Chapter 308: Leave a legacy while you are healthy

The depressed Zhang Xingwang entered the gatehouse. Before he could say anything, a little kid was already hanging on his legs. He sighed, picked up the little girl, and asked the uneasy Liu Lan:

"What's the little girl's name?"

"Ding Ning, her nickname is Xiu Xiu, I really don't know why she is so attached to you!"

Zhang Xingwang looked at the little girl's dependent expression and thought that as long as she was not gifted, such a young child would not lie in theory.

I have to say that her name is normal. The sisters in my family are not on the same level as her.

"Did you tell her that I'm not his father? She's only two years younger than my little sister!"

Liu Lan was cautious at first, but after hearing the question, she replied confidently:

"I've been talking so much that my lips are almost worn out, but this damn girl just doesn't believe me. I'm telling the truth. If she doesn't believe me, I can say it again a few more times."

Liu Lan's mouth was faster than her brain. She probably had some credit for her mother-in-law's difficulty in reacting while holding her daughter. She looked down at the little girl covering her ears and pretending not to hear anything, and felt that the little girl should also have contributed to it.

"I heard you have no place to live?"

"My brother-in-law is almost dating someone, so we have to move out before they get married. I've already applied for a dormitory at the factory, but the problem is that even if it's approved, there's no one to take care of this girl."

"It seems that your uncle is planning to take care of your mother-in-law in her old age?"

"That's hard to say. I guess it will only last for a few days, until the house issue is over..."

Looking at Liu Lan who covered her mouth halfway through her speech, Zhang Xingwang felt tired. You have already expressed your meaning, what's the point of covering your mouth? You might as well continue to talk about it.

"So you came to the Street Office to rent a house?"

Liu Lan was also impatient and said directly:

"The main reason is that my salary is not high and I can't afford to rent outside, so my mother-in-law urged me to come to the street office to find you and try..."

"Your mother-in-law is a ruthless person. Isn't she afraid that you will take the child and find another one, and then abandon her?"

"My mother-in-law is very smart. She knows that I have to go to work and no one will take care of the child. The main reason is that Xiuxiu is a girl. If I hadn't asked her to take care of the child before, she would have wanted me to stay away from her."

"Didn't Director Qi tell you about the specific policies just now?"

"No, my boss just kept telling me to calm down and let it go. He told me that I was not smart enough and asked me not to get too excited. But how can I calm down when I don't even have a place to live?"

Zhang Xingwang felt that it would be better to make things clear, and it was obvious that this matter had nothing to do with him.

"You all agreed to divide the house between you two. It's reasonable for you to come to the street office to find me if you want to rent a house. After all, I'm in charge of this aspect.

If I find out that you don't meet the requirements for renting a house, or that I don't have a house to rent to you at the moment, you should know that this is not a problem that can be solved by a little girl calling me dad all over the office!"

Liu Lan didn't say anything after hearing this, but nodded to show that she understood. However, the person in her arms was obviously not satisfied with the result. She raised her head and frowned and said:

"I want to sleep with Daddy!"

Zhang Xingwang immediately pointed at Liu Lan in frustration and said unhappily:

"How dare you say that no one taught her this?"

Liu Lan blushed and gritted her teeth and muttered:

"My mother-in-law taught me that!"

"Your mother-in-law seems to have put a lot of thought into this. What else did she say? Don't you consider your reputation? This girl is so young. When she grows up, how will you explain why she has two fathers?"

When Liu Lan heard this, she was determined to go all out and replied directly:

"She also said that she had heard that you were not in good health, and maybe she wanted to leave a child while she was still healthy. Anyway, we are an orphan and a widow, and it is only a matter of time before she has two fathers. I can't even make ends meet..."

Listening to Liu Lan's words, it seemed that although she only said that she was not smart, she also said everything that should not be said. Looking at the other side with a look of "what can I do", Zhang Xingwang felt a severe headache and could only reply:

"You are really honest. You even dare to provoke those with bad brains...

Then why did you agree to change the house? I thought you had already thought of a way out. "

After listening to Liu Lan's blabbering, I finally understood that she had used the last remaining money in her family to buy a job. She had originally thought that she could pay it back slowly after she got a job, but the debtor didn't think so.

It was fine before her husband was around, and she also had her brother-in-law to help her. But after she bought a job and started working, the creditors' attitude changed. They felt that they didn't care how you, an orphan and a widow, lived, but only cared about why you didn't pay back the money first when you had the money to buy a job.

The result was that after negotiating with people for a long time and working hard for a year, I still didn’t get much money back, and finally my brother-in-law started to make trouble. My family was so poor that we couldn’t even afford to eat, and the house was allocated by the company and couldn’t be sold…

"So if you change houses, you just lose a place to live, but at least you don't have to pay back the money?"

"If we don't change, my mother and I will probably be driven to death. If we live in a dormitory or rent a house, at least we can have food to eat."

Zhang Xingwang covered his head and went back to work, intending to check the policy first. He grabbed Xiao Zhou who wanted to escape, and casually gave him some instructions, asking him to prepare the relevant materials and give them to him before leaving get off work.

I was about to calm down, but I felt uncomfortable. It turned out that work was too hard. I had a bad start. The first fire of a new official turned out to be a fire that set me off...

Before I could sit down properly, my second brother-in-law and a young man came. Fortunately, my second brother-in-law looked okay, just a little unnatural. The young man next to him was just like Xiao Zhou at the beginning, and it was obvious at first glance that he needed a beating.

Listening to my second brother-in-law uttering the three words "Team Leader Zhang" after a long time, I felt indescribable. However, seeing the other party's hesitant look, I still pulled my second brother-in-law aside, gave him a cigarette, and asked tentatively:

"Brother-in-law, a young widow and her child came to our neighborhood office. Do you know about this?"

Liu Junming's eyes twitched when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up but slowly relaxed, and he replied as if nothing had happened:

"That's true, but that widow is a pretty one, and the little girl is pretty cute. It's said that her father isn't that old either!"

"Brother-in-law, you have to listen carefully to this. I heard Director Qi say that the child was playing hide-and-seek with her father, and her father hid too well, so he accidentally found us. It was just a misunderstanding. Don't you think this is a joke? This is an office, how can we hide people here?"

Liu Junming took the two packs of cigarettes from his brother-in-law calmly, sighed and replied:

"I also heard about it later. Anyway, it's similar to the version you just told me. It is said that his father hid himself too much and buried himself in the ground. No wonder the little girl couldn't find him."

Zhang Xingwang immediately snatched back a pack and said unhappily:

"You know everything so clearly and yet you still say that his father is not very old. Brother-in-law, you are a scholar and a cadre. You can't say anything that is not conducive to unity. As for my mother..."

Liu Junming nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and replied with a bitter face:

"Don't worry. I am your team member after all. I can't just tell my family about my work. I still understand the basic sense of confidentiality..."