With money and a car, Le Fan wanted to study hard for the civil service exam, but he couldn't help it. Whenever he sat down, he wanted to do a few sets of questions, but instead he thought about how to test out a new car.
new features.
"Oh, let's do these questions tomorrow. It's still early for the exam."
"Hey, let's play for one more day. I will definitely calm down and do the questions tomorrow."
"Oh, why do I have so little self-control? Tomorrow, even if there is a thunderstorm, I won't drive out to play. I must finish this set of questions."
Today is tomorrow, and tomorrow is the day after tomorrow. In short, it’s New Year’s Eve time in the blink of an eye, and he hasn’t finished the first set of questions yet.
However, I am quite familiar with that car. Other than that, I have studied Go carefully. At least I am getting started and I understand the basic introductory knowledge.
Since Mrs. Dong adopted Le Fan as her adopted son, she used to stay at home, but now she has become more active. She often calls and keeps in touch with her old colleagues and friends.
Especially during the Chinese New Year, she was very quiet in previous years, as if the Chinese New Year had nothing to do with her, but this year it was different. She ordered a large number of Miaofeng Mountain roses from the old branch secretary, and these were all special medicinal roses.
Regardless of her old age and frailty, she took Le Fan to meet her old friends and colleagues.
Years ago was the busiest time. Le Fan was so tired that he went home and fell asleep. It took him ten days to deliver half the house of gifts while driving.
During these ten days, Le Fan complained a lot and kept repeating, "Giving gifts is really not a human job. It has no dignity at all."
Because, during the Chinese New Year, everyone is very busy and giving gifts. They often call to make an appointment, but the wait is in vain, and most of them cannot enter other people's homes at all, and it is difficult to even meet in person. That kind of waiting
And humiliation made Le Fan, who was giving gifts for the first time, extremely distressed.
However, in the process, Mrs. Dong told Le Fan a lot of unspoken rules in officialdom, and even the knowledge of giving gifts.
It also includes the chess and card culture in the officialdom, the mysteries behind calligraphy and painting, etc.
It can be said that during these ten days, although he was full of complaints, while waiting in pain and humiliation, Mrs. Dong devoted almost her whole life to understanding the officialdom, and taught by words and deeds, speaking with facts, and the effect was very remarkable.
Le Fan is no longer an idiot in the officialdom, but a theoretical master who already knows how to fight in the officialdom.
However, many things still need to be dealt with one by one and digested and absorbed in practice.
After giving the gifts for ten days, Le Fan found that most of his hair had turned green, leaving only a little gray in the middle.
On New Year's Eve, Le Fan and the others were invited to his home by Mrs. Wen.
It's strange to say that New Year's Eve is a day for reunions, but Mrs. Wen's house is very deserted.
"Oh, the children are busy paying condolences on New Year's Eve. I'm afraid they won't be able to come. In the past few years, Ruirui and we have celebrated New Year's Eve and called you over. Our family is also very lively." Old Mrs. Wen said.
.
The children of the Wen family are basically the first and second leaders in the local government. On New Year's Eve, they are definitely on duty. They take advantage of the New Year's Eve to visit and express condolences, showing the party's care for the people.
This is already an established thing, so ordinary people can have a happy New Year's Eve with reunion, but the leaders who are officials must definitely be on the front line at this time to celebrate the New Year.
The last stop also starts the new year.
The culture here is not just as simple as the party's care, but also reflects whether the official can report to the supervisor in the coming year, and even a higher level of meaning.
If you can't even stand at the last post, it means that your official career is over.
If the first post in the coming year is not held by him, it means that there will be no coming year and he will definitely lose power in the coming year.
Therefore, all officials, especially the first and second leaders in the unit, attach great importance to this New Year's Eve as a link between past and future.
Old Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Dong had their own topics to talk about, but Le Fan, at his current level, really didn't have that high level to understand their conversation. Sitting there chatting with them, he was simply lost in the clouds and confused.
cloud.
"Come play a game of chess with me. I learned a few tricks from my teacher." Wen Xinrui was always worried about Le Fan's defeat against her last time, and she always wanted to find a chance to regain her face.
One round……
Second game...
After three games, Le Fan was defeated, and it was a three-game losing streak.
Le Fan had lost his memory and would not kill a girl in a daze like before. He could not even resist. This time, he would never dare to defeat Wen Xinrui. Instead, he would not use Guan Mang and just rely on his strength.
At this stage, he took supplementary lessons in Go to cope with the challenge.
"It's so boring to stop playing. You're bullying me!" Wen Xinrui pulled out the chess piece and said dissatisfiedly, with dark clouds on her face.
Mr. Wen and Mrs. Dong were sitting not far away chatting. Seeing their granddaughter's expression, they quickly asked: "What's wrong?"
"Grandpa, look at it, he bullied me and defeated me in the last 'Danghu Ten Game', but this time, he wasn't serious at all, he was just trying to fool me, his chess skills are not even as good as a child's." Wen Xinrui
Said dissatisfied.
"Lele, it takes some tricks to please girls. Ruirui is good at everything and is gentle on the outside, but she likes to be competitive on the inside. You want to let her, but also don't let her see it. Occasionally you win her once, and occasionally you lose her.
Two pieces will not make her lose too much face, but can also maintain your height. In this way, she will keep playing chess with you. As long as you play chess, there will be stories." Mr. Wen whispered in Le Fan's ears.
As he said this, there was a mysterious smile on his face.
Le Fan had a look of confusion on his face. This trick was very simple, one point would reveal the truth, but the last point of "a story happened" was profound and rich in connotation.
It's hard to imagine that Mr. Wen would say such a thing.
According to common sense, Mr. Wen turned his elbows outward and "betrayed" his granddaughter in front of Le Fan. Under normal circumstances, no one would do this, especially from a prominent political family like theirs, let alone
May do so.
Unless something happens.
That was Mrs. Wen's great recognition of Le Fan.
"To be my god-grandson, you must not only pass the political IQ, but also the emotional intelligence." Mr. Wen said with a smile and patted Le Fan on the shoulder.
When Wen Xinrui heard this, her face flushed and turned red, like a ripe red apple. She twisted her waist and floated into her own room like a willow swinging in the wind.
She knew her grandfather's words very well.
Among the four people, only Le Fan was stupid and didn't understand the meaning. He was a bit like Monk Erzhang, who was confused.
Just then, the phone on the table rang.
After answering the phone, Mrs. Wen called to Wen Xinrui's room: "Ruirui, get ready, Gao Sheng from the Gao family is coming."
When Le Fan heard this, he was shocked and thought: "It seems that this New Year's Eve is unusual."