The booming era begins with private customization

Chapter 442 Neighbors’ Gifts

Everything was just as agreed before.

In order to save Baoding's child, Widow Bai sold out He Daqing.

I didn't have the face to see He Daqing, so I could only entrust everything to Director Wang.

And the final result was just as they planned, He Yunong was registered under He Yushui's name.

After promising a hosting fee of five dollars per month.

He Yunong successfully lived with Liang Ladi at her home.

It is said that the affairs of the previous generation are the affairs of the previous generation.

But after all, sometimes you can't help feeling a little uncomfortable.

Being able to ensure that He Yunong's daily rations are not short of food and that he grows up safely is already doing He Daqing a great favor.

A few days later, the White Widow completed some formalities and left Kyoto.

Another piece of evidence was handed over to the police.

It did not go through the street office, but was directly reported in the name of a letter of complaint.

As a result, as soon as the White Widow arrived in Baoding, she was locked up by the police who followed closely behind.

No one passed on any message, and the White Widow figured out what was going on on her own.

In order not to implicate Baoding's son, Widow Bai just smiled bitterly and admitted the crime directly.

It was also after this day that the courtyard, which had been noisy for a while, fell into silence again.

After dealing with the White Widow, Yi Zhonghai no longer had any thoughts about it and went into hiding. He only went between two places every day and rarely went to the deaf old lady's room.

In such an atmosphere, January suddenly arrived in the courtyard.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, Li Mao, who had always promised to propose marriage, finally prepared his things and planned to take advantage of the day off to visit his father-in-law's house early.

Although they have known each other for many years, this is the first time that Li Mao comes to visit as a son-in-law.

Early in the morning, Li Mao got up early and had a simple breakfast while He Yushui and Yu Haitang were busy preparing.

He picked out a set of work clothes distributed by the machinery factory during the winter season change, carried a bamboo basket, took out a bath ticket, and headed for the bathhouse in the machinery factory which had just been built not long ago.

As the number of workers in the machinery factory increases.

The original plan to cooperate with the steel mill and share some infrastructure had to be put on hold.

Today, the machinery factory has its own barber shop, bathhouse, and a small two-story guesthouse.

As for the bathhouse.

Nowadays, everyone is equal, and the recruited cupping, pedicure, and back scrubbing masters often act the same as the recruited banye when they go to the public bathhouse outside.

They would be lazy if they could be lazy, and would not do anything if they could avoid doing it.

Even if there are one or two diligent people occasionally, the first few work diligently, but later on not only do they get the same salary, but they also feel exhausted every day.

In the end, over time, you will eventually become part of the previous group of people and become lazy at work every day.

In other words, Li Mao felt that there was no master to scrub backs and massage feet in the bathhouse, and it felt like something was missing.

This seemingly meaningless proposal was passed at the meeting.

The bathhouse built according to the layout of later generations has now become a must-go place for machinery factory workers during their rest time.

The master who was specially invited from Huaqing Hot Spring is very tired every day.

In other words, the machinery factories offer high wages and additional subsidies for taking apprentices, which is what retains those skilled master craftsmen.

Unlike the steel rolling mill, the bathhouse at the machinery factory was built later, so the structure was larger from the beginning and there was no need to divide it into two parts, one for men and the other for women.

There is plenty of extra firepower left over from steelmaking in the rolling mills.

After negotiating with the steel rolling mill, the heating for the machinery plant and the water for the bathhouse are all provided by the steel rolling mill.

This kind of creation of value by producing surplus cannot be recorded in the accounts.

The machinery factory might as well just use the factory's various special products to pay off the debts.

Even now, workers at the steel rolling mill next door can occasionally get one or two cakes of instant noodles as a welfare benefit.

Compared with the machinery factory, it is a lot less, but compared with other factories, it is much better.

I'm rushing to take a day off, and it's winter again.

Everyone knows that the morning hair wash is clean and comfortable.

Many older workers get up early in the morning and rush to the bathhouse.

If there is no bathhouse in the factory, then we can go to the public bathhouse on the street.

If there is a bathhouse in the factory, such as a steel rolling mill or machinery factory, people would go in early to take a bath after drinking and cheering.

Amid the envious or jealous gazes of his fellow workers, Li Mao, who had changed into a clean winter outfit, stood in front of the civilized mirror in the lobby of the bathhouse. Looking at himself with his upright posture and heroic brows, he nodded with satisfaction.

After entering the courtyard, as soon as I entered the front yard, I saw Zhang Meng walking out of the house holding a baby:
"The factory director is going to his father-in-law's house? Don't leave yet! I asked someone to get a smoked musk deer leg from the north, just in time for you to take it with you when you go to your father-in-law's house!

You are the director of our machinery factory, and you represent the reputation of our machinery factory!"

Stopping Li Mao, Zhang Meng turned around and went into the house without saying a word, and took out a smoked musk deer leg weighing more than 20 kilograms.

As Zhang Meng opened her mouth, the entire front yard suddenly became lively, as if a fishing nest had been dug.

First, Nan Yi moved a jar out of the house, saying that it was fine wine made from a cellar with soil from thirty-year-old wine.

At the back, there are leather gloves specially sewn by Liang Ladi.

Ding Qiunan gave me a box and said that she asked the teacher for it. She said that she can use it on her face in winter to moisturize and prevent chapped skin. It also has a nice floral scent.

Ran Qiuye asked his father to get a piece of calligraphy by that person from the school.

Even Yan Bugui, who was always thrifty, found two old hens and a big chain from somewhere today.

"That's enough, they are all old neighbors. Even if it's the first time I officially go to my father-in-law's house, the things prepared are too generous.

I appreciate your friendship.

But as your neighbor and as the leader of the factory, I certainly cannot let you spend money.

Well, I've got the stuff, and we'll pay the price accordingly. I'll ask Yu Shui and Hai Tang to come over and calculate the price later.

We are all family, so don't say no. Our institute is no different from other institutes. Some people can't stand our machinery factory being better than others, so we should be more careful."

Li Mao nodded and took these things with a smile.

According to his current status and salary, as long as he didn't take it for free, it wouldn't be a problem even if he bought these things.

As soon as Li Mao finished speaking, Yan Bugui understood what he meant and quickly took over the conversation:

"Yes, the factory director is right! Our machinery factory is doing so well, and it has indeed aroused the envy of many people during this period.

We have done our best. Since the factory manager doesn't want us to spend any money, we will just accept the money.

When the factory director gets married, we neighbors will go there with our gifts and have a free meal.

We are all neighbors, so it’s hard to notify other people in the factory, but the factory director must prepare a few tables for us old neighbors, right? "

Yan Bugui was a man with quick eyes. When he heard what Li Mao said, he immediately knew that he was talking about Banggeng who lived in the Central Courtyard.

After these days of fermentation.

The news of Banggeng's meritorious service spread more and more in the school.

The little kid, who is only as big as a foot, now walks in the yard with his eyes looking up, as if he doesn't care about outsiders.

Not to mention other people, just Yan Bugui alone was hit by Banggeng five or six times in these days.

It was just a collision. It was just a small kid, it wouldn't hurt anyone to bump into him. But who would have thought that after the collision, Banggeng not only didn't apologize, but he also arrogantly questioned Yan Bugui why he didn't give way to him.

Thinking of Banggeng's confident look as he pointed at his nose, Yan Bugui became extremely angry.

I wanted to talk to Qin Huairu about it, but it was still no use.

There's no way. Nowadays, in Banggeng, you can only see people when they are eating, and you can't find them at all the rest of the time.

Even if I told Qin Huairu, she wouldn't be able to find her. Even if I found Banggeng in the evening, she would talk back to me after just a few words.

Qin Huairu, the biological mother, couldn't control Bang Geng, so he continued to act more and more rampant in the yard.

After Yan Bugui said this, the people in the front yard had no idea who he was talking about.

They nodded one by one, agreed and changed the subject.

Before Li Mao entered the house, he saw Liu Guangtian walking in from the yard, sweating profusely.

Seeing Li Mao being surrounded, he was startled at first, then a look of joy appeared on his face: "I said I would miss it, but it turns out I made it just in time!

Master, Guangfu and I borrowed two carts to pull it over.

One of them holds the gift Guangfu and I gave to our master, and the other is empty, just the right size for these things!"

With the arrival of Liu Guangtian, the atmosphere in the front yard, which had originally calmed down, suddenly became lively again.

"Look! Look! What is a disciple? This is a disciple! He knows that the master is going to do something, and he prepares for it without being notified.

But then again, Liu Guangtian, there are only gifts from you two in this cart, what about your father’s?

We have been neighbors for so many years, even if you move out, you can't just show some appreciation, right?"

Yan Bugui joked that they were all neighbors, and if you looked closely, they were all workers in the same factory.

The joking at this time is completely different from that in the early years.

Hearing Yan Bugui's teasing, Liu Guangtian was not nervous and showed the movies he had shown for many years around the area.

Now, Liu Guangtian, who brought Liu Guangfu out in the name of accepting disciples on behalf of his master, is very alert.

He wiped the sweat from his head, shook it off casually, and put on a leisurely smile on his face: “Hey, Uncle Yan said this.

This is a great event for my master, how can my father just sit there doing nothing?

My father said that our factory director is the face of our machinery factory, and his marriage will be a big happy event for our factory!
It means that the foundation of our machinery factory will become more solid in the future.

For a better future for our machinery factory, we have to find those whole-life talents with clean backgrounds.

So, this morning, I went out to deliver something to the master, and my father was busy running around the city, asking around to see who has a living person.

It's not enough to just have all the living people, the descendants must also be promising, and those who can go to school are not picky, and those who are in the team are even better!

As for other workers in the factory who wanted to send gifts, my father stopped them.

They said they were not our old neighbors, and preparing gifts would be detrimental to my master's reputation if it got out.

Finally, he couldn't refuse any more, so he discussed it with his fellow workers in the factory and asked each family to contribute one or two taels of cotton. Then my father asked someone to find a few experienced embroiderers and managed to get nine silk quilt covers with dragon and phoenix patterns.

When the time comes, these quilt covers will be filled with cotton sent as blessings by our colleagues in the machinery factory.

It is meaningful and there is no pressure when it is shared among each worker.”

As soon as Liu Guangtian finished speaking, Yan Bugui became even happier: "Hey! This Old Liu! He's really something!

This is a perfect example of how a small gift may convey great sentiment to all the workers in the field!

Now, our machinery factory’s reputation for unity will spread far and wide!

But the dragon and phoenix double happiness that the old embroiderer has kept in his chest? This is not something that ordinary cotton can hold.

It just so happens that I know that some of my old friends' families went on business trips to the west a few years ago.

In order to send us some of the best ink sticks, I have to negotiate with them to give us some of the cotton they picked up from the west in the Year of the Dragon.

We must not let the cotton inside be embarrassed. "

Yan Bugui had just said this before Li Mao could refute him when Liu Guangtian interrupted him, "Uncle Yan, thank you.

This had already been said by the workers living in the family compound.

Isn’t it just cotton for the Year of the Dragon? Some workers had already planned it out. When my father left, they had already taken their things to discuss with others.

Genuine Year of the Dragon cotton, not adulterated at all! "

"Hey, you guys can't do that. I have to bring some wine to your house tonight and have a good drink with Lao Liu.

We are old neighbors, you don’t want to take me with you when you do such a big thing, right?

Could it be that in his eyes, I am still the stingy old Yan?

Really, there was nothing I could do in the past, but now things are getting better and better, why should I still think about those things? "

After all, the salary is different from the past. Today, Yan Bugui has the capital to make fun of himself and turn the page.

Amidst all the jokes, Li Mao brought the gifts he had prepared for the visit, plus the two younger ones, Yu Haitang and He Yushui, as token of their affection for Du Yuanyuan.

And with the kindness of the neighbors in the yard, they filled two carts.

That is to say, when walking on the road, you cover your face with tarpaulin.

This is why he didn't cause a sensation when walking around the streets.

But even so, it still caused a sensation when it arrived at the compound where Lao Du lived.

Taking advantage of the day off, many of Du Yuanyuan's uncles who lived in the same courtyard came to meet Li Mao and give him a show of power.

As a result, before they even entered the yard, these people were frightened by Li Mao.

They are all comrades-in-arms, colleagues, and neighbors.

For those who have a son-in-law, they feel a little sad when they think of the gifts he gave them in the past.

Those who don't have a son-in-law, looking at the new momentum that Li Mao has given to Du Han, have some thoughts in their minds.

Even the person on duty at the railway security department who was checking at the gate had his eyelids trembling while he was checking.

After checking it once, he patted his chest with lingering fear and said, "Co-workers! You guys are making such a fuss!
What if my partner knew about the gift you prepared for his visit?

I’m afraid I won’t be able to have a peaceful New Year!”

Li Mao straightened his clothes and handed the man a cigarette. It was a happy occasion, so there was no need to care about status:
"Brother, what you said is true. I didn't prepare much myself. It was the neighbors in the factory who kindly prepared some for me and sent it to me when I was about to leave.

Not to mention you, brother, I was also scared at that time.

After all, it’s all good intentions from the neighbors, so I can’t refuse it! I’ve given you a little surprise today, so I’ll just give you this box of cigarettes to calm you down.”

As he spoke, Li Mao stuffed the packet of Sanjun medicine in his hand into the hand of the security officer.

For the people in the security department, the powerful Sanjun is better than any other cigarettes you can find on the market.

"Oh, brother, you'd better not say that. Did the neighbors gather together? This popularity is enough to make me jealous!
Du Weiguo's brother-in-law, right? Regardless of anything else, when you get married, please set up a table for our people.

Otherwise, we will definitely not show mercy when we block the door!"

The security officer joked that although he had known for a long time that Du Weiguo's brother-in-law was extraordinary, he had previously thought that he just had ability.

Now, when I see the gifts given by neighbors, I understand that Li Mao is not only capable, but also has a good reputation in the street.

It would be strange if we didn’t make friends with people like this!

"Okay, okay! Well, I'll go in first. I've been waiting at the door for too long, and my father-in-law must be getting anxious."

Li Mao cupped his hands without losing any dignity.

(End of this chapter)