"This is a mistake in our work, we didn't expect Governor Qi and Vice Governor Sun to come here to inspect, and there was no arrangement and preparation in advance." Li Mingfu couldn't see Qi Tianxiang's expression, but he could guess Qi Tianxiang's expression from Sun Pingfang's expression, and hurriedly added: "I'll arrange for someone to let them clean up, and they can be put away immediately." ”

"It's easy to place, can it be sorted out in a surprise way, can it be effective for a long time?" Qi Tianxiang listened to Li Mingfu's words, turned around, stared at Li Mingfu and said: "Although the publishing group is no longer working here, it is still an industry that belongs to the group, and the dirty mess can be managed, but the fire hazard cannot be prevented, and this is still the primary content of the safety production responsibility system, and you can't get rid of it if something happens." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, and before Li Mingfu could reply, he looked at Sun Pingfang and said, "Let's go, take a look at the family area, I hope it won't be like this." ”

When the compound comes out, a short walk along the alley is the gate of the family courtyard, a house built decades ago, following the model of the integration of cadres and groups. To put it simply, the system is the main house residence, cultural compound, construction compound, and non-staple food compound, such a name, named because of the attributes of the residential unit, and continued, with a strong professional color.

The publishing compound is because of the People's Publishing House, as well as the printing house, Xinhua Bookstore and other units, although not all of them belonged to the management of the publishing house at that time, but because of the loud name of the publishing house, it was habitually called the publishing compound.

More than a dozen five-story brick and concrete houses are arranged in an orderly and uniform manner, with a basketball court in the middle of the building, straight poplar trees planted between the buildings, and bicycle sheds in the spacing between the houses. Such a building and layout was a very proud house in those days, and it was also a very proud compound to mention.

The buildings are still more than a dozen five-story buildings, but as the years go by, the wind and rain are still invading, and the red brick walls are already old, mottled and gray. The poplar tree has become a towering trend, not only higher than the building, but also thick and tall, which looks majestic and majestic, and sets off the low and old of the building.

The compound is very messy, there are small houses built on both sides of the road from time to time, as well as piles of sundries, a little empty place is also a stitch to park vehicles, only the basketball court not far away, it seems to be spacious, near the surrounding fitness equipment, there are a few elderly people or sit idle, or sit and exercise.

Qi Tianxiang glanced at Sun Pingfang, made a stop gesture to Li Mingfu and the others who accompanied him, and then slowly walked towards the fitness equipment, Sun Pingfang understood what Qi Tianxiang meant, and walked with him to the old man who was sitting idly, as free and casual as a walk.

Qi Tianxiang slowly walked behind several old people, looked at an old man who was doing fitness, and said softly and casually: "This weather is not good!" It will rain after a while, so I really pay attention if I don't bring rain gear! ”

The old man knew that Qi Tianxiang was talking to him, so he stopped moving, turned his face to look at Qi Tianxiang and Sun Pingfang beside him, and after glancing at it casually, his eyes immediately condensed, stared at Qi Tianxiang fixedly for a moment, and said hesitantly: "I'm old, my eyes are not very good, you look familiar, as if you've seen it somewhere." ”

Saying this, the old man looked at Qi Tianxiang more carefully, and asked tentatively: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, are you Qi Tianxiang, Governor Qi?" ”

Seeing Qi Tianxiang nodding with a slight smile, the old man couldn't help but raise his voice, and said in disbelief: "You are really Qi Tianxiang, Governor Qi?" ”

The old man's surprise soon attracted the attention of several other old people, who gathered around him. After confirming his judgment, the old man said to everyone with some excitement: "Governor Qi, it is true that Governor Qi has come to our hospital and has come to solve the problem for us." ”

"I'm Qi Tianxiang, this is Sun Pingfang of our province, Governor Sun." Qi Tianxiang still smiled gently, pointed to Sun Pingfang and introduced to the old people: "Governor Sun and I came to the compound to see, we may not be able to solve any problems, but we are very willing to listen to you old people talk about the problems encountered in life." ”

"Governor Qi, Governor Sun has come to see us, hurry, quickly call the people from the neighborhood committee to come over." The old man excitedly shouted to the crowd: "Move a stool for the governors!" How do you just stand like that? ”

The old man stood up as he spoke, raised his voice and began to spread, and several old people around him also began to be excited and busy.

"Don't worry about it, everyone is older, don't bother about us." Qi Tianxiang smiled and pointed to the small stone bench not far away, and said gently: "Just sit on the small bench for a while!" ”

As Qi Tianxiang spoke, he took the lead in walking to the small stone bench nearby, motioned for a few old people to sit down, and then sat down casually under the attention of everyone. Seeing that several old people also sat down slowly, Qi Tianxiang took out a cigarette case from his pocket with a smile, handed cigarettes to several male old men, and gently asked the old man who spoke just now: "What is the surname of the old man?" Birthday this year? ”

"Your surname is Liu, you are eighty-four years old this year, and you have reached the hurdle." The old man happily answered Qi Tianxiang's question, looked at the cigarette handed by Qi Tianxiang in his hand, and said in disbelief: "Does Governor Qi also smoke this brand of cigarettes?" I originally wanted to hand you a cigarette, but I didn't dare to take it out for fear that you would dislike it. ”

"I also eat on my salary, and I can't afford to smoke a pack of cigarettes for dozens of yuan, so I smoke well when I deal with the scene, and I usually smoke this." Qi Tianxiang shook the cigarette case in his hand, picked up the lighter and lit a cigarette for Lao Liu, and said with a slight smile: "Seventy-three, eighty-four, that's all the old saying of the past, your old health is so good, if there is any difficulty, you will go to the age of 100." ”

Qi Tianxiang's words caused a burst of laughter from everyone, and then an old man sitting nearby stood up and asked tentatively: "You two governors came, and there was no prior notice, and we didn't make any arrangements for this, if Governor Qi and Governor Sun don't dislike it, I have tea here that has just been brewed, you two can taste it?" ”

"How can there be so much exquisiteness? Your old gentleman is so polite. Qi Tianxiang stood up with a smile, stopped the old man from pouring tea, directly took the teapot and tea bowl in the old man's hand, and said with admiration: "The old gentleman is really a particular person, he didn't forget to hold the teapot and tea bowl when he came out, and he is a person who understands tea at a glance." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, picked up the teapot and poured a little tea into the tea bowl, first sniffed it gently, then drank a little and tasted it in his mouth, and then said with admiration and emotion: "Authentic Mengqing, the taste is just right, and the bud tip ratio is just right, not the ordinary summer tea is vulgar, this should be Chunqing, a relatively rare good tea." ”

Qi Tianxiang praised the tea, and picked up the old man's teapot and teabowl and said: "This purple sand teapot and teabowl, look at the shape and workmanship, although I dare not say that it is from the hands of a famous artist, but this pot body is delicate, the sand color is bright, some years, now even if it is a master pot, it may not be able to have such a material, good things, really good things." ”

Qi Tianxiang's seemingly gossipy talk aroused the praise of the onlookers, and even surprised the old man who gave Qi Tianxiang tea, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "Governor Qi is really an expert, not only understands tea, but also understands tea utensils and the way of drinking tea. ”

The old man's words received a unanimous response from everyone, Qi Tianxiang looked at everyone slightly, and then said to the old man: "You have praised it, this is all about learning when you used to teach, and now you really don't have time to study this, and just like I told Mr. Liu just now, I don't have money and no time to dance with this." ”

Seeing everyone's skeptical expressions, especially when he heard everyone's disbelief in the discussion, Qi Tianxiang went on to say to Mr. Liu: "I said that everyone may not believe it, a dignified governor, if he doesn't say that he buys it himself, he can't eat and drink what others give, good tea, good cigarettes, good wine, not everything." This is true, everyone's thoughts can be understood, I don't need to reach out to ask for it, as long as I don't refuse, these things are really not lacking, but I don't want or accept them, then I can only rely on wages to buy these. ”

As Qi Tianxiang spoke, he turned his face to look at Sun Pingfang, and then then said to Mr. Liu: "My monthly salary is more than 6,000 yuan, and there are 10,000 nods after miscellaneous calculations, and Governor Sun and I are about the same." It seems that the income is a lot, but if you want to honor the elderly, and your children go to school, you still have to be careful about your budget. How much can Mr. Liu's pension be now? Is it convenient to talk about it? ”

"What's so inconvenient to say? I'm retired, and I don't have any gray income, and I nod my head at four thousand a month. Mr. Liu looked at Qi Tianxiang, although he didn't believe it, he still said happily, and then said directly to the old man who poured tea for Qi Tianxiang: "I am retired, and the old man is retired, more than 6,000 yuan a month, or people will drink good tea and play with a good pot!" ”

Mr. Liu spoke, pointed to the people sitting nearby, and said to Qi Tianxiang: "The old man and the old lady here are all about the same, some take two or three thousand, and some have four or five thousand, basically they all have a certain amount of security, more than the upper than the bottom, there is still no big problem in life, but the old man has to face the problem of improving housing, and there are not many who can easily face it." ”

Mr. Liu's words caused a discussion among the surrounding people, and gradually entered the topic after the chat, and an aunt interjected and echoed Mr. Liu's words: "This family area is basically inhabited by old people like us now, and there are not many young people, for us people, it is of course very important to improve living conditions, but more important is our peaceful life, we are all so old, we can't stand the toss!" ”