Chapter 80: Grooming A Successor?
Actually, there was no need to ask; Lu Qiaoge could guess the general situation.
Taking advantage of the son going to the mine, Old Man Wei and Old Woman Liu slipped away like oil smeared on their feet.
No filial children stay by the bedside during a long illness, let alone a daughter-in-law?
Naturally, they didn’t want to take care of her and ran to the eldest son’s home.
This can’t be forced, but if you’re leaving, just tell Wei Qiang before you go?
Or tell the neighbors, that would work too.
Just abandoning the half-dead daughter-in-law and the five-year-old grandson like this is really heartless!
District One belongs to Xiangyang Neighborhood Committee; they couldn’t possibly ignore this matter.
Lu Qiaoge had something on her mind, riding her bicycle so fast it seemed like it was about to fly.
A jeep came up behind and quickly overtook the bicycle, speeding ahead.
Qin Hengzhi in the car was reading a report when Xiao Su said, “Which comrade is that woman, riding her bicycle so fast… Ah, Comrade Lu!”
Qin Hengzhi, sitting in the back, suddenly looked up, but naturally, the cyclist was already out of sight.
So, Qin Hengzhi turned around and saw far away a pretty young woman riding a bicycle, going so fast that her two braids were about to fly up.
Xiao Su asked, “Representative Qin, should we stop?”
Qin Hengzhi paused for a moment and said, “No stopping!”
Xiao Su naturally continued at the original speed, but today there was no emergency meeting or training task, just routine work. He sneaked a glance at their military representative and still said, “Comrade Lu is riding so fast; does she have some urgent matter?”
Qin Hengzhi had already put down the report and faintly said upon hearing this, “Since that’s the case, stop the car.”
Xiao Su chuckled inwardly, responded loudly, and slowly pulled the car over to the roadside.
Lu Qiaoge, who had been riding furiously, had just seen the big jeep and naturally recognized it as Qin Hengzhi’s exclusive vehicle at a glance.
But she pretended not to see it; she needed to quickly report to Director Hu and then go home to change clothes.
The outfit she was wearing was a summer dress made by Meng Xia from cotton cloth.
The top was a small collared outerwear that fit the aesthetics of the era and also Lu Qiaoge’s own taste. Because it was sky-blue pure cotton cloth, Lu Qiaoge chose long sleeves.
No waistline, just loose and relaxed; the pants below were the same, using elastic bands.
Overall very comfortable, but the pants were designed as wide-leg style, and Old Mrs. Lu had even embroidered a few flowers on the pockets, making it very elegant.
Of course, a pretty person really looks good in anything.
But these were new clothes, worn only today, now soiled with shit and urine; naturally, she couldn’t go to work like this.
But unexpectedly, Qin Hengzhi’s car stopped too.
No need to think; it was waiting for her.
Torn between pretending not to see or stopping, after a few seconds of hesitation without slowing down, Lu Qiaoge saw Qin Hengzhi get out and walk toward her.
Lu Qiaoge continued riding but quickly closed the distance.
She had to stop the bicycle and greeted with a beaming smile, “Good morning, Representative Qin.”
Qin Hengzhi just curved the corners of his mouth simply, then frowned at the disheveled Lu Qiaoge.
“You’re in such a hurry; has something happened?”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t speak, just casually wiped the sweat from her forehead. Seeing this, Qin Hengzhi paused, then took out his handkerchief and handed it to Lu Qiaoge.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t take it; handkerchiefs in this era didn’t seem like something you could casually accept.
Especially from the military factory’s single flower, Qin Hengzhi.
Lu Qiaoge smiled, took out the handkerchief from her shoulder bag, and wiped her sweat.
Qin Hengzhi lowered his gaze to Lu Qiaoge and silently, very naturally, took back the handkerchief.
Only then did Lu Qiaoge explain what had happened earlier.
Qin Hengzhi looked at her disheveled state; in his impression, this young woman had always been pretty and clean.
This was the first time he had seen her like this.
But for some reason, he felt that Lu Qiaoge like this was so pretty that he couldn’t shift his gaze away.
His voice low and deep, “Do you want me to take you home first to change clothes?”
Lu Qiaoge gave Qin Hengzhi a sideways glance.
Big fool, if she went home now to change into clean clothes and went to the neighborhood committee all pretty, would it have the same effect as going directly like this?
Although it was the same thing done, the sensory impact and feedback would be very different.
Lu Qiaoge was eager to report the work and decisively shook her head, “No, this matter is quite urgent; I need to go back to the work unit first.”
Qin Hengzhi raised his brows but quietly stepped to the roadside and asked, “Then go ahead with your business.”
In just these few words, not even two minutes, Lu Qiaoge hurriedly mounted her bicycle and left without looking back.
Qin Hengzhi stood by the roadside, with tender green willow branches swaying behind him in the wind, just like his mood at this moment.
The documents came down yesterday; he was now the official military representative at the military factory, no longer acting.
Didn’t Director Hao guarantee to his grandfather that he would definitely find him a good partner?
He would wait and see!!!
Lu Qiaoge had no idea that Qin Hengzhi hadn’t left and had become the resident military representative at the 516 military factory.
She was still thinking whether to hurry and return the books she borrowed last time. Although this person was pretty good, he was about to fly away soon, so it was better to return all the books to him.
On second thought, she was overthinking it; just a few books, no need to take it so much to heart.
When she arrived at the neighborhood committee, Lu Qiaoge parked her bicycle, not even bothering to wipe her sweat, and first went to the general office. Most people were there today and all knew what Lu Qiaoge had gone to do.
Sister Hua stood up with a complicated expression and walked toward Lu Qiaoge, “Qiao Ge, look, I’ve heated water for you; I’ll get some for you to wash your face and hands first.”
The usually so clean little girl, wearing new clothes made by her mother, had shown them off for a good while when she first came to work. Yet in less than two hours, she looked like no better than a child.
Zhang Quan had been left at home for two days, unable to move and now sick. Already mentally unstable from the shock of the change, no need to think—everything dirty on Qiao Ge came from that.
Even her hair was wet with sweat.
Lu Qiaoge waved her hand hurriedly, “I’ll report to Director Hu first; we’ll talk later.”
Director Hu didn’t wait for Lu Qiaoge to go to her office; he came over himself.
The moment he saw Lu Qiaoge, Old Hu was moved. This Lu Qiaoge, who wasn’t afraid of dirt, fatigue, and was capable, he secretly decided to cultivate her as the next neighborhood committee director.
In another five years, he would retire, and Old Huang too. In five years, Lu Qiaoge could completely take over his responsibilities.
So, he had to find a way to make her an official cadre.
After all, though called cadre now, she, Shao Le, and even a few comrades were all on worker rolls.
To become a cadre, either have vocational school or above education and become a national cadre directly upon graduation, or first act as one and then convert to official cadre.
But the latter operation was difficult and required first attending the cadre study class at the provincial or municipal level.
These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
Lu Qiaoge concisely reported the situation at Wei Qiang’s home.
At this time, Wei Qiang was accompanying Zhang Quan at the hospital, and Xiao Bao was temporarily cared for by Fat Aunt downstairs.
The follow-up was how to resolve the practical difficulties at Wei Qiang’s home.
Old Hu said mildly, “We’ll have a meeting to discuss it shortly; you go home and handle it first. No need to come to the work unit this morning.”
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