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Chapter Ninety-Six

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    Xu Shujian went out early in the morning, but instead of climbing the Great Wall with Mr. Zhou and the others as she told Song Fengchen, she went to Ximen Street first and queued up outside the cake shop for half an hour before buying a cake.  Arrived two boxes of six almond honey cakes.

    Then he went back to Beimen Street and turned around, with two catties of razor clams, a big lobster, and an old hen in his hand.  When passing by an alley, I bought a wild rabbit weighing four catties from a fellow villager for another one and five dollars.

    Then, he stored all these things in a teahouse he frequented, and took a bus to the home of an old classmate.

    "It's a good thing to be promoted," Xu Shujian sat on the sofa and said with a smile, "Congratulations!"

    "I'd like to borrow your auspicious words." Hou Ting, in a suit and leather shoes, with a red face, came over with a glass kettle and poured Xu Shujian a glass of cold water: "I'm sorry, I have been abroad for the past few years, and I just came back the day before yesterday. There is nothing at home now.  .¡±

    "It's okay." Xu Shujian took a sip from the water glass and asked, "By the way, I don't know what position you were promoted to?"

    "Education Counselor of the Embassy in Cuba." Hou Ting was in high spirits.

    "That's a cadre at the 14th level, which is quite good." Xu Shujian said sincerely. Although the education counselor is not ranked high among the embassy counselors and does not have much real power to speak of, it also means that there is a lot of room for promotion.  In particular, Hou Ting's ability to reach such a high position at this age is far beyond that of ordinary peers.

    "It's not as good as you, but you were" Seemingly remembering something, Hou Ting closed his mouth resolutely, smiled apologetically, and didn't want to expose Xu Shujian's scars. His voice changed: "Look at me  , so busy talking, I almost forgot the business."

    With that said, Hou Ting turned around and entered the room, and when he came out, he had an extra box in his hand: "Here, what you want, I asked someone to buy the lighter from the United States. The material is gold and chrome-plated, and the style is low-key and simple."

    ? Xu Shujian took out the lighter with a beautiful metallic luster in the velvet box. It felt smooth and delicate, which gave people a good feeling. After trying to light it, the sound was crisp and the blue flame was pleasing to the eye.

    He nodded in satisfaction, and his eyes fell on the boxes of cigars next to him.

    "The three light brown boxes are montecristo, which I bought from a specialty store. The two dark brown boxes are cohiba, a private gift from the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs to our ambassador.  Me." Hou Ting said with a smile.

    According to government regulations, all gifts received by officials must be handed in.  But the ones received in private are counted separately. After all, there is no clear path, and no one else knows.  Most people would choose to resell the gifts they received privately, some of them to subsidize their families, and some of them to their subordinates.  After all, the salaries of Chinese officials are not too high, especially in the profession of diplomats, there are many places to spend money when they are away from home.  With this extra income, I won't let myself live too hard.

    How could Xu Shujian not know these twists and turns, he said with a smile: "Yes, thank you for your hard work, how much are these?"

    Hou Ting was not polite, because it was unnecessary, he said: "The lighter is five hundred and twenty dollars, three boxes of Montecristo are eighty dollars, and two boxes of cohiba will be given to you at 10% off the market price. One hundred dollars, a total of seven hundred dollars, according to  At the current exchange rate of 1.5, it is equivalent to RMB 1,050."

    "Okay." Xu Shujian nodded, took the document bag readily, took out a handful of Datuan, counted one hundred and five and handed it to Hou Ting.

    Hou Ting took the money, stuffed it directly into his pocket, and then said enviously: "I haven't seen you for a few years. I didn't expect Shu Jian to become a rich man."

    Xu Shujian waved the only three banknotes left in her hand: "Here, the rich man in your mouth now only has these thirty yuan left."

    Of the more than one thousand yuan, half is the wages he saved, and the other half is the publishing fees he has earned through translating foreign literature in the past few months.

    Hou Ting rolled his eyes, and said curiously: "I remember, Shu Jian, you don't seem to smoke, right? So who the hell is it that can make our gentle and elegant Mr. Xu give up his family fortune?"

    Xu Shujian smiled: "It's my husband."

    "Huh?" Hou Ting was taken aback: "Are you married?"

    "Yes." Xu Shujian nodded.

    Hou Ting came back to his senses: "Is it someone I know?"

    Xu Shujian shook her head: "I met him when I was sent to the Ministry of Li."

    Hou Ting let go of his heart, it's not just wishing Anshi.

    He immediately said: "Shu Jian, you are not kind, you don't tell me such a big thing as marriage,Can escape, right?  "

    "Zhao Jiaxue¡ª" He Duanfeng shouted angrily.

    "Cough cough, cough cough" Xu Shujian blushed and was out of breath: "Then tell me, is what I said reasonable?"

    'Zhu Anshi' expression froze.

    At this moment, a sharp piercing sound suddenly came from the ear, and when 'Zhu Anshi' turned his head, a fireball whizzed towards him.

    Subconsciously, he let go of the hand that was pinching Xu Shujian's neck, and dodged to the side with messy steps, trying to avoid the attack of the fireball.

    Just when the fireball was about to hit Xu Shujian's face, an extra hand came out from his waist and led him back.

    Following the bang of the fireball, a hole the size of a basketball was made on the ground, Xu Shujian lay in the arms of the visitor, barely standing still.

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