"He was assigned this building when he was the director of the Agricultural Bureau." Lao Li turned off the car and lowered his voice: "Later, he wanted to redistribute it several times, but he disagreed, saying that the house was not bad, at least many citizens could not live in. When will all citizens in Wuhan live in a better house than this before moving. Later, they have been living until now..."

I was silent for a moment, looked at Mayor Wang who was still sleeping, turned to Lao Li and said, "When Mayor Wang wakes up, tell me and say that I will do this for him."

"No, this must be investigated to the end!" Before Lao Li could speak, Mayor Wang suddenly raised his hand, lifted the blanket and sat up suddenly.

Then it hit the roof of the car with a bang.

"Ouch..." He rubbed his head and turned his head to look at Lao Li and me. He was stunned for a moment, and then he woke up completely. He laughed and said, "Look at me, I fell asleep as I said. I just dreamed that someone cut corners, how could this work? Haha, Master Zhang, let's go, we're home!"

"Mayor Wang, no need." I looked at him sincerely: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you with this!"

"These are two things." Mayor Wang's face turned absent: "I have found you in the middle of the night and don't drink a sip of tea. What's the way to entertain guests? If this is spread, where will I put my old face? Let's go and have a walk. Since I've been at the door of my house, why are you still polite? Let's go up and sit down first."

After saying that, he pulled me out of the car without saying a word.

"Old Li, thank you for your hard work." Mayor Wang closed the car door and naturally took out the money and handed it into the car window.

It seems that it is not the first time that he has taken Lao Li’s night car.

Lao Li knew his temper even more well, so he didn't refuse at the moment and reached out to take it.

"Old Li, you still have to work, I won't keep you anymore. Come again another day, let's have another drink." Mayor Wang said and waved to Lao Li.

Lao Li's eyes were a little wet: "Mayor Wang, you should also pay attention to your health!" Then he flashed twice the lights and turned his head to go away.

It was not until the car disappeared into the night that Mayor Wang turned around and said to me very readily: "I haven't visited my family for a long time. Let's go, let you taste my skills!"

"This..." I was a little embarrassed. I came to his house to check it out, just to see his jokes, to see how long his dirty face could be pretended.

But at this moment, I knew I was really wrong. Mayor Wang is such a rare good official!

He is now holding me upstairs, which makes me extremely embarrassed.

"Don't worry, I'm treating you to dinner, and I'm at home again. This is not considered taking bribes." Mayor Wang smiled.

"Mayor Wang, let's have another day." I continued to shirk: "Besides, it's time, sister-in-law..."

"She is on night shift and will not be back until the second half of the night. Now I am the only one at home. We don't even order food in Aimanlou.

I was so hungry that I left, just treat it as a meal with me." After Mayor Wang said that, he walked in with my shoulder.

In this way, I naturally have no choice.

Mayor Wang’s home is on the fourth floor. He opened the door, turned on the light, then took off his coat and threw it on the sofa. While rolling his sleeves into the kitchen, he said to me: “You sit for a while, drink tea and pour it yourself, and I’ll do it later!”

Then, the kitchen jingled.

I stood in the room, looking at the extremely ordinary but meaningful room in front of me, and was stunned for a moment and couldn't speak.

It is said to be ordinary because this is the most common two-bedroom, one living room, which is about 60 or 70 square meters. The decoration in the room has long passed, and there are traces of time everywhere.

It is of great significance to say that it is because there is absolutely no decoration of any one so magical.

There is a wrinkled sofa in the living room, but opposite the sofa is not a coffee table, but a square large desk with various drawings and documents, as well as colorful maps of all sizes.

There is a city overlooking floor plan, topographic map, and waterway circuit and water supply network map... If I hadn't just followed Mayor Wang into the house, I would have really doubted whether I had walked into the construction site on-site command post?

It seems that he is really a desperate man!

According to Lao Li, he worked so late every day and finally returned home. He had to face these maps and had to work hard to think about and study.

He didn't want to leave any shortcomings. He wanted to strive for perfection and build a new city that would reassure him and satisfy all citizens.

Now, he did it, but he himself may never see that day.

He worked hard for half his life and struggled for half his life, but in the end he could only leave only regrets and die with his eyes closed?

I believe that any Wuhan citizen will be extremely sad and sigh when he knows this!

I looked at the maps in front of me, and when I remembered his smiling face along the way, my eyes suddenly became wet.

"Dinner!" Just then, Mayor Wang suddenly shouted and walked out of the kitchen with two big bowls.

There were two bowls of noodles, boiled noodles in white water, and some cucumber shreds poured with Lao Ganma were added on top. What was a little more luxurious was that there was a poached egg beside the bowl.

"Come on, one bowl per person, no leftovers." As he said that, he handed me a bowl, picked up another one and sat on the sofa, and immediately swallowed it.

When I saw his appearance, my nose suddenly became sore.

This is the dignified mayor of Wuhan! The big city with millions of managers has countless money flowing in its hands.

Is he just treating himself as a mule?

"Why, can't you eat it?" He swallowed several times. Seeing me standing there without moving, he scratched his hair with his chopsticks and said apologetically: "The first time I came to my house, I invited you to eat this, which is a bit unreasonable. But I... can only do this."

"No, I'm hungry too!" I said, and picked up the bowl, sat on the sofa next to him and started eating.

He glanced at me, didn't say anything, and picked up the noodles and continued to eat them.

Xili snored, two big men didn't say a word, swallowing their faces in big mouths.

My bowl gradually stood up, and then I secretly wiped away the wetness at the corner of my eyes while he was not paying attention.

Mayor Wang ate all the noodles in one breath, and even drank the soup. He burped with satisfaction and said, "Don't look at the inconspicuous noodles, it's really useful."

"I used to be busy with work, and maybe when I came back, your sister-in-law wouldn't be able to leave me food at all. Sometimes I came back in the middle of the night and was so hungry that I forced myself to learn how to cook noodles. I dare not say anything else, but it's simple, so hungry! Just like being an official, as long as you have the people in your heart and really want to do it, there is nothing that can't be done."

He had just sighed and turned his head suddenly. Only then did he realize that I was not a person in the government at all. The teaching just now seemed a little unnecessary. He laughed again and said, "Look, I am really used to it. I can get to work no matter what I do."

As he said that, he took my empty bowl and said, "If you sit for a while, I have to hurry up. If your sister-in-law comes back, I will criticize me again!" He said that, but the expression on his face was extremely happy.

"Oh, by the way." He stopped again after just two steps and said solemnly: "If you see her in the future, don't let it go! No one knows about my illness except for the small amount of money to get the report for me. Even Lao Li doesn't know about it. This matter must be kept highly confidential."

"Okay!" I nodded heavily.

A gust of wind blew, and a lot of map papers on the table were scattered. I quickly lowered my head and picked it up and put it back.

But at this moment, I suddenly found a photo, which was laid under the thick glass on the table.

The photo is black and white, slightly yellow, and looks a bit old.

In the photo, there are two young men in their twenties standing side by side, one in military uniform and the other in Zhongshan suit. Both of them are erecting their chests high, and a shining party emblem is hanging on their chests. They are proud and happy, and they are in their prime.

Although the ages are long, I can still recognize it at a glance. The young man in Zhongshan suit is Mayor Wang.

Below are a few lines of handwriting of flying dragons and phoenixes.

Thousands of hammers were chiseled out of the deep mountains, and the fire was burned as if it were easy.

Don’t be afraid of being crushed to pieces, and keep your innocence in the world!

Next is a line of small words: "I would like to give this sentence to Yuejin, I hope to remember it, February 1984."

"His name is Hu Qingshan, this is my best classmate and friend." I was stunned when Mayor Wang stood behind me for some reason.

He ignored my astonishment and stared at the photo with his eyes tightly said, "At that time, we graduated and joined the party together, and made a vow together to work hard to serve the motherland. But just a few months later, he died on the Sino-Vietnam border, and even had no bones to find, leaving only these lines of words left for me."
Chapter completed!