Chapter I

Resignation at a loss

Summer of 2004, evening. Located on the shore of the Bohai Sea, Y City is full of vitality burned by the colorful sunset......

Jiang Heshui was the last to leave the office building, with a depressed and depressed face. He didn't get in the car, and staggered in the direction of his house......

He was a cripple, with uneven legs, who had fallen in that war. A few days ago, Mr. Yang called him: "Cripple, come on, I have something important to tell you." The so-called "important things", the rivers and rivers are very clear, and they have been mentally prepared for some days, and they don't feel too abrupt.

Because Secretary Li of the Party Committee has been "shuanggui", and the company is at a special stage, the superior decided: the post of Party Secretary is temporarily concurrently held by Yang Weizhong. Yang Weizhong - Yang is in charge of the party and government, and he deeply feels that his career is open and prosperous. He is of medium stature, fat and white, kind eyebrows and eyes, and a natural official. Seeing Jiang Heshui walk in the door, he picked up a red-headed document on the table and greeted him. "Sit, please. ”

Jiang Heshui sat on the sofa and went straight in: "When will my work be handed over?"

"Wow!" Mr. Yang handed the document to Jiang Heshui, "He is worthy of being a 'military commander', and he has a very good nose." ”

Mr. Yang said that Jiang Heshui is a person who is a 'military commander', half of which is ridiculed, and the other half is known to everyone in the company. Since returning from the army, Jiang Heshui has been engaged in discipline inspection work for nearly 20 years. In the eyes of many, this is an offending and unflattering job. But he has always been happy with it, and he is becoming more and more handy, and he has done some things to "go to the house and uncover the tiles". Secretary Li's fall is another masterpiece of his. Mr. Yang is convinced of this, and all the people in the company who have heads and faces also know it.

The main function of the discipline inspection department is to "calculate," and its target is naturally all cadres, otherwise it will be an empty shell and meaningless, and the rivers and rivers have always thought so. Therefore, in the entire cadre team of the whole company, he actually did not have a decent friend. When some cadres get together, they often say that he is a tendon and never takes a half-step detour to do things. "The dog's day is really unbelievably thick and high, no wonder he is skinny and skinny, like a monkey, he deserves it!" In fact, the rivers and rivers have long had a feeling: Damn, why is this corrupt official getting more and more neat......?

However, Jiang Heshui also has something to be thankful about: many so-called people at the bottom of the company respect him all of them, and they always call Brother Jiang and Uncle Lame when they meet, which really makes him feel very gratified. In addition, he also has a life shield that no one can shake - a national first-class combat hero. This was directly granted by the Ministry of National Defense and the Central Military Commission.

In terms of position authority, Jiang Heshui undoubtedly has to bow down in front of Mr. Yang, but this old boy always likes to go to the pit across the stove. No matter who is in charge, as long as he is allowed to catch the tail, he will definitely not be relentless; if anyone dares to make an obstruction, he will hold sufficient evidence and go straight to the city party committee to commit the crime. Before and after the fierce Sino-Vietnamese self-defense war, whether Secretary Xu of the Municipal Party Committee was the head of his regiment or a fellow countryman of a founding general who has been admired by the Chinese people since then, this background is definitely a hard word. If it weren't for Secretary Xu, he would have been reduced to a homestay for many years.

Mr. Yang is most frightened by his hand, so he usually doesn't want to see him in his eyes. "Bastard, if there is a chance to go to the 'Central Commission for Discipline Inspection'? He will definitely dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head. "He was able to invite Jiang Heshui to the office this time, completely out of routine work.

Jiang Heshui put the document on the coffee table, "Damn, Lao Tzu is only in his forties and waiting to die." He said very reluctantly, looking helpless.

"Are you so content?" Mr. Yang handed him a cigarette, "Now the whole country is being laid off, but you are leaving early, and you are still enjoying the treatment of the department level, and others are envious of you." ”

The reason why rivers and rivers can enjoy such treatment is determined by the country's policy, and it is in vain for others to be jealous, envious and hateful. But he didn't appreciate it, thinking that it was no different from eating soft rice. He looked at Mr. Yang, and felt unwilling. Because, according to an anonymous letter about him, Jiang Heshui has just begun to investigate.

Mr. Yang seemed to see something in the eyes of the rivers and rivers, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of fear in his heart. He said according to the pre-programmed procedure: "According to the usual practice, the company will hold a farewell party for you in two days. The two of us have grown up together since childhood, and have worked together for many years, although we can't say that we have any deep friendships, but Gongyi always has it, right?"

The farewell party was held this afternoon, it was very lively, and the ladies of the river were also present. Her name is Su Chunyan, an accountant, more than forty years old, but she is not old at all - the half-old Xu Niang is comparable to Hong Kong star Guan Zhilin. Let outsiders take a look, and no one will believe that this is his wife. At the beginning, Su Chunyan was able to marry Jianghe Shui because he was a combat hero. It was a heroic era, and anyone who was a soldier was in love with it – let alone a combat hero.

After the farewell party, Jiang Heshui returned to the office and stayed alone. His office, for a long time, was like a wild corner and was rarely frequented. When he was about to leave work, his mood suddenly became irritable, for fear that a voice would ring: it was the electric bell in the aisle outside the door. The bell for the end of work used to be so pleasant and exciting, but once it rang now, it was undoubtedly a ruthless eviction order. How he wished that time, like so many things in people's control, could never be frozen, but unfortunately, the only thing that is irreversible in this world is time.

The bell finally rang. There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the sound of chirping was filled with the joy of people returning home......

Jiang Heshui's feet just stepped out of the company's door, and at the same time, he turned around and looked at the office building where he had worked for many years...... The years have passed and have not changed, and a heart-wrenching inexplicable complex makes it difficult to give up. The two eye sockets were so hot that tears almost flowed. Tears were a great shame for him. So, he let out a long breath and suppressed his abrupt emotions.

He limped along, his back looking extraordinarily thin and thin, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.