Lu De Min, after borrowing books from Yan Bu Gui, returned home and couldn't wait to start reading.
He first picked up (Russian-Chinese Comparison) Stalin on the Problems of Marxism in Linguistics.
【Ding!】
【Political Knowledge Level +1】
【Political Knowledge Level +1】
【Political Knowledge Level +1】
【Political Knowledge Level +1】
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“As expected!” Lu De Min was very pleased.
He put down (Russian-Chinese Comparison) Stalin on the Problems of Marxism in Linguistics, picked up Elementary Russian Grammar, and began reading.
【Ding!】
【Russian Language Level +1】
【Russian Language Level +1】
【Russian Language Level +1】
【Russian Language Level +1】
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“Great! I feel my Russian is improving rapidly!”
Lu De Min was happy and full of motivation.
“Keep studying!”
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The next morning.
Lu De Min left the courtyard to go to work. As he watched those with cars passing by on bicycles, he felt a bit envious.
It was funny to think that he would one day yearn for a bicycle.
It was as if he had returned to the days when he was studying in his previous life.
However, if he intended to buy a bicycle, it would be best to do so before the country implemented the ticket system for goods.
Once the long “ticket era” arrived, it wouldn't be enough to just have money to buy things.
You would need a ticket to buy things, and there would be a limited supply. It was often the case that even if you had money, you couldn't buy what you wanted.
At that time, it would be even more difficult to buy a bicycle.
Now, as long as you had money, you could buy a bicycle.
Of course, the money for buying a bicycle had to be legitimate income, otherwise, it would be easy to get reported.
Lu De Min set another goal: to get a bicycle before the ticket era arrived.
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Lu De Min didn't have to go to the assistance center today, he was working at the military control station.
Around ten in the morning.
Lu De Min came out of the privy and met a dejected Yan Bu Gui.
“Uncle Yan, are you here at the military control station to handle some business? How is it going?” Lu De Min saw Yan Bu Gui and remembered that he had said last night that he would come to the military control station to find a man named Zhao Wei Guo to handle some business. Looking at his expression, it seemed like it wasn't going well.
Sure enough, Yan Bu Gui shook the file bag in his hand and said in a low voice: "Zhao Gan Shi said I lack the necessary documents, so the certificate can't be processed. I need to get the missing documents. But I've run around several times. This department tells me to go to the Red Star military control station, and the military control station tells me to go to other departments. Sigh…”
Lu De Min felt grateful to Yan Bu Gui for lending him books last night. He wanted to find out what was going on and see if he could help. If he couldn't help, then so be it, but if he could, he would. So he kept a calm expression on his face, comforted Yan Bu Gui, and sent him away.
Lu De Min went to the military control station's certificate hall and found out which window Zhao Wei Guo was responsible for.
Seeing that Zhao Wei Guo was busy, he didn't go over.
Half an hour later, as he passed by again, he saw that Zhao Wei Guo's window wasn't busy, so he went over and asked about Yan Bu Gui's certificate.
To Lu De Min's surprise, Zhao Wei Guo was very enthusiastic: “The certificate Yan Bu Gui is trying to get does indeed lack some documents. Generally, in such a situation, we would not process it. But it's not absolute. If Yan Bu Gui had said he knew you, that you were a good neighbor, even if he was missing some documents, I would have helped him process it!"
Lu De Min was surprised: “You know me?”
Zhao Wei Guo said with a smile: “Director Qu has praised you a lot! How could we not know you! I heard that you’re even learning to drive, and you’ll be driving for Director Qu in the future. We’re quite envious!”
Lu De Min suddenly realized. He thought this Zhao Wei Guo must have been someone he had met for the first time, but why was he so enthusiastic? It turned out it was because of Director Qu. Sure enough, if you had a good relationship with the leader, your interpersonal relationships in the unit would definitely not be bad.
However, Lu De Min still said: “It’s true that Yan Bu Gui is my neighbor, but we can't act out of favoritism. The necessary documents for processing the certificate should be complete. I just hope that Brother Zhao can give some guidance on how to get the missing documents!”
“Guidance is a bit too much, Comrade Lu, you're too polite!” Seeing Lu De Min's earnestness, Zhao Wei Guo thought for a moment and continued: "The missing documents for Yan Bu Gui's certificate can be supplemented, but it's a bit troublesome. Well, seeing as you’re involved, I’ll personally run an errand and go to the relevant unit to get the materials, and then the certificate can be processed!”
Lu De Min understood. If it hadn't been for his face, Zhao Wei Guo definitely wouldn't have been willing to personally run an errand to get the missing documents for an ordinary person. After all, there were so many people applying for certificates, and many of them would inevitably be missing documents. He couldn't possibly do it personally for everyone, wouldn't that kill him?
Now, Zhao Wei Guo was willing to personally run an errand for his sake, which was a favor.
Sure enough, in our country, it’s still a society of human relationships.
If you have connections, things always go smoothly.
Lu De Min expressed his gratitude.
Zhao Wei Guo said with a smile, "You're welcome. We're all colleagues. If I can help, I will."
Although Zhao Wei Guo said that, Lu De Min kept this favor in mind.
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