In the urban area, near Binjiang Garden, a blue giant agricultural vehicle carrying a carriage full of apples was parked on the side of the road. The door opened, and a man in his thirties jumped out and waved: "Dawang"
,Thanks..."
The young man in the cab showed his white teeth and replied: "Secretary Zhou, why are you so polite? I am lucky to be able to drag you into the city."
Zhou Wen smiled, smoothed his messy hair with his hands, and put down his rolled-up trousers. He had not been home since he took office in Xiangxiang Town. Even the Mid-Autumn Festival was with the five-guarantee households in Dahe Township.
Yes, serving as a grassroots leader in a rural area is very different from being a secretary in a municipal government. At least you don't have to pay so much attention to your image. Now Zhou Wen looks like a scumbag township entrepreneur.
When I arrived at the door of my house, I patted the dust on my body again, cleared my throat, and knocked on the door: "Xiaojing, I'm back."
When the door opened, Liu Xiaojing threw her slippers over angrily and said, "You know you're coming back? I thought you, the big secretary, forgot about us two. I didn't leave any food for you. If you want, you can cook it yourself."
Zhou Wen smiled apologetically, changed his slippers and said, "It's okay. I bought two sesame seed cakes on the way. Do you have green onions in the kitchen? Just one roll."
As he spoke, he raised the plastic bag in his hand and said as if he was offering a treasure: "The apples I gave you are big and red. I will send them to your mother later."
Liu Xiaojing looked at the bag of apples with disdain, but didn't take it. This year's apple harvest was a bumper one, and it only cost one dollar and a half. Being a secretary of the township party committee only gives you such a benefit. It's not as good as a small city manager who can carry apples home in his pocket.
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My husband's job has changed frequently in the past two years. When he was working in the office, his life was a bit dull, but it was stable and peaceful. He lived a life of peace and harmony. Later, I don't know what kind of bad luck Zhou Wen got into, and he was actually killed.
Mayor Zhou was selected as his secretary, and the life of Zhou Wen's family has undergone earth-shaking changes since then.
It was the excitement period at first. Her husband worked in the city government, which allowed Liu Xiaojing to earn a lot of face. Her neighbors, colleagues and friends all looked at her with envy. Her boss did not dare to speak loudly to her anymore. Even the director of her son’s kindergarten came.
Being close to her, there were more guests walking around the house on weekdays, at least department-level cadres coming and going. Liu Xiaojing's confidence also increased, and she looked forward to a bright future with a big house and a luxury car.
But as Mayor Zhou raised the provincial capital, everything came to nothing. Zhou Wen, who had a promising future, went to the county to work as a useless tourism director. He only came home once a week, and his salary was just over 2,000 yuan. There was basically no oil and water, and there was strife and struggle in the officialdom.
Zhou Wen, who was cruel and had no backing, was thankless for his efforts and was finally kicked out of Nantai officialdom. He suddenly thought of quitting and planned to do business with Liu Ziguang. During those days, Liu Xiaojing felt uncomfortable, feeling sorry for her husband and lamenting her fate.
Thinking of another turn of events, Zhou Wen was appointed as the party committee secretary of Dahe Township, Nantai County, and became a ninth-grade official in a serious manner.
Working as a secretary in a remote area is not as good as working as a clerk in a district. At least he can take care of his family. However, Zhou Wen still did his job happily and did not even go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Liu Xiaojing was so angry about this that she could not look good.
Show it to Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen also knew that he could not live up to his wife, so he sneered, put the apple on the coffee table, walked into the kitchen, found a green onion, rolled it up in a sesame seed cake and started to eat it. Liu Xiaojing looked at Zhou Wen's thin shoulders from behind, shrugging and crying.
Unable to stop the flow, I took out a plate of food from the refrigerator, put it in the microwave, and threw it on the table angrily: "Eat it, the pig's trotters you like."
"Xiaojing, thank you for your hard work." Zhou Wen said.
"Forget it, if you really feel sorry for me, just quit your job as soon as possible. Dahe Township is so poor. If you can't make political achievements and can't make money, there's no point in being a secretary at all."
Zhou Wen was not happy when he heard this. He put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "That's different. I, the secretary of the township party committee, was appointed by Secretary Zheng of the provincial party committee. The organization is testing me and training me. How can I back down at this time?
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Liu Xiaojing pursed her lips and said, "Come on, my ears are going to tingle when I hear these words. How can the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee remember you?"
Zhou Wen smiled and said in a tone that he couldn't communicate with you: "Xiaojing, you don't understand this."
"I don't understand, but you know that even though Xiaojing is mean-mouthed, she still cooks and scrambles an egg for Zhou Wen to eat.
Before the eggs were fried, Zhou Wen's cell phone rang. After hearing this, he hurried out, changed his shoes at the door and said, "I'll take care of something."
"Are you coming for dinner tonight?" Liu Xiaojing turned around and asked, but found that Zhou Wen had already gone out. She was so angry that she threw away the pot and shovel and gave up.
Zhou Wen took a taxi and went straight to the office. When he entered the yard of the office, he saw a blue Yuejin truck parked there. Staff members in pea green urban management uniforms were unloading the tricycle. Zhou Wen quickly took it
He picked up his cell phone and dialed a number: "Dawang, I'm at the office, where is your car?"
"Secretary Zhou, they pulled the car to the parking lot." Dawang's voice was filled with tears.
Zhou Wen hurriedly came to the parking lot again and saw that Dawang's agricultural vehicle had been impounded. A cart full of apples had not been sold yet, so the vehicle was impounded. Dawang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and begged in a low voice.
He looked at the city managers and said that the money was for his younger brother's college education, but it was of no use at all. The three city managers ignored him and walked out talking and laughing.
Zhou Wen hurriedly went up to him and said, "Isn't this Brother Dawang? What's going on?" He took out a cigarette from his bag.
When he used to work in the office, he met a group of people from the urban management department without looking up. Although they had not spoken to each other, they looked familiar, so the urban management officers also gave Zhou Wen face, took his cigarette and said: "Occupy the road and run the business."
, stalls without a license will have their vehicles impounded and fined 500 yuan. This is the rule of our office."
Zhou Wen said: "We are all our own people, so forget it."
The few urban management officers were just temporary workers. They looked at each other and said, "Lao Zhou, you have to go to the section chief for this matter. It's useless to go to us."
So Zhou Wen rushed to the urban management section of the office to intercede. The chief of the urban management section knew that Zhou Wen was nothing now, so he responded with a few words, saying that the current task was very heavy and the fine should not be less.
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Zhou Wenyi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's pay the fine and let the car and the apple go."
You always have to give this face. Zhou Wen took the ticket and went downstairs to pay. He rummaged through his pockets to find five hundred yuan. The cashier who collected the fine joked: "Why does Secretary Zhou have this on him?"
I just asked my wife to confiscate all the money?"
Zhou Wen smiled: "Yes, my wife is very strict."
After all, the farm vehicle was redeemed. Da Wangmo said to him gratefully: "Secretary Zhou, thank you. You can give these apples to your family to try."
Zhou Wen looked at the cart full of apples, his heart moved, and he said, "Dawang, drive with me."
The agricultural vehicle drove into Zhicheng Garden. This time, Zhou's face was saved. The property management company gave the green light to let Dawang set up a stall in the community to sell apples. Now the city management had no control over it. Dawang's apples were red Fuji.
, the fruit was big and red, and all were sold in the evening. Dawang held a stack of banknotes in his hand and insisted on giving them to Zhou Wen.
"What are you doing for me?" Zhou Wen wondered.
"Secretary Zhou, I've seen it all. You paid the fine for me. You have to take the money no matter what."
After all, Zhou Wen finally accepted the money, but when Dawang turned around, Zhou Wen stuffed the money under the driver's seat of the agricultural vehicle. He knew that Dawang's family was in trouble, his younger brother was in college, and his father was bedridden. Five hundred
A dollar is nothing to me, but to Dawang, it is a huge sum of money.
After finally dealing with the matter, Zhou Wen dragged his tired steps home. As soon as he got downstairs, his cell phone rang. It was the mayor of Dahe Township calling with excitement in his tone: "Secretary Zhou, you have to hurry up.
Come back! The Organization Department of the County Party Committee called and will announce your latest appointment tomorrow!"
Zhou Wen's heart moved: "What did you say, what is the latest appointment?"
"I have just received the notice, Comrade Zhou Wen, that you are about to serve as the next county magistrate of Nantai County! My old friend, congratulations!"
Even across the phone, Zhou Wen could guess the ecstatic expression of the township chief. Although they had not been partners for a long time, they had a very pleasant cooperation. If the secretary mentioned the county chief, the future of the township chief would not be much different.
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Zhou Wen suppressed the pounding in his heart and tried to say in a calm tone: "I know, I will definitely be there." Then he hung up the phone, went upstairs, took the key and opened the door. The kitchen was busy, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were busy.
They were cooking together. In the living room, the father-in-law was playing with his grandson. Seeing Zhou Wen come in, the father-in-law nodded slightly: "You're back?"
"I'm back, Dad, but I have to leave after dinner. There's something going on in the countryside."
"You just got home and left, you treated this as a hotel!" Liu Xiaojing came out with a plate of dishes and said angrily.
Zhou Wen said softly: "It's true that something happened. The organization appointed me as the county magistrate of Nantai County."
"What! County magistrate?" Liu Xiaojing's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on her face.
"Yes, the appointment will be announced tomorrow morning, so I have to rush back overnight, Xiaojing, I'm sorry." Zhou Wen's tone was very calm, not as ecstatic as Fan Jinzhongzhong. The last time he was promoted from clerk to mayor's secretary, that was
I have experienced this feeling of ups and downs in life once, so I am not surprised at all changes.
"Mom, Zhou Wen has become the county magistrate!" Liu Xiaojing shouted loudly, and the mother-in-law in the kitchen ran out in a panic: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Nothing happened. Zhou Wen is the county magistrate. By the way, Zhou Wen, is he the county magistrate or the deputy county magistrate?"
Zhou Wen smiled bitterly: "There are eleven deputy county magistrates in Nantai County, and I am one of them. I should be the one to take over Old Tang's position."
"That's the county magistrate, great!" Liu Xiaojing was so excited that she didn't know what to say.
"Oh, the county magistrate is in charge of hundreds of thousands of people. Darling, this is incredible! This son-in-law of mine is destined to be rich and powerful!" The mother-in-law, who had always been prejudiced against this son-in-law, beamed with joy and sang along with her daughter.
Not to mention how happy I am.
Only Lao Taishan remained silent for a long while before saying: "Zhou Wen, the officialdom is dangerous. You have been pushed to the forefront at such a young age, so be careful."