Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 435 Giving up
There are some things that cannot be said on the phone in case the walls have ears.

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Yongyang sat there thinking for a while, but couldn't find any clues, so he stopped thinking about it, said hello to the staff at the post office, and left leisurely.

After walking out of the door of the post office business hall, he took out a cigarette and lit it, then walked into the alley while chatting with the neighbors passing by.

What did Li Yancheng ask him to do?
This was a question that had been lingering in his mind since he hung up the phone.

Are you looking for him to do something, or is it because I have been a little prominent recently and some people are displeased with me?

This year, he not only helped the bank contact a batch of materials needed for building a building, but also obtained dozens of tons of unplanned coal. He earned more than 5,000 yuan from these two items alone.

At a time when the average annual income of workers across the country was less than 1,000 yuan, he earned more than 5,000 yuan in more than half a year, not counting the money he made from trading in bills. It was also because he had always been relatively confidential in his actions, and few people knew about his trading in scarce materials.

Otherwise, even with Li Yancheng and Jin Zhihai helping him, even with all the relationships he had maintained over the years, he would have been swallowed up long ago without even a bone left.

You know, Beijing is not short of those generations of daring people. There is nothing they dare not do.

These people have always regarded scarce materials as easy to get. Anyone who reaches out to their territory will definitely have his hand chopped off.

Having your hands chopped off is no big deal, I’m just afraid that even your head might be chopped off.

In the past two years, many people have fallen into the hands of those people because of overstepping their boundaries.

More than two years ago, he was almost put into a sack by those people. Fortunately, there was Li Yancheng, the son-in-law of the Luo family, who gave him face. Otherwise, the grass on his grave would be so tall by now.

Even so, with Li Yancheng's face saved, he finally took out 20,000 yuan to settle the matter.

Twenty thousand yuan seven or eight years ago is more valuable than two million yuan decades later.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yongyang frowned and his face turned a little ugly.

If it is true that his little actions in the first half of this year were discovered again and found by Li Yancheng, he will inevitably suffer a heavy loss again.

Ugh……

He sighed in frustration, and his movements slowed down a bit.

Li Yancheng had told him not to do business in bulk commodities anymore, but to just deal in small bills and scarce personal daily necessities.

There are many people working in this field, but those who are truly capable do not think highly of it because it is too fragmented and involves considerable risks. Several departments, including those in charge of the market and the public security department, are keeping an eye on this area. If they are caught, they will be fined to death, and if not fined, they will also be sent to labor camps.

Those who are powerful are certainly not afraid of these things, and they will not do it themselves. They will find a group of people who follow them to beg for food to make money for them.

But if these people are caught, they have to come forward to rescue them. If they don't, it will be difficult to lead the team.

To rescue someone, you need to owe favors to others. Who would like to owe favors to others if they have nothing better to do?

Therefore, those who are truly capable do not look down upon the business of dealing in small bills and small supplies, as they find it troublesome.

Old Zhu has been in this business for a long time, and Chengdong, Yangchao, Wen Chong, Taifeng and Tong County have almost been monopolized by him, and they are all managed for him by his younger brothers.

But as I said, this business is too trivial and there are too many troubles.

As early as ten years ago, he had set his sights on those bulk items, hoping to earn a commission by acting as an intermediary for others in towing.

Although he eventually listened to Li Yancheng and gave up that business, he would still do it once or twice occasionally. After all, he could earn more from that business, and one success could at least equal to what he earned from his old business for several months.

After the incident more than two years ago, he became more secretive and would never accept a call unless it was from an old acquaintance or relationship.

Now when he thinks about that incident, Li Yancheng lost a lot of face and owed a lot of favors. Later, some people advised him not to continue doing this, so as to avoid running into someone with dirty hands, or someone who had just been transferred to Beijing from other provinces and cities with his family. In that case, no one’s face would be saved.

Not only was he told not to engage in the business of dealing in bulk commodities, he was also asked to stop the business of dealing in bills. It would be best for him to find a job and work steadily for a few years, and then continue his business when the policies have basically stabilized.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yongyang felt his face burning. Thinking of his wife and three children at home, he gritted his teeth and decided to really cut off this business this time.

However, he does not plan to stop the bill trading business. Now there are more and more brothers following him to make a living. If he stops, these people may really have no food to eat.

He was able to find a stable job for himself through various connections, but he was unable to arrange jobs for all his brothers.

The reason why Li Yancheng asked him to stop all his business was that he was worried that he would be swept up in the big operation three years later.

The major operation three years later, although mainly targeted those guys who were causing trouble everywhere and acting like the second in command of Tian Lao, also showed no mercy to those who were dealing in supplies. Anyone who was caught was severely punished.

It was for this reason that Li Yancheng wanted his old classmate to stop. After all, he had made a lot of money over the years and should find a proper job to get through the next few years. It would not be too late to continue doing business in the mid-1980s.

But everyone has his own ideas. Zhu Yongyang has been hanging out in the ghost market since he was a teenager and has been there for nearly 30 years. He has become too wild. Asking him to find a job would be like asking him to die.

Li Yancheng certainly knew that this old classmate would never do what he said.

Otherwise, he would not have secretly been doing the business of dealing in bulk commodities after the incident more than two years ago.

He called Zhu Yongyang over today not to ask him to help the Social Affairs Bureau get the materials needed to build the family housing complex. He already had a candidate in mind after Lao Xu made his purpose clear.

He asked Lao Zhu to come over because he wanted to persuade him one last time for the sake of their relationship over the years. If this guy still doesn't listen, he will no longer care about his life or death.

Zhu Yongyang's business of dealing in bills is getting bigger and bigger. He has long come into the sight of relevant departments. It is only because of the good network of relationships he has built over the years that he has been able to stay safe. But three years later, these systems no longer work.

Judging from the fact that he is playing such a big game now, he will definitely be shot down.

On this side, after hanging up the phone, Li Yancheng opened the drawer and took out a phone book. After flipping through it, he reached out and picked up the light yellow phone and dialed a four-digit number on the dial.

"Hello, Lu An, it's me, Li Yancheng."

"Hey, Brother Li, hello, hello, long time no see."

"It's been a long time since we last met. How is your old lady doing lately?"

"I was just saying that I would go to Brother Li these two days to thank you. Since you helped me last time, my old lady's health has been getting better and better. In the past half month, she has been able to walk slowly in the yard with the help of others."

"The recovery is pretty good, but the exercise time should not exceed one hour a day, and it is best not to exceed ten minutes each time. You must remember this."

"Brother Li, don't worry. We remember your doctor's instructions clearly. Every time the old lady gets out of bed to stroll, the nanny at home will time it." "That's good. After a month, the time can be appropriately extended based on the old lady's recovery."

"Okay, I'll remember that. Brother Li, is there anything else you're calling me about today?"

"Indeed, there is something else. Our municipal bureau is planning to build a residential building for staff."

Li Yancheng stopped talking here, and the person named Lu An on the other end of the phone took over the conversation at the right time.

"I see, Brother Li. So, please write down a list of what you need, and I'll have someone pick it up tomorrow morning... No, I'll go get it myself."

"Okay, call before you come. If I'm not here, you can come and find my secretary, Xiao Guan. You should know Xiao Guan."

"Yes, I know Weidong."

"Okay, that's it. I'll wait for your good news."

"Don't worry, I will do everything for you."

Get it!

Li Yancheng put the receiver back on the landline.

The Lu An he called worked at the General Administration of Materials. His rank was not high, but the position he held did hold real power. The construction materials needed for the four residential buildings were a piece of cake for him.

The old lady they were talking about just now was Lu An's mother.

Li Yancheng didn’t know Lu An before. He got to know him because of his mother’s injury.

His mother fell at home last year and injured her lumbar spine quite seriously. She went to the hospital for surgery, which was successful, but the purpose was not achieved and his mother still cannot stand up.

According to the doctor, his mother might have to use a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

Her father-in-law was the deputy director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Peking Union Medical College. He helped find a lot of experts, both Chinese and Western medicine, but after seeing the old lady's condition, they had no idea what to do.

For the sake of his daughter's future, his father-in-law asked the chief of internal medicine, who is also an expert from the Health Bureau, to seek help from Li Yancheng.

Now, after nearly a year of acupuncture treatment, Lu An's mother can walk on her own with the help of others, and will eventually return to normal.

This time, Li Yancheng asked him to get building materials for not only four buildings, but even forty buildings, he would find a way.

This is a formal channel. It's nothing more than cutting in line. It won't leave any troubles, and there's no need to worry about whether anyone will be jealous.

Having reached his current position step by step, and with his father-in-law still in power, Li Yancheng would not easily do things that could easily leave behind traces.

What we are trying to prevent is that someone will use it to make trouble.

Things were done and it was almost time to get off work. Luo Min didn't have classes tonight, so I could take her home.

He took out the list that Lao Xu had just handed him and put it on the table. He stood up and walked out of the office, said hello to his secretary Xiao Guan, and made it clear that if he was not there tomorrow and someone called to ask for something, the list would be on the desk.

After explaining all this, he walked out of the office building to the parking lot, got in his car and drove to Dianhai District where the Political College was located.

……

"Xiao Min, you don't have classes tonight and you have to go home later?"

"Yes, my two children and I are not close to each other. If I don't go home more often, those two heartless kids will forget me."

The bell rang for the end of get out of class and the students in the classroom began to pack up their things on their desks.

This class is the last one in the afternoon. It is time to have dinner and then have free time in the evening. You can study in the classroom or go out for a walk. Students who have not applied for day study must return to school before 9pm.

The procedures for commuting to school are not easy to obtain. First, your family must be from the urban area of ​​Beijing. Secondly, your unit must issue a certificate. Among this group of students in the long-term training class, three of them live in the city.

In addition to Luo Min who works at the Municipal Social Affairs Bureau, there is another who works at the Municipal Court, and the other is Yu Heping who works at the Public Security Headquarters.

However, only Luo Min applied for the day-schooling procedure, because Li Yancheng often had to go on business trips and there was no one to take care of the children at home.

She has really changed a lot now. In the past, she would just simply reply to others with “um”, “yes”, or “right”, and would never say so much.

A female comrade who was packing her things next to her smiled when she heard this.

"How can a child not be close to his mother?"

"Really?" Luo Min stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at the classmate next to him and said seriously.

"My two kids are really not close to me. Now that they are older, they are a little better. When they were young, they would not let me put them to sleep at night. They would pester their dad to tell them stories and bathe them.

It wasn't until my daughter was five years old that her father felt he could no longer bathe her, and my daughter reluctantly agreed to let me bathe her.

When other children come home, they always say "Mom, I'm back" or "Where's my mom?" My two children start shouting "Dad, I'm back" as soon as they enter the yard. Where's my dad?
When they were young, the two children would cry their eyes out every time he went on a business trip. Now they are much older, but their moods still become much worse whenever he goes on a business trip.

It’s different for me. I don’t go home for a week because we have classes, and the two kids at home just ask a question.”

"Wow, your children really do like their father. Did you control them less when they were young?"

Faced with this question, Luo Min's face turned slightly red.

She really doesn't care much about the cheers or laughter.

The main thing is that she doesn't need to take care of it. Apart from breastfeeding, she doesn't have to worry about other things related to taking care of the child. Li Yancheng is doing a good job.

When Huansheng was just born, she saw her husband's skillful movements in taking care of the child, such as burping, changing diapers, putting the baby to sleep, and changing the baby's pee and poop. If she didn't know everything about her husband's past, she would have suspected that her husband had other children outside.

She really didn't know anything about taking care of a child. It was her mother who taught her how to feed Huansheng after she was born. Several times, she almost covered the baby's breast while feeding. Of course, this was mainly because the baby was too big.

Another reason why she paid less attention to the children was that Li Yancheng didn't want to tire her out.

(End of this chapter)