Wang Youmu went to the bureau early the next day to report for duty, and then took the car to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor told him that the results might not come out in a few days, so he went home and took the ashes to Xiao He's house.

Xiao He was only recruited, and he is also a temporary worker like him. Because he had just joined the work, such a person would not be arranged in the bureau, so Wang Youmu only inquired about the address of Xiao He's house after asking the comrades in the bureau office.

Xiao He's family lives far away from the Mining Bureau, and Wang Youmu took four buses to get there.

At the end of a muddy alleyway, he found Xiao He's home, knocked on the door, and a middle-aged woman in her thirties appeared in front of him.

"Who are you looking for?" asked the middle-aged woman.

"Hello! I am a colleague of Comrade He Tao, my name is Wang Youmu, who are you?" Wang Youmu replied.

"Ao, please come in, I'm He Tao's eldest sister. ”

Wang Youmu followed He Tao's sister into the house, there was nothing of value in the house, the table and stools looked old, there were a lot of awards hanging on the black wall, there was a black and white portrait of Xiao He on the cabinet next to the stove, and an old man in his sixties was sitting on the chair next to him.

"Mom! This is Xiao Tao's colleague. He Tao's sister said to the old man.

"Hello, auntie! I am He Tao's colleague, and I am here to send Comrade He Tao's ashes. Wang Youmu said as he handed over the kettle containing the ashes.

The old man took the kettle with a trembling hand, and stroked the kettle with his hand as if he was touching the face of his relatives, and suddenly wow~ cried loudly, as if Wang Youmu's arrival gave her grief a cathartic sustenance.

Wang Youmu stood there, tears welling up unconsciously, and an indescribable pain began to rise with the blood, and he felt this pain enter his heart and slowly penetrate into his bone marrow.

He Tao's sister wiped the tears from her face and said to Wang Youmu

"Comrade Wang, thank you for sending my brother's ashes back, do you know how my brother died?"

Wang Youmu really didn't know how to answer, his original intention was to say that the wolf bit him to death, but he really couldn't let this sad family accept the fact that the ashes in the kettle were mutilated.

"There was no water when we came out, and Comrade He Tao accidentally ate poisonous plants in the desert, so we ....... ”

When Wang Youmu finally left, he left behind all the money except for the bus he needed to go home, although it was not much, but it made him feel a little better.

Liu Yusheng has not gone out for the past few days, his wife has already taken his son Liu Ming back, in addition to playing with his five-year-old son every day, he is to taste the hometown dishes that Ding Xiaoping made for him, and his life is comfortable and satisfied.

After lunch at noon, Liu Yusheng sat on the sofa reading the newspaper while drinking the tea made by his wife, and Ding Xiaoping had already put his son to sleep and sat beside him. Liu Yusheng put down the newspaper and asked

"You seem to be very idle these days, aren't your bureaus usually quite busy?"

"Isn't this that you are back, the director specially instructed me, saying that I can come back early and take good care of you. Ding Xiaoping replied with a smile.

"It's all human spirits. Liu Yusheng said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Don't think of people as snobbish. ”

"It's not that I think of them as snobbish, it's that this world is just so snobbish. Liu Yusheng said quietly.

"However, I heard that you really seem to be going up, but I also heard that I can't inquire about the specifics. ”

"Don't ask about this yet, I'll tell you, although the salt mine has been discovered this time, there will be a group of unlucky people, and I am more concerned about the final result. ”

"Yesterday, I read a document sent to the director of the bureau in the hall, which probably seems to mean that the bureau will investigate first, and then report to the hall," Ding Xiaoping said.

"It's similar to what I thought, first of all, the results of the bureau's investigation department, if the results of the bureau can't satisfy the superiors, people from the hall will naturally come down to ask in person. Liu Yusheng said.

All this is actually similar to what Liu Yusheng has been thinking about in the past few days, he estimates that people in the bureau will talk to him in the next few days, as long as he knows the personnel structure of the investigation team, he can know whether the result of this matter is a big deal or a chase to the end.

Liu Yusheng keenly felt that if he didn't deal with the responsible people harshly this time, then he would not have much room for improvement, on the contrary, if a group of people went down, then he was likely to be directly transferred to work in the hall.

Early the next morning, Liu Yusheng was watering the flowers, and the people from the bureau office came and told him that Director Zhang wanted to see him, and Liu Yusheng threw down the kettle in his hand and followed the people from the bureau office to the director's office.

Director Zhang was writing something, and when he saw Liu Yusheng coming in, he immediately put down his pen, walked over and held Liu Yusheng's hand and said

"Section Chief Liu, you have worked hard, your heroic deeds are now known to everyone in the whole system, and you have added a lot of glory to the face of our W Bureau. ”

"Director Zhang, isn't this all your usual education and spur to me, or I have the courage to run out to deliver the letter in the face of the sandstorm," Liu Yusheng lowered his body and replied

"Sit, how are you resting these days?"

"After resting, just wait for your Director Zhang to arrange work, I can leave at any time. Liu Yusheng stood up as he spoke.

"Sit, sit down, it's good for young people to be motivated, but first, we must know how to combine work and rest, and second, everyone has their own characteristics, and we don't have to go to the field to have work results. Just like you, for the sake of the country's great northwest construction, you are willing to give up the comfortable working environment in the hinterland, and you are so young, you have to give full play to your strengths, we are now old, and it is the time for you young cadres to take over the "gun" in our hands. Director Zhang said with a smile.

"I'm still young, and I still need to learn a few more years under Director Zhang. ”

"Alas, I'm not afraid to tell you, I guess you're going to be transferred to the hall soon, and you have to be mentally prepared. ”

Liu Yusheng heard a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and said it from the mouth of the director, it would be eight or nine without ten, but there was no trace of it on his face, and he said with a smile

"No matter where I go, Bureau W will always be my home, and you will always be my leader. ”

"Hehe! Young people should not forget their roots. By the way, it is estimated that some more investigations will be done this time, and the results this time are good, but the process hall is very dissatisfied, so many comrades have been sacrificed, and the property and material losses are also huge. I've read your report, and I'd like to hear your opinion on that Wang Youmu. Director Zhang said with a smile.

Liu Yusheng has already understood, it seems that the people in the bureau have basically studied, and their group has the greatest credit, because of the discovery of salt mines, but the most people have died, only he and Wang Youmu have come back, this is to take Wang Youmu to open the knife! Thinking of this, Liu Yusheng suddenly felt that his recent luck was not ordinarily good, he simply wanted to come to something, and silently organized the wording in his heart and said

"As for Comrade Wang Youmu, I actually don't have much contact with him, so it's a bit hard to say. ”

"Comrade Liu Yusheng, this is work, don't have brotherly feelings in it, after all, the five comrades of the pathfinder team have sacrificed, just say whatever you want, the most important thing is to seek truth from facts. ”

"Okay! Actually, Director Zhang, I don't want to talk to him or anything, I just think it's best to let him talk about the problem himself, since you have said it, then I will tell you my own opinion. ”

"Well, just say what you need to say, sometimes giving correct opinions to your comrades is to help comrades do better work, and you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Let's put it this way, Wang Youmu can be said to bear a great responsibility for the sacrifice of these comrades. Liu Yusheng said.

Next, Liu Yusheng took himself to the wrong way, saying that Wang Youmu made a mistake in his own judgment, and insisted on taking the whole team on the wrong path, and finally encountered wolves, causing the sacrifice of two comrades.

For the pony, he said that Wang Youmu fell asleep at vigil, and the bonfire was extinguished and attacked by wolves, but Xiao He didn't say anything, saying that Xiao He accidentally ate poisonous plants and caused his death.

"Okay, you go first, it is estimated that the investigation team will talk to you in the next few days, you just report to the investigation team according to what you just said, don't have any worries. Director Zhang said.

Liu Yusheng returned home and sat on the sofa, reviewed his conversation with Director Zhang again, and found that there were no omissions and mistakes.

He walked to the window, lit a cigarette, looked at the direction of the temporary worker's dormitory, and thought to himself: Wang Youmu, you were so obedient, with me Liu for the rest of your life, now you can probably turn positive, but you have to provoke me, can you afford to provoke me?