Siheyuan: Start with a big car

Chapter 388 Awards
The courtyard in the early morning is lively.

When the first ray of sunlight fell on the courtyard, early residents lined up in front of the faucet in the courtyard.

Just use the gray-white faucet, take a basin of cold water, and wash it once with a sigh of relief, the whole person is quite refreshed.

Li Weidong greeted the residents, and when he returned to the house, Yu Li had already prepared breakfast.

Stick noodle porridge, white flour steamed buns, and a plate of scrambled eggs with chopped green onions.

This seemingly simple meal is already a rare thing in this day and age.

While eating, Yu Li said in a low voice: "We don't have much rice and noodles at home, and there are only two catties of eggs left, and the pork is only enough for cooking tonight. Also, my mother and the others haven't issued food stamps for this month. Come down, it's just Yu Haitang's food stamp, which is not enough for the whole family to eat, so we have to think of a way."

Li Weidong stuffed an egg into his mouth with chopsticks, and nodded: "Don't worry, after work, I'll go to Fatty Yu's side, he should have prepared these things long ago."

Recently, supplies on the market have become more scarce.

In the past, white noodles and meat could be bought in the pigeon market, but now there are only a few stalls selling stick noodles and fish.

The situation in the market is similar. Even if you stay at the vegetable market early in the morning, you may not be able to buy pork.

The grain station no longer sells refined white noodles, and the coarse grains on sale are all old grains, which taste musty.

As early as half a month ago, Li Weidong greeted Zhou Xiaoguang who was far away in Jichun and asked him to prepare a batch of food for delivery.

The number is not large, but it is enough for the Li family and the Yu family to get through this difficult period safely.

Yu Li is getting heavier now, and it is estimated that she will be able to give birth in two months, so she no longer needs to go to the street office to work.

Li Weidong rode his bicycle out of the courtyard alone, and ran towards the rolling mill in the light of the sun.

The streets are crowded with people, flocking to factories in all directions.

Although they are thin in stature and colorful in face, the spirit on their faces is not seen in later generations.

The magnificent and thrilling war in the past few years made all Chinese children feel proud, and the national self-confidence was unprecedentedly high.

It was also this war that made us realize the gap between ourselves and modern countries.

No matter how hard it is, we must tighten our belts and eat chaff and vegetables, and we must develop heavy industry.

Otherwise, it can only be controlled by others in the future.

Work hard for one generation and benefit future generations.

'dong dong clang'

"Clang Clang"

In front of the poverty alleviation workshop, it was very lively.

Li Weidong didn't expect Director Yang and the others to make such a big fight.

Dozens of factory leaders gathered together, plus hundreds of worker representatives, all gathered in the small square in front of the poverty alleviation workshop.

Seeing Li Weidong coming on his bike, Niu Meng hurried over and took the bike from him.

Qin Jingru stepped forward to put a big red flower on him, blushing and said: "Congratulations, Director Li, for being elected as this year's model worker."

There was warm applause at the scene, and the workers' hands hurt, but they were unwilling to stop.

Looking at the faces full of excitement, Li Weidong's eyes were a little jerky, and he was very moved.

The factory director and deputy factory director came up one by one to shake hands with Li Weidong.

"Director, this is really grand."

Director Yang laughed out loud.He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Comrade Wei Dong, you deserve it."

"It is because of the poverty alleviation workshop you established that our rolling mill can successfully complete this year's target and receive full subsidies."

"These impoverished households can live comfortably, and the elderly and children can be cared for."

"This is just a simple ceremony. Wait a while and hold a factory workers' congress in the big playground."

"The leaders of the ministries and commissions will present you with a certificate of merit."

"You, a model worker, have to introduce work experience to the big guys."

Li Weidong scratched his head: "Is this too outrageous?"

"What's out of the ordinary, this is a model worker, and there are not many of them in the whole country every year." Director Yang stared wide-eyed.

"The poverty alleviation workshop has earned millions of dollars in foreign exchange for the country so far."

"If the foreign exchange is exchanged for food, it can feed the people of a county."

"If it is replaced with mechanical equipment, another rolling mill can be built."

"Besides, this honor is not only the honor of you alone, but also the honor of our whole factory."

"At the same time, to give you a breath, I have won ten catties of pork and fifty catties of white flour for you from above."

Ten catties of pork, fifty catties of white flour. This reward is not light.

Li Weidong was flattered: "Thank you for your attention to me."

"Hey, you're welcome, you deserve it."

Factory Manager Yang narrowed his eyes and said, "You have to trust the higher-ups, they won't treat any comrade badly."

"I hope you will continue to work hard in the future and create greater glories in your work."

The workers' representative meeting of the whole plant was successfully held in the large playground of the rolling mill, and Haitang acted as the announcer for the meeting.

at the convention.

After Li Weidong accepted the certificate issued by the leaders of the ministries and commissions, he came to the rostrum with the certificate in his arms, and started a passionate speech in front of the representatives of all the employees in the factory.

After the speech, the representative of the poverty alleviation workshop came to the stage and called on all the employees of the factory to learn from Comrade Li Weidong.

With firm ideals and beliefs and the spirit of selfless dedication, we will think in one place, work hard in one place, and work together.

The representative's speech aroused a burst of warm applause.

It was almost noon when the meeting ended.

In order to celebrate Li Weidong becoming a model worker, the ministries and commissions specially transferred two big fat pigs from the food station, and cooked them into meat dishes in the small cafeteria.

Each worker has been given a meat ticket, which can be used to buy meat tickets.

Originally, Director Yang was going to invite Li Weidong to open a small kitchen in the small cafeteria.

At Li Weidong's suggestion, Xiaozao was cancelled, and all the meat prepared for Xiaozao was brought into the cafeteria and distributed to the workers as meat dishes.

The rolling mill is a small society, and the news spread quickly, and all the workers praised Li Weidong for his integrity.

"Niu Meng, Qin Jingru, it's hard for you to keep me a secret. I didn't hear the slightest news about such a big event."

Li Weidong found a seat with an aluminum lunch box and sat down, and said to the two generals in the poverty alleviation workshop with a smile.

Niu Meng gnawed the corn buns, and said embarrassedly: "Master, we really can't blame us for this. It was Director Yang who didn't let us tell you."

Qin Jingru pouted and said, "Yes, yes, Director Yang said that if we let you know in advance, he will punish us."

Li Weidong chuckled: "You are afraid of being punished by Director Yang, so you are not afraid of being punished by me?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt something was wrong.

Looking again, Niu Meng and Qin Jingru's little faces were as red as a monkey's buttocks.

Qin Jingru was once punished by Li Weidong, and it is understandable to blush when thinking of those things.

But why is Niu Meng blushing?

You are our apprentice.

Master and apprentice?
That can't!
Besides, if Niu Yong found out, he would definitely fall out with him.

Li Weidong could only pretend he didn't see it, and lowered his head to open the aluminum lunch box.

The ministry sent two big fat pigs this time, with more than 500 catties of meat.

However, there are tens of thousands of workers in the rolling mill, and only a small mouthful is distributed to each person's mouth.

As expected of a master chef, Sha Zhu actually chopped the pork into pieces and made it into a simplified version of pork stewed vermicelli.

The vermicelli are glutinous, the Chinese cabbage is refreshing, and there is fragrant minced meat inside, which tastes very delicious.

After eating, Li Weidong walked out of the cafeteria, ready to go back to the studio.

Just two steps away, a clear voice came from behind.

"Director Li, please wait a moment."

Li Weidong turned his head and saw a pretty little woman running over.

The woman didn't wear the large steel rolling factory overalls, but a blue floral cotton jacket, which seemed a bit small and bulging.

It trembled up and down as her steps moved.

Li Weidong narrowed his eyes slightly, and finally remembered, isn't this woman Liu Lan!

A few years ago, Li Weidong, the deputy director of the factory, was plotted by Li Weidong for peeking at Qin Huairu. Because of Lao Huang's intervention, he was arrested by the security department of the rolling mill.

Liu Lan is the lover of Li's deputy director, and has been implicated.

It's just that she is also a victim, and she didn't participate in the dirty things of Deputy Factory Manager Li.

Factory manager Yang felt sorry for her as a little widow who had a difficult life with several children, so he did not expel her from the factory, but still let her work as a temporary worker in the cafeteria.

It's just that without the protection of Deputy Factory Manager Li, Liu Lan's life in the cafeteria is very difficult. She does all the hard work and tiring work.

Li Weidong didn't pay much attention to Liu Lan, but when chatting with Sha Zhu, he heard a few words from Sha Zhu.

"It's Liu Lan, what's the matter?"

Li Weidong greeted lightly.

Liu Lan glanced at Li Weidong resentfully, bit her lip and said, "Director Li, I found a wild ginseng in the grove over there, with as many as six leaves, but I don't know how to pick wild ginseng, I'm afraid it will get a lot of damage." It’s worthless if it’s bad, and thinking about how knowledgeable you are, you might have a solution.”

Li Weidong, the wild ginseng with six leaves, was slightly taken aback.

He still knows something about wild ginseng.

General wild ginseng has only three leaves, also known as Sanhuazi.

Then add one leaf every year until the sixth year, when six leaves grow, no more leaves will grow, and it will only increase the weight, so wild ginseng with six leaves may have a [-]-year age.

It's just that this is too coincidental.

There happened to be a wild ginseng in the grove, and it happened to be met by Liu Lan, and Liu Lan happened to meet herself.

The experience of being a human being in two lifetimes tells Li Weidong that things that are too coincidental may often be intentional by others.

But why did Liu Lan trick herself into the grove?

Seeing Li Weidong hesitate, Liu Lan brushed her hair, the blush on her face became more vivid, her eyes dodged and she didn't dare to look at each other.

"Director Li, I know this may delay your time, but if it is really wild ginseng, my family will have food this month."

Seeing Liu Lan's shy little appearance, Li Weidong finally understood why Li, a man who had seen the world, was obsessed with this little widow.

Liu Lan looks ordinary, but her skin and complexion are as white as jade, and her figure is good enough to make people love her.

Moreover, compared with the girls in the city, she has a bit more wild taste.

It is like a camellia in a valley, although it is not as beautiful as a peony, it has a different flavor.

It's not surprising that deputy factory manager Li is used to fine grains, and he likes this kind of mountainous atmosphere.

After thinking about it, Li Weidong nodded: "Alright then, I'll go with you to see if there is any wild ginseng."

Liu Lan smiled at the corner of her mouth when she heard the words, turned her head and walked into the grove, Li Weidong followed closely behind.

This forest was originally a barren hill. Due to its remote location, there was no one in it, and only a few birdsong could be heard occasionally.

After entering the woods and walking about 1000 meters, Liu Lan suddenly turned her head and hugged Li Weidong.

Li Weidong was taken aback, quickly held her arm, and growled in a low voice:
"Liu Lan, don't die, someone might pass by this place."

"Don't worry, Baldy Li and I have been here several times, but we have never met anyone." Liu Lan pursed her lips.

Li Weidong slowed down and frowned: "Comrade Liu Lan, I have something to say, what's the matter with you?"

When Liu Lan heard this, the corners of her eyes instantly turned red, she sobbed softly for a while, and then said slowly: "Director Li, you have to take responsibility."

"Responsible?"

Li Weidong was a little confused when he heard this.

"Yeah, Baldy Li and I were on good terms, we each got what we needed, but you sent Baldy Li into the fence."

Liu Lan nodded vigorously and wiped away her tears: "It's all right now, without Baldy Li's support, my ten yuan a month is not enough to support the children and treat the in-laws."

"You said, should you be responsible?"

What is fallacy and heresy, this is it.

Deputy factory manager Li was taken away by the security department for violating the national law and factory discipline, but Liu Lan blamed Li Weidong for the crime.

Li Weidong put on a serious face, and pulled Liu Lan's arm away forcefully: "Liu Lan, if you really think so, you can go directly to Director Yang, to the Security Section, and ask them to release Baldy Li."

"I have to go to work, I don't have time to mess around with you here."

Seeing that Li Weidong was about to leave, Liu Lan bit her lip, rushed up again, and stopped in front of Li Weidong.

"Li Weidong, I can't help it. The relief food in the commune has not been distributed this month, and my mother has lived in the hospital for half a month. The children don't even have to eat buns."

These days, the supplies in the city are beginning to be in short supply, and the situation in the countryside can be imagined.

After thinking about it, Li Weidong raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want me to help you??"

"Yes, I know you have several women, Qin Jingru from the poverty alleviation workshop, Qin Huairu from the fitter workshop, I want to be like them too." Liu Lan said in a deep voice.

Li Weidong glanced at Liu Lan in surprise, he had been careful enough, and this woman could see that it was really not easy.

Liu Lan explained slowly: "I'm a woman, and I know women best. Every time we eat, Qin Jingru and Qin Huairu secretly glance at you. Those eyes are only seen when you are dating."

It turned out that the woman had no evidence. Li Weidong breathed a sigh of relief.

But even if Liu Lan has evidence, he is not afraid.

Just like Liu Lan used to be Deputy Director Li's little lover, this is a well-known fact in the rolling mill, and it did not have any impact on Deputy Director Li.

As long as you reach a certain height, such trivial things will become irrelevant.

(End of this chapter)