The military sub-district guest house is located in an inconspicuous small alley in the downtown area, although there are not many beds in the guest house, but the guest rooms are clean and well-equipped. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chang Hao was going to arrange Zheng Liangyu and his wife in a suite on the second floor.

Chang Hao finished high school in his hometown county, and he missed the admission score for junior college by three points, and later joined the army and became a soldier. After he joined the army, he never gave up his desire to take the examination, and he always insisted on studying cultural courses in his spare time. However, in his second year as a soldier, he was not allowed to participate in the soldier review class for applying for the military academy. Because the support tasks in the organ are very heavy, only a small number of soldiers can be allowed to study off-duty, and the few places in the review class cannot even satisfy the drivers, civil servants and guards of the head of the organ, and it is not the turn of ordinary soldiers like Chang Hao at all. Chang Hao is usually responsible for the sanitation of the floor where Zheng Liangyu works, Zheng Liangyu knows that Chang Hao usually studies very hard, so he asked comrades from the relevant departments of the organ to win a review place for Chang Hao, and later Chang Hao was admitted to the military academy with high scores.

After Chang Hao picked up Zheng Liangyu and Xu Ping at the train station, he hurriedly rushed to the guest house, the car was running on the wide street, Zheng Liangyu seemed to feel that the whole city was very strange. The car turned into a lively alley, and it was as if he saw the shadow of the city in his memory again. It was commuting time, the unit was repatriating people, the families were gathering stragglers, and seeing the stitched bicycles, rickety tricycles, swaggering cars, and rampaging trucks, each looking for its own way, each taking its own road, it can be said that four generations are in the same house, but unfortunately they do not give in to each other. There are many shops selling all kinds of groceries on both sides of the street, and the small bosses are shouting and trying to attract customers like a competition, and they all have a good voice, and if there is a famous musician to guide them, they can all become singers. On both sides of the street are more restaurants dealing in various flavors and snacks, their main function is to feed the hungry and drunk the sober; Empty the customer's pockets and fill their own cash boxes. Zheng Liangyu rolled down the window glass and enjoyed this market landscape painting to his heart's content, feeling familiar and intimate.

Chang Hao sent Zheng Liangyu and his wife to the room prepared by the guest house, let them wash up briefly, and then went to the dining room to eat. At the dinner table, Chang Hao asked Zheng Liangyu how to arrange it at night.

Zheng Liangyu originally wanted to visit the nearby night market with Xu Ping, but after hearing Chang Hao say that the municipal party committee and the municipal government had recently organized a commemorative event, and the local drama troupe in the province held a special performance at the Grand Theater in the evening, he thought about going to the theater again.

Chang Hao was busy looking for a ticket, Xu Ping asked Zheng Liangyu: "You have been on the train for most of the day, are you not tired?" ”

"It's a little tiring to be tired, but it's also a good pleasure to listen to the local rhyme." Zheng Liangyu replied.

The newly built Grand Theater is beautiful, but not quite as gorgeous as this prefecture-level city where there are still many poor people. After entering the theater, Zheng Liangyu learned that the leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government would also come to watch the performance tonight. He sat on the back seat, thinking in his heart, maybe he could catch a glimpse of Fan Shucai's demeanor for a while, he was in the light, I was in the dark, he must not have imagined that I would watch the play with him here today.

The seats in the first three or four rows of the auditorium were still empty, and that must have been reserved for the leaders. The start time printed on the ticket was half past seven in the evening, but at seven forty o'clock, the leaders paced out of the lounge in order according to their positions. Most of them don't understand art, but their identity is a sign of the importance of the gala.

Chang Hao told Zheng Liangyu that the one at the forefront was ******** who had not long been transferred. Looking younger, he had a serious expression, waved his hand to the audience reservedly, and sat down in the middle seat, and the other leaders were also solemn and serious, although there were no names written on the seats, they all knew very well which seat they should sit in, and they would never be mistaken. Zheng Liangyu suddenly felt that the leaders in office were also very tired, and it was not as easy as the people imagined. Officials face the crowd, just like actors face the audience, and sometimes they have to wear makeup. The difference is that the actors put on makeup, and the officials' makeup is to change their expressions. It seems that the higher the position in officialdom, the fewer opportunities to laugh in public. Sometimes, township and town cadres can laugh wantonly, district and county cadres can only laugh cautiously, and cadres at and above the prefectural and city level cannot laugh easily; except on specific occasions, they will generally keep a straight face, as if someone had pierced the tires of his special car with a knife.

"Why didn't you see Vice Mayor Fan?" Zheng Liangyu suddenly asked Chang Hao.

"He's retired." Chang Hao replied. He then paused for a moment and asked Zheng Liangyu: "Does Director Zheng know Vice Mayor Fan?" ”

"We used to be old comrades-in-arms!" Zheng Liangyu nodded and replied to Chang Hao, who was still a little disappointed because he didn't see Fan Shu.

Chang Hao listened to Zheng Liangyu's words and nodded thoughtfully.

The actors on the stage sang very hard, Zheng Liangyu and Chang Hao thought about their own thoughts, and neither of them was optimistic about this scene.

After watching the hometown drama and returning to the guest house, it was already more than ten o'clock in the night, Chang Hao sat on the sofa in the room where Zheng Liangyu lived, and had no intention of leaving immediately. He told Zheng Liangyu in a hesitant manner that the girlfriend he was talking about now was Fan Shucai's daughter.

Zheng Liangyu and Xu Ping were both taken aback.

After a while, Zheng Liangyu smiled and said to Chang Hao: "Xiao Chang, you are really good, you chased the deputy mayor's daughter." ”

Chang Hao blushed and said, "It's not me who chased her, it's her who chased me." ”

Zheng Liangyu asked Chang Hao to continue, and he and Xu Ping heard a love story that was not tortuous.

"Once, when I went to the city on an errand, it was raining heavily when I returned to the military division. It was a cold day, and the bus I was riding on happened to have a piece of broken glass, and there were a lot of people on the bus, so the passengers squeezed into the place to avoid the rain that was dragging into the car. I saw a few people whose clothes had been soaked by the rain, so they simply leaned their backs against the broken glass to block out the wind and rain. Even though I wasn't wearing a military uniform at the time, I thought I was a soldier and felt like I should do that.

A few days later, a female officer from the political department of the military sub-district introduced me to a girlfriend and asked me to meet the girl she introduced first. After meeting, I learned that her name is Fan Xiaolin, and she is the daughter of Vice Mayor Fan. She said she was standing next to me the day I used my back to protect the passengers from the storm. As soon as I listened to her, I remembered that there seemed to be a girl next to me at that time, she was embarrassed to squeeze into the crowd, and her beige cashmere coat had been soaked by the rain. She saw me get out of the car at the entrance of the military division, and knew that I might be a soldier, so she learned about me through her classmate, the female officer of our Political Department whom I just mentioned, and ------"

Zheng Liangyu smiled when he heard this, and said, "Another story of a hero saving beauty." ”

Xu Ping stopped him on the side and said, "Don't interrupt, listen to Xiao Chang!" ”

Chang Hao continued: "Fan Xiaolin also told her classmates that she just wants to find someone who can shelter her from the wind and rain in life now, and someone who will share her weal and woe in the future. To be honest, I don't want to be friends with the daughter of a deputy mayor, I should say that she herself is in good condition in all aspects. However, I didn't want others to say that I was a dragon and a phoenix, and there were also two young officers in the military sub-district who were married to the children of the leading cadres in the city, and as a result, they both lost themselves in life and became vassals of other people's families. In addition, due to the fact that there are many activities jointly organized by the military sub-district and the city, I have met Vice Mayor Fan several times, and his reputation is not very good. Some leaders are like this, speaking on the rostrum can move the masses to raise their hands -- applaud vigorously, and when they get off the rostrum to do things that make the masses angry and raise their hands -- they want to slap them hard, and Vice Mayor Fan is such a leader. ”

Chang Hao suddenly felt that his words were too straightforward, and glanced at Zheng Liangyu uneasily.

Zheng Liangyu understood what he meant, and said in an encouraging tone: "It's okay, you can continue." ”

"When I didn't know much about Fan Xiaolin, it was natural to connect her with her family. Later, I agreed to talk to her about friends for two reasons: one was that I heard that Xiaolin's relationship with her parents had not been very good, mainly because she couldn't get used to what her parents did. To be honest, I like her rebellious character, in a family like hers, of course; Second, Vice Mayor Fan has been rumored to be retiring soon, and I no longer have any ideological concerns. There is another secret that only Xiao Lin and I know, Vice Mayor Fan retired because Xiao Lin wrote an anonymous letter to report him for altering the age of the file. I once asked Xiao Lin what drove her to do this. She said that she was thinking about her father and her own long-term interests, and that she would rather see him retire two years early and stay at home than see him flourish in his current position for a few more years and end up in prison. ”

After listening to Chang Hao's words, Zheng Liangyu pondered for a while and said, "Xiao Chang, you have found a good girl." ”

"I heard that her parents still don't approve of her befriending you?" Xu Ping asked Chang Hao.

"Yes," Chang Hao nodded and said. "Xiao Lin's mother also came to me in the military sub-district and wanted me to cut off relations with Xiao Lin. It was precisely after she met me that I strengthened my determination to be friends with Xiao Lin. ”

"You're not too young, so get married as soon as you talk about it, and you're welcome to Beijing for your honeymoon when the time comes." Xu Ping said to Chang Hao sincerely.

Chang Hao said gratefully: "Thank you Aunt Xu for the invitation, we will fight for it when the time comes." I was supposed to let Xiao Lin come and meet you today, but after she came back with a tour group last time, she had a severe cold, a high fever that did not go away, and she was infused in the hospital for a few days, and she is still ------"

Chang Hao suddenly felt that he shouldn't talk about it, so he didn't say anything further.

"She's not discharged yet, is she?" Xu Ping asked Chang Hao with concern.

"I haven't been discharged from the hospital, but I'm almost healed in ------." Chang Hao replied.

Zheng Liang said: "Xiao Chang, you don't need to be angry, we will go to the hospital tomorrow to see her." ”

Chang Hao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no."

"That's it, your aunt also bought a gift for Xiao Lin, and I want to give it to her personally!" Zheng Liangyu got up from the sofa and said to Chang Hao. "It's not early, you go back to your own business, and we're ready to rest." (To be continued.) )