Chapter 203 Fire
The atmosphere in the living room was serious.
Wei Yang was pondering whether his third brother-in-law's problem was serious.
Seeing his serious expression, the old leader comforted him, saying, "Don't think the worst about things and the outcome. Maybe he'll be out soon."
Wei Yang shook his head.
He had been to that place before, and he knew very well that with his third brother-in-law's status, he wouldn't have gotten into trouble unless the wind was strong enough.
He wasn't worried about his third sister's husband, but rather whether his third sister and her child would be implicated.
The old leader handed him the documents, saying, "Take a look."
The document's subject is the "Decision on Mobilizing and Organizing Urban Youth to Participate in Rural Socialist Construction" issued by the Communist Party of China (CPC).
After reading it, Wei Yang realized that the biggest impact would not be on this side, but on urban youth.
However, more educated young people from inland cities are expected to come to Xinjiang Province in the future.
The two discussed the current situation for a while, and Wei Yang expressed his concerns.
He grew up under the care of his four older sisters. His third sister was a very strong-willed person, but she was very kind to everyone in the family, especially to him.
The former leader said, "I'll keep inquiring for you, and I'll let you know if I get any news."
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Song Lubai was unaware of the larger political situation, but a major event had occurred within the supply and marketing department.
Vice Minister Lou was investigated by the authorities.
Yuan Lin, a trusted aide of Vice Minister Lou, was also taken away for investigation.
The incident happened very suddenly, and she was completely bewildered when she was called to the disciplinary office for questioning.
In the three months following the Lunar New Year, rumors circulated within the ministry that Minister Zhou and Vice Minister Lou were at odds.
These rumors are not just rumors, but facts.
One question after another came at her, and she could only answer them honestly.
She had never been involved in the affairs of the supply department when Deputy Minister Lou was in charge. As for who he invited to dinner, she honestly confessed, but she didn't go and didn't know who actually went.
It took nearly three hours from the time we went in to the time we came out.
She was still a little shaken when she came out, and she couldn't help but feel glad that she had found a way to temporarily go to the statistics department.
The investigation into Deputy Minister Lou was quite a big deal; Gao Liang from the Statistics Department was also summoned, and he wiped his sweat when he came out.
The atmosphere in the department was tense. After get off work, everyone was organized to have a meeting, and by the time the meeting ended, it was already dark.
After a few days of this, Huo Jie returned from her maternity leave.
Since there were no elderly relatives at home to help take care of the children, she brought her one-month-old baby to the office.
The baby's loud crying echoed throughout the building, driving everyone crazy.
Just as Gao Liang was about to lash out, Minister Zhou pushed open the door.
She said coldly, "Is the office a place for you to bring your child? If you want to bring your child, go home."
Zhou Mingying left, and Huo Jie cried with a flushed face.
The baby in the swaddling clothes cried even louder.
Gao Liang put down his pen, but ultimately didn't say a word.
He believed that anyone would have been so upset by Minister Zhou's expression that they wouldn't have been able to eat.
Huo Jie cried, feeling wronged.
She didn't want to bring her child to work, but if she didn't, no one would take care of her.
The man also has to work, and there are no elderly people at home who can take care of the child. She did want to spend some money to hire a nanny to help her take care of the child, but firstly, she couldn't find a suitable person, and secondly, she was afraid that if she hired a nanny, people would say that she was a capitalist.
After Huo Jie changed the baby's diaper, the baby was still crying, so she went to the corner of the wall, lifted her clothes, and breastfed the baby.
The child stopped crying once he started eating.
The suffocating baby crying finally stopped.
Gao Liang said, "You'd better think of a solution quickly. You can't bring your child to the office anymore."
These words left Huo Jie breathless.
Song Lubai arranged the organized documents and was about to tell Huo Jie what needed to be done when the door was pushed open and Dai Shuhua came in, saying, "Little Song, come back to the secretary's office quickly."
Song Lubai looked at Gao Liang, "Gao, you can still come to me if you need anything in the future."
Gao Dian nodded.
He was quite satisfied with Song Lubai. She could do everything well without him having to remind her. She completed the statistics and summaries without him having to remind her. No leader would dislike a capable and efficient person like her.
After telling Huo Jie the important matter, Song Lubai said, "Why don't you send the baby to the old dormitory supervisor first, and then breastfeed the baby during your work breaks?"
Huo Jie's eyes lit up. "Thank you so much, Xiao Song."
Song Lubai smiled and said, "Don't be so polite, we're all family."
Back in the secretary's office, Song Lubai joined the team that was auditing the accounts.
The clerk from the disciplinary office is here now.
Song Lubai said, "There are already so many people, why would you need me?"
Su Youwei didn't even look up: "I'm writing an article, the minister needs it soon."
Dai Shuhua was packing her things: "I'm going to a meeting at the office with my boss in a little while."
Guo Bo said, "The boss needs it by tomorrow morning. Look how many documents the transportation department sent. Stop talking nonsense. If you want to leave early today, hurry up."
Being allowed to participate in this matter means that she will no longer be implicated in Vice Minister Lou's affair.
It was almost 10 p.m. before we finished everything, and everyone in the room hadn't even eaten.
Guo Bo still had some finishing touches to make, so he told the others that they could go eat first.
The cafeteria was already closed, so Song Lubai took her ticket and went to Chunlai Restaurant for a meal.
In the middle of the night, while Song Lubai was sound asleep, she was woken up by Sun Hong.
"There's a noise outside, it sounds like there's a fire somewhere."
The night was very quiet, and the sounds from the surrounding area reached my ears clearly.
The two got dressed and went out, and sure enough, they saw a fire in the direction of the supply and marketing department.
When the two got closer, they found that a lot of people had already gathered downstairs.
People were going in and out, carrying water to pour on the fire.
The two quickly ran back to get a basin and joined the firefighting team.
After working for more than half an hour, the last spark was extinguished.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The three offices on the first floor were severely burned, and the two offices on the second floor were also left in a mess.
One of them is the secretary's office.
The table where Song Lubai had sat before was burned to a crisp.
All the documents and materials inside were burned.
She didn't know if Guo Bo had delivered the documents and reports to the minister's office in advance.
If it wasn't delivered...
Thinking of this, she perked up.
A fire broke out inexplicably at night, and coincidentally, it burned down the secretary's office, just as Lou Yuchun was being investigated.
It would be hard to believe there wasn't a ghost involved.
The next morning, Guo Bo saw the state of the office and immediately went inside to search for it. When he saw the dust in the drawer, he was devastated.
The fire started very strangely. When Zhou Mingying arrived, she looked at Guo Bo and asked him with her eyes if there was a problem with the information.
Guo Bo shrank back, looking miserable, and said, "I locked all the documents in the cabinet, intending to give them to you this morning."
The cabinet was burned to a crisp, and the paper inside was naturally burned to ashes as well.
Zhou Mingying's expression froze.
Her months of hard work were destroyed in an instant.
She looked at the rest of the people in the secretary's office.
Song Lubai saw suspicion in those eyes that were usually calm, shrewd, and wise.
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