The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

Seeing that Qi Desheng had stopped and wasn't lunging forward, Yang Dalin released his grip on Qi Desheng's bag, abandoning his guard against Qi Desheng trying to snatch it, and said, "Brother Sheng, how many more days until the New Year?"

"How are you living like this? You don't even know how many days are left until the New Year. There are still seven days, a week left."

"Well, I'll take a day off tomorrow and then work a few more days the day after tomorrow."

Otherwise, there would be nowhere to go for these seven days.

Qi Desheng nodded: "It's up to you. Whether you're here or not won't affect the transport team's work much."

Old Wang, your team's new captain Old Li, and I had already made contingency plans. Knowing that you might often be away from the station in the future, we arranged less long-distance work for your mentor and will have him mainly responsible for transportation in the surrounding suburbs and training new drivers.

"If you're willing to come back to work for a few days, go find your mentor and help him train the new drivers."

"Is my mentor willing to train more newcomers?" Yang Dalin asked curiously.

Qi Desheng said in a tough tone, "He has no choice but to obey. I gave him a strict order: our station will add twenty more vehicles. How can he not help and do more work? I even appointed him as the deputy captain of the convoy, forcing him to do this."

How can you be lazy every day?

Okay, that's very much Qi Desheng's approach.

Yang Dalin also thought that it might be Sheng Ge's doing on purpose.

After all, he's getting a promotion after the New Year, so he'll definitely need to assign some of his own people to keep an eye on the convoy.

Although the newly appointed team leader, Lao Li, was also one of Qi Desheng's men, Qi Desheng trusted Tian Xueyi more.

They were comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side in the same trench.

Yang Dalin then asked, "So, Brother Sheng, have you set the date?"

You're leaving after the New Year, right?

Have you decided where to go?

What position?

"It's settled. Thanks to your good fortune, I'll report for duty after the New Year and become the director of the Transportation Department of the Beijing Railway Bureau."

Yang thought this was a good idea.

Although he is still a section chief, his salary level is different now; he has been promoted from grade fourteen to grade thirteen and is now a full-fledged section chief.

The Sijiucheng Railway Bureau is a branch of one of the ten railway bureaus under the Ministry of Railways.

There is no mention of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China regarding railway bureaus.

There used to be eight, but it will become ten at the end of this year.

The Sijiucheng Railway Bureau had a considerable jurisdiction, covering Sijiucheng, Tianjin, and all and some of the surrounding railways in Hebei Province.

Qi Desheng was originally a division-level cadre, but he was only in charge of a freight station.

Now he's been promoted to director of the Transportation Department within the bureau, which means he's in charge of freight transportation work throughout the entire Beijing Transportation Bureau area.

That's a lot more power.

I never expected that Sheng Ge could be promoted so high in one go.

There's definitely a chance that Sheng Ge will be promoted further, perhaps even to deputy director, director, deputy minister, or minister.

Later, I'll have to take Sheng-ge to visit Minister Teng and Minister Duan, those two super big shots.

As long as they support him in the future, Sheng Ge might have a chance to challenge for the top position in the Ministry of Railways.

I'll give him some ideas then.

After things changed, Sheng Ge's position became high enough that he could be of great help to me.

With a powerful backer, life is going to be incredibly comfortable from now on.

In the future, any of my children who don't want to go into business can be placed in the railway sector.

That's great.

perfect.

Yang Dalin raised his hands in a fist-and-palm gesture: "Congratulations, Brother Sheng!"

I'll need your help from now on.

Keep up the good work, Sheng-ge! If you become a minister someday, you can really do whatever you want in the department.

"Get lost, kid. I'm capable of being a minister."

You're kidding me. Even if I do become a minister one day, if you don't behave, I'll still beat you up.

Haha, you think you can expect me to protect you? You're dreaming.

Yang Dalin knew that Qi Desheng was stubborn. Don't be fooled by his words; just wait and see. He would definitely step in if something happened.

If someone who came from a military background doesn't protect their own, who will be close to them?

It's the same when you're an official; if someone follows you, you have to know how to protect your underlings.

He himself was unwilling to become an official, but he thought he could give his younger brothers Ma San and Yuan Qiao a push if they were willing.

If they are unwilling, then take them into business.

If you're willing, then give them more support.

With the support of top executives in the department above and middle-level managers below, one can better navigate the department.

Yang Dalin said dismissively, "You said it yourself, Brother Sheng. Since that's the case, don't expect me to help you. Return the meat I got this time; don't use it as New Year's gifts for everyone."

"Hey, brother, other departments have already distributed quite a lot of these. I'm counting on you to help me out in the future."

"It was my fault, okay? As long as you don't make any more mistakes, I'll definitely protect you, okay?"

Qi Desheng quickly came up and begged for mercy.

I can't afford to mess with Yang Dalin right now.

As soon as the train car of meat arrived, Qi Desheng had already handed over a large portion of it to the bureau and other departments within the ministry.

He wanted to keep it all, but how could that be possible? That's tens of thousands of pounds of meat.

It's not like it's hundreds of pounds of meat.

He received a lot of praise because of this batch of meat.

It would be more advantageous for him to be promoted to the head of a department within the bureau.

Of course, other departments didn't just come to collect the meat for free.

They either give money or exchange it for something.

Of course, theoretically, this money and these items should also be given to Yang Dalin.

This earned Qi Desheng a lot of praise.

Many employees in the department are not short of money, but rather unable to buy much meat even if they have the money.

Normally, if a family uses ration coupons to celebrate the Lunar New Year, each person can only buy two ounces of meat.

A family of several people might only be able to afford a few pounds of meat. What can they do with that little bit?

Two ounces of meat in a dumpling soup might just be enough to give you a taste of meat.

This will allow each household of all the employees in the bureau to receive several extra kilograms of meat, and many people will be grateful to him.

Seeing that Qi Desheng's attitude in admitting his mistake was good, Yang Dalin let Qi Desheng off the hook.

Yang Dalin pretended to be nonchalant, crossing his legs and saying, "Alright, Comrade Xiao Qi's attitude is good, and his spirit is commendable. I'll give you more responsibilities in the future."

Qi Desheng knew that Yang Dalin was arguing with him, so he grabbed Yang Dalin by the neck and only let go when Yang Dalin begged for mercy.

After Qi Desheng had finished making a scene, he said, "By the way, your truckload of meat really saved me from a tight spot. I don't know where Dou Xiaolong got the information from, but not long after I received the notification, he brought his men to our station to ambush me."

I even gave him one-tenth of the meat. Didn't you only promise him a few hundred kilograms of meat? How come you stole so much from me? Several thousand kilograms of meat, and he took it all.

But they did give me the money.

Yang Dalin was surprised that Dou Xiaolong took so much meat. This was a New Year's gift that Yang Dalin had promised Dou Xiaolong to help him get, but he had said that he would get several hundred kilograms of meat for their bureau.

I didn't expect so many to come back this time, and he managed to steal several thousand kilograms.

However, Yang Dalin knew that Dou Xiaolong couldn't keep all the food to himself.

So Yang Dalin responded, "Brother Sheng, with hundreds of people in Deputy Director Dou's bureau, do you believe he could keep all the meat?"

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