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Text Chapter 147 Joy and mourning (Part 1)

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    In the afternoon, when Li Rui was thinking about when Gao Jie would come over, he received a call from Jiang Liansheng that Chen Shiwei's grandma had passed away.  Li Rui quickly said hello to Yu Meixia and hurried to Nanqiao.  On the way, he received another call from Jiang Liansheng, saying that the old lady's body would be transported back to her hometown for two days and asked him to go directly to Chen Shiwei's old house. Li Rui knew that this was a custom in Nanqiao, and that after a person died, it would be kept at home for two days.  It was allowed for relatives and friends to pay their respects and say goodbye, and then transported to the funeral parlor for cremation. This was how his grandfather's funeral was done back then.  Chen Shiwei¡¯s hometown is in a village below Chengguan Town. When Li Rui arrived, the old lady¡¯s body had just been transported back. White flags had been hung at the door of the yard, and there were cries in the hall.  When Li Rui walked into the yard, Chen Shiwei was standing in the yard making a phone call, probably notifying relatives and friends to report the funeral.  His eyes were red and swollen, and he looked sad. When he saw Li Rui coming in, he hung up the phone and came over.  The two people's hands were tightly held together. Li Rui looked at him and comforted him in a low voice: "My condolences!" Chen Shiwei said: "Don't worry, I'm fine." Then he seemed to comfort himself: "My grandma lived for ninety years.  Even though he was old, he was considered auspicious, and he was quite peaceful when he left, without committing any crime" Halfway through, his voice choked up and he couldn't continue.  Li Rui sighed and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder. He had also had such an experience and said sympathetically: "Birth, aging, illness and death are just natural laws. No one can escape them. Don't be too sad." After saying that, he took out a cigarette and handed it to him.  Root, and helped him light it.  Chen Shiwei took a few hard puffs, accidentally choked, and coughed loudly.  After he calmed down, Li Rui continued, "I have nothing to do these two days. If you need any help, just let me know." Chen Shiwei nodded.  But Li Rui soon realized that his words were unnecessary. The people who came to pay their respects in an endless stream were all the heads of various departments under Qingshanquan Town and more than 20 administrative villages. With their participation, how could  Li Rui still needs to intervene.  Accompanied by Chen Shiwei, he said goodbye in front of the old lady's body. Originally, three bows were enough, but when he thought of the old lady's enthusiasm for him when he visited Chen Shiwei's house several times, he felt sour in his heart, so he immediately declined.  Jinshan Daoyuzhu knelt down and kowtowed three times to the old lady respectfully.  Upon seeing this, Chen Shiwei knelt down and returned the gift. He held Li Rui's hand excitedly and said, "Brother, I appreciate your sympathy." Although many of the people who came to pay their respects paid homage, but Chen Shiwei knew very well in his heart who these people were.  No matter who he was targeting, but Li Rui was different. He came to bid farewell to his old grandmother sincerely.  Coming to express condolences, it was reasonable to leave paper money to burn. Li Rui came to the place where money was collected and recorded, where Jiang Liansheng and several staff from the town's finance office were busy.  Li Rui took out two hundred yuan according to the general rules. Considering his relationship with Chen Shiwei, it didn't matter how much money he had or how little money he had. The main thing was his feelings.  But when he signed his name on the account book, he found that the first one was at least one thousand. Looking further down, there were three thousand, four thousand and five thousand, and most of them were from more than 20 coal mines in Qingshanquan Town.  Coal boss, he couldn't help but frown secretly, but he couldn't say anything as people came and went.  It would be normal to collect some money for a funeral at home, but now is a critical moment for Chen Shiwei. It is easy for someone to get caught by accepting gifts so lavishly. Didn't someone sue him last time?  He felt it was necessary to remind Chen Shiwei, so he winked at Jiang Liansheng, called him aside and whispered: "What's going on? It's too eye-catching!" Jiang Liansheng knew what Li Rui was referring to, and said with a wry smile: "This is  According to the rules in our countryside, you must accept the money sent to burn paper. If someone brings it, I have to accept it. " Li Rui understands Jiang Liansheng's dilemma. After all, he is not the owner, and it is not appropriate to make decisions on some things without permission, but burning.  Paper money can't be so outrageous. People with their status usually only have one or two hundred yuan. If they are ordinary people, it only costs dozens of yuan, or even a few yuan or more.  He mused: "Call Lao Chen over." Chen Shiwei came over quickly. Li Rui didn't say anything and asked Jiang Liansheng to show him the account book. When he saw the number behind a person's name written on the account book,  He also took a breath of cold air and said quickly: "How come there are so many? How many have been collected in total now?" "Almost hundreds of thousands," Jiang Liansheng said.  Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar names on the ledger, Chen Shiwei also frowned. He knew Li Rui's intention of calling him here. In less than half a day, he had already collected so many people who came to express condolences.  They are still flowing in, and I don¡¯t know how many they will receive on the day of cremation.  It is impossible not to be tempted when faced with so much money, but at this critical moment, this money is very hot to handle!  If someone gets caught because of this, it will be too bad.    "Lian Sheng, help me return all this money, and tell those who come to express condolences that the maximum amount of paper money burned cannot exceed two hundred. Just say it was me who came to express condolences to me. Chen Shiwei is very grateful, but the paper money is burned."  Not more." Chen Shiwei said firmly.  "I understand, Secretary Chen. But many of the people above have already left. How should we withdraw? Or many of them are coal bosses. You also know these people. It is probably difficult to return this money." Jiang Liansheng  Why?  Li Rui interjected: "In this case, don't withdraw them all. Like what Lao Chen said just now, each person will receive two hundred, and the excess will be returned. If you really can't return it, you can make another book and tally the amount.  , then hand it over to the Discipline Inspection Commission and ask it to issue a certificate. "Old Chen, what do you think?" "Okay! Just do what Li Rui said," Chen Shiwei said to Li Rui gratefully.  Thank you for reminding me, otherwise this matter would be really troublesome. " Li Rui also admires Chen Shiwei's attitude of being able to take it and let it go. Hundreds of thousands are a considerable amount of money these days, and no one wants to give up.  Just give up.  "Now is a critical moment. No matter what, we still have to try our best. The key is not to let others get caught." Li Rui said.  Chen Shiwei nodded, sighed, and looked very tired. He turned to Jiang Liansheng and said, "Liansheng, I've been very busy these two days, so I'd rather you worry about this matter." Jiang Liansheng looked a little ashamed because of what just happened.  , hurriedly said: "Secretary Chen, don't worry, I will help you check this." In the evening, Zhu Jie and Wu Kangmei came. They were informed by Li Rui, but there was no sign of Fang Qiang. Wu Kangmei said  It's because Qiangzi has something to do and he has to come over tomorrow.  Zhao Wenlong went back to his hometown of Jiangdong Province to celebrate the New Year, and specially entrusted Zhu Jie to bring gifts. When Li Rui asked each of them if they planned to give two thousand, he quickly stopped him and said: "We are all our own people, just think about it, two hundred." "  Is two hundred too little? How can you get this?" Wu Kangmei said in surprise.  There are three festivals and two birthdays every year. Weddings and funerals are a great time for officials to make money. Although everyone gets along well because of Li Rui's relationship, it is indeed difficult to get this little money.  Li Rui patted him, "I said, Lao Wu, aren't you usually very smart? Why are you so confused today? Now is the time? It's a sensitive period, so don't cause trouble." Wu Kangmei suddenly understood, patted his head and said  : "I understand, I understand, only two hundred." After the two of them came back after saluting and giving away the paper money, Zhu Jie couldn't help but smacked his tongue and said: "The scene was really big. I attended the funeral of our father-in-law, Mr. Wang, the year before last."  I have never seen such a big scene. " Li Rui also shook his head secretly after hearing this. The Wang Bureau that Zhu Jie mentioned was Wang Hai, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and Director of the Municipal Bureau. His father-in-law died and he was still a subordinate branch at the time.  Zhu Jie, the deputy director of a police station, went to express his condolences and send gifts. You can imagine how big this scene was!  But then again, this kind of thing is also common among leadership teams. People who give gifts actually know that giving gifts may not necessarily please the leaders. Maybe they don¡¯t even know who you are, but if you don¡¯t give them  , maybe it offends others, so this strange phenomenon of giving gifts in droves occurs.  Chen Shiwei is facing the same situation now.  "The old lady has lived for more than ninety years, which is considered a long life. What a joy to mourn!" Wu Kangmei sighed at the side.  Zhu Jie also smiled and said: "I didn't expect that Secretary Chen, the grandson, is quite filial. When I went in to salute just now, Secretary Chen was crying so sadly! It was obvious at first glance that he was not pretending." Li Rui frowned  , patted Zhu Jie, "Don't talk nonsense, Lao Chen's parents have died since he was a child. He was brought up by the old lady. This feeling is different." Zhu Jie also realized that it was inappropriate to joke about this kind of thing, and patted him.  He opened his mouth and said quickly: "Yeah, that's really different. No wonder Secretary Chen is so sad." As he spoke, there was another sound of mourning from the other side of the hall. This is also one of the rules for holding funerals in the countryside. On a certain day,  There is a certain moment of mourning.  Li Rui felt a sense of disgust in his heart. In fact, he knew the situation of Chen Shiwei's family very well. Old Chen had no brothers and sisters, and the old lady only had two sons. However, they all starved to death during the Great Famine, leaving only Chen Shiwei and a son.  The cousin who was given away since childhood.  But later on, when Chen Shiwei became prosperous and became the local emperor of Qingshanquan Town, many oblique relatives appeared. It can be said that when he was poor in the downtown area, no one cared about him, but when he was rich, he had distant relatives in the mountains.  Some of the people who are mourning inside now are really looking for the old lady, and not all of them are looking for the official position under Lao Chen's butt.  Li Rui originally called Wu Kangmei to inform them and asked them to come over to help, but seeing the current scene, they couldn't help at all. Wu Kangmei suggested??: "How about we find a place to have a drink?" Although the Chen family also served tofu rice to entertain those who came to express their condolences, the preparations for coming here were hasty and there was nothing delicious. Secondly, the staff was noisy. If we really stayed  There is really no appetite to eat here, and with Li Rui's identity, someone will come over to toast. People are mourning here, but they are eating and drinking lively over there. What a big deal!  "Are any restaurants open during the Chinese New Year?" Zhu Jie asked doubtfully.  ¡°Come with me, I¡¯ll take you to a place that¡¯s guaranteed to open the door and taste pretty good.¡± Wu Kangmei said with a smile.  Three people and three cars followed Wu Kangmei¡¯s old Crown and drove crookedly along a gravel road to a farmhouse. As expected, the door was open.  Wu Kangmei was obviously a regular customer here. He was chatting and laughing when he met the boss, because business was very light during the Spring Festival holiday and there were no other customers.  After entering the house, Wu Kangmei went straight to the kitchen to order, while Zhu Jie took down a jar of Qingyunchun's puree from his police car. When he saw that it was the only dozens of jars of century-old puree left in the winery, Li Rui couldn't help but  He was surprised and said: "Hasn't all this stuff been hidden by Lao Zhao? Why is it still there?" Zhu Jie said with a smile: "I got this from Mr. Zhao. I originally wanted to flatter our director, but  There was no one at home two times, so I just got rid of it today. By the way, I also brought a few bottles of the winery¡¯s new Five-Star Qingyun Laojiao, which I will use to blend later.¡±  After saying that, he took out two bottles of Five-Star Qingyun Laojiao from the car. They were all exquisitely packaged. Five stars were printed on the outer box. It felt like the grade had gone up a lot. The bottles inside were specially customized.  Li Rui took the blue and white porcelain plum vase and looked at it carefully in his hand. The workmanship was quite beautiful. Even if he drank all the wine inside, the vase was still a very beautiful decoration.  This must be Yu Meixia's idea again. It seems that this year's Qingyunchun will be a big hit.
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