Although Wu Kangmei seems to be in a hurry, it is obviously impossible to make an appointment with Wu Dabao before the Spring Festival, everyone is very busy at this time, and they are desperately trying to get rich. However, Li Rui still called Chen Jianghua and asked him about the specific situation of this Wu Dabao.

(To correct here, Chen Jianghua should be the director of the Office of the Propaganda Department and not the deputy director as written in between, because he was transferred from the post of deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League and County Party Committee and studied at the Party School of the Municipal Party Committee, so it is unlikely that he will be the deputy director.) ）

"You don't know? Wu Dabao has a very good relationship with our Minister Cai, they are all from Matou Township, and when our Minister Cai was the Secretary of the Party Committee of Matou Township, Wu Dabao was the deputy head of the township. ”

"And what about him? Is it good to deal with? ”

"The person is okay, quite righteous. Is it good to deal with? It depends on whom, what are you looking for? ”

Li Rui immediately told Chen Jianghua about Wu Kangmei's entrustment.

"So that's the case, the deputy director who is about to retire I know that he does have a good relationship with him." Chen Jianghua muttered on the phone, "You see, if this is not the case, I will ask him out after the Spring Festival, and you can talk about it yourself, his relationship with me is not bad." If he wants to call you a friend, I don't think it's a big problem! ”

"Okay, I'll bother you. By the way, you can come to my house in the evening. ”

"Hey, hey! It's something that can't fit again, right? I don't have too much of you. "Last New Year's Day, Li Rui also gave a lot of things to Chen Jianghua. Although Chen Jianghua also has other gifts, it is nothing compared to Li Rui.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, it was past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night when Li Rui came out of his uncle, the climax of fireworks and firecrackers had passed, and the whole street was filled with a thick smell of sulfur smoke. Although this one-bedroom dormitory is quite small, it has a little heating and is very sufficient, the outside is nearly minus ten degrees, but the temperature inside is more than twenty degrees, and Li Rui is wearing shorts and a vest after taking a shower. I couldn't fall asleep for a while, so I made another cup of tea, turned on the TV, and lay on the bed to watch TV. The Spring Festival Gala is being rebroadcast on TV, and Li Rui only glanced at his uncle's house a few times during the previous live broadcast, and did not look carefully, at this time, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao's sketch "The Big Change" is being played, and it is very interesting to watch.

The mobile phone rang suddenly, who is still calling at this time? Li Rui answered the phone in wonder, and when he heard that it was Gao Jie calling, a warmth suddenly surged in his heart.

"Gao Jie, Happy New Year! Still not sleeping so late? ”

"Miss you, Happy New Year!"

"Have you a happy New Year? It must be quite lively at home! ”

"You're a kid to me! This year, my sister-in-law's family came over, and after eating Chinese New Year's Eve, I have been playing cards until now, and I have just returned to the room, and I will call you if I can't sleep. ”

"Oh, it turned out that Mr. Liu's family came, how could he come to your house for the New Year when he was so rich?"

Li Rui had long heard Gao Jie say that she had an aunt in Jiangning, and her brother-in-law Liu Daliang was a well-known private entrepreneur in the province, and I remember that Li Rui had dealt with him once in his previous life, and he was an extremely shrewd businessman, but I didn't expect him to be Gao Jie's brother-in-law.

"What if you have money, our two families are in turn, and we went to Jiangning for the New Year last year. Are you at your brother-in-law's house or in the dormitory? ”

"Where's the dormitory, are you coming?" Li Rui immediately perked up. Gao Jie's family lives in the Standing Committee courtyard at the back, and it only takes seven or eight minutes to walk.

"It's beautiful, there are so many people in the family, how dare I run out in the middle of the night!" Gao Jie giggled and said coquettishly.

……

Li Rui and Gao Jie were talking on the phone, and they didn't hang up the phone until she yawned and became sleepy. I didn't know that the phone had just hung up, and it rang again, and it was almost two o'clock in the morning.

"Li Rui, Happy New Year! Your phone calls are really difficult, I've been on the phone for almost half an hour, and if I don't get through this time, I won't call. ”

It's really fresh, this call was actually from Yu Meixia.

"Mixia, Happy New Year! Sorry, I just kept talking. Since the last time he came back from Shagou, Li Rui's address to Yu Meixia has changed from Miss Yu to Meixia. It's not deliberate, everyone thinks it's natural.

"I'm worried that I'm afraid I'll disturb your rest."

"I can't sleep, I'm watching TV, the Spring Festival Gala."

"I watched it during the live broadcast earlier, and it was very good."

"Can you also receive the Spring Festival Gala in Hong Kong?"

"Of course Hong Kong can receive it, haven't you seen that every time the host broadcasts all kinds of congratulatory messages from overseas Chinese! I also wish New Year's greetings to our Hong Kong and Macao compatriots and overseas Chinese compatriots! But I'm not in Hong Kong today, I'm in Pengcheng. ”

"What? You didn't go back? This Zhang Zhuoyang is too much, I won't give you a vacation during the New Year! Isn't the construction site already closed? Li Rui was very surprised when he heard that Yu Meixia was still in Pengcheng.

"It's none of Mr. Zhang's business, I don't want to go back. Even if you go back to Hong Kong, you will celebrate the New Year alone, so what is the difference between going back and not going back? This year, it is just here to feel the atmosphere of the New Year in Pengcheng. ”

Although Yu Meixia said it very easily, Li Rui could still hear a trace of loneliness from her words. A woman is alone in Pengcheng for the New Year, Li Rui feels quite guilty, he was too busy during the New Year, busy with all kinds of entertainment, and he didn't take the initiative to call and ask, after all, he is also Yu Meixia's friend anyway.

"Are you in your dorm now? Did you eat alone for Chinese New Year's Eve? ”

"Of course it's alone, will there be anyone with me? I've been used to it for so many years, and I walked around the street during the day, and the smell of the New Year was quite strong, and I was still downstairs at twelve o'clock. It's better to set off fireworks in Pengcheng, but if you set off fireworks in Hong Kong, you have to be controlled. Yu Meixia laughed on the phone.

"Then you will spend the Spring Festival alone, why don't you go to Nanqiao with me?" Li Rui blurted out.

"Good! Your residence in Nanqiao is really good, very classical, but will it bother you? ”

Hearing this, Yu Meixia was very happy to get his invitation, Li Rui muttered: "Tomorrow I will go to the leader's house to pay New Year's greetings, I will come to pick you up in the afternoon, and then we will go back to Nanqiao together." ”

"Okay, then I'm welcome, I'll wait for you." Yu Meixia said happily.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Rui's main leaders for New Year's greetings are Guo Wending and Ji Faling, both of their homes are in Pengcheng, and Yu Shungen lives in Nanqiao, Li Rui plans to visit again on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Ji Faling's home is in a single-family yard at the junction of urban and rural areas, the yard is very large, covering an area of one acre of land, and the surrounding environment is also very quiet, but when Li Rui arrived, a long car had been parked outside the courtyard gate, as long as you look at the license plate, you can know that these people who came are familiar faces, and they are all people at the level of Ji cadres.

They were all sitting in the living room, smoking, drinking tea and chatting, and when they saw Li Rui coming in, they all stood up with a smile and greeted them, and Wu Dabao, director of the Construction Committee, was also present, and when he shook hands with Li Rui, his hands tightened, and his eyes showed a knowing look, and said: "Li Ju, wait for two days for our brothers to get together." ”

Obviously, Chen Jianghua had already passed the anger with him, and Li Rui also understood and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for Director Wu to summon me for a long time, and I will arrange it when the time comes." ”

sat down and smoked in a circle, and everyone blew up the clouds and mist.

After a while, the door of the study next to him opened, and Ji Faling sent Deputy County Magistrate Wang, who was in charge of agriculture, out, and when he saw Li Rui, he beckoned: "Li Rui is here, come in." ”

Li Rui hurriedly responded, extinguished the cigarette butt and got up, and Gu Xiaodong, the director of the Planning Commission on the side, whispered with envy: "Brother, it's still your cow!" I came early in the morning. ”

In the envious eyes of everyone, Li Rui walked into the study, and there was still a person sitting in the study, none other than Chen Jianghua's top boss - Propaganda Minister Cai Yongbin, who also smiled when he saw Li Rui come in: "Li Rui is here." ”

"Oops! Leader, you're here too! Happy New Year to the leader! As he spoke, he took out a Zippo lighter from his bag and offered it with both hands, and said with a smile: "Originally, I thought that I would wait until I went to work to honor the leader, so please accept the leader with a smile." ”

"You kid, don't do this." Cai Yongbin took the lighter from Li Rui's hand with a smile, looked at it carefully, and lit a cigarette and put it in his pocket. He is an old smoking gun, and Li Rui gave him a limited edition lighter. What he gave Ji Faling was a set of British Burberry leather goods. These are all brought by Li Rui specially entrusted Zhang Zhuoyang from Hong Kong before the holiday. In recent years, there have not been as many opportunities to go abroad as county-level leaders like them, and this kind of small gift is still very popular with leaders and their families.

Ji Faling looked at the interaction between Li Rui and Cai Yongbin with a pleasant face, and only after everyone sat down did he open the conversation, first of all, he spoke highly of the safety production inspection carried out by the Coal Pipe Bureau before the Spring Festival; secondly, he inquired about the preparation of the coal chemical industry zone in Qingshanquan Town; Finally, some expectations were put forward for the work after the Spring Festival.

There were still a lot of people waiting outside, and Li Rui was also very interested, so when it was almost over, he hurriedly got up and said goodbye. Like the treatment of Deputy County Magistrate Wang, Ji Faling specially sent him to the door of the study, and in front of everyone, he held Li Rui's hand and said with a smile: "For the New Year, I know that you have a lot of things, so I won't leave you to eat." ”

Li Rui came to Ji Faling for the first time to pay New Year's greetings and didn't know his rules, in the past, this kind of treatment was only limited to cadres above the deputy county level, and this was clearly said like treating his nephews. Everyone looked at Li Rui's eyes full of envy and jealousy.