Just after the Spring Festival in 1982, Liu Yan said goodbye to his family early in the morning, took a long-distance bus, and came to Huaining from Ningcheng.

When we arrived in Huaining, Fan Lili also arrived. At this time, it was noon.

Zhou Haiyang, Pei Xiaohong, Tan Yuanyuan, and Yuan Shanshan, four people whose homes are in Huaining City, are standing at the Huaining City long-distance bus station waiting.

The six of them found a state-owned restaurant near Qingyuan Lake. After lunch, they chatted for a while, then got up and walked towards the Huaining City Hall.

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Huaining City is located in the middle of Jiangning and connects the northwest corner. It borders Ningzhou City to the east, Southeast Province to the west, Huzhou City to the south, Xiping City to the north, and Qujiang City to the southwest.

Although the economy is relatively backward, the natural ecological environment is well protected, and the forest greening area has always ranked first in the province.

The Huaining Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government are both located in the compound at No. 102 Gucheng East Road. Next to the compound is the beautiful Qingyuan Lake.

This was the original office compound of the administrative offices of the Huaining Prefectural Committee. After the land was removed and the city was established, all the government agencies and units of the new Huaining City were located in this courtyard.

At the sentry box to the right of the entrance to the compound, a young soldier with a straight back stood.

In the compound, there are several small gray buildings with five-story brick structures on the left and right sides, and directly opposite is a nine-story building with white ceramic tiles on the exterior wall.

To the left of the entrance to the courtyard is a reception room, in which sits an uncle of about fifty years old.

Zhou Haiyang led everyone into the communication room through the small door on the side. He took out the dispatch form from his arms and handed it to the uncle. Then he took out a pack of tinfoil peony cigarettes, pulled one out and handed it over: "Hello, uncle, we

I am a college graduate, and I will report to the Municipal Personnel Bureau. This is my dispatch form."

The uncle took the cigarette with one hand, glanced at it, clamped it to his ear, held the dispatch form in one hand and looked over it twice, then stared at the young man in front of him and looked up and down for half a minute, and then looked at the person behind him.

One man and four women: "You all came to register together?"

"Yes." The five people handed the dispatch orders to the uncle at the same time.

The uncle smiled, waved his hand, and said, "No need to read."

Then he made a phone call, then said something to the guard box, pointed to the white building and said to everyone: "Go in, the Personnel Bureau is on the third floor."

"Thank you, uncle!" After Zhou Haiyang said this, he handed the uncle another cigarette, struck a match, and helped him light the cigarette in his hand.

The uncle took a sip with a smile and nodded to everyone.

After the six people entered the courtyard, they didn't go far when they saw two middle-aged men and women with serious expressions walking towards them.

The middle-aged men and women kept looking up and down at the young men and women in front of them with curious eyes.

That kind of gaze immediately made several young college students who had just walked out of school feel very uncomfortable!

Liu Yan quietly murmured a few words to Zhou Haiyang beside him, and the two of them smiled knowingly.

Just after the middle-aged man and woman walked past, Liu Yan and Zhou Haiyang looked at each other, suddenly turned around at the same time, and smiled at them.

At this moment, the middle-aged man and woman just turned around, still muttering to each other.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yan and Zhou Haiyang came back. This sudden move shocked the middle-aged man and woman, and they quickly turned around and walked forward quickly with their heads lowered.

When Liu Yan and Zhou Haiyang saw this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Are you two playing a prank? It's rude! Don't you even look at where this place is?" Yuan Shanshan said.

"Hehe, the way they look at people is called polite? This is called courtesy," Liu Yan said.

"Shanshan, look at your serious expression, aren't you just joking?" Zhou Haiyang continued.

"But to be honest, I don't like the way those two people look at each other. How can they look at people like that?" Tan Yuanyuan said.

"It's not strange. It's rare. It's just like when Liu Yan and I went from Ningcheng to Yongfeng when we went to the mountains and countryside to jump in the queue. That night on the streets of Yongfeng, there were many people looking at us with the same eyes."

Tan Yuanyuan seemed to remember something and couldn't help but sigh: "After reporting in later, we will go our separate ways, and suddenly feel empty in my heart."

Pei Xiaohong continued: "Yes! From joining the queue at Yuanping Educated Youth Point to going to college, we have been together more or less for so many years. I didn't expect that we would be separated soon."

"How about we don't leave today and wait until tomorrow!" Yuan Shanshan said.

Tan Yuanyuan continued: "After checking in soon, it will probably be evening, and the long-distance buses to the county have long since disappeared.

Besides, Liu Yan arrived in Huaining and hasn’t gone to Secretary Pei’s house yet, so he can’t just leave without saying hello.”

"We are all in the same city. It's not like we won't meet again in the future. Besides, we agreed in advance not to disturb the family, come quietly and leave quietly..." Pei Xiaohong said.

Liu Yan said: "There is no such thing as a feast that never ends. We are no longer children. We must have time to be independent."

"Shanshan, we will visit you often in the future. I'm sure there will be a lot of trouble for you in the future. You can call us when you are free." Pei Xiaohong continued.

"In addition to us, there are also Yue Xiaoming, Liang Ming, Wang Qiang and Lin JJ. In the future, there will definitely be opportunities for everyone to come to the city to look for you. By then, you will not want to see us anymore if you are annoyed."

The six people talked to each other and arrived at the office building unknowingly.

When I arrived on the third floor, I saw that the door of the second office in the corridor was open, and an eye-catching sign hung on the door frame: Personnel Bureau Cadre Section.

There are two rows of desks in the room, a row of two desks near the door and a row of three desks opposite. There are four people sitting in the room.

Pei Xiaohong knocked on the door gently and said: "Hello!"

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