The father grinned and said, "As long as you have this intention. Let's talk about it later."
After leaving the courtyard, there was a stall next to the street. An old man in his sixties was frying fried dough sticks. It was obvious that he knew my father, because as soon as he saw us, he started to say hello, "Comrade Feng,
It’s early today.”
The father smiled at him and said, "My son is back. Bring him to try your soy milk fried dough sticks."
The old man came to see me and said, "Is this your son? Comrade Feng is so lucky. At first glance, your son looks like a rich man. Okay, okay, rich people can try my soy milk and fried dough sticks. Try what we ordinary people eat."
Things. This way you won’t forget your roots.”
I was surprised to find that this old man's conversation was extraordinary. But I heard my father smiling and saying: "That's what I meant too. The main thing is to let him get to know you. If you have the opportunity in the future, you can teach him more."
"It seems that your son is a very smart person. Why do you need my guidance? But now that he is here, I will give him a message. Young man, you must remember what this bad old man like me said to you today.
:My fried dough sticks are delicious, but eating too much is not good."
I immediately laughed and said, "How can you do this kind of business? Most people want others to come and eat what they cook every day."
The old man immediately said seriously: "Being conscientious is the most important thing. My fried dough sticks are fried after all, and eating too much is not good. I think I heard your father say before that you are a doctor, you should understand
This is the truth. Delicious food only makes you feel happy for a moment, but you don’t know that harmful things are slowly entering your body."
I felt more and more that this old man was very unusual, so I smiled and said, "Thank you for the reminder."
He nodded to me with a kind expression: "Yes, you know how to respect the elderly. Respecting the elderly is a kind of moral character. I have never heard of anyone who doesn't respect the elderly who can rise to great heights. You are very good. This is the second sentence I give you.
talk."
I was secretly surprised.
Not to mention, the fried dough sticks and soy milk made by this old man are really good. It is a rare treat to eat such delicious food in the morning. I originally wanted to eat one more fried dough sticks and a bowl of soy milk, but I thought about what he just said
I feel embarrassed to ask for it again.
My father asked me: "Are you full?"
I hesitated and looked at the old man. The old man smiled and said, "Eat it. It doesn't matter if you eat a little more of the delicious food now and then. You won't be able to eat it when you go back from now on."
After breakfast, my father and I walked towards the company. My father knew where the company was.
"This old man is a wise man." My father suddenly said.
"I think he is very unusual. But why does he do this for a living?" I asked in confusion.
"Jiang Ziya was impoverished before he was eighty years old. There are many talented people among the people. This is true in any dynasty. You may not believe that this old man has no education. His intelligence is innate." His father said.
I sighed: "What a pity."
The father smiled and said: "I will tell you his story. This man is very interesting."
I immediately became interested and asked, "Tell me about this person."
"One day, the newly appointed Magistrate Long went to the food stall to have breakfast. As soon as he found a bench to sit down, he heard the old man frying fried dough sticks chattering while he was busy: Everyone, eat and drink well, the urban management is coming to evict the stall.
You won’t be able to eat our fried dough sticks for at least three days!
County Magistrate Long was shocked: The leaders of the Provincial Department of Health were coming to inspect recently. How did this old man know about it so early this morning? Unexpectedly, this matter was not yet understood. Another incident made the question mark in Magistrate Long’s head even more serious.
Big.
On this day, he went to the old man's place to eat fried dough sticks as usual. Unexpectedly, the old man actually announced another message: Mr. Qingtian is coming soon. Anyone who has any unjust case should go to the county hotel and wait!
County Magistrate Long was shocked. The working group of the Provincial High Court was coming to check the backlog of cases on Wednesday. This news was only conveyed to the Standing Committee last night. How did this old man know it so quickly? An old man who could not read or write could actually do it.
Knowing so much internal government information, there is no doubt that some government employees have a poor sense of confidentiality and are not tight-lipped.
Therefore, County Magistrate Long immediately held a meeting and severely criticized the directors and directors. The public security director was still bold and couldn't help but ask: Did you see this thing about Old Man Hu with your own eyes, or did you hear about it?
? Magistrate Long slammed the table with a stern voice: I heard it all with my own ears! Let me ask you, is your Chengguan Police Station going to inspect the entertainment city tonight? The public security director looked embarrassed and was stunned.
County Magistrate Long saw this and ordered on the spot: Go check out this old man's background in person and report to me tomorrow! The director of public security repeatedly said yes, immediately changed into casual clothes and went to the old man's stall to conduct an unannounced visit. He saw the old guy standing there
Announcement of new news to everyone: The mayor of Chengguan Town is going to be in bad luck recently. Just wait and see, it won’t be a big deal... The director of public security was very surprised when he heard this, so he pretended to be stupid and asked:
How did you know? Could it be that your son is the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission?
The old man chuckled: How do I know? When my grandson used to eat my fried dough sticks, he always asked the driver to drive a special car to buy them. Unusually for the past two days, he even walked to eat them by himself, always with a sad look on his face. His father died that year.
, I have never seen him so sad. What else could make the grandson feel more uncomfortable than his father's death, besides losing his official position? After hearing this, the director was secretly surprised, this old man really had his wits about him.
He continued to ask calmly: How did you know about the police station's inspection of the entertainment city yesterday? The old man smiled again: Didn't you see that those entertainment cities put up signs of closure for renovation early in the morning? They have spies.
The information is better than ours! The director thought so, so he asked again: How did you know that the leaders of the Health Department came to inspect? The old man said: Apart from the inspection by people from above, when have you ever seen a sprinkler truck come out?? Finally,
The director asked a question that he couldn't figure out the most: Last time the working group of the Provincial High Court came to know about the work, how did you get the news so quickly? The old man curled his lips and said: That would be easier. My neighbor has one
The court had been stalling on the case for eight years. One day, the judge handling the case suddenly came to visit, with a smile on his face, asking questions, and repeatedly promised that the case would be solved immediately. It was not obvious that someone was coming from above, and he was afraid that they would petition! The director was so impressed that he said,
He quickly went back and reported the situation to County Magistrate Long. Magistrate Long was very angry after hearing this, and immediately held another meeting and gave a four-hour lecture: Comrades, even a fried dough sticks person can see our work from some simple phenomena.
Trends, what does this mean? It means that we have too much formalism. If this bad habit of officialdom is not changed, how can we improve the good image of the government?
From today on, if any department leaks secrets for this reason again, leaving the old man in doubt, I won’t be polite! But early the next morning, County Magistrate Long came to Old Man Hu to eat fried dough sticks again, wanting to verify the effect of the meeting.
.Unexpectedly, the old man was actually announcing the latest news again: Today, the top leaders are coming, and there are more than one coming!
The county magistrate was really surprised. He thought to himself: The mayor will accompany the provincial leaders to inspect the work in the afternoon. He only received the comrade last night. How did this old man know in advance? County Magistrate Long suppressed his anger and asked the old man: What do you mean?
If you want a big leader, how big will it be? The old man replied without raising his head: It’s bigger than the county magistrate anyway! The county magistrate asked again: You said there will be more than one, can you give an accurate number and how many will there be?
?
Old Man Hu raised his head and thought for a while, and finally returned: four! County Magistrate Long was stunned, the provincial leaders really wanted four! His heart was pounding, and he asked again: Master, these things are none of your business.
How do you know this? And you know it so accurately.
The old man smiled faintly: Isn't this easy? When I went out to the stall in the morning, I saw more armed police patrolling the road. The security guards at the county government hotel all wore white gloves. They all looked like they were facing a formidable enemy. Someone must be coming from above.
.Looking at the parking lot again, the secretary and county magistrate's cars were parked in the corner. Officials older than them must have come. Look carefully, the parking spaces where the secretary and county magistrate parked are No. 5 and 6, which explains the above
Four leaders have come. Do you believe it or not? Officials are different from us ordinary people. They have to pay attention to their rank and order when going to the toilet!
County Magistrate Long immediately blushed and was dumbfounded after hearing this. What do you think? Isn't this old man interesting?" My father spoke with great emotion and vividness. I couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.
But then I thought: Could it be that what he just said to me had another deep meaning? Then I thought about it carefully, and suddenly I felt that there might really be another meaning in his words.
He gave me two sentences today. The first sentence is: My fried dough sticks are delicious, but eating too much is not good. What does this mean? Is he reminding me to stop it when it’s good? But, I came back to invest.
It is impossible for him to know about things? The second sentence is easy to understand. Respecting the elderly is a kind of moral character. I have never heard of anyone who does not respect the elderly who can rise to success. This is a traditional thing.
I could not understand.
My father may have guessed my doubts, so he immediately solved the mystery for me, "He knows that you are a doctor, and he also knows that your doctors take kickbacks, so he warned you like that. He fell ill last year and ended up in the hospital.
He has spent more than half of the money he earned from selling fried dough sticks over the years, and now he is still angry."
I suddenly understood and couldn't help but laugh, "So that's it. This old man is very interesting."
"His second sentence is much more profound." The father continued.
I was immediately puzzled: What’s so profound about this?
The father then said: "Do you know what he really wants to say?"
I originally thought it was easy to understand, but now I feel confused when my father asked me this question, so I shook my head and said, "Dad, please tell me."
"This is actually a saying that is often said in the officialdom, and many people use it: In the officialdom, respecting the elderly is a skill, and it is also a weapon. Bringing out an old man at a critical moment will be very lethal to the opponent.
The second thing is what he said: Respecting the elderly is a moral character. I have never heard of anyone who doesn’t respect the elderly who can rise to great success. This old man doesn’t know where he heard it from, and he doesn’t know why he wants to
This sentence is for you. Haha! This person is very evil." Father said with a smile. (To be continued)