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Zheng Qiming hates washing clothes the most, he said to Qin Yuefang many years ago, what I am most afraid of doing is washing clothes, as long as it is not washing clothes, I can do any dirty work. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Qin Yuefang said, I am the opposite of you, I think washing clothes is a kind of fun, our family's clothes are not enough for me to wash, when I was not in the countryside, the clothes of the whole family of more than a dozen people were washed by me in a big basket to the Qingshui River. In summer and autumn, washing clothes in the river, especially a few sisters washing clothes together, talking and laughing, and feeling very happy, it was a kind of enjoyment. In spring, especially in winter, when washing clothes, your fingers are frozen like carrots, and when you feel like a cat bite, you are called suffering. What I don't understand is how you wash your clothes when you were single in the army? Zheng Qiming said: When I was a soldier and a squad platoon leader, I drove a car in an engineering unit, often driving for more than 10 hours a day, running for a day, wanting to sleep without taking off my clothes, and rarely had time to wash clothes.

It seems that it is not possible to do not wash clothes today, the change of clothes that Qin Yuefang prepared for herself when she left has already been worn through, and there is nothing to change.

He stuffed his clothes into the washing machine, and just after pressing the washing button, he heard a knock on the door.

As soon as the door opened, Xu Changli, Yang Dazhi and Cui Ling, the deputy captain of the automobile team, rushed in together.

"You stinky boys, change your slippers and walk in again, my wife is not at home, I don't have time to do hygiene." Zheng Qiming said to a few people who had just entered the house while looking for slippers.

"What kind of slippers do you want to change, now the floor of your house is not as clean as the soles of our shoes." Xu Changli put the things he was carrying on the table in the dining room, returned to the living room and sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and said to Zheng Qiming.

"You leading cadres don't have a good rest on Sunday, do you want to come to my house to eat again?"

"Secretary Zheng is really embarrassed to say this, my sister-in-law is not at home, you yourself have eaten the last meal now, what can we eat at your house!" Cui Ling said with a smile, "A few of us came back late from the auto repair shop, and we didn't catch up with the canteen to eat, so we bought some cooked food and beer in the comprehensive building, and prepared to take them back to the team to eat. ”

Zheng Qiming said happily: "This is about the same, it shows that a few little brothers have had good things and have not forgotten me, the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, to be honest, my stomach has been in conflict with 'Master Kong' recently." There is good wine at home, I went to find it, and there is a bag of Shandong peanuts brought from my hometown in the refrigerator, fried some current snacks, let's improve our lives together today. ”

Xu Changli got up from the sofa, extinguished the cigarette butt, and said to Yang Dazhi: "The instructor and Deputy Captain Cui will sit on the sofa and enjoy it for a while, I am familiar with the work at Secretary Zheng's house, and I am responsible for frying peanuts." ”

Yang Dazhi said: "My life is hard, I just like to work, I don't like to enjoy, your old man sits firmly on the sofa, and I will fry the peanuts." ”

Xu Changli sat down on the sofa again and said, "I've been working with the instructor for several years, but I didn't know you still had this remarkable feature." My trait is also significant, that is, I like to enjoy and I don't like to work. The two of us are very complementary to each other, and I hope this guy can go on for a long time. ”

"You are you, I am me, mice don't partner with cats, they are with people who are lazy and lazy, they can't take advantage, and I don't let you go to the kitchen to cook because of other considerations."

"Are you going to say that I don't pay attention to hygiene?"

"I didn't say you don't pay attention to hygiene, I just said that you don't like cleanliness very much."

"Comrades who do political work love to detour around the bend, don't these two sentences mean the same thing! You should know that in the past few years that I have been the captain, there have been many problems in this area. ”

"That's right, fewer flies and mosquitoes go to your dorm than you go to other dormitories."

"That's a bit of a bonus!"

"The main thing is that they think the living conditions in your dormitory are too poor."

Xu Changli looked at Yang Dazhi suspiciously, turned his head and asked Cui Ling: "Is the instructor criticizing me or praising me?" ”

Cui Ling smiled but did not answer.

Zheng Qiming took out a bottle of Moutai wine from the bedroom and said: "Your party and government leaders are fighting a war of words, do we have to wait until the evening to eat?" ”

Yang Dazhi smiled and said to Cui Ling: "Call Deputy Instructor Chen and tell him that we are having dinner at Secretary Zheng's house, and if there is something in the team, call here." ”

He finished and went into the kitchen.

After a while, the food and drinks were arranged, and the four of them sat down at the table.

Xu Changli poured the wine, picked up a roast chicken leg and put it in Zheng Qiming's bowl and said: "Recently, my sister-in-law is not at home, and your old man is a father and a mother at home------ it's not right, it's not right to be a husband and a wife------ anyway, it's very hard, and the piece with the most meat should be eaten for you." ”

Zheng Qiming said: "Thank you Changli! ”

Xu Changli picked up another chicken leg and handed it to Yang Dazhi and said: "The instructor is doing well today, Secretary Zheng asked you to fry peanuts, in addition to frying the peanuts, you also pounded out a vegetarian fried daylily and a cold fungus, overfulfilled the task, this chicken leg belongs to you." ”

Yang Dazhi hurriedly stretched out the bowl and took the chicken legs.

Xu Changli picked up the chicken butt and said to Cui Ling: "Vice Captain Cui's body is relatively thin, and the chicken butt is rich in nutrition. ”

Cui Ling covered the bowl with his hand and said, "I don't like to eat chicken butts the most." ”

"You don't like to eat chicken butts, you like to eat things pulled out of chicken butts?"

"It depends on the egg or the."

Zheng Qiming said: "You two don't fight, I will give this chicken leg in my bowl to Vice Captain Cui." ”

Cui Ling said with a smile: "Secretary Zheng sees that I have few muscles and many bones, and takes care of me every time we eat together." Captain Xu and I are nonsense, in fact, my least favorite thing to eat is chicken legs, but listening to Secretary Zheng's words is touching, to be honest, I am really worried that next year Secretary Zheng will retire, who will lead us again. ”

Zheng Qiming said: "No matter who leads you in the future, they will definitely be better than me, I am not good at socializing, rigid work, some things I want to fight for you have not been won, some things should not be let you do and have not pushed away, so that you have suffered a lot of grievances." Come, I would like to toast a few of you team leaders, including Deputy Instructor Chen who is on duty at the depot today, to thank you for your support to my work, and second, to ask for your forgiveness if there is something that cannot be done. ”

Xu Changli said emotionally: "Secretary Zheng, don't look at what we usually do with you, in fact, we respect you very much in our hearts, and we strive to do everything you explain well, whether you are in office or retired, we will not forget you." ”

Zheng Qiming knew that Xu Changli was telling the truth, and when he saw a few young comrades-in-arms in front of him who were like brothers, he was in a very uncalm mood, and still joked in his usual tone: "It doesn't matter if you forget me or not in the future, when you meet with me, you can also roll down the window glass to say hello, press the horn to show your meaning, don't hit the steering wheel and squeeze my old man's bicycle into the ditch." ”

Zheng Qiming's words made several other people at the dinner table laugh.

Yang Dazhi stopped laughing and said: "Don't think that Secretary Zheng is telling a joke, there is something wrong in our organs, individual leaders usually have no masses in their hearts, but only promote and appoint people they trust and the staff around them, after retirement, few people pay attention to him in the courtyard, and he himself feels bored, and he rarely goes out." ”

Cui Ling asked Yang Dazhi: "Who are you talking about?" ”

"I'm embarrassed to say who it is."

"What's not to say clearly, isn't it Vice Minister Yu!" Xu Changli said.

Yang Dazhi said: "He is serious and very strict in front of his subordinates, but he is very humble in front of the leaders who are higher than him, which we have seen with our own eyes." ”

"It's the same everywhere now, especially for individual leaders who want to continue to be 'progressive,' with their eyes upward for their superiors and downward for the masses, upwards for men and downward for women -- I'm talking about the lower body." Xu Changli joked.

"You are a very open person now, when he was in office, he spoke on the stage, and you applauded vigorously not from the audience." Yang Dazhi teased him.

"I'm not clapping, I'm slapping his face with both hands."

Zheng Qiming hurriedly picked up his chopsticks and said: "Come, come, hurry up and eat vegetables, the more you talk, the more unreasonable you become, we can't talk about our old chief like this." ”

A bottle of wine quickly went down for most of the time, and Yang Dazhi and Cui Ling both said that they couldn't drink it anymore.

"That's not going to work!" Xu Changli held the wine bottle in his hand and said, "Secretary Zheng said, this bottle of wine will be drunk today, the time is tight, the task is heavy, we all have to work harder, drink more if you can, and be highly conscious." Come, Vice Captain Cui, fill your cup first. ”

"I, I, I can't drink anymore." Cui Ling said with a red face.

"You haven't drunk much today, and when we were drinking harder just now, you escaped from the battle and drank one less than us."

"I didn't run away, I made a phone call to Deputy Instructor Chen, and after the call, I immediately returned to the front line of the wine table to continue fighting."

"Don't say anything else, make up for the cup just now."

"It's really not good, I feel like the house is turning now."

"The whole earth is turning, and it is spinning very fast, 40,000 kilometers a day, of course the house will also rotate, Qin Yuefang's sister-in-law knows this common sense, which shows that your words are very right, and you didn't drink too much."

"No, I didn't get a good night's rest last night, and I can't drink today."

Zheng Qiming asked Cui Ling with concern: "Why didn't you rest well last night?" Is there something uncomfortable on your body, I'll have a drink for you! ”

Xu Changli stopped Zheng Qiming and said: "Secretary Zheng, you don't know, Vice Captain Cui is talking about his girlfriend these days, this girl is a land-sitting household in Beijing, she is beautiful, and her family is rich. Don't look at the fact that it is very difficult for non-commissioned officers in the army to find a girlfriend in Beijing, it is relatively easy for cadres to find a girlfriend with better conditions. Comrade Cui Ling is now in the right hands of peach blossom luck, for him, not only a pie fell from the sky, but also a pot of wine, he 'married' his girlfriend's house, and he could live a good life that some people struggle for many years to live. Last night, he kissed his girlfriend first, and was so excited that he didn't sleep in the first half of the night; Later, the mosquito kissed him again, and he was so uncomfortable that he didn't sleep in the middle of the night. ”

Cui Ling said to Zheng Qiming: "Secretary Zheng, don't listen to his nonsense, my girlfriend is a native of Beijing, which is not wrong, but her appearance is not beautiful, and her family is not rich, it can only be said that it is a general condition." Girls who are a little better now, looking for a boyfriend to find a 'potential stock', can appreciate, live in a luxury house in the future, take a Chinese car, and simply don't look down on soldiers who get a dead salary and may be re-employed. In the past, girls had long hair and short knowledge, but now girls have long hair and longer knowledge; In the past, girls believed in Buddhism and worshiped God, but now girls believe in money and worship money. Besides, summer hasn't arrived yet, where are the mosquitoes? I was thinking last night, the veterans are gone, the recruit training is not over, there are fewer people and more cars, and next week's task is very heavy, how can I arrange the work well. ”

Zheng Qiming put down his wine glass and said: "I have been thinking about this matter recently that Comrade Cui Ling said, the training of recruits is almost over, let's go to the automobile training team as soon as possible to pick people and solve the problem of lack of talent as soon as possible." ”

Xu Changli drank the wine in his cup and said: "The topic has shifted to the work task, the task of drinking will not be completed, let's drink the remaining wine in the bottle next time, let's go back to the team to study the problem of fewer people and more things." The guest goes away to the host, the cat and mouse like it, Secretary Zheng wants to wash the clothes in the afternoon, we have to arrange the whole vehicle, and today's lunch will end here! ”

Zheng Qiming hurriedly grabbed Xu Changli, who was about to leave his seat, and said: "The whole vehicle is arranged by Deputy Instructor Chen, I'll go and order some noodles, and each of you will eat a little before leaving." ”

Yang Dazhi also stood up and said to Zheng Qiming: "Secretary Zheng is not polite, you often teach us: the driver usually does not use the whole vehicle, the hospital will have to reorganize people, the crematorium will have plastic surgery, and the political department will have your life materials." The whole vehicle is a big deal, we are ready to go to a detachment to supervise and inspect, now go back and seize the time to rest for a while, it will not affect the overtime in the afternoon. ”

After several leaders of the car team left, Zheng Qiming simply cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, felt a little dizzy, and went to bed, he planned to go to the team in the afternoon to have a look, the clothes only put in the washing machine first, and then wash them in the evening.