Chapter 78 Personnel Appointments and Dismissals
When I went downstairs, I saw my aunt. Breakfast was already set. When I greeted her first, she was surprised.
"Madam, are you up?"
Shi Ye nodded, a smile in his eyes, "Good morning, Auntie. Am I here earlier than Director Zhou today?"
Auntie didn't know the couple's complicated feelings. "Yes, Director Zhou is a little late today."
She is kindhearted and simple, always understanding their needs and providing them with more nutrition through her own cooking: "Is it because the weather is cold and the workload is too heavy for you? How about I make some hot soup for breakfast to keep you warm?"
Shi Ye of course waved her hand, "No, Auntie, it would be too much trouble for you in the morning. We can't eat too much."
Of course, such an excuse would not persuade the aunt to leave. "Madam, you are too polite. This is my job. It's not a big deal. You know, the elderly sleep less and get up earlier nowadays. It won't be a problem."
Shi Ye still felt that getting up too early in the morning in winter was too hard, so he came up with a compromise.
I really don't want to disappoint my aunt, "Auntie, let's do this, let's add a medicinal meal at night. We'll add it at night. We're all in a hurry in the morning, and a good sleep will make us more energetic than anything else."
The hostess has always been kind-hearted and has never made things difficult for anyone these days. She always smiles when you see her. Knowing that this is not empty talk, the aunt did not insist anymore.
Nodding, "Yes, ma'am."
Then he thought of something else, "Madam, do you have any preference for medicinal food recipes? I'll go get some today."
Shi Ye smiled lightly and placed the warm milk in his hand aside. "Auntie, you don't have to grab it. I'll make you a recipe for medicinal food. I know a little bit about this."
"I'll come back tonight and write it for you. It's cold, and it would be very hard on your health to go there by yourself."
Shi Ye gave the aunt another reminder, and the aunt was touched. At her age, she had experienced everything and knew the warmth and coldness of people's hearts best. The lady cared about her like her own family. It was her blessing to be able to work in such a family.
"Listen to my wife."
When Zhou Junheng finished tidying up and went downstairs, he only heard these last two sentences. He didn't know the beginning and the end, so he had no idea what the conversation was about.
When I asked them what they were talking about at the dinner table, I looked up.
Her bright and gentle eyes turned slyly, "I won't tell you. I'll keep you in suspense to maintain your anticipation."
Zhou Junheng nodded. Since the girl said so, he didn't ask any further questions.
"good."
Shiye blinked, his throat almost choking from the blueberry toast.
Although Zhou Junheng did what she asked, why did he sound so strange in this question and answer? He was too willing to accept advice, but his image and temperament were serious. So what was he trying to do?
Zhou Junheng handed her some warm water and patted her back gently, "Slow down, there's still time."
He told her about his morning schedule: "I need to go to Shannanhai this morning to attend a cadre appointment and removal meeting involving personnel transfer procedures."
"Then the schedule may be uncertain, and the length of routine meetings can be any length, so for lunch break, you can go to the family compound to rest without waiting for me. Cover yourself with a blanket and turn up the temperature."
"Will your position change?"
Although the man said a lot, Shi Ye was of course most concerned about him.
She suddenly quieted down a bit.
Zhou Junheng tucked a few strands of the girl's hair behind her ears. He knew she was worried, and it made her feel at ease: "No, don't worry."
"Father and grandfather talked to me yesterday. For me, my age and qualifications must be more solid. But the experiences of Qingping and Zhangzhou will not be erased. Right now, it's best to work steadily in Kyoto and take it one step at a time."
Shi Ye's nervousness finally subsided, and her voice was soft yet inexplicably firm.
"That's good. Just take it one step at a time. I'll be with you. I know what you're pursuing, and I'm proud of you. I'll always be by your side."
Zhou Junheng: "Okay."
…
Before reaching the office, I met the director of the publicity department in the elevator.
Dongyi Mountain in the suburbs is about to reopen after 7 months. It is a key focus in this batch of national application plans and carries out demonstration tasks. The Cultural and Tourism Bureau needs to cooperate with the publicity work.
"The Resource Development Department needs two people. How is your recovery progressing?"
Shi Ye is naturally not so special: "I'm much better now, Director. I'll take the intern over to see if I can help."
The director nodded repeatedly, praising her for being tolerant and understanding. He believed that if she went in again, she would definitely find the person, but it would just take time.
"Okay, Xiaoshi, just pack up quickly and in ten minutes, bring the intern downstairs and take the company bus with everyone else. After all, it's a mountain road with too many twists and turns."
"Well, thank you, Director. You are busy. We will be there soon."
Before I even stepped into the office, I heard someone calling Yang Shu again, but this time it wasn't to fix the printer or copy documents. It was to get me some water: "Xiao Yang, could you please get me a glass of warm water? I'm late for a meeting. Thank you, I'll buy you some milk tea later."
The help the girl asked for was not troublesome and seemed easy to do.
Plus her familiar and intimate tone.
Yang Shu had already stood up from his seat. "It's okay, I'll help you. Sister, you can go to the meeting."
Shi Ye sighed silently in his heart.
Xiao Yang is such an honest kid...
Shi Ye saw that she had finished receiving the water and someone else was walking towards her.
"Xiao Yang——"
This time they walked faster. Yang Shu's position was closer to her, and he reached her position first.
"Xiao Yang, pack your bags. The director asked me to take you to Dongyi Mountain to participate in the publicity work for the reopening of the scenic area with the publicity department."
Shi Ye's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and didn't seem much different from usual, but it was loud enough for office workers to hear without headphones.
Someone naturally asked, "Xiaoye, the director asked you to be in charge of this?"
Shiye nodded.
"Well, the director was very thoughtful. We met in the elevator. It's true that I took a long leave a while ago. Maybe he wanted me to learn more. This is a good opportunity to go on site to gain experience. There will definitely be a lot of room for growth."
"They even asked me to bring Xiao Yang with me to the site. Honestly, you can definitely learn more by being there than just sitting in an office. Young people can't just sit in their rooms daydreaming all the time. You can't go wrong by bending down and taking a look."
After saying this, Shi Ye was still concerned about Xiao Yang and reminded her, "Bring a bottle of water and lip balm. It's windy down the mountain and it's easy to dry out your lips."
They were also protecting the interns when they could be seen.
When Shi Ye said the last sentence, "The leader specially brought Xiao Yang with him," everyone who heard it understood it immediately.
This is still valuable, as the intern has a background.
No one else has this opportunity, only Xiao Yang has it, so she is different.
In fact, the interns are all in the Resource Development Department. They were not brought here because the director told Shi Ye that only two people were needed here, but she has now made appropriate changes.
But it just so happens that this kind of thing has always been a guess in everyone's mind, so no one will say it openly. Knowing human nature, they are naturally certain that it will not be exposed.
It was even more obvious that she must have heard the water being drawn just now. Speaking it out would definitely teach her more than just serving tea and water in the office. Wasn't it just a "reminder" to them -
Whatever you learn in the office is naturally taught by them. They don’t teach you anything and just do chores, so you don’t learn anything. Of course, you learn more in practice than sitting in the office.
But they still had to smile and nod, because their status was "taken care of", and they couldn't keep their faces down: "The leader is right, the scene is indeed different from our office. You going there can be regarded as the first to feast our eyes on it."
I just said it when I was young and didn't want to make things difficult for others. As long as they didn't cross the line and knew what was going on, everything would be fine.
"Okay, Xiao Yang and I will go explore the route for everyone first, and also experience being a wildlife travel blogger."
On the bus, everyone sat next to each other.
Most of them were familiar friends from the same department sitting together, and sometimes they moved some seats to the back.
I asked Yang Shu next to me if he got carsick, and after getting a negative answer, I went to the quiet second-to-last row.
The car started again, and Shi Ye was about to take out the wired headphones from his bag. This trip was quite sudden, and the Bluetooth headset was out of power.
Before he bowed his head, Yang Shu's cautious voice of thanks rang in his ears.
"Teacher Shi, thank you for what you did just now."
"Um?"
Yang Shu added: "Thank you for your tolerance and care for me these past few days. You rarely asked me to do those trivial chores and always tried to give me time to study."
Shi Ye smiled and looked at the little girl: "Well, you're welcome. You are short on time now, and passing the bar exam is more important. Then do this seriously. I'm just a small favor."
Yang Shu's voice lowered, "But I seem to... have not made good use of the time you gave me, teacher." She realized Shi Ye's good intentions, so she felt even more sorry.
"But I don't know whether I should refuse. I..."
Shi also expressed her dilemma: "You think it's only a few weeks of internship, it's not good to refuse, so just do it. We're in the same office, in the same department, we'll see each other every day, it's not good to refuse."
Yang Shu said nothing, but did not shake his head.
"But, Yang Shu, if you do things this way, you will never finish the work, even if it takes weeks."
"Do you really like doing these tasks? Serving tea, making copies, pouring water, fixing printers—these tasks can actually be done and solved by people in the logistics department. Or do you think you can gain a foothold in the office by helping them do these tasks?"
"No, this direction is wrong. The further you go, the further you'll stray from the right track. In the end, you'll just become a pushover who can be ordered around by anyone. And the next time you're rejected, your smile will instantly disappear."
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