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For the next two days, Chen Weizheng's job was to deliver New Year's gifts.
The New Year's gift was simple, wild mushrooms and ham.
The first family was his uncle's family. As usual, his uncle was busy. He was busy being the deputy mayor, mayor, and secretary of the municipal party committee. Chen Weizheng didn't understand why he was so happy to do such a busy job.
Xiao Song was reading at home while Xiao Zhu went to school to drive Aunt Chu to the airport to celebrate the New Year.
Seeing Chen Weizheng enter the door with a large cardboard box, Xiao Song hurriedly helped to take it. When he opened it, he was shocked by the huge ham and asked what it was. Chen Weizheng told him that it was ham, the legendary umami ham. It was definitely a local brand. Xiao Song sniffed and wrinkled his nose, saying, "It smells good. It's full of the local smell."
Chen Weizheng asked Xiao Song to accompany him to deliver the gifts. Xiao Song thought that it was a good idea and called Chen Xiaomei to deliver the gifts with his cousin. Chen Xiaomei asked which families they were going to deliver the gifts to. Chen Weizheng told him that there were Uncle Xiao, Lan Shigao, Zhang Zhiquan, and Long Jinxing who was returned. At noon, they tried to rush to Tan City to deliver to Zhang Zhihe and Zhao Changfu's families. Xiao Song went to help drive.
Chen Xiaomei told him not to go to Long Jinxing's house for the time being. It was not convenient to tell him the reason over the phone. When he came back at night, his uncle would talk to him about it. Secondly, in the garage, there were a few new products from the city's agricultural center for them to try.
Chen Weizheng walked into the garage. There were seven or eight boxes of fruit. The packaging was quite exquisite. From the picture of the packaging, it was a fruit that had never been seen in the market before. It was vines, wide leaves, and red in color. It was made up of many wedge-shaped pieces that formed a small sphere with a diameter of seven or eight centimeters. The big head of the wedge-shaped piece was outside and the small head was inside. It was inlaid in the core of the fruit like a rice ball. Chen Weizheng had seen this kind of fruit in Qingshan Town before. It was a kind of wild fruit called cold rice ball. When eaten, the wedge-shaped pieces were broken off like pomegranate seeds and put into the mouth. It was very sweet and slightly sour. Looking at the packaging, he knew that this kind of wild fruit had been domesticated and produced on the farm. He wondered how it would taste.
Chen Weizheng and Xiao Song carried six boxes of fruits and put them in the car. Their first stop was the Provincial Party Committee's courtyard.
In Zhang Zhiquan's house, other than the nanny, there was no master. When he saw Chen Weizheng coming to deliver the gifts, he did not dare to accept them. Chen Weizheng called Zhang Zhiquan in front of the nanny and asked Vice Governor Zhang if he wanted to help him save a New Year gift. Zhang Zhiquan laughed and said that he could help anyone save money but not Chen Weizheng. He let the nanny answer the phone and told the nanny that in the whole Red River, only this kid in front of him could give gifts. If the gifts were not to his liking, he could also give suggestions and ask him to change it in the future. Then he told the nanny that there was a bag of dried shrimp in the house for Chen Weizheng to stew with pickled peppers at home. The nanny was confused by these few words, but she finally understood that this person in front of her was not simple. He was someone that Governor Zhang highly valued.
The nanny could understand the newly produced wild fruit and the vacuum wild mushroom, but the big ham shocked the nanny. How long would it take to finish eating!
After coming out of Zhang Zhiquan's house, they turned a corner and arrived at Lan Shigao's house.
Auntie Wu was at home. She entered the house and sat down. She chatted and asked Xiao Song about some things in school. She gave Chen Weizheng and Xiao Song a Youzhou specialty, Eight-Crossing Bamboo Shoots, and asked them to stay for lunch. The two of them said that time was tight and they had to go to Uncle Xiao's house. Auntie Wu took out another Youzhou specialty and asked them to bring it to Commander Xiao.
Commander Xiao was actually at home! This surprised Chen Weizheng and Xiao Song.
Before and after the New Year, wasn't it the time for the leaders of the army to send warmth and care to the outpost? How could he be at home? Their first reaction was that he was not well. So Chen Weizheng's first sentence was, "Is Uncle Xiao's health okay?"
Xiao Guangyuan's reaction was quite quick. He immediately understood Chen Weizheng's meaning. He smiled and said, "Weizheng, you think that I'm not normal at home, right?"
Chen Weizheng nodded.
"It's normal!" Xiao Guangyuan said, "Do you know how old I am this year? I'll be 60 after the New Year. I'm preparing to retire. "
"Retire? Uncle Xiao, this is not right! " Chen Weizheng said, "Look at your body. Don't talk about killing a tiger. You can definitely fight a wolf for three to five rounds. If you retire like this, you're avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial. You don't want to take on heavy responsibilities and help the organization solve its problems."
Xiao Guang picked up the magazine on the coffee table and threw it at Chen Weizheng. He scolded, "Little bastard, I hit you to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial. I hit you to shoulder the heavy burden bravely. I hit you to solve problems."
Chen Weizheng shrunk his neck and rolled his eyes. He made a face at Xiao Song. Xiao Song laughed but didn't dare to make a sound. Aunt Yao on the side laughed and said, "Weizheng, only you would dare to say that to this old thing. You don't know whether he's retiring or not. During this period of time, you haven't made things difficult for him. When he finally decided to retire, it was you guys who made the decision for him. "
"We made the decision?" Chen Weizheng didn't understand.
"Yes, if you guys didn't make a helicopter in Shin Myung Province and use it for target practice, it would be so popular. The old guy came back and said that he wanted to play with you young people. Old people can't afford to play, it's too evil! He let the young people play and retire. "Aunt Yao said.
"That can't be. I've only heard of a butterfly flapping its wings in Venezuela and a hurricane in the Caribbean. I've never heard of a military exercise in Shin Myung Province or a general in the Red River Province stepping down." Chen Weizheng said, "Hahahaha, Uncle Xiao, you can't contact him either!"
"Weizheng, not only can you contact him, it's very easy to contact him." Xiao Guangyuan said, "There are a few people in the military who have the closest relationship with Xinming. One is me, one is Ou Jie, and one is Captain Qin of the Capital Military Region's Special Forces. He's Tang Wei's superior. Among these people, the first choice is me. There's no need to talk about your relationship with me. Tang Wei is Xiao Hui's husband. There's also no need to talk about our relationship. Luo Zhanghong, Shen Zhong, and Yan Jun were all colleagues and subordinates. Next is Ou Jie. Ou Jie has a very deep relationship with you, Tang Wei, and Luo Zhanghong. He also has a very close relationship with Zheng Jian 'er and Wu Guangxian. Third is Captain Qin. He's mainly related to Tang Wei and Shi Xiong. "
"Because of your Avanti helicopter, the military in the country is already boiling. The air force doesn't think highly of this aircraft. They think that its flying speed is not as fast as fighter jets, and its bombing power is not as strong as bombers. Its long range attack, air control, and cruising range are all very weak. However, the army thinks highly of it, the navy also thinks highly of it, and even the armed police force has a special liking for this product. The three branches of the armed forces have already quickly come up with tactics and strategies around this aircraft. They all think that with this aircraft, there will be even more changes in tactics. This product appeared in Shin Myung Province and not in the country. Weizheng, the story of you being forced to leave the military has been brought up again by some people. They think that the people who forced you to leave back then are responsible for this product's appearance. "
"The lawsuit finally reached the chairman. The chairman said that now is not the time to investigate who is responsible, but how to maintain a close relationship with Xinming. The military and political committee wants the General Staff Department to establish a Southeast Asia Special Bureau to closely monitor the military situation in Southeast Asia. At the same time, they also want to coordinate the relationship with Shin Myung Province. The higher-ups think that I'm the most suitable person to be the director of the Southeast Asia Special Bureau. I personally think that I'm not suitable. Firstly, I'm too old and my energy is limited. Secondly, I don't have work experience in this area. Thirdly, if I take this position, it will negatively affect your and Tang Wei's work. It will even hinder the development of Southeast Asia's military, which is not good. But as long as I'm in the military, it's not easy to assign this position to someone else. So after much consideration, I decided to just retire and hand over the problem. While I still have energy, I can accompany your Auntie Yao to travel around. She has already retired for two years. In order to wait for me to retire, she didn't go anywhere these two years. I can't waste her time. "
"Don't use me to find excuses. If you want to play, just say it." Auntie Yao said, "But in my opinion, you should retire. You're not a central leader. You're sixty years old and still a young cadre. We're ordinary people. Our rule is that we should retire at sixty years old. You've been a soldier for decades. It should be enough! "
Chen Weizheng chuckled and said, "It's good that you retire. If you don't retire at sixty years old, will you retire at seventy years old? Uncle Xiao, when you retire, I'll sponsor you to travel around the world. You can go to the South Pole with Auntie Yao to see walruses and penguins in the North Pole. You can go to the Himalayas to fish in the Indian Ocean. "
"What I mean is that after I retire, I'll do all these ridiculous things!" Xiao Guangyuan said sadly.
Everyone laughed.
"It seems that the position of the Southeast Asia Special Bureau will fall on Brother Ou Jie's head." Xiao Song said, "Yes, it can only be him. Using Brother Ou Jie to restrain Cousin is the military's usual strategy. Hehe, Brother Ou Jie is going to be promoted again! "
"Xiao Song thinks that it will definitely be Ou Jie and not someone else?" Chen Weizheng said, "Then you're out of luck. After Ou Jie leaves, you won't be able to keep your position in the Qingshan Town Laboratory Office."
"Cousin, you don't have to worry about this. The Executive Director of Qingshan Town Laboratory Office can only be Brother-in-law Liping. If nothing unexpected happens, you'll definitely be promoted to Colonel." Xiao Song said, "If Brother Ou Jie goes to the Southeast Asia Special Bureau, he should also be promoted."
"Hehehehe, Xiao Song is also a smart person!" Xiao Guangyuan said, "Are you twenty years old? What position did Brother Ou Jie give you in the Beijing Special Bureau? "
"It's full. Deputy Director of the Special Bureau, Lieutenant." Xiao Song said.
"Hehe, Lieutenant Comrade, you didn't work on the holidays and came back to slack off. If Brother Ou Jie finds out, he'll deduct your pay." Xiao Guangyuan laughed loudly. He felt that this was a very funny thing.
"I'm going to work there mainly for the license plate to enter the capital. If a local license plate can enter the capital, then I don't care about that position." Xiao Song said, "Once I graduate, I'll immediately leave the military. If the higher-ups find out that I'm Chen Weizheng's cousin and that they can use me to threaten him, I won't be able to escape even if I want to."
"You probably won't be able to escape." Xiao Guangyuan said, "As long as Brother Ou Jie goes to the Southeast Asia Special Bureau, you'll definitely be transferred there. Moreover, you'll be promoted, believe it or not."
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