Chapter 59: Do you also like to receive guests?
The provincial party committee leaders had left less than five minutes after the banquet began. At the scene, everyone relaxed and started to build relationships and express their feelings.
Hu Jiao was surrounded by many guests, who came and went. Everyone held the address book sent by the trainer, pointed at their names and phone numbers, and asked Hu Jiao to go and get together no matter what.
There were a few who even dragged Hu Jiao and insisted on getting together again after the breakup, using all kinds of pretexts, reasons and excuses. Hu Jiao was helpless.
Fortunately, Li Qingqing, the director of the Transportation Department's office, stepped in and downplayed the situation, helping Hu Jiao resolve the situation easily.
Zhang Dafu and Chen Yongzheng are also experienced people. Together they not only blocked a lot of alcohol, but also helped Hu Jiao make many promises.
In this way, Li Ya dragged Shi Jingyuan away, and Hu Jiao finally got the chance to escape.
As agreed in advance, "Titanic" is currently showing at the Xindu Cinema on Nanhu Commercial Street.
The movie started at 8 o'clock in the evening. Hu Jiao didn't dare to buy a couple's seat and asked for an ordinary seat. Fortunately, the location was good, right in the middle.
When Liu Jie saw Jack push Rose onto the wooden board with a pale face and told her to stay alive, she covered her mouth tightly and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Hu Jiao was very calm. Apart from being a little depressed, he was not immersed in the plot.
Handing over a tissue, Liu Jie wiped and blew her mouth. Although the sound was very low, Hu Jiao really wanted to laugh.
But he didn't dare to laugh, because the consequences were too terrible!
If you dare to laugh out loud, I'm afraid everyone in the theater will attack you.
Why do you want to laugh?
After the movie ended, Liu Jie was still immersed in the story, her mind full of Jack, the sound of bagpipes, the sea water and glaciers.
Hu Jiao was helpless. He looked at the time. It was past ten o'clock. "I'll take you home first. Where do you live now?"
"The provincial party committee dormitory."
Hu Jiao looked at the beautiful woman with red eyes, and thought of something funny again, so he couldn't help asking, "Which character do you like in the movie?"
"Of course Jack."
"Do you like entertaining guests?"
"Yeah! I like Jack!"
Hu Jiao tried hard to hold back his laughter, "Oh, what kind of guests do you like to receive?"
Liu Jie reacted and suddenly grabbed his arm, pinching and squeezing it. Hu Jiao squatted down with laughter. Liu Jie was angry, "How can you be so cold and heartless?"
Hu Jiao laughed enough, and Liu Jie was also relieved, finally no longer immersed in the movie, "This movie is really good! If you were the male lead, would you do that?"
Hu Jiao did not answer her question, but asked, "If your mother and I fell into the water, and neither of us could swim, and you could only save one of us , who would you save?"
Liu Jie stared at him blankly. "This question seems to be a woman asking a man, right? Who would you save first?"
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"lie."
Hu Jiao chuckled, and without waiting for Liu Jie to show off, he slowly replied, "I will save your mother first, and then jump in and die with you."
Liu Jie stopped and looked at Hu Jiao. This was a lie.
"The truth is..."
"Don't say that! Go back. I want to walk alone."
Hu Jiao didn't leave. He looked at Liu Jie and said seriously, "Sister Liu, I have a wife and children, so I can't give you anything. We can be ambiguous and flirt, but we can never fall in love."
After saying that, Hu Jiao turned and left. Liu Jie stood there, watching his back disappear. There were no tears or sadness in her eyes. She felt sorry for herself and said, "Is this your revenge on me?"
Walking slowly back to her residence, the moment she opened the door, Liu Jie laughed silently, thinking, even so, let's see who can't control himself!
When Hu Jiao returned home, his son Hu Yunbei was still awake. He had seen him once during the training period and found that Beibei had already started talking nonsense, babbling all day long, and crawling around with drooling.
Seeing Hu Jiao, the kid was lying on the foam floor, drooling at the corners of his mouth. He arched his butt and tried to stand up, but he didn't have enough strength. His butt was swaying back and forth, and he was groaning. He didn't want to sit up first and then stand up slowly, but wanted to stand up directly, so his small body was not strong enough.
Hu Jiao ran over happily and squatted in front of his son, "Come on, Beibei, try harder. One, two, three. Oops, almost there. Try again!"
Li Juan's figure has slowly recovered after her son was weaned. She has gotten rid of the immaturity of a girl before marriage and now looks more charming. The temperament of a young woman reveals maturity and sexiness.
"You, give him a hand, it's understandable."
Li Juan is now slowly turning her mind to work. A nanny has been sent to her grandfather's house in Yanjing, which makes her feel relieved. The nanny is Xia Ni, from Gansu and Shaanxi, in her thirties, careful and kind, quite simple, and excellent at taking care of children. The children of Hu Jiao's two cousins were all raised by the nanny.
Hu Jiao and the others all called her Sister Xia. Her husband also followed her to Nanzhao. He was a transporter. Out of concern and gratitude for Sister Xia's hard work, her husband was assigned to the logistics department of the Provincial Party Committee Service Center, helping the service team of the Provincial Party Committee leaders drive, buy groceries, and do miscellaneous things.
When Little Beibei heard his mother's voice, he became even more anxious and kept shouting, asking his mother for help, but Hu Jiao stopped Li Juan, "No, let him turn over by himself. Don't spoil him."
Just as she finished speaking, her mother Li Aiju walked out of the study, squatted down, and picked up her grandson, "Baby, grandma hugs you."
Beibei will be two years old next month. He can call out some simple names, with Grandma and Mom being the first ones to come out of his mouth.
Moreover, this little rascal is very good at pleasing Li Aiju. He always stays in his grandmother's arms no matter what, and calls her "Grandma" sweetly.
He hugged his grandmother's neck and smacked her constantly, making Li Aiju's face drool. The latter, on the other hand, danced with joy and wished she could hold him in her mouth or in her hands all day long.
As soon as he was held in her arms, Little Beibei immediately gave her several kisses, "Grandma, kiss me."
Hu Jiao rolled his eyes. He had heard his mother say many times that he was a little teacher when he was young. He never knew how to please others from the moment he started talking. Instead, he spoke in a commanding manner and was absolutely obedient.
"Jiaojiao calls me uncle."
That's why you call me uncle.
Li Aiju reads when he is asked to read and eats when he is asked to eat. He is definitely a model of a good child.
Recently, Li Aiju has been lamenting that the Hu family's genetics are all inherited from the previous generation, because Hu Jiao's grandmother told her about the interesting things about Hu Jianguo's childhood, how naughty he was, how he disobeyed him, and how he went up mountains and down rivers with others to cause trouble everywhere.
So Hu Yunbei's personality is exactly the same as what her mother-in-law described to her about her husband's childhood.
Hu Jiao was inherited from my grandfather.
Sister Xia often lives in the Hu family and only goes to meet her man on weekends. Juanjuan and Hu Jiao are both at home on weekends, and Hu Jianguo will also be at home if he is not busy at work.
Plus Hu Zhongzhi and Li Mingyong and his wife.
When the weekend comes, Hu Yunbei is truly the center of attention, extremely favored, and can do whatever he wants.
Hu Jiao once lamented that if he continued like this, he would be the representative of the dandy class in the future.
No matter how naughty Hu Yunbei is, Li Aiju will not get angry. According to her, Hu Jiao was too bored when she was a child, and her grandson just happened to make up for her shortcomings.
Seeing his son was behaving badly and spitting all over his mother's face, Hu Jiao clapped his hands and said, "Beibei, son, come and hold daddy. We are going to sleep."
Unexpectedly, Beibei's eyes turned and he hugged Li Aiju tightly, "No daddy, grandma, hug me."
Hu Jiao was about to glare at Li Aiju, but he saw Li Aiju glaring at him first, so he quickly smiled and apologized, "Mom, you need to rest more... Sister Xia..."
"Why are you yelling? Go ahead. Beibei will sleep with me tonight."
Li Juanjuan also became anxious when she heard this. Li Aiju's sleep is very important and must not be disturbed. If she doesn't sleep well one night, she will have to rest for several days.
"Mom, go to sleep. Beibei, be good and come to mommy."
Hu Yunbei pouted, "Beibei, be good. You don't want mommy, you want grandma."
Li Aiju watched and saw that Hu Jiao couldn't even scare her, let alone use force.
"Okay, okay, it'll be fine for one night. Besides, Beibei sleeps alone in his crib, and by the time he wakes up, I'll have slept enough. Go ahead."
Sister Xia heard Hu Jiao calling earlier, and now she has come out. She has just cleaned up the kitchen and is preparing to stew hen .
Just then, she heard what Li Aiju said and said, "It's okay. You guys go to sleep. When Beibei falls asleep, I'll carry him to my room."
Hu Jiao felt relieved after hearing this.
Li Aiju smiled helplessly, "You guys are really worrying too much. Haven't I had any serious illnesses in the past two years? Besides, your grandpa has his health doctor come to check on me every month. Don't worry, Jiaojiao has finished his training. When will he go to Sanmei?"
"After National Day. The letter of introduction requires that you report to the Nanhu Organization Department on October 15th."
When Li Juanjuan heard Hu Jiao talking about work, she quickly interrupted, "By the way, Hu Jiao, Mom, I also need to adjust my work."
Li Aiju turned and looked at her, "Promoted?"
Li Juan shook her head, "Well, Dad said he went to the Provincial Office of Spiritual Civilization."
Hu Jiao smiled and said, "This is a relaxing place to be. The Office of the Steering Committee for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization, you got promoted to deputy director? Congratulations!"
Li Juanjuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I don't have any ambition to be an official, so it doesn't matter where I work. Originally my mother wanted me to work at the Provincial People's Bank, where the benefits are good and the salary is high."
When Li Aiju heard this, she understood what Li Mingyong meant. She wanted to make way for Hu Jiao and take good care of the household so that Hu Jiao would have no worries.
After all, Hu Jiao has just officially embarked on his official career. If Li Juanjuan also follows his career, the couple will have to take care of their own things. Although Li Aiju is taking care of the child, it does not feel like a home, and it is not conducive to Hu Jiao's future studies.
Putting Li Juan in a less busy department can help her gain experience, and secondly, it is not too busy, which is a good way to take care of both ends.
"Okay, the Spiritual Civilization Office is not bad, and it will be more conducive to promotion in the future. Juanjuan, don't think about the money. The salary income of our family of four is enough."
After listening to Li Aiju's words, Li Juan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Li Mingyong strongly suggested that she go to the People's Bank of China, but her mother objected, saying that the People's Bank of China emphasizes specialization and each has its own faction. The salary at the Office of Spiritual Civilization is not as high as there, but the advantage is that one can move up and down.
Now that she heard Li Aiju say this, she could legitimately oppose her father's suggestion.
Li Aiju knew that her daughter-in-law was being petty and that her in-laws must have asked her to seek opinions from this side. Li Aiju did not say anything. After all, no matter if she is a daughter-in-law, a mother or a housewife, everyone should have their own career, especially women.
At this time, Hu Jianguo also returned home.
When he opened the door and saw that the whole family was there, he was in a good mood. He played with his grandson, asked a few questions about Li Juan's arrangements, and gave Hu Jiao a wink.
The others were very conscious and knew that the father and son had something to discuss.
Entering Li Aiju's study, the old couple shared it because the house was not big enough. In addition to the study and a bedroom, the first floor was the living room, kitchen, and storage room. The second floor was used by Hu Jiao and his wife. Li Juan suggested several times to move to a bigger one, but Hu Jianguo firmly stopped it.
After all, he is also qualified to enter the Standing Committee Building, which is the real villa.
Hu Zhongzhi also advised him, but Hu Jianguo mainly took into consideration that Li Aiju had already gotten used to living here and was particularly reluctant to leave the potted flowers in the yard and the green grass that Li Aiju had trimmed with her own hands.
Sister Xia stayed in the guest room on the second floor. As her family was so crowded, there was no vacant room, which was just perfect.
"Did you get the letter of introduction today?"
Hu Jianguo took the tea prepared by Hu Jiao, took off his coat, and leaned back in his office chair to stretch his body.
Hu Jiao nodded. "Chen Yongzheng is good. He is suitable for economics. Why not let him serve as the acting county magistrate?"
Hu Jianguo held the teacup in both hands, squinted his eyes, and completely relaxed. "Yongzheng has just been promoted to deputy director, so he can't progress too fast. For his future development, let him adapt to organizational work first. The county is not like the countryside."
Hu Jiao did not object. Unlike him, he was promoted from a section chief to a deputy director because of his mother's heroic deeds, and from a deputy director to a section chief. That was luck and opportunity. The plan was to trick him, but he didn't expect it to work out for him.
Thinking about it now, Hu Jiao is still a little scared, so he stayed in the university for the past two years, concentrating on studying and no longer wanted to think about official affairs.
The situation is different now. Hu Zhongzhi has become the number one, and his father and father-in-law have both become leadership members.
"Why? Are you still feeling a little resistant?"
Hu Jianguo could see what was going on in his son's silence.
Hu Jiao looked at his father. He had become a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. His work was more tiring, but his spirits were getting better and better. "Dad, I went to Tong County to take the blame for Wu Hao. Now I'm going to Sanmei to help him clean up the mess."
Hu Jianguo was a little unhappy when he heard this, and the smile on his lips slowly disappeared. "You studied for two years in vain! I think you have become stupid from studying! Have you learned about the situation in Sanmei? Don't worry about who has been there. No matter where it is, it is led by the Party! Why did your uncle choose Sanmei? It was to prove to others that he, Wu Hao, can't do it, but you can! A big case happened in Tong County later, and everyone knows what happened. You went there to take the blame, but you also got the reward. Besides, if Sanmei develops well, it will be the most successful place in the province in three to five years. Do you think Wu Hao was exiled there? Foolish!"
Hu Jiao felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say. He had no right to speak without investigation. It was not that he was unaware of Sanmei's situation, but he said that on purpose because he hoped to get another person from his father.
"I'm wrong, Dad. Can you arrange for someone else to be the deputy county chief?"
"who?"
"Li Ya, originally from the Inspectorate..."
Hu Jianguo waved his hand to interrupt Hu Jiao's introduction, "That won't work. Three people at most, Yongzheng, Jingyuan, plus you, is already the limit. Li Ya is not steady enough, his temper is too impetuous, and... he didn't learn well from Wang Jianxin."
Hu Jiao seldom heard his father judge people, saying that they had not learned well. In Hu Jianguo's mouth, such words were basically worth five to ten years.
Hu Jiao cursed in his heart, thinking that he was too naive, and was fooled by Wang Jianxin, the old official, until he lost his mind.
Thinking back, I once took Wang Jianxin seriously as my teacher.
Hu Jianguo seemed to see through his son's thoughts. "You too! Humph, if you are not smart, don't count on your current position. If you have any problems, communicate more with Yongzheng. Jingyuan is very capable in the public security, procuratorial and judicial fields. You should consult Yongzheng on economic matters. I have met the current executive deputy county magistrate. He is a good person."
Hu Jianguo finished speaking and lowered his head to drink water. Hu Jiao nodded and helped his father refill the water. "Then you should go to bed early."
"Wait, this is Sanmei's cadre information, take a good look at it."
Taking the file bag handed over by his father, Hu Jiao chuckled, "Dad, is this considered abusing your power for personal gain?"
"roll."
When I returned to the room, Li Juan had already finished her shower and was leaning on the bed reading a book.
"Juanjuan, what book are you reading?"
"Titanic."
Hu Jiao was stunned. Titanic? He had just watched a movie with Liu Jie tonight. He pretended to be casual and asked, "Isn't the movie playing now?"
"I've seen it. I went to see it on the first day it was released. I wanted to wait for you to watch it together, but I can't wait. Let me tell you, Hu Jiao, I like Jack so much!"
"You like entertaining guests, too?"
Seeing Li Juanjuan nodded affirmatively, Hu Jiao was speechless for a moment.
