Chapter 49: The Fury of Martial Virtue

  "Is that Wang Hua? Ask Zhang Qian to come with you to my office." Zhang Qingyun picked up the phone, dialed a few numbers, and said after hearing the response.

  "Ding, ding, ding." Before long, someone was knocking on the door.

  "Come in!" Zhang Qingyun stretched and said. The door was pushed open, and the two who entered were his own two subordinates, Wang Hua and Zhang Qian. Zhang Qingyun smiled at them and nodded slightly, having observed them for several days and finding that these two young people were not bad, unlike the other department's young people who were frivolous and gossipy. Usually, they just focused on their work, respectful to him but with a sense of propriety, without making anyone feel unnatural.

  "Sit down! Order whatever you like. It's been a long time since we've had a chance to talk, and I've never really chatted with you two before!" Zhang Qingyun said warmly.

  Wang Hua and Zhang Qian exchanged a glance, and without further ado, they sat down opposite Zhang Qingyun's office desk.

  "How's it going? Little Wang, Little Zhang, is work going smoothly?"

  "It's just that... many times there's nothing to do, and the idleness is unsettling." Zhang Qian said in a soft voice, perhaps due to her young age, she spoke without reserve.

  Zhang Qingyun laughed and looked at Wang Huahua with great interest, saying: "How about you?"

  "I have more things to do than her, but I also have more free time. Generally when I'm idle and have nothing to do, I'll read some materials."

  "Well, to be honest, it's not bad. How about this, I'll treat you guys to dinner tonight? You've all been to my place before, and last time I was in Wude, I didn't get a chance to host you properly, so consider this dinner as my way of making up for it."

  Zhang Qian and Wang Hua looked at each other, both seeming somewhat hesitant and uncertain about what to do.

  "It's just a meal, you don't have to worry too much. We're not much different in age, eating and chatting about feelings is good, isn't it?" Zhang Qingyun said with a smile.

  Zhang Qingyun said so, and the two of them readily agreed.

  After Wang and Zhang left, Zhang Qingyun took a deep breath. These two people were just like himself when he was in Lizi Ping - they had just entered the official circle, were muddled and confused, and couldn't shake off the bookish air about them. Of course, they would also be subject to the impact of reality and dreams being at odds with each other. They were a complete blank slate.

  But anyway, Zhang Qingyun is now short-handed, a lone commander, no matter how fast his brain turns, without anyone to execute, it's still just empty talk. In any case, since he has nothing better to do, he might as well take some time to train these two people, maybe he can make use of them later.

  At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Qingyun was indeed feeling suffocated in his office. He suddenly had an idea and thought of going to the government office to take a look around and chat with people there, maybe he could even get some information out of it.

  He closed the door of his office and walked through the corridor of the county committee office. As soon as he reached the corner, he heard someone whispering something that seemed to be related to him. Zhang Qingyun quickly stopped and listened carefully with his ear tilted.

  "Hey, Huazhu, do you think I'm dressed appropriately for Director Zhang's dinner party?" It was Zhang Qian's voice.

  "It doesn't matter if it's suitable or not, we're just having a meal, not attending a dance party."

  "Cut it out, you rarely come home, since you think that way, why did you still go back home at noon to change clothes?" Zhang Qian this girl, her words are really sharp.

  "You know what, when having dinner with the leader, you have to dress properly. I wore casual clothes this morning, jeans, that's definitely not okay." Wang Hua retorted.

  Zhang Qian was silent for a while before speaking, perhaps he also thought Wang Huahua made sense. After a while, she changed the subject and said:

  "Hey, Huazi, I heard that our director doesn't have any background, just like us. You think when can we also become a director and be a secretary to the county head or something, how impressive would that be."

  "They don't have any background, but they do have skills! I heard that he was supposed to go to a top university back then, but just missed the cut-off score by a few points. Besides, what's with 'just like us'? Isn't your dad also the vice principal of Yongping Middle School?"

  "I won't tell you, you have no sense of humor at all. Poor me, Zhang Qian TV station is doing well, how come I'm so unlucky to take the civil service exam? When will this kind of life end?"

  “……”

  Listening to the conversation between the two, Zhang Qingyun was speechless and couldn't help but laugh. She had thought that they were both introverted, but it turned out that they were also two people who loved gossip. Thinking about it, her generation had been educated in a more open-minded way since childhood, and those who could enter the civil service sequence were all carefully selected, so how many of them were mediocre?

  Two people were chatting non-stop over there, and Zhang Qingyun didn't want to interrupt them, so he chose to go downstairs from the other side of the corridor. He walked not far from the door of the government office and heard Wu Dezheng saying something inside with a very severe tone, presumably scolding someone.

  He hurriedly quickened his pace and in three strides he was at the door of the office.

  "You must investigate this matter thoroughly! Just because County Chief Leng is not in good health, you can do whatever you want? How did you become the deputy director?"

  Wu De stood with his back to the door and sternly said to a shriveled old man around 50 years old.

  That old man Zhang Qingyun knew, called Jia Zhenjiao, was previously in the Radio and Television Bureau, and had just been transferred to serve as Deputy Director of the Government Office. Since there were not many things to do on the side of the government office, Zhang Qingyun rarely saw him usually.

  Jia Zhen's eyes lit up as soon as he saw Zhang Qingyun, and he immediately made eye contact with him. Wu De's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he turned around to see Zhang Qingyun, his expression also easing a bit, saying:

  "Has Qingyun arrived?"

  "County Head Wu is fine. I have nothing this afternoon and thought of coming over to take a look, see if there's anything I can help with." Zhang Qingyun added.

  Wu De nodded and cleared his throat, saying: "It's rare that you have this kind of heart, but your thoughts might be in vain. The people in the office are used to being lazy, take a look, there are only a few people left in the entire office now, it's just past four o'clock, and they've all run off."

  Zhang Qingyun looked around and saw that everyone had left, no wonder Wu De was furious. The county government office was in such a state, it was indeed a loss of face for the government.

  "When will County Magistrate Li return from his trip to Wu De? Did he tell you?"

  Zhang Qingyun shook his head and said, "I don't know the specific time either. County Magistrate Li has gone to seek financial support from the municipal leaders this time, and he didn't mention a specific deadline either. I reckon it'll be at most a week."

  "Hmm, the government can't do without him! The offices directly under the government are already like this, who knows what's going on below?!" He then gave Jia Zheng a stern glare, his tone turning severe: "This evil trend must be rectified. If I see this kind of situation again in the future, humph!"

  After saying these words, Wu De turned and left with a flick of his sleeve, leaving Zhang Qingyun and the other person stunned.

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