Chapter Thirty-One Seeing People's Hearts at Critical Moments
This was the call Li Xiaoning wanted to hear the most throughout the whole day. He was very excited, but he was also sad because he couldn't see Tang Wei in his current state. He didn't want Tang Wei to see his broken leg.
Look.
So, Li Xiaoning had no choice but to lie: "Sister Wei, I'm so sorry. I'm really busy right now and don't have time to pick you up at the airport..."
But Tang Wei didn't care. She thought she had a certain understanding of how busy Li Xiaoning was at work. She just smiled and said, "I just stopped by Binhai to do some errands. You don't have to pick me up." After a pause, Tang Wei
Wei then said, "Let's have dinner together tonight."
"I don't know if I have time tonight." Li Xiaoning continued to lie with a hard heart.
"So, I won't be able to join the queue?" Tang Wei's tone could not tell whether it was teasing or dissatisfaction.
"I'm sorry, Sister Wei, I really don't have time recently..." When Li Xiaoning realized that he was lying, the vocabulary in his mind seemed particularly poor.
"It's okay..." Tang Wei didn't know whether she was comforting Li Xiaoning or comforting herself.
Then the two of them fell into silence, and it is unknown who hung up the phone first. In short, the call was eventually hung up.
It's also strange that after Tang Wei's call, the cell phone never came to mind. Instead, everyone went directly to the door to express condolences.
Leaders of the municipal party committee and government, big and small, came one after another, some of them knew each other, some did not, but they were all leaders and they had to be respected. Li Xiaoning could not rest in peace and recuperate at all, so he had to pretend to be elegant and generous.
He looked like he was lying on the hospital bed, accepting the care, love and sincere greetings from the leaders.
Because of Liu Qifeng's care, Li Xiaoning's ward was of course the highest-end, with a single room, air conditioning and a TV, and the area was not too small. However, because every group of leaders who came brought some flowers, later on, his ward was
There is almost no space left in each ward.
Mayor Xue Guoping also came, asked him about his injuries cordially, and then said: "You can rest in peace and recuperate, and don't think about anything else. You saved three people with your life. Everyone knows and remembers your deeds."
, we need to announce the commendation throughout the city. We need to call on cadres at all levels to be like you and set examples and role models."
When these words came out of Xue Guoping's mouth, Li Xiaoning felt a little guilty. Although he was a newcomer to Binhai officialdom, he also knew that Xue Guoping and Liu Qifeng were not easy to deal with. He could now be regarded as Liu Qifeng's direct descendant.
Would Xue Guoping be so kind to me? It's a bit unreliable just thinking about it.
Xue Guoping continued: "What are our current cadres lacking? It is the lack of your spirit of serving the people! The lack of your dedication! You have used your actions to explain what a good cadre of our party is."
This hat was worn a little too high. How could Li Xiaoning dare to continue it? He quickly said humbly: "Chief, please stop praising me. I actually didn't do anything. In that kind of situation, anyone would save someone."
Xue Guoping nodded and said: "Comrade Xiao Li, let me tell you something from my heart. What I usually hate most are people who tell lies and empty words. You are very low-key and I like you very much. How can we strengthen our relationship with the people?
Flesh-and-blood connection? It’s not something you say by words, but it’s reflected by actions. When the people need help the most, if others don’t stand up, you stand up. You are the hero, the role model, and the role model. I won’t reward you.
Who should be rewarded?”
Hearing Xue Guoping speak of himself so noblely, Li Xiaoning really didn't know how to answer the question. He could only say coquettishly: "Chief, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Now that I think about it, I'm very scared. As long as I take a slow step, my body will be buried."
If we were inside, we would never see the sun the next day. In fact, it was all the fault of the old woman. She said she was ready to die, but she was so frightened that she couldn't even walk away, so I had to hug her and walk out. Who knew?
Just after I picked her up and walked two steps, the top collapsed. At that time, I jumped out and pushed her out. She was not injured, but I was."
A glimmer of light flashed in Xue Guoping's eyes and he said: "Just say it, and the pressure will be released. In fact, no one is a saint, how can anyone not be afraid? Tell me again, you rushed up at that time
What were you thinking at the time?"
Li Xiaoning said with a naive smile: "To be honest, I was just in a hurry at the time and I didn't even think about being afraid."
"Don't you know there was an order not to come forward?" Xue Guoping continued to ask amiably.
"I know." Li Xiaoning said smoothly without thinking too much, "But I think that order was given to the fire officers and soldiers present, not me."
"Why do you think you are not included?" Xue Guoping continued to persuade.
Just as Li Xiaoning was about to answer, Xue Guoping's secretary Zhang Hui walked in and said, "Secretary Liu is here and has already gone upstairs."
"Oh? Comrade Qifeng is here too?" Xue Guoping stood up and said, "I'll pick him up." He began to arrange his clothes.
Xue Guoping said he was going to greet Liu Qifeng, but his feet did not move. Before his clothes were sorted out, Liu Qifeng had already walked into the ward, followed by Duan Yonghong, Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee General Office.
"Is Comrade Guoping here too? If I had known you were coming, I would have gone with you." Liu Qifeng said seemingly casually, but in fact it contained irony - Xue Guoping did not say hello to him before he came.
Xue Guoping didn't seem to understand Liu Qifeng's sarcasm, but said with a smile: "Comrade Qifeng is so busy, I thought it would be a while before you would have time to come to the hospital to see our hero, so when you came
I didn't call you." He was also taking the opportunity to sow discord, hinting to Li Xiaoning that Liu Qifeng did not come to the hospital to see him, his direct descendant, at the first time. On the contrary, he came earlier than Liu Qifeng.
Liu Qifeng responded calmly: "Xiao Li has just finished the operation. The most important thing is to rest and rest. Coming early will be a disturbance to him."
"Yes. Since Comrade Qifeng is here, I won't disturb the hero anymore and will leave first." Xue Guoping smiled and waved to Li Xiaoning and walked out steadily.
Li Xiaoning thought to himself: These two top leaders of Binhai City are really incompatible. Every word they say is full of quarrels, like jealous little girls, but the two of them are so graceful from beginning to end.
Frankly, although they are sarcastically attacking each other, outsiders can't tell at all. This skill cannot be developed overnight.
Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Qifeng had already told Duan Yonghong to wait outside because he had something to say to Li Xiaoning.
Seeing that he and Liu Qifeng were the only ones left in the room, Li Xiaoning hurriedly sat up straight and said: "Chief, I'm sorry, I can't get up on my feet..."
"Lie down and stay still!" Liu Qifeng interrupted Li Xiaoning rudely, with a very angry expression on his face.
"Hey..." Li Xiaoning didn't know why he made such a great contribution, but made Liu Qifeng so angry, so he had to agree honestly and lay down slowly.
Liu Qifeng stretched out his hand and tugged on his tie buckle, as if to release the anger in his chest. He put his hands on his hips and roared, "What did you do? Huh?"
"Ah..." Li Xiaoning didn't know what Liu Qifeng was referring to, so he could only respond blankly.
"You're talking nonsense. You're kidding with your own life. Do you know that?" Liu Qifeng poked Li Xiaoning with his finger and said.
Only then did Li Xiaoning realize that Liu Qifeng was worried about him, and he hurriedly sat up and said, "Chief, the child screamed so miserably at that time, I couldn't bear it. In desperation, I had no choice but to take risks."
"You take risks, you take risks, what if something happens?" Liu Qifeng stared and asked, "How can I explain to your family?"
"Chief, don't be angry. Look, am I not doing a good job?" Although Li Xiaoning was scolded by Liu Qifeng, he was very happy in his heart and said with a smile, "Sit down, sit down and calm down."
"Playing the piano randomly..." Liu Qifeng sat down angrily, with a look of lingering anger on his face.
"Don't be angry, okay, Chief! Come on, drink some water." Li Xiaoning began to have a coquettish tone in his words, "The Huangdi Neijing says that anger hurts the liver. You old man, please stop being angry."
If you are so angry that your health is ruined, the entire Binhai people will not be kind to me. I cannot bear that responsibility!"
"You kid, you are still in the mood to talk glibly with me at this time." Liu Qifeng showed a smile on his face, took a sip of water, took a breath, and then said: "Of course, in a crisis, you can stand up regardless of yourself.
In the end, all three people in distress were rescued safely. This spirit is worthy of recognition."
"Thank you for the compliment, chief. Your words are more effective than the doctor's medicine." Li Xiaoning said with a smile. He knew that Liu Qifeng scolded him like this because he really cared about him. This also meant that he had become Liu Qifeng.
A true direct descendant.
"Don't be so playful with me." Liu Qifeng cursed again, "You kid, you must be more careful in the future, do you know that?"
"Yes, Chief." Li Xiaoning sat on the hospital bed, gave a military salute, and said seriously, "Don't worry, I will be careful in the future." Then he said with a smile, "This time, I have made you worry."
"Go, stop being a good boy." Liu Qifeng loosened his collar again and said angrily, "I'm scared to death."
"Drink more water, drink more water." Li Xiaoning offered his hospitality willingly.
Liu Qifeng took another sip of water, then put the cup down and said: "Before I came here, I went to the doctor and asked, your legs are fine. You will definitely not be disabled, so I feel relieved. By the way,