Siheyuan starts to eat the old man

Chapter 342 Arriving in Baoding
"Ping An, this factory hasn't started work for a long time, why is your procurement department going on a business trip?"

In Li Pingan's room, the aunt who helped Li Pingan pack up the clothes that Li Pingan needed to bring on a business trip together with Ding Qiunan, muttered babblingly while packing.

Li Pingan, who was repairing a large rattan suitcase, put down his work when he heard this, turned to look at Da Ma, and explained with a smile.

"That's what happened. Our factory is ready to resume work, but all the supply units have not resumed work yet. We need to negotiate with them in the past and let them resume some production, at least supply the materials that our factory needs."

"Oh, this factory really wants to go out. I just notified today that I will leave tomorrow. I really don't know what the factory thinks." The aunt sighed helplessly and complained to the factory leaders, but her movements did not lag behind.

Li Pingan smiled, did not answer the words, and turned his attention back to the rattan suitcase. This thing is really old.

The things before liberation are old, but the quality is really good, all hand-woven, decades have passed, but the handle is loose, and other parts are still in good condition. After repairing it, it will be no problem for more than ten years.

"Ping An, I heard that you are going on a business trip. The deaf old lady will be buried tomorrow. Can you tell the factory to leave after the deaf old lady is buried?" Yi Zhonghai opened the door and walked in, frowning.

The deaf old lady was cremated today, but Comrade Yi was too busy. He was busy with today's cremation and tomorrow's burial.

"No, the death order given by Director Li, we will set off in the factory early tomorrow morning, no one can be late"

"Oh, well, the resumption of work in the factory is important. The work has been suspended for such a long time. If the work is not resumed, the workers' work will be unfamiliar. That's all right. You don't have to worry about the deaf old lady. I will go and talk to Silly Zhu later."

Yi Zhonghai didn't stay here for long, and after a few simple instructions, he left in a hurry to negotiate tomorrow's banquet with the cook Sha Zhu had brought over.

For this funeral, Shazhu is the filial son and grandson of the deaf old lady, so naturally he can't be the chef, and needs someone from outside to cook.

After Li Pingan cleaned up and checked that there was nothing left, he prepared to go to the backyard to have a look. He was going to be buried tomorrow, and he couldn't show up if he was on a business trip. It would be inappropriate if he didn't show up at night.

When she came to the backyard, the deaf old lady’s house was brightly lit, even the light bulbs outside were on, the door was wide open, and a coffin was placed facing the door, with a burning candle in front of the coffin.

Candles must be lit for one night and must not be extinguished. The ancients believed that although relatives passed away, their souls were still there, and they would go home and take a look before going to the underworld.The relatives are worried that the soul will get lost when returning home at night, so they will light a lamp and put it in front of the body all night to guide the dead soul to find the way home.

After a brief worship, Li Pingan went to Sha Zhu's place to apologize to Sha Zhu, explained his situation, and when he passed by the coffin, he took a look inside. Besides a pitch-black urn, there was actually a deaf old lady's shroud inside.

Except for replacing the body with an urn, everything else is the same as the old rules. There are really policies and countermeasures.

After explaining the situation to Shazhu, Shazhu didn't say anything, and sat down facing Li Pingan, understanding all the urgent business affairs in the factory.

"Brother Zhuzi, is it your second day today? Are you still in good health?" Li Pingan casually found a topic and started a simple chat with Silly Zhu.

Watching the spirit, of course, you can't lie on the bed and sleep soundly. There is only one stool. If you are sleepy at night, sit on the stool and lean against the corner to squint for a while.

"It's okay, I can still hold on. It's much better now. It used to be at least three days, but now it's easy to stay for two days. I'm in good health at a young age, and I'll pass it after a while." Sha Zhu waved his hand and said with a smile, but there was exhaustion on his face that couldn't be hidden.

Wake, also known as night watch, is a folk funeral custom of the Han nationality. The ancients believed that people should go home to visit within three days after death, so children need to be kept in the mourning hall, and wait for his soul to return, so that the deceased can see their relatives for the last time.

It used to be three days, but now the situation is special, and it cannot be carried out according to the previous customs. Everything is kept simple.

After staying here for a while, Li Pingan bid farewell to Shazhu. On the way back, at the Moon Gate, he met Qin Jingru, whose eyes were out of focus, like a walking corpse.

"No, I said Qin Jingru, what happened to you? Why don't you look at people?"

Seeing Qin Jingru who was walking with his head down and almost bumped into himself, Li Pingan turned sideways to dodge, and said angrily.

Qin Jingru seemed to see Li Pingan just now, hurriedly lowered her head to apologize to Li Pingan, and hurried home without waiting for a reply.

Looking at the back that disappeared into the darkness, Li Pingan frowned. What happened to Qin Jingru? Did something happen to him?

Shaking his head, not thinking about these stupid things, Li Pingan stepped across the moon gate and walked towards his home in the middle courtyard.

When I returned to the middle courtyard, I saw Qin Huairu who had come back from the front yard. Unlike Qin Jingru, Qin Huairu had a gleam of joy on his face, and an imperceptible smugness in the corners of his eyes.

"Brother Pingan, I heard that you are going on a business trip tomorrow, how long will this trip be?" Qin Huairu greeted Li Pingan cheerfully when he saw Li Pingan.

Glancing at Qin Huairu who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, Li Pingan knew that this guy must have some bad intentions now, and he really didn't want to talk to her, so he said coldly: "What does it have to do with you, you should take care of your family's affairs." After finishing speaking, he didn't look at Qin Huairu's reaction, and walked directly towards his home.

Back in the room, Ding Qiunan, who was sitting on the stool reading, put down the book in his hand and looked over curiously, his eyes filled with inquiries.

"It's okay, it's just that I've been annoyed seeing Jia's family for the past two days, and I don't bother to talk to them." Li Pingan waved his hand, took off his clothes, and was about to take a bath.

"Our neighbors, at least face-saving. You really did something wrong today. If someone greets you, your attitude is not good."

"Okay, okay, I understand, if I encounter this kind of situation in the future, I will definitely not be emotional, so I will tell others well."

"That's right, all right, you go take a shower"

Since he was going on a business trip tomorrow, Ding Qiunan held Li Pingan tightly while sleeping at night regardless of the hot weather. When he woke up the next day, Li Pingan felt that his arm no longer belonged to him. It took a long time before he could lift it up.

Today the deaf old lady was buried, and Yi Zhonghai couldn't leave. After breakfast in the morning, Li Pingan rode Ding Qiunan's bicycle that he hadn't ridden for a long time, and took Ding Qiunan to the rolling mill.

Once he is on a business trip, Ding Qiunan will have to ride his bicycle to and from get off work in the future.Women are in good health these days. Many pregnant women with big bellies ride bicycles on the road, and riding bicycles for pregnant women can help increase cardiopulmonary and muscle function, which is good for pregnant women and fetuses.

"You must pay attention to safety when you are on a business trip, and come back early after completing the mission, understand?" Ding Qiunan couldn't help telling him when they left at the factory gate.

"It's okay, go to work quickly, isn't it just in Baoding, and it's not in the mountains or anything, there won't be any dangerous places"

Reluctantly watching Ding Qiunan's bicycle enter the factory area, Li Pingan took the suitcase and came to the gathering place of the procurement department. At this time, many people had already arrived at the factory gate, carrying a lot of things in large and small bags.

But these people didn't have a smiling face on their faces, they all had black faces, just like how much money others owed him, especially the grandson Wu Yajun, whose faces were almost pulled to the ground.

Li Pingan didn't care about Wu Yajun's attitude. In terms of task assignment this time, Lao Chen helped Li Pingan vent his anger, and directly assigned Wu Yajun to a place where no birds would shit. There were no people in the area, and there was no direct public transportation. If you want to go anywhere, you can only stop the car on the road.

However, it is now in a state of shutdown, and the transportation teams of various factories have stopped long ago. It is not sure whether the car can be stopped on the road to the mining area. If the car cannot be stopped, the grandson will have to walk hundreds of kilometers to get there.

When the appointed time came, everyone arrived. Li Huaide held a meeting for everyone and drew a lot of big cakes. Finally, after each person sent a proof material and a few blank letters of introduction, they all boarded the large truck of the transport team and went straight to the train station.

There are many supply units in the steel rolling mill of a large factory with [-] people, and the number of people in the procurement department is not too large, that is, the supply units in Sijiu City do not need to be responsible for the procurement department, and Li Huaide directly communicates with them. Otherwise, there are not enough people in the procurement department.

Except for the two-person group in the remote area, the rest of the people were in a group of one person. Baoding, where Li Pingan went, was naturally not considered a remote area, so he could only go alone.

Sijiucheng is not far from Baoding, and it takes five hours to get there by train. After getting off the train, Li Pingan did not rush to the supply factory. Instead, he went to the state-run restaurant near the train station to get some donkey meat and try it.

If you come to Baoding and don’t eat donkey meat, isn’t that in vain?
"Comrade, let me have a bowl of donkey meat soup, and then two donkey meat on fire."

Entering the state-run restaurant and glancing at the signboard on the restaurant, Li Pingan came to the cashier and directly put the national food stamps and the corresponding amount of money prepared in advance on the table.

The originally listless waiter saw the national food stamps on the table, his eyes lit up, and he became energetic all of a sudden. He looked up and down and began to look at Li Pingan, and said with bright eyes: "Comrade, you are here on business in Baoding from other places, right?"

"Yes, I'm from Forty-Nine City, what's the matter?"

Hearing that Li Pingan was indeed from Forty-Nine City, the waiter's smile grew stronger, and he hurriedly came out from the cash register, looked around, and dragged Li Pingan into a small private room.

This made Li Ping'an unclear, so what's going on?That is, in the state-run hotel, Li Ping'an would have drawn his gun in any other place.

After the visitor arrived at the place, the cashier closed the door, quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and handed one to Li Pingan with a smile on his face: "Come on, comrade, you come from all the way, smoke a local cigarette."

Seeing this guy's expression, Li Pingan knew what was going on. It seemed that he was definitely asking for something. After knowing his mind, Li Pingan took the cigarette unceremoniously, and started smoking in the private room with the match struck by the cashier.

Taking a deep breath of Baoding local cigarettes, the taste is not bad. After exhaling the smoke, Li Pingan said: "Your local cigarettes taste good. If you have any questions, comrades, let's talk straight."

Seeing that Li Pingan was so agile, the cashier was stunned. Shouldn't they exchange some pleasantries first, smoke a cigarette with each other to understand each other's situation, and then get down to business?

Li Pingan went straight to the point, directly making it impossible for the cashier to say what he had just organized.

Swallowing down the words just organized, Li Pingan was so straightforward, the cashier didn't talk nonsense, and rubbed his hands together embarrassedly: "Comrade, that's the thing, my neighbor, she is going to Sijiu City for a while, isn't she trying to find a way to exchange for national food stamps?"

"Well, how are you going to change it? I have national food stamps and forty-nine city food stamps here. Which kind of ticket do you want to change?" Guessing that was the case, Li Pingan didn't talk nonsense and said directly.

Seeing that Li Pingan was willing to change it, the cashier quickly said happily: "Forty-nine city food stamps are fine. The ratio here is one to one point. If you have forty-nine city industrial coupons, can you exchange them for me?"

The cashier didn't have any doubts about why Li Pingan brought food stamps from the four or nine cities when he went out. Now, even though he can't even eat without national food stamps on business trips, it still depends on the region.

Like metropolises rich in supplies, Forty-Nine Cities, and Magic City, the value of local food stamps is very high because of their urban attributes.To a certain extent, it can be used across regions. That is to say, Li Pingan can use it directly in Baoding with the Forty-Nine City food stamps.

"I've been on a business trip for a long time. I brought more than 20 catties of food stamps from Sijiu City. I'll exchange them for you. If it's an industrial voucher, I'll exchange it for you." Li Pingan thought for a while, and directly said the amount that can be exchanged.

The original goal was to be able to exchange ten catties of food stamps, but now I can exchange more than 20 catties, and there is such a good thing as industrial coupons, which is completely beyond the cashier's expectations. He was so happy from ear to ear, and said quickly: "Okay, okay, thank you so much, I will go home to get the tickets now, and I will definitely be back after you have eaten."

"No need, just exchange your local food stamps for one, but I won't pay for the food stamps for the meal at noon."

Li Pingan now has the temperament of a big dog, and he is too lazy to take advantage of the exchange rate of the local people, so he has the right to help.

(End of this chapter)