However, he also has a younger brother, Su Mingde, who works as a civil servant in the neighborhood office.
No matter what, they are brothers. It shouldn't be a problem for them to lend some money to help out in an emergency, right?
Su Mingqiang rushed out of the house without even washing up.
He had to rush to the neighborhood office to intercept his younger brother before he went to work.
In front of the street office gate.
Su Mingqiang stood awkwardly at the bottom of the steps, watching the staff coming and going.
He stopped a young female employee.
"Comrade, is Su Mingde here?"
The female employee looked him up and down, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.
"Section Chief Su? He's on leave."
"Section Chief?"
Su Mingqiang's eyes widened.
"Isn't he just an ordinary clerk?"
"Just promoted to deputy section chief."
The female employee said impatiently.
What exactly do you want?
Su Mingqiang's heart raced; his younger brother had actually been promoted!
He hurriedly pressed for more information.
"Do you know where he lives? I'm his older brother; I need to contact him urgently."
The female employee looked at him suspiciously.
“You’re his older brother, don’t you know where he lives? Besides, officials’ addresses are confidential and can’t be revealed casually.”
In a moment of quick thinking, Su Mingqiang pulled out the last fifty cents from his pocket.
"Comrade, please help me, I really am his brother. An elderly relative in his family is sick and we urgently need to contact him."
The female employee glanced at the crumpled banknotes and pursed her lips.
"You think you can find out an official's address with such a small amount of money?"
But she still spoke softly.
"It's the staff quarters of the Metallurgical Bureau, but I don't know which apartment it is. You'll have to go and ask around yourself."
Su Mingqiang thanked him repeatedly and then turned and ran towards the Metallurgical Bureau's residential building.
His heart was pounding; his younger brother was living in the cadre housing!
That's a place only people of high status can live in.
At the entrance to the residential area of the Metallurgical Bureau, Su Mingqiang was stopped by the security guard.
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