The person on TV, whether it is his body or face, or even a slightly bald type, is very close to Principal Wang of Chenguang Children's Middle School, strictly speaking, it is more like a younger version of Principal Wang, could it be that this person is Principal Wang's younger brother or nephew?

Liu Ziguang was secretly surprised in his heart, but his face didn't show it at all, and then looked at Mayor Zhou, staring at the TV intently, not letting go of any detail, Liu Ziguang suddenly understood that this leader must be the key person in charge of life and death, otherwise Zhou Zhongda would not attach so much importance to it.

After eating, Jiang Xueqing made a fuss about letting Liu Ziguang play chess with Mayor Zhou, Liu Ziguang understood that he wanted to show himself as Mayor Zhou's chess friend, although he didn't know how to do this, but he had also played against many famous players, and he would not be too disappointed with Mayor Zhou, and he was also eager to try to see Mayor Zhou's appearance, so he might as well talk to him about a game.

However, the disappointment was that the phone rang, Mayor Zhou picked up the handheld extension placed in the living room and looked at it, his expression immediately became serious, he confessed to everyone, and went into the study to answer the phone.

It doesn't matter, after an hour, Mrs. Zhou also brought tea in, and when the door opened, you could see Mayor Zhou sitting at his desk, holding a pen in his hand and seemingly drawing something on the notebook, looking quite focused. ”

"This old Zhou, I work day and night, and I even forget about the guests, I'm really embarrassed." Mrs. Zhou said apologetically.

Liu Ziguang looked at the clock, it was not early, so he gave Jiang Xueqing a look, the latter understood, got up and said, "Godmother, then we will go back first, and come back to play tomorrow." ”

Mrs. Zhou felt very embarrassed, people gave such a valuable gift, and she was about to tell Mayor Zhou, but Jiang Xueqing insisted on refusing, saying that it could not affect Mayor Zhou's work, and Mrs. Zhou pushed the boat down the river, personally sent them to the door, and the guests and hosts said goodbye warmly.

In the elevator, Jiang Xueqing, who was still talking and laughing, suddenly fell silent, and only when she got downstairs did she say a clueless word to Liu Ziguang: "It's not easy for her to be nice." ”

After saying that, Jiang Xueqing shook her ears and left without looking back, the property staff at the gate of Jinguancheng was very eye-catching, ran to the intersection to help Jiang Xueqing stop a taxi, Jiang Da anchor got in the car and left, forgiving Liu Ziguang in place, and muttered in his heart: The matter between me and Li Kun is already known to the world.

When he returned to Li Kun's house, recounted what happened, and mentioned Jiang Xueqing's abnormal behavior, Li Kun smiled and said very generously: "I revealed it to her." ”

Liu Ziguang's eyes widened, and his face was puzzled, Li Kun explained very directly: "I have a good relationship with Jiang Xueqing, but it is not good enough to share a man, so I dispelled her thoughts in advance, just like that, Xueqing is a measured person and will not talk nonsense everywhere." ”

Liu Ziguang suddenly realized, women, women, are extremely selfish emotionally, even if they are reasonable women, they will not give in to this kind of thing, with Li Kun's shrewdness, I am afraid that even Wei Ziqian's abnormality can be seen, and even Li Kun may have investigated all the circumstances of Liu Ziguang clearly, including Fang Fei.

Suddenly, Liu Ziguang felt like a small snail, which was firmly pinched in his hand by Mr. Li with three fingers.

"I'm not allowed to go home tonight, I want to listen to the details of Mayor Zhou's home furnishings and his specific reaction, so that I can help you analyze." Li Kun said arrogantly, and went into the bedroom bathroom to brush his teeth.

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The next day was Saturday, Liu Ziguang specially ordered a few students, including Deng Miaofan, the baby son of Brother Deng, the little guy is already the pride of Chenguang Children's Middle School, and he will represent Jiangbei City to participate in the National Mathematics Olympiad in the spring.

Teacher Liu took a group of students, riding bicycles with brooms, rags, and buckets, to the original factory cadre dormitory near Chenguang Children's Middle School, which is a tube building built in the early eighties, the exterior wall is made of red bricks, the trees downstairs are towering, quiet and tidy, more than a dozen bicycles are quietly parked in the carport, the saddle has been crowded with dust, and the roof of the carport is still covered with snow more than ten days ago.

The arrival of the students brought fresh vitality and laughter to the building. Liu Ziguang led the students to clean every corner of the dormitory building, wipe the handrails of the stairs, of course, the focus of hygiene is still the old principal Wang's house, the students ran in and out diligently, laughter and laughter continued, and the old principal Wang couldn't help but be happy with a cigarette in his mouth.

Liu Ziguang brought two cigarettes without any markings, and told Principal Wang that this was a cigarette produced by the internal scraps of the cigarette factory, which was very cheap, and Principal Wang smiled and accepted, he was a big smoker, and he couldn't lack cigarettes at all times, but his salary was small, and he was reluctant to smoke good cigarettes, so he could only smoke two or three yuan a box of inferior cigarettes.

Of course, Principal Wang didn't know that this cigarette was a special offering taken by Liu Ziguang from internal channels, and the allocation price was 35 yuan a box, and the market price could scare the average large amount of money.

Principal Wang's wife left early, several children moved out to live, a lonely old man lived in a house of less than 60 square meters, dark and damp, the furniture was still purchased in the 80s, thick and heavy, the most in the house is books, not only on the shelves, but also on the desk, sand, bedside table, bed, and even on the ground are books, which can be described as a sweat cow full of buildings, as vast as a sea of smoke.

There are a huge number of books, as well as a large number of wine bottles, cigarette boxes, Principal Wang is very good at tobacco and alcohol, but he doesn't care about food and clothing, there are only cabbage and noodles in the kitchen, hot sauce bottles, the old man eats noodles by himself when he is hungry, and he can't even see some meat, maybe for him, spiritual food is far more important than meat.

In the wardrobe, I am afraid that there are many years of old tunics in those years, and I take them out to meet the sun, the house is full of dust, and the bed is even more miserable, the pillow towel is oily, the quilt has not been dismantled and washed for a long time, and the rattan boxes are also stuffed under the bed, and you don't need to think about it to know that it is full of books.

Liu Ziguang looked bitter, took out a cigarette and lit it for Principal Wang, and said: "The old principal is really poor, this mansion is really unlivable." ”

Principal Wang smiled: "This is the line of Fan Jinzhong's chapter in the history of Confucianism, what's the matter, do you still have three rooms to borrow from me?" ”

Liu Ziguang said: "I don't have a house, but it is necessary to clean it." As he spoke, he glanced at the male students, and felt that these hairy guys were really embarrassed, so he said, "Deng Miaofan, call a few of the diligent and neat female students in the class." ”

Now Deng Miaofan is not only a prodigy in the hearts of the teachers, but also the idol of the girls, he made a phone call, and the girls immediately came, brought their own brooms, rags and dry food, and thoroughly helped Principal Wang clean the house.

"You girls, don't mess up the old principal's book, where to put it, just sweep the dust away." Liu Ziguang sat on the broken sand and pointed his fingers.

Principal Wang also sat on the sand, smoking cigarettes one after another, and his smiling eyes were bent: "Good children, go back and invite you to dinner." ”

Liu Ziguang quipped: "Old principal, do you give the children noodles to eat?" ”

Principal Wang lit a cigarette and said, "How can I invite everyone to go down to the restaurant." ”

The room was full of laughter, the female students carefully cleaned every corner, a girl turned out an old mirror frame from the corner of the desk, wiped it with a handkerchief, Liu Ziguang's eyes lit up, and he took the frame over to look at it, the photo is black and white, looking at the dress and mental outlook of the person in the photo, it seems to be the sixties and seventies, a young man with glasses should be Principal Wang, standing next to him is his lover, a simple female worker, and a kind-faced old lady on the chair in the middle, There was also a young man with eyebrows and eyes very similar to Principal Wang, standing on the side, his expression a little restrained.

"Old Headmaster, who is this, and it looks like you?" Liu Ziguang asked, pointing to the photo.

Principal Wang took the frame, squinted at the person in the photo with a cigarette in his mouth, sighed and said, "That's my brother." ”

"Oh, I didn't hear you had a brother."

"It's a long story, I and this younger brother are not the same mother's compatriots, before the liberation of my father was an underground party member, gave birth to me when he was presiding over the work in Jiangbei City, and was later arrested by the Kuomintang ** faction, there was no news, I was raised by my mother alone, when I heard the news of my father again, it was already the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, my father became a deputy minister, and reorganized the family, and had a second child."

"And then? You're still reunited. Liu Ziguang asked.

"Yes, during the ** period, my father was beaten to the death, and my younger brother followed his last words and came to Jiangbei City to join me, who was my elder brother, in the end, it was flesh and blood, life was very difficult at that time, my younger brother had no food plan, and when he was growing up, my mother died of edema in order to save food...... Later, when the chaos was rectified and the college entrance examination was resumed, the factory gave me a place, so I gave him this place......"

When recounting these past events, Principal Wang did not use any language with a strong sense of color, but from these bland words, Liu Ziguang heard the selfless maternal love and strong brotherhood, Principal Wang's family paid so much for this younger brother, when the mother's food was saved from between her teeth to her ex-husband's son to eat, when the elder brother gave the opportunity to change his fate to his younger brother, and the sister-in-law who had passed away, looking at the simple and unpretentious face, it must also be a virtuous woman.

There is nothing more touching about the hard years that the family has spent together.

"So, what about your brother after he gets admitted to college?" Liu Ziguang asked tirelessly, like a reporter digging deep into the material.

"He was admitted to Peking University, and after graduation, he was sent to study abroad, and he went for six years, and then entered the foreign agency office of a Chinese-funded institution, and then a central ministry, and his work has been very busy."

"Do you usually keep in touch?"

"There is a correspondence contact."

It seems that there is a spectrum, Liu Ziguang threw out the last question: "Is your brother's surname Zheng and his name is Zheng Jiefu?" ”

Principal Wang was stunned, and even forgot to smoke a cigarette: "Xiao Liu, how do you know, I follow my mother's surname, and my younger brother follows my father's surname, which is called Zheng Jiefu." ”

Liu Ziguang sighed in his heart, woo hoo lament, old principal, old principal, your younger brother has become the leader of the provincial party committee, you don't know yet.