"Xiao Ye, take our car back to Changjia." After receiving the trophy and certificate of the "He Long Cup" bridge double competition in Jianan City, Ye Zhiran heard Mr. Ye call him kindly.

Ye Zhiran hurriedly thanked Mr. Ye: "Thank you, Mr. Ye, please trouble you."

"Get into the car, don't be polite." Old Ye's bridge partner Zhang Hengliang also said.

Zhang Hengliang is an officer of a field army stationed in Jianan City, NJ Military Region. Every time Ye Zhiran sees him, guards follow him, and he can't help but guess his level.

Ye Zhiran got on the military jeep with Zhang Liren.

All four of them entered the finals after the second round of knockout matches, and they all broke through the preliminaries in Changjia County. According to Mr. Ye, this is fate.

"Xiao Ye, you performed well this time." After the car started, Old Ye praised.

"Old Ye, Zhang Liren and I are lucky. Today we have three decks of cards, but we all shouted a little bit. I didn't expect that the card type was very good, so we completed the appointment. There is also a deck of cards. A pair of your group made a low-level mistake and made a decision to make the four spades that were not bad, which made us get the highest score at once." Ye Zhiran said, "In fact, based on our level, if we play in a team match, we will not have a high ranking."

"Luck is reserved for those who are prepared." Old Ye said with a smile and asked again: "How much time have you played with Xiao Zhang's partner?"

"It's been more than a year." Zhang Liren replied: "Xiao Ye played well. Most of our cards are played by Xiao Ye."

Zhang Liren made friends after graduation and started working. Although they were more than 10 years apart, there was no gap between them. They were not only friends, but also cooperated harmoniously at work.

"What kind of work do you do in Chang Jia?" Zhang Hengliang interjected. Although he had played cards with Ye Zhiran several times, he didn't know what happened to them.

"I work in the Party and Government Office of Mashi Township, Changjia County, and Zhang Liren is the director of the township police station." Ye Zhiran replied.

"Xiao Ye is the director of the Party and Government Office of Mashi Township. The young man is a good man." Mr. Ye said this to Zhang Hengliang. In fact, they also fought with Ye Zhiran and Zhang Liren during the preliminary round of Changjia. They had a brief exchange, but Zhang Hengliang didn't pay attention to these.

"Oh? Xiao Ye looks not very old." Zhang Hengliang turned around from the front seat and looked at Ye Zhiran.

"Uncle Zhang, I have been working for two years and graduated from the Computer Department of J University. When I graduated, I participated in the unified recruitment of grassroots reserve cadres in Jianan City. I was one of the ten grassroots reserve cadres recruited and assigned to Changjia County. The Organization Department of the County Party Committee arranged me to Mashi Township as the director of the Party and Government Office." Seeing that Zhang Hengliang was a little confused, Ye Zhiran answered in a more detailed manner.

Ye Zhiran is a talented student at J University in a famous university in the country. He joined the party in his junior year and was the chairman of the J University Student Union. When he graduated in 1988, the department head asked him to talk to him and hoped that he would stay in the school. However, Ye Zhiran was rejected when confessing to Yang Ying, who had been secretly in love for more than two years. He suffered emotional setbacks and did not want to stay in the provincial capital. It happened that the Organization Department of the Jianan Municipal Party Committee of the Yangtze River Province was a pilot reform for the selection of grassroots cadres and recruited fresh undergraduate graduates publicly. After Ye Zhiran passed the qualification review and the theoretical examination, a deputy department-level cadre in the Organization Department personally interviewed. The result was very satisfactory and ranked first in the comprehensive assessment results. The name was included in the list of reserve cadres of the Organization Department of the Jianan Municipal Party Committee, and directly entered the list of third-tier teams and was valued.

After hearing Ye Zhiran's answer, Zhang Hengliang said "Oh". He thought to himself that this is also an opportunity. As a talented student from the most famous institution in the province, he should have a good future through open recruitment. Of course, how far he can go depends on his own ability and luck.

"Xiao Ye, let's talk about it. You are studying computer science. Why did you lose your major and go into politics?" Although Mr. Ye did not enter the top three today, he played several decks of cards very smoothly and performed well, so he was in a very high mood and asked casually.

"By mistake," Ye Zhiran replied, "I originally wanted to stay in the provincial capital, but at that time there was something wrong with my relationship and I didn't want to stay in the provincial capital. It happened that the Organization Department of the Jianan Municipal Party Committee went to the fresh undergraduate graduates to recruit reserve cadres, and I was admitted after applying."

"Oh?" Old Ye was stunned after hearing this, but he didn't expect him to answer this. In his impression, when officials in politics answered similar questions, they would be tactful and implicit at the same time, and they showed a sense of righteousness. Ye Zhiran's answer obviously made him feel novel. "This little Ye is a little interesting!" Old Ye liked his straightforwardness very much, so he asked with interest: "You fell in love when you were in college? Otherwise, how could you get a broken heart?"

"In fact, it can't be called love, it's just my unrequited love." Ye Zhiran replied. Then he told the story of how he had a bitter love for his classmate Yang Ying for three years. He plucked up the courage to confess his love to her on the eve of graduation, and the story of being politely rejected was told in succession.

The story is very long. Ye Zhiran's memories are tortuous and lingering in the hot summer weather, like a cup of clear coffee, making people feel bitter; and like the graceful willow branches in the wind, with a hint of stubbornness and a hint of unwillingness in the weak.

This purely emotional unrequited love story is all sad and beautiful, which makes the listeners feel melancholy and at the same time feel pity for the protagonist of the story. Moreover, Ye Zhiran had a little fondness in Old Ye's heart. When Ye Lao saw him for the first time, he felt that Ye Zhiran looked a bit like his youth. Now, he heard him open his heart and telling himself about the distress in his heart, Old Ye felt a little more melancholy as he listened.

When he first met Ye Zhi, Old Ye developed a feeling of indescribable affection for him, as if he had met a person who was very close to him in his life. At this moment, when he heard him openly revealing the past embarrassing things without any concealment, Old Ye felt more intimate while sympathizing with him. He felt that Ye Zhiran had completely let go of his heart in front of him, and there was a kind of unconditional trust in his elders. Old Ye looked at him softer.

Because of the car, it only took two hours to return from Jianan City to Changjia County. Along the way, most of the time, Mr. Ye and Ye Zhiran were talking. Listening to the old and the young, Zhang Hengliang turned around several times to interrupt.

After Mr. Ye retired, he did not like life in big cities and lived in Changjia. On the one hand, he wanted to be quiet and on the other hand, he liked Changjia's natural environment. But he was far away from the city, only Uncle Cai lived with him and took care of his daily life. He was a little lonely. Now, seeing Mr. Ye and Ye Zhiran had a great chat, Zhang Hengliang felt much more relieved.

"Xiao Ye, are you from Chang Jia?" Zhang Hengliang asked.

"No, I am from Jinshan County, Guangbei City, and it's 200 kilometers away." Ye Zhiran replied with a smile.

"It's inconvenient to go home." Zhang Hengliang said again.

"Yes, I live in a dormitory and only go home during the National Day and Spring Festival." In 1990, China also implemented a six-day working system, with only one rest day a week.

"Then you have time, spend more time with Mr. Ye. You can talk if you don't play cards. My troops are stationed in Jianan, and you can only take time to come to Changjia on Sundays." Zhang Hengliang continued.

Ye Zhiran said happily: "Okay, Uncle Zhang, don't worry, I have no relatives in Changjia, and I will go to Ye's hometown to be a companion after get off work, and I can also have a free meal." After stopping, he said, "I can't say anything with Mr. Ye. I didn't say a lot of things, and Mr. Ye guessed the next sentence."

Old Ye smiled happily. He and Ye Zhiran felt particularly close, because of his youthful and sunny appearance, as if he was young, his image, especially his smile, and his eyes were very similar.

Zhang Liren quipped, "Xiao Ye, you and Mr. Ye have the same surname. Those who don't know know how to understand you, they must think you two are grandparents and grandchildren."

Mr. Ye said, "Xiao Zhang, you are also a straightforward person, who knows that you will please people when you speak."

Everyone laughed in one sentence.

Amid laughter, Mr. Ye asked Zhang Hengliang again: "Nianyue is on summer vacation, right? Why don't you come to Chang Jia?"

Zhang Hengliang said: "She has said it a few times. I want to come to stay with you for a while. I guess she will come here in the next few days."

Old Ye was happy and said, "Okay, okay, I haven't seen you for more than half a year. Nianyue must have become much more beautiful again. Women will change their lives at an age."

Zhang Hengliang smiled slightly and said, "This girl misses you quite a bit, and she didn't make you old Bai feel hurt."

The car is bumpy, but fortunately the scenery along the way is beautiful. Jianan City is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with many waters and mountains. At first glance, there are green trees and green waters everywhere. This place can be called a land of outstanding people and has produced many literati and poets in history. Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, once lived on this land for a long time.

It was almost dusk when the car arrived in Changjia County. Four people got off at the door of Ye’s house. Ye Zhiran and Zhang Liren said goodbye to Ye and Zhang Hengliang. Ye Lao wanted to keep Ye Zhiran home for dinner. Ye Zhiran replied that it was not possible today because he had to go to Secretary Tang’s house of the county party committee. Secretary Tang’s lover Yu Jia called him in the morning and said that the computer at her home was broken and asked Ye Zhiran to go to his house to help repair after returning to Changjia. After hearing what he said, Ye smiled and stopped keeping him, but asked him to get off work every day from tomorrow night. Ye Zhiran agreed readily.

The two pushed their bicycles on their yard in Ye’s hometown and rode their bikes away. Before leaving, Zhang Liren asked again: “Xiao Ye, do you really have something to do? Why don’t you go to my house for dinner?”

"No, I really want to go to Secretary Tang's house. You go back so that my sister-in-law won't worry about it."

Zhang Liren said, "Okay, if you have time, you come to have dinner. Yang Hongmei wants to introduce another girl to you. I heard that the person is good."

"Okay, thank my sister-in-law for me, but I don't want to be friends now." Ye Zhiran raised his hand and said surrender.
Chapter completed!