Chapter 84

Chen Hongfu nodded and said, "Then go make the call. If they can come pick up a batch of bamboo weaving, and the village sees the money, their confidence will be a bit stronger too."

Su Xinghui nodded, returned to the Party and Government Office, and began making phone calls.

He first called Lu Zhenghong's home. The one who answered was Lu Xiaoya. As soon as Lu Xiaoya heard it was him, she said to him, "Su Xinghui, are you looking for me or for my mom?"

Su Xinghui certainly couldn't say directly that he was looking for her mom. Although he wasn't a master of romance, he still understood a bit of a young girl's psychology—if he said outright he was looking for her mom, she would definitely get angry. So he answered, "I'm looking for you. By the way, I'd like to ask your mom when she's coming next time. Our bamboo weaving factory has already woven quite a bit of bamboo weaving."

Lu Xiaoya said playfully, "Then what business do you have with me?"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course it's to thank you. The fact that your mom was able to come to our place is all thanks to your help!"

"Then how are you planning to thank me?"

This one really stumped Su Xinghui. After thinking for a long time, he finally said, "Anyway, you're still on summer vacation. Why don't you come with your mom? I'll personally cook a meal for you, as a way of thanking you!"

Lu Xiaoya said, "Great, great! You can cook too? Then I really must have a good taste of your skills."

Su Xinghui said, "No problem. Once you've decided when to come, I'll go buy groceries that day. I'll bring out my full skill and definitely make you satisfied!"

Lu Xiaoya said, "Alright, then it's settled. I'll call my mom to the phone now—she just got off work."

After a while, Song Qiaoli said on the phone, "Is that Xiao Su?"

Su Xinghui said, "It's me, Auntie Song. Our bamboo weaving factory has already woven quite a bit of bamboo weaving now. Roughly which day are you coming over?"

Song Qiaoli said, "These past few days the shop has been a bit busy, so I haven't gone over. How about this—we'll come the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow?" Su Xinghui said happily, "That's fine. The day after tomorrow I'll wait for you at the township government!"

After hanging up, Su Xinghui called Yu Gaoshan's pager again. Yu Gaoshan quickly called back. Su Xinghui asked him when he would come to Meng Hu Ling. Yu Gaoshan said he would come as soon as possible. Su Xinghui then told him to come the day after tomorrow, saying someone was coming to pick up bamboo weaving that day and they could go to Ye Zhugou together.

Yu Gaoshan agreed. Su Xinghui then told him about Xia Shisheng's situation and asked him to ask his uncle-in-law whether he could treat a patient like this.

Yu Gaoshan said he would call back after asking. After a while, he called again, saying Yu Maode said whenever he had time, he wanted Su Xinghui to bring the patient to his place for a look.

With this matter taking shape, Su Xinghui was still quite happy.

He went to Chen Hongfu's office again and told him that both Yu Gaoshan and Song Qiaoli were going to Ye Zhugou the day after tomorrow to sign the contract. Chen Hongfu was very pleased, said he would also go to Ye Zhugou the day after tomorrow to attend this signing ceremony, and asked Su Xinghui to notify Mayor Dong and Mayor Li as well.

Su Xinghui also told Dong Jianshu and Li Maofa the news separately, and they both said they would go to Ye Zhugou the day after tomorrow to attend the signing ceremony.

Of course they had to attend. The Meng Hu Ling of the past was like a pool of stagnant water—apart from a few oil presses, a distillery, and the highway section's quarry, there was nothing that could be called an enterprise. Now, all of a sudden, there were two more enterprises, and that could count as their political achievement.

Coming out of the mayor's office, Su Xinghui saw Jin Taihe. When this deputy mayor saw him, he had originally been about to head out of the township government, but he stopped his steps—clearly waiting for Su Xinghui. He still thought Su Xinghui would apologize to him one way or another.

But unexpectedly, Su Xinghui only gave him a courteous nod and hurried back to the Party and Government Office. This made Jin Taihe's face instantly turn the color of pork liver.

When Luo Ming'an came to find Jin Taihe in the morning, the commotion was no small thing—it made the whole township government know he had been beaten by Su Xinghui. Jin Taihe also knew that, with such a trivial matter, he couldn't do much to Su Xinghui, but getting Su Xinghui to apologize to him would still be possible, and that would also save his face.

Now Su Xinghui had no intention of apologizing to him at all. This put Jin Taihe in the position of a shy blade that finds it hard to return to its sheath. It was exactly the township government's off-duty time, and there were quite a few people in the yard. He always felt everyone had seen this scene and was laughing at him.

Jin Taihe stood there stunned for a while, snorted, and left in a fury.

Mayor Jin's mood was naturally very bad, but Su Xinghui wouldn't care about his mood. This Mayor Jin, relying on his seniority, had deep roots and a thick canopy in Meng Hu Ling, always pulling rank on his age, disrespectful in his old age—Su Xinghui owed him not a shred of goodwill.

Moreover, at the Party Committee meeting to determine the candidate for deputy director of the Party and Government Office, Jin Taihe had recommended Peng Kehong. This made Su Xinghui have even less goodwill toward him. A person like that—what right did he have to expect Su Xinghui to give him face?

As for why Su Xinghui knew what happened at the Dangwei Society meeting—did such a thing still have any secrets? Generally speaking, the day after a Dangwei Society meeting, everyone knew who said what at the meeting. This was the characteristic of Chinese officialdom.