On the one hand, his lover, and on the other hand, his own ideals, Duan Zetao was really embarrassed, pondered for a while, and Li Mei's grief-stricken and haggard face appeared in front of him, gritted his teeth and said: "If there is no other choice, then I will choose the second one, for Li Mei, I can give up everything!" ”。

Old Man Li stared at Duan Zetao, as if he wanted to see him through, and only after half a sound did he laugh and stand up excitedly, Li Qiang hurriedly went up to help, but Old Man Li pushed him away, waved his hand and said, "I'm not too old to walk!" As long as I'm still here, the Li family won't fall! He turned his head and said solemnly to Duan Zetao: "You have to promise me that if I am not there in the future, you will carry the flag of the Li family and don't let it fall!" ”。

Duan Zetao was stunned for a moment, but then understood that this was what Old Man Li meant by asking him to be the successor of the Li family, and said with sincere fear: "How can the kid?!" How to live up to such a heavy responsibility! ……”。

Old Man Li waved his hand vigorously and interrupted him: "You just tell me if it's okay or not!" Duan Zetao said resolutely: "You are all Li Mei's relatives, that is, my relatives, if someone wants to deal with you, I just don't want to do my best, and I have to protect the Li family!" ”。

Old Man Li high-fived and shouted, laughing heartily: "My Li family is hopeful!" Don't worry, I should have no problem living for another seven or eight or ten years, and during this period, I will mobilize the resources of the Li family and let you grow up step by step! ”。

Duan Zetao was blindfolded by this huge pie that suddenly fell from the sky, and when Old Man Li saw him confused, he smiled and said: "If you chose the first item just now or chose the second item without hesitation, then you are not sitting here talking now, and you have thought about the second item for a long time so I believe that you really love Li Mei, I don't dare to brag in my life, but the eye of people is still relatively accurate, back then Jiang Guangtou sent a few spies to lurk in my troops, In less than two days, I was all caught and shot! Ha ha! ……”。

Duan Zetao wiped a handful of cold sweat, daring to love that Old Man Li was completely testing himself just now! Sure enough, he is old and good! If I didn't behave a little wrong just now, I was afraid that I would be completely out of touch with Li Mei, and I would be suppressed by the Li family!

Old Man Li walked to the bookshelf, opened a drawer, took out a wooden box from it, he solemnly handed the wooden box to Duan Zetao and said: "This was given to me by the chairman back then, he asked me to learn more theoretical knowledge, so that I can progress, now I will pass it on to you, I hope you will continue to study and improve!" Li Qiang, who was on the side, was taken aback, and was about to say something, but was stopped by Old Man Li.

Duan Zetao opened the wooden box and saw that it was a Taizu anthology with an inscription written by Taizu, he was taken aback, and waved his hand again and again: "Old man, this is too precious, I can't ask for it!" ”。

Old Man Li blew his beard and glared, "What?!" Don't you want to be my grandson-in-law? This is my gift to my grandson-in-law! Do you want it or don't?! ”。

Duan Zetao had to carefully take the wooden box, only to feel that the wooden box in his hand was as heavy as a thousand pounds, he understood that he had taken over the wooden box and also received a heavy responsibility, and nodded heavily: "Thank you, old man!" I will not disappoint your expectations! ”。

Old Man Li glared and said, "Silly boy, you still call me 'old man', well!" ”。

Duan Zetao's face turned red, scratched his head in embarrassment, and quickly changed his words: "Thank you, grandpa!" Only then did Old Man Li laugh happily! Duan Zetao saw Li Qiang looking at him with a black line on his face, and wanted to call him dad, but Duan Zetao lost his father since he was a child, and his father never shouted.

At this moment, the health nurse knocked on the door and walked in and said, "Chief, it's time for you to rest!" Old Man Li shook his head and said, "Xiao Tao, you see, when you are old, you are not free to do anything!" You have to be managed like a child, you are busy with work, go back first, come to see me during the Spring Festival, and when you become the mayor of the main department, I will let Li Mei marry you! ……”。

Duan Zetao nodded and agreed: "Then grandpa, take care of your body, I will come to see you again when I have time......", after speaking, he and Li Qiang closed the door and retreated.

As soon as he went out, Li Qiang put on a straight face again and said to Duan Zetao: "You come with me!" After speaking, he took Duan Zetao to another room, the layout of this room is more modern, with bright crystal chandeliers, large leather sofas, a whole red wool carpet on the floor, and a wine cabinet, which is full of all kinds of foreign wine, which is a bit like a luxury suite in a five-star hotel.

Li Qiangjing poured himself a glass of foreign wine in front of the wine cabinet, waved his hand to Duan Zetao and said, "This is my room, if you want to drink, pour it yourself!" Judging by the tone of his speech, it is obvious that he has already regarded Duan Zetao as his own.

Duan Zetao also poured a glass of wine honestly and unceremoniously, he was highly nervous by Old Man Li just now, but now he finally relaxed, he took a sip of wine and said: "Yes, Martell cognac in 1880 tastes very good!" Duan Zetao, who tasted this wine, still learned it from Robert, and couldn't help but show off it.

Li Qiang glanced at Duan Zetao, a little surprised that he could tell the year of the wine so accurately, pointed to the sofa on the side and said, "You sit down, I don't know why the old man chose you, but since you have entered the door of our Li family, there are some things I have to tell you!" ”。

Duan Zetao walked to the sofa opposite Li Qiang and sat down, he really had a big head about how to get along with Li Qiang in the future, Li Qiang is Li Mei's father, he must be respected, but the personalities of the two and the governing philosophy are in conflict, if he wants to completely give up his principles and bottom line to please Li Qiang, he can't do it, and Li Qiang and Zhao Xiangyang seem to be in harmony, in fact, there are irreconcilable contradictions because of the different governing concepts, whose side will he stand on at that time? I can only take one step at a time.

"Although our Li family's strength in the political arena has been much weaker than before, but the old man's protégés are all over the government and the opposition, and the resources are still very rich, as long as you follow the path I arranged for you, there is no problem in sitting in the position of a provincial cadre at my age, I want you to go to the provincial government inspection office to serve as the deputy director first, Hu Hanlong is my person or listens to me very much, and you can put down and become the mayor after a few years of transition in the government office......

Duan Zetao's brows couldn't help frowning, he was very unhappy with serving in the provincial government organs, and he still wanted to go to the county and city to do more practical things, and he didn't imagine being at the mercy of Li Qiang like a puppet, so he listened patiently to Li Qiang's words, and then carefully retorted: "Well, uncle, I still hope to go to the following counties and cities to serve and do more practical things, and my relationship with you is better not to let the outside world know before I and Li Mei officially get married, I don't want to cause you trouble, when I really need your help, I will go to you again." ……”。

Li Qiang snorted coldly, put down the wine glass in his hand heavily, and said angrily: "Hmph! You are always so self-righteous, you don't know how thick the sky is, why don't you do practical things in the provincial government organs?! I also heard that you recently made a "Report on Rural Economic Development Ideas in Jiangnan Province" for Zhao Xiangyang, which is just nonsense! If Jiangnan Province wants to catch up with and surpass the coast, there is only one way, that is, to develop industry, grasp large projects, and grasp GDP! He is singing the opposite, he wants to drag Jiangnan Province back, you are too tender, let Zhao Xiangyang be a gunman and don't know! ”。

Duan Zetao argued: "Uncle, there is no contradiction between developing the rural economy and you want to develop industry, but Jiangnan is fundamentally a large agricultural province, and the number of peasants accounts for the vast majority, and if the rural economy cannot develop, the per capita income of Jiangnan Province will not rise, and the extreme gap between the rich and the poor and polarization will inevitably cause social instability and ......."

Li Qiang was so angry that he got up and said, "I think you have been poisoned by Zhao Xiangyang!" There are so many resources in the whole Jiangnan Province, and the development of agricultural economy will inevitably drag down the industry, if you want to rise fast, GDP is a hard indicator! ……”。

"As a powerful supplement to the industrial economy, the agricultural economy will not only not drag down the industry, but can promote the development of industry, in fact, there are problems ......in Jiangnan Province such as blindly pursuing GDP, seeking big and fast, lacking long-term planning, and not combining regional characteristics and resource advantages to build a local characteristic industrial chain," Duan Zetao retorted without concessions.

Neither of the two could convince anyone, they didn't give in to each other, and finally Li Qiang was so angry that he walked away, and the second conversation between the two broke up unhappily.

Back in Jiangnan Province, Duan Zetao finally saw Li Mei again, Li Mei learned that Old Man Li agreed to the marriage of the two, and was so excited that she cried with joy, Duan Zetao hugged Li Mei's thin and weak delicate body, and tears fell all at once.

Li Mei quickly recovered under the careful care of Duan Zetao, and regained her former beauty, after this turmoil, the relationship between the two became more indestructible, and with the approval of the family, Li Mei no longer had any scruples in her heart.

On a light rainy night, Li Mei completely handed herself over to Duan Zetao, after a night of ecstasy, Duan Zetao found that a bright red plum was printed on the snow-white sheets, although Duan Zetao did not have a virgin complex, but for a girl who can maintain purity in such a materialistic open society, Duan Zetao can do nothing but swear to take care of her with his life?

At this time, in Duan Zetao's hometown of Xinghua County, a case of collective corruption and bribery of officials broke out in Xinghua County, which shocked the whole province, and Zhou Yuandong, secretary of the county party committee, and Xie Zhiqiang, the county magistrate, were all dismissed, and more than 100 officials were involved, and even the mayor of Xingning City at the next higher level was even involved.

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