"Hehe, well said. Don't worry, we share the same philosophy." Shan Mianzhi felt that Zhang Hongmei was becoming more and more to his liking.
Aunt Li brought over a pot of tea. Shan Mianzhi took a sip and exclaimed, "Good tea!"
Liu Jingze nodded in agreement, "This tea is really good, Hongmei. Pack some for me to take back with me."
“Aunt Li, give him whatever you have left. I don’t drink tea anyway.”
"Okay, this is the first time we've used this tea. I'll go get it."
Shan Mianzhi looked at Zhang Hongmei with amusement. This girl is so forthright?
Then the two of them explained some of the rules of the student council to Zhang Hongmei, as well as some deeper issues.
Zhang Hongmei was getting a headache just listening to this; it was a real pit of fire.
Zhang Hongmei looked at Liu Jingze with a mournful expression: Is this a trap for me?
“Hongmei, Zhou Jianwei is extremely cunning. You must be careful of him. He should have been the one to get into trouble this time, but someone else took his place.”
“We won’t have any contact. I also know that I’m just a nobody, and he won’t pay much attention to me.”
"But we can't let our guard down."
Then came news about some student council members, which Zhang Hongmei listened to attentively.
"Looks like only a few people this year are still decent. Aren't you all tired of scheming against each other? Brother Jingze, you're pushing me into this mess!"
Liu Jingze laughed heartily and stroked Zhang Hongmei's head, but Zhang Hongmei slapped his hand away.
"Don't you dare lay a hand on me! I'll tell everyone when we get back, and you'll get a beating for that! How dare you trick me?"
"Fine, fine, I'll get beaten up so you can see if that makes you feel better?"
Uncle Li came over to call us for dinner. The three of us went to the dining room, where Aunt Li had prepared a rather lavish meal.
"Uncle Li, where's the old man who delivered the flowers?"
"They've already left, and I've paid the money."
"I'll give you the money in a bit."
"No need. My monthly allowance is one hundred. Since you weren't here, I didn't spend any money at all."
“Alright, Uncle Li, come back with me this afternoon. There are still twenty rose bushes in Shuren Hutong, planted here.”
"knew."
"Jingze, Shan, let's wash our hands and get ready to eat."
Uncle Li and Aunt Li didn't come together, and Zhang Hongmei didn't insist on going along either. After all, it was normal for them to be uncomfortable with guests coming to their home.
“Hongmei, I will call you Hongmei from now on. I feel it’s more affectionate.”
“I think Zhang is more approachable,” Zhang Hongmei complained, “This guy is way too friendly.”
"Hehe, you think it doesn't matter, I think it does." Shan Mianzhi chuckled, not taking Zhang Hongmei's refusal seriously at all.
After dinner, Zhang Hongmei gave the key to the courtyard house to Uncle Li, and the three of them went to the study.
It was mostly the two of them talking, while Zhang Hongmei just listened and rarely offered any opinions.
I'm really not interested in what they do. And it's exhausting to think about sixteen different aspects of such a simple task.
The two didn't leave until 4 p.m., without staying for dinner. Zhang Hongmei was exhausted after the day.
This kind of brain-intensive work isn't suitable for me.
Zhang Hongmei received a notice on Monday that student council members would have a meeting at noon.
After lunch, Zhang Hongmei, Liu Jingze, and Liu Jingzhang went to the student union office together.
Zheng Wenhui was furious. Why hadn't she been selected for the student council? That way, she could have spent more time with Liu Jingze.
Today's meeting is chaired by Zhao Qingyuan.
"Today's meeting will focus on assigning tasks to the new members."
Vice President Zhang Hongmei is in charge of the student union's finances, assisted by Cheng Guangxu and Li Yunpeng.
Vice Chairman Zhang Pengfei is in charge of club activities. Wang Manli and Wang Weihua are advisors/assistants.
Chen Yanhua and Liu Guangyi assisted Vice Chairman Zhou Jianwei in overseeing school discipline. The students previously responsible for discipline continued to work under Vice Chairman Zhou.
Shi Zhimin and Tian Shuqin are now in charge of the canteen work under my supervision. It's the same as before; those who were previously in charge of the canteen work are still working with me.
Okay, everyone knows their job responsibilities now. Those who previously held each type of job should go and find their respective supervisors.
"You all need to hand over your work. Chairman, do you have any questions?"
"That's all. You two new vice chairmen should use this time to familiarize yourselves with your jobs as quickly as possible."
Zhang Hongmei already knew yesterday that she would be in charge of finances, which is relatively simple. She just doesn't know what the student union's financial work entails, or how much money is involved.
I thought it would be an easy job, but when my eight team members arrived, six of them carrying notebooks, I realized how naive I had been. I had been too optimistic.
Everyone introduced themselves, and three of the six people were from the economics department.
They are Hao Dan from the Economics Department and Liu Jiefang from the History Department, both sophomores.
Du Mingqi, a third-year economics student, and Yang Yongxin, a third-year literature student.
Yu Hongxia, a senior majoring in Economics, and Wang Jingchang, a senior majoring in Political Science.
Zhang Hongmei resigned herself to her fate and calmed down. She listened to her senior classmates give a brief introduction to the nature of finance work.
It turns out that the school allocates funds to the student union every year, but it's just a drop in the bucket. So, no one serves as the treasurer for long; they all need money. If they don't have money, how can they give it away?
Zhang Hongmei asked Yu Hongxia, a senior in college, "Can we find a way to make money ourselves?"
“Never before,” Yu Hongxia shook her head, then continued, “I’ve never told anyone I was making money.”
Zhang Hongmei was worried: "There's no income, only money being taken out. Where did the money come from before?"
Yu Hongxia looked at Zhang Hongmei pitifully and said, "There has never been a vice chairman in charge of this work before; they all resigned as soon as they took office."
"I knew it, I knew it, that smiling tiger wasn't a good person." Zhang Hongmei leaned back weakly in her chair, dejected.
Cheng Guangxu said anxiously and with heartache, "I still have some money on me, why don't you use mine first?"
Several people looked at him like he was an idiot, this fool.
Zhang Hongmei suddenly slammed her hands on the table and stood up. "Then let's find a way to make money ourselves. Look, our group has four economics majors. Aren't they hoping that we can find a way ourselves?"
"Yes, that's it, seniors, let's give it a try. I'll take responsibility for any problems that arise."
Wang Jingchang looked at the youngest girl, who was also his superior, with sympathy. "So, what's our plan to get the money?"
“Yeah, what can we do?” Du Mingqi also sympathized with his junior.
"Let's all think of a solution. It's getting late. Let's do the math here tomorrow at noon and brainstorm together."
Zhang Hongmei was also completely clueless. What should she do?
When Liang Yongmin and Wei Huaqiang returned to the classroom, they were quite surprised to see Zhang Hongmei looking so dejected. She hadn't looked this down since the start of the semester. Had this usually smiling girl also suffered a setback?
"What happened to Zhang Hongmei?" Liang Yongmin, being older, really wanted to help the young girl.
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