◎Third update◎
"Comrade, are there any other registration points?" It was rare for Xu Shengjie to see his brother so passionate about something, and he didn't want him to be depressed, so if it really didn't work, he could go to a farther place to register.
The main reason for registering this time was that Xu Shengwei heard the news too late. Yesterday afternoon, he played table tennis with students from other schools. Because of his aggressive style, he won a lot of games. Immediately, someone joked that he should participate in the city-wide table tennis competition, maybe he could win a prize.
However, it was too late yesterday and it was well past the end of get off work, and today was the last day. Xu Shengwei originally thought that the time was just right and he would definitely be able to get the registration done before others got off work, but he didn't expect that the person in charge of registration would leave early.
"Only the Dongshan Stadium has one, but I don't know if it has been evacuated in advance." The Children's Palace goes through the city to the Dongshan Stadium, and the snow has not melted yet, so it is very time-consuming and laborious to go there. Even the bus has difficulty driving. Every morning, sanitation workers have to clear the snow. When there is severe windy and snowy weather, passengers have to get off the bus halfway through the journey to help clear the snow so that the bus can continue to pass.
The staff at the front desk of the Children's Palace kindly reminded them to avoid wasting their trip. "I guess it's too late for you to go there."
"Ah!" Xu Shengwei was very disappointed and hung his head dejectedly. He finally had hope, how could it end like this?
Yang Yan listened from the side and walked over to ask the front desk staff with a smile, "Xiao Ling, which department is the person in charge of registration from? What's his name?"
"It is said that the Education Bureau and the Sports Bureau jointly organized it. The two people who came to the Children's Palace to register today were from the Ministry of Education, named..."
"Don't worry, I'm not going to report you. I just want to see if I know you and help Comrade Xu Shengwei sign up."
"Oh, so that's how it is. It's Sun Ying and Feng Gonghe."
Yang Yan thought about it and came up with an idea. She turned to Liang Baozhen and said, "Why don't you give me the photos and information you want to submit, and I'll pass them on to you when I get home tonight."
"Auntie, do you know them?" Xu Shengya asked curiously.
"We know each other, sort of. Their chief was my father's former subordinate."
"Then I'll trouble you, Comrade Yang Yan." Liang Baozhen didn't know if it would work, but seeing that Yang Yan said it with certainty, maybe it really could work.
She had heard the staff at the Children's Palace talking about some leaders in the city from Yang Yan's family last time. The two staff members didn't know the details, they only knew that the family lived in the municipal party committee compound.
Liang Baozhen wrote down Xu Shengwei's information, which included his name, age, school and class, on a piece of paper. She also handed him his photo. "Xiaowei, why don't you thank your auntie?"
"Thank you, beautiful auntie!" Xu Shengwei seemed to be alive again! There is hope for the competition!
"Thank you, beautiful auntie!" Xu Shengya followed suit to thank her. She could see her second brother's brilliant smile, how great!
Five-year-old Chao Chao also parroted her mother's words and said in a baby voice, "Thank you, beautiful auntie!"
“Hahahahahaha.”
"My silly baby, who am I? A beautiful aunt." Yang Yan picked up her son, smiled softly, and tapped his nose, "Are you still learning to speak from your brothers and sisters?"
"Chao Chao is so cute." Liang Baozhen could tell at a glance that Chao Chao was someone who was raised with great care.
"Your baby will definitely be cute when it's born." Yang Yan glanced at Liang Baozhen's big belly and asked, "Is it coming soon?"
"It's less than two months." Liang Baozhen is also looking forward to giving birth.
"I think you two are both good people. If you give birth to a child, it will definitely be handsome."
They talked for a while, and Yang Yan saw that her son's calligraphy class was about to start, so she said goodbye and said, "We'll go in first. Don't worry about the registration. I'll give you the ID the next time you go to class."
"Okay, thank you!"
After Yang Yan walked away, Xu Shengwei jumped twice on the spot! He was so excited that his hands were clenched into fists, and even his hair stood up. "Auntie Yang means that I will definitely be able to sign up, right?"
"Probably." Liang Baozhen was worried that if it didn't work out, she would disappoint her brother-in-law, so she added, "But let's wait until we meet again."
"Don't be so excited that you can't sleep." Xu Shengjie had never seen his brother so excited before. How could he be so excited about playing table tennis?
Xu Shengjie rarely comes to the Children's Palace with his younger brothers and sisters. This is his second time. Xu Shengwei excitedly grabs his older brother's hand and takes him to the table tennis training room of the Children's Palace.
"Brother, look at me!" Xu Shengwei's eyes sparkled as he looked at the students who were training inside with infatuation, "Look how good they are. They are trained professionally and have coaches to teach them. They can practice serving hundreds or even thousands of times."
The more Xu Shengwei spoke, the more envious he became. He figured out how to serve, drive and spike on his own. He had never received any professional training.
"Last time your sister-in-law said that you can't sign up for these classes, right?" Xu Shengjie still had some impression.
"Yeah." Xu Shengwei's mood didn't stay down for too long, "But if you get a good ranking in the city's youth table tennis competition, you'll have a chance to get in!"
"No wonder you want to join so much, why are you waiting here?" Xu Shengjie saw that the kid who was about the same age as his brother, or even shorter, was training seriously, and he thought it was good, "Then you play well."
"good!"
Yang Yan picked up Chao Chao after calligraphy class and went back to her parents' home. Her father was a retired leader of the Education Bureau, her mother was the former head nurse of the Second Municipal Hospital, and she was married to □□'s son.
The two houses are not far from each other. The retired cadres have a separate family courtyard with two rows of towering trees. However, it is not yet the spring season, and the branches are covered with white snow.
"Mom, are we going to grandma and grandpa's house today?" Chaochao was a little excited. His grandma and grandpa loved him the most. There were many delicious foods at home. His mom didn't let him eat candy, so his grandma wanted to give it to him.
"Yes, go see your grandma and grandpa, and also register for brother Xiaowei. Do you remember?"
"remember."
Chaochao nodded. He had a good memory and hadn't forgotten anything.
After opening the door, Yang's mother Yue Lan took her grandson into her arms when she saw him, and sat him on the sofa with a distressed look on her face. "It's cold outside, didn't you give Chao Chao some extra clothes?"
"He's wearing warm clothes, but he says he's not cold. His hands and feet are prone to cold weather. If you don't believe me, touch his back."
"Oh, it's warm." Yue Lan glanced at the girl, "Why are you here today?"
The two of them just came here a few days ago, so it would usually take some time for them to come back next time.
"I came to see you guys." Yang Yan felt a little headache thinking about her cousin, "Mom, Qingqing went to see Wu Kai's father."
"What? Did she really go there?"
"Well, I don't know how her boyfriend got to know Wu Kai's father, and he even came to our house." Yang Yan's cousin Ding Qing had a boyfriend some time ago, and it was said that the two had discussed marriage. However, a year ago, because her boyfriend's younger brother committed a crime and was sent to labor reform, Ding Qing's parents disagreed.
Ding Qing's parents were both city officials. Her father was deputy section chief of the city's science and technology bureau, and her mother was director of the city's Women's Federation. They were prominent figures, so naturally they did not want to marry into a family with people convicted of labor reform.
"Qingqing, you're really something. His girlfriend's family is from the National Cotton Factory, right?"
"Yes, the son of the director of the National Cotton Mill." Yang Yan couldn't remember his name, only his last name was Chen. Last time, she had approached her in the hope that she could help the target's younger brother finish his labor reform and return to the city as soon as possible. Yang Yan's father-in-law was a □□. Although he was about to retire, it would only be a matter of one or two years, but he was still in office after all, and his weight was important.
However, Yang Yan married into a wealthy family, and she didn't want to ask her husband's family for help because of her family's affairs. Besides, helping a labor reform element would be digging a hole for her own family. If something went wrong and it was found out that something was wrong, her family would be implicated.
That's why she rejected Ding Qing and advised her not to get involved. After all, that man was just her boyfriend's brother, not even her boyfriend himself. How could he be so devoted to her?
Who knew that she had gone directly to Yang Yan's father-in-law to ask for help. Yang Yan's father-in-law had already retired, and when he saw his daughter-in-law's cousin coming to visit, he just said a few words to her casually, but didn't ask about these matters.
"Forget it, don't worry about it. I'll talk to Qingqing about it some other day. Can those who are in labor reform be released early? Qingqing is really confused."
"Okay." After Yang Yan finished her business, she remembered what she needed to do. She took out a piece of paper with Xu Shengwei's basic information and a photo from her bag. "By the way, Mom, a friend of mine's family wants to participate in the city's youth table tennis competition, but the registration period has passed. When Dad comes back, you can give it to him and ask him to help find Minister Qiu to add a place."
"What? Still want to use the back door?" Yang Chenggong had just returned from playing chess with a retired old man in the courtyard. As soon as he entered the house, he heard what the young lady said.
"Dad, I didn't use any backdoors. Your education bureau officials collected the registration points in advance. They said the registration would close today, but when I went there at around 1pm, they were gone."
Yang Chenggong looked at the lady and shouted, "Why didn't you go earlier to register? You had to go on the last day, right? You young people are just lazy and have to procrastinate."
"Then the scheduled registration time cannot be used? As public servants, aren't you supposed to serve the people well? We didn't go late and we didn't try to cut in line. Everything was within the stipulated time, which was reasonable and legal." Yang Yan has always been eloquent, and she left the retired cadre speechless with just a few words.
"Okay, okay, this girl is very eloquent, I don't know who she learned it from." Yang Chenggong couldn't resist and had to surrender.
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