After coming back from them, I started to show my affection to Liu Ping more diligently. I don’t know if their trick was really that effective or if Liu Ping didn’t want me to pursue her for too long, but she soon gave in.
I did not give her any less than the proper dowry. Just like my ex-wife, her family said before that they would just give her some money as a token of their appreciation, but my mother and grandfather insisted on giving the girl enough face. Everything was what it should be, and nothing was less than what was due.
Even though her family said nice things during the blind date, they would bring the girl back to my ex-wife no matter how much our family gave. My mother thought their family was reasonable, so she not only gave three turns and one ring, but also gave a betrothal gift of 300 yuan.
But when they got married, less than one third of the money was returned, and the rest was kept by her parents. My mother was quite angry at the time. Other families who sold their daughters would at least return half of the betrothal gift, but now this man who claimed to love his daughter actually kept so much.
I guess my mother was reluctant to give up the money. After all, if their family hadn't said that they would give it back as a dowry, my mother wouldn't have given so much.
The things brought back as dowry are all under the control of the woman, and our family will not let the woman use the dowry as subsidies.
I won’t say much about the past, but if my ex-wife had it, I think Liu Ping should have it too. In fact, because of my feelings for her, the dowry I gave her was a few points higher.
After she got married, she kept all those things for herself. She was also in charge of my passbook and my salary.
What’s different from before is that I now pay more attention to trivial matters at home after work, and my two children will tell me if anything happens.
My grandfather is very pleased to see that my family is happy now.
Later, when I reached middle age, I actually had a turning point in my career. Secretary Peng of the commune was going to be promoted. He wanted to build up some power of his own in our commune to support him in making more bold political achievements.
Unfortunately, the deputy secretary with the highest popularity is a conservative who is only waiting for retirement. Then he wants to find someone younger and more motivated to do practical things for the people.
That's when I caught his eye.
To be honest, I was a little panicked at the beginning. Before in the army, I had only been a squad leader at most. After retiring, I was a small group leader in the transport team, and later I became the team leader in the brigade.
Now they suddenly say they want to promote me to the commune. It is impossible for me to say that I am not panicked at all, because that is really the path to a career in officialdom.
With the encouragement of my brothers, I studied hard every day during that period. I either read books to learn about current affairs or followed Secretary Peng to learn how to handle affairs.
Secretary Peng said that I was a promising talent and told me to never forget to study, as only learning was the most faithful way to serve the people.
I took note of his words and have been implementing them ever since.
After I went to the commune, Liu Ping was successfully elected as the team leader.
In addition to emotional exchanges, we also often communicate about work anytime and anywhere. I can convey the above information to her in a timely manner so that she can make work arrangements in advance in the team.
By the time the meeting was held and the unified notice was given, she had already achieved certain results.
As my cousins’ businesses grow bigger, our political achievements can also serve as a backing for them, making their career base in Xi County more solid.
After Secretary Peng went to the county town, the country's economy gradually opened up, and collective economy became popular, especially collective economy based on villages.
Thanks to the support of my cousin and his wife, the collective economy of our commune developed the fastest. The rich helped the poor to become rich, and other communes followed suit and began to learn from our experience.
During that period, I took advantage of my cousin relationship to invite my cousin back and gave many lectures to the commune leaders.
My cousin said: "If we want to develop the collective economy, we can't just repeat a template, but we have to respect local characteristics. We can make snacks, we can do tourism, we can do handicrafts, we can do anything, as long as it reflects our local characteristics, otherwise why would people come to us?"
Regarding this characteristic economy, Secretary Peng, who was already the county party secretary, accompanied his cousin to conduct an investigation throughout Xi County and specifically asked me, the secretary of Heping Commune who was doing particularly well, to accompany them.
During that period, I had both face and political achievements. Everyone who saw me would praise me, and my spirits were getting better and better.
With the accumulation of one political achievement after another, my career path has become more and more stable.
In fact, Liu Ping might be more suitable for this path than me. Later, when Secretary Peng saw her, he said that he had misjudged her and underestimated her because she was a woman. If she were in my position, she would definitely do better than me.
When I was transferred to the county seat to be the deputy county magistrate, the former deputy secretary of the commune took over the position of secretary with tears in his eyes. Logically speaking, his qualifications were enough. If it were not for Secretary Peng's desire to cultivate talents who would fully support his economic reform, it would not have been my turn to take the position.
I asked Liu Ping if she wanted to go to the commune.
She said she didn't want to.
"I'm not as obsessed with power as you are. Haven't you missed the growth of your two children? If both of us are so busy with work, who will take care of the family? Grandpa is old, my son is about to get married, and my daughter is at a critical stage in her studies. Having you in our family is enough. I will guard this village steadily and wait for you to come back."
I will guard this village steadily and wait for your return.
That one sentence instantly calmed my heart.
My heart, which had been a little excited about being promoted to the county town, finally calmed down. I hugged Liu Ping tightly, feeling especially grateful for her contribution to this family.
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