At 11:30 that night, Ma Ming returned to the dormitory of the township government and lay on the bed to rest. He took out his mobile phone and took a look. Only then did he realize that there were two missed calls, both from Li Xiaobai.

He was suspicious, was there something wrong with her calling? It was so late, and he didn't know if she was sleeping, so he tried to send a text message: Little White Princess, are you asleep?

Ding bell, the text message rang, and Li Xiaobai replied instantly: Who goes to bed so early at this time? Besides, I work in the media, and I am a night owl. Is it convenient for you now?

Ma Ming: It's convenient. I'll give you a call.

Li Xiaobai:Okay.

After answering the phone, Li Xiaobai spoke first: "Don't you have nothing to do in your town at night?"

"I accompanied the leader to the village tonight. Those village cadres are really good at drinking and making wine." Ma Ming once again heard her sweet, soft yet clear voice, with a bit of natural coquettishness, like Quan'er.

The tinkling sound is like a silver bell playing a melodious tune in the spring breeze, which makes people happy and joyful.

Ma Ming liked listening to her talk very much.

"Have you drunk too much?"

Ma Ming said: "It's okay. I'm resurrected now with full health, so I can chat with you. Tell me, why did you call me?"

"You can't make phone calls if you have nothing to do?" Li Xiaobai said, "After all, we have been classmates for four years."

Ma Ming smiled and said: "Yes, I am a classmate of four years and I have contacted you now."

"That's because you are self-isolating and living in self-exile." Li Xiaobai said slightly, "Did you know? Lao Niu and Xuan Xuan in your dormitory are about to get married. Also, Gu Nian was admitted to the civil service in Zhuzhou City in September.

Come to work."

Lao Niu is Ma Ming's college roommate, and Gu Nian is from another class. He has been chasing Li Xiaobai for four years, but he still couldn't catch up until graduation. His classmates don't understand. Gu Nian's parents are department-level cadres, their family is well-off, and they are good-looking.

Thin-skinned and tender, gentle and elegant, they are a typical match for each other, talented and beautiful, but Li Xiaobai just doesn't agree with him.

Ma Ming felt something tugging at his heart, and sighed to himself: They should have become a couple by now, so he joked: "Gu Nian is really chasing her to the ends of the earth and will not give up, but hard work pays off, it's good, when?"

Drink your wedding wine?"

"Ma Ming!" Li Xiaobai shouted loudly, and then she said in a strange tone: "Okay, I'll ask you to be the best man when the time comes. Are you satisfied?!"

"I think it's okay. Anyway, I will definitely still be single by then, hahaha."

"Ma Ming, is it really that funny?" Li Xiaobai was a little angry.

Ma Ming could imagine her pouting and frowning, with her peach blossom eyes faintly showing a fierce light. He suddenly realized something was wrong and hesitated: "Xiaobai, are you angry?"

"I'll tell you again today, I don't like Gu Nian. I didn't like it before, I don't like it now, and I won't like it in the future." Li Xiaobai's voice was filled with pure beauty, "I will never be with someone I don't like, you

Do you understand?"

Ma Ming groaned and said, "I understand."

"You know nothing." Li Xiaobai scolded and was silent for a few seconds. Then he suddenly chuckled and said, "I called you because of something." At this time, she gave people an innocent feeling.

"What on earth is that?"

"I don't want to be an editor. I want to be a reporter. I cover local current affairs news. That's my choice." Li Xiaobai said in a relaxed and happy tone, even a little smug.

"Why?" As soon as Ma Ming finished speaking, he suddenly realized something. Without waiting for the other party's answer, he asked suspiciously, "Xiaobai, tell me the truth. Were you punished because of the last retraction incident?"

At this moment, Li Xiaobai was holding his mobile phone and lying on the bed in the dormitory of his work unit. When he heard Ma Ming say this, he thought to himself, sometimes this Ma Ming is stunned, but sometimes he reacts so quickly and smartly. I didn't say anything, and he just said it.

Guessing it, he pretended to be relaxed and sweet and said: "No... no, I like to be a reporter. I can travel all over the province. Maybe I will go to your place one day."

Li Xiaobai refused to withdraw the manuscript because she disobeyed the leader's instructions. However, she deleted the manuscript privately because of her classmate relationship. She was criticized and punished, and her bonus and performance for the month were deducted, totaling 8,000 yuan. That month, she worked almost for nothing.

"That's great. If you come, I will definitely treat you to an authentic seafood dinner!"

"One word is settled."

After hanging up the phone, Ma Ming lay sprawled on the bed, looking at the ceiling. His mind was filled with memories of outings, playing cards, and soaking in the water with Xiaobai, Lao Niu, Gu Nian, Lao Dan, Brother Jing, Juanjuan and other classmates in college.

Well, I stayed up late watching the scenes of the Champions League final. Every bit of it is vivid in my mind, especially the sweet, pure and cute Xiaobai, who will become the focus of every event.

It's just that those simple, happy, and beautiful times are gone forever.

As he thought about it, he thought about township work again, wondering how to lead a good team, do a good job in safety production and ecological environmental protection, and promote the construction of green mines. As he thought about it, Li Xiaobai's beautiful bulging face and Gu Pansheng appeared in his mind again.

Beautiful peach blossom eyes.

He suddenly remembered Secretary Pi Yong's four words of wisdom on the relationship between men and women: make friends at a distance and attack at home. As a result, it took him a long time to fall asleep.

***

The next day, the sun rose as usual.

County Party Committee Secretary Lan Qiming led the township party committee secretaries and party group secretaries of each functional bureau to Jinggangshan to participate in the Scientific Outlook on Development party theme education activity. At that time, Municipal Party Committee Secretary Zhou Huaien will personally teach. The activity lasts for two weeks. During this period, the work of the county will be carried out by

The county magistrate Zhang Meng is in charge, and the work in Baoshan Township is naturally in charge of Jian Yao. It also means that the green mine construction work has to be suspended for a period of time.

At 9:30 in the morning, Ma Ming presided over a department meeting in his office in the west building.

Ma Ming took it very seriously because this was his first meeting as a leader, even though there were only three people attending including him.

Sun Linlin wore a white three-quarter sleeve shirt and a black skirt, which was refreshing and charming; Erhu still wore a dark blue POLO shirt and black pants, looking very dull.

The two of them were sitting across from Ma Ming's office desk. The woman had her legs crossed, her expression was naturally charming, and her fox eyes were scanning around Ma Ming's room;

He kept his head down and said nothing, like a dull donkey.

Ma Ming cleared his throat and said: "Today is the first meeting since the establishment of our Safety and Environmental Protection Office. Hu Yingtian is on vacation and cannot attend, so it will be just the three of us."

Sun Linlin interjected: "Director Ma, would you like to put up pictures of Hu Yingtian? I can make enough for four of them, a table of mahjong."

Pei Erhu said seriously: "By the way, I remember that he has an ID photo in his drawer, black and white."

Sun Linlin chuckled and said, "Oh my god, isn't that a memorial service?"

Ma Ming put on a straight face, followed Pi Yong's example, tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Quiet! You two are talking about cross talk here. Do you want to prepare a stage for you?"

The two stopped joking and pretended to listen carefully.

Ma Ming continued: "Today's meeting is mainly to emphasize work discipline and study specific work. I informed you at eight o'clock that the meeting would start at nine fifteen, and it is now half past nine. Sun Linlin, you are 15 minutes late."

"I send my children to school. The township government is in the west of the county, and the school is in the eastern suburbs of the county. I ran a long way back and forth, hurrying and taking my time to get to my work unit." Sun Linlin felt aggrieved.

"Well, let's set a rule. If there is an important meeting or urgent work like today, Linlin, you must find a way to overcome the difficulties and arrive on time. Normally, you are allowed to be ten minutes late due to family reasons." Ma.

After Ming finished speaking, he stared at Pei Erhu sharply and said, "Erhu, your problem is that you come early and leave early. This is called leaving early for no reason. You can't be late and leave early. Elementary school students can do it, but we adults can't do it."

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Pei Erhu raised his hand to express that he had something to say.
Chapter completed!