Beijing, Xicheng, somewhere in a courtyard house.

An old man with white hair tended to vegetables in the garden, and other old people generally liked to raise flowers and plants, tease birds, and play with dogs.

But this old man is very simple, he grows a lot of vegetables in the small yard of his home, it is summer, and the eggplant in the yard is when it is thick, a piece of purple oil, very beautiful.

The peppers are also ripe, and they are planted with Hangzhou peppers, and the red and green are intertwined, which is a rich scene.

Beijing is a big city with a population of 10 million and many houses, both good and bad.

But only the courtyard houses, this is not much, and those in the early years have almost been demolished.

The courtyard used to be lived in by several families, it was an old house, and it was inconvenient to take a bath and go to the toilet. But now this kind of shared courtyard house is rare.

As for the detached courtyard, it is even rarer, this is not something that ordinary people can live in, and it does not mean that you can have money.

If you have money, it is easy to buy a villa in Beijing, but it is difficult to buy a courtyard house. As for the courtyard house in this alley like this old man's, don't even think about it, because it's not a takeout at all.

If you can live here, your identity is not ordinary.

A person with such an identity is still squatting in the vegetable garden and tending to vegetables, this old man is not ordinary.

"Old man, your vegetables grow so well, especially this pepper, how beautiful it is, and it bears a lot and good. Old man, you have to teach me, I don't grow it myself, you must have a secret here. ”

The old man who was squatting in the vegetable garden to weed laughed, and he said while making grass: "What is the mystery that is not passed on, planting vegetables is nothing more than fertilizing, weeding, and concentrating on serving, and there will naturally be a good harvest." You're just too busy, a big minister, how can you get these things. ”

The middle-aged man smiled a little embarrassedly: "Old man, let you see the smile, I really don't have much time to get these, and I usually take care of them by my lover." If you criticize more, I will definitely correct it in the future. ”

The old man smiled: "Forget it, if you concentrate on growing vegetables, then you are not doing your job, you still have to do your job well." Just like the vegetables in this yard, you must take deep roots and absorb every nutrient carefully in order to bear good fruits. And in this yard, you need to have a variety of vegetables and plant fewer thorns, so that you can walk a little better. ”

The middle-aged man nodded seriously when he heard this, and said, "Yes, old man, I remember." I still miss the time when I was a secretary for you, and I can learn a lot of things around you, which is really beneficial. ”

This old man is naturally Qian Guosheng, this middle-aged man is Secretary Tao next to Qian Guosheng back then, and now Secretary Tao is also terrible, he is already a minister, but he is a deputy.

Qian Guosheng has also retired, and now he doesn't care much about outside affairs, so he concentrates on growing vegetables in the yard.

Secretary Tao has been following Qian Guosheng for many years, and he has learned a lot from Qian Guosheng, and has also obtained a lot of political resources from Qian Guosheng, so he respects Qian Guosheng very much.

Although Qian Guosheng has retired, he still comes over from time to time to ask for benefits. Now Qian Guosheng is squatting in the vegetable garden to make vegetables, and Secretary Tao is watching from the side.

It's not that he doesn't want to help, but he knows that Qian Guosheng doesn't like others to take care of his vegetable garden, and if outsiders dare to interfere, he will definitely be unhappy.

So Qian Guosheng was just watching from the side.

Listening to Secretary Tao's words about missing being a secretary by his side, Qian Guosheng laughed again, and he teased: "That's good, anyway, there is still a lack of a secretary by my side, why don't you come over?"

"Uh......" Secretary Tao was embarrassed.

Qian Guosheng snorted coldly: "You can't go on with beautiful words, right?"

Secretary Tao smiled: "You have to hold it too." ”

Qian Guosheng shook his head, picked up the chili peppers with his hands, and said while picking them: "Xiao Tao, you bring that basket, I'll pick some chili peppers for you, you can take them home and eat them later, I remember that you like to eat chili peppers." ”

Secretary Tao hurriedly took the bamboo basket beside him, squatted beside Qian Guosheng, and said, "Old man, you are worried, I still remember that I like this mouthful." Eh, I still want the red ones, the red and the green ones look good. ”

Qian Guosheng snorted: "There are quite a lot of requirements." ”

"Hey, hey. Secretary Tao smiled, and then said, "Old man, I'll help you pick it together." ”

This time, Qian Guosheng did not refuse, and Secretary Tao was also helping Qian Guosheng pick chili peppers.

Qian Guosheng's beard and hair are all white, and old age spots have appeared on his face, he is already an old man.

Secretary Tao said while picking chili peppers: "Old man, we are going to hold a seminar on the three vulgar art issues, do you have any instructions?"

Qian Guosheng looked at him with a smile: "What instructions can I have, I'm just an old man who has retired and retired, what to do, you can do it, where can you ask me?"

Secretary Tao bowed slightly, paused, and said: "Xiang Wenshe has also fallen into public opinion recently, and many cross talk actors have jointly written to accuse Xiang Wenshe's cross talk of being a three-way art, and ask us to ban Xiang Wenshe. Now He Xiangdong has taken the initiative to close down his business to cooperate with our investigation. ”

"Oh. Qian Guosheng responded gently, and the action of picking chili peppers in his hands did not decrease.

Secretary Tao was also a little tired in his heart, when he was still working as a secretary for Qian Guosheng, Qian Guosheng asked him to collect news from the literary agency, but he only listened but never gave any answer.

After so many years, Qian Guosheng is still the same.

Secretary Tao didn't know what to say.

Secretary Tao gathered the chili peppers in the bamboo basket, looked at the chili peppers, and said in his mouth: "Over the years, I have been guiding the media and public opinion to establish a positive image of Mr. Fang, and the results are good, Mr. Fang has been considered by many people to be a master of cross talk." ”

"But because Xiang Wenshe has recently fallen into public opinion, there are also people on the Internet who are attacking Old Man Fang, and the words are a little ugly, and we found out after investigation that it was done by the water army. They should have deliberately slandered Old Man Fang in order to deal with He Xiangdong. ”

"Smack. ”

Secretary Tao had been staring at Qian Guosheng when he was talking about this, so although the voice was not loud, Secretary Tao still heard it in his ears.

Secretary Tao saw it clearly, the chili pepper in Qian Guosheng's hand had been crushed by him. Secretary Tao felt a pang in his heart, it seems that Old Man Fang is really his reverse scale, and no one else can touch it.

Secretary Tao asked carefully: "Old man, how should I deal with Old Man Fang's matter?"

Qian Guosheng replied lightly: "Don't ask me, I'm just a retired old man, what to do with it yourself." No, your pepper is ready. ”