Provincial Party Committee

Chapter 15

Director Ma of the logistics department is in his 50s. He is a serious and meticulous old organization. Can't tell his true thoughts.Because the county magistrate is not as good as he is now, and he is in charge of very specific matters. For whom to transfer the house, it is related to other people's vital interests, so many people ask him.There were more people begging, so he gradually picked up the airs, and gradually shortened what he was used to saying to these few sentences: "Research and research. Please wait patiently. I understand your mood. The conditions are better than yours, and there are big You should wait a moment. I will report to the Secretary-General and see what he thinks."

Of course, for those who can determine his future and destiny, especially his immediate superiors, he will also bow his knees, bow his head and surrender, and dare not let a fart go, he will just keep nodding his head and say: "Okay, okay, yes, yes , I'll do it now!"

But for ordinary people, especially college students and juniors like Wang Yiming who have just started working for a few years, he doesn't pay attention to them at all.In this big courtyard, he has been messing around for decades, and he knows everything about who is inside.He is very good at handling people and things, so although there are a lot of complaints against him, as long as the big leader is dismissed, his position will still be as stable as Mount Tai.

In order to talk better, Wang Yiming went to the store and bought a pack of imported [-] cigarettes. At that time, smoking foreign cigarettes was very fashionable in the office for a while.Wang Yiming was smiling and knocked on his door humbly. He didn't speak, and at first he was half a point shorter. He called the director, handed over his marriage certificate, and said that he wanted a house, and his girlfriend accidentally became pregnant. , In a few months, I will be a father. It would be too inconvenient for the whole family to live in a small room.

Director Ma knows who Wang Yiming's girlfriend is, and also knows Yu Kaishan's influence in the entire Qingjiang province. Besides, Yu Yanli is now the deputy director of the personnel department of the general office. Well enough.But the matter of housing was everyone's top priority at that time. Even in the office of the provincial party committee, housing resources were limited, and it was impossible to provide every staff member with a complete set of housing.Some people waited in line for many years before they got a house.Unless the leader specifically explained and approved it, only in this way can we break the convention and arrange in advance.

Regarding Wang Yiming's request for a house, he did not receive any instructions from the leader, so he pretended to be confused just like ordinary people.He glanced at the marriage certificates of Wang Yiming and Yu Yanmei, and said, "Not bad, we're married, good, good, happy event! We should have children, well, it's just about the house, I'm not the only one talking about it." Forget it, buddy! You have to find Secretary-General Qiao, he only needs to nod his head before I dare to implement it! How about this, I will write down your name first, and I will study it when the next batch of meetings is held."

As soon as Wang Yiming heard it, he knew that he was fooling himself. He didn't have a happy word at all. In fact, some houses were given to whoever he said.As the secretary-general, it is impossible to manage so finely.Wang Yiming knew that one of his fellow villagers was said to be his wife's distant nephew, a cadre transferred from the army, and he was arranged in the convoy of the office. Within a few days after he came in, he was allocated a two-bedroom house with one living room. .

But in the current situation, it is not easy to have any dispute with him, that will intensify the conflict, and then he will be more passive.Thinking of this, Wang Yiming had no choice but to stand up and say, "Thank you Director, I hope the Director will take this matter to heart. My whole family, young and old, are all grateful." Then he had to leave Director Ma's room resentfully. , back to the office.

After get off work in the evening, he didn't even feel in the mood to eat, so he hurriedly knocked on the door of Yu Yanli's house to report the situation.

Knowing Lao Ma's personality and behavior style, Yu Yanli said to Wang Yiming, "Even if you wait for a year like this, you may not be able to get a house. There are many people waiting for a house. Whoever has a relationship will get it first." In this place, all rules are set by people, and any rules can be broken. It seems that you can't do this matter without asking Dad, and asking him to call Secretary-General Qiao himself. At this time, There is no other way, Dad, I will go and talk about it, don't worry, just wait for the news!"

Sure enough, after only a week, Xiao Li from the logistics department called Wang Yiming and informed Wang Yiming that he could go to the housing management department to get the house key.The assigned house was a two-bedroom, one-living room with a building area of ​​70 square meters. In the provincial party committee compound, such conditions were already quite good.

Afterwards, Yu Yanli told Wang Yiming that for this house, Yu Kaishan came forward in person, called Secretary-General Qiao Yuanfang, explained the situation of her son-in-law, and asked her old friend to take care of her daughter and son-in-law.Qiao Yuanfang naturally agreed wholeheartedly, because he also has social relations and some things that need to be taken care of, and it will inevitably be useful for Kaishan in the future.At this time, be a good friend, and only when the situation is imminent can you be embarrassed to speak.This is the rule of the officialdom, you vote me a peach, and I return it with a plum.

A matter that is very troublesome for ordinary people, when it comes to influential figures, just a phone call and a few innocuous entertainment can solve many very difficult problems. This is the reality in China.You are a small person, so you have to be convinced.

After getting the key to the house, Wang Yiming couldn't wait to find the house he was allocated.This house is in the family area closest to the road. Compared with other family buildings, this house is the worst, because it is close to the road, so there is a lot of noise and dust.But Wang Yiming didn't care much about these anymore.Being able to get a house is already a very lucky thing.He knew that if he hadn't fallen in love with Yu Yanmei and replaced her with the daughter of an ordinary family, if he had relied entirely on his own strength and had been arranged in the logistics department to his house step by step, he would have to wait until the year of the monkey, and Wang Yiming himself couldn't tell. .Maybe in this process, it depends on how much others look at you and how much anger you suffer before you can get a house of your own.But now, everything has become simpler, so simple that he doesn't need to come forward, and his future old father-in-law can solve the problem with a phone call.

Looking at this house on the first floor, when you push open the door of the living room, you will be facing a high wall. The wall is four meters high, which tightly blocks the sight of the entire first floor, and you can see Yes, it is the tall sycamore tree on the side of the road, the leaves of which are blown by the wind, rattling.Between the wall and the building, an open space of more than ten square meters was formed, on which several discarded flower pots were placed.

This is an old house, and it is estimated that it has been built for more than ten years. The house has been cleaned briefly, and some parts of the walls have fallen off.The floor is good, it is a terrazzo floor, the windows are still wooden windows, and the paint on them is a little peeling.

Wang Yiming knew that in the courtyard, such a house was the best house that a deputy chief clerk like him and some junior officers who had just changed jobs could get.With such a condition, it is not something that can be obtained if you want it.This is the provincial party committee compound.

The house looks like this, and it obviously needs tidying up before moving in.Renovation was obviously unnecessary. At that time, all the people lived in public housing were not their own.Maybe one day, the house will be changed.At that time, the most obvious development and change of a person's life is reflected in the house.Like Wang Yiming, he is now a department-level cadre, so he can only live in this house.One day when he becomes the director, he will move and live in three bedrooms and one living room, which is also a matter of course.If one day, he becomes a department-level cadre, he will move again, and he can live in a four-bedroom, two-living room like Deputy Secretary-General Quan, so a person's life is like a snail, moving here move.This is still good, which means that you are doing well. Every three to five years, you will make a lot of progress.The worst thing is that you lived in a house and didn't move until you died. That means you've failed so badly, and there's no room for you to be promoted.

Wang Yiming didn't want to decorate, because he didn't have much money and couldn't afford it.Secondly, the house does not belong to me anyway, it is a public house, and I only own it for a short period of time, even if I have money, there is no need to spend it on it.He asked Yu Yanmei and Yu Yanli to take a look and help with reference.

The two sisters went around the room together, but they were still not satisfied.Yu Yanli said: "This is the first floor. It's humid and close to the road. When the baby is born, it will be affected by the chaos outside. Why don't I talk to my father so that he can come forward again and ask Secretary-General Qiao to intervene in person. For a moment, I will exchange a better one for you. Secretary-General Qiao is in charge of major affairs. He must have told Director Ma that he wants to allocate a house to you. He will not ask about the rest. As for the allocated house , he doesn’t know either. To implement it, you should read the following.”

Wang Yiming said: "I don't think so. Considering my level, it is very good to be able to get such a house. No matter how troublesome my father is, it is not good for him to ask for help. The first floor is the first floor. My parents are both Country people, who have never been in the city, may not be used to living in high-rise buildings. Maybe they can’t even find the door after they go out. The first floor is good, they are easy to find, and there is a small yard where you can plant some flowers and plants , Put some sundries or something. I’m going to ask someone to repaint the walls, and repaint the window frames, that’s all, what do you think?”

Yu Yanli and Yu Yanmei sisters agreed with Wang Yiming's words.Yu Yanli said: "That's fine, don't worry about it, let's live in it first, maybe after a few years, we will move again, there is no need to make a fuss. You just need to talk to the logistics department about painting walls and paint. There are people and things, you don’t need to spend any money, those are all their duties.”

So Wang Yiming approached Director Ma of the logistics department, gave him two boxes of [-] cigarettes again, and asked Director Ma to arrange workers to help him brush the walls and windows.

Director Ma accepted the cigarettes and said, "No problem, I'll arrange someone right away."

A few days later, the house was tidied up, and after Wang Yiming got off work, he went to clean it when he had nothing to do.Seeing that it is only half a month before New Year's Day, the house is still empty, the immediate thing is to buy two beds, one for Wang Yiming and Yu Yanmei, and one for the nanny after the baby is born.Other kitchen supplies, kitchen utensils, stoves, miscellaneous, all bought together, not a lot of money.In the living room, we also need to buy a set of sofas and coffee tables. When guests come, there is a place to sit.After all the calculations, it takes more than 1000 yuan to buy these necessary things.

Wang Yiming did the math, and he had saved more than 200 yuan, because in the past two years, he bought bicycles and watches and spent more than 200 yuan.Yu Yanmei only had more than 200 yuan, which was still not enough for the two of them.

The third daughter was getting married and had a house. Knowing that Wang Yiming didn't have much money, Yu Kaishan arranged for his wife Cong Xiuying to go to the son-in-law's newly divided house to see if there were any shortcomings.Give some money to those who don’t have it at home and let them buy it themselves.I must be decent, otherwise people will say that I am too shabby to marry my daughter.

Cong's mother didn't say anything about the house after looking at it, but said: "Let's do this first, settle down first, and then figure out a way." Then she said to her daughter and son-in-law, "I have four children, and the second daughter is studying in the United States. , the youngest son is studying in Beijing, and the matter of marriage will not be mentioned for the time being. When the two of the family, Yanli got married, the family conditions at that time were not as good as they are now. I gave her less money. I only gave her 500 yuan. You get married Yes, your father discussed with me and said that both of you have started working not long ago, and you don’t have much money yet, and Xiao Wang’s family is in the countryside. We thought about it, first give you 1000 yuan to buy some necessary furniture, and live first. Well, when the conditions are good, we will gradually complete the matching. When your father and I got married, the country was still in a very difficult period, and we were catching up with a major natural disaster. We didn’t buy anything, but just put the two people’s bedding together. I made a bed out of wooden boards, with bricks under it, and I came here too. Your conditions now are much better than ours at that time, and you will have everything in the future.” He said and took out 1000 yuan , and handed it to Wang Yiming's hand.

Embarrassed, Wang Yiming declined and said, "It's impossible to let you two elders spend money. We'd better live on our own, and do as many things as we have!"

Cong's mother pretended to be angry, and said: "You child, you have seen someone else again. This is something that your father and I mean. Anyway, we are still a leading cadre family. We send our daughter out of the house. No matter what, we have to behave like that." Yes, otherwise people will chew their tongues and say that I look down on you as a son-in-law and don’t agree with my daughter to marry you. Take it, buy whatever you want, it’s necessary to live. If you have a child, there will be no place to spend money in the future. There are many!"

Yu Yanmei winked at Wang Yiming, and said, "Take it, what the parents want, or they won't feel at ease. Anyway, my dad is also the head of the hall! If my daughter lives in a cold kiln, his face will It's shameless."

Wang Yiming smiled, had no choice but to accept it, and said: "Then thank you parents, I will definitely treat Yanmei well, please rest assured, our days will be happy."

Cong's mother smiled and said: "If you have the heart, it's fine. As an old man, we all want our children to be happy and happy. Our three daughters have never left me since they were young. The daughters of our family, not to mention everyone. You can be regarded as educated and reasonable, with outstanding appearance, and the conditions in all aspects are not bad. The reason why we are willing to marry our daughter to you is because you are educated, polite, and able to endure hardships. You are a good child. My daughter and you, we can rest assured .I hope that you will be considerate to each other in the future. If you have something to discuss, you can't let your temper be arbitrarily, and live a prosperous life, and we will be content."

Wang Yiming nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, please rest assured, mom."

Wang Yiming and Yu Yanmei now suddenly have more than 1000 yuan in their hands, and when they go shopping in the streets to pick out furniture, they feel confident.Yu Yanli knew that her sister and brother-in-law didn't have much money. The couple had been married for five or six years, and Sun Guangming's salary was high, so she had some savings. Now that her sister was getting married, she had to show it well.The couple discussed and discussed, and decided to take out 200 yuan.You know, at that time, 200 yuan was a lot of money.The combined salary of Wang Yiming and Yu Yanmei is just over 100 a month.Usually, I give my colleagues extra money for their marriage, and each person pays 10 yuan.The relationship is very good, and it is already very face-saving to send 20 yuan of money.But now, Yu Yanli is paying 200 yuan to her younger sister, which shows that their sister's friendship is extraordinary.

With money and Yu Yanli as a consultant, Wang Yiming and Yu Yanmei went to more than a dozen stores and furniture stores intermittently to buy everything that needed to be bought.

Newly added curtains, thick fabric with white gauze on the outside, set off the whole room full of vitality.The wooden sofa, made of heavy wood, looks like the real thing. One is long, and two are small, with a coffee table. They look decent in the living room.The most important thing is that it is long enough to be two meters long and more than two feet wide. You can sleep with a quilt on it.Whoever comes to his hometown, if there is not enough room to live, can temporarily deal with it on the sofa in the living room.

The big bed is very good, the solid wood furniture is made of thick ash wood.Simmons is also a famous brand. The spring is compact and hard. Even if two people sleep on it, it will not collapse easily.This is the first time Wang Yiming has his own spring mattress, and he has only seen such beds in hotels before.

The kitchen supplies have also been bought, including a gas stove and a complete set of pots and pans.The only downside is that I can't afford a TV yet.

Because the time of marriage has been set on New Year's Day, Wang Yiming wrote a letter to his parents in advance, and wrote a letter to his younger brother Erhu who was teaching in the county, telling him that he was going to get married on New Year's Day, and arranged for him to ask for leave at that time , took her parents to the provincial capital to attend her wedding.In the letter, Wang Yiming told his parents to make four new quilts with the best cotton at home, and there is no need to prepare anything else, just bring the quilts and take the train.

Wang Yiming's parents were naturally very happy when they received the news that their son was going to get married.According to my son's instructions, I started to prepare immediately.After picking the best cotton, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy the best satin quilt cover. Wang Yiming's mother, Sanni, and the aunt and sister-in-law in the village made the quilt in a few days.Wang Yiming's father, Wang Chunfu, sold the extra corn, soybeans, and wheat at home, and raised 500 yuan, which he planned to take to the city to buy things for his son's wedding.

It was the first time for Wang Chunfu and his wife to enter the provincial capital, and everything they saw was new.Looking around in the entire Provincial Party Committee compound, it looked like Grandma Liu suddenly entered the Grand View Garden, dazzled for a while, and couldn't see anything.

Unable to knock on the door, Erhu guessed that his brother hadn't left work yet, so he asked his parents to stay at the door, not to wander around, and carefully looked at things, and found Wang Yiming in the building of the office.

At this time, Wang Yiming knew that his parents had arrived, so he quickly greeted the director and walked for half an hour to meet his parents.

Went to the third floor to find his parents, and Wang Yiming took his parents to his new house, put down his things, and settled down first.Now there are pots and pans at home, and you can start cooking immediately.Wang Yiming bought some steamed buns, cooked vegetables, and meat. After a while, Yu Yanmei also came back from get off work, and the family began to eat.

(End of this chapter)