Three or Two Things about Rebirth

Xie Zhi, born in July 1967, was promoted to deputy director of criminal investigation in Jiayang County at the age of 42, director of the Public Security Bureau of Tang County at the age of 49, and transferred to the Political and Legal Committee of Yili City at the age of 55 as deputy secretary...

From a retired soldier with no foundation to his current achievements, Xie Zhi is very satisfied. He has always said that he has no ambition to go into politics, and it is fate that has pushed him step by step to where he is today.

In his personal file, there are several commendations: second-class collective merit and third-class individual merit when he was in the army; new record for men's 10,000 meters in Jiayang County; outstanding policeman in Jiayang County, outstanding policeman in the province, and outstanding policeman in the country.

He was also commended for his efforts in flood control and forest fire fighting, and was promoted to police rank ahead of schedule for assisting brother units in other provinces in capturing important criminals.

My position is not very busy now, and although I haven't reached retirement age, I have basically started living a retired life.

Even though his former leaders and colleagues have been brought down one after another, he remains as steady as a rock.

He is not afraid because he stands firm, not because he stands on the right side or has good popularity, but because he has eliminated all distractions, exercised self-discipline and awareness along the way, has no financial problems, has not abused his power for personal gain, and has no gossip or scandals!

As he grows older, he believes that his personality has become more calm and introverted, and his way of dealing with things has become more appropriate and sophisticated. He often shares his life insights with his son, who is a civil servant in Harbin.

His wife Huang Yali is his first love. They have been together for more than 30 years and have never had a quarrel. They are a model couple.

However, in recent years, Huang Yali has entered menopause and her personality has changed a lot. She has inexplicably started to frequently mention things from her youth, either complaining that her mother-in-law was not kind enough to her during her confinement, or scolding him for having the guts to bring up some life-saving benefactor in his previous life...

Speaking of saviors, it must be related to good friend Qiu Moshi’s sister Qiu Luming.

He had helped many people in his life and saved several people, but the only person he saved twice was Qiu Luming. Qiu Moshi was extremely grateful to him, so he just said a polite word casually, but this petty woman took it seriously and remembered it for so many years.

More than 30 years have passed in a flash. At that time, Qiu Luming rashly stopped him on the way to work and boldly expressed his love to him, which frightened him so much that he became incoherent and panicked.

He knew that this little girl had been willful and reckless since she was young, so these words probably could not be true. However, he could not help but feel a little vainly satisfied by being noticed and liked by the girl.

That confession actually illuminated his entire dark youth, even dispelling the fog of his student days. He and Qiu Moshi were good friends, and it was this friend's dazzling brilliance that made him always look eclipsed. He couldn't compare with Qiu Moshi in terms of family background, academic performance, appearance or height. When a group of people walked together, all the girls only had Qiu Moshi in their eyes.

He tried to act as if nothing had happened when he was with Qiu San, acting cool and carefree. No one knew that he often had to slowly digest his negative emotions alone. It was then that Huang Yali approached him, and he vowed that he would never let her down in his life.

But Qiu Luming's confession that day still made him feel 70% happy and 30% satisfied besides being shocked. - She has three outstanding brothers, but she fell in love with him. Does that mean that he is better than Qiu San in some way?

But he quickly calmed down. Now that he had just joined the public security department, he could not afford to make any mistakes!

He knew his family and personal conditions, his best friend's personality and ideas, and he also knew that Qiu Luming was not suitable for him. More importantly, he already had a girlfriend, and he didn't like Qiu Luming. This girl had always been a little slow in the brain, and he was afraid that it would affect the IQ of his offspring.

But facing the little girl's burning gaze, he couldn't say a direct refusal.

He knew too well the position of Qiu Luming in the hearts of Qiu Er and Qiu San. The two brothers had fought many times for their sister since they were young. Of course, it cannot be said that it was simply for their sister. Their family had no relatives in Jiayang. There were four men in the family, all of whom looked gentle and refined. Although their parents were respected, they were all aggressive. If they could not fight, they would inevitably be bullied and excluded. Some people are like this. If you show any cowardice, they will turn around and dare to shit on your head.

Since they were young, Qiu Er and Qiu San have always been good at reasoning. If someone doesn't understand, they will be beaten. They will beat them at all costs, in order to hit the target with one blow and subdue them in one go.

Especially because Qiu Er was so good-looking, many boys wanted to beat him up. Qiu Er was not afraid at all and would rather be disfigured than not fight them to the end. Qiu San was the same. He would rather be reported to his mother and have his palms swollen when he went home, but he would still beat the guy into submission. After a few times, Qiu Er and Qiu San became famous for their bravery, and basically no one messed with them anymore.

Therefore, even if he is a buddy, if he fails to handle Qiu Luming's affairs well, he will easily be dealt with by Qiu Er and Qiu San.

If you can't afford to offend, can you avoid her? He did the most cowardly thing in his life. He began to avoid Qiu Luming, staggered his working hours with her, and immediately took a detour to avoid someone who looked like Qiu Luming when he saw her from a distance on the road. He also didn't dare to face Qiu Er at work.

Fortunately, the little girl let go quickly and didn't bother him anymore.

It turned out to be a flash in the pan, and he was extremely grateful for his sobriety.

Qiu Moshi naturally knew about this, but he never mentioned it. This matter was like a stone buried by wind and sand, leaving no trace.

After saving Qiu Luming and Zheng Wei, he began to feel the wonder of fate.

It was such a coincidence that when he jumped into the water, he obviously wanted to save his own brother, but the person he saved was Qiu Luming; after receiving the award in Harbin, he went to Yishido to make a report on his deeds, and happened to meet Qiu Luming who came back from an exam to see Qin Huifang.

The driver who was smuggling the timber was driven into a corner by the forest police, so he rammed the police car and then damaged the vehicles on the road. The policeman who rolled down the cliff was seriously injured and died on the way to the hospital. He was glad that he had the police weapon with him at the time, so he shot the criminal in time and controlled the vehicle.

Qiu San called him afterwards, expressing his gratitude and promising that he owed him a big favor. He also said that if he needed anything in the future, he would do his best to help him and would never refuse.

He laughed, "Why would I need a favor from my own sister?"

To be fair, no matter who is in the car, he will do his best to save people, after all, that is his duty!

**

Xie Zhi discovered that the relationships between Xie Guang and his classmates in middle school were very different from what he had when he was a kid.

Many of Xie Guang’s classmates are only children. Although they also call each other best friends, their friendship is not as pure and frank as theirs.

For example, the group of six or seven people in their high school are still the purest brothers until now (although he often feels inferior when facing Qiu Moshi, he believes that he has an open heart and it does not affect their friendship).

It is impossible for a man to survive in the world alone, so how can he be without friends?

Xie Guang still has two or three good friends, but many of his classmates no longer keep in touch with any classmates after graduation. His son Xie Yuan is even worse. When they think about something, they always only stand from their own starting point and are never willing to put themselves in other people's shoes.

His son Xie Yuan was very smart and relatively worry-free, but Xie Guang was definitely born by his parents just to cause trouble for him. This child was smart since he was young, but he never worked hard and always got into trouble. At the age of seventeen, he actually confessed his love to Qiu Luming, who was eight years older than him! ——What a bad fate, it happened to Qiu Luming again.

He beat Xie Guang several times, but to no avail.

When the couple was getting married, Xie Guang still threatened to go and mess up the wedding. His father had been laid off for many years and was very sad at home. He found him a night watchman job, which made the old man feel better. However, his younger brother almost made him hospitalized.

Qiu Luming has changed a lot in the past few years. He takes back his judgment of her. Her brain is definitely not worse than her brothers. She has worked in customs for several years and studied abroad for a year. Her experience has increased. There is no fault to be found in her handling of Xie Guang's affairs. After all, she is much better than he was back then.

Alas, a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse’s son will dig holes!

Thinking of this, Xie Zhi sighed silently.

It is so difficult for a child from an ordinary family to change his fate and cross the class with his own ability! In this world that claims that everyone is equal, in fact, there are classes everywhere!

His parents were both workers, and their friends were also workers. They felt inferior in front of cadres, but proud in front of farmers. Almost all the friends they made were those who did not attend the class. The times and their identities limited their vision and cognition, and they became more stubborn as they grew older.

When he was in the army, his class was divided into two camps: urban soldiers and rural soldiers, and they hardly interacted with each other. He was considered an urban soldier and was usually very capable. But when he wanted to become a volunteer soldier, his parents were unwilling to support him financially and physically. His father thought it would be good for him to work as a worker in a brick factory or a lumber factory.

It was a 10,000-meter long-distance race in a sports meet that enabled him to enter the public security force by chance, but he also discovered that the organization, police rank, department, salary, etc. also strictly divided people, and an invisible chain of contempt was secretly surging within the unit.

He really envied those classmates whose fathers had a certain status in their careers. For example, Qiu Moshi, his parents gave them good genes and IQ. His parents' friends were all principals, directors, doctors, and intellectuals. His father had always been aloof, but he was able to put aside his face and transfer Qiu Luming's job many times after he graduated from junior high school. For example, Zheng Qiang, there were four children in his family. After graduating from high school, they all went to work in the Electricity Bureau and were able to go out to school. He didn't know how many houses he had been allocated.

We are both residents of a small town, and both have mediocre qualifications, but just because we have a good father, our life experiences are so different. It really makes people jealous to the point of going crazy!

They brothers started from a low background and could not rely on their parents at all.

The parents had been kind to others all their lives, but they had not saved much money, and each of their sons would rob them of all their money when they got married.

My parents lived in a bungalow in the west of the city, far from the street. If Xie Zhi hadn't been promoted to deputy director, they would have continued to live there, and my eldest brother Xie Yong would probably have driven for his boss for the rest of his life. He helped my eldest brother transfer positions, get promoted, and also arranged a job for my eldest nephew.

Xie Zhi is proud of his ability to change his family's destiny.

He is a rational person who never aims too high and knows what he wants from the very beginning.

Although he does not have much real power now, he quickly adapted to the change in position and role and is waiting for retirement with peace of mind.

He poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, thought it was good, and drank it all in one gulp.

After a while, I drank too much.

Huang Yali came out of the bedroom and frowned, "You are really good, you can even make yourself drunk!"

Xie Zhi sneered.

——Women are powerful. When he was in office, his wife never said such weird things. Now that he has just retired for a few days, she has changed her attitude!

He poured himself another glass and drank it.

Suddenly, something clicked in his mind, and he remembered what Director Lu said to him more than 30 years ago, "Someone recommended you to the police station. Although the establishment is average, it is better than the current one. You should do a good job!"

He also recalled that on the day Qiu Luming came home, he saw Director Lu and Doctor Qiu chatting privately, and it was obvious that they had a special relationship.

He also recalled that just when he thought he had stopped at the position of deputy director, Qiu Er, who was the technical director of the Municipal Bureau, called him and pointed out a clear path for him. He was hesitant at first because he would need to leave his wife and children behind and go alone to Tang County, which had a population three times that of Jiayang. The relationship network there was even more complex and changeable. He had no foundation at all and was unsure whether he could do it.

It was Qiu Er again who called him and encouraged him to be bolder.

He boldly went to Tang County, and unexpectedly, his work went quite smoothly. The leaders of Tang County were also very optimistic about him. After a few years, although he did not make great achievements, he was worthy of the local people. Finally, he was transferred to Yi City and moved his family there.

Now this clue has completely surfaced, it was the Qiu family who was helping him.

They were repaying him for saving Qiu Luming twice. Ha, yes, how could a family like theirs not owe a favor to someone!

It's ridiculous that he still claims that he has come this far on his own...

Xie Zhi drank another glass of wine, his blood boiling, and his face became even redder. Huang Yali snatched the bottle away, "You want to drink yourself to death!"

Xie Zhi felt that his wife had become unreasonable and all her former tenderness had disappeared because of his job change.

Huang Yali also felt that her husband was not considerate enough. She had devoted her entire life to this family and had been in a widow-like marriage for so many years without him having to worry about anything, but now that she was in menopause, she didn't even get a word of concern from him.

Huang Yali's cell phone rang. It was her son Xie Yuan calling from Harbin. The old couple immediately smiled and turned on the speakerphone to listen to their grandson calling "grandpa and grandma" in a childish voice. Huang Yali responded with "ah hey" and chatted with her grandson in a loving manner.

Xie Zhi's eyes were moist and he staggered back to the bedroom, muttering: It's unfair, there is not a single fair day in this world!

However, I have done my best to live up to my parents and my children and grandchildren!