The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

The car is faster. The journey that a long-distance bus takes less than four hours can be reached by car in three hours. After half an hour out of the mountain, we crossed the Yuhe Bridge and soon entered the compound of the administrative office.

The administrative compound is a two-story German-style building with gray walls and a sloping roof. There are more than 30 buildings in total. Excluding the office buildings of various regional units, most of the buildings are public housing allocated to employees of various units.

The administrative office is located in a separate small courtyard, with a total of two small buildings and a corridor in the middle of the buildings.

The car stopped in the open space between the two small buildings. Soon, several people came out of the east building. The leader was Yang Haozhong, who welcomed Zhu Xiaomin on behalf of the entire agency: "Comrade Zhu Xiaomin, we've been waiting for you."

Zhu Xiaomin greeted with a smile: "Secretary Yang, you're welcome."

Yang Hao pointed his middle finger at the person behind him: "Let Xiao He take you to arrange accommodation first, and then take you to the cafeteria. Take a rest, we will have a welcome party in the afternoon."

It's quite grand.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Then I'll trouble Director He." She had seen him in the first team last time, so she was not unfamiliar with him.

Xiao He hurriedly waved his hands: "I'm not a clerk. My name is He Lanfang, you can just call me Xiao He." Seeing that Secretary Zhao had already brought down Zhu Xiaomin's luggage, he hurried over to take it.

Officer Zhao smiled and said, "Even though Comrade Zhu Xiaomin doesn't have much stuff and you can't take it, I'll go with you."

Zhu Xiaomin hurriedly said, "Let me get it."

Secretary Zhao quickly dodged and said, "We are already here, how can Comrade Zhu do it himself?"

Zhu Xiaomin felt embarrassed, so she grabbed a net bag containing a washbasin and followed the two men out of the yard and went to a small building next to it.

This is a tube-shaped building with separate rooms on both sides. The light in the corridor is dim, and the floor and walls have an old smell. However, it is tidy and there is no extra stuff piled up.

"This building is full of single dormitories, from all units." He Lanfang explained, led the way up the stairs, stopped at the door of 214, took out the key and opened the door.

Officer Zhao explained: "I'm afraid you might not be used to it. Since you met Xiao He last time, I'll move you two together."

When the door opened, there was a room of about twelve or thirteen square meters. There were two single beds on both sides of the window against the wall. There were two sets of wooden cabinets connected to the end of the bed on the opposite side, and a large desk connected to the end of the bed on the other side. In the corner of the wall, there was a washbasin rack and a small table with two thermoses on the table.

He Lanfang pointed to a bed inside and said, "Since you are going to work overtime to write materials, I will leave this bed for you."

It is obvious that this bed is more comfortable than the bed opposite.

Zhu Xiaomin accepted her kindness, smiled at her and said, "Thank you, Sister He."

He Lanfang looked a few years older than her. Since she was not an official and did not hold any position, she could only be called sister.

He Lanfang smiled at her, took the luggage that Secretary Zhao was carrying, put it on the table first, and then said: "I wiped the bed board twice yesterday. Take a look. If it doesn't work, wipe it again. I found a piece of kraft paper for you to put underneath. It won't damage the mattress." Then she opened a cabinet and took out two large sheets of kraft paper.

Zhu Xiaomin touched the bed board and saw that it was indeed clean, so she spread the brown paper directly on it, opened the luggage bag, and spread the bedding on it.

He Lanfang saw that she was holding a simple quilt and a mattress. Although the bottom of the mattress was made of patchwork, the quilt was new inside and out, and the whole thing was neat and tidy. So she said, "One mattress is probably too thin, and it will probably still be cold after a while. Buy another one later."

She took the bedding that had been restuffed with old cotton, and the two sets she had taken when she got married were still at the educated youth site.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled at her and said, "I just arrived. I just need to settle down first and we'll talk later."

Secretary Zhao saw the two of them packing up, gave them some instructions about the welcome party in the afternoon, and then left.

There were personal belongings at the back, and He Lanfang could no longer help. She sat on her bed and watched her clean up, chatting with her occasionally.

After Zhu Xiaomin had finished packing, He Lanfang looked at the time and said, "Let's go. It's time for dinner. We can pack up after dinner. Otherwise, there's still night."

Zhu Xiaomin agreed. When she saw her take the lunch bowl from the cupboard, she also took her lunch box and followed, and she also had five dollars in her pocket.

He Lanfang saw it and said with a smile: "Our cafeteria uses meal tickets. It's too late now. You can use mine first. I'll take you to change after the welcome party this afternoon."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded and thanked him.

The two men went downstairs while talking, returned to the courtyard, entered the east building, turned right along the corridor, walked to the top and turned left again, and entered the corridor between the two buildings. There were two opposing glass doors on the other side of the corridor, and inside was a large cafeteria.

There are four windows for serving food, and there are only two kinds of dishes, while the staple foods include rice, steamed buns and corn bread.

He Lanfang introduced: "Rice and steamed buns require food coupons. One steamed bun weighs two taels. You will get the same amount of food coupons as the amount of rice you want. You don't need food coupons for steamed buns. Meal coupons are one cent each time. You can order any dish you want, but dishes with meat will cost less." After that, she took her to a window with fewer people to queue up.

This is an employee benefit.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded.

Whether in Hedong City or in the village, rice was not easy to find. The two of them came early, and when Zhu Xiaomin's turn came, she decisively chose rice and asked for a dish with meat.

He Lanfang helped her pay for the meal ticket and food coupons, took her to find an empty table and sat down, and said with a smile: "You don't eat much, so it's true that meat and vegetables are more cost-effective. They're only ten cents anyway."

Zhu Xiaomin was very calm: "We live in the village, and it's not easy to eat meat. Not only is there a problem of not having meat coupons, but we have to go to the town to buy meat, which is not convenient."

He Lanfang had been there once and knew the distance from the town to the First Brigade, so she nodded slightly.

As they were eating, more and more people came into the cafeteria and there were not enough tables. Two female comrades came over to share a table. They looked at Zhu Xiaomin and smiled at He Lanfang, "Xiao He, is this girl new here?"

He Lanfang immediately introduced: "This is Comrade Zhu Xiaomin, a person that the Administrative Office specially requested from the lower levels to be arranged to work in your Agricultural Bureau." Then he said to Zhu Xiaomin, "This is Section Chief Hu Runyue, and this is Secretary Guo Hongtao."

The regional administrative office is the highest administrative department of the entire region, and it is divided into dozens of functional departments of varying sizes. The regional-level ones all have offices in the administrative office compound, and some are in these two buildings.

When Hu Runyue heard the name "Zhu Xiaomin", he immediately opened his eyes wide with a look of surprise: "You are Zhu Xiaomin? We heard that your brigade planted fruit trees and set up a breeding base. It was all your suggestion. In just two years, the economy of the entire brigade has been revitalized, right?"

Where did the rumor come from?

Zhu Xiaomin could only explain truthfully: "Both the orchard and the breeding base are still in the initial stage. In two years, we have only gained a firm foothold and achieved initial success."