Xu Jie's tone looked a little worried.

After hanging up the phone, I was in no mood to celebrate, and I walked to the end of the corridor alone, and suddenly I wanted to learn to smoke!

At this time, Qiao Shan came over and stood next to him and smiled: "Doesn't you look very proud?" ”

"Is there any smoke?" I asked.

Qiao Shan took out a cigarette, handed it to me, and then helped me light it and said with a smile: "I started to learn to smoke, that is, I started to have troubles, what's wrong?" ”

I shook my head and said it was fine.

Qiao Shan didn't ask, but he also lit a cigarette and accompanied me to smoke at the end of the corridor, the two of them swallowed the clouds and spitted fog soon smoked the entire end of the corridor full of smoke, I have only seen grandpa have been holding a bamboo tube to smoke hookah, now think about it, grandpa smokes a lot of times The mood doesn't seem to be good, it seems that he has a lot of sorrow, right?

After smoking a cigarette, I asked again.

"You say, isn't it not glorious to win such a technique?" I looked at Qiao Shan and asked.

"For me, the concept of winning or losing is completely different......," Qiao Shan sighed with a long face, "In the past, I was on a mission in the army, success means that you can get glory if you survive, and losing means that you are likely to die, so my concept of winning is unscrupulous, but maybe for ordinary people, unscrupulous means is not a good word, see how you understand it?" ”

I sighed and said, "The main purpose of my coming here is to help my sister, you know, but my sister is not too happy, but is a little worried about me, I was thinking...... Am I losing more than I gain? ”

"Of course it makes sense to be able to help her, and it makes sense for your sister to worry————" Qiao Shan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Hehe, growth comes at a price, you use such a technique to help her, in fact, it is also forcing her, she needs to do a lot of things that she has not thought about doing, and these things she doesn't want to do, she must feel bad, but now that you do it, although it is to help her, she will still worry!" ”

"That's why I asked, is it worth the loss?" From the bottom of my heart, I hope to be able to help the Xu family for Xu Jie's good, but now it seems that I really helped her, but she is not very happy, which means that I seem to have succeeded, but in fact I have failed!

Xu Jie's happiness is what I value the most!

Qiao Shan sighed and said: "After getting along with you, I feel that you are not as strong as you imagined, you have your weaknesses, and there are a lot, but I think your current troubles are only temporary, because your strength is not enough, so you need to go out to solve these things yourself, have you thought about it, if one day, you are strong enough, and you don't need to go out in person, when the time comes, you only need to quietly help your sister solve these troubles, then she won't feel worried about you?" ”

My heart moved slightly, imagining that kind of power, it was like taking a deep breath, turning my head to look at Qiao Shan and saying, "Then can I go to that day?" ”

"Things are man-made, most people's lives depend on what kind of things he has experienced and what kind of people he has met, if the people he meets are not good, then his life is destined to become no climate———— but for you, this rule does not apply, from the beginning I met you, I feel that you are the one who will be met by others, where you will go, how strong you can be, it all depends on your own beliefs!" Qiao Shan smiled bitterly, "You are still young, you have already impressed me, unlike me, except for the one that will come out of the army, nothing else!" ”

"I won't have much......" I cried and laughed.

"That's not necessarily, it's you underestimating your potential!" Qiao Shan stared at me meaningfully and said, "The skills you know, 99% of the people in this world can't, and the person who can escape death many times is not a luck that can be explained simply, in other words, you have luck......

"Luck?" I muttered slightly, and couldn't help but think of what my grandfather said: one life, two luck, three feng shui, four accumulations of yin and five reading, some things are indescribable, but they can save lives faintly.

"Forget it...... I didn't think about it anymore, I blew out a heavy puff of smoke and smiled, "Then I'll leave the matter to you, I'll go back to Jiangcheng in a few days, you stay here in Jiangcheng, according to the current way, it shouldn't be difficult to solve the other township problems in the future!" ”

Qiao Shan nodded and smiled: "Okay, I'll stay!" ”

"Do you feel that you are condescending to live in a small place?" I asked with a smile.

"No...... The dragon swims in shallow water! Qiao Shan patted me on the shoulder and smiled, "I'm optimistic about you, I'm here to keep my head up, the so-called poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, I want to see how many challenges there are in this small place of Liangcheng, and by the way, I can protect your sister, right?" ”

I couldn't help but smile awkwardly: "You guessed all this?" ”

Qiao Shan laughed and said: "When you brought me here, I vaguely felt that you attached great importance to this place in Liangcheng, and then to Xu Jie, and saw that you value her emotions so much, if I don't understand it, then it's really an elm pimple, hahahaha...... Don't worry, with me here, unless others kill me, Xu Jie will be fine! ”

I smiled and said, "Go back and drink!" ”

"Wow, two bottles of two pots, one bottle for one person!" Qiao Shan laughed.

"Done."

That night, I was drunk again.

The next day, the incident in Qingyang Town went directly to the news newspaper of Liangcheng County and Jiangcheng City, and then there was a lot of various gossip, but Li Erhai called me the next day and chatted for a long time, and finally agreed on a solution to the matter, and then Qingyang Town discussed it for a day, and after consulting the county, he finally made the expected deal - Li Erhai lost money here, and Chen Ziyang's matter was not pursued for the time being, but the position in the town could not be saved.

In the afternoon of the same day, the town approved Li Erhai's mountain land development requirements, and on the basis of 100 acres, a plan of 200 acres was added, of which 100 acres were granted to Li Erhai's private individuals, and the other 200 acres were set aside to directly develop the agricultural ecology of Qingyang Town!

All 300 acres were approved, as the experimental base first, with Li Erhai as the leader, several villages in Qingyang Town were organized to jointly develop agriculture, Li Erhai's 100 acres were planted with herbs, and the remaining 200 acres were planted with oranges and oranges and other fruit trees, and the matter was decided on the same day!

Xu Jie and I met in Liangcheng in the evening, but the time was very short, although the matter of Qingyang Town was settled, but then it was the time when she really started to be the busiest, and once the mouth of Qingyang Town was opened, it was equivalent to her taking another step, followed by other towns, there was only about a month left before the New Year, Xu Jie seemed to stay in Liangcheng for the New Year!

Separation is always painful!

Especially Xu Jie's mood and I are not too high, I have something hidden in my heart, she also seems to be worried, we have been walking around a small park in Liangcheng, but we don't talk too much, and finally when we were about to separate, Xu Jielai took the initiative to hug me and sighed: "Xiaoyan, remember my sister's words!" ”

I also hugged her, nodded and said, "I won't go to the wrong path, sister, don't worry!" ”

"Then I'm going back?" Xu Jie raised her face and still looked at me gently.

I was a little depressed in my heart, took her hand and stared at her, and asked with a bitter face, "Sister, will you marry me?" ”

Xu Jie was stunned for a moment, her cheeks were slightly red, and then she reached out to hold my face, her eyes were full of watery tenderness, and she smiled: "My little inkstone, it seems that you have really grown up, but when you grow up, you should have the consciousness of growing up, right?" You know, I took this step, and if I want to take it back, unless there is no blemish, there will always be someone who can find the problem, and you and I ...... It's hard, it's hard, we'............ It's too much! ”

My tears flowed out of my eyes and said, "Sister...... I'm sorry for you, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to mess with this bullshit officialdom, and you wouldn't have to care about anyone, sister............ I'm sorry! ”

I cried, I didn't think about it so much before, but now I really feel Xu Jie's dilemma, and the distance between us was actually opened by my own hands, thinking of this, I felt a burst of cone-like pain, if it weren't for me, she could always do the industry she liked, and she didn't have to work my deceitful career, and calculate!

Xu Jie leaned over, kissed the tears from my face with her lips, and smiled softly: "My little inkstone, as long as you know that your sister only loves you as a man, it is enough, and I also want you to always love me in your heart as you do now, that's enough!" Life is so short...... Why ask for so much? ”

I couldn't stop crying!

It wasn't until this moment that I knew that the step Xu Jie took for me was sacrificing the right to choose happiness for the rest of my life......