Ten years ago, in the deep winter afternoon, the heavy snow in City C continued, the dark clouds rolling in the sky were rushing, without the slightest intention of stopping, they drove the long-lost sunshine and unscrupulously sprinkled large snowflakes on the earth, even in the Northeast, such heavy snow is rare. Xiao Xun sat in the warm office like spring, looking into the distance through the window, the slowly rising steam in the teacup mixed with the memory of the new tea green emanated, fragrant and quiet. The cursor flickered rhythmically on the computer screen paused on the unfinished instructional document that had been sent to all compulsory schools in the city. Xiao Xun thought that those snowflakes should be very cold, quiet as a mystery, waiting not far away in spring, not daring to approach easily.

A phone call interrupted his thoughts, and he picked it up, his eyes wandering off the landscape painting on the opposite wall, and on the other end of the phone was the No. 1 leader of the bureau. His magnetic and calm voice, which only years of education and political career could have honed, was saying, "Shaw, you come to my office. After saying hello, Xiao Xun put down the phone and picked up a stack of bills sent by the bureau's driver, Master Zhao, for reimbursement yesterday. As the director of the office, this is his habit, he will never waste any opportunity to enter the leader's office, but he will not trouble the leader for his subordinates or just a few bills, and at the same time, this small work superposition will increase the intensity of his "seeming" work.

Xiao Xun tidied up his collar in the corridor, cleared his throat, and then gently looked at the door of the No. 1 office twice, he never knocked three times, because Xiao Xun has been implanting a subtle hint to the leader, only two knocks on the door are himself, and more than three times may be an outsider. Xiao Xun gently opened the door from the office, and his habitual smile followed by a handsome and fair face, like a spring flower blooming in winter. In the office, Director Chen was talking to the guests, and the flapping eagle specimen on the bookcase behind him looked down on Xiao Xun. Two steps in front of Chen Ju's desk, Xiao Xun stopped, this distance is not far and not close, he groped out according to his voice, he can talk to the leader normally, but also will not make the leader feel alienated or oppressive. He noticed that the guest who spoke to Chen Ju was a young and beautiful woman, and her perfume was very light but impressive.

Chen Ju stood up, and the female guest also stood up, "Xiao, let me introduce you." This is Mr. Feng of Zhiyuan Group, and this is Director Xiao of our bureau office. With the guidance of Chen Ju, Xiao Xun's eyes fell on this Mr. Feng. She is really beautiful, dignified but amorous, hearty but charming but not evil, I feel very much like Feng Siniang in Xiong Yaohua's novel. Xiao Xun stretched out his hand slightly slower than Mr. Feng and gently put it with her, her hand was small and slender, warm and soft.

"Feng Xiaoling."

"Xiao Xun."

Chen Ju smiled, "Xiao Xun, Mr. Feng has some business, you can talk about the details." With that, he sat back in his chair and glanced down at his shoes.

Chen Ju's two sentences of understatement conveyed a signal that the matter from Zhiyuan Group could be given the green light, and in order to avoid responsibility and ensure interests to the greatest extent, let Xiao Xun negotiate with the company as his representative. Xiao Xun is extremely disgusted with this practice, this kind of behavior of replacing organizational decision-making with personal will is illegal, but behind this huge risk, there is a binding with the No. 1 leader, and this community of interests makes Xiao Xun's political future bright. Xiao Xun felt the bill to be signed in his hand with his fingertips, and decided to do it again. He smiled and said to Feng Xiaoling, "Mr. Feng, please come with me." With that, he turned and walked towards the door.

Chen Ju looked at Feng Xiaoling's back and then at the stack of bills in Xiao Xun's hand, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, two people!

When he closed the door, Xiao Xun looked at the time, it was three o'clock in the afternoon. Feng Xiaoling changed her restraints in Director Chen's office, but she looked like a little girl, more like Xiao Xun's old friend, she looked around the office environment with her hands behind her back, and her steps were much lighter, "Yo, Director Xiao's office is so warm." She sat down on the sofa in the guest seat and looked at Xiao Xun with her eyes, with aggression in her eyes. A tall man like Xiao Xun is attractive, and his demeanor is elegant and handsome.

"The main business of Zhiyuan Group is real estate development, I read the newspaper that you just photographed the king of the land in the south of the city two days ago." Xiao Xun handed Feng Xiaoling a bottle of mineral water. Feng Xiaoling pouted and snorted, "Director Xiao doesn't even make a cup of tea?" How long are you going to talk to me about business today? Feng Xiaoling's words hit Xiao Xun's mind at once. It takes at least ten minutes for a cup of tea to be brewed and ready to drink, and it takes about half an hour to finish a cup of tea and refill the cup, so this chat may be close to an hour. Mineral water is different, you can drink it or not, a few simple greetings within ten minutes, and leave a phone call to each other can be over. Xiao Xun was stunned for a moment and was not embarrassed, "Mr. Feng is really to the point, I'm so ashamed, I really have a document that will be issued tomorrow, I plan to finish it before I get off work, and I don't have to work overtime at night." ”

Feng Xiaoling snickered and said, "Alas, whoever marries you will definitely die happily, and he doesn't like a good man who works overtime and wants to go home early." I want to come to your place often, just do business, we can be friends in private, okay Director Xiao, you hurry up and do your work, I won't delay you writing documents, let's add a WeChat. Then take out your phone from your bag and click on the QR code.

Feng Xiaoling left, and Xiao Xun was sent to the door of the office building. He looked at Feng Xiaoling's figure, a stunner in the world. A cold wind blew, Xiao Xun's shirt couldn't resist the wind, but he didn't flinch, his reason told himself that this woman was not simple. Xiao Xun was impressed by her acumen and insight, and what surprised him even more was that Feng Xiaoling quickly got closer to herself in an unexpected "out of line" way, and in the future, she could talk to herself like a friend about topics beyond the scope of work, and she didn't have to be afraid of each other's identities at all. She directly crossed the process of mutual temptation, and got closer and closer to the goal. Xiao Xun's intuition told him that something would definitely happen between him and Feng Xiaoling, and he suddenly remembered Jin Xiangyu's lines in the New Dragon Gate Inn, "Old lady, you want money, and people want too." Then my heart couldn't help beating wildly.

Xiao Xun finished writing the document before leaving work, and when he went back to Office No. 1, Chen Ju was already gone. He sent the electronic version to Chen Ju in the form of an email, and if there is no accident, he can print and seal it and send it to all schools as soon as he goes to work tomorrow. He is confident in his abilities, after all, he is a notoriously "big pen". The deputy mayor of City C wanted to transfer Xiao Xun to be the secretary no less than four times, but Chen Ju just didn't let go, and always shirked it for various reasons. Chen Ju also planned Xiao Xun's political prospects more than once, after this year, the city will promote a group of cadres, Xiao Xun's deputy director is certain, and when Chen Ju retires five years later, this director-level position is Xiao Xun's, and at that time, the thirty-five-year-old Xiao Xun will be the youngest director of education since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Every time he thinks of this, Xiao Xun always feels that everything he does is worth it, he imagines that like the protagonist in martial arts novels, when he has peerless martial arts, identity and status, he will have the ability to do chivalry, punish evil and promote good. He tucked the collar of his cashmere coat and walked towards the snowy parking lot.

In a leeward place not far from the entrance of the community, Xiao Xun bought two roasted sweet potatoes for Zhou Yang, and the steaming roasted sweet potatoes were his wife's favorite delicacy in the winter in the Northeast. When I opened the door, it was already dark, but there was no light in the house. The two-year-old child couldn't stop crying, Zhou Yang was cursing while chattering, while standing next to the water dispenser to make oats for the child, the kitchen hood was buzzing, and there was a pungent smell of burnt. Xiao Xun put the bag of roasted sweet potatoes on the shoe rack and didn't make a sound.

"Why did you come back so late?" Zhou Yang stared at Xiao Xun with his eyes.

"Heavy snow, traffic jam." Xiao Xun took off his shoes and replied.

"Don't know how to get home from work early in a traffic jam?" Zhou Yang asked.

"Rush a document." Xiao Xun took off his coat and walked into the cloakroom.

"Documents! File! Lao Chen didn't do anything for a day, so he instructed you to work. The family can't count on you, and your mother doesn't come to take care of the children every day. Zhou Yang's emotions were a little excited.

"Okay, okay, aren't I coming back?" As he spoke, Xiao Xunqian walked behind Zhou Yang and went to report to his wife from behind.

"Get out, it's cold, go cook, I haven't eaten lunch." Zhou Yang pushed Xiao Xun away and walked into the bedroom.

Xiao Xun has long been used to rejection like this, and he knows that Zhou Yang's difficulty is not easy.

Zhou Yang is Xiao Xun's college classmate, after graduation, Xiao Xun returned to City C, Zhou Yang returned to Province H, Xiao Xun is the last batch of government direct recruitment college students, in addition to his ability, of course, also thanks to Xiao Xun's father who drove a car in the Education Bureau for a lifetime, in the agency like Xiao Father to the four drivers are already legendary. When Zhou Yang decided to come to the Northeast, he was catching up with the reform of the recruitment system of public institutions, and the legend of Xiao's father did not solve the establishment problem for his prospective daughter-in-law, and fate always seemed to be joking with Zhou Yang, keeping her out of the system again and again. But marriage always has to be concluded, and of course children have to be born. This crux has become a time bomb, although Zhou Yang has no worries about food and clothing, he can always become a flashpoint of family disputes at any time. What followed was a round of struggle against Xiao's mother. Xiao's mother's family has two younger brothers, and she is the eldest, but the two younger brothers made it clear that they would not provide for their parents, because Xiao Xun's grandmother only loved her grandson since she was a child, and she did not have a bowl of water for her two granddaughters. Xiao's mother scoffed at this unreasonable reason, and took the second elder to her home in a fit of anger, and she was powerless for the arrival of her little grandson. The plan to hire a nanny was overturned again and again by Xiao Mu and Zhou Yang, both of whom were heroines who could not tolerate outsiders. So, Xiao's mother blamed her daughter-in-law for being ignorant, and Zhou Yang blamed her mother-in-law for not being responsible. Xiao Xun is a filial son and a man who loves his wife, and he is not depressed when he is caught in the middle, so he has no choice but to offend each other, but after a long time, he has a bad reputation for inaction and non-responsibility, which is really miserable.

For Xiao Xun, family is never a haven of tranquility, it needs to pay, and sometimes even need to swallow it. But the greater pressure doesn't stop there, from Zhou Yang's pregnancy to the child's two years old, he and Zhou Yang are separated, and the married life in the past three years can be counted. Thirty years old is the most energetic age for a man, like Xiao Xun, who doesn't smoke or drink, doesn't like to socialize, and the only pleasure is just reading, and the restless night is the biggest torment.