It was a warm and cold day in early spring, and in accordance with the unified requirements of the city, Liang Haixing was assigned by Liu Dake and led an inspection team to inspect the work in a township on the outskirts of Mashan on his behalf.

When Liang Haixing walked into the office of Geng Guoli, secretary of the township party committee, he felt very cold, and couldn't help but shiver, so he took a closer look at his office: in a bungalow of less than ten square meters, there was a three-draw table from the eighties of the last century, and the plywood around it had cracked due to its age; The three ordinary wooden chairs also lost their original luster, some were shiny, and were covered with a thick layer of pulp. Among them, two wooden chairs are placed opposite the three-drawer table, which is the seat where the staff report to Geng Guoli. A red party flag was placed on the desk, which was particularly dazzling in this damp and cold office. In the center of the office is a stove no more than 30 centimeters high, on which stands a long stacked chimney.

This is the office of a township party secretary? Liang Haixing was a little skeptical, so he asked the entourage in the county: "Where are they holding meetings to study the work?" The entourage told Liang Haixing that the township held meetings in the evening, and when the students got out of school, they borrowed classrooms from nearby primary schools.

Just when Liang Haixing was chatting with the entourage in the county, Geng Guoli picked up the broken bamboo thermos, opened the cap, covered it with his hand, smiled apologetically at Liang Haixing, and said: "I'm sorry leader, I didn't know in advance that you came to our township for research, and I didn't prepare a pot of boiling water, this was boiling water three days ago, and now it's not hot." In this way, when lunch time comes, you eat in the township, and I will ask people to make more soup to quench their thirst and warm their bodies. ”

Geng Guoli said, came to Liang Haixing's face, and stretched out his right hand. However, when Liang Haixing stretched out his right hand and was about to shake hands with Geng Guoli, looking at the red and purple scars on his right hand, Liang Haixing instinctively retracted his outstretched hand.

Geng Guoli seemed to see Liang Haixing's thoughts, so he looked at his hand and smiled slightly, and said, "Don't worry, leader, I don't have a skin disease, this is chilblains." Liang Haixing found out that Geng Guoli in front of him was wearing thick cotton shoes and a cotton jacket. Liang Haixing was puzzled, and couldn't help but look at the stove in the center of the room.

Seeing this, Geng Guoli said to Liang Haixing: "Actually, this stove is also an ornament, and I haven't lit a fire since I moved in." ”

After hearing this, Liang Haixing was even more confused, so he said casually: "You have been working here in winter?" Geng Guoli nodded. Liang Haixing didn't say anything more, and held Geng Guoli's hand tightly, it was very warm, but Liang Haide felt that his hand seemed to be a little cold.

After Geng Guoli looked at Liang Haixing at close range, he said, "Judging from my appearance, I am much older than the leader, right?" Liang Haixing also carefully looked at the old Geng Guoli and thought: almost ten years older.

Without waiting for Liang Haixing to reply, Geng Guoli said again: "Leader, although you have just arrived in our city, I have seen your briefing. In terms of age, you are two years older than me. Geng Guoli seemed to be worried that Liang Haixing would not believe it, so he took out his ID card from his pocket, and he was indeed two years younger than Liang Haixing.

Geng Guoli told Liang Haixing that he, like Liang Haixing, had been assigned to work in a large state-owned enterprise in the provincial capital after graduating from engineering university, and had worked hard for many years and had been promoted to a middle-level supervisor, with a monthly salary more than Liang Haixing's annual salary. Either the parents are old and frail and filial to their nature, or their hometown is still poor and uneasy. Five years ago, Geng Guoli came up with the idea of resigning and returning to his hometown to start a business, but he did not get his wife's understanding, so he handed over the house in the provincial capital, the passbook and his son to his ex-wife. After the divorce, Geng Guoli applied for the township head alone, and was just promoted to the secretary of the township party committee last year.

A few years ago, the township raised funds for loans for projects, and the blind investment projects did not see a penny of returns, but owed more than 20 million yuan in debts to the bank and villagers. Geng Guoli said to Liang Haixing that when he first came to work in the township, he made a vow to pay off all debts as soon as possible. After nearly five years of hard work, there are now more than two million debts left. Looking at Geng Guoli's office, as well as the blue and purple chilblains on his hands and face, Liang Haixing seemed to understand everything, so he said to Geng Guoli: "Do you regret your original choice?" ”

Geng Guoli shook his head, and smiled at Liang Haixing, who also smiled. Geng Guoli said: "Maybe the leader doesn't believe it, but I'm telling the truth." I often wonder, what do people live for, isn't it to realize their own value? And the value of life is not only reflected in the accumulation of one's own wealth. ”

Then, Geng Guoli calculated a life economic account to Liang Haixing. Geng Guoli said: "After nearly 20 years of hard work, I have accumulated nearly one million properties and entered the middle class, but with a divorce certificate, it was left to my ex-wife. Of course, this is also my own voluntariness. When I returned to my hometown, I led more than 20,000 villagers in the township to become rich through hard work, and each villager increased his income by 100 yuan per year, which is equivalent to the appreciation of my life by 2 million, and I left my wealth to the people in my hometown who gave birth to me and raised me. Especially in a few years, with the development of the construction of new rural areas in our township, the villagers' annual income will increase more, and my life will appreciate again. Although I work in a good provincial town and have a good salary, I will always be a part-time worker. Working in the township is different, I am an entrepreneur, and migrant workers will never experience the happiness and joy of entrepreneurs. Leader you say, 'Isn't it worth it for me to do this?' Can I regret it? ”

Liang Haixing didn't know how to answer, and said with a smile: "Although your major is engineering, your economics is also good." ”

Although Geng Guoli didn't say much, he moved Liang Haixing, who is also a rural college student, and admired his aspirations. Liang Haixing looked at Geng Guoli with admiration, and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

While speaking, lunch time had passed, and Geng Guoli insisted on keeping Liang Haixing and his party to eat. But Liang Haixing felt that Geng Guoli's township had not yet been lifted out of poverty, and the office conditions were so simple, and he was a little uneasy to let him receive him, but Geng Guoli didn't seem to think so, as a peer, and worked in the same provincial capital, and Liang Haixing talked very speculatively, the two became friends, and he still had a lot of things to say to Liang Haixing. Liang Haixing saw Geng Guoli's thoughts, so he didn't shirk again.

In order to make it easier to speak, and because of the small number of people, the dining place was set in Geng Guoli's office.

It didn't take long for the cafeteria staff to serve the meal: a bowl of tender spinach soup with a few slices of egg drops floating on top, a plate of shallots mixed with tofu and a large plate of steamed buns.

Geng Guoli told Liang Haixing: When I first came to work in the township, the people from above also wanted to be better received in the township restaurant, but the township owed too many debts, let alone go to the restaurant to eat, that is, to go to the cabbage on credit, and the people did not agree. So, he paid for the guests to eat in the township canteen. To tell the truth, my salary alone can make the leaders of the city and county eat better, but I don't dare, because the debts of the township have not been paid off, and the villagers definitely do not think that the secretary of the township party committee will pay for the guests to eat. There is no way, just simply eat a working meal in the cafeteria. However, the leaders can rest assured that our food here is absolutely green and environmentally friendly, and the dishes are grown by myself in the open space in the backyard of the office; The eggs are also laid by my own chickens. Unfortunately, perhaps because of the cold, the five hens laid only one egg. The food I fed the chickens was the cornmeal I brought from my hometown, and sometimes leftovers from the cafeteria.

Snow-white steamed buns, fresh vegetables, and delicious tofu, although it does seem a little simple now. But for Liang Haixing, it was a Chinese New Year's Eve meal that was sometimes difficult to eat during the New Year when he was a child.

When he thought of his childhood, Liang Haixing suddenly had a great appetite, the food was indeed very fragrant, full of nostalgia, and everyone ate very happily.

In accordance with the requirements of the city, the inspection team should give feedback to the inspected unit on the spot. After the study of the inspection team, it was unanimously agreed that each member of the inspection team donated all the money on their bodies to Geng Guoli's township as a special lunch fee, and wrote on the feedback: Comrade Geng Guoli, your deeds have infected every member of our inspection team, and we will donate the 1,920 yuan we carry with us as lunch money to your township, hoping to see the reality of Comrade Geng Guoli's dream in the near future.

Looking back on the past, Liang Haixing's heart was full of hateless emotion, and said to Lu Meishuang: "Life makes people understand and move, and reality makes people know how to be grateful." Liang Haixing said and opened the drawer, took out 8,400 yuan from it and handed it to Lu Meishuang. Lu Meishuang didn't understand Liang Haixing's thoughts at this time, so she hurriedly excused herself and said: "This can't be done, to visit the old man, you have spent more than five thousand, and you can no longer let you pay." Liang Haixing smiled slightly and said: "As the leader of the sub-bureau, I also have responsibilities, and it is also appropriate to share some of them." ”

Lu Meishuang's attitude seemed to be very resolute, and said: "That's not good, instead of letting you take over, it's better for me to think of a way and deal with it slowly." Liang Haixing understood Lu Meishuang's thoughts, although he was not in charge of finance, he seemed to feel that Lu Meishuang's approach was a little inappropriate, so he said: "No more disputes, leave the invoice to me, and I'll see if I can let the hall help deal with it." ”

Seeing that Liang Haixing's words had come to this, Lu Meishuang couldn't insist anymore, handed the invoice to Liang Haixing, and walked out of his office with Liang Haixing's money.

What Liang Haixing categorically didn't expect was that this matter would bring him a lot of trouble. I don't know who reported the matter to the hall, saying that Liang Haixing secretly drove and hit the old man, and took the invoice to the hall for reimbursement.

Liang Haixing thought that as the leader of the sub-bureau, the whole matter was handled by himself, and Zhao Liang would not propose anything without reimbursing a penny from the bureau. To Liang Haixing's surprise, this incident actually alarmed Huang Zhenggang.

It was Friday afternoon, close to the moment of getting off work, and he hadn't gone home for the weekend for a long time, and he didn't know if Zhao Liang agreed to go back to the provincial capital by himself, Liang Haixing's heart felt particularly uneasy. After thinking about it, the phone on the desk rang, and when he looked at the caller ID Huang Zhenggang's office phone, suddenly, Liang Haixing felt at a loss in his heart, and he didn't know what was going on, and in a panic, Liang Haixing picked up the phone on the desk.