Chapter 8: The Funeral of the East Society
Dongshe is a county below Haizhou City, in the northeast corner of Haizhou, only 50 kilometers away from Haizhou downtown, 94 years, the provincial passage between Dongshe and Haizhou has not been built, it takes more than an hour to take a car to Dongshe County.
Uncle Zhang Zhiwei, who is the deputy director of the Dongshe County Foreign Economic Cooperation Bureau, is very clear about the current situation in the city, and before his father rushed back to his hometown to give his uncle and grandfather a funeral, his relatives in his hometown knew that Tang Xueqian was isolated and examined.
Zhang Ke can still remember the situation when he returned to his hometown, and thought: If there is no accident, such a situation will happen again soon, right?
Coming out of the impermeable path that encloses the corn fields, you can see the old houses in the water plateau, except for the three old houses in my father's name that were left for my grandmother to live in, and the other uncles' families have renovated small buildings on the original homestead. On the southernmost side of the hill is the three-storey building of Uncle Zhang Zhiwei, and the pergola built with rainproof cloth is on the cement site in front of the small building. When a person dies, the funeral is held on the third day, and the Taoist monk is invited to do the work, which starts from the second day, and a group of monks wearing robes sit on the high platform in the pergola and beat gongs and drums, and there are many people around, which is no different from the scene in the memory.
Zhang Ke and his father stood outside the plateau, many people in the pergola saw it, cousin Zhang Yi shouted in surprise: "Uncle, Xiao Ke, why are you ......here today" He got up and wanted to run over, and pulled his son Zhang Zhiwei to stop, but it was the uncle Zhang Zhifei who ran out, took the paper bag in his father's hand with a change of clothes, and led Zhang Zhixing and Zhang Ke into the pergola.
"I just talked on the phone yesterday, thinking you would only arrive tomorrow ......" Uncle Zhang Zhiwei sat calmly, pretending to be surprised and saw his father, "Zhixing is the leader of the city, when did you become so free?" ”
According to the funeral customs of Haizhou, the funeral on the third day of a person's death is a white happy event, and relatives and friends generally attend the funeral on the day of the funeral. In Zhang Ke's memory, his father would be very embarrassed when he heard his uncle's mocking words, but at this moment, his father just smiled faintly: "There is nothing important in the city, and I haven't been back to the old house for a long time, so I asked for leave, and I have to wait for my uncle's first seven years to go back to the city......"
Zhang Zhiwei just snorted lightly, and his face turned away, but his cousin Zhang Yi looked awkward, and wanted to comfort him, but he was forced by the majesty of his son Zhang Zhiwei, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense, and his uncle Zhang Zhifei laughed and relieved the coldness: "Auntie went to Zhao Hanming's house to borrow a round table for tomorrow's dinner, I don't know if you and Xiao Ke will come back today, see that you are all sweating, go to my house to blow the air conditioner, live in my house tonight, just decorated, specially prepared a room, thinking about when my brother will come back, can't sleep in the old house...... But no one spoke.
Zhang Ke looked at the reenactment scene coldly, as if acting. When he was replaced, his father returned to his hometown, and he was already surrounded by outsiders talking in the middle, his father was standing, and his cousin Zhang Zhiwei would never sit and talk, even if his father didn't mind, he would say: "The second brother is the leader of the city, how can you stand and I sit?" "At this time, I can't help but know each other. But it was uncle Zhang Zhifei who grew up with his father since he was a child, and he also admired his father's personality and knowledge very much.
Uncle Zhang Zhifei's small building in the second building in the plateau, he graduated from the secondary school in his early years and entered the Dongshe County Construction Company, his father entered the city, he pulled a team by himself, and opened the Jetta in 94 years, and he was a thriving figure in Dongshe County.
Zhang Ke and his father followed Uncle Zhang Zhifei to the guest room on the second floor, watching Uncle Zhang Zhifei take out the clothes in the paper bag with his own hands and put them in the closet, the uncle was sorting out the clothes in his hands, but turned his head and said to him: "Zhang Ke, Xiaomei is watching the video upstairs, you go to play with her......"
Zhang Ke smiled, sat on the bed, and said with a smile: "What do you have to say to my father, do you need to avoid me?" ”
"You kid!" Zhang Ke saw that the uncle reached over to pull his ears, and hurriedly dodged away, he must have thought that he was still an ignorant teenager.
"It's okay, Xiao Ke has a sense of proportion...... "Dad said quietly as he stood there, "he knows what is happening now." ”
"Oh......" Zhang Ke saw that the uncle did not hide the surprise on his face, and heard him say, "We have all heard about Mayor Tang's matter, generally speaking, once it is quarantined and reviewed, there should be substantial evidence on it, second brother, do you say that Mayor Tang's matter has taken a turn for the better?" ”
"Didn't you say that? There may be no turnaround. "Dad didn't tell the truth, this kind of thing, if you can't find someone who really helps you, the more people know, the more dangerous it is.
"Second brother, Deputy Secretary Lu has had dinner with me a few times, you may still remember my appearance, I don't think you have to wait until the end of my Lao Tzu's first seven days, do you want me to accompany you to Deputy Secretary Lu's house for a trip......"
"If Lu Yiguang had regarded me as a traitor and thief in his heart, the relationship you had managed to get along with him might be ruined......"
"It doesn't matter what it does, after all, I don't mix in officialdom, and sometimes I can let go a little bit...... If the second brother agrees, we will go today, and I will prepare the things for you. ”
This is a conversation that Zhang Ke didn't know, I didn't expect the uncle to be so enthusiastic, but my father really did something to change to the mountain gate at this time, and he didn't want to go back to his hometown. Of course, in another time and space, the main reason why Dad was excluded from the city government was not this, everyone else admitted that he had given Tang Xueqian a gift and was willing to accept organizational criticism and education, but when Dad returned to Haizhou to accept the investigation of the provincial inspection team, he insisted that there was a personal relationship between him and Tang Xueqian, he gave gifts to Tang Xueqian, and also received Tang Xueqian's gifts, so who can tolerate him up and down the city government? Dad's temperament is too hard, he refuses to bend himself, although he has the ability, but there is no strong backstage above, it is difficult to mix in the officialdom.
Zhang Ke watched his father's reaction in silence, it was very rare for the uncle to be able to say this without getting any news.
Zhang Zhixing was silent for a while, took two steps forward, pressed his cousin Zhang Zhifei's shoulder with his hand, and said: "Zhifei, things are not as simple as the rumors, if you really want to help me, can you temporarily put down the affairs of your company and help me run for a few days......
"What's the problem?" Zhang Zhifei was a little stunned and asked, "I only have two projects in my hands now, and it doesn't matter if I ignore them for ten days and half a month." ”
"You often run at both ends of Haizhou and Dongshe, and you should be very clear about Haizhou's affairs. Xinfeng Group has long had a lot of problems, before Tang Xueqian presided over the restructuring, the city sent several inspection teams to Xinfeng Group, but nothing can be found, Tang Xueqian is not a fool, he is not a day or two when he is the executive deputy mayor, he wants to make money, and he will not fish in the troubled waters of Xinfeng Group, do you understand this truth? Zhang Ke heard this, don't worry, it seems that after Ding Xiangshan and Xu Si's layer of paper was pierced, Dad had already thought of the key point, only to see Dad staring at Uncle Zhang Zhifei with blazing eyes, "Isn't it strange that I am so close to Tang Xueqian that I don't know anything, but it is suddenly rumored that he accepted bribes from Jiang Mingcheng outside?" ”
"But......" Zhang Zhifei listened to his cousin's analysis, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
"Do you want to say that it is rumored that Tang Xueqian has a mistress and works in Xinfeng Group?" Zhang Zhixing took out the photos hidden close to him, the first one was a photo of Tang Xueqian and Xu Si, "Now it's this woman who is rumored outside?" Zhang Zhixingshuang spread the following three photos on the desk, "Look at these three photos, just yesterday, this woman and Ding Xiangshan met in the villa in the north mountain of Xiangshan, this person who poked his head into the car, and his body was still outside, Ding Xiangshan, and this red corolla was the car ...... Xinfeng Group gave this woman."
"How did you get this picture?" Zhang Zhifei was surprised and delighted, picked up the photos and identified them one by one, "Everyone outside is saying that Jiang Mingcheng gave the money to Tang Xueqian through this woman, it seems that there is another mystery!" How did you get this photo? ”
"The photos were all taken by Xiao Ke, except for your sister-in-law, no one else knows."
"You kid ......" Zhang Ke's shoulder suddenly grabbed Uncle Zhang Zhifei, almost suspecting that he was deliberately pinching himself, "You kid, why did you think of taking this photo?" ”
Zhang Zhifei was born in architecture, and he had a lot of strength in his hands, and Zhang Ke's shoulders shook a few times, but he didn't struggle out.
"I'm ashamed, after Tang Xueqian was quarantined and reviewed, I also panicked, I didn't have Xiao Ke to take these photos, and I couldn't think about the relationship before and after," Zhang Zhixing explained for his son, "By chance, Xiao Ke had seen Ding Xiangshan with this woman before, we were flustered, he wanted to figure out the relationship between before and after, and waited in front of this villa for a day to take these three photos," Zhang Zhixing picked up a photo of Tang Xueqian and Xu Si, "This photo was stolen by Xiao Ke from this woman, She also has a few group photos of the same kind in her hand......"
"You kid, okay, you can do great things!"
Zhang Ke's shoulder slapped Uncle Zhang Zhifei again, and everyone was half short, grinning and saying, "Where are you praising me and taking the opportunity to beat me?" ”
"Hehe......" Zhang Zhifei smiled, and asked Zhang Zhixing again, "There is one thing I don't understand, why Ding Xiangshan, Ding Xiangshan is the emperor of Haizhou, he wants to rectify Tang Xueqian, what method can't be used, it must be so extreme......"
"I haven't figured this out yesterday, but I'm a little eyebrow today," Zhang Zhixing picked up the photo of Ding Xiangshan getting into the Nissan car, "I want to say that there is no problem with Xinfeng Group, do you believe it or not?" Seeing Zhang Zhifei shaking his head, he continued, "Yes, many people don't believe it, but why can't the city send an inspection team several times to find out any problems?" The photo of Ding Xiangshan getting into the Nissan car was put on the table again, and he bent his middle finger and knocked it heavily on Ding Xiangshan's body, "If the problem of Xinfeng Group is related to Ding Xiangshan, then everything is easy to explain." ”
"......" Zhang Zhifei opened his mouth and was so surprised that he forgot to close it.
"Tang Xueqian presided over the restructuring of Xinfeng Group, which will definitely touch the deep-seated problems of Xinfeng Group, and it is likely that some problems have been dug up, but Ding Xiangshan has not yet been involved, but Ding Xiangshan must stop Tang Xueqian from continuing to dig. I heard that at the meeting of the Municipal Standing Committee, Ding Xiangshan mentioned again and again that the problems of Xinfeng Group have not been investigated for a long time, so do not dwell on them, and ensure the success of the restructuring is the key. Tang Xueqian once told me that the restructuring must be carried out, but the remaining problems are not clear, sorry for the country, sorry for the thousands of employees of Xinfeng Group......"
Zhang Ke secretly hated that his father had thought everything through, and he had no chance to play by himself. Dad has been immersed in officialdom for a few years, and he has figured out the tricks, but he refuses to give in.