(Send the first VIP chapter, 5,000 words for a monthly pass!) As soon as Cao Shumu finished drawing the renderings and was recognized by the city, Wen Yang paid the design fee at one time without saying a word. Cao Shujun was paid 10,000 yuan and was eager to buy a game console, but it was confiscated by Cao Yongguo. The remaining tens of thousands of yuan are in the hands of Cao Shumu, but Cao Yongguo didn't say anything, but when Cao Shumu proposed to come to the charter city, Cao Yongguo disagreed and resolutely opposed.

From the words that kept popping out of Cao Shumu's cute little mouth, Xia Xiang heard one thing clearly, it turned out that Cao Shumu came to Charter City in the name of visiting grandpa and grandma.

The night breeze in Ba County at night was slightly cool, Cao Shumu wore a one-piece skirt similar to pajamas, the skirt was like a big vest, no waist and no curve, she wore it like a lantern on her body, floating around as soon as she walked, and the light and thin material was close to her body, but it was even more curved.

Cao Shumu obviously didn't realize the fact that she was indirectly gone, she put one hand behind her back, the other hand on her cheek, very dissatisfied and very sad shook her head and said: "My dad is old and stubborn, he has a bad relationship with my grandfather, so he won't allow me to come to Charter City!" He didn't want to think about it, I wanted to come to Charter City in the name of visiting my grandfather and grandma, and he dared to insist on opposing it, really when my mother is air, really when my mother is easy to bully, isn't it? ”

Cao Shumu pretended to be angry and looked very cute, her small mouth pursed hard, her nose wrinkled, her eyes tried to widen, and she wanted to act fierce, but it made people feel like a little girl who was playing tricks and deliberately made people laugh, Xia wanted to hold back her laughter, and asked: "Things between the elders, the juniors had better not say much, after all, they all have their own positions, as their relatives, it is not good to blame and favor either side, so they have to reconcile as much as possible, right?" ”

"Oops, oops, I said Xia Xiang, how many years older are you? Three or four, why do I sound like I'm a teenager older, and I talk old-fashioned, similar to my dad's tone! Cao Shumu's liveliness and cheerfulness finally returned, she smiled and walked around Xia Xiang a few times, and then stretched out her hand to cover her eyes, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I'm mature again, I don't know you anymore." ”

Xia Xiang smiled and took away the hand that was blocking her eyes: "Don't make trouble, Mucuna Mucuna, tell me about Mi Xuan-what is the origin of your cousin in red?" ”

Cao Shumu's face suddenly turned red, and he shook his hand away from Xia Xiang's hand: "Take it away, I hate it, who asked you to take my hand?" She remembered Xia Xiang's funny appearance in red swimming trunks, and couldn't help but make fun of him and said, "What a cousin in red, it's really ugly to call names." I remember, you look in red swim trunks, it's ugly! ”

Fortunately, Xia Xiang was thick-skinned enough, and the red swimsuit was wearing on his body at that time, so he hurriedly went into the water and pretended not to care. Now that Cao Shumu brought up the old things again, and his pink face was beautiful, he couldn't help but move in his heart, and reached out again to grab her little hand: "Tell me honestly, are you partnering with her to trick me?" ”

Cao Shumu's little hand struggled slightly, then stopped moving, and let Xia Xiang hold it in the palm of her hand, her little hand was soft and soft, like a ball of delicate wool, and it felt good. She held out a finger and tapped her nose: "Me? I didn't, I was innocent, it was all Sister Xuan, she made her own decisions and wanted to trick you...... Sister Xuan, she is actually a good person, but her surname is a little stubborn, unwilling to forgive, and picky. But she loves me the most, when I was a child living at my grandmother's house, she played with me every day and took very good care of me, just like my own sister. Later, when I grew up, my father and grandfather had a bad relationship, so I came back less. ”

The two walked casually in the guest house of the county party committee, holding hands together for a while, and then inadvertently parting for a while, and no one cared. Xia Xiang didn't expect that Cao Shumu was quite talkative, chattering endlessly, and he didn't have the slightest precaution against him, and also told the grievances between Cao Yongguo and his father-in-law.

In fact, there is no big deal, that is, Cao Yongguo was assigned to the second construction of the province as a technician at the beginning, followed the construction team to the charter city, and met Wang Yufen. Wang Yufen was working in the Technical Supervision Bureau of the Charter City at that time, the unit was good, and the person was also beautiful, so it can be said that the conditions were first-class in all aspects, but he fell in love with the little technician Cao Yongguo. Originally, Wang Yufen's father, Wang Junyang, wanted her to marry a local, and on her terms, it was not a problem to find a young man who worked in the municipal party committee and municipal axe, but Wang Yufen was determined to marry Cao Yongguo.

Wang Junyang naturally did not agree, and tried every means to stop the two people. Cao Yongguo was also stubborn, and in a fit of anger, he took Wang Yufen back to Yan City, and almost lost his job because of it. Wang Junyang was the head of Xiqiao District of Charter City at the time, and he had something to do with it, so he found a friend in Yan City and wanted to persuade Wang Yufen to come back. Wang Yufen directly rejected him, saying that if he didn't marry Cao Yongguo, he wouldn't marry anyone.

Wang Junyang had no choice but to nod in agreement. He didn't think that Cao Yongguo was so good, and he thought that Cao Yongguo must have deceived Wang Yufen with clever words, so she had to marry a technician with no status and no future. In the end, when Cao Yongguo and Wang Yufen got married, although Wang Junyang also attended the wedding, he still didn't give Cao Yongguo a good look, and claimed that if he was really bad in the future, he could transfer the relationship to Charter City, and he could use the power in his hands to arrange a good future for him.

Cao Yongguo rejected Wang Junyang's kindness and spent all his savings to transfer Wang Yufen's relationship to Yan City, but he didn't have the ability to let her enter the agency, and only entered a company with average efficiency. Since then, Cao Yongguo has worked hard, without any background, completely relying on his own efforts, step by step to a high position.

After getting married, although he didn't move around much with Wang Junyang, every time he came back, he was peaceful, at least on the surface, he was okay, especially after Wang Junyang retired and left the leadership position, his momentum was much weaker. Later, Cao Yongguo became the director of the provincial bureau and became a department-level cadre, which was a level higher than Wang Junyang, who retired from the department level.

One year, when I went back for the Chinese New Year, the family drank together, and Wang Junyang drank too much, so he talked about the past. I don't know what the reason is, he began to accuse Cao Yongguo of not being right, saying how he was not good, where he did not do it right, if he did what he said, let alone the department level, he would be a vice province in the future, and even the provincial and ministerial level would not be a problem, and the meaning revealed in and out of the words was, of course, Cao Yongguo was not as good as him.

Cao Yongguo has been despised by Wang Junyang for many years, and after becoming the director, of course he has to raise his eyebrows, but because he is an elder, he has to serve him in front of him and flatter him a few words. didn't want Wang Junyang to talk more and more unlikely, and even said that if Wang Yufen stayed in Charter City, he would definitely be able to marry a husband who became the secretary of the listing committee. The director of the provincial bureau is a department-level cadre, but he is far inferior to the mayor and the secretary of the municipal party committee, and he has great power.

Cao Yongguo finally got angry.

Cao Yongguo refuted Wang Junyang in person, saying that he had only been the secretary of the district party committee in his life, even if he was in charge of the political side, he was just a department-level cadre, his level was not high, his realm was not high, and he could not see what many high-level people could see. The implication is that it is very inappropriate for retired department-level cadres to use the vision of the past to teach incumbent department-level cadres a lesson.

His words angered Wang Junyang, and Wang Junyang took the case and issued an order to expel the guest. Cao Yongguo did not back down,-for-tat, and led the whole family to return to Yan City that night. Wang Yufen was caught in the middle, in a dilemma, she wanted to stay, but she was driven away by Wang Junyang in anger, and she never entered the house.

Although later under the persuasion of his family, Wang Junyang took the initiative to call Wang Yufen and asked her to go home for the New Year. After all, it was his biological parents, Wang Yufen forgave Wang Junyang, but Cao Yongguo refused to bow his head, saying that he would not return to Charter City again, and Cao Shumu and Cao Shujun would be very unhappy when they mentioned that they wanted to visit their grandfather and grandmother.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, even if it is a high-ranking official's house, there are many discordant voices, Xia Xiang sighed, and suddenly thought of a question: "You haven't answered me yet, what kind of relative is your cousin in red?" ”

"Don't call your cousin in red anymore, it's not good!" Cao Shumu said dissatisfiedly, seeing that her hand was grabbed by Xia Xiang again at some point, he shook it off vigorously, "You can just call her Sister Xuan, she is my uncle's daughter." ”

"Why don't you have the surname Wang?" Xia Xiang was a little strange.

After Cao Shumu shook off Xia Xiang's hand, he didn't say a few words, and hugged his arm very unconsciously.

"It seems that there is some agreement between my uncle and my aunt, anyway, I don't know, anyway, Mi Xuan's surname is her mother's surname......" The courtyard of the county party committee guest house is not small, the street lights are quite bright, Cao Shumu has sharp eyes, and when he was talking, he suddenly saw someone coming from a distance, and pointed with his hand and said, "Look, my uncle is here......"

Separated by a flower bed, Mi Xuan and a bald man were walking towards this side, and the two looked intimate, obviously close. Bypassing the flower bed, the two came to Xia Xiang and Cao Shumu, and without waiting for others to speak first, the bald man made fun of Cao Shumu first: "Mucuna girl, she is more beautiful than before, it really makes my uncle envious...... I didn't expect you to reach the age of finding a boyfriend, time flies so fast. ”

Cao Shumu realized that the arm that was still holding Xia Xiang did not let go, so he hurriedly let go and explained: "Uncle, don't get me wrong, I just feel a little cold, borrow his arm to keep warm, don't talk nonsense." ”

"Is my uncle a talker?" The bald man responded with a smile, and then looked at Xia Xiang again, with curiosity and scrutiny, as well as a hint of intriguing, "Secretary Xia, I didn't expect that we could establish such a close connection with each other, I was really surprised, when Xuan Yatou said to me just now, I didn't believe it." When I saw the appearance of the Mucuna girl just now, I was finally relieved. ”

Feel relieved? What kind of heart? Did his words mean something else? Xia Xiang also sighed in his heart that the world was wonderful, the person in front of him was none other than Wang Quanyou, member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, who never expected that he would be Cao Shumu's uncle!

Wang Quanyou is the backbone of the centrists, speaking of which, in Xia Xiang's understanding, he actually prefers Liu Shixuan more, and he still rejects Li Dingshan a little. At the Standing Committee, even if they do not raise objections to Li Dingshan, at least they will not explicitly support Li Dingshan on some major issues, and may even support Liu Shixuan.

Who knew that he was actually Cao Shumu's uncle, and I don't know if what he said just now was relieved, was it relieved of the relationship between him and Cao Shumu, or did he imply something else?

Xia Xiang had no choice but to smile shyly: "Secretary Wang, fortunately, fortunately." Shu Mucuna and I are alumni, it just so happened that she came to Ba County to play, I also did my best to be a landlord, and then in the evening we discussed the design of a project together, and unconsciously discussed it to the present, mainly because the work was too devoted. ”

Cao Shumu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "That's it, uncle, we are discussing the design of a landmark building in Yanshi Railway Station Square, the problem is very profound, the design is very complicated, you don't understand it, so I won't tell you." So you haven't seen anything, you've heard nothing, have you? ”

Wang Quanyou scolded with a smile: "Little slippery, you are still playing tricks with your uncle, you are still a little behind." Don't worry, if you tell me or not, I won't tell your father, he is so stubborn, he must have other ideas, how can I stand with him? ”

Then he looked at Xia Xiang again and said, "Xiao Xia, Ba County is not as good as Yan City, it is still relatively cold at night, don't stay outside for too long, be careful if you catch a cold, it is easy to catch a cold." Okay, I won't disturb you young people chatting, let's go, come to me when you have time in the future, and let me listen to the young people's opinions, the young people now have a lot of ideas, Xuan Yatou said a lot of your deeds, which makes me very curious......"

Wang Quanyou waved his hand and turned to leave, his gentle smile making it difficult for Xia Xiang to associate him with the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee who was sitting there as calm as a mountain on the Standing Committee. For a long time, he and Li Dingshan believed that maybe Zheng Qian would remain neutral on key issues, and although Wang Quanyou and Liu Shixuan were not close, it was reasonable to say that they might slowly lean to Liu Shixuan's side in conflict and confrontation.

Tomorrow, it is necessary to let Li Dingshan and Cao Shumu meet and find out her identity, as for whether Li Dingshan will associate with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee behind Cao Yongguo, and whether he will connect the line of Song Chaodu again, Xia Xiang has no bottom in his heart, but since Li Dingshan knows that there is Cao Yongguo's relationship that can be used, he must also have some associations.

Each link can form a force that can be used to help each other, and the more links, the wider the network.

Early the next morning, as soon as he went to work, Xia Xiang told Li Dingshan about Cao Shumu. Sure enough, Li Dingshan was very interested when he heard it: "Cao Yongguo? I have heard of him, he is a scholar-type director, his own quality is very high, he has risen from the grassroots level to a high position, and his foundation is very solid. ”

In front of Xia Xiang, Li Dingshan did not hide his true thoughts, he felt that Cao Yongguo still had a great future, but he didn't know that Cao Yongguo was being squeezed out by Gao Chengsong and was struggling. However, the strange thing is that the news that Cao Yongguo is going to be transferred to the Surveying and Mapping Bureau has been rumored for a while, and until now the appointment has not been officially issued.

"I'll ask Chaodu for the inside story." After listening to Xia Xiang's news about Cao Yongguo's transfer, Li Dingshan also felt that something was very strange, so he dialed Song Chaodu's phone in front of Xia Xiang.

This is the first time Xia Xiang saw Li Dingshan and called Song Chaodu.

"Chaodu, I'm Ding Shan, I want to ask you about something...... Li Dingshan and Song Chaodu really have a lot of relationship, they don't need to be polite at all, they just tell Cao Yongguo about it, and then he fell silent, listening to the phone quietly, with a puzzled look on his face.

Chaodu said that the province's support for Cao Yongguo was Lu Yuanyuan, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, but the strange thing was that Secretary Lu supported Cao Yongguo at a meeting, which surprised everyone. Li Dingshan was also surprised when he saw Xia Xiang, knowing that he couldn't believe it, because Deputy Secretary Lu Zhiyuan was the third person in the provincial party committee, second only to Gao Chengsong, secretary of the provincial party committee, and Ye Shisheng, governor of the province, who was in charge of the party and the masses, and had a great say in the appointment of cadres.

If Secretary Lu really wants to support Cao Yongguo, even if Cao Yongguo will not be promoted, at least he will be able to keep his position as director of the Urban Construction Bureau, and he will not have to go to the Surveying and Mapping Bureau to retire. So why is it that Cao Yongguo was really transferred to the Surveying and Mapping Bureau in the later generations, or that he is not stable in the position of director of the Urban Construction Bureau in the current time and space, which proves that the backstage behind him is not tough, why did he suddenly get the support of Secretary Lu?

Xia wanted to understand that there was an unpredictable deviation in history.

Li Dingshan's next sentence made Xia Xiang even more dumbfounded: "It is said that there is a rumor in the province that Cao Yongguo may be appointed as the deputy mayor of Yan City, and then the next step is to be a member of the Standing Committee and executive vice mayor!" ”

Xia Xiang was so shocked that he was almost speechless, and only said after a while: "It's too sudden, Shu Mu didn't mention it to me, it is estimated that she didn't hear any news, that is, Director Cao didn't know anything." ”

Li Dingshan nodded: "It should be that the province is playing, but listening to Chaodu's tone, it should be ** not far from ten, Secretary Lu's support is very strong, and Minister Lu also spares no effort to express his support, that is, Secretary Gao has not expressed his position for the time being, and everyone else is holding a wait-and-see attitude, and no one has clearly opposed it for the time being." ”

"Does Minister Song have any other opinions?" Song Chaodu is now the Minister of Agriculture and Industry of the Provincial Party Committee, Xia Xiang also changed his name to call him Minister Song, he always felt that there must be many unknown insiders in this matter, although Song Chaodu is not a member of the Standing Committee, but he is still in the Provincial Party Committee, he still has connections, he must know something, so he asked tentatively.

(To be continued)