1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 276 No, comrade, are you sure you have a father-in-law? (Silver Alliance, 7th update)
Beijing.

In the evening, wisps of smoke rose from the alleyways on both sides of the main road.

Su Wenchen and his convoy finally entered the city.

Two trucks were picked up in advance by people from the animal husbandry bureau in the suburbs and taken to a pre-arranged breeding pig farm.

The Hongqi sedan was parked at the guesthouse.

The old man looked at Su Wenchen and gave him instructions.

"Get a good rest tonight and prepare your speech for tomorrow."

"Don't let me down. I can't even get a word out of my mouth."

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen immediately laughed.

"Don't worry, sir, I will prepare well and I certainly won't let you down!"

The old man said irritably.

"What do you mean by embarrassing me? If you go up there and can't say anything, you're the one who's embarrassing yourself."

"Alright, you've been running around for two days, go back and rest!"

Su Wenchen smiled and responded, then slowly closed the car door.

Then, only after the car was out of sight did he turn around and walk into the guesthouse.

He then jogged into his room.

Although they had only been apart for two days, Su Wenchen was still eager to see his lover.

Share with him the interesting things that happened over the past two days and the sights and sounds along the way.

He knocked on the door, but no one answered. However, Su Wenchen wasn't too worried; he just assumed that Jiang Li had gone shopping with her girlfriends.

However, when Su Wenchen took out his key and opened the door, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Because there was nothing left inside, the bed and everything else were neatly made up. If it weren't for his briefcase on the table, he would have thought he had entered the wrong room.

The two rattan trunks containing clothes that he and Jiang Li brought with them, as well as some other prepared gifts, are all gone.

Su Wenchen knew very well that if he were to go shopping, he wouldn't be carrying so many things with him.

Thinking of this, Su Wenchen immediately ran towards the front desk of the guesthouse.

"Comrade, comrade, I am the registered person for room 139. May I ask where the lady who lives in room 139 is?"

Looking at Su Wenchen rushing over.

The waitress directly reassured her.

"Hello, comrade, please don't rush. Are you all staying in the same room? So, you two..."

Su Wenchen interrupted.

“We are husband and wife, and we have already registered our marriage. I went on a business trip with my company yesterday, and my wife was waiting for me at the guesthouse. But now that I'm back, she's gone?”

Upon hearing this, the waitress immediately spoke up.

"Since everything is gone, did your wife leave on her own?"

"Otherwise, it would be impossible for someone to forcibly take people away from here without our knowledge!"

Because Su Wenchen's voice was a bit loud at first, the leader in charge of the guesthouse also came out from inside.

"What's going on, comrade? Has something happened?"

Before Su Wenchen could speak...

The waitress quickly explained.

"Director, after this comrade's wife checked in with him, he said that he went on a business trip yesterday and found that his wife was missing when he returned today."

The director of the guesthouse was stunned when he heard this.

He confirmed it directly.

"Are you Comrade Su Wenchen?"

Su Wenchen glanced at the other person and nodded.

"Yes, you know me? My partner left you a message?"

Upon hearing this, the other party immediately felt a chill run down their spine.

Because their guesthouse did not receive the information they left.

What upset him was that the secretariat of the ministry's general office called him personally the night before last, asking him to take care of the family member of a comrade named Su Wenchen.

As a result, he was taken care of by someone else's family and lost his way in just over a day!

He's now praying that the other person is just going out for a walk to clear their head; if something unexpected happens, he'll probably have a hard time dealing with them later.

So he spoke directly to the waitress.

"Didn't I ask you to take care of the woman in room 139?"

"The person is gone now, and you don't even know? Is this how you do things?"

The waitress explained anxiously.

"Director, we asked at first, and the woman said she would call us if needed!"

"so."

The other party said directly.

"So you're just going to abandon the project?"

"Go and ask the other waiters when they last saw this woman."

He then spoke directly to Su Wenchen.

"Comrade Su, don't worry. Our guesthouse will definitely help you find out when your wife left."

"However, could your spouse have gone to visit relatives?"

"Do you have anyone or any friends here who you can turn to?"

Hearing this, Su Wenchen calmed down and thought for a moment before speaking.

"Yes, my father-in-law works in Beijing!"

Hearing this, the other person breathed a sigh of relief, because it seemed that she had gone back to her parents' home, as long as nothing unexpected happened.

"Well, Comrade Su, why don't you make a call to your father-in-law's workplace and ask?"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen fell silent.

"I don't know his office phone number."

The other party said directly.

"Why don't you go visit your father-in-law?"

Su Wenchen fell silent upon hearing this, and finally said somewhat awkwardly.

"I don't know their address either!"

Upon hearing this, even the guesthouse director was a little puzzled.

"No, comrade, are you sure you have a father-in-law?"

He understands perfectly well that I don't know my father-in-law's work phone number, but you don't even know where your father-in-law lives?
So how exactly did you get married?

Did he just carry his wife back home under cover of darkness?
Otherwise, how could they not even know where the door is?

So now the guesthouse director doesn't know what to do either. It's clear from the current situation that the other party's spouse has gone back to her parents' home.

But without knowing the address and phone number, I don't even know how to ask.

After calming down, Su Wenchen realized that he had been a bit too hasty in this matter.

Therefore, the direct approach is as follows.

"I'll go back to my room and look for it. If I'm going to my father-in-law's house, my wife should have left me a message."

After searching through his room, Su Wenchen found a note in his briefcase.

It says.

"Ah Chen, after my dad heard the news from Tangtang's parents, he came straight to pick me up. I've already taken all my things with me, and I've written down the address and phone number below!"

Then I looked at the phone number and address below.

Su Wenchen felt completely relieved. After thinking about it, he realized that he had been a little too impulsive just now.

It should be said that since he learned that Ali was pregnant, he seemed to be dealing with a lot of things with his family, and he was not as calm and composed as he was when dealing with work.

Just now, after seeing that everything was gone, his first reaction was that Ah Li had been kidnapped.

I never even considered the possibility of being picked up by my father-in-law.

Of course, Su Wenchen felt that his father-in-law should share most of the blame.

Because the other party had always been invisible, Su Wenchen subconsciously didn't even have a father-in-law. From this perspective, he himself was at most a tiny bit of the blame.

If the other party had a stronger presence and frequently called to check in on each other, his first thought would definitely be that his father-in-law had picked him up.

Yes, this is the father-in-law's fault.

Moreover, the guesthouse director, who followed Su Wenchen in, looked at the note in Su Wenchen's hand.

He breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the person wasn't lost. Otherwise, it would have been a huge problem for him. After all, someone who gets a special call from above to take care of them must be an important person.

Thinking of this, he directly reminded him.

"Comrade Su, is this a note left by your wife? Should you call your father-in-law to confirm?"

Just to be on the safe side, he still wanted the other party to confirm.

Su Wenchen glanced at the phone number on the screen.

"Alright, thank you for your help earlier. I'd also like to borrow your guesthouse's phone for a bit."

The other party waved their hands repeatedly.

"Comrade Su, look at what you're saying! Our guesthouse is here to serve you!"

"Use the phone freely within the designated area!"

Clearly, whether it was the instructions from the previous ministry's general office to take care of him, or looking at the address of the other party's father-in-law, he felt that this comrade surnamed Su in front of him was bound to have a bright future.

Taking this opportunity to cultivate good relations beforehand is definitely more beneficial than harmful.

Arrived at the front desk of the guesthouse.

Su Wenchen looked outside at the setting sun, which had almost completely disappeared behind the mountains.

He thought to himself, "Ali should be at home right now!"
He picked up the phone and slowly dialed the number on the note.

About ten seconds later, the call was connected, and a deep baritone voice came through the receiver.

"Hello, this is Jiang Jimin."

After hearing Jiang's father's voice on the microphone, Su Wenchen scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

To be honest, since they had never met, calling him "Dad" made Su Wenchen a little uncomfortable.

But since they've already registered their marriage, he can't call him "uncle"!

So after hesitating for a moment, Su Wenchen still called out.

"Dad, this is Su Wenchen. Is Ali home?"

In the living room of a Suzhou-style villa, a middle-aged man wearing an ill-fitting black sweater heard the voice on the microphone.

A hint of relaxation appeared on his serious face.

"Yes, you're looking for Ali, right?"

"I'll call her for you!"

He shouted above his head as he spoke.

"Little Pear, it's Achen calling you!"

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's name, hurried footsteps immediately echoed upstairs.

Jiang Jimin looked at his daughter hurrying downstairs and said helplessly.

"Xiaoli, you're pregnant, can't you be more careful? If you fall, can you take the fall, but can the baby in your belly withstand it?"

"I told you to stay on the first floor, but you insisted on staying on the second floor. Isn't climbing up and down like that just asking for trouble?"

Jiang Li rolled her eyes.

"Dad, just wish me well!"

"What, you're not happy that I found a good man? Are you just worried something might happen to me?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jimin rubbed his throbbing head.

“Xiao Li, your aunt never meant that! I sent you down to the countryside so you could get familiar with things beforehand. Otherwise, going directly to the countryside later would be worse than going now.”

However, after saying that, he still handed the phone over.

"Fine! Anyway, I'm caught in the middle, so as long as you're doing well, that's all that matters."

Jiang Li took the phone and said directly.

"I'll definitely live well, even better than her in the future. I'll make her furious!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang's father's originally serious and dignified face was immediately filled with a helpless expression.

He could only sigh and walk towards his room.

After Jiang Li answered the phone, a happy expression immediately appeared on her face.

"Ah Chen, when did you get back?"

"I was planning to wait for you to come over together, but my dad found out I was back from Tangtang, so he went to pick me up himself."

“I was thinking, since you have work to do later anyway, it’s inconvenient for Tangtang to keep running back and forth.”

"So I moved into the compound, and Tangtang moved back with me."

Upon hearing Jiang Li's voice, Su Wenchen also expressed his concern.

"How's it going back home? Are you settling in well? Do you want me to come and keep you company?"

Jiang Li shook her head and refused outright.

"No need, you can come over when you're done with your work. The railway department is located in Xicheng District, which is halfway across the district from your department, so it's very inconvenient."

"Don't worry, it's that woman who's worried about me that's staying at home."

"After all, I'm carrying your child, not my dad's!"

"If something were to happen to me, it would do her no good whatsoever!"

"Besides, Tangtang has moved in with me, so don't worry, you can come over after you're done with your work."

Hearing this, Su Wenchen nodded.

"Okay, take good care of yourself. My meeting starts tomorrow, and I'll come over to be with you after it's over."

"Ok!"

Su Wenchen then recounted the embarrassing incident from earlier, which warmed Jiang Li's heart. Clearly, only when someone cares deeply about another person could they lose their composure in such a short time.

Su Wenchen reluctantly hung up the phone only when he saw the female waitress in the distance, who looked as if she couldn't help but come up and remind him.

Since this is a guesthouse phone number, we can't talk for too long.

After hanging up, Su Wenchen asked directly.

"Comrade, how long will it take, and how much will it cost?"

The waitress shook her head.

"Our guesthouse's phone service within the city is on a monthly plan! It's just that some other comrades wanted to use the phone earlier."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Okay, I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you earlier!"

"No, no, it's just that our front desk staff didn't notice when your spouse went out, so we also have our reasons."

After going back.

Su Wenchen first prepared the materials and drafts for tomorrow, and then went to rest.

the next morning.

After having breakfast at the guesthouse, Su Wenchen put on his meeting attendance badge on his left chest and followed the crowd in the guesthouse toward the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's auditorium.

Clearly, these are people who came from all over the country to attend the conference.

Along the way, Su Wenchen overheard several groups of people discussing things with each other.

"Hey, I don't know what happened this time. Why was the meeting suddenly delayed by two days? I was thinking that I would still be able to go home for the New Year after the meeting!"

"I don't know either, but I heard that the minister personally led a team down there this time, so it must be something serious."

"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. If it's a good thing, that's fine. But if it's a bad thing, I hope they don't raise the proportion of grain our farm has to hand over every year! If they raise it again, all our farm workers will go hungry."

"I still envy the rubber farms on Hainan Island. You only have to hand over your rubber quota, and I heard you harvest three crops a year there!"

"Nonsense, they say there's potential for three harvests a year, but we have to protect ourselves from the wind, so we usually have two rice seasons plus winter potatoes. Even so, sometimes we still encounter cold dew winds that reduce the yield."

Hearing the surrounding discussions, it was clear that the department had not made the matter of the white pig public beforehand.

They may have received the news, but none of them seem inclined to disclose it.

at this time.

Su Wenchen suddenly felt someone pat his shoulder.

(End of this chapter)