Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty Nine

Although the statutory Spring Festival holiday starts on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, the following agencies and units basically start to have holidays one after another from the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.According to the popular practice in recent years, New Year's greetings to the leaders are all done before the beginning of the year. This is very particular. First, it takes a long time and there are plenty of opportunities to choose from. It can also avoid the embarrassment of everyone crashing at the leader's house.The second is that the leader is not on vacation at this time, so it is easy to find.The third is that during this period of time, the leader is generally not with his family. During the New Year greetings, he can have more time to face the leader alone, so as not to be disturbed by other things, and the leader will have a deeper impression of himself.It will be different if you visit New Year's greetings only after the new year. Leaders also have relatives and human relations. How can you have time to sit with you when you come and go?Even if there is, how embarrassing it would be for you to be an outsider inserted into other people's relatives.

Chen Mo did not expect that someone would greet him in the New Year. After the bonus is paid out, going to work will not be so normal. The office has arranged a duty schedule for the Spring Festival. In the few days before the Spring Festival holiday, a deputy director has to be kept guarding, and another car is specially reserved for emergency use.Chen Mo considered that he was a newcomer, and his family members were not in Chuxi, so it was convenient for him to be alone, so he said, I will stay and guard the office. Your family is all in the city, so go back and arrange the New Year's goods first.One car was reserved, and Chen Mo asked Xiao Xiang to stay with that one. First, Xiao Xiang was a better driver, not as coquettish as other drivers; second, Xiao Xiang's car was the worst in the city committee. Leaders generally don't call this car.

After the colleagues left, Chen Mo and Xiao Xiang played against each other, holding their faces in both hands, leaning their elbows on the table, staring at each other, whoever blinks first or avoids the eyes of others will lose.Xiao Xiang always lost, and said, Director Chen, why don't your eyes dodge but mine always dodge?Chen Mo just laughed, but didn't want to explain, his eyes wandered, it was because he didn't have concentration, and concentration comes from self-confidence, Xiao Xiang doesn't know how to say these things, and it's unnecessary. After playing for a while, Chen Mo felt tired and wanted to take a rest, so he said, Xiao Xiang, just keep watch, I'll go back and have a look.Xiao Xiang said, go ahead, Director Chen, I promise not to leave the office for half a step, and I will call you if I need anything.Chen Mo smiled and said, then thank you for your hard work.In fact, Chen Mo also knows that nothing will happen at this time, everyone is busy buying new year's goods, who is looking for something?

When Chen Mo returned to the downstairs of the Municipal Party Committee Guest House, he saw two people standing at the door of the Guest House. When he saw him coming, he stood up.One of them shouted, Director Chen, you are finally back.Chen Mo saw that it was Long Guoyong, the mayor of Huanglong Township, and the little secretary who refuted him saying that the development of enterprises cannot sacrifice rural agriculture. With just this rebuttal, Chen Mo fell in love with this young man.At that moment, Chen Mo exclaimed and said, "It's you, Mayor Long, why didn't you make a phone call?"Long Guoyong said, how can this bother the leader, we can just wait here for a while.Chen Mo said, why don't you wait inside.The little secretary said that the guard wouldn't let us in.

Chen Mo just laughed, Long Guo used their clothes, they really looked like two peasants who went to work in the city, no wonder they were stopped by the guards to let them in.Long Guoyong was exposed, so he smiled embarrassedly, and scolded the little secretary, saying, what is the child talking so fast! Chen Mo hurriedly led them in, the little secretary was behind, carrying a snakeskin bag.After entering the house, Chen Mo said, I also sat in a guest house, the conditions are worse, please forgive me.Long Guoyong said, what did Director Chen say, this is heaven compared to us. After sitting down, Chen Mo made tea for the two of them, and said, Mayor Long, are you coming to the city this time?

Long Guoyong said, we two represent the township party committee, the township government and more than 30,000 villagers in the township to wish you New Year greetings. Chen Mo laughed, thinking that this Long Guoyong is really interesting, how could it represent more than 30,000 people to give New Year greetings.So I said bluntly, thank you, is the water problem in those five villages still unresolved? Long Guoyong is like a child who exposes a lie. I am embarrassed to say that Director Chen is wise, and I know it before I say it.That's it. It turned out that Li Yiguang, the county magistrate, planned to jointly invest in those mine owners, and the county would provide a little more support to build a waterworks, and the township units would also enjoy it by the way.However, due to the integration of mines in the county, those bosses don't know whether their enterprises can survive, so they are unwilling to invest.We reported the project to the top, but it was useless, and the funds were too large to be approved.Because you are from You County, we are here.

We came here behind our backs to the county. If County Magistrate Li Yiguang knew about it, he would definitely criticize us for leapfrogging.The little secretary said from the side.Chen Mo just laughed. Obviously, the two of them rehearsed the episode at home.Chen Mo said, I'm just a deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee Office, and I really can't help with these things, so let me find a chance to talk to Mayor Zhang to see if it works. Long Guoyong stood up, held Chen Mo's hand with both hands and shook it again and again, you said it indiscriminately, that's it, Director Chen, thank you so much, I thank you on behalf of the more than 30,000 people in the township.With your words, we can rest assured, and I will explain to the common people when I go back.Then, he turned around and pulled the snakeskin bag over, and said, Director Chen, I implore you not to criticize me. It has been smoked, and it is smoked with cypress leaves, so it is not a respect.

Chen Mo sighed in his heart and couldn't bear not to accept it, so he said, that's it, I thank you, but you have to accept the money.With that said, he took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Long Guoyong's hand.Long Guoyong was taken aback and said, Director Chen, you just don't want to help us? Chen Mo became emotional, and said, the mayor of Guoyong, I am also a rural child in You County, and I know the difficulties in the countryside. If you come from such a long distance, it is my fault if I don’t accept it, but you should also accept the money. If you don't accept it, I really won't help you with this favor.

Seeing Chen Mo's sincerity, Long Guoyong and the two were so moved that they were about to shed tears.Long Guoyong picked up the money carefully, handed it to the little secretary, and said, Director Chen, what do you want me to say, how should I say it? After everyone sat for a while, Chen Mo called Xiao Xiang and told him to drive over and ask Long Guo to have dinner with them.Considering that they didn't want the county to know, they went to the metropolis, Chen Mo quietly said to Xiao Xiang, you make arrangements, according to high standards, rural grassroots cadres, it is not easy to come to the city.

After eating, Long Guoyong and the two left with gratitude, Chen Mo was stunned for a while, and then said to Xiao Xiang, let's go, let's go back.But I kept thinking in my heart, how can I help them? Chen Mo also paid New Year greetings to the Secretary of Routing and Deputy Secretary Cai Peng respectively. Before greeting Rou Zhi and Cai Peng, Chen Mo went to Mayor Zhang Xiao.It's the Chinese New Year, and when thousands of families are reunited, Mayor Zhang Xiao's family members are all in the provincial capital. Looking at the reunion of other families, they feel a little lonely, so they call Chen Mo and say, Chen Mo, what are you doing?Chen Mo said, it's okay, I'm reading a book.Zhang Xiao let out a cry, then paused for a moment before saying, "Look, then."Chen Mo could hear the deep loneliness in Zhang Xiao's heart, and couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy.Chen Mo said, mayor, if you have time, I'll go to your place.Zhang Xiao said, come on.

When Chen Mo rushed to Zhang Xiao's residence in the military division's guest house, Zhang Xiao was leaning on the sofa, holding the TV remote control and frequently changing channels.Zhang Xiao's body was sunk deeply in the leather sofa, and he looked so thin and weak.In Zhang Xiao's eyes, loneliness was like a pool of water gathering, getting deeper and deeper.Seeing Chen Mo coming, he smiled wryly and said, Chen Mo, you see, I am almost an alien. Chen Mo's eyes turned red all of a sudden, he felt so empathy for this kind of manly loneliness that is not often born.And when this kind of loneliness comes from the eyes of a mayor who leads millions of people, it is especially touching.Perhaps to comfort Chen Mo, Zhang Xiao stretched out his hand, patted him on the shoulder, smiled, and said, "Go to my study and bring the game of go, let's talk about a game." Chen Mo nodded, walked into Zhang Xiao's study, and took out a game of go.When he was working in the provincial capital, he often played Go with Zhang Xiao. The two of them had a tepid, open and closed style of chess, so they were quite close friends.Zhang Xiao once commented on personality in combination with chess style, so he looked down on the kind of chess style that presses hard and fights for every inch, and thinks that this kind of people who are entangled in small games are stingy.Chen Mo also deeply agrees. After a game of chess, Zhang Xiao lost half a glance. He laughed at himself and said that he was completely uncertain and lost completely. This is not bad. Chen Mo said, Mayor, I didn't understand the meaning of family before. I didn't know how difficult it is to separate a family until I got married. You live alone in Chuxi without anyone to take care of you. It's too difficult. You should transfer Aunt Peng come on. Zhang Xiaochang sighed and said, your Aunt Peng doesn't want to come over, this ideological work is not easy.Chen Mo, you are newly married, after the Chinese New Year, I will come forward and tell the organization department to transfer Shu Fang to the city as well. I am half a hundred years old, and if I can't bear this loneliness, let alone you young people. Chen Mo couldn't help being shocked. This ending was something he never expected. After getting married, Shu Fang also mentioned that he wanted to be transferred to the city, but he felt that as a mere deputy director of the district office, the transfer of family members could not be brought up on the table. Leadership request.Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiao had already considered it for him. Xiao Shu is at the sub-department level, which unit do you see better?Zhang Xiao said, I will take some time to mention it to Minister Hu of the Organization Department. Chen Mo said, thank you mayor, Shu Fang also asked me to transfer here, but I didn't mention it because I was afraid of causing trouble to you.Now that you have proposed it, any unit will do, as long as you have a salary to receive it. After sitting for a while, Zhang Xiao suddenly laughed at himself and said, Chen Mo, I never thought the mayor would be so lonely. Chen Mo said that it was unexpected, but he could feel it. Yes, who would have thought that the majestic mayor, who usually hugs each other and hugs each other, would be as lonely and difficult to deal with as a sorrowful and resentful girl.To be honest, since becoming the mayor of this city, I have no friends anymore. Anyone who comes to me with a smile on their face has their own purpose, and even if they want to say a word of confidant, Zhang Xiao can't tell the truth. Talk to yourself.Maybe I'm too sober, and people who observe have no friends. This is a wise saying.Maybe I take my job too seriously.It should be said that I also have endless banquets and gift packages that I can't refuse. Let's take New Year's greetings as an example. In the evening, countless people will come to me to pay New Year's greetings, saying blessings and auspicious words, Holding a lot of gift money, but the more I am like this, the more lonely I feel, and I wish I could escape far away. Chen Mo silently listened to Zhang Xiao's inner monologue, with mixed feelings in his heart.The person in front of him, he regards him as a revered mentor and a role model for learning.In my impression, this middle-aged man is so strong and wise.He didn't expect that there would be so much helplessness and even pain in his heart.Chen Mo just listened quietly. He knew that Zhang Xiao didn't really need to answer. A man's confession was usually only for himself.However, he was shocked by the loneliness in Zhang Xiao's heart. After a long time, Zhang Xiao stopped talking, perhaps because he felt that he had lost his composure, and he seemed a little embarrassed. I also often have this sense of loneliness, feeling isolated from the world, Chen Mo said sincerely. This is the state of a thinking person.Zhang Xiao said that it gradually returned to normal.Chen Mo, when Shu Fang is transferred, come to me when you have nothing to do, put down your social attributes for a while, and be a father and son of an ordinary family. We play chess and cook a meal by ourselves. Almost forgot. I really want to come, but I am afraid that it will affect your rest.Chen Mo told the truth. Zhang Xiao smiled and said, you don't know how to make a phone call? Chen Mo also laughed, and suddenly said, Mayor, I have a question to report.Zhang Xiao didn't answer, but looked at him with a smile, waiting for him to continue.Chen Mo told everyone about the New Year greetings to the leader.Finally, I said that at the Secretary of Routing and Deputy Secretary Cai Peng, it seems that everyone will go to pay New Year's greetings. I don't know what to do, whether to go or not.