Jiang Shui walked on the road, and the air in the middle of the night was filled with a strong smell of gunsmoke, which reminded him of the war of blood and fire. The same atmosphere is two scenes: one is to enjoy life and cherish each other, and the other is to fight for life and death, parting for eternity......

He opened the curtain of the jasper door of the small house and walked in, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw it: the hall was full of diners, and the accents were all foreigners. didn't see Yang Weihua, so he asked a girl in the cashier for a "shredded pork with Beijing sauce". The girl told him that he was busy and asked him to be patient.

He reluctantly leaned his back to the cash register, and saw that the place where he used to like to sit had been occupied by three people: two people on the side, one old and one young, looking quite shabby. The diners vented their frustration while eating. Because these people can't reunite with their relatives, either the black-hearted boss owes them wages, or they can't get a ticket to go home.

The river sighed, and pity arose. Inadvertently, he noticed that the person who had been sitting with his back to him, the old man and the young man, had turned his face and stared at him with a smile on his face.

"Oh my God!" Jiang Heshui recognized, "Isn't this the battalion commander-the secretary?" he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly walked towards him.

Secretary Sui also got up and took two steps to meet him, and held his hand tightly, "Oh, such a coincidence, Happy New Year, Comrade Xiaojiang!"

"Happy New Year, with the secretary. Jiang Heshui was excited, he knew that Secretary Sui had lost his wife in his early years and had not continued to this day, and now he is also an authentic homeless person. "It's all at the door, why don't you go inside?" he said, his eyes damp.

"Why don't you want to, let's sit down. Secretary Sui finally found a chair for him.

Jiang Heshui rubbed his eyes and looked at the old and young in front of him, "...... these two?"

One old and one young began to be restrained.

"Oh, that's right," said the secretary, "I was passing by here on my night patrol just now, and I was going to go to your place, but I happened to meet these two men. They can't go home because their boss doesn't pay them. You see, you can't even afford a new dress for the Chinese New Year. ”

"Why don't you come to me together?" said Jiang Heshui sympathetically.

"No, I don't have to. I have already given them the money for the hotel, and I also called the black-hearted boss in the name of the municipal party committee. If he doesn't pay his wages by 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, I'll really clean him up and make him don't think about having a good year. ”

"These dogs should have been cleaned up a long time ago—hey? You said a night patrol, what kind of night patrol?" Jiang Heshui asked puzzled.

Secretary Sui smiled, "Each member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee has a division of labor, and I am responsible for ensuring that there is no one wanderer in the city tonight." Fortunately, I only met these two guys. ”

The two of them never imagined that the leaders of the municipal party committee who helped them at the critical moment turned out to be more than 10,000 people.

"Do you dare to ask if you are the mayor?" asked the big man with a shudder.

"No—he's our municipal party secretary. Jiang Heshui answered for the secretary.

"Then the mayor still can't listen to the secretary?" the young man was quite sophisticated, but his voice was indeed a bit loud, which alarmed some nearby diners.

"Mayor, secretary?" there was an uproar in the hall,......

"Oh mom, it's really a secretary!" the big man said to his son in flattery: "Son, we can meet a noble person today." Quick, get down on your knees!" He dragged his son to his knees with a thud.

How could the secretary bear this, and hurriedly helped the two up.

At this time, a diner shouted: "Mayor, we are so miserable! All the hard-earned money of the year has been wasted, you have to make decisions for us!"

Sui Secretary faced everyone, "I am the secretary of the municipal party committee, and I am called Sui Balu, and I would like to say to you that I can't help it! Because we have not done our work well, we have been wronged." But rest assured, your hard-earned money will never go down the drain. Now I solemnly promise you: After the New Year, if you still can't get your hard-earned money, go to the city party committee to find me, shout my name, and coax me to step down!" As soon as his words fell, the audience burst into warm applause.

Sui Secretary raised his glass, "Come, on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, I wish everyone a happy New Year and good luck in the coming year!"

There was another round of applause.

It's still the diner, "Just because you can celebrate the New Year with us tonight, we believe in you and support you!"

Yang Weihua came out of nowhere, and came to the secretary with a wine glass: "Welcome to the secretary, please let me toast you, and you should be a little happy." After he ran out of wine, he rose again, walked into the cash register and poured the wine again, and raised the wine glass above his head: "Happy New Year, everyone! I am the shopkeeper of our store, my name is Yang Weihua, thank you for coming!" He glanced at the secretary of Sui, "I announce that all fees for tonight are free!"

There was another round of applause,......

After shaking hands with the secretary and everyone one by one, he left with Jiang Heshui. Yang Weihua nodded and sent the two of them outside the store. The secretary praised him a lot.

The sporadic sound of firecrackers still comes and goes, and the smell of gunsmoke is still thick and audible. On the way, Jiang Heshui asked Secretary Xu and Director Lin. Secretary Sui told him that Secretary Xu and his wife would return to their hometown in Henan before the holiday, and they didn't know when they would come back.

It was very cold, and Jiang Heshui looked at Secretary Sui, and was really worried about his safety. "Why are you still riding a bicycle? ”

"It's convenient for bicycles, and there are many places where cars can't get in. Secretary Sui suddenly asked: "That Yang Weihua and Yang Weizhong look very similar, they should be brothers, right?"

"Uh-huh. This kid is very righteous tonight, and he is usually quite responsible, unlike his brother. As soon as Jiang Heshui mentioned Yang Weihua, he naturally remembered something, "My girl was put on the place where you were sitting just now." ”

"Is it a little casual fate, is the child okay?"

"Okay. Jiang Heshui asked rhetorically: "What about your daughter? Why didn't Da Suiyuan celebrate the New Year with you?"

Just as Jiang Heshui said this, the two had already walked to the staircase, only to see a woman walking down from the upper floor. In the dim light, the woman wore a red scarf around her neck, and only a pair of big eyes were faintly exposed on her face. Jiang Heshui concluded that he had never seen this woman, "Happy New Year." He still took the initiative to greet him.

The woman was silent, her behavior was a little cramped, panicked, and even inclined to turn back and go upstairs, and finally she simply walked down, and the two men who were close by passed by.

Jiang Heshui didn't care too much about anything, but he saw the back of the woman who had been watching the secretary gradually move away. The woman glanced at the turn of the gate of the community, and disappeared in an instant.

There is obviously something abnormal with the secretary, like the six gods have no master. "Do you know her?" he asked.

"I don't know, what's wrong?" Jiang Heshui was puzzled.

The secretary put the bicycle away, "It's nothing." Let's go, go upstairs. ”

The two went upstairs. Jiang Heshui was about to knock on the door, but he was tripped by something: a red travel bag lying quietly at his feet. The moment the travel bag met the secretary Sui's eyes, he continued his thinking just now, and couldn't help but gasp, and his mind suddenly became confused. A few days ago, in order for his daughter to go to the United States to reunite with her boyfriend, he specially bought a bag, which is almost the same as what he is looking at. He immediately realized that there must have been a major event in his life that he could not get around.

The two of them were speechless at the same time, both thinking about the woman just now.

The door opened, Xiao Linzi counted the rivers and rivers, he picked up the bag on the ground, and politely let the guests into the house.

When Jiang Heshui was introduced by the secretary, the adults in the room were all stunned. Secretary Sui's psychological endurance was very amazing, and he instantly downplayed the scene just now, smiled and congratulated everyone on the New Year, and shook hands with everyone one by one, relieving the tension in the room.

The river water completely dispelled Fang Cai's doubts. Boss Huang also started the tricks of a businessman, and felt that this trip was true, and this business must be profitable, and even felt that his promise to Xiaolinzi was too conservative.

"With the secretary," Xiao Linzi looked at the red bag, "It's enough for you to come to the humble house for the New Year, why do you still bring so many things?" He really thought that the bag was a gift that came with the secretary.

Secretary Sui suddenly realized, and hurriedly took out two red envelopes from his pocket, first gave one to Ah Xian, and then stuffed the other to the old lady, saying that it was for Xiao Suiyuan. Xiao Suiyuan was sleeping sweetly in her original room at this time.

"Oh, I'm sorry, this bag isn't mine. Seriously, I don't have that habit either. Secretary Sui said to Xiao Linzi.

Xiao Linzi looked at the river in confusion. Jiang Heshui recounted the scene that had just happened, and then opened the bag.

Everything in the bag belongs to the child, including food, clothing, and use, and there is a brown paper envelope at the bottom, which is thick. Jiang Heshui opened the envelope and couldn't help but say "Mom". The envelope contained a stack of hundred-dollar bills and a letter. The letter is written with some New Year's words, as well as the warm blessings to Xiao Suiyuan, whose signature and handwriting are exactly the same as those brought with him when he first came.

Except for the secretary, the rest of the people were very curious, and they looked at each other and didn't know why.

"It can't be the child's own mother, is it?" the old lady was full of doubts.

"Specify yes. Jiang Heshui nodded affirmatively.

"If that's really the ......?" the old lady had her own worries, but she felt that many things were inconvenient to say at this time. "How sinful it should be on this cold day. She just said it casually.

Jiang Heshui handed the envelope to the old lady, and then said to Xiao Linzi: "You accompany everyone to have a drink, I'll go out and have a look." After saying that, he hurriedly put on his coat and went out.

Xiao Linzi was obviously a little angry, "The New Year doesn't stop people, this kind of ruthless woman doesn't deserve sympathy at all, and she is embarrassed to come with a calm face - come, let's drink and ignore her." He began to sit down and drink.

Xiao Linzi's words can be described as a thousand arrows piercing the heart for Secretary Sui. But he still tried to make himself not believe that the scene just now had anything to do with him, and tried his best to make a calm appearance. In the end, he couldn't hold back and asked Xiao Linzi to take the letter to him.

As soon as the secretary read the letter, he trembled all over, his brows tightened, and an indescribable feeling appeared in his heart. The handwriting on the letter was all too familiar to him. At this time, he had already concluded that his baby daughter, whom he had loved for more than 20 years, was no longer the innocent and romantic little girl, and an unforgettable major event had already happened in her life. Didn't he go to the United States? How he wished his daughter was with her boyfriend at this time, and everything that was happening in front of him was pure coincidence. He adjusted his mind again, and suddenly he was desperate to see someone. This person is the little fate who has fallen asleep.

After about half an hour, the river water came back in vain, looking a little depressed.

"Well, she's not a child, she's fine. Although Secretary Sui said so, his heart was unrelieved and entangled.

Mrs. Huang and Xiao Axian have been settled down by the old lady to sleep, only the men continue to drink, and the most talked about during this period is, of course, the matter of Xiao Linzi's upcoming factory. Although the secretary was like sitting on a needle mat and forcibly entertaining, he still made a statement to several people, saying that as long as it was within the scope of the policy, he would definitely support it. Boss Huang lost no time and invested an additional 500,000 yuan in Xiaolinzi behind his wife's back. Xiao Linzi was overjoyed and frequently advised to drink,......

"Come, let the secretary take a good look at my eldest granddaughter. The old lady hugged Xiao Suiyuan, who had woken up.

Sui Shu looked at Xiao Suiyuan, and his uncalm mood became even more chaotic. Xiao Suiyuan's big eyes are clearly a replica of Da Suiyuan. He seemed to see it: the great retinue slowly walked towards him from the night, but he was alive and ......