No matter how reluctant you are to leave, you will eventually leave.
I believe that everything is the best arrangement, including my appearance here and my departure now.
After so many years, it should be a good time and beautiful scenery.
"If the fate is not over, we will meet again. If we never forget it, there will be echoes."
Although this sentence is usually used to describe the separation between lovers, I think it is more appropriate to use it at this time.
After saying goodbye to the villagers one by one, I finally got in the car, but they hadn't left yet and kept following our car all the way.
I didn't dare to look out of the car window, it was hard to imagine what it was like.
It wasn't until the car was completely far away that I turned my head and took a look behind the car window.
Although they were far away, they could still vaguely see the light of fire in the distance, and they could still feel that the villagers had not left.
My tears never stopped. It’s true that a man doesn’t shed tears easily, but it’s just not the time to feel sad!
At this time, Jiang Tao suddenly said to me: "It's quite sad, isn't it?"
"More than that! That's why I don't want to say goodbye because I'm afraid something like this will happen." I wiped away my tears and said.
Jiang Tao smiled again and said, "But you should say goodbye to them, and don't blame me for telling them about your departure on your own initiative, because you should let everyone here remember that you existed here.
"
"Haha, County Magistrate Jiang, this is an exaggeration!"
"It's no exaggeration. Now your reputation is not only in our Dongshan County, but also in the city and the province. The things you have done can be seen by ordinary people."
I sighed heavily, and when I turned my head to the car window again, I could no longer see the firelight.
Only at this moment did I realize that I had really left.
Of course, there is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever.
After coming back to my senses, I said to Jiang Tao again: "Did you come early?"
"To be precise, I was already here last night."
"Ah?!" I said in shock, "County Magistrate Jiang, why are you doing this? It makes me embarrassed to leave."
"How about I take you back now?" Jiang Tao said jokingly.
I smiled and said: "No, I really don't think it is necessary. It takes two hours to come from the county seat, and now it takes another two hours to go back. You, a dignified secretary of the county party committee, personally come to pick me up and drop me off. How can I be so virtuous and capable?"
Jiang Tao glanced at me and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, in the entire county, you are the only one in Dashan who has this kind of treatment."
I sighed softly. Anyway, I just felt quite embarrassed. I really didn’t feel that I had done a big thing.
Jiang Tao said to me again at this time: "Okay, don't think too much, take care of things at home when you go back, and let go of things here first!"
"Well," I nodded heavily, then took out a USB flash drive and said, "By the way, this is the production plan I have prepared, as well as some plans for developing tourism. If you have any questions, please call me.
Telephone."
"I know, let it go!"
He paused and then said to me: "As for you now, you will definitely face a lot of problems after you go back. If you have anything, tell me. I can help. I will never ignore it. Even if I, Jiang Tao, can't help,
As long as you need me, I will use all my connections to help you."
"County Magistrate Jiang, I'm really embarrassed when you say that."
"Since you're here, what's our relationship now? Anyway, I treat you like a brother."
I know that although Jiang Tao is a man of culture, he is not that kind of literate person.
I also laughed and said jokingly: "Since County Magistrate Jiang said so, I won't be polite."
"I didn't ask you to be polite, because I was afraid that you would forget about me, a poor county magistrate."
We chatted all the way, and soon we arrived at the county seat, and the sky was completely bright.
But Jiang Tao didn't stop the car, and it seemed like he was going to take me directly to the city!
When we were about to leave the county seat in the car, I finally stopped him and said, "County Magistrate Jiang, what do you mean? Aren't we already at the county seat?"
"Anyway, I have to go to the city today. I'll take you to the airport."
"Really? Don't go out of your way to see me off. Seriously, I can just take the bus myself."
Jiang Tao glanced at me again and said: "Who is telling you the truth? Do you think I am so idle? I will personally take you to the city."
I didn't talk anymore, and I didn't know until later that he had sent me to the airport specially.
In order to send me off, he even failed to attend a meeting that morning, so he wrote a review.
But I only found out about these things later.
And that was the last time I saw him!
After Jiang Tao dropped me off at the city airport, he also took me to the security checkpoint.
I didn't know that day, but after I passed the security check, Jiang Tao fainted in the airport lobby.
Later, he was taken to the hospital by airport staff and was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, which was already in the advanced stage.
He was so tired that he had never stopped since the day he arrived in Dongshan County. Even during non-working hours, he had been busy with various matters in the county.
Rather than saying that it was me who changed Dongshan County, it was actually Jiang Tao who changed it.
Because in all that I have done, without Jiang Tao’s strong support and his patient persuasion, I would never have achieved what I have achieved today.
Including the grape seedlings in the fields and the tourism projects developed in the town after I left, he was all responsible for the aftermath.
He worked really hard. He really provided for the common people and fulfilled his obligations as a party member.
As for these things, I only found out about them after a long, long time, but I didn't know anything at the time, and Jiang Tao didn't reveal anything to me.
On the plane back to Chengdu, I thought a lot about some things that will happen after I go back.
But when I think about An Lan possibly sitting in jail right now, I feel heartbroken for no reason.
Although I have forgotten some things between me and her, during this time we got along, I seem to have a new understanding of her, and I seem to like her quite a lot.
You can't hide your love for someone. I liked her before, and I like her just as much now.
On the plane, I kept thinking, will she be scared in prison? Will she be cold and hungry? Will she be abused?
I couldn't wait to see her as soon as I landed, and I was even willing to bear all this for her.
I must find a way to rescue An Lan, no matter how difficult it is!
After two and a half hours of air flight, the plane finally landed at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport.
The moment I walked out of the airport building, the cold air swept over me. Compared to Dongshan County, which has an average temperature of around 20 degrees all year round, it was much colder here.
Although my memory was lost, when I stepped into this land again, some sporadic memories were quietly awakened.
I seem to be very familiar with every building in this city and every street in this city, yet they are so unfamiliar to me.
Standing under the viaduct outside the airport, a myriad of thoughts arose in my mind, and some unclear images passed through my mind.
It was as if the heart had been torn into pieces, which was painful and suffocating.