Chapter 45 Brothers settle accounts clearly
On the way back, Su Qing changed her mind and did not return directly to Hongxing Village. Instead, she followed Lu Xingchen back to his residence in the county town where he worked.
Lu Xingchen was originally arranged to live in the dormitory for single cadres in the county party committee compound. After he got married, he applied for allocation and just received a notice that he would be assigned to the dormitory area for married cadres in the compound.
The so-called dormitory area for married cadres is located in the tube-shaped building in the compound.
It is relatively independent here. The most obvious difference is that I no longer live with other single cadres. I have my own independent space.
Su Qing’s dormitory has very complete living facilities and one can move in almost with just their luggage.
Chen Ruifeng had already helped move the items from the original single cadres' dormitory before the two of them arrived here.
The room was also cleaned very well.
Amidst the whispers, Su Qing and Lu Xingchen walked into their new home.
"What are your plans for the next step?" After packing up the luggage he brought back, Lu Xingchen poured Su Qing a cup of tea and also gave her a sunflower fan.
The weather is hot in this season, and the only way to cool down is to fan yourself.
Su Qing took a sip of tea. In fact, she had been thinking about one thing in her heart. There were signs that the Revolutionary Committees in various places were gradually being abolished. Just now, when she accompanied Lu Xingchen to the county party committee's administrative office, she noticed that there was an office in the former production team's office area. She saw that the staff had hung up a sign of the Commercial Bureau.
This appears to be a sign of a renewed focus on business development.
And in the staff bulletin board, Su Qing clearly remembered that the acting director of the Commerce Bureau was named Zhou Yitao.
Coincidentally, Zhou Yitao's room is the first room at the staircase on the same floor as Lu Xingchen's new dormitory.
Su Qing got the news when she went to the water room to fetch water and was chatting with a female family member of a cadre.
Seeing Lu Xingchen's question, Su Qing had an idea that flashed through her mind, but it didn't hurt to say it out loud, "I want to know the latest developments in the country's commercial development. By the way, Director Zhou Yitao lives at the foot of the stairs on this floor. Do you know him?"
"Director Zhou, he is my sister-in-law's brother-in-law and is currently undergoing a pre-appointment announcement. Why are you suddenly asking about him?" Zhou Yitao's wife is Bai Lanxiang, who is Bai Banfang's biological sister.
"Actually, I want to ask him if the policy allows me to rent a shop now?" Su Qing still said her intention, "If possible, I want to open a shop in the county town. As for what kind of business I can do, I have to ask Director Zhou to know."
"My sister-in-law was just talking. Did you really take her bet seriously?" Su Xingchen felt that the three conditions proposed by his sister-in-law Bai Lanfang were too harsh. He did not expect Su Qing to agree to them right away and was ready to implement them so quickly.
Su Qing wanted to ask whether Lu Xingchen and Bai Lanxiang had any contact with each other, but while they were chatting in the room, someone knocked on the door.
The person who came was Bai Lanfang, and behind Bai Lanfang was a girl whom Su Qing recognized, and it was Hou Linlin.
Jinggu County is so small that you can find acquaintances everywhere.
Su Qing felt emotional in her heart.
Moreover, Hou Linlin also brought Su Qing double skin milk. Su Qing helped her get her wallet back from the thief and rescued her from the trafficking group. Hou Linlin remembered Su Qing's kindness and was indeed a grateful person.
It turned out that Bai Lanxiang and Hou Linlin were classmates. Hou Linlin came to the county town today to do some business. The classmates hadn't seen each other for many years, but they happened to meet on the street. They saw someone moving just now. After asking, they found out that the person moving was an acquaintance, so they came to see what was going on.
After the introductions, the four people in the room got to know each other.
Su Qing also found out that Lanxiang’s husband Zhou Yitao was actually the younger brother of Zhou Yifu from Wan’an Farm.
This will be much easier to handle.
Su Qing explained her idea of opening a shop to Bai Lanxiang, but Bai Lanxiang was very smooth. She only agreed to help test the waters but did not promise to resolve the matter completely.
Of course Bai Lanxiang's words were well-founded. She said that my son Yitao's appointment publicity period had not yet expired and he was currently only the acting director. He had just changed departments and was not familiar with the new working environment.
The reasons are sufficient and the words are so tight that there is no room for error.
Even so, Su Qing expressed her sincere gratitude to her.
Later, it was Hou Linlin who helped to say some good words, and Bai Lanxiang finally agreed to convey the message and also kept a trick for herself. It was one thing to say, but whether it could be done or not was another matter.
The four of them chatted for a while. Hou Linlin saw that it was getting late and it was a bit far to go back to the town, so she got up and said goodbye. Bai Lanxiang also took the opportunity to say goodbye and went back.
"Your sister-in-law and her two sisters are really weird, one is greedy and domineering, the other is cautious and careful at every step. Even you have to be on guard against them." Although Su Qing said this, in this era, after being influenced and constrained by the general environment, such words and deeds are not surprising.
The next day, when I met Tang Zimo in the compound, he seemed to have heard some news. As soon as we met, he said, "Are you planning to go and look for a shop these days? I have a ready-made house on hand, and the location is not bad. If you are interested, I can take you to have a look."
Lu Xingchen had originally planned to go back to work, but after hearing what Tang Zimo said, he had no choice but to sacrifice his life for him.
Su Qing was delighted. At least Lu Xingchen cared about her affairs. She remembered that last time, he went back to work in the name of meeting Ru Mengyun. Although this matter had been confirmed,
But every time she thought of Ru Mengyun, Su Qing wanted to open her cunning spikes. As long as someone intended to hurt her, the hedgehog would forcefully open its body full of spikes.
After seeing the house, I found that it was indeed in a good location, just as Tang Zimo had said. It was located in the center of the county town, with main roads in two directions crossing in front of the door.
In addition, Su Qing also observed that the surrounding facilities are also good, and there is a large flow of people and vehicles, so it is a suitable place.
"If you need it, just take it." After Zhao Zimo said this, he wanted to hand the key to Lu Xingchen.
"We are not sure whether we need it or not. We need to wait for Bai Lanxiang's reply. It is not so critical." Su Qing was very satisfied with this. "Besides, we can't just take it for free. According to the market price, we should charge a certain rent. We still have to pay for it."
"Yes, brothers should settle accounts clearly. There can be no ambiguity in this regard." Lu Xingchen's opinion coincided with Su Qing's in this regard.
"Okay, now that you two are in agreement, I'm impressed by you!" Tang Zimo was originally a ruthless and principled man, but he grew up with Lu Xingchen and they had a close relationship, so he helped as much as he could in private. Since the other party insisted, there was nothing to say.