Urban Super Medical Saint

"Which Director Zuo are you talking about?" Xu Suying asked, slightly startled.

"Which other Director Zuo? Of course, the current Standing Committee member of the County Party and Director of the Public Security Bureau, Zuo Le. His wife, Xu Jingfang, used to be from your Xu family village. You mentioned to me two years ago that you went to Xu family village elementary school with her and were even in the same class," Liang Zhen explained.

Xi Yuan Town was actually just a township previously, and the town center was quite small. However, in the past few years, it gradually expanded by incorporating some surrounding villages and then reformed from a township to a town. Xu family village was a village on the edge of Xi Yuan Town before it also got merged. Naturally, all the people in Xu family village bore the surname Xu, and Zuo Le's wife, Xu Jingfang, just happened to be from Xu family village.

But now that the village had become a street district, naturally, people scattered, and interactions couldn't stay as close as when living together in the same village. Moreover, because Xu family village was a large village with six to seven hundred households, it wasn't as familiar and intimate as smaller villages. Once merged into Xi Yuan Town, the relationships became even more distant. Gradually, except for some elders who still often kept in touch and greeted each other on the street, many of the younger ones no longer recognized each other.

However, because Xu Jingfang had married the director of the county public security bureau, her name was quite eminent around the Xi Yuan Town and Xu family village area, so when Liang Zhen mentioned her, Xu Suying recalled and smiled, "So you were talking about Xu Jingfang."

"Yes, exactly Xu Jingfang! See if you can talk to her about our Jirong's matter. If Director Zuo is willing to put in a word, Jirong is certain to get into a county government agency," Liang Zhen hurriedly nodded, her eyes filled with a hint of hope.

"Zuo Le?" Ge Dongxu overheard and was momentarily stunned, wanting to interject but hesitated and closed his mouth instead.

"That's years ago. Besides, I was only in the same class as Xu Jingfang for two years, during the first and second grade of elementary school. Later, her father moved her to the township elementary school, and we were never in the same class again. So many years have passed, she probably doesn't remember me! And you know, nowadays, it's not easy to arrange someone into a government agency unless they are close relatives or friends. I definitely can't help with this," Xu Suying hurriedly waved her hand.

With such ancient connections, a mere employee at a supply and marketing cooperative, she dared not forge a relationship with the esteemed wife of the Standing Committee member and the director of the Public Security Bureau, let alone ask for favors.

"Yeah, Liang Zhen, you really shouldn't trouble Suying with this. Xu Jingfang is the wife of the county public security bureau director. What can she possibly say? I think getting into a state-owned enterprise or public institution is quite good," Xu Zheming said.

"How is that good? Can a public institution compare to a government agency? Look at Wei Fang's son, he's no better than our Jirong, but his father-in-law found a leader's connection, which got him into the county health and planning bureau. Look how boastful she's been these past few days, bragging in front of me about how her son excels in the army, and asking about whether Jirong has secured a position yet. What am I supposed to answer? You're a long-time employee at the transportation bureau. You've been honest your whole life. When it came time for you to bring a gift to your bureau leader to get your son a position in the transportation bureau, you couldn't even manage that, and then you have the nerve to say a public institution is fine. Additionally, our Jirong has earned military service merits and fully qualifies for a government agency position. Why shouldn't he get in?" Once Xu Zheming spoke, Liang Zhen's words fired off like a machine gun.

"Zheming, Jirong's employment is not a trivial matter; it's something that affects his whole life. I think what Liang Zhen is saying is right, you still need to find a way," Xu Guozhong, also Ge Dongxu's grandfather, didn't blame Liang Zhen this time but spoke up.

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"Big cousin, what are your own thoughts?" Ge Dongxu, seeing the situation, was moved and asked Xu Jirong in a low voice.

"Getting into a government agency would naturally be better, and my credentials are quite good. But it's not as exaggerated as my mom says. Isn't working anywhere still working?" Xu Jirong replied in a low voice.

"I see, I'll ask around for you another day." Seeing that his big cousin still leaned toward getting into a government agency, Ge Dongxu thought about finding a time to ask Zuo Le, but, being young, he wasn't sure how simple or difficult these matters could be, hence he didn't make any promises.

"You? Okay, okay, stop causing trouble here!" Xu Jirong said irritably upon hearing this.

Ge Dongxu just smiled and did not defend himself. He did not like to show off and he was not like some people who talk a lot before doing anything. He preferred to keep a low profile and be practical, liking to get things done before talking about them.

"Dad, you don't know, things are not the same as before, it's not so easy to get into government offices now! Even our own Director of Transportation had trouble getting a relative in, and he couldn't arrange it." While Ge Dongxu and Xu Jirong whispered, Xu Zheming bitterly responded.

"Come on, that's because your director's relative is just too incompetent. Your director was afraid he'd embarrass himself by hiring him, that's why he didn't arrange it. He is just using that as an excuse to fob you off, and you actually fell for it? I don't believe for a second that a Transportation Director couldn't arrange something for a relative," Liang Zhen scoffed.

Xu Zheming actually knew that what Liang Zhen said was true, but he too needed an excuse to save face and respond to his father. Now that his wife had blown his cover, he could only awkwardly shake his head, at a loss for a response. Experience new stories on empire

"Bro, I think you should visit your director more often, or maybe give a little more in gifts. In today's world, nothing gets done without gifts!" The younger brother, Xu Zhebo, who had been more active in business over the years, knew the importance of gift-giving in getting things done and thus spoke up.

Xu Zheming fell silent upon hearing this.

"Look at you, just look at you, what should I even say about him? He's just got this lifeless attitude; marrying him is just asking for trouble!" Liang Zhen pointed at Xu Zheming and complained.

"Alright, alright, big sister-in-law, don't talk about big brother like that. Didn't you marry him for that very temperament?" Xu Suying came out to mediate.

"Well, I never expected he would be this honest, like giving gifts is as bad as killing him!" Liang Zhen retorted unapologetically.

"Mom, just tone it down, I think it's the same with public institutions," Xu Jirong finally couldn't resist speaking up in defense of his father.

"You father and son are cut from the same cloth! It's so infuriating..." Liang Zhen pointed at the two and said angrily, but mid-sentence, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly grabbed Xu Suying by the arm, pointing toward the entrance of the restaurant, "Suying, look, look, isn't that Director Zuo and Xu Jingfang's family? They've also come here to dine. This is a great opportunity; you must go and acknowledge your classmate."

It turned out that Xu Jingfang was also returning to her parents' home for a New Year visit today. Since Zuo Le is now a standing committee member of the county party and the Director of Public Security, his status is extraordinary. On the one hand, Xu Jingfang's family felt it would be too shabby to invite them to eat at home, and on the other hand, they were motivated by vanity to show off their son-in-law, so they took their daughter, son-in-law, and the whole family to the Xu family restaurant.

Xu Family Restaurant, though not a large hotel in Xiyuan Town, is clean and elegantly decorated, situated right at the center of the former Xu She Village. Generally, when people from Xu She Village have festivals or celebrations and host dinners, they prefer to come here.

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