Chapter 57: But the Old Man
It was soon dawn, and there were people commuting to work on the street, and none of us had the heart to have breakfast, so Xiang Ci arranged a suite on the office floor for them to rest, and then waited for the captain to arrive in my office.
I sat behind my desk, habitually playing with a bullet, and asked Xiang Ci, "Mayor Xiang, what are you going to do if it is really confirmed that epidemic people can eat synthetic food?" β
"It's not easy!" Xiang Ci leaned against the filing cabinet and didn't know what he was looking at, "If you admit that the city government made mistakes before and redistribute it, I'm afraid it will really stir up the people's rebellion." But it seems unfair to maintain the status quo. β
"How can it be so fair?" I suddenly felt that Xiang Ci was a little naΓ―ve, "The most important thing now is to ensure the stability of the situation, and the greatest significance of this matter is not the welfare of the residents in the city, but the energy replenishment of the epidemic people when natural food is scarce!" β
"That's what I said, but the government has made a mistake, and there has to be an explanation!"
"Are you still young?" I looked at Xiang Ci with some surprise, her words completely subverted my impression when I first met her, "Is this also explained to you?" Besides, don't make it as if you have suffered a lot from eating synthetic food, the dog won't eat the things you give to the epidemic victims! β
"Forget it!" Xiang Ci was a little irritable, "Let's talk about it when I see that person!" β
As soon as the words fell, there was a careful knock on the door, and I had told the doorman below that someone would come looking for me, so I wasn't surprised that he could go straight to the door, but it was a little early! I looked at my watch, it was only past six o'clock, this guy had a good night's sleep.
As soon as the captain entered the door, he was obviously taken aback when he saw Xiang Ci, and he stood up after saying hello, obviously not daring to speak with his expression.
I stood up with a smile, "Sit down, Mayor Xiang is his own person, and he is here to arrange your affairs!" β
The captain did not dare to sit, but still stood.
"You did a good job last night, we'll go and arrange a place for you later, before that, the mayor wants to go to your house to have a look."
"Look...... What to see? "The captain is obviously a little panicked, can you not panic, whoever has an epidemic hiding in his house is afraid of guests.
"Of course it's up to your brother's dad!" I smiled and said, "I've already told the mayor about it, and the mayor is very interested in this matter and wants to go and see it on the ground." You can rest assured that this matter will be kept secret to you absolutely and there will be no trouble. β
The captain's face was cloudy for a while, and he looked like he had regretted coming to me.
At this time, Xiang Ci spoke, "After hearing about your family, I admire your behavior very much, and I really want to visit you, hoping that you can fulfill my wishes." β
I asked, "What's that?" Anyway, we all know it, if you really want to take someone with you, you won't think we can't find your home, right? β
The captain didn't speak, staring at his feet as if flowers could bloom from them. I thought I had made it clear to him, and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go!" Hurry up and finish reading it, and send you to find Jiang Quan's report! β
The captain squirmed twice, "He's very emotionally unstable now, he really said something unpleasant, don't be angry!" β
What did I think, I was afraid of this, and this captain couldn't catch it, "Don't worry, Mayor Xiang and I are not scheming people, patients, you have to understand if you are in a bad mood, and you should also pay attention when you treat him at ordinary times." β
Xiang Ci smiled, I don't know what she was laughing at, and urged the captain to go out. The captain opened the door to go out, but suddenly reacted, turned sideways and asked me and Xiang Ci to go first, I couldn't help laughing, stood aside and waited for Xiang Ci to go out before going out.
Xiang Ci's car was waiting below, but the driver was missing, and it seemed that Xiang Ci had done a lot of secrecy work when he came late at night.
The captain's family lives very hidden, the car turned into a small alley, I was a little strange, I heard that the people in the city have been concentrated in the city, this captain's family actually lived in a small house with a single courtyard, it seems that a lot of effort has been made to hide this cheap father.
The car stopped in front of the door, but the captain squirmed again, "Two leaders, his situation is really not good, do you think you should forget it?" β
"Nonsense, how can you forget it when you have walked to the door?" I pulled around in my pocket and found the small box of tea, "Look, the condolences have been brought!" β
When I came, I changed my clothes, but I didn't forget to bring the box of tea, looking at the box of tea, the captain couldn't cry or laugh, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to get out of the car first and open the door for us.
Although there was a key, the captain knocked on the door first, and it should be the captain's father who opened the door. "Son! Why did you go home, I heard that something big happened to you, and I thought you were worried, and I didn't dare to look for you! β
"I'm fine, look who's coming!" The captain dodged away and introduced the two of us.
Wang Fatzi's propaganda of the city leaders is very good, and the old man estimates that he will rely on those programs to relieve his boredom if he has nothing to do at home, and he suddenly became nervous when he saw that of course the two of us knew each other.
"What are you...... What's wrong with this kid? The old man's lips trembled for a long time, and he immediately calmed down.
"Where do you want to go?" Xiang Ci came up to shake hands very warmly, "We just heard that your family is in difficulty, and we came to visit you on behalf of the city government!" β
The old man looked at the captain suspiciously, "Really? β
I think Xiang Ci is also problematic in what he said, who is not in difficulty at home these days, if you don't go to other families, who will believe it?
"Really, won't you invite us in?" Xiang Ci still grabbed the old lady's hand.
The old man certainly didn't want us to let us in, but everyone was at the door, and it was really not a good idea not to let us in, so he had to let us in, and glared at the captain.
The captain hurriedly said, "Dad, don't worry, it's really fine." The two leaders came to see my uncle! β
An old lady came out of the house, and while opening the door, she asked, "Is Xiaoxiang back?" β
I thought in my heart that this should be the captain's mother, and hurriedly went over and stretched out my hand to say hello, "Hello, hello, we have come to see you from the mayor!" β
"To the mayor?" The old lady raised her eyes to look at Xiang Ci, snorted and turned to go in.
I stretched out my hand in the air and was stunned, this guy didn't react normally, how could he be so unenthusiastic?
Looking back at Xiang Ci, Xiang Ci was also stunned, looking at the door with a stiff look. The captain smiled on the side and said, "Don't mind, my mother has always been in a bad mood, you can bear with me more." β
Xiang Ci seemed to be relieved, nodded and said, "It's okay, let's go in!" β
The captain said, "Didn't you come to see my uncle?" He's not in the house, he's in the backyard, please. "Talking about it, he looked in a direction.
Anyway, this house is really good, the yard is quite big, the house is in the middle, it is really not easy to find such a place in the general city. We walked around the house, and a small house in the backyard leaned abruptly against the back wall.
The captain introduced with some stumbling: "Uncle is afraid of the heat, so he lives here alone, there are a lot of ice cubes in the house, so it's cold, so the two leaders don't go in." β
"It's okay, I'm not afraid of the cold!" I waved my hand, "You didn't register him, is that supply enough?" β
"The two of my family work and earn more than others, plus my parents are old, so they don't have enough to eat." The captain replied carefully.
"I've heard that people with this disease can only eat natural foods, and you two can earn it?"
"At the beginning, the quota of natural foods was barely enough, but then it was almost gone, so I had no choice but to eat synthetic foods!"
Sure enough! I looked at Xiang Ci, but found that she was a little absent-minded. What's going on? What did you forget?
"Is it okay to eat synthetic food?" I haven't forgotten what I'm doing.
"It's nothing, it's just unpalatable!" Said the captain.
I laughed, "I don't think that thing is delicious, give him that thing, your father didn't beat you up." β
"Chief, that's not my own father, but my brother has been beaten several times because of this!" The captain grimaced.
"It's all the same, open the door!" I'm happy, this guy is really interesting.
Watching the captain open the door, I asked Xiang Ci, "What's the matter with you?" β
"It's okay! What's wrong? That's when I came back to my senses.
"As they said just now, it's okay to eat synthetic food! You didn't hear it? I asked.
"Really?" Xiang Ci's expression didn't look like a fake.
"Of course it's true, I said leader, did you see the hell during the day? Why can't anyone next to me hear what they are talking about? β
"It's okay, I just saw that old lady, it looks like an old man!" Xiang Ci said.
A strange stench wafted over, and I looked up to see that the door was open, and the captain was standing at the door, "Chief, don't come in, just take a look at the door!" β
I waved my hand and said it was okay, but I wondered how I could smell like this! No wonder the shacks on Chang Cheng's side are so ventilated, it seems that they can't stand it themselves.
The interior of the house was simply furnished, with a bed with a mattress against the corner, a pile of old books and newspapers stacked on the floor, and large and small basins with ice cubes in them. A chill came to my face, and my face was like a layer of ice when I stood in the doorway.
In the dim light, a scrawny old man woke up at the sound of movement, his wound should be inside the mouth, his swollen lips and tongue joined together, like a bunch of grapes, pus and blood stained the entire chin and chest red.
This is the most terrible epidemic person I have ever seen, I can't stand it a little, Xiang Ci stood beside me and was directly stunned.
I'm a little surprised, it's said that these tastes for biological research are very heavy, and this shouldn't be a problem!
was wondering, but saw that the plague man had already sat up, and Xiang Ci was also stunned when he saw him standing at the door......
These two know each other! I turned my face sideways and whispered to Xiang Ci, "Acquaintance? β
Xiang Ci's neck stiffly turned his face sideways, "He is Li Shan!" β