Li Yuhua said, "Your uncle's health is fine, so don't worry about it. Everything is fine at home. Hehe, it's just that I'm worried about Xiao Po's marriage. " Li Rui looked at Shi Dongpo with a smile and said, "Oh, do you want me to introduce him to someone?" Li Yuhua sighed and said, "Ai, don't mention it. I'm annoyed when you mention it." Li Rui laughed and said, "What's the matter? What's there to worry about? Xiao Po is tall and strong. He's not bad looking and his family isn't poor. It's impossible that he can't find a girlfriend, right? "Li Yuhua said," If he really can't find a girlfriend, he wouldn't be so worried. Ai, listen to me … "
Li Rui listened to Li Yuhua's explanation and understood what she was worried about.
It turned out that Shi Dongpo had reached the age of marriage. Over the years, whether he dated himself or was introduced to him by his family and friends, he had a few girlfriends, but none of them were successful. These girls didn't mind his low education level, nor did they break up with him because of other conflicts. They all thought that he didn't have a proper job and felt insecure, so they didn't dare to rely on him.
Li Yuhua especially felt that it was a pity that there were a few girls she liked very much and wanted to marry as her daughter-in-law. However, they despised her son for not having a proper job. No one was willing to marry him. She couldn't stop them and could only feel regret in her heart.
Li Rui was furious and said, "Aren't those girls too picky? Who said that Xiao Po doesn't have a job? Isn't Xiao Po delivering goods to my cousin's home appliance store? It's not like he doesn't get paid! " Li Yuhua sighed and said, "We think this is a job, but the girls don't think so. They think this job isn't reliable and is a bit cheap. Who would want to marry a man who delivers goods? Ai, these days, there are two types of people. One is the girls who work as waitresses in restaurants, and the other is the boys who deliver goods. These are the hardest to find a partner. "
Li Rui thought about it carefully and agreed. Although Shi Dongpo did have a job, it was not a serious job. He was always under the protection of his brother, Shi Haining. No matter who heard about it, it was inevitable that he would be looked down upon. What's more, girls nowadays were materialistic. Everything was about money. They didn't care if Shi Dongpo had any other merits. They kicked him out just because he didn't have a proper job. Sigh, everyone has their own difficulties. "Auntie, what you mean is that you want me to help Xiao Po find a proper job?" Li Yuhua sighed, "Xiao Rui, if this was in the past, I would never ask you for help. Because of what? At that time, your ability was limited. Even if you wanted to help Xiao Po, you couldn't. "But it's different now. I heard that you've become the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and the director of the Municipal Party Committee. That's a high-ranking official. You should have the ability to help Xiao Po, right?" "Xiao Rui, your Auntie has nothing to worry about now. It's just that Xiao Po's marriage hasn't been arranged yet. As long as he has a proper job, it won't be a problem for him to find a partner. The sooner he gets married, the sooner I'll be at ease. " "Today, Auntie is shamelessly begging you. You have to help us."
Li Rui stood up in shock and smiled apologetically, "Auntie, what are you talking about? Why are you treating me like an outsider? Even if I don't help anyone, I have to help you, Auntie. " "Besides, Xiao Po and I are blood brothers. If I don't help him, who will? Don't worry, leave this to me. I'll definitely arrange a good job for Xiao Po. If it's not arranged well, it'll be my fault as his cousin. " When Li Yuhua heard this, she was happy and grateful. She said, "Xiao Rui is so obedient. Just like when he was young, he's obedient and sensible. He knows how to dote on others …"
When Li Rui heard her mention his childhood, he thought about how he ate and played with Shi Haining and Shi Dongpo at her house. He was deeply touched and sighed. He thought to himself, "Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, not only am I an adult, but I'm also close to thirty." "You'll be old when you're thirty." "If I'm old, how can my Dad and Auntie not be old?" "I have to be filial to them while they're still around. I won't be able to repay their love for me in this lifetime."
Li Rui didn't discuss it with his Dad and took the initiative to ask Li Yuhua and her son to stay for dinner. Li Yuhua came to ask him for help, so she wanted to take the opportunity to treat him to a meal. Both sides agreed without prior consultation.
At night, the family went to a restaurant outside the neighborhood to eat. Li Rui guessed that his Auntie would pay the bill, so he paid the bill first during dinner. After dinner, Li Yuhua called the waiter to pay the bill. The waiter said that Li Rui had already paid, so Li Yuhua couldn't help but grumble a little.
After dinner, Li Yuhua and her son returned home. They sat down to drink some tea and chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, they said goodbye and left.
Li Rui had already carefully picked out a few gifts from the garage for them to take with them when they left. Li Yuhua originally came to ask him for help, but who knew that he would treat her to a meal and take away a bunch of gifts before leaving. She was a little embarrassed but also touched.
After sending off Li Yuhua and her son, Li Rui returned to the bedroom. Li Rui was worried. It was easy to promise to help Shi Dongpo solve his work problem. All he had to do was to touch his lower lip. However, it was a little difficult to do it. Now, although he was the head of the First Department of the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee, he couldn't arrange for Shi Dongpo to work in the First Department. Unless Shi Dongpo passed the exam and became a civil servant, then he could get him in through the back door. But this kid dropped out of high school. His education was too low. It was impossible for him to pass the civil servant exam. He didn't even have the qualifications to take the exam. In other words, the only way he could help him was blocked by himself. Since he couldn't help him, he could only ask others for help. This involved the difficulty of asking others for help.
One had to know that whether it was in the government or in ordinary life, at any time, a favor was the most difficult to repay. This was not like borrowing money. You borrowed thousands or tens of thousands of yuan from someone, and you would pay it back later. Then you wouldn't owe him anymore. This matter was over, and there would be no more entanglement. But a favor was not as accurate as money. You couldn't accurately judge the value of a favor at all. Take the matter of arranging a job for Shi Dongpo as an example. Finding someone to help him find a job, how would this favor be counted? How would he repay it? If it was too much, he would be at a disadvantage; if it was too little, he would offend others. It was really difficult. Therefore, for many smart people, they wouldn't easily owe a favor.
Li Rui also didn't want to owe a favor, but the matter had been forced to this point. Not owing a favor couldn't solve the problem, so he could only bite the bullet and ask for help.
But who should he ask?
"Since I have no choice but to ask for help, I'll ask for help from someone who doesn't have to worry too much about how to repay it even if I owe a favor." Li Rui set the tone for himself to ask for help. To put it simply, he wanted to ask for a friend with whom he had the deepest relationship. When the friendship was deep, it would be easy to deal with the amount of favors that came and went. There was no need to worry about who would be at a disadvantage, and there was no need to be afraid of offending others.
The first person he thought of was Li Ming. Now that Li Ming was the acting district chief of the southern district, he was the second most important person in the southern district. It was as easy as taking something out of his pocket to arrange for someone. Moreover, Shi Dongpo didn't occupy the civil service quota, so it should be easier to solve the problem. But on second thought, he couldn't ask this godbrother for help every time he encountered something. If he always looked for him to solve everything, it would inevitably affect his social circle and limit the development of his connections.
Let's talk about connections here. When all was said and done, connections were actually created by people owing favors to each other. If a pair of friends really had a relationship that was as indifferent as water and never had any contact with each other, then they couldn't be called friends. Sun Wukong was so loyal to Tang Sanzang and protected him on his journey to the West to obtain the Buddhist scriptures. Wasn't it because he was saved by Tang Sanzang from the Five Fingers Mountain, so he owed Tang Sanzang a big favor? Favors, favors, weren't they the friendship between each other?
Since connections were created by favors, if one wanted to expand his connections, he had to pay attention to favors. There were many famous people with wide connections recorded in the historical books and novels of China. Whether it was "Timely Rain" Song Jiang or Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty Liu Bang, they were usually chivalrous and righteous. They were good at fighting against injustice. They could spend money like water for their friends. To put it bluntly, they were just throwing favors. People owed him a lot of favors. How could they not admire him? How could they not listen to him? How could they not work for him? There was also a famous saying, "A gentleman dies for his bosom friend." This saying was incorrect to a certain extent. Why should he die for his bosom friend? Just because he was sworn brothers with the other party? Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were sworn brothers. When Guan Yu died, he didn't "die in the same year, month, and day" as Guan Yu. If sworn brothers were not willing to die for each other, how could they die for their bosom friend? In fact, the real meaning of this sentence was that whoever was good to me and valued me was my bosom friend. I could die for him. However, don't forget that the premise of dying for him was that he had to be good to me and give me enough benefits. In other words, I would only be willing to die for him if I owed him a big favor. After all, no one was a fool. How could they easily say that they would die for others?
However, connections didn't always need to be obtained by giving favors. Sometimes, owing favors could also create connections. This sounded contradictory to the above logic, but it was actually very easy to understand. If you owed someone a favor, you had to return it. Once you returned it, you would also create a friendship. At the same time, you could also get closer to each other. Gradually, you would have connections.
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