We have so many companies in Shangjiang, and we are still attracting further investment. Currently, an international pharmaceutical company is about to move into our Shangjiang city. This is one of the company's large pharmaceutical factories in the world.
Think about it, how many workers will those big companies need in the future? How many management talents will they need? Can we in Shangjiang City provide all such talents? No. If our subway is built, people living in provincial capitals with the skills and
People with management skills can come to work with us, and it only takes ten minutes or at most half an hour to get off work every day. By then, won’t our Shangjiang City really become part of the provincial capital?”
He suddenly became excited, "It doesn't matter whether the price of my courtyard house increases or not. I am so old, money has no practical meaning to me. However, Xiao Feng, what you just said is indeed very exciting.
If the development of our Shangjiang City can really be like that in the future, the people will always remember your leadership."
I smiled and said: "Old man, I believe that this day will come soon, and you will definitely be able to see it in your lifetime. In fact, we don't need the people to remember. Maybe you think the same, because we just do what we should do.
Things that others can’t do, but we have done it, at least this can make us feel very proud. Don’t you think so?”
He picked up the wine glass and clinked it heavily on the glass in my hand, "Xiao Feng, for what you said, I must respect you. What you said is the truth. What do people want in this life? It's not fame.
It’s not about profit, it’s about peace of mind, being able to close your eyes peacefully when you die.”
At this time, I was really surprised, "Old man, what's wrong with you today? Why do you always say such things? You are not old and in good health. Why do I feel that your mentality is not right?"
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He drank the wine, stretched out his hand to touch his hair, and sighed: "Xiao Feng, look at my hair, it's all white! Now I'm already half a person who has been buried in the loess. Man, let's go."
It happened so quickly. Now I often think of my youth, and how I really had the pride to guide the country and criticize Fang Qiu at that time."
Immediately, he waved to me and said: "Now that I am old, I have realized that I have done too few useful things in my life. I think back then, Teacher Chen... Oh, she was the head teacher I mentioned earlier. If we could
Give her more care, and even if I don't listen to those rumors and pursue her bravely, then her tragedy will not happen, and I will not feel guilty for this life."
I was stunned for a moment, and it took me a while to realize, "You, you also liked her at that time?"
He nodded slightly, "Yes. She came to teach in our school when she returned to the city as an educated youth. She was also a teacher when she was an educated youth, but she was in a remote mountainous area. At that time, she had a boyfriend, and later that man
Back in the city, he was an educated youth from Beijing, but there was no news after he left. Later, someone said that she had been pregnant and had an abortion.
So at that time, many young people despised her in their hearts. In fact, I liked her, and she knew it, but I really didn't dare to face other people's rumors, so I just kept the feelings in my heart.
To be honest, it was also because of this incident that I took the postgraduate entrance examination because I didn’t want to see her every day, which would make me feel uncomfortable and painful. Hey..."
Such stories were not uncommon in that era. Even if we watch movies and TV series now, we can find that the stories in them are actually very similar, but this just illustrates a problem: in that era, such stories were very common, and right now
It is because they are common that those things are particularly true.
The same historical background and the same system have given people the same values, which has resulted in the same fate for many people.
I also sighed in my heart and comforted him: "Old man, everything has passed. There was nothing wrong with what you did at that time. After all, a person's ideas will be limited by history. Also, the matter of your gray hair is ours
A natural process for everyone.
But I do think you look much better now than before. Your hair used to be gray and you looked older. Are you different now? What are you? This is called a white-haired childlike appearance! This shows that
You are in good health and all your organs are functioning normally. It is impossible for many elderly people to think of being like you."
He smiled and said: "Xiao Feng, you are really good at talking."
I hurriedly said to him seriously: "I am telling the truth. Really, I am a medical student and I have the right to speak in this regard."
The old man was still smiling, "Xiao Feng, don't get me wrong, I'm not pessimistic and disappointed, I'm just a little emotional. You will probably be the same as me when you reach my age."
At this time, I was secretly anxious, because I really wanted him to tell me where the two bowls were, and I even wanted him to tell me how to get that person to sell the things. But I knew that now I would ask him
This matter is not appropriate, and he should know the purpose of my coming here today, and he will take the initiative to tell me sooner or later.
But now I don't understand why he keeps talking about other things like this. Maybe he is hesitating in his heart, or maybe he is worried about something, or for some other reason.
I smiled and said: "Maybe, but I think you are right. The most important thing in a person's life is peace of mind. Now that I am the mayor, the only thing on my mind is how to do more for this place.
These things. In the final analysis, we are actually doing those things for ourselves, because each of us has a lofty ideal in our hearts."
He nodded, "I completely believe what you said. Kant said: There are only two things in the world that can deeply shock our hearts. One is the brilliant starry sky above our heads, and the other is the lofty moral law in our hearts.
What he said is very good: ideals and morality are what each of us really wants to pursue, but many of us have lost our way in mediocrity and desire."
I smiled and said, "I don't have such high aspirations, but what I just said is indeed what I really think in my heart."
He nodded, "I believe. In fact, many officials have such ideals in their hearts, but many of them are controlled by desire. So, I think you are really different. Everything you did in Shangjiang City
As everyone can see, the common people have a strong balance in their hearts. Xiao Feng, I would like to ask you another question, and I hope you can answer me truthfully. In fact, I have wanted to ask you this question a long time ago, but I have never been able to answer it.
mouth."
I suddenly became nervous: What did he want to ask me? But I could only say to him: "You ask, I will try to answer truthfully."
He looked at me, "What do you think of your father-in-law?" (To be continued)