Wei Mingxi felt Peng Yuanzheng's sincere respect, his heart warmed, he held Peng Yuanzheng's hand tightly, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Veteran comrades like him, who have worked at the grassroots level all their lives and have not been promoted, are actually holding back a fire in their hearts, and they also feel like they are in a state of guilt. When I was in office, of course, I was cautious and didn't dare to show it, but when I was about to leave my post and retire, I let go of everything and saw it.

The worst thing is to retire from the post at the deputy section level, what else can I do? Therefore, the current Wei Mingxi is not afraid of anything at all, even if it is Hao Jiannian, he doesn't pay much attention to it, let alone such a young mayor Peng Yuanzheng.

But what he didn't expect was that, unlike other young cadres in the town, Peng Yuanzheng at least had great respect for him, an old comrade, and he had lived for 150 chapters from an honest man to a thorn in his life, what is sincerity and what is hypocrisy in officialdom, how can he not see it.

He sighed, grabbed Peng Yuanzheng's hand, sighed for a long time, poured bitter water for a long time, and vented a lot of grievances. Including the leaders of the district, the leaders of the town, and even the current secretary of the town party committee, Hao Jiannian.

Peng Yuanzheng listened patiently and echoed a few words from time to time.

For a while, Wei Mingxi felt that he had met a bosom friend, and he pulled Peng Yuanzheng and didn't let go, so he had to invite Peng Yuanzheng to his home for dinner.

Peng Yuanzheng thanked him again and again, so he had to reluctantly follow Wei Mingxi back to his home in the town.

At dinner in the afternoon, Li Xueyan stood in the corridor and waited anxiously, never seeing Peng Yuanzheng come back. She was going to wait for Peng Yuanzheng to have dinner together.

Li Xinhua, the secretary of the Party and Government Office, hurriedly ran over and gasped, "Secretary Li, Mayor Peng was dragged to his house by Chairman Wei to eat. ”

Li Xueyan was stunned, and then frowned.

Wei Mingxi is an alternative in Yunshui Town. Two years ago, he was incredibly honest. belongs to the kind of old scalper who can't kick a fart with three feet, and nods his head when he sees everyone. The leader will do whatever he asks, and dare not exceed half a point; But just two years ago, he suddenly turned into a thorn. It's not pleasing to anyone to look at 150 chapters, from honest people to thorns. No one buys their accounts, and in the team, they don't get along well with other town leaders, especially young cadres like them, and there are no big contradictions, and there are constant small frictions.

Li Xueyan felt that this old man Wei was a person with many problems and difficult to approach, but unexpectedly, as soon as Peng Yuanzheng came to the town, he had a hot fight with this old man.

What's going on?

Li Xueyan frowned and went to eat, but she was still not at ease, and was ready to wait until she finished eating. Just go to Wei's house and have a look.

Wei Mingxi's home is in the town, which is actually Yunshui Village, where the town government is located. Peng Yuanzheng and Wei Mingxi crossed the national highway that runs through Yunshui Town, and entered Yunshui Village, where they were full of small buildings with two or three floors, all of which were of all kinds, and there were several motorcycles parked in front of each house, which showed that this village was not an ordinary wealth.

Walking into the depths of Yunshui Village, a deep house with some years of age appeared in front of him. It was one of those old-fashioned tiled houses, one of which was covered with thatch, apparently handed down from the ancestors. Haven't had time to flip the lid yet.

Such a simple courtyard house is so eye-catching in Yunshui Village, where buildings are everywhere!

When he entered the main house and saw the simple furnishings and old-fashioned furniture inside, Peng Yuanzheng knew very well that Wei Mingxi's family belonged to a poor household in this village.

Wei Mingxi's wife was lying in bed, and it was said that she had been hemiplegic for two years. He has a son and a daughter, the daughter works in the town's silk reeling factory, and the son is assigned to work as a clerk in another remote township forty or fifty kilometers away from Yunshui Town after graduating from university, and can only come back on weekends.

"Xiaojuan, you go buy some fried meat and vegetables, I want to have a drink with Mayor Peng!" Wei Mingxi stood in the hall and instructed his daughter Wei Mingjuan.

Wei Xiaojuan looks like the kind of girl who is honest, not only simple in appearance but also honest in character. She wore a white-washed T-shirt on her upper body and a pair of shorts on her lower body.

Wei Xiaojuan took a crumpled fifty yuan from Wei Mingxi's hand, and turned away silently, her thin body swaying in a wide T-shirt.

Peng Yuanzheng sighed, "Chairman Wei, why do you bother to break the bank?" Eat whatever you have at home, and then spend money on it? ”

"Your Mayor Peng looks up to my Lao Wei, although my Lao Wei is poorer, he can't afford to take care of a meal!" Wei Mingxi said and moved a small round table under the loofah shelf in the courtyard, brought two low stools, and said with a smile, "Mayor Peng, please take a seat, the conditions at home are poor, and the leader is neglected, don't be surprised!" ”

Peng Yuanzheng laughed loudly, "Chairman Wei, where are you talking about this?" ”

Peng Yuanzheng sat down as he spoke, sat face to face with Wei Mingxi, took out his own cigarette and lit it with Wei Mingxi, and started his routine.

Speaking of his family background, Wei Mingxi sighed, "You have also seen the situation at home, in fact, if you want to say poor, it is not too poor." It's that the child's mother spends money on medical treatment, and the eldest son is not around, I have been busy with work for so many years, and there is no strong laborer in the family, so I count on Xiaojuan, a girl...... Hey, it's hard for her! ”

"She graduated from junior high school and started working in the town. Without her, her brother wouldn't have been able to go to college. Pity this kid is twenty-seven or eighteen, and he doesn't even have a partner until now! ”

"The individual cadres in our village, the individual who runs the transportation, and the workers who work in the enterprise have basically made a fortune. Only I, a useless deputy section-level cadre, in the name of a state cadre and a town leader, took a dry and dead salary...... What a shame! ”

Speaking of this, Wei Mingxi couldn't help but burst into tears.

Peng Yuanzheng couldn't help but sigh.

On the contrary, the leading cadres of the town have become the poorest family in the village, which probably reflects Wei Mingxi's decades of sorrow and depression.

At this time, Wei Xiaojuan came back with a few packets of cooked food, peanuts, rice and pig ears, pork belly, dry fried meat, etc., and bought a bundle of beer. The thin young woman carried a heavy bundle of beer into the courtyard with great difficulty, and when Peng Yuanzheng saw it, he quickly got up to greet her, took the beer from her hand, and inevitably said a few more polite words.

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I drank a few beers with Wei Mingxi. As Wei Mingxi spoke, he complained again, mainly about the job transfer of his son Wei Xiaogang.

Wei Xiaogang graduated from college, and Wei Mingxi wanted to get his son to come to the Yunshui Town Government, so he looked for the town and the district, but it didn't work. Supposedly, with his practical difficulties, the town should take into account. But one of the places that year was taken up by the relationship of a leader in the district. Wei Xiaogang was helpless and was assigned to a remote township.

Later, Wei Mingxi wanted to transfer Wei Xiaogang back, but no matter how he looked for it, Hao Jiannian didn't say anything, just said that the town was full of staff, and the District Personnel Bureau would not handle it.

Wei Mingxi was the kind of honest person in the first half of his life, although he was a deputy section-level cadre, he didn't have many acquaintances in the district organs. He made a few trips to the Personnel Bureau, but no one bought it.

After such two blows, coupled with the imminent retirement, Wei Mingxi's mentality has completely changed: he feels that honest people suffer losses, and he has been honest people all his life, and he has suffered countless hidden losses but still can't say it, which is too cowardly.

As a result, the honest man Wei Mingxi disappeared, and the thorn Wei Mingxi was born.

Wei Mingxi was in a relaxed mood, it was rare for the town leaders to listen to him complain, and he got drunk after a short time, which shows that his alcohol consumption is actually not large.

Peng Yuanzheng sighed and carried Wei Mingxi to the hall, placed him to lie down, and then went to the opposite wing room to knock on Wei Xiaojuan's door, wanting to say goodbye and leave, and at the same time asked her to boil some sobering soup for Wei Mingxi to drink.

knocked on the door, there was no movement inside, Peng Yuanzheng waited for a while, pushed open the hidden door, and found that Wei Xiaojuan was not in the house. He took advantage of the dim light in the room to see that there was a bowl of water on the table, a half steamed bun on the table, and a small bowl with a few pickled carrots and pickles in the bowl.

Peng Yuanzheng's heartstrings were plucked violently.

He stared, slowly retracted his gaze, looked back at the Wei family's hall, and walked out of the Wei family's courtyard with heavy steps. As soon as he got out of the courtyard, he saw Wei Xiaojuan coming over with a load of water sweating profusely, and said in a trembling voice, "Mayor Peng!" ”

"Huh. Carried water? Isn't there running water at home? ”

Peng Yuanzheng asked.

"The water stopped today, so I went to the water tower in the village to pick up a load of water. Mayor Peng, what are you? Wei Xiaojuan said timidly, and she didn't dare to look at Peng Yuanzheng's eyes.

Peng Yuanzheng smiled, "I'm going back, by the way, your dad is drunk and lying down, you go back and take care of him more!" ”

As he spoke, Peng Yuanzheng smiled at Wei Xiaojuan and nodded, passing by her.

Out of the courtyard of the Wei family, Peng Yuanzheng felt a little aggrieved in his heart. He walked in stride, and met Li Xueyan, who was coming to Wei's house to look for him.

In the evening night, Li Xueyan's white T-shirt is very eye-catching.

She ran over after a few steps, "Yuanzheng, why did you go to Wei's house to drink?" ”

"Old man Nawei is a thorn, don't mess with him......"

Peng Yuanzheng sighed and said, "Xueyan, Chairman Wei is not a bad person, it should be that many years of depression broke out when he was about to retire, I went to his house to take a look, it was really difficult." The whole village is full of buildings, only the Wei family is in tatters, which makes people look very sad! ”

"Forget it, don't talk about it. I want to go back to the city and bring some salutes, are you staying in town tonight? Peng Yuanzheng settled down, put aside the matter of the Wei family in his mind, looked back at Li Xueyan and asked.

Li Xueyan smiled, "I want to go home too, haven't I been waiting for you to be with me!" ”

The two walked side by side to the town government office, got into the car at the door, and then went back to the city.

Peng Yuanzheng is going to live in the town permanently, of course, he has to go home and bring some salutes, while Li Xueyan is not on duty this week and goes back to the city every day to live.

In fact, Yunshui Town is ten kilometers away from the city, and it takes more than half an hour to get there by bus. Some town cadres have families in the city, and they get off work at 5 p.m. and take the No. 18 bus directly to the city. (To be continued)!!