The entrance of the Logistics Department of the Lanzhou Construction Corps.
Zhang Hongcheng was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.
The old security guard didn't pay much attention to him and chatted with others about the inside story of Minister Liao's stroke.
There were also some kind-hearted comrades who secretly gave Zhang Hongcheng some advice.
"Comrade, since you've already made an appointment with Minister Liao, you can only go to Director Yuan, who works under Minister Liao, and try."
Zhang Hongcheng thanked the other party, but did not rush to find Director Yuan. Instead, he found the guesthouse of the Corps Logistics Department and planned to stay there first, and then use the guesthouse's phone to send the news back to the Northeast.
But when checking in, Zhang Hongcheng saw the waiter with a bitter face.
It turned out that Minister Liao had previously instructed that the food and lodging of comrades from the Northeast who came to collect debts should be recorded by the Logistics Department in the guesthouse.
But now Minister Liao has suffered a stroke, and I heard that his condition is very bad. Who knows if he can return to work.
If no one signs the receipt for food and accommodation, the responsibility will have to be shared with the waiter and the director of the guesthouse.
Seeing the waiter hesitating for a long time, Zhang Hongcheng could only consider himself unlucky and pay for food and accommodation himself.
Maybe Zhang Hongcheng didn't check the almanac before going out today, and these are not the only things that went wrong for him.
The room the waiter arranged for us was a double room, which was considered a good treatment in those days.
It’s not that Zhang Hongcheng doesn’t have money to live in a single room, but if he wants to live in a single room, he needs approval from his superiors.
There was a gay man who stayed in the double room first. He was very welcoming, but the smell of his feet was too strong.
The waiter covered his nose the whole time and ran away after saying only two words.
Zhang Hongcheng didn't stay in the room for long. He turned around and used the front desk's phone to report to Minister Li remotely.
But for some reason, the transfer either went wrong or the line was busy.
It was not until the end of the get off work day, when Zhang Hongcheng was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his chest, that he heard Minister Li's voice.
Minister Li was also surprised to hear that Minister Liao had suddenly suffered a stroke.
"Don't worry, I'll talk to someone first. Wait for my call."
He needs to confirm the credibility of the news with the Wei family first.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Hongcheng did not return to his room, but went straight to the state-owned noodle restaurant not far from the guesthouse.
After eating a bowl of local specialty Jiangshui noodles and chewing the distinctive pickled cabbage dumplings in his mouth, Zhang Hongcheng felt a little full, which finally made him feel a lot more relieved.
There was little green in Lanzhou City in the 1970s, and the whole city seemed to be filled with smoke and dust. When the sun set, the whole city was covered with red clouds accompanied by ancient city walls and buildings, which easily caused an inexplicable sense of desolation to surge in one's heart.
The White Pagoda Temple in the distance looks like an ancient painting in the sunset, and the Yellow River flowing quietly by the city is dyed a crimson color different from that of the south.
The entire Lanzhou City seemed to have returned to thousands of years ago in the light of dusk.
Zhang Hongcheng, who is still a southerner at heart, was stunned for a moment.
He also realized now that if he didn't come here to take a look, no one could truly understand what it meant to have "lonely smoke rising in the desert, the setting sun over the long river."
It’s good to just relax.
As he turned back to the guesthouse, he received a call from the Heilongjiang Province Corps.
The person who called was Minister Li's assistant, who told Zhang Hongcheng two things.
Let him continue with the process of claiming the outstanding debt, even if he can't get it back.
The Lanzhou Construction Corps will most likely send some extra supplies to the people sent from Heilongjiang Province as they did before to offset part of the debt.
The transportation needs to be reported in advance so that he can communicate with the Northeast Railway Bureau to bring the wood back along the way.
"Comrade Xiao Zhang, you must pay attention to this second thing, cough cough cough."
Minister Li's assistant seemed a little embarrassed to speak.
"Well, the freight train we temporarily dispatched to Lanzhou will be refueled with coal and water at the Yuncheng Railway Station in Jin Province as usual."
"On the way back to Cloud City, try not to leave the platform, and it's best not to speak with an accent..."
"Well, if, I mean just in case, someone comes to cause trouble, you should be a little polite and call home if anything happens."
Then the call was hung up neatly by the other party.
This left Zhang Hongcheng confused.
He understood that things in Lanzhou were left to fate, but what was going on in Yuncheng sounded a bit creepy.
Just after the communication call, the director of the guesthouse who had been missing for a long time finally showed up.
"Oh, how can this be so embarrassing? Come on, give the comrades from Northeast China a single room. I'll sign!"
The bosses above have already finished talking, so it will be easier for the people below to take action.
The director of the guesthouse was smiling widely and holding Zhang Hongcheng's hand tightly.
"Comrade Zhang, please get up early tomorrow so Director Yuan can take you to the warehouse."
Zhang Hongcheng smiled back politely, knowing full well in his heart - what are you looking at? Isn't it just picking out junk?
He had just fallen asleep in the single room for half an hour when the front desk clerk came to call him to answer the phone.
The call was actually from Chu Miaohong!
Zhang Hongcheng chatted with his girlfriend behind the waiter's back, and then asked her why she called.
Chu Miaohong had just received a call from Zuo Yuxiang at the forest farm, so she knew where Zhang Hongcheng lived.
Hearing his partner say this, Zhang Hongcheng immediately perked up. It was obvious that Minister Li's assistant had some things that were not easy to say to him in person, so he told him in a roundabout way through someone else.
It is very normal for accounting records to be offset between units these days, and few units will agree to actually pay the outstanding debts.
Minister Liao is an old friend of the Wei family and is about to reach retirement age.
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