Wealthy Beauty in the 60s
Chapter 88 - 87 Secretary Li

Chapter 88: Chapter 87 Secretary Li

Xia Xiao shook her head, "Just because someone has good looks, it doesn’t mean their heart is good too; Luo Mingzhe just has a good face for nothing. Liu Yue is the same, those two are indeed a perfect match."

At this point, Xia Xiao turned to Gao Jiaxing and asked, "Brother Gao, is Ge Lai really going to marry Liu Haihua?"

"It’s true, Ge Lai might ignore others, but Liu Jiefang has been kind to Ge Lai. If it weren’t for Liu Jiefang, young Ge Lai would have died long ago, so Ge Lai will definitely listen to him," Gao Jiaxing said.

Xia Xiao didn’t say anything more; she felt that if Liu Jiefang asked Ge Lai to take care of Liu Haiguo and Liu Haihua, Ge Lai would surely help them for a lifetime, but forcing Ge Lai and Liu Haihua to marry each other seemed too much to ask.

Not to mention whether Ge Lai himself was willing to marry Liu Haihua, Liu Haihua herself had openly expressed her unwillingness, and with her dominant personality, she never took Ge Lai seriously. Xia Xiao did not see this union working out.

But it was other people’s business, not hers.

Due to Guangming Production Team’s abundant harvest, it caught the county’s high attention, which immediately reported it, and then people were dispatched to investigate.

That year, Guangming Production Team was named a model production team, but along with it came a new secretary appointed from above.

Actually, Guangming Production Team did have a secretary, He Hongjun, but He Hongjun barely managed things. Furthermore, with a ruined face and a crippled foot, He Hongjun disliked leaving his house, so everything was managed by Gao Guoqiang instead.

So, villagers had long forgotten there was such a secretary, but they still remembered He Hongjun as a person. Now that a new secretary was directly appointed from above, He Hongjun was honorably retired. He Hongjun was fine with it, since he didn’t manage affairs anyway and was just a secretary in name. But Li Shengmei was very unhappy, especially since the new secretary had a strong background and high connections.

When Xia Xiao saw the newcomer, she was utterly shocked. This was a future big shot in the officialdom! What was he doing in such a remote small county as a production team’s secretary?

Li Zhenchuan—Xia Xiao remembered him clearly because he was frequently seen on television from her childhood up to being a great leader at both city and provincial levels, and he once visited her university.

"Dong Meihua, why are you staring at Secretary Li like that?" Dong Meihua said.

Xia Xiao shook her head, "I just feel like Secretary Li looks familiar, can’t remember where I have seen him."

"Just a common face, you’ve probably seen someone who looks similar," Dong Meihua said.

Xia Xiao wanted to say that it wasn’t just a common face, as the younger Li Zhenchuan was rather handsome.

"He came from the Capital, Ai Hua, have you seen him before?" Sun Yuhua asked.

Wang Aihua shook her head, "You should ask Xuehua, my family lives in the Capital, but we’re just ordinary people."

"I come from a family of teachers, we have no connections with officials," Yang Xuehua shook her head and then added, "But I know who he is."

Yang Xuehua’s remark made everyone turn to look at her, listening as she said, "I’ve heard my parents mention his name before—he was the student union president at the university. Moreover, Li surnames are rare in the Capital, and those surnamed Li with connections are only from one family, though I’m not sure whether he’s from the direct line or a side branch."

"Wow, that’s a solid background. But if he’s really from that Li family, why would he be a secretary in this small production team? Even if he’s from a side branch, isn’t it too much of an underuse of his talents?" Dong Meihua said.

Xia Xiao nodded. Serving as the county’s secretary was one thing, but being a secretary of a production team seemed like an underuse of his talents indeed. But Li Zhenchuan looked quite young, maybe just over twenty, perhaps he was also here for rural experience.

With the arrival of the new secretary, everyone started talking. The excitement was more than when Liu Haiguo became the team leader, and the new secretary looked quite young.

Some of the village’s women even inquired whether the new secretary was married or had children, and Xia Xiao noticed that many of the eligible single young women were bright-eyed at his arrival.

Although the new secretary’s appearance wasn’t outstanding—just an ordinary person’s appearance—his demeanor added quite a bit to his looks.

Gao Jiaxing complained, "Don’t you like men who are more to your taste, why gossip about the new secretary all day, he won’t help you with your meals."

Xia Xiao was speechless, ever since she mentioned that handsome men were her type, Gao Jiaxing kept reminding her.

"It’s not the same, he’s a secretary, young and promising." He would be a senior official in the future, and Xia Xiao was already thinking about securing a good connection, and a strong one at that.

"He might already be married with children," Gao Jiaxing added.

"So what if he does?" It wasn’t her business anyway; she just saw a future important person and wanted to make connections, and even if not making friends, she at least shouldn’t offend him.

"You’re not falling for Secretary Li, are you?" Gao Jiaxing asked.

"No," Xia Xiao shook her head, noting that Li Zhenchuan was the first ’acquaintance’ she had encountered in this life.

"Right, you prefer those who are your type, Secretary Li isn’t exactly a feast for the eyes," Gao Jiaxing nodded.

"Brother Gao, don’t you have something better to do?" Xia Xiao said mockingly, referring to his habit of discussing these topics.

"Yes, I’m setting traps in the mountains tomorrow, are you coming?" Gao Jiaxing asked.

Xia Xiao nodded, "I’ll go."

Gao Jiaxing walked away immediately.

The next day, there were many people heading to the mountains, Xia Xiao’s dorm-mates included, but unexpectedly, Li Zhenchuan was also there.

"What is Secretary Li doing following us?" Xia Xiao whispered to Gao Jiaxing.

"Who knows, he heard we were going up the mountain, so he followed," Gao Jiaxing said. "My dad asked us to make sure to protect Secretary Li, not to let him face any dangers; in any case, nothing should happen to Secretary Li."

Xia Xiao nodded; if Li Zhenchuan had an accident in the Guangming Production Team, Gao Guoqiang would be the first to be held accountable, and the whole team would suffer.

Li Zhenchuan walked all along with Gao Jiazhi, asking him some questions, and soon Wang Aihua, Yang Xuehua, and Sun Yuhua were all talking with Li Zhenchuan.

Xia Xiao kept walking with Gao Jiaxing, leaving Li Zhenchuan and the others behind. "Brother Gao, weren’t you supposed to protect Secretary Li? Why are you walking so fast? You can’t even see them anymore."

"With my brother there it’s fine, and with so many young guys and educated youths in the village, nothing will go wrong; and this hill isn’t as dangerous as Nanhua Mountain."

Xia Xiao and Gao Jiaxing set many traps before going to pick some wild fruits, vegetables, and herbs, with Gao Jiazhi and Li Zhenchuan following behind them.

Suddenly, Xia Xiao saw Gao Jiaxing digging something out of the ground and said, "Doesn’t this look a bit like ginseng?"

"It is ginseng," Gao Jiaxing replied, looking at Xia Xiao as if she had no common sense.