Chapter 160 Refusing to Take the Back Door
Qi Tongwei looked back at Gao Qisheng and said, "Why? Are you discouraged so quickly? I think you have a keen sense of the market and are a very capable person. Have you ever thought about working in a government department?"
Gao Qisheng pointed at his nose and said, "You want me to work in a government department? I don't think there is much future in this. Forget it."
Qi Tongwei shook his head: "This is your own life choice, you need to think carefully about it.
However, I have to give you a piece of advice: do not commit a crime no matter what. If you often walk by the river, you will get your shoes wet.
No matter how powerful a person is, if he dares to commit a crime in China, his end will be miserable, especially for those gangsters. "
After Qi Tongwei finished speaking, he stopped talking and the car fell into silence.
At this time, Gao Qiqiang broke the silence and pointed to the alley ahead and said, "Director Qi, my home is in the alley ahead. You can just park your car on the side of the road."
Qi Tongwei stopped the car on the side of the road in the direction he pointed, and then asked Gao Qiqiang and his sister to get out.
"Thank you, Director Qi. Please take us back." Gao Qiqiang said respectfully.
"It's okay, it's just a matter of convenience."
Qi Tongwei started the car and prepared to leave. Suddenly he thought of something and whispered to Gao Qiqiang: "Go back and talk to your brother. You can persuade him to take the civil service exam. Starting a business is not an easy thing."
Without waiting for Gao Qiqiang to answer, Qi Tongwei drove away.
When she returned home, her son had already fallen asleep. Pei Qianqian was lying alone on the sofa watching the Spring Festival Gala. The song "The World is Joyful" was playing on TV, and the singer was Ms. Peng.
"You're back, come and watch the Spring Festival Gala. You missed it. There were some really interesting skits." Pei Qianqian moved to the side.
Qi Tongwei took off his coat, put on his shoes, sat down on the sofa, hugged Pei Qianqian in his arms, and watched the Spring Festival Gala.
The midnight bell rang, and the sound of firecrackers outside began to ring again. Qi Tongwei hugged Pei Qianqian tightly and said, "Wife, Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year, hubby!"
Suddenly, a burst of crying in the bedroom interrupted the tenderness of the two people. Qi Tongwei smiled, kissed Pei Qianqian on the corner of the mouth, and went to the bedroom to see the child.
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On the first day of the new year, Qi Tongwei worked half a day at the unit, and then took the bureau’s party committee to visit the police on duty. Then he returned home and drove to Yantai City the next day.
When I returned to Qijia Village this time, there seemed to be a lot more strange words and voices. There was a voice saying that Qi Tongwei did not recognize his fellow villagers and did not help them with their affairs.
Qi Tongwei didn't take such words to heart at all. He had already repaid the favor. As for how they would develop in the future, that was their business.
In his previous life, he lost his dignity to Liang Lu and wanted to get it back from his fellow villagers. He turned a blind eye to their illegal activities and helped them without any bottom line. But what did he get in the end?
His goal in this life was very clear, which was to at least get into the ministry, or even the country, and he would never do anything that would affect his future career.
As for the company under his wife's name, he also plans to let her gradually reduce her holdings and be just a shareholder, no longer involved in the specific operation and management, in response to the requirement that the family members of leading cadres are not allowed to engage in business.
In the evening, the family sat together to have a reunion dinner.
"Dad, Mom, the conditions in the village are not as good as those in the city after all. Do you two want to live in the city?" Qi Tongwei found that having money was not necessarily a good thing. The atmosphere in the village was obviously not as good as before.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." It seemed that his father was very angry about the rumors. He had been unable to refuse before, but he agreed as soon as he was asked today.
"Okay, Tongfu, you can buy a new house for your parents in the community where you live. I'll ask your sister-in-law to transfer the money to you after she moves to the city." Qi Tongwei said to his younger brother.
"Brother, I still have money, enough to buy a house." Qi Tongfu refused.
Qi Tongwei patted his brother on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about the money. I'm not at home most of the year. When my parents are sick and hospitalized, it's all up to you. You do the work and I pay."
"Tongfu, listen to your eldest brother." The father made the final decision.
As they were talking, the voice of his third uncle from the same clan came from outside the door, "Brother, has Tongwei come back? I have something to talk to him about." Qi Tongwei glanced at his father and asked him what was going on with his eyes.
"As for your cousin Qi Ying, he got Liu Cuicui from the village ahead pregnant and then he didn't want her anymore. When Old Liu came to his house to ask for an explanation, he broke her leg.
"You were arrested by the police on December 28 last year. Your uncle has been asking you if you've returned home these days." Father whispered, then said to the outside, "You're back. Come in and tell me."
"Has his third uncle eaten? Should he eat something?" asked Qi's mother.
"Sister-in-law, I've finished eating. I want to talk to Tongwei about something?" Seeing Qi Tongwei put down his bowl and chopsticks, the third uncle looked at Qi Tongwei with a flattering look and said, "Tongwei, you eat first. The third uncle's business is not urgent. It won't be too late to talk after dinner."
Qi Tongwei looked at his uncle and understood his intention. He said expressionlessly, "Uncle, just tell me what you want to say."
Uncle San rubbed his hands and said in a pleading tone: "Tongwei, Xiaoying quarreled with someone and accidentally broke the other person's leg. Now he has been arrested by the police.
Third Uncle only has Xiaoying as his child, so you should help him and rescue him. We are all family members, and it is not difficult for you. It only takes a word."
Qi Tongwei stood up and took his son from his mother. "Uncle San, I really can't help you with this matter. He has committed a crime and must be punished by law. I have no right to interfere."
Uncle San got anxious when he heard this, "Tongwei, we are a family! Now that you are an official, can't you help your cousin?"
Qi Tongwei said to his uncle in a serious and firm tone, "Uncle, I still remember when I was a kid listening to storytelling, you often scolded those corrupt officials.
But now, you ask me to do such a thing. How is it different from those corrupt officials in the storytelling?
What's more, this is Yantai City, and I work in Jinghai City. Why should the officials of Yantai City obey my arrangements?
So, I'm sorry I can't do anything about this matter."
Hearing Qi Tongwei's resolute refusal, the uncle still said unwillingly: "Tongwei, he is your cousin!
Your father-in-law is the provincial party secretary. Can't you ask him for help and plead for you?
Tongwei's wife, can you talk to your father and ask him to order the release of Xiaoying?"
Faced with his uncle's relentlessness, Qi Tongwei shook his head helplessly and said, "Uncle, if everyone were to solve problems through connections and backdoors like you, wouldn't society be in chaos?"
When the Third Uncle wanted to continue to persuade him, Qi Tongwei decisively interrupted him: "Third Uncle, I understand that you love your children, but excessive pampering will only harm them.
Let Xiao Ying suffer a little this time so that he can learn a lesson. I hope he won’t make the same mistake again in the future.
What you should do now is not to ask me for help, but to sincerely apologize to the victim, compensate him, kowtow to him, and gain his forgiveness. Then the court will give him a lighter sentence accordingly."
After saying that, Qi Tongwei turned and walked into another room. Pei Qianqian followed him and left the scene, leaving the third uncle standing there awkwardly, at a loss as to what to do.