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    Deputy Mayor Zhao is a very approachable person, neither tall nor short, white and fat, with an air of great fortune and wealth.  When the entourage introduced the situation to foreign businessmen, he chatted with the vendors and listened to their opinions on the city government.  When some vendors said that the construction of a super mall is good but it will ruin their jobs, Deputy Mayor Zhao frowned and promised to study and solve it properly when he went back.

    Deputy Mayor Zhao's approachability is not a pretense, he is sincere.  As a descendant of the old revolutionaries, he naturally has more opportunities for promotion than others.  When his father committed suicide, he was only in his teens, and an old man in the messenger office of his father's unit gave his family selfless help, and when he grew up, he heard that this old man secretly ate the last meal of his father's life.  Sent.  This old man suffered a lot and had a deep hatred. It was Chairman Mao of the Communist Party who rescued him from the sea of ??suffering and gave him a job.  He has not forgotten this kindness, and he wants to repay this kindness.  When the old revolutionary Secretary Zhao was imprisoned and beaten, he thought, Secretary Zhao is a good person. Every year during the New Year and holidays, people give him relief money and winter clothes. How could he be a bad person?  After Secretary Zhao died, he often went to Zhao's house to visit his family, just like Secretary Zhao visited his family back then.  Zhao Jihong was still young at that time, so he often saved money to buy school supplies for him, and bought him a set of firecrackers during the Spring Festival that year.  Zhao Jihong still remembers the sound of firecrackers that year, which was the loudest and most cheerful sound in his childhood.  When Zhao Jihong became a cadre in the city, the old man had passed away, and the whole family moved to another place.  There is a love in his heart that he has not reported, and he will never forget it in his life.  The misfortune in his childhood made him understand the sufferings of the people better, and he became a good mayor who is very popular among the citizens.

    Min was discovered by Deputy Mayor Zhao when he was about to leave. After talking to the merchants, he was about to catch up with the foreign merchants who had already walked ahead. At this time, he saw a familiar face, namely Min.

    Deputy Mayor Zhao went to the same school as Min when he was in elementary school, but he was only two grades younger. He was the youngest son of Secretary Zhao.  He was born with a good voice and was a key member of the school's Red Little Soldier Propaganda Team.  Of course, this was before his father was found out by the revolutionary rebels.  Min also has a good voice and can speak standard Mandarin. She sang and announced in the propaganda team. When performing the revolutionary model play "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", Min played Xiao Changbao and Zhao Jihong played Yang Zirong.  When Min went to the countryside, Secretary Zhao committed suicide, and Zhao Jihong was naturally fired from the propaganda team.  Later, Zhao Jihong also went to the countryside, in a small village dozens of kilometers away from Liuzhuang.  He has been to Liuzhuang three times, all to pay homage to the "Holy Land of Revolution".  At this time, Min was already a lecturer, and once gave Zhao Jihong a copy of Chairman Mao's inspection of Liuzhuang.  When Min returned to the city, Zhao Jihong had already been back to the city for several years, working as the deputy director of a bureau.  At that time, Min had approached him about getting a registered permanent residence, and he also helped with this.  It's just that in the future, Zhao Jihong became bigger and bigger, but Min was getting worse day by day. It was not easy to meet Deputy Mayor Zhao.

    Neither Min nor Deputy Mayor Zhao expected that they would meet here. Deputy Mayor Zhao recognized Min and came to shake hands with Min.  When Min introduced Gong Xiaojun to him, Deputy Mayor Zhao couldn't help smiling when he shook hands with Gong Xiaojun, and said, "Gong Xiaojun? Is that Gong Xiaojun who's in a good situation?"  It¡¯s terrible, it¡¯s very famous in our school of educated youth, second only to Min. Later, when I was in college, a few classmates from other places still knew about it.¡±

    "It's notorious." Gong Xiaojun said mockingly.

    "Hey, you guys, what are you doing now? Call me if you have something to do. A few days ago, an old educated youth we ordered called me and said that he wanted to set up an 'Educated Youth Association' and let me be the president. Do you agree?  Do you agree? Min can be the vice president." As Deputy Mayor Zhao said, he enthusiastically left a piece of his business card for Min, and wrote his family number on the back.

    At this time, the entourage ran over and asked Deputy Mayor Zhao to leave quickly, saying that the foreign businessmen had been waiting in the reception room for a long time.

    "Min, you must come to me if you need something." Deputy Mayor Zhao said as he walked, "There is also Gong Xiaojun who is in a 'good situation'."ú±

    After Deputy Mayor Zhao left, the market returned to normal. Min and Gong Xiaojun drove to Liuzhuang in a yellow-faced vehicle, which was the one that Li Dongfang rented when he picked up his bride, Gong Xiaolan.  The one with the yellow face is the most common means of transportation in our northern city, with more than 20,000 vehicles. According to the market report, the taxi industry has solved the employment problem of a group of people.

    It should be said that Deputy Mayor Zhao left a very good impression on Min and Gong Xiaojun. With such a big cadre, he has no airs at all, and he still thinks about the past.  However, if you really need him, will he really help?

    The driver above is a very talkative person, about the same age as Gong Xiaojun, in his forties.  On the front windshield, there is a portrait of Chairman Mao, which is the most common standard portrait of that era.  The topic started from this portrait of Chairman Mao?I once went to the Yellow River Dam with Liu Baoming to participate in labor for more than two months.  This kind of labor has a punitive nature, and they have no freedom of food, housing and transportation, just like the current reeducation through labor.  Gong Xiaojun and Liu Baoming lived together in a hut on the dam. During the day they dug soil to build the dam, and at night they received critical education.  They got along pretty well, and one cornbread per meal was obviously not enough for the young and strong Gong Xiaojun, so Liu Baoming gave him half of his own and starved alone.  This moved Gong Xiaojun very much. Before he was admitted to university in 1978, he told Liu Baoming that he would never forget him.  Facing Liu Baoming now, Gong Xiaojun felt that he was being deceived, and if he said something, he might as well not say it.

    Gong Xiaojun ran over in three steps at a time, held Liu Baoming's hand tightly, and said, "Uncle Liu, you don't know me anymore, I'm Gong Xiaojun."

    "Gong Xiaojun? Is that Gong Xiaojun who is in a 'good situation'?" Liu Baoming said, his face almost touching Gong Xiaojun's.

    Gong Xiaojun smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Uncle Liu, do you still remember this after all these years?"

    Liu Baoming also smiled, showing a mouthful of black and incomplete teeth, and said, "How can I forget, it's as if I'm right in front of my eyes."

    "Min, come here quickly, this is Uncle Liu Baoming, don't you recognize him?" Gong Xiaojun shouted to Min who was stunned in front of the statue of Chairman Mao.

    Min's thoughts seemed to be still at this time, and her mind was blank, just like a TV screen that lost the signal.

    "Come here, Min." Seeing that Min was motionless, Gong Xiaojun shouted again.

    Min finally walked to the small room, she grabbed Liu Baoming's hand and said, "Hello, Uncle Liu."

    "Okay, okay," Liu Baoming looked up at the pond, and said, "Look at how well this fish is growing. It will definitely fetch a good price in your city before the Spring Festival." (Remember the website website: www.hlnovel  .com
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