The two packed their things quickly and had Xiao Liu drive them there first.
The three turns and one ring from her dowry were left at the new house, while the three turns and one ring from her betrothal gifts were left at the military compound.
The family already has three bicycles. Su Ti thought that Baichuan would use one to go to work every day, and she would bring the other one to the new house as a spare.
The rest was left in the military compound. Looking back at her current life, Suti felt it was a bit extravagant.
In the countryside, the entire brigade only had one bicycle, and that was obtained through various connections and favors.
When they arrive here, there are several vehicles at once, but they are basically not needed and can only be left sitting there.
Suti always remembers that this was achieved through the hard work and struggle of the previous generation, and that they are simply enjoying the fruits of their parents' labor.
She had to go to work tomorrow, and it was time to focus her mind on her work. Thinking about the plans she had made before the new year, she pulled Li Baichuan down to sit with her before he left.
"Grandpa, do you have a moment now? I want to ask you something." Suti was thinking about how to phrase it without sounding abrupt, since the matter hadn't actually happened yet.
"What? You ask." Marshal Li couldn't help but sit up straight when he saw Su's serious expression.
“Grandpa, last year at my workplace I compiled a lot of requests for help from surrounding areas to Beijing.”
"I've noticed that when people encounter difficulties with food, clothing, housing, or transportation, the first place they think of is Beijing. Does everything have to be communicated through here?"
Suti thought of what happened in her previous life; back then, it was indeed the capital city that took action first.
However, the head of the Li family had changed by then, and the old marshal's robust health might not be so good.
And then there was Dad, who had an accident, and even Li Ci ended up in a mental hospital. At that time, they didn't have a chance to deal with those things at all, but now none of that will happen again.
"Not necessarily. No matter where you are, you can only do your best. You can't rely on others all the time."
"It's not just Beijing; now everyone feels that life in the city is better than in the countryside, so everyone is trying their best to move to the city."
Marshal Li was puzzled as to why Su had brought up this topic. He thought about her current workplace and realized she was quite knowledgeable about many things in Beijing.
“Grandpa, when I was organizing the data before the New Year, I found that many surrounding areas sought help from Beijing, but very few were approved.”
"What are the general standards for approving these kinds of things? I see some things are very serious, but the Beijing authorities are letting them go unchecked, while others seem like nothing serious, but the authorities are taking action against them."
Suti thought that if someone were to line their own pockets and profit from it without doing anything practical, she would find it difficult to take action.
"There's no standard for this. Everyone's having a tough time, and it's not something one person can decide to help or not help."
"Basically, when people below seek help, the Beijing authorities will first screen them, then send someone to investigate, and finally decide based on the situation."
"The information you see is basically unfiltered. Some of it is exaggerated, and some of it is true but lacks fancy language and is therefore rejected."
"Of course, there were reasons for going to investigate. There were some things that were not clear in the middle. In the end, we reported back whether we could help and how we could help. There were explanations for all of that."
"Besides, we can't just blindly help others. Even among relatives, there's a principle of helping in times of emergency but not helping those who are already poor. It's the same principle."
Qi Feng didn't know what Su Yatou was up to, but he knew more about these things than his father, so he spoke up for his father.
He thought about Su Yatou's job; she was very perceptive, perhaps she had discovered something?
"What if it's a natural disaster? Investigating such things would be too late, wouldn't it?" Suti thought that by the time the investigation was completed, it would be too late.
In addition, with the current inconvenient transportation, insufficient supplies, and untimely rescue, it will definitely be too late.
"Natural disaster? No one can predict that. If it happens, Beijing will definitely do its duty without hesitation."
Marshal Li was puzzled as to why Su was so concerned about this. If there really was a disaster, it would be a matter of national importance, and how could Beijing possibly shirk its responsibility? Those old guys were still around.
“Grandpa, Dad, I’ve been organizing a lot of information and found that many disasters from years ago could have been avoided, but people didn’t take it seriously and their requests for help were inadequate.”
"In addition, some procedural issues caused a lot of delays, so I was thinking that the higher authorities should establish a special regulation on this matter."
Suti just wanted to get this matter done first; otherwise, even if she really wanted to do something, things would get too complicated and she'd be left behind.
"Su girl, tell your grandfather if you've discovered anything?" Marshal Li originally thought she felt that their department wasn't doing anything practical and wanted to find out something from them.
It seems she's considering reforms, which he supports. But why start with these natural disasters?
And what did she discover about these surrounding areas?
“Without my grandfather, I just saw many rejected requests for help and then I felt compelled to speak out.”
Suti couldn't tell them what would happen in six months, because they wouldn't believe him anyway.
"It's good that you want to do practical things, and it's also a good thing for the people. I'll bring it up at the next meeting."
Marshal Li thought that natural disasters should indeed be the top priority, since they are unpredictable calamities.
Suti had already prepared herself with her grandfather, and was already figuring out how to use her department to get this done.
She didn't intend to let her grandfather and the others take action, even though she had a way of bluffing that she knew the reason beforehand.
But if Grandpa and the others get involved, in the end, all others will see is the Li family, and only the old marshal.
In the end, people will just take it for granted that the old marshal protected the people during the war, and the same will be true now.
Suti is selfish. She wants to save people, that's fine, but she also wants to use this incident to gain a foothold in Beijing and then gradually step into the public eye.
In the future, people will recognize her as Su Ti from the Ministry of Development and Reform, rather than the old marshal's granddaughter-in-law.
Once she's settled down, like her father-in-law, and can support the Li family, that will be enough.
This road is too long. It took my father-in-law half his life to gain everyone's recognition and accept the Li family title. He also has to accept the pressure that the Li family brings to them.
Suti didn't want people to only say that Baichuan was not as good as his father, or to secretly compare him with Wei Bowen.
Even if he's nothing to her, others don't know that; they just think that if he were still in Beijing, things might turn out differently...
Suti didn't want Baichuan to have even the slightest chance of being looked down upon; she wanted to climb up the ladder, to climb up the ladder for Baichuan.
When others talk about him, they only say that his wife is amazing. But no matter how amazing she is, she still married him and is devoted to him. That takes skill too.
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