Rebirth as an official

I talked to Xu Kai on the phone today on the way to Qingchuan University. I heard from him that Song Xiaoping stayed in Yangdong for another two days, visited several other villages in Guanmiao Township, and just returned to the provincial capital last night.

"You can't be blindly optimistic and pin your hopes on that reporter." Tang Wengong shook his head and said: "The situation in your village did not happen in a day or two. The salary you asked for for the villagers this time is indeed for the village. You did a good thing, but you offended the township government."

"Just think about it, such a big thing as arrears of wages of several million to hundreds of villagers in a township can be handled by just a deputy secretary of the township party committee. The water here is very deep. The characters who have surfaced now are just superficial. You You must be careful, political struggle is crueler than you think."

"One more thing I want to remind you is that you asked the villagers to sign an agreement and invest half of their wages into the cooperative. This idea is good, but the procedure is illegal. I suggest that you still fully respect the opinions of the villagers on this matter. , otherwise it will be very troublesome if someone catches your pigtails later."

"Li An, since you have chosen to go into politics, you should pay attention. The official career is like a swampy grassland. Every step you take must be cautious and cautious, and you must constantly test every place in front of you where you want to stay. As long as you take one careless step, you may be trapped in the quagmire and never recover."

Tang Wengong imparted his experience to Li An in the tone of an experienced person.

On the surface, the university seems to be a gathering place for high-level intellectuals. On weekdays, everyone is an elegant professor and scholar, but behind the scenes there is a lot of intrigue.

Isn’t it that behind the frequent academic fraud incidents that occurred later was to gain more performance, to win the selection of professors, associate professors, or to obtain more resources for one’s own projects?

Tang Wengong was finally able to become the dean of the School of Architecture not only because he had sufficient business knowledge and industry prestige, but also because his political experience was at a very high level.

"Teacher, I know. I'm already prepared. Anyway, I'm already at the lowest level. How can it be any worse than what I found now." Li An nodded and said.

"It's good that you have this awareness."

Tang Wengong's eyes showed more appreciation for his beloved disciple's performance.

He flicked the cigarette ashes and continued: "Actually, you can't just see the worst outcome, there is also a good side. What you are doing now is tying your future to the good or bad of the village. If the village can survive If you remove the label of poverty from your hands, that will be a very important achievement in your resume. This is a win-win situation, so don’t worry. If you really fail, the teacher will take you in."

"Thank you, teacher." Li An was moved in his heart, "Teacher, being your student is probably the luckiest thing in my life. You treat me like your own son. In the future, my students will care for you until the end of their lives, wearing sackcloth and mourning. .....”

"Stop, you are just trying to send me away." Tang Wengong still enjoyed the student's heartfelt words at first, but as he went on, something became more and more wrong.

"Tang Wengong, what are you doing on the balcony?"

A sharp sound sounded, causing Tang Wengong to jump up from his chair. The cigarette butt in his hand was quickly extinguished, and the whole set of movements was smooth and smooth.

"Manman, why didn't you give me a call when you came back early?" The expression on Tang Wengong's face was respectful.

Li An looked back and saw an elegantly dressed, middle-aged woman wearing glasses standing in the living room, but the anger on her face made Tang Wengong and Li An break into cold sweat on their backs.

Li An's master, Xu Man, is an associate professor in the School of Liberal Arts and a talented poetess. I heard from the master that her master was also a famous beauty in the school when she was young, but her personality was too strong.

Master and apprentice were caught in the act by their master, Xu Man, and were scolded for half an hour. If it wasn't for the fact that it was almost evening and they had to cook, they would probably have been in training for a long time.

After dinner, Tang Wengong and Li An stood at the school gate and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The teacher's wife's anger was really terrifying.

"Teacher, where are we going?" Li An asked curiously, holding two bottles of Jian Nanchun in his hand.

"Of course Qingchuan University of Agricultural Science and Technology will help you find experts. I still have some friendship with Liu Xiaochuan, the dean of the College of Agriculture." Tang Wengong smoothed his hair back and said with a smile.

Along the way, I heard from the teacher that this dean is a leader in the industry in plant science and technology, seed science and engineering. If this dean takes action, the cooperative's fungus project will definitely be successful.

Dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

After Liu Xiaochuan heard about Tang Wengong's intention, although he was polite on the surface, he was in a trance in his words and avoided talking about arranging technicians to know that the villagers were planting fungi.

When Tang Wengong brought the topic back several times, he excused himself by citing various reasons such as the difficulty of growing fungi, the need for financial support, and lack of manpower. In the end, the visit ended in failure.

After leaving Qingchuan University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Li An could only sigh and shake his head.

Sure enough, not everyone is passionate and willing to do things that are not profitable.

Without profit, there is no motivation. Their cooperative has no financial support, and it is not a scientific research project. It cannot bring them any benefits. Ordinary people would be willing to go to the mountains and valleys to impart knowledge for no reason.

The road I want to take is too tortuous.

Seeing his beloved disciple sighing, Tang Wengong touched Li An's head and comforted him: "Don't be discouraged. Agricultural University can't do it here. I'll look for the Agricultural College of our school. Although there is no Agricultural University major, what can I say?" It’s also Qingchuan University.”

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At night, in the bedroom, Xu Man knitted a sweater leaning on the bedside. He looked at Tang Wengong who was still reading a book next to him and said, "Li An really wants to stay in the countryside for two years."

Tang Wengong nodded and said: "What he said may not only mean to train in the countryside for two years, but probably he wants to work for a few more years and accumulate enough grassroots experience."

Xu Man sighed and said, "I'll stay in that hellish place in Yangdong for a few years. I'm still thinking about setting up a match between my daughter and Li An after she graduates and returns to China..."

Tang Wengong glanced at his daughter-in-law, "The path Li An chooses is destined to lead an unstable life. Our daughter may not be able to bear it. Let's talk about it later."

"Yes, if Li An has been in the county, our daughter can bear it." Xu Man nodded.

Tang Wengong put down the book and glanced at the dark night outside the venue, with deep worry and helplessness in his deep eyes.

"I hope everything is fine with that apprentice of mine."

"Ah!"

"Who's talking about me?"

Sitting on the bus back to Linjiang, Li An rubbed his nose.

Li An, who didn't buy a train ticket, had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on the long-distance bus back to Linjiang, which violated his safety-first principle.

But there was no way. My mother called me and said that because she secretly came to the provincial capital yesterday morning, my father broke his trust in front of outsiders and became furious at home.

Now his mother was asked to send a message saying that if he did not go back today, the relationship between father and son would be severed, so Li An was forced to board the long-distance bus.

The TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which was a hit last year, was playing on the screen in front of the car.

Hu Ge, who had just debuted at that time, relied on this TV series to become a top star in the film and television industry.

At this moment, the TV show was showing the classic scene where Li Xiaoyao peeked at Zhao Ling'er taking a bath. Although Li An had watched it several times, he was now attracted by the plot and forgot about his worries for a while.

The bus drove on the highway for five hours, and Li An also watched five hours of TV dramas, and before he knew it, he arrived at Linjiang Bus Station.

It was already two o'clock in the middle of the night when we left the bus station. Li An reluctantly took a taxi and paid ten yuan. It was a shared car. The man in the car was wearing slippers. The smell of smelly feet almost made Li An vomit in the car. .

After getting out of the taxi, Li An took a deep breath and finally came back to life.

When he walked downstairs to his house, he saw that the light was still on in the left window on the sixth floor. Li An had to take another deep breath. He still had a fierce battle to face when he returned home.

When he got home and opened the door, Li An saw his father sitting motionless on the sofa with a sullen face.

Mother gave Li An a pair of slippers and whispered, "Talk to your dad later and don't argue."

"I got it, Mom." Li An nodded, put on his slippers, made his expression look more submissive, and carried the two bottles of Jian Nanchun in front of his father.

"Dad, my teacher asked me to bring this to you."