In the afternoon, when Li Rui was thinking about when Gao Jie would come over, he received a call from Jiang Liansheng that Chen Shiwei's grandmother had passed away. Li Rui hurriedly said hello to Yu Meixia and hurried to Nanqiao.

On the way, he received a call from Jiang Liansheng that the old lady's body was to be transported back to his hometown for two days, and asked him to go directly to Chen Shiwei's old house.

Chen Shiwei's hometown is in a village below Chengguan Town, and when Li Rui arrived, the old lady's body had just been transported, and white flags had been hung at the gate of the courtyard, and there was crying in the hall.

When Li Rui walked into the courtyard, Chen Shiwei was standing in the courtyard on the phone, probably informing relatives and friends to report the funeral. His eyes were red and swollen, his expression was sad, and when he saw Li Rui coming in, he hung up the phone and walked over.

The hands of the two were clasped together, and Li Rui looked at him and comforted him in a low voice: "Mourning and change!" ”

Chen Shiwei said: "Don't worry, I'm fine." Then he seemed to comfort himself: "My grandmother has lived for more than ninety years, and she can be regarded as a human being, and she is quite peaceful when she leaves, and she has no bad ......."

Li Rui sighed and stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, he had also had such an experience, and said sympathetically: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are just natural laws, no one can escape, don't be too sad." ”

As he spoke, he took out a cigarette and handed it to him, and lit it for him. Chen Shiwei took a few puffs hard, but he was accidentally choked again, and coughed loudly.

After he calmed down, Li Rui continued: "I haven't had anything to do in the past two days, if you need help, just tell me." ”

Chen Shiwei nodded. But Li Rui soon found that his words were superfluous, with the endless stream of people who came to pay their filial piety, they were all the heads of various departments and more than 20 administrative villages under Qingshanquan Town, with their participation, how could Li Rui intervene. He was accompanied by Chen Shiwei to say goodbye to the old lady's body, and it was enough to bow three times, but he thought of the enthusiasm of the old lady who went to Chen Shiwei's house several times to him, and his heart also felt sour, so he immediately pushed the golden mountain and knelt down and respectfully kowtowed to the old lady three times.

Seeing this, Chen Shiwei hurriedly knelt down and returned the salute, and excitedly held Li Rui's hand and said, "Brother, I understand your love." ”

Although there is no shortage of people who come to pay filial piety, Chen Shiwei knows very well who these people are aiming for, but Li Rui is different, he is sincere to say goodbye to his old grandmother.

came to condolence and reasoned to leave the paper money to burn, Li Rui came to the place where the money was collected and bookkeed, where Jiang Liansheng and several staff members of the town's finance office were busy working.

Li Rui took out 200 yuan according to the general rules, and with his relationship with Chen Shiwei, it doesn't matter how much money there is, the main thing is a heart. But when he signed the ledger, he found that the front was at least 1,000, and then he flipped it forward, and there were 3,450,000, most of which were coal bosses from more than 20 coal mines below Qingshanquan Town, and he couldn't help frowning secretly, but he couldn't say anything when people came and went. It's normal to collect some money for a funeral at your home, but now is a critical moment for Chen Shiwei, and it is easy for someone to catch the handle by accepting gifts so much, didn't you let people sue you last time!

He felt the need to remind Chen Shiwei, he glanced at Jiang Liansheng, called him aside and whispered, "What's the matter?" It's so eye-catching! ”

Jiang Liansheng knew what Li Rui was referring to, and said with a wry smile: "This is the rule in our countryside, the paper burning money sent must be accepted, and I can't help but accept it when people send it." ”

Li Rui understands Jiang Liansheng's embarrassment, after all, he is not the master, and some things are not easy to call the shots, but burning paper money can't be so outrageous, generally people of their status are only one or two hundred, if it is an ordinary person, it is dozens of yuan, or even a few dozen yuan. He muttered, "You call Lao Chen over." ”

Chen Shiwei came over quickly, Li Rui didn't say anything and directly asked Jiang Liansheng to show him the account book, and when he saw the number behind a personal name recorded in the account book, he also gasped, and hurriedly said: "How can there be so many?" How much have you received now? ”

"It's almost a hundred thousand." Jiang Liansheng said.

Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar names on the ledger, Chen Shiwei also frowned, he knew Li Rui's intention to call him over, it had only been less than half a day to receive so much, and the people who came to mourn were still in a steady stream, and he didn't know how much he would receive on the day of cremation. It's impossible to say that you can't be tempted in the face of so much money, but at this critical moment, this money is hot to pick up! If someone else catches the handle because of this, it will be too bad.

"Lian Sheng, you help me return all the money, and then you tell those who come to mourn that the paper money burned cannot exceed two hundred at most, just say that I said it, everyone comes to mourn me Chen Shiwei is very grateful, but the paper money can't be too much." Chen Shiwei cut the railway.

"Got it, Secretary Chen. But many of them have already left, how can they retreat? Or many of the above are those coal bosses, and you know that it is estimated that it will be difficult to return the money. Jiang Liansheng was embarrassed.

Li Rui interjected: "In this way, don't return all of them, as Lao Chen just said, each person will receive two hundred, and the more part will be returned, if you really can't return it, you will make another register, count the number, and hand it over to the Commission for Discipline Inspection when the time comes, and let the Commission for Discipline Inspection issue a certificate." Lao Chen, what do you think? ”

"Okay! Liansheng, you will do what Li Rui said. Saying that, Chen Shiwei said to Li Rui gratefully: "Brother, thank you for reminding me, otherwise this matter would be really troublesome." ”

Li Rui also admires Chen Shiwei's attitude of being able to afford to let go, hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past few years is quite a huge amount of money, and no one can give up if they say they can give up.

"Now is the critical moment, no matter what, we still have to try to fight for it, the key is not to let people catch the handle." Li Rui said.

Chen Shiwei nodded, sighed, looked very tired, and turned to Jiang Liansheng: "Liansheng, I've been busy in the past two days, so I'll trouble you to worry about this matter." ”

Jiang Liansheng was a little ashamed because of what happened just now, and hurriedly said: "Secretary Chen, don't worry, I will definitely help you take care of this." ”

In the evening, Zhu Jie and Wu Kangmei came, they were still notified by Li Rui, but they didn't see Fang Qiang's figure, Wu Kangmei said that Qiangzi had something to do temporarily and wanted to come over tomorrow.

Zhao Wenlong went back to his hometown Jiangdong Province for the New Year, and specially entrusted Zhu Jie to bring a gift money, Li Rui asked each of them about to send two thousand, and hurriedly stopped: "Everyone is their own people, just mean it, two hundred." ”

"Two hundred is too little, right? How do you do this! Wu Kangmei was surprised. Three festivals and two birthdays every year, weddings and funerals are a good time for officials to make money, although everyone usually gets along well because of Li Rui's relationship, but it is indeed difficult to get this money.

Li Rui patted him, "I said Lao Wu, aren't you usually very shrewd, why are you confused today, now is the time?" In sensitive times, don't add to the chaos. ”

Wu Kangmei suddenly realized, patted his head and said: "Understand, understand, it's two hundred." ”

When the two of them came back after giving away the paper money, Zhu Jie couldn't help but smack his tongue and said: "The scene is really big enough, I only saw such a big scene when I attended the funeral of his father-in-law in our Wang Bureau the year before last." ”

Li Rui shook his head secretly when he heard this, the Wang Bureau in Zhu Jie's mouth is Wang Hai, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and Director of the Municipal Bureau. But then again, this kind of thing is also a common phenomenon in the leadership team, and the person who gives the gift actually knows in his heart that giving gifts may not be able to please the leader, maybe people may not even know who you are, but if you don't give it, maybe you will offend others, so there is this strange phenomenon of swarming gifts. Chen Shiwei is facing this now.

"The old lady has lived for more than ninety, which can be regarded as a long life, and she is happy and sad!" Wu Kangmei sighed on the side and said.

Zhu Jie also smiled and said: "I didn't expect Secretary Chen's grandson to be quite filial, when I went in to salute just now, Secretary Chen cried so sadly!" At first glance, it's not pretended. ”

Li Rui frowned and patted Zhu Jie, "Don't talk nonsense, Lao Chen's parents died when he was a child, and he was pulled by the old lady single-handedly, this feeling is different." ”

Zhu Jie also realized that it was inappropriate to joke about this kind of thing, slapped his mouth, and hurriedly said: "Yes, that's really different, no wonder Secretary Chen is so sad." ”

There was a sound of mourning coming from the side of the hall while talking, which is also one of the rules for funerals in the countryside, and it is necessary to cry and mourn at a certain moment. Li Rui felt a trace of disgust in his heart, in fact, he knew the situation of Chen Shiwei's family very well, Lao Chen had no brothers and sisters, and the old lady only had two sons, but they all starved to death during the great famine, leaving only Chen Shiwei and a cousin who had been given away since childhood. It's just that later Chen Shiwei developed and became the soil emperor of Qingshanquan Town, and a lot of relatives came out. Now there are a few people who are crying and mourning inside, and they are really looking at the old lady, and not all of them are aiming at the official position under Lao Chen's buttocks.

Li Rui originally called Wu Kangmei to inform them that on the one hand, they also asked them to come over to help, but seeing the current scene, they couldn't intervene at all, Wu Kangmei suggested: "Otherwise, let's find a place to drink, right?" ”

Although the Chen family also has tofu rice to entertain people who come to mourn, but first, they are in a hurry to prepare here, there is nothing to eat, and secondly, it is also noisy, if they really stay here to eat, they really have no appetite, and Li Rui's identity is there, and when the time comes, few people will come over to toast, people are crying and mourning here, but they are eating and drinking over there is very lively, what is this!

"Is there a restaurant open for the New Year?" Zhu Jie wondered.

"Come with me, I'll take you somewhere to make sure it's open, and it tastes pretty good." Wu Kangmei said with a smile.

Three people and three cars, following Wu Kangmei's old crown, drove crookedly along a gravel road to a farmhouse, and sure enough, the door was open. Wu Kangmei is obviously a regular customer here, and when she meets the boss, she talks and laughs, because the business is very light during the Spring Festival holiday, and there are no other guests. After entering the house, Wu Kangmei went straight to the kitchen to order, and Zhu Jie took down a jar of Qingyunchun's puree from his police car, and at first glance it was the only dozens of jars of century-old puree left in the original distillery, Li Rui couldn't help but be surprised: "Isn't this thing all hidden by Lao Zhao, how can there be it?" ”

Zhu Jie smiled: "This is what I came from Mr. Zhao, I originally wanted to go to our director to pat myself, but I went to the house twice and there was no one, and today I just wiped it out." By the way, I also brought a few bottles of the winery's new five-star Qingyun Laojiao, which has not yet been marketed, and I will use it to blend it later. ”

Zhu Jie said and took out two bottles of five-star Qingyun Laojiao from the car, both of which were finely packaged, and the box outside was printed with five stars in gold, and I felt that the grade had gone up a lot, and the bottle inside was a specially customized blue and white porcelain plum bottle, Li Rui took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, the workmanship was also quite beautiful, even if the wine inside was drunk, this bottle was also a pretty beautiful decoration. This must be Yu Meixia's idea again, it seems that this year's Qingyunchun is going to be a big hit.