Township work is nothing more than this, working hard, drinking in a big bowl, opening and closing. Guan Chong said: Township and town cadres should be cadres with "four qualities" -- walking, wowing, eating, and sleeping. There is a pair of iron feet to walk, which can walk through villages and households, and can withstand the mountains and rivers. Wow is eloquent, able to speak, strong communication skills, and can withstand the battle of tongues. Eat with a good appetite, eat a few meals, and stand up to hunger. Sleep well, no matter what the environment is, fall asleep upside down, and can afford to stay up late. Yuan Jinpeng felt that on the basis of the "four gains", it was necessary to add a "drink gain". After the summer grain was put into storage, the financial situation in Xiangyang Town was further alleviated. Now, the thing that worries him the most is not the contradictions between the cadres and the masses and financial difficulties, but socializing. To be precise, it's the entertainment at the wine table. For several months, Yuan Jinpeng suffered from feasting and drinking. People from above, treat from below. The head of a town, which meal can be missing? He originally drank well, but the meals were continuous, and the steel intestines and iron stomach couldn't bear it. But he is bold and tough. To the leader, a full cup. Accompany subordinates, or a full cup. As a result, his eyes were blurred when he drank, and he even "spit lotus flowers in his mouth". Of course, the cheerfulness at the wine table won him a good reputation, and they all said that he was "interesting enough" and "temperamental". How many people regard him as a good leader and good friend because of his proud glass of wine. He laughed at himself and said that Du Mu "dreamed of Yangzhou once in ten years and won the name of Qinglou Bo Xing", and I was "proud of three glasses of wine and drank a few pieces of brotherhood". Among the cadres of the town organs, there are several people who are always drunk and ugly. He was very frightened when he saw it, and he didn't know how he lost his temper after getting drunk. But when he got to the wine table, he couldn't help but be full of pride and raised his glass to drink. After waking up, he fell into deep self-blame, and his self-control ability was so poor, he might only be able to stop at the regular level in this life. A mature leader should not be drunk, at least not frequently.

Dinner was approaching, and Tan Yangchun walked in: "Liang Kexiong and a few people are almost here, let's go." ”

Yuan Jinpeng sighed: "Alas! It's no problem to eat together, I'm afraid to drink together. ”

Tan Yangchun said with a smile: "There is no way to meet the leader, you don't have to be so solid-eyed, full of cups." Drinking is not bad, and getting drunk to death is a ghost! ”

"You teach me two tricks, or my body will collapse." Yuan Jinpeng looked helpless.

As he spoke, he heard a car driving into the compound. went downstairs, and sure enough, it was Liang Kexiong, director of the county civil affairs bureau, Ren Yanfang, head of the relief unit, and the driver. After a brief greeting, everyone came directly to the large box in the canteen. In addition to Tan Yangchun and Yuan Jinpeng, there are also Wang Jianghua, Zhang Qiang, Huang Shuilong, Hua Haibo, director of the Civil Affairs Office, Jiang Pingping, director of the Women's Federation, and Wang Caide, a clerk, to accompany them, and the table was full. Seven or eight dishes were served on the table one after another, and the main dish was "braised wild soft-shelled turtle", which was considered a high standard.

Tan Yangchun asked: "Director Liang, white and yellow?" ”

Liang Kexiong smiled: "Guests are as they please, don't drink too much, and you have to hand in your homework when you go home." ”

"Director Liang, who doesn't know how much you drink, how can you delay the good things of your husband and wife." Yuan Jinpeng said.

Tan Yangchun said: "Then let's drink four special wine." Director Liang, don't keep handing in your homework, you want to cover it up! Did you have a meeting in the past two days to hand over the bullets to Sister Yanfang? ”

Ren Yanfang was shy, and her voice was a little shy: "Secretary Tan, I didn't offend you, how can you burn the fire on me." ”

Tan Yangchun said: "Let's have something real and pour it full of wine." Xiao Wang, pour the wine. ”

The glass is not small, exactly four glasses in one bottle of wine. When pouring wine for Jiang Pingping, Liang Kexiong said, "Pingping, you drink beer." ”

Tan Yangchun immediately objected: "No, no, no!" Jiang Pingping is your niece and the director of Xiangyang's Women's Federation, so you have to be consistent with us and drink liquor! ”

Liang Kexiong wanted to say something, but when he saw Jiang Pingping taking the initiative to hand over the cup, he didn't say anything more.

The first glass of wine was full, and everyone raised a glass together, taking a big sip per person, which was considered to be the opening of the curtain. Then, Tan Yangchun and Yuan Jinpeng saluted Liang Kexiong and Ren Yanfang respectively, and the others lined up in the back, roughly according to the official ranks.

At the wine table, gossip is indispensable. Liang Kexiong drank happily and couldn't help but say: "I had a meeting in Qingchuan today, and I heard that Secretary Pu will be transferred back to the province immediately. ”

"No, Secretary Pu has only been here for three years." Tan Yangchun was a little puzzled.

Liang Kexiong lowered his voice slightly: "It is said that Pu Wei is not in harmony, and Secretary Pu does not have much backing, so he can only give way and transfer to the Provincial Party Committee Agricultural and Industrial Office." ”

Tan Yangchun shook his head: "It's a pity, Secretary Pu is a talented man and writes well." ”

Liang Kexiong looked disdainful: "Officialdom is more about the background and backers, so it's not so important." ”

Everyone knows the background of the Executive Commissioner Wei Dechang. It is widely said that in the early seventies, a chief from the old Red Army was sent to work in the Changming Machinery Factory. Wei Dechang is a technician in the factory and becomes the chief's little master. After the resumption of his leadership position, the chief has been in contact with Wei Dechang. In the mid-80s, the central authorities proposed to speed up the building of a more revolutionary, younger, more knowledgeable, and more professional contingent of cadres. Wei Dechang stood out and successively served as the deputy commissioner and executive deputy commissioner of the Qingchuan District Administration. A few years ago, he was promoted to commissioner.

Tan Yangchun said: "I can't manage the affairs of the big leader. No matter who is the secretary, just don't mess with my glass of wine. Come, drink. With that, he picked up the cup and knocked the cup with Liang Kexiong.

Liang Kexiong didn't refuse, took a deep sip of the wine glass, put down the wine glass, turned his head sideways and asked Yuan Jinpeng: "Mayor Yuan, who is the head teacher of your teacher's college?" ”

"It's Professor Ge Pingming, and Director Liang knows him?" Yuan Jinpeng heard that Liang Kexiong was an alumnus and a friend, but he didn't know which class it was.

Liang Kexiong picked up the wine glass and gently touched Yuan Jinpeng's wine glass: "We are brothers in the same school. I am in the eighty-fourth class, and the class teacher is also Professor Ge. ”

Unexpectedly, he could climb a senior brother of the director, Yuan Jinpeng drank it all happily: "Director Liang and County Magistrate Huang of Yingchang are in the same class? ”

Liang Kexiong shook his head: "Huang Baohe is the 80th class, and Professor Ge will take us this session after taking that session." Qi Yulin of the District Women's Federation, Chen Wensheng of the District Education Bureau and I were in the same class. ”

Qi Yulin is the vice chairman of the regional women's federation, and Chen Wensheng is the deputy director of the regional education bureau, both in their thirties, and can be regarded as the "young Zhuang faction" in the political circles of the Qingchuan area.

Tan Yangchun answered: "Qingchuan Normal Academy is our Huangpu Military Academy in Qingchuan area, in a few years, the world will be yours." "Most of the students of Qingchuan Agricultural School work in townships and towns after graduation, and there are many section-level leaders, but there are not many who climb to county-level posts, and the www.biquge.info of Biquge seems to be not as high as that of Qingchuan Normal School. Tan Yangchun is a graduate of Qingchuan Agricultural School, and when he says these words, his psychology is a little complicated.

Yuan Jinpeng smiled: "Where, most of the normal students are still teachers, and very few of them have changed careers to administrative units." Like my parents, who graduated from college for decades, have been ordinary teachers. ”

Liang Kexiong asked: "Your parents are also Qingchuan Normal Academy?" ”

Yuan Jinpeng said: "They are the Provincial Teachers Academy, and now they are the Normal University."

"Oh, by the way, Secretary Yang Dazhong is also a graduate of Normal University." Liang Kexiong said, as if he remembered something.

Zhang Qiang wanted to pay tribute to Liang Kexiong alone, and Liang Kexiong said: "Zhang Qiang, your father is our old director. You always respect me, where can I afford it? Either everybody fills up. I'll tell you a riddle, who can solve it, I'm willing to take a sip of wine. ”

Tan Yangchun asked, "How much is a bite?" At least half a cup. ”

Liang Kexiong said briskly: "Okay, but you can only choose three people to answer, and whoever answers wrong will be fined half a glass of wine." Listen up: sometimes hard as steel, sometimes soft as cotton, not diamond diamond, can take the female work. After speaking, he glanced around triumphantly.

The box suddenly fell silent, and everyone seemed to be thinking seriously.

Wang Jianghua said: "It's qigong." ”

Liang Kexiong laughed and said, "Prize wine!" ”

Wang Jianghua picked up the wine glass, blinked his eyes, and drank half a glass.

Huang Shuilong said: "Water, it's hard when it's frozen." ”

Liang Kexiong knocked on the table: "Okay, award wine!" One person missing. ”

Wang Caide pondered for a while and asked, "What is porcelain work, and what are the words?" ”

"Oh, I see!" Ren Yanfang said excitedly.

Liang Kexiong said: "Then you say, if you say something wrong, you will be rewarded with wine." ”

Ren Yanfang smiled, a red glow flew on her face, and she stopped talking.

Jiang Pingping and Wang Jianghua said in unison: "Chief Ren, say it quickly!" ”

"The porcelain here is a male and female porcelain, so it's easy to guess." Ren Yanfang said.

Tan Yangchun slapped the table suddenly: "I guessed it a long time ago, but I wasn't sure." ”

Jiang Pingping asked: "What the hell is it, I'm dying!" ”

Liang Kexiong squinted at Ren Yanfang: "You tell the answer, otherwise I won't drink this glass of wine." ”

Ren Yanfang's face was full of coquettishness: "Director Liang, you are really bad!" The riddle is: you men have things that women don't have. ”

Liang Kexiong pretended to be surprised: "You said beard? Drink! ……”

"I mean beard, I mean the lifeblood of you men." Ren Yanfang snatched the conversation, her face crimson.

Yuan Jinpeng said: "Director Liang, this glass of wine should be drunk by you." ”

Liang Kexiong picked up his wine glass and drank half a glass.

Tan Yangchun said seriously: "I didn't expect that the head of the unit would have such a good study of Director Liang's lifeline." There was a burst of laughter on the table.

The meal lasted for more than two hours before it ended, and Liang Kexiong was quite happy, and when he left, he offered to allocate 50,000 yuan to the Xiangyang Town Nursing Home.

Seeing Liang Kexiong away, Tan Yangchun said: "In recent years, the Civil Affairs Bureau has given great support to our town. However, Liang Kexiong is not without purpose. He wanted us to recommend Jiang Pingping at the end of the year. What do you think? ”

Yuan Jinpeng heard that Tan Yangchun had made up his mind, he was nothing more than a favor, but he couldn't completely give up his influence, so he said: "Secretary Tan, I haven't been here for a long time, you can grasp it." However, I think Wang Caide has good ability and character. ”

"We thought of a piece and went! Xiao Wang ranked first. Jiang Pingping has a bit of a way anyway, it doesn't matter if she is at the back of the line, Liang Kexiong will find Guan Chong. Tan Yangchun said.

Yuan Jinpeng knows the relationship between Wang Caide and Tan Yangchun. A few years ago, when Yuan Jinpeng was working as a clerk in Xiangyang Township, Wang Caide was the principal of the Central Primary School. At that time, Wang Caide got along well with everyone, especially with the mayor Tan Yangchun. After Tan Yangchun served as secretary, Wang Caide was seconded to the town government as a clerk. Clear-eyed people can see that Wang Caide wants to seek greater development. It's a pity that his transfer procedures were not smooth, and he was stuck by Zheng Aihua for more than two years, and it was not until Xie Jianping became the county magistrate that he was given the green light to let him go, and he did not arrive at the last batch of personnel adjustments. Yuan Jinpeng thought, no matter what the relationship between you Wang Caide and Tan Yangchun is, as long as you have a good character, strong ability, and practical work, I will vote for you.

Back in the office, Yuan Jinpeng walked directly into the bedroom, turned on the TV, and watched TV half-lying. Liang Kexiong grasped the atmosphere of the wine table well, and everyone drank lively but not drunk. Yuan Jinpeng is in this state, a little drunk, but there is no discomfort and confusion. There are no good programs on TV, and I feel sleepy while lying down. So I got out of bed, washed up, and went to bed. At that moment, he heard a knock on the door. It seemed like a stranger was knocking on the office door, very slightly. For months, he was accustomed to knocking on the door day and night. This is probably the biggest difference between township work and government work, there is no concept of commuting, and someone will come to the door at any time.

At the door stood a man of medium stature, with thick and neat hair, big ears, and a fine nose, wearing a Monte Delicate blue silk T-shirt on the top, a Jinlilai belt around his waist, dark gray trousers on the bottom, shiny leather shoes on his feet, and a leather bag under his arm.

The man took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "Mayor Yuan, hello!" Remember me? ”

Yuan Jinpeng hesitated slightly, stretched out his hand and shook it gently: "I'm sorry, I really can't remember, you are ......, come in and sit." ”

The man was not angry, followed Yuan Jinpeng into the office, closed the door casually, sat down opposite Yuan Jinpeng, and then took out a business card from his briefcase and handed it over with both hands: "Mayor Yuan, when you were in the county government, we had dinner together a few times." ”

Yuan Jinpeng took the business card and glanced at it, picked up a bottle of mineral water and handed it over: "It's Mr. Feng, I remembered, I said how to be familiar." Excuse me! ”

The comer, Feng Shida, is the general manager of Ping'an County Tongda Engineering Company and is well-known in the local area. Over the years, he has painstakingly woven a network of relationships, and his career has become bigger, and many large projects in Ping'an County have come from Tongda Company. What is most admirable is that no matter how the leaders of Ping'an County change, he is even a brother and brother.

Feng Shida unscrewed the mineral water bottle and took a few sips: "Mayor Yuan, I only came to visit you after you took office for so long." Don't be embarrassed. ”

Yuan Jinpeng said: "Mr. Feng is polite, just say anything directly." ”

Feng Shida smiled: "Mayor Yuan is so refreshing, then I won't beat around the bush." That's the case, the aqueduct project in Xiangyang Town was done by our company, and it has been accepted for more than a year, but there are still more than 300,000 project payments that have not been settled. Usually we are not in a hurry, a few days ago the county ring road project opened the bid, a total of two bids, access to one. We asked the county government for an advance payment, and the county magistrate Xie said that the full amount would be paid in advance. I had no choice but to ask for help everywhere, find a bank loan, collect the balance of the project, and rush over at night. ”

Yuan Jinpeng reacted and came to the door to ask for the balance of the diversion canal project. Regarding the embezzlement of special funds, Yuan Jinpeng was very cautious, but he embezzled it when the salary was the most tight, and after the summer grain was put into storage and settled, it had been made up.

Yuan Jinpeng said bluntly: "Mr. Feng, I have been here for a short time, and some situations are unfamiliar. As long as the money arrives, let the finance office pass it in the past two days, you can rest assured! ”

Feng Shida didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and he was half-convinced: "Call them all?" We've been running out of money lately. ”

Yuan Jinpeng said with a smile: "It was originally your money, and I didn't dare to use it in my account." ”

Feng Shida said happily: "Refreshing! I've made up your friend! ”

Yuan Jinpeng thought it was a little funny, whether I would like to make you a friend or not is not certain.

Feng Shida opened the briefcase, took out a large bulging envelope from the bag, and stuffed it into Yuan Jinpeng's hand.

Yuan Jinpeng stood up and pushed Feng Shida's hand away: "Mr. Feng, this can't work!" ”

"Mayor Yuan, after you took office, it is the first time for me to come, it is a congratulations, please smile!" Feng Shida stuffed the envelope again.

Yuan Jinpeng decisively pulled Feng Shida's hand away: "Mr. Feng, don't embarrass me, how can we be friends in this way?" ”

Feng Shida smiled: "Mayor Yuan, once born and twice cooked, it's just a little meaning, don't give face!" Come back next time. With that, he threw the large envelope on his desk, opened the door and walked away.