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The mayor really couldn't figure out which high-ranking official he had offended, and the higher-ups wanted to do this to him.

But the mayor is calm.

I thought it was just an internal party review, and I would be quarantined for at most two days, and nothing would happen. Don't ask me anything over there? My face turned pale and my hands trembled in fright, but it seemed that something was wrong.

The mayor is in his sixties, and has been in politics for nearly 20 years. He has seen many strong winds and waves.

Besides, the world is full of black and ash, everyone has gold powder to sculpt their bodies, who has no problem?The dog bites the dog, and his foundation is so solid that he doesn't believe that the people in these investigation teams really dare to touch him.

As usual, the morning meeting was held, and the mayor called Shi Jiu when he was free.

The line over there was busy at the beginning, and the mayor only picked up after calling the other party several times.

Shi Jiu was making a lot of noise, and he himself seemed to be in a good mood.

The mayor was inexplicably quiet when he heard what he said, then smiled again, and asked him to come to his house at noon.

Shi Jiu directly rejected him, only saying that he had something to go home, and then hung up the phone without saying a word.

Shi Jiu is indeed busy. It’s noon, and the old lady doesn’t know what’s going on. She dares to let them go on holiday until the [-]th. They know how to cook when they stay at home every day, and they have to go home every meal. If you eat, you won't be able to go back.

Annoyed Shi Jiu: "Oh, I won't go back, I'll go back at night, I have something to do at noon."

"Do you want to see the girl?"

"Meet the girl...see the girl and his partner, I'm going to find Lawyer Liu..."

"I don't see the girl..." Shi Jiu's mother was disappointed for a while, "You bastard, why don't you go out to eat at home during the Chinese New Year? Isn't that man of yours still staying in prison, you just hang around outside all day long If you don’t want to go home, you’re not afraid to wait for him to come out and I’ll tell him?”

"You old lady is really... OK, I'll go home right now."

Shi Jiu drove back in a hurry, when he went upstairs and opened the door, Shi Jiu's mother's meal was ready, a table full of delicious dishes, and the old lady was standing by the table to make soup for Shi Jiu.

It is said that she was the only girl in Shi Jiu's mother's family, and her parents left early. Every year during the Spring Festival, she was the only girl in the family. According to Shi Jiu's mother, she never had a good year when she was young. Cry, Shi Jiu was not obedient when she was a child, she was cooking here and Shi Jiu was working there, either lighting firecrackers and collapsing, or moving a bench to steal sugar from the refrigerator and falling, making dumplings. I know that practicing the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms on the dough is not good enough to sharpen it with a rolling pin.

Now that I am old and old, Shi Jiu is also sensible, but I can enjoy my life, dare not stay at home with your mother?One shovel can level the wasteland above your head.

Shi Jiu glanced at the dining table: "Drinking fish soup again, how many days have passed, why are you breastfeeding me?"

Shi Jiu's mother snorted coldly: "Okay, you are an unmarried young man who knows how to drink milk in fish soup, when will you give birth to your mother for fun? I am about to retire and stay at home every day I'm bored..."

Shi Jiu was also quite unhappy: "Pull it down, don't you think our family is genetically defective? What's the matter with the whole child's head being born like the root of a green onion? I've already lived a very miserable life, so don't spoil the next generation. "

Because Shi Jiu's mother already knew about lawyers, Shi Jiu is becoming more and more unscrupulous now: "Besides, I will definitely talk to lawyer Yan in the future, and I can't have children. If you retire, you will go on a trip. It's boring to take care of your grandchildren at home all day. .”

Shi Jiu's mother was a little angry when she heard what he said, and immediately took the fish for Shi Jiusheng out of his bowl.

"What's wrong with your genes? Go to the street and see, how many men are like you with broad shoulders and long legs? If it weren't for me, would you be able to grow like this? You still suffer... You are content, you didn't see it The eldest son of the old Shi family is short-lived, that's really pitiful."

"I don't dislike you, who do I dislike..." After washing his hands, Shi Jiu sat down on a place and picked up his chopsticks, "Hey, Mom, I always want to ask you something, what do you think? What do you think, I think you always say you don’t agree, when Yan Xi came to the door that time you made breakfast and took his share, and you also made insoles, it was very kind to him..."

"Of course I don't want it from the bottom of my heart. It's too insecure for you to marry a man and not have children. As for being nice to him, there's nothing you can do. I'm not nice to him and give him little shoes, so he can't get angry at you. ah?"

After finishing speaking, she heard a knock on the door, Shi Jiu's mother signaled Shi Jiu to continue eating, got up and went to open the door, "You were born by me, I know you very well, you are a good-hearted child, look at that lawyer That shrewd person on TV, he must have the final say on the two of you. The same is true between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law. You say that as a mother-in-law, if I want my son to live well, I must treat my daughter-in-law well. Ah, think about it, I have coaxed my daughter-in-law well, and my daughter-in-law feels at ease, and I am not because I fight with my son, but I can still take care of my son, how happy I am... the old woman who is against her It’s all ignorant, I can understand what I think.”

Shi Jiu gave his mother a thumbs up while eating: "Good mother-in-law in China, what, mom, open the door quickly, people outside have been knocking for a long time."

Shi Jiu's mother opened the door: "I'll tell you, your mother is smart, alas... I did one thing wrong in my life... a dead old bald man made me miserable..."

Shi Jiu bowed his head to eat, intending to think about how to tell the leader not to go to Qinghai at work in the afternoon.

I feel that this group of people is real, and they have already said that they will not go or not, but in the end, the red-headed documents for work in the morning still come down.

After eating for a while, I felt that something was wrong. The old lady didn't move, so she turned her head naturally: "Mom..."

Shi Jiu's mother gathered herself together, and looked down at the mayor at the door: "Oh, isn't this Shi Miao? Didn't you tell me when you left that day that you were going to work overtime at the unit? You are back after overtime? You are fine. Ah, OnePlus has been added for 30 years, from the factory to the city government, why hasn’t it died?”

The mayor's face turned green because of her damage.

Before he finished calling Shi Jiu, he received a call that Wang Guangqi had been arrested. The mayor's heart sank. Before he could make any response, the special investigation team arrived.

It was said that it was going to be quarantined for a while, and the place was set at the mayor's house, where he could meet his family members, but he couldn't move around. The mayor still had something to tell Shi Jiu, and he was afraid that the phone would be tapped, so he took the initiative to come to the door.

Although the mayor had met Shi Jiu's mother before, this old woman just wouldn't let him in, and stood downstairs every time she had something to say, so the mayor also felt that what he did was quite abrupt.

Shi Jiu quickly stood up: "Mayor? Why didn't you make a phone call when you came here... that...you come in..."

The mayor was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to look up at Shi Jiu's mother. He was not as calm as usual. He rubbed his head, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "These years... I'm sorry."

Shi Jiu's mother turned her head and went into the hut. When she closed the door, there was no movement. "Shi Jiu, get him a disposable slipper. Throw it out when the person leaves. I hate it."

Shi Jiu was also quite embarrassed, bent down to find a pair from the shoe cabinet, and was rejected by the mayor when he was about to unpack the plastic bag.

"No, I don't need to go in and sit down, I just want to say a few words to you."

The mayor's face softened a little: "That's right, I heard this morning that your red-headed document has come down, when do you plan to leave?"

Shi Jiu didn't speak, and put the slippers back in the shoe cabinet.

The mayor saw that he didn't say anything and laughed again: "I don't have much time to talk to you. There are people waiting for me below. To make a long story short, you don't have to worry too much about the lawyer. The current situation... probably soon The court will be held, and at worst it will not be sentenced to two or three years, and it must be on the premise that he is really involved. So there is no need for you to stay here, Qinghai... You'd better go. "

Shi Jiu was taken aback: "The current form? What's the matter?"

The mayor sighed: "I might..."

If Wang Guangqi hadn't been arrested, he would still be a bit of a loser, but the mayor knew his virtues very well. This man knew so much about himself, and he had just been wronged, so he might do something to make a crime of meritorious deeds.

"It's internal party censorship. I'm going to step down from the municipal committee for the time being. You don't know anything from the beginning to the end, so it won't affect you. But Shi Yan doesn't have to be. He has been in the municipal committee..."

In the middle of speaking, the mayor paused: "That's about all I can do to help you. I have greeted the people over there a long time ago. They are all old classmates. They will remember some old friends. Remember after you take office." I taught you before, don't violate discipline and law, and...in case something happens to me...you also take care of your elder brother, this child is very good, but unlucky..."

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Because the first month is not out yet, the food in the detention center is not bad.

Usually it is cabbage, and at this time, some fatty meat is also added. It has no other taste except salty taste. It is served with alkaline noodles and steamed buns. Seven No. 80 people also eat happily.

Yan Xi couldn't eat these things at all.

At first, I didn’t know the rules. After eating and vomiting twice, a buddy told him that he could buy stir-fried vegetables here alone, but it was expensive. A plate of scrambled eggs was 25, and even the bottom of the plate could not be covered. If you like to buy it or not, if you think it is too little, you can go to drink pot water, that thing is enough.

This is how prisons make money. The main dishes are few and poor, and the stir-fry and non-staple food are sold extremely hotly.This year, a pig was killed in the New Year's Eve, and 2 yuan was collected for just one dish of pork and potatoes. It was clearly Zhu Bajie who killed no pig.

Because Yan Xi came in with more than [-] yuan, and after being arrested, the police had registered it when they counted their personal finances, so he became one of the few rich people who bought vegetables every meal.

Although Yan Xi has been in and out of star-rated hotels for the past two years, he is not very picky about the food. A large plate of greasy fat slices provoked a bunch of inmates to pick up the leftovers next to him.

Back to Sancang after lunch that day, Yan Xi was thinking about what Lao Liu told him about going to court, when he heard a rattling sound in the corridor.

Lao Ying fiddled with the key ring in his hand while picking his teeth: "Yan Xi!"

Yan Xi knew this person before. At that time, Yan Xi was still a barrister, and all the people he dealt with were the leaders of the detention center. I have the impression that he was very enthusiastic about this kind of small prison guard. Every time he saw Yan Xi talking to the leader, he would smile and talk to him. Light a cigarette and pass the fire behind.

Yan Xi paused for a moment. In the past, it was Xiao Li who called him. If it were this guy, could it be that the Public Security Bureau wanted to interrogate him again?

A person from Zaozhuang next to him poked him: "Lawyer, I'm calling you."

Yan Xi hurriedly got up: "Here!"

"Pack up your things and release on bail!"

Yan Xi couldn't describe how she felt at the time.

The people in Sancang didn't react much, what should they do anyway, most people don't understand this meaning, but Yan Xi knows it well, it means that he can go out.

Changing into the clothes she had when she arrived, Yan Xi happened to see Shi Jiu talking to the director when she went out, the two shook hands warmly, and the director was all smiles.

Old Liu stepped forward excitedly, and patted Yan Xi on the shoulder: "Xiao Yan, the case has turned around!"

The noon sun was very bright, everyone smiled at Yan Xi, but there was one face that was extraordinarily bright and warm.

This man is short-cut, not very handsome, and has no money. He is thick-skinned and cheap-mouthed. From head to toe, he can't see what is good about him. But he has suffered hardships for more than ten years. Beside this man, Yan Xi But never want to be far away.

Shi Jiu chuckled: "Hey, Lawyer Yan, what are you thinking? Old Liu has been talking to you for a long time, why are you always looking at me? I know I'm handsome. Don't be too blatant, it won't affect you well. .”

Yan Xi's ears were a little hot, he turned his head away, and looked at the blue-faced old Liu beside him.

"Well... what you said just now, say it again."

Lao Liu opened his mouth and was about to speak when Shi Jiu stepped in, put his arm around Yan Xi's shoulders and took him away.

"Okay, okay, it's getting late, Lawyer Yan needs to go home, take a shower and have a good rest, let's talk about things tomorrow... um... call and say it's ok, forget it, I heard it just now, I told Lawyer Yan that it's ok Well, then, Lao Liu, you can take a taxi back by yourself, I happen to have something urgent at home, so I won’t send it off, goodbye.”