Thinking of this, I said: "Sister, then I won't say anything."
She then asked me: "I heard you talking on the phone just now, as if you were at home?"
Only then did I realize that she had heard what I said to my mother before talking to her, "Well, I just got up. Yesterday Kang Demao came to my house, and we both drank a little too much."
She sighed and said: "I can understand the friendship between you. I also know that you are actually very guilty in your heart. But Feng Xiao, politics is different from the interactions between ordinary people. Politics is a very cruel thing, and acting emotionally will often bring trouble to yourself.
It's a big mistake. By the way, are you free now? If you have nothing to do, come over to my sister's place to sit. I've made some soup, can you drink some?"
I hesitated immediately, "...Okay, I'll be right over."
After answering the phone, I went to the living room. My mother had already put away the dishes for me. She was cleaning the living room. I looked at her busy figure and felt a little ashamed. "Mom, let's hire a nanny."
Let the nanny do these things."
My mother smiled and said to me: "What are you spending that money for? I do these things to exercise. And there is always an outsider at home, and I'm not used to it."
I thought so. Then I said to my mother: "Mom, I have to go out again. I may not have dinner at home at noon. By the way, I have to go to pay New Year's greetings to a provincial leader today. I don't know if I can come back for dinner in the evening."
"
Mother said: "I know you are very busy. Just go and do your work."
I suddenly remembered something, "Mom, what did my classmate Kang Demao come to our house last night to give us something?"
Mother said: "Oh, I forgot to tell you. That thing is under the cabinet, I didn't open it."
My mother pointed to the location of the wine cabinet in the living room. I hurried there and opened it and found a very beautiful paper bag inside. I took the paper bag out of the cabinet and then took out the contents. I found that it was a beautiful paper bag.
The wooden box. After opening the wooden box, I was immediately stunned: inside was a very beautiful jade Ruyi.
This is an emerald green Yu Ruyu. This thing is real at first sight. I touched the Ruyi jade and immediately felt a warm feeling on my hand. This thing is worth a lot of money. I thought to myself
.
I don't believe that Kang Demao would be willing to spend his own money to buy this thing, and I also think that the thing he gave me is too expensive, and it is not the kind of communication we should need. This jade Ruyi is worth at least half a million yuan.
My mother also saw the thing in my hand. She opened her mouth wide and couldn't close it. "What, what is this? It looks valuable? Is it made of jade?"
I nodded, "I can't have this thing."
My mother said: "Why does County Magistrate Kang have such valuable things? Xiao'er, you must not ask for this thing from him. I know you made money in business so you can afford this villa. Could it be that Magistrate Kang also
Doing business?”
My mother’s words already expressed her suspicion, and she also suspected that Kang Demao’s thing had something wrong. I said, “I will return it to him. Don’t worry.”
Then I went to look for things at home that could be used as gifts. The first thing I saw was the painting by Wu Yaru. I picked up the painting and opened it on the bed, and found that it turned out to be a painting of Xu Beihong's Galloping Horse. This thing looked real at first glance.
Yes, although I don’t know how to draw, the natural and smooth lines of the painting in front of me, as well as the beauty of the whole picture, make me feel its authenticity. What’s more, I believe Wu Yaru will not give me fake things.
I was reluctant to give it to someone else. I was thinking: I must find an opportunity to return this thing to her in the future, because it should have belonged to her. She is a painter, so she can appreciate the beauty of this painting better.
Later, I chose that watch. Originally, I was going to give this watch to Director Zou, but he wouldn’t let me go to him to pay him New Year greetings, so I didn’t give it away. This watch only costs over 50,000 yuan.
Yuan, I think is more appropriate.
Then I said hello to my mother and went out.
When I arrived at Lin Yu's house, I put the paper bag in my hand next to the sofa. Lin Yu glanced at the paper bag and asked me with a smile: "What's in this?"
I said, "That's the manuscript. There's also a watch I'm going to give to Governor Huang."
She immediately went to take out the watch from the paper bag and looked at it. She immediately laughed and said, "Feng Xiao, this thing is not bad, but it's a little bit worse. Well, I'll give you a new one. You can keep this one for yourself."
Wear it."
I hurriedly said: "Sister, I have it. I don't want to wear such an expensive thing to prevent others from gossiping."
But she shook her head and said: "You are the son-in-law of the richest man in Jiangnan. It is only appropriate to wear such a watch. I noticed that you are wearing a domestic watch that costs more than 2,000 yuan. Although you want to be low-key,
But if you wear such a watch in your current capacity, others will think you are too artificial. Don’t you think so?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "This is my personal preference. I'm too lazy to care about other people's thoughts."
She shook her head and said: "After a person reaches a certain position, he can't help himself. You must pay attention to this now. In fact, in one sentence, it means everything you do, including the clothes you wear, the watch you wear, etc.
, it has to be in line with your identity, how can it be called in line with your identity? It has to be natural. You are Lin Yi’s son-in-law, so it is only natural to wear such a famous brand and such a watch. Do you understand? "
I still smiled bitterly, "Sister, is this also politics?"
She immediately laughed, "Of course. Many people in Governor Huang's family are in business, and the watch he wears must match his status. Because no matter how good a watch he wears, others will believe that he is honest. But
If he wears an ordinary watch, others will think that he is pretending to be low-key. Of course, his identity is different from yours. He has to pay attention to his public image and what kind of clothes he wears on different occasions.
After all, this is politics. But the deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee is different. He is an official. As a result, the clothes and watches he wears are very expensive, which makes people doubt his financial resources.
.”
I think what she said is right, but... I thought about it and asked: "Sister, I see that many leaders in the province wear brand-name watches. Why don't other people have problems? It seems that the deputy
Has the secretary-leader offended someone from above?"
She shook her head and said: "That's not true. The main reason is that he went too far. The amount of bribes he accepted was too high. As the saying goes, if you walk at night for a long time, you will encounter a ghost. No matter how clever his bribe-taking methods are, there will always be a day when someone discovers him.
In the past, he fought with Governor Huang, thinking that he could be unscrupulous because of his money and backing, but now? After his accident, his backing had already gone away. Governor Huang said it well, the way to be an official is
The most important thing is not to be greedy. His words are now being fulfilled."
I nodded, but still felt a little strange, "Sister, logically speaking, his bribery should be a very secretive thing, but why was he still discovered?"
She smiled and said: "It's not just a secret?! You can't even imagine his methods of accepting bribes!"
I suddenly became curious, "Sister, what methods does he have for accepting bribes?"
She told me with a smile: "One way is that a company asked his niece to shoot a film as a candidate for a TV commercial. Of course, this one will definitely not be on TV because it only lasted five minutes. It was childish, right? The result was that
The company gave RMB 500,000 as advertising shooting fee. Method 2: An international consulting company used its own internal magazine to interview his wife four times. His wife is the CEO of a state-owned enterprise in our province, and then this international consulting company interviewed his wife four times.
He paid his wife 10,000 U.S. dollars for the first time. The consulting company said that this was a rule because they had to pay the experts for interviews. Method three: a company found a woman with average education, ability, and appearance, and then arranged
She held a super-high-paying job, and then introduced this woman to the deputy secretary's divorced son. They immediately got married and divorced a week later. The deputy secretary's son obtained two villas in an out-of-court settlement. Method 4
, a company gave the deputy secretary a fake calligraphy and painting by Qi Baishi with a price tag of 7,000 yuan and an invoice from a well-known painting shop in a certain street in Beijing. But the painting was actually genuine. After the deputy secretary paid
Half a year later, there was news in the circle that he detected leaks and bought a fine work at a fake price, which became a legend in the industry. He later entrusted an auction house to sell it, earning nearly one million yuan in revenue. The last one was even more unique, and a company
In order to bribe him, he sent a special person to guard the lottery exchange point and buy the winning lottery ticket with cash. Then he gave the winning lottery ticket to the deputy secretary in the name of agreeing to buy it on his behalf. How about it? Feng Xiao,
You must have never heard of such a method, right?"
I couldn't help but be horrified, shook my head and said, "Sister, these people are really smart. It's a pity that they are all used in crooked ways."
She also laughed, "Yeah. We Chinese are really smart, and we have used our wisdom to the extreme in these aspects. But I still believe in one thing: the French Open is open and there are no omissions. Look, hasn't he been exposed now?
Yet?"
I sighed: "It's a pity that Kang Demao, he...hey!"
She looked at me and said to me softly: "Feng Xiao, there is nothing we can do about this. Politics is like this. Kang Demao brought it upon himself. If something like this happens to him, no one can help him. I
The reason I agreed to let him come to pay me New Year greetings was because I thought that you and he are classmates, otherwise it would be difficult for you to get along in the future. Also, after all, he has been with me for a while, and I think his abilities are quite good. In addition, I
I don’t want him to be too pessimistic and disappointed in the current situation. You have to know that when a person is extremely disappointed, he is likely to jump over the wall. Governor Huang may not want to see him, or refuse to meet with him.
But we can't. We need to do some reconciliation."
I deeply agree, but I am still a little worried. I feel worried for Kang Demao, "Sister, his current seat will not move, right?"
She shook her head, "That's not the case. But it will be difficult for him to make progress in the future."
I immediately felt relieved and said, "Sister, that's fine. After all, he is now the head of a county. I hope he can learn a lesson. I think Governor Huang may slowly forgive him in the future."
She shook her head and said, "Feng Xiao, you are too naive. What a leader hates most is someone who has betrayed him. This is absolutely unforgivable."
I sighed: "Politics can be so cruel. Alas! But I don't understand why politics can be so cruel."
She smiled and said: "The reason is very simple, because politics is about national interests, regional interests, gang interests, official interests, commercial interests...and so on. It's strange that it is not complicated and cruel."
"
I couldn't help but nod, because I felt she really got to the essence of the problem. Suddenly, I remembered something, "Sister, Kang Demao came to pay you New Year greetings. What did he give you? Haha! Sister, I don't have anything."
What else do you mean, just asking casually."
She looked at me and smiled softly, "Feng Xiao, I know you are worried that I will be implicated in the future if I accept his expensive gift. Don't worry, it won't be. I'm not that confused."
I immediately smiled sheepishly, "That's right, who is sister? Haha! Sister, I told you that I was just asking casually."
She said to me softly: "Feng Xiao, you are reminding me. Of course I know you are doing it for me. So I am very grateful to you. I understand that you are the really good person to me."
"
I immediately felt embarrassed and said, "Sister, please stop talking."
But she immediately came to me and asked: "What? Is the thing he gave you expensive?"
I was immediately startled by her words, but then I understood her reasoning: I just asked her like that, which in itself showed that I had a basis to remind her, and this basis was the gift Kang Demao gave me.
But I felt that I shouldn’t tell her about Kang Demao giving me the jade Ruyi, because that would probably put Kang Demao in a bigger crisis. It’s not that I don’t want to tell the truth to Lin Yu, but
It was because Governor Huang hated Kang Demao so much, and maybe Lin Yu hated him too much.
I shook my head hastily and said, "No, he just gave me this watch. Sister, I was worried that he would give you something expensive. After all, you were his former leader, and he and I were classmates, completely different."
She looked at me and immediately laughed, "Haha! You really know how to do favors and gave away the things easily."
I couldn't help but smile, "Sister, what kind of soup did you make? Why is it so fragrant?"
She smiled and said: "The black-bone chicken and Codonopsis pilosula soup I stewed is very nourishing." Then she looked at me with charming eyes and said, "Feng Xiao, I found that you have been a little weak recently, so I called you over.
You drink some, so I can give you a tonic. Although your parents are at your home, they don’t know that you are very weak? So they won’t make such soup for you. Do you think so?”
My heart suddenly shook, "Sister..."
She looked at me and smiled, "Just wait, I'll get you a bowl right away."
Then she went into the kitchen. I saw her steps were very light, and I immediately knew that she must be in a happy mood at the moment. (To be continued)