It was already the night of the third day after Director Xiao Zixin had handled the funeral of his old mother. Originally, the village had come forward and held a banquet, preparing to entertain those who came from the city, county and other places at the village committee and every household. City and county leaders, Director Xiao Zixin’s old colleagues, old subordinates and relatives and friends. However, it was dark and snowy, and the mountain roads in Niangniangzhai area were indeed very slippery. Municipal Party Committee Secretary Liu Bin and the others, together with the National People’s Congress, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and the Public Security Bureau The leader politely declined the warm hospitality of the village and Director Xiao Zixin. Once the matter was done, they got in the car and left before it got dark.
“Be careful on the road!”
Director Xiao Zixin felt a little unhappy, but he also understood that these comrades do have their own jobs at home. It has been three days and many of them have been waiting here, even those who came and left for various reasons. People came here again early this morning. What's more, they are doing things and they really don't care about this banquet. What good things have these people not eaten? If it weren't for his old mother's funeral, since it is Niangniangzhai Even if there is dragon meat, they will not put down their work and come here.
Therefore, after shaking hands with Liu Bin, Huaji of the Municipal Party Committee and all the local leaders and saying goodbye, he sent them to the car and repeatedly asked the drivers with concern to slow down on the road and be more careful!
"Don't worry, Director Xiao, it's okay, we will pay attention to it!"[
"Go back quickly..."
"Take care, express my condolences, Director Xiao, let's go!!"
Amidst everyone saying goodbye to each other, cars slowly left this remote mountain village in the winter dusk and drove towards the mountains in the distance...
Afterwards, Director Xiao Zixin sent away Jiang Lanhua, her two children, Su Ying and the others who were the second group to leave.
"Xiao Jiang, go back and work hard, don't think too much, and pay more attention to your children. At our age, we have to spend more time on our children now. I will visit you when I have time..."
When sending Jiang Lanhua, Director Xiao Zixin held her hand and spoke concisely without any more words. However, the thoughts of the two people can only be understood best by the two of them. Others, including those who have been accompanying her, Bai Xinyu, the lover he sent to those leaders and others, couldn't understand what other meanings there were besides normal care. However, these words made Jiang Lanhua feel very comforted. She nodded repeatedly, letting Xiao Zi Xin is relieved.
"I will, Director Xiao."
Perhaps because of the crowd, she directly addressed Xiao Zixin's official position in her words, which made Xiao Zixin feel in his heart, no wonder this little woman has been in the officialdom for a long time in the past few years. There is something in her words, but she is very careful and appropriate , mature.
For a moment, he couldn't believe that the beautiful, sexy and generous little woman in front of him was the one who suddenly stopped his car when he was going to the countryside to inspect spring plowing when he was the secretary general of the municipal party committee. The heavy rain made it seem like The woman who was like a drowned rat, especially the two very tall and outstanding children beside her, really made him feel warm, excited and filled with emotion.
However, he was more mature and didn't say much. He kindly escorted them into the car. There was family affection, love, and a secret that was hard to describe. Then their car drove away behind Su Ying's car.
For Su Ying, Director Xiao Zixin and she are completely experienced. In terms of officialdom and love, everything they do now is based on reality. Everyone has completely become a true confidant and a sister-sister relationship, which is very natural. , incredible and admirable.
It's getting dark...
Those who stayed, except for the township party committee secretary, township chief, deputy secretary, deputy township chief...a bunch of local petty officials and some officers and middle-level police officers from the Xuanpu County Public Security Bureau, were all the relatives, friends and villagers of the village. Even though That's right, the small mountain village is still very lively. Director Xiao Zixin's old mother was too old. Although she died very suddenly, she really didn't suffer any sin at all. Apart from a normal death, she truly belonged to what the people said. The kind of person who "goes to sleep".
Therefore, this is called "white wedding" among the people. Although everyone is still sad on all previous occasions, once the person is buried, especially the banquet in the evening, it is still very lively.
Regardless of whether it is a red event or a white event, in the countryside, it is called a happy event when someone is making trouble and someone comes to support it!
Otherwise, no matter how much money you have or how powerful you are, if your reputation is too bad and you make a bad reputation, in this case you will be a delicacy and even if you are carried in eight sedans, they may not come. So, Although Director Xiao Zixin is still immersed in the great grief of his old mother's death at this moment, he also fully understands everything in front of him. He has been in this kind of environment since he was a child.
Back then, wasn't he also running around like a little monkey at other people's funerals, burrowing in and out, laughing and chattering with his friends, completely ignoring the scoldings and scoldings of the adults?
Now, after the funeral, the more lively the villagers and the remaining people are, the more it makes the Xiao family - especially Director Xiao Zixin's old father Xiao Laowen and his relatives and friends feel more face-saving...
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sp; A strange aroma wafts over the night sky of the snow-covered village.
Experienced people will understand immediately after smelling it - it smells like donkey meat!
As the old saying goes, dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground are the most delicious things in the world. The secretary and village chief of Niangniangzhai Village arranged for ten donkeys to be killed for tonight's banquet. Now the banquet At the beginning, the lights were brightly lit everywhere and the fragrance was overflowing, which showed that the Xiao family's popularity here was so prominent and incredible.
The village leaders strongly supported it. This time, just on the death of elder Xiao Zixin’s mother, they spent a lot of money. Although the finances were tight, they didn’t give money to others for meals, and they owed a lot of debts. Sometimes the leaders even had to pay for the reception when they came. However, this time, they sincerely spared no effort to spend money on Director Xiao Zixin's old mother, and gave a one-time gift of 100,000 yuan. It is said that it was The money temporarily borrowed from the rural credit cooperative at high interest rates...
One hundred thousand RMB may not be a big deal in ordinary places nowadays, but in this town, due to the unremitting eating and drinking all year round, several restaurants have been ruined. If you only eat without paying, you are already very poor. Xiang, I want to save face and have no money, so I have to do things even if I have to pay for it!
These measures are of course intended to please Director Xiao Zixin. However, these small officials in the countryside also know very well that Director Xiao Zixin has no control over the things they usually do when they are officials and bully the people. No matter how high-ranking the official is, he is only in charge of the police and criminals in the province. Even if they want to be promoted and get rich, they don't have to speak their minds in Director Xiao Zixin's eyes for the sake of their own shame. So much money was spent on my old mother’s funeral.
After all, these people are not stupid. They all have rich social experience and are smarter than monkeys. They know that the ones who really control them are the gods in the county and the city...
No matter how bad and tyrannical they are, they are still human beings, and they are also "people's servants" and "civil servants" who "serve the people wholeheartedly". In any case, no matter what they do in this town, they represent the interests of the people, which is too much. , even if they kill people, they will not be called criminals. Therefore, they are not afraid that the Provincial Public Security Department, headed by Director Xiao Zixin, will crack down on them severely and send people to arrest them, nor are they worried that no one will attack them when something happens to them. say.
In short, there is only one thing. Usually, as long as you get rid of the people in charge of the county and bribe them, then everything should be focused on money, and everything will be fine.
Whenever something happens, someone will naturally come forward to criticize them, saying that these township cadres and comrades have made great contributions, that rural work is not easy, and that there are too many unruly people in the countryside... "It is all caused by some mistakes in work, and the essence is good."
Then the big things were reduced to trivial matters, and he continued to be an official and oppressed all the local people.
However, people like the township party committee secretary and the township head still rushed to show off and spend a lot of money on the death of director Xiao Zixin's old mother.
The purpose is not to play the long game and catch big fish.
In any case, Director Xiao Zixin is a big man who makes all the township leaders and people in nearby areas look up to him. They may not care about him in their hearts, but when he is really in trouble, they will never let go of the important people trying to please him easily. opportunity, just in case they need help from someone in the province, even if they or their relatives are sick and are seriously ill and cannot be hospitalized in the province, they need to find capable people, or need help from high-ranking officials to be hospitalized. At that time, you can also go directly to Director Xiao Zixin for help??
The other is that although their official titles are not directly under the control of Director Xiao Zixin, and it is not up to him to decide whether to give or not, there are too many people in the county and city who are Director Xiao Zixin. Friends, old colleagues, old leaders or old subordinates.
If Director Xiao Zixin could say a nice word to any of them, it would be a big deal, hehe, even if he doesn't want to get promoted and make a fortune.
Wait a minute...
For these internal reasons and social environment that are too unknown to the public and even less understood by ordinary people, they scooped out 100,000 yuan of money that was raised at high interest rates from the rural credit cooperatives in the township and respectfully handed it over to Xiao Zi, the bookkeeper. The names of Director Xin’s relatives and friends were written down one by one. In addition, the township party committee secretaries, township heads and other township leaders also paid several hundred to thousands of yuan in their own names. Got the money...and wrote down the name.
Haha, in today's society, individuals are individuals, and the public is the public. These petty officials are very knowledgeable about these things, and they all have their own plans.
When you give money from public funds, of course it is money, but it is to represent the countryside and give away favors from public funds. When they personally give money, it is completely taken out of their own pockets. No matter whether the money is clean or not, they are also them. Emotional investment in one’s own name.
Although Director Xiao Zixin has been busy for days and nights and has no time or mood to pay much attention to these matters, at night when no one is around, his old father Xiao Laowei will always find a time to hand over the collection accounts. After gathering the relatives and friends in detail, they then recounted to Director Xiao Zixin one by one the things in the township and the money given to the county and city leaders. What was the purpose? He didn't say anything. Just repeat it to your son.
Of course, Director Xiao Zixin knew this very well. It was his father who wanted his capable son to write down the names of these people based on emotion and reason.[
Heqing, in the future, if they need help with something or somewhere, I hope my son can help these people in the provincial capital, and I am sorry for their "good performance" at the funeral of his old mother today. p
At around nine o'clock in the evening, Director Xiao Zixin, who had been unable to eat for several days and nights, ate a few mouthfuls of rice hastily and drank a small bowl of donkey meat soup with some coriander sprinkled on the surface. The old father was called over by his cousin who came to call him.
In the main room of his home, when Director Xiao Zixin entered, he saw many people already sitting on the Kang and on the sofas on the floor.
It's like having a family meeting.
However, when Xiao Zixin looked again, he saw that in addition to his own family members, there were also the township party committee secretary, the township chief, several deputy secretaries, deputy township chiefs, and the principals and vice principals of the township primary and secondary schools.
They all had just come down from the banquet, with rosy faces after having had enough wine and food. The smell of donkey meat was quite strong. Not only did Director Xiao Zixin not understand why the old father called him back, but after seeing these people, he He felt that the parents and officials in his hometown, including the two old principals from his elementary and middle school days, didn't seem to know what his old father, Xiao Laowen, meant by calling them all together at this time.
However, Director Xiao Zixin soon understood. He said hello to all the folks and leaders present, nodded and sat on the half of the sofa given to him by the principal. He only sat half of his buttocks, and the principal was too Because I was fat, the sofa seemed too small, so the principal couldn't bear it, so he moved his buttocks to try to reduce the area. Director Xiao Zixin smiled and held him down, saying that it was okay, that's all.
"These past few days and nights have made everyone tired!"
“Thank you everyone!”
He smoked cigarettes for everyone one by one. Although everyone's hands were smoking, they were all high-end cigarettes brought directly from the provincial capital by Director Xiao Zixin, but the country people still had to show their courtesy, so they took the cigarettes in their hands. Those people put their cigarettes between their ears and looked respectful.
After Director Xiao Zixin became an official, especially when he joined the Municipal Party Committee, he rarely had time to come back except during the New Year holidays. Even when he came back, he came and went in a hurry. Sometimes he stayed for one night, and more often he just ate. We had a hometown meal cooked by my old mother, talked, put down our things and rushed back the same day. They, the township leaders, may not be able to catch up, so over the years, in addition to the replacement of township leaders, there are also some elderly people. I have been working as a township cadre for many years, and I am quite familiar with Director Xiao Zixin, but the opportunities to meet him are few and far between.
Now that the simple and solemn funeral has passed, everyone sat together for the first time, becoming more intimate and harmonious. Previously, due to various reasons, Director Xiao Zixin was busy with the funeral of his old mother, and there were more and larger cities and counties. Leaders at all levels were present, and they, the little bosses, rarely had the opportunity to sit with Director Xiao Zixin. His small gesture of smoking, so enthusiastic, already made them feel elevated and respected, and they were very grateful in their hearts and faces. And happy.
"Stop working, Director Xiao..."
In addition, those few words in the scene were also what Director Xiao Zixin said from his heart. Everyone said: "It should be done, it should be done. Please take a seat, Director Xiao. We are not outsiders, so stop working..." "
Director Xiao Zixin sent out a circle of Great China, lit one himself, and sat back in his seat.
He knew that his father might be about to announce the money matter. He looked at his old face with blazing eyes with respect...
"Tonight, everyone is invited to come. In addition to family members, everyone here is a leader. If it weren't for my wife, everyone would be very busy and it's rare to see her..." As expected, the old father saw his son again. After sitting down, he slowly spoke.
The atmosphere was a bit solemn. Everyone stopped talking and held their breath to listen to what the old man had to say.
In the history of the Xiao family, to be honest, at that time, the Xiao family was indeed a large family in the local area. I remember that there was an introduction and description in the previous paragraph. In the generations of the old man, grandpa and grandpa of Director Xiao Zixin, Except for the old man, by the time his great-grandfather and grandpa took charge of the family affairs, they were already well-known and wealthy families in and around Xuanpu County. They had land, a few large carriages, and a few businesses in the city. It works well anywhere outside the customs...
Therefore, when Director Xiao Zixin's father was a child and had not yet taken charge of the family, although he was not in charge, he often participated in "family meetings", the big dishes at home, the lives of dozens of people, and business arrangements. Etc., are all carried out under the personal supervision of the grandpa or grandpa. The spirit of the family is implemented, and the big plans set by the family meeting (for example, like today's county party committee, county government, etc., are held every year The same as the Shenma Shenma meeting), after the document is issued (that is, the grandpa or grandpa nods to approve it, and after the arrangement is made), the family must strictly follow the conventions and requirements and implement them one by one...
There are inspections, supervision, rewards, and of course punishment and family law measures.
It was also in that kind of environment that Director Xiao Zixin's old mother was young - actually, she was only 12 years old back then. Once she arrived at the Xiao family, she had to obey orders like a little adult and follow the orders. The daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law of each house are the same. They take turns cooking every day and are busy doing various things and housework. The so-called state-owned laws and family rules, is this probably how it comes about? There are many words on the Internet.
As for Director Xiao Zixin's old father's generation, it is a pity that he was liberated before he could even reach the level of presiding over family affairs meetings. Not only did the whole family plummet immediately, but their money, Gang Yang, Yuan Datou and Sheep tickets also turned into garbage overnight.
Therefore, in Xiao Zixin's memory, it was probably the first time in his life that a family meeting was held, especially when his old father personally presided over it...
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