Chapter 8 Watermelon Quest
In the midst of rambling, it was time for lunch.Section Chief Chen said just now that he treated guests to the small stove in the small cafeteria at noon, and Li Ming was welcome to join the third department of purchasing.

Li Ming originally wanted to say that he would invite, but Hu Lai and Qian Jin said it was okay, the section chief’s salary was high enough for the section chief to invite, and Section Chief Chen made arrangements yesterday, and several colleagues in the department would also go to the cafeteria together a meal.

At this moment, the office door opened, and three people walked in, talking and laughing.

Section Chief Chen stood up and said, "Everyone is here. Let's go to lunch."

"Xiao Ming, this is Deputy Section Chief Chen Dong, Comrade Liu De, and Comrade Zhao Xin. Two other comrades are on a business trip." Section Chief Chen introduced them to each other.

"This is the new Comrade Li Ming."

The three of them nodded to Li Ming respectively. They all seemed to be a round older than Li Ming. In their prime of life, going to the countryside to do shopping is not an easy job.

Li Ming had already stood up and greeted them one by one: "Hello, Deputy Section Chief! Hello, Comrade Liu De! Hello, Comrade Zhao Xin!"

Section Chief Chen took the lead, and the 8 people from the third department of purchasing walked towards the small cafeteria in a mighty manner.

Li Ming thought to himself: "Bringing Xu Damao's wine can save a meal. Section Chief Chen may not like Xu Damao's behavior.On the contrary, he was going to invite the small group to drink, and it would be interesting to enlist Xu Damao to enliven the atmosphere. '

A group of people entered the small private room, Li Ming took the initiative to sit near the door, watching Liu Lan come in with dishes, this should be the small canteen where Chef Sha Zhu is.

There are chicken, duck and fish, which are very rich, and Shazhu's craftsmanship is really good.They only ate and didn't drink, and the group quickly finished eating and returned to the office.In this day and age, people should not pay much attention to working in the afternoon and not drinking at noon. Li Ming adhered to the principle of listening more, watching more and speaking less.

Since Section Chief Chen said that there will be a meeting in the department later, everyone is waiting in the department, and Li Ming is also sitting with his eyes closed.

Not long after, Section Chief Chen came back.

"The day before yesterday, the factory manager talked to me. The planned watermelon is not enough for the employee benefits in the factory. We want our Section and Section [-] to bring more watermelons, melons and other fruits to the factory for welfare. Let us know what you think." .

"Section chief, how many catties does the factory director want our department to purchase?" Chen Dong, the deputy section chief, first asked a key question.

"At least 5000 catties, preferably 1 catties, it doesn't have to be all watermelons."

(60年代全国西瓜产量600多万吨,也就是120多亿斤。个别地方亩产有5000斤。京城的亩产量只有1300斤,种植面积1.5万亩,总产量1950万斤以上。以3%算计划外的数量,有58.5万斤,1万斤的任务还是可以努力的。)
Liu De also raised difficulties and complained: "Section Chief, our relationship with Daxing's Panggezhuang, Dingfu, and Beizang communes is average. We can only run around in Daxing, Shunyi, and Tongxian, so it is difficult Complete the task in time."

"Go back and inquire about those communes with large output and which factories they have a good relationship with. We should be able to adjust the work of those factories. Liu De, Hu Lai, Qian Jin, and Zhao Xin, the four of you must weigh at least 4 catties each. I settled 1000 catties with the deputy section chief, Xueyao, you should also go back and inquire about it. Xiao Ming has just arrived, this time it is not counted as your task load, but you must actively participate in this work."

Everyone responded one by one, Li Ming replied without any pressure, "Okay, section chief."

"Dismiss."

Chen Dong, the deputy section chief, took the lead and slipped away. Even the elder sister Li Xueyao went out to find someone to gossip, and the buyer was left with Hu Lai and Li Ming.

"Brother Hu, how do you plan to purchase these watermelons?" Li Ming asked casually while he was idle.

"What else can I do, go to the commune and ask, one by one, I can always ask a little bit, 1000 catties is not much, one 10 catties, there are only 100, a commune has more than 10 production brigades, and I will ask for one brigade Less than one watermelon? You can always get it."

Indeed, once it is shared, it doesn't feel too difficult.

Li Ming turned his head and asked: "By the way, Brother Hu, you told me this morning that our department has something to do with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, right?"

Hu Lai closed his eyes and fell asleep: "Yes."

"Then we can contact the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and ask the watermelon planting experts in their academy, which commune has more unplanned production."

Section Chief Chen, who was standing next to him, was happy, and said: "Yes, Xiao Ming's idea is good. Let's find the commune directly through them, and see who dares to give us some money. Xiao Ming, I will give you a credit. Old Hu guides The newcomer is good, praise me. I'll go to the factory manager right away, it seems that you don't have to go down to find watermelons."

Section Chief Chen walks while talking, he is action-oriented, and he is strong in execution.Section Chief Chen is not afraid that the factory manager is taking a nap at this time.

Hu Lai also opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Xiao Ming can do it! This idea has benefited the people in the general department. This big sun really doesn't want to go out and go to the countryside."

"Hey, I just thought about it casually." Li Ming felt quite bored, so he closed his eyes and thought wildly.

Hu Lai also closed his eyes again.For a while, the office was silent.

Li Ming thought: "This position is really idle. I have time to go out and look for things with growth energy to store in the space and decompose. Then I can plant whatever I want."Now the space is too small, so we have to find a way to make the space bigger and the distance for storing things longer.The goal is to recharge and become bigger and longer! '

Slowly, Li Ming also fell asleep, and he woke up at three o'clock.Hu Lai had already fallen asleep on the table.Li Xueyao didn't know when she would come back.Section Chief Chen hasn't come back yet, so he probably went directly to the door to ask someone for help.

He felt the prestige of Section Chief Chen today, and it really convinced everyone, unlike him, a backward person who was determined to fish.

Since Hu Lai was sleeping, Li Ming planned to go out for a walk to familiarize himself with the environment in the office building.He took a piece of paper and wrote an application for buying fish. In this way, when he met the leader, he had an excuse to say that he was looking for Section Chief Chen instead of hanging out.

Li Ming talked to Li Xueyao and went out.He started to walk around from the first floor, and spent half an hour leisurely. He got a general impression, and he had a good idea of ​​what to look for in various departments in the future.

Li Ming went back to the Purchasing Section [-] and saw that Hu Lai was still sleeping, so he asked, "Sister Li, is Brother Hu planning to sleep until after get off work?"

Li Xueyao flipped through the newspaper, and said casually: "Probably so, he knew he had to be on duty today, so he must have done nothing good last night, and he is ready to catch up on sleep in the office."

Li Ming is also a backward person, the eldest brother doesn't laugh at the second brother, they are all rookies.

In the entire three subjects, there may be only Section Chief Chen, a supernatural model worker, and a group of chickens.

Li Ming took a sip of his tea, feeling really bored, and prepared to go to the factory.He talked to Li Xueyao, and wandered around the factory area. The impression of the whole factory was that it was a Soviet-style idiot, black and thick, and there was nothing to see.

When he returned to the office, Hu Lai finally woke up and was drinking tea.

"Brother Hu, I just walked around the factory area, our factory is quite big."

"That's right, our rolling mill is a factory with [-] people! Ordinary factories don't have a department dedicated to unplanned materials like ours. I was also worried that you might get lost and you wouldn't be able to find it. I wondered if I should look for you."

Li Ming decided to tell the truth, "Brother Hu, what are we going to do now? I'm a bit restless."

"Can you play chess?"

He watched Hu Lai take out a box of chess from under the deputy chief's desk, and his feeling was right, the only chief left in this department is reliable!
Idle is also idle, Li Ming said: "I know the rules, I haven't played much, let's practice?"

Chess has already declined in 2023. Except for old men, children, and individual enthusiasts, there are not many young people playing chess.

Hu Lai just wanted to pass the time, and he didn't dislike him: "Okay, if you're idle, you're idle, chatting and playing, and you just get off work after two sets."

In the first 3 minutes of the first set, Li Ming was beaten to the brim. He lost and fought repeatedly. After three sets, because the opponent was too good, Hu Lai gave way to a team of horses and guns to continue the game.It's a bit of fun to kill back and forth now.After playing two more games, it was just time to get off work. Li Ming lost all games, but Hu said that the improvement is quite obvious. I don't know if it is comforting words or the truth.

Section Chief Chen never came back, and the three of them were all ready to leave work at that point.

Li Xueyao, who went out first, found Section Chief Chen back, and said hello, "Section Chief, you are back!"

(End of this chapter)

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