Chapter 32 - I
The situation of Yue family was very complicated. This kind of traditional Chinese-style family seemed to no longer exist. However, whenever people carefully analyzed the composition of people in China’s high-level political arena, they could find some things had been deeply engraved in a country’s blood.
Such as the patriarchal system.
The information of many leaders in modern China was kept confidential. Most people only knew who the leader was, but they did not know the leader’s family situation and background. Some leaders’ fathers were influential figures during the revolutionary period and were important figures in China’s domestic political arena. Special emphasis was placed on if the roots were right, and seedlings were upright.
Yue Qingci’s family was probably not bad, and his background in the military was not weak. There were many military leaders at the general level. Therefore, in such a family, the competition pressure from the younger generations was very high. Yue Qingci and Yue Fan were both two of the best people of the young generation.
In Jiang Xiaochuan’s understanding, Yue Qingci was obviously a person who hid his secrets but occasionally revealed his uncontrollable edge. Compared with him, Yue Fan was relatively inferior in temperament, but Yue Fan was better at making friends. So, in the early stage of the competition between the two, Yue Qingci would inevitably suffer a lot from Yue Fan due to problems in his social circle.
Just like the scene happening at Jiang Xiaochuan’s house now: Yue Fan seemed to be talking to Jiang Encheng in a friendly manner, but Yue Qingci stood aside and watched as if nothing was wrong.
Jiang Encheng had inconvenient legs and feet, so he only sent the condolences team from the military region to the door, but asked Jiang Xiaochuan to send them out.
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Jiang Xiaochuan would naturally listen to Jiang Encheng and sent these people away.
Yue Fan approached Jiang Xiaochuan, “Mayor Jiang, are you used to living here? I heard that you just moved into your new home not long ago.”
“Fortunately, the person remains the same. It’s the same wherever we live,” Jiang Xiaochuan didn’t mind these deliberately created topics by Yue Fan. He was also a master of conversation.
He could talk about thousands of sentences and play Tai Chi with you.
Jiang Xiaochuan was not a big deal now. The mayor who just took office – psychologically and technically, he was just a small official. But in the final analysis, Yue Fan wanted to win over Jiang Xiaochuan, a rising political star.
Jiang Xiaochuan was not indifferent to this. Although it was stated on the surface that no contact between the military and the government was allowed other than work, there were also many contacts in private. There was always a link between power, so the military and the government were not allowed to have any contact except work.
The ‘communications’ of the current generation had always been carried out in secret.
In the last life, Yue Qingci wanted to tease Jiang Xiaochuan at first, but later he got to know him more and began to appreciate him as a person, so he made friends with him instead. The two of them could be regarded as supporting each other.
If it weren’t for Yue Qingci’s background supports, he didn’t know how long he would wait to ascend the throne of provincial governor.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but glance at Yue Fan, with some traces of thinking in his eyes, but he was noticed by the sensitive Yue Fan.
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“Mayor Jiang, is there any problem?”
“I’m just grateful to the military district for its thoughtfulness. My father’s lifelong wish is probably the medal you brought.”
Jiang Encheng was a real and qualified soldier who couldn’t do meritorious deeds anymore. Injured soldiers could no longer be called good soldier- the Vietnam War commemorative medal was the best tribute to Jiang Encheng, who was injured in the Vietnam War.
In history, there was indeed a group of people who were so simple and passionate, sacrificing themselves for glory and righteousness that seemed illusory to people now. At that time, the name ‘Lei Feng’, a thunderous peak, had a sacred meaning, but now…
Ah.
Yue Fan vaguely saw something different in Jiang Xiaochuan’s attitude. Listening to Jiang Xiaochuan’s words, he seemed to be friendly enough with him. This was a good sign.
“Uncle Jiang deserves it. He has suffered all these years.”
“After all these years, he finally got his wish, and I feel relieved.” It seemed that he was trying to get closer, but Jiang Xiaochuan’s next words were cutting off their conversation.
Yue Fan was somewhat unclear as to what the deputy mayor in front of him, who was several years younger than him, was thinking, but he redefined Jiang Xiaochuan’s character in his mind.
Jiang Xiaochuan’s character was quite rich.
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All the way to the entrance of the compound, Jiang Xiaochuan remained like an egg without a seam, not revealing any emotions or intentions other than feelings.
He stood aside and watched these people in military uniforms climbed into the car. Yue Qingci, who was walking behind, passed by him. He glanced at Yue Qingci, and Yue Qingci also glanced at him.
Each other’s eyes were a little dark, but they couldn’t understand each other.
Jiang Xiaochuan felt there was something different about Yue Qingci in this life, but he couldn’t tell what the difference was. Many things were changing in this life, and it was normal for Yue Qingci to be a little strange.
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After seeing off these people, Jiang Xiaochuan returned to his home. As soon as he entered the living room, he found Jiang Encheng sitting on the sofa. He had already taken off the medal and placed it in his palm. He spread it out with one hand and touched it tremblingly with the fingers of the other hand.
“Dad, you… haven’t you wanted this medal for a long time? Why don’t you wear it?”
Jiang Xiaochuan sat across from him, poured a cup of tea, and put it in front of Jiang Encheng.
Jiang Encheng shook his head, “I think I thought about it for a long time, but when it came, I was so excited… but now I didn’t feel much anymore…” The last sentence was said with a bit of sadness.