Excellent little farmer

I smiled and said in a low voice: "It's normal. Everyone else accepts money. If you don't accept money, you are an outlier. You are a thorn in others' eyes and a thorn in their flesh. You won't be able to gain a foothold in the officialdom. You will be tried in every possible way. What's more, Who would dare to use you without exploiting your shortcomings?"

After hearing this, Song Jianguo nodded with a smile and sighed: "It makes sense, but there is no other way. This is the current trend. It will take some time to completely change it. Mayor Shang is probably doing this to taint himself, right? Sometimes it’s really hard to explain things in officialdom!”

Aunt Wenying was a little worried. She put her chopsticks to her mouth and said anxiously: "Xiaoquan, you must not take money. If you are found out, you will go to jail. We have an official like you in our family. To be responsible, not to be rich and powerful, just to be safe and sound."

I nodded with a smile and said softly: "Don't worry, Auntie, I'm sensible!"

Aunt Wenying was still not at ease and continued: "Some of the officials now are bad. They will deliberately let people give you gifts. As time goes by, they will gradually get tricked. When you disobey, they will expose the matter. , causing you to lose your official position and go to jail!"

Song Jianguo exclaimed, with an exaggerated expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Okay, I thought you only knew how to teach, but I didn't expect you know a lot!"

Aunt Wenying curled her lips slightly and said disapprovingly: "Don't look at people with that look, you big boss. With Xiao Quan backing you up, those who are proud of themselves in the factory these days have almost forgotten who they are. They are always there." I have a charging person in front of me!”

Song Jianguo was stunned, then put down his wine glass and said with a wry smile: "You see, this is the manifestation of menopausal syndrome in women!"

I chuckled, and Aunt Wenying glanced at Uncle Song, pursed her lips, smiled, gave me some food, and said in a low voice: "Don't listen to your uncle Song's nonsense, hurry up and eat."

I smiled, hummed, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, lowered my head and took big mouthfuls of food. After eating the food, I sat on the sofa and played two games of chess with Song Jianguo, my adoptive father and father-in-law. I thought of the day at Wanyun The photos he found on Han's desk, as well as the inscription behind the photos, gave him a feeling of tenderness and worry.

After reluctantly sitting for a while, feeling like grass had grown in my heart, I got up and went downstairs, got into the car, and drove towards Wanyunhan's house. Halfway through the car, a crisp ringtone rang on his cell phone. He looked at the number, Seeing that the call was from Vice Mayor Wan Zhengyou, he hesitated for a moment, then answered the call, and said in a low voice: "Hello, Mayor Wan."

Wan Zhengyou's slightly hoarse voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "Not very good, secretary, how about we go have a drink together?"

I raised my wrist and looked at my watch, then smiled, shook my head slightly and said, "Let's wait for another day, Mayor Wan, I have other things to do today."

Wan Zhengyou's scoff! ’ He smiled and joked softly: “What’s so urgent? Are you rushing to Hai Long’s house?”

I frowned slightly, slowed down the car, parked on the side of the road, and said coldly: "Lao Wan, I don't know what you mean?"

Wan Zhengyou waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "It's nothing, don't be sensitive, I'm just in a bad mood. I want to have a drink with you. If I come, I'll be a brother. If I don't come... I'll be a brother too."

I pondered for a moment, nodded, and said softly: "Where can we meet, at MG Entertainment City?"

Wan Zhengyou sighed, shook his head and said, "Isn't the investigation team investigating MG Entertainment City? We can't go there, so we should go to Hongyan Tower instead!"

I nodded, smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be there soon!"

"Peony Hall!"

Wan Zhengyou whispered a reminder, hung up the phone, grabbed the wine glass and took a sip. He walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside the window. After a long while, he sighed softly, took out the pistol from his waist, and lightly As he wiped it gently, a trace of melancholy appeared on his face.

On the third floor of Hongyan Building, the two of them were sitting across from each other in the Peony Hall. The food on the table was not touched much. After I arrived, Wan Zhengyou asked the waitress to add a few special dishes of the hotel, including grilled pork ribs with garlic sauce. , fried shredded eel in nine-story pagoda, fragrant chicken, stewed lamb chops with radish, and cold garlic sprouts and enoki mushrooms. The waiter quickly brought the dishes to the table. The table was filled with colorful flowers. There were two bottles of Wuliangye on the table that were not opened.

I sighed, picked up the cup, took a sip, and said in a low voice: "It's just the two of us, there's no need to order so many dishes!"

Wan Zhengyou's face turned red. He put the cigarette into his mouth and took a drag. Two streams of white smoke spurted out from his nostrils. He smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. Things are unpredictable. Life is short. Live more." If you take advantage of it, you won't suffer a loss. If you don't take advantage of it and give it to others, that's not only wasteful, but also stupid!"

I smiled and ignored his fallacies. Instead, I stretched out my chopsticks, picked up the shredded eel, and put it in my mouth. It made a smashing sound. I thought it tasted pretty good, so I nodded and praised with a smile: "Lao Wan , not to mention, this dish is very authentic.”

After hearing this, Wan Zhengyou called the waitress without saying a word, took out a few hundred yuan from his leather jacket pocket, slapped the brand-new banknotes into her hand, and said with a breath of wine: "The food is very good, very good." It’s to your liking, this is for the chef, take it, take it!”

The waitress looked embarrassed and a little at a loss. Although this restaurant was big, there were very few customers who were willing to tip. She was an old man in the store and knew Wan Zhengyou's identity. She didn't dare to refuse. She just said thank you to the leader and I will definitely do it in the future. Keep up the good work, serve the leader, turn around and retreat, gently close the door, put a few pieces into his pocket, take the remaining two, and happily run to the kitchen.

In the private room, I took out a pack of Chinese cigarettes, tore open the package, took out a cigarette and put it in my mouth. After lighting it, I took a deep breath and exhaled the smoke: "Lao Wan, what's wrong with you? It seems like It’s weird, no matter how much money you have, you can’t spend it like this, are you just living?”

Wan Zhengyou smiled faintly, held the wine glass, raised his head and took a big sip, shook his head and said: "It's not weird, but I have completely figured it out. It wasn't until these two days that I really understood a truth, what nonsense?" Fame and wealth, intrigues and intrigues are all passing by and passing by!"

I felt a little strange. I picked up the wine glass and looked at the other person. I was silent for a long time and then said in a low voice: "Why are you so depressed?"

Wan Zhengyou lowered his eyelids, threw half of the cigarette at his feet, stepped on it hard, rubbed his face with his hands, and said angrily: "Stop pretending to be confused, Zhao Liqiang has been arrested, and it should be my turn next. At this time, no I don’t know how many people have their eyes wide open, waiting to see my joke!”

I smiled, frowned and took a puff of cigarette. I wasn't sure what the other party's intention was in being so straightforward, so I went around in circles and said in an official tone: "Lao Wan, you can't say that. The news from above, Zhao Liqiang cannot escape the charge of hiring a murderer. He has done too many bad things in Qingyang and must be punished.

However, he is him and you are you. The question now is whether you are involved in this case or not. If not, there is no need to worry. The organization will investigate clearly. How can you wrongly accuse a good person for no reason..."

Wan Zhengyou raised his hand, interrupted my words, sighed, knocked on the table with his hand, his tongue stiffened, and said helplessly: "Secretary Ye, this case has nothing to do with me, but he must have gone in. You have to find ways to bite me in and reduce the charges; and Secretary Weiguo will not let go of this great opportunity, and will definitely add insult to injury and beat him up, etc., this is all obvious!"

I smiled faintly, raised my glass, bumped it with Wan Zhengyou, and they both finished their work. I took a bite of vegetables, suppressed the smell of alcohol, then opened another bottle of Wuliangye, and filled two glasses of wine. Looking at the intoxicated face opposite, he said softly: "Mayor Wan, you and Zhao Liqiang have a very good relationship. We often have gatherings together. We are brothers, and he is very loyal. How could he bite you for no reason?"

Wan Zhengyou reached out to touch the cigarette case, took out another cigarette from it and lit it, took a few puffs, fiddled with the cup on the table with his hand, and said in a low voice: "loyalty also depends on the time, and the relationship between us The relationship is very complicated. It is neither an enemy nor a friend, it is also an enemy and a friend. There are conflicts of interests and there are also bundles of interests. It is so complicated that it cannot be explained clearly at the moment.

In fact, if we didn't have any scruples, we would both want to kill each other. At least I know that there were several times that he wanted to do it, but at the last moment, he suddenly gave up. "

I was secretly surprised. I didn't expect the other party to speak so bluntly, so I pretended to be calm, smiled calmly, took the wine glass, shook it gently, and said in a low voice: "Mayor Wan, you drank too much. What you just said... Just pretend I didn’t hear it!..."