Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Bangdang~Bangdang~"

"Creak~Creak~"

…

The sound of the train hitting the rails was a good cover-up for other sounds that seemed to be missing.

After Sister Lou clearly understood the strength of the man behind her, she was allowed to rest.

Then she huddled in Li Xuewu's arms. She cherished every last day. She didn't expect eternity, but just wanted to keep the last tender and beautiful memories.

The bed was said to be a small double bed, but it was not very spacious, especially since Li Xuewu was tall and had a big body, which gave Sister Lou a good opportunity to get close to him.

Close to him, just like they did in Haizi Villa before, the two of them slept until they woke up naturally.

It is impossible to wake up naturally. It is mounted on a passenger train and stops with the train.

At 1:40 in the morning, the train stopped at Changzhou Station for ten minutes. The noise on the platform woke them up.

Sister Lou couldn't sleep after a long sleep. Seeing Li Xuewu snoring again after drinking warm water and lying down, she reached for the pistol like a revenge.

"What are you doing?! A sneak attack!"

"I can't sleep anyway..."

"..."

Li Xuewu looked at Sister Lou who said "Okay again" speechlessly, yawned and said: "I can fall asleep."

"What does it have to do with me~"

Sister Lou rolled her eyes and said, "You can sleep if you can!"

"Okay, okay! You said this!"

"Don't regret it!"

Li Xuewu also became angry, pointed outside and said: "You know where this is! Changzhou! My nickname is Dongcheng Zhao Zilong!"

With harsh words in his mouth, he raised his gun, straddled his horse, pulled the reins, and said: "No one wants to surrender before we have three hundred rounds today!"

Sister Lou was not a vegetarian either, so she said harshly: "Whoever wins first will be called daddy!"

…

"Dad~!"

Sister Lou is timid and loves to play. It's almost three o'clock and this guy is still going on. She can only admit defeat and call daddy.

When you're playing with a petty man, it's useless to call him whatever you want.

Sister Lou doesn't care about this, she just wants to sleep now.

But with the arrow on the string, you can't stop it immediately just by calling your dad, so the train still banged for more than half an hour before it finally stopped.

The journey from Beijing to Yangcheng takes thirty-seven or eight hours. The express train they boarded has seven stops in total.

It takes three days and two nights on the road. Compared with the cramped space of a hard sleeper compartment, the official car is much more spacious.

At around seven o'clock in the morning, the secretaries had already gotten up to wash up and tidy up.

The task of mounting a train does not include passenger services, and everything except catering is handled by yourself.

In other words, whether the steel rolling mill is a commuter bus to and from the steel city or an official car this time, the crew will not come here to provide services.

Everyone in the hard-sleeper compartment takes care of themselves and maintains hygiene, so no one needs help.

It goes without saying that the secretaries on the official bus are here to serve the leaders.

Sha Qizhi packed up his luggage and went to the dining car to have breakfast with Li Haiyang and others. He figured that the leader was about to get up, so he returned to the official car with the prepared meals.

When he knocked on the door, Li Xuewu's side was also up. Sister Lou opened the door of the box for him, but he didn't see any strange expression.

At least from Sha Qizhi's point of view, this lesbian seemed to be in a better mental state than when she got in the car yesterday.

How could a secretary not know what he was doing, so he put down the lunch box in his hand, which contained a double breakfast.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to Sha Qizhi's performance. The temperature on the train was high. He only wore a shirt. He rolled up his sleeves and glanced outside the door. He asked him, "Are the leaders up?"

"The ocean they just passed"

Sha Qizhi cleaned up the room and replied: "We got up early and had breakfast together in the dining car."

"Get ready. Director Li said he would hold a special meeting this morning."

As Li Xuewu explained, he took the hot towel handed over by Sister Lou and waved his hand to signal her not to worry about him and to eat first.

Sha Qizhi made the bed, took the towel Li Xuewu wiped his face with, washed it in the basin and dried it, then took the basin and went out.

Looking at the private room door that Secretary Li Xuewu closed casually, Sister Lou's eyes flickered, and she gestured to the next room and asked, "Who lives over there?"

"Director Li, what's wrong?"

Li Xuewu sat down on the desk chair, opened the lunch box on the table, took the chopsticks and handed them to Sister Lou.

Sister Lou is sitting on the edge of the bed, just in front of the desk, which is also convenient for eating.

"Do the leaders of your steel rolling mill like to bring lesbians into the box when they go out?"

"That's not true"

Li Xuewu heard the meaning of Sister Lou's words and said with a smile: "Deputy Director Jing over there is not good at this."

"Bah~"

Sister Lou pursed her lips slightly and said, "You think I don't know Jing Yunong is a lesbian!"

Why! This is not something to be said casually!

It doesn't seem to matter if I say it now, but if I put it aside later, the word "comrade" will be spoiled by those little grandchildren.

Of course, Sister Lou didn't know what Li Xuewu was thinking. She looked at him with a wicked smile and just thought that she had told him what was on his mind.

"I woke up last night and saw a girl coming out of Director Li's room..."

"Maybe we're talking about work."

Li Xuewu said nonchalantly: "As for leaders, they are all busy and have to deal with many things every day."

"Don't you feel sorry for saying this?"

Sister Lou rolled her eyes and said, "You were so busy on business trips before?"

"Hehe~ Why are you talking about me?"

Li Xuewu looked at Sister Lou funny and said, "Tell me~ tell me~ tell me~! Where did you go? Yes, yes, yes, what does that girl look like? Is she pretty?"

"Humph! All men are the same!"

Seeing that Li Xuewu was trying to deal with her again, Sister Lou changed the subject and snorted: "None of them are good!"

"Who am I provoking~"

Li Xuewu was eating porridge with the steamed buns in his hand and pickles in between. Although the food on the train was not delicious, it was still better than being hungry.

What's more, the standard of this kind of food is already extremely high, and the steel rolling mill will spend a lot of money to mount this train.

Even though there is a cooperative relationship with Beijing Station, it is already very good to be able to coordinate and schedule such a business-to-business task.

Seeing that he was only focused on eating, Sister Lou angrily picked up her lunch box and started eating without mentioning the incident of meeting the girl at night.

Even if Li Xuewu didn't say anything about this embarrassing matter, she still understood the situation.

Not to mention the steel rolling mill, it was just a small pencil factory on the street. It had some power, so it wasn't too chaotic.

She has heard it so much that she has become immune to this kind of thing.

It had only been less than ten years since her family had withdrawn its shares in this steel rolling mill, so she didn't know anyone or anything about it.

I mentioned this to scare Li Xuewu so that he would cause less trouble in the future. If others don't know, he will have to do nothing himself.

As for herself, there was nothing to be afraid of. Everyone was leaving. Even if someone saw her, who could she find out about Li Xuewu?

Before Sister Lou left, her ideological contradictions and indulgences made her a little paranoid and crazy.

So Li Xuewu couldn't afford to offend him, so he went to the conference room after breakfast.

Li Huaide did not hold a special work meeting for the exhibition at the steel rolling mill, but specifically held the meeting on the train.

Firstly, it is to save time, and secondly, it is also to unite the participating members of this special class.

While driving in the factory, everyone was distracted, thinking about what to do in Yangcheng, and no one cared what he said.

But on the train, everyone was restrained and their thoughts were running towards Yangcheng, so the meeting became more relaxed.

At 8:30 in the morning, the heads of each group of exhibition and sales projects gathered in the conference room.

There is no competition for seats on the sofa. Everyone knows who can sit and who cannot sit according to their rank and status.

Even if there are spare sofas and seats, gay men will show their style and give them to lesbians.

More than twenty people gathered in the conference room, especially on the moving train. Everyone felt fresh in their hearts and smiled unconsciously on their faces.

Accompanied by Li Xuewu, Li Huaide and Jing Yunong entered the conference room and took their seats according to the sofa reserved for the three of them.

Li Huaide greeted everyone with a smile and asked if they had a good rest and if they had a good breakfast.

Even those who couldn't sleep because of the rumbling trains or who were not used to the food still clapped and shouted "good" in the concern of the leaders.

After all, they were part of the exhibition and sales team, and they were selected to go to Yangcheng for business. They felt that they were superior to their colleagues.

This sense of glory makes the fatigue of the journey and the discomfort of the meal disappear, and is replaced by joy and full of energy.

Li Huaide laughed and clapped along, then waved his hand for everyone to sit down.

This time, Li Xuewu was mainly involved in the work as the deputy director of the Management Committee Office, so his position was on Li Huaide's right hand side.

Sitting across from Li Huaide was Jing Yunong, with a warm smile on her face at this moment.

After getting through the hurdle of Li Huaide, her career also ushered in a period of rising and progress.

To say smooth sailing is the perfect word. From the solid implementation of the joint enterprise's tertiary industry projects, to the acceptance and rectification of the shipyard, to the re-division of labor in the organizational structure to shoulder heavy responsibilities, she has gained a lot.

Including this trip to Yangcheng, Li Huaide gave her full respect and trust, and truly entrusted the economic and trade work to her.

Although there are still restrictions and constraints from Li Xuewu at work, isn't this the normal state of government work?

Even without Li Xuewu's presence, Li Huaide would have ended up personally.

She is very satisfied with the current situation. Li Xuewu is a comprehensive general, a master in business, and unique in organizational management.

It is much more convenient to work with Li Xuewu than with Li Huaide.

Even if the two have differences on certain tasks, Li Xuewu will first find a solution.

It really can't be solved. Isn't it because Li Huaide is still there to coordinate? There are a lot of things that can be said easily just one level away.

If the position is correct, things will go smoothly.

Li Xuewu originally wanted to ask Xia Zhongquan to sit next to Li Huaide, so he sat down at the head end.

Unexpectedly, Xia Zhongquan sat next to Jing Yunong and left this seat to him.

When he sat down, everyone looked at him differently.

Although when Li Xuewu became deputy secretary of the Disciplinary Supervision Bureau, everyone was mentally prepared to regard him as the factory leader.

But when they actually watched him step onto the stage, the shock in their hearts was beyond words.

Li Xuewu faced everyone's gaze calmly, spread out his notebook, and listened to Li Huaide's opening speech.

Their eyes wandered around, some looked at him and nodded in greeting, some avoided his gaze and looked at Li Huaide, and some even lowered their heads as if taking notes, not knowing what they were thinking.

Li Huaide talked about the significance of this trade fair, the importance the factory attaches to this event, and emphasized the discipline of this trip.

After some encouragement and criticism, Li Huaide gave the opportunity to speak to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu politely asked Deputy Director Jing to speak first. Li Huaide felt that he wanted to talk about the business content so that Jing Yunong could finish.

But he didn't want to stand in front of Jing Yunong. This was not good.

He likes behind the scenes...

Jing Yunong understood Li Xuewu's eyes and smile and said, "Deputy leader Li wants to save the good stuff for the end and share it with everyone, right?"

"Hehehe~"

Everyone in the conference room agreed with her joke and applauded gently to welcome her speech.

"I believe everyone knows how rare this opportunity is at the Yangcheng Fair."

Jing Yunong raised his hand to indicate Li Huaide's direction and said, "Director Li almost kicked down the threshold of the leadership above because of this matter."

"Hahaha~"

Faced with Jing Yunong's teasing, Li Huaide smiled knowingly, and when everyone saw him smiling, they all applauded gently to thank him for his efforts.

After burning incense, worshiping Buddha, and settling down, Jing Yunong's first words were naturally to acknowledge Li Huaide's achievements.

It was not convenient for Li Huaide to say this, but as a deputy, she had to be sensible.

If it was Li Xuewu's turn to say this, he would really be disrespecting Li Huaide.

They are all showmen, and they all say the same thing. When talking about Li Huaide, you have to talk about Li Xuewu, otherwise how could Li Xuewu be sure of her.

"Our factory's actions this time are sincere and can make a difference."

Jing Yunong looked at the crowd and said, "Director Li is taking the lead and steering the sail, and Deputy Team Leader Li is brave enough to shoulder important responsibilities and pioneer and innovate."

"The preparations for the trade fair were all organized and coordinated by Deputy Team Leader Li. I can see this hard work."

When leaders attend meetings, especially in front of grassroots comrades, they naturally choose to speak pleasantly.

Especially in this project, Jing Yunong is the main person in charge of the economic and trade port, and Li Xuewu and Li Huaide are helping her.

After thanking Li Huaide and praising Li Xuewu, she began to make arrangements for this operation.

In the details of the work performed in groups, she emphasized discipline and on-site performance.

Especially when dealing with external communication and publicity issues, we must be pragmatic, modest, prudent, and serious.

The problem that Jing Yunong thinks of may be errors in communication and dealing with foreign guests.

After all, the domestic social situation is different from that outside, and the national conditions are different, so the methods and methods of doing trade are also different.

The Yangcheng Fair shoulders the backbone of foreign trade and opens its doors to welcome guests from all over the world. Especially in this sensitive period, foreign affairs issues must not arise.

After she finished her work, Li Huaide re-emphasized this aspect of external work. Both of them were worried about this.

When Li Xuewu was speaking, he asked the heads of the translation team and the publicity team to stand up, and explained to them point-to-point the requirements of the foreign affairs department on foreign affairs communication in economic and trade work.

The two made speeches respectively, and then Li Xuewu reported to Li Huaide and Jing Yunong several key publicity plans for external work, as well as the arrangements for foreign affairs work at the trade fair, etc.

When Li Huaide and Jing Yunong saw that Li Xuewu had arranged this task so seriously and completely, they relaxed their worries.

In the subsequent group arrangement work, Li Xuewu still called the relevant persons in charge to stand up point-to-point, explained the process in detail, emphasized the key points of division of labor, and arranged disposal plans.

He had a stack of documents in his hand, and for which group or issue he was talking about, Sha Qizhi would hand him the corresponding document.

During the lecture, Li Xuewu will also hand over the documents to the corresponding team leader or person in charge.

This serious and responsible attitude made Li Huaide and Jing Yunong nod repeatedly, and the team leaders present were also impressed.

The plan was very detailed and could not have been done by Li Xuewu himself, but it would not have been possible without Li Xuewu's seriousness and responsibility.

The process went through one by one, which department or group was involved. Li Xuewu had to emphasize, and Li Huaide and Jing Yunong also had to give instructions.

The office meeting lasted from morning to noon, and because there was still something to talk about, everyone had a meal in the conference room.

By about four o'clock in the afternoon, all the process integration was completed, the collaborative groups also had a clear understanding, and everyone held a discussion meeting together.

Suggestions and suggestions are open to all rivers, and content useful to the work will be recorded and arranged, and everyone is very motivated.

When it was dinner time, everyone dispersed. Li Xuewu accompanied Li Huaide, Jing Yunong, and chief engineer Xia Zhongquan. The four of them went to the dining car to have a work meal.

Jing Yunong also drank a few glasses of the wine that Li Xuewu brought with him, and he distributed the rest to other comrades in the dining car.

Everyone was a little embarrassed to share the leader's drink, but some were brave enough to accept Li Xuewu's drink and said something nice about success.

Li Huaide smiled and said that they should not drink too much. When the trade fair is over, he will treat everyone to a celebratory drink.

Most of the people in the dining car at this time were people from the steel rolling mill. Although everyone laughed with restraint, they were really happy to hear the leader's words.

Especially sitting in a dining car with the leaders to eat, the dishes were all the same, and Deputy Team Leader Li took the initiative to share the wine, which warmed their hearts even more.

Because there were leaders around, everyone spoke very quietly while eating, and those who were close were listening attentively to what the leaders were saying.

During the meal, I heard Director Li and others talking about work, and their hearts were even more passionate and moved.

The leaders have worked so hard for the steel rolling mill. What reason do they have for not working hard seriously?

If I want to talk about hard work and hard work, it has to be Director Li. It’s really hard work!

I have clothes at night and food at night, I take care of everything every day, I am diligent and willing to eat, and I work hard day and night.

During the afternoon meeting, the train had already passed through Qucheng. When their dinner party was over, some people were still staying in the dining car to play poker and chess.

In the hard-sleeper carriage, some people were working while others were already lying down to rest.

Zhou Miaomiao got down from the berth, glanced around, and then walked to the official car.

Hearing the movement in the bunk, Zhou Xiaoling stretched out her head from the lower bunk to take a look, curled her lips, and then retracted.

"Hey! Xiaoxiao~"

She called her companion in the opposite bunk, pointed her eyes in the direction of the official car, and said, "Have you seen it?"

"Didn't see it~"

Xiaoxiao was drinking hot water from a glass with a calm expression, holding a copy of "The Song of Ouyang Hai" in her hand and reading.

Zhou Xiaoling reached out and patted her book and said: "You have already entered the steel rolling mill. You are already a steel warrior, so you don't need to be so serious!"

After saying that, he saw Xiaoxiao's dissatisfied look and said, "You really want to be a hero!"

"No, everyone wants to be a hero"

Xiaoxiao picked up the book again and said in a calm tone: "I just admire heroes."

"Stop talking~"

Zhou Xiaoling curled her lips and said, "What's the use of worship? Is it to improve one's abilities or make progress?"

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and said thoughtfully: "Everyone has taken the initiative to fight for it, and they are playing with real swords and guns."

"You just talk too much"

Xiaoxiao glanced at her and said, "If you are not convinced, just take the initiative and forget it. Why bother venting the sour water here?"

"I'm not going~"

Zhou Xiaoling drooped her eyelids and said, "I feel dirty~"

"You can't keep your face down, you can't spread your legs, but you can only tell small talk?"

Xiaoxiao usually doesn't like to talk, and just likes to read books, but when he opens his mouth, he is definitely the kind of person who won't stop talking without surprising.

Zhou Xiaoling blushed at what she said. She gritted her teeth and jumped to her side. She pinched her waist and yelled, "Are you going to talk about me?"

"This is a fact"

Xiaoxiao dodged her strange hand, patted her dissatisfiedly, and said: "Everyone has their own way. You go your own way, why bother gossiping about others."

"I just don't think it's fair."

Zhou Xiaoling hugged her legs and leaned on the board wall and said: "When it comes to fighting for strength, culture, and quality, I admit it, but she..."

"What's wrong with me?"

Before Zhou Xiaoling finished speaking, Zhou Miaomiao's voice came to her ears.

Cold, aloof, and a little bit depressed.

Zhou Xiaoling also didn't expect that the other party would come back so soon. When she was caught talking nonsense, her face suddenly burned.

Zhou Miaomiao glanced at her and didn't make a fuss. Instead, he sat on her bed, kicked off his leather shoes, curled up his legs and imitated her to hug her.

"Why are not you talking?"

"I do~"

Zhou Xiaoling became angry from embarrassment, rolled her eyes and said, "Are you afraid that people will tell you what you did?"

"Did I say I was scared?"

Zhou Miaomiao looked at her calmly and said, "You can say whatever you want with your mouth open, and I'm not covering it."

When Zhou Xiaoling was caught, she thought that the other party would tear her apart, and she also thought that the other party would find an opportunity to trick her, but she never thought of Zhou Miaomiao's calmness.

Can shameless things now be put on the table and discussed openly?

So is it because I can't keep up with the situation, or is it because society's moral standards have dropped to this level?

She blushed and was speechless. There were six hard beds in this room, and the other three hadn't come back yet, so she could still talk.

Xiaoxiao looked at the two of them as if they were cross-eyed. She quietly raised her book to cover her sight, and she couldn't see them.

Do you think the dance troupe is just a harmonious and sisterly group?

Stop making trouble. As long as there are women, there will be disputes.

We call them sisters when we meet, and we call them bastard behind our backs.

Of course what we show to the leaders and outsiders is that everyone is beautiful, but if we really want to live in it, there will be a lot of nonsense.

The situation Wang Yajuan encountered cannot be said to be a special case, it can only be said that it happens every year.

When Zhou Miaomiao insisted on introducing her to his cousin, he had other ideas.

The direction changed, and now Zhou Miaomiao became the protagonist of the discussion, so she naturally felt uncomfortable.

But she is also smart, scheming, and has goals. She knows that fighting with the little sisters now will only hinder her own progress.

When you stand high, you can see far, think a lot, and worry a lot.

Zhou Miaomiao reached into her arms, took out a bag of peanuts from under her clothes and threw it on Zhou Xiaoling.

"You are so stupid, how can I think that you won't get a good life?"

Zhou Xiaoling looked at the peanuts in her arms with some surprise, and then looked at Zhou Miaomiao opposite, feeling a lot of guilt in her heart.

Xiaoxiao's eyes rolled as he hid behind the book, and his mouth almost touched his ears.

"Are you going to..."

"Go to Huahua, that's what you said."

Before Zhou Xiaoling could finish her words, Zhou Miaomiao said angrily: "Are you going to scold me for whatever I do?"

"no"

Zhou Xiaoling held the peanut in her hand, glanced at Xiaoxiao as if asking for help, and muttered: "I just think of you... and I feel it's not worth it."

“What is worthwhile and what is not worthy?”

Zhou Miaomiao's tears started to fall as soon as she finished speaking. Now she raised her hand to wipe them away, pouting and saying, "You don't know what I want?"

Zhou Xiaoling's words were stuck in her mouth and she couldn't speak anymore. In the past few months, Zhou Miaomiao was the one who worked the hardest in the dance troupe.

After Wang Yajuan left, Zhou Miaomiao became the pillar.

In addition to training, Zhou Miaomiao also expressed his desire to improve more than once, and even imitated Wang Yajuan's intention to improve.

Regarding the promotion and appointment of members of the propaganda team, the factory has not issued relevant systems and documents, and the relevant positions are still decided by the leaders.

For example, Wang Yajuan, deputy captain of the cultural propaganda team, was promoted and appointed by Li Xuewu, as was instructor Zhang Li.

It's not like Zhou Miaomiao never thought about trying to get through Li Xuewu's relationship, and even thought about what he would have to do in exchange for the other party's recognition.

There had been some friction with Wang Yajuan in the past, which must have left a bad impression on Li Xuewu, and she was working hard to eliminate the impact.

Especially in the last month of training, she also actively communicated and communicated with Wang Yajuan, easing past conflicts.

In the process of interacting with Wang Yajuan, she also discovered that since leaving the dance troupe and taking up a cadre position, Wang Yajuan's vision and attitude have changed.

It can be seen from the conversations and daily exchanges that Wang Yajuan was relieved when she took the initiative to bring up the past between the two that she still cared about.

Of course Zhou Miaomiao could tell whether the other party was sincere, but just being able to tell made her more interested and yearning for Wang Yajuan's change.

The fastest way to change a person's temperament is often to cross a class.

Compared with the accumulation of cultural knowledge and the growth of age, the improvement of status makes people straighten their backs and expand their horizons.

Li Xuewu's road is dead. It's not that Deputy Team Leader Li is an upright person and there is no chance for her to get close to him, but Wang Yajuan is standing here and she doesn't want to risk offending him again.

If you want to make progress, you just have to be willing to take whatever path you take.

Young or old, it doesn't matter, they are all invisible anyway.

She didn't want to cause trouble in the city, nor did she want to be arrogant. In the helplessness of progress, she chose to lose face.

Xiaoxiao also put the book on her knees at this time and listened to her silently.

Who doesn’t love vanity in this world? Isn’t worshiping the aura of a hero also a kind of vanity?

When she was preaching to Zhou Xiaoling, she inevitably showed her disdain and contempt for Zhou Miaomiao, but she hid it well.

Zhou Miaomiao also knew that what she did was looked down upon by her sisters.

It’s true as the saying goes, if you want others to know, you have to do nothing unless you do it yourself.

In the middle of the night, I got out of bed and headed to the official car. There were only four leaders there. Excluding Jing Yunong and the serious Xia Zhongquan, only Director Li and Deputy Team Leader Li were left.

After guessing here, there is actually no need to continue guessing. Thinking about the number of times Zhou Miaomiao and Director Li met by chance during this period, you will know whose room she went to.

Zhou Miaomiao left in the middle of the night and returned in the middle of the night. Those who were interested could not clearly see her little movements, but they just didn't say anything.

"I've done it all, and I'm not afraid of you saying it."

Zhou Miaomiao wiped her tears, looked out the window and said, "Do you think I am willing to steal someone in the middle of the night?"

"Be willing to go out and be shameless. As long as I can get what I want, it doesn't matter what time he calls me. Believe it or not?"

Zhou Xiaoling moved her body and sat next to Zhou Miaomiao, put her arm around her shoulders and persuaded: "Why bother~"

Zhou Miaomiao sobbed and remained silent, her eyes still looking out the window, but her tears were a little more determined.

"I know you envy Wang Yajuan, but not everyone can be Wang Yajuan."

"Also, you must have misunderstood her."

Zhou Xiaoling shook Zhou Miaomiao's body and explained: "I should be able to confirm that the relationship between Wang Yajuan and Deputy Team Leader Li is not complicated as you think, and there is nothing like what you think."

Seeing Zhou Miaomiao turn to look at her, she continued: "It's not like no one has spoken about them, but I heard that Deputy Team Leader Li never had excessive contact with lesbians in the factory, and he always went home after work. Accompany my wife.”

"Did you see it? Or did you listen to what they said?"

Zhou Miaomiao swallowed, raised her eyebrows, and said, "You know they have nothing to do now, but do you know they were a couple when they were in school?"

"ah?"

Zhou Xiaoling's eyes widened in surprise and hesitantly asked: "No, really?"

"Do I need to lie to you?"

Zhou Miaomiao wiped her tears and explained: "The two were together until Deputy Team Leader Li joined the army. Now her sister is looking for a job under the care of Deputy Team Leader Li."

Seeing the surprised looks in Zhou Xiaoling and Xiaoxiao's eyes, Zhou Miaomiao let out a sigh of relief and continued: "Don't you know that our art troupe is about to be disbanded? Who presided over it?"

"You all know why this is happening, but you haven't thought about what's behind it?"

"I'm not saying their current relationship is abnormal, and I've never said that."

Zhou Miaomiao glanced at the two of them, then lowered her head and covered her face, saying: "I envy her that she once owned a whole mountain and is still protected by the mountain."

After she finished speaking, Zhou Xiaoling and Xiaoxiao looked at each other and fell silent.

It turns out that what they envied, were particular about, and despised was never the truth of the matter.

But knowing the truth of the matter made them feel even more envious.

Who doesn't want to have such a love, even if they have had it before.

The train passed through the dusk scenery, leaving a bitter memory of youth in the hearts of the three girls.

At night, the train traveled to Hengyang Station, which is also the last stop to Yangcheng.

Li Xuewu got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. After more than 20 hours of travel, he missed the feeling of land.

Unexpectedly, the loading car did not open the door when entering the station, and no one could get on or get off. The door at the end of the hard sleeper car was locked, for fear that some passengers would enter the wrong car and end up here.

Li Xuewu stood in the corridor and lit a cigarette, silently looking at the strangers on the platform through the half-open curtains.

In fact, he likes trains very much. He likes this kind of established journey. He knows the terminal station and the stop, but he just doesn't know who he will meet.

As long as he doesn't sit for too long, his feelings will be more intense.

There seems to be a movie in later generations called "Zhou Yu's Train", which tells something that he has forgotten, but through the perspective of the heroine, he can experience this happiness empathetically.

Just as he was lost in memories, the door of the soft sleeper cabin was gently pushed open.

When he looked over inadvertently, the person who opened the door was also stunned.

At this moment, this situation, the embarrassment spread throughout the corridor.

Zhou Miaomiao was holding the cabin door with her hands, standing there with a white face and at a loss. When the lights on the platform fell, Li Xuewu could clearly feel her trembling and trembling.

"Want one?"

Li Xuewu raised the cigarette case in his hand and signaled to the other party.

She couldn't hide, the corridor was so short, and the direction she came from was exactly the direction Li Xuewu wanted to go back.

Hearing Li Xuewu take the initiative to speak, Zhou Miaomiao's stiff body moved.

He turned around and closed the hatch, walked to Li Xuewu, took the cigarette case and the lighter in his hand.

She has never smoked and has strict plans for the future. She does not allow her teeth to become withered and yellow, nor does she allow her body to become sluggish.

But at this moment, she was really grateful to Li Xuewu for giving her cigarettes and treating her as a human being.

Seeing her clumsiness, Li Xuewu took the lighter and helped her light it.

"Cough~cough~cough~"

Zhou Miaomiao imitated the scene in her memory and took a hard puff. What she got in return was bursting of her lungs and violent coughing.

Smoking is not easy to smoke, it is painful, more painful than tears, choking makes you feel distressed, and it hurts more than being embarrassed.

Li Xuewu blew out the smoke in his mouth and looked at the panicked crowd on the platform, calling their children and girls, supporting the old and the young, and showing all kinds of life.

"Thank you~"

After Zhou Miaomiao choked on her first puff, she learned to inhale in small sips. Although she still couldn't pass it through her lungs, she had learned to spit out the mist.

Li Xuewu didn't look at her and nodded without saying anything, which was a response to her thanks.

There was a vast sea of ​​people, and he saw and experienced too much. The first puff of cigarette he smoked may have been bitter, but after tasting too much pain in life, he realized that what he smoked was not a cigarette, but five minutes. of loneliness.

After the car left, Li Xuewu returned to his box, not looking at the girl sitting next to him or thinking about what she was doing.

She must have been the one Sister Lou met last night. From the moment Li Huaide filled in her name, Li Xuewu, he knew that there would be such a beginning.

He doesn't know what the ending will be. He has watched many movies and can't quite remember the ending. Maybe this is people's forgetfulness.

Just like Zhou Miaomiao hopes that she will forget the past today and start a new life in the future.

Monday, October 13th.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the train stopped at the Yangcheng platform on time.

Express trains or long-distance express trains have their own operating standards and service standards.

Mounting passenger cars must also comply with the standards and regulations of the local road bureau.

In particular, in accordance with service standards and coordination content, the three carriages of the steel rolling mill are temporarily released without opening the doors and are directly stored with the train.

At the warehouse transportation platform, a group of people from the steel rolling mill met Deputy Team Leader Gou Zirong, who was leading the pick-up team.

If the more than 100 people really took the passenger passage, they might lose a few of them, and each of them had their luggage, so it would be inconvenient to gather them together.

After getting off the train, everyone packed up and got directly onto the truck following the guidance of the comrade who picked them up at the station.

Gou Zirong was really sincere. It was not like there were no buses in Yangcheng. Li Xuewu looked at Li Huaide with a somewhat ugly expression.

He came to Yangcheng to create honors, not to endure hardships. For this trip, he even arranged for the official carriage to be mounted on the road, but when he got there, he had to take a truck.

Li Xuewu could see Gou Zirong's embarrassment and heard him explain in a low voice that the exhibition was approaching and vehicles were inconvenient. He had begged his grandfather and grandma to get these four trucks.

Gou Zirong and Li Xuewu have always had a good relationship, and they actively cooperated with Li Xuewu during the joint trade project.

Li Xuewu naturally wanted to defend him over such a trivial matter. When he saw the comrades from the steel rolling mill getting on the truck in an orderly manner, while Li Huaide stood aside and was embarrassed, he took the lead and threw the luggage into the truck compartment.

"Comrades, the leader must share the joys and sorrows with everyone. We will squat in the same trench and sit in the same carriage. Everyone is welcome or not!"

"Okay! Welcome!~"

Hearing Li Xuewu's question, the comrades in the carriage were stunned for a moment, and then bursts of cheers came out.

They only saw these four large trucks. They thought the leader's car was outside and didn't care.

When they got on the bus, Li Xuewu, deputy director of the Administrative Committee Office, shouted this, which meant that no other vehicles were prepared. The leaders wanted to ride in the same car with everyone. This moment was both a surprise and an unexpected one.

When Li Huaide heard the cheers, the seriousness on his face gradually disappeared, especially when he heard the voices in the car fighting for him to get in, he laughed out loud.

Li Xuewu first invited Li Huaide to get on the bus, and then arranged for Jing Yunong to ride on another bus.

Gou Zirong also knew that he had not handled this matter well, and his score in the leader's mind had been lost, so he was busy being polite.

Li Xuewu saw Xia Zhongquan getting on the third car in a sensible way, grabbed Gou Zirong's arm and told him to stop hanging around in front of Li Huaide, and quickly went to arrange the freight car.

After everyone and their luggage got on the bus, Li Xuewu got on the last big truck.

There were more than a hundred people, and the four trucks were a bit crowded, but it was this atmosphere of unity that made the convoy entering the city burst into laughter all the way.

Few people in the exhibition team have been to Yangcheng and have only heard of it from newspapers and news.

Feeling the different warm sunshine, looking at the unique buildings on the street, and listening to my companions sharing the history of Yangcheng, each of them had a different impression of Yangcheng. (End of chapter)