Chapter 208: Lan Chaolin, Cousin of the Lan Family
Chapter 208: Lan Chaolin, Cousin of the Lan Family
Today, Ruan Ruan also woke up early. She still remembered that she and her uncle had made an appointment to meet Mayor Guo to discuss the charity organization.
After breakfast, Huo Haocheng first sent people to Commander Gu’s office before returning to the training ground of their independent regiment. Now they needed to prepare for the training subjects.
"Go, go."
When Commander Gu saw her coming, he picked up the document bag and hat on the table. The guard drove them to the government building in Yuncheng.
The person who came to pick them up was Mayor Guo's secretary, Lan, who was the grandson of Commander Gu's mother, Comrade Lan Zhiyan's cousin, Lan Chaolin.
"Commander Gu, Comrade Ruan Ruan, Mayor Guo is still in a meeting right now. Let me take you to his office and wait for a while. He will be here soon."
As he said this, he brought the people to the office, made a cup of tea for each of them, and then left. Because a lot of people were arrested this time, he still needed to see which ones could be transferred up to fill these vacancies.
After he left, Ruan Ruan asked her uncle, "Uncle, do you know this secretary?"
"He is the grandson of your grandmother's brother. According to seniority, you should call him brother. He has only been promoted for a short time. He is different from other politicians. Over the years, he started from the bottom and relied on his own abilities to reach his current position step by step. It is really rare!"
Speaking of this cousin, he was also very happy for the Lan family. The Lan family were a family of scholars, and they retired at the right time during this incident. Fortunately, the eldest brother of the Lan family was supporting the research institute, and the others had also made plans early on. Among the younger generation, with Lan Chaolin around, they were not in decline.
"Oh, they are relatives from my grandmother's family, why haven't I heard of them before?" Ruan Ruan had heard a little about the Lan family from others before. They were a real family of scholars, and their ancestors had been appointed as prime ministers. But I heard that no one from the Lan family stayed in the capital. According to the strength of the Ruan and Gu families, it should not be difficult to keep them.
"Their affairs are a little complicated, but you just need to know that when the time is right, they will come back, and then you will know."
Commander Gu was playing a riddle with her, and Ruan Ruan had a hard time guessing. It was too much trouble to guess over and over again. At this time, it was better to have an empty mind. Then she leaned back on the sofa and began to empty herself.
About half an hour later, Mayor Guo came back.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." He came back with a tired look on his face. Many of the people sitting in the conference room had come in by giving gifts to the deputy mayor. Ever since the deputy mayor was arrested yesterday, they had been in a panic, fearing that Mayor Guo would take advantage of the situation and get rid of them all.
In fact, what they thought was right. After the deputy mayor and his cronies were arrested, Mayor Guo began to clean out the parasites. In Ruan Ruan's words, what's the point of keeping a bunch of useless people if they are not cleaned out in time to make room for capable people? Why spend so much money every month to support them? Are you planning to sell them by weight during the New Year?
But today is still the first day, so we have to take things slow. There’s no rush. Let’s fill these holes first and then deal with the other minions.
"We are fine, but how is your side? Have you arranged everything?" We are old classmates and we know each other well. Waiting for a while is not a big deal.
As he spoke, Commander Gu stepped forward and handed him the file bag.
After Mayor Guo finished reading it, there was no sound in the office for a while. After a long time, he took out a piece of paper and a bunch of keys from the drawer and handed them to Ruan Ruan.
"This is the address of an office building. These are the keys. They were confiscated before. Go and have a look for yourself. If you can use them, then I'll give them to you."
He originally wanted to arrange for Secretary Lan to work with her to sort out the affairs of the complicated charity, but since she didn't want the government to interfere, she must have her own plans. Moreover, the fact that the document came into his hands meant that the higher-ups must have agreed. He didn't want to be that annoying person. No matter what she did, as long as her starting point was to serve the people, it would be fine.
Seeing that Mayor Guo did not ask anything after reading the document, Ruan Ruan was unable to say the many explanations she had prepared. After looking at Commander Gu, she stepped forward and took the address and keys.
"Do you need me to send someone to assist you in your work?" After thinking about it, Mayor Guo still asked. Although she didn't want anyone to withdraw their help, it would be more convenient to have government personnel help in the early stages of the work.
When Mayor Guo asked this, Ruan Ruan said, "Yes, thank you, Uncle Guo."
She had originally wanted to wait until the office address was confirmed before coming to him to discuss this matter, but now that he had brought it up himself, Ruan Ruan felt that Mayor Guo was truly a great man.
"Okay, then let Secretary Lan cooperate with you." As he said that, he called the people in, introduced them to them, and then asked Secretary Lan to take them to see the place.
After leaving the office building, Lan Chaolin called out to Commander Gu, "Uncle, long time no see. I guess this must be cousin Ruan Ruan."
In the building, there were people coming and going everywhere, so it was not easy for him to recognize his relatives directly. But everything would be fine later. He was arranged to cooperate with Ruan Ruan in work, so they would have many opportunities to meet in the future, and he was not afraid of what others would say.
"Yes, Chao Lin, it's been five or six years since we last met. I didn't expect that you are now the mayor's secretary. Are your grandparents doing well?"
In 68, as soon as they heard the news, they quietly arranged for the Lan family to withdraw from the capital. Until now, no one in the capital knows where the Lan family went overnight.
"Don't worry, uncle, grandpa and grandma are in good health. They are in the countryside now. When they have nothing to do, they can chat with the uncles in the village. They are all fine."
When he talked about his grandparents, his tone was very light, and one could imagine that the old people really had a good life in the countryside.
Not long after, they arrived at the building that Mayor Guo mentioned. It had a large double iron door with round Roman columns on both sides. It had three floors in total and looked symmetrical from the front. The windows were still the same as before, with a semicircular top and rectangular bottom, which looked very old.
"This was the office location of a company during the Republic of China period. His family had handed it over to the country before, and then the whole family went abroad together."
"Let's go in and take a look first."
They opened the door, and because it had not been used for a long time, dust filled the air.
"Puff puff"
At this moment, Ruan Ruan regretted not bringing a mask with her beforehand. She had completely forgotten the lesson she learned from her previous visit to the pharmaceutical factory. Now there was nothing she could do since she was already here.
The three of them gritted their teeth and quickly went up and down, checking it out inside and out. Overall, it was not bad, but it would take some effort to clean it up.
"Huh..." Finally after finishing the look, the three of them stood in front of the gate, took a deep breath, and looked at the dust on their bodies and hair. They had originally wanted to go out for a meal together, but now they were not in the mood at all.
"Brother Chaolin, thank you today. We will go back first. I will come to see you in a few days when this place is cleaned up." As he said this, he did not forget to look at himself and the two people beside him. When he saw passers-by looking at them curiously, Ruan Ruan immediately got into the car.
Watching her actions, Lan Chaolin just smiled. He had heard about Ruan Ruan's deeds before, and thought that she should be a strong woman. But when he met her today, he felt that she was still a little girl.
"Okay, come to me if you need anything. Uh, I also need to go back and clean up first." Now they are back in the car, and he is the only one standing outside the car. He also felt the focus and knew why Ruan Ruan ran so fast just now. Forget it, let's get back to it soon.
After saying that, he stepped aside. His meaning was very clear: you guys should leave quickly, because he was leaving too.
Just like that, after making sure, the three of them went back to their homes and washed themselves and their clothes carefully.
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