I didn't know this girl, but she stood there and looked at me intently. I withdrew my gaze and asked Xiao Xu in a low voice, "Do you know her?"
Xiao Xu didn't notice the girl at first, but then he raised his head to take a look. After taking a look, he shook his head and said, "I don't know her."
Xiao Sui also looked up, and then he also shook his head.
Only then did I notice that the girl's face was red, and then she quickly left in front of us. I was surprised to find that she was running towards the kitchen inside.
Could it be that she is a waiter here? It is impossible. How can there be such a neatly dressed waiter? And it is impossible for such a small restaurant to recruit such a beautiful waiter.
He must be a relative of the owner of this small restaurant. I thought to myself.
After a while, the boss came out and brought us a piece of twice-cooked pork. He smiled and said to me: "Mayor Feng, I'm sorry, my girl is very rude. She heard that you ate here and didn't believe it.
, so I ran out to see you."
I was secretly surprised in my heart: Such a bad old man gave birth to a daughter who was so beautiful. I smiled and said, "It's okay, the little girl is curious, that's not surprising."
At this time, the girl who came to look at me just now appeared in front of us again. Her face was red, but she still mustered up the courage to ask me: "Are you really Mayor Feng?"
I said with a "hehe" smile: "If it's fake, then what? As the mayor, I can't come to your restaurant to eat?"
She said hurriedly: "No... I only saw you from a distance when I was in the hospital, but I didn't see you very clearly. I didn't expect you to actually come here to eat."
Her words were a bit confusing, which showed that she was still very nervous. I smiled and asked her, "Are you a nurse in the hospital? From the Municipal People's Hospital?"
In my impression, I seemed to have only been to the Municipal People's Hospital because of work, so I asked her this, and at this time I also felt that she looked a bit like a nurse.
Sure enough, she nodded and said, "Yes."
I looked at her and smiled, "So, do you want to tell me something?"
She said hurriedly: "It's okay, I'm just curious. Mayor Feng, please eat slowly, I won't disturb you anymore."
I smiled at her again and nodded.
After finishing the meal, I insisted that Xiao Xu pay the bill, and the boss and his daughter personally sent us to the door of the shop. When I left, I also greeted other customers in the shop.
We were walking directly towards the office. I said to Xiao Xu and Xiao Sui: "You guys go back and have a rest. I have to go to the office to handle some things."
Xiao Xu looked at me, "What if you have something to inform the people below?"
I shook my head, "I'll make the call myself. You guys go back and rest. I'll call you if anything happens."
Xiao Sui said: "I also have to go to the office. After returning to the dormitory, there is nothing to do anyway. I will go to the office to surf the Internet."
I smiled and said, "That's fine."
Xiao Xu then left, and Xiao Sui and I walked towards the municipal government office building. On the way, I said to Xiao Sui: "You should read more books now while you are young. You can't be a driver for the rest of your life, right?"
He said sheepishly: "For someone like me, it would be great if I could be a driver for the rest of my life. I like this job now, it's relaxing."
I shook my head and said: "Sometimes a person's destiny is still in his own hands. You can definitely develop better in the future, but this requires you to be prepared. Learning more now will be good for the future. This
This is not the first time I have told you this."
Then he nodded and said: "Mayor Feng, I understand."
I suddenly remembered something, "By the way, are you in love?"
He shook his head and said: "We were in a relationship before, but we broke up later. They liked rich people. At that time, I was a poor soldier, and they looked down on me."
I smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether others think highly of you or not. What's important is that you think highly of yourself. I've just told you that a person's destiny can still be controlled by himself in many cases."
In fact, what I said is not entirely a lie. For the little people at the bottom, they can indeed control a large part of their own destiny, because the little people will not have much impact on others.
You need to rely on your own efforts to get everything you need. But big shots are different. Their fate is often involved in all aspects of society. Because of this, many big shots have the idea that "people are in the world, but they are not around."
"It's up to you".
He said: "Mayor Feng, you are right."
I know that he still doesn't have much confidence in his heart, so he is just perfunctory with me. I also sigh in my heart: he has to rely mainly on himself for things like this. Although I can help him and am willing to help him, the basics are still there.
He has to fight it himself.
I smiled and said to him: "I think the girl we saw when we were eating there just now is pretty good. You can find a way to get to know her."
He shook his head hurriedly and said, "Where can I go?"
I smiled and said: "It seems that you don't look like a soldier. You don't have such courage? You have to know that Xiao Xu doesn't have a girlfriend. If you don't take the initiative to pursue her, maybe she will be killed by Xiao Xu."
I fell in love. I used to study medicine and have been doing administrative work for so many years. I am very good at judging people. This girl seems to be a very innocent type at first glance. There are not many girls like this nowadays.
You have to seize the opportunity yourself."
He didn't speak, so I guessed that he was indeed a little tempted. I smiled and said nothing more.
Later, Xiao Sui really fell in love with this girl, and a few years later they got married and had children. Later, I often thought in my mind: If he was the one who accompanied me back to the office that day instead of Xiao Xu, maybe in the end
The result was completely different. It can be seen that the fate of each of us is really destined by God. At that time, I moved Xiao Sui with just such a sentence.
In fact, the reason why I didn't remind Xiao Xu at that time was very simple, because I thought he was a local, and it would be much easier for him to find a girlfriend in such a place than Xiao Sui. What's more, he was my secretary, and his conditions were also very good.
Yes, the scope of communication is relatively wide, and there should be more people who care about things like him, so I think I should remind Xiao Sui first.
That day, I returned to the office and processed the remaining documents, and then returned to my residence to prepare for a rest. But when I had just finished taking a shower and was preparing to rest, I suddenly received a call from Secretary Rong, "Mayor Feng,
Haven’t you rested yet?”
I thought to myself that something big must have happened. You know, she has never called me so late. I hurriedly said: "I just came back from the office and was getting ready to take a rest. Secretary Rong, what can I do?"
?”
She said: "There's something...forget it, come to my office tomorrow morning. Haha! I'm an impatient person, so I couldn't help but make this call to you just now."
I was thinking in my heart: How can you be an impatient person? This matter must be too important to me, so you can't help but bother to call me. No, I have to ask right away.
Clearly, if she changes her mind tomorrow, she will be in trouble.
From her tone just now, I was completely sure that what she was going to tell me was about my personal matters. If it were business, she wouldn't say it like that. Thinking of this, I wanted to know what happened right away.
I was very curious about the matter, so I hurriedly said: "Secretary Rong, please tell me, what is it? If it is not convenient for you to talk on the phone, I can come out right away."
She pondered for a moment, and then said to me: "Well, you go to my office right away. I'll be there right away."
After hearing what she said, I immediately understood that she was not in the office right now. Thinking that it was so late, I felt a little sorry, but I immediately thought that this matter was really important, so I didn't say anything more, "Then
Okay, I'll be right over."
I didn't call the driver. On the one hand, I wanted to rush to Secretary Rong's office of the municipal party committee as soon as possible. On the other hand, I didn't want to make things so troublesome. After I left the house, I went to the street to take a taxi, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't find one.
There were empty taxis. And I found that at this time, there were very few taxis on the street. I had no choice but to walk in the direction of the municipal committee while continuing to wait for empty taxis to arrive.
After walking for about ten minutes, I finally caught a taxi. After getting in, I asked the taxi driver: "Why are there so few taxis at night?"
He said: "The price of gasoline has increased so much that there are very few people riding in the car at night, so everyone just rests. Unless someone charters a car to go to the provincial capital, many drivers will not come out to drive."
I asked him: "Then why are you still running?"
He sighed and said, "I can't help it. Although the business in the evening is a bit worse, I can still make some money. The whole family is waiting for me to eat."
Originally, I was a little impatient at first, so I just asked him casually. This is also a habit I developed after I officially became the mayor. But now, my mood suddenly became heavy, and I immediately asked him again.
He asked: "Are you a laid-off worker? Where is your wife? She is not at work?"
He said: "At that time, the city stipulated that one of the two people must be on duty. She was not in good health, so after we discussed it, we let her stay and I drove a taxi. As a result, her health became worse and worse, and the factory
Get rid of her illness."
So that's it. I thought to myself. Then I asked him: "If you retire from illness, won't the factory give you a sum of money? You can also reimburse part of the medical expenses. Is that right?"
He still sighed, "How can I make up for the money after I retire? I just get a basic salary, which is only a few hundred yuan a month. These few hundred yuan are not enough for medical expenses. The reimbursed medical expenses are only 60%. Alas!"
My heart became even heavier, "In your situation, you can apply for subsistence allowance."
He shook his head, "How much does the subsistence allowance cost? I don't want to apply for it. I feel embarrassed for such a small amount of money. Anyway, I'm still young. I can earn as much as I can while my health is good."
I suddenly thought of another question, "The night market business is good now. There should be more people riding in the car at night? But I see on this street, why are there so few people?"
He shook his head and said: "That's just over there at the night market. There are a lot of taxis waiting there to solicit customers. I don't want to go there to squeeze in, and I won't make much money that way. I drive around on the street. Although I consume more gas, I still can't get enough.
I can attract more customers in the evening and earn more money."
I nodded, "If you adjust the starting price of taxis again, will your business be better?"
He immediately said: "What's the point? If the starting price increases by another three yuan, many drivers will come out to drive sports cars at night. We are not a big city in Shangjiang, so all we earn is the starting price." (To be continued.)