Chapter 057 Winter is coming, will spring be far away?

It has been a few days since he publicly confronted his boss and former father-in-law Zhou Pingfan at the meeting of the Education Bureau, and divorced his ex-wife Zhou Li by agreement. In the waiting hall of the "joint bus station" that runs from the county to the towns and villages of the county. Ye Lan and several former colleagues from the Letters and Visits Department of the Education Bureau, such as Hou Ye and Xiao Xiaogong, helped Zhong Jingliang, who was carrying luggage and suitcases, and was preparing to see off Zhong Jingliang, who was going to the countryside to undertake the task of poverty alleviation. At this moment, Sister Chen hurried over with two large bags of food, and without saying a word, she opened the suitcase and stuffed it in.

"Sister Chen, what are you doing here?" Zhong Jingliang asked in surprise. "Do you want to let me move all the shops in the city to the countryside with the car?"

"Hey, the living conditions in the countryside are far worse than those in the county, and since it is the focus of poverty alleviation in the county, the conditions must be much more difficult. Sister Chen explained seriously. "Although you are also from a rural family, you have studied in the county and provincial capital very early, and have been working in the city after graduation, so you can adapt to the poor life in the countryside again. You will definitely eat the rice of the people's homes in the poverty alleviation points, and then the meal will suit your own taste? You will inevitably be hungry and full. I just bought you some instant noodles and cakes to bring with me, so that I can supplement some nutrition when the meal is not good. Ye Lan and I are not by your side, you must learn to take care of yourself. Don't call the task of poverty alleviation unfinished, but first make your body 'poor'. That made Ye Lan and us feel distressed. ”

"Ha-Sister Chen, you and Brother Hou Yelan, Xiao Gong, etc., can rest assured, I will not treat myself badly. Zhong Jingliang said lightly with "Ha Lu Ha". "We have few other strengths, that is, we have strong adaptability, like our northern poplars, we can take root and grow wherever we are inserted. And he is never picky when eating: he can enjoy big fish, big meat, mountain and sea delicacies, and he can still eat fragrant radish and bean noodles. Another big advantage is that I sleep well, and no matter how hard and bad the accommodation conditions are, it is rare for me to lose sleep. ”

"Alas, in the end, Xiao Zheng still suffered the loss of the two couples. Hou Ye said with deep shame. "If you hadn't fought for the right to keep your original post after remarrying at the team meeting, you wouldn't have openly confronted your former father-in-law, Director Zhou, at the meeting, and if you didn't confront him, you wouldn't have ended up being retaliated against and demoted to the countryside today. ”

"Hey, Brother Hou Kehou, by saying this, you are belittling the value of my operation to maintain fairness and justice. You said that I was for the sake of the two of you, but who were Deputy Secretary Wu and Ma Ming for? Hmph, he originally wanted to take revenge on me for governing me, and wanted to send me to the countryside and use hard conditions to polish my conscience and love and hate nature, so that he could accept his servile management smoothly; maybe he miscalculated again this time. Zhong Jingliang said lightly, but also disdainfully: "Former Director Donald Duck and Fang Shiyuan were embarrassed and put so much effort into rectifying me; they even did not hesitate to blame me for throwing in a false accusation letter, and in the end they only isolated and examined me for a little more than two months; after the ban was lifted, they not only gained weight but also became an official."

"The Zhou family's father and daughter's whole person methods are not much better than Tang Fang's master and apprentice in my opinion, and I believe that I can't do anything to Zhong Jingliang. Although it was a little harder for the younger brother to go to the countryside, after all, he was nominally carrying out the party's central task to help the people and help the poor, so why worry about sorrow? I remember when I was in college, I read the famous political lyric poem "A Winter's Fairy Tale" by the East German ** poet Heine in the library of the provincial 'comprehensive university'; there were two classic poems in it, which I still remember vividly. This time, I was retaliated against by the bureaucrats and demoted to the countryside, nominally to carry out the 'task of poverty alleviation', but I knew in my heart that they had privately explained to the leaders of the county party committee and the local leaders that I was 'wearing the wrong job'. What is 'wearing the wrong job'? In fact, it is what the 'Cultural Revolution' or 'labor reform' used to call before the 'Cultural Revolution'. This is undoubtedly to me in Heine's poem, 'Winter is coming'!

Speaking of this, he abruptly recited aloud full of emotion: "Ah, winter is coming, will spring be far away?" for a while, it attracted the people waiting for the train around to look at them.

Of course, Heine's poem was written in 1844 when the poet was exiled to Paris, France, and the background of the era cannot be equated with the era of socialist reform and opening up in which I live today, and the Tang and Zhou dynasties were mere bureaucrats with unscrupulous styles; after all, they were all our comrades, and they could not be compared with the reactionary rulers of Prussia in Germany at that time. Jing Liang further explained. "I myself am certainly not an object of exile. Life in the country may be more difficult than in the city, and you don't have to worry too much about me. Okay, let's drive, you all go back. ”

"Jing Liang, take care!" Ye Lan said as he spoke, quietly stuffing a letter written in advance into Jing Liang's pocket. "There will be a period later. ”

"Each other, each other. Jing Liang looked at each other nostalgically and said. "Ah Lan, don't you have anything else to say to me?"

"There's a lot I want to say. Ye Lan also looked at Ren Jun affectionately and said. "Most of it was written in that letter, and you can read it when you get in the car. Hou Chen waved to Jing Liang: "Xiao Zhong take care, there will be a period later." Yu Gong waved to Jing Liang: "Deputy Bureau Zhong take care, there will be a period later!" Ye Lan waved to Jing Liang: "Ah Liang take care, there will be a period later!"

The shuttle bus drove out slowly. Zhong Jingliang stretched out his head and hand out of the window to salute: "Take care together, there will be a period later." See you soon!"

The bus bumped on the road to the countryside, and most of the passengers were staggered and drowsy. Zhong Jingliang immediately took out Ye Lan's letter and read it.

Ye Lan's voiceover sounded: "Dear Liang, when I waved goodbye to you at the station, you asked me, 'Is there anything else you want to say to me?' To be honest, there are indeed a lot of things I want to say to you; just like a song in the Miaoling Mountain Song, 'I want to say as many things to you as the stars in the sky; the train cannot be loaded, and the ship cannot be dragged out.'" A thousand words come together in one sentence: I love you, but I know you deeply. You once said that in this life, you not only live for yourself, but also shoulder a greater and more arduous responsibility than your own happiness: that is, to study hard, work hard, hope for success, get ahead, seek a bigger official, and hold greater power, so as to completely change the fate of the poor peasant family and yourself! Therefore, although I love you, I want to fulfill you even more. On the way forward, I will be lucky enough to meet a noble woman who can help you succeed, and with her help, I will always pray for you in front of the Bodhisattva. Amitabha, love your blue forever. A certain year, month and day - the car continued to move forward on the Qiqi Township Road. Zhong Jingliang's solemn eyes - Jing Liang then took out a second letter from another pocket. This was written to him by Hou Ye and Chen Suyun, who had carefully guided themselves in the petition business, cared for and helped them in life, and although they were not their own brothers and sisters, they were better than their own brothers and sisters: "Dear Brother Jingliang, we call you like this homely, instead of calling you 'Zhongju' respectfully and politely like other colleagues in the past in the organs; don't you mind, brother? Because only this title is close and familiar, and calling the official title shows respect and distancing! Speaking from the heart, since you were transferred back to the Education Bureau of Jinshui County from the provincial capital three years ago, we have worked together in the Letters and Visits Section, although the time is not too long, but we have really gotten along with each other, and we are not sisters and brothers, but better than sisters and brothers. As the old saying goes, 'see people's hearts over time', and we have really reached the goal of treating each other with all sincerity, sharing weal and woe.

"Originally, I thought that we could get along for a long time, work together to do more beneficial and good deeds for the education of teachers, students and staff in Jinshui, and completely change the backward appearance of the petition work in this system; but I didn't expect that God would not follow people's wishes, and the world would be unpredictable; I thought that at the beginning, only from the appearance, the father and daughter of the Zhao family seemed to be upright and upright cadres, and they were also willing and enthusiastic to speak and do things for others; but who knew that they were on the same footing with those corrupt officials; it was just that the means of rectifying people were higher and more despicable. My two Qingzhi Daoist brothers fell out with the Zhao family this time, and they were persecuted and excluded from going to the countryside, which was completely due to our connection. But through this incident, it is even more obvious that the elder brother is decent and upright. If you are replaced by another person who tends to be inflammatory, and you can't meet your powerful wife and father-in-law, who is willing to sacrifice your own vital interests for others?

"Don't worry, brother, as a folk song goes, 'I don't believe that the dark clouds always cover the sun, and the bad people are only happy for a while; good people must be rewarded in the end, and bad things can often become good things——"

After reading two letters from his first love Ye Lan and his friendly colleague's brother and sister with different surnames, Zhong Jingliang's conscience couldn't help but ripple for a while. People always say that the most difficult thing in the world to get along with is the "business partners in the shopping mall" and the "staff colleagues of the administrative organs"? Because the businessmen's own professional needs are "above all else," they are always driven by interests and will do whatever it takes to plunder and plunder by unscrupulous means; for the sake of profits, they can ignore all human feelings and morals. But after all, there is always a bottom line for being a person and doing business, and it can't be the same. However, because the power of the administrative organs is at stake, and there are often too many people, some people will try their best to suppress others in order to achieve personal promotion, so it often leads to potential conflicts. But after all, there are conditional standards for promotion, and the organs are often purged in the Qing Dynasty, and those who are too presumptuous will also be criticized by the public. But there are only a few people who can treat each other with all sincerity and share weal and woe. These people who have worked together today live in harmony with each other, but it is extremely valuable. First of all, Brother Hou and Sister Chen needless to say, and the two young people Gong Liliang, although they have not worked together for a long time, but because of the trust and friendship established in the Taiping Town Petition Sub-station, the freedom has deepened - thinking of this, he suddenly recalled that last night the two young people went to the residence to see themselves, and after the two of them said goodbye very late, he found that the two did not know who they were, and they threw a "Work Record" on their desk.

"These young people have been working for a few years, and they are still so arrogant when they go out to do errands. Although Jing Liang himself is not very old, because his temperament is more calm and he is a leading cadre, he usually likes to exclude himself from young people. "The "Work Record" is of a confidential nature, and if you dare to throw such an important thing around, you must remind them to pay attention to it in the future when you return it to them tomorrow. Originally, he planned to go to the bureau and the Letters and Visits Section early the next morning to say goodbye to his confidants and colleagues, and by the way he would return this "Work Record"; unexpectedly, because he had gone to bed late the night before, he woke up that day and it was almost time to leave for him to go to the countryside; because he was only concerned about rushing to the station, he forgot about returning the record book, and he did not remember it after several friendly colleagues of the Letters and Visits Section sent him on the train; although he remembered it at this time, the bus had already galloped several kilometers away.

For fear of delaying his work and affecting his work, he had to open the book to read. This look completely unravels the mystery of the lost book: it turns out that this is Gong Li's book, and it is not lost, it must be intentional by the owner. Although the cover is a "work record", its contents are a private diary, which must record the inner secrets of the little girl. Originally, he warned himself that he shouldn't watch it, but driven by curiosity, he couldn't help but watch it. But this is not tight, but he has always been quite experienced in the relationship between men and women, and he can't help but warm his heart for a while, he is very excited, and his face is red; because the contents of the diary, which spans three years and dozens of pages, are all recorded by female colleagues, and their unrequited love and thoughts for Zhong Jingliang, the leader and brother, - Seeing this, he immediately forced himself to cover his scrolls and ponder, and couldn't help but feel excited and ashamed: how can he be virtuous, that is worth being nearly 10 years younger than himself, both intellectually beautiful and capable and intelligent, unmarried girls who are in love, and have a crush and admiration for themselves? Thinking of this, he suddenly reaffirmed a belief: even if he doesn't make a comeback for himself, he is only a good friend of those old colleagues who look up to him and have high hopes, and for the female colleagues who have been admiring and secretly loving him in his heart for several years, he should also grit his teeth, straighten his back, overcome all difficulties, overcome dangers, lie down and taste his courage, and meet the spring of the harsh winter——