Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, Chen Mo seemed to rush past it before he found the feeling. During these seven days, Chen Mo completely lost the leisure time he used to spend the Spring Festival at home, and it was a busy season.On the day they returned, they went to visit Li Yiguang with Chen Liang, and visited the newly appointed deputy mayor Shi Cheng and the new county party secretary Luo Guangyao with Shu Fang.The people from Shicheng have been transferred away, but their family has not yet moved out, so they had to visit You County together. On the day of visiting Li Yiguang, Chen Mo called Li Yiguang first, and both Li Yiguang and Chen Liang were still in the mine.Li Yiguang is supervising the mine integration work, and Chen Liang is still urging the engineering team to speed up the construction of the tailings dam, and it must be completed before the news period next year. Otherwise, the problem will be serious when the news period comes or the typhoon comes.Both said they would not be back until the afternoon.Hearing that there was something to do, Chen Liang came back first, but Li Yiguang didn't come back until around four o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as they met, he even said that he was guilty of keeping Director Chen waiting for a long time.Seeing Li Yiguang covered in mud and water, looking as if he had just lost a battle, Chen Mo smiled and said, You are really a workaholic, County Magistrate Li.Li Yiguang said that after the Chinese New Year, the bidding will be called. It turns out that the mine owners of the illegal mines are still unwilling to withdraw, and they refuse to give up their land. How can this bid be recruited?I was also forced to go to Liangshan, and I went all out.

Chen Mo said, no matter what, you still have to pay attention to your body.Li Yiguang said, it makes sense, after the integration of the mine is taken down, I will spend half a month eating and sleeping.He also laughed while speaking. Chen Mo brought two Zhonghua cigarettes to Li Yiguang, but half of the four he took from Zhang Xiao, and the other half went to Cai Peng's house.Li Yiguang was not polite, and said, just right, anyway, I am a smoker, but don't be like this in the future, you are already poor enough, and I am still thinking about how to help you.Chen Mo laughed and said, this is called throwing bricks to attract jade, which is the same as fishing.

Li Yiguang just came back from the mountain, and the two chatted for a while. Li Yiguang said that he took the secretary driver and a group of five or six people up the mountain. Zhai, ask to find a hotel for a meal.So everyone really had a good meal in the hotel, maybe because they were hungry, Li Yiguang and his group were in a turmoil, like ghosts entering the village.Chen Mo was dumbfounded, and thought in his heart, it seems that Li Yiguang is really a professional person, and he has some sense of reverence. It wasn't until New Year's Eve that Chen Mo and Chen Liang returned home and had a meal with their parents. The next day, Chen Mo left Chen Liang at home, and he and Shu Fang rushed back to the county town to eat with the old man at Shu Fang's mother's house. A group meal.Shu Fang's elder brother, Shu Jin, and his sister-in-law are both employees of the county film company. The film company has become more and more depressed these years, and they can't even keep their wages.Shu Fang's sister-in-law is quite open-minded, and scolded her husband, saying, "My sister and the others went home with great difficulty, why are you moaning and sighing?"Shu Jin stopped moaning.Shu Fang's parents are both teachers, and they don't feel anything about Chen Mo not having time to go home for a family reunion. Instead, they are happy that their son-in-law is enjoying himself in society, saying, in this world, how many people can enjoy eating at home?My uncle is a cadre at the deputy division level, and in the county, he is the leader at the deputy county magistrate level.The old man looked so proud, as if he wished he could pick up Chen Mo as a poster with a pole and walk around the street once or twice.Chen Mo couldn't say anything, just laughed.

In the third year of junior high school, Chen Mo went to the provincial capital to pay Zhang Xiao New Year's greetings.It's still the old rules, two cured fish, and a pair of cotton shoes that Shu Fang gave Zhang Xiaona. Although Shu Fang graduated from college, she can do some needlework, and she is a talented woman like Chen Mo praised her.Shu Fang originally wanted to go, but Chen Mo disagreed. If Chen Mo wanted to go to Zhang Xiao's house, he would definitely meet Zhang Yuan. With Zhang Yuan's personality, it was hard to tell what would happen.Besides, Peng Guizhi also likes Chen Mo very much, and hopes that Chen Mo will be her son-in-law, but now Chen Mo has abandoned her family's famous lady and gathered a small family like Shu Fang. Taking Shu Fang with him may make her unhappy.During the Spring Festival travel season, although it was only after the third day of junior high school, migrant workers began to return to the city one after another, so the train was crowded. Fortunately, Chen Mo asked Fang Zhouzhi to use his friend who worked at the train station to buy a sleeper ticket in advance, so there was no No matter what the crime, I will go to the provincial capital after a night of sleep.

When Chen Mo arrived at Zhang Xiao's house, Zhang Xiao wasn't here. He was busy paying New Year's greetings to the provincial leaders and hadn't come back yet. Peng Guizhi also went with him.Chen Mo thought, it turns out that this lady's route is from top to bottom, which can be regarded as a major feature in today's officialdom. Only Zhang Yuan was at home alone, and Chen Mo felt uncomfortable. It was only over a month since he saw her. Zhang Yuan had changed from that modern little girl to a mature and elegant girl. Chen Mo thought of a certain Celebrities say that a woman can only grow up after falling out of love.Zhang Yuan didn't show much discomfort, brought food and drink to Chen Mo, set up a coffee table, and then called Zhang Xiao, saying, Dad, brother Chen Mo is here.Zhang Xiao said on the phone, what did he come here for?After hearing this, Chen Mo was moved in his heart.Zhang Yuan looked at him secretly, and said several times, Chen Mo, you've lost weight.Chen Mo was taken aback. This was the first time he had heard someone say that he had lost weight. Could it be that he had really lost weight? When he touched it unconsciously, his cheeks really protruded like blades.Chen Mo just laughed and said, I don't know why I lost weight, it's strange.Zhang Yuan said that he wanted to be an official.Chen Mo glanced at her and found that she didn't mean to be joking. Thinking to himself, Zhang Yuan was actually not bad. Although he didn't think too much about his career promotion, what did he do these days? The same has nothing to do with career promotion?Thinking of this, Chen Mo smiled shamelessly, and laughed at himself, Yuanyuan, your eyes are always so sharp, like a knife.Zhang Yuan said, you men.He stopped at this point, and it sounded like he was sophisticated.When Chen Mo said this through her, he felt that he was a bit vulgar, so he laughed at himself and said that people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes.

Next, Chen Mo was afraid that Zhang Yuanhui would say something else, so he said, Yuanyuan, how are you doing in the architectural design institute, what good works have you designed?Zhang Yuan said, what else can I do? Where are the old people in charge now? Those diehards are so conservative that they are almost antiques. They don’t like the things I design, saying they are too avant-garde.Chen Mo laughed and said, it's still on the drawings.Zhang Yuan laughed embarrassedly, and said, what if it is not on the drawing, it is not my family who built the yard by ourselves.If my family builds a yard by itself, you have to listen to me.

Chen Mo suddenly remembered the matter of the municipal party committee's reception, and said, Yuanyuan, our municipal party committee's guest house is going to be demolished and rebuilt, why don't you design a plan for us first, how about trying it out?Zhang Yuan jumped up and asked, really?Chen Mo said, it's not steamed or boiled, I happen to be in charge of this work, you design it, I'll take a look.Zhang Yuan was overjoyed and said, the design is also a white design, I'm afraid no one will like it.Chen Mo said, look down on the countryside, thinking that country people don't understand modernism?

Zhang Yuan laughed and said, that's fine, I'll design one, I don't want you to use it anyway, just take it as an assignment. Chen Mo said, you have been to the place before, and you should still remember the terrain, but you can't just design and plan pictures, but also have renderings.Not only the design of the main building, but also the garden design, so that the style is unified. Zhang Yuan said, yes. The next two chatted about the art of architectural design. Chen Mo didn't understand this, but he was not a layman in art, so the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.Just as they were chatting, they heard the door knock, and Zhang Xiao and Peng Guizhi came back.Chen Mo stood up and said, Aunt Peng, you are back.Peng Guizhi said why Chen Mo came so far away, he must be tired.Chen Mo said he came here on a sleeper berth, so he wasn't tired.Zhang Xiao changed his shoes, came in and said, "Chen Mo, you don't have to come. The road is so long and the car is crowded. If you want Chu Xi to say anything, just say it."Chen Mo said, I haven't been to the provincial capital for a long time, and I also want to take a look.

Zhang Xiao didn't say much, changed his clothes and went to the kitchen.Chen Mo wanted to help, so Zhang Xiao was kicked out. Zhang Xiao said, I don't need you here, go talk to your Aunt Peng and the others, and come back when it's time to cook cured fish. I'm not good at that.Chen Mo had no choice but to go back to the living room to chat with Aunt Peng and the others.Peng Guizhi asked, is Chen Mo married?Chen Mo said yes.Peng Guizhi said that he is not young anymore and it is time to start a family.The next step is nothing more than politeness, asking if the family is okay and so on.Apparently, Aunt Peng felt a little regretful that things between Chen Mo and Zhang Yuan didn't work out.After chatting for a while, Zhang Xiao called Chen Mo to cook his cured fish in the kitchen, and Chen Mo left in response.

The dinner was sumptuous, and Zhang Xiao's cooking skills lived up to his reputation.After eating, Chen Mo was about to leave. Zhang Xiao said, since you're here, don't rush away. It just so happens that I'm going to meet someone today, so you can go with me.Zhang Xiao didn't say who he was meeting, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that he was not an ordinary person, so he agreed. At four o'clock in the afternoon, a black car came downstairs to Zhang Xiao's house. Zhang Xiao took a briefcase and went out with Chen Mo. Chen Mo looked at the license plate of the car, but it was from the provincial party committee. He was inexplicably excited.The driver was sitting in the car. A secretary-like young man was already standing by the car, waiting with the car door open. Seeing Zhang Xiao and the other two coming over, the young man said, Mayor Zhang, Minister Yi is waiting for you in the office.Seeing Zhang Xiao's serious expression, Chen Mo guessed that among the several departments of the Provincial Committee, there was only one Minister Yi, who was Yi Wei, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee and the Minister of Organization.Chen Mo couldn't help being a little excited, as if it wasn't Zhang Xiao who went to see Minister Yi this time, but him.The young man gave Zhang Xiao and Chen Mo to the back seat, sat down in the passenger seat, and the car started silently.Chen Mo thought, after all, the province is the province, and everything should be done properly. In Chuxi's place, the leaders like to sit next to the driver, thinking that the place is open and bright, and others can see him from a distance. Where the secretary and adjutant sit, the leader sits in the middle of the back row, mainly for safety.Chen Mo was sitting beside Zhang Xiao, but his eyes were constantly looking at the young secretary sitting in the passenger seat, and he had a good impression of that young man for no reason.Coincidentally, the young man turned around to talk to Zhang Xiao, his eyes met Chen Mo's, and they both smiled, as if they were long-lost friends.

Not long after, the car directly entered the provincial party committee.Looking out from the car window, Chen Mo saw the figures of soldiers standing guard raising their hands in salute being slowly left behind, and he couldn't help but straighten his waist, feeling that his whole body was extremely solemn.The car stopped in front of the provincial party committee building, and Chen Mo followed Zhang Xiao down, and followed the young secretary up to the third floor.Maybe it was just before the new year, but there was no one in the Provincial Party Committee Building. Under the bright lights, the empty hall looked spacious and spacious.There is a sign hanging on the stairs on the third floor, Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and the corridor is covered with thick gray light floral carpet, walking on it is as silent as a catwalk.The young man led them directly into the minister's office. Once inside, Chen Mo found out that there was something wrong with it. It turned out that this was not a minister's office. Huge landscape paintings and gorgeous flower arrangements in the corners make people feel that this is already a season full of spring.On the other side of the living room, a corridor goes around in a curved shape, and it doesn't know where to go.The young secretary settled them down in a corner of the living room, bent down and said, Mayor Zhang, please wait a moment, I will report to Minister Yi.Zhang Xiao nodded and said, I'm sorry. The young secretary disappeared from the curved corridor at the other end of the living room. After a while, he came back from the corridor and said, Minister Yi invited Mayor Zhang to come over.As he spoke, he nodded apologetically to Chen Mo, meaning to tell him to wait a moment.Chen Mo smiled and nodded, watching Zhang Xiao and the young man disappear in the corridor. After they left, Chen Mo was the only one left in the large living room, so he stood up and went to appreciate the calligraphy and painting. On the wall was a calligraphy written by a famous calligrapher in the province, but it was the famous poem by Zheng Banqiao, Yazhaiwo listen to Xiao Xiao Bamboo is suspected to be the voice of the sufferings of the people, and some of my county officials in Caozhou are concerned about love with every branch and leaf.Judging from the brushwork, the ink is dry and the brush is strong, like a dead branch hanging on a rock, piercing the sky.In terms of layout, it looks unbearable at first glance, but in fact it is messy but not messy, and you can see it wherever you sway it.Corresponding to this one, there is another one on the opposite wall, but it is another kind of testimonial, deep, thick, clumsy and simple, with the words "pitching and no shame", and the signature is easy to write for self-encouragement.It turned out to be Minister Yi’s handwriting. When Chen Mo was working in the publications of the Provincial Party Committee, Minister Yi had just been transferred from another province’s Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department to be the head of the organization. He knew that he was a literati, but he didn’t expect him to have such a good handwriting. . Just as he was watching, the young secretary came back and saw that Chen Mo was reading, so he said in a straight mandarin, Mr. Yi is a calligrapher and a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association.Chen Mo turned around and said, calligraphy is really good.Then he stretched out his hand and introduced himself, Chen Mo, the deputy director of Chuxi Municipal Committee Office.Young and Chen Mo shook hands and said, just now Mayor Zhang introduced you to me, great writer, I have heard about you for a long time when you were in the magazine, but I just didn't have the chance to meet.Then I introduced myself and said, Fang Zhiyu, I am walking with you.Chen Mo laughed and said, how dare you. It turned out that Fang Zhiyu also liked literature, and after chatting for a while about anecdotes about the current literary world, the two felt that they hit it off very well.Chen Mo said, Brother Fang, may I ask what school did you study in college?As soon as Fang Zhiyu answered, Chen Mo was overjoyed. It turned out that they were alumni, and they were both undergraduates of the Chinese Department, and they were all students of Mr. Cheng Yinzhi.Fang Zhiyu is the younger brother. After graduating from a bachelor's degree, he took the postgraduate entrance examination, while Chen Mo only studied for a bachelor's degree and started working.The two of them naturally felt like each other, and with this relationship, they felt even more intimate. Fang Zhiyu simply called up his senior brother and said, "I heard that Professor Cheng resigned and went to sea, do you know?"Chen Mo told Fang Zhiyu everything about himself, and Fang Zhiyu sighed for a long time, saying that although Professor Cheng was fifty years old, he still did not change his determination to work hard, especially the old-fashioned enthusiasm, which is very rare, and what is even more rare, Mayor Zhang Xiao is actually our uncle, this world is really small.He also said that most of our classmates in that class were assigned to various central departments, and I was the only one assigned to our province. I didn't want to meet my seniors here.Chen Modao, I never expected to meet a fellow junior here, I have a heartless request, I wonder if I can accept it?Fang Zhiyu saw that he was too polite, so he said, let's not be sour, you are a senior brother, I call you brother, you call me brother, you can say anything, how about it?Chen Mo said, I came to the provincial capital this time mainly to accompany Mayor Zhang on business, and I was going back tomorrow. Since my brother and I are destined to be together, I would like to treat you to a meal. Is it possible?Fang Zhiyu said, senior brother came from afar, I should do this job, how about this, we don't stick to any etiquette, and we don't exchange business cards, what's your phone number?Chen Mo said his mobile phone number, and Fang Zhiyu took out his mobile phone and dialed the number.The two looked at each other and smiled, each saving the other's number. After chatting for a while, they heard footsteps. When they looked up, Zhang Xiao and Minister Yi Wei walked over slowly.Zhang Xiao said, minister, please stay.Yi Wei insisted on sending it.Chen Mo and Fang Zhiyu quickly stood up and paid attention to Minister Yi.Zhang Xiao pulled Chen Mo and introduced to Minister Yi, this is Chen Mo, who used to be an editor with me in government publications, and is now the deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee Office.Chen Mo said, Hello Minister Yi!Yi Wei stretched out his hand and said, good, good, good.Yi Wei's hands are generous, soft and warm, and his eyes are kind and kind.Yi Wei smiled again, and asked Fang Zhiyu gently, Xiao Fang, what did you talk about? Fang Zhiyu said, report to the Minister, I am listening to Director Chen commenting and comparing two calligraphy works. Chen Mo was taken aback, this Fang Zhiyu was too ignorant, how could the minister's calligraphy be judged and compared casually?After thinking about it, I understood that the reason why Fang Zhiyu spoke like this was to arouse Minister Yi's interest so that there would be something to talk about later, and in his heart he was looking for a chance for Chen Mo to talk to Minister Yi.So cast him a grateful glance.Sure enough, Yi Wei was stunned for a moment, turned his head towards Chen Mo, said in a questioning voice, and said in a drawn-out voice, Xiao Chen also has research on calligraphy, tell me? Chen Mo said, I am talking nonsense with Secretary Fang, how dare I show off in front of the minister. Yi Wei smiled kindly and said, but it doesn't matter. Chen Mo said, I think the most important thing in writing Zheng’s poems is the intention, and God uses the brush, so I use dry ink in the use of ink, and more ingenuity in the movement of the brush. lightning.In terms of layout, ingenuity is also gathered in the extensive places. It looks messy, but in fact it is uneven and orderly, with profound skills. It is indeed a rare and good work.The Minister's masterpiece does not focus on hard work, but holds the heart straight, uses the pen deeply, has a heavy heart, and is neat and orderly in layout. Although it follows the rules, it is actually square and deep, and there is deep meaning. Yi Wei listened attentively, and sure enough, he had profound internal skills. Hearing others talk about his works was like listening to others talk about things that had nothing to do with him, and his expression remained the same.Seeing Chen Mo stop, he asked slowly, since it is a comparison, there must be a distinction between good and bad, which of these two postings do you think is better? Not only Fang Zhiyu was shocked by this question, but even Zhang Xiao was sweating for Chen Mo.After thinking for a while, Chen Mo replied, each of the two calligraphy works has its advantages and disadvantages. If you insist on distinguishing one, two, and three, I think that your masterpiece, Minister, is even better. Please try it out. The quality of calligraphy lies in the intention, the most important in the intention, the most important in the use of energy, the most important in the use of energy, the most important in the heart, the most important in the heart, and the most important in maintaining integrity.Chen Mo simply let go and chatted.In recent years, the calligraphy world has paid too much attention to intentions and one-sidedly highlighted skills. In fact, it is also falling into a misunderstanding. Most calligraphers open up new paths and slant sideways, ignoring the most basic things of calligraphy.Judging from these two works, that work has more than enough skill, but not enough prudence. This probably has something to do with the author's realm. The author's realm only focuses on trivial skills.Therefore, I think your calligraphy is better than being serious and upright, which is reflected in your works. Although it looks clumsy on the surface, it is actually thick and majestic.This is my humble opinion, the class has made a fuss, please forgive me. Yi Wei began to listen attentively, until now he unconsciously clapped his hands and smiled, and said to Zhang Xiao, Comrade Zhang Xiao, the ancients said it well, there must be fragrant grass within ten steps, and there must be sages in ten towns.Comrade Zhang Xiao, your eyesight is not bad.As he spoke, he patted Chen Mo on the shoulder kindly, and said, the young man is not bad. When going back, Zhang Xiao asked, Chen Mo, when are you going to go back.Chen Mo talked about his date with Fang Zhiyu tomorrow, and Zhang Xiao happily said, okay, having this relationship will benefit your future work, so please contact them more in the future. The next day, when Chen Mo was still lying in the hotel, Fang Zhiyu called. Fang Zhiyu said, which hotel is the brother staying in? Have you woken up yet?I'm coming to see you.Chen Mo hurriedly reported the name of the hotel he was staying in, and said that he had already woken up.Hang up the phone, wash up immediately, ring the bell to call the waiter to clean up the room, and then read a book on the chair by the window.Not long after, Fang Zhiyu arrived. The two of them chatted in the hotel for a while, and then went out to have lunch. During the dinner, they chatted happily.When we parted, Fang Zhiyu said, senior brother, please call me directly if you have anything in the future. Although I can't help you much, I'm in the provincial capital, so the information is better than yours.