The old man was wearing an old blue Chinese tunic suit, slightly hunched over and leaning on a cane. He looked at Cheng Yiping and others and walked towards the cemetery. Just as Cheng Yiping was about to step forward, an old man's voice came from behind: "Little Flower"
, what are you doing here?" Cheng Yiping and others turned around and saw a middle-aged man in his fifties coming down the mountain carrying a large basket of sweet potatoes. Xiaohua saw the middle-aged man running over cheering her grandfather.
Cheng Yiping stepped forward, held the middle-aged man's hand and said, "Hello, uncle!" The middle-aged man asked doubtfully, "Who are you?" Xiao Hua said, "Grandpa, uncle is a friend of my aunt." Cheng Yiping said:
"Uncle, my name is Cheng Yiping, Cui Jing's colleague." Cui's father was slightly startled when he heard the three words Cheng Yiping. He seemed to have heard this name somewhere but couldn't remember it at the moment. He smiled and said: "Hello, hello, little one.
Where is Jing?" Cheng Yiping said: "Cui Jing and Auntie are cooking at home, and Xiaohua took us up the mountain to have a look."
Cui's father put the basket on the ground and said with a smile: "The poor mountains and rivers, what is there to see?" Cheng Yiping pointed to the cemetery and said: "Uncle, Xiaohua said that all the people buried here are People's Liberation Army?" Cui's father sighed: "The Republic was founded.
In the early days, a battalion of the People's Liberation Army encountered the remnants of the reactionaries here. After a battle, although all the enemy troops were wiped out, almost all the People's Liberation Army was sacrificed, leaving only Lao Yang." Cheng Yiping nodded.
Cui's father said: "After Lao Yang recovered from his injuries at a villager's home, he soon married a girl from our area as his wife. The couple moved to the mountains to stay at the funeral of his old comrade. They have been doing this for more than 50 years!" Cheng Yiping
Turning around and looking at a large cemetery, he was silent for a while and said: "Why not move them to the county martyrs cemetery?" Cui's father said: "In the early 1980s, someone from the county came to discuss with Lao Yang and proposed to move the martyrs' remains to the cemetery.
The bones were moved to the county martyrs cemetery, but Lao Yang refused."
Cheng Yiping asked: "Why?" Cui's father said: "Lao Yang has a very stubborn temper. He has been here several times from the county, but he just refused. After that, no one from the county came again." Looking at the simple thatch
House, Cheng Yiping asked: "Is there someone to take care of Uncle Yang's life?" Cui's father said: "The town gives them 60 kilograms of rice every month and 30 yuan for living expenses." Cheng Yiping nodded slightly, only two kilograms of rice a day, one piece
The living allowance is obviously not enough.
Jiang Hao, who was next to him, took out a pen and a notebook and jotted them down. Cui's father had a puzzled look on his face and asked, "What is this?" Jiang Hao smiled and said, "Uncle, have you forgotten that we are reporters?"
Cui's father sighed: "I hope the leaders can help Old Yang solve some problems in life after seeing your report." Cheng Yiping nodded slightly: "Uncle, don't worry, Uncle Yang's problems will be solved." Cui
Father said: "I hope!"
Cheng Yiping said: "Uncle, Cui Jing said that there are many small coal mines here, please take us to see them, okay!" Cui's father said: "Didn't you just say that Cui Jing and his wife are cooking at home? Let's go back to eat first.
, I will take you to see it after dinner!" Cheng Yiping nodded helplessly in agreement. Cui's father knelt down to pick up the backpack. Lao Li stepped forward and stretched out his right hand to grab the strap, picked up the backpack and carried it on his back.
Returning to the road, Cui's father said: "This, this is impossible, how can I let you..."
Cheng Yiping took out the cigarette box from his bag, took out one and handed it to Cui's father, and said with a smile: "Uncle, let's talk while walking. Please tell me about the situation of the small coal mines in Dawangzhuang Village over the years." Cui's father took it.
He lit the cigarette and said with a smile: "Okay."
In the County Magistrate's Office in the County Government Office Building, County Magistrate He Wenqiang silently watched as the Letters and Petitions Bureau handed over a joint letter from several Yonglin National People's Congress deputies. The letter said that Mayor Jiang Xingming's speech in the Dawangzhuang Coal Mining Area yesterday was very unprincipled and seriously instigated.
The relationship between the village party secretary and the village director caused serious antagonism between the cadres and the masses in Yonglin Town. The family members of the village party secretary and village director were harassed to varying degrees. Some villagers even posted big-character posters on the walls of the village party secretary and village director's homes, slandering them as corrupt officials.
Li Qin, director of the Government Office, sat silently aside. This letter was originally in the hands of Xu Jing, director of the County Party Committee Office. This morning, Director Xu handed her the complaint letter and conveyed Secretary Cheng’s opinion. Secretary Cheng’s opinion was
He asked the County Party Committee's Inspection Office to go down and take a look to see if the situation was really as serious as what was written in the letter. Li Qin knew that Jiang Xingming was promoted to mayor by Secretary Cheng, but why did Secretary Cheng send someone to investigate him now?
Qin couldn't understand.
Seeing County Magistrate He read the letter, Li Qin said: "County Magistrate, Director Xu also said..."
He Wenqiang waved his hand and said: "Secretary Cheng's opinion is very good. This matter needs to be investigated."
Li Qin said: "If I have nothing else to do, I'll go out."
Just when the inspection team of the county committee and county government went to Yonglin to investigate whether Jiang Xingming's behavior was inappropriate, Mayor Jiang came to the office of Secretary Qin Wei of the Discipline Inspection Commission and handed Qin Wei a stack of materials about He Jiaxing, deputy mayor of Yonglin.
Qin Wei flipped through the materials, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, he glanced at Jiang Xingming and said, "Since there are so many problems, why don't you hand them over to the Yonglin Town Discipline Inspection Commission for investigation?"
Jiang Xingming sighed softly: "He Jiaxing is a member of the Yonglin Town Party Committee. The Discipline Inspection Commission will encounter much resistance when investigating cadres at the same level. Secretary Qin, you should have experienced this." Qin Wei waved his hand: "But in principle, I think it is better.
It is more appropriate for the Yonglin Town Discipline Inspection Commission to follow up, and the county Discipline Inspection Commission to directly intervene, and comrades at the grassroots level will come up with ideas."
Jiang Xingming did not relax, "Secretary Qin, I know your difficulties, but now one of the victims, Qiao Juan, is hiding in the county. She just talked to me yesterday, and several unknown people wanted to take her away.
She, Secretary Qin, I hope the County Commission for Discipline Inspection can listen to her statement. This is the opinion of Secretary Cai and me."
Qin Wei leaned on the sofa, meditating, and the cigarette butt held between his fingers burned out a long ash. He was not afraid of checking He Jiaxing. What he was worried about was that the Yonglin team was a newly formed team since the Yunshan County Party Committee took office.
It's been two weeks, and now the Yonglin team is about to be attacked again. Will it weaken Secretary Cheng's prestige? What will the superior leaders think? Secretary Cheng has been the county party secretary for less than a month and has already eliminated many corrupt elements.
Will his superiors think he is too aggressive?
Jiang Xingming is extremely confident. After reading this stack of materials, no matter what Secretary Qin thinks, he will definitely not protect He Jiaxing now.
"Two thirty in the afternoon. Bring the victim to the Discipline Inspection Commission." Qin Wei checked the time and put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray. It seemed natural, but Jiang Xingming knew that he had gone through a fierce ideological struggle.
After walking out of the office building of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Jiang Xingming let out a long breath, and things finally became clearer.
It was late at night, Cui's father was watching TV in the living room, and Cui Jing and her mother were chatting under the lamp. From time to time, she turned to look at the wing. It was originally her bedroom, but it was given to Cheng Yiping tonight. The light in the wing was still on.
, Cheng Yiping's figure could be seen walking slowly around the house through the window. After dinner in the afternoon, Cui's father took Cheng Yiping and others to the back mountain. It was long after dark before returning after dinner.
Cheng Yiping chatted with Cui's father for a while and asked Cui Jing if he could find him a room because he wanted to write something.
After Cheng Yiping entered Cui Jing's room, Jiang Hao and Lao Li also went to Cui Jing's elder brother's room to rest. They turned to their father and said softly: "Dad, Brother Cheng went with you to the back mountain to see the small coal mine. What did he say?"
Cui's father said doubtfully: "I didn't say anything. By the way, he asked about the coal mining situation in Houshan. Does he want to open a small coal and coke factory here?" After speaking, he shook his head: "It doesn't feel like it. He
The most asked questions are about miners’ casualties and the aftermath.”
Cui Jing said: "What did you say?" Cui Fu said: "To be honest, the coal reserves in Houshan are very large, but if we do this in small coal mines, I don't know how many people will die. Isn't he a reporter? He said it
, he will report everything he saw today truthfully." Cui Jing smiled. Cui's father sighed: "Human life is at stake. I hope that after you report it, it will attract the attention of the relevant leaders." Cui Jing said: "Dad, don't worry.
Well, the leaders will take it seriously."
When Cui Jing was talking, Cui's mother had been observing secretly, and found that whenever her daughter talked about Cheng Yiping, her eyes would glow warmly, and she stared at Cui Jing. Cui's mother said: "Xiao Jing, tell me the truth, who is Xiao Cheng?"
?" Cui Jing said anxiously: "Mom, please stop asking, okay, I will tell you later." Cui Jing's words were ambiguous, and Cui's mother obviously misunderstood: "Tell the truth to mom whether Xiao Cheng is your friend.
I think the young man is pretty good, and he is totally worthy of you!"