"Teacher Ma, thank you so much. Sorry to put you through all the trouble of moving. Honestly, our county isn't that big—does it really matter where we live...?"
Wang Yan brought liquor, biscuits, canned food, and other things to visit the cadre who had given up his house for him. The man was in his forties and worked for the county's Public Finance Bureau.
In Machi County, houses and land were worthless. This gesture of organizational care was what truly mattered.
After all, Wang Yan was alone and without family. His willingness to marry here meant he was willing to put down roots here. Even if Secretary Chen and the others might think Wang Yan was not particularly clever, they still had to publicly call him an ambitious young man with ideals.
So, since Wang Yan intended to stay, they might as well see it through and move him closer to Xiao Yan's family, so he could have some warmth from a family. That was why they had Teacher Ma vacate the house and move.
Of course, they had also considered that Wang Yan tended to attract trouble. Quite a few criminals held grudges against him, so precautions had to be taken. There were plenty of public security officers near Xiao Yan's home, making it generally safer. And being just one wall away from the family meant they could look out for one another.
Since Teacher Ma had given up his house, Wang Yan naturally had to thank him—especially since Secretary Chen had specifically told him to. So he brought gifts to visit Teacher Ma, thanked him profusely, and chatted with him for quite some time. It turned out Teacher Ma had come here with his father as a child. His family had held fast here for two generations.
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