108: Chapter 108 Zhu Zihao, Deputy Director of the County Public Security Bureau

With the wealthy Sun Ning around, the "treasure of the shop" at the Mishui Township toy store had been sold off ahead of time.

Zhu Zihao's home was a two-story detached house not far from the township middle school.

This was the house he had bought from a local after arriving in Mishui Township.

After arriving at his doorstep, Sun Ning parked the car and called Zhu Zihao, asking him to come out and help him bring things in.

It wasn't that Sun Ning was putting on airs.

It was just that the doll was over a meter tall.

He really couldn't carry so many things with just his two hands.

With just that one phone call from Sun Ning, the whole family of three came out to greet him.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhu Linlin took her daughter's hand and said to her, "Call him Uncle!"

The little girl then timidly called out, "Hello, Uncle."

"Hello to you too, Tingting. Uncle wishes you a happy birthday. This is your birthday present from Uncle."

As he spoke, he pulled that oversized doll out from the back seat of the car.

It was clear that the little girl really liked this oversized doll.

However, because her personality was relatively shy,

she shrank timidly behind Zhu Linlin in the face of Sun Ning's enthusiasm, nervously tugging at her mother's clothes.

"Uncle is giving it to you, so just take it!"

"Thank you, Uncle."

Zhu Zihao spoke up, and only then did the little girl happily take it.

The little girl was in the fourth grade of elementary school, exactly the age to love these kinds of dolls.

Zhu Linlin usually couldn't bear to buy her such a large doll.

Then, Sun Ning took out a set of high-end cosmetics and handed them to Zhu Linlin.

"Sister-in-law, I didn't know what you liked, so I just got a set of cosmetics. I hope you like them."

Zhu Linlin quickly thanked him and took them.

Although she didn't know the value of that set of cosmetics,

she was still very happy with the gift Sun Ning had given.

Everyone knew Sun Ning was a wealthy man, and ordinary gifts wouldn't be appropriate, but Zhu Linlin didn't refuse.

Not to mention that Sun Ning didn't care about this small amount of money,

just accepting the gift was what one of their own should do.

Blindly refusing would definitely alienate their relationship.

What? Are you afraid I'm trying to bribe you?

Besides, her husband hadn't smoked few of Sun Ning's cigarettes either.

The family happily welcomed Sun Ning into the room, where Zhu Linlin had already prepared the meal.

Sun Ning took a look and saw a large portion of pig head meat in the center.

He didn't know when it had become common knowledge that he liked eating pig head meat.

In Mishui Township, whenever there was a banquet for him, that dish of pig head meat became the main course.

The frequently appearing Yellow River carp was unfortunately shunned, lacking the treatment that fish-head wine deserved.

It was only because Sun Ning's hobby was relatively inexpensive that he hadn't paid too much attention to it.

This incident served as a reminder to him.

Once a person reaches a certain level, they cannot display their private hobbies too much.

Just as a Party Secretary from a county in the south once said, if he had a dream at night, it could become reality the next day.

How could this not be a kind of helplessness?

After singing the birthday song, it was time to cut the cake.

No matter how big the matter was, one should first make the child happy.

The little girl was so happy today; she got two servings of cake, something she didn't usually get to eat.

She picked up the portioned cake and ate it with gusto.

After settling her daughter down, Zhu Linlin quickly urged Sun Ning to start eating, showing the demeanor of a hostess.

"Zihao, you are a lucky man!"

"Hehe, I think so too. Township Head, let me toast you."

Hearing Sun Ning compliment his wife, Zhu Zihao was very happy and quickly picked up his glass to toast him.

Just as Sun Ning put down his glass, Zhu Linlin also raised hers.

"Township Head, thank you for looking up to my Old Zhu. I'd like to toast you too."

Seeing Zhu Linlin toasting him, Sun Ning quickly drank a glass with her.

"Sister-in-law, you're too polite. Zihao and I share a revolutionary friendship."

When Zhu Linlin heard this, she didn't think much of it, but Zhu Zihao blushed crimson.

He didn't feel he was qualified to share such a friendship with Sun Ning.

Township Head Sun did important things.

He was just a Police Station chief, dealing with petty theft and fights all day long.

Usually, he wasn't even qualified to help Sun Ning.

He raised his glass again, wanting to say something self-deprecating.

Sun Ning quickly covered his hand.

He laughed and scolded, "What is this? Are you two setting a trap for me? Are you teaming up to get me drunk and sell me off somewhere? Let's just chat today."

Sun Ning straightforwardly defined the nature of this dinner.

Although his body had been modified and he was immune to alcohol,

he really didn't like drinking this stuff.

It was mainly due to the psychological trauma of dying in his previous life.

Drinking should be about having fun; why drink until you're completely wasted or black out?

Aside from increasing the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, it had no benefits at all.

Seeing Sun Ning speak like this, Zhu Zihao smiled and agreed.

"Zihao, are your parents still in the county?"

"Yes, they haven't retired yet, so they haven't come to Mishui Township to live with us. They'll move over in two years when they retire."

Sun Ning had checked Zhu Zihao's file.

They were people from Gongfan County; his father was a regular employee, and his mother was a teacher, neither of whom had retired yet.

"Mhm, when people get older, they want to have their children and grandchildren around. Sister-in-law, were you a teacher at the County Experimental Elementary School before?"

"Yes, come to think of it, I was actually trained by my mother."

"Then your mother really put in a lot of effort to choose such a virtuous wife for you."

"Hehe..."

This was the first time Sun Ning had chatted about family matters with Zhu Zihao, and he was still a bit unaccustomed to it.

Moreover, regarding Sun Ning constantly bringing up things in the county, he didn't have many thoughts about it.

But Zhu Linlin, sitting to the side, caught the drift.

Zhu Linlin was different from Zhu Zihao; her father, Old Zhu, was an official at the Agriculture Bureau.

Although he had been a low-level staff member (section-level cadre) his whole life, having grown up around it, she understood the jargon used within the system quite well.

Combining this with what Zhu Zihao had said earlier about the county reshuffling cadres,

plus the fact that Sun Ning had suddenly invited them to drink,

made Zhu Linlin feel that this was no ordinary matter.

However, she didn't interrupt to ask.

Things were different now compared to before.

Back then, their family had to actively fight for the position of Police Station chief.

Now, Zhu Zihao was Sun Ning's loyal supporter. Since Sun Ning had succeeded, he would certainly bring his subordinates along.

Otherwise, who would follow you around in the future?

Zhu Linlin understood this logic, and so did Sun Ning.

What she needed to do was keep an eye on her husband, make sure he kept following Sun Ning, and not get confused.

Regarding her husband's straightforward personality, she sometimes loved and hated it at the same time.

But then again, if it weren't for her husband's character, would Sun Ning have thought highly of him?

Meanwhile, Sun Ning felt that the conversation had been sufficiently warmed up.

He no longer hid anything and said directly, "Zihao, Party Secretary Wang is preparing to reshuffle personnel, and I've requested the position of Deputy Director of the County Bureau for you."

"However, once you leave, someone must take over the work here in the township."

"Think about it and give me a candidate for the Police Station chief."