Chapter 8: The Smoke
Walking out of the township mayor's office, Qian Shumin called Zhao Qiang and asked, "Do you know where Lin Zongming's family lives?" ”
Zhao Qiang's triangular rat eyes smiled into a slit, and nodded again and again, "I know." ”
Qian Shumin said "um", "You go buy something, and come with me to his house in a while." ”
"Yes." Zhao Qiang agreed, but his brain was spinning rapidly.
I have long heard that Lin Zongming's black chicken climbed the phoenix nest and trembled.
Secretary Luo of the county party committee was polite to him and personally escorted him to the city.
As for the reason, Zhao Qiang doesn't know, anyway, Lin Zongming is no longer the original him.
Thinking of his harsh treatment of Lin Zongming, Zhao Qiang's intestines were repentant.
No, it's already here, it's too late to say anything.
Just a few steps away, Qian Shumin told behind his back, "Buy something good, don't pick and search." ”
"Leader, I remember." Zhao Qiang turned around, nodded his head, and then left quickly.
After having lunch in the city at noon and filling a stomach full of wine, as soon as Lin Zongming returned home, he immediately went into the kitchen to look for food everywhere.
Mother Zhao Yali understood her son, so she said: "Don't look for it, I'll give you some noodles, lie on two poached eggs, and it hurts your stomach if you don't eat after drinking." ”
"Those who know me, so does my mother." Lin Zongming excitedly went to the yard to pick up firewood and prepare for his mother to make a fire.
There was a knock on the door.
Lin Zongming instinctively shouted at the courtyard gate: "Who? ”
"Zong Ming, it's me, Zhao Qiang, Director Qian sees that you're here, open the door quickly."
Lin Zongming frowned slightly, even if a hundred were unwilling, he still opened the courtyard door to greet these two uninvited guests.
Qian Shumin changed his condescending and majestic demeanor in the past, and said with a pleasant face: "Zong Ming, entrusted by Township Chief Tian, I specially visited you and your mother. ”
"Thank you for your concern, please come in." Lin Zongming made a gesture of please and politely let Qian Shumin Zhao Qiang come in.
Zhao Yali came out to inspect when she heard the voice, and Lin Zongming introduced Qian Shumin to her mother, but as for Zhao Qiang, she didn't bother to take care of him.
"Sister Zhao, hello." Qian Shumin took the initiative to shake hands with Zhao Yali.
"Quick, please come in." Zhao Yali warmly courteously courtesy Qian Shumin and Zhao Qiang.
Lin Zongming's house is not big, only 30 square meters.
A narrow hallway with the kitchen at the end.
There is a room on the left side of the door, with a window on the south side, facing the courtyard, and a table under the window, and a wooden chair at each end.
On the north side is a kang with a wooden sliding door inside.
There is also a kang in the sliding door, less than five square meters, which is Lin Zongming's room.
It's basic, but it's clean and tidy.
Qian Shumin looked at the situation in front of him and couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
I didn't expect Lin Zongming's family to be so poor, no wonder a college student is just a temporary worker in the township government, but this kind of family cannot have a strong relationship in the county.
Qian Shumin had a preliminary judgment in his heart.
Zhao Yali warmly greeted the guests, went to the kitchen to boil water to make tea, and told Lin Zongming to hurry up and bring cigarettes to entertain.
Lin Zongming doesn't smoke, so there is no cigarette at home, and he was about to go out to buy it, but was stopped by his mother: "I have a cigarette in my bag that your uncle gave me." ”
Qian Shumin hurriedly said: "You don't have to be busy, I have it in my pocket." ”
Zhao Qiang's eyes were quick, he took out his cigarette and respectfully handed it to Qian Shumin, and lit the lighter with a click.
It's just very strange that Qian Shumin looked at Lin Zongming in a daze, his eyes were straight.
Zhao Qiang followed his gaze, and Lin Zongming took out a Chinese cigarette.
Unpacked a box and handed it to Qian Shumin, "Director Qian, please smoke." ”
Thin sticks, the mouthpiece is very long.
How to say that Qian Shumin is also a person who has seen the world, and he smokes Chinese cigarettes.
It's just that this kind of packaging is the first time he's seen it.
Throw away Zhao Qiang's cigarette, take it and look at it in his hand for a long time, and then put it in his mouth.
Zhao Qiang hurriedly lit it, Qian Shumin took a deep breath, the smell of smoke was very light, very soft, and he didn't choke his throat at all.
I couldn't help but blurt out, "Where did this come from?" I've never seen it on the market. ”
"My uncle gave it to me." Lin Zongming said truthfully.
"Your uncle?" Qian Shumin was stunned, "What does he do?" ”
"I don't know." Lin Zongming said honestly, "Secretary Guan and Secretary Luo both call him Team Leader Zhao, as for what team leader, I didn't ask, and I don't want to ask." ”
"Secretary Guan?" Qian Shumin was puzzled.
In his impression, the secretary of the county has never heard of anyone with the surname Guan.
"Secretary Guan Changhai of Zhao'an City." Lin Zongming added.
Ahem!
This sentence can choke Qian Shumin, and he can't stop coughing.
Zhao Qiang hurriedly patted Qian Shumin's back, while Lin Zongming poured a glass of boiled water and asked Qian Shumin to drink it to relieve him.
Lin Zongming's amount of information was too large, and Qian Shumin's brain was a little confused, and he couldn't digest it for a while.
After a while, he asked about Lin Zongming's visit to Zhao'an City.
I knew that not only did Secretary Luo personally escort him, but also had lunch with Secretary Guan and his so-called uncle and Secretary Luo.
Oh, my God!
Qian Shumin was dumbfounded, this honor, let alone him, even Tian Zhibin is not qualified.
But Lin Zongming did it.
What does it mean?
It shows that his uncle is extraordinary, and when he thinks of the people in the capital, he firmly believes that this team leader Zhao is by no means an idle person.
The goal has been achieved, and Qian Shumin doesn't want to stay longer for a minute.
found an excuse to get up and say goodbye, and when he left, he put the pack of Chinese cigarettes into his trouser pocket.
Lin Zongming sent the two to the gate of the hospital, and his mother Zhao Yali chased them out and asked: "Why don't you leave them to eat a mouthful, they are all your leaders, don't snub others." ”
Lin Zongming snorted coldly: "They came to the house to probe my tone, and they know everything they should know, and they can't keep it." ”
Just as Lin Zongming guessed, back at the township government building, Qian Shumin trotted up to Tian Zhibin's office on the second floor.
As soon as he came in, he slapped the pack of Chinese cigarettes in front of Tian Zhibin, "Township Chief, how about you taste this cigarette?" ”
Tian Zhibin picked up the cigarette case and observed it repeatedly, took out one and lit it, tasted it carefully, and couldn't help but praise, "Good cigarettes, really good cigarettes, Shumin, the first time I saw this kind of packaging, this cigarette is not cheap." ”
"I don't know how much it is, it's ......from Lin Zongming's house," he almost said it, but Qian Shumin hurriedly changed his words, "It was Lin Zongming who gave it to me." Township chief, you are well-informed, is this kind of cigarette that has never appeared on the market a special supply? ”
A sentence reminded Tian Zhibin, narrowed his eyes and muttered, "As far as I know, the word 'special' will not appear at all in cigarettes for large cadres, because this kind of cigarette is only for cadres at this level to enjoy, and it is redundant if it has a font, and it will also leave criticism for specialization." ”
"By the way, you said this was given to you by Lin Zongming? How did he have this smoke? ”
Qian Shumin said with deep feelings: "He has a whole piece in his house, which was given by his uncle Team Leader Zhao. Township head, this Zhao team leader is a Beijing official, and the secretary of the municipal party committee personally accompanies him, and even the secretary of the county party committee Luo can't come forward, you say, how good he should be. ”
That's right!
Tian Zhibin was so shocked that his mouth opened and his eyes were motionless.