Chapter 187 Difficulty
Yang Lizhen, having received the news from Song Lubai, naturally couldn't stay any longer and went to find Chen Weiliang after leaving.
Faced with Yang Lizhen's questioning, Chen Weiliang frowned and asked, "So you're here to laugh at me? What does it matter to you whether I have a boyfriend or not?"
Yang Lizhen choked, "I didn't..."
Chen Weiliang: "You're not? Why are you asking me this? You're married, so can you please stop contacting me privately? What exactly do you want? Yang Lizhen, are you still a child?"
Yang Lizhen shook her head and said, "I can't live with him. I will divorce him."
Chen Weiliang said expressionlessly, "Don't come looking for me again."
It's true that I liked him before, it's true that being looked down upon hurt my self-esteem, and it's even more true that I don't want to have any relationship with him anymore.
As Yang Lizhen watched him walk away, she squatted on the ground, crying her eyes out, when her husband, Wang Yang, approached.
Wang Yang comes from a very good family and is a perfect match for Yang Lizhen. How could he be willing to suffer such a humiliation?
He sneered, "Then let's do as you say and get a divorce."
Wang Yang didn't give her a chance to speak and turned to leave.
As Yang Lizhen thought about the consequences her mother would face if she found out, her heart clenched uncontrollably with anticipation.
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Not long after Song Lubai and Sun Hong returned to their dormitory, they heard someone calling for them outside again.
Thinking it was Wei Yang, she was in a good mood, and then she saw Ma Song at the courtyard gate.
"Comrade Ma, what brings you here?"
After the two walked a little further away, Ma Song spoke up: "I heard that your supply and marketing department has set up a new office and is hiring. I have a cousin who is twenty years old this year. He just came from his hometown and hasn't been able to find a suitable job yet. Do you think you could help me out?"
The words were too blunt, leaving Song Lubai no room for evasion.
Song Lubai pretended to be stupid and said, "I'm just a small employee. I don't know anyone and I don't have the ability to assign work to anyone. You can have your cousin go to the office to register for work the day after tomorrow."
Ma Song said, "You know how hard it is to get a good job. Although it's not a permanent position, it's easier to get in if you have connections. Otherwise, with so many applicants, who would they choose to keep?"
That makes sense, but Song Lubai and he aren't close, so why should she help him by speaking well of him internally?
She asked in confusion, "Isn't your father-in-law from the power company? Why would he come to me for such a trivial matter?"
Ma Song was astonished.
He had already inquired about it; this Song Lubai was new, so how did she know about him?
His father-in-law is a leader, but if he asks him for help with something like this, wouldn't that make him seem useless? He should use his connections with his father-in-law wisely.
Song Lubai rubbed her hands and said, "Our supply and marketing department is a legitimate unit. We can just follow the normal procedures for recruitment. Let him go and register directly. I'm new here, so there's no use you coming to me. Comrade Ma, it's too cold outside, so I'll go back first. You should go back too."
Ma Song watched her leave, stomped his foot on the spot, and spat out a "pui" sound.
Song Lubai didn't care whether she had offended anyone or not. She was just a lowly employee with little power, and she had only met Ma Song once. How could she agree to such a thing?
It was another workday, and Song Lubai carried her cloth bag directly to the former supply depot.
The door to Vice Minister Lou's office was still locked, and Song Lubai was sitting in what used to be Yuan Lin's desk.
Before Vice Minister Lou arrived, people from the lower departments would either come to submit documents or come to discuss problems.
She categorized the documents, recorded the issues, and then, after Vice Minister Lou arrived, reported the documents and matters requiring his attention according to their urgency.
After running errands for half the afternoon, just when she thought she could finally take a break and sit down to study how to write the report, Deputy Minister Lou wanted to take her to the Grain Bureau again.
As he reached the door, remembering that Song Lubai didn't have a bicycle, Deputy Minister Lou waved his hand and said, "Alright, you don't need to go."
While it may seem prestigious to have someone accompanying you on business, what kind of behavior is it for a leader to ride a bicycle with a female colleague?
Song Lubai didn't know why Vice Minister Lou had suddenly changed his mind, but thinking that she had to submit her report on Wednesday, she sat back down in her chair.
There was never a quiet moment while I was sitting there. One minute someone from the storage and transportation department would come to complain that the invoicing clerk at headquarters wouldn't issue invoices, so they couldn't buy oil, and that wouldn't be able to buy oil, which would delay the dispatch of trucks to pick up goods; the next minute someone from the statistics department would come to urge me to sign the documents quickly; and then someone from the infrastructure department would come to urge the leaders to approve the funds quickly...
These are not things that Song Lubai can decide; she can only write them down and report them to her superiors.
From the issues raised below, Song Lubai could see that some problems had arisen after the merger of the two departments.
In the afternoon, Deputy Minister Lou returned with a pile of material lists and went to headquarters. Song Lubai was also assigned a task by her superiors, which was to take the lists to the finance office at headquarters to get a receipt.
Without a stamped order from headquarters, the storage and transportation department can't buy oil; without oil, they can't send trucks to pick up goods; and without goods, market supply is affected…
Lou Yuchun didn't wait for her and rode off on his bicycle.
Song Lubai carried her cloth bag and jogged back to headquarters.
In the finance office, Song Lubai placed the forms and notes that needed to be signed on the table.
The section chief wasn't here, and the staff in the office were so busy they didn't even look up.
"Go back now, we're very busy here. The section chief said that there were some unclear accounts between the supply department and the transportation department before, and we haven't sorted them out yet. Come back when we've sorted them out."
Song Lubai said, "The storage and transportation department is waiting for oil to come and pick up the goods. What if the market supply is disrupted if the goods can't be picked up? Comrade, if you don't give me the approval slip, I can't explain it to the leaders."
The man looked up at her and recognized her as the newcomer. He beckoned her closer and said in a low voice, "You're in a difficult position, and so am I. The key issue is that the accounts don't match. This isn't your responsibility, so you should go back."
The other party was very polite, but nothing they said was helpful to Song Lubai.
They refused to issue the approval slip, so she had no choice but to leave.
Before I even got back to the secretary's office, I heard arguing coming from the minister's office in the hallway.
Song Lubai turned and went downstairs.
The two departments merged, and she was originally recruited from the Commercial Department. Now that she's in the secretary's office, if Vice Minister Lou sees her, he definitely won't like the sight of her, especially since he just finished arguing with Minister Zhou.
Song Lubai waited downstairs, and Lou Yuchun came down shortly afterward.
Seeing his expression, Song Lubai stepped forward and said with a forced smile, "The finance department won't approve the slip, saying that the previous accounts were unclear."
Lou Yuchun nodded and said expressionlessly, "Come again tomorrow. If they don't give you the approval slip, come every day."
Although Song Lubai, who had mentally prepared herself to be scolded, was not scolded, she felt that the future was not going to be good.
She thought that was the end of it, but Lou Yuchun, who had walked up to the bicycle, turned back and said, "Come here."
When Song Lubai arrived, he said, "Don't go back this afternoon. Go and inform them... to have lunch at the Construction Hotel at nine o'clock. I need to discuss some work with them."
After listening to his explanation, Song Lubai nodded, "I understand."
Lou Yuchun looked at her and said casually, "The food at Jianshe Restaurant is quite good. If Comrade Song would like to try it, she is welcome to come."
Vice Minister Lou seemed completely unconcerned by her answer, and turned to leave after finishing his sentence.
Song Lubai frowned in place.
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