"I've always wanted to have a good chat with you, but I never had the opportunity to do so." Seeing Xiao Zhang and them exiting the room, Qi Tianxiang looked at Wang Minglun, smiled slightly and sighed: "I used to be in the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, you are in Hezhong City, we are not in the same system, and there are not many opportunities to 'communicate'. Later, when I came to Hezhou City and you went to Huayi City, it was even more parallel and not 'crossed'. It's easy for me to get to the provincial government, and you, the mayor of Huayi, have the opportunity to 'communicate' and 'communicate', where are you to the municipal party committee, it seems that the two of us are not meeting each other, and we lack so much fate! ”

Qi Tianxiang said with a smile, picked up the wine glass on the coffee table, and gestured to Wang Minglun: "Although it is said to be a wine banquet in the evening, it is also a symbol of 'sex' and entertainment, and there is a lack of such an atmosphere. I know that you are not having enough fun, so let Xiao Zhang prepare some wine and drink a little to help you talk! ”

Wang Minglun, who had been paying attention to Qi Tianxiang's movements, saw Qi Tianxiang pick up the wine glass, hurriedly picked up the wine glass in front of him, and said with a slight feeling of 'excitement': "Governor Qi came all the way to Huayi City, it should be my wine for hospitality, but it is your cheapness, how can I be embarrassed!" ”

"It doesn't matter who invites whom, or who drinks whom, it's who you drink with, it's who you drink with, and why. The so-called wine is less than a thousand cups of confidants, and the words are not speculative and warm and cold! Qi Tianxiang gently touched the wine glass with Wang Minglun's wine glass, raised his neck and drank the wine all, seeing that Wang Minglun was also refreshingly drinking the wine, he smiled and said: "Drink a few glasses of wine to relieve fatigue, don't go back when it's late, I believe that Huayi Hotel is no matter how many guests there are, there will be no room where you Secretary Wang sleeps, and occasionally you don't return overnight, and the old sister-in-law will not blame." ”

Seeing Qi Tianxiang put down the wine glass, Wang Minglun hurriedly picked up the wine bottle and filled the wine glass diligently, and then poured his wine glass full of wine, and responded with a smile: "It's not enough, but I'm still going back, the municipal party committee has arranged a place to live, and if you don't go back to live, you will have to 'spend' money, and it's a pity to 'waste' money." ”

"You've been here for more than a year, almost two years, and now you still live in a guest house? Didn't your wife come with you? Qi Tianxiang looked at Wang Minglun with a surprised face, asked with a little surprise, and then picked up a piece of beef 'meat' and put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said with concern: "I am old, there is still someone around me to take care of it, and it is still not good for the body to be alone!" ”

"That's right! Many people also persuaded me to take my wife over, live quietly and create a warm and comfortable home. But the poor family is still hard to give up, and they have lived on the middle of the river for most of their lives, where are their relatives and friends, where are their children, and there is a little grandson to take care of, and they are also lacking in skills! Besides, people don't look down on our Huayi, a place with poor mountains and bad waters. When it comes to things in life, Wang Minglun couldn't help but sigh, but then he became alert, put away the helplessness on his face, looked at Qi Tianxiang seriously and said: "But it's okay, there is no interference from the short trivial matters in the parents, and there is no need to be distracted to deal with it, you can concentrate on doing something." The agency is 'very' thoughtful, not only the guest house arranged is very close to the unit, but also the meal or something is convenient, the reception is all, and the organ canteen can also deal with it, which is 'very' good. ”

Qi Tianxiang listened to Wang Minglun's words, couldn't help but sigh with sympathy, picked up the wine glass and touched another glass with Wang Minglun, and sighed sincerely: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read!" What if two people live together? Every day is busy with the stars and the moon, and if you can't wake up in the morning, you have to go out of the 'door' in a daze, and at night you get drunk and enter the 'door' in a daze, and it is easy to encounter a holiday, others rest happily, and those of us who are cadres have to go to comfort the front-line workers. The eight-hour working day is a guaranteed right and interest determined by the labor law, but is our working time eight hours? Can you stay in 12 hours? ”

"That is, in the dead of night, I complained, in the eyes of others, we are not overworked, which day is not worried, this is the so-called how much power there is, how much responsibility there is, but these are difficult to understand." Looking at Wang Minglun's surprised gaze, Qi Tianxiang knew that he was shocked and puzzled at the moment, it was unbelievable that the governor, who had always been gentle and elegant, would say such decadent and negative words. Even if there are only the two of them now, they are neither cronies nor old ones, the relationship is even more unfamiliar, and there is also a relationship between superiors and subordinates, Qi Tianxiang should not be so frank and presumptuous, and it is precisely because of Wang Minglun's surprise that Qi Tianxiang smiled slowly and said: "These words don't look like what Governor Qi should say, right?" But these hardships are so bitter that I don't feel it, Qi Tianxiang? It's just inconvenient to say, it's hard to say. ”

"It's all like this, it's not that you shouldn't say it, everyone is like this, it's just not easy to say it." Wang Minglun picked up the wine bottle, still poured it for Qi Tianxiang first, and then filled his own wine glass, and responded to Qi Tianxiang's words while pouring wine, which seemed natural and unintentional, in fact, he already knew in his heart the intention of Qi Tianxiang's words, that is, to play the emotional card, in order to set out the thoughts in his heart, the purpose was to control him. Knowing this, he also understood what he was going to do, so he climbed the pole and said: "In fact, since the moment I stepped into the officialdom, it was a sign that I would have to endure this heavy and upside-down lifestyle. But when it comes to the leadership level, I find that I can't help myself, no one blames and asks you, but you need to be more careful everywhere, maybe this is the endless journey, and it is also the bitter fruit of self-inflicted, sweet and bitter! ”

Seeing Qi Tianxiang looking at himself steadily, there was neither 'interjection' nor superfluous expression, but his eyes looked gentle, and there was a strong interest, Wang Minglun sighed slightly and said: "I grew up in the river, and I also started from the river. Now in my fifties, I have left my hometown to come to this economic environment and location, which is not as good as Huayi City in Hezhong City, and many people do not understand it, and they all want to explore the real purpose of my doing this, or the real intention. ”

"That includes me, too." Qi Tianxiang took Wang Minglun's words, looked at him with divine concentration, and the foreshadowing in front led to such a topic, which was what Qi Tianxiang wanted, and he knew that it was what Wang Minglun wanted to express, so he said along the water: "The mayor of a larger city at the department level does not ask to return to the provincial capital, nor does he ask to return to the provincial capital Hezhou, or the island city at the sub-provincial level, but takes the initiative to ask to be the mayor of Huayi City, which is poor and bad, and is to be the deputy of Liang Yongxin, a political star in Hehai Province, and is willing to drown himself. Political life aside, biological life expectancy is also unaffordable. This practice is indeed incredible, it is too normal to cause confusion, and it is not normal if there is no discussion and speculation. ”

"I know you'll say that, most of the questions and puzzles I've faced over the past year or so have been the same." Wang Minglun looked at Qi Tianxiang seriously and said, self-deprecatingly chuckled slightly and said: "In the face of doubts and confusion from all sides, whether it is relatives and friends, or leading colleagues, I will not explain or distinguish anything. Because I can't say it clearly, or I can't say it completely, I can only bury my head in my own business, let the discussion spread, the clear will clear itself, the turbid will be turbid, and time will prove everything. ”

Wang Minglun spoke, slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and then put it down before meeting Qi Tianxiang's gaze and said with emotion: "I'm afraid that I can't say it clearly, and I'm even more afraid that the people listening won't understand and want to be left." Nowadays, officialdom is complicated, and not everyone thinks about problems from the meaning of words, and they will not see the slightest things like you, and can 'penetrate' people's hearts, so it is better not to say it. ”

Wang Minglun explained the reason in a few short sentences, and inadvertently put a big high hat on Qi Tianxiang's head, seeing Qi Tianxiang's silent 'color' expression, Wang Minglun did not dare to say anything more, but took the initiative to pick up the wine glass, respectfully toasted to Qi Tianxiang, and after Qi Tianxiang picked up the wine glass, leaned over and touched Qi Tianxiang's wine glass lightly, drank it with both hands, and then put down the wine glass and said with emotion: "I am helpless to retreat!" For myself, but also for the sake of relatives and friends, I have to do it! Han Xin is willing to be humiliated by his crotch, I don't have this kind of belly, but I can't afford to hide if I can't afford it! ”

"Look at the tragic words of this, a sense of martyrdom, which makes me smell the smell of 'the wind is sluggish and the water is cold', the so-called strong man can be killed but not humiliated, and the strong neck is harder than the golden knife!" Qi Tianxiang saw Wang Minglun's solemn face, so he picked up the cigarette case, took out a cigarette and handed it to him, and said slowly: "Not to mention the current world, friendship is still not so innocent, let's just say that the 'sexual' nature of things is far from being traditional and morally pure, and there is really no way to say goodbye to the pathetic environment and atmosphere." ”

Qi Tianxiang's words were full of ease and kindness, and Wang Minglun's solemnity was resolved in an instant, so he had to take the cigarette handed by Qi Tianxiang, hurriedly picked up the lighter on the coffee table, lit a cigarette for Qi Tianxiang, and then said sincerely: "Although human affection is weak, loyalty is alienated, and there is no moral purity, but for me, it is the same, and even stronger in a sense, not for myself, but for others." ”