"Xiao Ye, take our car back to Changjia." After receiving the trophy and certificate of the "Helong Cup" bridge doubles competition in Jianan City, Ye Zhiran heard Ye Lao call him kindly.

Ye Zhiran hurriedly smiled and thanked Ye Lao: "Thank you, Ye Lao, I'm sorry for your trouble." ”

"Get in the car, you're welcome." Ye Lao's bridge partner Zhang Hengliang also said.

Zhang Hengliang is an officer of a field army stationed in Jianan City of the NJ Military Region, and every time Ye Zhiran comes to him, there are guards following him, and he can't help but guess his rank.

Ye Zhiran got into a military jeep with Zhang Liren.

The four of them all entered the finals after the second round of elimination, and they all broke through from the preliminary group of Changjia County, according to Ye Lao, this is fate.

"Xiao Ye, you played well this time." After the car started, Ye Lao praised.

"Ye Lao, it is me and Zhang Liren who are lucky, today there are three decks of cards we are a little angry, I can't think of the card type is particularly good, and the contract is completed. There's also a deck of cards where a pair of your East and West pairs made a low-level mistake and beat the unbeatable four spades to a one, giving us the highest score all at once. Ye Zhiran said, "Actually, with the level of the two of us, if we play in a team competition, there will be no high ranking." ”

"Luck is reserved for those who are prepared." Ye Lao said with a smile, and asked again: "How long have you been playing with Xiao Zhang?" ”

"It's been more than a year." Zhang Liren replied: "It's Xiao Ye who plays well, and most of our cards are played by Xiao Ye." ”

Zhang Liren is a friend made by Ye Zhiran after graduating and joining the work, although there is a difference of more than ten years, but there is no gap between the two, not only card friends, but also harmonious cooperation at work.

"What do you do in Changjia?" Zhang Hengliang interjected and asked, although he and Ye Zhiran had played cards a few times, he didn't know the situation of the two.

"I work in the Party and Government Office of Mashi Township, Changjia County, and Zhang Liren is the director of the township police station." Ye Zhiran replied.

"Xiao Ye is the director of the Party and Government Office of Mashi Township, and the young man is a good person." Ye Lao said this to Zhang Hengliang. In fact, the two of them also fought with Ye Zhiran and Zhang Liren in the preliminary round of Chang Jia, and had a brief exchange, but Zhang Hengliang didn't pay attention to these.

"Oh? It's not too old to go up to Xiaoye. Zhang Hengliang turned back to Ye Zhiran from the front seat.

"Uncle Zhang, I have been working for two years, I graduated from the Department of Computer Science of J University, and when I graduated, I participated in the unified recruitment of grassroots reserve cadres in Jianan City. I was one of the 10 grassroots reserve cadres who were recruited, and I was assigned to Changjia County, and the Organization Department of the county party committee arranged for me to serve as director of the party and government office in Mashi Township. Seeing that Zhang Hengliang was a little puzzled, Ye Zhiran replied more carefully.

Ye Zhiran is a highly talented student of J University, a famous university in the country, joined the party in his junior year, and is the chairman of the J Student Union. But Ye Zhiran was rejected when he confessed to Yang Ying, who had been secretly in love for more than two years, and he was emotionally frustrated and didn't want to stay in the provincial capital. Coincidentally, the Organization Department of the Jianan Municipal Party Committee of Yangtze River Province carried out a pilot reform for the selection of grassroots cadres, and opened recruitment to fresh undergraduate graduates. After Ye Zhiran passed the qualification evaluation and theoretical examination, he was personally interviewed by a deputy department-level cadre of the Organization Department, and the results were very satisfactory, and the comprehensive assessment results ranked first, and his name entered the list of reserve cadres of the Organization Department of the Jianan Municipal Party Committee, and directly entered the third echelon list and was valued.

Zhang Hengliang listened to Ye Zhiran's answer and let out an "oh". I thought to myself, this can be regarded as an opportunity, as a high-talent student from the most famous university in the province, he should have a good future when he enters the cadre echelon through open recruitment. Of course, how far he can go depends on his own ability and luck.

"Xiao Ye, tell me, you studied computer science, why did you lose your major and take the road of politics?" Although Ye Lao did not enter the top three today, he had several decks of cards that played smoothly and played at a high level, so his mood was quite high, and his questions were very casual.

"By mistake," Ye Zhiran replied, "I originally wanted to stay in the provincial capital, but at that time, there was something wrong with my feelings, and I didn't want to stay in the provincial capital. ”

"Oh?" Ye Lao was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect him to answer like this. He has the impression that when officials in politics answer similar questions, they will be tactful and subtle, and at the same time show a full sense of righteousness. Ye Zhiran's answer obviously made him feel novel. "This little leaf is a little interesting!" Ye Lao liked his straightforwardness very much, so he asked with interest: "You fell in love when you were in college?" Otherwise, how can you fall out of love? ”

"Actually, it's not love, it's just my unrequited love." Ye Zhiran replied. And then how he fell in love with Yang Ying, a classmate of J University, for three years, it was all platonic spiritual love. On the eve of graduation, he mustered up the courage to confess to her, and the story of his polite rejection was told over and over again.

The story is very long, and Ye Zhiran's memories are torn and twisted in the hot summer weather, like a cup of clear coffee, which is bitter and evocative; It is like a graceful willow branch in the wind, with a hint of stubbornness and a hint of unwillingness.

This kind of purely emotional unrequited love story is poignant, making the listener feel melancholy, and at the same time feel pity for the protagonist of the story. What's more, Ye Zhiran already had a good impression in Ye Lao's heart, and Ye Lao felt that Ye Zhiran looked a little like himself when he was young when he saw him for the first time. Now listening to him open his heart like this and tell himself the distress in his heart, Ye Lao felt even more melancholy when he listened to it.

After seeing Ye Zhi for the first time, Ye Lao had an indescribable good impression of him, as if he had met someone very close to him in his life. At this moment, listening to him frankly disclose the past affairs without concealment, Ye Lao felt more cordial in addition to sympathy, he felt that Ye Zhiran completely opened his heart in front of him, there was an unconditional trust of the junior to the elder, and Ye Lao's gaze towards him softened.

Because of the car, it only took two hours to return to Changjia County from Jianan City, and along the way, most of Ye Lao and Ye Zhiran were talking, listening to the speculation of one old and one small, Zhang Hengliang turned around several times and interjected.

After Ye Lao retired, he didn't like to live in the big city, and lived in Changjia, on the one hand, for quietness, and on the other hand, he liked Changjia's natural environment. It's just that he is far away from the city, only Uncle Cai lives with him and takes care of his daily life, so he is a little lonely, and now seeing Ye Lao and Ye Zhiran talking happily, Zhang Hengliang unconsciously feels a lot more relieved.

"Xiao Ye, you are Chang Jiaren, right?" Zhang Hengliang asked.

"No, I'm from Jinshan County, Guangbei City, and I'm 200 kilometers away." Ye Zhiran replied with a smile.

"It's inconvenient to go home." Zhang Hengliang said again.

"Yes, I live in a dormitory and only go home on National Day and Spring Festival." In 1990, China also implemented a six-day work week with only one day off per week.

"Then you can accompany Ye Lao more when you are free, and you can talk without playing cards. My troops are stationed in Jianan, and I can only find time to come to Changjia on Sundays. Zhang Hengliang continued.

Ye Zhiran said happily: "Okay, Uncle Zhang, don't worry, I don't have any relatives in Changjia, and I will go to Ye's hometown as a companion after work, and I can also eat." After a pause, he said, "I can't tell Ye Lao about my relationship, and before I said many words, Ye Lao guessed the next sentence." ”

Ye Lao smiled happily. He has a special sense of closeness to Ye Zhiran, and because of his youthful and sunny appearance, it seems that his image when he was young, especially that kind of smile, that kind of eyes are very similar.

Zhang Liren said jokingly: "Xiao Ye, you and Ye Lao have the same surname, people who don't know hear you talk so tacitly, they must think that you two are grandchildren." ”

Ye Lao said: "Xiao Zhang, you are also a straightforward person, who knows that you will also please people when you speak." ”

Everyone laughed at what he said.

In the laughter, Ye Lao asked Zhang Hengliang again: "Nianyue has a summer vacation, right?" Why don't you come to Changjia? ”

Zhang Hengliang said: "She has said it a few times, she wants to come to live with you for a while, and it is estimated that she will come in the next few days." ”

Ye Lao became happy, and even said: "Okay, good, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, Nianyue must have become much more beautiful again, and the eighteenth female college has changed." ”

Zhang Hengliang smiled slightly and said, "This girl misses you a lot, and she didn't let you feel pain." ”

The car was bumpy, but fortunately, the scenery was good along the way. Jianan City is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with many rivers and mountains, and at a glance, there are green trees and green water everywhere. It can be called a place of outstanding people, and there have been many literati in history, and Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, has lived in this land for a long time.

It was almost dusk when the car arrived in Changjia County, and the four of them got off the car at the door of Ye Lao's house, Ye Zhiran and Zhang Liren said goodbye to Ye Lao and Zhang Hengliang. Ye Lao had the intention to leave Ye Zhiran to go to the house for dinner, and Ye Zhiran replied that he couldn't do it today, because he had to go to Secretary Tang's house of the county party committee once. Secretary Tang's lover Yu Jia called him in the morning, saying that her home computer was broken and asked Ye Zhiran to go to the house to help repair it after returning to Changjia. When Ye Lao heard him say this, he smiled and stopped keeping him, but asked him to go to his house every day after work from tomorrow night. Ye Zhiran readily agreed.

The two pushed their bicycles in the courtyard of Ye's hometown and rode away separately. Parting, Zhang Liren asked again: "Xiao Ye, are you really in trouble?" Why don't you come to my house for dinner? ”

"No, I really want to go to Secretary Tang's house, you can go back, so as not to worry your sister-in-law."

Zhang Liren said: "Okay, you can come to dinner another day, and Yang Hongmei is going to introduce a girl to you, I heard that people are good." ”

"Don't, thank you sister-in-law for me, but I don't want to talk about friends now." Ye Zhiran raised his hand in surrender.

Although more than two years have passed, Yang Ying has gradually forgotten in his heart, but the future wife still has to find it himself, and he resists the form of "introduction" in his heart.