Chapter 257: A Sudden Epidemic
readx; Zhao Zhengdong, former secretary of the provincial party committee, has been transferred back to Beijing for another appointment because the former premier was not re-elected, and the organization department of the provincial party committee seems to be not very concerned about the "training program for young and middle-aged cadres" that died halfway four years ago. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info did not give any clear opinion except for transferring the organizational relationship of Dr. Tian Da back to Jiang University.
Tian Wenjian, who had no intention of pursuing a career before going abroad, and now has no interest in politics, is also happier than less. After taking a two-month leave from the department, he rushed back to his hometown with Cortana.
The return of the little couple made Tian's father and mother cry with joy, and the old man Tian, who was still in the same body, asked for a big flowing water banquet and invited the villagers to come over to celebrate the return of his grandson and granddaughter-in-law.
Internally, Tian Wenjian and his wife, who had spent four years in Boston, which maintained the Puritan tradition of frugality, were disgusted by such extravagance and waste. But thinking that the old man was old, he couldn't refute his kindness, so he could only plunge into this feast.
In the eyes of the mountain people, a professor is a more prominent profession than an official, and it is simply a literary and opera star. One by one, they praised Tian Zhishu and Dr. Miao for teaching their children well, not only sending a pair of children to college, but also having a doctor studying abroad.
Especially Xiao Na, an empathetic daughter-in-law, who looks as beautiful as a movie star, and like Tian Wenjian, she is also a university teacher who returned from abroad, and suddenly became the focus of attention in the backing village.
Facing the toasts of the villagers one after another, Tian Wenjian, who thought that the amount of wine was not satisfactory, was really a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, my sister Tian Wenjing was prepared and replaced the liquor with boiled water in advance, or Dr. Tian Da did not die of exhaustion in a foreign country, but he had to complete the "return to the roots" by getting drunk.
After a whole day of commotion, the inside and outside of the house, which was still crowded just now, stopped. As soon as Tian Qianqian sent the drunk and unconscious old man to rest, he ran out with a smile, pointed to the building that had just been built the year before last, and pretended to be angry and said: "Although foreign money is easy to earn, you have to earn it, don't you?" The two of you don't know each other well, you have to go to school, you have to work, and you send so much money back to ask your brother-in-law to build me such a big house. ”
Tian Wenjian smiled, and while making tea for his father, he said: "Dad, you and your mother have worked hard for me all your life, so you have to let us do our filial piety, right?" ”
"Yes, yes, you don't want to go into the city with us, you can't let you and your mother live in that old house, right?" Cortana nodded heavily, a look of deep approval.
The mother, who was cleaning up with Tian Wenjing, turned around, pointed to the two-story building behind them, with an extremely regretful expression, and said with a wry smile: "You two are promising now, and you will definitely not come back in the future." We are all old, how many days can we live in such a nice house? This poor mountain and remote area, when the time comes, you can't sell it, and you can't take it away, it's a pity to think about it. ”
Without waiting for Tian Wenjian and the others to speak, Tian Wenjing said angrily: "Mom, what do you think you say?" The great joy is not happy to say these unlucky words. Besides, you can't blame Xiao Jian and Xiao Na, if you agreed to go into the city with him at that time, they wouldn't let us build this house. ”
The little couple helped build a small building, how could Miao Cuihua not be happy? That is, I can't bear the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In fact, Tian Wenjian and his wife did more than that, in order to thank their sister and brother-in-law for helping to take care of their parents, they spent 210,000 yuan to buy a car for their sister when they came back the day before yesterday.
Thinking that his son's real estate in Jiangcheng was worth millions, Tian Qianqian was not hypocritical, but said thoughtfully: "Xiaojian, when are you two going to return to Jiangcheng?" If you want me to say, no matter how busy you are at work, you have to put it off, and I have been married to Xiao Na for so many years, and I have never been to her house once, so I have to go back with Xiao Na this time. ”
"Dad, it's okay on the other side of our house."
Her father-in-law's words made Xiao Na excited, and she quickly raised her head and said, "In fact, when we came back, my brother drove back to pick up my parents and my parents." Not only can I reunite with us, but also see his little grandson, killing two birds with one stone. ”
Speaking of this, Miao Cuihua's heart was sour, and she was silent for a while before she whispered: "Xiao Na, you two are not too young, why don't you do it while we are still ...... If you want a child, we can help you both bring it. ”
The people in the mountains got married early, and their children who were as old as themselves were in elementary school. Looking at his mother's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Tian Wenjian felt guilty, and hurriedly said: "Mom, don't worry, I promise that you will be able to hold your grandson next year." ”
Cortana was so ashamed that her face was red, and she pouted and muttered, "What if it's a girl?" ”
"It's the same, it's the same for boys and girls."
Seeing that her son opened this mouth, Miao Cuihua became excited, her joy was overflowing, and she said excitedly: "Your father has been the village party secretary for so many years, and I have been the women's director for half my life, so I still have this awareness." ”
Tian Qianqian nodded heavily, and laughed: "Then you two have to hurry up, we also have to make some preparations, and when the pigs in the circle are sold in the next two days, we won't buy piglets." When the time comes, let your mother pack up her things early and go to Jiangcheng to take care of Cortana. ”
"Cortana, our mother is an expert in this area, you are blessed." Tian Wen was quiet and happy, and suddenly made fun.
There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. As the daughter-in-law of the Tian family, Xiao Na didn't want to spread the branches for the Tian family, but in the four years in the United States, work and study were too intense, and she couldn't care about having children at all. As Mei Yuting said, she is not too young, and if she doesn't conceive a child, will she really have to become an elderly mother?
Seeing her mother-in-law and sister-in-law smiling at herself, Xiao Na lowered her head and said in a mosquito-like voice, "It would be great if Mom could go to Jiangcheng." Everyone burst into laughter, and Tian Qianjin laughed even more, and was extremely satisfied with his daughter-in-law's performance.
At this time, the timing bell rang, Tian Wenjian hurriedly took out his mobile phone, and at a glance at the caller ID, it turned out to be An Xiaobin's phone.
"What time is it, and you haven't rested yet?" Thinking that it would be late at night in Boston, Tian Wenjian couldn't help but ask.
"Brother, don't run around during this time!"
An Xiaobin's voice was very hurried, and he didn't feel sleepy at all, which surprised Tian Wenjian, and quickly stood up, walked outside the courtyard as if nothing happened, and only after seeing that there was no one did he ask impatiently: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”
"Something is wrong! An hour ago, the World Health Organization issued a global warning, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also issued a health warning, advising people to try not to travel to China, saying that there is an outbreak of a virus called SARS in the country. ”
Tian Wenjian was happy, and immediately laughed and said, "Brother, there are still a few days before April Fool's Day." This joke is not funny at all, you better wash up and go to bed early. ”
"Who's kidding you."
What shocked Tian Wenjian was that An Xiaobin said very seriously: "This disease is called '[***] pneumonia', in fact, many cases were found last year. It's just that because I don't know the condition, the relevant comments are more confusing, and a lot of news about the epidemic has been blocked.
A professor at Sun Yat-sen University contracted the virus and passed the virus to seven other guests in just half a day of going to Hong Kong to attend a relative's wedding, and now the professor has died, which shows how dangerous SARS is. If you don't believe it, then ask and see if you can still buy banlangen in Nanhai City. ”
There was such a case last year, thinking that the annual Spring Festival had just ended, and the virus had such a strong infectious surname, Tian Wenjian suddenly gasped, and hurriedly asked: "Have the World Health Organization and the CDC developed a vaccine to prevent and treat the virus?" ”
"Not yet, so I reminded you to be careful during this time and don't run around."
It's terrible, if the spread of the epidemic can't be controlled, the consequences will be more serious than the HIV infection in Panshan County four years ago. Tian Wenjian realized the seriousness of the problem, immediately put down the phone, and while beckoning Xiao Na to pack up her things and prepare to go back to Jiangcheng, he looked through the phone book and called Yan Zhijie, Zhao Weiming, Ren Ran and others who were in high positions one by one.
As for the safety of his parents, Tian Wenjian is not very worried, after all, his hometown is located deep in the mountains, the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and few outsiders come all year round.
There is a firewall on the domestic network, and many websites that want to browse cannot be browsed, and the mobile network card that has just been installed has become a decoration. On the bus back to Jiangcheng, Tian Wenjian, who was anxious, could only turn to An Xiaobin on the other side of the ocean again, as well as classmates from all over the world, to ask them to help collect information in this regard.
Six hours later, mail from all over the world came in.
"Several users of one of the largest official forums, the People's Network Power Forum, were banned by the administrator for discussing the '[***] pneumonia' epidemic."
"Before February 2003, the government did not notify the World Health Organization of the outbreak in the South China Sea every day. As a result, a World Health Organization investigation team visiting China was unable to enter the South China Sea to investigate. ”
"Many provinces and cities in the mainland have begun to rush to buy vinegar and banlan root......"
"An American businessman based in Shanghai was confirmed to be infected after arriving in Hanoi, Vietnam, via Hong Kong. Later, several medical staff at a local hospital in Hanoi were also infected. The patient then returned to Hong Kong for treatment, but passed away on 14 March. ”
Human lives matter! What happened around him was blocked tightly, which made Tian Wenjian extremely angry. But now is not the time to scold his mother, thinking of the classmates who returned to school after the festival from all over the country, Tian Wenjian did not dare to slack off, and immediately dialed Professor Wen's phone, reported the situation very seriously, and forwarded all the emails.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Tian Wenjian's bus finally drove out of the Jiangcheng Expressway exit, only to see a police lights flashing in Jiangcheng parked in front of the toll station, a young man in a suit and leather shoes, accompanied by the police, grabbed his mobile phone and climbed onto the bus, after looking around, he asked loudly: "Is Professor Tian from the Department of Philosophy of Jiangcheng University here?" ”
Tian Wenjian, who was thinking about where to get off the car, subconsciously raised his head and said, "I am, may I ask who you are?" ”
Obviously, the young man was very surprised that Professor Tian was so young, and his surprised expression disappeared in a flash, and then he smiled and said, "Hello Professor Tian, welcome you and your wife back to Jiangcheng." Where is your luggage? We send you to Jiangda. ”
It was indeed inconvenient to talk in the car, and he realized that the person in front of him was not sent by Ren Ran, or Tian Wenjian sent by Zhao Weiming, but he didn't want to cause panic among the passengers, so he nodded slightly, and said casually: "Okay, then I'll trouble you." ”
As soon as she got off the bus, Xiao Na couldn't help but ask, "Why don't we divide the troops into two ways, you go with them first, and I will go to Jiang University to meet the professor?" ”
Tian Wenjian pondered for a moment, handed over the luggage, and said in a low voice: "Okay, you must make it clear to the teacher." ”
"Yes."
At this time, the young man who didn't know who to call suddenly put down the phone and walked over, and while inviting Tian Wenjian to get into the car, he introduced himself with a smile: "Professor Tian, I am Cheng Shi'an, the secretary of Vice Governor Zhao. Vice Governor Zhao is waiting for you in the provincial political axe, let's go. ”
"I'm not conscious, please wait a minute, I have to find a taxi for my wife first."
"Don't be so troublesome, I'll ask the comrades from the Public Security Bureau to send my wife back." Cheng Shian didn't think about it, so he turned around and motioned to the policeman just now to help carry the luggage.
It was already half past ten in the evening when he arrived at the provincial political axe, and Zhao Weiming, who had become a deputy provincial leading cadre, was waiting in the office on the twelfth floor. Seeing Tian Wenjian walking in accompanied by Secretary Cheng, he immediately got up and greeted him, clasped his hands tightly, looked up and down, nodded and said, "It hasn't changed at all, it really hasn't changed at all." ”
"Hello Governor Zhao."
There were outsiders, Tian Wenjian didn't want to embarrass the old leader in front of him, so he hurriedly bowed slightly and greeted respectfully.
Zhao Weiming was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, pointed at his nose, and pretended to be angry and complained: "You kid, you didn't call me after coming back for so long, but you came here when you met, it seems that you really treat me as an outsider." ”
Seeing that Secretary Cheng walked out and gently closed the door, Tian Wenjian scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "Old leader, you are now the dignified vice governor of the People's Republic of J Province, and you have all the opportunities, how dare I disturb your work?" ”
"What's wrong with the deputy governor? The vice governor also has to eat and sleep, and besides, he is just a vice governor in charge of industry, neither a standing committee member, nor a standing officer. ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Weiming changed his words, and while motioning for him to sit on the sofa, he asked eagerly: "Xiao Tian, is what you said on the phone true?" ”
"Absolutely." Tian Wenjian nodded heavily and said solemnly: "Judging from the current situation, the South China Sea is undoubtedly the hardest hit area of the epidemic. However, our province is a large labor export province, and the SARS virus has such a strong infectious surname, if it is not paid close attention to, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
Zhao Weiming let out a long sigh, pointed to the phone on the desk, and said worriedly: "I still know your personality, and I definitely won't joke about such a big issue." However, considering the importance of the matter, after receiving your call, I still inquired about the situation through other channels with some friends in Nanhai City.
I don't know if I don't ask, I am shocked when I ask, the situation is not optimistic! Just four hours ago, a head nurse at Nanhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine died because she was infected with the SARS virus at work. Hong Kong's political axe is even more isolated from an apartment. More than 100 people in that apartment are said to have been infected. ”
"Did the provincial party committee and the provincial government axe take any measures?"
What made Tian Wenjian unbelievable was that Zhao Weiming shook his head and said helplessly: "The situation is unknown, and I haven't received any notice, and there is no action in the province for the time being." The reason why I invited you here so late is that I want to grasp the situation a little more, so that I can report to the leaders of the provincial party committee. ”
Tian Wenjian was anxious, and suddenly roared: "The World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a global warning, and the US political axe has even held a press conference to recall all non-essential diplomatic personnel and their families in Hong Kong and the South China Sea. and warned U.S. citizens not to visit China unless necessary. The Swiss political axe has also banned Hong Kong manufacturers from participating in the upcoming Swiss Watch Fair, fearing that the disease will spread to Switzerland. You still don't know anything about it, what do you say that the situation is unknown, and you haven't received any reports? ”
The country is easy to change, the surname is difficult to change, and the doctor has returned that virtue. Zhao Weiming glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "Does it make sense to say these things now?" Do you think you are the only one in the world who worries about the country and the people? ”
Only then did Tian Wenjian realize that the person in front of him was only the last vice governor. He is neither a standing committee member nor a standing member, and his actual power is not even as good as that of Ren Ran, the secretary of the municipal party committee. Moreover, he is in charge of industry, not education and health, and being able to prepare to report to the leaders of the provincial party committee when the "situation is unclear" is already a huge political risk.
Zhao Weiming was also anxious, and after thinking about it, he pointed to the computer next to the desk, and then said: "Governor Ding is receiving the leaders of the central ministries and commissions at the Jiangcheng Hotel, and it is said that he will go to the capital for a meeting tomorrow. Time is urgent, you sort out the situation you have, and then come with me to the Jiangcheng Hotel to report to Ding Province in person. ”
"That's not appropriate, is it?"
"It's all burning eyebrows, what else is suitable or not?"
Don't look at the young man in front of you, and even the former-stirring stick of the officialdom of J Province. But now he is a Ph.D. graduate from Harvard University and an associate professor at Jiangcheng University, and the same words come out of his mouth, but the weight is very different.
(To be continued)