Qiao Xin'an has been studying at the National Defense University for half a month, and he reports to the school every Sunday afternoon and goes home every Friday night to rest, and the work he is in charge of is temporarily handed over to Vice Minister Yin. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to maintain an uninterrupted understanding of the work of the ministry, Qiao Xinan asked Secretary Cui of the office to gather the relevant documents of the week, and went to the office every Saturday morning to read the documents for half a day.

This morning, Qiao Xinan went home from the office after reading the documents, and as soon as he entered the door of the dormitory building, he saw Feng Changping standing outside the door of his house, facing the doorbell, raising his hand, looking like he wanted to stop.

Qiao Xin'an felt very strange, although the old minister lived upstairs in him, and passed by his door when he went up and down the stairs, he rarely came to his house, and if there was anything he needed to talk to him, it was also a phone call, "You come up!" After receiving a call from the old minister, Qiao Xinan would put down what he was doing and hurry upstairs. Qiao Xin'an also knew in his heart that the old minister had a deep relationship with him, but he couldn't get used to Long Chuanzhen's domineering appearance and her strong style.

Feng Changping heard the footsteps, turned his head to see Qiao Xin'an, and said with a red face: "I thought you were at home!" ”

"I went to the office to look at the papers." Qiao Xinan said as he took out the key from his purse.

"Where's the little dragon?" Feng Changping asked Qiao Xin'an.

"She wasn't at home, so she went to find a tutor for her child's exam."

After Feng Changping entered the house and sat down, he was not polite, and said to Qiao Xin'an straight to the point: "I have something to discuss with you, Bao Qingyan's nanny Xiaocui is my hometown, she came to my house yesterday, I chatted with her for a while, and I learned that her grandmother was a high school classmate I had lost contact with for many years, and I was ------ with her grandmother at that time."

Feng Changping's face flushed, and he didn't know what to say later.

"Minister, don't worry, I understand what you mean, go down slowly."

Qiao Xinan handed a cup of brewed tea to Feng Changping.

"When Xiaocui's grandmother and I were studying at the only high school in the county, it was just in time for three years of hardship in our country, when life in the countryside was very hard, but we children from poor families were very competitive, and our school's annual admission rate was one of the best in the province. People of the same age as us can't afford to pay tuition fees and living expenses, and the three-foot intestines in their stomachs are two and a half feet empty every day, and many children can no longer continue to study. Almost every year in our school, there are cases of being admitted to university and then abandoning school, and there are even cases where some students' parents collect a little money from others, give their children's admission letters to others, and let others impersonate them to go to college. ”

Feng Changping saw that Qiao Xin'an was listening to himself carefully, took a sip of tea, and continued:

"I belong to the same people's commune as Xiaocui's grandmother's village, and we both study in the same class, so I have more contact with her than other female classmates. At that time, we were too young to understand what love was, but we had a vague mutual affection. When I entered the third year of high school, my family and Grandma Xiaocui's family felt difficult to support us, and the life of Grandma Xiaocui's family was slightly better, while the people in my family often could only eat one meal a day, and at noon put the bran, vegetables, and radishes in the pot and cooked them together, sprinkled with salt, and a bowl per person, and could not guarantee that they were full, and my father and mother were so hungry that their whole body was swollen, and they pressed a pit on their legs. Just as I was considering whether or not to drop out of school, Tsui's grandmother made a decision that surprised me. ”

Qiao Xin'an refilled some boiling water into Feng Changping's teacup and listened to him continue.

"I usually have very little verbal communication with Xiaocui's grandmother, and in the romantic words of young people nowadays, they are more about kissing each other with their eyes and expressions, without correspondence or skin-to-skin blind dates. We walked more than 20 kilometers from school on Saturday afternoon and another 20 kilometers on Sunday afternoon. Generally, several male or female classmates in the same commune meet to walk together, and male and female classmates rarely walk together. One Sunday afternoon, I had not walked far from the village to get back to school, and before I had reached the meeting point agreed with a few other male classmates, Xiaocui's grandmother stopped me on the way, she must have been waiting for me for a long time. When she saw me, she said eagerly, if we continue like this, neither of us will be able to go to school, I am not going to go to school again, go home and work to earn work, and support you with the people in your family, you study better than me, and there is a high possibility of being admitted to university, and we can only keep one. I listened to Grandma Xiaocui's words, and before she could react from her shock, she hurriedly walked away------"

"I'm talking too wordy, right?" Feng Changping stopped talking and asked Qiao Xin'an.

"No, no, you go on." Qiao Xinan hurriedly replied.

Since then, Cui's grandmother has never been seen at school again. On my way back to school from home, I always saw Xiaocui's grandmother, who sometimes gave me a few cents of pocket money, a few catties of food stamps, and sometimes a few pieces of roasted white potatoes and a handful of fried soybeans. The change given to me by Grandma Xiaocui, I saved up to pay the tuition, and the food I was given not only supplemented with the nutrients I lacked, but also strengthened my determination to study hard and be admitted to university. Just over half a year after she dropped out of school, I was admitted to a prestigious university in the country with excellent grades. ”

Feng Changping took another sip of water and paused to calm his mood.

"And then?" Qiao Xinan asked a little anxiously.

"When I went to college, we started writing each other." Feng Changping continued, "I asked her to wait for me in the countryside, no matter where I am assigned or what job I do after graduating from university, I hope to walk with her all the way in life." When I was in college, life in the countryside was a little better than in the past, and Xiaocui's grandmother also became a private teacher in the village, receiving the same high work as the male baseman labor force in the village, and a subsidy of a few yuan a month. She still helped me financially, but she was noncommittal about my future life plan, and only encouraged me to study hard and try to get a good job after graduation. When I was in the second half of my junior year, Cui's grandmother suddenly cut off contact with me. Soon I heard that she was married far away from Xinjiang, and her husband was an old man six years older than her who worked in the Production and Construction Corps in her neighboring village. When I heard the news, my spirit was about to collapse, and I couldn't help but die------"

When Feng Changping said this, the corners of his two mouths twitched, and his eyes turned red.

Qiao Xin'an moved his body, sat close to the old minister, and patted the back of his hand.

"The two of us want good things, both families have heard about it for a long time, and they know each other, and no one has said anything at first. After I went to college for two years, the thinking of my family changed, and they felt that Xiaocui's grandmother was not worthy of me, and said something irresponsible and hurt her self-esteem. Xiaocui's grandmother was a stubborn woman, and after knowing my family's attitude, she decisively stopped contacting me. During the winter vacation, I found Xiaocui's grandmother's best classmate to ask about the situation, and she told me that Xiaocui's grandmother told her that two people love each other, and they don't necessarily have to get married, many flowers are not fruitful, and she is satisfied and does not regret doing what she should do for her loved ones. Xiaocui's grandmother later felt that a rural girl and a college student were not in class, and she didn't want to drag me down. Grandma Xiaocui's classmates also told me that she kept her promise to Grandma Xiaocui and would not provide me with any information about Grandma Xiaocui in Xinjiang. And advised me not to do anything stupid, and not to make any attempt to get in touch with Grandma Cui. To love her, you have to respect her choice, the wound in her heart, let her wipe it with tears by herself, and others will only make her more painful. I followed the advice of Xiaocui's grandmother and classmates, and buried my resentment, guilt, and regret deep in my heart for decades. ”

Feng Changping paused, took another sip of water, and continued:

"The rest of the story is to listen to what Xiaocui said yesterday. Xiaocui said that her grandfather and her grandmother died of illness after only 12 or 3 years of marriage, and after her grandfather's death, her grandmother took her father and aunt back to her hometown in the mainland, not only to raise two children, but also to take care of the elderly in her father-in-law's family and her mother's family. When Grandma Xiaocui returned to the mainland, I rarely went back to my hometown because the two old people in my family were no longer alive, and I didn't inquire about her again. After I graduated from college, I should say that the road of life has been going very smoothly, but there is always a feeling that is difficult to let go, and I always feel that the broken heart of Grandma Xiaocui is paved on the road I have walked. ”

"Minister, I am very touched by Xiaocui's grandmother, do you have anything I need to do?" Qiao Xin'an asked Feng Changping.

"That's what I think------," Feng Changping hesitated for a moment and said, "I learned about her grandmother's future situation from Xiaocui's mouth by chance, and I didn't tell Xiaocui about this matter, and she didn't know about it." Over the years, I have often weighed my conscience on the scale of morality, and I feel very sorry for Xiaocui's grandmother, who has failed her emotionally, and now it should be a chance for me to recompense, oh, I shouldn't use the word 'reward', because Xiaocui's grandmother has paid for me, and I can't repay it in my life, I just want to quietly help her do something, in order to get some comfort on my conscience. ”

"You mean Xiaocui------" Qiao Xin'an said.

"Yes, I'm going to discuss with Bao Qingyan, don't let Xiaocui be a nanny anymore, in the future, I will pay for Xiaocui's study and entrance examination in his name, Xiaocui has been a nanny in his house, so it is logical. Tsui's grandmother is a woman with a strong personality and self-esteem, and if this matter is not handled well, it will be understood as another form of pity and charity, and I don't want to hurt her self-esteem anymore. ”

"I understand, you want Xiao Cui to be admitted to the military academy!"

"Yes, one is to let her go back to her hometown to repeat the military academy, and the other is to let her take the military academy from the army after enlistment, because the military academy rewards the students with low learning costs, and they don't have to worry about finding a job after graduation. If these two paths don't work, let her go to a local university. I've been retired for a long time, and some relationships have broken down, and even though I know you don't like to care about similar things, I want to ask you for a favor. ”

Qiao Xinan lowered his head and thought for a while, and said seriously: "I will do what the old minister explains, but there is one thing, which must be the bottom line of not violating organizational discipline." The last time Minister Bao had dinner with you at my house, I listened to him talk about Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui is a very competitive girl, and I like her very much. If she wants to apply for a military academy, it is best to take the college directly under our department, and to reach the admission score line, I can only ensure that she does not squeeze others, and others do not squeeze her, and compete fairly. First of all, it is very difficult for girls to join the army, and only a few places are allocated to a county every year, and only the children of people with heads and faces can walk, and Deputy Commander Yu of the provincial military district in your hometown is now studying at the National Defense University with me, and I will tell him about the situation and ask him to pay attention to this matter at that time, but Xiaocui must meet all the conditions for enlistment. If Xiaocui can become a soldier, she can participate in a review class in the second year of the army, and with her strength, she is very promising to be admitted to the military school. ”

Although Qiao Xin'an's words left a lot of leeway, Feng Changping was already very satisfied, and he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, please leave this matter to me, and I'll talk to Lao Bao about other things." ”

Feng Changping was about to get up and leave, when Qiao Xin'an suddenly asked him, "What does Senior Sister Fang think about Xiaocui's matter?" ”

Feng Changping smiled and said, "She understands my feelings and supports my ideas. She also said that she should also thank Cui's grandmother for her help and dedication to me before she met me. ”

Qiao Xinan also looked relieved, but didn't say anything more.