Chapter 685: High Awareness! Let Me Think!
"Dongfang, three supervisory departments appeared at once after May 34st, including one from a foreign party. Is this necessary?" Song Qianli asked.
"Of course it is necessary. Not only them, but also several other departments have supervisory functions, so it is not announced on a large scale."
It is a consensus that this is to monitor government officials and businessmen.
Otherwise, what is the point of reform? There are corrupt officials everywhere. The elders and those who worked hard to conquer the country will do it.
Your government officials need to be monitored, including the military, and I am one of the big bosses! &34;
"Hahaha, you are indeed a big boss. It's scary to see three more departments appear!" Song Qianli was a little scared.
"This is the main reason why I let you have money. In the future, the punishment of officials will be very strong. You should be careful and don't accept gifts from businessmen. You should hold on!"
"You're right. Stay away from these businessmen and never accept their gifts, not even gifts from colleagues!"
"Brother, be careful. Nothing like this will happen to me in court. Don't worry!"
"Not necessarily. Now that things are becoming more and more legalized, you people in the court can't hide away either. You have to be careful!"
Mo Jinlan, "Dongfang, does it count if we accept some red envelopes? Now when we are dealing with the outside world, there are patients' families who give red envelopes to doctors. The money is not much, 34 yuan is relatively rare!"
"It's best not to accept it. It's your job to cure diseases and save lives. If you accept red envelopes from patients, you will be investigated. A prison sentence is not enough."
But it has a great impact on doctors' medical ethics, and it also has a great impact on them! At least doctors in military hospitals cannot do this! &34;
Mo Jinlan, "I understand! I definitely won't accept it!"
&34;There will be many such things! &34;
&34;Everything depends on human effort!&34;
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"Sister-in-law, after my brother gets promoted and changes to a new unit, will you still accompany him?" Song Xianxian asked Xu Wenlan.
"Just like before, I take the kids there when they are on holiday, and I come back when they start school!" Xu Wenlan replied.
"It's fine this way, even if I can't work. I'm not even 34 yet, so you're not in a hurry, are you?" Song Xianxian asked.
&34;I seem to have gotten used to it in the past few years. I had some when I first came here, but now I basically don’t have any! &34;
&34;Wenlan usually accompanies me and sometimes goes to Qiansheng's place. It should be okay. But it would be inconvenient for the children to go to Qiansheng's place if she is at work.
The family is not short of money, so it doesn't matter if I don't work! &34;My mother-in-law doesn't think it's bad to not work.
"Have you decided? Chunming is grown up now, he is 34 years old, and will take the college entrance examination next year. Which university will he go to?" Song Xianxian asked.
"Just like my dad, I'll go to military school!" Song Chunming wanted to follow in his father's footsteps.
"Applying to a military academy, is this following in your father's footsteps? Sister-in-law, you guys agree!"
"I agreed. In the past two years, Qiansheng has been with the army. Chunming trains with the troops every day. Chunming wants to apply to a military academy. Let him do it."
After so many years, I've gotten used to it. There's nothing wrong with being a soldier. There are always people who want to be soldiers! "Xu Wenlan didn't object.
"My dad likes it!" Song Qianguo said.
&34;Really!&34;
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"Xianxian, are Tingting and Yangyang going to school this year?" Mo Jinlan asked.
&34;They will start school in September this year and will be 8 years old soon! &34;
"In a blink of an eye, the children have grown up, and we have grown old too. Xianxian, I heard your Aunt Zhou say a few days ago.
Xiaobai is pregnant. I want to tell you that you and Jinlan can go and see her! &34;
"Mom, you are not old. You are like my sister now. Is Xiaobai still living in Yuanjun's house?"
"You're talking nonsense every day. I'm your mother, not your sister. Xiaobai heard from her mother that she has been living in Yuan Jun's house!"
"I'll go check it out this afternoon. I mean your appearance is the same as my sister's, not your generation!"
"Hahaha, just a few years younger, that's nothing." The mother-in-law became happy again.
"As long as you are happy, didn't the aunts in the compound ask you why?" Song Xianxian asked.
"They asked, but when I told them what Dongfang said, they stopped asking. They can't afford it! Dongfang has more power!" said the mother-in-law proudly.
&34;That's right!&34;
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"Duoduo, you pick up food with chopsticks and catch it with a bowl, but you forget again!"
&34;It was fine a few days ago, with only a few pieces of meat falling off, but why can't I pick it up today! &34;
"You are always right. Bone clips are hard to clip because they are heavy and large. I have told you this many times!"
"Uncle, please eat more!"
"I'll pick up the bones, you eat them! Then eat the vegetables!"
&34;Good uncle!&34;
"Next month, your father will come back and take a home leave. He only takes a leave once every six years. He is a really good cadre!" My mother-in-law was a little dissatisfied.
"It's okay. At least my dad has a salary from work. If he works harder, he can get it."
A Jinyiwei boss in the East, who was treated as a vice-ministerial level official, didn't even have a salary.
I have to pay for the army every year. I am not as good as my dad! Dongfang only got rich a few days ago! Song Xianxian smiled.
"Dongfang, you have to pay for the army too!" the mother-in-law asked.
"There will be a shortfall in the military's financial allocations within the next eight years. I will make up for it first, and the state will pay for it eight years later!"
"Dongfang, as a minister, the country is relatively worry-free. It's really impossible to replace you with someone else!" Song Qianli said with a smile.
"Is there a big gap in the army?" asked the mother-in-law.
"From less than 40 billion this year to 8 billion in eight years, now that we have made up for it, there will be no more gap!"
&34;Our wages?&34;
"Yes, there is also a naval construction budget of about 34 billion per year!"
"Can't the navy slow down? Wait until the country's finances improve in a few years!"
"No. The navy construction cycle is long and the speed of forming combat effectiveness is slow. If we stop for ten years, we will lag far behind other countries in the world. my country's coastal defense line is long and we cannot wait."
Now there is a money gap, which can be filled. There are always more solutions than problems! &34;
"Don't you have foreign exchange? It's not enough!" Song Qianguo asked.
&34;The country has some, but it cannot spend it. I feel embarrassed to exchange foreign currency with the country. But I can. What does this small gap matter?
If soldiers cannot receive foreign currency as wages and allowances, what will happen then? &34;
"Yes, we are in trouble if we cannot use foreign exchange. The government budget has been prepared and there is no extra money!"
"I will solve it myself. I understand the country. Our army has worked hard for ten years. If the country is well built, the army will not be short of money!"
"Dongfang has a high level of awareness, no wonder you are the minister!"
"You can't compare with Dongfang. When Dongfang goes out, he lets Duoduo come back for a long time. Wenlan and I will be at home alone!" said the mother-in-law.
&34;I will be away in late May, for a longer period, almost a month! You can come back more often to see her! &34;
&34;I'm not coming back, there's not even any barbecue!&34;
"My uncle is going to be away for a month, so I can't eat barbecue at his house!"
"My uncle's family also has braised pork, tomatoes, and lamb!" Duoduo had another reason, all for eating.
&34;We have some here, give them to Duoduo!&;
"Really? Let me think about it!" Duoduo is very smart.
&34;This kid!&34;
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What was Duoduo thinking about? She just didn’t want to go home, and she gave some good reasons to make people think that she really wanted to go home.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, when Cao Dongfang was about to leave, Duoduo also wanted to go back to his uncle's house. What did you say? I just want to go back to my uncle's house.
I am determined not to stay here. My uncle will go out in a few days and I can come back, but not now. I have to wait for him to get off work and then play in the evening.
So...Cao Dongfang took the three children home first. Song Xianxian and Mo Jinlan went to see Zhou Xiaobai in the afternoon and would be back later.
I have visited my mother-in-law's house more often, and the children have grown up and are more familiar with the route.
In the past, I could walk by myself, but not now. The main road outside the compound gate is being rebuilt by the city, and there are more pedestrians on the small road.
Cao Dongfang had no choice but to take his three children along another path which was not repaired and was easier to walk on.
"Dad, is this road being rebuilt?" Tingting asked.
&34;The road used to be quite bumpy and old. After it was rebuilt, it is easier for cars to drive on the road and it looks beautiful.
After it is repaired, we can walk on the sidewalk. It will be repaired in three months and will not affect our walking! &34;
"There was also a road being repaired where my mom worked, and my grandma took us to see it!"
&34;I saw that too!&34;