"Although Xiaohua is not sensible, she has done a pretty good job in this matter. She knows that I like to collect calligraphy, paintings and antiques, so it is not in vain to hurt him..."
Looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the table and in the cabinet next to him, Dai Rongcheng showed a satisfied smile on his face. Although he did not have a high degree of education, he went to night school and party school in high school and college, but he has a lot of appreciation for antique calligraphy and painting.
Decades of experience.
Before Dai Rongcheng became a worker, he attended junior high school for two years. He was considered an educated person at that time, but he was never satisfied with his status as a worker at that time.
When the leader's big-character poster set off a trend that swept across the country, Dai Rongcheng relied on his advantages of being a poor peasant and being ruthless to become the top manager of the county in a short period of time.
Since Dai Rongcheng always regarded himself as a literate person, he took advantage of his position and hid some antiques, calligraphy and paintings that he had obtained from his house. Over time, he developed a good eye.
And out of his natural caution, Dai Rongcheng masterfully displayed his backstabbing behavior. This hypocrisy also paved the way for his future career.
Especially when the chief architect of reform and opening up put forward the slogan of rejuvenating cadres, Dai Rongcheng, who was only in his early fifties at the time, naturally became a powerful figure in this small county.
Of course, Dai Rongcheng also paid a sufficient price, that is, sending his nephew to the guillotine with his own hands.
There are always two sides to everything. Some leaders agreed with Dai Rongcheng's righteous action of exterminating relatives, while others had doubts about his character. Compared with Dai Xiaojun, Dai Xiaojun was not guilty of death.
In addition, the events that happened that year still stained his political career. After several years of unsuccessful efforts, Dai Rongcheng finally realized that he would most likely retire from his current position.
Without the motivation for political advancement, Dai Rongcheng gradually lost his hypocrisy after losing hope of promotion this term.
In addition to helping Dai Xiaohua contract the waste collection station in the east of the city, Dai Rongcheng even gave him false evidence to confuse the public security department. After all, his act of exterminating relatives in the past still blinded many people.
For Dai Rongcheng, these are all trivial matters. In recent years, he has used his power to supervise relevant departments to secretly instruct his cronies to open small treasury privately and withhold state funding.
Although Dai wears simple clothes every day and eats simply and frugally, in terms of net worth, it is probably not an exaggeration to call him the richest man in the county.
Moreover, Dai Rongcheng also used his "personality charm" (or so he thought) to capture the woman known as the flower of the county committee, allowing Dai to sprout new shoots from his old tree and re-appreciate the true meaning of life.
Of course, Dai Rongcheng did not think that letting her go from an ordinary clerk to the deputy director of the office in charge of the archives and other tasks was an exchange. "Serving" the leaders thoughtfully was her most powerful achievement.
No matter what dynasty you are in, or who you are, it is definitely not easy to be consistent throughout your life, but if you want to fall, then just one chance is enough.
What's more, Dai Rong was not pure by nature. The temptation of young women's bodies and money made him deeply feel that the previous decades of caution had finally paid off.
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In the mid-1980s, televisions were only available in very few families, and there was no air conditioning at that time. The favorite entertainment activity of city people on summer evenings was to gather under the street lights and play cards.
Not only does it save electricity at home, but it can also kill time in the cool air.
Because it is close to the county committee and government, the road at the door is wider and there are more street lights than elsewhere. Naturally, many people gathered to enjoy the cool night and play poker in small groups.
Most of the people here are not rich, and it is basically just for entertainment. Those who lose put a note on their face or wear a brick slipper, and the loser is happy and the winner is happy.
Surrounding these card players, there were vendors with carts of watermelons for sale. When they were thirsty, they spent some money to buy a watermelon for one cent, and their mouths were full of juice after eating.
There are even women who know how to live a good life. They sweep all the watermelon seeds together with a broom and put them away. They take them home, wash them, dry them in the sun and fry them. When a guest comes to the house, they don’t have to spend money to buy melon seeds.
"Ye Tian, there is a guard at the door, how do we get in?"
On the road opposite the gate of the county party committee's residence, Feng Kuang and Ye Tian were leaning against a telegraph pole, communicating in rural dialect.
Anyone familiar with Jiangnan knows that there are many dialects there, and the words spoken in each village may be different, so the two of them are not afraid of their conversation being overheard by others.
Ye Tian glanced at the guard at the gate of the compound, curled his lips and said: "Crazy brother, it's not us who are going in, I am going in by myself..."
"That won't work. What if...what if you are caught?"
After hearing Ye Tian's words, Feng Kuang's head shook like a rattle. He brought Ye Tian out today in the name of meeting Wang Ying. If something really happened, he couldn't explain it to Uncle Ye.
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"Crazy brother, are you confused? I haven't stolen or robbed any of my children. At most, I got lost. Who can do anything to me?"
Ye Tian heard the words and laughed, with an innocent look on his face. If someone who didn't know him saw this, they would definitely think that he was an honest and well-behaved child.
"That's right. If I follow up and get caught, then I really can't tell."
When Feng Kuang thought about what Ye Tian said, it really made sense, and he immediately said: "Go back quickly, I'll wait for you here to watch people playing cards..."
"Okay, crazy brother, don't worry..."
Ye Tian nodded, and when he was about to walk to the courtyard, he suddenly saw an old man walking straight from the courtyard to the watermelon seller, and his eyes lit up.
This old man is about seventy years old. His face is full of wrinkles, but plump at the bottom. He has the look of a man with many children and grandchildren, who will enjoy a happy life in his later years.
More importantly, there was still a trace of nasolabial folds on the old man's mouth. Ye Tian could tell at a glance that he had never been in this compound for more than two weeks.
After the old man left the stall with two watermelons in his arms, Ye Tian chased after him from behind, "Grandpa, let me hold one for you. My family also lives here, why haven't I seen you?"
After hearing Ye Tian's words, the old man subconsciously thought that Ye Tian was a child in this compound, and said with a smile: "It's easy to hold him. Grandpa just came here to live. If he didn't see his grandson, I wouldn't come here. Eat."
You have to spend money to buy each watermelon. You can pick it from anyone’s field in our countryside..."
The two of them walked into the courtyard of the county party committee's residence while they were talking. Firstly, the old man had just come out of the house. Secondly, Ye Tian was talking and laughing with him. He was a child, and it was dark and he couldn't see his face clearly at the door.
The people from the security department immediately let me go.
When he arrived in front of the building where he lived, the old man greeted Ye Tiandao: "Son, would you like to come home and have a piece of watermelon?"
"No, goodbye grandpa..."
"Children in this city are just polite..."
The old man smiled and praised Ye Tian, then turned around and walked into the front door of his house, completely unaware that the child in front of him had not been in the city for as long as he had.
