"Minister, the two sessions of the National People's Congress are still a few days away, and the leaders of the organs we went out to investigate have not been determined?"

Chen Yuxing put down the Fengjing Evening News and looked at Minister Zhao, who was concentrating on browsing the "Phoenix Network" in front of the computer, with an inquiring gaze, hoping that he would be able to reveal some news.

As a civil servant of a provincial party committee organ in Liaodong Province, Chen Yuxing gets an opportunity to go out to conduct research and study every year when the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress are convened, and this form of research and study activities has almost become a common practice in the provincial party committees of various democratic parties. The democratic party is a Qingshui Yamen, and this kind of tourist-based research has become one of the few benefits for government officials, and Chen Yuxing is looking forward to going to a good place this year.

During the two sessions, the provincial party committees sent chairmen of the provincial party committees to the capital to attend the two sessions, and the United Front Work Department of the provincial party committee of the ruling party also focused its work on maintaining stability during the two sessions. Therefore, this period has become the most idle time for the party organs, the leaders of the organs are not there, the United Front Work Department of the Provincial Party Committee is not looking for them, and it is easy to go out for research and research.

Minister Zhao removed his bloodshot eyes from the computer, reached for the hard box of cigarettes in the Great Hall of the People on the table, and pulled out one. Chen Yuxing immediately took out a lighter and took two steps to light a cigarette for Minister Zhao.

Minister Zhao had a few strands of white hair on his bare forehead that had come from the side. Every time Chen Yuxing lit a cigarette for Minister Zhao, he had an urge to ignite these strands of gray hair.

"It hasn't been decided yet, and it is estimated that there will be an explanation at this afternoon's office meeting. However, the central and provincial party committees have paid close attention to the matter of publicly-funded tourism, especially overseas tourism, and the central authorities have issued circulars on many occasions and have also dealt with some units. Therefore, it is unlikely that all the cadres of the agency will travel collectively this year, and according to the leaders of the agency, it is more likely that they should arrange the research route in a small team or by themselves. ”

Minister Zhao took a hard puff of his cigarette and exhaled a thick smoke, which made his face hazy and blurry for a moment, and his bloodshot eyes looked even more blood-red.

"If you arrange your own research route. Where are you going, do you have any ideas?" Minister Zhao said that the meaning of idle talk was far greater than the meaning of inquiry, he was a lazy person and lacked interest in traveling in the mountains and rivers.

"If I arrange the route by myself, I want to go to Nanyun, especially to the ancient city of Sifang. Chen Yuxing didn't have to think about it, and the place he wanted to go alone now was Sifang City.

There is Chen Yuxing's romantic first love in the ancient city of Sifang, although it is not shocking and vigorous, but it is the most unforgettable memory of Chen Yuxing's 28 years of life. So that he still fell into this aiqing net and couldn't extricate himself.

Chen Yuxing graduated from a national key university in a small city in Liaodong Province, known as the coal capital.

The city has a population of more than 1.2 million, and the reason why it is called a small city is compared with the nearly 10 million population of Fengjing, the capital city of Liaodong Province.

This key university is the only university in the city, which was originally under the Ministry of Coal, and was a key college under the Ministry of Coal, which was transferred to the Ministry of Education after the merger of the Ministry of Coal, and the word "coal" in the name of the school was erased and replaced with "jishu".

The key discipline of the school is still related to coal, and Chen Yuxing's major is related to coal, which is called "coalfield geology".

After graduation, Chen Yuxing returned to Fengjing, the provincial capital, and applied for a job in a provincial state-owned enterprise unit that matched his major to engage in coalfield geological exploration.

The work of the geological team is hard and lonely, the living environment is extremely poor, every day is guarded by cold drill towers, broken cores, there is not a single woman in a few days, accompanied by unkempt drillers, living in a marching tent, the tent is cold and dry in winter, and the tent is hot and humid in summer; eating a big pot of rice, Chen Yuxing's stomach and intestines are pampered by his mother and cannot adapt to this crude meal, he stayed in the wilderness for several weeks, although his height of 1.75 meters has not been shortened, but his weight of 80 kilograms has been reduced to 70 kilograms.

After being tortured in this empty and quiet environment for several weeks, his 23-year-old young heart was still attracted by the glittering metropolis life, and he resolutely chose to resign, bidding farewell to the adventure life that filled him with hope and yearning - 'geological exploration'.

True to the famous saying "the ideal is full, the reality is skinny", his adventure career that he has been weaving in his dreams since he was sensible came to an end. Chen Yuxing Jihua took a break for a while, charged himself, changed to a graduate student majoring in economic management next year, and worked hard to cultivate a small world of his own in another sunny and hopeful field.

Chen Yuxing's family belongs to a well-off family, his father Chen Ning works as a sales manager in a pharmaceutical company, with a monthly salary of more than 3,000 yuan, and a sales commission of three or two thousand yuan per month. Chen Ning as a small manager, he worked in the field for much longer than in Fengjing, but Chen Ning gave Chen Yuxing a lot of paternal love, he used the little examples of daily life to teach Chen Yuxing by word and deed, he often hung on his lips two sentences are "be kind to others", "is mine, I want, not mine". Chen Yuxing inherited his father's character of being kind to others and having no quarrel with the world.

Mother Zhang Rongrong works as an accountant in a private company, and her monthly salary is not high, only more than 2,000 yuan, but fortunately, she is close to home, and she can go out in two or three minutes. Chen Yuxing's high school is also very close to home, and when you stand in front of the window of the room, you can see the national flag fluttering on the school flagpole. Therefore, Chen Yuxing never ate lunch at school when he was in high school, and his mother would serve hot meals on the dining table and wait for him to come home on time. Therefore, Chen Yuxing's appetite is becoming more and more tricky, and it is difficult for him to swallow ordinary food.

His parents were very open-minded about Chen Yuxing's resignation, and they did not preach or complain, but just told him to formulate a feasible life and work for himself according to the reality of society and his actual ability. When Chen Yuxing proposed to go outside to relax, they did not stop him, but used a sentence from the ancients, "It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles" to warn Chen Yuxing to look at society with his own eyes and learn to observe and analyze during the journey. Traveling alone away from his parents for the first time will be an unforgettable experience in his life. After telling Chen Yuxing many times to pay attention to travel safety, the parents sent Chen Yuxing on the plane without hesitation.

Chen Yuxing met the beautiful, generous, lively and cheerful Li Xiaoqing in the ancient city of Sifang, and began a seven-day lingering and passionate love, ending his maiden career in this ancient city with the reputation of a romantic city. It was his first love, and it was a beautiful and painful experience......

After returning to Fengjing from the ancient city of Sifang, Chen Yuxing, who was in a daze, was depressed, and the pain of falling out of love made him not happy, and he tortured his parents mentally for a while. Under the careful and patient care of his parents, Chen Yuxing gradually recovered, but his belief in taking the postgraduate examination in economics and management in the coming year has been completely wiped out during this time.

In June 2009, the provincial government announced that the public recruitment of civil servants was published in major newspapers, and Chen Yuxing's parents decided to take the civil service examination with great encouragement and encouragement. He carefully studied the nature of the job of the recruiting unit and the registration conditions of the candidates, and looked for the position suitable for his major, but he sadly found that the major he studied did not match the registration conditions of 90 percent of the units.

None of the positions he liked, which had both rights and face, included the geology major in the majors that allowed him to apply for the examination, so he had no choice but to apply for the provincial party organs that had no professional requirements.

Chen Yuxing was lucky again, he was admitted to the top three when only seven people applied for the exam, and then he was lucky to find out that he was the only male among the three interview candidates, and then he was lucky to become a glorious party civil servant.

In the four years since he joined the party organ, he quickly became familiar with the work of various departments of the organ, and because of his kind personality, he got along with his colleagues very well. Chen Yuxing's writing level is very high, and he has followed all the comrades of the organs to go to the western Xinjiang, Weijiang, the eastern provinces of the Yangtze River and other places for investigation, and the main author drafted more than a dozen research reports, which have been well received by the provincial CPPCC and the United Front Work Department of the ruling party.

"Lijiang is a good place, quaint and romantic, very suitable for young people."

Minister Chen's fifty-eight-year-old wrinkled face showed an ambiguous smile.

Chen Yuxing also immediately showed a respectful and flattering smile: "That's, that's, if you arrange the route by yourself, it's better for me to accompany the minister to the Sifang Ancient City." ”

Chen Yuxing's heart twitched, and he was afraid that the old man who was about to retire nodded and agreed, and his journey would come to naught.

"Haha, no, no, I don't do the work of climbing and walking, I'd better find a place to recuperate." Minister Zhao did not see through Chen Yuxing's thoughts, but intended to give Chen Yuxing free space. It's because his physical strength is really not suitable for long-distance travel, and his heart is more than enough but not enough.

In fact, this old man Zhao is still quite good, and he has worked in party organs for more than 30 years, and he has nothing to say, and he does not hide it. He will not add oil and vinegar to secretly calculate others, he is very sincere, he does what he says, he is also serious and responsible for his work, his literary skills are also very solid, and the articles he writes are full of flowers. For such a simple and kind old man, Chen Yuxing only has respect.

There are only two people in this county-level department, Chen Yuxing and Minister Zhao, the old man Zhao gave Chen Yuxing a lot of care, came a little later, left early, the old man turned one eye open, as if he couldn't see, someone looked for Chen Yuxing, he would turn his blood-red eyes and say "go to the hospital".

In the more than four years that Chen Yuxing has worked under him, Old Man Zhao has introduced more than a dozen blind dates to him, including Old Man Zhao's own daughter who is a graduate student and has begun to make fortunes.

In the afternoon of the same day, Minister Zhao walked into the office with a smile on his face after the office meeting. To Yuxingdao, who was squinting and dozing off in his chair.

"Xiao Chen, the research work arrangement has been decided, and the research topic and destination are selected by the individual, preferably in a group of three, but it is not forced, the research time is ten days, and the research fee cannot exceed the amount. ”

"Great, minister, I'll go to Nagumo. ”

Yuxing's sleepy worm was gone, and his mind was clearer than when he was taking notes in the Standing Committee, and he suppressed his excitement and smiled at Minister Zhao.

"This survey is divided into two batches, I reported the first batch to you, you discuss it with your colleagues to see if there are any people who go to Nanyun with you, there are more people and it is safer." Old man Zhao cared for Yuxing a little more, like a nephew.

"Minister, will you go to Nagumo with me?" Yuxing asked this time with sincerity. Old man Zhao is almost sixty years old, and it is really not reassuring if no one is accompanied to travel alone.

"I'm the second batch, why should the department keep someone, I can't sing the story of the empty city." The old man dragged over the chair and sat down.

"Remember, this is going out to investigate, understand?" said the old man solemnly.

"Understood, understood. ”

Yuxing nodded super quickly.

"Okay, you can borrow the research fee today, determine the destination, book the air ticket, the first batch must travel within this week."

The old man lit up the Great Hall of the People and browsed his phoenix net.

Chen Yuxing slowly sat down on the back chair, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

His thoughts flew through nearly 10,000 miles of time and space to the romantic ancient city of Sifang, and at this moment, his heart, which had been silent for nearly five years, beat violently again.

Five years ago, the bits and pieces of seven days in the ancient city of Sifang were like floods that opened the floodgates, roaring into Chen Yuxing's mind, the expressions of happiness and pain on his face were constantly changing, and a pair of godless eyes just stared blankly at the crooked teacup in his hand, and the tea had soaked the newspaper on the desk.

"Oops, what's wrong".

Old man Zhao knocked on the table with a "knock, knock" and pulled Chen Yuxing, who was immersed in his memories, back.

"It's okay, it's okay, I've figured it out, I'll borrow the research fee, minister. ”

Chen Yuxing quickly stood up and ran to borrow the research money as if he was running away.

Borrowing money, booking air tickets, checking travel routes on the Internet, and booking hotels, I was busy for a while, and finally it was done. The plane took off in the afternoon of the next day, flying directly to the ancient city of Sifang, he Jihua re-embarked on the last route, Zuihou once recalled the sweetness of the past and the pain of the heart. Then give up all this, sincerely experience the next aiqing, get married, start a family, wife and children, hot kang, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and spend your life plainly.

But how can his life be uneventful, with his nostalgic journey, his life, his country and even the entire Shijie follow in his footsteps have undergone earth-shaking changes.