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The shelter forests in this area are planted well, and the air pollution is not too serious. Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan went out for a morning run together, and ordered several kinds of breakfast at the breakfast shop by the road. Among them, Yuan Ning's favorite is roasted rice. The cold noodles are roasted fragrantly, with the taste of eggs and the sweet and sour sauce. It doesn't taste too good when you bite into it!

Zhang Xiuyan was not picky about what to eat, and accompanied Yuan Ning to clean up all the extras.The two walked back to the dormitory together. Along the way, they met many people who came back from morning exercises. Yuan Ning actively greeted them and called out everyone accurately.

When there were only two people left, Zhang Xiuyan asked Yuan Ning what his plans were.Even though he wanted to be tired of being with Yuan Ning, he didn't want Yuan Ning to waste such a long vacation in vain.

Yuan Ning said: "I came here with a mission." He smiled, "Professor Gan asked me to come here to learn about the situation of the major porcelain kilns, and President Li also asked me to come here to take charge of the calligraphy competition here , We must do a good job of publicity, and we must also cooperate with the association here to organize a good venue." After the old president retired, Li Yunjing became the president of the Calligraphy Association, and immediately entrusted Yuan Ning with important tasks as soon as he took office.

Zhang Xiuyan listened to Yuan Ning's one mission here and another mission there, and immediately nodded: "That's good."

Yuan Ning would feel itchy every time he saw Zhang Xiuyan's serious appearance.He boldly put his arms around Zhang Xiuyan's neck, and put a stamp on Zhang Xiuyan's face: "So I have to go to work with you first, brother, to understand the situation here, and not to blunder around like a headless chicken."

Zhang Xiuyan had nothing to do with Yuan Ning, so he could only kiss Yuan Ning on the mouth: "You are right for everything."

Yuan Ning's face was warm, but his tone was very complacent: "Of course!"

After getting Zhang Xiuyan's nod, Yuan Ning came to Zhang Xiuyan's office in a grand manner.Compared with the friendliness in the dormitory area, the atmosphere in the office is quite different.Sitting at the far end is a 45-year-old middle-aged man with an honest face, but his eyes are a little smaller, and he can't see them with a slight smile.He was smoking a cigarette and reading a newspaper. The tea on the table was steaming, as if it had just been delivered.

Seeing Zhang Xiuyan leading a new face in, the middle-aged man put down the newspaper in surprise, and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhang is here, where is this kid from? He looks really handsome!"

Before Zhang Xiuyan could answer, Yuan Ning took the initiative to say: "Hello! I am Senior Zhang's junior, and I came here this time to learn something from Senior Zhang. Don't look at my young age, what's the matter with me?" I can do it! If you have anything to tell you, just speak."

Yuan Ning always made people feel comfortable when he spoke, and the middle-aged man immediately smiled when he heard him say that.He knew that Zhang Xiuyan had a lot of background, even though he hadn't done anything in the past two or three months, he couldn't be underestimated because of it!With Zhang Xiuyan at the side, it is naturally impossible for the middle-aged man to send Yuan Ning to do something.He pressed down the cigarette in his hand, and chatted with Yuan Ning: "You are not yet an adult, are you? You look about the same age as my daughter."

Yuan Ning said: "Seventeen, I will be an adult soon!"

The middle-aged man boasted: "Amazing, I remember that Xiaozhang is a top student at the Capital University. You are only 17 years old and already studying at the Capital University?"

Yuan Ning and the middle-aged man praised each other sentence by sentence, and the atmosphere eased a lot.At this time, a young man in his twenties pushed the door and entered, with beads of sweat on his forehead, holding a thermos bottle and a bundle of documents in his hand.He quickly put down the thermos, put the documents on Zhang Xiuyan's desk, wiped his sweat, and straightened his crooked glasses.Looking up and seeing Zhang Xiuyan arriving, the young man greeted humbly: "Minister Zhang!"

The young man was dressed plainly, his shirt was washed white, his buttons were buttoned up meticulously, his glasses were big and thick, and he looked dull.

Yuan Ning introduced himself as an "intern" to the young man again, and quickly moved a stool to sit at Zhang Xiuyan's table.After a while, two other men and a woman also arrived. They are all core members of the department and sit in the same office to work, while others are scattered in different offices waiting for task arrangements.

When it was time to work, Zhang Xiuyan was too busy to take care of Yuan Ning.Yuan Ning watched Zhang Xiuyan's work from the sidelines. At first, he was obedient, but then he couldn't sit still. He asked Zhang Xiuyan to borrow a work card and go to the reference room to see if there was any information he was looking for—no Way, if he sits down again, he won't be able to stop wanting to harass Zhang Xiuyan at work!

Yuan Ning was going to the reference room with his work card in his hand, but when he went out, the young man with thick glasses called out: "Hey, come here!"

Yuan Ning was slightly surprised.He stopped, turned and walked towards the young man.The young man stuffed two empty thermoses into Yuan Ning's hands: "Go to the cafeteria at the back and get two pots of water." Floor raised his face and urged, "Hurry up, everyone is waiting to drink!"

Yuan Ning was not angry, he called himself an intern, and it was fine to do what an intern should do.Yuan Ning ran down the third floor with two thermoses, found a girl and asked where the cafeteria was, and followed her instructions to find the cafeteria.Yuan Ning asked how to fetch water, and quickly filled the two thermos pots.Seeing a few cafeteria masters resting nearby, Yuan Ning greeted them with a smile.

The canteen masters had never met Yuan Ning, so at first glance they thought he was the child of some leader.Seeing that Yuan Ning looked very well-behaved, the cafeteria chefs asked curiously why such a child was asked to come down to fetch water.

Yuan Ning still said he was an intern.He didn't talk much about himself, but asked enthusiastically what he had for lunch.

The cafeteria chefs all liked this polite kid, and replied with a smile: "Sauerkraut stewed pork and ground delicacies are common food."

Because the water was going to be sent back, Yuan Ning didn't talk much, waved goodbye to the cafeteria masters, picked up the water and ran back.After returning to the third floor, the young man with thick glasses was slowly sweeping the corridor with a broom. Seeing Yuan Ning came back, he reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "Why so slow?" The thermos took it, and motioned to Yuan Ning with his chin, "Sweep the corridor."

Yuan Ning understood that this young man with thick glasses was usually at the bottom of the office, responsible for running errands and doing chores. Now that he saw an intern joining, he immediately assigned the intern to a lower level and dispatched Yuan Ning confidently.

Apparently there is a cleaning aunt here. They have cleaned the floor well before they go to work, and there is nothing to sweep.This person just wanted to find someone to experience the thrill of turning over and being the master.

Yuan Ning didn't pick up the broom, but took out the work card he borrowed from Zhang Xiuyan, and said calmly, "I'm afraid I can't help the senior sweep the floor. Director Zhang asked me to help him find some materials."

The complexion of the young man with thick glasses changed, and his feverish mind instantly sobered up.This child was brought by Zhang Xiuyan!

To Yuan Ning, who was younger than him and had less seniority than him, the young man with thick glasses couldn't change his flattering words, so he could only say firmly: "Then go quickly." People's arrogance towards "temporary workers".

Yuan Ning didn't care either.There are quite a few bullies like this in society, not to mention in society, and it's really boring to compete with them.Yuan Ning walked to the last office, looked up to confirm that the words "reference room" were written on it, and raised his hand to knock on the door.

"Come in." A young voice came from inside.

Yuan Ning followed the sound and saw a 22-year-old young man sitting upright by the door. His face looked tender, and he seemed to have just graduated.The young man was sorting out the catalog just now, when he heard the knock on the door, he put down his pen and looked at Yuan Ning who knocked on the door.

The young man recognized that Yuan Ning was not from the department, and asked suspiciously, "Are you...?"

Yuan Ning said: "I am an intern brought by Minister Zhang," he showed a friendly smile, "Director Zhang asked me to come here to check the information. This is the work certificate of Minister Zhang."

The young man verified the authenticity of the work permit, but he was still a little hesitant.He shook his head, and made a serious request: "You are not from the department, and holding a work permit cannot prove that Minister Zhang sent you to the reference room." "It's best to ask Minister Zhang to write a note."

Yuan Ning immediately agreed: "No problem! Can you lend me a piece of paper?"

The young man handed Yuan Ning a stack of letter paper.

In front of the young man, Yuan Ning wrote out the application for accessing materials, and ran to ask Zhang Xiuyan to sign for himself.

The young man was a little dazed looking at the letter with a page torn off.

After Yuan Ning returned the letter signed by Zhang Xiuyan, the young man let Yuan Ning in.He didn't follow up, but fixedly looked at the application written by Yuan Ning.

Such a small child can write really well!And this word is very similar to the word of their chapter minister.

Thinking of allowing Minister Zhang to lend his work permit and sign so happily, the young man immediately understood: This kid must have a deep relationship with Minister Zhang.

Yuan Ning didn't know that the handwriting she wrote revealed her relationship with Zhang Xiuyan.There is a sea of ​​documents in the reference room, and Yuan Ning is immersed in it all at once, standing in front of the shelf to record what he needs.Whether it is the work assigned by Mr. Gan or the task arranged by President Li, we must first make preparations.

President Li will contact the Huaiqing Calligraphy Association in a few days, so he can play by himself first.For the next two days, Yuan Ning stayed with Zhang Xiuyan, either researching the materials by himself, or pretending to be an intern to run errands for Zhang Xiuyan.Yuan Ning's extraordinary affinity began to play a role again, and he became very familiar with the entire department, and basically understood most of everyone's personality and ability.

Yuan Ning didn't say anything to Zhang Xiuyan, Zhang Xiuyan should have understood it more thoroughly than he had observed in just two days.After returning to Zhang Xiuyan's dormitory, he quickly packed his luggage and prepared to go to the countryside with Zhang Xiuyan the next day.

Zhang Xiuyan frowned.

"Are you going too?"

"I'll go wherever big brother goes!" Yuan Ning's tone was very firm.

Zhang Xiuyan: "..."

Zhang Xiuyan went to take a shower, urged Yuan Ning to take a shower too, and sat back at his desk to prepare for tomorrow's trip to the countryside.He has already figured out the situation in the provincial capital, and he knows what to do next, the only difference is the timing.

Just as Zhang Xiuyan was thinking, Yuan Ning came out of the bathroom.Seeing Zhang Xiuyan frowning at the document in his hand, Yuan Ning frowned, and before Zhang Xiuyan could react, he straddled Zhang Xiuyan: "Don't worry, big brother, just kiss me and I won't be bothered. "

Zhang Xiuyan was embraced all at once, and all the energy and blood in his body surged.Hearing Yuan Ning's brazen words, he raised his hand and slapped Yuan Ning's butt: "Don't mess around."

Yuan Ning didn't feel any pain at all, and hugged Zhang Xiuyan's neck and kissed him.

Zhang Xiuyan is a normal man, how could he be able to control being hugged and kissed by Yuan Ning like this?His voice became hoarse, and he helplessly avoided Yuan Ning's further teasing: "When did you get the courage not to go to Fang Jiewa for these three days?"

Yuan Ning couldn't beg for a kiss, so he could only regretfully kiss Zhang Xiuyan's cheek, with a smile in his eyes: "Brother, you made it out." He quietly stretched his hand down to touch Zhang Xiuyan's firm muscles.

Zhang Xiuyan: "..."

Zhang Xiuyan carried Yuan Ning to the bed and stripped Yuan Ning naked three times in a row.This side of the dormitory is a spacious hard board bed, two people will not be too crowded to sleep, but it is very hard, and Yuan Ning can feel the hard and cool touch of the bed board through the sheets.Realizing that he seemed to have accidentally caught fire, Yuan Ning's face turned red, and he didn't dare move any more, and whispered: "Brother..."

This little bastard is only willing to settle down after being stripped naked!Zhang Xiuyan wrapped Yuan Ning up with a quilt, kissed Yuan Ning's slightly parted lips: "Sleep."

Yuan Ning suddenly realized that he had been fooled.He hugged Zhang Xiuyan like an octopus, rubbing his head against Zhang Xiuyan's chest: "Brother, you have learned badly."

Zhang Xiu said with a sullen face, "I learned from you."

Yuan Ning smiled.

Both of them were young men in full swing. They hid in bed and made trouble for a long time before finally being satisfied and falling asleep.

Early the next morning, Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan set off towards their destination together.They didn't drive, they went by train, and they arrived in the surrounding prefecture-level cities in half an hour.Here is Huaiqing's famous cement producing area, and the railway station is surrounded by towering chimneys and large factory buildings.

After leaving the train station, many middle-aged women warmly greeted them, and asked Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan where they were going, and reported where their car passed before Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan could speak.

This is the norm in small places. There are always such people outside the train station. The men are responsible for driving, and the women are responsible for soliciting passengers. Some are black cars, and some are buses. , giving you a "home away from home" feeling.

This kind of enthusiasm made Zhang Xiuyan a little overwhelmed, but Yuan Ning was like a fish in water. He smiled and fended off most of the women soliciting customers, picked a couple of drivers who seemed more reliable, and planned to take the other party's three-wheeler and go to the guest house to settle down first. down.

Yuan Ning gave the money readily, and the woman in charge of soliciting customers smiled happily, and told her husband to drive well and take the man to the ground.The small three-wheeled carriages are opened backwards, so you can see the scenery along the way.Yuan Ning said with some surprise: "The road here is well built, it is a standard two-way six-lane road."

The urban planning of many small towns is poor, and the lanes are very narrow, which is only suitable for the initial stage of urban development. If the city becomes more and more developed, the economy is getting better and better, and the number of people with cars gradually increases, such roads will no longer be applicable. There will be congestion in some cases.Just looking at this straight and spacious road, we can see that the road builders are very far-sighted.

"Young man has vision!" said the driver of the tricycle. "This road was built by Mayor Cao when he was here. It has been many years! Now Mayor Cao has gone to the province," he continued He said with emotion, "Mayor Cao is a good official!"

Yuan Ning's heart moved, and he looked at Zhang Xiuyan.

Zhang Xiuyan nodded to him.The "Mayor Cao" the driver mentioned was exactly Cao Fangzheng. Cao Fangzheng used to work here, but it was almost ten years ago.Being able to build such a good road for this small town at that time shows that Cao Fangzheng is indeed a down-to-earth person.

Most of the drivers were good at talking, and they introduced the situation here to Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan eloquently.A few years ago, it was found that this place was suitable for making cement, and the mountains were blown away. The city was fine, but it was really rumbling all day long down below.Several large cement factories have been built, and buildings in the city and the countryside have also been built, but there is one problem, the dust is heavy, and the house is covered with a layer of dust if it is not cleaned for a day.

The driver was talking about the excitement, and the guest house arrived.Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan asked for a shared room, put their luggage away, and put out a map to mark their location.

"Brother, why are you frowning all the time?" Yuan Ning had already noticed that Zhang Xiuyan was frowning.

"Actually, it's not as simple as going to the countryside this time." Zhang Xiuyan sighed, "Do you still remember the mining pollution problem you discovered because of ivory when you were young?"

Yuan Ning nodded.At that time, he discovered that the ivory was suffering from a strange disease, and the tutor Zhang Xiuyan hired for him was also a researcher in agriculture, so he found that there was a problem in that area, and banned the polluting enterprises in the southern suburbs.

Zhang Xiuyan said: "Not long ago, Uncle Cao received a report from his old subordinate that someone here secretly mined rare earth mines. After sending people down to investigate, several factories were shut down. As a result, a report letter was sent a few days ago, saying that the situation If there is no improvement, those factories are wronged. I thought I would have nothing to do on the weekend, so I came to see the situation in person.”

Yuan Ning suddenly understood: "Do you suspect that someone close to Uncle Cao has tipped off the news here?" Yuan Ning had also met Cao Fangzheng twice, and knew that Cao Fangzheng was just as his name suggests, and he was upright in everything he did.

Zhang Xiuyan said: "If it's just this incident, I wouldn't doubt anyone." Zhang Xiuyan's face darkened, "The problem is that such things have happened too many times."

After coming to Huaiqing, Zhang Xiuyan did less work and more observations, more than two months was enough for him to understand Cao Fangzheng's character clearly.Even Chen Qian, an outsider, can find the problem, and Cao Fangzheng can't find it!

However, Cao Fangzheng seemed to be doing nothing at all.

Zhang Xiuyan said: "What about the details, we have to look at it first."

Yuan Ning nodded, and asked again: "Brother, are you going to find him directly?"

Zhang Xiuyan shook his head and said, "Of course not." He opened the luggage bag and threw Yuan Ning a plaid shirt. It looked a bit old, and the color was slightly dull, making people's skin darker.

Zhang Xiuyan reached out and unbuttoned his shirt.

Yuan Ning couldn't help staring at Zhang Xiuyan.

Zhang Xiuyan raised his hand and knocked on Yuan Ning's forehead: "Change clothes."

Yuan Ning covered his head in pain, peeked at Zhang Xiuyan's broad chest, and put on the plaid shirt Zhang Xiuyan gave him with a smile.

Zhang Xiuyan looked left and right at Yuan Ning who had changed his clothes, and found that the little bastard still looked delicate, and the brilliance of that face could not be concealed even in old clothes.

Zhang Xiuyan took out the prepared hat in silence and put it firmly on Yuan Ning's head.

Yuan Ning smiled and rolled his eyes: "Brother, what are we going to do?"

Zhang Xiu said solemnly: "Collect mountain goods." There are indeed a lot of mountains here, and the land is also fertile, and the amount of mountain goods that can be received is not small. Every year after summer, there will be people who go to the countryside to collect mountain goods.Such an identity is most suitable to go to the place to investigate the situation.

Yuan Ning grabbed Zhang Xiuyan's hand and looked at it, and found that the skin color on Zhang Xiuyan's hand was much darker than his own, and immediately knew that Zhang Xiuyan hadn't stopped since he came to Huaiqing - he was trying to find a way Go everywhere with anonymity.

Yuan Ning kissed the back of Zhang Xiuyan's hand: "Brother, you have worked hard."

Zhang Xiuyan: "..."

Yuan Ning went to a second-hand car dealership with Zhang Xiuyan, bought a [-]% new motorcycle, went to the farmer's market to get two big baskets and a few sacks, and finished refitting the car in a decent manner.The two were about to set off when Yuan Ning sharply saw two men driving a motorcycle of the same model stuffing sacks into a large basket.

Yuan Ning grabbed Zhang Xiuyan, stepped forward to talk to the other party, and soon became familiar with the other party, and warmly proposed to let them unify the price and not destroy the "market".The other party readily agreed.Knowing that everyone is going to collect mountain goods, the other party has no intention of guarding against them, so they generously invite Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan to go together.They are teachers in the township, one teaches mathematics and the other teaches chemistry.The summer vacation is here, and I go to the countryside to collect mountain products to earn some money to subsidize my family. This time I came to the city to learn about the market prices at the farmers' market here and see what is more cost-effective.

"But what you can get when you go to the countryside still depends on your luck." The other party sighed, "Last year I was not very lucky. When someone sold us mountain products, they put the good ones on top, and all the bad ones in the middle. , I almost lost my money, and I had to spend money on gas.”

Zhang Xiuyan said, "Is the school's salary not enough?"

The other party smiled wryly and said: "Of course it is enough to eat, but now it costs a lot of money to participate in correspondence training. Alas, it is almost impossible to pay for the children to study—otherwise, who would like to work in the wind and rain? He raised his chin in the direction of his companion, "He is not married and has no children, but he sponsors three children, and eats rice with soy sauce. See how thin he is? The holidays are here, so I'll give him a hug." Woke up."

Another tall and thin man was a little shy, showing a shy smile to Yuan Ning and the others.

Walking together with two people familiar with the terrain, Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan went down to the villages and towns easily, and drove through the rugged mountain roads to different villages.

Zhang Xiuyan and the other three were in charge of negotiating the price and weighing. Yuan Ning looked quite small at first glance, as if he had come to play with him, smiling and chatting with people in every village, and got a lot of guidance along the way.The two companions boasted to Zhang Xiuyan: "I didn't expect to find such a good thing after talking a few more words. It's really thanks to your brother."

Zhang Xiuyan nodded, and stepped forward to ask Yuan Ning to go to the next place. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got closer, he heard Yuan Ning asking: "What else is there? Can I go and see them?"