When he received a call from Li Kaiwang, Meng Dongran was accompanying Vice Mayor Xu to inspect Sanjiang County.

Sanjiang County's new riverside sightseeing avenue last year had a problem, this 20-kilometer-long sightseeing avenue is designed according to high-grade highway standards, the project cost is 1.5 times that of municipal roads, and Chu Jianfei of Dongfang Road and Bridge undertook construction. I didn't think that it had only been open for more than three months, and there were many places on the highway that had been turned over and bulged, and there were two kilometers or even a large area of collapse. As the deputy mayor of the city in charge of transportation construction, Xu finally couldn't sit still and went to the scene to inspect it in person.

The group accompanied Vice Mayor Xu, worried, and everywhere they looked, it was a scene that made people angry, a provincial key project, and it was built like this.

After walking along Binjiang Avenue for more than an hour, Vice Mayor Xu stopped at a pulp turn, and said to the county magistrate of Sanjiang in a heavy voice: "Look at it, see for yourself, this is your actual achievement in benefiting the people, blushing, don't you?" ”

The magistrate of Sanjiang County sweated on his head and said, "I'm sorry Mayor Xu, we didn't expect it to be like this......"

"Then what did you think of, such a project, you are embarrassed to report for the award?"

"It's the construction party, we just ......"

"It's just what, you're just doing your duty, aren't you?"

The magistrate of Sanjiang County blushed and did not dare to answer, and the others all had heavy expressions.

"What about the people from the East, why haven't they been yet?" After being silent for a while, Vice Mayor Xu asked again.

"What about people?" The magistrate of Sanjiang County turned around and asked Director Jiang of the Road Administration Bureau.

"We got in touch, but the phone couldn't get through, and Mr. Chu seemed to have gone to Singapore." Director Jiang of the Highway Administration Bureau stammered.

Meng Dongran didn't say anything, Chu Jianfei never went to Singapore, and when he left Tongjiang to come to Sanjiang County, he also received a call from him asking about the contract issuance of Liutong Highway. He was deliberately evading, or he didn't want to come at all.

Vice Mayor Xu was bored, knowing that Chu Jianfei would not give him face, he still asked this, and stood there with a black face for a while, not knowing who to be angry at.

The deputy mayor has a lot of fires that have nowhere to go, and he wears a hat on his head, and you don't care about many things, it will find you, and you can't manage it. Let's just talk about this Binjiang Avenue, where does Vice Mayor Xu want to manage, it's too late to push, doesn't he know the name here? But if the project of Dongfang Road and Bridge is carried out, it is strange if there is no problem, but people still do it one after another, and you will be left to wipe the shit on your ass, and the fire on your head will be ignited if you can't wipe it in time. Since he was in charge of transportation construction, he has wiped so much that he doesn't even know what he does.

"What do the experts from the province say, has the analysis report come out?" Vice Mayor Xu asked again.

The magistrate of Sanjiang County hesitated for a while and said: "The result is the same as not coming out, and the analysis report says that the main reason for the quality of the project is that the subgrade detection is unclear and the geological conditions are complex, in short, it has nothing to do with the construction party." Speaking of this, he glanced around, and said to the head of the quality supervision station: "Wang station, submit the report to the mayor." ”

Vice Mayor Xu waved his hand, looking for experts is just to exonerate some people, netizens scolded rightly, experts and experts are just bricks who move bricks, take red envelopes, receive gifts, how can there be justice?

Meng Dongran took the report handed over by Stationmaster Wang, didn't look at it, and put it in his briefcase. He has dozens of similar analysis reports, each of which is mixed with water, which is even more appetizing than the black-hearted water-infused meat sold by the butchers in the market.

"What do you say, it's not a way to go on like this, right?" Vice Mayor Xu began to think about a solution.

"There is really no way in the county, the project was originally contracted by the city, and the county is only a beneficiary unit, and now the benefits are unbearable, as long as it is not scolded by the people, it is a good thing." The magistrate of Sanjiang County is also bitter and keeps pouring.

"If something happens, you will push it, and if you have merit, you will rob it, and the people will not be scolded for this, I think it is a light scolding." Vice Mayor Xu was almost excited again, Meng Dongran secretly pulled off his shirt, and Vice Mayor Xu stopped talking.

"Mayor, we have a problem...... "Sanjiang County Magistrate cried with a sad face, his expression was both exaggerated and realistic.

"Draw it, draw it, anyone can take a pen and draw hard, I will see what result I can trace." Vice Mayor Xu said deflated. After a while, he turned to look at Meng Dongran: "Dongran, what about your opinion, the road is here, and you, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, are not comfortable?" ”

Meng Dongran smiled bitterly: "It's useless to talk too much, let's try our best to deal with the aftermath." Since the experts have opinions, the responsibility is not on the construction party, my opinion, the city and county will work together to coordinate some funds, make up for what can be made, and rebuild what can be rebuilt. As for the investigation of responsibility, I don't think there is any need for this, can a new path be traced? ”

Meng Dongran's words made Vice Mayor Xu's face look better: "Okay, with you, an aftermath expert, I don't think there's any need to look any further." Just do what Director Meng said, do you understand? ”

"Understood, understood." The magistrate of Sanjiang County immediately nodded, and the others also let out a long breath.

On the way back to Sanjiang Hotel, Meng Dongran made a phone call and said to the person on the other side of the phone: "You come to my room in the evening." ”

In the evening, Vice Mayor Xu went to the leadership activities in Sanjiang County, but Meng Dongran was not very comfortable and did not go. At about half past nine, there was a knock on the door of the room, and a short and fat man came in, calling out to Meng Dongran.

The person who came was called Wang Xuebing, not Meng Dongran's younger brother. Eight years ago, Meng Dongran had a bumpy career and hurt his body, if he hadn't met a kind woman, Meng Dongran would not have been able to go today.

At that time, Meng Dongran was still in Sanjiang. After Chang Guoan left Sanjiang, Peng Changzheng, the new secretary of the county party committee, carried out a major purge in Sanjiang, and Meng Dongran, as Chang Guoan's hand-held Sanjiang Shaozhuang faction, bore the brunt of the purge. People in officialdom are not afraid of changing seats, but they are afraid of this kind of "demeaning" move. Moreover, Peng Changzheng said in public that as long as he was in Sanjiang for a day, Meng Dongran and others would not be at ease for a day, who let them not take him in their eyes at the beginning. Meng Dongran secretly complained, when Chang Guoan served as the secretary of the county party committee, Peng Changzheng served as the county magistrate, indeed, Peng Changzheng's life was very sad at that time, not only was he empty, he did not have the minimum power of a county magistrate, and even a trivial matter like eating was even more difficult, and he had to think twice about finding someone to accompany him. Whoever accompanies Peng Changzheng to have a meal, as long as it reaches Chang Guoan's ears, this person will immediately suffer, and the irreconcilable contradictions between Chang and Peng make everyone in Sanjiang feel at risk, and no one dares to risk their careers. Meng Dongran naturally maintained the majesty of Chang Guoan wholeheartedly, although he would not act as Chang Guoan's monitor, but he did not dare to have any personal relationship with Peng Changzheng, and later he didn't even dare to call him Peng County Magistrate in public. It should be reasonable to be "degraded" in this way.

But Meng Dongran couldn't accept the facts, he had been working in the position of director of the construction bureau for a long time, full of halos, and flowers everywhere, and was suddenly called to the cold palace of the Cultural Relics Bureau, and he couldn't receive a phone call a week, and he couldn't see a smiling face, Meng Dongran suddenly felt that his life was bleak and his future was bleak. Locked in the office all day long, chewing on the eight words of human affection, cold and warm world. Even more unfortunate, depression coupled with discouragement, soon he became ill, erosive gastritis. At that time, Meng Dongran's family had moved to Tongjiang, Ye Xiaotang was in Tongjiang with his son who was less than five years old, and the child was usually taken care of by his mother-in-law. In the past, in the Construction Bureau, nothing was a problem, you could eat whatever you wanted, but now it is different, it is difficult to eat a home-cooked meal, he has become the former Peng Changzheng, and suddenly there are no friends around him.

Meng Dongran asked the then director of the cultural relics bureau for leave, saying that he would go back to Tongjiang to see a doctor. The director smiled: "It's okay to ask for leave, I'll sign it, and you can take it to the Organization Department for approval." "Meng Dongran really got the organization department, and his idea at that time was, since you excluded me, I will go to recuperate, so that you can be out of sight and out of mind, and you are always comfortable leaving your field of vision, right? I didn't want the organization minister to ask the original situation, and immediately reported it to Peng Changzheng, secretary of the county party committee, as an important matter, so a huge conversation movement began, first the organization department, then the people's congress, and then the deputy secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate. If it is a real disease, the county can find the best doctor to treat him, and if he wants to be hospitalized, he must live in Sanjiang, how can the county irresponsibly push a patient who has made great contributions to the construction of Sanjiang to the city? If it's a fake disease, then you have to find the cause from the depths of your mind? Ji Dongliang, the first deputy director of the Organization Department at that time, said earnestly: "Dongran, we are servants of the people and cadres trained by the party for many years, why do we always think about personal gains and losses? First of all, we must think of serving the people, in the Construction Bureau is to serve the people, to the Cultural Relics Bureau is to serve the people, not because the unit is small, but also because the post has changed to make excuses with the organization, this is not good, it is really not good. "Meng Dongran said that I am really sick, I don't believe you accompany me to the hospital and let the doctor examine me in person. Ji Dongliang really accompanied him to the hospital, but after an examination, the certificate issued by the county hospital was that everything was normal, and there was no abnormality in the stomach, but out of humanity and concern, it was recommended to drink less alcohol in the future, not to have any burden mentally, and to remain optimistic.

"Look at it, I said no problem, you still suspect it, what's the matter, isn't it just that you drank too much, and the organization cared about you, so that you left the position of director of the construction bureau and handed over the drudgery of drinking to others. As for the spirit, there is no way to organize it, you have to adjust it yourself, the key point is to maintain optimism, when the revolutionary optimism must not be lost, you must not be pessimistic and negative, let alone harbor hatred. Ji Dongliang smiled and talked a lot, and finally told the suppressed fire in Meng Dongran's heart.

"I'm negative and pessimistic, I'm hateful, what's the matter, my own body is wrong, don't I even have the right to check and treat, what's wrong with me being a war criminal?"

A war criminal has caused a catastrophe. The Sanjiang County Party Committee and County ** held a meeting overnight to discuss the issue of Meng Dongran's war criminals; the next day, the ideological rectification of the contingent of cadres was carried out in a large area throughout the county, and the war criminals became representatives of a certain dangerous trend of thought at that time and were fiercely criticized.

A month later, the rectification work was extended to all townships and villages, and Meng Dongran actually became a member of the rectification team and was sent to Xiajie Village, Shizuizi Township, where the conditions were extremely difficult. There, he met a rural woman who could become a role model for his life mentor in this life: Zhu Xiuhe.

Zhu Xiuhe was 50 years old at the time, and her husband was a teacher at Shizuizi Primary School who gave his life five years ago to save three children who had fallen into the water. Zhu Xiuhe has always wanted the township and the county to recognize something for her husband, or to let the township take care of his children because her husband died to save other people's children, and arrange a primary school substitute teacher for his eldest Wang Xuebing. She ran for five years for this, but she didn't get anything. When the rectification team went to Shizuizi Village to preach, Zhu Xiuhe stopped running away, and took Wang Xuebing's brother and his wife to work on a construction site. In her words, everything falls from the sky, but if you don't drop the pie, you have to rely on your own two hands to survive.

Meng Dongran's stomach disease was recuperated by Zhu Xiuhe. He lived in Zhu Xiuhe's house, Zhu Xiuhe personally stewed chicken and fish for him, boiled green leafy vegetable porridge for him, and later invited the old Chinese medicine doctor in the village to check his pulse and take the ancestral secret recipe for him to recuperate. Meng Dongran's heart disease was also recuperated by Zhu Xiuhe. Meng Dongran admitted that at that time, he was extremely immature politically, only focusing on the present, and rarely thinking about the future, especially in the struggle between Chang Guoan and Peng Changzheng, he was too clear-cut and firm, and as a result, he did not leave himself room and room for maneuver. Politics is actually a gamble, Meng Dongran used to know this, whoever you follow, you bet yourself on. Sticking a stick to the end may seem loyal, but it's too risky, and politics is never so desperate. The complexity of politics lies in the fact that you don't know when the other party will make a move, the mystery of politics lies in the constant maneuvering, the joy of politics lies in the final capture, the whole wisdom of politics lies in the tactfulness, in the sophistication of hiding the edge, in the preservation of strength and accumulation of strength in compromise, and in the pleasure of politics lies in imposing on others.

But at that time he didn't realize this. Thanks to God, who gave him a tribulation, so that he could see much more clearly; I also thank God for letting him get acquainted with Zhu Xiuhe's family, and the simplicity and kindness of this family have become a good medicine to warm his soul. When he was at the lowest point in his life, he found warmth and strength in their family.

When he left Shizuizi, he secretly vowed that in this life, he would repay the family within his ability.

In the year when Meng Dongran served as the deputy county magistrate of Sanjiang, Wang Xuebing established Hongyuan Construction Company, and the first job was found by Meng Dongran for him, including machinery and equipment, building materials, etc. Wang Xuebing didn't understand anything at that time, so Meng Dongran asked Cheng Shaohua, deputy general manager of Sanjiang County First Construction Company, to help him, including engineering and technical personnel, who were also brought by Cheng Shaohua from First Construction. After the project was completed, Wang Xuebing carried a nylon bag, knocked on the door of Meng Dongran, the deputy county magistrate, late at night, and first reported many interesting things in the construction of the project, and then talked about his mother. He told Meng Dongran that his mother, Zhu Xiuhe, was very happy to learn that he had earned money doing engineering. "She doesn't suffer from low back pain, and yesterday she personally slaughtered a pig to entertain her neighbors, and asked me to bring you a pig's leg."

"That's good, that's good, Xuebing, you're also a manager now, work hard, take the 100th person, and make your career bigger."

"I listen to the county magistrate, I must do a good job."

Meng Dongran smiled and said: "Don't be the county magistrate, call me brother in the future, I lived in your house at that time, and your mother will let you call me brother." ”

"I ...... I...... Don't dare to call it, let's call it the county magistrate, I'm a farmer, how dare I call the county magistrate brother, if my mother knows, maybe how to clean me up. Wang Xuebing became more and more twisted, this person did things one by one, when he should be decent, when he should be shrewd and strong, he was shrewd and strong, and when he saw Meng Dongran, his tongue was short, and he was shy like a reader.

Meng Dongran talked to him again, telling him that he must pay attention to quality in his projects, and must not learn from others to cut corners, let alone hold the mentality of leaving with a handful, "You must take a long-term view, have lofty goals, treat it as your life's career, and keep the word 'integrity' firmly in your mind." Wang Xuebing nodded, finished, pointed to the nylon bag and said, "I'll let go of this, it's my mother's heart." Meng Dongran thought it was a pig thigh, and wanted Wang Xuebing to take it back, what is it to collect a pig thigh by himself? Thinking about it again, it would hurt Zhu Xiuhe's heart to retreat, so he smiled and said: "Okay, I'll take it, go back and tell your mother, I'm fine, I'll go to see her another day, let her take care of her body at home, and enjoy happiness in the future." ”

Wang Xuebing smiled innocently: "Then I'll go, county magistrate, take care." ”

"It's also called the county magistrate, and it's not allowed to be called that in the future." With that, Meng Dongran sent him downstairs. When he went upstairs, Meng Dongran called his driver and asked him to take away the pig's thigh: "Let your wife give us a good halo and improve your life." ”

I didn't think about it the next morning, and the driver came in a panic: "County magistrate, yesterday ...... Yesterday ......"

"What happened yesterday?"

"Pig thighs."

"What, your wife doesn't want to marinate?"

"No, county magistrate, that's not ...... Alas, how to say it, county magistrate, you really don't know? ”

"What do I know?"

When he asked the reason, Meng Dongran was furious, it turned out that Wang Xuebing not only sent him a pork leg, but also sent 120,000 yuan!

That project adds up to earn so much, this Wang Xuebing!

called Wang Xuebing, and after scolding, he realized that this was Zhu Xiuhe's idea. Zhu Xiuhe said, without County Magistrate Meng, how can you have the ability to set up this construction team, and where can you find a job? We must be conscientious, we must repay our kindness, no matter how much you earn in the future, you only keep one salary, and the rest of the money will be given to County Magistrate Meng. He is a county magistrate, he spends a lot of money, how can he earn those few salaries?

Meng Dongran almost burst into tears. After a long time, he grabbed Wang Xuebing's hand and said, "Remember, if my brother helps you, you are helping my brother himself." This money is your hard-earned money, keep it to support your mother and two younger brothers, brother don't want it, and you will never allow it to do this in the future, understand? ”

After that, Wang Xuebing no longer dared to send money. However, his Hongyuan Construction Company has become bigger and bigger because of its emphasis on quality and credibility, and it is now the largest construction enterprise in Sanjiang County. Cheng Shaohua, deputy general manager of the county construction company, who once helped him, is now the general manager of Hongyuan. A few days ago, Hongyuan successfully acquired the first and second construction of Sanjiang County, and Meng Dongran, who was the deputy secretary-general of the city, also participated in the listing ceremony of Hongyuan Group.

"How is it, has the No. 1 Middle School project been completed?" Meng Dongran looked at Wang Xuebing for a while and asked.

Wang Xuebing smiled innocently: "It will be completed soon, and the project over there in the second middle school will also be capped." ”

In recent years, the central government has increased investment in infrastructure, and Tongjiang has won many projects, especially the education system and health system, and there are new projects every year, and Wang Xuebing is very busy.

"Okay, I'm calling you here, there's a project for you to do, and I'm afraid you won't be able to pull out your strength." Meng Dongran then said about the repair project of Binjiang Avenue, but Wang Xuebing was silent and did not express his position.

Wang Xuebing's start has a lot to do with this kind of repair project. Almost every year, there are similar projects to be repaired, and they can't be publicized to the public, so they can only be done secretly by some small engineering companies. The outside world only thinks that the original engineering company is repairing and reworking, and it is difficult to think that someone else is wiping the ass. This kind of repair project has two major advantages, one is that there is no risk and no technical difficulty, as long as it is serious, and the other is that it is profitable. At this time, who dares to care about money, just to cover the scars quickly.

"The relevant procedures and engineering standards, you go to Director Jiang of the Highway Administration Bureau, remember, as before, one can't sign a contract, and the other can't play your Hongyuan brand, and when others ask, they say it's an outsourcer."

Wang Xuebing nodded solemnly.