After Shen Tong woke up, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening. He opened his eyes hard and saw that it was already dark outside. He turned over and continued to sleep. He touched it casually and found that there was a large amount of wetness underneath him. He immediately lifted it I opened the quilt and saw that my clothes were still neat. I breathed a sigh of relief and lay down again.
Shen Tong closed his eyes and recalled the strange dream he had when he was asleep, and his heart was beating wildly. Last night, he and Lan Yue were lingering together all night, and today's dream was full of that scene. Shen Tong thought about every plot in the dream like a movie. A sweet smile appeared on his face. Little did he know that when he was drunk, he had a real fight with Li Maoshan's mother-in-law Tian Xiulan.
Shen Tong wiped the sweat from his head, and suddenly he smelled a strange smell on his hands. He brought it to his nose and smelled it carefully. It turned out to be the unique smell of women. Shen Tong felt panicked, and he thought about it carefully. I was thinking about what happened in the afternoon, but I couldn't remember it no matter how hard I thought about it. I could only clearly remember what happened in my dream.
Shen Tong had an urgent need to urinate and didn't have time to think about it. After he got up, he stumbled to the toilet in the yard. When he stood in the toilet, Shen Tong held on to the wall, frowned, and hit his painful head from time to time. When he came out of the toilet, he saw the lights on in the room next door, so he was going to go over and ask for a glass of water.
As soon as Shen Tong lifted the door curtain, Tian Xiulan was holding the insole. After seeing Shen Tong, she dropped the insole to the ground in a panic. She picked it up in a hurry, not daring to look at Shen Tong, and asked in a low voice: "Are you awake? Ah? Are you hungry? My sister-in-law will heat up some food for you."
When Shen Tong saw that Tian Xiulan was the only one at home, he asked curiously: "Brother Li hasn't come back yet?"
Tian Xiulan stood aside, made room for Shen Tong to sit on the kang, and said: "I haven't come back yet. I heard from people in the village in the afternoon that he found a few young people from the village and went to the county seat to ask for a gift for you. justice."
After Shen Tong heard this, he realized what Li Maoshan had gone out for at noon. He was shocked. He was half sober and quickly realized the seriousness of the problem. He said "Nonsense" and ran out in a hurry.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Li Maoshan and three or four young people from the village walking back staggeringly singing a ditty. Seeing Shen Tong, Li Maoshan shouted happily: "Cadre Shen, your brother is worthy of you today." When you get angry, let’s go back, let’s go back and continue drinking.”
Shen Tong was interested in drinking, so he dragged Li Maoshan aside and asked nervously: "Tell me, what on earth did you do in the afternoon?"
Li Maoshan smiled mysteriously, put a hand on Shen Tong's shoulder, and said close to his ear: "I went to the county committee to sue Cai Baozi today."
Shen Tong now regrets that he shouldn't have talked nonsense in front of Li Maoshan while drinking at noon. Cai Jiaquan had just talked to him in the morning, and Li Maoshan went to the county to file a complaint in the afternoon. If Cai Jiaquan knew about it, he would definitely think that he was the one who instigated it. , he beat his chest and said to Li Maoshan: "Brother Li, you are too impulsive."
Li Maoshan immediately knew what Shen Tong was thinking, and said with relief: "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you. I will sue Cai Baozi for embezzling funds for renovation of dilapidated houses in Qiaobei Village. He still has 20,000 yuan left." He has it in his hands. You may not know. His old boy wanted to keep the money for himself. Last time I went to ask him for it, he made excuse after excuse and refused to give it to me. I reminded him last time. , if he dares to embezzle it, I will dare to sue him."
Shen Tong also knew about this, but what Li Maoshan did was really inappropriate, and thought to himself: "It's over now, at least I can't get out in the hands of Cai Jiaquan." Shen Tong glanced at Li Maoshan again, although The method is lacking, but I am still very grateful to him.
During lunch, after Li Maoshan listened to Shen Tong's complaints, he had the idea to vent his anger for Shen Tong. As an unarmed farmer, playing rogue is the best weapon. So he ate in a hurry in order to catch the bus. After a few mouthfuls of rice, I called a slightly younger man from the village to run to the gate of the county party committee compound and started a riot.
The Letters and Calls Bureau lived on the first floor of the county party committee. The cadres in the bureau got headaches when they saw someone coming. After a few days of peaceful life, another group of people came. So they went out to act as "He" They come as "servicemen" and deal with petition cases all year round. They have a complete set of plans for dealing with all kinds of people.
After learning about the relevant situation, the leader of the Letters and Calls Bureau realized the seriousness of the matter and reported it to the deputy county magistrate in charge of petitions. The deputy county magistrate immediately called Cai Jiaquan to verify the situation. Cai Jiaquan heard the blow, but he did not expect it to happen. Li Maoshan, who dared to do this, must have been instigated by someone behind his back, so he pointed the finger at Shen Tong. Cai Jiaquan said on the spot that the reconstruction funds would be allocated to Qiaobei Village exactly, but since the project was not completed yet, so It was temporarily detained.
After receiving a satisfactory reply, Li Maoshan made another unreasonable request, saying that he had no money and asked the cadres of the Letters and Calls Bureau to send a car to take them back. The cadres of the Letters and Calls Bureau scorned this unreasonable request and ignored them. Back in the office. Unexpectedly, Li Maoshan was so determined that he stood at the door of the county party committee compound for a long time and refused to leave. As more and more people watched, he had no choice but to give Li Maoshan 50 yuan to let them take the shuttle bus. go back.
After returning home, Shen Tong looked at the drunk Li Maoshan and didn't want to blame him, so he poured a glass of water and returned to his room. Shen Tong felt inexplicably nervous. Although it was not his idea, Cai Jiaquan would definitely put it in his mind. This responsibility was placed on himself. He went to bed in a panic and looked at the stars in the sky outside the window. He thought that he had fallen into this world, as boundless as the vast starry sky. Fate can really play tricks on people. Who would have thought that last year he would still be there? A capable cadre of the provincial capital newspaper office, but today he has settled in a small mountain village and became a cadre in the village. The cadre in the village is just to comfort you. To put it bluntly, he is an abandoned chess piece. How can he return to the village again? How long will it take to get to the chessboard?
As the saying goes, people's potential can only be stimulated in adversity, but how can Shen Tong stimulate it? It's okay if I don't get recognition for my work. Why should God be so cruel to me?
Shen Tong shed tears unconsciously. He thought of his family's expectations and Lan Yue's desire. When he left the farm, he wanted to do a career, but now...
No, I have to cheer up. Shen Tong suddenly thought of his motto, Zeng Guofan's famous saying: "Knocking out teeth and swallowing blood". In the early days of the war against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan was defeated in a battle with Lou. During the Jiujiang War, even Shuai Ship They were all burned by Shi Dakai, and Zeng Guofan was so angry that he wanted to commit suicide by jumping into Poyang Lake. According to historical records, Zeng Guofan tried to commit suicide by jumping into the river five times in his life, but he failed. Xuetuan's perseverance and courage finally completely wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the face of adversity, causing the Qing Dynasty to survive for decades.
Now that I have chosen this path, I must continue to move forward with the endurance of "knocking out teeth and swallowing blood" and the courage to go to the tiger mountain. One day, I will walk out of Qiaobei Village, out of Shihe Town, and even out of Dongquan County, and achieve great success. A career. Thinking of this, Shen Tong felt much calmer, so he drank water and prepared to rest.
As soon as he lay down, the people next door began to howl again. At this moment, Shen Tong had no thoughts at all, so he covered his head with the quilt and fell asleep in a daze...