With the rise of high-rise buildings in recent years, the residents living in this old building are even darker, even in the daytime, the corridors have to be lit up. Early in the morning, my father and I carried our own eggs, panting and climbing in the dark corridors of the old building.

Last night on the phone with my aunt, he thought that he couldn't find a leader to do things in time for work, for fear that the impact would be bad. The government office went to work at half past eight, and it was necessary to finalize the matter before Minister Jiang went to work. For this reason, we got up at dawn, in fact, I stayed awake all night, and as soon as I closed my eyes, my parents' worried eyes kept coming to mind, and their helpless sighs, like a muffled thunderbolt smashing into my chest, and the pain almost suffocated me. After the results of the physical examination came out, the atmosphere at home became extremely delicate, someone called every once in a while, some relatives and friends asked about the results, and some leading cadres expressed concern, and the most tangled thing was that Deng Bing, this kid, was really admitted to the 41st Division, and I still had no news.

For my aunt, I have an instinctive fear in my heart, this former math teacher, since the first grade of primary school, has carried out inhumane discipline and suppression on me, my parents can always be the first to report the crime of skipping class, and after returning home, it is indispensable to be tortured, until the merger of farm and primary school I was able to be freed.

"Ding Dong, Ding Dong" I rang the doorbell in fear, and after a while, the door opened, and out came a well-dressed old gentleman.

"Xiao Tian is here, let's come in and sit down" My aunt's amiable appearance surprised me, if it weren't for his still dark skin, I really thought I had recognized the wrong person. In the countryside, teachers are half peasants, and when there are no classes, they have to go home to farm, and their dark skin is the biggest difference between them and teachers in the city. Time is a pig-killing knife, and it can change a person so thoroughly, and now he is the grandfather of two children, and his temper is naturally better.

"I came in a hurry, I didn't buy anything, I didn't buy anything, I bought a gift for my child," the father said, and presented a red envelope with a thousand yuan in it.

"Xiaoyu (my father's nickname), what are you doing here?" The old man frowned, the people's teachers of his era were very loyal and upright, and they cared more about spiritual purity than material satisfaction. Most of the rural teachers have been poor all their lives, and they have resolutely taken root in the countryside, and people who have reached such a spiritual height can really regard money as dung.

"For the sake of the child's future, I will help if I can help, it is not easy to make money in the countryside, facing the loess with my back to the sky, and I can save a few cents at the end of the year? In the field of education, a person like him can be called the conscience of the industry.

Dad was a little embarrassed and took back the red envelope stupidly.

"Time is tight, I won't greet you for tea, hurry up, Lao Jiang is already waiting" Uncle Gu said as he picked up the coat on the sofa, we immediately got up and rushed towards the county government.

Lucheng County was established not long ago, originally called Lucheng Town, after Luhe City was promoted to a prefecture-level city, the administrative level of Lucheng Town was upgraded, and several surrounding towns were included in the jurisdiction, and the county was changed from a town. Some important departments of the county party committee and the county government have moved into the new office building, but the armed forces department is still in the old office building.

Lao Jiang's office is located in the corner of the second floor of the office building, usually few people disturb, he almost does not have to close the door, but also save us the trouble of knocking on the door, the office is not very big, there is a simple old desk inside, and a sofa is placed on the side of the door, which is used to entertain.

Lao Jiang is in his forties, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a board and an inch head, and at first glance he is a demobilized cadre. Cadres of this age are a good time to work energetically, but the teacups and newspapers on the desks vividly explain what it means to be superfluous, and cadres like this are extremely common in the government at the village and town level.

"Minister Jiang, excuse me," Dad handed over a star in the sky, and then helped him light it. In the countryside, ordinary people smoke 10 yuan a pack of Yellow Crane Tower feel that they have a special face, but the cadres are different, Minister Jiang smokes and only recognizes the brand of Mantianxing, more than 30 yuan a pack, but he is reluctant to let the child catch the wolf, and his father gritted his teeth and bought two.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I've already retired, the minister has to add the word "deputy" in front of him, hey, the official university crushed people to death, and the new minister crushed us to death, and it's rare to do something" Minister Jiang entered the play too quickly, which made us very uncomfortable.

"Let Minister Jiang worry, the child doesn't listen to persuasion, and he wants to be a soldier with an iron heart," Dad sighed with hatred that iron is not steel, and handed over an envelope. Lao Jiang carried it with his hand, knowing in his heart that 10,000 yuan was only a lot more, and then put it in the drawer.

"Old classmate, you also know the situation of my nephew, he is a college student, there is nothing wrong with his body, we don't understand some of the twists and turns in the government, you are an old cadre, think more about it" The aunt saw him accept the money and hurriedly admonished.

"Lao Yan, I've been a classmate for many years, you still don't know me, I don't give other people's face, I can still be unsatisfied with the things you explain, it's just that it's not what it used to be, there are people in charge of it, and everything is not as neat as before, but I will definitely try my best to do it, the child himself is very good, and the current policy is good, it is not difficult to be admitted to the military academy in the army," Lao Jiang said sincerely.

Lao Jiang's statement reassures us, since we dare to collect money, we can do good things, this is the rules of power trading, my father understands, my aunt understands, and Lao Jiang also understands. Walking out of the office, my father's mood was much better, and he must take his aunt to the small restaurant opposite for a few drinks, but I couldn't relax, this person, the appetite is definitely not so small.

Just when our family was looking forward to the enlistment notice with great anticipation, my aunt called, and from his hesitant words, I confirmed my guess about Lao Jiang, this is an old fox who will not let go easily.

"How much is missing?" Dad didn't want to embarrass my aunt.

"Five thousand, Lao Jiang said that the money last time had paved the road, and he was waiting for the leader to make a decision" It is estimated that he doesn't even believe this nonsense.

"You tell Lao Jiang, five thousand is no problem, but things must be done" Dad tried his best to restrain his emotions, until his aunt hung up the phone, he gritted his teeth and scolded two words - "corrupt official".