为。”
这顿饭吃得还算愉快，不，很愉快。这应该是江长明来沙县后吃得最愉快的一顿饭，回到宾馆很久，他还沉浸在愉悦中。这愉悦不单纯是吴海韵带来的，毕竟，事情朝实质性方向迈出了一步。一想不远的将来，“达远三代”就能推广到各县去，他的心很快就被一层绿浪罩住了。
临睡觉时，他收到一条短信，他满以为是肖依雯发来的，一看号码，不是，很陌生。怔了一会儿，打开一看，只有短短两行字：如果我死了，你会想我吗？
猛地，他脑子里冒出沙沙，一定是她！
江长明很快按号码打过去，对方已关机，再打，此号已变成空号。
马鸣失踪了。
这消息绝对称得上是机密，可偏偏让尚立敏打探到了。这女人最近有些疯，像是咬住了马鸣还有孟小舟。她断定，马鸣跟孟小舟之间，一定有见不得人的勾当，关于“达远三代”的资料及沙县很多事儿，指不定就是孟小舟串通马鸣干的。她瞒着江长明，暗地里找了好多关系，包括教练丈夫都让她动员了起来，就想揭开这个谜。谁知市纪委有人暗中向她透露，马鸣在跟江长明见面后不久，就神不知鬼不觉消失了。
失踪？江长明非常吃惊。从他掌握的消息看，目前还没有人把目光盯在马鸣身上，虽说有人怀疑马鸣的沙生植物开发公司可能存有洗钱黑幕，但由于沙县原县长白俊杰拒不承认自己跟该公司有染，加上目前高层对白俊杰的态