The 11th day of the second month of the solar calendar and the 11th day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

Chu Tianqi got up a little late today, got up and finished washing, it was already eight o'clock. Instead of going for breakfast, he sat down directly behind his desk and smoked a cigarette.

Before he finished smoking a cigarette, Qu Gang came.

After entering the door, Qu Gang clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Give the director a greeting for his old age." ”

Chu Tianqi also arched his hand: "Bow back." After speaking, he motioned to Qu Gang, "Draw one." ”

Qu Gang sat on the chair and took the cigarette from the cigarette case on the table, and said: "Actually, you shouldn't smoke, you smoke too much these days during the Chinese New Year, except for cigarettes and alcohol." ”

Chu Tianqi felt the same way: "Yes, I didn't drink less, and I didn't smoke less. Then he smiled and said, "But this cigarette can be smoked, I heard that the country is preparing to introduce relevant policies to ban smoking in public places, and you can't smoke it if you want to." ”

Qu Gang had already lit a cigarette and said: "I have also heard about it, but this is not a matter of half a day, there are hundreds of millions of smokers in the country, how can it be said that it is banned, and I don't know about the year of the donkey." ”

"That being said, but I think the country has to move seriously, and that day will come sooner or later, especially those of us who are small leaders, will definitely be asked to take the lead in enforcing the smoking ban. Chu Tianqi smiled, "It's sad to not let the days of smoking." ”

"Yes, yes. After Qu Gang agreed, he asked, "What time did the director arrive?"

"It's past one o'clock in the morning. Li Jian was waiting at the station, and he said that you had told him to arrive early. Speaking of this, Chu Tianqi opened the drawer under the boss's desk and took out a food bag, "Lao Qu, there is nothing to bring, I brought some local mushrooms from my hometown, you can taste it." ”

"Thank you, Director. Qu Gang stretched out his hand to take it, "This is a good thing, the mushrooms in the Woyuan area have the most mushroom flavor." In our supermarket here, dried mushrooms like this sell for sixty-seven pounds. ”

Chu Tianqi smiled and changed the subject: "I've worked hard for you these days, I'm in my hometown for the New Year, and you've been staring at here." ”

"Nothing, not hard. Not only did I lead the class, but Political Commissar Zhao and several of them also took it for a few days. Qu Gang said, "Fortunately, nothing happened. I don't know if those people are afraid to show their feet, or if they are brewing a big conspiracy?"

"I think it's a bit of both. In the period before the Spring Festival, we have a very tight grip on crime, they must avoid the limelight, and they must be worried about being caught. However, we are in a different position from theirs, this contradiction is irreconcilable, and they will definitely attack us. Chu Tianqi said, "As the saying goes, 'the devil is one foot high, and the road is one foot high', no matter how they make trouble, there is only one way in the end, and that is: self-destruction." Of course, we must do our utmost to minimize the losses and nip their sabotage activities in the bud. ”

Qu Gang nodded, indicating that he agreed with the other party's point of view.

The two had a brief exchange of some things, and then left with a mushroom farewell.

Looking at Qu Gang's back, Chu Tianqi frowned slightly, he felt that Qu Gang seemed to be a little wrong.

Qu Gang's enthusiasm and respect for himself just now are no different from those before the holiday, and the two are also highly close to each other in their views on many things. It's just one thing, I don't know if the other party forgot it, or if there is something new.

went home before the Spring Festival, and before getting on the train, Qu Gang repeatedly emphasized that after the holiday, he should invite the director to sit down, and the two of them had a good drink. This situation is human nature, and after Chu Tianqi was simple and polite, he accepted the other party's invitation in advance.

As soon as Qu Gang entered the door just now, Chu Tianqi thought that the other party must have come to greet him, and at the same time ask for his time to attend the banquet. But the two talked for more than 20 minutes, during which they also involved drinking during the festival and participating in banquets, but Qu Gang did not mention the word "treat".

Could it be forgot? He had promised in advance, and the Lantern Festival was the best time to implement this matter, so it should never be forgotten. What could it be, and what was the reason for him to release the director's pigeons?

Since Qu Gang came, all the team members went to the director's office to sit for a while, briefly greeted Chu Tianqi, and put forward a request for a treat. Of course, the team members here do not include Zhang Tianbiao, who is still on sick leave. For people's invitations, Chu Tianqi accepted them all while being appropriately reserved, and also gave an approximate time. At the same time, I also gave each person a copy of the mushrooms I brought.

The invitation of these people, if there are no special circumstances, Chu Tianqi must accept it, otherwise it will be unsociable and will not give face. If you save money for this meal for the other party, not only will the other party not be grateful, but on the contrary, they will have opinions about themselves and scold themselves for being unkind. Although Chu Tianqi has not been in politics for a long time, as the number one, he has a clear understanding of when to keep a distance between him and these deputies, and when to get closer.

In addition to the team members, some section chiefs, captains, directors, and directors of the bureau also came to pay tribute to Chu Tianqi in his old age, and some people also put forward invitations to guests. For these people's invitations, Chu Tianqi politely declined. Most people expressed a sense of respect, and they also knew that the director might not accept it, so they did not force it. It's just that when he politely declined Qiu Zhikang's invitation, it took some words. In the end, Qiu Zhikang gave up after the director gave him a "chance to see in the future".

Since Qiu Zhikang got on Chu Tianqi's ship, it was equivalent to transferring from his stepmother to his mother, not only was he transferred, but his rank was also raised by half a level. Of course, Qiu Zhikang also cherished the opportunity, did a lot of fruitful work, and made many achievements. He was now desperate to follow Chu Tianqi and tied himself to Chu Tianqi's chariot. Chu Tianqi also regarded him as his "own person", using and cultivating him as a general in his own camp.

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In the next few days, Chu Tianqi attended the invitation dinner of Zhao Boxiang, Meng Ke, Chang Liang and others. At the dinner, the hosts also found some suitable people to accompany them, striving to have both atmosphere and no inconvenience. These three dinners are not luxurious, but they are definitely high-grade, at least they are very high-end in Xuyuan County. At the dinner scene, the people who are the owners often "sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman" and take care of the director to "eat and drink well".

At the dinner where Zhao Boxiang was invited, not only was Chang Liang accompanied, but his daughter Zhao Nina also attended. Zhao Nina is now studying in graduate school, with a slender figure, a very good look, and a good temperament and conversation. Because she and Chu Tianqi are of the same age, they have more topics in common, and they talk more speculatively. During the entire dinner, she showed enough respect and even worship for Chu Tianqi, but her demeanor was very decent. The whole dinner was full of laughter and laughter, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Taking advantage of his daughter's temporary outing, Zhao Boxiang specially raised his glass to Chu Tianqi to apologize, apologized for his inappropriate performance several times, and made a profound review. After obtaining Chu Tianqi's verbal understanding, he even stated that he would keep up with the pace of the director and be a good assistant and staff officer of the director. In the face of Zhao Boxiang's overtures, Chu Tianqi did not support him, but expressed his stance of "supporting each other".

Those who should have been invited have been invited, those who should have participated have also participated, and the time has passed the fifteenth day of the first month, but Qu Gang has not mentioned the matter of inviting guests once, and it seems that he is definitely not ready to mention it again.

A meal doesn't mean anything, and most of the words on the wine table are the word "appropriate", and they may not be taken seriously, what should happen after that. However, taking advantage of the Spring Festival to sit down and have a few drinks, this may not only take the opportunity to get closer to each other, strengthen contact and communication, but also show a respectful attitude.

To be honest, a treat may not mean that you really respect each other in your heart, but there is a courtesy that should be there on the surface. And if you don't invite the leader during the festival, it is obviously rude, especially if you release the leader pigeon, it should be called a "sin".

There is a saying that may be extreme, but there is some truth to it, that is, "you can't remember what you invite, but you can remember what you don't invite." Chu Tianqi remembered Qu Gang now, but it was definitely not that kind of narrow memory, but he thought that the other party's approach was unconventional, and it was against the relatively harmonious relationship between the two now.

Since the other party does not invite himself, since the other party releases his own pigeons, it means that the other party does not attach importance to himself and does not respect himself, but Qu Gang's usual performance is not like this. In the week when Chu Tianqi returned to the unit, Qu Gang not only respected Chu Tianqi very much, and carried out the work arranged by Chu Tianqi to the letter, but also seemed to add the word "more" to the degree of respect, which seemed to make up for the mistake of "releasing pigeons".

Qu Gang's seemingly contradictory performance made Chu Tianqi very puzzled. After thinking about it, Chu Tianqi realized that Qu Gang's original intention should be to get close to him, which can be seen from the other party's rigorous attitude towards work and the resoluteness of carrying out his instructions. So the reason why Qu Gang didn't invite himself must have been under pressure from the outside world, because someone didn't want him to get too close to him.

Coming to this conclusion, Chu Tianqi felt that the reason why Qu Gang behaved so differently could be explained. In the past few days, while observing Qu Gang, he was also thinking about finding the right time to trap the other party's words.

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In the past few days, Qu Gang has been very conflicted and embarrassed.

Originally, the invitation had been sent out before the Spring Festival, and the director had accepted it. If you can bring up this matter in time after the year, then it is likely that you will be the first to be the first to do it, ahead of the other team members. Then he has a very high status in the director, and he has a special face in the bureau.

However, now that those few people have invited guests, I heard that the atmosphere of the dinner was very good, and I heard that the old white hair even let out his daughter. People are happy as guests and hosts, but they don't even dare to say or say a word of invitation, how can this not make Qu Gang annoyed, and he is annoyed that he can't help himself.

Don't look at the treat, it doesn't seem like a big deal, but people are paying attention. If people don't invite, if Chu Tianqi doesn't participate, then it's nothing. But the current situation is that everyone has been invited, and the invitees have also participated, but he has become an alternative, and he is an alternative who has released the director of the pigeons. He didn't find anything unpleasant about the director, but the discussion of the officers had already begun, and although the conclusions given were different, it was obviously very unfavorable to himself.

"Hey......" sighed, Qu Gang lit another cigarette and smoked. Looking at the rising smoke, a great loneliness came over me.