Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"No, that won't work. You're out there alone and have plenty of places to spend money. How can I take your money?" Sun Li objected.

"What do you mean by 'yours' and 'mine'? I am your daughter. You raised me up, and it's time for me to show my filial piety. Don't worry, he treats me very well and has never treated me unfairly when it comes to money. Besides, that is the money I earned from filming commercials and movies, and I have the final say on it." Cherry was full of pride as she said these words. Feng Sizhe was indeed very good to her. The profits from the shares of Great Wall Motors alone were a huge sum of money, but she was unwilling to spend it. It felt as if she was coming for Feng Sizhe's money.

Hearing her daughter say that the money was earned by herself, she nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, my daughter has grown up and can earn money for her parents, haha, okay. By the way, although he treats you very well, you have to find a way to be independent and never rely on others, otherwise you will have no status and dignity in his eyes, do you understand?"

"I know, Mom. He is not that kind of person. He doesn't care about these people. Besides, your daughter is not someone who relies on others for a living. After all, I am a star now and my income is considerable." Cherry listened to her mother mention Feng Sizhe again, and she also had a happy expression on her face.

Feng Sizhe, who overheard this, shook his head. He was a little curious about the fact that Cherry's father was going to guard the gate, and thought that he would ask when he had the chance. If Cherry's father really encountered some unfair treatment, then he would definitely take care of it. This could be regarded as a way to repay the Sakura family.

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In the blink of an eye, it was July. During this period, Feng Sizhe often went to his grandfather's courtyard to help out, because the 80th anniversary of the founding of the army was less than a month away. As one of the most senior representatives in the army, his grandfather was obviously very concerned about this matter, so Feng Sizhe was also very worried about it.

Today, Feng Sizhe and his grandfather's representative Li Zhiyong came to the conference again to conduct research on the layout of the booth and the menus of the representatives during the meeting.

When Feng Sizhe and Li Zhiyong were checking the recipe, their cell phones rang. Feng Sizhe took it out and saw that it was Yingtao calling. He apologized to Li Zhiyong and walked to an empty corner nearby to answer the call.

As Feng Sizhe answered the phone and said hello, the sound of Cherry crying was immediately heard from the other end.

Hearing Yingtao crying, Feng Sizhe was at a loss, "What's wrong? Who bullied you again?"

In the past few days, the General Song and Dance Troupe has been working hard to rehearse some programs for the 80th anniversary of the founding of the army. As a member of the troupe, Yingtao has also returned to the unit and has been engaged in intensive and busy rehearsals. Now, when Feng Sizhe heard that she was crying as if she had suffered some grievance, he couldn't help but think of this.

"No, no one bullied me. I just feel a little uncomfortable. I feel better after talking to you." Cherry stopped crying on the other end of the phone, as if she felt much better after talking to Feng Sizhe.

"Okay, if it's nothing serious, I'll come to your place after get off work tonight. I still have work to do here." Feng Sizhe came to the venue today at the request of his grandfather to see the preparatory work. If he just left like that, he would not be able to explain to his grandfather.

"Well, you just work hard. I'm fine." After saying that, Cherry hung up the phone obediently. It can be seen that she still understands Feng Sizhe's work very well.

After a busy day, Feng Sizhe went to his grandfather's place with Li Zhiyong in the afternoon to make a work report. After receiving a satisfactory reply from his grandfather, he took a car to Yingtao. It was already night, and there were lights in the courtyard, so Yingtao should be at home.

Cherry came back very early today, but she didn't cook. Maybe it was because of her mood that she couldn't cook.

Seeing that they hadn't eaten yet, Feng Sizhe asked Li Shuang to go to the restaurant to buy some ready-made food. Then he hugged Yingtao and sat down on the sofa. "What's wrong? What happened during the day?"

"No... nothing happened?" Cherry said hesitantly.

"There's no way nothing happened, otherwise why are you crying? Okay, if you consider me your man, tell me, otherwise I'll leave here." Feng Sizhe looked at Yingtao and saw that she didn't want to say anything, so he simply used some tricks to scare Yingtao.

"No, don't leave." When Cherry heard that Feng Sizhe was leaving, she was a little scared and spoke out quickly.

"Okay, I won't leave, then tell me why you cry during the day." Feng Sizhe looked at Yingtao with some pity. From the moment he first saw her, his heart was full of love, but he suppressed his joy and didn't possess her. However, by some strange coincidence, he eventually became her first man. Now how could he bear to see her crying in front of him?

Under Feng Sizhe's guidance, Yingtao finally told the reason why she was so sad during the day. It turned out that her mother, Sun Li, was suddenly notified by the street office to be on standby. Her mother will retire in more than a year. If she is asked to be on standby at this time, wouldn't it be the same as letting her be treated the same as her husband? At this age, they are both laid off. You can imagine how they feel.

"What is going on?" He had heard a little about Cherry's father a few days ago. Now, hearing that even her mother had been treated unfairly, Feng Sizhe also became curious about what had happened.

"It's like this." Cherry leaned on Feng Sizhe's shoulder and told him about her mother's call today.

Sun Li stayed in Kyoto for more than a week. Seeing that her daughter was living well and Feng Sizhe was really good to her daughter, she left with peace of mind. After returning home, she wanted to take her husband to travel around the country while her legs were still good, as her daughter wanted. For this idea, she wrote a leave report and handed it to the leader of the street office after returning home.

The leader didn't say anything at the time, just said to study it. But who knew that in the afternoon of the same day, their leader suddenly called her over and told Sun Li that she would not have to come to work after this leave.

Sun Li was very puzzled. Her husband was the deputy director of the county government office after all, which meant he was a small leader. Over the years, she had never used her husband's status to enjoy any privileges. She had never even taken a holiday except for the Chinese New Year. Now she just wanted to accompany her husband and ease his mood, so she wanted to take a month-long vacation. But why was she not allowed?

If they said they didn't approve it, then that would be fine, but why did they want her to be laid off as well? On what basis? In this way, he would have to pay for more than a year's pension before he could officially retire. Isn't this bullying?

She wanted to talk to her boss, but the boss refused her because he had to go to the county government for a meeting. Sun Li, who was so upset, called her daughter to complain. In fact, she was just complaining and didn't think too much about it. She just knew that she couldn't tell her husband about the current situation. Otherwise, her husband would be laid off and she would be too upset and get sick.

After receiving the call from her mother, Cherry was naturally very upset. With nowhere to vent, she called Feng Sizhe. Later, she regretted it. Feng Sizhe was a very busy person. He had so many things to deal with every day. How could she trouble him with such a small matter? Besides, the money he gave her was enough for the family to spend for several lifetimes. Why did she mention these unpleasant things to him? Now, if Feng Sizhe didn't insist on listening, Cherry didn't want to say it anymore.

After listening to all this carefully, Feng Sizhe asked out loud, "What's going on with your uncle? You said he used to be the deputy director of the county government office. That's a legitimate cadre position. Why are you going to lay him off for no reason?"

Feng Sizhe couldn't understand. In today's society, civil servants are basically iron rice bowls. Unless you make a big mistake, you won't have to worry about your job for life. Besides, the deputy director of the county government office is also a deputy section-level cadre, which is not a low level for a small county. How can such a person be laid off? He really couldn't understand it.

"It's like this. My father is an upright man. He has been an official for decades. Everything he did was not entirely for the public, but at least he lived up to his conscience. He never accepted gifts from others, and of course he would not give gifts to leaders. It is said that people like him must not be easy to mix in the officialdom. Fortunately, he has a long career and is old. He will retire in a few years, so most people don't see him. Unfortunately, one time, my father came to the county party committee office from the county government for work. He wanted to use the machine there to rush a document that would be used in the afternoon. As a result, on this day, he saw Zhang Ying, another deputy director of the county government office, coming out of the office of Secretary Li of the county party committee in dishevel. Out of concern for his comrades, he asked if he was okay. But who would have thought that Zhang Ying had an unclear relationship with Secretary Li, and other comrades in the county party committee office also knew it. It's just that everyone knows that Secretary Li in our Tangche County is all-powerful, so everyone just pretended not to see it."

At this point, Yingtao sighed, "Think about it, it was people of my father's generation who were still not smart enough to ask this question. Since then, my father has been targeted by Secretary Sun and criticized in several large and small meetings. It just so happened that the director of the county government office retired. Zhang Ying wanted to be the director, but my father was his biggest competitor. As a result, Secretary Li wanted to remove my father from his position on the grounds that he only had a secondary technical school degree and was not qualified. Later, Uncle Dong, the head of the county organization department, oh, that is, my childhood neighbor, came forward to plead for my father, and only then agreed to let my father not retire directly, but go to the county government to guard the gate..."