Tao Fan got up at six o'clock in the morning, played Tai Chi in the small courtyard in front of the house, and then trotted and looked into the distance. Mrs. Lin Jingyi put the four treasures of the study on the big table under the eaves of the corridor at seven o'clock on time. Tao Fan looked pleasant, and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced. The whole courtyard immediately filled the air with the smell of books. This is indeed an elegant world. There are no big bungalows, just like village farmhouses, nestled among soothing hills. The mountains are full of peach trees. It was late autumn, and the peach trees that had fallen their leaves were clumsy. The small courtyard in front of the house is about 30 steps horizontally and vertically, not in a regular way, and the shape is arbitrary. Outside the courtyard, there are rocky mountains and low walls. These stones are left over from the repair of the house. When Tao Fan moved in, the stones in front of the house had not had time to be cleaned. When Comrade Zhang Zhaolin, who was the secretary general of the prefectural party committee at the time, saw this, he immediately called the chief of the administrative section and scolded the chief of the Long section with a panicked face. Tao Fan waved his hand and said, I like these stones, don't move them. So he called a few migrant workers, and according to Tao Fan's intentions, they piled up these stones around at random. After the stacking was completed, Section Chief Long asked Tao Fan to pour some cement slurry to reinforce? looks like a meritorious atonement. Tao Fan said no need, as long as the masonry is stable and does not fall down. Section Chief Long was very grateful for Tao Fan's kindness, he felt that Tao Fan was the best secretary of the prefectural party committee he had ever seen, and secretly swore that he must serve this leader well. He examined the freshly laid stone wall with great care, pushing it here and shaking it there. A stone was shaken by him and rolled down. This made Section Chief Long very sad and shouted that the migrant workers were not responsible. At this time, the migrant workers had left, and Section Chief Long couldn't move the stone alone, so he didn't know what to do. Tao Fan looked around with his hands behind his back and said, Xiaolong, this stone is like this, don't pile it up again.

At this time, the car came. Tao Fan said that you have worked hard Xiaolong, and got into the car.

Section Chief Long looked at the cart heading down the mountain, confused. He couldn't understand Tao Fan's elegance. If you're afraid of bothering the staff, this is a great leader. But don't you blame yourself for not being able to do things and getting angry? He had seen many leaders who were angry and didn't look angry. Some leaders laugh at you instead when they get angry.

Mrs. Aunt Lin was packing up her things at home, and when she saw Section Chief Long looking at the stone that rolled down, she said, Lao Tao said that he should not pile it up and follow him, he may like to be more natural.

The stone stayed there like that, and it became a wonderful stone bench.

Today, the stone wall is covered with thorn vines, and the stone at the foot of the wall is sitting. Tao Fan liked the stone bench very much, but he was too busy and rarely had time to sit for it. It's her daughter Tao Tao, who often sat there a few years ago, with pine clouds and sideburns, like a Daiyu. Tao Tao is the only daughter of Tao Fan and his wife, very beautiful, who had just graduated from high school at that time, and was often stunned by Gu Chengbeidao's poems. Tao Fan is completely a loving father at home, but he thinks his daughter's obsession is very pitiful. Mrs. sometimes blames her daughter for being nervous, Tao Fan always protects her, saying that all girls who have some talent will always be like this for a few years, and it will be better to grow up. It's better than going out there and going crazy all the time. once joked, our young lady should have some elegant charm, right? When the daughter heard this, she became more and more delicate. But Tao Fan himself, even if he has a thousand leisures, is only a few hands in the morning in his favorite world. The full set of homework was completed, and it was 7:40. After that, a five-minute shower and a five-minute breakfast. Tao Fan's diet is not particular, two steamed buns in the morning, a bowl of soybean milk, and no sugar. Mix up a bowl of ginseng soup once in a while. Tao Fan will tell Aunt Wang and Sister-in-law, don't listen to Aunt Lin, what kind of ginseng soup do you drink? I'm not that extravagant! Sister-in-law Wang always rubbed her hands stiffly and said that Secretary Tao was too hard and simple. Tao Fan drank the ginseng soup loudly, saying that I am a farmer after all.

In everyone's mind, this secretary of the prefectural party committee is a very knowledgeable person, chess, piano, calligraphy and painting, but he doesn't know the rhythm of music. The main buildings of the area are inscribed by him. In fact, Tao Fan's most skillful work is painting, and very few people can find his paintings. When Lin Jingyi fell in love with Tao Fan, Tao Fan was not yet developed, and he was just an engineer at a provincial chemical plant. Lin Jingyi was very beautiful when she was young, and she was a music teacher at the factory school. What she values in her life is Tao Fan's talent and temperament. Tao Fan's elegance often makes Lin Jingyi forget that he studied engineering. But Tao Fan always eats breakfast in five minutes, and drinks soy milk or ginseng soup to the slightest sound, Lin Jingyi sometimes makes fun of him, what is a rough person, what should you do when you go abroad?

After breakfast, the trolley came. The driver Xiao Liu got out of the car and called Secretary Tao early, Tao Fan answered, and got into the car with a briefcase. It only takes two minutes to get to the office building down the hill by car. According to Tao Fan's routine, he always arrives at the office a few minutes in advance, so no one in the staff of the prefectural commission office dares to arrive after eight o'clock.

The offices of the secretaries and several secretaries-general are on the second floor, and on the first floor are the departments of the local commission. After Tao Fan went upstairs, he saw that some comrades had arrived early. Comrade Zhang Zhaolin and Secretary-General Wu were talking in the office, and when they saw Tao Fan coming, the two immediately came out to greet them. Tao Fan raised his hand and walked straight to his office. Tao Fan is very easy-going with the ordinary people, but he is serious in the leadership, and the younger deputies and department leaders are somewhat afraid of him. Secretary-General Wu greeted Tao Fan just now and followed him. Tao Fan opened the door, and Secretary-General Wu followed. Q, is there anything wrong with Secretary Tao?

Tao Fan put down his briefcase, sat on the office chair, and looked at Secretary General Wu. Secretary-General Wu looked respectful.

What's the matter? Yes, what's the matter? At this time, Tao Fan suddenly thought, what are you doing in the office today? I'm a retiree. Now it is Comrade Zhang Zhaolin who is presiding over the work of the prefectural committee. A handover meeting was held just yesterday morning.

Secretary-General Wu asked again, Secretary Tao, please give instructions if you have something.

Tao Fan calmed down and said that it was okay, it was okay.

Secretary-General Wu said, Secretary Zhang set today's meeting of the main responsible comrades of the direct department, does Secretary Tao have any instructions?

Tao Fan smiled and said very casually, no, no. I'm going to pick up the book. You're busy with your go!

Tao Fan wanted to make a few jokes, saying that he was retired, he was a common man, and what instructions could he do? But I couldn't help but say nothing. I'm afraid that others will listen crookedly and say that I have emotions. Moreover, it also destroys his own ambition.

Secretary-General Wu still felt embarrassed to leave immediately, and it was very difficult. Tao Fan said to let him get busy again. Then he said tentatively, "Then I'll go?" As he walked out, he turned his head and smiled.

As soon as Secretary-General Wu left, Tao Fan got up and closed the door. When I sat back in my chair, I felt a little lacking in energy. He almost lost his temper just now. Forgetting that he has retired, is he really old and deaf? At the age of sixty-one, how did he become like a puppet? Since I was transferred to the prefectural committee for more than ten years, it has been this routine of work and rest, but I have not noticed that I am going to live another life from today. He came to the office today, completely by inertia.

Half a month ago, the leaders of the provincial party committee talked to him and repeatedly emphasized the viewpoint that as a member of the Communist Party, he who has not retired or not retired will still be a member of the Communist Party until he dies. The lives of the Communists are endless, and the fighting is endless. What's more, Lao Tao, you are still a member of the provincial party committee, and the task assigned to you by the provincial party committee is to bring Comrade Zhaolin with you. You can't push the burden!

Tao Fan understands that this is the usual way of talking in organizations. Of course, he also used the usual form of language to express his attitude. It is said that people will not retire in the spirit of retirement, the consciousness of public servants will not retire, and the purpose of serving the people will not retire. As long as the organization needs it, everything obeys the party's call. But after the handover, I still don't want to interfere. Comrade Zhaolin has worked with me for many years, I know him very well, he is a comrade with great potential, politically mature, and understands economic work, so it is not a problem to take on this burden.

In the end, the leader said that he still had to bring a belt, and ended the conversation.

Tao Fan knew that his political career was over. The hat of the provincial party committee member on his head can only be worn until May next year. The term of office of the current provincial party committee will expire in May next year. At that time, the replacement of his provincial party committee member will be Zhang Zhaolin. The wind that I am about to retire has been blowing for half a year, and the formal conversation in the organization has been half a month. The psychological shock has long passed. He still works according to the habits he has developed over a long period of time, as if nothing had happened in this world. Unexpectedly, today it was almost very embarrassing.

Tao Fan thought that it was normal for him to come to the office and pick up some books or something, and the comrades might not think about it so much. The problem is that I have completely forgotten that my identity has changed. The embarrassment in his heart was like suddenly discovering that he was wearing the emperor's new clothes that Hans Christian Andersen had said.

He asked for the phone number in the duty room, and asked the driver Xiao Liu to wait downstairs in ten minutes, and he wanted to go home. Ten minutes later, at 8:25, he got up and walked out. Just as he was about to open the door, he remembered that he had just said to pick up the book, so he went back to the bookshelf to search. The books on his personal interests are all at home, and most of them are work books, so there is no need to read them anymore. After looking for a long time, I found a rubbing of He Shaoji and took it out. This was brought back by his son-in-law Guan Yin from a meeting in the field, he liked it very much, but he had no time to think about it carefully. Guan Yinda was his first secretary transferred to the region, and he has been sent to the county as deputy secretary. The relationship between the two of them was determined after Guan Yinda took office in Xia County. Xiao Guan is a young man he admires very much, and he also likes her daughter Tao Tao. After he saw this meaning, he felt that it was inappropriate to put others by his side, so he sent him to the county to serve. Guan Yinda also has some hills and valleys in his chest, and he is very similar to Tao Fan. Bringing back a rubbing book that is not worth a few dollars from the outside can also make the father-in-law happy, which can only be done by Guan Yinda. Now that Tao Fan saw Tuoben, he naturally thought of Guan Yinda, and he was a little relieved in his heart. The rubbing is too big to fit in the briefcase, which is exactly what he wants, and he can hold it in his hand to let people know that he really came to pick up the book.

The driver, Xiao Liu, saw that Secretary Tao hadn't gone down yet, so he went upstairs to pick him up. Xiao Liu stretched out his hand to pick up Tao Fan's bag, he waved his hand and said, no, no.

As soon as I stepped out of the office door, I immediately realized that I had come out at the wrong time. Traditionally, morning meetings begin at half-past eight. The heads of the prefectural party committee and the principal responsible persons of the prefectural departments were walking to the conference room in twos and threes. Tao Fan didn't advance or retreat, he only hated himself for not having stealth skills.

Someone saw Tao Fan and hurriedly came over to shake hands enthusiastically. This time, all the people came over. Secretary Tao is good, Secretary Tao is good, and there are some people who call the old secretary good, and the staircase is very lively. Tao Fan is a bag in one hand and a rubbing in the other. To shake hands, I hurriedly stuffed the rubbing under my armpit and clamped it with the bag. As soon as he shook the hands of the two, Ruben fell to the ground. Xiao Liu immediately picked it up. Others mostly hold hands with him, and Tao Fan seems to use both hands. It is inconvenient to hold the bag in the left hand.

Finally, after the entertainment, Tao Fan and Xiao Liu came downstairs. As soon as he arrived downstairs, Tao Fan touched his left armpit and stopped. What about rubbing? Xiao Liu said, I'll take it. Tao Fanlian said, confused, just handed over the rubbing to you, and immediately forgot about it.

Xiao Liu said slyly, when a leader is not confused about big things, it is rare to be confused about small things.

Tao Fan told Xiao Liu along the way, from tomorrow onwards, don't come to pick up every morning, if there is something he calls the duty room himself. Xiao Liu said that he would come and see it every day as usual. Tao Fan said, it's nothing else, there's no need. The car soon arrived home, Tao Fan insisted on not letting Xiao Liu get out of the car, and the car turned around and went down the mountain.

Tao Fan rang the doorbell and didn't see Sister-in-law Wang come out. He thought badly. Mrs. went to work, and sister-in-law Wang probably went to the street to buy vegetables. He hadn't brought the keys to his home for years. He often loses his keys, so he simply doesn't take them with him, and there are people at home when he comes home from work anyway.

What to do? The only way was to call Madame and ask her to bring the keys back. But the call had to go down the mountain, which was obviously inappropriate, and he didn't know the phone number on his wife's desk. In the past, this kind of thing was usually done by the secretary Xiao Zhou. Xiao Zhou was the second secretary who succeeded Guan Yinda, and he was sent to serve as the deputy county magistrate more than ten days ago. Tao Fan felt that Xiao Zhou was good, and he should arrange arrangements for him before he left office. After Xiao Zhou went down, Secretary-General Wu said that he would be given another secretary and asked him to appoint his own generals in the local commission. Secretary-General Wu's attitude is very sincere, but Tao Fan understands that his order also means that he can not order a general. It's like being a guest at someone else's house and the host asks you to peel a pear yourself. He understands this very well, and the retired secretary of the prefectural party committee does not have the treatment of a secretary again.

It's really inconvenient to not have a secretary by your side. More than ten days. This feeling of his was very obvious. It's like wearing a watch in the early years, but suddenly the watch is broken, and it's too late to repair it, and it's like falling into a chaotic space with no time, which is very unpleasant. Later, the position was high, and someone reminded me at any time, so I simply didn't wear a watch, and I got used to it. Tao Fan now has no secretary, although he doesn't feel very ironed, but I believe he will slowly get used to it. He thought that the initial feeling of not wearing a secretary and not wearing a watch should be similar.

The problem at the moment is that you can't get into the house. He thought about it and had no good solution, so he had to wait for his sister-in-law to come back. So he paced up and down the small courtyard. After walking a few laps, I got tired and sat down on the stone bench.

There is nothing to do, just waiting for the princess to come back. I can't help but think of the scene I just had at the staircase of the office. His hands were not empty, so he handed over the rubbing to Xiao Liu in a panic, and then shook hands with his comrades, which must be ridiculous. Xiao Liu should have been asked to take the briefcase in advance. It's uncomfortable to think about it, just like the joke I made about eating Western food in France the year before last.

How did I come up with the idea of shaking hands with my comrades with both hands? For a long time, subordinates shook hands with both hands and held them tightly. And whether his hand is empty or not, he only stretches out one hand. Sometimes he shook hands with this comrade, but beckoned other comrades to go. That's a normal thing, and I haven't heard anyone say that he has a fight. What's wrong today? When you see someone stretching out their hands, why do you feel a little like that? He couldn't think of what that feeling should be, he couldn't think of it for a while, it was called flattered, and it hadn't reached that level yet. At that time, I only felt that I was a little reluctant not to stretch out my hands. Hum! The tiger is still majestic when he dies, and he is like this all of a sudden? Now he sat on the cold stone, ashamed of the humility he did not deserve. After being sad for a while, I realized that it was just a flash of thought in my heart, which was impossible for others to see, and I felt more stable.

But when I think of the enthusiasm of those comrades, my heart is useless. He knew that he had great prestige among the cadres, and everyone respected and respected him. But they behaved too enthusiastically today. It was no longer the enthusiasm of the subordinates to the superiors that I had felt before, but the enthusiasm of meeting old friends. The level of enthusiasm is deeper, but the grade is lower. Between people of different levels and identities, enthusiasm has different proportions; From different enthusiasm scales, different enthusiasm grades are distinguished. He is very aware of this and is very sensitive. With that said, those people began to look at me from a horizontal perspective in their minds. His position dropped a notch so quickly, so what about the future? Some people simply call me the old secretary, which is deliberately different from the new secretary. Why are these people so enthusiastic? Oh, yes, I did them a favor today, giving them a chance to be good people and let them show their loyalty. You see, I'm not that kind of snob, Secretary Tao has retired, and I still respect others. Tao Fan thought angrily, I don't want your cheap enthusiasm! The less than two-minute meeting at the staircase of the office just now made Tao Fan's mind turn over the river and the sea. I felt a chill on my back, and I shivered. The stone beneath the seat is as cold as a thorn. Hurriedly stood up. Because he was sitting in the wrong position just now, his feet were wooden, and he got up too quickly, and he suddenly became dizzy and black, and almost collapsed. Hurriedly leaned on to the stone wall, and after a while, he calmed himself. Only then did I find that my left hand was pierced with thorns and was dripping with blood.

The autumn sky is deep and empty. The peach leaves are withering all over the mountain, and it is very slaughtering. Tao Fanton was born with sad autumn feelings. Immediately blamed himself again. Alas, the time sequence is changing, the plants and trees are withering, and it is just natural, what does it have to do with people? It's all his own sour literati temperament that is making trouble!

When Wang's sister-in-law came back from shopping for vegetables, she saw Tao Fan standing alone in the courtyard, as if she was scared. Hurriedly threw the vegetable basket on the ground, ran to open the door first, and asked Secretary Tao if he had waited for a long time? I blamed myself for coming back late. Tao Fan said that it was okay, it was okay, he had just arrived home. After entering the house, Sister-in-law Wang saw Tao Fan's handkerchief wrapped in a handkerchief and asked what was wrong? Tao Fan only said that it was okay and entered the bedroom. Sister-in-law Wang knows the rules very well, when the master is at home, she never goes into the bedroom, only Tao Fan and his wife go to work, she goes in to clean up. At this time, she saw that Tao Fan wanted to rest a little, so she didn't ask any more.

Tao Fan lay down on the bed. I glanced at the quartz clock on the wall, and it was already half past ten. Only then did I realize that I had been alone outside the door for more than two hours.

When Mrs. came back from work, she saw Tao Fan lying down and felt strange. How uncomfortable? Old Tao?

Tao Fan said that it was okay, it was okay, and he was a little sleepy.

He didn't want to tell his wife that he had been sitting on a cold stone outside the house for more than two hours. Having said that, Mrs. will only blame him for being brainless, why didn't he know to call her? His delicate and complex inner world is something that no one can understand, and neither can Madame. Thinking of this, an indescribable sense of loneliness permeated my whole body.

Tao Fan gradually felt that his head was very heavy and sleepy, but he couldn't sleep. When it was time for lunch, his wife called him to eat, and he didn't want to get up. The lady said it was better to eat something and then sleep, so she came to help him.

Madame touched his forehead and was startled. Why is it so hot? You don't have a fever, do you? And he quickly touched his hand and touched his back. Old Tao, you must be sick.

Tao Fan felt a feeling of heat in his nose, sweat on his back, and thought that he might be sick. After all, he is in his sixties, and in the cool weather of autumn, how can he not be sick after sitting on a stone for more than two hours?

Madame and sister-in-law Wang both panicked.

Tao Fan said that it doesn't matter, there are fast-acting cold capsules at home, eat a few, and then sleep under the quilt.

The lady took the medicine, and the sister-in-law poured water. Tao Fan took the medicine and still lay down to sleep.

The medicine was a little hypnotic, and after a while, Tao Fan fell asleep.

Madame was about to close the door and come out, but she saw the handkerchief covered with blood again, and she didn't know what had happened. tiptoed out to ask Sister-in-law Wang, but Sister-in-law Wang didn't know, and Mrs. became more and more anxious. I couldn't wake up Tao Fan, so I could only wait with my eyes blank.

About an hour later, Mrs. heard a noise in the bedroom and knew that Tao Fan was awake. Madame gently pushed the door in, and asked if she felt better. Tao Fan's eyes opened and immediately closed again. He felt that his eyelids were very astringent and heavy, and he saw that everything in the room was floating in a trance. Jingyi, I'm afraid it's aggravated. The voice is light and rough.

Madame had long forgotten about the bloody handkerchief, and hurriedly asked what to do? Should I call a doctor, or should I go to the hospital?

Tao Fan only waved his hand and remained silent. The lady did not dare to make up her own mind, and stood by the bed and wrung her hands.

Tao Fan thought, he must not be hospitalized now, and he must not let the outside world know that he is sick. It's normal for others to get sick, but he Tao Fan can't get sick casually, especially not at this time. Now that the official has a certain position, he has the right to play with the temper of a child, and has the right to let go of it, and if he encounters something unsatisfactory, he will be hospitalized. At the end of the day, when the fake is true, the truth is also false. As soon as I, Tao Fan, am hospitalized now, others will not believe that I am really sick. Even if you believe that I am sick, you will say that I have lost my power and become depressed!

Tao Fan was full of bitterness, but it was inconvenient to talk to his wife. Seeing that Mrs. was anxious, she said, it's okay. Don't be hospitalized and don't let people know I'm sick. The comrades are very busy, and if they knew that I was sick, they would all come to see me, and if they delayed their time, I would be regarded as a sick person, and I couldn't stand it. It's really fine, just a cold.

Madame said that there must be a way, Lao Tao. You're not young anymore. Mrs. remembered that the old cadre Zeng Lao last year only had a cold, and he didn't pay attention to it, and he had other diseases, so he went without believing it. She didn't dare to talk about this worry, she was so anxious that she wanted to cry.

Let's stay overnight. Tao Fan looked very difficult to speak.

The lady had to take a leave of absence for nursing.

Tao Fan always closed his eyes, but never slept. It was quiet, so quiet that he could clearly hear the roar in his head. The roar was accompanied by bursts of tenderness.

Madame could tell from Tao Fan's face that her condition was getting worse. What to do with Lao Tao?

Tao Fan said that it seemed to be getting more and more uncomfortable. I thought about it again and again, and I had to go to Tao Tao and ask Yinda to arrange a doctor to treat him at home. Don't appoint a car, pick it up. Don't let the driver come, let Yinda drive himself.

Madame immediately hung up the phone in Yinda County. The secretary of the county party committee office said that Secretary Guan was speaking at a meeting. Hung up the county Industrial and Commercial Bank and found Tao Tao. As soon as he heard that his father was sick, Tao Tao cried when he listened to the phone. Jingyi immediately explained to her daughter, what her father said, you must keep it secret, and you are not allowed to cry. He instructed Tao Fan again.

The arrangement over there was in place, Tao Fan let his wife help him, reluctantly sat up, took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and personally called Secretary General Wu's phone, Old Wu? I'm old Tao. Aunt Lin remembered her daughter and nephew, and wanted to go and see it, so she asked me to accompany me. I will report to the prefectural committee and leave early tomorrow morning. I don't want you to send a car, Comrade Yinda has a hitchhiker here. It's okay, it's okay, don't really send a car, it's a waste to send it. Lao Wu, it's decided. Please tell Comrade Zhaolin.

Tao Fan said that he would leave early tomorrow morning, but in fact, he had thought about it, and as soon as Yinda arrived, he would leave immediately. It would take an hour and a half at most for Yinda to get here from their county.

As soon as it was dark, the Yinda couple arrived. Tao Tao is almost thirty years old, and he is still a little squeamish in front of adults. Seeing her father's sick appearance, she knelt beside the bed and wiped her tears. Tao Fan patted his daughter and smiled, then raised his eyes to greet Yinda.

Guan Yinda leaned over and shook Tao Fan's hand. They always shook hands when they met, and they shook hands a little specially, with both the perfunctory taste of officialdom and the concern of their own family. They barely addressed each other at home. When talking, as long as one party opens his mouth, the other party knows that he is talking to himself, and he never needs to call the other party to speak again. In public, regardless of the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law, one is called Secretary Tao and the other is Comrade Yinda. Over time, there is some indescribable taste between the two of them from title to relationship, neither public nor private.

Guan Yinda said, if you are sick, you are afraid of delaying, should you leave immediately?

Tao Fan nodded.

Sister-in-law Wang had already cleaned up her clothes and utensils. Madame looked at Tao Fan, did she mean to leave? Tao Fan looked at the bell on the wall and said, Yinda and they just entered the house, let's take a little rest.

Guan Yinda looked out the window and immediately understood Tao Fan's thoughts. He knew that Tao Fan wanted to wait for it to get completely dark before leaving.

In this world, the person who knows Tao Fan best is actually Guan Yinda. But his cleverness lies in not telling everything that he has seen through. When Sister-in-law Wang heard that she would have to sit for a while, she made two cups of tea. Guan Yinda drank tea and once again admired the "Lonely Sail" on the wall. He has always admired Tao Fan's talent. When he was a secretary with Tao Fan, Mr. Huang Yongyu came to the area, and he hit it off with Tao Fan at first sight, and he became close friends. It is said that Mr. Huang talked about Tao Fan afterwards and talked about two "pity". With Tao Fan's character and talent, he can be more responsible, but it's a pity; With his talent and painting style, he could have been unique in the painting world, but it's a pity. However, the only person who can really decipher Tao Fan's paintings is Guan Yinda. Let's just say that this "Lonely Sail Picture", the experts who have seen it say that it is good, but they don't know its mystery. Those subordinates are mostly empty flattery. A few cultural people used "hanging on the long sails to the sea" as a political interpretation, just like when people interpreted Mao's poems according to the political climate. Tao Fan always smiled and was noncommittal. Guan Yinda knew that this was actually Tao Fan's most bitter work, a catharsis of the most secret place in his heart, but he didn't want anyone to read it. It's almost like men's **, both catharsis and hiding. Guan Yinda once thought of such a very disrespectful analogy, and secretly called it guilty.

It turned out that Tao Fan was the old subordinate of the former secretary of the provincial party committee. When the secretary of the provincial party committee was in charge of a provincial chemical plant, Tao Fan was a senior engineer there. After the secretary came out of the mountain, he brought out a group of cadres from a chemical industry, and Tao Fan was the most appreciated. In those years, there were rumors that Tao Fan was about to enter the provincial party committee. Later, the secretary of the provincial party committee retired due to health reasons, and only arranged a spare post in Beijing, but still lived in the provincial capital. It is rumored that the secretary of the provincial party committee is in good health and loves to swim the most. And the swimming pool he frequented suddenly had to be repaired due to equipment failure, and it was not completed for more than three months. Tao Fan knew that he might have to move places. Sure enough, there was a rumor. At this time, there is a spirit in the center that says stability is overpowering. He has been stable for a few years, and in a blink of an eye, he will reach retirement age. In recent years, his authority has not wavered, but he knows that many people are watching him retire with their eyes in their eyes. It is in this kind of unspeakable loneliness that he made "Lonely Sail Picture" and inscribed: Lonely Sail Comes by the Sun. Sailor, Tao Fanye. Guan Yinda is well versed in the samadhi, so he never comments on this work in substance.

It was completely dark, Tao Fan said let's go.

Before leaving, Tao Fan specially explained to Wang's sister-in-law, saying that tomorrow morning, the local commission office will still send a car, and you will say that we have been gone for half an hour.

Director Wang of the county party committee office and the medical staff were already waiting at Guan Yinda's house. As soon as it was introduced, Fangzhi Hospital came with Dean Gao, Director Li of the Department of General Internal Medicine, and nurse Xiao Chen. Because of the fever, Tao Fan's eyes were confused and he couldn't see people clearly, but he noticed that none of the three medical staff were wearing white coats. It satisfies him. In order not to attract attention, Guan Yinda took special care of it. Tao Fan couldn't support it anymore, but he still shook hands with the same person, saying that he had worked hard comrades.

Diagnosis and treatment are straightforward. Guan Yinda's bedroom was used as Tao Fan's hospital room. Dr. Li said that he and Xiao Chen were on an all-night shift, and everyone else could go to rest. Dean Gao insisted on staying, and Tao Fan said that there was no other treatment at night, and everyone went. Just change two bottles of water, and Aunt Lin will change it herself. Guan Yinda said that he still listened to the doctor. So, according to Dr. Li's advice, only he and Xiao Chen were left at the bedside to observe.

Dean Guan Yin Daliugao and Director Wang sat in the living room for a while. First of all, Dean Gao, is it a big problem? Dean Gao said that it was no problem, but he was older and felt more painful. But Secretary Tao is very tough, at this age, it's really amazing. Director Wang also said that it is indeed remarkable.

Guan Yinda specially advised, I still have that opinion, please be sure to do a good job of confidentiality. He is an old man with high morality, and if the outside world knows, he will not be at peace. Dean Gao, you have to take this as a discipline to these two comrades.

Dean Gao said that these two comrades are reliable, and Secretary Guan can rest assured.

Guan Yinda also told Director Wang that your county party committee office should not let other comrades know. There is no need to report to other leading comrades.

Director Wang said that it should be done according to Secretary Guan's opinion. But is Comrade Peilong going to tell?

These words made Guan Yinda's heart unhappy. This old king, he shouldn't have asked this at all! In the end, there is not much to see. Comrade Liu Peilong is a member of the prefectural party committee and the number one leader of the county party committee, and nothing should be hidden from him. Although my father-in-law came this time in a private capacity, in Chinese officialdom, it is difficult to distinguish between individuals and private affairs. Private travel by the President of the United States, not received by local officials. China, on the other hand, is different. Therefore, if you deliberately hide it from Comrade Liu Peilong, it will be a little subtle. The subtlety between the deputy secretary and the secretary is intriguing. Guan Yinda had already thought of Liu Peilong's layer, he had planned to act on the camera, but there was no need to tell him immediately. But this embarrassing thing that shouldn't be asked made Lao Wang ask. After all, Guan Yinda was very shrewd, so he only pondered for a moment, and immediately said, Comrade Peilong, I will talk about it myself, so you don't have to mention it to him.

After careful arrangement, it was zero hour. Tao Tao asked her mother to sleep with her son, and she slept in the guest room by herself. Before going to sleep, Guan Yinda said, tell Tongtong tomorrow, don't go out to tell your grandfather that he is coming. Tao Tao couldn't help laughing, and said You are more nervous than your father, do their kindergarten children still know that Secretary Tao is not a porcelain secretary?

Tao Fan was very uncomfortable this night, with a high fever and headache all the time. It wasn't until around 5 a.m. that the high fever went down. At this time, the potion in the infusion bottle gradually made him feel cold all over his body, and he actually started to chill again. Nurse Xiao Chen had to wake up Guan Yinda and his wife and ask them for two hot water bottles, one next to Tao Fan's arm and one at his feet. After a while, my body warmed up, but the cold feeling lingered in my mind for a long time. I remembered that during the day, I shivered in the autumn wind and cold for more than two hours. Tao Fan also knows that today's events can neither complain about the sky nor be especially human, it is just a trivial matter, but he still feels desolate in his heart.

After dawn, the condition was relieved, and Tao Fan fell into a deep sleep. Everyone retreated to the living room and had their breakfast in silence.

Dr. Li said that he is fine now, but he should take the medicine for at least three days to consolidate the effect. When you wake up, try to ask him for something to eat. and help him to get up and sit down. Lying down for a long time hurts the most.

Dr. Li told Xiao Chen to go back to rest in the morning and come back in the afternoon to pick up his shift.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Tao Fan woke up. The mind is much clearer, but the whole body is weak. Madame and Dr. Li were both at the bedside, and when they saw Tao Fan awake, they both asked him if he felt better. What do you want to eat?

Tao Fan shook his head.

Dr. Li persuaded that if you don't eat, you can't eat, and you have to eat a little.

Tao Tao also came in at this time. She took a leave of absence today.

Madame told her daughter, boil some porridge, and stir-fry some good pickles, your father likes.

Want to get up and sit for a while? Dr. Lee asked.

All right.

Tao Fan was a little strange that his voice of two words shook his head and buzzed. It was something he had never felt before when he was sick. Is it old? Is it exhausting? Maybe this time I wasn't very sick, but I was very sick. This truth cannot be explained by Western medicine, only by traditional Chinese medicine.

According to Dr. Li's advice, first put a quilt at the head of the bed, let Tao Fan sit reclining for a while, feel more relaxed, and then get out of bed and sit on the sofa.

Tao Fan put his hands on his chest for a while, and then slid weakly to both sides. The whole body seemed to be slowly disintegrating. I thought, old, old.

Tao Tao made porridge and pickles. Tao Fan got out of bed and sat on the sofa. The body is light and fluttering, as if it is about to fly.

In the afternoon, Tao Fan was much more relaxed. After lying down for a while, he asked to get out of bed and sit. I can't sleep, and it's more uncomfortable to lie down.

This time, I really had to do it as a last resort. It is impossible for Liu Peilong not to know about his arrival. He had to find a way to meet Liu Peilong right away. The more time drags on, the deeper the embarrassment. Liu Peilong was single-handedly picked up by him, and he was the only member of the prefectural party committee among the secretaries of the county party committee. Let Guan Yinda and Liu Peilong be his deputies, Tao Fan has his own considerations. But now, the situation has changed, what will happen to Liu Peilong?

Nurse Xiao Chen was enthusiastically sent away by Tao Fan. Madame repeatedly expressed her gratitude. Xiao Chen said yes, no thanks. Intramuscularly three times a day, she will come on time.

Mrs. and daughter accompanied Tao Fan to talk. Tao Tao said some interesting things in the county, and a few times his mother burst into tears when he laughed, and Tao Fan also laughed. Tao Fan listened to their mother and daughter tell jokes, but he was thinking about when he would meet Liu Peilong. I'm afraid that tomorrow morning at the latest.

Guan Yinda came back from work on time, and the whole family began to eat. Tao Fan's dinner was still porridge and pickles, and he drank a few sips of vegetarian soup. During the banquet, Tao Fan said that he would tell Liu Peilong tomorrow and only said that I was coming. Tao Fan only explained so simply, and didn't say a word more. Guan Yinda was also thinking about this, but he didn't know how to talk to Tao Fan for a while. He was worried that Tao Fan was not going to see Liu Peilong, which would make him very passive, but Tao Fan brought it up himself. He really admired the old man's old way.

The next day at work, Guan Yinda informed Liu Peilong of Tao Fan's arrival. Liu Peilong immediately said: Comrade Zhaolin called just now and said that Secretary Tao had come to our county and asked me to do a good job in the reception. I was just about to go to your house.

In fact, Liu Peilong received a phone call from Zhang Zhaolin yesterday morning. But when he saw Guan Yinda and didn't mention it to him, he knew that there must be a reason, so it was inconvenient to ask. Since Guan Yinda told him today, he felt that it was still necessary to mention Zhang Zhaolin's phone number, one was to sell personal favors for Zhang Zhaolin, and the other was to let you know that Zhang Zhaolin and him were often in contact by phone. It's just time to do some artistic processing.

Liu Peilong immediately followed Guan Yin to his home. Tao Fan is teaching his little nephew to paint. Tao Tao specially asked for leave for Tongtong to accompany his grandfather at home. Tao Fan saw Liu Peilong enter the door as soon as he hurriedly put down his pen and spread his hands. You see, your hands are full of ink, and they are all made by imps. The hand that Liu Peilong stretched out froze in the middle of the road.

The lady beckoned Liu Peilong to sit down and led him into the house. Tao Fan went into the bathroom to wash his hands and came out, and then shook hands with Liu Peilong. While laughing, Comrade Peilong, I am not welcome in your county!

Liu Peilong's ears were hot, and he didn't know what Tao Fan was referring to. He said that as soon as he got to work just now, he received a call from Secretary Zhang, saying that you had come to inspect and asked me to do a good job in reception. As soon as the phone was put down, Comrade Yinda came to call me.

As soon as Tao Fan heard it, he knew that Zhang Zhaolin's call could only have been made yesterday. It can be seen that Liu Peilong is indeed a smart person. He laughed and said, not to inspect, but to visit relatives. But this place is welcome, as soon as I came, I caught a cold, and I burned dizzy. Yinda said to call you, but I won't let him go. Burning your eyes black, it's not appropriate to talk nonsense with you!

Everyone laughed.

Liu Peilong repeatedly talked about Zhang Zhaolin's phone number, but he repeatedly paid for it.

Tao Fan thought to himself, maybe Liu Peilong also knew that he had seen through the lie about the phone, but he still did what he said. It was as if he had suddenly realized some philosophical sense. yes, hasn't it been like this among our colleagues for years? I have seen through many things with each other, but they all tacitly know it, and the fake drama is really done, which is delicious. This realization was not absent to him, but at the time he felt that it was a necessary art of leadership. Thinking about it today, I feel sad for no reason. So he said with a smile, Comrade Zhaolin is too lenient. I come out for a walk, what do you want him to worry about? He cares about his big business!

Guan Yinda didn't interject just now. The responses of both men meant a lot to him. Because of their age, Tao Fan and Liu Peilong debuted earlier than him in officialdom and have more experience than him. But their tricks and styles may not be visible in the eyes of ordinary people, but he can understand them, and he is secretly proud of his understanding. In the past few rounds just now, he was most convinced by Tao Fan. A few jokes that seem to be disgusting not only wash away their embarrassment, but also make others unhappy. Smile and dry you for a while, and then come to shake hands with you, so that you are always psychologically subject to him. And there seems to be no anger towards Zhang Zhaolin, so you don't dare to ignore his prestige.

Tao Fan is a tiger. Liu Peilong once again felt this deeply. In the past, Liu Peilong studied Tao Fan intentionally or unintentionally, and felt that he did not seem to be majestic on all sides, but he had a bad aura that people did not dare to make. What a mystery. He never looks at people, whether he is speaking at a meeting or talking to you alone, his gaze seems to be blank, but it makes you feel that your words and deeds, including your inner world, are under the control of his gaze. Two days ago, at the work handover meeting of the prefectural party committee, Tao Fan spoke unhurriedly, smiling and looking at everyone, which was an exception. Whoever comes into contact with his gaze will laugh unnaturally. Liu Peilong noticed that Zhang Zhaolin smiled the deepest, and kept nodding his head, as if he wanted Tao Fan to praise his smiling face before he was relieved. Liu Peilong had long heard rumors that when the provincial party committee made it clear that Zhang Zhaolin would take over as secretary of the prefectural party committee, he suggested that Tao Fan be arranged to go to the province. said that Secretary Tao is a little older, but put him in a better provincial department, and it is okay to retire as a party secretary, and the conditions in the provincial capital are still better. In the end, Tao Fan retired on the spot. Liu Peilong also believed this rumor, and thought that Zhang Zhaolin didn't want such an old secretary to point fingers and poke behind his back, which was also human nature. Seeing Zhang Zhaolin's smiling face that day, it confirmed his judgment even more.

Liu Peilong estimated that the relationship between Zhang Zhaolin and Tao Fan would become more and more delicate. This will make him a bad person. It is said that Zhang Zhaolin and he are both cultivated by Tao Fan, and they are still Tao Fan's protégés. Now, because of the change of identity, Zhang Zhaolin and Tao Fan are likely to slowly become a relationship similar to a political enemy, and he and Tao Fan are still in the relationship between the grandmaster and the protégé. Obviously, his relationship with Zhang Zhaolin is worth considering. After the meeting ended that day, he rushed back to the county. Just one day later, Zhang Zhaolin called and told him that Tao Fan was here and asked him to warmly receive the old secretary. He believes that Zhang Zhaolin's instructions are sincere, they are all cadres at this level, how can they be petty? But is it possible to call for it personally? He couldn't figure out if Zhang Zhaolin had any other hints, and what worried him even more was Tao Fan's arrival. The work has just been handed over, what are you doing here in a hurry? Coming, and not showing up right away, really makes people feel like there is some conspiracy. Until just now, I knew that Tao Fan was occasionally cold, and it was inconvenient to meet yesterday. Knowing this, I was relieved. But Tao Fan in front of him was talking and laughing, and he was not sick. Was he really sick yesterday? I don't know what he's here for. According to Tao Fan's personality, he will not make a special trip to visit relatives.

If you don't get it right, Tao Fan's trip will make my relationship with Zhang Zhaolin complicated immediately! Liu Peilong thought helplessly.

At this time, Tao Fan was the kind of eyes that looked at the world again, and said with a smile, It is not like to drag your two parents here to accompany me, an old man. Comrade Peilong, I'm here, I'll meet you, don't have any other politeness. If you accompany me during work hours, it is considered absenteeism. This is no joke. I won't bother the other leaders in the county. Your Aunt Lin is worried about her nephew, and she insists on pulling me here, and I'm fine anyway. Everyone has to get used to me slowly when I come out and walk around, otherwise, I will always treat me as a person of any identity, and I will not dare to go out as soon as everyone comes. Isn't that going to lock me up in Taoling all year round? I don't want to live Zhang Xueliang's life! Okay, go about your business.

Liu Peilong was polite again and went out with Guan Yinda.

As soon as the two of them left, the lady came out of the back room. Tao Fan let out a long sigh of relief, and his body softened. When the lady saw that he was tired, she served him to take medicine and lie down. He wanted to go back in the evening, but his wife didn't follow, saying that he would have to wait at least three days for the treatment to be completed, and he would have to recover his energy and strength. Tao Fan had to listen.

That night, Liu Peilong felt that he should talk to Zhang Zhaolin on the phone, and he knew that Zhang Zhaolin must want to know about Tao Fan's activities here. But Tao Fan really doesn't have much activity here. So what do you talk about on the phone? It must not be said that Tao Fan is purely here to visit relatives and has done nothing here, so it means that there are no three hundred taels of silver here. What to do? It's best not to mention the activity at all. After thinking about it, he dialed Zhang Zhaolin's phone.

Secretary Zhang? I'm Peilong. Secretary Tao: We've met. He caught a cold on the way here, had a little cold, and refused to see anyone yesterday. We met in a hurry today. He would not let me receive me in any way, nor would he allow me to inform other comrades. Therefore, you should be warmly received, and I am afraid that this task will not be completed. Besides, I've been so busy these days.

Zhang Zhaolin said, are you so busy? You can't get out when Secretary Tao comes, isn't my face even missing when Zhang Zhaolin comes?

Liu Peilong said that the situation is different. You also know Secretary Tao's personality, he said that he is now a private person, and said that I was absent from work when I went to accompany him during work hours. Yes, yes, Secretary Zhang, don't laugh, he is serious, I am really afraid of scolding, and I dare not be absent from work.

Liu Peilong hid it, and Secretary Zhang came to have a different meaning. He didn't think it would be interesting to explain it like that.

Zhang Zhaolin said, you Liu Peilong should accompany him if he is absent from work. Secretary Tao, you and I both know that there are not many such old comrades! You don't have time to spend with him, and you won't blame you, but others have to talk about you behind your back, you know?

Liu Peilong said okay, let's try it tomorrow. I didn't say that I must accompany him.

After making a phone call, Liu Peilong was much more relaxed. He couldn't tell what he had gained from the phone call just now, but he vaguely felt that he had communicated with Zhang Zhaolin as if he was playing a dumb riddle.

Three days later, Tao Fan returned to the area. Xiao Liu drove him to pick him up. Before leaving, Tao Fan instructed Guan Yinda to cooperate with Comrade Liu Peilong.

This made Guan Yinda slightly startled in his heart. Did Tao Fan foresee something? He knew that the true meaning of some of Tao Fan's words was not literal and needed to be deciphered. Tao Fan's style is like Tai Chi, which looks like it is swallowing slowly, without boundaries, but it is soft and rigid, and there are needles hidden in the cotton. It seems that cadres at this level have a bit of this flavor. He had long discovered that when Zhang Zhaolin was the secretary general of the prefectural party committee, he still lost his temper a little, and later became the deputy commissioner of the administrative department, the deputy secretary of the prefectural party committee, and the secretary of the prefectural party committee.

This meeting of veteran cadres is the most standardized. Comrade Zhang Zhaolin was always present and made an important speech. He said that veteran comrades have made tremendous contributions to the cause of revolution and construction, and their rich experience is always worth learning from. We must respect them, care for them, and more importantly, learn from them. Our nation has respected the virtue of the old since ancient times, and the "Book of Rites" says: "At the age of ninety, if the Son of Heaven wants to ask about it, he will go to his room." "As communists, we should carry forward the traditional virtues. Yunyun.

Tao Fan has always been respected on the rostrum. He is the only cadre who has retired as secretary of the prefectural party committee for so many years. Because of him, the old cadres have been taken seriously like never before. He thought it was normal. In this way, if he Tao Fan is a female compatriot, women's work will be highly valued; If he Tao Fan is disabled, the disabled will also enjoy happiness. And once the expiration of his influence has passed, everything will be the same again. He has long felt a similar phenomenon.

Tao Fan sat on the rostrum, looking focused. But my heart is all outside the meeting. For this kind of meeting, he didn't have to listen to the keynote report at all, and he didn't have to worry about making up a few words that were appropriate for the occasion.

Tao Fan himself has always attached importance to the work of veteran cadres. When he first arrived in this area, he understood that the cadres here were very xenophobic, and if he wanted to gain a firm foothold, it was not enough to have the support of his superiors, but also to win over every part of the local forces, and the old cadres, especially the old cadres in this compound, could never be ignored. But there are conventions in everything, and they can't be easily broken. Once the breakthrough is made, people get nervous and give birth to a lot of imaginative guesses. In Chinese officialdom, people are accustomed to pondering the words and deeds of leaders, so the symbolic meaning of officialdom's behavior is far greater than the actual meaning. Some people say that Chinese politics is most like politics, and Chinese officials are most like officials, and maybe that's why. Tao Fan deeply understood this way, and did a very artistic job in attaching importance to old cadres, which not only won the hearts of the people, but also did not violate the convention. But Zhang Zhaolin did it too revealingly this time, he was clearly secretly sending autumn waves to me, and he understood that people could see through the mystery at a glance and would laugh at him behind his back.

However, Tao Fan also understands Zhang Zhaolin. The old cadres dance swords, play gateball, play chess, and hum Peking opera all day long, and it seems that nothing can be accomplished. But if they want to defeat one thing, it is not impossible to defeat one person. Tao Fan paid special attention to this during his tenure. He has a principle of not neglecting anyone. According to his theory, the smaller the person, the easier it is to satisfy and hurt the self-esteem. When a lowly life is violated, he can use his life potential to take revenge on the aggressor, up to the destruction of others. Because of their former identities, the old cadres may have had everyone's demeanor, but after retiring, their psychological fragility is more than that of any ordinary little person. Thinking of this, Tao Fan felt that Zhang Zhaolin underestimated himself. He believed that he would be a detached type, just passing the time leisurely and not influencing anyone. Some people say that he has tiger power, but he thinks that it is due to his natural tiger spirit, and he has never been powerful. Zhang Zhaolin may still be jealous of his tiger might? You say that I have tiger power, that's your feeling, what's the matter with me? Do you want me to smile at you all the time?

But you Zhang Zhaolin really don't need to deliberately make a smile with me.

Tao Fan felt that Hu Weizhi's words were not good for him and embarrassed Zhang Zhaolin.

Zhang Zhaolin invited Comrade Tao Fan to make an important speech. Tao Fan didn't get up and went to the front speaker, still sitting in his place. Zhang Zhaolin handed the microphone to him. Tao Fan opened his mouth slowly. The gist of the speech was that the veteran comrades had retired, and their greatest task was to rest and recuperate. This is in secret contradiction with Zhang Zhaolin's idea of inviting veteran comrades to give full play to their surplus energy and support their work, and they are silent and silent. Tao Fan only spoke for a few minutes. In the past few minutes, the eyes and attention of the audience have passed over Zhang Zhaolin in front of them and focused on Tao Fan. This scene left an unforgettable impression on Zhang Zhaolin.

On Taoling, there are more than 20 houses like Tao Fan's house, with scattered layouts, which are shaded by peach trees. The residents are all the heads of the prefectural committee and the administrative office, which was originally built according to Tao Fan's intentions. He served here as deputy secretary of the prefectural party committee for two years and a leader for ten years, and his influence exceeded that of any of his predecessors. Some very small things seem to have his shadow flickering in the middle. The peach tree on the hill in the courtyard of the organ was planted by him, the name of the mountain Taoling was given by him, the Taoyuan Hotel at the west end of Taoling was named by him, and the four words Taoyuan Hotel were of course also inscribed by him. Gradually, Taoling became a symbol of the highest power in the region. When the following cadres discuss some mysterious things, they will often say that this is news from Taoling.

Tao Fan walked from his home to Taoyuan Hotel in only six or seven minutes. The main regional meetings are held there. Now that the region is holding an important meeting of the whole region, Tao Fan has been invited to sit on the rostrum. Every time, Zhang Zhaolin called in advance to ask for instructions, and before the meeting, he walked to Tao Fan's house, and then went to the hotel with Tao Fan from the Taoling trail. As soon as Tao Fan entered the venue, Zhang Zhaolin applauded behind him, and the audience immediately applauded. Tao Fan could of course see what Zhang Zhaolin meant. Zhang Zhaolin understands that he is young and wants to use him to suppress the formation, and second, he can also show respect for him and win his support. Tao Fan was reluctant to attend the meeting in his heart, and it was inconvenient to refuse.

Tao Fan never expressed opinions contrary to Zhang Zhaolin's at the meeting, and his speeches were all affirmations and deeper elaborations of Zhang Zhaolin's speeches. The exception to his speech at the meeting of veteran cadres was his hidden wit. He not only wanted to confess his detached attitude of no longer interfering in political affairs, but he was indeed a little dissatisfied with Zhang Zhaolin's unusually important attention to the work of veteran cadres.

One day, Mrs. told Tao Fan that she would try not to attend meetings in the future, and that she would retire when she retired.

Tao Fan said, how can I go? Zhang Zhaolin always has to invite himself.

Tao Fan felt some kind of off-string sound from Madame, but he didn't show it. Madame never interfered in his affairs for no reason, and she must have heard something. But he didn't want to hear the details, as long as he understood the meaning. This is also his usual style, and he does not tire of the things that need to be figured out; And there are some things that he doesn't ask, and you don't even mention them.

Madame did hear something. Outsiders didn't dare to say anything in front of her, but when Tao Tao came home yesterday, he took advantage of his father's absence and said a few words. I don't talk about any details, just talk about my father's retirement, don't let him worry about others, and sit on the rostrum to give instructions, which is thankless in the end. She didn't dare to tell her father, so she had to ask her mother to convey her opinion.

Tao Tao's words can still make people feel a kind of emotion, and Mrs. was startled when she heard it, knowing that there must be bad discussions outside. She is also like a husband and does not ask for details. But when the words came out of her mouth, they were very peaceful, just a very ordinary exhortation, like any wife persuading her husband.

The one who really heard the discussion with his own ears was Guan Yinda. No one who knew him said anything, and he heard it by chance. Last week, he went to a meeting in the province, and a few people in the sleeper compartment bragged about Tao Fan. This carriage is basically for passengers from the region. They say that Tao Fan is now the "Empress Cixi" of the region, and he listens to the government. Zhang Zhaolin can't do anything about him, he has to ask him for everything, and he has to be invited to be present at a conference. Zhang Zhaolin is not an idle person, but his prestige is not enough for the time being, and he also needs to borrow Tao Fan. After Zhang Zhaolin hardened, it was Guan Yinda who suffered. Guan Yinda, you don't know? Tao Fan's son-in-law, who is the deputy secretary of the county party committee below, is best friends with me, and we joked as soon as we met.

The benevolent brother who claimed to be his friend, Guan Yinda didn't know it, and he didn't know which way it was? In any case, Guan Yinda knew that this discussion was not without origin. He had long felt strange, as shrewd as Tao Fan, how could he behave like this? Once, when a deputy county magistrate came back from a meeting of township enterprises in the region, he said to Guan Yinda, the level of your old man's speech is really admirable, and in just ten minutes, everything he said sounded like Secretary Zhang had spoken, which made people feel more profound and convincing. Guan Yinda knew that the deputy county magistrate's words naturally meant to be flattering, but they were indeed not lies. With the level of this old man, he can feel that Tao Fan's speech is a step higher, and of course others can also feel it, so Zhang Zhaolin needless to say. That's not a good thing.

Of course, it is inconvenient for Guan Yinda to directly state his views with Tao Fan. He spoke to Tao Tao more directly than Tao Fan and his wife. He told Tao Tao about the general discussion outside. Tao Tao said that Dad is really. But she could only tell her mother tactfully.

In this way, what Guan Yinda heard was a scathing discussion, and after layers of buffering, when it reached Tao Fan's ears, he didn't say anything about the details, and there was not even a trace of emotional color. Tao Fan, on the other hand, is like a seasoned angler, and from the slight shaking of the buoy, he can accurately judge whether the water is safe and sound, or how big the fish are hooked, or the dark waves.

Tao Fan was a little involuntary. He knew that Zhang Zhaolin needed him, and when he didn't need him, he would feel that it was not easy to get rid of him. He himself had to have a plausible excuse to excuse himself. Sooner or later, there will be discussions, and he knows that. Now Madame had finally reminded him.

Tao Fan finally put aside all mundane affairs and relaxed at home. The days are not very lonely, I am a scholar, reading, writing, painting and painting, but I am also leisurely. The only way to communicate with the outside world is to read the newspaper. The world's major events should be grasped at all times, but the things around you are ignored. Madame is very tacit and never talks about outside things at home. As soon as Mrs. went to work, there were only him and sister-in-law Wang at home. Sister-in-law Wang is light-hearted, and Tao Fan can hardly feel her existence. On a whim, he actually wrote Tao Yuanming's "knot in the human realm, without the noise of cars and horses; How can you ask you? The heart is far away from itself! "It's like a hermit. Living in the downtown area, if the heart is idle, it is a true hermit.

But the hermit's state of mind was soon shattered by a mundane incident. The Bureau of Veteran Cadres has been planning to build an activity center for veteran cadres for many years, but Tao Fan has not approved it when he was in office. His main strategy for winning over veteran cadres was to solve some specific difficulties for them personally, and to put it bluntly, to do some personal things for others. As for the repair of the activity center for veteran cadres, although it is related to the vital interests of veteran cadres, it is a public matter, and he does not approve it, and he must not offend any specific veteran cadre, and his image among veteran cadres will not be damaged in the slightest. Put it on the table, and everyone understands. The finances are not rich, there is no money to repair schools, and five or six million yuan is spent to repair the activity center for old cadres, and the masses will have opinions! Now that he has stepped down, the veteran cadres bureau has reported to the prefectural party committee and administrative office. Due to rising prices, the budget is now seven or eight million. Zhang Zhaolin received this report, which was very difficult to handle. Don't approve it, the veteran cadres bureau has reported it for many years, and other cities have repaired it. Approve it, and it goes against Tao Fan's usual opinion. His original intention was to approve it, but the reason had nothing to do with the intention of attaching importance to the old cadres. It turned out that the leaders of the prefectural party committee and administrative office who were newly proposed still live in the houses of cadres at the county and department level. I want to repair the department-level cadre building, but it is hindered that the old cadre activity center has not been repaired, and it is inconvenient to move. Faced with a dilemma, he told the director of the bureau with the veteran cadres bureau that our region is financially poor and cannot be compared with other prefectures and cities. It's hard, I'm sure the old comrades will understand. In my opinion, it can be slowed down. Please ask Comrade Tao Fan, if he agrees to repair, I will obey. Lao Xiang, Comrade Tao Fan, you have to pay attention to the method!

comprehended Zhang Zhaolin's intentions to the director and ran to report to Tao Fan for instructions. As soon as Tao Fan heard it, he knew that it was Zhang Zhaolin who pushed him over, and he was unhappy and interrupted Director Xiang's words. You don't need to report to me, I'm a common person now, what else do I want to report? I didn't agree with it, but now that I've retired, I'm also an old cadre, and I said that I can fix it, what kind of person have I become? It is right that there is a policy for the construction of recreational facilities for veteran cadres. But we also have to start from reality! We, the veteran comrades, should also be considerate of the country's difficulties, and should not become aristocratic when we become cadres. We can still play goalball, and there are so many old farmers and old workers, what are they going to do?

Tao Fan rarely got so angry, so he politely sent Xiang to the intersection outside the small courtyard, shook hands again and again, and appeased him for a while.

The next morning, Tao Fan received an inexplicable anonymous phone call, telling him to be smarter. The voice was fierce and hoarse, and when you heard it, you knew it was disguised. Tao Fan blushed with anger, but he was not afraid.

After a few days, Tao Fan couldn't figure out the origin of this call. It was completely an underworld posture, but he had never directly provoked any wicked people. His phone number is also confidential and not known to the general public. Mrs. was so frightened that she asked if she wanted Director Hu of the Public Security Department to come. Tao Fan said that it was inappropriate, I don't know how many bizarre statements would be introduced, which was equivalent to stripping off his butt for others to see. He thought about it and could only call the post office and change his phone number.

But after a few days of purification, the anonymous call came again, and it was even more vicious and vicious. This time really surprised Tao Fan. This phone number, he only told the main head of the prefectural party committee and the administrative office and his daughter, why did it leak out so quickly? This small area has nothing to do with anonymous phone calls.

Guan Yinda and Tao Tao came home. Guan Yinda concluded that the call was related to the matter of the activity center of the old cadres. How can it be? Tao Fan was stunned when he heard this. Guan Yinda analyzed that it was clear that as soon as the news of the old cadre activity center came out, the construction Baotou would step up their activities. Some people thought that this time it would definitely be approved, so they accepted the benefits of Baotou. You don't want to repair a word now, Baotou gave a gift for nothing is a trivial matter, the important thing is to lose a big business, why don't you hate you?

Tao Fan listened to Guan Yinda's inference, and walked around the living room in anger. Are these people such bastards?

Guan Yinda understood who Tao Fan was referring to, so he said that he couldn't be sure who received the benefits of Baotou, and he couldn't find out if he checked it. But it is certain that the anonymous call was not made by anyone. Those Baotou are hooligans, and no one has taught them to do the same.

Tao Tao trembled with fright, and ran to tighten the curtains, as if he was afraid that a big man would fly in with a black rumbling outside. She persuaded her father to let her repair it, for fear that she would use up your money?

Madame also said yes, it's none of your business in the first place, why are you doing it?

Never before had anyone been so bold in disobeying him since he came into power, and he felt that he had been greatly humiliated. said indignantly, I didn't want to care about it, they wanted this, I resolutely refused to let me repair, see what happened to me?

Guan Yinda rarely went straight to discuss issues with Tao Fan as he did today. General things, with Tao Fan's understanding, one point is clear, and talking more about it is not only cumbersome, but also suspected of being clever. But Tao Fan has been in a high place in the past few years, and the real situation in the outside world is becoming more and more unclear to him. So he felt the need to be more direct. He also vaguely felt Zhang Zhaolin's true attitude on this matter from Liu Peilong. Tao Fan walked back and forth in the living room for a while, calmed down a little, and sat back in place. Guan Yinda gently persuaded a few words. Tao Fan didn't say a word. The cold wind outside the window is tight, and it is already a harsh winter.

The next day, Tao Fan dialed Zhang Zhaolin's phone. He said that in the past few days, he has had a fight with some old comrades, and they all demanded that the activity center be repaired. The veteran comrades also understood the financial difficulties and said that the budget could be suppressed. I think this opinion can be considered. This is the debt I owe, and now it's up to you to settle it. Zhang Zhaolin said, I used to do what you meant, slow down, and wait until the financial situation is better. But in this paragraph, I always receive letters from old cadres, and I am still very angry. It's all old chiefs, and I have to take it hard. Well, the prefectural committee will study it again and try to settle it.

After making this call, Tao Fan felt a sense of despair. This is probably what it feels like for a battle-hardened general to raise a white flag for the first time.

Tao Fan lived a very comfortable life. One day, he happened to see a notice in a local daily newspaper with a prize, and his feelings became complicated again. Originally, an 18-storey building of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was completed, and the calligraphy works of the four characters of "Financial Building" were collected from the society, and the recipients could get a bonus of 10,000 yuan. In fact, Mrs. had already seen this notice and felt strange, so she hid it. But Tao Fan didn't miss the newspaper for a day, and he spent several days asking where the newspaper went. Madame made a casual appearance and said that she didn't know where to put it. But the sister-in-law was very responsible, and she found it after a long time. Tao Fan guessed that the newspaper was deliberately put away by his wife. Mrs. has good intentions, and it can be seen that she is very pitiful. Usually, those units that he thought had a little face came to him and asked him to inscribe the signboard. He understood that some people used this to get closer, and he didn't embarrass them. As long as you have time, you can write a pen, of course, and you don't take a penny. There are also a few people who privately discussed, saying that the secretary of the prefectural party committee has too many words and is not serious. He didn't care, saying that Guo Moruo didn't even have the brand of Beijing Xidan Vegetable Market, and I Tao Fan didn't have Guo Lao's dignity.

Nowadays, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has started to solicit prizes, isn't it very interesting?

The old cadre Lao Shen is confused, and he is called an old god, which means neurotic. The old gods come to graffiti all the time, and it has a taste. One day, he went to Tao Fan and encouraged Tao Fan to participate in the prize competition. The old god is a nosy person, and he heard the ins and outs of the word contest somewhere. It turned out that President Li of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China went to ask Secretary Zhang to write an inscription, and Secretary Zhang said that the financial building is a century-old plan, and it is best not to ask the leaders to write the inscription, nor to invite the celebrity to write the inscription, but simply carry out the reform and come to the inscription with a prize.

Tao Fan naturally would not participate in this event. Knowing what happened, he also expressed his understanding, but he felt uncomfortable. That night, President Li of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China came to visit. After sitting down, I talked a lot about not coming to visit in a long time. This Lao Li has always been good in his impression, is he not worried about the matter of recruiting words? After talking about it for a long time, President Li really talked about it. He said that for the sake of face, he went to ask Secretary Zhang for an inscription. I thought that Secretary Zhang would definitely be humble and push the question to Secretary Tao. But Secretary Zhang was so sure, which he didn't expect in advance.

Tao Fan laughed loudly, Lao Li, you are not allowed to sue Comrade Zhaolin in front of me! Comrade Zhaolin's opinion is correct. In my opinion, this is not just a simple activity to solicit words, but also a small ideological emancipation movement in our isolated mountainous area! You conveyed my suggestion to the newspaper that a discussion could be organized on this contest so that the people of the whole region can enhance their awareness of respecting knowledge, talent, and intellectual labor.

Governor Li nodded yes. Secretary Tao always looks at the problem from a higher angle than us, and the leader is the leader.

The newspaper has set up a special column called "Word Competition", which publishes several shortlisted works at a time, and distributes one or two discussion articles. Tao Fan was very attentive to the calligraphy works, but he was not concerned about the discussion articles organized according to his suggestions. After a month of fighting, the best work was finally selected. The recruits are a secondary school teacher. Tao Fan carefully read the profile of this person and seemed familiar. After thinking about it for a while, I remembered that I had dealt with this teacher. It turned out that during Tao Fan's tenure, some people who could paint a few strokes always wanted to associate with him in the name of learning calligraphy, and the intention was self-evident. Once, a teacher from a rural middle school wrote to him, asking to be transferred to the city, stating a number of reasons, and attached a picture of "Han Mo Yuan" in the middle hall of the letter, with the next words "Please Mr. Tao Fan Yazheng". The words are a bit of a bone, Tao Fan secretly likes it, but the words "Mr. Tao Fan" make him particularly dazzling. In the letter, he criticized: The team of teachers in rural middle schools should be stable. Office of Transferred Education Commission.

Now the middle school teacher has both bonuses and job transfers, and double happiness is coming. Things in the world are really interesting.

The matter of collecting words set off a little wave in Tao Fan's heart, and it soon passed. But some of Zhang Zhaolin's words reached his ears and made him a little angry. It is said that at a meeting, Zhang Zhaolin talked about the issue of raising the level of leadership, and called on leading cadres at all levels to step up their study, update their knowledge, and strive to be generalists while having a certain degree of expertise, especially to understand economic work, and not to be satisfied with their own skills and skills. Zhang Zhaolin's words are also impeccable, but Tao Fan thought about it together with the matter of Zhengzi, and he felt that it was an insinuation against him.

Tao Tao ran to his parents for three days in this period, came alone, and lived for a few days. Tao Fan and his family felt strange. Mom said, you have to pay attention to the influence, if you don't go to work, Yinda is not good in the county.

Tao Tao said, I took personal leave and sick leave, and I took sick leave and public vacation, whose business is it?

When the mother saw her daughter speaking so steeply, she guessed that the two of them might have a conflict. When asked, Tao Tao was even more angry. What's wrong with me being tired and wanting to rest? He's busy with official business, and he still has time to argue with me?

Tao Tao is usually coquettish in front of his parents, and he never talks like this. Today, Tao Fan and his wife looked at each other.

The family was unhappy, and the old god ran over and told Tao Fan that he had found that several units had replaced the sign with Secretary Tao's inscription. Very indignant. Tao Fan said with a smile, Old Shen, Old Shen, what's a big deal, I thought there was an earthquake.

After the old god left, the lady was very unhappy. This old Shen is really an old god!

Tao Fan didn't say a word, just drank tea. Madame knew that he was uncomfortable, but she didn't know how to enlighten him. The room was so quiet that it seemed like the air had thinned.

Tao Tao suddenly started a discussion on the side. Dad, don't worry about it. You are still a virtuous and talented person, and you have been an official for more than ten years and have a clear conscience. In fact, ordinary people treat officials like three-year-old children. As long as a three-year-old child can speak a few words clearly and do something unexpected by adults, he will immediately be appreciated and regarded as a child prodigy. As long as he can speak a few words, as long as his words are not too bad, everyone will say that he has a level. In fact, among the ordinary people, there are too many people who can speak and understand the calligraphy exquisitely, and the level is above those who are officials. Officialdom, that's it!

The lady's face became serious and she called out to her daughter. You're so unreasonable!

Tao Fan waved his hand at Mrs. and said, don't blame Tao Tao, what she said is very reasonable. Especially the analogy of her three-year-old child, it really deafened me! If I had heard that a few years earlier, I would have benefited a lot.

Tao Tao revealed his contempt for officialdom, but Tao Fan got another insight. Yes, our people are indeed too magnanimous, and they do not demand much from our leading cadres. But some of us can't meet the people's low expectations! Thinking of these, it seems that personal grievances are not important, and I don't take the matter of the inscription being changed to heart for the time being. In the evening, Guan Yinda came to pick up Tao Tao home, saying that he was arguing for his mother at home, but he was too busy to greet his son. Tao Tao said, Dad is retired, it's not interesting to be idle, you are busy, only I come back to see more. It's only been a few days since you've been back, and you're in a hurry to pick it up. When the two met, they were also peaceful and didn't see any flaws. The second elder was not easy to persuade each other, so he only beckoned Guan Yinda to eat, and after talking for a while, he let them go.

It turns out that Guan Yinda has been in a bad mood recently. Liu Peilong is about to be transferred to the post of deputy commissioner of the Executive Department, and according to the usual practice, Guan Yinda should take over as secretary of the county party committee. But the news came out against him. If you are in a bad mood and are holding on outside, you will inevitably have some face when you go home. Tao Tao thought that her husband blamed her father for influencing him, and there was fire in her heart. Guan Yinda was afraid of misunderstanding, so he simply didn't bother to explain. So both sides were angry in their hearts.

After Tao Tao went home, Tao Fan was quiet here for a long time. It's too quiet, and it's a little panicked. I often go for a walk on Taoling. Walking and walking, he actually went in the direction of Taoyuan Hotel. As soon as he saw the pink building, he was shocked by his dream, and immediately turned around and returned home. I don't know why there is talk outside, saying that Tao Fan always looks at Taoyuan Hotel stupidly, maybe he is still thinking about the tiger power of the past. When these words reached Tao Fan's ears, he was so angry that he had nothing to say. I thought to myself, Tao Fan, has I really become Zhang Xueliang? Gone with the freedom to take a walk?

I don't want to cause this kind of discussion anymore, so I have to live at home, smear and smear, and chat. One day I felt lonely, and when I thought of the phrase "autumn wind courtyard moss invasion steps", I couldn't remember whose it was, but I just sighed. So because of its artistic conception, he painted a painting. The courtyard is deserted, the autumn leaves are scattered, and the moss stains the courtyard steps. When Madame came back from work, she saw Tao Fan picking up a pen and pointing at the sparse dead branches and leaves. Madame is also an artistically sensitive person, and she feels that her husband's posture of writing is quite desolate. That evening, my wife said, "I want to retire early." Tao Fan saw Madame's thoughts, was very moved, and sighed lightly, Okay.

Liu Peilong has been transferred to the post of deputy commissioner of the Executive Department. This was only a matter of time, but Tao Fan didn't hear a trace of wind in advance, so he couldn't say it in his heart. Naturally, he immediately thought of Guan Yinda's arrangement. According to the original plate, the county magistrate was old and transferred to the region, and the executive deputy county magistrate took over as the county magistrate, and Guan Yinda took over as the secretary of the county party committee. Now it seems that Guan Yinda is only afraid that he will not be able to receive a hand. After a few days, he got accurate news, and sure enough, a secretary was transferred from another county, and he thought that in order to make it easier for the new secretary to carry out his work, Guan Yinda would also move the place. This again responded to his speculation, and Guan Yinda was transferred to a remote county. Now, like Guan Yinda, once the good momentum is broken, the future process is likely to be transferred between counties and cities. More than a dozen counties and cities in the region have almost taken turns, and they are also a lot older. In the end, there is a big belly full of fat and a pair of red eyes that are overstimulated by alcohol. The ups and downs of the sea are an example through the ages!

Madam finally couldn't hold her breath anymore and said, can you say a few words to Zhang Zhaolin?

Tao Fan asked rhetorically, speak? What to talk about?

Madame was speechless. After a moment of silence, he sighed, it would be nice if Yinda wasn't your son-in-law. He is Tao Fan who succeeds, and Tao Fan who is defeated!

Tao Fan knew that his wife was just lamenting the world, and he never blamed him, so he smiled bitterly. Is it any wonder that their little couple was unhappy in the early stage? Tao Fan now understands a thing or two in his heart.

Before Guan Yin arrived at the new place and took office, the whole family of three came back once. Everyone only said a few words about Guan Yinda's transfer, and avoided this topic. The whole family gathered around to have fun.

When the lady retired, the sister-in-law resigned. When the sister-in-law left, she wiped her tears with her wife for a while. This made Tao Fan very moved, thinking that the real feelings in these years are still in the most ordinary people.

Sister-in-law Wang is gone, and her daughter is inconvenient to come back often because of the long distance. The old couple lived a lazy life. The appetite is often not good, Tao Fan said, if you want to eat, you can get some, and if you don't want to eat, don't be busy in vain. The house is often cold and smoky. Mrs. said, Lao Tao, we live like this day by day, it's not good. Tao Fan asked, how did you live? Madame said that she could find something else to do, and if the weather was good, she would go fishing.

Tao Fan shook his head and said nothing. He also had the idea of fishing, but when he thought about it, he didn't have the life to fish. He thought that since ancient times, the meaning of anglers is not in fish. Jiang Taigong fishing official, Liu Zongyuan fishing snow, only the old man in the village and the wilderness, who has no delusions, is idle fishing. And now the rich and powerful are fishing for pies. What kind of category does I belong to when Tao Fan goes fishing? In the eyes of others, of course, it is a fishing pie. I don't want to be in this group.

On this day, a special guest came to visit Tao Fan. This person's surname is Tang, and he is an employee of the grain station below, and he is in his fifties. In his early years, he was punished for financial problems. Holding his breath in his heart, he stared at his leader, the size of the director of the grain station, and he secretly recorded everything in secret. He thought that the time was ripe, so he went to the county discipline inspection commission and the supervision bureau to file a complaint. did not report the results, so he ran to the province and Beijing. I don't go to classes all year round, I go north for a while, and I go south for a while, and I get a nickname to sue a professional household. The unit couldn't help his enthusiasm, but the salary didn't dare to reduce him. When Tao Fan heard about it, he received him personally. At that time, the anti-corruption wind was tight, and Tao Fan instructed the local Commission for Discipline Inspection to set up a special team to investigate. A first investigation also found out that there was a big problem, and the director of the grain station, together with the accountant and the cashier, embezzled more than 50,000 yuan. The provincial newspaper publicly exposed the case. Because the whistleblower's surname is Tang, Mr. Reporter came up with an interesting news headline: "Donald Duck" took out "Mickey Mouse", and the subtitle was that the director of a certain grain station and his gang were investigated and punished for collective corruption. Of course, the article does not mention Donald Duck's own criminal record, but only praises him as a good employee who hates corruption. Lao Tang later met people and said that Secretary Tao was a good official, and those who didn't know the inside story thought that he had a personal relationship with Tao Fan. Later, he also went to the area to visit Tao Fan. Tao Fan encouraged him to go back to work hard, and welcomed him to continue to put forward opinions on the issue of cadres' work style, but he must talk about procedures and not skip the level and go to Beijing in the province. Tao Fan's amiable appearance greatly moved Old Tang. In his impression, all the leaders in the county were full of energy, and Secretary Tao was such a big official as he was so approachable. A big leader is still a big leader! Lao Tang felt that he should listen to Secretary Tao's words and go back to work hard, and later he really became down-to-earth. In fact, Tao Fan is disgusted with characters like Lao Tang in his heart. Tao Fan hates corruption, and he is also annoyed that the discipline inspection and supervision departments are not effective in handling cases, but he doesn't like people like Lao Tang to get everything to the top, making the local government very passive. If there is a problem with the cadres, they should be investigated and dealt with internally, and they should not be publicized, so that everyone will have a bad face.

Today, Lao Tang suddenly came to visit, I don't know what happened?

In fact, Old Tang didn't have anything to do this time. He didn't know where he heard that Tao Fan was no longer the secretary, and there was no one who even came to the door, so he made a special trip to visit him. Old Tang looked uneven, saying that people's hearts are broken now. Where is there a good leader like Secretary Tao? It's not like the one on stage now, who speaks beautifully, and everyone can't wipe their shit clean! What else do you do to make friends with entrepreneurs, pair up, and talk about it in a grand manner, who knows the things in between?

Tao Fan didn't let him continue, he couldn't talk about some out-of-the-ordinary topics with this kind of person. Old Tang, let me give you an opinion to see if it's right, don't follow others to talk nonsense, grasp the real situation and reflect it according to the procedure.

In Lao Tang's opinion, an official like Tao Fan, no matter how he criticizes himself, he should not have complaints, and people still give him advice so politely, so what else is there to say? He stopped criticizing the government and government, said some words of flattery and gratitude, and left.

Tao Fan thought that he had made this kind of person feel pity, it was ridiculous!

Tao Fan listened to Lao Tang's remarks, and remembered the matter of the activity center for repairing old cadres, and was depressed and indignant. A few days later, on a whim, he made a "Tang Yinluo Tuotu", quoting the poems of the people in the painting on the left: Sell the green mountains when you are idle, and do not make evil money in the world. When the old god saw this painting, he praised it again and again. After the old god left, Mrs. blamed Tao Fan for itching his hands, don't paint anything else, prefer to paint this, the old god will pass it outside, and others will say that you can't get on the road. Listening to Mrs. say this, Tao Fan also felt that he shouldn't paint, but he painted all the paintings, so he didn't care so much!

A few days later, Zhang Zhaolin solemnly pointed out at a meeting that the broad masses of cadres, especially leaders at all levels, must be honest and self-disciplined. We must have a correct assessment of the building of a clean and honest government, and we must see that the vast majority of cadres are honest and honest in performing their official duties, and corrupt elements are only a very small minority. It is absolutely not permissible to regard the work style of cadres as a dark mess, and it is absolutely forbidden to make irresponsible nonsense and make false accusations, because that will only distract the people's minds and affect their work. This is extremely harmful.

Mrs. asked Tao Fan to take down the "Tang Yinluo Tuotu", but Tao Fan pretended not to understand. Why do you want to take it?

In the early spring of this year, the peach trees on Taoling were suddenly cut down. Tao Fan was surprised and asked the migrant workers who cut down the trees what was going on. The migrant workers said that the leaders said that the peach trees are just beautiful, and the peaches are not valuable, so they should all be planted with orange trees.

Madame didn't expect Tao Fan to be so angry. Persuade, cut it, cut it, what's the big deal?

Tao Fan was angry for nothing else, just for those people who didn't ask him. I like peach trees, it's just a small personal interest. If you want economic benefits, it is not impossible to change to citrus, but you also have to ask politely!

Tao Fan thought angrily, there is tin in Wuxi, and there are tin mines in Wuxi. Can Taoling be called Taoling without peaches?

Guan Yinda heard that Taoling was going to change to citrus, and felt that this was a big deal for Tao Fan, so he told Tao Tao that if we go back to see my father in a few days, he will definitely be uncomfortable. Tao Tao said that he should have gone back to see it a long time ago, but he didn't understand that his father would be so sad if he cut down the peach tree? Guan Yinda said, you don't know much about your father. He also has a typical old Chinese literati complex, and I can't say whether this is the root cause of his psychological discomfort when he retreats. Liu Zongyuan depreciated Yongzhou, and liked to plant willow branches, palm trees and citrus, these three kinds of trees alluded to the three words of Liu Zongyuan. Dad's surname is Tao, so he naturally likes to plant peaches. Now that I cut down the peach tree, I will definitely not ventilate with him, and of course he will not feel well. Tao Tao still doesn't understand, saying that his father is superstitious and regards the peach tree as his own feng shui tree? Guan Yinda said that it was not either.

He no longer discussed the matter with his wife. However, he has long thought about a phenomenon, thinking that whether it is Liu Zongyuan or Tao Fan, planting some trees he likes seems to be a small mood, but in fact, this is a reflection of their deep personality characteristics. Chinese intellectuals respect the way of governing the country and the world, but subconsciously they advocate independent personality and emphasize self. Planting a few trees is subconsciously erecting a materialized logo for one's own personality freedom. However, this kind of independent personality often collides violently with reality, and even contradicts one's own words and deeds. Therefore, since ancient times, the more outstanding the traditional culture and character of China, the more difficult it is in the official career, and the worse the fate. Guan Yinda contrasted his analysis with Tao Fanyi, sometimes feeling riveted, sometimes feeling alienated.

A few days later, Guan Yinda's family of three returned to Taoling, where there was no more peach tree. The citrus trees have not yet been planted, and the mountains are bare. Entering the house, Guan Yinda immediately noticed that a new painting of "Peach Song" was hung on the wall, and the next book was "Peach Blossoms Still Laughing in the Spring Breeze". This made Guan Yinda feel abrupt. He knew that Tao Fan liked peach trees, but he never painted peach blossoms. Because flowers, birds, fish and insects are not his forte. pondering the verses, it is actually about the love of men and women, and it is naturally not Tao Fan's style. After thinking about it for a long time, it suddenly dawned on me. It turned out that Tao Fan was painstaking and lonely, and used it contrary to his intentions. The subtext is "The face of man does not know where to go." "Where are the faces? They all went to the new magnates. And he Tao Fan is "still smiling in the spring breeze", and this painting can only be deciphered by Guan Yinda. Looking at these paintings on the wall, Guan Yinda couldn't help but sigh. In his opinion, "Lonely Sail" and "Autumn Wind Courtyard" have some aesthetic power because of their solitary height and poignancy, while "Peach Song" only has a shallow Ah Q spirit. Guan Yinda thought that his future ending would not be much better. He is not nostalgic for officialdom. All that remained in the officialdom was pale smiling faces and empty greetings. He considered going to sea, and his friends in the business field encouraged him to go to sea. But he was worried. He knew that once he really went to the sea, he would also be "a human face who doesn't know where to go". Some friends will no longer be friends, and they will often have to go with people from public security, taxation, industry and commerce and other departments to accompany Smiling Face, and use their hard-earned money to feed them. This is something he can't accept. There is no way but to go on like this. More than once, he had thought that he was on a path from which there was no way back. Li Bai "is not satisfactory in life, and the Ming Dynasty spreads flat boats". I don't know what this immortal eats?

Guan Yinda and they stayed for one night and then went back to the county. The house was lively for a day and then deserted. Tao Fan didn't dare to look out the window. The graceful Taoling disappeared. Without the peach tree, the stone wall in the small courtyard in front of the house suddenly lost its aura and became a ruin. If you live here, you will live like a year!

He's been getting a little tired of writing and drawing lately. Seeing hobbies as jobs can eventually become burdens; And hobbies as the only solace will eventually become shackles. Boredom, flipping through the newspapers repeatedly. Occasionally, I saw an obituary about the death of a department-level cadre in a certain place, only the size of a matchbox, squeezed into the corner of a lively news release. This is an old newspaper from a few days ago, and I have flipped through it many times, but I have never noticed that the loss of a life is like this, like autumn leaves, quietly falling. Tao Fan carefully read the obituary of dozens of words, and couldn't see anything, is human life too abstract? He didn't know this person, but he meditated that human life, no matter how grand or trivial, could not be explained in a few words! According to the regulations, only the death of cadres above the prefectural hall is eligible for the matchbox obituary. Tao Fan felt pathos that he had never felt before. He said to his wife, "If I go before you, I must prevent people from publishing obituaries in the newspapers." Those few dozen words are in themselves a mockery of the divine life. I'm not afraid of being forgotten. The sage said, "The gentleman's Ze will be beheaded in the fifth generation." "What kind of character am I, Tao Fan? It's better to go on the road quietly alone, just like going home, without alarming anyone.

Madame looked at Tao Fan with a worried expression. What's wrong with you today, Lao Tao? Speak these words well. The lady said a few words and pretended to be happy, and said something happy. In fact, she was panicked inside. It is said that the elderly often talk about the aftermath, which is not a good sign.

Tao Fan is irritated by the environment all day long. There was nowhere else to go. When I get old, I already have a sense of wandering. This is neither Tao Fan's hometown nor his wife's hometown. The two occasionally feel a little homesick, but after decades of working outside, there is no inch of land in their hometown to accept them, and people from the same hometown have been separated. Homesickness, the emotions are very abstract and ethereal. Alas, the hero I, in the end, he could not find even a satisfactory place to live! Tao Fan patted his head and blamed himself, he couldn't think like this, he couldn't think like this!