14. Discord

The staple food of lunch is steamed bread and millet dry rice, and the non-staple food is fried garlic sprouts with sliced meat, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, plus a bowl of egg soup with sesame oil beads, which can be regarded as fragrant rice and vegetables, but Wang Wensi did not eat any taste. While eating, everyone asked him about the family, and he had no intention of answering, just a few perfunctory words. Li Minqiang asked about the renovation of the school, but he avoided it on the grounds that he would elaborate later. He left the room after a casual meal, picked up a black bag from the car and left.

Wang Wensi came to the company headquarters and saw that Chen Wenjun was not there, only Xiao Liu, the data clerk, was packing up the statistical table. Xiao Liu poured him a glass of boiling water and told him that Mayor Chang had just left and went to the town for a meeting, and Secretary Chen had not come back to eat in the third row. Xiao Liu added a few pieces of coal to the stove, took out a small notebook from the drawer of the desk and said, "I got the progress of the project to be counted by each row, you can sit down first, and Secretary Chen will come back in a while." With that, he walked out of the shed.

In order to be able to understand and solve the problems existing in the project in a timely manner, to ensure that the ideological work is carried out on the spot, and to reduce the number of miscellaneous personnel, before the start of construction, the project headquarters made a decision that the company headquarters from the county headquarters to the township and town headquarters would no longer catch fire, and that they should eat and work in the company platoon of migrant workers under their charge. Work or meetings should be scheduled in the evening.

At this time, Wang Wensi was the only one left in the shed, he sat on the bedboard, took out the cigarette case from his pocket and took out one from it, and took out his small black cigarette holder from his pocket, habitually put it on his mouth and blew, and then pressed the cigarette roll and lit it, and looked at everything in the shed while smoking: the office layout is very simple, more than ten square meters of shed, it is both an office and a bedroom, and there are three three-drawer tables in the middle of the three bunks supported by wooden boards, and a cover roll is placed on each bunk. During the day, I rolled up the quilt and sat on the table. At one end of each desk there are some materials and books. He was about to reach out and take it to see what the information was, when Chen Wenjun came in with a rice bowl.

"Hey, you're really fast! The mayor told me you're at the construction site. ”

"Hurry up!" Wang Wensi said and took out a cigarette and handed it over, "A cigarette after dinner is a race against the living immortals." Let's have one. ”

Chen Wenjun took the cigarette with a smile: "How is it, the situation here is good, right?" ”

"Well, that's good. It's a great socialist momentum! As he spoke, he took out two bottles of Yanghe Daqu wine from his bag, "I have a thorough understanding of your body, and you are also in your forties, how can you stand it if you work in this cold day like the young men." Come back in the evening and have a sip or two with the mayor to warm up. ”

Chen Wenjun was stunned: "This ...... It's not appropriate, right? ”

Wang Wensi waved his hand and said, "What's inappropriate, if the enemy sends it to you, it's a sugar-coated cannonball, and you can't accept it." Who am I? The village cadres of Shagang Village, a member of the Communist Party, and your old friend. As he spoke, he put the wine on the floor.

Chen Wenjun had nothing to say, and asked while smoking: "Why did you get to the reservoir construction site?" ”

"Implement your instructions, and send white noodles here."

Chen Wenjun was stunned: "My instructions? ”

"Ahh

Chen Wenjun smiled and said, "Nonsense, when did I say that I wanted you to send white noodles?" ”

Wang Wensi glared at him and said, "What's the matter! Not your instructions? ”

Chen Wenjun saw that Wang Wensi's expression became serious, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Wensi just lowered his head and smoked, and did not answer Chen Wenjun's question.

Chen Wenjun was even more puzzled, and asked urgently: "What's going on?" Speak! ”

Wang Wensi pondered for a moment, his deep face became a little lighter, and he waved his hand and said, "Alas, in fact, it's not a big deal, don't mention it." ”

Chen Wenjun was even more inexplicable, and said with a smile: "Hehe, you are a person who is talking to me in a daze." You don't know my temper? I like to pour beans straight from a bamboo tube. If you have something to say, you can hold it in your stomach. Chen Wenjun, who didn't pretend to talk overnight in his heart, didn't think that Wang Wensi had ulterior motives.

Wang Wensi couldn't wait to pour out the prepared words with ten mouths at once. But why don't you say anything in your stomach now? The time he came to the construction site was very short, but in this short time, he had already discovered that Li Minqiang's prestige among the masses was high, and he also hung up in front of the leaders. If he says something that is not in tune with the other party in this situation, it is easy for the other party to have some other ideas. He doesn't say it easily, not only will it not reduce the weight of his words, but it will show the seriousness of the problem, and it can also show that he has considered the problem thoroughly, and besides, it will leave room for later work. Now Chen Wenjun has asked again and again, and he sees that the question is about to end, and he feels that the time to speak has arrived. He sighed deeply, shook his head again, and said something that made the other party even more incomprehensible: "It's too bad to do this, who is with whom?" Alas, it's really hard to see through people's hearts! ”

Chen Wenjun was stunned for a moment and asked, "What happened?" ”

Wang Wensi stood up angrily and said, "What's the matter? In order to borrow wheat to send white noodles, the family is in a mess, the streets are full of people, if I hadn't arrived in time to do the work, I would have to die! ”

Chen Wenjun listened in astonishment as Wang Wensi continued.

"Alas, you also know the harvest of our village in this year's wheat season, the drought has greatly reduced the yield, how much can each household harvest? Not much stock. Moreover, most of the households in our village grow cotton and rarely grow wheat, and many households also go to the market to buy some fine grains during the holidays. The reservoir construction site asked for white flour, and Datian sent Mu Yongchang to each household to harvest wheat, can you still have any opinions? ”

Chen Wenjun was anxious and said, "It's just nonsense, how can you do it like this!" ”

Wang Wensi slapped his thigh and said, "That's right, I think the same way, it is credible that it is your instructions, how can I not implement it!" ”

"My instructions? It's just a false decree, nonsense! Chen Wenjun was so angry that he turned back and forth.

"This is a handwritten letter written by Minqiang!"

Wang Wensi saw that Chen Wenjun's face was bruised, and knew that the fire was ignited. So he added fuel to the fire: "The villagers at home not only have a lot of opinions about Minqiang, but also have a big opinion about you, and they want to go to the town government to give you advice." Some of them proposed to write a letter to the county party committee, saying that you asked the village for white noodles because you did not know the suffering of the people, it was bureaucracy, and you did not care about the people's lives. It took me a lot of words to get it down. Alas, how can Minqiang engage in such a thing out of nothing, isn't this a conspiracy to damage the reputation of the leader! ”

Chen Wenjun listened to Wang Wensi's words and became dissatisfied with Li Minqiang. As a member of the Communist Party and a cadre trained by the army, how can he do this? However, this dissatisfaction was only temporary, and he had some doubts about Wang Wensi's words, and also remembered some of Wang Wensi's situations that Li Minqiang had reported to him, and felt that there was a gap between Wang Wensi and Li Minqiang, and it was very likely that there was a possibility of expanding the facts. It is possible to say that Li Minqiang has the idea of fame and fortune, young people always like others to say a few nice words. But it is unlikely that he engaged in conspiracy, although he had an argument with himself on the issue of Li Xiaobao, but it has also proved that Li Minqiang is right. In particular, he remembered the speeches he made at the meeting of the heads of migrant workers in the town and some of the practices he had done on the construction site, which educated him. He felt that Li Minqiang was not a person who engaged in conspiracy and trickery. But then I thought about it, it was the deputy secretary of the village who reported the situation to me, and what a friend for many years said to me could not be true? At least the flour is a fact, right? He doubted his own ideas again. He believes that no matter what Li Minqiang does or not, it is necessary to understand, especially Secretary Tian once discussed with him, thinking that he is a good seedling and should be cultivated as a village cadre. If he really has this to do, then he must be criticized and helped in time, and he must not be allowed to go down the wrong path.

Wang Wensi found that Chen Wenjun turned from anger to contemplation, worried that Chen Wenjun had doubts about his words. It seems that Li Minqiang's name has occupied a certain place in his mind, and he will not be able to take back this territory without a lot of effort. He knows that Li Minqiang and Chen Wenjun have one thing in common, they are both people who forget everything about their work, because Chen Wenjun often says, "It's better to do one thing than to say it, no matter how good you say, do practical things to shrink your neck, and become a deserter when you encounter difficulties, then he is cowardly." "When I was in Xiuziyahe, although I had a good relationship with him and became friends, how much effort I put in! He gritted his teeth and secretly decided that no matter how difficult it was, he had to get rid of Li Minqiang. Otherwise, I will be trampled under the feet of Li Minqiang forever. If you don't do it, you have to do it, no matter what you Chen Wenjun thinks, I have to do it. He glanced at Chen Wenjun, and then said: "Everyone knows that Li Minqiang is smart, but he can't use his own comrades to be smart!" What are you doing all day long? Isn't it trying to get the job done? It's not appropriate to play tricks with comrades. Shaking hands at the top and kicking feet at the bottom is not the quality of a Communist Party member. I have to talk to him when I go back, if I continue like this, I will lose my work, my comrades will be hurt, and I will be harmed by myself, which is terrible! It's a quality issue. ”

Chen Wenjun waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, hurry up and pull the flour back again, and think of recovering the impact." ”

Wang Wensi was stunned when he heard this, and said, "This is not appropriate, right? ”

"What's wrong! This should not have been done in the first place. If you make a mistake, you can correct it. ”

"I'm afraid ......"

Chen Wenjun said angrily: "What are you afraid of? ”

"I'm afraid that Minqiang will not agree."

"If you don't agree, you have to pull it back! Other migrant workers eat coarse grain, and the migrant workers in your village eat white noodles, what will people think, let all villages send white noodles? Isn't it messy enough? ”

At this moment, Li Minqiang came in, and as soon as he came in, he said, "Uncle Wen Si, you can pull the flour back." ”

"Why?"

"We eat very well here, and the food allocated by the government is enough for us to eat, and we don't need to be sent by the village. Besides, this will also have a bad impact on migrant workers. ”

Chen Wenjun didn't understand and asked, "Minqiang, didn't you ask the family to send white noodles?" ”

"When did I say that I should send white noodles to my family?"

"You didn't write a letter to your family asking for white face?"

"No! Uncle Wen Si, the flour is still in the car and has not moved at all. I have something else for you to talk about. With that, he walked out of the shed.

Wang Wensi was stunned for a long time and said, "Why did you say that you didn't write a letter?" It is clearly written in black and white, how can you not admit it in a blink of an eye. ”

Chen Wenjun glanced at Wang Wensi and fell into deep thought.