At night, Dong Xuebing's mother asked his Aunt and Aunt to prepare an empty room for him to sleep in. But Dong Xuebing did not go. He had not met his mother for a long time, and she will be leaving tomorrow. So, Dong Xuebing accompanied his mother to sleep in the West room. They chatted the whole night about the past and future. Dong Xuebing told his mother that he is too tired to sleep, but his mother still did not stop talking about Dong Xuebing's marriage.
The next morning.
When Dong Xuebing woke up, breakfast was ready. Everyone was waiting for him and his mother, and no one had started eating.
Luan Xiaoping, who entered the north room, said apologetically. "Sorry, I woke up late. The porridge is not ready yet. I will go and get it. "
Luan Xiaoping's Aunt laughed and pulled her back. She pressed her shoulders and asked her to sit down. "I had said yesterday that you don't need to worry about this. I will go and get the porridge. Haha."
Dong Xuebing's Aunt, Uncle, and the rest became more polite to Luan Xiaoping and Dong Xuebing. Before going to bed, Luan Xiaoping had given them the cigarettes Dong Xuebing bought. She also gave Dong Xuebing's grandmother 1,000 RMB. Yuxi cigarettes are good cigarettes, and they don't even bear to smoke them during Lunar New Year. They were impressed by Dong Xuebing's generosity. Although Dong Xuebing did not deliver the cigarettes to them personally, it shows that there is a chance for them to improve their relationship.
After breakfast, Dong Xuebing said. "Mum, I need to go to work. Are you coming back with me?"
Luan Xiaoping asked. "Why are you going?"
"Stay with me. My apartment is two bedrooms."
"No. I still need to teach, and it is inconvenient for me to travel back and forth."
Dong Xuebing nodded and did not say anything else. He returned to his room to get his bag and walked out of the house.
Dong Xuebing's First and Second Aunts hugged his grandmother. Uncle, Aunt, Tang Jin, and the rest also came out to send Dong Xuebing off. "Xiao Bing, be careful. Come back often."
"Ok. You don't need to send me off."
Dong Xuebing saw a police car parked by the roadside not far from his house.
A policeman in his thirties saw Dong Xuebing and immediately alighted from the car. He opened the back door and said. "Chief Dong, Chief Liu asked me to send you back to the bureau."
Dong Xuebing thought to himself. This Liu Dahai is quite smart. "Never mind. I don't want to disturb your work."
That man replied. "Chief Dong, I am also going to the County Bureau for work."
Dong Xuebing did not reject her and boarded the "leader's seat" at the back. The car drove towards the County.
County Public Security Bureau.
Dong Xuebing entered his office and put down his things. He adjusted his outfit in front of the mirror and went to the Chief's office. He knocked on the door, and a loud voice said "Come in." Dong Xuebing puffed out his chest and entered the office. "Chief Liang, I am Dong Xuebing. I am here to report to you."
Liang Chengpeng, 51 years old, Secretary of the County Public Security Bureau's Party Committee and Chief of the Public Security Bureau. He did not concurrently hold the position of Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, nor was he a member of the County's Standing Committee. Liang Chengpeng looked at Dong Xuebing and laughed. He stood up from his chair and said. "Chief Dong, you are young and promising!" Liang Chengpeng looks a bit rough, but he is a straightforward person.
Dong Xuebing did not dare to let Chief Liang greet him. He took a few steps forward and shook Liang Chengpeng's hand. "Thank you for your compliments. I am young and promising. I will work hard under the Bureau's Party Committee in the future. If I have made any mistakes, please correct me."
Liang Chengpeng laughed. "Chief Dong, you are too modest. What the bureau lacks now is young and hardworking leaders like you."
Dong Xuebing does not like to deal with scheming people, and his first impression of Chief Liang is good.
This was the first time they met, and Liang Chengpeng did not say much to Dong Xuebing. After giving him some words of encouragement, Dong Xuebing left. After that, Dong Xuebing went to visit Political Commissar Liu Weiye and Executive Deputy Bureau Chief Hu Yiguo. Political Commissar Liu is a man of few words, and he only greeted Dong Xuebing with a simple welcome. Liu Weiye only nodded and smiled. He did not put on any airs with Dong Xuebing.
Dong Xuebing had a good impression of the First and Second Leaders. But when it comes to the Executive Deputy Bureau Chief, the Third Leader, there is something wrong.
Hu Yiguo is a fat man in his forties. He looked at Dong Xuebing from head to toe and said. "Haha, Chief Dong, you are so young."
The State Security is very secretive, and Dong Xuebing's resume does not have many records. No one knows if Dong Xuebing is capable, and they can only judge him on the surface. Dong Xuebing heard the word "young" the most today. But the meaning behind it is different. Chief Liang said he is young and promising, and he is praising Dong Xuebing. But when Hu Yiguo said "Chief Dong is so young," it sounds like he is looking down on Dong Xuebing.
Dong Xuebing frowned in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. "Chief Hu, please give me some pointers in the future."
"It's not pointers. Let's learn from each other. Haha."
Hu Yiguo shook Dong Xuebing's hand to express his welcome.
But Dong Xuebing does not have a good impression of this County Bureau's Third Leader.
In the morning, Bureau Chief Liang Chengpeng organized a meeting and read out Dong Xuebing's appointment letter. Dong Xuebing's appointment letter should have been read out by the County's Party Committee's leader yesterday. But Dong Xuebing wanted to keep a low profile yesterday and rejected the leader's invitation. Also, Liang Chengpeng was in a meeting at the City Bureau. That's why the announcement was rescheduled to today.
Under the watchful eyes of the leaders and officers, Dong Xuebing recited the speech that he had memorized a few days ago. Dong Xuebing spoke for more than 20 minutes, and at the end of his speech, there was a round of applause. From this moment onwards, Dong Xuebing was officially appointed as the Deputy Bureau Chief.
At noon, Liang Chengpeng, Liu Weiye, Hu Yiguo, and a few other Deputy Bureau Chief prepared a banquet for Dong Xuebing. What made Dong Xuebing speechless was the banquet was not held at the County Government Guesthouse or other restaurants. It was held at the County Bureau's canteen. The food was sumptuous, and there were fish and prawns. But this banquet was … too shabby. Even if no leader from the County's Party Committee accompanied me, even if I am young, and even if I am the last Deputy Bureau Chief, they should not treat me like this.
Damn! Wasn't he being a little too low-key?
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