Family connections: From special recruitment by the county committee to the pinnacle of power

Xu Weidong really couldn't understand what his son was thinking. If he wanted to get into the county government office, shouldn't he be giving gifts to the head of the county government office?

Why are you hiding in your room all by yourself, studying the people in the county party committee office?

Isn't this completely unrelated?

Xu Hansheng smiled faintly and said, "Dad, the county government also has to listen to the secretary. Instead of reporting Uncle's factory relocation matter up the chain of command, which involves several levels of bureaucracy, it would be better to go directly to the secretary's close advisors."

"A quota for a county government office is determined by the secretary's word. The key lies in whether the county secretary thinks my second uncle's factory is worth the quota."

After speaking, Xu Hansheng recounted his trip to Qingshan City to Xu Weidong, but he didn't mention seeing Su Qing and Xu Shuai at the entrance of the Sichuan restaurant.

After listening to Xu Hansheng's story, Xu Weidong looked at his son with great pleasure and said, "Yes, you did the right thing. After all, you're asking someone for a favor, so you have to be polite. Even if it's your second uncle, you can't be negligent."

Xu Hansheng nodded slightly and said, "Dad, I understand."

Xu Weimin glanced at Tan Zhifei's name on the list, then turned to Li Xiuru and said, "Xiuru, I remember, his wife, Jiang Yuling, was your junior high school classmate, right? Could you give her a call, and we can go and pay our respects to Deputy Director Tan?"

Li Xiuru thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call her right now..."

"Mom!" Xu Hansheng hurriedly grabbed Li Xiuru's hand and shook his head, saying, "It's a big no-no to talk too much with someone you don't know well. It's best not to make this call, and don't mention me to her either, absolutely not!"

Li Xiuru looked at her son in surprise and said, "How can this be called having too much to say to someone you don't know well? Your Aunt Jiang and I lived in the same neighborhood back in junior high school, and we've always had a good relationship. Otherwise, why would I always ask you to bring a couple of dishes whenever she and Director Tan come over?"

Hearing this, Xu Hansheng was both amused and exasperated.

From his parents' perspective, Li Xiuru and Jiang Yuling were indeed old friends who had known each other for twenty or thirty years.

However, they all overlooked one problem: after Tan Zhifei became the deputy director of the county party committee office, there was no longer any affection between them.

People from different social classes still try to build relationships by claiming to be old classmates from junior high school; that shows a lack of self-awareness.

Even though Jiang Yuling shared the same thoughts as Li Xiuru, Tan Zhifei had already psychologically distanced himself from Li Xiuru.

"Mom, your relationship with Aunt Jiang is just a childhood friendship. There is no business relationship between our family and Aunt Jiang. So, your relationship with Aunt Jiang should be considered at the level of greeting each other when you meet. But what we need to do is a matter of my future and even the future of our whole family."

"Such an important task cannot be accomplished by entrusting it to a mere acquaintance."

At this point, Xu Hansheng added thoughtfully, "Although you always give Aunt Jiang two side dishes, you always pay extra for the meal whenever Director Tan is present. In other words, Director Tan doesn't want to owe her a favor, and to put it more bluntly, Director Tan doesn't want to have a close relationship with our family at all."

"So, do you think he'll help me?"

this……

Li Xiuru was stunned when Xu Hansheng said those words.

Is this something his son should say?

Although Li Xiuru herself felt that Jiang Yuling was not as enthusiastic towards her as before, and even twice when Li Xiuru took the initiative to ask Jiang Yuling to go shopping, Jiang Yuling politely declined.

Li Xiuru had some suspicions in her heart, but she just refused to believe it.

After all, new clothes are worse than old ones, and old friends are worse than new ones.

Xu Weidong nodded repeatedly and said, "My son is right. Director Tan is a big shot in the county party committee office now. I heard that in a few months, after Director Fu retires, the next director will most likely be either him or Director Liu."

"If they were to rise one more step, they'd be members of the county party committee standing committee. What are we then? To put it nicely, we're business owners; to put it bluntly, we're just small vendors. People are avoiding us like the plague, let alone asking them for help... It's so difficult."

Li Xiuru asked anxiously, "What should we do then?"

Xu Hansheng smiled and said, "Mom, it's actually easy to handle. Find an excuse, send her some money, treat her to a meal, and then..."

As they were talking, Xu Hansheng whispered a few words in Li Xiuru's ear.

"what?"

Li Xiuru was startled and looked at Xu Hansheng, saying, "Hansheng, you can't do anything reckless! What if something really happens? No, no, you... you absolutely can't do this. Otherwise, I should call her and ask her to come over alone..."

Xu Hansheng shook his head slightly and said, "No! Mom, listen to me, don't let it show that we're asking her to do something, otherwise, this matter will definitely fall through."

"Okay, I'll text you tomorrow. After you receive my message, call her immediately. What you talk about doesn't matter; the goal is to get her attention!"

Li Xiuru's expression changed several times, and sweat beaded on her nose. She said to Xu Hansheng, "You absolutely mustn't do anything reckless..."

Xu Hansheng chuckled and looked at Li Xiuru, saying, "Mom, don't you know my driving skills? Don't worry, nothing will happen. I just want to create an unexpected encounter and find a very reasonable reason to say what needs to be said. It won't cause any trouble."

Li Xiuru nodded nervously and said, "I think we should discuss this with your father again..."

After she finished speaking, she looked up at Xu Weimin.

"Need not!"

Xu Hansheng hurriedly stopped Li Xiuru, saying, "My dad is too honest. If he finds out, we'll be exposed! Tomorrow, my dad has to put on a genuine performance!"

After speaking, Xu Hansheng looked at Xu Weimin, who had a puzzled expression on his face.

"What exactly are you talking about?" Xu Weimin looked at Xu Hansheng with a puzzled expression.

"Dad, don't ask anymore. Just relax and you'll know tomorrow." After saying that, Xu Hansheng pressed Xu Weimin back into the chair and massaged his shoulders.

Li Xiuru took a deep breath, barely managing to calm herself, and said, "Alright, let's do it your way..."

Xu Hansheng nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I'll have my dad call my second uncle tonight and tell him not to wait for my dad at home all night."

Xu Weidong responded and immediately called Xu Weimin, postponing the agreed date by a few days.

At first, Xu Weidong was a little worried about his son, wondering what he and Li Xiuru had talked about that had caused such a strong reaction from her. However, after hearing Xu Weimin praise Xu Hansheng highly on the phone, Xu Weidong felt relieved and decided not to ask any further questions.

Silent all night.

The next day at noon, just as Yutong County No. 1 High School was taking its lunch break, a stylishly dressed middle-aged woman in her forties slowly walked out of the school gate.

Just as I was crossing an intersection, the phone in my bag suddenly rang.

She walked forward while looking down and searching for her phone.

Just as she was about to pull out her phone, a black Audi A4 slowly pulled up in a parking space less than half a meter away from the middle-aged woman.

"Bang!"

The next second, the car door opened, knocking the middle-aged woman to the ground!

"what……"

The middle-aged woman was immediately startled.

Xu Hansheng, who had just opened the car door and was about to get out, was startled. His expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly ran forward to help the middle-aged woman up from the ground, apologizing repeatedly, "Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I... I didn't mean to..."

Halfway through his sentence, Xu Hansheng suddenly froze, looking at the middle-aged woman opposite him and saying, "Aunt Jiang? What are you doing here?"