readx; As soon as the business vehicle turned into the intersection leading to Wujiazhai Village, Deguang Township, I saw a burly middle-aged man, far in front of a black Santana 2000. Qiao Wei www.biquge.info suddenly frowned, turned around abruptly without thinking about it, and asked in a fierce voice, "Melon, what's going on?" ”

Tian Wenjian's lack of career does not mean that he has no friends in the officialdom. In his opinion, it is better for a clean official to go up than a corrupt official. And Li Guoan, who is looking forward to it here, is also under his guidance to come over to "pull relations" and "go through the back door".

Facing Qiao Wei's questioning, Professor Tian Da did not blush or panic, but had a sincere expression on his face, and said in a low voice: "Director Qiao, except for General Qiao, there are not many people that I Tian Wenjian really admire, and the former Li Guoan, secretary of the Hulin County Political and Legal Committee, is one. ”

Although the Qiao family didn't treat you as an outsider, this matter was a bit too much.

Seeing that Qiao Wei was really angry, Chen Hongjun hurriedly started a round and said with a smile: "Xiaowei, Li Guoan is still okay." Do you remember the A-Army martyr Zheng Xiaolan I mentioned? If it weren't for the help of their couple for several years, as well as his lover's fearlessness of power, Xiaolan's hard-working girl would never have come out. ”

General Qiao is the old political commissar of Group A Army, Qiao Wei's father is a martyr of Group A Army, and even Qiao Wei himself is the biggest backstage of the Comrades-in-Arms Association of Group Army A and Province J. From this point of view, there is really a little bit of a relationship between the two.

Seeing that Li Guoan came alone, he didn't make a move, Qiao Wei's anger just now disappeared, but he still glared at Professor Tian Da fiercely, and coldly admonished: "This is the only time, and I won't take it as an example." ”

To his surprise, Tian Wenjian did not admit his mistake with a hippie smile or sincere fear, but said solemnly: "You are in the center, and you have all the opportunities. Brother Chen has to raise so many mouths, and he can't come to Tiger Forest a few times a year. If it goes on like this, what is the difference between the old general and the lonely ghost? I really don't mean anything else, I just want to take this opportunity to ask Li Guoan to ask him to come over for us to pour incense and clean up the weeds on the grave when he has time in the future. ”

Knowing that this kid was carrying private goods, these words still gave people a heartfelt feeling. said that Qiao Wei's nose was sour, and he even had the idea that he was a bad descendant.

Qiao Wei took a deep breath, motioned for the driver to stop, and said lightly: "Since this is the case, let him get in the car." ”

The deputy director of the CPC Central Committee Office is a senior member at the deputy ministerial level, who has worked beside the head of the central government for a long time, and his incognito power is not comparable to that of ordinary provincial and ministerial-level officials. What's more, they are still the "red children" of the roots, which makes Li Guoan, who has been waiting for nearly two hours, a little uneasy, for fear that the two commercial vehicles will pass by and touch the dust of his nose in the end.

The car stopped, the car really stopped!

Seeing that the sliding door of the Toyota Overlord was pushed open, Tian Wenjian, who had not seen him for four years, was waving to him, Li Guoan hurriedly straightened his clothes and walked to the door quickly.

"Come on, there's something to say in the car." Seeing that he was about to say hello, Chen Hongjun turned his head and pointed to the empty seat in the back row, and said expressionlessly.

"Yes!"

Li Guoan was obviously very nervous, and after nodding heavily to Qiao Wei, who was looking him up and down, he quickly climbed into the business car.

"Li Guoan, right? Xiao Tian and Chen Dong both told you in front of me, and if you think about it, we can be regarded as a family. ”

It is said that the best actor is the official, Qiao Wei seemed to be a different person, and without waiting for Tian Wenjian's introduction, he opened his mouth in a gentle voice. Li Guoan didn't see it that way, let alone think about it, but felt that Qiao Wei was so approachable, and even secretly sighed that he was a leader from the central government, and he didn't have a frame at all.

Seeing that he was stunned and looked restrained and uneasy, Tian Wenjian hurriedly patted his arm and reminded with a smile: "Secretary Li, Director Qiao is talking to you." ”

"First ...... Head...... First, the leader is good, the middle ...... Middle...... Li Guoan, member of the Standing Committee of the Hulin County Party Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Huan ...... Welcome back to your hometown. ”

Isn't he just the deputy director of the Central Office, and he is not your direct leader, so he is so nervous? When we meet for the first time, the first impression is very important, and it seems that this hard work has been in vain.

Tian Wenjian sighed secretly, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Secretary Li, is it that the official is big, but the courage has become smaller." As you are now, how can you deter lawbreakers and criminals? When you were the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, where did the prestige of 'Li Uneasy' go? ”

"Oda, did you talk like that?"

Local official Qiao Wei has seen a lot, compared with those department-level cadres who kowtow for their own selfish interests, Li Guoan's performance is quite good. Seeing that Tian Wenjian was buried, Qiao Wei actually stretched out his right hand to Li Guoan, whose face was flushed, and said with a smile on his face: "Secretary Li, you are the parent official who keeps our hometown safe, don't be so nervous." ”

"Yes, yes, I didn't treat you as an outsider if you went with you, relax." Chen Hongjun also interjected, with a sincere expression.

"Director Qiao, Chairman Chen, I'm so embarrassed."

Li Guoan's heart calmed down a lot, but he still showed an expression of regret, pointed to Santana, who had been thrown out a few hundred meters away, and said with self-reproach: "Wine and flowers...... All...... They all pulled in the car and swept the grave of the old general...... These two empty-handed ......"

It turned out that this was the case, Qiao Wei understood, and immediately said: "Secretary Li, I understand your intentions." Thank you, thank you very much. ”

Can't let him go down anymore, Tian Wenjian hurriedly diverted the topic, and asked thoughtfully: "Secretary Li, I've been gone for four years, is the villagers getting better?" Is the burden on the peasants still so heavy? ”

"Although there is still a big gap from the rural areas in the coastal areas, there is still a big improvement compared to four years ago. This is mainly due to the policy tilt of the provincial and municipal governments towards the old areas, as well as the rapid development of development zones and industrial parks in recent years......"

When it comes to work, Li Guoan no longer has the previous stumbling. Although he is not in charge of agriculture, he has a good grasp of some figures. One is one, two is two, neither exaggerated nor devalued. In fact, with Chen Hongjun, an insider, he didn't dare to exaggerate. What's more, he is only a secretary of the political and legal committee, and social security and the political and legal system are his job.

Before the report was finished, two commercial vehicles slowly stopped in front of the ancestral hall in Wujiazhai Village. It used to be the headquarters of the Red Army's Reading Regiment and the political axe of the Hulin Soviet, and it was the place where the old general fought during his lifetime.

Qiao Wei and Chen Hongjun quickly jumped out of the Toyota Overlord, walked quickly to the Mitsubishi business car behind, helped Qiao Wei's lover and Xiao Na, and carefully helped the old lady out. Li Guoan and the driver Zetian Wenjian helped carry flowers, two pots, fruits and other sacrifices.

The temperature difference between the inside and outside of the car was very large, but fortunately, Xiao Na was prepared, and hurriedly turned around and took out a sun umbrella from the travel bag in the car, and trotted to catch up with the old lady to help her hold up.

Like most of the senior cadres at that time, the love between the old lady and General Qiao was also a "revolutionary love". Before going to Yan'an, she had been living in the city, and she had never come to her hometown with him after marrying General Qiao, with the support of her granddaughter-in-law and Xiao Na, the old lady just walked to the ancestral hall and suddenly stopped, as if there was a familiar feeling, which made her heart pound, and also evoked her long-sealed memories.

She wordlessly looked out at the cramped sky surrounded by mountains, feeling some kind of memory awaken. The ears of wheat in the terraces were yellow and heavy. Under the big trees shaded by the thick shade, the small ditches in the fields are gurgling. On the ridge of the field, a lonely peach tree blooms lonely. Everything seems familiar, as if this is not a wilderness more than a thousand kilometers away from the capital, but her hometown, her home.

Everything is like a dream, it has existed, but there is no trace. As time passed, the image of the old general became more and more blurred. He became a fossilized creature of the White Age on the mountain, just sitting quietly and listening to her. His appearance changes with imagination, indifferent, serene, frozen, like time.

It is said to be an ancestral hall, but it is actually an old house that has been abandoned for many years. Straw and wheat straw were scattered all over the ground, and in the corner were lonely piles of baskets, windmills, barns, and a few brooms, which looked empty. It is in stark contrast with revolutionary holy places such as Jinggangshan, Yan'an, and Xibaipo, giving people a huge contrast.

There is really nothing to see, Chen Hongjun, who was afraid that the old lady would touch the scene, hurriedly pointed to the inconspicuous hill on the right side of the ancestral hall and whispered: "Grandma, the grave is over there." ”

The old lady trembled slightly, helped her reading glasses, and after looking at it for a while, she muttered to herself in tears: "Old Qiao, I'm coming to see you." ”

was just such an ordinary sentence, but Tian Wenjian's nose was sour when he heard it. Qiao Wei's lover and Cortana couldn't help but shed tears and sobbed in a low voice.

At this time, Li Guoan carried two shovels on his shoulders and a sickle under his arm, and ran over from Xiaoshang next to the ancestral hall panting. Qiao Wei, who really didn't notice when he went to his fellow countryman's house to borrow tools, hurriedly greeted him, and was about to take the sickle, Li Guoan eagerly reminded: "Be careful, the knife is fast, if you pull it, it's a big hole, don't hurt it." ”

His inadvertent move immediately won Qiao Wei's favor. Carefully taking the scythe, he nodded and said, "Oh, I'll pay attention." ”

The mountain is not high, but the road is very narrow, and it is really steep for old ladies and others who are accustomed to walking on wide and smooth roads. Because of this, everyone walked very carefully and slowly. The straight-line distance of the mountain road is only five or six hundred meters, and it took more than ten minutes to come to an overgrown stone monument.

The spirit of the ancestor Kaoqiao people mountain Taifu Jun!

If it weren't for Qiao Wei's name at the check-in place, Tian Wenjian would have thought that he had gone to the wrong place and went to the wrong grave. Seeing that he showed a strange expression, Chen Hongjun, who was pulling out the weeds in front of the monument and placing the sacrifices on the other, explained in a low voice: "The chief actually has a younger brother, they are twins, but they died of the plague when they were six years old. When they were born, the ancestral hall was inviting the opera troupe to sing in the hall, and people from all over the country came to see the excitement, and the elders in the village saw that there were many people, so they gave them the names of the mountains and people. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the old lady choked up and took over the conversation while stroking the tombstone in the weeds: "At that time, he was really carrying his head to make a revolution, and he was afraid of affecting the villagers, so he changed his current name after joining the team." ”

As she spoke, the old lady finally couldn't control it anymore, and cried out heartbreakingly, "Old man...... The children have fulfilled your wish and let you return to your roots! You're here alone...... Is it stuffy? You wait...... I'm almost ...... too."

Tian Wenjian couldn't see the most was life and death, looking at the grief-stricken appearance of the old lady, he hurriedly turned his head away and secretly wiped a handful of tears. The most nervous is Qiao Wei, for fear that the old lady will have three long and two short. Fortunately, his lover is a doctor of [***], otherwise he wouldn't dare to let the old lady come at all.

Today is not Qingming, there is no rain, after the memorial, there is no shepherd boy to point to Xinghua Village. Qiao Wei and his wife Okita Wenjian, Xiao Na and Li Guoan bowed deeply, and after thanking the family, they helped the old lady to sit down under a big tree not far away. Take out the biscuits, drink mineral water, and serve it as lunch.

The old lady didn't speak, and no one dared to say a word, so she sat stupidly for nearly two hours. It wasn't until a tanned fellow drove sheep from the foot of the mountain to the mountain that the old lady trembled and said: "Old man, the place is well chosen, there are mountains and rivers, it is better than staying in Babao Mountain and never seeing each other." I'll go first, don't worry...... I'll stay with you next time I come back......"

Only then did Tian Wenjian realize why the old lady would agree to Qiao Wei to bury the ashes of the old general here, because in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, only the military level can be on the wall, and the deputy rank of the corps and the deputy minister level and above can enter the house.

The old lady is obviously not level enough, and the ashes naturally cannot be put together with her husband after returning to the West. The only way to reunite with the old general forever in the future is to put a family photo in front of the urn. Living husband and wife love each other, but when they die, they have to live separately.

This is the power of rank and identity, after death and the same as before life, the dragon is a dragon, the tiger is a tiger, the cat is a cat, and the mouse is a mouse, and there is no sloppiness at all, and sloppiness is not allowed. Everything is "organized", with unshakable rules, rules, and regulations, which is simply an extension of human power to another dimensional space.

But even if you take 10,000 steps back, people are not equal in life, and after death, everything should be empty, and the stripes will come and go, and even turn into ashes. In stark contrast, the Arlington National Cemetery in the United States not only does not have a grade, but even the tombstones are treated equally, and the neatly arranged phalanx is like a living being.

Looking at the glamorous Babaoshan Cemetery on the surface, how many good couples have been broken up over the years?

Thinking of these, Tian Wenjian couldn't help but sigh secretly: Even if the living are divided into three, six, nine, and so on, what kind of monarchs and ministers, princes and generals, and three dukes and nine ministers will be engaged in after death, in terms of rank, according to political lines, what is the difference between them and the Middle Ages?

"It's going downhill, what do you think?" It was easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, not to mention that he still had a sharp sickle in his hand. Looking at Tian Wenjian's absent-minded look, Xiao Na hurriedly reminded.

Tian Wenjian was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said with a wry smile: "I'm thinking about a realistic problem, and I can take it out and discuss it with the students when I have the opportunity in the future." ”

At this time, Qiao Wei suddenly turned around and said expressionlessly: "I booked a ticket for tomorrow, and I will go from Longjiang like the old man did when he was alive." I want to settle the old lady and go to the AIDS prevention and control site in Shiqiao Town. That's right...... We also want to go to the Air Force Hospital, you know these two places well, you can look at and arrange it. ”

"The airport is too noisy, why don't you let the old people rest in the city?"

"She also wants to go to the hospital."

"Alright then, I'll arrange it."

As soon as Tian Wenjian took out his mobile phone, Qiao Wei turned around and rushed to Li Guoan, who was carrying a shovel, and then said: "Secretary Li, I won't say more kind words." If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just talk to Xiao Tian or Chen Dong. ”

Many things can only be understood but not spoken, how could Li Guoan not understand what he meant, but he still shook his head and said, "Director Qiao, I think you misunderstood what I meant." Seriously...... The reason why I came today is not to pull your relationship and go through your back door, but to respect General Qiao from the bottom of my heart. ”

The expression of surprise flashed in Qiao Wei's eyes, which made Li Guo'an tremble, and hurriedly added: "I'm not very good at talking, if there is anything offended, please forgive Director Qiao." ”

"Things gather by like, people by groups, no wonder melons praise you! Good...... Attaboy...... Well done. ”

Prior to this, Qiao Wei called Tian Wenjian and Chen Hongjun "Xiao Tian" and "Chen Dong" in front of Li Guoan, an "outsider". And now not only called Tian Wenjian "melon", but also said three good things in a row, which made Tian Wenjian realize that Qiao Wei had not really accepted Li Guoan until now.

In the past few years, Chen Hongjun and Li Guoan have been relatively close because of Zheng Xiaolan. Because of his personal surname and the experience of nine deaths, he always has a straight face and gives people a cold feeling. Except for being a little sleek in the mall, and being able to say a few words in front of real friends such as Qiao Wei and Tian Wenjian, he rarely opens his heart to outsiders.

Seeing Qiao Wei open this mouth, Chen Hongjun actually said uncharacteristically: "Xiaowei, the melons haven't come back for a few years, and this Shiqiao Town may not be ripe, why don't you trouble Secretary Li anymore and ask him to be our guide?" ”

Qiao Wei didn't agree, but stared at Li Guoan's eyes and asked lightly: "You are the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, it's not appropriate to leave your post, right?" ”

Ten minutes ago, if you said that it was not suitable, it was sticking to your post, and now it is hypocritical to say that it is not suitable. Li Guoan's performance made Tian Wenjian very satisfied, and he blurted out without thinking about it: "No problem, in fact, after receiving Professor Tian's call, I arranged the work of these two days." Besides, now that we have mobile phones, even if something unexpected happens, we can know it as soon as possible. ”

"Okay then, let's go to the Air Force Hospital first, and then find a place to live by the way."

(To be continued)