I can't lift the lid, I can't lift the table, although I feel uncomfortable, I still have to sit at a table to eat and make a kind appearance - Shen Huai looked at the wine glass in his hand and wanted to pour it into his stomach, but he wanted to go to meet Cheng Yi and her father later, and the mouth full of wine was inappropriate.

The old man looked at Shen Huai's willed appearance, put down his chopsticks, looked at his eldest daughter Song Ying, and second son Song Qiaosheng, and said: "Don't think I'm nagging, there are no outsiders eating around the table now, I say a few words to protect my shortcomings, and I'm not afraid of others pointing at my backbone and scolding." Shen Huai is in the locality, it is not easy to do some things, as long as you don't make mistakes of principle, one of you will be the eldest aunt and the other will be the second uncle, who do you not support? Hongqi also has to go to the local area to exercise, and he must learn from Shen Huai. ”

Shen Huai raised his eyes to look at the table, Xie Haicheng was sitting next to him, although he lowered his head and listened, but Shen Huai could see that there was a little disapproval in his eyes; his second uncle's face was as usual, and he stopped contemplating, in fact, people couldn't guess what he was thinking at all.

Although Song Hongqi learned a little bit from his father, it was not enough after all, and when he named the old man and said this, his face was quite unnatural, but he had to echo: "If I go to work in the local area, I really want to learn from Shen Huai......"

"I just relied on a little brute strength, a little bit of aggressiveness, and the result was also a bag all over my head," Shen Huai smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth and said, "It seems that I have made a little achievement, but I have also offended many people, whether it is good or bad is really difficult to say now - grandpa, aunt, and second uncle are heartbroken for me and can't bear to criticize me, but I also know a little bit about my own problems, and now I am also paying attention to overcoming them, and I want to make everyone as little trouble as possible." Hongqi has a good relationship with the personnel of the ministry and commission, no one does not boast, unlike me who makes enemies everywhere, this is where I learn from Hongqi. ”

Song Hongqi would not get carried away because Shen Huai praised him a few words at this time, and just as he was about to humbly respond to two sentences, the old man interjected on the opposite side and said: "No matter what year it is, if you don't do things, you won't make mistakes, as long as you do things, you will inevitably have a little tail for others to pull." When we had a revolution, there were also students involved in the early days, but they spoke beautifully and wrote beautiful articles, and they really told them to pull a team to do it, and they caught the blind; no one would obey you if they didn't have real skills. Although I don't go out much lately, I know some of the atmosphere in the ministries and commissions, and to put it bluntly, the bureaucratic thinking is serious, so Hongqi has to go to the local area to exercise......"

Without looking at Song Hongqi's ugly face, Shen Huai and Song Hongjun glanced at each other, thinking that the old man was determined to drive Song Hongqi to the place to exercise this time.

Shen Huai didn't say anything more on this topic; with Xie Haicheng and Song Hongqi present, Shen Huai had no intention of revealing more secrets of Xinpu Refining and Chemical, and the location of the Huaihai Fleet's berthing base and the secret conversation with Tian Jiageng were never mentioned, but during the banquet, Song Hongjun and his parents were peacemakers, and everyone was cold, and on the surface, they still ate the meal lively.

After eating, Shen Huai saw that the time was almost eight o'clock, and he met with Cheng Yi and his father next, so he stood up and said, "It's not early, I'll send Cheng Yi back first......

Song Hongjun was also afraid that he would stay and be bombarded by his parents about marriage, so he stood up and followed Shen Huai.

Driving out of Xisi Lane, Song Hongjun took out a cigarette and asked Cheng Yi, "Don't you mind if I smoke with Shen Huai?"

Shen Huai turned off the air conditioner in the car, opened the window, and lit a cigarette with Song Hongjun and smoked.

"Hongqi was going to go to the place two years earlier, but your kid did such a good job in the place, he shrunk. In the end, he is afraid of comparing with you, it is better to be able to afford it, and it is not better than hurting his self-esteem. Over the years, don't look at him and everyone is pleasant, no one can be offended, but his self-esteem is strong, unlike me, he has a two-skin face, and he doesn't say a word to anyone," Song Hongjun spit out a smoke ring and said with a smile, "The old man is afraid that he is really annoyed this time, and he is determined to rush Hongqi to the place, and the meaning of the words is that if you have real skills, don't be afraid to bring it to the table for comparison." Look at Hongqi's ugly face......"

Shen Huai didn't think about gloating, and said to Song Hongjun: "Hongqi has such good resources, as long as the mentality is not biased, it is still easy to make achievements in the local area - now in China, especially in the central and western regions, economic construction is still quite backward, not to mention a county, it is a prefecture-level city, as long as it can be slightly inclined in resources, the development will have a significant improvement." In the final analysis, I'm afraid that Hongqi's mentality is too impatient, and I have no intention of watching his good shows, and he will start from the county magistrate and the secretary of the county party committee, and bear the heavy responsibility of the development of some districts and counties. ”

"Don't run over to remind people of your words, no one will take your affection, and in turn they will laugh at you. Song Hongjun said.

Shen Huai pursed his lips and laughed at himself: "Yes, I am a person who is 'eager for quick success' at all, and I am not qualified to talk about other people's ......."

At the door of Cheng Yi's house, Shen Huai and Cheng Yi got out of the car, Song Hongjun sat in the driver's seat, and poked his head out and asked Shen Huai: "You don't need me to drive over to pick you up tonight, right?"

Cheng Yijiao said angrily: "If you don't come to pick him up, let him sleep on the street!"

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Cheng Yi went to ring the doorbell, and Shen Huai picked up the steps and stepped on the steps, but he still felt that his steps were heavy.

Although Hongqi's father stopped in front and sent a car to the airport to pick him up and Hongjun back to the mansion for dinner, everyone at the dinner table could still talk and laugh on the surface, but there was no way to undo many things.

Maybe the hearts of the Song family collapsed three or four years ago, and now they are just barely getting together and not falling apart - Shen Huai and Cheng Yi and his father have no separate contact, and people's hearts are difficult to figure out, but one thing is certain, Cheng Yi and her father must have had repeated trade-offs before deciding to let him go back to Beijing to meet. And Cheng Yi's father decided to let him go back to Beijing to meet, and he must have a plan.

The doorbell rang for a while, Cheng Yi answered with the people in the house, listening to a soft click, the people in the house remotely opened the electronic lock on the courtyard door, Cheng Yi pushed open the iron door, entered the house with Shen Huai, and said to Shen Huai:

"The person who just spoke was Tian Yongjun, deputy secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee, who had only been transferred to the Yanjing Municipal Party Committee for four or five years, but with my father's previous work experience in Gushan County, he had worked beside my father for thirteen or four years......"

Whether it is Dai Chengguo, He Xianghuai or Cheng Wenguang, if he can be in a high position, he will gather a group of people around him, all of them will have his own cronies, and he will have his own circle - this officialdom is like this, the big circle is in the circle, the middle circle is in the small circle, and all the knowledge is in the circle.

When the small circle cannot be tolerated by the big circle, it will either die quietly or break up in two; however, it is always the majority of the small circles that perish, and the small circles that can rise to the top are always a few.

Shen Huai has returned to Yanjing a limited number of times, and he only has some glimpses of many people, he has never seen Tian Yongjun, and he only has a slight impression of listening to the dull voice on the walkie-talkie just now.

Shen Huai and Cheng Yi walked to the middle of the courtyard, and saw a man of medium stature in the living room pushing the door and walking over, and said with a smile: "Secretary Cheng was just talking about Shen Huai, when will you and Cheng Yi come back from a good meal?"

Tian Yongjun was in his early forties, and when he saw the face, Shen Huai remembered that he had drunk with the old man on his eightieth birthday - but there were too many people who drank that time, and he drank a little too much at that time, and many of them couldn't remember their names afterwards.

Cheng Yi's mother Liu Xuemei walked over from behind, and Shen Huai greeted, "Aunt Liu......"

"You're here," Liu Xuemei beckoned Cheng Yi's arm and said, "I thought you could come over for dinner, but I was busy for half a day in the afternoon." ”

"Then can't we change to supper?" Cheng Yi said coquettishly, "I know that Mom, you have the softest heart, so that you can eat on both sides......"

"Just your mouth, your father is answering the phone in the study, you go over to say hello to Shen Huai and ...... him," Liu Xuemei said.

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Cheng Wenguang answered the phone in the study, Cheng Yi accompanied Shen Huai and Tian Yongjun into the study, said hello to her father, and went out to talk to her mother.

Shen Huai and Tian Yongjun sat down on the sofa near the window, quietly waiting for Cheng Wenguang to finish answering the phone.

"Just now, dozens of ordinary people from Hebei Province came to Beijing to petition, and when they came out of the West Railway Station, they stood on the street and pulled banners. The road is blocked, and the momentum is also a little big, and some people at the grassroots level have dealt with it in the past, but now the grassroots work is a little simple and rude, which is not reassuring, and you have to stare with one eye open," Cheng Wenguang put down the phone and explained to Shen Huai what he talked about on the phone just now, and also took this opportunity to start the conversation, "You have worked at the grassroots level, you are the most experienced, and some things are spicy and easy to open up the situation, but in the same way, the means are too simple and rude, and it is easy to intensify the contradictions- At present, what is needed and what is lacking in the party are those cadres who have made achievements at the grassroots level. I also started from the suburbs, counties and townships, and I know the hardships and benefits of grassroots work, so some young cadres asked me what I should pay attention to in the future growth path, and what should I do, so that the road of growth will be opened......

Shen Huai didn't have much contact with Cheng Wenguang a few times, and Cheng Wenguang said very little, giving people the impression of being taciturn, but at this time, listening to him talk endlessly, I knew that he was very eloquent, and thought that Cheng Yi and her father might have deliberately given people a dull, low-key impression, and did not compete with his second uncle.

There are different evaluations of Cheng Wenguang, sister-in-law and Song Hongjun, think about the fact that he has been "dating" with Cheng Yi for three years, and Cheng Wenguang has not spoken to him alone once, only from this point of view, Cheng Wenguang's forbearance is absolutely first-class - but why didn't Cheng Wenguang endure it again this time, what opportunity did he see, or did he want to take a risk before the 15th Party Congress?

Listening to Cheng Wenguang talk about grassroots work, Shen Huai also echoed some grassroots observations, and said: "My grandfather thinks the same as Uncle Cheng, just now I was having dinner with Cheng Yi in the mansion, and the old man suggested that Hongqi also go to work in the local ......"

"The old man's words must not be wrong," Cheng Wenguang touched his thinning forehead and said with a smile, "If Hongqi can take root and work at the grassroots level, his future earnings are unlimited." Your sister-in-law came over to make friends with you and Cheng Yi back then, and some people said irresponsible remarks, so I told your Aunt Liu, no matter how much others say, it is false, it depends on whether you can take root at the grassroots level, this is the most heart-seeing......"

Hearing this, Shen Huai was also weak-hearted, thinking that he really didn't have a good reputation in Yanjing three years ago.

He didn't know if Cheng Wenguang really promoted his relationship with Cheng Yi out of such considerations, but he also had to say that Cheng Wenguang's words could quite move his mind.