Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Zhou Xingxing was indeed very worried, not for any other reason, but because last night, Ruan Jisheng came to his house again, and this time not only did he come, but also brought his daughter Ruan Xiaoqing. At that time, Zhou Xingxing was excited and nervous.

Ruan Jisheng was willing to invest in his own career path, and even sent his own daughter to the company. I don't know how he told his daughter, or whether she was also interested in Zhou Xingxing. Anyway, after sending his daughter to the company, Ruan Jisheng found an excuse to leave.

When only Zhou Xingxing and Ruan Xiaoqing were left in the room, the atmosphere was a little awkward at first, but later they started chatting animatedly. They were all young people and had gone to the same school, so they had a lot in common. Before they knew it, they had been chatting for more than two hours.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhou Xingxing took on the role of a flower protector and sent Ruan Xiaoqing home. On the way back, the hands of the two young people finally touched each other. At that moment, Zhou Xingxing was very excited and almost couldn't sleep all night after returning home.

Zhou Xingxing knew that he was in love, but he couldn't extricate himself. He knew that if he wanted to marry Ruan Xiaoqing, he would have to do something for his future father-in-law. Therefore, he began to pay attention to the affairs of the Organization Department, intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, Feng Sizhe didn't know all this. He had too many things to do and wouldn't care about such a small matter.

Today, he was going to go to Huodian Township to check out the flood prevention preparations there. This was also the work he specifically asked for from Minister Jia Bin. Jia Bin was obviously very happy that Feng Sizhe was helping him share the work, so he handed all the flood prevention work in Huodian Township to Feng Sizhe and let him handle it.

There were many things to be handled in Huodian Township. Feng Sizhe had to bring along He Wenbao, the director of the county party committee office, and two very capable flood prevention workers. As a result, the car was a little full of seats, so Feng Sizhe left Zhou Xingxing at home to handle the family's daily affairs.

Li Shuang was the driver, and the group of five drove away. Zhou Xingxing breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, it was still very stressful to follow such a young and promising leader. Now that Feng Sizhe was gone, Zhou Xingxing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling..." The phone in the office rang. Zhou Xingxing took two steps forward and picked it up. "Hello, this is County Magistrate Feng's office."

"Hehe, Xiao Zhou, I'm Ruan Jisheng. How's it going? Has the leader left? You should be free at noon. Xiaoqing's mother wants to see you. Would you like to come to my house for a quick meal at noon?"

Since the first night visit to Zhou Xingxing's house, Ruan Jisheng realized that Secretary Zhou didn't like him calling him uncle, so he stopped calling him that and called him by his full name. The purpose of his call was also very obvious, which was to bring the two closer together. Of course, the premise was that he also knew that Feng Sizhe was not in the office.

Zhou Xingxing only hesitated for a moment before immediately agreeing. "Okay, Uncle Ruan, I'll bother you at noon." What a joke, there's no way I wouldn't give face to my future father-in-law.

When Ruan Jisheng heard Zhou Xingxing calling him uncle, he understood a lot of things. "Haha, OK, I'll call your aunt and ask her to prepare the meal. Haha, when you get off work, come directly to my office and we'll go together."

"Okay, Uncle Ruan, I'll come to see you later." Because Ruan was from a small county town, Zhou Xingxing's attitude towards Ruan Jisheng had taken a 180-degree turn.

After hanging up the phone, what should I buy for this first visit? Zhou Xingxing was very hesitant. After thinking about it, he decided to call Wang Hong, the director of the county guesthouse. Wang Hong is an experienced person and should know the twists and turns involved.

"Sister-in-law, I'm Xiao Zhou."

"Oh, Xiao Zhou, why didn't you go to the countryside with your leader today?" When Wang Hong heard that the call was from Zhou Xingxing, her tone was very enthusiastic.

"Haha, how can I compare with Director He? He is closer to the leaders than I am." Zhou Xingxing replied jokingly.

"Oh, Xiao Zhou, forget it. You are lucky, unlike our Lao He, who got promoted and had more things to do. He is away from home every day. If I had known this would happen, I would have continued to be the deputy director. At least I can see him every day, haha." Wang Hong was obviously trying to persuade Zhou Xingxing. She said this because she was afraid that Xiao Zhou would have some ideas. Which subordinate doesn't like to get close to the leader?

"Okay, sister-in-law, I'm open-minded. You don't have to enlighten me. I called you this time because I want to ask you for something." Zhou Xingxing really had no complaints about He Wenbao approaching Feng Sizhe, because they were not of the same age group, not at the same level, and there was no comparison.

"What's the matter? Do you need to ask for a word? Just tell me. As long as your sister-in-law can do it, I will try my best to do it." Wang Hong could tell that Zhou Xingxing was not interested in this, so she followed his topic and continued.

After organizing his words in his mind, Zhou Xingxing said, "Sister-in-law, this is what happened. I just met a girl. She is very nice. Today I was invited to her house. However, it is my first time to her house and I don't know what the rules are. So I thought that since you are here, you must know a lot about this, so I would like to ask you to teach me."

"What?" Wang Hong asked happily when she heard about this, "Which girl is so lucky? Tell me about it. Maybe I know her."

"Oh, sister-in-law, stop teasing me and just tell me." This was the first time for Zhou Xingxing in this regard. He was indeed a little thin-skinned. When he heard Wang Hong teasing him like this, he blushed.

"Well, that's good. Actually, there are some etiquettes for entering someone's home for the first time in our Dahu folks. For example, you need to prepare four boxes of gifts. What are the details... Forget it, I'll prepare it. You boys are clumsy and it would be bad if you forget something later." Wang Hong thought about it and felt it would be safer for her to prepare the gifts herself.

Zhou Xingxing was waiting for Wang Hong to say this, "Thank you, sister-in-law. Hehe, I'll get it from you later."

Zhou Xingxing hung up the phone happily and then took out a mirror and tidied himself up. After all, it was his first time visiting someone's house, so he had to pay more attention to his appearance.

After finishing his work while humming a cheerful tune, Zhou Xingxing looked at his watch. It was already forty at ten, which meant he would be off work in twenty minutes. Thinking that he could not let his future father-in-law wait for him, he took small steps towards the courtyard of the Organization Department.

In 1991, the Dahu County Party Committee building was still very old. In addition to the three floors of the main building, there were several small courtyards behind it. Generally, various departments worked here. It can be said that except for a few major leaders of the county standing committee, most of the other people worked here. Zhou Xingxing walked towards the bungalow belonging to the Organization Department.

Along the way, everyone greeted Zhou Xingxing politely and enthusiastically when they saw him. Everyone knew that he was a favorite of County Magistrate Feng. It was the case that a servant depends on his master. Because Feng Sizhe's influence in Dahu County is increasing day by day, there are even rumors that the position of deputy secretary Pi Taisheng is actually reserved for Feng Sizhe. For this reason, everyone now looks at the people around County Magistrate Feng differently than before.

Zhou Xingxing naturally greeted everyone politely. He didn't want to play the game of bullying others by taking advantage of his power. What's more important is that the leader doesn't like that kind of thing either.

Ten minutes later, he arrived outside Ruan Jisheng's office. There were only ten minutes left before the end of get off work, so Zhou Xingxing thought it was time, so he knocked on the door and went in.

As soon as he reached out to the door of Ruan Jisheng's room, which was marked with the title of Deputy Minister of Organization Department, he could clearly hear the sound of a fierce quarrel coming from inside the room.

"My opinion is still in favor of Comrade Du Kui. This is also what Secretary Sun meant. I think Lao Ruan, you just need to follow his instructions."

"Minister Niu, Comrade Du Kui's qualifications are indeed insufficient. He has only been transferred for less than a year, and he has been appointed as the deputy director of the Transportation Bureau. What will other comrades think? Moreover, the director of the Transportation Bureau's office, Liu Songtong, was called in for a talk a while ago. If we remove him at this time, there must be a good reason."

Zhou Xingxing heard the last voice clearly. It was Ruan Jisheng's voice. As for the first person's voice, he recognized it after listening carefully. It was Niu Daxin, member of the county party committee and director of the county party committee organization department.

Hearing the sound of people arguing about work in the room, Zhou Xingxing put down his hand and prepared to leave first and talk later, based on the principle of less trouble than more. But as soon as he moved, the people in the room had already discovered him, and he heard Ruan Jisheng's voice coming over, "Who is it? Why don't you come in when you are at the door?"

The future father-in-law suddenly spoke like this, and it would be awkward for Zhou Xingxing to back out, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "It's me."

After saying that, Zhou Xingxing pushed the door open. At this moment, the Organization Minister Niu Daxin was in the room with his back to the door, angry because his deputy disobeyed his wishes. When he heard someone coming in behind him, he immediately said without turning his head, "Get out, can't you see I'm talking to Deputy Minister Ruan here?"