Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 566: Seconding Office
When the first ray of winter sunshine shone onto the kang in the south-facing east room, Wang Wenyuan suddenly woke up from his dream. This was the first time in nearly two years that he had a sound sleep without any dreams at all. Wang Wenyuan now suspected that someone had drugged him.

Wang Wenyuan got up from the kang and looked outside. It was extremely quiet. Then he remembered that this was his home. This was the first time he had slept so soundly. There was still some warmth in the quilt on the kang. Wang Wenyuan stretched and looked at the clock on the table. It was almost ten o'clock.

Wang Wenyuan suddenly woke up and quickly put on his underwear, cotton-padded jacket and trousers, and military uniform and trousers, got off the kang, and without caring about the bedding, he hurried out to wash up. Then he put on his shoulder bag and ran to the next yard, bypassed the middle yard, and went straight to the gate. He heard Hua's mother's voice from behind, "Don't you want to eat?" Wang Wenyuan waved his hand and went straight to the Dongcheng District Branch.

Mother Hua looked at Wang Wenyuan's back and said, "This is what a young man looks like. He's getting older day by day."

When Mother Hua lowered her head, she saw Wang Wenli coming out of the west wing and looking towards the moon gate in the middle.

Mother Hua asked, "Lili, what are you looking at?"

Wang Wenli said, "Mom, I think my brother was chased like this by some kind of dog." The three people in the west wing all laughed.

When he ran there, Wang Wenyuan was very surprised. He didn't expect that he was so familiar with the courtyard of this branch. It was Dongzhimen Street, and turning around the street next to it was Wang Da Ren Hutong where he used to live.

He found the gate of the Dongcheng Branch. There were two people on duty at the gate, one of them was standing guard and the other was resting in the gatehouse. Wang Wenyuan took out his briefcase. This was the first time he opened the bag. Oh, how could he forget that there was my salary in it? Wang Wenyuan put the salary bag back into the bag separately, and then walked in with all the procedures and documents. He greeted the guard, showed his documents, and registered at the gatehouse. Then he followed the instructions of the guard and ran to a room in the backyard of the compound.

Guo Wenxia, ​​deputy director of the Dongcheng branch, was having a terrible headache in his office at the moment because of a veteran who was about to be assigned. According to the contact documents, this person should be a section chief, but the branch was just fully staffed at the moment, with one director and two deputy directors, plus four section chiefs and four deputy section chiefs. This was the final result of a long battle between the other two directors. Shoveling a section chief in at this time was really a headache for him, the deputy director in charge of personnel.

"Report!" The person outside knocked on the door and shouted.

Guo Wenxia smoked a cigarette and said casually, "Come in!"

Wang Wenyuan walked in, approached Guo Wenxia's desk, straightened his chest, looked straight ahead, saluted, and said, "Retired soldier Wang Wenyuan, reporting to you!" His voice was high-pitched and loud, and if you listened carefully, it could carry the sound of the wind whistling on the battlefield, which scared Guo Wenxia. He came from the old police station, and he was a little scared when he saw the soldiers.

"Hello, comrade. Please sit down first. Don't be so polite. We will be a family from now on." Guo Wenxia put out the cigarette in his hand and said.

Wang Wenyuan then sat down with a smile and said, "Leader, I'm here to report to you. What do you think? Oh, by the way, this is my file and contact letter, as well as my ID and a contact letter from the armed forces department." As he said that, he pushed a pile of things in front of Guo Wenxia, ​​who got another headache.

He pretended to read a document, thinking quickly about how to arrange for Wang Wenyuan. Time passed by minute by minute. After waiting for ten minutes, Wang Wenyuan saw what Guo Wenxia was up to and asked, "Leader, do you have any difficulties?"

"Well, young comrade, don't say that. What difficulty can I have when my superiors have given me instructions? Let me see." Guo Wenxia lit a cigarette, weighed the pros and cons, and was about to make a decision.

Wang Wenyuan said, "By the way, Director Guo, right? I saw your name. Don't mind. I have a certificate of military merit here. Why don't you take a look at it?" Then he took out his two medals and placed them on the table.

Guo Wenxia was stunned for a moment. After looking at the medal, he began to wonder and hesitate. He said, "Let me take a closer look so that I can make arrangements." Then he pretended to look at Wang Wenyuan's file.

Wang Wenyuan was amused, gave a wicked smile, and added fuel to the fire by saying, "Minister Li of the Armed Forces Department said that I should be a deputy director, but it was difficult to arrange it, so I was assigned to be a regular section chief."

Guo Wenxia's heart skipped a beat and he began to hesitate again. After weighing the pros and cons, he made up his mind that a regular officer must be removed from the branch to make way for Wang Wenyuan. He then began to consider who should be removed from the branch.

Wang Wenyuan looked at the time and stopped teasing Guo Wenxia. He took out a Camel cigarette, lit it, and handed it to Guo Wenxia. Wang Wenyuan took a puff and said, "Director Guo, don't think about it. I'll tell you the truth. I heard that there are temporary positions in the bureau, that is, temporary positions in the branch bureau without going to work. You can arrange for me. I have an injury report and can be temporary, but I have conditions."

"Do you have a report of injuries or illnesses? Comrade Wang Wenyuan, tell me your conditions." When Guo Wenxia heard Wang Wenyuan say that he had a report of injuries or illnesses, he lost control of his emotions and became angry, but he immediately reacted. As expected of a director of two bureaus, he immediately calmed down. "I have three conditions. First, you have to give me a salary, otherwise I can't make a living. Second, I have to have a uniform, a gun, and documents, otherwise I will become a blind vagrant. Third, give me a set of license plates from the bureau, not a bicycle license plate, so that I have my own car."

"You have a car, where is it?" Guo Wenxia's eyes lit up when he heard about the car. He was also in charge of the logistics of the bureau, and there were only a few bicycles in the bureau.

"It hasn't been shipped back yet. It's on the other side of the river." Wang Wenyuan said after taking a puff of his cigarette.

Guo Wenxia lost interest instantly. He thought carefully about Wang Wenyuan's conditions and felt that this man was not excessive. Since he was just holding a temporary position, he would have to get what he was supposed to get, so he agreed directly.

Near noon, Wang Wenyuan walked out of the compound holding a canvas bag with the words "Dongcheng Branch" on it. He looked around and then walked back leisurely.

When they arrived at Tuer Hutong, they turned around and entered a noodle shop. This noodle shop had been open before liberation and was run by a couple from the northwest. Wang Wenyuan ordered a bowl of spicy noodles and started eating right away. After eating, he felt like he was alive again. This was the first meal he had eaten since this morning.

It was almost one o'clock when he got home. Looking at the closed door, Wang Wenyuan was about to knock on it to enter the yard when he heard chaos and cursing in the yard not far away. It seemed that a fight had broken out. Wang Wenyuan walked into the alley out of curiosity and saw that the noise was indeed coming from Yard No. 95. Wang Wenyuan walked in and found that there was no one in the front yard.

Wang Wenyuan moved his hand, put the bag into the space, lit a cigarette, and walked towards the central courtyard.

As soon as Wang Wenyuan entered the middle courtyard, he saw two women in their forties swearing at each other in the middle of the courtyard. Standing between them was Yan Bugui whom he had met before. A group of women and several men were trying to stop the fight. A group of children were standing outside, some of them were stunned, some were at a loss, and some were still crying loudly.

As soon as he entered the Lotus Gate, Wang Wenyuan saw a man squatting nearby, secretly looking into the yard. He had a frivolous look on his face, and was watching with great interest, covering his mouth and laughing secretly.

Wang Wenyuan wrapped in his coat squatted down next to the boy and said, "Brother, what's going on?"

The boy was startled by the sudden question and almost jumped up, saying, "Who are you?"

Wang Wenyuan handed over a cigarette and said, "From the courtyard next door."

The boy took the cigarette handed over, took out a match skillfully, and just as he was about to light it, he turned around and asked, "That's not right, I know most of the people in the next courtyard, why haven't I seen you before?"

"Didn't I just come back yesterday?" Wang Wenyuan replied.

The boy took one look at the military coat Wang Wenyuan was wearing and realized that this man had just retired from the army. He lit a cigarette, looked at the people quarreling with a smile, and started talking incessantly.

It is winter now, and many residents will take out the stored cabbages during the noon when the sun is strong enough to expose them to the sun and evaporate the moisture on the surface. When the moisture on the surface evaporates, a natural dry layer is formed, which makes it easier to preserve.

Look, there is a family surnamed Qi living in the west wing of the central courtyard of this yard. They are new residents. Coincidentally, they moved into the two houses that Wang Wenyuan originally lived in. This family is also workers from the steel rolling mill. They are a family of five, an old lady, a couple, and two children. The head of the household is the male owner, a skilled worker transferred from the north.

Seeing that the weather was very good today, the mother-in-law took her daughter-in-law to move the cabbages from under the house to the front door of her own house. But something went wrong when she didn't notice it.

(End of this chapter)