Deputy Secretary Bai and his wife, the father-in-law and mother-in-law of Director Xiao Zixin, supported by him and his daughter Bai Xinyu, slowly walked to the body of the old mother and bowed respectfully to the body of the old mother. Three bows, "Sister-in-law, I'm late..."
Deputy Secretary Bai was emotionally moved for a moment, and Director Xiao Zixin could feel a slight tremor in his hand.
He understood that over the years, although his temperamental father-in-law (and he was not always clean in officialdom) and his always conceited mother-in-law had not frequently visited his hometown in the countryside, his father-in-law For various reasons, my father and old mother did not move around too much with the two in-laws in the county, and they maintained the attitude of a pair of ordinary farmers. However, this does not mean that Deputy Secretary Bai and his wife looked down upon this person. farmhouse.
On the contrary, from the time when Deputy Secretary Bai and his wife first took a fancy to Xiao Zixin, a young and promising young man, especially when they saw that Xiao Zixin later became more and more successful in his official career, with the strong support of Secretary Gao Wentai behind him. At that time, they really felt in their hearts that they were still discerning, and their only old girl was also very discerning. They became more and more satisfied. In addition, occasionally, when Bai Xinyu returned to her parents' home, they would ask some questions with concern Some of the questions raised by parents were difficult for Bai Xinyu, who has always loved Xiao Zixin sincerely, to answer.
For example, Deputy Secretary Bai's wife has been asking more and more frequently in recent years (including on the phone), "Girl, did Xiao Xiao bully you?" "Is there anyone outside him..." "Don't be stupid, girl. , Now as a leader, the bigger the official, the more careful you have to be..."[
In response to these inquiries and concerns, Bai Xinyu always responded with a smile. She truly believed that her husband Xiao Zixin did not have any evil ways, let alone be as shameful as some officials.
However, later she heard someone say in the hall that there was a mayor or leader who had collected all the hair of the women who had been with him and kept it in a book, and she couldn't help but feel sad. The ground moves!
"Really? So... shameful?"
It was hard for her to imagine that in the past, the cadres and leaders of the Celestial Dynasty were so popular and rigorous in their work. It seemed that when she was a child, she rarely heard any bad news about the uncles and uncles in the county committee and county government compound, especially those with women. How come things are so chaotic now? And they are still so unbelievable and imaginable shame? What is the use of those officials who collect women's things? What does it mean? And she heard soon that it was also There is a corrupt official like the mayor, who is enjoying two sisters on the same bed at the same time, saying that he wants to enjoy and listen to which one of them screams louder at the same time?
It’s incredible!
Therefore, after that, Bai Xinyu, who had never asked or paid much attention to Director Xiao Zixin in this regard, couldn't help but ask him at home after get off work: "Have you ever made love to a woman outside?"
"Huh?" Director Xiao Zixin was stunned at that time. Did she hear something? Or did she know about the hotel waitress Xiao Jiang——Jiang Lanhua?
It shouldn’t look like that, right? Tried me?
"Haha, no, no!" Xiao Zixin knew his lover very well and had always loved him. He shook his head and joked: "I just have a baby like you to enjoy. Why do you want so much? Are you tired?" "
"Humph, are you lying?" Bai Xinyu didn't believe it at all. She felt sick when she thought about what was said in newspapers and on the Internet, but she did believe or hope that Xiao Zixin was not like those officials at all! She pouted. Continue to deceive him.
But Director Xiao Zixin didn't fall for that gangster at all. Haha, no matter how she asked and probed the truth, Director Xiao Zixin told her, "Don't worry, madam, I'm fine! Absolutely fine!"
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But today, just now, the hotel waitress Xiao Jiang——Jiang Lanhua and the two children brought by her side, especially the boy, made Bai Xinyu's heart suddenly feel like it fell into an ice cellar.
She didn't dare to think too much, let alone think about the boy whose appearance and figure were very similar to Xiao Zixin's, to her beloved husband...
But the more she dared not think about it, the more uneasy she felt. People, it's really weird... At this time, her own parents arrived. If it hadn't been like this, her chaotic mood there would really have been gone for a while. She couldn't let the thoughts that suddenly popped up in her mind dissolve or melt away. Fortunately, her parents came, and as soon as she got busy with her work, she immediately forgot all about her random thoughts. Deputy Secretary Bai and the others came, and she went to take care of them. After Director Xiao Zixin settled them, he went to take care of other matters.
For a while, some sensitive things were relaxed and dealt with...
In fact, it is not the case. Even now, with Bai Xinyu and Leng Ding in front of his parents, he thought of the scene just now and thought this way. Anyway, her husband knew that she could not guarantee that today's Xiao Zixin Hall How wonderful it would be to have a long life, but his feelings for her over the years are true. She can feel that he has not been half-hearted, and his love for her has not been adulterated. This has made her very satisfied. How many men today have Who would focus on work as wholeheartedly as he does and not think about other things?
Not to mention those people with status in the officialdom. Under the power, she had heard too many misbehaviors of those people, but in all these years, she had never heard anything bad about her husband.
Especially women!![
However, the appearance of that handsome boy still appeared in front of his eyes, leaving Bai Xinyu in a trance. He looked so much like her husband Xiao Zixin? Why? Why? Why exactly? For a while, he couldn't be in this kind of situation. I went to ask what the situation was, so I had to accompany my parents alone while I couldn't help but think wildly. Judging from the appearance of the boy and the girl, they must be seventeen or eighteen years old, right? Are the twins one older than the other?
From this, she thought, what if? Looking at the ages of the two boys and children, maybe Xiao Zixin had something to do with that woman behind her back - it should have been many years - he was hanging on. When it’s Pu County or Daguo County?
Thinking about this, her heart tightened, as if there was a hand grabbing her internal organs... What if? Even if Xiao Zixin was fine in the following years, he didn't do anything to other women, and he didn't have sex with his mistress. Find the mistress and mistress, but what if? What if he really had something to do with this woman in those years before? What should I do? Is this boy who looks like him really...??
I feel distressed... I hate it... but I hate it so unreasonably that I can't really hate it. It's really hard to say.
"Mom, what do you want to do?" Suddenly, Bai Xinyu was distracted and felt her mother getting up. She asked hurriedly, and her thoughts suddenly stopped at a difficult point.
"Your father wants to take medicine, I'll get some water," said mother.
"Mom, please sit down quickly, I'll go..." Bai Xinyu quickly cleaned up her bad and confused mood, stood up and pulled her mother to sit down, put down the tea cup in her hand, and went to find a cup for her father to pour boiled water.
Looking for an opportunity, Jiang Lanhua met Xiao Zixin outside the toilet on the west side of the house.
"Why are you here? You also brought two children...are you not afraid..."
Director Xiao Zixin asked and looked around. There were eyes everywhere. This was really not a place to talk. But now in Director Xiao Zixin’s house and in the entire Niangniang Village, where is there a place where they can talk with confidence? No, not at all. No.
"Can I?" Jiang Lanhua whispered, and subconsciously looked around, "I endured it all day yesterday. If I don't come today, I can't stand it. I also want the two children to see the old man, no matter what. …”
Someone came and passed by. In a hurry, he said hello to Director Xiao Zixin, smiled wryly, and then passed.
After that, Jiang Lanhua went on to say: "I know you are afraid, and I am afraid too..."
Director Xiao Zixin wanted to speak, but nothing came out after opening his mouth.
What did you say?
Today's Director Xiao Zixin, according to rural practice, has been dressed like this since the day he returned to his hometown Niangniang Village, with a mourning hat on his head, a mourning blanket on his body, and a piece of black gauze above his elbows. If People who don't know his true identity will not take him as seriously as the director of the public security bureau of a province. It seems that at this moment, he looks sad and exhausted, and even more... He looked almost like a local farmer. This image also made Jiang Lanhua, the former hotel waitress standing face to face with him and talking to him, feel extremely sad.
It was this grown man in front of her who had such a passionate and unforgettable collision of soul and body with her many years ago. If it hadn't been for all of that, would there still be everything we have today?
And when she came this time, especially when she came with her two children, the most important thing on her mind was that after the old lady passed away, she not only wanted to see the old lady again, but also wanted her to always respect her in her heart. Elder Xiao Zixin's mother's soul in heaven knows that she has grandchildren and granddaughters... She can go away with peace of mind and rest in peace. She will also fulfill her mother's responsibility and take good care of these two unexplained good children. To the Xiao family----to be brought up by Director Xiao Zixin...
There is also a more important secret, that is, she also has some intention of letting her two children recognize their ancestors.
Although she couldn't say this clearly, and even she and Xiao Zixin didn't want to say it clearly at the moment, she did think so in her heart.
In rural areas, there have been some similar situations in the past. You say that the child of so-and-so's family is not the child of so-and-so's family and so-and-so, or simply say that the child of so-and-so's family was born to so-and-so's family. Usually it's okay to admit it, but now there are If you have an n, you can go to a large hospital in the county or city for an examination and an n identification. But before these high technologies were available, how could you identify whether the child was the child of that family and a certain woman? [
It is easy to handle. An important method or explanation is that the local people will usually understand what is going on when the elderly person in that family dies.
The son of that family had a child with another woman. Then, when the old man dies, the woman will definitely bring the child to kowtow to the old man!
Even if he doesn't have to publicly say that he is his grandson, then he is the same, and he has proven it with his actions.
And if not, what about the opposite?
The mother of the child who had always been in the legend knew best that when the old man passed away, she would never bring someone who was not of his bloodline to kowtow in front of the old man.
There is a deep and mysterious saying behind this rural custom and local method.
If you are not the root of that family, no one would dare to take risks with their own children at this special time...
Therefore, even if Jiang Lanhua said it, even if she has not said it directly to Director Xiao Zixin, both Jiang Lanhua and Director Xiao Zixin actually understand this in their hearts - this is how Jiang Lanhua uses this On an extremely important and special day, she brought her two twin children to pay their respects to their ancestors...
Therefore, although Director Xiao Zixin said nothing, he was very understanding and moved in his heart. This further proved that the efforts he had sincerely spent on her and her two children over the years were not meaningless, but It’s of great significance and genuine!
The two children saw their mother talking to Director Xiao Zixin and came over. Now they also wore Xiao Zixin on their elbows, but it was different from Director Xiao Zixin. Instead, they were wearing Xiao Zixin on top of the black gauze. There is a small piece of red cloth on it, which means that he is a grandson, but the black gauze on Director Xiao Zixin's arm is not there, indicating that he is a descendant.
Although Director Xiao Zixin had many things to say to Jiang Lanhua and wanted to get closer to the two children, time, conditions and reality did not allow him to do so.
So, he left them in a hurry and returned to the house...
According to rural etiquette, when Director Xiao Zixin’s mother is being buried today, her son, Xiao Zixin, should be the one to throw the clay pot in front of her, and then carry the funeral flag all the way to the cemetery.
This morning, Director Xiao Zixin had just gone out and arranged for people to dig graves in his family's cemetery. As soon as he returned to the house, those people had successfully completed the work and returned. Everyone was in another room. Have breakfast, drink...
Director Xiao Zixin went over to visit and express his gratitude. Then he went outside to greet some government officials who had just arrived, and other distinguished guests who had come to attend the funeral of his old mother today.
Yesterday and the day before yesterday, for some reason, after arriving, they laid wreaths, carried banners, put down funeral gifts, and bowed to the old mother of Director Xiao Zixin one after another. In the afternoon, they returned to the leaders and colleagues in their respective counties and cities... They came here again early this morning. Among these people, I won’t mention the leaders from all walks of life, but only those who worked with Xiao Zixin in the Xuanpu County Petition Office and Government Office, as well as many of his old subordinates from the Public Security Bureau. , everyone hurriedly came to Niangniang Village again this morning, and the status of Director Xiao Zixin in the hearts of these people was evident.
All of a sudden, the Xiao Zixin Hall elder's mother's village in the small ravine was once again filled with cars, wreaths, buildings, and people, and it was bustling...
Among these people, one person must be mentioned. This is a woman.
If you have been reading this book, I believe you will still have some impressions of some of the plots and characters at the beginning of the book. By the way, this is the important woman who initially treated Xiao Zixin in Xuanpu County when he first entered the government. It was also the rich woman Su Ying who had a story with Xiao Zixin when he started working as a tutor. Although later due to various reasons, she hoped that Xiao Zixin would stay by her side forever, and she tried hard, and even secretly threatened and lured Xiao Zixin...
But in the end, Xiao Zixin later met Deputy Secretary Bai's precious daughter, his current lover Bai Xinyu, which completely changed his subsequent destiny. This was also the fundamental reason why he made the painful decision to give up Su Ying.
In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed.
Today, Su Ying has become a well-known female entrepreneur in the province, a nationally known "outstanding party member", "March 8th Red Flag Bearer", "national heroine"...and so on. Her business is very big. She had already built the headquarters of New Haitian Company in the provincial capital, and was a member of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference and Standing Committee. More importantly, she did not maliciously retaliate against Xiao Zixin at the beginning, but chose to remain silent. This not only did not put her in trouble, but also put her in trouble. Director Xiao Zixin's today has left real room for development. Otherwise, Xiao Zixin himself knew that once those indecent things were exposed or were told by Su Ying herself——
With his background as a clerk in a small petition office in Xuanpu County at that time, and no one to help him, there was nothing he could do. As long as Su Ying was willing - she was a member of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference at that time, and had a strong network of connections. It can be said that it is very easy to destroy a college student who has just graduated. However, for some reason, Su Ying did not do that in the end. This fact still makes Director Xiao Zixin feel inexplicably moved, and he is still a little scared when he thinks about it. More It is a kind of emotion about life...
This time Director Xiao Zixin's old mother passed away, and she rushed to Niangniang Village as soon as she heard the news.
Moreover, she never went back and has been waiting here for three days, which is today.
During this period, while everyone was eating, Director Xiao Zixin also visited her many times. Su Ying is indeed as beautiful as she was back then. Her charm is no longer and she looks like an old lady. Despite this, , she still pays great attention to skin care and beauty. She looks just like Liu Xiaoqing. At first glance, she seems to be very young, but at a second glance, it is completely different. No wonder, even her cute little girl who was tutored by Xiao Zixin My precious son Ke Ke has graduated from college and has been studying in the UK for a few years...
Director Xiao Zixin will never forget those things back then, let alone the passion in bed with her...
However, now in such a special scene, and on the occasion of the death of his old mother, all he had in his heart was respect for the woman in front of him. In addition to respect, he still had respect.
In recent years, he had met Su Ying many times on important occasions in the provincial capital.
But what he didn't expect was that she would come to his hometown in person during his old mother's funeral, and he didn't expect that such a prominent figure in the provincial capital would wait until the third day.
"Sister Su, thank you, please take care of yourself."
When Director Xiao Zixin personally toasted to her at the wine table last night, tears filled his eyes. Firstly, he thought of his old mother who had suffered so much in her life and now suddenly left her. On the other hand, she inevitably thought of too many things.
My story with this woman...
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