Chapter Thirty-Seven: Sisterhood
Wulongshan Town Secretary Dong Tao's dormitory is in a row of bungalows behind the town government office building, her dormitory is a set of inside and outside suite, the outside is the living room with a small kitchen, inside is the bedroom, the bedroom area is larger than the living room, more than 20 square meters, placed two sets of wardrobes, a dresser, a large double bed, the bedside lamp is on, Dong Tao and Dong Lin, the two sisters are holding a book and leaning on the head of the bed at will, are a little absent-minded.
Dong Tao and the sisters can be said to have been inseparable since their mother's womb, eating together, playing together, sleeping together, going to kindergarten together, going to elementary school together, and being classmates until high school.
Dong Lin went to a normal university, and Dong Tao went to a public security university, although he was not in a school, he was in a provincial capital, and he didn't live in school, and he went home every day.
After graduating from university, Dong Lin entered the Provincial Department of Education, Dong Tao entered the Provincial Public Security Department, and soon after, Dong Tao, as an outstanding young party member cadre, actively responded to the call of the Provincial Party Committee, and became the first batch of young cadres selected to serve in grassroots towns and towns in the province to come to Wulongshan Town, serving as Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Mayor of Wulongshan Town, Dong Lin was then directly transferred from the Provincial Department of Education to Fengcheng County Hongqi Primary School as a fourth-grade Chinese teacher.
Dong Tao's sisters' ancestral home is in Fengcheng County, their parents work in the provincial capital, their grandparents are high-ranking military cadres, due to their homeland, they choose to return to Fengcheng County after retirement, this time Dong Tao went to Wulongshan Town to work is also her father's comprehensive decision, Dong Lin was then transferred to Fengcheng, one is to consider that grandparents need to be taken care of, although there is a nanny, but no matter how good the nanny is, it cannot replace the emotional comfort between relatives, and then there is Dong Lin can not do without Dong Tao, although Dong Lin is a sister, but psychologically she is very dependent on Dong Tao, and Dong Tao as a sister, but they are also willing to take care of their sister, and the sisters talk about everything, as if they are each other's shadows, and they will feel unaccustomed to being separated for a long time.
"This big bed is just for you." Dong Tao closed the book "Advanced Deeds of Outstanding Party Members and Cadres in the New Era", turned around and said to Dong Lin.
"yes, I know." Dong Lin is reading Dream of Red Mansions, she has read this book many times, and she can be called a red scholar.
"What do you think of Wulongshan Town?" Dong Tao flickered his big eyes and looked at his sister's face, the two sisters looked very similar, whenever Dong Tao stared at his sister like this, he seemed to be looking at himself.
"People are weird." Dong Lin was watching the section on Daiyu's funeral flowers.
"I asked about Wulongshan Town, not about you." Dong Tao took the book in Dong Lin's hand, closed it and put it on the bedside table.
"The air is fresh, the scenery is beautiful, and the people are strange." Dong Lin saw that her sister took away her book, so she had to answer seriously.
"What does it mean that people are strange?" Dong Tao asked.
"Don't you think the boy who subdued the mad cow today is weird?" After Dong Lin finished speaking, she pursed her mouth, the corners of her mouth turned up, and her eyes seemed to look at her sister with deep meaning.
"I was also about to discuss this matter with you," Dong Tao thought and said, "I didn't let you keep that child at that time, do you know why?" ”
Dong Lin shook his head and said with a smile: "The city where you are the leader is very deep, how can I, a little teacher, guess the mind of you, the big secretary!" ”
Dong Tao heard Dong Lin tease her, and said with a smile: "I'm here to discuss things with you seriously, you make fun of me, it seems that it won't work if you don't treat you!" As he spoke, he put his finger to his mouth and sighed, and then reached under Dong Lin's armpit to itch.
Dong Lin has been most afraid of this trick since she was a child, Dong Tao's fingers haven't touched her yet, she laughed first, and as soon as her fingers touched her body, she couldn't breathe with laughter, and begged for mercy while dodging.
Dong Tao smiled: "Do you dare to say it again?" ”
Dong Lin smiled: "Don't dare anymore!" ”
Dong Lin slowly calmed down, straightened her somewhat disheveled hair, and rested for a while before asking, "Why didn't you let me keep that young man?" ”
Dong Tao also regained his calm expression, groaned for a while, and said, "It's because that kid is more special - he is a problem teenager." ”
"Problem teenager?" Dong Lin raised her eyebrows slightly, she is no stranger to this word, she is a teacher herself, teaching four classes of English classes, a total of more than 300 students, including many children with behavioral and psychological problems.
"How do you know he's a troubled teenager?" Dong Lin asked.
Dong Tao said: "He went into the police station because of a fight, and even the police from the police station beat him in the police station!" ”
"Oh?" Dong Lin was silent for a moment and said, "The problem is really not small, but even if he is a problem boy, he risked his life to save us after all!" ”
Dong Tao smiled and said: "It's not that I don't want to repay him, I didn't let you keep him at that time mainly because the people at the police station might take the opportunity to rectify him, after all, there was unhappiness between them." ”
Dong Lin smiled: "Aren't you a secretary?" Can't manage the police station? ”
Dong Tao said: "At the grassroots level of townships and towns, the political and legal system is relatively independent, even if I am the secretary, some things are not easy to manage too deeply, and I am new to the city, too sharp is not conducive to future work." ”
Dong Lin nodded, and then asked, "Is this matter just over?" ”
Dong Tao said: "Of course not, I mean, it's best to go to his house in person, his TV broke down in order to save us, we should pay him a new TV, by the way, learn about his family situation, Wulongshan Town is a poor place, strong laborers go to work in big cities, there are many left-behind children in the village, I suspect that the teenager's home should be in this situation." ”
"This situation is still quite common in rural areas, and this incident, let me say, not only should we pay for the TV set, but also should set up that teenager as an advanced model of righteousness and courage." Dong Lin said with his fingers.
Dong Tao thought for a while and said: "Forget about the advanced model, I want you to help me run the TV tomorrow and go to the city to buy a TV and send it to the child's house." ”
"Aren't you going along?" Dong Lin felt a little strange.
"I'm not going, it's not convenient for me to show up in this matter, you can be a plenipotentiary." As soon as she thought of Zhao Yunfei's deep eyes and indifferent expression, she felt a little uncomfortable.
"Is this politics?" Dong Lin said with a teasing smile, "Okay, my big leader, I promise to complete the task tomorrow." ”
Dong Tao smiled: "You're here again, don't you owe it?" ”
Dong Lin hurriedly waved his hand and begged for mercy.
Dong Tao asked: "Do you have enough money in your hand?" ”
"It's enough, a TV doesn't cost much!" Dong Lin, as a primary school teacher, has a salary of only more than 2,000 a month, and the salary is not high, but fortunately, her expenses are very limited, she follows her grandparents for dinner, or she follows her sister, and the cosmetics are supplied by her mother, and she buys a piece of clothing or something.
Dong Lin turned his head and said, "That boy, I always feel that the boy is a little weird. ”
Dong Tao didn't feel this way, but she didn't want to say it directly, and said: "Of course it's weird, there are a few problem teenagers who are not weird!" ”
Dong Lin thought for a while and said, "You see that he shouldn't be very old, but he can stand up without hesitation when he encounters danger, and he reacts very quickly and moves very quickly, a bit like ...... It's a bit like the hero in a martial arts novel, after saving people, he left very simply, 'after the incident, he brushed off his clothes and went to hide his body and name', more like the characters in Li Baixia's guest line, looking at his back, it seems to be a little lonely and lonely, well, I can't tell, it's a little strange anyway. ”
"Well," Dong Tao nodded and said, "That kid is quite capable of fighting, that day he almost knocked off the nose of the director of the town's market management, and in the police station, he also beat two policemen with his hands Kao, fortunately, I happened to pass by the police station that day, and saw his little sister standing outside the gate of the police station, and went in to understand the situation, so as to expose this matter, otherwise, I don't know what will happen!" ”
"Oh?" Dong Lin thought for a moment and said: "Such a rebellious character, I don't know what his family is like, well, I'll know when I go to deliver the TV tomorrow, by the way, do you know his name and address?" ”
"This is easy to do," Dong Tao said, "tomorrow morning you go back to the city to buy a TV set, and I will have someone check his name and address, and then send a text message to tell you." ”
The sisters chatted a little more, then turned off the lights and went to bed.