Cao Penghai asked Zhang Maosong to guess, he did go to the leader, he did not go to the county government to find the county magistrate Qiao Dongping, but directly asked the driver Wang Hu to drive to Qintang City.

Because of their low rank, township and town leaders are rarely able to go directly to the city government to do things, and often drive over, and they dare not swagger to the courtyard of the municipal party committee and government, and generally park their cars in the parking lot at the door, and then go to the door of the security room to register, and then go in low-key silence, for fear that if a leader does not look good, he will be in trouble.

Cao Penghai has been to the city government many times because of his uncle Liu Hai, and several security guards at the door know him, and the security guard on duty saw Cao Penghai waving and smiling at him in the car, saying hello.

Zhilu Dao, the nephew of the deputy secretary general of the municipal government and the mayor of Hongshi County, did not stop his car, and hurriedly smiled and waved his hand to let his car drive directly into the courtyard of the city government.

The cars at the entrance of the city government are in and out, and most of the people sitting in the car are the leaders of some municipal departments and counties and districts under their jurisdiction, who are here to report to the city leaders or to find relevant departments to do things.

Those who carried briefcases, or directly held materials or documents in their hands, and walked in, most of them were section chiefs, deputy section chiefs and some miscellaneous clerks who were not qualified to take a car directly under the municipal departments, and had little or no rights in their hands, and got out of the car, Cao Penghai wanted to take his cousin Xiao Wang upstairs, after all, his uncle also knew that Wang Hu was his relative, and it was okay to meet him, but considering that he was looking for his uncle to talk about things, he decided to let Xiao Wang wait for him in the car outside.

Cao Penghai is familiar with the road on the third floor, the municipal government building is only five floors, it was built in the eighties of the last century, although the exterior wall is gray and old, but because it is the seat of the municipal government, it still gives people a solemn and majestic feeling.

The doors of the left and right rows of offices are facing a corridor, entering the corridor in the building, dim, Cao Penghai can clearly feel the poor air circulation, there is a feeling of dampness, Cao Penghai estimates that the leader who decided the stereotype of this building in the past should be a traditional conservative old comrade.

This design, quite conservative, with the doors of each office facing inward, not only adds a sense of government mystery, but also gives people a sense of conformism and self-containedness.

The layout of the house is not scientific, the air circulation and lighting are not very good, giving people a sense of depression, Cao Penghai secretly said: the government buildings in the eighties are basically this pattern, which is determined by the general climate, at that time just reform and opening up, the people's thinking has not been opened, trembling looking at the outside of the world, far from today's open and inclusive self-confidence, it is normal.

Deputy Secretary-General Liu Hai's office door was hidden, Cao Penghai listened to the movement inside, and then, looking through the door, his uncle Liu Hai was wearing glasses, sitting at his desk, carefully reading a few red-headed documents sent by the government office.

Cao Penghai made sure that there was no one else inside, so he knocked lightly on the door three times, this is Cao Penghai's self-created knock method to the office of the superior leader, the first sound is very light, in order to remind the people inside to pay attention to the outside people, the voice is light out of politeness, afraid of knocking hard, suddenly a crisp sound, scaring the leader, causing the leader's unhappiness.

Two or three sounds and the first sound slightly distanced, the last two knock out continuously, this is afraid that the leader did not hear the first sound, deliberately aggravated, at the same time, but also to the people inside, first with the knock sound politely greeted, and after the leader inside heard it, he gently pushed the door in, with the voice to the leader to say hello.

"Come in." Liu Haitou didn't look up, and continued to review the documents on the table, Cao Penghai went to his uncle's office casually, if it was other leaders, he could only stand aside silently, and only after the leaders had finished reviewing the documents did he dare to report and ask for instructions.

It doesn't matter if his own uncle is a member of the family, Cao Penghai took the black briefcase in his hand, his chest was deliberately straightened, his body was like a pillar, he stood straight, and shouted: "Second uncle, I am Pengzi." ”

Liu Hai raised his head and saw that it was his nephew Cao Penghai, and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, I know that it is you, is it quite fast?" "It's not good to stay in the town and run around." Bangs glanced blankly and made a joke.

Liu Hai pointed to the water dispenser with his finger, signaling that he wanted to drink water and pour it himself, Cao Penghai was polite, added some water to his uncle, and then sat on the sofa and smoked a cigarette.

Liu Hai rarely smokes, but he is not against smoking, and when he saw that Cao Penghai was going to take a cigarette for himself, he smiled and said: "You are a smoker, smoke less, and smoking too much is not good for yourself." Cao Penghai laughed and said: "Uncle, you still say me, didn't you also cut off the cigarette after becoming a city leader, and now you have started to teach me a lesson, the work task in the town is so heavy, I can't find some spiritual food." ”

Among his nephews, he likes to Penghai the most, this kid not only looks like him as an uncle, but also has a similar personality, persistent, upright, flexible, and sometimes likes to play a little trick for his own purposes.

He has always intended to train this nephew to develop in officialdom, but he is a deputy secretary general, and his official position is a little smaller, so he can't help much, mainly relying on Cao Penghai's own efforts.

He has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has some positive contacts and experience, but he rarely asks for help, otherwise, Cao Penghai would not be thirty-five years old and still be the mayor of the town.

For Cao Penghai, Liu Hai tried his best to nud him, let him grow up in the officialdom and avoid detours, which Cao Penghai knew well, he never planned to rely on his uncle to improve in the officialdom, Cao Penghai has his own ideas, he has been independent since he was a child, and the hero complex is heavy, he never wants people to help him walk, and his own progress depends on his own efforts, he wants to use his strength to prove that he Cao Penghai is a man, which is deeply appreciated by his uncle Liu Hai.

Seeing that Pengzi was happy with himself, Liu Hai smiled and said: "You, you are a poor mouth, and the second uncle can't talk about you." Liu Hai pointed at Cao Penghai in the void with his hand, and said with a smile: "Pengzi, you are far away from the emperor, and your uncle can't control you if he wants to, but you have to do your work, and your body can't do it." ”

"The body is the capital of reform, this is not to say that it is fun, it can become a common saying, naturally there is his reason, what does not listen to the old man, suffer in front of him, these words seem ordinary, think carefully about the philosophy inside, many young people often don't care about these words that sound cliché, as a result, how many detours, and when they wake up, it is too late, there is no turning back in life, the key is to take a good step in front of you." Liu Hai's words touched Cao Penghai's heart a little, and he couldn't stop nodding in agreement with his uncle Liu Hai's words.

Liu Hai looked at Cao Penghai, suddenly remembered his sister and brother-in-law, changed his words, and said with a smile: "Your mother and your father are living and in good health————。 ”

"Okay, all right, my dad is still thinking about when you will go back and have a drink with him." Cao Penghai said with a smile: "Uncle, when will you go back, you have to call me in advance, my dad is too old to accompany you, I have to take over my dad's baton, I can't let him down." ”

"Look at you, you still think that your uncle is a wine barrel, and your uncle is also old, and he doesn't drink as much as before." The uncle and nephew chatted happily for a while.

Today, Liu Hai saw Cao Penghai coming to find him, and knew that there must be something wrong with this kid, otherwise he wouldn't dare to run to the city government easily, and every time he came, he was scared, afraid that he would teach him a lesson, Liu Hai knew this nephew too well.

"Say, find your uncle something." Liu Hai picked up the stainless steel water cup on the table, took a sip of water, and asked with a smile.