Chapter Twenty-Three: The Little Girl Who Picks Up the Bottle

After dinner, Wu said goodbye to Fan'er's family and wanted to call Captain Yan, only to find that there was no number, so he had no choice but to drive to Captain Yan's house. knocked on the door, and Captain Yan's lover opened the door. "Yo. Is that Xiao Wu?"

"Sister-in-law Yan, I really can't believe that you still remember me. ”

"Our boss Yan has a strange temper, offends a lot of people, and there are few people who are willing to come to our house. Sister-in-law Yan complained helplessly.

"Boss Yan, Xiao Wu is looking for you, come out quickly. Sister-in-law Yan shouted at the study.

"Here" Captain Yan responded, wearing a white vest with two holes on it, a big gray shorts, and dragged slippers out of the study slowly. Raise your eyes and look at Wu worriedly, "Xiao Wu, what is the matter with you looking for me so late, you can come to my unit to look for me during the day." ”

"Team Yan, I'm here for a bit of a private matter, about Yan Rufeng. ”

"What's wrong with my son?"

"It's nothing, today I had dinner with Shangguan Jianguo, the secretary of the municipal party committee, and mentioned Yan Rufeng, and the secretary asked me to take Yan Rufeng to the municipal party committee to find him tomorrow, and he wanted to talk to Yan Rufeng. ”

"What did you say? You had dinner with the secretary of the municipal party committee, did I hear me right?" asked Captain Yan in disbelief.

"Yes, he just came back from dinner at home, and he wanted to call you only to find that there was no number, so he had to run. "Wu is a little smug, people are vain.

"Xiao Wu, thank you so much, no matter what the final result is, you have helped a lot, my son, has been rejected by the interview several times, and he is almost out of confidence. "Sister-in-law Yan was extremely happy to hear that Wu was worried that she could take her son to see the secretary of the municipal party committee. While talking, he called Yan Rufeng and asked him to come back quickly and prepare well.

"Sister-in-law Yan, you don't have to be polite, it's just a gesture, whether you can make it depends on Yan Rufeng himself, I'm just recommending it. ”

"This is a great help, Xiao Wu, look at me, I just cares about talking, and I haven't even taken a sip of tea. After Sister-in-law Yan finished speaking, she turned around and prepared to make tea.

"No need, no need, Sister-in-law Yan, it's not too early, I'll go back, this is my phone number, tomorrow you ask Yan Rufeng to contact me, go early in the morning, and when he comes back, you let him prepare." With that, he turned around and left.

Sister-in-law Yan stood at the door and watched him leave, until Wu sorrow disappeared into the darkness. turned around, looked at Captain Yan, and complained: "Look at you, people help arrange work for Yan Rufeng, why don't you have a kind word." ”

"You've said all the kind words, what else can I say? ”

"----- you" Sister-in-law Yan glared and watched Captain Yan go back to the study, what a stubborn donkey, Sister-in-law Yan was helpless about it.

At a quarter past eight the next morning, Wu was woken up by the ringtone of his mobile phone, an unfamiliar number, "Brother Ang, I'm Yan Rufeng." ”

"Yan Rufeng, in this way, let's see you at the door of the municipal party committee at nine o'clock. ”

"Okay, Angkor, I'll wait for you. After saying "Okay", Wu hung up the phone worriedly. At nine o'clock, Wu Chou came to the municipal party committee on time, and saw Yan Rufeng standing on the side of the road at the door and looking around from a distance, it seemed that he had arrived a little early, it was a crucial opportunity for him, and he would definitely be a little nervous.

"Brother Ang, I'm here" Yan Rufeng saw Wu worried, raised his hands and shouted loudly.

Wu walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be nervous for a while, just talk truthfully." ”

"Well, I know, I'm not nervous. "I wasn't nervous, and my lips trembled a little.

After the doorman reported, a polite young man with gold-rimmed glasses came out and took them to the office of the secretary of the municipal party committee. The young man knocked lightly on the door: "Secretary Shangguan, the person you want to see has arrived." ”

"Please let them in," Shangguan Secretary's voice was magnetic.

When they entered the office, the young man made tea for the two of them, and then withdrew. "You two, please sit down," Shangguan Jianguo beckoned the two to sit down, "You are Yan Rufeng, right?"

Yan Rufeng stood up and held the corner of his clothes with his hand: "Secretary, yes, I --- me--- I am Yan Rufeng." ”

"Hahaha, young man, don't be nervous, I'm not a tiger, what are you afraid of" said as he stretched out his hand to signal Yan Rufeng to sit down.

"I read your profile last year and felt pretty good, but I didn't see your name on the list later, so I didn't pay attention to it. Xiao Wu mentioned you yesterday, so I want to meet and talk to you. ”

"Secretary, you can ask whatever you want, I will answer truthfully" Yan Rufeng slowly calmed down, and he was not so nervous when he spoke.

Secretary Shangguan asked some questions about current affairs, politics, economic development, personal career planning, etc., Yan Rufeng talked eloquently, and Secretary Shangguan couldn't stop nodding. In the end, he concluded: "Your idea is very good, although some places are a little too idealistic, but the angle is new and constructive. In this way, I asked people to arrange for you to do a supernumerary internship in the Municipal Party Committee Compound first, mainly to do some work similar to a secretary with me, and you will take it again when you take the civil service examination this year, and I will interview you in person at that time, and if you are really capable, I can recommend you. ”

"Secretary, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity, I will definitely work hard and live up to your expectations" Yan Rufeng was ecstatic, and the suppressed dissatisfaction of several years was instantly forgotten.

"Uncle Shangguan, then I'll accompany Yan Rufeng to go first, thank you very much" Wu Sorrow, who had not interjected beside him, saw that things were almost over, and said.

"You're welcome, I also need talents. "In the future, I will let Xiao Liu, who just brought you in, inform you.

Leaving the compound of the municipal party committee, Yan Rufeng pulled Wu Chou to eat a big meal, and kept expressing his gratitude. After having lunch with Yan Rufeng, Wu came to a small park on the outskirts of the city, sat on a rest chair, and looked at the lake, weeping willows, and rockeries not far away.

"I picked it up, why did you rob it?" Suddenly, a little girl crying and shouting came from behind her.

Wu turned his head sadly, and saw four high-end, white and clean twelve or thirteen-year-old boys surrounding a little girl with messy hair and tears on her face, about ten years old. The little girl held a plastic bag containing several flattened plastic bottles and cans.

"Your name is Hanako, why did you pick up the bottle I still have water in this bottle just now?" said a boy viciously.

"You've all thrown it in the trash, I'm just picking it up," the little girl sobbed aggrievedly.

"I don't care, you're going to pay me a bottle of water. "The boy didn't give up.

"I don't have any money, I only came out today to pick up bottles, not enough to buy a bottle of water. The little girl squatted down, clasped her knees with her hands, and kept sobbing, pitiful.

"I'll pay you for this water," Wu walked forward and took out 10 yuan and gave it to the boy. The boys took the money and scattered. Wu squatted down, patted the little girl, and said softly: "It's okay, don't cry, hurry home." ”

"Uncle, thank you, I can't go back yet, my mother is still waiting for me to pick up the bottle and earn money to eat. The little girl's eyes were big and innocent, and her face was a little yellow, but she was still clever.

"What's wrong with your family, how can you make money at such a small age?" Wu asked worriedly.

"My father worked in the mine, the mine collapsed, he didn't escape, the mine owner ran away, he didn't lose a penny, my mother was not in good health, and now she is more seriously ill, and the family has spent all the money. I had to go out and pick up the bottles. ”

Wu was worried that he couldn't hear it in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of the hard life he had when he was a child. Take out 500 yuan and give it to the little girl and ask her to go home early.

"Uncle, thank you, I can make money, Mom and Dad told me not to take other people's money casually. "The little girl is very sensible.

"Don't worry, uncle is not a bad person, he just wants to help you, can you take me to your house to have a look?"

The little girl looked at Wu Chou and thought for a while, and said, "Okay, uncle, I think you are a good person, not a bad person", Wu Chou smiled.

When I got to the little girl's house, it was an old house with mottled walls, and a woman was sitting on the bed coughing incessantly. The little girl jumped in and poured a glass of water for the woman, and Wu Chou saw that the little girl behaved as soon as she entered the house

Happy outside, she must not want her mother to worry and let her mother see that she is happy. Wu couldn't help but secretly wipe away his tears. Wu Chou left 500 yuan and left, he really wanted to help her, but now he doesn't have the ability, so he can only do his best.