After Xiao Fuxing filled the glasses, Xiao Qingyang and Liu Hang toasted each other.
"Vice Governor Liu, I will serve the people and benefit the people! This is the oath I made when I transferred to Suzhou.
But the current Sucheng is still far from the ideal standard in my mind. I really don’t want to leave now.”
The existing national policy has greatly restricted Xiao Qingyang, making him feel that it is difficult for him to perform.
"Deputy Governor Xiao, the organization knows that Brother Yang has just settled down in Sucheng and is getting married soon. If he has children in the future, they will definitely need the care of their family.
Therefore, after research and decision by the organization, you will continue to retain the position of mayor of Su City and concurrently serve as vice governor of Su Province.
Except for important meetings that you need to attend in Jinling, you can still work in Suzhou at other times.
If there are important matters in the department you are in charge of, you can send the documents to Suzhou. If there are urgent matters, you can communicate by phone."
It is not uncommon for a leadership position to become vacant and for the superior leader to take on the position temporarily.
But others are at most deputy governors and mayors, just like myself before Xiao Qingyang took office.
The mayor also serves as the deputy provincial governor, and his work is mainly based on the mayor's job. If the departments in charge want to approve documents, they have to come from the provincial capital to Su City. Liu Hang has never seen such a thing, let alone heard of it.
"Old Xiao, why do I feel so unreliable?"
"Vice Governor Liu, did the organization really say that?"
The old couple have been working for many years and the organization's decisions have always been rigorous. This time it feels like a joke.
"Isn't it just to accommodate your good grandson? He is now a national treasure. To make things convenient for him, the elders in the capital have gone to great lengths to accommodate him."
When Liu Hang received a call from his father, he was so shocked that he was speechless and even suspected that he had heard it wrong.
As the saying goes, righteousness cannot command wealth, and kindness cannot command the army. Those big leaders are in high positions and are decisive and ruthless. When have you ever seen them be so accommodating to a young man?
The old couple looked at each other and had a new understanding of their eldest grandson's current status.
In the afternoon, after seeing Liu Hang off, the family sat together and chatted.
"When I was on the Northeast Farm, my biggest wish was to have your charges vindicated. Even if I died, I wanted to die with a clear conscience. I couldn't bear the stigma, or I wouldn't be at peace even after my death.
Being reinstated was something we dared not even dream of. Who could have imagined that not only would you be reinstated, but you would actually advance even further, becoming the highest-ranking officer among your comrades?
After such a long time, Mu Xue still felt dizzy and had a feeling of unreality.
"How can they compare with me? It's my great honor to have such an outstanding grandson!"
Xiao Qingyang also came to terms with it. Since his eldest grandson's brilliance was so dazzling, he would just lie down as his eldest grandson said.
Just do it, he is your own grandson after all. As long as you get over it psychologically, there is nothing to be ashamed of.
"Grandson, call Wanru later. Wanru called you a few days ago, and I didn't know if I could tell her about your mission, so I didn't dare tell her where you went."
When Yang Baiyi returned home, Mu Xue was too excited. Then Liu Hang came and announced the news of Xiao Qingyang's promotion. Mu Xue was shocked again and only now remembered that Lin Wanru had called.
"I'll call right away."
After returning to Sucheng from Luoshui City, Lu Kai waited directly at the train station. The situation was urgent and Yang Baiyi even forgot to contact Lin Wanru.
Calculating the time, the two have been out of contact for nearly ten days. Since they confirmed their relationship, they have never been separated for such a long time.
After the call was connected, Lin Wanru on the other end confirmed that it was Yang Baiyi, and her tone instantly became happy.
"You did the Japanese thing, didn't you?"
Lin Wanru asked with certainty.
Japan announced that it would offer sacrifices to war criminals. Yang Baiyi went out to carry out the mission. The sacred toilet was burned to ashes. Yang Baiyi then returned home.
With Lin Wanru's intelligence, this matter was not difficult to guess.
"My wife is so smart. She can't hide anything from you!"
Yang Baiyi had no intention of hiding it from Lin Wanru, so he admitted it directly.
"Did the mission go smoothly? Are there any injuries?"
Lin Wanru didn’t care about the mission or what was happening in Japan. What she cared about was Yang Baiyi.
"It went smoothly, no injuries."
Next, the couple, who were suffering from lovesickness, chatted a lot in private. If their families were not around, who knows how long they would have talked.
The next day, Yang Baiyi drove a Hongqi car and went to Jinyun Villa to see if he needed anything.
"Comrade, the line is being built on the mountain, and passage is temporarily prohibited."
At the foot of the mountain, Yang Baiyi's car was stopped by two soldiers.
"Laying the line?"
Yang Baiyi thought about it carefully and confirmed that at this time on Qionglong Mountain, there were no factories or mines except for a few scattered villas.
"Which unit do you belong to? Where are you planning to build the line?"
Yang Baiyi handed over his military officer ID directly through the car window.
People in the 1970s were extremely principled. If you didn't reveal your military identity, these two young soldiers wouldn't care what car you drove and would definitely not give you any face.
"Hello, Commander. We are engineers from the Second Construction Corps. We have received orders from our superiors to lay the line for Jinyun Villa."
After looking at the officer's certificate, the two young soldiers saluted Yang Baiyi in the car with a standard military salute.
“How long do you expect it will take to get the line connected?”
When I was talking to Lin Wanru on the phone yesterday, I said that everything about Jinyun Villa was good except that it had no electricity. I didn't expect that the organization had already thought of it and set up a dedicated line for me.
"Reporting to the commander, the order from the higher-ups is that, at any cost, the line must be connected within five days and Jinyun Villa must be equipped with electricity and telephones."
Yang Baiyi now holds the rank of lieutenant general, which is higher than the rank of the commander of the Second Construction Corps. Naturally, the young soldier did not dare to hide it.
"Okay, I won't go up the mountain. Tell my comrades not to rush while working and to pay attention to safety."
Yang Baiyi was not in a hurry to go up the mountain, and returned home with a silly smile on his face.
Yang Baiyi was preparing for his wedding step by step, but the situation in Japan was in chaos.
Because the royal family and dignitaries were almost all killed or injured, ambitious politicians all set their sights on the vacant positions.
With the support of major financial groups, politicians are using their own means to occupy an advantageous position.
Gunfire could be heard almost every night, and politicians were assassinated by their rivals almost every day.
After brutal elimination, a new cabinet was finally formed, working hard to restore order in Tokyo and making intensive preparations for the imperial family's funeral.
The situation in Tokyo has just been brought under control, but big problems have arisen locally.
Several states and counties pretended to obey the new cabinet's orders, and the Ryukyu Islands, with the support of the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia, directly declared independence and wanted to draw a clear line between themselves and Japan.
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