Ning Ruifeng stood in the center of the living room, looked at Chang Ning with unfamiliar eyes for a while, and walked into the room slowly on crutches without saying a word.

Qiao Hanxiang waved at Ning Xiaohua, "Xiaohua, there's nothing for you to do here, I'm busy with you." ”

Ning Xiaohua responded, leaned into Chang Ning's ear and muttered, "Xiao Chang, let's see you back, I'll withdraw first." Without waiting for Chang Ning to speak, he turned around and slipped away.

Qiao Hanxiang said with a smile: "Eldest grandson, which song are you singing, come on, come on, sit down quickly, and talk to grandma." ”

Chang Ning sat next to Qiao Hanxiang and stretched out a finger to point in the direction of the room.

"Don't worry, with me, the old man doesn't dare to turn his back." Qiao Hanxiang looked proud.

Chang Ning flattered with a smiling face, "Grandma, I love you to death, you are the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering and saves the grandson, come, let the grandson kiss you twice to express gratitude." ”

Qiao Hanxiang slapped Chang Ning and said angrily: "Stinky boy, you don't have to coax me, I am your supporter." ”

Chang Ning asked: "I heard that a family meeting was held last night to criticize me?" ”

"Haha, there is such a thing, the fine tradition of the Lao Ning family has been around for some years."

"Yes, hehe, what are the big names in the meeting?"

Qiao Hanxiang said with a smile: "The meeting was attended by Comrade Ning Ruifeng, former party and state leader, Comrade Qiao Hanxiang, former director of the All-China Women's Federation, and the seven aunts and eight aunts of the Ning family in Beijing, who participated in this meeting, they are, your aunt and aunt, second uncle and second aunt, third uncle and third uncle, second aunt and second aunt, third aunt and third aunt, sister-in-law and sister-in-law, etc., ......etc., etc., etc."

Chang Ning couldn't stop laughing, "Hehe, it's so scary, fortunately I was prescient." ”

Qiao Hanxiang patted the back of Chang Ning's hand and said softly, "Go, the old man is waiting for you." ”

Chang Ning answered and walked into the room lightly.

Ning Ruifeng sat at the table, staring motionlessly at the scenery outside the window.

Chang Ning didn't dare to make a sound, walked over and stood behind Ning Ruifeng, and massaged his hands on his shoulders.

"You're doing a good job in Markham County, even better than I thought."

Ning Ruifeng said slowly, without the slightest emotion in his voice.

Chang Ning was stunned, what does the old man mean by this opening, his old man rarely praises people in person.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry, I have embarrassed the Ning family." Chang Ning said cautiously.

"As far as being a county party committee secretary is concerned, your uncle and them, any person who pulls them out, will not do a better job than you, they almost have never been at the grassroots level, especially at the county level, it is ridiculous for them to judge the way of governing a county party committee secretary."

Chang Ning said softly: "Grandpa, the work in Markham County has just begun, and it will not be a fundamental change in three or five years. ”

Ning Ruifeng turned around, looked at Chang Ning, Shaoqing, and laughed slightly, "Stinky boy...... Walk outside with me. ”

Chang Ning helped Ning Ruifeng up, and the grandfather and grandson walked out of the living room and yard, strolling along the boulevard of the Nanyuan community.

Yu Zhenfu followed not far behind, with a faint smile on his face.

Walking to the familiar stone pavilion, Chang Ning helped Ning Ruifeng and slowly sat down at the stone table in the center of the pavilion.

"Seventy-three, eighty-four, Hades doesn't invite myself, I'm exactly eighty-four years old this year."

Chang Ning was stunned for a moment, walked to Ning Ruifeng and sat down, stared at it for a while, and said with a slight smile: "Grandpa, can you let me be idealistic once?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

"Casual is free, casual is idealistic, Xiaochang, you have been living in the world of idealism."

Chang Ning said with a smile: "Xiangshi is not his own family, and he is unpredictable and sincere, grandpa, your grandson does not believe in this evil, so I will make an exception today and calculate it for you." ”

"Ha, I am deeply honored to be cut off by the little half-immortal."

Chang Ning said: "Your old man will definitely be able to accompany us through the twentieth century." ”

Ning Ruifeng shook his head, "Oh, that would require me to live to at least ninety-six, it's too far away, I don't believe it." ”

"If you don't believe me, I'll make a bet with you."

"Bet on what?"

Chang Ning said with a smile: "If I lose, I will no longer take the road of politics, leave immediately, and never look back." ”

"And what if you win?"

"As long as you're here, I won't take any other path."

Ning Ruifeng laughed, "Haha, in this way, I want to do everything possible to live." ”

"Yes, you have to live, you old man is a professional revolutionary, and you should not be bound by a folk saying."

"Okay, I'll accept the bet." Ning Ruifeng turned his head and asked Yu Zhenfu outside the pavilion, "Zhenfu, did you hear me?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

Yu Zhenfu said loudly: "Chief, Zhenfu is willing to be the middleman of this gambling game. ”

Ning Ruifeng stood up, and Chang Ning hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

"In this system, the most difficult official to be the most able to train people's position, but also the most problem-prone post, is the county party committee, county politics and county economy, is the real cornerstone of the country's stability and development, can be a good county party committee secretary, you have the ability to be a good director and minister and the municipal party committee secretary and provincial party committee secretary, but a director and minister and the municipal party committee secretary of the provincial party committee, but not necessarily a good county party committee secretary."

Chang Ning hugged Ning Ruifeng and chatted as he walked.

"Grandpa, before coming to the capital this time, I didn't think about it, but I really didn't think about it carefully."

Ning Ruifeng raised his crutches and waved them a few times in the air.

On the one hand, he must benefit the people, on the other hand, in order to benefit the people, he must have power in his hands, and obtain relatively independent power through struggle, he must not only be able to unite people, but also be able to eliminate opponents mercilessly, he must not only create a stable political situation, but also have the ability to make waves and control the waves in a stable situation, he must be good at thinking, good at lifting weights, and he must have the basic conscience of being a man, and have the long-sleeved dance of a politician, he must have both the style of a gentleman and the tricks of a villain...... Some people divide politics into two kinds, politics in the broad sense is called the big frame, and politics in the narrow sense is called the small frame, your second uncle and third uncle are the people who have been trained in the small box, and 99 percent of their behavior is predetermined for them by others, they are just executors or disseminators, and all your activities as the county party committee are carried out in a big frame, and they must have extraordinary creativity, and 99 percent of the decisions need to ......be made by you and your colleagues on their own."

Chang Ning asked softly, "Grandpa, are you saying that my trip to the capital is not a problem?" ”

Ning Ruifeng smiled and said: "Your second uncle and third uncle are angry with you, and they are full of righteous indignation, as for me, old man, I will not comment on this issue." ”

"Yes, your old man's golden mouth is difficult to open, and I will pretend to be a grandson for nothing." Chang Ning said with a bitter face.

Ning Ruifeng scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, you don't come to see me when you come to the capital, do you think I don't know that you are hiding in the old man, with your temper, you have to quarrel with them." ”

Chang Ning shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "The juniors fight with the elders, can I win, I can't afford to provoke, can I always afford to hide, besides, we look at the problem from different angles, the second uncle They see today and tomorrow, and I see the day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

"Hey, you're far-sighted, boasting."

"Hehe, no matter what you think, I don't dare to object."

Ning Ruifeng asked, "Do you have an opinion on your second uncle?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, no, no." Chang Ning said repeatedly.

"I can see that they have a lot of complaints about you not returning to your ancestors and recognizing your ancestors, and you are respectful and distant from them, self-contained."

Chang Ning hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "Grandpa, I think that the current situation is very good, even if I go to the second uncle and them, it won't make any difference, and they don't need me to play any role, instead of everyone being embarrassed, it's better to do their own thing, maybe they can go the same way in the future." ”

Ning Ruifeng was noncommittal, and said lightly: "You talk about your trip to the capital with the old boy of the Chen family." ”

"Grandpa, this trip to the capital, originally Chen Song and Yao Jian, they are both members of the leading group of the prefectural party committee, Jinjiang's application for the withdrawal of land to build a city is their own business, and I have nothing to do with the county party committee, Chen Song wanted to take me, but he didn't say it, Yao Jian didn't want to follow Chen Song's ass alone, so he played a little trick, and I was also piggybacked, crookedly, for Chen Song, it was unintentional to plant willows, for Yao Jian, it was intentional to plant flowers, in short, this time I was out of the foreign phase, this account, It is mainly remembered in Yao Fitness. ”

Ning Ruifeng nodded, and asked again, "Then do you see what the meaning is?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

"My level is too low, the realm is not high, I can't reach the height of the second uncle, they see the **** influence in the red wall, I can't see it, but on the other hand, I think the trip of the three of us to the capital is very positive for Xijiang Province, especially for our Jinjiang area, at least we can achieve the goal of stability and unity, and most importantly, it is very beneficial to my situation in Jinjiang. Although it was some people who couldn't do anything, I already felt a potential threat, and I vaguely felt that the two of them were fighting each other, and they began to work together to deal with me, intentionally or unintentionally...... I believe that in the delicate period when the current situation is unclear, it is advisable to show weakness to the enemy and wait and see what happens. ”

Ning Ruifeng stroked his beard and smiled, "It's a little interesting, I'm starting to get to the point." ”

Chang Ning was embarrassed, "Hehe, grandpa, am I a bit of an axe?" ”

The grandfather and grandson returned to Ning's house, and after entering the living room and sitting down, Ning Ruifeng said with a smile:

"Banmen might as well get an axe, go on, keep talking."