Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

Upon hearing this, Cao Xu was stunned. He had only wanted to do Sun Guofu a favor for future use.

Unexpectedly, this guy immediately came up with a way to repay the favor.

The position of head of the security department is a legitimate cadre position, and the temptation of that is considerable.

He remembered that his father was already twenty-eight years old when he became the head of the security department.

Could it be that I'm going to become the head of the security department of the steel rolling mill at the age of twenty, a proper department-level cadre?

It's important to know that the deputy head of the security department is employed by the steel rolling mill, while the head of the department is employed by the bureau. The difference lies in the fact that the deputy head is a factory-managed cadre and the head is a bureau-managed cadre.

Although the section chief level is the least noticeable rank in the bureau, it makes a big difference when you put someone in a steel rolling mill.

At the very least, any proposed course of action against him must be reported to the bureau. The factory can transfer him to another position, but it cannot demote him.

Currently, the highest-ranking leader in the Security Department is Director Sun Guofu, and there is no deputy director in office.

The former deputy director's son was the group leader of the fourth group. He would pick fights with Cheng Yuan whenever he had nothing to do. As a result, Cheng Yuan, who got angry, set him up in a honey trap.

This caused him to leave in disgrace, and even forced his own father, who was only forty years old, to retire early due to illness.

The position of deputy director of the security department has been vacant since then, and it has been three months now.

Currently, besides Director Sun Guofu, the highest-ranking official in the security department of the steel rolling mill is the head of the security department.

If the deputy director doesn't take office, then he's essentially the second-in-command of the security department.

Now, is Sun Guofu's promotion to the position of head of the security department really just to repay a favor?

This favor is far too much to repay.

“Director Sun, I was just promoted to deputy section chief a while ago. It might not be very conventional to promote me to section chief now.”

Sun Guofu stepped forward and patted Cao Xu on the shoulder.

"Cao Xu, you're being modest."

"I asked Director Wang from the personnel department, and he said that you were among the top students in your high school."

“If it weren’t for the matter of Deputy Director Cao, you would be in college by now. College graduates in our factory are already treated as section-level cadres.”

"Although you have only been with the company for a short time, you handle problems in an orderly manner and give decisive and appropriate commands. You are qualified to be the head of the security department."

Cao Xu found this even more interesting and suddenly had a guess in his mind. He looked at Sun Guofu and asked tentatively.

"If Director Sun trusts me and the factory leaders agree, then I will naturally do my best to protect our steel rolling mill."

At this point, Sun Guofu smiled, and Cao Xu paused for a moment before asking a question.

"Director Sun, shouldn't the higher-ups also arrange a deputy director position for our security department?"

"Otherwise, you'd be working four or five extra shifts every month, which would be too tiring for you."

Sun Guofu cursed under his breath at the little fox; as expected, he couldn't be fooled, and the fox guessed it so quickly.

He's just as clever as his father; if he's properly trained, he could be a real weapon.

"The bureau has already selected someone; they should be able to take office around the New Year."

"I'm getting old, and my health can't compare to yours, young people. When the three of us work together, you'll have to take good care of me."

Cao Xu thought to himself, "Just as I thought. This old guy just wants to win me over, someone he barely knows, so he can help him out."

It now appears that the deputy director must have been parachuted in. In order to maintain balance, the other leaders in the factory will not agree to him promoting his cronies to the position of section chief.

If the deputy director and section chief are all parachuted in, or if the section chief is someone from another factory leadership.

If anything goes wrong, he might be sidelined, or even if he isn't, his actions will be hampered.

He mentioned that, apart from being promoted twice in a short period of time, his success rate as a section chief was much higher than others.

After all, his taking responsibility is the best way to show the higher-ups that today's events were all Cao Xu's own decision.

He went back to persuade Director Yang, and Deputy Director Li, as the deputy director in charge of logistics, owed Cao Xu a great favor this time.

Otherwise, if a large-scale food poisoning case really occurs, even if he, as the deputy factory director, doesn't resign, he'll have to find a way to be transferred.

In this way, Deputy Factory Director Li would vote in favor, and other factory leaders would probably not object too much out of consideration for Cao Xu's father.

After all, a broken blade means a lost future, which is like killing one's parents; most people are willing to do something that goes with the flow.

In this way, Cao Xu's position as head of the security department can be approved at the steel rolling mill, and all that remains is to report it to the bureau.

He knew Cao Xu well; like his father, he was unwilling to be subordinate to others, so he would never become the person parachuted in as deputy director.

He had been struggling to decide who to promote to the position of section chief, but today's events brought him great joy, and he felt that an opportunity had come.

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It was past six o'clock when Cao Xu left the steel rolling mill. It was already dark. Walking on the road, looking at the lights of thousands of homes, Cao Xu suddenly felt a little homesick.

The Spring Festival is a time for family reunions, but in today's world, he is all alone.

Of all the lights that illuminate this road, who knows when one of them will be lit for him?

I wonder if he will have another chance to return to the future.

Last night, he held the Chenghua chicken cup with the nine characters in it for a long time, but did not get any useful information. Perhaps it was just a coincidence.

As they rode, the bike headed towards the Cao family's old residence.

"Fine, let's go to the old house. Isn't there someone far away there too?"

After thinking it over, Cao Xu rode his bicycle to the old house and bought some food along the way.

Hearing the knock, Xia Jie came to the door and asked.

"Who is it?"

Cao Xu responded.

"It's me, Cao Xu."

Hearing Cao Xu's voice, Xia Jie stepped forward and opened the courtyard gate, quite delighted.

"Why are you back? Didn't you say you were going to Dongcheng today?"

Cao Xu picked up the food in his hand.

“I’m afraid if I don’t come back, you won’t even be able to eat meat for Chinese New Year this year.”

Xia Jie let Cao Xu, who was pushing his bicycle, in and closed the gate.

"Don't worry, I'll make vegetarian dumplings with three kinds of seafood. As long as there are dumplings, we can celebrate the New Year."

Cao Xu smiled.

"You seem quite content, making do with just vegetarian dumplings."

"So, did I get any dumplings?"

Xia Jie said behind her back.

"Yes, I brought two jin of flour."

"However, if you want to eat it, you have to wrap it with me."

Cao Xu carried the things into the house and asked.

"No problem. Is the dough ready? Is the filling mixed?"

Xia Jie said.

"The filling has just been mixed, but the dough still needs to rest."

Cao Xu said.

"Okay, I'll roll out the dough and you can make the dumplings in a bit."

Xia Jie nodded.

"it is good!"

Cao Xu was stunned for a moment, but not by Xia Jie's appearance.

Instead, he felt a sudden warmth of home, a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time.

Since there's no going back to the future, perhaps it's time for him to consider starting a family.

Chapter 104 A Stick Falls into the Outhouse, Jia Zhangshi Gets Her Retribution! [Please Subscribe]

At the Sixth Hospital, Jia Zhangshi lay in her hospital bed, drinking millet porridge.

"Huai Ru, what did the doctor say? Are Bang Geng and I both alright?"

Qin Huairu sat on one side of the hospital bed, feeding Banggeng porridge.

"The doctor said that since we brought him here in time, there shouldn't be any problems. If he had fallen ill at night, things might have really gotten complicated."

"Drink some porridge and rest for a while, and you should be able to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

Hearing this, Madam Jia breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that her old life had been saved.

Only after she heard that she was alright did she complain to the stick-like creature beside her.