CHAPTER 469: 469 TROUBLE

Qiao Jing nodded slightly, there are vegetables in the yard at home.

"Mom, both of us eat in the cafeteria. Shimin’s work is too busy, he may not always have the chance to eat at home. I’m hoping you two retire and come live here; I feel lonely at home by myself."

"I will retire when you have a baby."

Qiao Jing blushed, but she was also looking forward to the arrival of a child. After all, both she and Yao Shimin aren’t young anymore.

Father Yao worked with great efficiency; by the time Yao Shimin returned, several plots of cabbage had already been planted.

"Dad, it’s the train at 3 AM tonight, it’s a long-distance one passing through our area."

"Alright, the weather is cooler at that time."

"Dad, you should rest."

"I don’t rest at this time."

"Dad, there’s no more work to do at home, why don’t you rest for a while? I’ll go out to buy some snacks for you."

"Don’t bother, neither your mom nor I like them, there’s a dining car on the train, we can also have hot food."

Lu Weiqi’s family had dinner together in the evening, afterward, he took his wife home by bike.

This was their wedding night, and they were in their newlywed home.

Although it started a bit awkward, men have a strong ability to learn in this aspect.

Jiang Guangxing and Tian Mingyan felt like they found a spring after a long drought. Though they were married and had been together in the afternoon, the evening was still very passionate.

At two in the morning, Yao Shimin and Qiao Jing went together to send their parents onto the train.

The streets were deserted, and after returning home, they went back to sleep. With one more day off, they stayed home as it felt safer.

During Wednesday’s morning meeting, Qian Jun introduced his secretary Fang Xiangxue, a refined young fellow.

He also announced Song Qingqing as Vice Factory Director Jiang’s secretary.

Jiang Xinyu felt a bit embarrassed about wanting to resign; would it affect Song Qingqing? No, she had to arrange things for her before leaving, or she’d feel guilty.

After the meeting, Qian Jun called Jiang Xinyu, "Vice Factory Director Jiang, let’s go to the county for a meeting."

Qian Jun drove. Fang Xiangxue sat in the front passenger seat, Jiang Xinyu and Song Qingqing sat in the back.

"County Magistrate Tao asked us to come over."

"What’s the matter?"

"County Magistrate Tao is to be promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Committee, maybe there are things to explain?"

"Promotion is good news, issues we have could be resolved more easily, easier to talk to."

"Yes, I’ve been wanting to invite you for a meal since you returned, but County Magistrate Tao has been too busy lately."

Jiang Xinyu was moved, should she collaborate with Tao Juncheng? Back then, Wei Kaiyun rated this county magistrate highly, though Kong Demin wasn’t a threat to him, getting help from him seemed unlikely.

They arrived at the county government, Secretary Cao happily stood up to welcome them.

"Mr. Qian, Vice Factory Director Jiang, please come in, County Magistrate Tao has time now."

"Thank you, Secretary Cao," Jiang Xinyu said with a smile.

"Vice Factory Director Jiang, no need to be polite."

The two went straight in, Secretary Cao arranged for Secretary Fang and Song Qingqing to sit and have tea.

"County Magistrate Tao."

"You both are here? Have a seat, I’m going to the city on Monday, have some things to explain to you before leaving."

"Congratulations on your promotion, County Magistrate Tao."

Tao Juncheng nodded with a smile. They talked for over two hours in the office before coming out, Jiang Xinyu’s face showed nothing, but her mind was swirling.

This County Magistrate’s appetite is indeed big, this puts Qian Jun and them in a passive position.

They had lunch in the government cafeteria, the food was good now. But Jiang Xinyu felt disinterested.

After lunch, the two returned to County Magistrate Tao’s office.

This time Jiang Xinyu regarded herself as air, with Qian Jun in charge, she had no need to stand out.

They didn’t leave until four in the afternoon. "Vice Factory Director Jiang, shall we eat out today?"

"Okay, where to?"

"The place outside of town?"

"Sure."

Actually, Jiang Xinyu really didn’t want to go out, but it was inconvenient to talk there.

Since Qian Jun said the two should go together, the secretaries naturally got out of the car.

The two drove to the outskirts. The lady there saw them coming, "Just you two today?"

"Yes, what good food do you have, ma’am?"

"Tomorrow I’m planning to kill a chicken, since you’re here now, I’ll have my husband kill it tonight. Also, there’s a big carp."

"Ma’am, just those two dishes, we’re not in a hurry."

"Alright, I’ll brew some tea for you, wait a moment."

They went inside, sitting face to face.

"What do you think?"

"Qian Jun, I want to resign, with the two children gone, I really can’t stay here."

"Jiang Xinyu, you’re thinking too simply, you can’t leave now, unless you plan to hide away forever, otherwise you won’t have a job in the future."

Jiang Xinyu lowered her head, but she really wasn’t worried; living outside with her children also seemed nice.

Qian Jun saw Jiang Xinyu’s resistance, and shook his head, "The higher-ups won’t agree, you better continue working obediently."

"I’ve really had enough."

"But you’re a university graduate trained by the textile factory, it would have been possible for you to leave in the past, now it definitely isn’t."

Jiang Xinyu lowered her shoulders, regretting not refusing the textile factory’s salary then. Now she really doesn’t dare to leave.

"Alright, don’t be so dejected, life goes on the same."

"Will we continue to have good days ahead? It’s 20,000? I’m in charge of finance, it’s utterly impossible."

"I know, but not giving that money is a problem."

"Giving it doesn’t solve the problem? How will we account for it?"

"If needed, I’ll take out this money myself. No need to worry."

"If you give out this money, there’ll soon be another demand; what then?"

"So, what do we do?"

"Let’s come up with a pretext? Discuss in a meeting, if everyone agrees, we’ll release the money; if not, directly talk to County Magistrate Tao, we each contribute 2000, is that okay?"

"How to say in the meeting? They didn’t even want the secretaries present for this."

"I’m not sure either, this isn’t a small amount, we must discuss it in a meeting.

Why does he need so much money? Is it because we’ve been to Russia twice, he thinks we have money?"

Qian Jun thought, furrowing his brow, "It’s possible."

"If it’s a few thousand each person, I still have it, over the years raising two kids, not much is left," Jiang Xinyu murmured; even if the money must be given, it shouldn’t be handed over readily, or it’ll be an endless pit and constant trouble in the future.