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Chapter 128 Young

Xinyou year, Xinchou month, Gengxu day, the penultimate days of the Lunar Year of the Rooster are about to pass

In front of the office building of the Dongshan County Government, the government cadres who hurried out from the entrance of the corridor wrapped in big padded jackets in winter were receiving the group of people who came from afar with smiles on their faces.

Standing alone in front of the car, the middle-aged man in a suit who was answering something in a low voice to the young man in the car hastily responded. He was familiar yet friendly and said with a smile,

"It's going to be Chinese New Year, and I have to trouble Magistrate Shi to make a special trip. Our trip is indeed a bit sudden. I'm really sorry..."

"No! No! Absolutely not haha! Mr. Secretary, if you had called me earlier and told me that Ms. Chen's son was coming today, everyone in the county would have to come out to greet him even if it was just in time for the Chinese New Year... After all Ms. Chen has helped our county so much over the years, even though she has passed away now, we are still sincerely grateful to her..."

"Oh, no need, it's just a little bit of Miss Chen's own wish. She was able to be saved with the young master because of your local people's help. You don't have to always take it to heart..."

"No, no, how can I not take it to heart? For more than 20 years, our generation has remembered this kindness... Oh, look at my memory, I just focus on talking... Speaking of it , have you and Young Master Jin had lunch on the way? I heard that Young Master Jin has not been in good health since he was a child, so the journey must have been hard, right? Why don’t you go to my house to eat something alive? It’s not convenient to go to a restaurant in this small county, but the food at Chang Dong’s is actually pretty good haha…”

The middle-aged man known as the magistrate of Shi is very talkative and has a polite personality. With a few words, he has drawn a lot closer to the secretary who came from afar, and he is very enthusiastic to invite them to come here. A group of people went to their own home for dinner.

Hearing his initiative to suggest, the middle-aged secretary showed hesitation, but he didn't make a good suggestion himself. He just turned his head back and looked into the car with the window closed.

And the eldest young master of his family, who has been sitting alone in the car looking down at his mobile phone since just now and has not said much, replied impatiently,

"No, there's no need for that."

His indifferent refusal, which was completely embarrassing, made County Magistrate Shi and the secretary who were still standing outside in the winter a little embarrassed.

Mayor Shi, who unconsciously twitched the corner of his mouth, may be because he saw the only son of Ms. Chen who was said to have been born in their Dongshan County for the first time, so he was still a little uncomfortable with all aspects of people from this big city.

And the secretary, who has been used to the eccentric temper of his young master since childhood, didn't explain much about it. He just smiled dryly and lowered his voice to County Magistrate Shi,

"It's okay, it's nothing to do with you... But I think I'll skip the meal today. Let's talk about it next time. Let's go to your office for a while and talk about the business that came here this time." ?”

The so-called business must be done by the young master in the car who has always refused to show his face. The county magistrate Shi, who was waiting outside, nodded with a calm face, and then watched the car door in front of him being blocked by the secretary. Gently pulled away, a handsome young man who was tall and not very old, but whose hair was so white that it was full of vicissitudes of life, walked out with a black coat on his shoulders expressionlessly.

As for the white-haired young man whose eyes were a little reddened by the outdoor light, so he quickly put on thin-film glasses, County Magistrate Shi was also taken aback.

Afterwards, it made people feel a little bit cold, and the white eyes were full of normal temperature. Only then did Young Master Jin look at him with a cold look.

"Excuse me, how long are we going to stand here?"

Because of this sentence, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be staring at him impolitely for a long time. County magistrate Shi felt ashamed and nervous for a while, so he could only stammer his apology with a bad face.

"Uh... I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I was negligent... It's so windy outside in this winter, I don't think we should stand here and go in quickly... Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, go upstairs to boil water and make tea for the receptionist Guest, hurry up, hurry up..."

And as if to cover up the embarrassment of staring at him for a long time because of the strange appearance of the young man just now, County Magistrate Shi laughed a few times at a loss after speaking and rushed to the front, leaving him alone The secretary was also very nervous watching the poor county magistrate Shi leave.

After exchanging glances with his usually domineering Young Master Ice Cube, the secretary, who was inexplicably stressed, approached cautiously, and took the initiative to mention another matter that he hadn't had time to talk about on the way.

"Young Master, on the way we came here just now... Did Miss Wenhui and Master Jiaxiang make a lot of phone calls..."

"..."

Jin Suoyang's face darkened when he heard that he was not opening which pot and which pot was being lifted, because he began to recall the things that made him feel bad that happened before, and the secretary was also surprised when he saw this. Nervous, he only asked in a low voice bitterly,

"Are you...really not going to call home later? Before we left, Miss Wen Hui was crying pitifully... her voice was a little hoarse...Although Master Jiaxiang speaks aggressively, but he That's it, don't worry about it... Then, Master Jia Le also sent me a lot of messages before, as if he was also talking about Miss Wen Hui and Master Jia Xiang, saying that Master Jia Xiang is now arguing to commit suicide , the old man is about to kill him, and he said that the New Year's Eve asked you not to make some things so ugly... After all, they all grew up with you, you can see if you want..."

The secretary's words made it obvious that he was pleading for some people. The bad things that happened at home before Jin Suoyang came here obviously affected the direct interests of many members of the Chen family. It's a pity that he stood in front of him. This one has always been an unreasonable master.

So even though he heard that the people who are closely related to him are in a very bad situation at the moment, and he didn't say hello to anyone before coming to Dongshan County, the young master Jin who was obviously still angry turned around and glanced at him, and then turned around and looked at him again. With a cold face, he opened his mouth and said,

"If I remember correctly, some of them were adults a long time ago."

"..."

"But their current behavior only makes people feel as if I am still talking to a group of people with intellectual disabilities."

"..."

"Chen Jiaxiang wants to do anything for Xu Wenhui or whoever, it has nothing to do with me, Xu Wenhui will never be my wife, and I will not agree to marry her for any reason, so don't make it seem like I always Just like deliberately obstructing them and deliberately breaking them up, there is no need to specifically inform me about their affairs. Don’t let me hear the names of these people again during the next period of time, and concentrate on doing the matter that my mother entrusted on her deathbed. No?"

"Uh, okay, okay..."

Knowing that I couldn't convince him no matter what this time, after touching his nose and nodding with the secretary who had been by his side for several years, he followed Jin Suoyang, who seemed to be in a worse mood than just now, and stepped into Dongshan step by step. County government building.

When he went upstairs, the phone that the secretary took for him and put in his pocket rang several times, and he silently pressed it for fear that his young master would be unhappy again.

When they finally entered the office where the county magistrate had ordered the secretary to turn on the heating in advance, the young master Jin who had always been afraid of the cold because of his health since he was a child was much warmer. The room temperature has improved slightly.

However, because the overall office environment in Dongshan County is still relatively simple, there is not even a place where people can sit properly in the narrow room, only a few small sofas that creak when people sit down.

But as soon as he was seated, Jin Suoyang first saw a dark red fourth-edition one-yuan note pressed under the glass of the coffee table in front of him, which was hardly seen today.

This banknote has obviously been a long time since the present time, the four yellowed corners are flattened, and the portraits on the back are almost blurred.

Seeing this, County Magistrate Shi, who took off his cotton-padded jacket and sat down with him, politely poured them the local specialty oil tea, and then smiled proudly after pointing to the banknote with two ethnic minority girls on the back. laughed,

"This set is the RMB issued by our country in 1978. One of the two women in national costumes is a Dong girl from our hometown, named ①Shi Naiyin. I heard that she was only with her sister. When they came to buy things at the foot of the mountain, they were accidentally shown by a famous painter who passed by at that time, and specially drew this painting. Later, this set of RMB coins was issued, and people all over the country knew the appearance of Dong girls. She is so beautiful, she is not inferior to that Miao girl..."

These words did not arouse too much reaction from Young Master Jin who bowed his head while drinking tea, but made the secretary on the side smile politely, and noticed that Jin Suoyang, who also took off his black coat, seemed to have a golden coat hanging under his shirt. The ore-like thing, the county magistrate was taken aback for a moment, and then asked with some unconcealed curiosity,

"Oh, I didn't pay attention outside just now... Is this Tiger Might on Young Master's neck?"

"..."

These words made Jin Suoyang and the secretary look at County Magistrate Shi with strange expressions at the same time. The expression was obviously a little surprised, and they realized that they seemed to have said something terrible inadvertently. He blinked his eyes in a daze, then slowly opened his mouth and said,

"Isn't it? It looks quite similar to me... In the past, many old people in our local area liked to let their children carry this when they were born, saying that it would not be easy to be caught and eaten by the 'old children' on the mountain, but it is also There's no scientific basis for that..."

Hearing what he said, Jin Suoyang's indifferent eyes also changed slightly, because this golden ore was indeed given to him by his mother Chen Ruqin, and it was Chen Ruqin who told him that it was called Huwei. Thinking of the purpose of his trip here, the frowning white-haired youth fell silent inexplicably,

"Yangyang, help mother go back, we must find a way to help mother go back to that place, we must clear the debt we owe to that place, otherwise mother will die and become a ghost, and there is no way to feel at ease..."

The words of the pale woman lying on the hospital bed are still in my ears, but it is a pity that her so-called debt and compensation to Dongshan County, as her only son, Jin Suoyang, still does not understand what it means.

It wasn't until after they had eaten the hot bowl of oil tea in front of them under the warm hospitality of County Magistrate Shi that Young Master Jin, who had come all the way for one of his mother's last wishes, exchanged simple greetings and started the necessary investment information talks.

This kind of meeting was actually done in the past, and the secretary could come to complete it alone, but due to some special reasons, Jin Suoyang, who usually doesn't like to go out, but chooses to leave home during the Chinese New Year, also chose to come with him this time. .

And seeing the ecstasy expressed by the county magistrate Shi when he heard that they are willing to invest heavily in the development of tourism in Dongshan County, and are willing to rebuild the Fanjia Temple and Longwang Lake, and even build a larger Dragon King Temple to attract tourists Unbelievable, Young Master Jin, who had been silent all this time, pushed his glasses and said indifferently,

"I heard that there are local activities to worship the Dragon King and the ancestral temple, but the local area has not had enough funds to complete the further repair of the temple. If this has a positive guide for the local tourism industry, we can also help the county government complete this project , the charitable money my mother donated back then could not fundamentally change the local economy, I personally prefer this way, what do you think?"

"Of course, of course, it is really, it is too much trouble for you... This is really of great help to our local area... The day after tomorrow, no, I will take you and the secretary up the mountain to inspect the situation of our nearby mountains early in the morning. Guaranteed to feedback the information to you as soon as possible, absolutely not to waste everyone's time, and strive to finalize this matter before the Chinese New Year..."

The cooperating attitude of County Mayor Shi obviously means that the matter has been half-successful, and the two parties who are about to cooperate next did not say anything else, they just chatted symbolically about the calligraphy and painting works on the wall that seem to be completed by County Mayor Shi himself .

The secretary at the side brought up the matter of talking about calligraphy and painting, because his young master was different from ordinary children since he was born. He won't always be so indifferent to County Magistrate Shi, who will help them a lot in the future.

It's a pity that this first conversation, which was supposed to enliven the atmosphere between each other, made the atmosphere a bit dull because the county magistrate Shi himself was really amateur in painting.

Looking at the white wall in front of me, except for some regulations promoting the spirit of cadres within the system, there are only a few paper-cuts of blessing characters that fit the local festival atmosphere. I don’t know when they were created, but the framing and rendering are very messy. Rough and poor quality, you can even say that you don't know the so-called sketch landscape and oil painting at all.

Judging from the expression, the white-haired young man obviously didn't know how to evaluate these "stream-of-consciousness works". After noticing that there was still a semi-finished oil painting hanging in the corner of the wall that seemed to be based on a dragon-tail-shaped lake with clouds and mist above one side and strange ripples at the bottom of the lake, he suddenly paused for some inexplicable reason.

【Shi Xiongwei·Created in Nianxia·Chishui Longwang Lake】

"This unfinished painting... was also drawn by you, County Magistrate Shi?"

When this question was asked, Jin Suoyang looked at the unattractive middle-aged man in front of him with obvious admiration and surprise.

After all, the artistic attainments shown in this painting are completely different from those shown in the previous ones. This rare lake view alone is a must, not to mention the special light and shadow in the mountains and forests at night. The embodiment of touch.

And seeing that Jin Suoyang actually noticed this painting in the corner with a lot of dust on the surface, County Magistrate Shi was also stunned, and the middle-aged man with a complicated expression smiled embarrassedly for a long time road,

"Ah? That's right, this is the scene I drew on Dongshan. That day was the fifteenth day of the month, the traditional cleansing day. According to the old man, the locals have to take a bath with banana leaves at home to get rid of bad luck. Even the mountain spirits and monsters in the forest are no exception... If you do the math carefully... Time has passed for many years... It just rained on the mountain that day, and I went to visit the masses with a few familiar cadres. When I was at Longwang Lake in Chishui, I took my drawing board and camera to the lake to gather scenery..."

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"At that time, there was no wind on the lake, only the stars, the moon, the mist that lingered on the lake all year round, and the night sky that was completely bordering the lake in the distance and was about to fall completely. I stood on the mountainside not far away and pointed my camera at the lake. When I was there, I saw exactly such a scene, and I only lamented how amazing and magnificent nature is..."

When County Magistrate Shi said this, the expression on his face was obviously proud and emotional, even his eyes suddenly lit up, and he really felt his enthusiasm and love for this painting, Jin Suoyang on the side only slightly He asked lightly in doubt,

"Then why didn't the painting be finished in the end? If you insist on finishing it, this should be a very good calligraphy and painting work."

"Uh... for some special reasons... it's also related to some local customs and taboos..."

"A taboo?"

"In addition to the lake view, I also saw some unusual things by the lake after it rained, but according to the tradition of the local people, this kind of thing can't be photographed with a camera and other things...so I didn't I dared to take pictures, and I didn’t dare to fully record what I saw..."

"..."

"However, when I went back to the county and told my family and friends about it, many people told me that I was lucky, seeing that kind of thing with my own eyes was a good omen for promotion and fortune, and it didn't take long , I really caught up with the luckiest time in my life and I happened to be re-elected locally... It is because of this that I have never dared to finish the content of this painting, only as if it was all It was just a hallucination I saw by the lake that night..."

"..."

These words can immediately whet the appetites of other people present who heard him say that. For a while, even Young Master Jin, who seldom expresses curiosity about anything, frowned suspiciously. .

But when he was immediately asked what exactly did you see, and what else was there in the painting, the county magistrate Shi, who was half hidden and half exposed, lowered his voice, and pointed to approach with some mystery. The blank space next to the ripples of the dragon's tail water on the lakeside opened and said,

"There should have been another person at this place on the surface of the water... a man who was too far away, so I couldn't see his face clearly, but he obviously had scales on his body, dragon horns, and a... green-gold dragon tail growing behind him. "