Yan Yong had just parked the car at the exit of the highway, and Qi Tianxiang and Li Zheng's car had also arrived, and it was still Wang Jinlong's own car. [Ran^Text^Library] The reason why I chose this place to meet was because I didn't want too many people to know, and because it was convenient for Wang Jinlong. This is Qi Tianxiang's proposal, and it is also the best way he can think of at the moment.

Since Qi Tianxiang had informed Tan Pingshan of the situation in advance on the phone, there was not too much greeting when they met, Wang Jinlong handed over the materials to Tan Pingshan and Yan Yong one each. After sorting out yesterday afternoon and today, plus some materials brought by Wang Jinlong, we can basically completely describe the situation of Gao Shan and Zhang Fugui's case.

After talking to his father-in-law on the phone, Qi Tianxiang felt that he should communicate with Tan Pingshan about the situation, he trusted this big brother, especially when he heard that Yan Yong was also in Qinghe City, so he suggested that he personally bring Wang Jinlong over to exchange opinions, Li Zheng also insisted on coming after hearing about it, and felt that he was duty-bound.

Therefore, after finishing the training in the afternoon, under the pretext of seeing a classmate, he pushed down Liu Tangzi's arrangement for the evening, and took a car with Xiao Zhang to the Pingyuan Expressway intersection, and after Wang Jinlong and Li Zheng arrived, they changed Wang Jinlong's car to the highway. Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang will go back to the hotel a little later after having dinner outside.

This arrangement made Qi Tianxiang feel like a secret joint of the underground party in the early years, which was incredible and helpless.

After a brief conversation, Li Zheng saw that Qi Tianxiang still had something to say, so he gave Wang Jinlong a look and said, "Let's break up here, I'll go home to see my wife and children", turned his face to Qi Tianxiang and said, "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning and go back to the plain?" ”

Qi Tianxiang nodded, walked over and shook Wang Jinlong's hand tightly, patted him on the shoulder a few times affectionately, expressed his gratitude, and watched them board the car and leave.

Qi Tianxiang retracted his gaze and looked at Yan Yong without speaking. Yan Yong glared at him, "What do you want me to do?" Look at Big Brother. ”

"What are you doing with Big Brother?" A smile appeared on Tan Pingshan's tense square face, "Go home, eat, drink." ”

"It's rare for Tianxiang to come over, why don't you have to get two hard dishes at night", seeing that Tan Pingshan was happy, Yan Yong said with a somewhat proud hippie smile, and squeezed his eyes with Qi Tianxiang as he spoke.

"Of course there are hard dishes, and the pig's head meat is replaced by pig's trotters, which is hard enough, right?" Tan Pingshan waved his hand, pretending to beat Yan Yong, "What's the matter, the two provincial cadres want to fight with the cadres in the city, do you want me to pull another master over?" ”

reminded Qi Tianxiang in one sentence, so he took the opportunity to say: "Call Lao Luan too!" Some things also communicate with him. Saying that, he couldn't help sighing, became melancholy, looked at Tan Pingshan and Yan Yong's concerned eyes, and laughed proudly, "Ha, ha, ha, the old rivers and lakes will also be recruited, I'm worried that you will meet each other, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to withstand the amount of alcohol." ”

Qi Tianxiang's prank made the atmosphere immediately cheerful, and after laughing for a while, Tan Pingshan glared at Yan Yong, "Don't drive yet?" ”

After all this, it was already the beginning of the lights, and the misty twilight gradually shrouded the road, and the traffic flow was significantly reduced, and the original tranquility gradually appeared.

"I talked to my dad on the phone this morning and told him the details of the situation, and my dad told me to touch it more carefully, grasp it steadily, and catch it to death." After getting into the car, Qi Tianxiang said that this was the situation he wanted to talk to Tan Pingshan and Yan Yong.

"Lao Bai called me in the afternoon, and the old man went to see Secretary Zheng Ming in the morning, from Peking Opera to chess, from traditional Chinese medicine to medicine, and finally tea, I didn't say a word about work, but I said it all." Tan Pingshan said with admiration: "When Lao Bai told me, which one admires, just say high, high, high." ”

"At their level, there is no longer any work that needs to be exchanged and communicated, and everything that needs to be communicated is handled by the secretary or the people below, they just look around and talk about it, play dumb riddles, and fight for political wisdom." Yan Yong also said admiringly, and then said: "The so-called ginger is still old and spicy!" ”

"Yes! They are planning a big game of chess, and their eyes are not just staring at the plains or the Qinghe! Tan Pingshan said meaningfully.

"We still have a lot to learn." Qi Tianxiang echoed, "But big chess also has to be small, maybe a breakthrough in an inadvertent corner will change the overall situation, maybe what we are doing is these local breakthroughs." ”

"It's kind of interesting." Tan Pingshan turned his face and said approvingly: "Tianxiang is okay now, it's a bit of a scheming implication, it seems that the old man didn't look away." ”

"Big brother is scolding me, don't bully people like this." Qi Tianxiang's words caused the two to laugh heartily, which also made the atmosphere more relaxed.

Soon arrived near the family area where Tan Pingshan lived, Tan Pingshan motioned to Yan Yong to park on the side of the road, took out the key and handed it to Yan Yong while getting out of the car, and said, "You two go up first, I'll go buy a few vegetables." ”

Looking at the back of Tan Pingshan's departure, Qi Tianxiang asked Yan Yong: "Or is it the old habit of not entering the hospital?" Qi Tianxiang knew that this was the rule that Tan Pingshan set for himself, whether he was working in the county, or being the leader of the bureau committee, so that as a deputy secretary, the car that came to pick up and drop off was only near the entrance of the family home, and he resolutely could not enter the hospital, let alone drive under his own building. In his words: "It's all old guys with old faces, so that everyone doesn't look good." ”

"Only my brother is still holding on!" Yan Yong started the car and walked slowly to the family courtyard, "In his words, his official position is getting bigger and bigger, but the company is getting smaller and smaller, and even struggling, I feel shameless, alas." ”

"The company is not good in the past few years, he was not prosperous when he was there, and he couldn't catch up with the eldest brother if he wanted to be held responsible, so why bother with himself." Qi Tianxiang was puzzled and unwilling to recognize, "The current state-owned enterprises have closed down or are not operating well, several of them are caused by the market, products or equipment, and there will be reasons for this just reform and opening up, but it is for small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, with single products, weak research and development capabilities, and aging equipment." But after so many years of market tempering, large state-owned enterprises can not wait for the day in terms of management methods, products, equipment, personnel, and technology, and the refined market has become more competitive because of the unique strength and thickness of large enterprises, and the high-end production capacity that private enterprises do not have. Therefore, the decline of large state-owned enterprises is not a natural disaster, but a natural disaster, and it is the selfish desire of some people who are eager to collapse the enterprise, and then fill their pockets in the process of restructuring. Why should the eldest brother bear the cross of the spirit for such ugliness? ”

"You tell me about this, don't say it in front of my brother for a while, don't make him unhappy." Yan Yong reminded Qi Tianxiang, but he couldn't help but say to himself: "But looking at the enterprise that I have worked hard for, it is gradually failing, and seeing that the old guys who used to sweat with me have been laid off, life is difficult, how can I not be happy, not to mention my own hopes and guidelines." Brother has his own standards of life and his own bottom line of faith, which is understandable. He sighed, "It's just that my brother is too tired." ”

"Laughing at the nobility of the gentleman shows the shallowness of the villain, and the eldest brother has his own spiritual home, which we should admire and worship." Qi Tianxiang said with emotion.

After getting out of the car, Qi Tianxiang looked at this family home, dozens of neat seven-story brick and concrete buildings were lined up in an orderly manner, and the glory of the past could be vaguely seen. It's just that after years of wind and rain, it looks old, and it seems to tell the vicissitudes of the years.

Qi Tianxiang has been here many times, but the feeling is different every time, and it seems that there are changes every time. Watching Yan Yong open the trunk, Qi Tianxiang suddenly felt a little guilty, every time he came, it was not Yan Li who prepared, it was his mother-in-law who prepared, why couldn't he remember to prepare something, or Yan Yong was careful and prepared things early.

"Don't think about it so much." Yan Yong keenly saw Qi Tianxiang's embarrassment, and said while handing things to him, "I also bought some in the afternoon." ”

Qi Tianxiang silently took the plastic bag handed by Yan Yong, glanced at him gratefully, and followed Yan Yong upstairs.

Tan Pingshan's home was on the third floor, Yan Yong took out the key to open the door, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Sister-in-law, Xiao Yong sees you coming." ”

Qi Tianxiang admired Yan Yong's wit, which not only saved his sister-in-law from the embarrassment of recognizing the wrong person, but also showed enthusiasm.

"Why did Xiao Yong come over, and Tianxiang, why are you here too, sit down, sit down." Hui Fen came out of the bedroom in a wheelchair, and was very happy to see Yan Yong and Qi Tianxiang, and said busily: "You sit, I'll pour water for you." ”

"Sister-in-law, don't be busy, we'll do it ourselves." Qi Tianxiang hurriedly stopped Hui Fen and said politely.

Yan Yong put the things in his hand on the living room table, "Brother went to buy it, let's come back and boil the porridge first." ”

"I've already boiled the porridge, this old Tan, really treat me like a waste" Hui Fen counted down dissatisfiedly, but the words were relieved and sweetly satisfied. As he spoke, he slowly rocked his wheelchair into the kitchen.

After pouring the tea, Yan Yong said to Qi Tianxiang: "What's the matter, kill two plates?" ”

"Forget it, if you don't respect it, you won't be able to hang it on your face, so let's maintain a self-confidence!" Qi Tianxiang said jokingly. Yan Yong's chess skills are really not flattering, often as soon as he comes up, he fights boldly, looks very imposing, and after a few steps, he shows his horse's feet, showing the disadvantages of impatience and layout, and he is quickly defeated.

"Also, my level of flying horses and guns is not in your eyes, but Cheng Jin's three-plate axe is not only bluffing, but also can kill." Seeing Qi Tianxiang's resolute appearance, he simply gave up and picked up the old newspaper on the coffee table and looked at it.

Qi Tianxiang also looked around the room boredly, giving him the impression that even if it was not simple, it could be said to be simple.

This is a set of three-bedroom room, estimated to be more than 70 square meters, due to the building more than ten or twenty years ago, or follow the concept of living people, the so-called hall is a little wider than the aisle, the house has been simply renovated, the floor is paved with floor leather, it is also a very popular decoration method in the past, the door and lamps are the room before, the sofa is a spring sofa, wrapped in a red gold velvet cover, the furniture is also an old-fashioned wooden wardrobe, a sinking desk, the only thing that can pull this house back to modern, It's a desktop computer on a writing desk, and there's a big bookcase with all kinds of books in it. There is a photo frame hanging on the wall of the living room, which contains a photo of Tan Pingshan's military uniform, a photo of his daughter Xiaomei, and a photo of Tan Pingshan and Huifen, which is also many years ago, with a faint yellow. The whole house is old and simple, and the furniture objects put the room a little cramped and crowded, but it looks clean and well-organized, and everywhere reveals the warmth of home.

"Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, how many can there be in such a house now, in Hehai and even in the whole country?" Qi Tianxiang retracted his gaze and said with emotion.

"Aside from the fact that these old furniture are worth a little money, there really isn't much to boast about." Yan Yong said jokingly, "Now that the furniture is popular and retro, maybe these big wardrobes, three bucket tables or something can be sold at a good price." ”

"Who's going to buy my furniture?" As he spoke, Tan Pingshan and Luan Shi entered the door together, "People's retro is red sandalwood and yellow pear, called retro, it is really rich and different, do you want your brother to use these hard wood cabinets?" Tan Pingshan understood the meaning of Yan Yong's words, looked at his furniture, and said affectionately: "They are all old objects left by my hometown, and sometimes it's a thought to look at them." ”

"Yes, seeing things and thinking about people, sometimes look at it, it's like yesterday, the sound and smile are vivid, but heaven and man are forever separated." Yan Yong muttered to himself, as if he was responding to Tan Pingshan's words, and as if he was talking to himself. Then he stood up and shook Luan Shi's hand, and teased him like a greeting, "It is said that I am exposed to the wind and sun every day, but no one else has Lao Luan's face black sitting in the office every day, why can't you show my hard work?" Yan Yong and Luan Shi are very familiar with each other, there is no taboo in speaking, everyone is used to laughing, even Luan Shi is helpless to raise his hand to fight, and finally laughed it off.

"You are the natural color of the wind and the sun, and the old Luan is angry, of course the color is different." Tan Pingshan glanced at Luan Shi as he spoke, and then said to Yan Yong: "Don't think about this. He glared at him and said, "Go back and quickly change what things are in your house, you are thinking about things, but people are blocked, you can't let people live with you in memory!" As he spoke, Tan Pingshan entered the kitchen, and soon the sound of chopping and stir-frying vegetables sounded in the kitchen, and all kinds of sounds mixed with the aroma of oil smoke and cooking dishes filled the room, which seemed warm and lively.

"It's amazing to see that our old fellow is now a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, a sword, a gun, a sword, a halberd, and a few punches and kicks. It can be said that he can go up to the hall and go down to the kitchen, and he is so angry that the nurse is mad and drives the lady crazy. Wu Neng crosses the horse and holds a gun to protect national defense, Wen Neng runs a wonderful pen in the kitchen, goes out to be the husband of the secretary of the municipal party committee, and returns home to fry and fry full-time cooks, there are not many full-time men like this. Luan Shi stood at the interface between the kitchen and the living room, leaning on the door frame casually, watching Tan Pingshan busy, both teasing and admiringly. In order to increase the weight of his words, he shook his head and performed, "It's too much, it's not much!" ”

"Can I sell you without talking?" Tan Pingshan took a plate of fried dishes, handed it to Luan Shi angrily, glared at him angrily, "Don't hurry up and put the table on the table." ”

Seeing Luan Shi being bombarded by Tan Pingshan, Yan Yong and Qi Tianxiang couldn't help laughing, and Luan Shi's face darkened even darker. The three of them cleared the table in the living room and poured the cooked food they bought on the plate, and soon the table was filled with plates and cups.

Tan Pingshan quickly fried a few more dishes and brought them out, quickly set up the dishes and chopsticks, and instructed while arranging, "You brothers eat first." As he spoke, he walked back to the kitchen, and after a while, he walked into the bedroom with a bowl of rice porridge in one hand and a plate of several dishes in the other.

Looking at Tan Pingshan's non-stop busy back and forth, as well as Ma Li's movements, Qi Tianxiang and the three of them just watched silently, and their eyes were also full of admiration, sadness, distress, helplessness and other complex feelings, as if they wanted to say something, but they didn't know how to speak, just looked at each other silently, silently drank tea and smoked, and let the green smoke rise and dissipate relieved the sourness and concern in their hearts, as well as deep helplessness.

After a long while, Tan Pingshan came out of the bedroom after feeding his wife, put the dishes in the kitchen and came back, looked at Qi Tianxiang and the three of them in puzzlement, and complained, "Why don't you eat, what are you waiting for me?" ”

"Waiting for you to eat together." Yan Yongqiang endured the sourness in his heart, and pretended to be relaxed and unceremonious, Qi Tianxiang and Luan Shi also smiled in agreement.

"Okay, let's incense together." Tan Pingshan picked up the wine that had been poured in front of him, solemnly touched it lightly with the three of them, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he was reminiscing about the sweetness and beauty of the wine. It took a long time to praise from the bottom of my heart: "Beautiful, beautiful! As he spoke, he looked at the three people at the table, pointed to the dishes on the table and said, "A few braised vegetables, a plate of peanuts, plus a scrambled egg with green onions, and a plate of fried vegetables, are dozens of yuan, isn't it also a delicious meal." ”

"It's just you who sees it." Yan Yong bumped into Tan Pingshan and said disapprerovitically: "The same meal, but it is difficult to have the same interest." Yan Yong looked at Tan Pingshan and said: "The busy work of the smoke and fire, a few plates of high-fat and high-calorie pickled vegetables, and a bottle of pure grain wine for a few yuan can compare with the lightness of sea cucumber and bird's nest, the nutrition of abalone and sashimi, and the mellow and long beauty of Moutai and Wuliangye." Eating saturated and eating well is the difference between heaven and earth, and the feeling is even more different. ”

"It's all about feelings, which is mentality." Tan Pingshan looked at the three of them and said: "The stomach is no bigger than a fist, and the heart is only the size of a bowl, and the things contained in a fist-sized heart make a heart with a big bowl mouth overthink the appetite of the mouth, so isn't the heart filled up quickly, can it be filled with other things?" Coupled with the desire of the tongue, the desire of the body, and more, I don't want to burst my heart. What's more, a stomach the size of a fist, without considering the right factor, it is easy to fill it. Swallows, wings, abalone, ginseng, birds and animals can do it, a pig's trotter and a baked cake, or simply a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge, it can also be satisfied. The key is the heart, the thoughts in the head. Tan Pingshan looked at them and added: "Maybe some people are not satisfied, maybe some people are disdainful, but this table of dozens of yuan of food is not something that everyone in this compound can consume or are willing to consume." In your opinion, the elder brother is poor and cumbersome frying, but in the eyes of many people in this compound, it is luxury, at least a little bit of luxury. ”

"Big brother can be regarded as living out of the realm." Qi Tianxiang took the lead in expressing his appreciation, "As far as the relationship between the stomach and the heart and the dialectical viewpoint just now, there is a inheritance of thousands of years of traditional Chinese culture and wisdom, which is very meaningful to Lao Zhuang and is worth having fun." ”

"Look at the understanding of Tianxiang, unlike you two rough people, there is still a gap between the gains and losses in front of you!" Tan Pingshan praised Qi Tianxiang and belittled Yan Yong and Luan Shi, but in fact, he still liked the three of them very much in his heart, with different personalities, each with his own strengths, and all of them were valuable. So he picked up his glass and drank with the three of them, still continuing the topic just now: "But how much will these dozens of yuan things cost if they are replaced by a hotel?" Is it 100 yuan, and other restaurants also have a selection fee, but also have a profit. But when you get to the restaurant, you can't just do this, whether the scrambled eggs have to be replaced with braised fish, whether the pig's head meat has to be changed to braised pork ribs, this is still a home-cooked dish, regardless of other factors, whether it has to cost more than 200 yuan, and then drink some good wine that wants to save face or have status, is it more than 300 yuan. More than 300 yuan is not a small amount for the people of Qinghe City, and those who can consume this amount or those who are worth consuming this amount must be considered. Or ask someone to do something helpless, or thank you after doing something, it is also helpless. In short, except for gatherings of family and friends, they are all reluctant, or not very reluctant. For me, although your sister-in-law's illness requires medicine and physiotherapy, it needs to be costly, and Xiaomei's rehabilitation treatment needs to be invested, which seems very bitter and difficult. But these things seem to you to be difficult and miserable, and many people in this compound are facing them every day, and the key is how to look at it and from what angle. Tan Pingshan picked up the cup and touched them lightly, took a big sip, and then said: "I am a deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, salary, subsidies, plus miscellaneous income of nearly 10,000 yuan per month, Xiao Yong estimates that it is not much worse", looking at Yan Yong nodded in approval and turned to Qi Tianxiang, "Tianxiang is estimated to be less, but there are six or seven thousand", looking at Qi Tianxiang nodded, Lao Luan is at the regimental level and has a job, there should be five or six thousand per month, right? Luan Shi nodded straightly, and said: "Is our income a problem for the confusion of a few hundred yuan just mentioned, shouldn't it be a problem, not to mention that you don't necessarily need to pay out of your own pocket, and you can report it by issuing an invoice and finding a reason." The common people are not jealous of our income, why does the state give us this money, doesn't it make us work hard and do things in a down-to-earth manner? But did we do it? And are all the people who take this money grateful and satisfied? Why? As he spoke, he couldn't help but stand up, looked around the room, and said, "What Tianxiang said just now, like me, the secretary of the municipal party committee, who else lives in such a house now." To be honest, as far as I know, not really. But Tianxiang's premise was the housing of the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, but it ignored the population of my family. How many people in my family can live in such a house, and how many people are more difficult to live in this courtyard than me? This is the difference of comparison, only with a comparison that is higher than oneself, not with a comparison that is inferior to oneself, only horizontal, not vertical, only insufficient, not better and progressive. Therefore, some people are not satisfied, some people complain, but calmly speaking, such a house is not available to everyone, such a simple meal is not available to everyone, it still depends on the mentality, to see the balance, what you get is not to pay, not to pay must be obtained, willing should be given and gained, and understand that these are the great wisdom. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Tan Pingshan softened his tone a little, and said self-deprecatingly: "Sometimes I still envy our little beauty, in your eyes, the child who will never grow up is really pitiful, in fact, just like I sometimes tell your sister-in-law, maybe this is really happiness and freedom." Always be in the understanding of a six- or seven-year-old child, eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are sleepy, there is no other interference and too much **, you will jump happily when you get a beautiful dress, and you will cry sadly if you don't get it, isn't it great? Simple**, simple life, don't cover yourself, don't pretend too much, true, real, isn't this great wisdom? ”

"Big brother understands that this is the real person." Qi Tianxiang praised sincerely: "There are actually very few things that people can get in their lives, that is, to feed their stomachs and warm their bodies, and the rest have nothing to do with life, but unfortunately not everyone understands this truth, so greed and extreme luxury, in fact, to put it bluntly, is that the heart has not reached peace, or does not know how to be calm." ”

"That said, after all, Xiaomei still has to be taken care of, and she has to be distracted by her." Yan Yong said thoughtfully, "But the eldest brother will soon be bittersweet and sweet, and the sons and daughters you sponsor will soon be able to take care of you." ”

"yes, almost some of them are almost out of college!" Luan Shi also agreed. He knew what Yan Yong said, Tan Pingshan had been quietly sponsoring more than a dozen poor students in Huameng Mountain for more than ten years.

"Yes, Xiaowei and Pingping have graduated from college and returned to their hometown to work, and a few have graduated in the past few years, and they often write to me and call me 'Angel Dad', but I don't want to reciprocate." Tan Pingshan smiled, his eyes overflowing with happiness, "A few children offered to come and see me, but I refused, worried that they would know my identity and would have bad influences and thoughts, or Uncle Angel or Father Angel!" As he spoke, Tan Pingshan picked up the cup and proposed, "Come, let's do this cup, let's talk something light, the topic is too sad." As he spoke, he first poured the wine from the cup into his mouth, and then hummed softly, "The grassland is beautiful at night, and the melodious singing ...... the air."

The rich baritone immediately filled the living room, and Tan Pingshan's face became intoxicated and quiet, as if he had returned to the grassland. After singing a few words, Tan Pingshan poured wine into Yan Yong and Qi Tianxiang's cups, and said meaningfully: "For so many years, I have always thought that those years in Inner Mongolia were my happiest and most fulfilling years. Due to the great mobility of the troops, they had the opportunity to walk around and see the land of Inner Mongolia, and they were deeply impressed by the leagues, cities, banners, and counties under the jurisdiction of the autonomous region, as well as Sumu and Gacha. From east to west, I have seen the dense forests of the Great Khing'an Mountains, appreciated the green grasslands of Hulunbuir, reveled in the charming delicacy and refreshing hot springs of Arshan, shocked by the boundless desert of Alxa, worshiped the great shore of Genghis Khan of Ordos and the magic of the Oasis of Engebeishahai, lingered in the endless sea of sunflowers in the Hetao, and unforgettable the bonfire and laughter of the yurt. As he spoke, it seemed that his heart had returned to the grassland, "This population is only more than 20 million, but the geographical area has one-tenth of the land area of the autonomous region, tradition and reality, the perfect integration of nationality and modernity, it is desirable, if people are obsessed." The fragrance of milk tea, the mellow fragrance of wine, the heart is thick, the drunk return journey, but also permeated the road of homesickness of the wanderer, and there are more melodious long tunes and rich songs, which smear a layer of joy on the years. No matter how the outside changes, this place is always quietly immersed in the sea of songs, the world of dance, the changes in the outside world do not seem to have a great impact here, slow life, slow rhythm brings happiness and satisfaction. Eating meat in large pieces and drinking in large bowls seems to have become the main theme of life, whether it is a league city or a banner county, as long as there is an opportunity to get together, drinking has almost become the only activity after work, and the length of time, the amount of drinking, are unimaginable for people who have not been to Inner Mongolia. Drinking deepens the feelings, but also shortens the distance between people, a few glasses of wine, people who did not know each other in the past become friends, some contradictions are also catalyzed by the wine to dissipate, unsatisfactory and unhappy is solved. Inner Mongolian people always believe that people who can drink openly with themselves will not have anyone except friends, and friends who can get drunk and rest can be trusted, and people who can't even drink to the fullest are unreliable. It is this simple thinking that has created the simple, bold and upright character of Inner Mongolian people, as well as open-minded and sincere emotions. In addition to ushering in the wine sent, in addition to the joy of big and small affairs, Inner Mongolia people can find a variety of reasons to drink, the first day and fifteenth day of the new year outside the holiday are the days of drinking, rain can be celebrated by drinking, and it can also be prayed with wine if it does not rain for a long time. Drinking became a part of life and an important part of life. Drinking soothes the body and mind, and also soothes the singing voice, and it is not uncommon for people to use singing to express their hearts. There is often such a scene, the table in the restaurant is full of wine, and the excitement leads to singing, and there are people next to it who applaud and sing, and the singing leads to more singing and cheering, and the hotel immediately becomes a sea of songs, a world of songs. This is the case in the hotel, the street stalls are also like this, the singing is regardless of the place and occasion, as long as you are happy, you can play a song immediately, if you are not happy, you can dance for a while, no one cares how you sing, how you dance, happy, happy, it is enough. Singing and dancing happily, it seems that only Inner Mongolian people can relax like this, and it seems that only in this way can happiness be reflected. In their view, happiness is simply seeking, simply enjoying, simply enjoying life, and slowly feeling happiness. Simple drinking, happy singing, slowly experienced, true feelings, this seems to be the true meaning of life, Inner Mongolia people have understood, and also taught me. Life is a journey without an end, singing while walking, enjoying happiness, and living simply, this is the great wisdom. Tan Pingshan said slowly, thinking, and suddenly said to Qi Tianxiang: "Do you know, I also have a Mongolian name, called Talinfu, which means son of the steppe in Mongolian. I love the vast steppes and the kind, friendly and sincere Mongolians. I liken their images to the vast prairie, fierce horses, strong wine, and strong men. Although I have been away from the grassland for many years, the grassland has always lingered in my dreams, and the plot of the children of the grassland has always been in my heart. For this reason, I also wrote a special lyric: "'Prairie'", and recited it: "The horse-head qin plucks the heartstrings, the horse gallops in anticipation, the vast prairie, you are the cradle of the son of the prairie." Ah, the savannah, the savannah. The children of the steppe crave your comfort and snuggle up to you. No matter where you go, the horse-head qin always stirs the emotions of the son of the grassland, and the dream is also your vastness. Ah, the savannah, the savannah. The children of the steppe will always belong to you, the prairie, the prairie. ”

"Such beautiful lyrics, why don't you find someone to compose a tune, accompanied by the long tune, the horse head qin is low and long, what a beautiful artistic conception it should be." Qi Tianxiang's emotions also stirred up with Tan Pingshan's narration, and he couldn't help but yearn for the beautiful scenery of green grass and green water, high sky and light clouds.

"Inner Mongolia has never lacked beauty, from east to west, everywhere is beautiful. Forests, grasslands, cities. Hey, Tianxiang, do you know how small the city is? Seeing Qi Tianxiang shaking his head in confusion, he said excitedly: "If you have been to Arshan City in eastern Inner Mongolia, you will have the answer." As he spoke, he fell into deep thought, and slowly recounted: "The train was panting cautiously in the gap between the mountains, and the swaying green dragon slowly sneaked through the mountains as if it was afraid of waking up the mountains in the night, quietly approaching the hopeful end behind the mountain, but behind the mountain there was still a mountain, and the end of the ridge was still a stretching ridge, so that the memory of the vast and flat of the savannah could not help but be confused and wrong. In the east, the morning dawned, just after four o'clock, the mountains, mountains, trees, and grass outside the car window began to gradually show a faint outline in the haze, but the thick green was still like flooding, and it was impossible to distinguish the main and secondary, but fortunately, it already had a little appearance and did not make people get tired. In anxious waiting and helpless indifference, the train suddenly turned a mountain col, and the tired long dragon stretched out a long waist and gasped loudly, and the mountains and ridges ended stretching, and Arshan arrived.

The red dots between the dense green in the morning light make the morning a little vivid, and also make the green itinerary have a different color, and at the same time inject a new meaning into the green, fat, red and thin, and the deeper meaning of the red of the spire is to guide the end of the exploration in the green, and the arrival of the goal.

Just as the red in green means the city, the muddy and old wooden house is the station, which is just a reference for parking. The small wooden house is just the shelter of the station keepers in the past, and it is not the same as the station with a complete waiting room, ticket room, and private rooms in the modern sense, that is, a small house, and it is a historical relic built during the Japanese pseudo-period.

This is Arshan, a mysterious town that has not yet awakened in the tranquility just after five o'clock in the morning. Maybe the person opposite you is sitting on the train, and the restaurant is still sitting opposite you at breakfast, the difference is that it's a trip, it's a meal, that's it, that's it, because the city is strange today is you.

People often say that there are three steps and one scene, and you have to be careful when you arrive in Arshan, here is one step and three scenes, and if you don't pay attention, you may miss the customs and customs, just like the station just now, and the watchtower not far away that can't remember the age, as well as the barracks and warehouses of the Japanese pseudo-period, which are still playing a role today, can be called historic things, and are mixed together with useful standards.

Arshan is the old pimple of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the 101st city to be organized, and it is a city. In the vast land of Inner Mongolia, when there are still countless banners, counties, and districts, Arshan, a market town with a population of 10,000 and an urban area of five square kilometers, is indeed extraordinary. It is said that the construction site of small towns in the autonomous region at that time will be held in Arshan City, and the leaders of the autonomous region attending the meeting do not know that Arshan City is already a county-level city, and it is the last county-level city added in the autonomous region, which shows the small and energy of Arshan City, but the maturity of the small city undoubtedly benefits from the rich tourism and leisure resources here, which is an indisputable fact.

Arshan's name for tourism has made this former small town famous in just a few years, only a few dozen kilometers away from the main body - the Ils Forestry Bureau, which has become a subsidiary of Arshan.

Arshan City, which is hidden at the western foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains, is a treasure in water resources, and a variety of springs. The full name of Arshan is 'Harun Arshan', which means 'hot holy spring' in Mongolian language, there are hot springs for bathing in the city, and there are five miles of spring outside the city to cool and refreshing people. Let's talk about hot springs first, I have only read in poetry before, 'hot spring water is slippery and creamy, and the waiter is weak and weak', which is a portrayal of Huaqing Pool in Lintong, Shaanxi Province and Yang Guifei, who is beautiful and pampered, but also knows the beauty of hot spring water, and has also caused countless wonderful associations and imaginations. In Arshan, I understood the taste of slippery, only to know that shampoo can make the hair flow without shampoo, and also know the essence of things in its content rather than form, know the beauty of soft bones after blisters, and realize that bathing to clean up dirt is not only a must, but also a kind of enjoyment, which is the natural harvest of Arshan.

Speaking of coolness, the hot spring makes people feel like the body and mind, and the clear spring of Wuli Spring makes people feel refreshed. The water is cool and refreshing but not prickly, it is slightly sweet and refreshing to drink, quiet and quiet, shiny, it is several times more luscious than those juices with sugar, orange or what melons and fruits, and according to the locals, the magic of this spring water is that it changes with the temperature, the hotter the day, the cooler it is, and in winter it is slightly warm, not stinging, not freezing, and drinking all year round does not make a stomach.

As the saying goes: good water lives on one side of the soil, and it is true to raise one side of the people. Arshan's diet is cabbage, tofu, water, these ordinary things are stewed together, and there is no special process, but the taste of cabbage and tofu is very useful, and you can't get tired of eating it.

There are a lot of small guests in the city, and most of them are concentrated in the three months of July, August and September, accommodation and meals have become problems, and the people's homes have become the first choice and the only place. The population of Arshan City is not large, the aborigines are less, most of them moved from Ils, and the other is the educated youth of the year, the 'Si Geteng' square in the city, the Mongolian language is the meaning of 'educated youth', and the educated youth are also employees of forest industry enterprises, so they don't pay attention to business. Sometimes, government agencies also send guests here. The lack of reception capacity is real, and it is also true to understand the ordinary residential life of the small city, and there is no need to pick when you enter that house, anyway, the simplicity of the people in the small town and the boldness of the people in the east can be fully realized at home. When you enter the door, you don't need to order food when you go to the kang cross-legged, it must be fried mushrooms with marinated meat, fried cold-water fish, cold salad small three things, and the big skin in the Northeast, and the table dishes must be cabbage, tofu, and water. The people of the small town do not cheat, and they do business as if they were at home, they serve whatever they want, they do not hide their armpits when they have game, and the price is not much more expensive than other meats. Wild meat is naturally roe deer meat, according to the locals, when there were many roe deer in the past, when driving on the road, the roe deer would hit the car in front of the light, and there was a delicious taste. Naturally, there are fewer now, but you can still eat it occasionally.

Eating delicious natural home-cooked food, wanting to drink at will, falling asleep when drunk, removing the kang table is the shop, staggering and not afraid of anything, and calling the eldest brother or sister-in-law 'have a cup'? In exchange for not white eyes or harassment, but the company of the boss or the boss's wife, but you have to be mentally prepared to greet you like this, that is, you have to have some alcohol, otherwise you won't remember how many bottles you drank yesterday when you wake up drunk the next day, and you didn't pay for the wine? Of course, if you have a thick skin, you don't have to pay for alcohol.

When you are sober, when you are full of food and drink and withdraw the kang table, the proprietress will make a bed for you and spread the quilt, and the boss will ask: "What's the matter, burn two pieces of firewood?" "Think about the day in July, the scorching summer, you will think that there is something wrong with your hearing, but as the night hits, when you walk out of the hut, the gust of mountain breeze is a little evil, and you realize that the big thick quilt and the burning kang are not redundant.

This is a home-style shop, you can't enjoy these intimate warmth in the hotel restaurant, although there are thick quilts, but the cool breeze at night can only be avoided by hiding in the house, and you can understand the deep meaning of the long-sleeved clothes and thick sweaters of the small city people.

Rest for the night, recharge your batteries, and you're ready to hike the next day. In fact, in Arshan, in addition to leisure travel, forest tours are also very fun. Forests, volcanoes, glaciers, and other topography are reflected here, and they can be perceived from the place names. Red Stone Cliff, Rose Ditch, Tianchi, Volcanic Slope, these beautiful and attractive names make people think about it, but at the same time, the beauty is beautiful, but there are not many surprises, what can be said is that the volcanic slope is a large area of volcanic lava, you can also see the red dissolution to the place of the spectacular and shocking, and will no longer be indifferent to the black strange shape of the stone. Then there is the small train that cannot be left unmentioned, that is, the train that goes to the mountains to transport wood, that is, the small train with white smoke in the movie "Lin Hai Xueyuan", which is no longer used, but the exquisite locomotive made of all copper from Germany is now very little left in the world, and sometimes the small train will run for a while, and there will be many photography enthusiasts to record this rare scene. Think of a long line of dragons winding out of the mountains and mountains, in the thick green sea, panting and emitting thick white smoke, rising and dissipating in the air, merging with the white clouds in the clear blue sky.

The town is small, there are not many things to see, and it is time to return in two days, and the long green queue waiting on the platform in the twilight makes people suspicious that it is still the car you sat on, and it has been quietly parked where it is waiting to take you home.

It's actually right to think this way, even if it's not the car you came in yesterday, it's the car he came in today, and it's all waiting to take you or him back and forth. There is only this pair of trains from Baicheng in the northeast, and the end and starting point are Arshan, and there are no trains at other times. Despite the road, the mountains are long and difficult to walk, and there are airports where planes can come and go, but in comparison it is the convenience of trains.

Although it is tire-wearing, the time from Ulanhot is both sides of the night and morning, and a good night's sleep is also a rare rest? And you can also experience another kind of fun of riding, this car is jokingly called "white ride" by the locals, I don't understand when I come, because a friend gave Zhang Luo in advance, and I felt its fun when I went. The station room is small and does not sell tickets, they all buy tickets after getting on the train first, and the attendants make up the tickets after the car opens. The car has hard seats and sleepers, and sitting like that is definitely a first-come, first-served rule.

The peak season of Arshan tourism is seven and three months every year, and now the winter ski resort has been built, and it is international-level, and the airport has also been built, presumably there will be a special interest here in winter. The red-roofed wooden house in the green, under the thick snow cover, the little red in the white, the meaning, the beauty, it is really difficult to describe it without seeing it with your own eyes.

It's just that the preciousness of Arshan is not in the scenery, not in the cold spring hot springs, but in the simple folk customs. Tan Pingshan said and touched the wine glass with Yan Yong, Qi Tianxiang, and Luan Shi, and said meaningfully: "I talked about Arshan's 'small', and then talked about Alxa's 'big'." If Arshan's smallness is small, it is the beauty of holding the palm of the hand to admire, then Alxa has to look up to perceive its vastness and majesty.

The Alxa League is the westernmost of the 12 league cities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bordering Mongolia on the outside and Ningxia and Gansu on the inside. Because of the Qing Dynasty was named after the king of Alxa and Shuote, it has jurisdiction over the three banners of Alxa Left Banner, Alxa Right Banner and Ejina Banner, and the capital is Bayanhot Town, also known as "Bayin", the meaning of "waterside town" in Mongolian language, also known as camel township.

How big is Alxa? Official data: 270,000 square kilometers, population of 200,000, Tengger, Badain Jarin, Ulan Bu and the three major deserts are distributed among them, and "Tengger" means "heaven" in Mongolian, how big should the place that can accommodate the sky? Another statement may be clearer, a comrade-in-arms of mine, who changed jobs to work in the Propaganda Department of the League Committee, has been in the class for three years and has never been to the subordinate Alxa Right Banner.

It sounds like a joke, but in Inner Mongolia, there are not a few cadres who have worked in Alxa for many years and have not been to the subordinate Qi County. In addition to the left banner of the Alxa League is the seat of the league, the right banner of Alxa and the Ejina banner are 600 and 300 kilometers away from the league house, although there are highways connected, but to cross the desert Gobi, and in the harsh climate of Alxa, except for the car with better off-road performance, other cars do not dare to venture into danger. It is impossible for an ordinary cadre to go down and walk around often if he does not have particularly urgent official duties, and the cost is too high and the risk is too great. Especially in the Alxa Right Banner, take the highway to cross the vast Gobi, but also to climb over the Qilian Mountain, Helan Mountain and other mountain ranges, take the train to go through Yinchuan, detour to Qingtongxia, Lanzhou, Baiyin and other places to arrive. It is not surprising or ridiculous that traffic hinders communication and interaction in Inner Mongolia and Alxa.

In the vast land of Inner Mongolia, the distance and distance of the road is not very clear, and it seems that hundreds of kilometers apart in the interior is already very far, and it is common to have three to five hundred kilometers here. Mongolia is a nation on horseback, good walking and good deeds are traditional, when there is no road, you can go anywhere, and now it is the asphalt road connected with the flag and the flag, there is basically a gravel road between the flag and Sumu, so it is said that it is appropriate to travel in Inner Mongolia, it is better to say that it is appropriate to take a car to rush to the road, and the vastness of Alxa is more real. There were no signs for a few hours, there was no noticeable change, and it didn't feel much faster than a camel.

In the Alxa Left Banner of the League, that is, Bayanhot Town, this Mongolian "town by the water" can no longer see the lake, only the majestic Awang Mansion under the shade of green trees is still telling the glory of the past. In the past, the Alxa League was a good place with abundant water and grass, occupying the right time and place, and was an important town of the Qing court, controlling a large area of Gansu and Qinghai, and it was also the place where the Erut Mongols lived for generations and fought strongly. Now that the lake is gone, the towns near the water are far away from the water source, not to mention that there is no water in Bayanhot, and even Juyanhai has no water. For a time, the Juyanhai dried up, the poplar forest died, the ocean-like green grassland was gone, and the sky-like Alxa was only left with sandstorms raging, and only the report of 'the wind rising from Alxa' was left, which shocked the whole country and shook the high-level.

Now when you go to Alxa, Juyanhai and poplar forests are a must-see, because maybe one day this beautiful scenery will disappear forever. In addition to these, the desert is also the most beautiful display of Alxa, the desert type here is the most complete, the three deserts have their own merits, and the characteristics are given to Alxa without reservation, there are both Gobi desert, hilly desert, and wind and sand desert, strange and mysterious.

Riding a camel in the desert, looking at the yellow sand, thinking about the ancient feelings, the ears are either poignant or long Mongolian tunes, the long road continues in the loneliness, and the helpless continuation makes the heart calm a lot. The occasional touch of green or a small blister will bring surprise and hope, and it is even more ecstatic to meet the herdsman's felt bag, because there is fragrant milk tea, sweet wine, and hot fat but not greasy hand-handled meat waiting for you.

Of course, there is also the unique enthusiasm of the grassland people, the unique song and dance, which tells the beauty of the past melodiously and affectionately, and recalls the grassland of the past.

The simple folk customs, the simple herdsmen, will be family, friendship, affection and the mellow fragrance of wine, food, and tea, and let you be intoxicated by the singing. After speaking, Tan Pingshan recited affectionately: "Oh, the sky-like Alxa! ”

"Poverty and happiness, four simple words, but with endless wisdom. What is said may not be able to be done, but what is realized is to endure unbearable hardships and hardships, but what is obtained is the sublimation of the mind and realm. The fire bath is painful, but it is necessary for nirvana and the beginning of a new life. The eldest brother should really take the time to go back and have a look, it is estimated that it can still ignite the passion and heroism of the eldest brother in the past. Qi Tianxiang was a little envious, and couldn't help but say: "Let the eldest brother describe it like this, I want to go and see it." ”

"I can't get back the feeling of the past." Yan Yong poured cold water, "The troops are gone, the number has been cancelled, and the beauty can only be in my heart." Yan Yong muttered in a low voice, humming softly: "Maybe I will say goodbye and never come back, do you remember, do you understand......"

"Maybe I fall down and never get up again, will you look forward to it forever......" Tan Pingshan and Luan Shi were surprised for a moment, and then Yan Yong's singing voice sang together, Qi Tianxiang was also deeply infected, this song that was familiar a long time ago had aroused so much surging enthusiasm, and he couldn't help but join in the song, "If that's the case, don't be sad, the flag of the republic has our blood-stained demeanor......"

The singing made the hearts of the four men surge, the corners of their eyes moistened, and they also had higher confidence and fighting spirit.

That night the singing continued for a long time, and the wine was drunk for a long time