Since he was promoted to a party committee member, it was Xiao Zheng's happiest moment today when he could tell his parents, "I am now a party committee member in the town."
The village party secretary Ma Fulai dared to provoke my father in person because he was an ordinary cadre.
Among the ordinary cadres in the town, it is true that none of the village party secretaries have any weight. But from now on, it is completely different.
After hearing this, Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei's eyes widened: "Is it true?"
Xiao Zheng smiled lightly and said, "Mom and Dad, I won't lie to you just to make you happy. If you are promoted, you are promoted."
Indeed, this son has never deceived them.
Xiao Rongrong stood up, took out two small cups from the cupboard and said, "I must have a drink today."
Fei Qingmei glanced at him and said, "Why do you only bring two wine glasses? Bring me one too. I want a drink today too."
Xiao Rongrong smiled and said: "These two cups are for you and Xiao Zheng, I will get another one myself."
On an old-fashioned Eight Immortals table, there were three dishes and one soup, and the wine was poured. The three of them poured 38-degree Thai wine into their wine cups and held the cups.
Xiao Rongrong said: "Qingmei, my son has been promoted. Today we come together to toast him and congratulate him."
Fei Qingmei's eyes were slightly moist: "Son, it's not easy. Mom and dad both respect you and wish you a better career from now on."
Xiao Zheng laughed when he heard this: "Mom, do you still want me to continue to rise?"
Fei Qingmei said with a smile: "Of course, my son is a famous college student. He was suppressed by others for the first seven years. Now they can't suppress you anymore. Your fortune must have turned around and you will definitely be able to rise all the way up."
Xiao Rongrong said: "Qingmei, don't put so much pressure on your son. If we can have a town leader in our family, it will be like smoke rising from the ancestral graves. I am already very satisfied."
Fei Qingmei said: "I am not dissatisfied. However, I believe that my son will definitely be promoted because my son is excellent."
Fei Qingmei's confidence in her son can sometimes be regarded as blind. But which mother is not blind? Sometimes it is this blindness that gives her son confidence and confidence.
After drinking two cups of wine, Fei Qingmei asked: "Son, you are now the leader, have the Chen family treated you better?"
Chen Hong and her family have not had a good attitude towards Xiao Zheng over the years, and Fei Qingmei also knows something about it.
In the past, although the village road was still small, Chen Hong had visited his house several times, but he had not come once in the past two years.
Fei Qingmei also became suspicious and asked her son about the situation. Xiao Zheng didn't hide anything and told the truth. Only now did Fei Qingmei ask this question.
Xiao Zheng said: "Mom, I'm feeling much better now. You even invited me to dinner a few days ago."
Fei Qingmei said: "That's good."
Xiao Rongrong said, "Xiao Zheng, I think the Chen family is too snobbish. We farmers are all real people. It's too tiring to interact with them."
Fei Qingmei said: "Who asked you to contact them? It's Xiao Zheng and Chen Hong's business. As long as they young people like it, we don't have to worry too much."
Xiao Rongrong said: "The two of them are in contact now. If they get married in the future, we will inevitably have contact. Even if we don't have contact, their family's attitude towards Xiao Zheng will always depend on whether Xiao Zheng's personal development is good or not, and how good Xiao Zheng is.
When Xiao Zheng had problems at work, they would just ignore him. How could that be okay? People always have their ups and downs. We always treat people, especially those closest to us, the same way.
It can’t be like this. Don’t you think so?”
Fei Qingmei said: "What you said is correct. But in the end, it's up to us, Xiao Zheng, to let him make his own decision. Besides, I quite like this girl Chen Hong."
Xiao Rongrong said: "Xiao Zheng, what do you think... ahem..."
While talking, Xiao Rongrong suddenly coughed, and the cough was severe. Fei Qingmei quickly put down her chopsticks and helped Xiao Rongrong pat her back.
Xiao Zheng also put down his chopsticks and said hurriedly: "Why does dad cough so badly?"
Fei Qingmei patted her husband on the back and said, "That's what happened over the past month."
Xiao Rongrong coughed for a long time, and the saliva from his mouth dripped to the ground before he regained his composure a little.
Xiao Zheng felt a little distressed and worried, so he said: "Dad, you and I will go to the county hospital tomorrow to see you. It's terrible that you are coughing like this."
Xiao Rongrong said: "I have to go to work tomorrow, so I can't go."
Xiao Zheng said: "Before sharpening your knife and chopping firewood, you have to take good care of your cough first."
Xiao Rongrong didn't take it seriously: "In our village, which man doesn't have a cough? It's normal, no need to make a fuss."
Since Murakami opened the mine, more and more people have coughed. People don’t take it seriously.
Many people only care about making money and don't care much about their bodies.
Xiao Zheng said: "Dad, why do you earn this money? Isn't it to improve your life? To live a good life? If you want to live a good life, how can you do it without a good body? The body is 1
, the others are all 0. If this 1 is no longer good, what use are those 0s?”
Xiao Rongrong listened and thought it made sense. He was silent for a moment and said: "Tomorrow is Sunday, I'm afraid there is no doctor? I'm going to work again. Well, I'll ask for leave tomorrow and go to the county hospital the day after tomorrow."
Xiao Zheng said: "That's okay. But you have to call me in advance and I will go with you."
Xiao Rongrong said: "Okay, it's settled."
Next, Xiao Zheng drank the last sip of wine with Xiao Rongrong and stopped drinking.
That night, Fei Qingmei originally asked Xiao Zheng to go back to the dormitory in town to sleep, as it had always been like this before.
But Xiao Zheng refused to leave today. He wanted to observe Xiao Rongrong's situation at night.
I don't know whether Xiao Zheng drank some wine and fell into a deep sleep, or whether it was because Xiao Rongrong didn't really cough. In short, Xiao Zheng hardly heard any coughing that night.
Early the next morning, Xiao Rongrong and Fei Qingmei left a bowl of porridge, a fried egg and a bowl of fried vegetables on the table for Xiao Zheng. They had already gone to work early.
After Xiao Zheng had breakfast, he returned to town.
On Monday, Xiao Zheng didn't receive calls from his father and mother. He was a little worried, so he called home, but no one answered.
What happened to these two people? Xiao Zheng complained a little in his heart. These two old men must have gone to work again.
At around six o'clock in the evening, Xiao Zheng called home again, and it was his mother Fei Qingmei who answered the call.
Xiao Zheng asked: "What's going on? Why didn't dad go to the county to see a doctor?"
Fei Qingmei said: "Your father's cough has improved in the past two days and he has not coughed during the day or night, so he said there is no need to go to the hospital."
Xiao Zheng said: "But, didn't you still have a bad cough two days ago? Even if you have no symptoms now, it's best to go to the hospital for a check-up before you feel relieved, right?"
At this time, Xiao Rongrong answered the phone: "Xiao Zheng, you don't have to worry about me anymore. I have been very well these two days and there is no problem at all, so don't worry. If you have any symptoms, I will call you. What's new to you?
When you are a leader, there will definitely be a lot of things going on in the town, so just go about your business."
Xiao Zheng really has nothing to do with his father and doesn't pay attention to his body at all. But this is not the case for Xiao Rongrong alone. In fact, this is generally the case for everyone in the village.
It was impossible for Xiao Zheng to tie him to the county hospital, so he said: "Dad, I told you, if you cough again, you must call me immediately. This matter is not a joke."
Xiao Rongrong said: "Okay, I promise you, if I cough again, I will call you."
Before noon the next day, Deputy Mayor Jin Hui called Xiao Zheng: "Commissioner Xiao, now that you have become the leader, I haven't seen you anywhere."
Xiao Zheng heard a slight dissatisfaction in Jin Hui's voice.
After all, he has been following Jin Hui for a long time, and Jin Hui is usually the leader who cares most about him in the town.
Xiao Zheng couldn't help but said: "Mayor Jin, if you are willing to show your face, I will treat you to a meal at noon."
Jin Hui said: "Okay, since you were promoted, you haven't treated anyone to dinner yet."
Jin Hui really liked to eat. When he heard that Xiao Zheng wanted to treat him to dinner, Jin Hui was happy and the resentment in his words disappeared completely.
At noon, when other town cadres were rushing to the canteen, Jin Hui and Xiao Zheng came to the Anxian local cuisine restaurant. The hardest dish here is Anxian local chicken.
This chicken stewed with bamboo chicken, mushroom slices, dried chili peppers, and garlic is served with a rich aroma.
“This chicken is so delicious!”
Xiao Zheng said: "Then you can eat more. How about we get four more bottles of beer?"
Jin Hui said matter-of-factly: "How can you eat local chicken without wine? Of course you have to have beer."
There was no prohibition on alcohol at that time, so you could drink a little if you wanted, as long as you didn't become obsessed with drinking, which would seriously affect your work, it would be fine.
The two drank for a while. Jin Hui filled a glass with beer, picked it up, and said to Xiao Zheng: "Congratulations, you finally slipped away from your post at the safety supervision station! Now, I am the only one left.
Fighting hard.”
Regarding this matter, Xiao Zheng actually had something to say. He said: "Mayor Jin, the mining problem in Fengqi Village is a time bomb. I think we should really make up our minds to solve it completely. You are the deputy in charge
Mayor, you should know this better than me!"
Jin Hui looked at Xiao Zheng: "Yes, I know better than you. But, what's the use of being clearer?"
Xiao Zheng said in surprise: "Why is it useless! Since you know that this is a time bomb, let's solve it. If you, the deputy mayor, can't solve it, you can use the strength of the mayor. If the mayor can't solve it, you can use the town party committee secretary.
The power. Mayor Jin, I have been working with you for so long, and we have feelings for each other. If you really want to do it, I will definitely support you!"
Jin Hui looked at Xiao Zheng, his expression filled with slight emotion. But after a while, he seemed to shake his head and said to himself: "Xiao Zheng, our arms can't hold our thighs."
Xiao Zheng frowned slightly: "You said arms can't hold thighs, so who are the 'arms'? Who are the 'thighs'?"