Encounter

At Li Dingshan's request, Xia Xiang was transferred to a hospital in Yan City. On the day of the transfer, headed by Xiong Haiyang, all the construction workers of the Shanshui Road construction site came all the way to see Xia Xiang off. Xiong Haiyang and Lao Qian were both very thick men, but they cried like children, and all the workers stood up, paying attention to him as if they were under Xia Xiang's inspection.

Xiong Haiyang assured Xia Xiang that he would guarantee his life to complete the task of building mountains and rivers with absolute quality and quantity. Please be kind to the heart of County Mayor Xia.

Xia Xiang was also mixed with feelings when he saw the workers. He advised everyone to go back and work hard and not to worry about him. He was fine and would recover soon.

Cao Shuyan, who had some complaints about the workers who made Xia Xiang sick, saw the sincere and sincere side of the workers, and the resentment in his heart disappeared, and he felt that they also had a cute side.

Xia Xiang was admitted to the best hospital in Yan City, the Third Provincial Hospital. Song Chaodu called the dean and asked the dean to arrange a senior official ward. Song Chaodu was the deputy governor in charge of the health system. After receiving his call, how could the dean dare to be negligent? He hurriedly came forward to arrange everything in person. Xia Xiang didn't want to bother so many people, but Song Chaodu was unable to refuse the dean's kindness, so he had to be at the mercy of others.

Xia wanted to return to Yan City, but the news of his injury spread, and the first friend to visit him in the hospital was Li Hongjiang.

Li Hongjiang came with countless flowers.

The flowers he brought were not bought from the market, but picked from the construction site by his workers. When the news of Xia Xiang being injured for the workers spread, the workers under Li Hongjiang were deeply moved when they heard this and spontaneously picked various wild flowers near the construction site, insisting on asking Li Hongjiang to bring them to Xia Xiang to express their admiration.

Li Hongjiang said with emotion: "Although the workers are sometimes rude, they are all the most realistic men. As the deputy county magistrate, you still lead the way and rescued the foreman. After spreading among the workers, everyone thinks you are the hero in their minds. Alas, I have been a manager for so many years and have been together with them. It is better than you to establish a tall and glorious image immediately after everything you want. Compared with you, I am still far behind."

Xia Xiang laughed and scolded: "I'm not that great! The situation was urgent at that time, so how could I think so much? It's important to save people first. Whoever gets close to them will have a greater chance of survival. Please stop joking, and you will sacrifice yourself to save people next time."

Li Hongjiang waved his hands repeatedly: "I dare not, really dare not. I will probably run faster than anyone else by then. I often go on construction sites and have encountered dangers, so I admire you very much - not everyone can be a hero."

After Li Hongjiang left, Shen Lichun, Sun Xianwei, Feng Xuguang, Wang Linjie, Yan Xiao, and even Qu Yaxin and Qiuyuan all came to visit one after another. It can be said that all the people Xia Xiang knew appeared. There were still many people who knew him but he didn't know him, and there were endless streams. Although the nurse repeatedly refused to let the visitor disturb the patient's rest, there were too many people coming and they could not stop him.

Even the director who arranged the senior official ward for Xia Xiang was dissatisfied with Xia Xiang at the beginning and completely changed his view. He thought Xia Xiang was a relative of Governor Song, so he was admitted to the senior official ward as a deputy director. When he found out that the people who came to visit Xia Xiang were all famous figures in the city, heavyweights in the business world, and radio hosts, he realized that Xia Xiang, who was not of high level, had amazing influence.

Especially when he knew that Xia Xiang was injured to save a worker, he saw countless unknown wild flowers placed from the ward to the corridor, and his heart was shocked. Although wild flowers, which were humble or small, were not beautiful or even fragrant, they brought a spiritual impact to people more than any bright flowers they bought, because they were the shining love of the most simple workers.

When the Yan Municipal Party Secretary and the Mayor Lian Jue came to visit Xia Xiang next, they almost shocked the dean's eyes to the ground!

What? A deputy county magistrate was injured and actually alarmed two deputy provincial cadres to visit him in person? It was so amazing and incredible... The president of the Third Provincial Hospital was also a deputy department-level cadre after all. He believed that he was knowledgeable and the senior officials' wards were constantly in contact with provincial and municipal cadres. But this was the first time that happened today. Even a deputy governor could not have such a big face!

Xia Xiang was slightly surprised that Chen Feng and Hu Zengzhou appeared at the same time. Chen Feng's style of acting is sometimes unexpected and understandable. But Hu Zengzhou also came at the same time, and Xia Xiang's favorability towards Hu Zengzhou increased a little, feeling that at least so far, his position is still firm and there is no unexpected situation.

Chen Feng and Hu Zengzhou came and went in a hurry, and only stayed for a few minutes before leaving. Time was not about length, but about sending a strong signal, that is, the support of the municipal party committee and government for Xia Xiang was unprecedented. Even compared to Cui Xiang and Chen Feng's era, it was much stronger. Because at that time, Chen Feng only supported Xia Xiang, but did not have the support of Cui Xiang's municipal party committee secretary. Now, as soon as Cui Xiang left, Mayor Chen became Secretary Chen, and Mayor Hu was new, and Xia Xiang was even more in love with the city.

Many people in Yan City who didn’t know what kind of relationship Xia Xiang and Hu Zengzhou were. After hearing Secretary Chen and Mayor Hu’s joint lesson, they were all over the place. After hearing this, Tan Long became even more anxious and his thoughts of transferring Xia Xiang out of Yan City became stronger.

Afterwards, Mr. Gao and Gao Jinzhou also came to visit Xia Xiang at the same time. Lian Ruohan also came with them.

Lian Ruohan learned from Cao Shuyan that Xia Xiang was injured. She was not in a hurry to visit the hospital as soon as possible, because she knew that when Xia Xiang was sick, there would definitely be people coming to visit. She would cause trouble when she went there, but it would not work. Lian Ruohan did something that Xia Xiang could absolutely not expect from her. She went to the capital and after meeting Wu Caijiang, she made an important decision for Xia Xiang privately!

The appearance of Mr. Gao, Gao Jinzhou and Lian Ruohan did not attract much attention, and it happened to take advantage of Xia Xiang's heart. He wanted to be quieter now and did not want to attract the attention of all forces, especially Ye Shisheng, Fan Ruiheng and Cui Xiang's attention.

But some leaders cannot refuse, right? So Xia Xiang hopes that the province will not visit him again, just accept the will.

But things often don’t go as he wished. After he and Lian Ruohan had just had a few simple conversations and sent away Mr. Gao and Gao Jin and Zhou, Song Chaodu still appeared.

Although Song Chaodu appeared with Song Yifan, he deliberately wore a casual outfit on a weekend and came to visit him in his private name. However, as a newly promoted member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor, his every move was particularly eye-catching. Moreover, the high-ranking officials' wards were all important leading cadres at the provincial and municipal levels. Although most of them were not in-service, many of them were in-service leaders. Therefore, rumors about the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee visiting the Deputy County Magistrate slowly spread.

Song Chaodu was forcibly brought by Song Yifan, and he also knew that visiting Xia Xiang at this time might cause bad speculation. But Song Yifan said that he didn't care about Xia Xiang's brother, and that he would not come forward, he was just a cold and selfish person. Song Chaodu was so entangled that it was just a weekend, and it was only a five-minute walk from home in the Third Court of the Provincial People's Court, so he had to walk with Song Yifan.

Song Chaodu didn't say anything, only Song Yifan chattered and asked questions, insisting that Xia Xiang talk about the scene at that time again. From time to time, he was so moved that his eyes were red, and he started to laugh again. Today, Cao Shuyan was not there, so she asked to stay and take care of Xia Xiang. Song Chaodu said to her: "If you stay, you will only cause trouble, and you will take care of others? Forget it, don't affect Xiao Xia's rest."

Song Yifan was dissatisfied: "Dad, you are too idealistic. How do you know that I can't take care of people? If I can't take care of you, it doesn't mean I can't take care of Brother Xia. If you don't understand, my abilities will also vary from person to person. Things that will not happen to Brother Xia will happen!"

The previous statement was pretty good, but the last sentence was somewhat ambiguous. Xia Xiang couldn't help but be embarrassed, so he advised Song Yifan to leave. Song Yifan was a rare stubborn person today and was disobedient. In the end, Song Chaodu had no choice but to let her stay and specifically told her that she would have to go home by night.

When Song Chaodu left, he finally calmed down. Only Xia Xiang and Song Yifan were left in the ward. Xia Xiang rested for several days and felt full of energy, so he got up to do exercise. Seeing that Xia Xiang was in good spirits, Song Yifan said, "Go to the yard for a walk, I will help you."

Xia Xiang laughed: "I am very lively now, so where can I use people to help me? If the doctor hadn't allowed me to be discharged from the hospital, I would have wanted to be discharged from the hospital long ago."

Song Yifan shook his head: "What's wrong! The disease comes like a mountain, and the disease goes like a thread. Now you seem to be cured, but in fact the root cause is not cured. You have to listen to the doctor and take a good rest for a few more days. It's not a trivial matter. You must be obedient and stay for at least another month. Do you know?"

Xia Xiangran laughed silently, Song Yifan was young and had a tendency to control people when speaking.

The two went for a walk in the backyard.

The high-ranking official district and ordinary district of the Third Provincial Hospital are separated by a specially established ward. Not only are the best facilities in Yan Province, but the greening of the backyard is also very different from that of ordinary districts. Xia Xiang sighed that this society is still evident in class. No matter how rich ordinary people are, they cannot enjoy the treatment of high-ranking official wards.

Xia Xiang was wearing a ward uniform in the backyard, which attracted the attention of other people walking outside. Because the leaders in the wards of the senior officials, whether it is a treatment or a recuperation area, are mostly over 50 years old. Generally, in the age of 40 or 50, how many people can join the ranks of the senior officials? Xia Xiang was so young that he was not as good as the words, and the little girl who was with him next to him was so beautiful that she couldn't describe it. As soon as the strange combination of the two appeared, the person who was breathing fresh air outside was shocked.

Xia Xiang realized that it was really a mistake, so he hurriedly said to Song Yifan: "Let's go back quickly, it's too eye-catching outside."

Song Yifan couldn't stand everyone's strange gaze, so he pretended to be able to help Xia Xiang up and go back to his room. Just after walking a few steps, he passed by an old man with a long hair and a young face. The old man suddenly looked at Xia Xiang like lightning, and asked majestically: "Young man, what background does his home have? Why did he be admitted to the high-ranking ward?"

Xia Xiang was stunned. He didn't want to answer, but seeing that the old man's gaze was quite strong, and his eyebrows were tall, his face was powerful without anger, and he was quite imposing, so he couldn't help but take a look.

When the old man saw Xia wanting to look at him, he suddenly laughed again: "What, do you think I have a fierce face? People with evil faces may not be really fierce."

This sentence aroused Xia Xiang's favor, so he stopped and nodded and smiled: "It's not that I feel that the old man is evil, but that he has the majesty of a person who has been in the upper hand for a long time."

The smile on the old man's face disappeared and he changed into a cold face: "This is insincere. People in the high-ranking officials' ward are all cadres at the department level or above. Why do you say that you have been in a high position for a long time? Young man, your mind is not pure."

Xia Xiang thought that the old man was quite interesting, his face changed quite quickly, and he seemed to be quite taboo to others saying that he was in a high position, so he said, "As you said just now, a person with a vicious face may not really have bad intentions. I just said it casually, but you said that I was not pure in my mind. Isn't it a bit too subjective?"

The old man was speechless by Xia Xiang. He stared at Xia Xiang for a long time and suddenly burst into laughter: "It's interesting, interesting, I haven't seen you as interesting young man as you have been a long time... Come, sit down and let's talk."

"You can talk if you want to talk, and you can change your face if you want to change your face. We are not in the mood to accompany you!" Song Yifan was unhappy and said fiercely to the old man.

The old man looked at Song Yifan with interest and smiled: "The little girl is so beautiful, but she has a little sharp teeth and a little bit of a mouth. Be careful not to get married in the future."

"You have to care about it and meddle in other people's business." Song Yifan was not polite and glared at the old man with dissatisfaction, "Since I am beautiful, I will definitely be easy to get married, and someone will definitely rob you. You are inconsistent in your words. If you speak again in the future, you have to think about it before talking, so as not to be discovered in the words and make a real difference!"

The old man was stunned for a moment, pointed his finger at Song Yifan, and laughed happily: "What a smart little girl. I haven't heard such sharp words for a long time. It's interesting and so interesting. Come on, two young men, sit with me, and talk, okay?"

Xia Xiang sat down first, reached out and pulled Song Yifan, and said, "Since you're out for a walk, why not sit with the old man for a while? Come and sit down."

Song Yifan was still reluctant, looked at the old man with dissatisfaction before sitting down.

The old man looked at Song Yifan the more he became happier, so he asked her name. Song Yifan ignored it. The old man was not angry, so he asked Xia Xiang's name again. Xia Xiang had always had the good habit of respecting the elderly and loving the young, so he honestly said his name.

The old man nodded after hearing this: "The name is good, there is a little room for imagination. My surname is Gu, just call me Lao Gu."

"Old antique!" Song Yifan blurted out and then laughed happily.

The old man was not angry but happy after hearing this: "Little girl, I am not an old antique, I am an old antique - but the old antique is a good saying, it is a bit in line with my current situation. OK, I will call me an old antique in the future."

Song Yifan was happy: "Old antique, I didn't expect you to be quite cheerful, and you are not afraid of others calling you old antique. Well, I will reluctantly call you two old antiques. If you are happy, I'll call you Grandpa Gu again."

The old man was also happy: "Okay, that's all. From now on, call me three old antiques and call me Grandpa Gu, how about it?"

"Yeah!" Song Yifan agreed without hesitation.

The two of them asked questions and answered, leaving Xia Xiang idle aside. Xia Xiang had a faint smile on her face, and she looked at the interaction between the old and the young with interest, and felt much more relaxed. He had no doubts about the origin of Lao Gu. No matter who he was or what high position he had been at, with his current age, he was already an old man with no official position and was just looking for peace of mind to enjoy his old age.

Lao Gu talked to Song Yifan for a while, and his emotions became obviously high. He asked Xia again: "Xiao Xia, do you have the habit of respecting the elderly and loving the young?"

"Brother Xia is a great person, and he has good character." Song Yifan wanted to answer for Xia.

Lao Gu asked again: "I want to ask you, if there is an old man who is disrespectful to him, do you still respect him?"

"Respecting the elderly and loving the young is a traditional virtue and must be maintained. Of course, it does not mean that all elderly people are respected. Some elderly people may not behave well, but I also respect their age. Because in my opinion, young people should tolerate their elderly. You can disrespect his position, disrespect his character, or disrespect his actions, but you must respect his age, because it is not easy for a person to live until he is old." Xia Xiang said very seriously.

"Respect the age of an old man?" Lao Gu repeated thoughtfully, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said with a serious look, "This is the first time I have heard the saying of respecting age. According to your opinion, even if a person has done nothing in his life and has not accomplished anything, he lives long enough and deserves respect for people?"

"I don't know what others think, at least that's what I think." Xia Xiang still insisted on his opinion, "Survival of the fittest. There are many achievements in life, such as making big money, holding high positions, being handsome and beautiful, and becoming a famous star. Many people like it, but high officials and powerful people may not live long. Most famous stars have suicides. China pays attention to the five blessings. The first blessing of the five blessings is longevity, the second blessing is wealth, the third blessing is caring, the fourth blessing is good virtue, and the fifth blessing is good ending. Putting longevity first is how difficult it is to be longevity compared to the other four blessings. Therefore, I have always respected people who live long."
Chapter completed!