The person in charge of the death of the elder Xiao Zixin’s mother was a middle-aged man in his forties named Da Laotian, a cadre from his hometown. When Xiao Zixin was still in middle school in his hometown, he had an impression of this person. This person can speak well, which is considered a capable person in the eyes of the country people, not to mention that he himself has the status of a cadre of the township government. Therefore, when Xiao Zixin later graduated from college and returned to the Xuanpu County Petition Office as a cadre, he initially regarded this person as Cadres learn from examples.
But soon, Xiao Zixin discovered that many of the impressions and opinions he had in the countryside in the past were not correct. At least they were incompatible with some things in the government agencies. For example, the township cadre named "Da Laotian" who had a deep impression on him when he was a boy , only now that he arrived at the Petitions Office did he realize that Da Laotian was actually nothing. He was just a well-spoken figure who had been working as a sidekick for various township secretaries and mayors in the countryside for more than 20 years. He ate and drank with the gangsters and smoothed things over. With him there are not many, but without him there are not many...
This kind of person is indispensable everywhere in rural areas. Generally speaking, he is called "Second Uncle".
In fact, he is just a negative teacher who is not allowed to smoke. Haha, such a character made Xiao Zixin very familiar and envious when he was a boy. At that time, he had very little knowledge, even if he saw someone running from the township government on his way to school When a cat and a dog came out, they were all curious. They were different from the same kind seen in other places. It can be seen that many things were completely different between the young man and his later experience.
However, this old man, despite being a cadre in the countryside, is not very good at being a cadre in the countryside. He is like a dog and obeys any leader's instructions and orders. However, his good scooping skills are not as a cadre, but because he is well aware of all the red and white events among the people. Zhang Luohe's rules.[
Now he doesn't know the reason. Although he is not very old, he has already "retired" and is recuperating at home.
In particular, he has a deep understanding of the hell on earth - how to deal with and arrange things in the upper world and the underworld. Therefore, over the years, various happy events in the countryside (this is relatively small, mainly in recent years, various happy events in the countryside Different types of new wedding companies have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and they have suddenly taken the path of being the overlord Da Lao Tian who has been in this business for many years and being the officiant for young newlyweds. But for dialogue with the dead and the underworld , for a while those wedding companies who had not figured it out and could not control the older generation said that Da Lao Tian is still strong and capable, firmly occupying the top spot as the funeral host in the township), and Da Lao Tian has always been in charge of funerals.
Therefore, in this situation, this special occasion, Da Laotian seems to have the authority and dignity of Shang. He is more powerful than the mayor and secretary of the township, and he is more powerful than Liu Bin, Huaji of the Municipal Party Committee, and they are here. In this case, it was just a foil, but Da Laotian was suddenly promoted from a busy little person to the person in charge of the funeral of the elder Xiao Zixin's mother...
All arrangements must be made to him, and he must nod, approve, and explain clearly.
Step by step, the underworld is similar but also very different from the yang world. Everything must be clearly communicated between yin and yang. Otherwise, it will be detrimental to the dead old mother and also to those who continue to live in various ways in this world and hang out in officialdom. Not good.
This time, he has been presiding over the funeral of the elder and mother of Xiao Zixin, and there are also two deputies, such as the deputy county magistrate and deputy secretary of the county party committee. Xiao Zixin and his family have also followed rural customs and have been informed and arranged by him. When should you do something...
This is really not something that ordinary people can easily learn and master. It also requires talent and talent.
According to the old theory, when an elderly person dies, a three-day vigil is required before the funeral can be held. The night when the elder Xiao Zixin’s mother passed away was counted as one day, and the next day, Director Xiao Zixin hurried from the capital back to his hometown in the countryside. It's the second day. Just now, Director Xiao Zixin and Municipal Party Committee Secretary Liu Bin went to see off Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary Gao Wentai and then returned to Niangniangzhai to keep vigil. In other words, tomorrow - the third day , which is the big day for funerals.
Director Xiao Zixin placed incense on the head of his old mother, stood up and slowly sat on the chair next to her.
The things he has experienced in the past few days and nights and the mental shock he has suffered are more tiring and torturous than when he was the director of the provincial public security department...
Leaders, colleagues and many relatives and friends came from various regions to attend the funeral one after another. Some of those in front only stayed for half a day because of various reasons or difficulties in leaving work. After saluting the old lady and paying the money, some of them stayed that day. So I rushed back to prepare for the funeral. Anyway, it is very convenient to have a car, and there are more people, such as Hua Ji of the Municipal Party Committee, the mayor and deputy mayor, the Municipal People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference... and the Xuanpu County Party Committee The reporters, the National People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and similar leaders from several other surrounding cities and counties... all stayed with us to the end this time.
Work at home can only be arranged through mobile phones. Generally speaking, as long as no sudden incident occurs, they will wait to attend tomorrow's funeral before leaving one after another.
This made Director Xiao Zixin feel particularly touched.
Therefore, sitting there, his heart was not at peace. The funeral of the mother of an elder from the Public Security Bureau of a province would alert so many important people to come and stay with them all the time. How can I, Xiao Zixin, be so virtuous? Xiao Zixin Department Of course, the police chief understands that this is related to his current official position, but it is not entirely related. Of course, in the final analysis, it is still related. If he is not in charge of the province's public security organs now - and will be promoted immediately If he went to the country to hold an important position in the Ministry of Public Security, then who would pay so much attention to his old mother's funeral?
I'm afraid it's not easy even to alarm an ordinary cadre of the township civil affairs, right?
However, to say that everything is related to his official position is not necessarily the case. He understands better that this is also the case after he started his official career in Xuanpu County over the years. Although the leadership positions have been changed again and again, from county to city and then back again. He has traveled to so many places in the province, but without his good popularity, without his sincerity in serving the people wholeheartedly, and without his civilian style of not forgetting his true nature as a countryman, it would be difficult for him to be so respected and trouble-free. So eager to show off...
In this chaotic and evil society, are there still few high-ranking officials and well-paid people? How many people will have so many high-ranking officials willing to accompany them to the countryside for three days after their old mother dies?
Of course, Director Xiao Zixin knew better that for the folks in Niangniangzhai and some people in nearby areas, their kindness and active participation in helping were mainly out of respect for the good reputation of his old mother and the decades-old Good popularity over the years.
All of this has created a massive funeral scene under today’s circumstances.[
What moved and disturbed Director Xiao Zixin the most was that among the people who came, there were naturally many reporters from the media who came after hearing the news. Almost all of them had interviewed him before, like the writer Ma Guan. I have interviewed the Provincial Public Security Department and some public security bureaus in cities and counties below, and have written many reports to promote them. This is a rare and important part of Director Xiao Zixin’s publicity work. This time, they also saw all the people who came to The scene where leaders, ordinary people and more people send money to relatives and friends and keep accounts.
For a moment, Director Xiao Zixin felt that since he could not convince his old father of his wish, he was also worried that his reporter friends would not understand and post the scene of collecting money for his old mother's funeral on the Internet...
That would be extremely detrimental to him. However, two days later, the Internet was calm as usual. He did not receive a call from his subordinates, and no one mentioned anything about the Internet. It can be seen that those reporter friends still take great care of him. He, at least, understands him, and no one suspects that he took the opportunity to receive a large amount of money and make ill-gotten gains from his old mother's funeral... (Those reporters may know what the elder Xiao Zixin's father's wish is, or they may not know at all. )
It's late at night...
Everything is silent.
"Xinyu," Xiao Zixin patted his lover's hand gently and whispered to her distressedly: "Go to bed and rest for a while."
"No...I'm fine." Bai Xinyu shook her head. She only slept for less than four hours in two nights. Although she looked energetic, she was obviously very exhausted. At this time, her slender fingers were in Xiao Zixin's big hand. Twisting slightly, I felt quite uneasy.
How could she forget that on May Day that year, the scene when she followed the grown man in front of her to Niangniang Village for the first time to meet the old man? Everything seems to be still vivid in her mind, and the old man back then - ---Xiao Zixin's old mother is already lying peacefully in front of her eyes, never to wake up again, gone forever... She would rather suffer a little more, but also try her best to spend more time with this dear and respectable person. What a cuter old man!
That year!!
Seeing the dreamlike light in his lover's eyes, with tears streaming down his face, Director Xiao Zixin knew that she must have thought of many things in the past. And how could he himself? Everything seemed to be right in front of him, but everything was... It suddenly felt like a dream again.
Not to mention anything else, back then, after Director Xiao Zixin first met and fell in love with the lover of his life, he decided to take her to the countryside to play in the Niangniang Village on May Day, and also let his old mother and father see it with their own eyes. , that is to say, in this room, the old lady was beaming with joy, and sincerely regarded Bai Xinyu, who was visiting the Xiao family for the first time, as the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. Everything about good food, drink, and good mood was immediately put into her mind. mesa.
Of course, the Xiao family was still very poor at that time, and there was no valuable food at all, but that kind of comfortable mood, that kind of sincere love and affection, makes Bai Xinyu unforgettable to this day...
It was in the small yard of this farmhouse that Xiao Zixin teased her that he was a third-class man...
What did Bai Xinyu say?
Yes! At that time, Bai Xinyu, who was arrogant and arrogant, was not happy. "What? What are you talking about?" She was not just interested in the tall and powerful handsome guy Xiao Zixin, but she hoped in her heart that he would If you want to make progress, you must do everything possible to become an official in the officialdom of Xuanpu County!
"Let me tell you, you must first actively strive to join the party before you can become an official? Do you understand, you idiot?"
"If you are really so decadent and have no ambition at all, huh, then I will never pay attention to you again...you are worthless!"
"Oh, are you really angry? I just said that to tease you! Don't take it seriously?"
"Really, Zixin, you must listen to me," Xiao Zixin remembered that after Bai Xinyu got angry and was coaxed by him with great difficulty, she then blew into his ear charmingly. He was so angry and itchy that he told him in thousands of words how to work hard when he returned to the county. What is still fresh in his memory is, "As long as you work hard, I will definitely let my dad help you - do you understand?" Understand, idiot??”
After so many years, even Bai Xinyu probably wouldn't have thought that the man she was deeply in love with would reach such a high official position as the director of the Provincial Public Security Bureau, right?
Perhaps, she just hoped that Xiao Zixin would do everything possible to join the party. For various reasons, only by joining the party can he have a chance to become an official?
But what she thought at the time, and Xiao Zixin now thinks about it, was probably that she was trying her best to become the county magistrate or secretary of the county party committee one day, right? [
Because in her and other people's eyes, being able to become the county magistrate or secretary of the county party committee is already a very remarkable person!
A dream that most people simply cannot achieve in this lifetime.
Isn't her father, Deputy Secretary Bai, the best example? He has worked in the revolution all his life, haha, in the end he just became the deputy secretary of the county party committee, but he is already quite impressive in the county...
He usually goes in and out of the car, eats and drinks well, stays in the "senior cadre ward" when he is sick, and is given gifts during the New Year and holidays.
Therefore, when Xiao Zixin later made great strides in the official career and became more and more powerful, even Bai Xinyu, who had wholeheartedly hoped that he would become an official, did not expect that she was so happy. In this evil and chaotic society, when What does it mean to be an official? She had already experienced it deeply through her father and mother when she was a girl - that is, she is the little princess of the Celestial Dynasty!
No matter in school or on the street, everyone would look at her as a beautiful girl with envy, like, or a good look. At that time, there were no major conflicts between the government and the people, and there was no major overall corruption. , officials are not interested in being called "officials", they are still called "state cadres", and they still lie every day that they "serve the people wholeheartedly"...
In short, what she has enjoyed over the years, whether it is life or material, whether it is love or spirit, is far better than the ideal she originally imagined for her beloved Xiao Zixin in this small farmyard. Ten times more amazing.
Therefore, despite her strength, her little hand still twisted weakly in Xiao Zixin's big hand... to express the many emotions and complex emotions in her inner world at the same time.
In the end, she was persuaded by Xiao Zixin to rest. To be honest, he had always felt very sorry for this small and exquisite lover. With such a weak little body, she could follow him sincerely, quietly and regretfully in the past few days to accompany his old mother. , which itself is not easy.
A born little princess who came from the family of a deputy secretary of the county party committee. Although he has not let her down over the years, he has also created more and better lives for her, with material and spiritual enjoyment. However, he still feels that if he had originally Without her words, she seemed angry, but she truly loved him and encouraged him - and sincerely asked her father, Deputy Secretary Bai, to help him successfully get the secretary position in the Xuanpu County Government Office. Then, most likely, everything will not be like what they got today.
The funeral of his own old mother must have been another unpredictable and pitiful scene.
At least, it will be the same as other ordinary people.
After Bai Xinyu got up and went to rest in the small room next to him, Director Xiao Zixin sat there, staring blankly at the old mother's calm face - just like when he was a child, he felt like seeing her sleeping peacefully. But my heart was in turmoil.
When the old mother was alive, what she cared most about her son Xiao Zixin was, besides his work, why did he and Bai Xinyu not have a child?
"Son, you..."
Every time during the holidays, Director Xiao Zixin would come back from other places with his lover Bai Xinyu, or occasionally alone. After the old mother gave her a loving talk, the most frequently asked questions were the above-mentioned hesitant expressions. .
She may know that this issue is a bit "sensitive" for her son, who is now a high-ranking official in the province, right?
So every time, at the beginning, he just wanted to stop talking, just holding his son Xiao Zixin's big hand on the hot bed, subconsciously rubbing and stroking it over and over again, just like when Xiao Zixin was naughty when she was a child, and she wanted to hit her but couldn't bear to do it. This appearance, this aura, this expression made Xiao Zixin feel very hurt... Of course he knew what his mother was going to ask him next.
However, the more the old mother stopped asking, the more uncomfortable or uneasy he felt.
Yes, the old mother sincerely hopes that he and Bai Xinyu will give birth to a big fat boy for her and his wife as soon as possible - of course, it would be great if it is a girl, but these days, girls and boys are all the same. But , you don’t give birth, why is that?
What the heck is it???
The old mother doesn’t understand. Not only the old mother doesn’t understand, but Director Xiao Zixin’s old father, Xiao Laowei, doesn’t understand either and is also worried!
However, most of these family matters are directly handled by his wife, Xiao Zixin's old mother. The old father usually just pretends to smoke and listen with his ears straightened at this critical and sensitive time.
Every time, Xiao Zixin's answer was the same with a smile: "Haha, Mom, do you always want to ask me and your daughter-in-law why we don't give you a fat grandson as soon as possible?"
"Yes, son, why don't you give birth to one as soon as possible?"
"Why, son?"
"Tell me----"
How do you say this? In the past, when Xiao Zixin went from Xuanpu County to Daguo County, and then to the municipal party committee to become the secretary-general, he and his lover Bai Xinyu always spent time together. For work, maybe the old lady and The old man can still understand - it's work! It's career! It's human nature and you can't help yourself.
However, my son Xiao Zixin has been in the provincial capital for several years, and my daughter-in-law has also been transferred to the province for many years. Why is there still no movement in my daughter-in-law's stomach?
So, when I first asked the old mother, I was still serious, but later on, I gradually turned into cautious...
It seems that he is afraid of touching his son’s heart. Is there any hidden secret that cannot be revealed?
Maybe it’s his son’s seed that doesn’t work?
The old mother secretly had doubts, because every time she asked about this matter, Xiao Zixin never gave her and the old man enough reasons to convince them. Therefore, it was a bit difficult to ask about this matter later. It's heavy and a bit overwhelming.
But at no time did Xiao Zixin tell them clearly that it was not that his seeds were bad, nor that his daughter-in-law Bai Xinyu's land was bad - on the contrary, according to his son Xiao Zixin's opinion, the seeds were good. , the land is also good, but they are not busy having children yet.
Is this true?
The old mother didn't quite believe it. But again and again, she really couldn't say anything, but she felt more and more worried about her son every time!
Several times, Xiao Zixin wanted to secretly tell his old mother, "Mom, please rest assured and keep your heart in your belly. Hey, my son actually has twins, a son and a daughter..." He saw his old mother several times. He looked anxious. Director Xiao Zixin had had this impulse before, wanting to secretly tell the elderly some unspeakable secret things, so as not to make his old parents anxious and angry over this important matter of passing on the family line——are you still worried?
However, every time this thought flashed in his mind, Director Xiao Zixin would immediately warn himself: "Are you crazy, Xiao Zixin?"
"No! Absolutely no! You kid! Unless you want to make mom mad to death..."
Unless Director Xiao Zixin wants to live a life of poverty but integrity, humiliating an old mother who has a reputation for being upright and upright. Otherwise, he really doesn't dare to tell other secret things rashly. Even though that thing has already existed , but he didn’t dare to say it.
This matter is what happened many years ago when Xiao Zixin and the hotel waitress Xiao Jiang Jiang Lanhua impulsively got pregnant in Xuanpu County.
Especially now that Jiang Lanhua and her two extremely smart and cute children - the twins are getting closer and closer to growing up.
Although Jiang Lanhua has not admitted to Director Xiao Zixin face to face that the two children were the children she was pregnant with back then, Xiao Zixin went to Jiang Lanhua when she was the secretary-general of the municipal party committee and never mentioned this matter to her again. , however, men, like women, also have intuition and instinct for some things.
Even if he didn't ask again later, even if Jiang Lanhua denied that the two children had anything to do with Xiao Zixin when they were on the mountain, Xiao Zixin, for some unknown reason, still fully believed that these two children were his suspects!
This may be because he sincerely helped Jiang Lanhua later, and felt even more indebted to Jiang Lanhua, so he moved her and the staring dog's home from the countryside to the city, and arranged for someone to arrange a good job for Jiang Lanhua to provide for her two children. Is it the only reason for arranging to enter the city experimental school to start a new study life?
Without all of this, if only because of various reasons and Meng Lang's actions when he was young, he did not leave any close relatives who made him feel unbearable when he thought about it, as for him, he has become a bigger and bigger official over the years, but he still has no family. Do you attach so much importance to that hotel waitress, Jiang Lanhua, and have such deep love for her? Obviously not.
Director Xiao Zixin knows this very well.
Several times, when his old mother asked him why he and Bai Xinyu didn't want children, he really wanted to tell her about the two children...
However, in the end, he did not dare to do this. He was really afraid that his old mother would be angry! At least, once he really said it, the old mother would definitely feel sad again after the surprise - after all, the hotel maid Jiang----Jiang Lanhua is not the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family's Ming Matchmaker. To put it bluntly, in the countryside, this is called stealing. Although the Xiao family has left a precious offspring, and they are still twins, But in the countryside, is this kind of thing easy to say or not? It is embarrassing, right?
What's more, now my son Xiao Zixin is still the director of the hall. How can I explain this to others?
Under this situation, even if Director Xiao Zixin has a son, according to the traditional concept of the old mother, she will not be too happy, let alone very happy. On the contrary, it will make her feel shameless to see others, and ruin Xiao The family's good reputation in Niangniangzhai for a lifetime? Therefore, Xiao Zixin finally held back and did not say anything.
Until the old mother passed away suddenly, she still didn't know that her son Xiao Zixin actually had two children.
Now, sitting next to his old mother's body, Xiao Zixin's heart was filled with mixed feelings. He didn't know whether he was right or wrong in not telling his old mother about Jiang Lanhua and the child.
Now, even if he wants to tell his old mother, he has no chance...
Human beings are really complicated.
Fortunately, this time the old mother passed away, Jiang Lanhua and the two children did not come. Maybe they didn't hear the news?
Xiao Zixin didn't know what would happen if they came suddenly?
Will my lover, Bai Xinyu, see any clues from this?
No way?
Moreover, two days have passed so far, and basically all the people who are supposed to come have arrived, except for my father-in-law and mother-in-law. However, a message has been sent and a phone call has been made-- --Deputy Secretary Bai said that when he and his wife rushed to the funeral of Elder Xiao Zixin’s mother on the third day, they would definitely go to Niangniangzhai in advance to attend the funeral. This is just because in recent years, Deputy Secretary Bai has been in poor health after retiring from the Xuanpu County Party Committee. It's not good. I have to go to the hospital every three days, so I didn't rush from the hospital in the first two days...
Thinking of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Director Xiao Zixin understood very well.
Indeed, Deputy Secretary Bai, who had always been healthy and strong in the past, for some reason, often fell ill when he returned home after retirement. His health was definitely not as good as when he was a leader of the county party committee, whether he was on a business trip or in the countryside. I have never heard that prosecutorial work is so effortless now. Because of this problem, Director Xiao Zixin has often taken his wife back to Xuanpu County on his days off to visit two elderly people in recent years...
The two old men will also arrive tomorrow.
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