official journey ups and downs

The autumn grass is withered and yellow, and the night is quiet, only the sound of vehicle tires rubbing against the asphalt road. A sanitation worker in the distance works silently with the dim light. Shen Tong wrapped his clothes tightly and walked to the dormitory building, but his heart could not be calm for a long time.

Since he started working, he has experienced too many changes in the world.From Shihe Town to Qiaobei Village, and then to the county party committee office, he witnessed the helpless decline of Zhao Yitang, the tragic end of Ma Guotao, Liu Siming's curve to save the country, Qiaoman's desolate sigh, and the life struggle of Wei Ergou and Li Maoshan. Shen Tong was touched a lot.

A person's life, whether full of color, or ordinary, or ups and downs, or hundreds of turns, is all for the ideal goal of struggle, and for the self-improvement of life, sometimes Shen Tong thinks, The meaning of life and ideal goals are more important, this balance point makes him unable to find the answer for a while.

The next morning, Shen Tong heard the phone ringing in a daze, he reached for the phone next to the pillow and answered it.

The call was from Shen Tong's father, Shen Jianzhu, who asked, "Shen Tong, are you still awake?"

Shen Tong hasn't been home since he came to the county party committee office, and he missed his parents very much, so he said coquettishly, "Dad, what time is it, it disturbed my sweet dreams."

"How is it? Is the work going well? Is the money enough to spend? If not, Dad will send it to you." Shen Jianzhu loves Shen Tong very much. He is already a young man of 23, and he still treats him like a child.

Because it was not yet the time to turn on the heating, the room was extremely cold, and Shen Tongguo's exposed arm was bitingly cold, and subconsciously retracted into the bed, saying: "It's okay, don't worry about me, I Mom, how is she?"

"That's it. It's been a problem for many years. You have to work hard with Secretary Wu. No matter what, you must put your life first. You must not make a bad impression because of a small loss. In that way..." Shen Jianzhu was a little nagging He told Shen Tong carefully.

Shen Tong's ears were already callused after hearing these words, and he interrupted impatiently: "Okay, Dad, I understand what you said, and I know what to do."

The son refused, which made Shen Jianzhu stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he remembered that his son was an adult, so he said with a smile: "Dad, I am afraid that you will lose your way. Well, let me tell you something. Yesterday afternoon Li Maoshan hurried When I got home, I said that Xiaowagou Coal Mine organized Qiaobei Village and their neighboring village Nanwan Village to go on a trip. I didn’t pay much attention at first, but then I thought something was wrong. Xiaowagou Coal Mine is in Weiyuan Town. Going to Beihe Town to organize villagers to go on a trip, I think it's better to give you a call."

Li Maoshan, the head of Qiaobei Village, originally wanted to go out to work. Shen Tong had already asked his sister Shen Xia to find him a job on the construction site in Zhaobei City, but when he heard that Lion Head Mountain was going to be developed, he gave up the idea. With the help of Shen Tong , and arranged for Li Maoshan to work on his father's farm.After a period of time to adapt, Li Maoshan has been fully on the road and has become his father's right-hand man.

Hearing this, Shen Tong also felt that something was wrong, she lost all sleepiness, got up and asked, "Did Li Maoshan say anything when he left?"

Shen Jianzhu said: "I didn't say anything, I just said that he was going out for a walk, and he went back after asking for leave."

"How long has it been?" Shen Tong asked.

"It was around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon."

Shen Tong thought of Wu Jiangkai's conversation with Zhao Xiaosheng at Dongsheng Coal Mine last time, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Dad, let's do this first, I have to inquire about the situation quickly."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Tong hurriedly called the Qiaobei Village Committee, but no one answered after three or four calls.

Shen Tong thought over and over again, and directly called Cai Jiaquan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shihe Town. "Hello! Is it Secretary Cai? I'm Shen Tong."

Cai Jiaquan played mahjong all night last night. He was woken up by the phone and was about to get angry, but when he heard that it was Shen Tong, he immediately sat up. You must know that when Shen Tong called at this time, it must be that Secretary Wu of the county party committee had some important instructions.He didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly asked: "It's Shen Tong, what instructions do you have?"

When Shen Tong heard that Cai Jiaquan had a completely different attitude from before, he felt a burst of satisfaction in his heart, but now that the situation was urgent, he couldn't take care of these things, and said, "Secretary Cai, I can't talk about instructions. I want to ask, you know Qiaobei Village Is it about traveling with Nanwan Village?"

Hearing Shen Tong's question, Cai Jiaquan was a little annoyed, but held back and said: "I know, there is a man in Nanwan Village who works as the deputy mine manager of Xiaowagou Coal Mine. He has two coins in his hand, so he wants to be poor. Is there anything wrong with not asking the villagers from their village and Qiaobei Village to travel to the provincial capital of Longzhong?"

Shen Tong could hear Cai Jiaquan's impatience, but still asked: "When did you leave?"

"It seems to be this morning. I don't know the details." Cai Jiaquan said.

Shen Tong thought quickly, and said, "I'm sorry to disturb Secretary Cai, you are taking a rest."

After hanging up the phone, Cai Jiaquan angrily turned off the phone, and fell asleep again sullenly.

Shen Tong had the same thought as his father, it was definitely not that simple, he was shivered by the cold, and quickly got back into bed, carefully analyzing the relationship between the two.

When the hour hand pointed to 7 o'clock, Shen Tong was thinking, should he report this matter to Wu Jiangkai?If the other party is purely traveling, that's fine, but if there are other intentions, then it's not an ordinary incident.

Thinking of this, Shen Tong hurriedly dressed, washed up and had no time to eat breakfast, so he called Lao Wei and rushed to Dongquan Hotel to pick up Wu Jiangkai.

When he arrived at Wu Jiangkai's room, Shen Tong knocked lightly on the door, and pushed the door open after getting consent.Wu Jiangkai seemed to be in a good mood. He was splashing ink on his desk. After seeing Shen Tong, he nodded and concentrated on writing Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection".

Shen Tong didn't bother him, and silently stood aside, admiring Wu Jiangkai's majestic calligraphy, applauding secretly in his heart.

Wu Jiangkai suddenly asked casually: "Have you ever worked as a reporter for Dongjiang Daily?"

Shen Tong was startled, he didn't expect Wu Jiangkai to know about his previous experience, he didn't dare to lie, so he agreed, "Yes."

Then Wu Jiangkai stopped talking and continued to concentrate on writing.Now Shen Tong was at a loss, and his nervous palms were sweaty. He didn't know Wu Jiangkai's intention for asking this question, whether he was blaming him for not telling him the truth and deliberately concealing the facts. If this is the case, then he The impression in Wu Jiangkai's mind will be greatly reduced.

While writing calligraphy, Wu Jiangkai observed Shen Tong's expression from the corner of his eye. Seeing Shen Tong's flustered eyes, he was quite satisfied.At least Shen Tong wrote the matter to the surface, even if he did something behind his back in the future, it would be clear at a glance.