Siheyuan: I just want to live

Hou Debang and Chen Feng and his wife chatted as they walked, and in a few minutes they arrived at the personnel department on the third floor.

After arriving at the Personnel Department, Hou Debang knocked gently on the door, opened it, smiled and asked an older woman, "Sister Zhang, is Director Wang here?"

Although the Personnel Department is called the Personnel Department, it is actually a deputy-division-level unit. That is why Hou Debang calls the head of the Personnel Department Director Wang.

Hearing Hou Debang's words, the middle-aged woman named Zhang who was sitting in the middle of the large office raised her head. When she saw that it was Hou Debang, she immediately smiled warmly, stood up, and walked quickly to Hou Debang's side.

He said kindly, "Hey, Director Hou, how come you, a busy man, have time to come to our Personnel Department today?"

As she spoke, she patted Hou Debang on the shoulder, appearing very intimate.

Hou Debang still had a kind smile on his face when he heard her teasing, without showing any displeasure or anger. Instead, he responded in a friendly way: "How can I be considered a busy man! Sister Zhang, please don't make fun of me!"

After saying this, Hou Debang turned his gaze to the woman surnamed Zhang and continued, "Sister Zhang, is your Director Wang here? I brought someone here to join the company today, and I need him to help with the formalities."

After hearing what Hou Debang said, the woman couldn't help but look at Chen Feng and Jin Ling curiously.

After all, if their director needs to personally handle the entry procedures, it means that these people are definitely not ordinary workers.

Normally, the entry procedures for ordinary workers are handled by a dedicated person in the office. But now, since the director has to handle it personally, he is likely to be a cadre-level figure.

She wondered to herself, which department this young cadre would be assigned to? She was filled with curiosity and anticipation.

Although she was curious, the woman only looked Chen Feng up and down. Soon the doubt in her eyes flashed away, and she soon regained her composure.

Then, she turned around and said to Hou Debang, "Director Hou, our director is in the small office next door! Do you need me to take you there?"

When Hou Debang heard her words, he immediately showed a warm smile and waved his hand quickly, saying, "Sister Zhang, there's no need to trouble you. I can go there by myself!"

After saying that, he smiled brightly at the woman again, and then led Chen Feng and Jin Ling to the small office next door.

When Chen Feng passed by the older woman, he smiled and nodded to her in a friendly manner to express his gratitude. The older woman responded to Chen Feng with a gentle and polite smile, showing good affinity.

Hou Debang brought Chen Feng to the door of the small office. He stopped and looked at the half-open door. Although the door was not completely closed, Hou Debang did not push it open rashly, but knocked on the door a few times, making a crisp knock.

After a moment, a response came from inside: "Come in." Hou Debang then slowly opened the door and led Chen Feng and his wife into the office.

As soon as he entered the office, Chen Feng heard Hou Debang say cheerfully, "Old Wang, are you busy? I am bothering you again!"

There was a hint of intimacy and familiarity in the voice.

When Director Wang heard Hou Debang's words, he immediately put down the documents in his hand, quickly stood up and greeted Hou Debang with a warm smile on his face, while teasing Hou Debang.

"Oh my! Director Hou, you really don't come to my temple for no reason! You just came in and said you have something to trouble me. How rude!"

Although Director Wang's words were sarcastic, his tone was indeed very relaxed and did not make people feel annoyed at all.

Hou Debang didn't get angry when he heard what he said, but said with a smile, "Okay, stop teasing me, let's get to work first!"

After saying this, he introduced Chen Feng and Jin Ling to Director Wang.

Director Wang, this is Chen Feng. He is here to join our steel plant today. Minister Liu wants to arrange for him to work as the deputy director of the farm under the steel plant."

"Next to him is his wife, Jin Ling. She is also going to work at our steel plant. What's her rank? Let's set it at 25, right?"

After hearing what Hou Debang said, Director Wang understood what was going on. However, that was the business of the big shots in the factory, so a small personnel section chief like him should not worry about it.

So he stretched out his hand to Chen Feng and said, "Comrade Chen Feng, welcome to the steel plant!"

Seeing this, Chen Feng quickly reached out his hand and shook hands with Director Wang, and also said, "It is my honor to work in the steel plant!"

After shaking hands, Director Wang asked Chen Feng, "Comrade Chen Feng, I wonder if you have brought your files and other documents?"

When Chen Feng heard his words, he immediately said, "Director Wang, I'll take it!"

As he said that, Chen Feng took out his and Jin Ling's files, as well as some certificates and photos from his schoolbag and handed them to Director Wang.

After Director Wang took the file, he said to Hou Debang, "Director Hou, please take Comrade Chen Feng and this female comrade to have some tea first. I will take a look at these two files."

Hou Debang heard what Director Wang said, nodded and said, "Okay, you see, we won't disturb you!"

Then Hou Debang took Chen Feng and sat aside.

Director Wang didn't seem to care whether Hou Debang and others were drinking tea. He picked up the file and walked to his desk to look at it carefully.

Time passed quickly. Director Wang quickly browsed through the files of Chen Feng and Jin Ling, then turned to look at Chen Feng and said in a serious tone.

"Comrade Chen Feng, after review, there is no problem with your file materials. Now, I will arrange for staff to make work permits for you. Please wait a moment."

When Chen Feng heard what Director Wang said, he showed gratitude on his face. He bowed slightly to express his gratitude to the other party: "Thank you so much, Director Wang!"

Seeing Chen Feng being so humble and polite, Director Wang couldn't help but smile and waved his hand, saying, "You're welcome. It's just a small favor."

Then he turned around and said to Chen Feng gently, "Please sit down and rest for a while, I'll be back soon." After that, he turned and left the office, and personally went to find someone to process the work permits for Chen Feng and his wife.

After Director Wang left, Hou Debang said to Chen Feng with a smile: "Okay, Chen Feng, you can sit down and wait. The work permit will be ready soon."

After hearing what Hou Debang said, Chen Feng sat down again and waited for Director Wang.

Chen Feng didn't have to wait long before Director Wang returned to the office with two work ID cards.

After returning to the office, Director Wang handed Chen Feng his work permit and said, "Comrade Chen Feng, this is your work permit. From now on, you are officially employed by the steel plant!"

Chen Feng stood up and took the work permit, and thanked Director Wang again, "Thank you, Director Wang, I really trouble you!"

When Director Wang heard what Chen Feng said, he smiled and said, "No trouble, this is what I should do!"

Hearing Director Wang's humble words, Chen Feng was about to say something when Hou Debang suddenly said, "Okay, I'll tell you, stop being polite."

"Lao Wang, since everything is over, we won't stay here any longer. I still have to take them to the Housing Management Department and report to you, so I won't bother you any more!"

When Director Wang heard what Hou Debang said, he smiled and said, "Okay! You guys are busy, I won't keep you here!"

Director Wang then returned all of Chen Feng's documents except the file to Chen Feng, and then sent Hou Debang out of the Personnel Department's office.

After leaving the Personnel Department, Hou Debang led Chen Feng to the fourth floor without stopping. Perhaps to save time, Hou Debang led the way much faster. Soon, they arrived at the door of the Housing Authority.

After entering the Housing Management Section, Hou Debang immediately saw Section Chief Feng sitting at his desk, eating melon seeds and chatting animatedly with his fellow section members.

Seeing this, Hou Debang immediately smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "Chief Feng, you are in a good mood!"

When Hou Debang's voice was heard, the office suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on the door. When they saw that the person coming was Hou Debang and not other leaders in the factory, the people in the office felt relieved.

Although they knew that they would not be severely punished if their superiors caught them eating sunflower seeds during work hours, they would still be scolded. No one wanted to be scolded for no reason, so they were secretly glad that the person who came was not another senior leader of the factory.

However, Hou Debang is one of the leaders of the factory after all. Even if he is not under the direct jurisdiction of the Housing Management Section, he still has to do the surface work.

If Director Hou feels that they have been negligent and accidentally mentions it to their supervisor, they will still not escape the fate of being blamed by their superiors.

So when people in the office saw Hou Debang walk in, they immediately put the melon seeds in their hands back into their pockets and quickly returned to their workstations.

One of them, a middle-aged man with a rather fat figure and a kind face, immediately walked towards Hou Debang and said with a smile.

"Oh my, isn't this Director Hou, the busy man of our steel plant? How come you have time to come to this little temple of our Housing Management Department today?"

When Hou Debang heard what Section Chief Feng said, he immediately said with a smile, "Okay, stop flattering me. I'm just doing things for the factory. What's the big deal?"

When Section Chief Feng heard what Hou Debang said, he gave him a thumbs up and said with a grin, "Well! Director Hou is still very conscious!"

Hou Debang rolled his eyes at him when he heard what he said, and then said, "Alright, stop joking. I have something to talk to you about this time. If you want to joking, you can do it after I finish the business!"

When Section Chief Feng heard what Hou Debang said, his expression became more serious, and he said, "I wonder what Director Hou wants to talk to me about?"

When Hou Debang heard what he said, he couldn't help but give him another blank look.

Isn't this asking a question even though you already know the answer? What else could you ask when you come to the Housing Management Department other than about the house?