"Oh, Guangqi, you are a rare guest. I usually can't invite you if you want. Why do you have time to come to me today and bring something with you?"
Director Li was teasing Liu Guangqi as he went upstairs.
"Don't I have something to ask you, Uncle Li?"
Liu Guangqi directly stated his intention without going around the bush, and then used his address to draw the relationship between the two of them into each other.
"You don't usually burn incense, so you're just doing it temporarily."
Director Li stretched out his hand and tapped Liu Guangqi. Although he was smiling, he was a little disdainful in his heart. He only asked for a bag of tea when asking for help. This was too disrespectful of treating the village chief as a cadre.
"I want to come too, but my status is not suitable. If I, a doctor, come to your place too many times, rumors will spread in our factory."
"Hey, you, I forgot about this."
Director Li patted his head and said after hearing this.
"Fengling, look who's coming"
While talking, the two of them arrived at Director Li's house. As soon as Liu Guangqi entered the door, he saw a slender figure busy in the kitchen. After entering the door, Director Li shouted at the figure in the kitchen.
"Who is it? Hey, isn't this Guangqi? Why are you here?"
Hearing Director Li's call, the figure in the kitchen turned around, and when he saw Liu Guangqi, a smile immediately appeared on his originally impatient face.
"I'll give Uncle Li some tea. You look much better."
"It's not all thanks to the medicine you prescribed. Now that you're here, don't leave. Let's have a meal together. I happened to buy a fish and I braised it."
Xu Fengling greeted warmly.
"No, Auntie, I'll sit down for a while and then leave. I have something to do at home."
"That's okay, just wait for a while."
After saying that, Xu Fengling returned to the kitchen and got busy.
"sit down"
After Xu Fengling left, Director Li took Liu Guangqi to the living room that had been converted from a bedroom. Most of the houses in this era were built by the Su family. In addition to the bedrooms, the house had an entrance hall and a kitchen. There was no place to entertain guests, not even the leaders. exception.
Unless the level reaches a certain level, but Director Li obviously has not reached that level. Although the level is not high, the need to entertain guests is real, so many people will convert extra bedrooms at home into living rooms. Director Li's house has three bedrooms, which just meets this condition.
"Where did you buy this painting? It looks pretty good."
After sitting down, Liu Guangqi did not directly tell the other party what he wanted to do. Instead, he looked at the layout of Director Li's house. As he looked at it, Liu Guangqi found something different. Compared with the last time he came here, Director Li's house was completely different. There was a bamboo and stone picture in his living room, and it was placed next to ***'s portrait. Looking at the bamboo and stone picture in front of him, Liu Guangqi asked casually.
"This, I bought this casually when I was visiting Liulichang with my comrades from the south. When I bought the painting at that time, people said it was an old thing. I didn't understand it very well, so I hung it up because it looked good. .
I heard people say that you are an expert in this field. You have two of the most famous shopkeepers in Liulichang as your masters. It just so happens that you can help me see how this painting looks like. Some of them said it was real, and some said it was. It's fake, it makes my head big. "
Director Li leaned on the backrest of the sofa and pointed at the ancient paintings opposite to take the test.
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether the painting is true or false. The main thing is that you like it. How much did you spend on this painting?"
It was difficult to judge the authenticity of the painting without looking carefully at Liu Guangqi. In order to prevent Director Li from being upset, Liu Guangqi gave him a vaccination in advance. After speaking, Liu Guangqi walked to the bamboo and stone painting and looked at it carefully. He quickly determined the origin of this painting from the paper, seal, technique and inscription.
"It didn't cost much, only thirty yuan. Your aunt complained a lot about me for this painting and kept saying I spent money indiscriminately."
"That's my aunt's fault. You picked up a big leak this time. This is an authentic work of Zheng Banqiao. It's worth three hundred yuan, let alone thirty yuan. If my aunt tries to cash in on this thing again, You, just push back hard."
"Hahaha, then according to what you say, I bought the right painting."
"That's for sure, a tenfold rate of return. If you didn't buy it right, then what does it mean? I've been running in Liulichang for the past year, and I've never met someone like you many times."
Upon hearing Liu Guangqi's appraisal results, Director Li showed a satisfied smile on his face.
"Hey, I don't care whether it's money or not. I thought the old lady selling the painting was pitiful, so I bought it when I came back. When I came back, I saw that the appearance and meaning were good, so I hung it up. Come on. , sit down and have a cup of tea."
Director Li, who was in a good mood, directly poured a cup of hot tea for Liu Guangqi and invited Liu Guangqi to sit next to him.
"Tell me, what do you want from me? I guess it's not easy for a powerful person like you to come to my door. If your uncle can't help, don't blame me."
Although Liu Guangqi is not old, Director Li will not look down upon him. Liu Guangqi has quite a wealth of connections. He knows people in government agencies, the industrial and commercial circles and even the medical system, and their ranks are not low.
"Haha, this may be difficult for others, but for you, Uncle Li, it's just a matter of opening your mouth and raising your hands."
"Really? Then I want to hear what's going on."
Director Li leaned back on the chair and lit a cigarette as he spoke.
"Actually, it's nothing. You should have heard about our family's situation. My dad is one of three brothers. In addition to my dad being a worker in our factory, my uncle and third uncle are both farming in my hometown. It has been like this all these years. But didn’t our old man pass away at the end of last year? He held my hand before he died and insisted that I find a job for my third uncle in the city. Normally I would have declined, but this was his last wish after all. I couldn't refuse, so I agreed. It just so happens that our factory is building a machine repair shop in the north of the city."
"So that's it. Aren't you very familiar with District Chief Bai of Chongwen? His grandfather is your master. Why don't you find them? The work in their medicine store is much easier than the work in our factory."
Director Li nodded after hearing this, and then asked.
"My cousin was a troublemaker when he came to the city. It would be embarrassing if he troubles people again now."
One thing Liu Guangqi didn't mention was that after the public-private partnership, it would not be as easy as before to stuff people into Baicao Hall as before. It had to be approved by the public manager, which was very troublesome. It's better to just get Director Li in the steel rolling mill and get it done in one step.
"Oh, it's a small matter, just go back and let your third uncle wait for notification."
Director Li nodded after hearing this, and after a moment's consideration, he agreed to Liu Guangqi's request. Although the things Liu Guangqi sent were a bit small, Liu Guangqi would inevitably need them in the future.
"Thank you, but I haven't finished what I just said. I have two friends who are also from the village near the machine repair factory. They also want to join the factory as workers. Do you think it's possible?"
"This, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. Let's go back first. I'll discuss it with the leaders."
When Director Li heard this, his smiling face suddenly fell. Facing Director Li's change of face, Liu Guangqi didn't care and continued to say with a smile.
"It doesn't matter. You just discuss it with them. If necessary, you can share the tea with them. I'll leave first if I have something else to do. Uncle Li, just let me know when there is news."
With that said, Liu Guangqi pushed the tea bag in front of Director Li, then got up and left Director Li's house.
"This guy, haha."
Looking at Liu Guangqi's leaving figure, Director Li chuckled disdainfully. He originally thought that Liu Guangqi must be a sophisticated person who was well versed in the world of people, but he didn't expect that he was nothing more than that. He didn't even understand the principle of asking people to do things and give things.
Looking at the two bags of tea on the table, Director Li shook his head and was about to throw the things aside.
But as soon as he picked up the tea, he felt something was wrong. The weight of the two bags of tea was too heavy. With curiosity, Director Li opened the tea leaves sent by Liu Guangqi. Although he had expected it, when he saw the two shining gold bars buried in the tea leaves, he was also shocked by Liu Guangqi's generosity.
According to the current price of gold, these two gold bars alone cost 2,000 yuan. Liu Guangqi was willing to spend so much money for three places.
"It's indeed a human spirit."
Director Li, who knew he had misjudged the person, shook his head again, quickly put away the gold bars and hid them.
"Don't worry this time."
After leaving Director Li's house and coming to a deserted corner, Liu Guangqi got into the space, put his arms around Xu Huizhi's smooth waist and said. Although Xu Huizhi was a little uncomfortable with it, she knew that she couldn't resist and could only silently accept this reality.
"Can it be done? What if people don't like this?"
Although Xu Huizhi rarely leaves the village, she also has a certain understanding of the cadres of this era. Compared with those officials in the past who could only eat people without spitting out their bones, today's cadres are much stronger. I have never heard of a few cadres who love money. So she remained skeptical when she learned that Liu Guangqi was going to use gold bars to clear the way.
"If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if the people are careful, there will be no disciples. No matter how clean the place is, there will be dirty corners; no matter how pure the team, there will be impure people. The most powerful thing in this world is not the bullets made of steel. , but sugar-coated shells made of money and beauties. Too many brave and fearless warriors did not fall on the way to charge, but fell in this peaceful era. It is because of these things."
Liu Guangqi looked at the changing pictures on the TV and said with deep eyes. Looking at Liu Guangqi's melancholy profile, Xu Huizhi not only felt excited, but compared with the handsome Liu Guangqi, the unreliable He Yongqiang was immediately forgotten by her.
"When it's done, you can't forget what you promised me. When the time comes, I want you to accompany me wearing the clothes you wore when we met that day."
Just when Xu Huizhi was about to indulge in Liu Guangqi's beauty and be unable to extricate herself, Liu Guangqi suddenly became unruly again, looking at Xu Huizhi's collarbone with a smile and said.
Hearing Liu Guangqi's words, Xu Huizhi's cheeks immediately turned red. She covered her blushing cheeks and ran from Liu Guangqi's arms to her room.
With the help of gold bars, the work of Liu Haisheng and Xu Huizhi was quickly settled. The next night, Liu Haizhong, who came back from get off work at the steel rolling mill, sent three forms and a letter of introduction to Liu Guangqi's yard.
After getting the letter, Liu Guangqi was not idle. In order to capture Xu Huizhi as soon as possible, and also to appease the heartache caused by losing his sister-in-law, Liu Guangqi took advantage of the weekend and hurriedly returned to Liujiacun by bus. He handed the form and letter of introduction to his third uncle, and then rushed to Xujiagou without stopping.
When they arrived at Xujiagou, Liu Guangqi suddenly had a problem. How should he hand over the things in his hands to Xu Huizhi's family? It would definitely not work if he gave them directly, and it would not work if Xu Huizhi came out.
After much thought, Liu Guangqi finally came up with a good idea, which was to pretend to be a public official. After thinking of a countermeasure, Liu Guangqi came to the space and first asked Xu Huizhi to write a letter. Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Guangqi found the old-fashioned military uniform that his grandfather had kept.
After changing clothes, Liu Guangqi came to Xu Huizhi's house wearing a mask and holding Xu Huizhi's autograph letter.
"Comrade Boss, who are you looking for?"
Father Xu, who had just returned from the fields, looked at Liu Guangqi, who was dressed in military uniform, and asked cautiously.
"Is this Xu Huizhi's house?"
Liu Guangqi saluted Father Xu and asked with a sonorous salute.
"Yes, yes, I am Xu Huizhi's father. Who are you?"
Looking at Liu Guangqi, who was upright and majestic, Father Xu couldn't help but feel a little scared. He didn't even dare to ask about Xu Huizhi's whereabouts and asked tremblingly.
"Ah, I am a cadre of the X Corps of the People's Liberation Army. The specific troops are kept secret. I am here to tell you about Comrade Xu Huizhi."
"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, do you know where my sister is? Can you tell us that my sister has been missing for many days and what happened to her?"
Xu Huizhi, who came out of the house, asked immediately when Liu Guangqi mentioned her eldest sister.
"It's like this. Comrade Xu Huizhi saw something that she shouldn't have seen when she was out not long ago. These things are suspected of being state secrets. In order to ensure that state secrets are not leaked, we cannot let Comrade Xu Huizhi leave."
"Oh, Comrade Boss, our Huizhi is just an ignorant little girl. Just put her back. I beg you, I kowtow to you."
Before Liu Guangqi finished speaking, Xu Huizhi's father knelt down in front of Liu Guangqi and begged.
"How could you do this? Aren't you robbing people? Is there any royal law for this?"
Xu Huizhi's two younger brothers surrounded Liu Guangqi in the middle and looked at Liu Guangqi eagerly.
"Listen to me, things are not what you think. The People's Liberation Army will not do anything to rob people. If it were ordinary things, we would let her back, but the things she saw were not ordinary things. For We did this not to leak the secrets.”
"We don't care what things are so valuable. If you don't tell me where my sister is now, don't leave."
As he spoke, Xu Huizhi's second brother was about to step forward and grab Liu Guangqi's collar. Seeing his impulsive brother-in-law, Liu Guangqi felt helpless and pinned him to the ground with a single grab.
"The People's Liberation Army is beating people,"
Seeing Liu Guangqi's actions, Xu Huizhi's mother immediately started shouting.
"Oh no, this is nothing."
"stop"
Seeing the family who didn't even let them finish their words, Liu Guangqi, who had a bad temper, couldn't stand it anymore and shocked the family with a lion's roar.
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"Can you let me finish what I'm saying? Can you?"
Although Liu Guangqi's expression could not be seen, the mask looked even more mysterious and terrifying. Facing Liu Guangqi's anger, the Xu family could only nod timidly.
"Comrade Xu Huizhi cannot come back, but she asked me to bring you a letter. At the same time, in order to make up for the consequences of this accident, our unit decided to give Comrade Xu Huizhi's two younger brothers, that is, you two, Each person has a quota to enter the factory as a worker.”
"real"
As soon as they heard that they could work as workers, Xu Huizhi's two younger brothers immediately forgot about Xu Huizhi and looked at Liu Guangqi with gleaming eyes.
"Of course it's true. This is the form and the letter of introduction. The factory where you join is the nearby machine repair shop. You must follow the date on the letter of introduction to join the job, otherwise it will become invalid as soon as the time passes."
Liu Guangqi took out the document bag and handed it to the two brothers. The two brothers took the document bag and immediately opened it and looked at it. Xu Huizhi's parents also stretched their heads to get to the bottom of it.
"Brother, is this true or false?"
"It looks real to me. Look at how clear the steel seal is. Besides, there is no need for others to lie to themselves, not to mention our sister's letter. Even if these are fake, my sister's calligraphy cannot be done. Fake."
"Oh, Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, I'm sorry, I misunderstood. Hurry up and sit in the room. Her mother quickly makes tea for Comrade of the People's Liberation Army. Why are you still standing there?"
After confirming the authenticity of the letter of introduction, Xu Huizhi's family immediately changed their faces and surrounded Liu Guangqi enthusiastically.
"No, there is discipline in the army, and you are not allowed to take advantage of the masses. I have been out for a long time, and it is time to leave. But there is one thing I want to tell you before I leave, because all our information is confidential. Once it is leaked, It may cause heavy losses to the country, so no matter who asks you about Comrade Xu Huizhi from now on, your answer can only be that you don't know, and don't mention Comrade Xu Huizhi to anyone, got it?"
After some warnings, Liu Guangqi finally left Xu Huizhi's house.
"Let's take a look."
After reaching a mountain crest, Liu Guangqi released Xu Huizhi from the space, intending to let her say goodbye to her past.
Although her home is very close to her and she hasn't been away for long, Xu Huizhi just feels that the village in front of her is so strange.
Looking at her glamorous outfit, Xu Huizhi realized that she was no longer the same person she used to be.
"Let's go, I want to go back."
After walking some distance to the mountain crest, Xu Huizhi took the initiative to hold Liu Guangqi's arm. Liu Guangqi didn't waste any words. In a flash, the two of them appeared in Xu Huizhi's bedroom.
Liu Guangqi's promise to Xu Huizhi has been completed, and now it is time to reap the fruits.
