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The old man who foresaw the future breakfast stand

On this day, the newly appointed governor eats breakfast at the food stall, just find a bench to sit down

By Ebrahim mohammadiePublished 3 years ago 5 min read
The old man who foresaw the future breakfast stand
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On this day, the newly appointed governor eats breakfast at the food stall, just find a bench to sit down, and listens to the fritters of the old man Hu while busy chatter: "Everyone eats well, drink well, oh, the city management will come to shoo the stall, at least three days you can not eat our fried fritters!

The governor's heart was astonished: the provincial health department leaders recently visited, and yesterday afternoon the county decided to carry out a raid on the next two days, this old man how early today know?

Which did not understand this matter, another thing to make the governor's head in the question mark is bigger. One day, he went to the old man Hu to eat doughnuts as usual. Unexpectedly, the old man released the news: "The above will soon come to the Qing Tian Da Lao! Who has any wrongdoing, go to the county hotel and wait!"

The governor was surprised and annoyed. The provincial high court's task force is coming on Wednesday to clear the backlog of cases, this news was only conveyed in the standing committee last night, how did this old man know so quickly? What surprised him, even more, was that this old guy not only knew the itinerary of the leaders like the back of his hand, even the police station to raid entertainment venues such a top-secret operation, he knew it all.

An old man who can't read or write can know so much about the government's internal news, there is no doubt that some government workers have a poor sense of secrecy, and their mouth is not tight. So, he immediately held a meeting, and those directors, directors criticized the pass. The leaders at the meeting all bowed their heads and did not dare to speak out.

The public security director was bold enough to ask, "Governor, did you see this old man Hu with your own eyes, or did you hear about it?"

The governor sternly slapped the table: "I heard it with my ears! Let me ask you, is your Chengguan police station going to clear the casino tonight?"

The public security chief looked embarrassed and flabbergasted. The county magistrate, exasperated, immediately ordered, "You go and find out what the background of this old man is, and report back to me tomorrow!" The public security chief hurriedly changed into civilian clothes and immediately ran to old man Hu's place to make an unannounced visit. Unexpectedly, the old man was releasing news to the group: "The mayor of Chengguan Town is going to be unlucky recently. Wait and see, things will not be small ......"

The director of public security was surprised to hear this. So, he transported his breath with, a shy smile, pretending to be dumb and dumb like asking: "How do you know? Could it be that your son is the secretary of the discipline inspection committee?"

Old man Hu laughed: "How do I know? The grandson used to eat my doughnuts, to let the driver drive a special car to buy, these two days, uncharacteristically, actually walked to eat, but also always had a sad face. His father died that year, but I have not seen him so hard. Can make that grandson than the death of his father also feel bad, in addition to the loss of official, what else can it be?"

The director listened, secretly surprised, this old man has two skills. So he did not move to continue to ask: "Yesterday the police station cleared the casino, how did you know?"

The old man Hu smiled again: "You do not see that several casinos early in the morning put up a sign of closure repair? They have eyes and ears, better informed than us!"

"The Department of Health leaders to inspect, how do you know?"

Old man Hu said: "In addition to the inspection from above, when did you see the sprinklers out?".

Finally, the Secretary asked a question he could not figure out: "Last time the provincial high court working group guided the work, how did you get the news so quickly?"

Old man Hu skimmed his mouth and said, "That's even simpler. My neighbor's family has a case, that the court did not do for eight years. That day, the judge handling the case suddenly took the initiative to visit, full of smiles and ask questions, but also repeatedly assured that the case will be resolved immediately. This is not clearly above the people, fearing that they petition it!

The director admired back, and rushed back to report the situation to the county commissioner. The governor listened to it, greatly agitated, immediately reconvened the meeting, and did four hours of lecture: "Comrades, a fritter can be seen from some simple phenomena, our work trends, what does this show? It shows that we have too much formalism. If this vice is not changed, how can we improve the image of the government? From today onwards, which department again leaks secrets for this reason and lets that old man 'unpredictable', I will not be polite!"

The next morning, the governor came back to old man Hu to eat doughnuts, wanting to verify the effect of the meeting. I did not expect that old man Hu was releasing the latest news: "Today, the top will come to the big leaders, and more than one!"

The magistrate's shock is not trivial. In the afternoon, the mayor will accompany the provincial leaders to inspect the work, they received notice last night, this old man how to know in advance?

The governor suppressed his anger and asked old man Hu: "You said to come to the big leaders, how big is it?"

Old man Hu replied without raising his head: "Anyway, it's bigger than the governor!"

The governor asked again, "You said there is more than one coming, can you say a precise number, how many are coming?"

Old man Hu tilted his head and thought about it, and replied with certainty: "Four!"

The governor was dumbfounded, the higher-ups want to come to four! His heart pounding and asked: "Hu ...... Hu master, how do you know these things? And know so accurately."

Old man Hu smiled lightly: "This is not easy? I came out of the stall this morning and saw that the security guards of the county hotel were wearing white gloves, each one as if they were enemies, definitely someone from above. And then look at the parking lot, the secretary, the governor's car are parked in the corner, is certainly a bigger official than they came. And then look carefully, the secretary, the governor parked in the parking space is No. 5, No. 6, indicating that the above came four leaders. Do you believe it? Officials and we the people are different, toilets have to pay attention to a level, a sequence of order!

The governor listened to this, opened his mouth full of doughnuts, and did not move, as if stiffened.

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