early morning.
A ray of sunlight slanted in through the curtains and hit the face of the man on the bed, making his already handsome face even more tough.
Yu Li lay beside her, holding her chin with her little hand, looking at it with gusto, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, as if she had discovered some treasure, and her eyes were shining brightly.
"Hey! Have you seen enough?" Suddenly a low voice sounded, waking her up from her fantasy.
Yu Li was startled and looked up suddenly.
I saw Li Weidong sitting up at some point, leaning against the head of the bed, staring at her with a half-smile in his narrow and deep eyes filled with stars.
"Ahaha, I was just about to tell you to get up and eat!"
Yu Li laughed awkwardly and stood up quickly, "Get up quickly, I've already prepared the face wash for you."
In this era, there was no bathroom or faucet in the house.
If you need to wash your face, you can only go to the faucet in the courtyard to get water.
There are more than 20 families living in the courtyard, more than 200 people, and there is only one faucet.
Everyone is in a hurry to go to work every morning, and there is always a long queue in front of the tap. You have to wait in line for at least ten minutes.
Yu Li would get up early every morning before everyone woke up and help Li Weidong fill up the face wash.
In this way, Li Weidong sleeps until he wakes up naturally every day.
"Well! Thank you, wife." Li Weidong laughed.
Yu Li's cheeks turned red, she rolled her eyes at Li Weidong and said, "Go and wash it quickly!"
Li Weidong got out of bed with a smile and went to the door to wash up.
By the time Li Weidong finished washing up, white flour steamed buns and potatoes, stick noodle porridge, and a plate of fragrant pickles were already placed on the table.
"Did you do it?" Li Weidong was a little surprised and asked looking at the pickles.
The pickles are bright in color and exude a rich aroma.
"No, it was sent by Haitang yesterday. My mother made it." Yu Li replied with a smile.
"Did Yu Haitang come yesterday?" Li Weidong frowned.
"Yeah, she seemed to have had a falling out with Yang Weimin again, and she was in a bad mood. I comforted her for a while." Yu Li said with some guilt: "I'm sorry, Brother Wei Dong, I promised Yu Haitang that in the future Able to come for dinner”
Yu Haitang wants to come over for dinner every night? What was her idea? Li Weidong couldn't help but frown.
Doesn't she know that once the matter between the two of them is discovered by Yu Li, there will definitely be big trouble?
Maybe we should find an opportunity to explain the relationship between the two of them clearly to Yu Haitang.
Seeing that Li Weidong's face looked strange, Yu Li hurriedly and carefully explained: "Brother Wei Dong, am I good at making decisions? Nowadays, food is rich and valuable, but I think she is my sister."
As he spoke, his eyes turned red.
Seeing this, Li Weidong hurriedly comforted: "It doesn't matter, Yu Haitang is your sister and my sister. She just broke up with Yang Weimin. She must be in a bad mood and needs our support. A little food is nothing, and you know what I can do now make money"
Not to mention anything else, Li Weidong's monthly salary plus subsidy is more than 100 yuan, which is the highest salary in the courtyard. One more person in the family does not have any impact.
Seeing that Li Weidong didn't mind, Yu Li felt better and said with a smile: "Let's eat quickly. Today the street office has to count the number of residents, and I have to go to work early."
"Counting people? What happened?" Li Weidong picked up his rice bowl and asked casually.
"It's okay, isn't it the Chinese New Year soon? In order to ensure the supply of vegetables and meat for residents, we need an accurate number of people."
As Yu Li spoke, she seemed to have thought of something and looked at Li Weidong: "My colleague said that meat is in short supply this year. My colleague seems to have connections in the commune below. Should we ask her to buy some meat as well? Normally, that's okay. Yes, I have to eat two meals of dumplings during the Chinese New Year.”
This is good news if you are nervous about meat. Li Weidong smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have a way. Besides, our family has never been short of meat."
"That's true." Yu Li thought for a moment and nodded.
After marrying Li Weidong, she learned that meat can be eaten as the main course.
In addition, there are still sausages that Li Weidong brought back from other places in the cupboard.
These days, it’s really a bit sinful.
After eating, Li Weidong was pushing his bicycle and was just getting ready to go to work.
After taking only two steps, he met Liu Haizhong.
Her head was drooped with bangs, looking weak.
His tunic suit was covered in dust, his hair was messy, and there were two bloody cuts on his face.
Li Weidong stopped and asked curiously: "Comrade Liu Haizhong, did you break into someone else's house last night?"
"What's the matter of stealing? Yes, yes. Forget it, I can't tell you!"
When Liu Haizhong heard this, he became angry.
Last night, as soon as he fell asleep, his second aunt rode on him and scratched him.
This old woman is really, aren't she just two unfilial sons? They just left, so why should they be angry?
But how can you tell outsiders about this kind of thing!
Liu Haizhong waved his hand and left quickly.
Haha, this old guy still doesn’t know where he went wrong!
Li Weidong shook his head with a wry smile, pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard, grabbed the cold handlebars, and came to the steel rolling mill facing the golden sunshine.
According to the management, we first inspected the poverty alleviation workshop.
After convening Niu Meng and the others for a brief meeting, Li Weidong called Liu Guangfu into the office.
"Guangfu, have you found a place to live?"
"Guangtian and I rented a room in a large courtyard not far behind our courtyard."
Liu Guangfu's face was filled with happiness and his eyes were full of gratitude.
Without Li Weidong's help, the two brothers would not be able to work in the poverty alleviation workshop, let alone leave the Liu family.
Although the environment in the courtyard is not as good as that in the courtyard, and you can see the blue sky while sitting in the house, no one will beat them up after all.
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Liu Guangfu seemed to have remembered something, and looked a little hesitant. Finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Wei Dong, do you guess who my neighbor is?"
"who?"
"Xu Damao!" Liu Guangfu lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Yesterday, Guangtian and I bought bedding and went back. We happened to see Xu Damao returning to the courtyard hand in hand with a young woman. The woman didn't look serious and her hair was dirty. Dyed yellow.”
Coincidentally, what a coincidence, the Liu brothers became neighbors with Xu Damao.
"Haha, yes, what a fate!" Li Weidong did not answer the question.
He understood that Liu Guangfu intended to reveal the news to him.
It's just that now Xu Damao has not only been kicked out of the courtyard, but also fired from the steel rolling mill. It has nothing to do with him anymore.
There is no need to continue to follow him.
"Then I'm going to work."
Seeing that Li Weidong was not interested in Xu Damao, Liu Guangfu sneered twice and left the office.
After walking around the workshop again, he raised his wrist and saw that it was almost nine o'clock. Li Weidong's face became serious.
He left the workshop and walked quickly to the door.
It was past working hours, the door of the steel rolling mill was closed, and the security officers were sitting in the concierge bragging and spanking.
Seeing Li Weidong coming, they immediately stood up and saluted Li Weidong.
"Director Li, do you want to go out?"
"Ahem, don't be so nervous. We are all old friends."
Li Weidong waved his hand, walked into the security guard's room, took out a cigarette from his pocket and spread it around.
The security officers saw that Li Weidong was still the same as before, and he did not show off as a leader because he became the workshop director, so they all laughed and said.
"Brother Wei Dong, you are the chief director now, why are you still paying such a 19-cent front door?"
"Haha, this is called maintaining the true nature of a worker."
Li Weidong laughed a little, looked straight, looked at one of the security officers and said, "Has your Section Chief Zhang come to work today?"
"I've been here for a long time. We should have a meeting at the factory committee now." The security officer lit a cigarette.
Factory committee meeting.
Only then did Li Weidong remember that Zhang Aiguo was a member of the factory committee.
Every Tuesday morning, the steel rolling mill holds a factory committee meeting.
It seems that the reason why Yang Weimin chose to act today was because he had determined that Zhang Aiguo could not personally take charge of the security department.
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Even if Zhang Aiguo cannot personally direct the trucks loaded with goods as they leave the rolling mill, security officers will not fail to inspect them.
Although this kind of inspection may sometimes be a show-off, if the security officers discover the clues, Yang Weimin will have to face serious consequences.
Dozens of boxes of goods are a big deal, and they might be shot.
Yang Weimin will definitely not rely on the negligence of the security officers for his own safety.
Unless he has other back-ups.
Thinking of this, Li Weidong's heart skipped a beat. He kept his expression unchanged and asked pretending not to care: "Xiao Liu, Section Chief Zhang is not here. Who is in charge of the gate post here?"
"It's Deputy Section Chief Hu." Xiao Liu was chatting with the security officers. When he heard the question, he blurted out without thinking much.
"Deputy Section Chief Hu?" Li Weidong frowned, "Is there a deputy section chief in the security department?"
He has been dealing with the security department a lot these days, and he has never heard of Deputy Chief Hu.
"Yes, Deputy Section Chief Hu is the deputy section chief of our Security Section." Xiao Liu didn't know Li Weidong's true purpose at all. He thought he was just out of curiosity, and explained with a smile: "Deputy Section Chief Hu is mainly responsible for archives, because He is not in good health on weekdays, often calls in sick, and rarely appears in the security department, so you don't recognize him."
Call in sick often? Isn’t this just free money? Li Weidong frowned vaguely.
The steel rolling mill is a state-owned factory, and the wages of workers are uniformly distributed by the above, and the wages are the same for good and bad work.
Therefore, some people resort to crooked thinking and use illness as an excuse to take sick leave all year round.
Li Weidong deeply abhors the phenomenon of empty wages.
Excessive payment not only caused economic losses to the steel rolling mill, but more importantly, it affected the atmosphere within the factory.
In order to build the country in the workshop, the workers were so tired that they sweated profusely and their bodies were covered with dust.
These people who live on empty wages are lying at home and enjoying themselves.
The workers are not worried about scarcity but inequality. When workers see this situation, they will inevitably feel that it is unfair.
If things go on like this, it will inevitably affect workers' work enthusiasm and lead to low labor efficiency.
This is also the reason why state-owned factories cannot compete with private factories after the spring breeze arrives.
However, the matter of empty wages has deep historical roots and cannot be solved by Li Weidong, a small workshop director.
With a few words of slander, Li Weidong looked at Xiao Liu with a smile: "So, Deputy Section Chief Hu is cured now?"
"Ahem, it's all good, it's all pretending to be sick!" Xiao Liu didn't take Li Weidong as an outsider, and curled his lips and said: "Deputy Section Chief Hu can be regarded as an old guard. Back then, he competed with Section Chief Zhang for the position of section chief, but he didn't If you can fight it, you'll start to get sick."
"I saw him this morning. His face was rosy and he looked better than a young man like me. How could he be sick?"
After saying that, he seemed to realize something. He quickly covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Ahem, look at me, I'm talking nonsense again. If Section Chief Hu finds out about this, he will definitely have to deal with me!"
"It's okay, we are old friends, I will keep it a secret for you."
Li Weidong smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I have something to do with Section Chief Zhang. Do you mind if I wait here for a while?"
Deputy Section Chief Hu suddenly came to work, and there might be something behind it. If he wanted to ensure that the goods were not stolen, he felt that he should keep an eye on it personally.
"I don't mind, I don't mind. You are a big leader now." Xiao Liu helped Li Weidong move a chair and asked curiously: "Brother Weidong, I heard that some people from Hong Kong have come to our factory. How about you contact them?" However, I must know a lot of things about Hong Kong City."
At this time, the security officers who were chatting nearby also gathered around, with curiosity in their eyes.
"Yes, Director Li, I heard that the port city is very developed, and there are old cars on the road one after another."
"Also, at night, the entire sky in Hong Kong City is bright."
"Those are nothing. I heard others say that there are no vegetarian dishes in the restaurants in Hong Kong City, and everything on the plate is meat."
"Director Li, you are familiar with people in Hong Kong City. Do they eat meat for every meal?"
In this era, there are relatively few channels for news to spread, but the mainland is not completely blocked.
Some people with connections can get newspapers and periodicals from Hong Kong City.
In those news, Hong Kong City is a paradise.
The high-rise buildings, the flashing neon lights, and the unlimited meat in the port city are all awe-inspiring and yearning for the people who don’t know the truth.
Li Weidong laughed and said: "I have had this idea before, and I specifically asked those people from Hong Kong City, and they answered my question in one sentence."
Under the gaze of the security officer, Li Weidong stood up and said slowly: "If they were allowed to choose, they would rather live in the mainland."
"Hey, this is impossible! The port city in the magazine is a hundred times more advanced than the capital city." The security officers were a little unconvinced.
Li Weidong smiled and said: "Yes, when I heard this answer, my expression was exactly the same as yours."
"However, after I had several long conversations with those people in Hong Kong, I understood why they made that choice."
The security officers became energetic at this time. Some of them stood up and stared at him, waiting for his follow-up.
Li Weidong pondered for a moment, but instead of answering their questions, he asked a question: "Have you ever heard of cage houses?"
The security officers all looked confused.
"Cage house? I have only heard of cages. I have a chicken coop at home, which is a cage made of bamboo."
"I have one at home too, but it's a little bigger than yours. My dog usually lives in it."
"That's a cage. Director Li is asking about a cage house. The two are different."
(End of chapter)
