I don’t know whether Mr. Cao listened or not. On New Year’s Day, after sending off relatives and friends who came to pay New Year’s greetings, the house kept ringing with calls. Some people who lived far away also called to say Happy New Year and good luck to each other.
In the next half month, I received calls every day, but the number of calls decreased a lot.
After the Chinese New Year, Zhong Yuxiu received a call from Xi Nian while she was in a carefree state. As soon as she received his call, she knew something must be wrong.
"Comrade Xi Nian, why are you, such a busy man, calling me?"
"..." Xi Nian felt guilty, but smiled attentively, "Didn't you promise your boss to go to the Military Research Institute for guidance? When do you think is a good time? I can arrange it for you."
Zhong Yuxiu glanced at the children playing nearby, as well as Yan Guofeng, Yan Rushan, Wang Daya, Gong Zhaodi, and others. She sighed softly, "The higher-ups are really worried!" The Military Research Institute was probably facing more than just a bottleneck.
"Do you count the days?"
"You're not sure, it's true!" Xi Nian said with a laugh.
Zhong Yuxiu didn't know whether she should continue with the next words.
Xi Nian didn't expect her to open her mouth, so he continued, "Since you agreed, the leader called me and also notified the military industry. But now, the notice has been issued, and I don't know when you'll be free. There are a lot of people at the research institute waiting for you to come over every day."
"You're the only one who can talk." He kept on talking, making it impossible for her to rest for a few days. "Five days later, let's talk. Let them prepare the questions they want to ask. I'll go over in five days and solve any problems I can solve right away. If I can't solve them, then just wait and see."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Xi Nian looked at the phone in his hand, shook his head and laughed, "He was so stubborn, but he finally agreed."
At this moment, someone pushed the door open. Xi Nian looked up at the person and put down the phone. "Why didn't you knock before coming in?"
"I'm sorry, Minister Xi, I forgot." The person who came in was a girl of about 27 or 28 years old.
Xi Nian frowned, "Get out."
"Minister Xi, I..."
"I told you to get out! Can't you hear me?"
The girl's smile was frozen on her face. "Minister Xi..."
"Get out, now, immediately." Xi Nian said coldly, not looking at her in a good mood. "By the way, call the person in charge of finance and personnel in the department."
The girl's face was pale and she seemed to have been hit hard. Under Xi Nian's cold face, she turned around and ran away crying.
Xi Nian didn't expect her to call anyone over, so she picked up the phone again and dialed the internal line. She called the person in charge of human resources. The person in charge of human resources was a middle-aged man. He was very respectful when he saw Xi Nian, and the difference in his affection for her was immediately apparent compared to the girl before.
"Minister, you called me."
"Well, sit down." Xi Nian pointed to the chair in front of the desk.
After sitting down, the man asked, "Did you call me over to tell me something?"
"Is there a girl in her twenties coming to the department?" Only staff members can enter their department. There are too many confidential things. Wouldn't it be bad if anyone can come in?
The man thought for a moment and nodded slightly. "Yes, there is one. She's a relative of a diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her name is Xi Wei. She studied abroad for a few years and returned to China. She's considered a returnee. She's good at foreign languages and was originally going to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I don't know why she ended up here."
"Send her back. Our department doesn't need such talent." Their work is very rigorous, and people who are not rigorous are not qualified to work there.
"Minister, may I ask, what did she do?"
Xi Nian said, "You didn't knock when entering my office, but just pushed the door openly. What do you think?"
The man's face changed. At work, who could be so innocent and treat their workplace as their home?
"I understand, Minister, don't worry, I'll do it right away."
"Well, we have to strictly control who's coming in. We can't admit just anyone. Diplomas are important, but so are character and upbringing. The people we're responsible for are different from those in other departments. We also handle more confidential information than other departments. We can't allow anyone who might arouse suspicion to come in, nor can we allow anyone who acts according to their own will. If, for example, I'm in a meeting today, or meeting an important person..."
There is no need to say more about the rest, men naturally understand these principles.
"You're right. I'll go down and send out the notice first."
"Go ahead."
Xi Nian watched him leave the office and the office door was closed again; the coldness on his face relaxed a little. Thinking of the five days that Zhong Yuxiu mentioned, he picked up the phone again, informed his leader first, and then called the research institute. After the notification was in place, he went on to do other things.
Hongxing Village, Yan family.
After breakfast, a little guest came - Nie Xi.
This little guest only came once during the Chinese New Year, to pay New Year's greetings with her parents; after that, she was said to have gone to visit relatives.
"The stream is coming!"
"Hello, Great-Grandpa Yan, Hello, Uncle Yan, Hello, Aunt Zhong... Hello, Grandpa Yan, Grandma Yan." Nie Xi called out with a smile.
When the strict father and mother saw her, they nodded and took their grandchildren to play. After half a month of getting along with them, the three grandchildren were no longer strangers to them, but felt very close to them.
It is true that grandparents are closer than grandchildren.
Even Mr. Yan felt jealous when he saw his great-grandchildren being so close to his son and daughter-in-law.
"Xiaoxi, come and sit down. Have you had breakfast?" Yan Guofeng waved at Nie Xi.
Nie Xi nodded and walked forward, "Grandpa Yan, I came here after eating. I wanted to ask you, I will come over when my brothers need me."
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