On the 15th of May, just after the beginning of summer, the sky in Canton was already maddeningly hot. The rays of the sun shone down from the haze, and the ground was as hot as a fire poured with oil. Some gray gases that look like clouds but not clouds, like fog and not fog, float low in the air, making people feel breathless.

"There's no wind at all, this damn weather!" Wu Chen sighed in his heart, picked up the water cup and walked to the pantry. The pantry is a small room next to the elevator, and although it is simple, it is far away from the offices that row one after another in the wings.

Since the strict tobacco control, this has become Wu Chen's second activity place in the unit, he likes to come here to make a cup of tea, light a cigarette, and look at the straight boulevard outside the window, the old and deep feeling can make him quickly calm down, adjust his mentality, and go back to deal with the pile of in the office.

"Xiao Wu, stole cattle last night? The whole day was listless. The one who spoke was Wu Chen's colleague Lao Li, who had been a section chief in the unit for more than ten years and had not grown, and seeing that he was about to retire, he had no desires or desires, no quarrels or troubles, and he had a good relationship with anyone. Now seeing that Wu Chen was listless, he opened his mouth to laugh.

Cattle stealing is a joke told by the older generation in the countryside, and most of today's young people don't have this experience, but the word "cattle stealing" has taken on another ambiguous meaning in their unit.

In the system, telling meat jokes has become a basic skill, ubiquitous, although Wu Chen doesn't like to speak, but he doesn't exclude others from talking, after all, in what kind of environment you have to adapt to what kind of atmosphere, the so-called go with the flow.

"Hehe, I slept a little late." Wu Chen still respects Lao Li a lot, my brother is out of the realm, open-minded and casual, Wu Chen is actually quite willing to become a colleague with such a person, whether it is beneficial or not, not to mention, in short, it is harmless to people and easy to get along with.

Wu Chen is 1.75 meters tall, with an ordinary appearance, belonging to the kind that is drowned when thrown into the pile, but fortunately, he often plays basketball when he is studying, and occasionally makes cameos as a substitute for the football team, and his body is still strong. I think back then, when I first went to college, I was also optimistic and lively, bookish and instructive, even if my classmates were a little unhappy, they were also a few glasses of beer, chatting stinky farts together, and there was nothing to do when they slept well.

After work, his character has suffered a lot of losses, he has no intention of going against anyone, but sometimes it is inevitable to make some "young people's mistakes", and good intentions may not necessarily do good things.

For example, once, when a project unit came to the leader responsible for project approval, Wu Chen was very polite in the spirit of hospitality, and brought people to the conference room to ask for a seat, and poured tea, which made the other party very obedient and praised him.

But he didn't know that the leader of Lu Dao didn't want to see these people in his heart, and he deliberately wanted to cool off the other party, and he was very passive when he was so engaged by Wu Chen, for this reason, Wu Chen didn't wear a lot of small shoes for a while, and later it was Brother Li who pointed out the maze for him.

Over the years, after more things like this, Wu Chen has become more and more reticent, and began to pursue the principle of "ten thousand words are better than one silence." gradually became a gelding donkey who only grinds and does not fart.

"Young people still have to take care of their bodies and don't stay up late." Lao Li said with a smile, took his teapot and turned around and walked out of the pantry.

They have a total of six leaders in this department, the division chief, the investigator, and the deputy division company, but there are only three soldiers, and the typical head is big and thin, and the inverted triangle structure is not uncommon.

Among the three soldiers, Lao Li basically didn't work much, and with more than 30 years of youth, he successfully moved from "boiling" to "mixing". The only ones who really work as managers are Wu Chen and Xu Zhifei, and it just so happens that the three of them are fellow villagers, who love to drink kung fu tea, and pay attention to slow cooking and fine brewing, but they are all small civil servants, and it is difficult to get a set of tea sets, and they usually have their own teapots and cups.

Wu Chen was used to Lao Li's ridiculous care, and he didn't answer the chat, he just smiled and responded, took some water from the water dispenser and boiled it in the kettle, fiddling with his teapot and teacup.

Because I like to drink tea, and by the way, I like to use tea sets, and the teapot is naturally made of purple sand, but the purple sand pot has been too expensive over the years, not to mention the master, it is the work of an ordinary craftsman, and Wu Chen can't afford it.

The so-called purple clay pots in stalls or small shops are cheap but cheap, but they are basically fake. Counterfeiting is counterfeiting, even if it is good to use ordinary mud, but in order to imitate purple sand, a lot of chemical raw materials are added, and the heavy metals are seriously exceeded.

Wu Chen is now using a golden silk red clay Ruyi light flat pot, the shape is simple and concise, only at the bottom and the root of the handle have two styles, but it is not a famous hall number, but a fire-shaped pattern, which is really inexplicable.

This is two years ago when Wu Chen went back to his hometown for the New Year, he picked it up from an old man who sold pots in a small county town, at that time, this light goods were placed in a pile of flowers, and it was not conspicuous, Wu Chen didn't think it was very special, but he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, he liked it at first sight, it seemed that he had a fate in his previous life, and a familiar feeling came to his face. It feels thick when you pick it up, and it is a few points heavier than the average pot, although it is said that the purple clay pot is better for the heavy one, but it is not such a loser!

Wu Chen spent 800 yuan, and after buying it back, he couldn't figure out who it was, let alone how it was true or false, anyway, after raising it for two years, it became more and more mellow and pleasant, and it was simple and square when he put it there, like an old man who had been in the years for a long time.

Speaking of which, there is also an interesting thing about this pot, the tea brewed out is extraordinarily sweet, a little different from others, Wu Chen once told his colleague Xu Zhifei about this discovery, but he was laughed at by him, saying that he was purely psychological, and he loved the house and Wu.

Usually matched with a host imitation Ru kiln round place cup, over the years a variety of antique kiln products have come out, Wu Chen likes Ru kiln the most a touch of azure, warm as water, the same, the leading brand Xiaofang, Heng Lian or something he can't afford to buy, can only settle for the second, bought a host to use, it took some time, the opening of the film is vertical, the texture is delicate, I look at it at a glance.

"In a daze again? Hurry up, ready for a meeting, Conference Room 2. Xu Zhifei walked in with his teacup, and although his tone was urging, he walked over unhurriedly.

There are only two young men in the department, and they are both men, and they are both used as cattle and horses, isn't there a joke that civil servants just use women as men and men as animals? Sympathy for the same disease, plus they are fellow countrymen, the two usually get along well, and there are not so many office filths.

If you want to talk about the temperament of the two people, it is two extremes, Wu Chen is determined not to do anything, do not spread rumors, do not spread rumors, like a muffled gourd, something fell to him, tied tightly, and no trace of it was revealed. Xu Zhifei is an active person, calling friends all day long, acquaintances are all over half of the office building, there are various information channels, and he has not told Wu Chen some roadside news in private.

"Branch?" Wu Chen turned his face and asked, a little unsure, the branch meeting was notified yesterday, but there is no fixed time, there will be many of them, which leader is not sure if something suddenly happens, and what meeting will be convened temporarily.

Many people criticize the administrative agency as a mountain of literature and a sea of documents, and for them, the handling personnel, it is even more miserable. For the administrative department, the meeting is the two main communication channels, and the work content is reflected in the correspondence and meetings, which is understandable in itself.

Wu Chen is more annoyed by the various bad habits hidden behind these meetings, the retreat will not be said, in short, it is, even all kinds of pragmatic meetings are often not able to find the north, a very simple question, after studying for an afternoon, I found that I didn't talk much about the problem itself.

"What do you think?" Xu Zhifei stared at Wu Chen dissatisfiedly, this guy is good at everything, but he is easy to get distracted in a daze, and he doesn't remember anything, tell him a news, and deliberately ask him the next day, and he can tell you that he hasn't heard of it! Isn't this a individual?

"It's nothing, the branch will be the branch meeting." Wu Chen smiled, this meeting has been postponed for a few weeks.

"It's not that simple!" Xu Zhifei suddenly showed a weird smile, leaned over and whispered to Wu Chen, "Wait and watch the show." ”

"Go, go, hate the world too peaceful, right?" Wu Chen laughed and scolded, the so-called good show is nothing more than people watching monkeys off stage, monkeys watching people on stage, he really has no interest, with this kung fu, it is better to give him a vacation and let him go home to sleep!

After the water boiled, Wu Chen picked up and made two cups of tea for himself and Xu Zhifei, and the two walked to the conference room with their hands, which was empty and no one had come. The conference room was small, with an oval conference table in the center and a circle of leather chairs on the outside.

Wu Chen found a corner and sat down, put down the teacup, stood up and turned on the ceiling light and air conditioner, walked to the window again, pushed the window open a crack for ventilation, and suddenly felt a heat wave roll in from the crack.

"This dog weather can really heat up a person!"

Wu Chen muttered back to his seat, the weather is becoming more and more abnormal, all kinds of extreme weather occur frequently, and it is "once in a hundred years" at every turn, which reminds him that in the projects they approve, the design of many projects must also be designed to resist the "once in 50 years" and "once in 60 years" standards, what kind of standard is this!

"Heat isn't the main problem yet! It's this gray one, and sooner or later everyone will finish playing! ”

Now the smog is getting worse and PM2 is everywhere. 5, just like a cover, people live in it, whether they get up early or return late, they can't see the heat!

Wu Chen smiled bitterly, this Xu cannon! Don't look at the wind and fire, in fact, you are more pessimistic than yourself.

There is no way, everyone is crowded into the city, in such a small place, nearly 20 million people have gathered, eating, drinking,, food, clothing, housing and transportation, how can they stand it?

Seeing that Xu Zhifei was going to continue to speak generously, Wu Chen hurriedly shushed and said, "The leader is here!" Xu Zhifei closed his mouth, turned his head to look at the door of the conference room, but saw Lao Li walking in with a water cup and a notebook, so he shouted, "Brother Li, you also came so early?" ”

"Hehe, it's okay anyway, just come over early. What are you talking about? Can you hear your cannon at the door? Lao Li walked over to them and sat down. The two brothers were very depressed, and they said in their hearts that your brother is fine, and he is idle like a fairy!

Wu Chen sighed: "Brother Li, when do you think I can be an immortal like you?" Xu Zhifei also nodded on the side and said enviously, "Yes, when can I really be a bastard and wait for death?" Wu Chen was speechless for a moment, he was quite shrewd, why was it so awkward to say such a good thing!

Lao Li took a sip of tea and glanced at the two of them, "How can young people be so negative!" Besides, you can't mix it, hehe, listen to my brother, if you want to mess around in the agency, the result is that you can't mix it, this day, it can only become boiling! Survive until my year, and you will be liberated. ”

This topic is a bit heavy, the difference between one word, the taste of that, but it is not something that can be understood in three words, the two of them did not answer for a while, and after a while Xu Zhifei said: "Damn, no wonder it is said that to live is to be gelding, when the two egg geldings are gone, it will be honest." ”

"What's the drop, it's hurt by the gelding?" Wu Chen was afraid that Lao Li would not be happy to hear it, so he hurriedly glanced at him, and saw that Lao Li didn't react at all, and still drank tea with a smile, so he put his mind at ease and picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

Xu Zhifei is so passionate all day long, is it a temporary struggle to be hurt by gelding? It is said that running wild on the road is the most exciting, but what about yourself? Unconsciously, it has been finished?

The time was almost up, and after a while, everyone else arrived. After Director Huang Zhichao arrived, he sat in the middle position, counted the heads, and when he saw that they were all there, he coughed lightly and said, "Comrades, let's start." After speaking, he looked at Wang Dalei.

"Well, that's the case, let's hold this party branch meeting today, there are three main topics." Wang Dalei is in charge of comprehensiveness, and this kind of party building and party affairs are also his job, "This is the first, mainly to learn the latest spirit of the Party Central Committee; The second item is to study Director Cai's recent speech at the all-unit cadre conference; The last item is the election of a new party branch in our department. Originally, this branch meeting should have been held a long time ago, but everyone's tasks are very heavy, and there is a lot of work in hand, so it is not easy to get together, so it has been postponed to today. ”

After Wang Dalei finished speaking, he glanced at Huang Zhichao, and saw that he didn't say anything, so he pushed a document on hand to Xu Zhifei, and asked him to read the document issued by the central government asking him to learn the spirit of so-and-so.

Xu Zhifei also read Director Cai's speech again, because this was a speech at the all-unit meeting, everyone had actually heard it once, but Wu Chen was sleeping in a fog at the time, and when he heard it again, it was as good as new.