At five o'clock the next morning, Chu Tianqi woke up.

I lay down early last night, and I fell asleep quickly, except for a brief awakening when my brother came back, and I have been sleeping very soundly. Although it was still dawn, Chu Tianqi felt energetic and got up.

The one who slept on the West House Kang was the two brothers Chu Tianqi. When my younger brother Chu Lirui came back last night, it seemed that it was already the second half of the night, and now he was sleeping soundly, and his snoring was also earth-shattering.

Chu Tianqi did not alarm his younger brother, but after dressing up, he walked out of the house directly and went to the back mountain.

The woods are still the same woods, but the clearing is no longer the clearing. Even though it was winter, the original clearing for practice was already covered with wild grass, and it was obvious that no one came here often, and in summer it must be lush with grass and trees, no different from other open spaces.

I originally wanted to practice in the place of childhood memories, but when I saw the situation in front of me, I lost the interest in practicing martial arts, so I just closed my eyes here and breathed, hoping to find the previous feeling. But after trying to look for it, I still didn't feel that way, so I had to go around the woods instead, and I went up to the hill next to it.

The snow in the wild is very thick, and there is ice turned into snow on the path from time to time, which is not easy to walk, but this is difficult to defeat Chu Tianqi, who is athletic. It was like this, but it was still more strenuous than usual, and when he reached the top of the mountain, he also felt hot and seemed to be slightly sweaty.

When the sky was bright, Chu Tianqi came down from the back mountain, and when he met individual villagers along the way, he also hurriedly greeted each other and offered a cigarette in time.

Back at home, my parents were already up, my father was cleaning the yard, and my mother was cooking. Chu Tianqi hurriedly cleaned up the yard with his father, and chopped some firewood for the New Year.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, my mother cleaned up the tableware and washed the pot, and the Chu family began to enjoy a cigarette after the meal.

Before a cigarette was finished, there were guests at home, Lu Yong, the head of Qingniuyu Township, and Hao Xiaoyan, the executive deputy head of the township. There is another young man I don't know, who should be the driver of the township chief's car.

When a guest arrived, the grandfather hurriedly got down from the kang.

Chu Tianqi hurriedly greeted Lu Yong, who was carrying a gift, shook hands with the other party, and greeted Hao Xiaoyan and the young man.

Hao Xiaoyan and the young man continued to take things into the house, while Lu Yong greeted the Chu family one by one, saying that it was a New Year's greeting for the uncle's family.

Chu Tianqi put Lu Yong on the chair and handed over the cigarette. Looking at the gift boxes and packaging bags piled up on the ground, he said to Lu Yong: "Come on, why do you take so many things? It's too much, I'll get more back in a while." ”

Lu Yong blocked the lighter that was already lit by the other party, lit a cigarette himself, and said: "Chu Party Group, how can there be a reason to send things and bring them back? These things are worthless, they are some daily necessities at home. Besides, this is to visit the uncle and aunt, and I should honor the elders as a junior. ”

Chu Yuliang answered: "Township Chief Lu, you usually take care of it, but now you take so many things, it's too polite." ”

Lu Yong immediately got up, held Chu Yuliang's hand, and looked very excited, "Uncle, in order to collect medicine for the injured Teacher Chang Wen, you unfortunately fell from the cliff, causing your head to be injured and bleeding, and you fell unconscious. After nine deaths in the hospital, it took more than two years to recover your memory and body, and now you can't walk well. You are always a great hero who is brave and self-sacrificing, not only do I respect you, but the people of the whole township love you.

You are injured and sick, and your eldest mother is not in good health, but in this case, you still resolutely let your two sons contribute to the party and the government and be loyal to the country. Your eldest son, the Chu Party Group, has traveled thousands of miles to protect the lives and property of hundreds of thousands of people, and your second son has contributed to the prosperity of the local economy. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and you firmly support them in choosing the former, of course, they are loyal to the country is also filial piety, which is a kind of great filial piety. For you and your family, we don't take care of you enough, it's too insignificant. ”

Looking at Lu Yong's tearful appearance and listening to Lu Yong's "heartfelt words", Chu Tianqi felt very strange and unaccustomed.

Usually, when Chu Tianqi was on the phone with his family, he also heard his parents talk about Lu Yong's care for the family, and some of the government's care policies have never been less than the Chu family. He was very grateful to Lu Yong at that time, grateful for the care of this party school classmate, and thought that he would make a special trip to visit the other party when he came back this time to express his gratitude.

As a result, the other party came to the door first, brought many gifts, and without waiting for himself to express his gratitude, he had already offered a bunch of flattering words, saying that the disability of his father's foot was actually the sequelae of saving people and disabling. As soon as Lu Yong entered the door today, he called Chu Tianqi "Chu Party Group", which made Chu Tianqi difficult to call for a while. Whether it is called an old classmate or Township Chief Lu, it doesn't seem appropriate. In particular, some words are meaningful, and if they are so straightforward and sublimated to such a height, it is too fake. Anyway, Chu Tianqi thinks so.

Just when Lu Yong flattered Chu Yuliang, Hao Xiaoyan also finished taking the things and stayed in the house.

Chu Tianqi just wanted to shout "Sister Hao", but was choked back by Hao Xiaoyan's sentence "Chu Party Group". Speaking next, Hao Xiaoyan was also respectful to Chu Tianqi, and said that he would be called the "Chu Party Group". The eldest sister and colleagues of the year are gone, and Hao Xiaoyan has become a subordinate alive.

Lu and Hao took their leave after sending a basket of New Year's greetings to the Chu family. When leaving, Chu Tianqi gave gifts to Lu, Hao and the young man. Lu Yong only symbolically took a box of whole cigarettes, while Hao Xiaoyan and the young man confiscated nothing.

Looking at the departing car, Chu Tianqi couldn't help but be speechless.

Lu and Hao's performance today is the norm for many officialdom people, but those two, one is a classmate and roommate, and the other is the eldest sister and a good colleague, which should be a very close relationship. As a result, Lu and Hao made them subordinates to superiors, and he and he did not have any subordinates or subordinates at all.

Today they say it's "New Year's greetings", but it's not right at all. They say that the government takes care of the elderly, but there are more difficult and poor people than their own families, and they don't seem to enjoy the policies they deserve, let alone the township leaders who come to pay New Year's greetings. When they came back yesterday, they came to the door this morning, and this was clearly for themselves! In less than 20 minutes, the two of them called the "Chu Party Group" more than they had heard in Dingye City in a year. Now Chu Tianqi is considerate of Liu Danian, and the township leaders are like this, so it is better to understand that a village cadre is called so.

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Soon after Lu Yong and Hao Xiaoyan left, Chang Hai and Chang Wen came. Chang Hai didn't call the "Chu Party Group" like Lu Yong and Liu Danian, and he was still called "Chu Township Chief", but he was a lot more restrained. In contrast, Chang Wen was very natural, and he also played a game of chess with his father Chu Yuliang. After more than half an hour, he left the gifts he brought, and Chang Hai and Chang Wen also left. Compared with the "daily necessities" mentioned by the township leaders, their gifts are more directly used, including sesame oil and dried vegetables.

When it was close to noon, a New Year's greeter came, which Chu Tianqi did not expect. This person is Wang Wenxiang, a former colleague and a stumbling block for Chu Tianqi, of course, he was also "inspired" by Chu Tianqi a lot later. But Chu Tianqi felt that there was not much hostility with the other party, and he was far from coming to the door to pay New Year's greetings.

I didn't expect it, but I didn't expect it, of course I couldn't wait for the other party when I saw each other, not to mention that the other party came to the door. Compared with the previous ones, Wang Wenxiang did not have so many gorgeous flattery on the premise of polite New Year's greetings, nor did he have the restraint of Chang Hai, which seemed very natural.

Wang Wenxiang also called Chu Tianqi "director", and after asking about Chu Tianqi's situation, he also briefly talked about his recent situation. Now Wang Wenxiang has been transferred out of the county development zone and has been transferred to the county ethnic and religious affairs bureau as the director. Although the director of the bureau does not have much power, after all, he is a real person and the leader of the unit, and he can be regarded as a promotion.

When he was about to leave the Chu family, Wang Wenxiang expressed his gratitude to Chu Tianqi. Thanks to Chu Tianqi for supervising him when he was in the development zone, and also thanks to Chu Tianqi's magnanimity, so that he did not go further and further on the wrong path, and only then did he have the position of the head of the first bureau today.

Facing Wang Wenxiang's thanks, Chu Tianqi was noncommittal, but responded with a smile. But he understands that what Wang Wenxiang said is basically from his heart, otherwise he would not have come to the door today. He laughed at himself and thought: he is still so charismatic.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wenwu came, which was expected by Chu Tianqi, and Wenwu had already contacted him several times in advance. It was Ergouzi who came with Yao Wenwu, and the car in which the two of them were riding was also Ergouzi, and the two of them specially brought gifts to Chu Tianqi's parents.

To be more casual than Wenwu and Ergouzi, and to Wenwu still maintain the due respect of his subordinates and superiors for Chu Tianqi, but more like a colleague big brother. Ergouzi still looks like a little brother, both respectful and sincere.

From the words of the two, Chu Tianqi heard that it was okay for Wenwu to work now, and Feng Junfei not only restricted him, but also had to use him. Ergouzi has done a good job in the unit, and he has changed to a unit to be the head of the unit, and he has also enjoyed the treatment of deputy section level.

It was also from the mouth of the civil and military that Chu Tianqi knew the recent situation of Huang Jingzu and Wang Xiaoying. knew that Huang Jingzu was still the deputy county magistrate at the beginning of the year, but Wang Xiaoying, the secretary of the township party committee, was very nourishing. Similarly, Chu Tianqi also knew some of the circumstances of other people in the development zone.

During the chat, Chu Tianqi also specifically asked about the situation of the second gouzi uncle, who was Gou Dajun, the former security officer of the development zone. knew that Gou Dajun had now gone through the retirement procedures and found a stepwife. While being happy for this old man, Chu Tianqi entrusted Ergouzi to give a pair of fitness steel balls to Gou Dajun, which were specially bought on the train by Qu Gang's inspiration to give his father steel balls.

Yao Wenwu and Ergouzi politely rejected Chu Tianqi's proposal to "have dinner", left at nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, and asked them to gather in the county seat after the New Year.

As soon as the guests left, the Chu family's dinner also began, and they had been eating two meals in winter.

The twenty-eighth day of the lunar month has passed, and Chu Tianqi has hardly done anything else in the day, all he does is reception work, and he receives all kinds of New Year's greetings who come to the door.