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It’s the Chinese New Year in a blink of an eye.

The year 2007 of the lunar calendar has arrived, and this year's New Year celebration is the easiest and most comfortable, because Cao Rui only visited a few places where he had to pay New Year's greetings before the year, and then there was no trouble anymore.

Compared with the large number of New Year greetings coming and going in the community last year, Cao Rui can be said to be in the cold this year.

The reality of officialdom sometimes makes people see through the sophistication of people at a glance. How many people followed Cao Rui in the past few years when he was working in Qilihe? When he left Qilihe, there was also a big disturbance, and local people even surrounded Secretary Zhao of the county party committee.

But so what? If Cao Rui leaves, then the tea will cool down. This is the rule.

Of course, there were also touches. For example, Yang Erbao gave Cao Rui a sheep's trotter and a pig's trotter. He and Chen Xiaolu came together. The two got along very sweetly and were smiling all the time.

There were also two people from the party and government office, He Wei and Chen Dan, who came. Anyway, the people who came were somewhat unexpected, and there were also some unexpected things.

For example, in the past few years, the Chengguan Town Subdistrict Office always went to Cao Dai'an to deliver things and New Year's goods, but they did not do so this year. Cao Rui was a person who was relegated to the cold palace by Zhao Daquan. It is estimated that they have to consider whether their behavior is consistent with Tighten the county party secretary.

In the same way, many of the old relationships that Qilihe and Tea had in the past suddenly no longer existed. They must have been thinking about it. They couldn't afford to offend Zhao Daquan.

But there are gains, at least this year the family is reunited. Cao Rui drinks with the old man, and the relationship between father and son warms up.

In addition, on the second day of the first lunar month, Cao Rui went to his master Chen Fusheng's home.

Chen Fusheng's son Chen Xuewen works in the provincial capital. Cao Rui has not seen him in these years, but this year they met and even drank together.

Chen Fusheng told Cao Rui that he was writing a novel and had to keep his head clear, so the drinking issue was put on hold for the time being.

His novel is based on Qili River, and it tells the story of Tujia people and mountain people. He has written a first draft of more than [-] words. Cao Rui read it and found that the writing is very real. These words can pull Cao Rui away. Get immersed in the customs and customs of the mountains.

Chen Xuewen is a few years younger than Cao Rui. He is very forthright and can drink.

He told Cao Rui:

"Brother, my father has never had an apprentice in his life. He is about to retire and will have an apprentice like you. Can you advise him to drink less and stay up less late in the future?"

Cao Rui said:

"Your father is more focused on his works than on drinking. Look, he doesn't drink anymore when he writes novels. Let us drink!"

Chen Xuewen shook his head and said:

"Shit, he drank too much yesterday and vomited uncomfortably. If not, how could he have endured it today? You don't know what kind of virtue my dad is?"

Cao Rui was stunned for a moment, laughed loudly, and said:

"Hey, sometimes think about it, it would be happy to be a person like your father in this life. Focus on your own life and not get involved in the worldly struggle for fame and wealth. Now when we talk about your father in Yongping, who doesn't respect it? Who doesn't respect it? Everyone knows that the biggest celebrity in the Yongping literary world is him..."

Cao Rui's words came from the bottom of his heart.

Cao Rui has been in trouble recently. The job of the Party History Office is just to hang out and wait for death. Cao Rui's character will definitely go crazy if he doesn't find something to do, so he can only go and talk to Chen Fusheng and the county people. Communicate more with other people in the literary and artistic circles and integrate into their circles.

Only after entering their circle did I realize that Chen Fusheng was really respected by people in Yongping and that he was really talented and capable.

The world has many dimensions besides politics. In the past, Cao Rui was always in the political circle. Although he wrote some things and even some literary works, he never really entered the literary circle. .

Now he truly appreciates the diversity and vastness of this world, and it has only been just over a month.

Chen Xuewen talked a lot to Cao Rui, all about his father.

Finally, he said: "Brother Cao, after the New Year, I took my dad to the provincial capital to stay for a few days. The old man was very stubborn and didn't want to go! You can help me persuade him later, and you can tell him that his grandson wants him to go." Go have some fun..."

I drank a lot that day and helped persuade Chen Fusheng. Finally, I saw that the two generations of the Chen family reached a consensus. Cao Rui and Liu Xiaojing took Duo Duo back, and Chen Xuewen also stuffed Duo Duo with a big red envelope.

When Cao Rui returned home, he was thinking about the new year. How will he spend his time in 07? After much deliberation, he felt that like Chen Fusheng, he should write something down-to-earth and write down-to-earth stories.

Time flies so fast, I go to work in a blink of an eye, and soon the Lantern Festival is here.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Cao Rui's family had a dinner together and planned to watch a lantern festival and guess lantern riddles in the evening.

Just after leaving the door of Huimin Community, he received a strange phone call from a provincial capital.

He said: "Hey, who are you?"

Chen Xuewen's voice came from the phone, his voice was very low:

"Brother Cao, I am Xuewen!"

"Oh, Xue Wen, happy Lantern Festival, are you still in the provincial capital..."

Halfway through Cao Rui's words, he felt something was wrong. Chen Xuewen's voice on the other end of the phone was even deeper and he said:

"Brother, there's something wrong. My dad may be sick and in trouble!"

"What?"

Cao Rui was shocked. From Chen Xuewen's words, Cao Rui felt something strange, and he immediately asked.

Chen Xuewen said that it should be cancer, liver cancer, which is in the advanced stage, and it is not operable yet. The area is very large...

As he talked, the baby started crying:

"Brother, I felt something was wrong during the Spring Festival because my dad can't eat meat anymore. He can't stand it anymore and has lost weight. The reason why I arranged for him to go to the provincial capital is to get him checked out. , who would have thought that this inspection would be the result..."

What the hell!

Cao Rui felt like a thunderbolt struck him. He couldn't believe this was true. How could it be possible?

But Chen Xuewen, the master’s biological son would joke about such a thing?

Cao Rui's hands shook, and Liu Xiaojing felt something strange and asked what it was.

Cao Rui shook his head and said:

"Xiao Jing, I have something to go to the provincial capital and will leave overnight. When you come back, you can take Duo Duo with you. Don't tell Duo Duo that I am traveling far away!"

Liu Xiaojing asked: "What's going on?"

Cao Rui didn't tell Liu Xiaojing everything. He just said that Chen Fu was sick and needed to contact a good hospital and ask Hu Li for help. He had to go there himself.

After a hasty explanation, Cao Rui drove all the way to the provincial capital.

Halfway through, it rained heavily and the road surface could not be seen clearly. Along the way, Cao Rui saw many cars having accidents on the highway, including rear-end collisions and sideslips. Some places even had highways closed due to accidents. Cao Rui had to get off the highway. It was a difficult journey on the national highway. When Cao Rui drove to the provincial capital, it was almost dawn...