October Chapter 14.

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According to the tradition of Lingxi, filial sons should wear filial piety with hemp, but in the city, a lot of ancient traditions have been lost. Li Shiqiu tied a hemp rope around his waist and a green yarn with the word "filial piety" written on his arm. He used hemp rope and green yarn to represent the traditional "himp rope filial piety".

Li Shiqiu looked very much like his father Li Yongguo, who was in his forties. His face was dark. Because he was holding a funeral for his father, his beard had rushes out of his lips and bloodshot eyes. He came to Zhou Changquan and saw that there were only candy on the table, so he quickly brought a pot of peanuts and melon seeds from the adjacent table.

"Li Erwa, don't take these things. Come here, I have something to ask you." Zhou Changquan called Li Shiqiu's nickname and asked him to sit beside him.

Li Shiqiu took a paper cup, drank the water in the paper cup, and then said: "Governor Zhou, my father has nothing wrong with it. Every year, the physical examination organized by the Laokatan Bureau has not been found. He did not expect any sudden myocardial infarction."

Zhou Changquan looked at Li Shiqiu carefully and said, "How old are you this year?"

"I'm forty-four."

"Then you are the same age as Minister Hong."

Hearing Zhou Changquan's inquiry so carefully, Li Shiqiu felt that the opportunity had come. He said with emotion: "Mediocreness, nothing can be achieved."

"Shiqiu, I remember that when you came back from the army, you worked in Maodong's town, and you are still working in the town?"

Li Shiqiu nodded and said, "I work in Hongling Town, Maodong."

"What position are you now?"

"Now I am the Party Secretary of Hongling Town. I have been to four towns one after another, and have been the deputy mayor for four years, the mayor for six years, and the Party Secretary for four years."

Zhou Changquan still had some impression of Hongling Town and said, "Hongling Town is an economic town in Maodong and is very famous. Although it is in the mountains, it is not far from Maodong."

Li Shiqiu said: "Hongling Town has rich tin deposits and relatively strong development efforts."

After asking about Li Shiqiu's situation, Zhou Changquan asked again: "What are your brother and brother doing?"

Li Shiqiu said: "My elder brother teaches at Tiezhou No. 2 Middle School. He is currently a special teacher. His younger brother is in the Lingxi City Procuratorate and is an ordinary policeman of the Anti-Corruption Bureau."

Zhou Changquan sighed again. He said, "You three brothers can stay in Shazhou when you work. Your father is in the local committee leader of Shazhou until he retires for nearly twenty years. But none of his children are arranged by his side. His sentiments are admired by us." He turned to Hong Ang and Hou Weidong and said, "Hong Ang, Weidong, look at the revolutionary seniors, and checking ourselves, we will always feel ashamed."

After chatting for a few words, Zhou Changquan got straight to the topic and said, "You have been a cadre in the town for so many years, do you want to be transferred?"

Li Shiqiu thought for a while and said, "I changed from the army back then. I personally wanted to return to Shazhou to work, but my father was in charge of the organization at the deputy secretary of the Shazhou local committee. He didn't let me go back to Shazhou, but asked me to go to the most difficult place. I went to the most remote town in Maodong. I worked for twenty years since I worked at the grassroots level. The current work location, Hongling Town, is still the closest town to the city, and the conditions are relatively good. I have never worked in the agency. Now I am a person who is 50 years old, to see if I have the opportunity to work in the agency."

Zhou Changquan was determined to do something practical for his deceased leader Li Yongguo. He said, "Do you want to stay in Maodong?" He did not wait for Li Shiqiu to answer, pointing to Hong Ang and said, "This is the Minister of Organization of Shazhou, Hong Ang. I want to transfer back to Shazhou. I will arrange tasks for Minister Hong immediately. The town party committee secretary is a chief minister, so I can consider arranging the position of the deputy director."

Li Shiqiu said: "My father is upright and offended many people when he was a leader in Shazhou. I don't want to transfer back to Shazhou now."

Hou Weidong heard that Li Shiqiu had served as the mayor and party secretary in Hongling Town. Hongling Town is a famous Xi Town in Maodong. It is certainly unquestionable to be a top leader in such a big town. Moreover, from the perspective of temperament, Li Shiqiu has both the temperament of a military and the skill of a grassroots leader. He then had the intention of recruiting talents, but he was not in a hurry to express his opinion and listened to Li Shiqiu's thoughts.

Hearing that Li Shiqiu was unwilling to return to Shazhou, he glanced at Zhou Changquan and said, "Secretary Li, I am Hou Weidong, deputy secretary-general of the provincial government. I have worked in Yiyang Qinglin Town and the county party committee before."

Li Shiqiu said: "My father has told me about you many times. Thank you for your care for your father over the years."

Hou Weidong: "I have a suggestion. Maoyun City's economy is developing rapidly now, and talents with practical experience are urgently needed. Secretary Li has worked in Hongling Town for many years and has rich work experience. Maoyun needs talents like you."

Zhou Changquan understood Hou Weidong's thoughts and said, "Weidong is recruiting talents for himself. Shiqiu, Weidong is about to go to Maoyun to serve as mayor. You have worked in Hongling Town for many years, have managed mining enterprises, and have a place to be useful in Maoyun."

Hou Weidong asked, "Secretary Li, what are you best at? What are your specific ideas?"

"Our grassroots cadres are all unimaginable. Except for departments with strong professional skills, other departments are still fine. I follow the organization's arrangements."

Hou Weidong knew that Li Shiqiu was telling the truth. He studied law. After he got to work, he had never worked in a professional job. Instead, he was transferred from one department to another. He knew everything at the moment, but he was not an expert. This professional situation was also suitable for the ability needs of current leading cadres.

After a while, he had an idea and said, "Secretary Li, I sincerely invite you. Then you have to wait for a while. I have not yet taken office in Maoyun. When I work in Maoyun, I will consider your transfer. As for the specific work, you should first take a position at the municipal government and then arrange it according to actual needs."

Li Shiqiu was very sad when his father died suddenly. After he rushed over from Maodong, he met with the director of the Old Cadre Bureau of the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee. He and the Director of the Old Cadre Bureau were classmates. While discussing future generations, he talked about his own affairs casually. He knew that with the arrangements of Zhou Changquan, he should be able to reach the deputy county level soon. The bottleneck that had not been solved for many years was easily solved.

Zhou Changquan arrived in Yi Yang from Lingxi this time, and finally solved a specific problem for the old leader, which made him feel better.

When I heard that the Executive Vice Governor Zhou Changquan came to Yiyang County, the leaders of Shazhou City and Yiyang County immediately took action. Mayor Yang Senlin called the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Ning Yue and said, "Governor Zhou personally participated in the condolences, and you will be the director of the funeral committee."

Ning Yue said: "I am still in Beijing. I will have an appointment with a leader from the Development and Reform Commission tomorrow to report on the construction of the thermal power plant. I should have a great hope. You can handle the matter here with all your power. Li Yongguo is retired from the main department, so I will be the director of the funeral committee. I will call Governor Zhou later to explain the situation to him. You should go over and call the two leaders of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC together."

Ning Yue immediately called Zhou Changquan again.

Zhou Changquan said: "We must commemorate the deceased comrades, and continue the spirit of old comrades. There is no need to be confined to the form. Shazhou thermal power plant is a very important project. Now that there is hope, we must pay close attention to it. Is there anyone in the provincial functional departments participating?"

"The Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission Lu Jun has been helping us. He is an expert talent and has helped us a lot."

What Ning Yue said is the truth. Lu Jun used to be the deputy director of the Planning Commission, but now he is the deputy director of the Development and Reform Commission. He has strong business capabilities and has participated in all major projects in the province. It is precisely because of his strong business capabilities that he missed the opportunity to be transferred to the local government for several times.

Zhou Changquan was in charge of Lu Jun and knew the inside story better. He said: "Director Lu is a good project player and is very familiar with people from central ministries and commissions. You should ask him more about professional matters."

After Zhou Changquan called, the main leaders of the Yiyang County Party Committee and County Government arrived one after another.

The leaders of the Yiyang County Party Committee and County Government have only taken office in the past two years. County Mayor Gao Ning worked in Yiyang County for several years. After Ning Yue came, he became a member of the county party committee and became the executive vice county magistrate. In this term, he finally became the Yiyang County Mayor. County Party Secretary Zhu Gang is a person who looks very smart, the young and strong county party secretary who was airborne from the provincial party committee.

Not long after Zhu Gang and Gao Ning arrived, Shazhou Mayor Yang Senlin rushed to the mourning hall. Then Shazhou Municipal People's Congress and the CPPCC leaders also arrived. The wreaths quickly filled the mourning hall. The mourning hall, which was a little deserted just now, became lively, and brakes kept ringing, and leaders kept coming in. Gao Zhiyuan and other retired veteran cadres also came to the scene one after another.

The red and white things in the west of the mountain are all happy events. According to Shazhou customs, everyone sat around Zhou Chang according to their positions, smoking, knocking melon seeds and peanuts, and chatting about the world. In this case, the only one who is sad is only relatives, a few people have a sense of nostalgia, and more people join in the fun.

The old lady was very relieved when she saw that there were many people coming to the mourning hall. She took a break and called her three sons to the cottage for a family meeting.

The eldest son of the Li family just counted the money and said, "The leaders who came today are much more than they thought, and they collected a lot of money. According to custom, after the funeral, our family will hold a banquet. What should we do if so many leaders at all levels come? What level will it be if we hold a banquet or not?"

The old lady said: "The banquet should still be held. If you don't, it will seem unkind and righteous."

Li Shiqiu has been a township leader for many years and can see the world clearly and said, "This is simple. Now Governor Zhou has not left, and most leaders have not left. We find a blackboard to write about the funeral time and the time and place of the lunch banquet, and invite relatives and friends to attend." He explained, "There are many things at all levels and may not be able to attend the banquet, but we issued a notice, which is considered a tribute."

The reason why so many leaders came to pay their respects today was because Deputy Governor Zhou Changquan was present, otherwise at most the Municipal Party Committee’s Old Cadre Bureau would have come forward to handle the funeral. But when he saw the old lady, his three sons couldn’t bear to point it out.

After the Li family held a family meeting, the Li family boss came out to write the blackboard, while Li Shiqiu took the cigarette to disperse the cigarette for the leaders and invited leaders at all levels to have lunch.

After dissipating the smoke, Li Shiqiu came here to ask Hou Weidong for instructions and said, "Now it's time to eat, we have arranged tables nearby and invited Governor Zhou to have lunch together."
Chapter completed!