Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

When I came out of Director Huang's office, it was already past four in the afternoon.

When the car drove out of the Development Commission's compound, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if he had escaped from a tiger's mouth.

At the same time, he secretly swore in his heart that he would try not to come to this crappy place in the future and try not to see Director Huang.

There is no other reason, I just feel that my rank is too low and too bad compared to others.

The story begins at noon. When the two finished discussing the cooperation, it was already time for lunch.

Li Yi originally planned to say goodbye and go home for dinner.

However, he was stopped by Huang Yemin, who persuaded him to go to the cafeteria for a meal.

His immediate superior invited him to dinner, and in the cafeteria of his unit, so Li Yi had to give him this honor.

But what I never expected was that this meal was a scam, and a huge one at that.

Just a few minutes after the two of them arrived at the cafeteria, several deputy directors and directors of the Development Committee arrived one after another, and then these people came over to greet him.

After seeing these people, Li Yi had an ominous premonition in his heart.

When Zhang Chengde, deputy director of the Investment Department, rushed over sweating profusely, Li Yi's premonition came true.

After greeting Li Yi, Deputy Director Zhang invited him to visit the Investment Department and said that all the comrades in the department wanted to meet him, the director general.

Originally, Li Yi, the director of the Investment Department, was just a figurehead, and he didn't want to interfere in the specific work of the department.

But now Zhang Chengde took the initiative to invite him and was so humble, he couldn't refuse.

There was no choice but to follow Zhang Chengde to the Investment Department and meet with the comrades in the department.

However, just a few minutes into the meeting, a comrade began to report his work to him.

The work of the Investment Department is mostly related to investment, involving foreign businessmen, infrastructure, and outbound investment, all of which Li Yi is not unfamiliar with.

Therefore, when comrades in the department reported the situation to him, Li Yi also gave reasonable suggestions based on the current situation.

Of course, in Li Yi's view it was just a suggestion, but he soon realized that something was wrong. These people in the Investment Department seemed to be taking his words as instructions and executing them.

By the time he realized the problem, it was too late.

More importantly, when he came to his senses, he had already interfered with the department's specific work without realizing it.

There was no need to think about it, all of this was Huang Yemin's intention, and he was the victim of that old guy's trick.

I can only say that in terms of politics, my experience is still too shallow.
Just as Li Yi was deep in thought, Zhang Ziqiang's voice came to his ears: "Brother Yi, where are we going now?"

"Go home. Forget it, let's go to the Long family first!" Li Yi said.

When I passed by Hong Kong Island on my way back this time, my eldest brother-in-law Yang Wenguang asked me to bring back some things for my eldest sister, and they are still in the car.

I have time now, so I can send it to my elder sister.

"Yes!"

Then the car immediately turned around and rushed towards the third sister's house.
The third sister’s house is actually not very far from Li Yi’s house, only two streets away.

When Li Yi arrived outside the gate of the Long family courtyard, he saw that the gate was ajar and a familiar singing voice could be faintly heard from inside.

Li Yi could tell from a distance that it was the eldest sister humming a local song in Saibei Province to put babies to sleep, commonly known as a lullaby.

Pushing open the door, Li Yi saw his elder sister sitting under the eaves, fanning the two small cradles beside her with a palm-leaf fan in her hand.

Hearing the noise at the gate, Li Mei in the yard was startled and turned her head to look over subconsciously.

When she saw Li Yi walking in with Zhang Ziqiang and Yang Zhiwen, she immediately stood up and walked over to them quickly.

"Xiaoyi, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"Haha, I came back yesterday morning, but I was busy with work. I just finished it, so I came to see you and Third Sister!"

While speaking, Li Yi looked around the room, and then asked again: "Where are Third Sister and Aunt Jiang? Why can't I see them?"

"Nana went to Tianjin and has been gone for more than half a month. Ling'er is too busy in the store alone, so Aunt Jiang has to go over to help at noon and in the evening. She just left not long ago!" the eldest sister replied.

"So you are taking care of three kids by yourself now?" Li Yi frowned. "Yeah, but it's okay. Doudou and Huihui are still young. I just need to feed them and change their diapers. Only Ruirui needs someone to take care of him, but I can handle it!"

Although the elder sister said it lightly, Li Yi knew that she said it on purpose. Raising a child is not that easy.

Taking care of one child alone is tiring enough, let alone taking care of three children.

Li Yi immediately felt the need to talk to his third sister. This couldn't go on. Regardless of how her branch was doing, the eldest sister might be the first to collapse from exhaustion.

Just as Li Yi was thinking, his elder sister's voice came to his ears again: "Why are you so thin? Is it because you don't eat well or sleep well outside?"

"Have you lost weight? I didn't pay much attention to this?" Li Yi said.

"You've indeed lost some weight, and it's quite obvious." The eldest sister said with certainty.

"Maybe he's not used to the food there. Eating steak with bread and pasta every day is really too much for him to eat!" Li Yi said with a smile.

"Aren't there any restaurants run by Chinese people over there?" the eldest sister asked curiously.

"Yes, but there are not many of them, and the food is not very good, so I don't like going to the Chinese restaurants over there!" Li Yi replied.

While speaking, Li Yi's gaze suddenly turned to the two small cradles under the eaves.

I saw a chubby little kid lying in each cradle, so cute.

"Sister, are these two little guys tiring?"

"It's OK, but the weather is too hot these days, so Xiaohui sometimes doesn't sleep well!"

Li Yi nodded. In fact, he also discovered that the temperature in Beijing this year was really high. Even he felt a little uncomfortable, let alone the children.

Thinking of this, Li Yi immediately said: "It's no big deal, I'll bring back a few air conditioners later."

"No, no, I heard that thing is quite expensive, just fan it with a fan!"

Hearing this, Li Yi smiled and said, "It's okay, it doesn't cost much!"

It really doesn't cost much, mainly because there's nowhere else to buy that thing, so you can only get it from special channels.

my country's first air conditioner was successfully developed by the Shanghai Refrigerator Factory in 1965. It was a three-phase power window air conditioner. However, it consumed too much electricity, so it was not sold to the public. Instead, it was only provided to some special departments.

The first real Volkswagen air conditioner was produced by Huabao in 1988. It was a split wall-mounted air conditioner, model KF-19G1A, and named Xuelian, which means as pure and beautiful as a lotus.

It was also from this time that air conditioners gradually became durable consumer goods and began to enter ordinary households.

If Li Yi wants to install an air conditioner at home now, he can only apply to the relevant department.

Seeing that the eldest sister wanted to say something, Li Yi immediately said: "By the way, sister, my brother-in-law asked me to bring you some things, come and take a look!"

As he said that, Li Yi put the luggage bag in his hand in front of his elder sister!
Li Mei didn't look at the things in the bag, but looked at Li Yi and asked, "Xiao Yi, is Wen Guang okay? Is there anything wrong with his health?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "My brother-in-law is doing very well. He has fully recovered. He just misses you guys, especially Xiao Huihui."

"Sister, you don't know, when I gave him the photo of Xiao Huihui, my brother-in-law shed tears!"

Li Mei nodded and said, "Although your brother-in-law is a soldier, he is still very considerate."

"Ok!"

As he spoke, Li Yi took out a brown paper bag from his briefcase and handed it to the elder sister.

Li Mei reached out to take the brown paper bag and asked, "What's this?"

"Sister, you should watch it yourself!" Li Yi said with a smile.

With a hint of doubt, Li Mei opened the paper bag.

But when she saw what was inside, she was completely stunned.

There were several thick stacks of banknotes inside. Li Mei had been to Hong Kong Island before and knew that this was the money there, and the largest denomination was $1000.

Such thick stacks of money probably add up to hundreds of thousands, which made her eyes widen for a moment, and her mind went blank.
(End of this chapter)