"Why do I feel like Yu Ting is weird?" Zuo Yuxi put on her slippers and walked over, frowning slightly. Her watery eyes flickered across Wen Liang's face and asked, "Did you bully her?"
If women's IQs were at the same level as their sixth sense, the world would have long since returned to a matriarchal society where women are respected. Wen Liang was full of disbelief and shouted, "I bullied her? Director Zuo, you know your sister's temper. When I see her, it's like the Smurfs meeting Gargamel. Not being eaten is good. How dare you bully her?"
Zuo Yuxi burst out laughing and said, "If you don't dare, then don't dare. Why are you screaming like a monkey whose tail has been stepped on?" Wen Liang immediately took advantage of the situation and raised his head with a pout, asking for a kiss in a cute way. Zuo Yuxi laughed even more and leaned over to kiss him on his warm lips, chuckling, "I think you look more like a Gargamel..."
Wen Liang put his arm around her waist and said jokingly, "Gargamel won't eat the Smurfs today. If he wants to eat anything, he'll eat our beautiful Zuo."
Zuo Yuxi covered his mouth and said, "Don't try to take advantage of me if you don't explain what happened just now!"
"Isn't it just that I missed a few days of class again? Did Teacher Ye get mad? Forget about her. What happened to you? Why are there so many mud spots on your pants?"
Zuo Yuxi looked down and saw that there were indeed a lot of mud spots on his coffee-colored straight-leg suit pants. He said, "I was so busy today that I really didn't notice it if you hadn't told me! A primary school in a village below the mountain collapsed due to the heavy snow last night. A teacher's leg was crushed. I took some people down there for a walk today. The school is so shabby that we plan to allocate money from the treasury to rebuild it..."
Wen Liang certainly knew how tight the education bureau's finances were in the 1990s. Teachers' salaries were pitifully low and often in arrears, so there was a saying in society that it was better to sell tea eggs than to make atomic bombs. However, each unit received a lot of the post-disaster reconstruction funds, especially the education project, which was the face of face. In addition, Zuo Yuxi was strong and Wen Huaiming was secretly partial to her, so they had the confidence to take out a part of it to build schools. Otherwise, they couldn't even make up for the salaries, so where would they get the spare money
These unspoken rules are the "excellent" culture passed down by the officialdom for thousands of years in China. They are not subject to personal will. Wen Liang smiled and said, "You have to watch your money. If you squeeze money out of your teeth, someone will dare to open his mouth wide and swallow it. In the end, the common people will be the ones who suffer."
Zuo Yuxi's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said, "It doesn't matter, I want to see who has the courage!"
Since Zuo Yuxi took charge of the Qingzhou Education Bureau, she has been decisive and resolute, sweeping away the laziness and decadence of the past departments and schools, shocking the entire education system and greatly consolidating her personal prestige. No one dares to ignore her outstanding work ability because of her family background and appearance. After all, to make progress in officialdom, everything else is empty, only a backer is real; but to form influence in officialdom and win people's hearts, everything else is fake, only work ability and personal charm are real!
"I'm going to change my clothes, you sit down first."
Wen Liang sat for a while, then felt bored. He got up and went to the bedroom, opened the door, and said, "You haven't changed yet? We are an old married couple, there is no need to dress so solemnly!"
Wen Liang took her hand and sat on the sofa. He stopped making jokes and went straight to the point, saying, "Ji Zheng got into trouble today and has been dismissed by Xu Fuyan."
Zuo Yuxi had been in the town all day and didn't know what happened in the city. She was a little stunned and asked, "What trouble did Ji Zheng get into?"
Wen Liang explained the whole story, and Zuo Yuxi chuckled and said, "I knew long ago that Ji Zheng was not a good person. He has a square face, but he is really ruthless when doing things! I used to look down on him, but now I am beginning to admire him for being able to do this for his wife."
Wen Liang said with a headache: "Comrade, pay attention to your values! He Xiaobo deserves to die, but his family did nothing wrong, especially Liu Meng, who had a very good relationship with Ji Zheng and Su Rui. Sometimes when Su Rui was not at home, Liu Meng would run over to help Ji Zheng wash his clothes... He was so cruel to a woman who was once his friend!"
Zuo Yuxi pursed her lips and smiled, not arguing with Wen Liang, and said: "Don't you want to find a way to help him? Be careful that the little girl named Ji Su will get angry and ignore you."
Wen Liang smiled bitterly and said, "It has come to this. I am not Sun Wukong. What can I do?"
Zuo Yuxi leaned against him and said, "You are much more powerful than Monkey King. In my heart, you are the Tathagata Buddha, omnipotent. How can a mere Ji Zheng not have a way?"
Wen Liang knew she was teasing him, so he leaned closer and asked, "What's the crime of seducing the Buddha?"
Zuo Yuxi's voice became softer and softer, but the determination and deep love revealed in her gentle whisper moved Wen Liang.
Zuo Yuxi said: "Ji Zheng, how are you going to deal with it? Are you going to just ignore it?"
Wen Liang pondered and said, "Let's observe his words and actions. Let's leave him alone for a while and see what happens. If he still doesn't change his willful nature, sooner or later we will suffer greatly. Rather than that, it's better to break up cleanly and give up on this person completely."
Zuo Yuxi sat up and looked at Wen Liang. After a long while, she stretched out her index finger and slowly smoothed the wrinkles between his brows. She whispered, "Don't be too hard on yourself. Sometimes, for some people, even if you know it's a trap, you have no choice but to jump in. It's better to hurt yourself than to hurt people... right?"
Wen Liang understood what she meant, but didn't know what to say. The women around him seemed to have a tacit understanding and never mentioned each other's existence, but they still inadvertently expressed their unique care and kindness. Women are jealous, especially outstanding women, and these actions that made them go against their female instincts were just for him.
But if I can win one person's heart, we will be together till old age. However, things in this world are beyond our control, neither ourselves nor others. Once we meet someone, we can never let them go.
Wen Liang sighed. He found that he sighed more and more recently. This was not a good sign. He said, "Let's take it one step at a time. Let's not talk about Ji Zheng. How are Lingyang's affairs arranged?"
Zuo Yuxi took a pen from under the coffee table and wrote down a number, then handed it to Wen Liang and said, "Luo Shangyang, the manager of Lingyang Security Service Company, I have already said hello to him. It's no problem to select fifty people. According to your requirements, they are all veterans who joined the security company after retiring from the army. They have good discipline, no hooligans, and are reliable and trustworthy!"
Wen Liang originally planned to find someone in the security company in Qingzhou, but after repeated consideration, he gave up. In the 1980s and 1990s, security companies were all established and led by the Public Security Bureau, and management positions such as managers were directly held by high-level public security police (later documents allowed the public security department to withdraw from the leadership of the security company, retaining the power of approval and guidance, but in fact it was in name only). In fact, it was a subordinate unit of the Public Security Bureau, so transferring people in Qingzhou would cause too much noise and have a bad impact. After thinking about it, he asked Zuo Yuxi to contact Lingyang. Given Zuo Jing's current status, such a thing was not worth mentioning.
As expected, Luo Shangyang agreed without hesitation and transferred the company's fifty most elite veterans to Zuo Yuxi for use. Wen Liang came here tonight mainly for this matter.
"Luo Shangyang..."
Wen Liang seemed to have thought of something and asked, "I heard that there is a saying on the Jiangdong Road, 'Qingzhou is safe, Lingyang mule, it is better to have a Buddha in Guanshan', is there any relationship between this Luo Shangyang and that mule?"
Zuo Yuxi was able to secretly manipulate An Baoqing and control the entire Qingzhou underworld. Naturally, he knew these things better than anyone else. He smiled and said, "I don't know whether to say you are amazing or just lucky. The so-called Lingyang mule refers to Lingyang Luo Yun, who is Luo Shangyang's cousin."
Just as there is light, there is darkness. Behind every gangster who walks in the dark, there is a government figure hiding in the sun. Wen Liang flicked the paper with the phone number written on it, smiled, and said, "What position does this Manager Luo hold in the Public Security Bureau?"
"The head of the Public Security Department is a powerful figure in Lingyang City. He can shake the ground with just a stomp of his foot." Zuo Yuxi smiled faintly and said, "An ant climbed onto an elephant and it was still safe and sound. So he thought he could step on the elephant. This is not ignorance, but stupidity!"
Wen Liang originally wanted to go and meet Luo Shangyang in person, but this person has a special relationship with Luo Yun. From Zuo Yuxi's tone, it seems that Zuo Jing is going to make some moves. It's better not to meet. He said, "Tomorrow I will give you the address in Beijing and ask him to send the person directly there. The labor fee will be based on the market price and the agreement will be signed... It won't cause you any trouble, right? My matter is a small matter. Beautiful women with two legs are hard to find, but big men with two legs are everywhere. If you really need anything, just tell me..."
Zuo Yuxi hugged his neck and said, "Don't worry about me, it's okay."
Wen Liang's body responded, and his nose rubbed against hers gently, and he said with a smile: "You can rest assured when I do the work..."
(Rabindranath Tagore - When you commanded me to sing, my heart seemed to burst with pride, I looked up at your face, tears welled up in my eyes.
In my socket.
All the bitterness and contradictions in my life melted into a sweet harmony—
My praise is like a joyful bird, fluttering its wings across the ocean.
I know you enjoy my singing. I know it is only because I am a singer that I can come before you.
With the outstretched wings of my song I have touched your feet, which I never dared to hope to touch.
Intoxicated by the song, I forgot myself. You were my master, but I called you my friend.
I know not how thou singest, my lord! I always listen in wonder.
The radiance of your music illuminates the world. The breath of your music permeates the heavens.
The holy spring of thy music rushes forward, breaking through all the rocks that stand in its way.
My heart longs to sing with you, but I can't make a sound. I want to speak, but words can't make a song. I call
Oh, you have made my heart a prisoner in the vast net of your music, my master!
Please allow me to slack off for a while and sit beside you. I will finish the work at hand later.
Without your presence, my heart knows no peace or repose, and my work becomes an endless sea of toil.
Endless toil in the world. (To be continued)