Chapter 3173: Enduring the Temper

Enduring his temper and driving very slowly behind Sister Wu's car made Zhao Desan lose all driving pleasure. He thought it would be better to find a driver to drive for him. In fact, when Zhao Desan was first entrusted with the task and came to the district to take office, the district construction committee had a full-time driver for the leader, but Zhao Desan felt that he wanted to go out to handle things, and always having an irrelevant driver following him and knowing his whereabouts clearly was inconvenient for handling private matters, so he took the initiative to dismiss the full-time driver.

When the car arrived in the city, Wu Min let the driver stop the car, dismissed the driver directly, and came over to sit in Zhao Desan's car. Zhao Desan was a bit surprised and asked Wu Min with confusion, "Sister Wu, why aren't you... aren't you sitting in your official car?" In Zhao Desan's view, Wu Min not sitting in the Audi A6 that symbolized her status, but sitting in his Passat, was a bit of a loss of status.

Sister Wu said, "It's inconvenient to have the driver follow."

So that's it. Zhao Desan nodded clearly, thinking, it seems that having a full-time driver means you don't need to drive yourself when going out, but sometimes it's inconvenient. Thinking that Sister Wu felt it was inconvenient to have her driver by her side, Zhao Desan misunderstood and thought Sister Wu wanted to be alone with him, so he asked Sister Wu with a wicked smile, "Sister Wu, where are we going?"

Wu Min said, "First go to Zhenxing East Road. There is a Laofengxiang Gold Store there. Let's go there to buy something first."

Zhao Desan asked with some confusion, "Are we not going to the memorial service?"

Wu Min said, "Yes, but it's too early now." After saying that, she looked at her watch and directed Zhao Desan to drive to the Laofengxiang Gold Store.

Speak less and do more in front of leaders; this is the truth of self-preservation. Although Zhao Desan was full of confusion, he held back and didn't ask why again, and according to Sister Wu's instructions, drove the car to the Laofengxiang Gold Store.

Sister Wu strolled around the store and took a fancy to a pair of silver bracelets, priced at 28,000. Sister Wu said, "I want this pair of silver bracelets!"

Zhao Desan just followed Sister Wu like a little follower, clicked his tongue, and didn't dare to speak.

Sister Wu watched the staff pack the silver bracelets, then handed the small leather bag she was carrying to Zhao Desan and said, "Go pay for it!"

Liu Desan finally understood that the reason Sister Wu dismissed the driver and wanted to sit in his car was for another purpose. Since Sister Wu had ordered it, and it wasn't his own money, Zhao Desan took the small leather bag to pay. At this time, Sister Wu suddenly stopped Zhao Desan. Sister Wu saw a brand-name watch counter nearby, her mind turned again, and she said to Zhao Desan, "Don't open the bill yet, let me see if there is a suitable watch!"

Sister Wu let the waiter introduce the watch styles, and under the waiter's coaxing, she immediately selected one. Zhao Desan thought to himself, this watch was definitely not bought for Sister Wu herself, because Sister Wu is a woman; secondly, it was definitely not bought for himself, because he was not qualified. Then there were only two choices: first, buy it for her husband; second, buy it to give to a superior leader.

Sister Wu took a fancy to a men's watch, priced at 8,000. Sister Wu said, "I want this one!" She also let the waiter pack it, and then let Zhao Desan go to pay for her.

Just in this store, Wu Min spent 36,000. Sister Wu's attitude of not even blinking her eyes really made Zhao Desan feel that he was too petty in his daily life.

Zhao Desan understood that Sister Wu must be taking the opportunity of attending the old leader's memorial service today to give gifts to a certain leader. If there were no connections, a woman under forty like Sister Wu would not be able to sit firmly in the position of the number one person in the Chanba Development Zone, just like a student taking a key high school exam; one foot had already stepped into the ranks of city committee leaders.

When Zhao Desan was paying, the cashier asked him, "How should this receipt be opened?"

Although he was the Director of the Chanba District Construction Committee, Zhao Desan was really experiencing such a thing for the first time. Although he was a department-level cadre, Zhao Desan had always been very clean economically and never spent the unit's money indiscriminately. Facing this question, he didn't know how to open the ticket either. He had the heart to go over and ask Sister Wu, but he felt that if such a simple little thing needed to be asked of Sister Wu, it would definitely give Sister Wu a bad impression, that he was a big fool who didn't understand anything. Didn't Sister Wu's meaning of dismissing the driver already make it very clear?

Therefore, Zhao Desan asked the cashier, "How many ways are there to open it?"

The cashier smiled and said, "There are two ways: one is to open the ticket according to the facts, and the other is to open it as office supplies." This cashier was clearly not experiencing such a thing for the first time and was extremely familiar with the billing method. Finally, she added, "If it can be reimbursed, then open it as office supplies." Because the cashier could already see that Wu Min was a leader, and Zhao Desan was just like her personal driver.

Zhao Desan said, "Then open it as office supplies." As for whether this kind of receipt could be entered into the district's accounts, that was the district's business.

After finishing these, Sister Wu ordered Zhao Desan to drive straight to Xijing City's Mingshi Garden. Zhao Desan finally couldn't help but ask Sister Wu, "Why are we going there? Are we not going to attend the memorial service?"

Wu Min raised her wrist and looked at her watch again, saying, "It's still early, let's go to Mingshi Garden first."

Zhao Desan realized that Sister Wu should have other things to handle, so he didn't say anything more, but obediently drove the car to Mingshi Garden.

Just as they were about to arrive, Wu Min called someone and said, "Minister He, this is Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu from Chanba District. Auntie is celebrating her birthday, and I have arrived. Is it still at Mingshi Garden?"

The person on the phone exchanged a few polite words and said, "Then you come over!"

Zhao Desan suddenly realized. So today, while attending the old leader's memorial service, Sister Wu also had to attend the birthday of this Minister He's mother. He couldn't help but laugh silently. In front of this surname, those crowned with the word 'Xiao' are generally the titles of subordinates. In front of city leaders, Wu Min is called Xiao Wu, and this Xiao Wu, when she arrives at Chanba Development Zone, she will call her white-haired subordinates Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhao, and so on.

Zhao Desan understood that Sister Wu was buying gifts for an old lady's birthday.

When they reached the destination, Wu Min put the silver bracelet into her leather bag and got out of the car. Zhao Desan reminded Wu Min, "Sister Wu, you didn't bring that watch?"

Wu Min said, "Don't bring that one for now. You just wait here! If there's anything, I'll find you. It will be over very soon."

Sister Wu's graceful figure entered the first floor of Mingshi Garden.

Zhao Desan drove the car back and forth many times before finding a parking space. Zhao Desan parked the car steadily. This time he paid attention to the surrounding environment. It was full of large and small black sedans. There were license plates from all cities under Hexi Province. The mother of a dignified member of the city committee and Minister of the Organization Department was celebrating her birthday. The number of people coming must be small, and they were all people with some real power in various cities. Like the Deputy District Mayor of Chanba Development Zone, Liu Deliang, he didn't even have the qualifications to come here, and they couldn't even send gifts to the door. They were all people in the circle, and the range was neither large nor small.

Zhao Desan admired his 'leader' in his heart, a weak female comrade who could talk to the Minister of the Organization Department of the City Committee. This point alone made Zhao Desan admire her.

Zhao Desan chatted with the driver of another Audi car next to him. The other party was the driver of the special car for the Minister of the Organization Department of the County Committee of Qinchuan County under the jurisdiction of Xijing City. The other party thought Zhao Desan was also a driver and was very open, asking Zhao Desan, "Do you want to be an official? Take this opportunity to pay birthday respects to the old lady. Maybe you won't have to drive anymore and go be a township mayor!"

Damn it, he really thinks I'm a driver! Zhao Desan muttered in his heart with a smile, chatted with the driver of the Organization Minister's special car for a few words, and still took out a mop to wipe his car.

Wu Min knew that Zhao Desan would be impatient if he waited outside for too long, so she came out of He Fengnian's house not long after giving the gift, took Zhao Desan, and went straight to the old leader's memorial service. Compared to the grand occasion at He Fengnian's house, the old leader's memorial service was slightly shabby. The biggest leader attending the memorial service was only a Deputy Mayor of Xijing City. Zhao Desan followed behind Wu Min, stood in the center of the mourning hall, and with a group of leaders from other units he didn't know, after listening to the Deputy Mayor's memorial speech for the old leader, followed the big team to look around the coffin placed in the center of the mourning hall, bowed and paid respects, then went to the gift-receiving office with Sister Wu. Seeing Sister Wu give a gift of 1,000 yuan, he absolutely couldn't give more than Sister Wu, as this would steal the leader's limelight, so he gave a gift of 500 yuan. ===== CHAPTER 3174 =====