He couldn't lift the lid or the table. Although he felt uncomfortable, he had to sit at the same table and eat, making a harmonious look. Chen Huai looked at the wine glass in his hand and wanted to pour it into his stomach, but he had to think that he would meet Cheng Yi's father later. It was not appropriate to be drunk.

The old man looked at Chen Huai's disoriented look and put down his chopsticks. He looked at his eldest daughter Song Ying and his second son Song Qiaosheng, and said, "Don't think that I'm always nagging. There are no outsiders who eat around the table now. I say a few words to protect my shortcomings, and I'm not afraid that others will point at my back and scold me. Chen Huai is in the local area and does something difficult. As long as you don't make principled mistakes, you are the eldest aunt and the other is the second uncle. Who do you support me? Hongqi also needs to go to the local area to exercise and learn from Chen Huai."

Chen Huai looked up at the table, and Xie Haicheng was sitting next to him. Although he lowered his head and listened attentively, Chen Huai could see a little disregarded hidden in his eyes. His second uncle looked as usual, and he stopped thinking, but in fact he couldn't guess what he was thinking.

Although Song Hongqi learned a little bit of excitement from his father, it was not enough after all. He said that the old man was famous, but his face was quite unnatural, but he had to agree: "If I go to work in the local area, I really have to learn from Chen Huai..."

"I just rely on some brute force and some stunning strength to do things, but I was overwhelmed with my head," Chen Huai smiled slightly and said, "It seems that he has made a little achievement, but he has offended many people. It is hard to say whether it is good or bad now--grandfather, aunt, and uncle are heartbroken and cannot bear to criticize me, but I know a little about my own problems. Now I am paying attention to overcoming them and causing less trouble for everyone as much as possible. Hongqi handles good personnel relations in ministries and commissions, and no one does not praise it. Unlike me, I make enemies everywhere. This is where I learn from Hongqi."

Song Hongqi would not be complacent because Chen Huai praised him for a few words at this time. Just as he was about to respond modestly, the old man interrupted the other side: "No matter what age, if you don't do things or make mistakes, as long as you do things, you will inevitably have a small tail to others. When we were in the revolution, we also participated in the early days, but they spoke beautifully and wrote beautifully, and they really asked them to join the team and catch them. If they don't have real skills, no one will accept you. Although I haven't gone out to go around recently, I know some of the atmosphere in the ministries and commissions. To put it bluntly, it means that the bureaucratic thinking is serious, so Hongqi needs to go to the local area to train..."

Without going to see Song Hongqi's ugly face, Chen Huai and Song Hongjun looked at each other, thinking that the old man was determined to drive Song Hongqi to the place to exercise this time.

Chen Huai didn't say much about this topic; with Xie Haicheng, Song Hongqi and others present, Chen Huai didn't intend to reveal more secrets about Xinpu Refining, and the location of the Huaihai Fleet's garrison base and the secret talks with Tian Jiageng were never mentioned. However, Song Hongjun and his parents were peacemakers during the meal. Everyone was cold and they still ate the meal in a lively manner on the surface.

After dinner, Chen Huai saw that it was almost eight o'clock. He met Cheng Yi's father next time and stood up and said, "It's getting late, I'll take Cheng Yi back first..."

Song Hongjun was also afraid that his parents would stay and get married and bombard him with the marriage. He stood up and followed Chen Huai.

When she drove out of Xisi Lane, Song Hongjun took out a cigarette and asked Cheng Yi: "Don't you mind Chen Huai and I smoking?"

Chen Huai turned off the air conditioner in the car, opened the window, and lit a cigarette with Song Hongjun.

"Hongqi had to go down to the place two years ago, but you kid did such a good job in the place, so he shrank. After all, he was afraid of comparing with you. It would be better to be able to compare with you, but he couldn't compare himself to self-esteem. Over the years, you have not been afraid of being kind to anyone, but you have strong self-esteem in your heart. Unlike me, you have no shame to anyone," Song Hongjun vomited smoke rings and smiled, "The old man is really annoyed this time. He is determined to drive Hongqi down to the place. The meaning of the words is that if you have real skills, don't be afraid to compare it on the table. Look at Hongqi's ugly face..."

Chen Huai did not think about gloating and said to Song Hongjun: "Hongqi has such good resources, as long as his mentality is not biased, it is still easy to achieve results in the local area. Now, in China, especially in the central and western regions, economic construction is still quite backward. Not to mention a county or a prefecture-level city, as long as it can be slightly tilted in resources, development will improve significantly. After all, I am afraid that Hongqi's mentality is too impatient, and I have no intention of watching his good show. If he goes on, he must start with the county magistrate and county party secretary, and bear the heavy responsibility of the development of some districts and counties. An impatient mentality will lay a great hidden danger for local development."

"Don't run over to remind others that no one will receive your affection, and will laugh at you in turn." Song Hongjun said.

Chen Huai curled his lips and said to himself: "Okay, I'm just a 'simultaneous person who is eager for quick success and instant benefits' and is not qualified to say these things to others..."

When they arrived at Cheng Yi's doorstep, Chen Huai and Cheng Yi got out of the car. Song Hongjun sat in the driver's seat and leaned over to ask Chen Huai: "I don't have to drive over to pick you up tonight, right?"

Cheng Yi said coquettishly: "If you don't come to pick him up, let him sleep on the street!"

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Cheng Yi went to ring the doorbell, and Chen Huai stepped onto the steps, but he still felt heavy.

Although Hongqi's father stopped him and sent a car to the airport to pick him up with Hongjun back to the mansion for dinner, everyone could still talk and laugh at the table, but many things were impossible to save.

Perhaps the people's hearts of the Song clan collapsed three or four years ago, and they just barely got together and didn't fall apart now. Chen Huai and Cheng Yi's father had no separate contact, and it was difficult for people to figure out, but one thing is certain that Cheng Yi's father must have had repeated weighing before he decided to let him go back to Beijing to meet. Moreover, Cheng Yi's father decided to let him go back to Beijing to meet, so he must have something to do.

The doorbell rang for a while, and Cheng Yi answered with the people in the house. Hearing a light click, the people in the house controlled the electronic lock on the opposite yard door to open. Cheng Yi pushed open the iron door, entered the room with Chen Huai, and said to Chen Huai:

"The person I just talked about is Tian Yongjun, deputy secretary-general of the Municipal Party Committee. He has been transferred to the Yanjing Municipal Party Committee for only four or five years. However, with my father's previous work experience in Gushan County, he has worked with my father for thirteen or fourteen years..."

Whether it is Dai Chengguo, He Xianghuai or Cheng Wenguang, if you can be in a high position, you will gather a group of people around you, all your direct confidants, and your own circle - this is true in this officialdom. Big circles are trapped in the middle circles, middle circles are trapped in small circles, and all your knowledge is in the circle.

When small circles cannot be accommodated by large circles, they either perish quietly or disperse in one stroke; however, most of them have always been destructive small circles, and there are always a few small circles that can emerge.

Chen Huai returned to Yanjing for a limited number of times, and he only had some impressions of many people. He had never seen Tian Yongjun before, and he was just a little impressed by the dull sound on the intercom just now.

Chen Huai and Cheng Yi walked to the middle of the yard and saw a man of medium size in the living room pushing the door and walking over, saying with a smile: "Secretary Cheng was just talking about Chen Huai when will you and Cheng Yi come back after having a good meal?"

Tian Yongjun was in his early forties. When he saw human faces, Chen Huai remembered that he had drunk wine with his old man on his 80th birthday. But there were too many people drinking that time, and he drank a lot of alcohol at that time, so many people could not remember their names afterwards.

Cheng Yi's mother Liu Xuemei came over from behind, and Chen Huai greeted, "Aunt Liu..."

"You are here," Liu Xuemei waved her hand and pulled Cheng Yi's arm, and said, "I thought you could come here for dinner, which made me waste my afternoon for a long time."

"Then can't we change to midnight snack?" Cheng Yi said coquettishly, "I knew that mom, you are the softest, so that you can eat without leaving any food..."

"You are just a little slutty. Your father answered the phone in the study. You go over and say hello to Chen Huai..." Liu Xuemei said.

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Cheng Wenguang answered the phone in the study, Cheng Yi accompanied Chen Huai and Tian Yongjun into the study, greeted her father, and went out to talk to her mother.

Chen Huai and Tian Yongjun sat down on the sofa next to the window, quietly waiting for Chengwenguang to answer the phone.

"Just just now, dozens of ordinary people from Hebei Province came to Beijing to petition. They stood on the street from the West Railway Station and pulled banners. The road was blocked and the momentum was a bit loud. Some people at the grassroots level dealt with, but now the grassroots work is a bit simple and crude, which is not reassuring. They also have to stare at it with one eye open," Cheng Wenguang put down the phone and explained to Chen Huai what he had just talked about on the phone, and also used this to start a conversation, "You have worked at the grassroots level and are most experienced. Some things are brutal. It is easy to open up the situation, but the same is true that the means are too simple and crude, and it is easy to intensify contradictions. Now, what is needed and lacking in the party are those cadres who have achieved achievements at the grassroots level. I also started from suburban counties and townships, and knew the hardships and benefits of grassroots work. So some young cadres asked me what I should pay attention to in my future growth path and how to develop the path of growth. I told them that if I go to the grassroots level to cultivate my muscles and bones, the path of growth will naturally be opened up..."

Chen Huai had few contacts with Cheng Wenguang, and Cheng Wenguang rarely spoke, which gave people the impression of being taciturn. But at this time, he heard him talking nonstop, and realized that he was very eloquent. He thought that Cheng Yi's father might have a scene where his second uncle Song Qiaosheng came forward, and he deliberately gave people a dull and low-key impression, and did not compete with his second uncle for his intention.

He has different comments on Cheng Wenguang, his sister-in-law and Song Hongjun. Think about it, he has been "dating" with Cheng Yi for three years, and Cheng Wenguang has never spoken to him alone. From this point of view, Cheng Wenguang's ability to forbear is absolutely first-class - but why did Cheng Wenguang not to endure again this time? Did he see any opportunity, or did he want to take a risk before the 15th National Party Congress?

Listening to Chengwen’s discussion on grassroots work, Chen Huai also echoed some of the experiences and experiences at the grassroots level. After that, he said, “My grandfather is the same as Uncle Cheng. Just now, Cheng Yi and I were having dinner in the mansion, and the old man suggested that Hongqi also go to work in the place…”

"Old man, I will definitely not be wrong," Cheng Wenguang touched his thin forehead and said with a smile, "If Hongqi wants to be able to work at the grassroots level, his future prospects are unlimited. Your sister-in-law came over to rub her friends with you and Cheng Yi, and some people were talking nonsense. I told your Aunt Liu that no matter how much others say, it is false. It depends on whether you can take root at the grassroots level. This is the most obvious thing..."

When Chen Huai heard this, he felt guilty and thought that he really had no good reputation in Yanjing three years ago.
Chapter completed!