Chapter 860: You don't understand this

"I know where it is, but... but I don't know which building and which unit it is specifically," Dean Wang said with a forced smile.

So Zheng Tulu told him the specific building and unit number, exchanged a few pleasantries, hung up the phone, and drove home.

Once Zheng Tulu left, Xia Jian was dancing with joy at home. He hugged his wife and said lovingly, "Wife, you are too amazing. This time, as long as I go to the Party School for training, when there is an opportunity for promotion in the future, the leaders will definitely consider me first. Wife, you said you helped me with such a big favor, how should I thank you?"

"Put me down quickly, there is still a baby in my stomach." Xia Jian's wife was spun around by him, laughing like a flower, and struggled to get down.

Only then did Xia Jian put her down carefully and asked with joy, "Wife, tell me, how do you want me to thank you?"

Xia Jian's wife furrowed her brows and thought for a moment, then said with a giggle, "Cook for a week."

"Alright, no problem." Xia Jian said, took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and went to the kitchen to cook. His wife sat on the sofa, turned on the TV, and ate melon seeds while watching TV. More than half an hour later, Xia Jian finished dinner, came over to help her sit down and eat.

After eating a few mouthfuls of vegetables, Xia Jian suddenly remembered something and said to her, "Wife, you said Director Zheng helped me with such a big favor, shouldn't we show some appreciation to Director Zheng?"

Xia Jian's wife thought for a moment and said, "Before you came back, I begged him for your matter. He said in advance: first, he doesn't want anything, and second, he doesn't want money. Besides, with your economic strength, giving him something too shabby wouldn't be very good."

"He doesn't want anything, and he doesn't want money?" Xia Jian repeated his wife's words and became a bit difficult. "If we don't show some appreciation, it wouldn't be very reasonable. Wife, what do you think we should do?"

"I think inviting Director Zheng to our home for a meal and having you accompany him for a few drinks would actually bring your relationship closer, which is more practical than sending anything," Xia Jian's wife thought for a moment and said with a faint smile.

"Isn't it too thin-skinned to eat at home? Besides, we can't make any delicious dishes at home, right?" Considering that Zheng Tulu often participated in various social engagements and was accustomed to a life of big fish, big meat, and mountain delicacies, wouldn't it be a bit too shabby to eat at home?

"You don't understand this. Director Zheng has eaten everything. He often participates in various social engagements outside. Eating outside would seem bad. We invite him to our home. It happens to be autumn now. You can ask your mother to dig some wild vegetables from the countryside when the time comes, and we will make him an authentic wild game meal. I believe Director Zheng will definitely like it. When the time comes, you accompany Director Zheng to drink well. In this way, Director Zheng will definitely deepen his impression of you, and if there are any opportunities in the future, he will definitely consider you first," Xia Jian's wife said.

Hearing his wife's words, Xia Jian's face immediately showed joy, and he felt this idea was not bad. "Wife, you are really amazing, you thought of everything. Alright, let's do it. When I come back from the Party School training, we will invite Director Zheng to our home for dinner," Xia Jian said excitedly.

"Yes, you call your mother in advance and ask her to dig more wild vegetables when she comes. We will keep some for ourselves to eat, and by the way, see if there are any local chickens in your countryside hometown and bring a few. Your wife is pregnant now and needs to nourish her body," Xia Jian's wife said with a coquettish, faint smile.

"Alright, I'll call now." Xia Jian was very obedient to his wife. He immediately picked up his phone from the table, called his mother in the countryside, and said loudly, "Mom, if you have time recently, go to the fields and dig some wild vegetables. By the way, bring a few local chickens from our hometown. Wan'er is pregnant and needs to nourish her body."

Zheng Tulu had already returned home. His wife and daughter were sitting in the living room and had already started eating. They were accustomed to Zheng Tulu not calling home when he went to deal with the numerous social engagements every night. Seeing him open the door and come in, his wife immediately stood up and said with a gentle, faint smile, "You're back? Tonight... tonight you don't have a dinner party?"

"Someone is coming to visit our home tonight, so I rushed back." Zheng Tulu took off his coat, handed it to his wife along with his briefcase, and sat down on the sofa.

His wife said "Oh," turned around to smooth his coat, hung it on the coat rack, helped him take his briefcase into the bedroom and put it on the nightstand, walked up, and asked him with a faint smile, "Who is coming to visit our home tonight?"

"Dean Wang from the hospital across the wall from the Construction Committee. Last time he wanted to buy a house but didn't have enough funds, so he begged me for help. I greeted President Zhang and implemented this matter. He said he would come to our home tonight to thank me in person," Zheng Tulu said. His wife took a pair of chopsticks, handed them to him, served him a bowl of rice, and handed it over before sitting down to eat together as a family.

Zheng Ru asked him, "Dad, has the unit decided who to send to the Party School for training?"

Zheng Tulu stopped his chopsticks, tilted his face, and asked with his thick eyebrows raised slightly, "Why? Have you changed your mind again?"

Zheng Ru said, "What mind have I changed? I said I'm not going. If I don't go, those new colleagues in the unit all look at me like they have a grudge against me. If I go, the prejudice will be even greater. When you retire, my days won't be easy."

Zheng Tulu sighed and said, "You silly girl, do you think others won't have prejudice against you if you don't go? As long as you are my daughter, people in the unit will have opinions. Forget it, anyway, you are a girl. Since you don't want to go, I won't force you. Let this opportunity be given to others who need it more."

"Does that mean the person has been decided? Who is it?" Zheng Ru took a bite of vegetables, turned her face, and looked at Zheng Tulu with interest. She knew that in order to go to the Party School for training this time, the seven or eight people who had just come to work at the Construction Committee this year had been fighting for this opportunity in private, plus the old comrades who had worked for other years. This only quota had been fought over until they were bleeding in private, so she was very interested in knowing the candidate decided by the unit.

Zheng Tulu said while eating vegetables, "It's preliminarily decided, but we still have to hold a Party Committee meeting tomorrow to study and decide."

"Who is it?" Zheng Ru put down her chopsticks with interest and asked.

"Xia Jian from your office," Zheng Tulu said naturally while eating vegetables.

Zheng Ru immediately raised her willow eyebrows and asked with confusion, "Why is it him? That person has a problem with his character and is very treacherous."

Zheng Tulu put down his chopsticks and said with a chuckle, "Daughter, you think too simply. In such a unit, who isn't treacherous? The officialdom is a battlefield without smoke, also full of dangers. Everything must be careful and step-by-step. If you aren't treacherous, you will be unlucky sooner or later."

"Alright, I know these are all your experiences. I didn't think that much. I just want to work hard and let others dispel their prejudice against me through my own efforts." Saying this, Zheng Ru changed the subject and continued, "Anyway, I think Xia Jian is too cunning and has a problem with his character."

Zheng Tulu asked with a chuckle, "Ruru, then who do you think should go? Do you want Zhao Desan to go?"

Zheng Ru pursed her lips and said angrily, "He can't go either, he is also a bit cunning!"

Zheng Tulu said this also to test whether his daughter still had fantasies. Seeing her reaction was very intense, he knew his daughter had already given up. Since Zhao Desan had a showdown with Zheng Tulu, the old guy knew that a forced melon is not sweet. His idea of political marriage had fallen through, and he had valued and loved Zhao Desan for a period of time in vain, which made him feel very angry. He hadn't thought about giving it to him from the beginning. Even if Su Qing had specifically called Zheng Tulu to greet him, he hadn't agreed to her face, but had played Tai Chi.

In Chinese politics, a strong dragon can always suppress a local snake. But Hexi Province is a place with an extremely complex political ecology, a single economic form, relatively backward development, and a rough and fierce folk custom, so the scene of a strong dragon not suppressing a local snake appeared. The former provincial governor sent by the central government fled in a mess under the joint squeezing of local officials. Zheng Tulu felt that as the head of the Construction Committee, even if Su Qing was the Minister of the Provincial Organization Department, he was the local snake in the Construction Committee, and everything in the Construction Committee was decided by him. As long as he recommended Xia Jian at the Party Committee meeting, others wouldn't have any objections. In this way, creating an illusion that it was the wish of the masses, even if Su Qing asked him, it would be easy to explain. ===== CHAPTER 861 =====