The appearance of more than 100 cavalry in the countryside is an extremely shocking thing, and the cadres in the village have been waiting for Xie Mingxian's door for a long time, as village cadres, they are also obliged to participate in the wedding and funeral affairs in the village. However, this is a matter of the dignified Hunan Provincial Party Secretary Lu Xie Mingxian's family, and the village chief knows that he is nothing in front of Xie Mingxian. It's done, and it's not a credit to you. If things don't work out, that's a big problem.

Seeing that the clan leaders in the village entered Xie Mingxian's house with a big grin, the village chief Xie Fusheng felt that he needed to go in. In any case, it is simply not appropriate to shrink to the side and not show your head at this time.

Xie Fusheng had just entered the gate of Xie Mingxian's house, but he saw a comrade who looked like a clerk speaking Mandarin with a strong Hunan flavor and said to the people gathered at Xie Mingxian's house: "Fellow villagers, Secretary Xie is back to mourn. Please be considerate, please go back first. ”

The few old men led by them stood still, and a few middle-aged people behind them took a step forward and shouted: "Even if Secretary Xie doesn't want to say anything to us, we haven't seen Secretary Xie for so long, and we still want to say a few more words to Secretary Xie." ”

Xie Fusheng didn't even need to see people, and when he heard the voice, he could tell that those were a few people from the local Xie family's clan. Xie Mingxian's father, Xie Fuzheng, is not a long house, but he is a very powerful figure in the entire Xie family, and he is not very harmonious with the long house. Xie Mingxian was bullied back then, and many of the reasons were not how annoying he was. Although Xie Mingxian, as a well-known person in this area, has indeed aroused the jealousy of many people. From birth to growth, Xie Mingxian finally left home to go outside, and he was always a harmless guy in his hometown. Mo said that he had never even done anything like beating dogs and chickens, and Xie Mingxian rarely even went out. Therefore, the identity of Xie Mingxian's mother's concubine was taken out by the Changfang family as a reason to criticize Xie Mingxian.

Judging from the current posture, this time Xie Mingxian came back to mourn, and Changfang changed the previous confrontation with Xie Fuzheng's family, and made it clear that he wanted to have a relationship with Xie Mingxian.

As the village chief Xie Fusheng thought, the clerk comrade only listened to Xie Mingxian's command, no matter how those "villagers" wanted to have a direct conversation with Xie Mingxian, the clerk politely stopped everyone and squeezed into the house. The comrades of the army soon joined the ranks of the clerical comrades, and they first used a human wall to block these villagers outside, and then said, "Fellow villagers, understand Secretary Xie's feelings." "Folks, let's go back first." While slowly moving forward, the people in the courtyard were squeezed out.

However, although it is to provoke people from the outside, the comrades of the troops cannot be rude. And the villagers have no intention of retreating at all, and the people on both sides are so crowded and unwilling to retreat. After confronting each other like this for a moment, several clan elders finally sighed and said loudly: "Mingxian, you have been out for so many years, and your style is also big. We won't bother you. ”

After saying that, they took the lead and left. The others followed them and left the courtyard of the Xie family. The village chief didn't expect these people to walk so simply, and before he had time to dodge, he was hit by the flow of people who came out head-on. The people who came out didn't pay attention to the village chief, so they just left and dispersed.

When there was no one else in the courtyard, the village chief lifted the heel of his shoe that had been stepped on in the crowd, and then entered the courtyard. Comrade Clerical immediately greeted him, "This fellow, please go back first." ”

Xie Fusheng hurriedly said: "I am the head of our village, let's see if there is anything I need help with." After finishing speaking, Xie Fusheng pointed to a few comrades who followed behind, "These are a few cadres from our village, and everyone has come to help two days ago." Let's take a look this time. ”

Xie Mingxian's secretary Liu Chunsheng was slightly stunned, Xie Fusheng looked wilted, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like most village chiefs were shrewd and capable. However, since Xie Fusheng reported his family, he didn't think he was pretending. Liu Chunsheng hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with these village cadres and comrades one by one, "Thank you comrades for your concern." However, we have all studied the recent system, and Secretary Xie did not dare to disturb the normal work of the comrades when he came back this time, not to mention that everyone was busy in this spring ploughing. The funeral has already disturbed all comrades, and it must not affect everyone's normal work too much. Thank you, thank you. ”

It wasn't until Liu Chunsheng sent the village cadres out that Xie Fusheng and others understood that Xie Mingxian was really sending off guests. Of course, the village cadres did not dare to disturb the family affairs of the secretary of the provincial party committee. Less work and fewer mistakes, Xie Fusheng felt a lot more relaxed when he left.

Xie Mingxian was really in no mood to say anything to the people outside, and saw that Liu Chunsheng had sent everyone away. He said to Liu Chunsheng, who came back: "Chunsheng, arrange for the comrades of the army to rest and eat. Close the door, I don't want to see outsiders. ”

Liu Chunsheng went to arrange these things, and Xie Mingxian's younger brother had already brought a towel and a basin of water to Xie Mingxian. Xie Mingxian just wiped his face, looked up and saw his mother's coffin, and he immediately burst into tears and let out a cry of sorrow. After crying for a while, Xie Mingxian felt a little better in his heart. After washing his face again, Xie Mingxian regained his composure.

Sitting back in his chair, Xie Mingxian asked his father, "How did my mother die?" ”

Xie Mingxian's father didn't answer, just raised his head and looked at the coffin parked in the house, a look of loss appeared on his old face. Xie Mingxian waited for a while, and when he saw that his father hadn't spoken yet, he was about to continue asking, but he heard the door of the house open. Turning his head around, Xie Mingxian saw the person he least wanted to see.

"Mother." Xie Minggu greeted him and walked out of the inner room with an elderly woman with her little feet wrapped.

Xie Fuzheng's wife walked a few steps and sat down in the position of the main mother in the house. She said in a somewhat gentle tone, "Mingxian, you're back." ”

Xie Mingxian subconsciously wanted to stand up, but when he caught a glimpse of his mother's coffin, he sat firmly on the chair and said in the calmest tone possible: "Hello, Auntie, long time no see." ”

The atmosphere in the room immediately stiffened, and Xie Fuzheng's wife's face was cold as if it had frost. According to the rules, Xie Mingxian had to call her mother, and he had to kowtow and bow down. But Xie Mingxian made his attitude clear with practical actions and words. Seeing that Xie Mingxian not only didn't mean to move, but also comfortably leaned back on the chair and lifted Erlang's legs, Xie Fuzheng's wife snorted angrily, and simply got up and went back to the inner room.

When his father's wife returned to the house, Xie Mingxian put down Erlang's legs, turned his head and continued to ask his father. "How did my mother die?"

As if he hadn't seen the fierce family conflict just now, Xie Fuzheng still had a lost look on his face, "First it was a cold, and then a fever." Our local doctors couldn't treat it, so they were sent to the military hospital in the county. The hospital said what the infection was, and the high fever did not go away. Later, it didn't hold on. ”

"Why don't you send it to the hospital in Yueyang?" Xie Mingxian couldn't help but ask. But as soon as he finished speaking, he also felt that his words were really a bit excessive. Being able to send them to the military hospitals in the county is already a very laborious task for the rural areas. Xie Fuzheng is no longer the middle-aged man Xie Mingxian was when he left home thirteen years ago, and Xie Fuzheng was already an old man at this time. It is really unreasonable to criticize such an old man so harshly.

Xie Fuzheng didn't seem to hear his son's excesses, and still looked at the coffin in the room with a disappointed face and stopped talking.

"Brother, it's not right for you to say that." Xie Minggu sent his mother back to the inner room, and as soon as he came out, he heard Xie Mingxian questioning Xie Fuzheng, and he couldn't help but retort, "At that time, it was me and my father who sent Erniang to the county hospital. Our father also said whether to send Erniang to the hospital in Yueyang, but we are Hubei, not Hunan, and it is still a matter whether people accept it or not. This is my own initiative to send Erniang to the county hospital. If you want to blame me, blame me! ”

Xie Mingxian almost became furious when he heard this, but after all, he is a person who can be the secretary of the provincial party committee, and he has done a lot of criticism and self-criticism. At this time, Xie Mingxian had already understood that the psychology of the middle-level cadres of the People's Party mentioned the five processes of grief, rejection, anger, hesitation, depression, and acceptance. At this time, Xie Mingxian was obviously in the anger stage, and Xie Mingxian also realized that his anger at this time was not so much that he could not accept the anger caused by his mother's death, but rather that it was an outburst that Xie Mingxian had deposited for many years on this family. If he was an ordinary person, Xie Mingxian might be able to do this. But as a provincial party secretary, Xie Mingxian can't do that anyway.

Even if he understood this truth in his heart, Xie Mingxian still felt that his heart was beating violently because of the uncontrollable anger, and even the ear drum could hear the thumping sound of blood vessel congestion.

At this moment, Xie Fuzheng finally took the initiative to say, "No one is there, so don't say these useless words." Ming Xian, when are you going to go? ”

Xie Mingxian was dumbfounded by these words, he also thought about what his father would definitely say along the way, but he didn't expect that his father didn't mention Xie Mingxian's contribution to the family at all, and it turned out to be a provocative posture. Since his own Lao Tzu is ready to fight people, Xie Mingxian has no reason to stay at home, not to mention that he has no intention of staying at home for a long time. Xie Mingxian didn't have any attachment to his hometown for a long time, and he only hoped that he would never see this place again for the rest of his life.

"I'll leave after my mother is buried." Xie Mingxian replied.

"And where are you going to stay these days?" Xie Fuzheng continued to ask.

"First live with the comrades in the army." Xie Mingxian didn't have the guts to make anything special, although he was very old in the party and had his own merits. However, Xie Mingxian knew that he did not have the talent of other comrades who were good at going up the sword mountain and going down to the sea of fire. Xie Mingxian's reason for participating in the revolution was very simple, he was not familiar with the place he was living in Shanghai, and Chen Ke gave him a book editing job that could give full play to Xie Mingxian's learning. Later, he continued to follow Chen Ke because the People's Party had the money to maintain the organization's operation, and everyone had a salary. At first, he followed Qi Hui in Shanghai to engage in "underground work", and later worked in the Anhui base area. There is military training before going to the battlefield, and there are arrangements and plans before the war. There is also analysis and investigation in doing civil affairs work. In general, everything he did was no more dangerous than his comrades, and no more hard than his comrades. What the comrades encountered and overcame, Xie Mingxian also experienced it.

All pioneering, innovation, and improvisation, Xie Mingxian believes that this is not his forte. If Xie Mingxian thinks he has something unique, it may be that he can "boil". After understanding what Chen Ke's instructions were trying to say, Xie Mingxian assigned these instructions to the cadres of various departments, and then through meticulous work, he was basically able to make the implementation of the policy not too out of shape. And Xie Mingxian found that his "ability" was just a life-saving skill learned from being bullied at home.

Xie Mingxian is actually very envious of those comrades who are free to sway, very envious of those comrades who are on the front line of the fierce struggle, and especially envy the style that Chen Ke shows that he is in control of everything. In Xie Mingxian's view, when the People's Party is in a-for-tat confrontation, it can always draw a machete from behind in the face of the enemy's dagger.

And Xie Mingxian didn't even have to face the enemy, just facing a flat-headed person like his father, he was already falling behind step by step.

Xie Fuzheng didn't care what his son thought, since his son Xie Mingxian had made clear his future plan of action, Xie Fuzheng got up and said, "Then come with me to see the cemetery, which is next to the land I set for myself." ”

Xie Mingxian followed his father in the fields of his hometown, and his younger brother Xie Minggu followed behind Xie Mingxian. Honestly speaking, Xie Mingxian is very discouraged. He came this time to wait for his mother's illness to improve and then take him to the hospital in Yueyang, and then have the opportunity to transfer his mother to the hospital in Changsha, which can be regarded as a way to save the country.

However, the death of his mother has made Xie Mingxian shocked and devastated, and now he is honestly following behind his father as he did when he was a child. This is completely different from the situation that Xie Mingxian once envisioned as dominating. However, Xie Mingxian's father still looked like he was not in a hurry, which made Xie Mingxian feel even more discouraged.

In terms of official position, Xie Mingxian is now the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and he still has more than 100 troops in his hands. Although it is impossible to wash his hometown in blood, he can turn a village like his hometown upside down if he wants to conform to his own wishes. But organizational discipline firmly bound Xie Mingxian's hands and feet. And Xie Mingxian has never dared to challenge the seriousness of organizational discipline.

The three of them stopped in front of a cemetery, which was the ancestral grave of the Xie family. That being said, the entire Xie clan is actually buried in this area. Seeing that the tomb occupied a piece of land for the boss, Xie Mingxian couldn't help but ask, "Hasn't it been proposed to build a spirit pagoda here?" ”

The People's Party has begun to implement cemeteries and spiritual pagodas in many areas. In particular, the implementation of the spirit pagoda that does not occupy much land, and the implementation of the policy of centralized burial of ashes.

Listening to Xie Mingxian's words, Xie Fuzheng just turned his head slightly to look at his son, but he didn't say a word. This made Xie Mingxian's heart full of struggle with a thought, could it be that his father insisted on being buried?

Without waiting for Xie Mingxian to speak, Xie Minggu had already said loudly: "Brother! What's wrong with you? When I got home, I knew that I was fighting with our own family. Yes, I know you think that many people in our family treat you and Erniang badly, so our father never said a word about you never going home. But when it comes to burial, I have to explain it to you......"

"Minggu, you shut up for me." Xie Fuzheng said slowly.

After Xie Minggu listened to his father's words, he finally stopped in anger. Xie Mingxian turned his head to look at his brother who was flushed with anger, and his heart was a little shaken. He also knew that he had really gone too far just now, in fact, even if he didn't call his father's wife "mother", it was the etiquette to stand up and call "auntie". His younger brother is very sensible, even if Xie Mingxian embarrassed him in front of him, Xie Minggu didn't say a word. So it is not an ordinary thing to make Xie Ming angry like this.

"Minggu, what the hell is going on?" Xie Mingxian asked.

Xie Minggu didn't look at Xie Mingxian, and after a while, he turned his head and said with considerable malice: "Didn't you say that you should follow the mass line and keep close contact with the masses." You shouldn't ask me, you should ask the masses. ”