After Zheng Duo's announcement as deputy director was posted at the gate, he didn't dare to eat a lot because of his scruples about organizational discipline, and after a few days of quiet and cautious, he didn't dare to eat and be congratulated on the surface, but in private, a small range of activities were still very busy, and Qiao Qidong made an appointment to have dinner together for him to celebrate more than half a month later.

Afraid of causing a bad impact, they didn't call outsiders, they were just a few old friends, so they all brought their wives, Shi Hongling and Jiao Tingting came, Zheng Duo took the initiative to pick up dishes for Shi Hongling during the meal, and looked very attentive, Jiao Tingting was coquettish on the side, Qiao Qidong said: "Look at Zheng Duo, you have been promoted to the leader of the bureau and are so good to your daughter-in-law, you have never treated me like this"

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Qiao Qidongdao stretched out his hand and put his arm around Jiao Tingting's shoulder, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Silly daughter-in-law, can't you see that he is putting on a show?" ”

Then he jokingly said to Zheng Duo: "Alas, how long have you only been on a step?" I haven't learned anything else, why did I learn this set first, aren't you hurting me! ”

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Shi Hongling pursed her lips and threw a melon seed at Qiao Qidong with a smile and said: "Qiao Qidong, you can only be numb to Jiao Tingting's good in front of and after others, Zheng Duo is a little better to me, you are so unwilling!" What do you mean? ”

Qiao Qidong smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, I want to remind you not to be fooled by his illusion, from now on keep your eyes open and look at him, the three major happy events for middle-aged men: promotion, wealth, and death of his wife, Zheng Duo already has one of them, and is waiting for the next two!" ”

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Then he raised his chin at me and said, "Am I right?" Still"

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I replied solemnly with a solemn face: "Yes, since his promotion was announced, his confidante took turns to congratulate him with wine, he was very happy to attract bees and butterflies, Qiao Qidong and our old friends can only be ranked now, do you think he drank today?" With the amount of alcohol he had, if he hadn't been poured too much by a beautiful woman a few days ago, would he have been able to drink so much today? ”

Shi Hongling looked at me and stared at Zheng Duo with squinted eyes and asked seriously, "Is it true?" No wonder it was so nice to me today! Be a thief? ”

I glanced at her and then said solemnly: "There is no 100% true, there are 1% true, but you don't care if he is a show or not, he is willing to be attentive, you just enjoy it, you just let him show well, the opportunity is rare, after this village, it will be difficult to have this shop."

I laughed.

Zheng Duo smiled helplessly and said, "Hey, I'm also the leader of the bureau now, don't you dismantle my platform like this, okay?"

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Shi Hongling looked at Zheng Duo aggressively and said, "You have to be honest in the future!" ”

Zheng Duo glanced at her displeasedly and said, "What are you talking about?" You listen to their nonsense, don't listen to the wind and rain in the future"

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I saw that Shi Hongling was really a little concerned, so I patted her and said: "Just kidding, don't worry, he finally became the deputy director with a lot of effort, and he doesn't pay close attention to his black yarn, now family virtues are also an important indicator for evaluating cadres, otherwise he will show his 'beloved wife' in front of people today?" ”

Shi Hongling is now the director of the audit office of the county audit bureau, with a square face, short and fat body, and her appearance is not good.

When I was young, I was not tall, but I was quite cute with a round face, and now the flesh on my face is a little falling, and my round face is square, and I am a little middle-aged and fat, and my appearance is indeed a little unsatisfactory.

But she has the kind of temperament that outperforms others with momentum, and she dares to say and do, so although she is not good-looking, she is not an unknown person anywhere.

When Zheng Duo was handling a theft case in their audit bureau, she met Zheng Duo and fell in love at first sight, and her perseverance from then on finally came true.

Because he is chasing Zheng Duo, and Zheng Duo not only served as the captain of the criminal police team very early, but also with the influence of his profession over time, Zheng Duo has become more and more manly, and he is also a handsome man with a little reputation in Qingbei County, so Shi Hongling's status in the family has always been weak, and it can be said that he is holding Zheng Duo to live.

However, Shi Hongling is indeed a very persevering woman, although she is married and has children, and her work is also very leisurely, but she refuses to live in such a low voice, five years ago, she has been persevering in self-study, and finally obtained the certified public accountant certificate.

With this ** certificate and her brain is enough, her situation has slowly changed since then, not only has she been more and more valued in the unit, and she has served as the director of the audit firm, but also has taken a lot of private work with that very valuable certificate.

The improvement of her status in the unit and the substantial increase in her income have gradually changed her status in the family, and she has also shown herself as a strong woman from time to time in front of others.

And Zheng Duo seems to be declining more and more, after all, the economic foundation determines the superstructure.

Zheng Duo's single-minded desire for progress in the past two years may not have been stimulated by Shi Hongling.

That's okay, the two promote each other and make progress together.

Taking the post of deputy director, she can be regarded as the leader of the Public Security Bureau, and she is a well-known long-face person when she goes there, which is not comparable to her as a director of an audit firm and a few small money.

In this cadre adjustment, Zheng Duo was promoted along with Hu Yali, who went from deputy director of the office to deputy director of the Propaganda Department.

I said, "Then work harder to fight for the minister."

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"You think about the United States, the Minister of Propaganda is a member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee, that is the county leader, is it so easy to go up?"

Hu Yali said.

"So have you been promoted? Aren't the deputy head of the office and the deputy minister both deputy? ”

I asked, puzzled.

"You stupid! The deputy director of the Propaganda Department is in charge of the Propaganda Department, the Radio and Television Bureau, the Bureau of Culture and Sports, and so on, and Hu Yali is the deputy director of the office, and the office chores are just a miscellaneous officer, and she is one of the deputy directors. Now that Hu Yali has real power, will your unit be a spiritual civilization unit in the future? Whether it can be long or not is up to them to make this level of salary, do you say it will be promoted? ”

Jiang Xinya said disdainfully to me.

I leaned back in my chair and stretched, saying, "Okay, I don't understand the canal in the middle, don't tell me, as long as you feel like you've risen!" ”

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"Everyone else has gone further, what are your plans? It's not right to be like you all day long and not be motivated, right? Why do you think you're getting lazy and lazy?"

Li Qiutong looked at me and said.

I grinned and said to Li Qiutong: "Teacher Li, I'm studying hard to make progress, I have also taken the judicial qualification exam, have you forgotten?" ”

Ever since we met, Li Qiutong has tried to correct many of my faults, from my speech and demeanor to my attitude towards life, but in the end it ended in failure.

She studied Chinese like me, but the two of us have completely different temperaments, she has always worked and lived with a rational and rigorous attitude, she went to a normal college, and after graduation, she taught in the school as a senior teacher in Qingbei County, subject leader, has always been the head teacher of the top class with high school, with outstanding results, peach and plum all over the world.

She has always wanted to correct my casual habits, and often said to me: "If it weren't for this police uniform, I wouldn't know how far I would go!" ”

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But in the heart we all cherish each other, she is dedicated and proud, I said that she is the most stylish teacher in Qingbei County, although she often has to correct my style, but most appreciate my indifferent fame and fortune, free and easy and unsociable character, so many years we are really harmonious and different, although she keeps trying to correct me, but her professional compulsion as a teacher, not really want to correct me.

Li Qiutong looked at me with a raised face and said, "You passed the judicial qualification exam, but what did you do after you got this qualification certificate?" Did you take this certificate to prove that you could pass the test? Do you have higher aspirations than before? ”

"Teacher Li, I'm not your student, don't ask me to set up ideals and actively pursue bigger and higher goals at every turn. I think the job I am doing now is very good, and I just want to urge myself to constantly learn and update my knowledge and better serve the people, and the ideal I pursue is not high enough? Is it true that only the gains in fame and profit can be called higher pursuits? Ah, Mr. Li? ”

I said with a smile.

can make Li Qiutong speechless, only to stand on a higher moral high ground than her to speak.

Li Qiutong didn't eat me today, she looked at me seriously and said, "Still, what are you thinking?" What exactly are you pursuing right now? Whether it's fame or fortune or life, Jiang Xinya and Hu Yali know very well what they want, why do I always feel that you have been absent-minded recently? What happened to you? How do you feel like you're living more and more aimlessly, as if you're absent-minded? Do you know in your heart what kind of life you want? I can't see you lately."

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"Haven't I always been like this? Am I good like this? Is there anything wrong with that? ”

I sneered and said that I knew that Li Qiutong was aware of the change in me, and although I was trying my best to hide this change, they were friends with whom I had been friends for more than ten years, and they had an indescribable psychological sense between them.

When my heart is like a dry well, I am at peace, but when I meet him and let him into my life, I am really lost, I don't know what I want?

What kind of life do I want?

He was just a "passerby" in my life

And what about after that?

Jiang Xinya looked down at the teacup in her hand and was silent, she knew that he had saved zài in my life, but she had never mentioned this matter since they had dinner together that day, just like this person did not save zài, this is where Jiang Xinya is smart and wise.

Li Qiutong didn't know, so she didn't understand.