Chapter Thirty-Eight: Moving House

  Secretary Qiu's office may have added a beige sofa and black marble coffee table, replacing the elegant bookcase, adding a sense of solemnity and majesty.

  "What? You're saying that Ma Weiguo's son has been detained?" Jiang Da and Duan paused for a moment, the tea cups in their hands suspended mid-air.

  Sitting across from each other at the tea table, Lu Zhong nodded and said: "Yes, he was harassing our bureau's female propaganda officer in a public place and even gathered a crowd to beat up the victim. However, in the end, no serious consequences were caused, and since it was his first offense, I think it's not suitable to transfer him to the procuratorate for punishment as a hooligan. A short-term detention for education will suffice."

  Hooliganism? Qiu Da's eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything, just nodded lightly.

  His expression did not escape Lu Zhong's eyes, and Lu Zhong knew that at this moment, he might have been moved. This was a great opportunity to strike at Ma Weiguo's reputation. But he should have given up on the idea immediately, as his relationship with Ma Weiguo had not yet deteriorated to that extent.

  If they really convict Ma Weiguo's son of hooliganism and sentence him to several years or over a decade in prison, that would be an unrelenting vendetta.

  What is Qiu Dahe thinking about now? Is he pondering that this roughneck of his has a big temper, and if used well, it's a good piece of steel.

  Lu Zhong hopes that in his eyes, he is such a position, such a role, but who knows what the old oil slicks really think in their hearts?

  As long as it's a chess piece, there must be a sense of crisis that it may be abandoned at any moment. The fate of the chess piece is to survive in the gap, especially when the struggle on the chessboard becomes more intense and white-hot, the fate of the chess piece becomes more unpredictable. Therefore, whether it's the chess player or the chess piece, they all hope for "stability", because the chess player who manipulates this game of chess is also a chess piece being manipulated by others on an even larger chessboard.

  ……

  While Lu Zhong was reporting to Secretary Qiu, Wang Yuguo also called Wei Xiangxiu into his office and even made an excuse to send the two deputy directors who shared the same office with him and Director Wang of the Policy Research Office away.

  Then, he mysteriously took out the list of family members' housing allocation from his drawer and handed it to Wei Xiangxiu, smiling and saying: "Little Wei, take a look. This is going to be posted this afternoon, I'm breaking the rules by showing you in advance, but I'm afraid you'll be anxious, after all, you're the most difficult one in the bureau!"

  Today, on the Jeep from Gold Coast back to Guangning, Wang Yuguo keenly felt that Lu Ju's relationship with Wei Xiangxiu had undergone a subtle change. Half a month ago, Lu Ju had instructed that this time the division of houses must include one suite for Wei Xiangxiu, and specifically told them to be three-bedroom type.

  This time, the public security bureau's residential building has two types of households, two rooms and one hall, and three rooms. The area is over 70 square meters. In fact, the three-room type can also be called a two-room and one-hall type, but as soon as you enter, it is a narrow corridor. The corridor can be used as a dining room, and the kitchen and bathroom are located in the shaded area of the corridor. The sunny side has a large room that can be used as a living room or bedroom. Further inside, there are two bedrooms on both sides, facing south and north.

  Moreover, Lu Ju not only considered the house type for Wei Xiangxiu, but also communicated with Director Du Berto of the Commercial Bureau through phone calls to solve the retirement and job issues of Wei Xiangxiu's lover. All these, Wang Yuguo knew.

  So Wang Yuguo felt that he should ease his relationship with Wei Xiangxiu and therefore informed her in advance of the list of people who would be allocated rooms.

  Although she thought this time was likely to be a success, when she saw the printed white paper and black words in front of her, Wei Xiangxiu couldn't help but have red eyes, holding the list with trembling hands, looking at the words "Building 2, Gate 3, Room 302, Wei Xiangxiu" over and over again, as if she couldn't look enough.

  Sparkling tears, slowly rolling down, the grievances and heartaches of these days have finally been exchanged for the long-awaited result. But, after all, is it worth it?

  Wang Yuguo coughed and said, "Little Wei, I've always known about your difficulties and have been keeping them in mind. Moreover, you should also thank Director Lu Zhen. The director is very concerned about your life and instructed me half a month ago to carefully consider your difficulties."

  Wei Xiangxiu suddenly raised her pretty face, her beautiful eyes blinking repeatedly, and asked in disbelief: "Half a month ago?"

  Wang Yuguo nodded, "Ah! How come you don't know yet? Didn't your lover's job also get arranged through connections with the Land Bureau and the Commerce Bureau?" As he spoke, he gave Wei Xiangxiu a strange look, thinking she should have known this already.

  Wei Xiangxiu was completely stunned, Biaozi's work, she also suspected that someone had helped behind her back, but thinking about it, she couldn't figure out who it was. She herself didn't have such good luck either, having a noble person helping her from behind.

  But it turned out to be him after all.

  Wei Xiangxiu bit her red lips tightly, her mind a complete blank, and for a moment, she didn't even know what she was thinking.

  Sitting in the Jeep of Huixian Bureau, Lu Zhong slowly lit a cigarette.

  This time, I have seriously offended Ma Weiguo. Just now in Ma Weiguo's office, it was clear that Ma Weiguo was holding back with great difficulty and hadn't exploded in front of me.

  But he sneered and repeatedly said "good, good, good", which naturally wouldn't be saying that his son's detention was a good thing.

  It seems that some things I've been planning for a long time need to be accelerated now.

  "Xiao Jiao, let's go to Dong Mi Garden." Lu Zhong looked at his watch and said, it was already lunchtime.

  ……

  In October, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the country's grand military parade, Guangning County Bureau began to implement the responsibility area civilian police responsible system, police forces sank into communities and villages, closely contacted with the masses, strengthened security prevention and management, in fact, it was also in public security organs strengthening the fight against crime at the same time raised the function of prevention to a very important position

  In a municipal public security internal publication, Lu Zhong also published a signed article reflecting on how to handle the relationship between fighting and preventing problems, while repeatedly emphasizing that under the new situation of economic development, the public security forces cannot be divorced from the masses and must always be the guardian god of the people.

  It is heard that some provincial leaders highly appreciate the responsible system of civil police in Guangning's jurisdictional area and call it "Guangning experience".

  Recently, Vice Secretary Ma Weiguo criticized the economic investigation work of Guangning County Public Security Bureau, believing that it disrupted the normal development of the economy and was too harsh on enterprise reform leaders. He also said that some comrades lacked a bit of leadership style, were rough in their work style, and were simply "living bandits".

  Generally speaking, people think that the title of "Living Bandit" is a veiled reference to Lu Zhong, the head of the county public security bureau.

  Although Secretary Ma is dissatisfied with the work of the county public security bureau, at present, all the leaders in the county can see that Lu Zhong, this living bandit, has become more and more stable in his position in the county bureau, gradually becoming one of the true Buddhas among the dignitaries in Guangning.

  Lu Zhong has been busy these days, although he has unknowingly upgraded from "Lu Gang Tou" to "Huo Tu Fei", but life must go on and work still needs effort.

  On Sunday afternoon, Du Xiaohu hastily entered Lu Zhong's office, with a face full of excitement. "Zhongzi brother, we've moved all our stuff to the new place, let's have a housewarming party tonight?"

  Wang Yuguo still managed to reserve a suite for Lu Zhong and directly added it to the list of publicly displayed names. Since things have already been settled, Lu Zhong couldn't refuse anymore, and what Wang Yuguo said was also right - if he insisted on not allocating housing, many houses would be difficult to balance the relationship between cadres and police officers, which would make some middle-level cadres who were in charge at that time complain.

  Besides, this time the allocation of housing Wang Yuguo knew that the new official had just taken office and would not want to provoke disputes, so what he did was still fair. The difficult households basically got guaranteed, besides, there were not many difficult households to begin with, everyone just wanted to live a bit more spacious. This is also one of the advantages of the county town compared to the big city, the per capita housing area is far beyond that of the city.

  "Is everything moved?" Lu Zhong didn't expect that Lu Xiaohu would be so efficient, from decorating the house to buying furniture, Lu Zhong had left it all in Du Xiaohu's hands.

  Du Xiaohu smiled and nodded, "Zhengzi brother, you always talk about efficiency, how's this efficiency?"

  It's not necessary to decorate it now, and you can even move in directly. Du Xiaohu just found someone to lay the floor tiles and bought some furniture. Today, he moved all his bedding and luggage over.

  Lu Zhong smiled and said, "The efficiency is quite high!" He stood up, "Let's go, take a look at home." Finally having his own little nest, Lu Zhong was also slightly excited. The concept of home had a strong appeal to anyone.

  Lu Zhong and Du Xiaohu were going downstairs when they heard a faint cry for help coming from the end of the corridor on the second floor, Lu Zhong slightly furrowed his brow.

  Du Xiaohu smiled: "From the Public Security Bureau, caught a thief from the wholesale market."

  Lu Zhong nodded slightly and stopped paying attention.

  At the entrance of the office building, a blue Changhe van was parked. It was given to Lu Zhong by his sister Lu Jiajuan from Wushan a few days ago. She said that if she wasn't afraid of showing off, she would have definitely given Lu Zhong a more advanced sedan.

  Although private car purchases have been allowed by the state since this year, cars are still completely subject to a planned economy. The usual practice is for local material bureaus to approve and issue tickets for car purchases. Car buyers must first find a work unit to sponsor them, and buy the car in the name of the unit.

  In Wushan, a encouraging attitude is taken towards private car purchases, and a special automobile driving service company has been established for private car buyers to register with, opening up a convenient door for private car purchases.

  Lu Zhong's micro-bus was affiliated with Wushan Auto Service Company.

  Lu Jiajun said that he originally wanted to give Lu Zhong a higher-end car, which was also a sincere remark. When Lu Zhong and his brother-in-law Hu Deli made phone calls, they occasionally chatted about business, and Lu Zhong just casually mentioned a few words, but for Hu Deli, it was like clearing away clouds to see the sun, and he became more and more diligent in making phone calls to Lu Zhong. If it weren't for the long distance being difficult to connect, he might have called every day.

  Of course, this is also because under Lu Zhong's guidance, Hu Dali's business has been booming.

  Big sister Lu Jiajun originally doted on her little brother, and now that he has become the lucky charm of their family, it goes without saying that she is willing to buy him anything. A mere bread car is nothing!

  Lu Xiaohu quite liked this van. The compartment was very spacious, and it was extremely convenient to load people or goods, better than the Jeep and the sedan.

  On the driver's seat of the van, Jiao Ye sat, apparently moving house today, he also made a great effort, his green military uniform was unbuttoned, and the blue-striped vest inside was soaked with sweat.

  "Xiao Jiao is also here?" Lu Zhong nodded and greeted, entering the rear compartment.

  Jiao Yue hurriedly smiled and said: "Yes, you go ahead." Looking at this young director, Jiao Yue felt unspeakable reverence in his heart. How many people can afford to buy a car privately now?

  Lü Bureau has been in office for less than two years, and his actions are clear to everyone. The money used to buy the car is definitely not a quick profit.

  I heard that Lu Ju lost his mother at a young age and was raised by his stepfather and stepmother, who were ordinary workers in the local area. So where did this car come from?

  Yesterday, Du Suoer completed the procedures for hanging up in a municipal unit. Today, Jiao Ye saw this van for the first time, and he also drove a micro-van for the first time. Although he was curious, he didn't dare to ask Du Suoer randomly.

  With this car as a foundation, for the new furniture that Lu Ju's family had just bought, such as color TVs and so on, Jiao Ke was not surprised at all. Let's talk about color TVs, they are not rare in Guangning, and even in the villages below, there are several sets.