Sun Manrou waved her hands repeatedly: "No, Third Brother, we can't do this! I just want to like Comrade Wen silently. I just felt so uncomfortable that I couldn't help crying. If only I had met him earlier."
As she said this, she covered her face and cried again.
Sun Wuyang's heart was about to be broken by tears: "Xiao Rou, don't cry, I said I would help you two be together."
Sun Manrou shook her head, tears flying out: "I can't let Third Brother do this. If someone finds out, Third Brother will be condemned by everyone. How can I bear it?"
"Besides, doing so will definitely hurt the target of Rugui, so forget it. I don't plan to get married in this life. I will be satisfied as long as I can watch Comrade Wen from afar."
Sun Wuyang was very disappointed: "Xiao Rou, you are good in everything, but you are too kind and timid! I have made up my mind about this matter, you don't have to worry. If someone finds out in the future, I will say that it was my idea alone and it has nothing to do with you!"
Sun Manrou bit her lip: "Third Brother, "Why are you so nice to me, wuwuwu..."
Sun Wuyang rubbed her head: "Silly girl, you are my sister, if I am not nice to you, who should I be nice to? You don't have to worry about this matter, I will go out and find out now."
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will not be in danger in a hundred battles.
He already knew enough about Wen Rugui, and what he had to do now was to find out about Rugui's target.
Only by finding out all the information about the other party can they discuss the next countermeasures.
Sun Manrou watched Sun Wuyang's figure disappear at the door, then raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, then washed her face and went back to the newspaper office.
Tong Xulu didn't know what the two Sun brothers and sisters were planning, and she was shopping with Secretary Zhuo at the moment.
Secretary Zhuo showed a shy look on his face: "Manager Tong, can you help me match clothes? I think you look good in any clothes."
Tong Xuelu thought to herself, "That's because I look good." She smiled and said, "Of course, no problem, but Secretary Zhuo is naturally beautiful. At most, I can help and give some advice."
Secretary Zhuo's face turned redder when he was praised, but his eyebrows flew up, and he was obviously very pleased.
When we arrived at the department store, because it was not the weekend today, there were not many people.
Secretary Zhuo had not taken a vacation for a while, so he got a compensatory day off today.
Tong Xuelu has been here for so long, but she has never been to a department store. The main reason is that she was too busy before. Later, she went to work in a hotel, and she had to ask for leave every time she went out.
Whenever she asked for leave, her salary would be deducted, and she felt painful.
Secretary Zhuo was obviously familiar with the department store. As soon as she entered the store, she took Tong Xuelu to the counter selling cloth and ready-made clothes.
The salesperson also knew Secretary Zhuo. She smiled as soon as she saw her: "Secretary Zhuo, you are finally here. New styles have been released in the past two days. I was worried that if you didn't come, all the clothes would be bought by others!"
Secretary Zhuo's eyes lit up: "What new styles do you have? Take them out and show them to me!"
The salesperson quickly took out the new styles. The pants were khaki bell-bottom pants, and the jacket was a long jacket with a nylon lining and shaping cotton.
Secretary Zhuo fell in love with it as soon as he saw it: "It's so beautiful. Manager Tong, what do you think of buying this set?"
Not very good.
Secretary Zhuo is petite, and when she puts on a long coat, she becomes even shorter. And those bell-bottom pants are eye-catching.
Tong Xuelu smiled and said, "Secretary Zhuo looks good in anything, but I think this style is similar to what you bought before, and it doesn't give people a sense of freshness. Why don't you change the style this time?"
She asked the salesperson to take out a short coat, a white shirt, and a pair of black women's suit pants.
Although the style is still a bit rustic, white and black will never go wrong, and the short coat will not make her figure look shorter.
Secretary Zhuo looked at the clothes she picked and showed a hint of hesitation on his face: "I have never matched like this before..."
Tong Xulu: "That's why I want to try it. At the last meeting, Minister Lin also told us to be innovative and not blindly conservative. The same is true for dressing. If Secretary Zhuo wears this to work tomorrow, it will definitely be refreshing."
When Secretary Zhuo heard that it was Minister Lin who said this, the hesitation in his heart immediately dissipated, and he took out the ticket and money and said: "Okay, I'll buy it!"
Secretary Zhuo originally only wanted to buy a coat, but now he wants to buy a whole set, and the cloth coupons he brought are not enough.
Tong Xuelu took out a stack of cloth coupons from her military bag without saying anything, "I have some here, Secretary Zhuo, take them and use them."
Secretary Zhuo was surprised to see that she actually brought so many cloth coupons with her, "Manager Tong, how did you save so many cloth coupons?"
Tong Xuelu: "I did save them, they were all sent to me by my boyfriend. He works in a scientific research center and usually gets a lot of subsidies."
"So that's the case, then consider these cloth coupons as something I borrowed from you, and I'll return them to you later!"
It was the first time that Secretary Zhuo heard her mention her boyfriend, and he immediately felt that the distance between the two of them had shortened a lot.
Tong Xuelu waved her hands, "Why return them, just take them and use them."
Secretary Zhuo saw that she was so generous, and he had a better impression of her.
After buying clothes, the two went to the shoe cabinet to buy shoes.
Tong Xuelu picked out a pair of T-buckle women's leather shoes for her.
A pair of leather shoes cost ten yuan, which was considered a luxury item. Tong Xuelu wanted to buy a pair, but there was only one pair left in the shoe cabinet, so she gave her shoes to Secretary Zhuo.
After leaving the department store, Secretary Zhuo took Tong Xuelu's hand and said with gratitude: "Xuelu, thank you so much for coming today."
She noticed that Tong Xuelu also liked the pair of leather shoes, but she gave them to her.
She remembered this kindness.
"Shall I treat you to a meal at the state-owned hotel?"
Tong Xuelu chuckled and said, "I work at the hotel myself, why should I ask you to spend money to treat me? By the way, is Minister Lin worried about something recently? The last time I went there, he seemed to be frowning all the time."
Secretary Zhuo curled her lips and said, "Minister Lin is worried about his father-in-law's family."
Oh no!
She just asked casually, but she didn't expect there would be gossip.
Tong Xuelu said calmly, "What do you mean?"
Secretary Zhuo was wary of Tong Xuelu before, but after shopping today, she already regarded Tong Xuelu as her best friend.
"It's Minister Lin's wife who wants him to get her younger brother into the Ministry of Commerce, but the positions in the department are so limited that even Minister Lin can't do anything about it."
Minister Lin can only transfer positions, but he has no right to add new positions.
For example, last time Minister Lin wanted Tong Xuelu to come and be his secretary. If Tong Xuelu is willing, it means that she and Tong Xuelu exchanged positions.
But she didn't know anything about hotel management, so naturally she didn't want to change. Fortunately, Tong Xuelu took the initiative to refuse.
Tong Xuelu nodded: "So that's the case. Minister Lin is in a difficult situation. Many factories and departments are not hiring now."
Secretary Zhuo nodded knowingly: "There are so many graduates every year, but there are only so many jobs. It will become more and more difficult for everyone to find a job in the future."
Tong Xuelu denied her words in her heart, but she agreed on the surface.
After the two separated, Tong Xuelu went straight back to the hotel.
Before, she wanted to let Minister Lin use the back door to get her a qualification to participate in the competition by giving profits to the Ministry of Commerce.
But that method was not the most reliable.
After all, the profits of beef balls and fish balls should go through the Ministry of Commerce. If Minister Lin directly asked for the profits but did not mention the participation in the competition, she would have no choice.
After listening to Secretary Zhuo's words just now, she had a new idea.
This time, she wanted Minister Lin to personally deliver the qualification to her.
**
When she returned home in the evening, Tong Jiaxin had already finished the housework at home.
Before, he regretted it and went on strike for a day to protest.
She said at the time that she would send him back to his hometown in Beihe, which scared the naughty child so much that his face turned pale.
Later, he still got up obediently to do housework the next day. After these days of "torture", the naughty child looked a lot more haggard and his face was thinner.
After washing the dishes, Tong Jiaming took Tong Mianmian to the study to study.
Tong Jiaxin walked awkwardly to Tong Xuelu and called her sister awkwardly.
Tong Xuelu looked up from the plan: "What's wrong? Just say it."
Tong Jiaxin picked his fingers, kicked the ground with his toes and said: "Sister, I really know I was wrong, just let me go back to school, I promise I will study hard in the future!"
Tong Xuelu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why should I believe you, what if you can't do it?"
Tong Jiaxin was stunned for a moment, his brows wrinkled: "I will definitely do it, if I can't, you can punish me by not being able to eat meat!"
Tong Xuelu shook his head: "Then it's the same as before, how about this, I can let you go back to school, but if you still fail the final exam this time, then go back to your hometown in Beihe."
Tong Jiaxin: "..."
Tong Xuelu: "You dare not "Didn't you say that with confidence just now? Or were you just talking, trying to trick me into letting you go back to school, and then not study hard?"
Tong Jiaxin shouted, "No, I'm not. I'm just worried that even if I study hard, I still won't be able to pass the exam!"
Tong Xuelu: "Your class teacher said that you are a smart person, but you just don't put your mind into studying. And if you don't try, how do you know you can't do it? Only useless people will keep making excuses for themselves!"
Tong Jiaxin was aroused: "Okay, I'll make a bet with you. If I fail the exam again at the end of the term, I will go back to my hometown in Beihe!"
Tong Xuelu tore off a piece of paper from the notebook, wrote the bet on it, and then asked him to sign his name.
Tong Jiaxin just shouted out with a choked breath, and now that he was asked to sign, his heart was pounding.
But once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. He knew that his sister was serious. If he didn't sign, he might be sent back to his hometown in Beihe tomorrow.
Thinking of the gang in his hometown in Beihe, he couldn't help but shudder.
He gritted his teeth and picked up a pen to sign his name.
Tong Xulu folded the "bet" expressionlessly and put it in the notebook: "Okay, the bet is officially effective from this moment. I will go to the school tomorrow to ask the teacher and the principal to let you go back to school. Whether you can go back depends on your luck."
Tong Jiaxin became more and more uneasy when he heard this.
What if the school doesn't let him go back to school?
The head teacher would definitely not say anything good about him, after all, he always talked in class and didn't listen, failed every exam, and even cheated last time.
The more Tong Jiaxin thought about it, the more he felt that he was such a jerk, and he wanted to slap himself twice.
Tong Xuelu ignored him and continued to make new plans.
When he went to bed at night, Tong Jiaxin was still thinking about school.
He tossed and turned in bed like a pancake, making Tong Jiaming unable to sleep.
"What's wrong with you?"
Tong Jiaxin: "Brother, I may be sent back to my hometown in Beihe."
Tong Jiaming turned over to prevent him from seeing the smile on his lips: "Don't you always want to stop studying? Then going back to my hometown to pick up pig shit is not a bad choice, at least I can get some food."
Tong Jiaxin: "..."Brother, you don't love me anymore!
Tong Jiaxin wanted to say something, but Tong Jiaming said he had to go to class tomorrow, and then ignored him.
Tong Jiaxin looked at the dark ceiling, raised his hand and secretly wiped away his tears.
He is really a pig, why did he feel that going to school was painful before?
In the darkness, Tong Jiaxin regretted it for the thousandth time.
**
Tong Xuelu naturally would not go to school the next day.
She asked Tong Jiaming to tell Tong Jiaxin's class teacher that Tong Jiaxin had recovered and would be able to go to class tomorrow.
Tong Jiaming naturally agreed.
She had already made the plan last night, but she had just met with Secretary Zhuo yesterday. It was obviously not a good idea for her to go to the Ministry of Commerce to see Minister Lin today.
So she planned to go there in two days.
The beef balls and fish balls were sold out yesterday, and they had to go shopping again today.
Tong Xuelu took Guo Weiping to buy beef.
The chef who sold beef took out a piece of fine beef leg and said to Tong Xuelu, "Manager Tong, why haven't you published any new interviews on your Honor Roll for a long time? Can't you find anyone to interview?"
Tong Xuelu understood immediately when she saw the beef leg in his hand: "It's not that I can't find the person, but you can't just interview anyone on the street to get on the Honor Roll. I have to investigate and check the person. I will only interview him after I make sure he is qualified."
Master Huang was shocked: "Is it so complicated? Doesn't that mean I have no chance?"
Tong Xuelu suppressed her smile and said: "Master Huang, you don't have enough confidence in yourself, do you? After a month of investigation, we think you are just right. It meets our standards. I was just about to tell you, Master Huang, but you brought it up now. "
Master Huang thought he had no hope, but he suddenly felt happy: "Manager Tong, I'm always available whenever you want to interview me!"
Tong Xuelu said, "Tomorrow, I'll come over tomorrow afternoon."
The wrinkles on Master Huang's face turned into flowers when he smiled. When he weighed the beef leg for Tong Xuelu, the same price was much heavier than usual.
Back at the hotel, several people started making beef balls and fish balls.
At noon, people who wanted to eat came one after another.
Old Master Wen used to come to the hotel frequently, but later he heard from Uncle Zong that he had high blood sugar, so Tong Xuelu advised him not to come every day, but to come over once in a while.
If someone else had said this, Master Wen would definitely not listen, but because it was Tong Xuelu who said it, Master Wen immediately became a very obedient and good student. The person
who got the number one today was a tall young man.
Tong Xuelu didn't notice him at first, but his eyes fell on her vaguely.
She has always been very sensitive to other people's gazes, so when the young man looked at her for the third time, she immediately determined that the other party was looking at her.
But if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. Since the other party didn't say anything, she wouldn't go up to ask.
Sun Wuyang came forward with a number in hand: "I want a spicy hot pot with all the vegetables and meat, and I want it spicy."
Meng Qingqing immediately quoted the price: "Eight taels of grain coupons and six taels of meat coupons, 73 cents for the vegetables, 81 cents for the meat and vegetables, a total of 1.54 yuan."
Sun Wuyang took out the ticket and money, walked in and found a seat.
When Meng Qingqing brought him the spicy hotpot, he smiled at her and said, "Excuse me, which one of the people outside just now is your manager?"
Meng Qingqing said proudly, "The young one, our manager Tong is not even 19 years old this year, but she has become the manager of our hotel. She is a very remarkable person!"
Sun Wuyang smiled and said, "She is indeed quite remarkable."
Tong Xuelu happened to see this scene from the window. When Meng Qingqing came out, she asked, "What did the guest ask you just now?"
Meng Qingqing answered truthfully.
The other party was not the first person to come to the store to inquire about her.
Because she was the first woman to become a hotel manager and she was young, people often inquired about her.
Tong Xuelu thought about it and felt that she might be too sensitive, so she put the thought behind her and didn't pay attention to the young man anymore.
The young man didn't do anything. He ate and left.
Sun Wuyang returned to the military compound in the evening and told Sun Manrou about the news he had heard in the past few days.
"Rugui's target is named Tong Xulu, 19 years old, and is the manager of Chengnan Hotel."
Sun Manrou was stunned for a moment: "Hotel manager? Isn't she a cook?"
Sun Wuyang shook his head: "That woman is quite capable. She started as a waitress in the hotel, and later replaced the position of the master chef. In less than two months, she became the manager of the hotel."
Sun Manrou frowned: "Does her family have any background?"
Sun Wuyang sneered: "Bullshit background! Both her parents are dead, but her former adoptive parents are... She works in the company, but she doesn't have any special background, and I heard that their relationship is not very good now."
Sun Manrou: "It seems that the Wen family helped her get the position of manager."
Sun Wuyang also thought so: "As long as a woman has a pretty face, that's the best skill."
Sun Manrou raised her eyebrows when she heard it: "Is that woman very beautiful? How does she compare with me?"
Sun Wuyang smiled and said: "She is comparable to you, Xiaorou, but she has no parents and three brothers and sisters who are burdened with oil bottles. How can she compare with our family?"
"Besides, you are Commander Xiao's godson, and you have talent and ability. Comparing her with you is simply overestimating her!"
Sun Manrou's eyes suddenly turned red: "But Rugui is so good to her and even uses his connections to help her become a manager. I'm afraid I have no hope."
Sun Wuyang: "Why do you say such sad words? Rugui chose her before because he hadn't met you yet. If Rugui knew you were so outstanding, he would definitely reconsider!"
Sun Manrou smiled slightly when she heard this.
Sun Wuyang asked, "How did you do in the interview with Grandpa Wen? I heard that Grandpa Wen likes to eat, so you'd better make some food and send it to him."
Sun Manrou frowned, "How can I cook?"
Sun Wuyang said, "I remember, a friend's grandmother makes delicious snacks. I asked my friend's grandmother to make snacks, and you can treat them as if you made them yourself and send them to Grandpa Wen."
Sun Manrou frowned, "Isn't this bad?"
Sun Wuyang: "What's wrong with this? If you don't say it and I don't say it, who will know it?"
Sun Manrou frowned and didn't agree. Later, she reluctantly agreed under Sun Wuyang's "coercion".
The next day, Sun Manrou took the freshly made snacks to the Wen family.
Tong Xuelu happened to come to the Wen family because Grandpa Wen said that Xiaoqi had grown up and asked her to take it back to slaughter and make braised chicken.
Tong Xuelu knew that it was actually Grandpa Wen who wanted to eat it, so she came today to make a delicious meal for Grandpa Wen and Uncle Zong at the Wen family.
Uncle Zong slaughtered the chicken before Tong Xuelu came: "I was afraid that you didn't dare to kill the chicken, so I asked Xiao Wang to kill Xiaoqi for you."
Tong Xuelu smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zong, I really don't dare to kill the chicken, Uncle Zong, take me to the kitchen..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw Sun Manrou coming over.
Sun Manrou also knew that the Wen family had two chickens named Xiaoqi and Xiaoba. When she heard Uncle Zong's words, her eyes suddenly turned red.
She covered her mouth with a look of disbelief: "The cock is so cute, how can you eat it?"
Tong Xuelu: "..."
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