At 8:50 in the morning, a jeep slowly drove into the compound of Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and after Director Jiang saw the jeep stop in the yard, he immediately stepped forward and greeted him warmly: "Welcome Director Lin! Go to our Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Branch to inspect and guide the work!"

Deputy Director Lin stepped down from the jeep and saw Director Jiang walking towards him with the middle-level cadres of the branch, and complained to Director Jiang with a friendly face: "Xiao Jiang! What do you want me to say about you, I'm just here to do research in your branch, is it necessary for you to be so grand?"

When Director Jiang heard Deputy Director Lin's complaint, he hurriedly replied respectfully, "Director Lin! Our Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, is the place where you once fought, you return to Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperatives for research, that is, to return to the hometown, our family, naturally to warmly welcome your arrival."

When Deputy Director Lin heard Director Jiang's words, he looked at the familiar courtyard in front of him, and sighed with a smile: "Xiao Jiang! I haven't been back for about three or four years since I was transferred to the head office, but I didn't expect it to be the same here."

When Director Jiang heard Deputy Director Lin's emotion, he hurriedly and respectfully said, "Old leader! It is true that the branch has not changed much in recent years, but several old comrades have retired one after another, and several new comrades have been added one after another."

When Deputy Director Lin heard Director Jiang's answer, he looked at the several middle-level cadres who greeted him in front of him, and greeted everyone with a smile, "Xiao Shen! Kobayashi! Xiao Zhang! Long time no see,"

Deputy Director Lin greeted the middle-level cadres of the supply and marketing cooperatives one by one, until when he saw Wu Aiguo, he curiously asked Director Jiang, "Xiao Jiang! Who is this little comrade? How come I've never seen one?"

When Director Jiang heard Deputy Director Lin's inquiry, he immediately respectfully introduced, "Director Lin! This is Comrade Wu Aiguo, who has just been transferred to our Chaoyang Branch! He is now the deputy head of the purchasing section of our branch, and he is a comrade with outstanding ability."

After Director Jiang introduced Wu Aiguo, he turned to Wu Aiguo and said, "Patriotic comrade! Let me introduce you to you, this is Deputy Director Lin of our head office, before he was transferred to the head office, he used to be the director of our Chaoyang branch, and he was the old leader of our group!"

If it weren't for Li Xiangdong's suggestion, Wu Aiguo would definitely regard the arrival of Deputy Director Lin as a normal research work.

When Wu Aiguo heard Director Jiang's introduction, he immediately stretched out his hand and respectfully greeted Deputy Director Lin, "Director Lin! It's an honor to meet you, and we welcome you to our Chaoyang branch."

When Deputy Director Lin heard Wu Aiguo's words, he shook Wu Aiguo's hand with a cordial face, and said with a smile: "Comrade Xiao Wu! Nice to meet you."

Director Jiang on the side, after seeing Deputy Director Lin and Wu Aiguo greeting him, immediately invited Deputy Director Lin, "Director Lin! Please."

When Deputy Director Lin heard Director Jiang's invitation, he replied with a smile, "Xiao Jiang! Let's go to the sales department first and meet the comrades working on the front line."

Director Jiang led Deputy Director Lin and his entourage to the sales department of the supply and marketing cooperative, looked at the salespeople who were busy working in the sales department, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, let's see, who has come to see you?"

The salespeople in the sales department, hearing Director Jiang's shout, turned their attention to Director Jiang, and when everyone saw Deputy Director Lin standing next to Director Jiang, several older salespeople greeted Deputy Director Lin warmly.

"Old Director! How can you be free to come back and see us today?"

"Old Director! I haven't seen you in a few years, and you haven't changed at all!"

Deputy Director Lin heard the words of several salesmen, and said kindly: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will come back to see the comrades, and I also wish you all comrades a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

"Old Director! You can rest assured, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the club distributed a few catties of pork to everyone, as well as noodles and salted duck eggs, we marinated the pork with salt, and then made it into bacon, not to mention how happy the children are." A salesperson, hearing Deputy Director Lin's words, thought of the benefits distributed by the club this year, and happily showed off to Deputy Director Lin the benefits they distributed this year.

When Deputy Director Lin heard the information introduced by the member, he pretended to be curious and asked Director Jiang

"Xiao Jiang! It's not easy to get this pork, where did you get so much pork and salted duck eggs?"

When Director Jiang heard Deputy Director Lin's inquiry, he immediately cooperated and reported, "Director Lin! The pork we distributed was transferred back from his comrade-in-arms' farm."

When Deputy Director Lin heard Director Jiang's introduction, he pretended to be surprised and said to Director Jiang, "Xiao Jiang! When you introduced Wu Aiguo to me before, you said that Wu Aiguo was a very capable comrade, and I thought that you were deliberately elevating Wu Aiguo, but now that you hear you say this, it seems that you have not praised it at all."

When Director Jiang heard Deputy Director Lin's words, he immediately reported respectfully, "Director Lin! To tell you the truth, the patriotic comrades have not been working for a long time, but they have made tremendous contributions to our branch, and not long ago they helped the rolling mill to smash a conspiracy against the rolling mill and directly killed three enemy agents."

After Deputy Director Lin learned of Wu Aiguo's existence, he not only transferred Wu Aiguo's file from the Personnel Section, but also called Director Jiang to find out about the situation related to Wu Aiguo, and he also had some understanding of Wu Aiguo's specific situation.

When Deputy Director Lin heard Director Jiang's introduction, he pretended to be surprised and asked Director Jiang, "Xiao Jiang! Why didn't you report to the headquarters about the killing of the enemy by patriotic comrades? Such a brave and good comrade as a patriotic comrade must be commended by our head office."

When Director Jiang heard Deputy Director Lin's words, he hurriedly explained to Deputy Director Lin, "Director Lin! Originally, we also planned to report this matter to the head office, but Aiguo himself did not agree, and since some enemy agents had not been captured, we did not report it to the head office for the sake of protecting Aiguo and his family."

When Deputy Director Lin heard Director Jiang's introduction, he nodded and said with a smile, "Xiao Jiang! Such an outstanding comrade should be placed in a more important post, or Wu Aiguo should be transferred to our headquarters to work."

Although Director Jiang already knew the purpose of Deputy Director Lin's visit to the branch today, when he heard Deputy Director Lin's request, Director Jiang's face still showed an expression of embarrassment, and he said to Deputy Director Lin, "Director Lin! The head office has just handed over the purchasing power to our branch, and now our branch is inseparable from patriotic comrades at all!"

"Of course, people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places, and if patriotic comrades are willing to work at the head office, I will agree to your request!"