At the end of the conversation, Section Chief Zhu told her to report in tomorrow, first to go to the Labor and Personnel Department to complete the employment procedures, and then to the Household Registration Department to complete the household registration transfer.
When I heard that she was from Beijing, I didn't ask her about housing and other issues, but directly asked her to complete the procedures tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is the weekend, and she will have a day off and officially start work next Monday.
The working hours here are from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, with one day off per week, the weekend. Saturdays are usually a rotating shift system, which will be arranged later.
By the way, he introduced her to his other secretary. Before this, all his affairs were handled by Secretary Gao, a gay man in his 30s.
"Xiao Gao, this is Comrade Song Jin. Since she's still young, you'll be called Xiao Song from now on. From now on, you'll be in charge of traveling with me, going out for work, and other trivial matters. Xiao Song will be in charge of things within the company. In the early stages, you'll have to take her under your wing and teach her the basics. The rest will have to be learned through practice. She starts work next Monday, so please take good care of her."
Gao Lin couldn't believe it. The section chief actually hired another secretary. Fortunately, he still had his job, so from now on, one of them would be in charge of internal affairs while the other would be in charge of external affairs.
And since she could even be personally warned by the Section Chief, she must be someone quite important. It seemed like she couldn't afford to offend him in the future, and she had to be careful around him.
Thinking of this, he smiled and extended his hand to Song Jin: "Hello, Comrade Xiao Song, my name is Gao Lin. Let's take care of each other in the future. If you have any questions, feel free to come to me."
Song Jin also shook hands with him politely, but the touch was fleeting: "Okay, Secretary Gao, please take care of me in the future."
Section Chief Zhu smiled and then told her to go back and not to forget to complete the formalities tomorrow.
Gao Lin saw her out and along the way introduced to her which office belonged to whom, where their office was located, which door belonged to which department, etc.
Song Jin saw that although this man was talkative and had some ulterior motives, it was not a big problem, so he just nodded politely in response.
The next day she went to handle the formalities. The Labor and Personnel Department and the Household Registration Department were next to each other. Gao Lin had taken her there the day before to introduce her to the department and greet everyone inside.
So when she arrived, everyone there was very welcoming and helped her complete all the procedures quickly with a smile on their faces.
After finishing the work in the morning, Song Jin returned home in the afternoon and had a day off tomorrow.
It was in the evening of that day that the Song Ming brothers brought the news.
"Master, we have been investigating for so many days and finally locked onto someone."
Song Jin was surprised. He thought there was some clue, but he didn't expect that he could even lock onto the person.
"Tell me about it."
"Your father wasn't strictly an only child. We only found out through asking an elderly person that your grandparents once took in a girl named Qin Lili. She fainted on the street at 15 and was taken home by your grandmother. Later, it was said that her parents had died and she was sold to human traffickers by a relative. She escaped."
Your grandmother was kind-hearted and felt sorry for her. Your father was just 19 years old at that time and had never come back since he went to the army at the age of 17, so she adopted her as her goddaughter and let her live in your house.
Two years later, your father returned, bringing your mother with him. It was said that he had already filed a marriage registration and was coming back for the wedding. Qin Lili was already 17 years old at the time. She had seen your father's photo while she was home, and perhaps out of pure affection, or perhaps because she wanted to stay in this family forever, she had been subtly telling your grandmother that she wanted to marry your father in the future.
Having said that, Song Ming looked up at Song Jin.
She had no expression on her face, as if she was listening to a story. When she saw him looking at her, she didn't say anything, but raised her chin to signal her to continue.
"Your grandmother also had this idea. Your father probably didn't hear about his relationship in advance, so Qin Lili always regarded herself as the daughter-in-law of the Song family. Unexpectedly, your father came back with your mother, and the marriage report was issued. All that was left was to get the marriage certificate and hold the wedding banquet.
When your grandmother found out, she felt she owed her and promised to find her a good husband and give her a dowry as compensation. Unexpectedly, Qin Lili was unwilling to do so. She took advantage of your father's drunken state and went to sleep in his room to force him to marry her, but she was discovered and stopped by your grandmother.
In the process of stopping them, she pushed your grandmother, causing her head to hit the floor tiles and she died on the spot. Your grandfather was also affected and fell ill and passed away a week later.
Your father was furious and reported the matter to the police. I heard that Qin Lili was arrested and sentenced to 20 years of forced labor at a Northwest Farm in 1950. By that calculation, she should have been released in early 1970.
According to the news, she seemed to have married a local farmer on the farm over there. She had gone out several times in recent years, and the letter of introduction said that she came to Beijing to look for relatives.
I suspect she happened to be here that year, and after learning about your parents' deaths, she might have somehow found out you had such distant relatives, and then found a way to contact them. Whether the Li mother and son are truly your relatives remains to be investigated, and her motive for all this is revenge."
After listening to this, Song Jin went through the original owner's memory again. Her parents had never mentioned Qin Lili, and she always thought that her father was an only child.
There is not much text about her in this book, and her family situation is never mentioned.
"Where is Qin Lili now?"
"Her letter of introduction probably won't be valid for long. Ever since the Li mother and son arrived, she's returned to the Northwest Farm. There's no record of her coming to Beijing in the past two years."
"Since she did all this, I don't believe she didn't consider herself. It's impossible that she really did it to make the Li mother and son, who are completely unrelated to her, come all the way here to enjoy themselves. Could it be that she really did it just to make me suffer?"
"We find this strange, too. According to what we've learned, the family she married into was a local farm owner, but with many brothers, life was difficult. If she did this for the money, we could understand it. But the fact that she asked someone to take over your home and work is beyond our comprehension."
"She's definitely not that simple. Keep trying to find a way to investigate. I'll be starting work at China National Radio the day after tomorrow, so I won't have this much freedom anymore. If you have any news, come to me in the evening or on the weekend."
"Okay, no problem."
Afterwards, Song Jin gave them another five hundred yuan.
"This money will be used as your expenses for your daily work, gathering information, and networking. There's one more thing you can do while you're there. Look for houses in Beijing. Siheyuan, large courtyards, and Western-style buildings in the main urban area are all fine. But you have to ensure that there are no problems with the transfer of ownership and that there are no property rights involved."
The three of them happily took the money and promised to investigate carefully.
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