Chapter 103: The East Wind and the West Wind (7)

The Spring Festival is coming soon, Hou Weidong feels very depressed, the payment on the account of the Transportation Bureau, half of the dog's back bend and Yinggang Stone Yard, together there is 970,000 yuan, but this large amount of money has not arrived, it is just a flower in the water, the moon in the mirror, during the holiday, he got a salary of 370 yuan, plus a bonus of 500 yuan, this is 870 yuan, to support a Spring Festival, so that he has no interest in this Spring Festival. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he returned to Wu Hai's house, he was reluctant to go out, he talked and chatted with his mother every day, guarded the TV every day, and enjoyed himself happily.

Father Hou Yonggui took a back seat, and he was not as busy as before, after he was idle, he only felt tired, always walking around the house, looking at Hou Weidong's lazy appearance, especially when he saw him staring at the advertisement without blinking, he couldn't help but want to get angry.

The eldest brother Hou Weiguo was borrowed by the Shazhou Public Security Bureau to handle the case, and he was not at home during the Spring Festival, but his girlfriend Jiang Chu, who had just befriended, often came to the house and talked with Liu Guangfen.

Jiang Chu is a teacher in Wuhai County Middle School, he looks good, has a good temper, and has a good family background, Liu Guangfen is very satisfied, Jiang Chu arrived at Hou's house, and he muttered to Liu Guangfen in the kitchen, both of them are teachers, and they seem to have endless words, and they can't even intervene when the second sister Hou Xiaoying comes back.

Hou Weidong secretly said to the second sister: "Jiang Chu and the eldest brother have only known each other for a few days, and they have become so close to their mother, it seems that Xiaojia is under great pressure." ”

Hou Xiaoying and Hou Weidong are sympathetic to each other, Hou Xiaoying and her brother-in-law He Yong opened a silk factory with more than 700,000 yuan, all relying on loans, but the money was invested, like a drizzle into a river, there was not a single blister, her body was empty, the cash was not as much as Hou Weidong, and she had not bought new clothes for more than two months, and she also set a new record.

Brother-in-law He Yong was busy with things in the factory, he was not at home for three days, and he went to Zhejiang to collect the payment during the Spring Festival, which caused Hou Xiaoying to be lazy at home.

At noon on the seventh day of the first lunar month, He Yong called back from Zhejiang, saying that the payment had not been received and that he would have to wait two days to go home, so Liu Guangfen called Jiang Chu, but Jiang Chu had something to do.

When cooking, there was no one to talk with, and Liu Guangfen, who loved to be lively, felt a little uncomfortable, and when eating, seeing that Hou Weidong and Hou Xiaoying were absent-minded, he put the chopsticks on the table and said angrily: "New Year's Day, how can you two be like frost-beaten spoons, Old man Hou, you also beat up your spirits and take a back seat, don't think about those bad things." ”

Hou Yonggui said angrily: "In terms of body, one-third of the young people in the bureau now have big bellies, not to mention running, walking more is tiring, and the physical strength is not as good as us old men. ”

"I can still work for a few years, why should I take a back seat?"

Liu Guangfen retorted: "Wei Guo also graduated from the police academy, do you think he can solve the case?" You old guys don't give way, how can young people stand up. ”

Hou Weiguo cracked a big case at the end of 94 and was taken by the Criminal Police Brigade of the Shazhou Public Security Bureau, and now he is seconded to Shazhou to handle the case, which can be regarded as a good hand of the Yiyang police.

Speaking of his eldest son, Hou Yonggui had a trace of pride on his face, but he was unconvinced, and said: "He was a blind cat who ran into a dead mouse." Then he smiled again: "The son of my old Hou family, that one is Xiong Bao." ”

Speaking of this, Hou Yonggui pointed at Hou Weidong with chopsticks and said, "Hou Laosan, what are you doing, it has been more than a year since you arrived in Qinglin Township, and you are still staying in Qinglin Township, you must not work hard." ”

Hou Xiaoying helped her younger brother and said: "Dad, you can't keep up with the times, now it is a socialist market economy, being the boss is the first choice of all young people, I think the third child is very experienced, and he became a millionaire in a year, I told him that he would lend me 200,000 yuan when he got the payment from the Transportation Bureau." ”

Hou Yonggui "snapped" the chopsticks on the table, and said: "What kind of world is this, a hairless young man with a hairless mouth, working for less than a year, actually earned a million, I am now seven hundred a month, plus a bonus, it is only 10,000 yuan, according to this level, I have to work for a hundred years without eating or drinking to earn so much money." He kept shaking his head, "It's still not a society led by the Communist Party, how can this be?" I really can't figure it out. ”

Hou Weidong snapped his fingers and said: "Dad, you have to look at the problem like this, I opened a dog's back bend stone field, at the peak, there were thirty-seven villagers working in the stone field, six hundred yuan a month, that is to say, my stone field created thirty-seven jobs, so that thirty-seven family life has become better, this is not considered a contribution, secondly, Yiyang's key project Shayi Road Yizhou section, all rely on the supply of five stone fields in Qinglin, which is also to support the construction of key government projects, and also, the dog back bent on the tax, from this point of view, My country spends money on defense or education, and I contribute to it. ”

Hou Xiaoying, who has worked in the enterprise for a long time, deeply sympathizes with what Hou Weidong said, and said: "Dad, according to foreign views, the vast majority of social wealth is created by enterprises, so entrepreneurs are the elite of our country, and the official-based view should have been eliminated a long time ago." ”

Liu Guangfen said with a smile: "Hou San, you really have the ability, you have earned a million, what gift to buy for your mother, your eldest brother will be transferred to Shazhou in the future, and he can only live in a dormitory, you can simply buy him a house in Shazhou." ”

Hou Weidong thought bitterly and said: "I only have 800 yuan now, and I have no savings, I am the poorest person in the family, and the money in the account of the Transportation Bureau is only 970,000 yuan, which also includes arrears of workers' wages, a year's green acres and land occupation fees, and next year I will add three large stone crushers, plus the site of the stone quarry, these hundreds of thousands, tight." ”

Hou Xiaoying praised: "Hou San really has some business talents, so he just leave his job without pay, run the stone quarry well, and slowly develop into a building materials manufacturer." ”

Hou Yonggui "snorted": "If the enterprise says it is bankrupt, it will go bankrupt, or be a stable cadre, you have to think clearly, you can't be a leader in business, do you want to be a township boss for the rest of your life?" The boss has money, but no political status, and any little hooligan can get you into trouble, and I have seen a lot of these things. ”

"The economic base determines the superstructure, and when the boss has a certain amount of money, he will pursue political power, which is what Marx told us."

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The two were arguing, there was the sound of the car's brakes downstairs, Liu Guangfen was most familiar with the way her eldest son drove, she dropped the bowl, ran to the window to look, turned around and said with surprise: "Wei Guo is back, and there is a woman." ”

Hou Weiguo has worked for several years, and has never had a girlfriend, since Hou Xiaosan got a girlfriend, Hou Weiguo's marriage has become Liu Guangfen's heart disease, some time ago, she finally got along with Jiang Chu, she didn't see who this woman was, but it was obviously not Jiang Chu, so she said: "This stinky boy, why did you bring another woman back, if you don't make it clear, you are not allowed to enter the door." ”

Before the words fell, Liu Guangfen had seen the person coming clearly, and shouted: "Three, it's Xiaojia." ”

"Don't lie to me, I talked yesterday, and she didn't say it."

"What I'm coaxing you to do, go pick it up."

Hou Weidong ran down at a speed of 100 meters, just in time to see his brother Hou Weiguo and Xiao Jia entering the doorway.

"How did you two come back together?"

Xiao Jia had a layer of plush on her collar, and she sighed into the palm of her hand, and said: "The jeep that the police are sitting in looks majestic, but in fact, it is full of wind and freezes people to death." ”

Hou Weiguo's two faces were red from the cold, he took off his gloves, patted them very chicly, and said: "Xiao Jia, our captain said that half of the jeeps will be eliminated as soon as the Spring Festival is over, and I can at least drive a Santana, and then I will take you majestic." ”

Xiao Jia affectionately held Hou Weidong's arm and said, "I went to Jin Lingli's house this morning, and when I came out, I met the eldest brother, and I heard that I was going back to Wuhai, so I followed back." Hou Weidong said a little nervously: "Your father and mother don't know? Xiao Jia looked open and said: "I figured it out, marriage is my business, their opinions can only be used as a reference, I am going to rent a house outside after the Spring Festival." ”

Xiao Jia's arrival was unexpected by Hou Weidong, when eating, his eyes stayed on Xiao Jia's face, a table of delicacies lost the taste of the past, Jiang Chu did not come, but Liu Guangfen waited for Xiao Jia, the two of them talked a lot, and laughter came from time to time.

At dinner, Liu Guangfen called Jiang Chu over again, and the three of them talked more happily, making the men in the room speechless.

When he went to bed at night, Hou Yonggui was driven to Hou Weidong's room, and Liu Guangfen slept with Jiang Chu and Xiaojia and chatted until one o'clock in the evening.

Xiao Jia was next door, but he couldn't touch it, which upset Hou Weidong, and his father Hou Yonggui's snoring also resounded in the sky, so he had to get up, put on his coat, come to the living room to watch TV, and fell asleep on the sofa unconsciously. When he woke up in the morning, he opened his eyes to see Xiao Jia sitting next to him, covered with a thick blanket.

"I heard the sound of the TV outside last night, and when I came out, I found that you were sleeping on the sofa, and I didn't call you when I saw that you were sleeping soundly." Xiao Jia touched Hou Weidong's forehead lovingly, and said with a smile: "You have been in Shangqinglin for a year, and your face has become bigger, and you are not as handsome as before." ”

"Really."

Xiao Jia smiled, "But it's more manly than before." ”

Liu Guangfen walked over and said, "Big lazy worm, I'm about to get up, I accompanied Xiaojia to go out for a walk after eating, and I didn't even go out of my house for seven or eight days." Hou Weidong knew his mother's thoughts, she wanted to let herself be alone with Xiaojia, so she turned over and got up, and said, "Let's go, today we braved the cold to press the road." ”

Walking around the mall, saying some thoughtful words that I never get tired of listening to, in a trance, it seems that I have returned to the happy college days.

Xiao Jia leaned on Hou Weidong's shoulder and said, "This Spring Festival, have you given New Year's greetings to the leader?" ”

Hou Weidong said simply: "No." ”

Xiao Jia persuaded: "Even if the stone field can make money, but it is still under the leadership of the Qinglin Town Government, and the leader has a good relationship, and will definitely not suffer, I am in the office, I have seen a lot of this matter, Wu Hai, Yiyang and other four county construction committee leaders, including the county leaders in charge, every New Year's holiday, all have to visit the construction committee, the more frequent the visit, the more money the municipal construction committee gives to the following, the more rewards, some people say, the relationship is also productivity, it is indeed the same thing." ”

Hou Weidong also understood this, when he left Yiyang, he asked Stationmaster Huang for a loan of 5,000 yuan, and gave Zhu Bing a red envelope of 2,000 yuan, Liang Bifa, Liu Wei and the senior section chief of the financial department each wrapped a red envelope of 1,000 yuan, as for the town leader, it was not within his consideration.

After listening to Hou Weidong's explanation, Xiao Jia said: "You are a cadre of Qinglin Town, you should go to the two main leaders to pay New Year's greetings, listen to me, this thing must be good, but I don't know if the two leaders are at home, if they are not at home, it will be troublesome to run such a trip." ”

"We had a meal before the Spring Festival, Qin Feiyue said that he stayed at home during the Spring Festival and didn't go anywhere, I don't know if Zhao Yongsheng can leave or not."

"Fool, this is a hint that we are going to pay New Year's greetings, without further ado, let's go and come back quickly."

Hou Weidong smiled a little embarrassedly: "I don't have enough money on me." ”

Xiao Jia is the deputy director of the office, and she has been following the leader for a long time, and she may need to spend money at any time, so she has formed the habit of carrying money with her, and said: "I have 2,000 yuan on me, which should be enough." ”

made up her mind, Hou Weidong and Xiaojia were both anxious, she did not hesitate, immediately went home, and told Liu Guangfen and Hou Yonggui about the New Year's greetings.

Hou Yonggui is proficient in business, and the young men he brought out, two became deputy directors, and one was transferred to the Shazhou Municipal Bureau as a captain, but he never walked through the back door in his life, did not pay New Year's greetings to the leaders, did not open the car door to the leaders, and did not serve teacups to the leaders, so he has been the backbone of the grassroots for a lifetime, with rave reviews, and advanced every year, but he can't be promoted.

To be a good policeman, you need a good IQ, Hou Yonggui is a good policeman, which means that his IQ is not low, he knows it in his heart about this kind of thing, it's not that he doesn't understand, but he doesn't do it. Of course, he didn't do it himself, which didn't mean that he was against his sons going to the relationship, so when Hou Weidong proposed to give the leader a New Year's greeting, Hou Yonggui nodded in agreement.

In the courtyard where Hou Weidong went out, Liu Guangfen took 2,000 yuan to Hou Weidong and said: "This money will be calculated as interest, and it will be repaid at this time next year, which will be 4,000." ”

Sitting on the bus to Yiyang, Xiao Jia happily leaned on Hou Weidong's shoulder and said, "Your mother is nice and smart, use this way to resolve embarrassment." Hou Weidong said indifferently: "What's so embarrassing to give my son money." Xiao Jia pinched Hou Weidong and said, "You are so stupid, your mother knows that you have no money, this is fighting for your face." ”

When they arrived in Yiyang County, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the two were standing on the street discussing the matter of sending the sight, Hou Weidong asked: "Do you buy tobacco and alcohol or send money directly?" Xiao Jia suggested: "Buy some fruit, wrap an envelope, express your heart, and not be afraid of being seen." ”

According to Xiaojia's words, Hou Weidong bought a bag of fresh Yantai red apples, how much money to give, he still hesitated, and finally gritted his teeth and loaded a thousand yuan.

Xiao Jia saw that he had pretended to be a thousand, and said, "Pretending so much, I don't know if Mayor Qin dares to accept it?" Hou Weidong said with a smile: "Some time ago, I sent more than 10,000 out, and I have never been rejected, I have experience in this matter, don't worry, it's okay." ”

Just walked into the courtyard where Qin Feiyue lived, in addition to Santana, there was also an assembled off-road vehicle. There are a total of three vehicles in Qinglin Town, one for the secretary and one for the mayor, and the other deputies sit in this assembled off-road vehicle.

"There are still people in Qin Zhen's family, and they should be a deputy position."

Knocking on the door, a half-aged with big curly hair opened the door and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Hou Weidong guessed that it was the mayor's wife, so he relaxed his facial muscles, showed a very beautiful smile, and said, "Sister-in-law, I am the little marquis of Qinglin Town, and I pay New Year's greetings to Mayor Qin." ”

The mayor's wife said "oh" and said, "Come in." He took the apple pocket and placed it in front of the chair in the living room.

Hou Weidong's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the chair was full of all kinds of gift boxes and all kinds of fruits, but they were not very valuable, and he said secretly: "It seems that these things are all disguises, I'm afraid the things in the red envelope are genuine." ”

Qin Feiyue was playing mahjong, and when he saw Hou Weidong entering the door, he introduced while playing, "Wang Fen, this is Hou Weidong, a college student assigned last year, make a cup of tea." ”

Wang Fen saw Hou Weidong for the first time, and saw that he was just carrying a bag of fruit, so she was not very enthusiastic, she stood behind Su Ming and looked at it, and then went over to pour water.

Hou Weidong brought Xiao Jia to the mahjong table and introduced: "This is Mayor Qin, Mayor Su, Chief Zhouchang, and Stationmaster Huang. He also introduced Xiaojia and said: "This is my girlfriend Zhang Xiaojia." ”

Su Ming glanced back at Xiao Jia, and said in his heart: "Shazhou girls are different, they look very comfortable, even if Yiyang girls have beautiful faces, they can't always get rid of vulgarity." ”

Qin Feiyue said: "Hou Weidong is here to fight, I want to accompany the guests." Hou Weidong was about to excuse himself, but Qin Feiyue stood up without saying anything, pulled Hou Weidong to the mahjong table, and went to the sofa in the living room, where there were still several women sitting watching TV and chatting.

Xiao Jia stood in front of the mahjong table, watching Hou Weidong play mahjong, and after a few handfuls, he said secretly: "My husband is really good at playing, he must have practiced for a long time." She was angry in her heart, but she pinched Hou Weidong hard behind her back, making Hou Weidong tremble several times in pain, but she didn't dare to scream.

After a few rounds, Qin Feiyue came over again and said, "Zhang Xiaojia, come and sit, you lesbians have a good chat together." ”

Zhang Xiaojia's personality is already cheerful and generous, and she has been exercising in the office of the Construction Committee for more than half a year.

Qin Feiyue introduced it and asked, "You are Hou Weidong's college classmate, where do you work?" ”

Xiao Jia sat on the sofa very ladylike and replied: "I am also from Shazhou University, with different departments at the same level, and now I am in the office of the Construction Committee." ”

A young woman on the side of the sofa gave her a strange look and said, "I'm from the office of the Construction Committee, why haven't I seen you?" Before she finished speaking, she suddenly said: "Director Zhang, are you Director Zhang Xiaojia of the Shazhou Construction Committee?" ”

"I'm Zhang Xiaojia."

The young woman said enthusiastically: "I'm Zhong Li, the last time I went to visit Director Bu with Director Li, we met. ”

Xiao Jia also remembered that Zhong Li was indeed present, and she only remembered that she was very restrained, and said with a smile: "Hey, Bushi Ren rarely drinks alcohol, and that day he was completely let go, at least half a catty was drunk." ”

Zhong Li is Wang Fen's brother and daughter-in-law, she works in the office of the Construction Committee, because of the good unit, the plain vision is quite high, Wang Fen rarely sees her so enthusiastic, and said: "I thought I was born with a cold face, and when I met a superior leader, I would smile a flower on my face." ”

Wang Fen was relatively cold to Xiao Jia and Hou Weidong just now, but at this time, she also changed her face, and she was next to Xiao Jia affectionately, and several women talked and laughed, just like old friends for many years.

After a while, the fat man came.

When he was about to go out to eat, Ouyang Lin also knocked on the door with two exquisite gift boxes.

At the dinner table, Xiao Jia's arrival made Hou Weidong invisibly increase his weight, Ouyang Lin didn't know Xiao Jia's origin, watching everyone toast Xiao Jia, he felt inexplicable, and looked at Hou Weidong a lot of eyes one after another, and later, he heard that Zhang Xiaojia was a middle-level cadre of the Shazhou Construction Committee.

Hou Weidong can have such a beautiful and capable girlfriend, which makes Ouyang Lin envious, and he thinks with some malice: "Xiaojia is so beautiful, she became a middle-level leader of the Construction Committee at a young age, maybe she has a leg with that high-ranking official." He seemed to see the green hat on Hou Weidong's head, and his mentality seemed to be much more balanced.

After the wine reached the half-tour, the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic, Qin Feiyue completely put down the mayor's shelf, and said, "I'll tell you a joke." ”

Everyone knows that the meat joke time has begun, and all the ladies are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they all bow their heads and laugh.

Qin Feiyue was eloquent, he said seriously: "A director danced with a beautiful virgin, the director was a little excited at the climax of the dance, and the lower part stood up, and the virgin noticed it and asked curiously: What is below you?" The Commissioner replied, "Below me is the section chief. The virgin said disdainfully: The official is not big and quite hard. ”

Everyone laughed, and Qin Feiyue ordered: "Mayor Su will talk about one." ”

Su Ming proposed: "Qin Zhen said well, welcome another one." "Everyone applauded.

Qin Feiyue said another: "The unit leader made a concluding speech: There are three reasons why our work is not good, one is to sleep like a widow and there is no one on it, the second is to be like a prostitute, and the top is always replaced, and the third is like sleeping with a wife, and our own people are always doing our own people." ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and Qin Feiyue nodded again: "Mayor Su has one." ”

Su Ming's eloquence is the best in the Qinglin team, he thought for a while, and said: "The secretary of the municipal party committee of a city is a man, the mayor is a woman, the two have been joking at the dinner table for a long time, but the secretary of the municipal party committee has been defeated repeatedly, one day, the female mayor and the male secretary went to the banquet together, and the secretary was happy during the banquet, and the secretary had an idea, saying--The secretary has generally been the mayor!" The female mayor replied cleverly - yes, the secretary is usually a mayor! ”

Both jokes are both elegant and vulgar, pushing the atmosphere to a new climax.

Mayor Chao continued, "An old man took the bus to the climax village to run errands, and asked the waitress on the way, has the climax arrived?" The waitress said, "Not yet." After a while, he asked again, has the climax arrived? The waiter said, "What's the hurry, old man, I'll scream when the climax comes." ”

It was Zhou Qiang's turn to say, he had been messing with coal workers for a long time, and he heard a lot of such jokes, but on this occasion, too disgusting jokes could not show the level, so he thought of a not quite explicit one: "The twins chatted in their mother's belly, the eldest said, Dad is good, often stretches his head to see us, but he doesn't love hygiene, spit and leave, the second said, or the uncle next door, he spit and put the phlegm away with a bag." ”

When it was Hou Weidong's turn, everyone had already smiled sourly, and Qin Feiyue encouraged: "Hou Weidong is a college student, so he must talk about a wonderful one." ”

Hou Weidong was not stage frightened, and said: "Two history teachers got married, and they were both second marriages, after entering the cave room, the woman went out to ask for the next link, attacked Pearl Harbor at night, the beauty was frightened (fine), the man was right, two atomic bombs, Japan and Germany (de) surrendered, and the second World War. ”

Xiao Jia often eats with her, and she has long been accustomed to this kind of dinner, at first she was worried that these township cadres were too vulgar, but listening to them still have some meaning, and finally was infected by the atmosphere, and laughed along.

After eating, everyone was about to disperse, Hou Weidong never found a chance to send the envelope out, he was smiling, observing Qin Feiyue's movements, but Qin Feiyue always had someone around him, and he couldn't find a chance to start.

Su Ming, Mayor Chao, and Ouyang Lin left one after another, Xiao Jia was still joking with Wang Fen, Zhong Li and others, and Qin Feiyue was on the side of the mobile phone, taking advantage of this opportunity, Hou Weidong quickly approached Qin Feiyue, and when he hung up the phone, he whispered: "Qin Zhen, I have a New Year's greeting for you." As he spoke, he couldn't help but put the envelope into Qin Feiyue's pocket.

Qin Feiyue didn't shirk either, but said, "Xiaohou, you're too polite." ”

When leaving, Wang Fen said enthusiastically: "Sister Xiaojia, when I go to Shazhou another day, you take me to buy clothes." Xiao Jia said: "My pager number is written on the desk calendar, and when you arrive in Shazhou, you must call me." ”

The two walked to the street, and Xiao Jia asked, "Have you received any money?" ”

"There is no reason not to accept it."

"Today's trip has gained a lot, and I will contact Wang Fen in the future to engage in the Madame route."

The cold wind was biting, Hou Weidong tightened Xiao Jia's fur collar, and said: "Zhao Yongsheng lives in Qinglin Town, and now it's too late to pass, and climbing the mountain in the cold winter will cost people's lives, so we will stay in Yiyang for one night, go to Qinglin early tomorrow morning, and rush back to Yiyang after the New Year." ”

Xiao Jia said: "I'll paging Zhao Xiaojun first, and see if Zhao Yongsheng is not there, so as not to run away." ”

The pager quickly replied, and when Zhao Xiaojun heard that it was Zhang Xiaojia, he hurriedly said, "Director Zhang, is there anything wrong?" ”

"I'm in Yiyang, Secretary Zhao is not in Qinglin, we are going to come over tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings."

"Hey, Director Zhang, how is this good?" After a few polite words, Zhao Xiaojun said: "My father went to Shazhou, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back tomorrow." ”

Xiao Jia's voice was very calm, and said: "I have to go back to Shazhou tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to go to Qinglin Town to say hello to Secretary Zhao on behalf of Hou Weidong and me." ”

Hou Weidong looked at Xiao Jia quietly and sighed: "It's really a matter of three days, my Xiao Jia already has the demeanor of a female cadre, when I was in school before, why didn't I see that you still have natural leadership skills." ”

Xiao Jia stepped forward and held Hou Weidong and said gently: "No matter what, I am the original Xiao Jia, your little wife." ”

(End of Chapter 103)

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