Siheyuan: Start with a big car

Chapter 333 The So-Called Port City

early morning.

A ray of sunlight slanted in through the curtains, and hit the face of the man on the bed, making his already handsome face even tougher.

Yu Li lay beside her, with her chin resting on her small hands, watching with relish, the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, as if she had found some treasure, and her eyes were shining brightly.

"Hey! Have you seen enough?" Suddenly a deep voice sounded, waking her up from her fantasy.

Yu Li was startled and raised her head suddenly.

I saw Li Weidong sitting up at some point, leaning against the head of the bed, staring at her with a half-smile in his narrow and deep eyes.

"Ahaha, I was just about to wake you up and eat!"

Yu Li laughed awkwardly, and quickly stood up, "Get up, I've already made the face wash for you."

In this day and age, there were no toilets and no faucets in the house.

If you need to wash your face, you can only go to the faucet in the middle courtyard to get water.

There are more than 20 families living in the courtyard house, with more than 200 people, and there is only one faucet.

Everyone is in a hurry to go to work every morning, and there is always a long queue in front of the tap, at least 10 minutes long.

Yu Li would get up early every morning before the big guy woke up, and help Li Weidong wash his face.

In this way, Li Weidong sleeps until he wakes up naturally every day.

"Well! Thank you, daughter-in-law." Li Weidong laughed.

Yu Li's cheeks were flushed, she gave Li Weidong a white look, and said, "Go and wash!"

Li Weidong got out of bed with a smile and went to the door to wash up.

After Li Weidong finished washing, white flour steamed buns and sweet potatoes, stick noodle porridge, and a plate of delicious pickles were already set on the table.

"Did you do it?" Li Weidong was a little surprised, looking at the pickles and asked.

The pickles are bright in color and exude a strong fragrance.

"No, it was delivered by Haitang yesterday, mother made it." Yu Li replied with a smile.

"Yu Haitang came here yesterday?" Li Weidong frowned.

"Yeah, she seems to have fallen out with Yang Weimin again, and she's in a bad mood, so I comforted her for a while." Yu Li said with some guilt: "I'm sorry, Brother Wei Dong, I promised Yu Haitang that she will be the next one in the future." able to come for dinner”

Yu Haitang wants to come over for dinner every night?What is her idea?Li Weidong couldn't help frowning.

Didn't she know that once Yu Li found out about the relationship between the two of them, there would definitely be big trouble?
Maybe we should find an opportunity to explain clearly to Yu Haitang the relationship between the two of them.

Seeing that Li Weidong's expression was not right, Yu Li hurriedly explained carefully: "Brother Weidong, am I making a presumptuous claim? It's just that food is so expensive now, I think she is my sister."

As he said that, his eyes turned red.

Seeing this, Li Weidong quickly comforted him: "It's okay, Yu Haitang is your sister and my sister. She just broke up with Yang Weimin. She must be in a bad mood and needs our support. A little food is nothing, and you know I can do it now." make money"

Among other things, Li Weidong's monthly salary plus subsidies is more than 100 yuan, which can be regarded as the highest salary in the courtyard house. It really doesn't matter if there are more people in the family.

Seeing that Li Weidong didn't mind, Yu Li felt better, and said with a smile, "Then let's eat quickly. The Street Office will count the number of households today, so I have to go to work early."

"Statistics? What happened?" Li Weidong asked casually, holding up his job bowl.

"It's okay, isn't the Chinese New Year coming soon? In order to ensure the supply of vegetables and meat for the residents, the higher authorities need an accurate number of people."

As Yu Li was talking, she seemed to think of something, and looked at Li Weidong: "My colleague said that this year's meat is in short supply. My colleague seems to have a connection in the commune down below. Should we ask her to buy some meat as well. Usually it's fine. Yes, you have to eat two meals of dumplings during the Chinese New Year.”

That's good news for a tight meat diet.Li Weidong smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have connections. Besides, when has our family been short of meat?"

"That's true." Yu Li pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Since she married Li Weidong, she knew that meat can be eaten as a main course.

In addition, there are sausages that Li Weidong brought back from other places in the cabinet now.

These days, ah, really a bit sinful.

After eating, Li Weidong was just about to go to work pushing his bicycle.

After walking two steps, he bumped into Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong drooped his head, looking weak.

The Chinese tunic suit on his body was covered with dust, his hair was messy, and there were two bloody gashes on his face.

Li Weidong stopped and asked curiously: "Comrade Liu Haizhong, did you steal someone's house last night?"

"What stealing? Yes, yes. Forget it, I can't tell you!"

Hearing this, Liu Haizhong became angry.

Last night, as soon as he fell asleep, he was scratched by the second aunt riding on him.

This old woman is also true, isn't it just two unfilial sons, they will leave as soon as they leave, is there any need to be angry?
But how can you tell outsiders about this kind of thing!

Liu Haizhong waved his hand and left quickly.

Heh, this old guy still doesn't know where he went wrong!

Li Weidong shook his head with a wry smile, pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard, grabbed the cold handlebar, and came to the rolling mill facing the golden sunlight.

According to the management, first inspected the poverty alleviation workshop.

After summoning Niu Meng and the others for a brief meeting, Li Weidong called Liu Guangfu into the office.

"Guangfu, have you found a place to live yet?"

"Guangtian and I rented a room in the courtyard not far behind our courtyard."

Liu Guangfu's face was filled with happiness, and his eyes were full of gratitude.

Without Li Weidong's help, the two brothers would not have been able to work in the poverty alleviation workshop, let alone leave the Liu family.

Although the environment in the courtyard is not as good as that of a quadrangle, and you can see the blue sky when you sit in the room, after all, no one will beat them violently.

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Liu Guangfu seemed to have thought of something, with a hesitant look on his face, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Wei Dong, who do you think my neighbor is?"

"Who?"

"Xu Damao!" Liu Guangfu lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Yesterday, Guangtian and I bought a quilt and went home. It happened that Xu Damao was returning to the courtyard with a young woman holding hands. dyed yellow."

Coincidentally, what a coincidence, the Liu brothers became neighbors with Xu Damao.

"Hehe, yes, it's really fate!" Li Weidong didn't answer.

He understood that Liu Guangfu intended to reveal the news to him.

It's just that now Xu Damao was not only kicked out of the courtyard, but also fired from the rolling mill, which has nothing to do with him.

There is no need to keep following him.

"Then I'm off to work."

Seeing that Li Weidong was not interested in Xu Damao, Liu Guangfu sneered and left the office.

Turning around in the workshop again, raising his wrist, seeing that it was almost nine o'clock, Li Weidong's face became serious.

He left the workshop and walked quickly to the gate.

It was already past working hours, the gate of the rolling mill was closed, and the security officers were sitting in the gatehouse bragging.

Seeing Li Weidong approaching, they immediately stood up and saluted Li Weidong.

"Director Li, you want to go out?"

"Cough, don't be so nervous, we are old friends."

Li Weidong waved his hand, walked into the guard's room, took out the cigarette from his pocket and scattered it around.

The security officers saw that Li Weidong was still the same as before, and he didn't put on the leader's profile because he became the workshop director, and they all laughed and said.

"Brother Weidong, you are the chief director now, why do you still smoke this kind of ten-cent big front door?"

"Haha, we call it maintaining the true colors of workers."

Li Weidong laughed a few words, looked upright, looked at one of the security officers and said, "Is your Section Chief Zhang coming to work today?"

"It's early, we should have a meeting at the factory committee now." The security officer lit a cigarette.

Factory committee meeting.
Only then did Li Weidong remember that Zhang Aiguo was a member of the factory committee.

Every Tuesday morning, the rolling mill holds a factory committee meeting.

It seems that the reason why Yang Weimin chose to act today was that Zhang Aiguo could not personally sit in the security department.

but
Even if Zhang Aiguo couldn't personally command the trucks full of goods to leave the rolling mill, the security officers would not fail to check.

Although this kind of inspection may sometimes be a show, if the security officers find out, Yang Weimin will have to face serious consequences.

Dozens of boxes of goods, but a big deal, might have to be shot.

Yang Weimin will certainly not rely on the negligence of the security officers for his own safety.

Unless he has another backhand.

Thinking of this, Li Weidong thumped in his heart, kept his face unchanged, and asked pretending not to care: "Xiao Liu, Section Chief Zhang is not here, who is in charge at Damengang?"

"It's Deputy Section Chief Hu." Xiao Liu was chatting with those security officers, when he heard the question, he blurted out without thinking much.

"Deputy section chief Hu?" Li Weidong frowned, "Is there a deputy section chief in the security department?"

He has dealt with the security department a lot these days, and he has never heard of Deputy Section Chief Hu.

"Yes, Deputy Section Chief Hu is the deputy section chief of our security department." Xiao Liu didn't know Li Weidong's real purpose at all, and thought he was just out of curiosity, and explained with a smile: "Deputy Section Chief Hu is mainly in charge of archives, because He is not in good health on weekdays, often takes sick leave, and rarely appears in the security department, so you don't know him."

Call in sick often?Isn't this just empty pay!Li Weidong frowned secretly.

The rolling mill is a state-owned factory, and the wages of the workers are paid uniformly by the top.

Therefore, some people use their brains to ask for sick leave all the year round on the grounds of illness.

Li Weidong hated the phenomenon of eating empty pay.

Empty pay not only caused economic losses to the rolling mill, but more importantly, it affected the atmosphere in the factory.

In order to build the country in the workshop, the workers are so tired that they are sweating like rain, and their bodies are covered with dust.

These people who eat empty wages are lying at home at ease.

It is not a matter of scarcity but of inequality. When workers see this situation, they will inevitably feel that it is unfair.

If things go on like this, it will inevitably affect the enthusiasm of workers and lead to low labor efficiency.

This is also the reason why state-owned factories cannot compete with private factories after the spring breeze comes.

It's just that the matter of eating empty pay has deep historical roots, and it cannot be solved by Li Weidong, a small workshop director.

Li Weidong smiled and looked at Xiao Liu: "Then Deputy Section Chief Hu is recovering now?"

"Cough, what's the matter? They're all pretending to be sick!" Xiao Liu didn't take Li Weidong as an outsider, and said with a curled lips: "Deputy Section Chief Hu is also an old guard. He competed with Section Chief Zhang for the position of section chief back then. If you can win, you will start to 'sick'."

"I saw him this morning. His face was ruddy and he looked better than a young man like me. How could he be sick?"

After finishing speaking, he seemed to realize something, quickly covered his mouth, and said with a sneer: "Cough, look at me, and talk nonsense again. If Chief Hu finds out about this, he must punish me!"

"It's okay, we are old friends, I will keep it a secret for you."

Li Weidong patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "I have something to do with Chief Zhang, do you mind if I wait here for a while?"

Deputy Section Chief Hu came to work suddenly, and there might be ghosts behind him. If he wanted to ensure that the goods were not stolen, he felt that he should be here to watch in person.

"I don't mind, I don't mind. You are the big leader now." Xiao Liu helped Li Weidong move a chair, and asked curiously: "Brother Weidong, I heard that some Hong Kong people came to our factory, you can get in touch with them However, I must know a lot of things about Hong Kong City."

At this time, the security officers who were chatting nearby also gathered around, their eyes full of curiosity.

"Yes, Director Li, I heard that the port city is very developed, and there are old turtle cars on the road one after another."

"Also, at night, the entire sky in Hong Kong City is bright."

"What are those? I heard from others that there are no vegetarian dishes in the restaurants in Hong Kong City, and all the plates are filled with meat."

"Director Li, you are familiar with people in Hong Kong City, do they eat meat every meal?"

In this day and age, there are relatively few channels for the dissemination of news, but the interior is not completely blocked.

Some well-connected people can get newspapers and periodicals in Hong Kong City.

In those news, Hong Kong City is like a heavenly existence.
High-rise buildings, flashing neon lights, and unlimited meat in Hong Kong City amaze and yearn for the masses who don't know the truth.

Li Weidong chuckled and said, "I also had this idea before, and I asked those Hong Kong people specifically, and they answered my question with one sentence."

Under the gaze of the security officer, Li Weidong stood up and said slowly, "If they were allowed to choose, they would rather live in the interior."

"Hiss, that's impossible! The port city in the magazine is a hundred times more advanced than the capital city." The security officers were a little bit disbelieving.

Li Weidong said with a smile: "That's right, when I heard this answer, my expression was exactly the same as yours."

"However, after I had a few long talks with those Hong Kong people, I understood why they made that choice."

The security officers were all refreshed at this time, and several stood up, staring at him, waiting for his follow-up.

Li Weidong pondered for a moment, and instead of answering their questions, he asked a question: "Have you heard of the cage house?"

The security officers all looked blank.

"Cage house? I've only heard of cages. I have a chicken coop at home, which is a cage made of bamboo."

"My house also has one, but it's a little bigger than yours. My dog ​​lives in it on weekdays."

"It's a cage. Director Li asked about a cage house. The two are different."

(End of this chapter)