The next day.
Li Ming woke up from the sun and looked at the clock. It was only after eight o'clock. Then he slowly started to clean himself up. Then he ate the breakfast that Li's mother had heated before riding to the steel rolling mill.
Passing by the Jinshui River along the way, I feel that there have been a lot more people fishing by the river recently. Most of them are sitting by the river with homemade fishing rods and buckets in hand.
Li Ming guessed that some people's food was not enough to eat, so those without jobs came to fish. It seems that many people in the city are aware of the fact that food is not enough, but that's right. Most people in the Fourth and Nine Cities have relatives living in the countryside, so it's easy to find out about this kind of thing.
Three-share office of the Purchasing Section of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.
Li Ming arrived at the office and pushed the door in, only to find that the people in the office came surprisingly early today. As soon as he entered the door, he saw five large chimneys emitting smoke.
"Why did you come so early today?" Li Ming asked, looking at the four salted fish sitting in a row smoking.
"Haha, Mingzi, you are late today!" When Zhou Tian saw Li Ming come in, he stood up from his chair with a smile, walked to Li Ming and patted him on the shoulder.
Several other people, including the section chief, also looked over with smiles on their faces. It seemed that his one-on-one fight last night made them be more friendly to him. After all, life is all about human affairs, and fighting and killing are just emotional catalysts.
"Okay, Mingzi is here too, let's pack up and go to Jinshui River!" Xu Qiang walked out from behind the desk and said to everyone.
Li Ming was slightly puzzled, "Jinshui River? Where are we going? Let's go fishing together?"
Wu Gang was packing his fishing rods and buckets in the corner, and replied, "No, we came early today, and the section chief asked him to leave as soon as the unit chief arrived."
"It's because we haven't eaten enough recently. I hope we, Sangu, will go out more often and see if we can collect more food."
"Even the first and second strands have been sent out."
"Mingzi, here are the fishing rods and buckets prepared for you, take them!" Xu Qiang handed the fishing guy over.
Li Ming took the fishing rod and bucket and asked, "What about that? Where's the bait?"
The five people finished cleaning up, and they just thought of an excuse to go out. As for whether they could catch fish, they didn't really think much about it. They mainly wanted to complete the tasks required by the factory.
Li Ming looked at the cleaning actions of these five big brothers and knew that these five old salted fishes could not possibly plan to fish seriously. They were planning to leave the factory to fish!
"It's okay, let's dig up earthworms somewhere!" Zheng Ping casually said the bait he wanted.
"It's probably impossible to dig. I came from the Jinshui River today. Many people were fishing by the river. Even the soil looked like it had been turned over several times."
"It doesn't matter. We just completed the task anyway. It doesn't matter if we can't catch it." Chief Xu grinned happily and said.
"Sure, let's go then." Comrade Li Ming doesn't care, as long as he can pass the time, if not, just see if Lao Zhangtou is there and follow his bait.
It's just that my fishing system is not serious fishing, otherwise it wouldn't be nice to get rewards for fishing like this.
Comrade Li Ming complained about his own system in his mind while following Xu Qiang and others on their bikes to the Jinshui River.
Because Li Ming often came to Jinshui River to fish, he took a few people to his usual place.
"Mingzi, this place where you often fish is nice!" Wang Jun said while looking at the surrounding scenery.
"That's necessary. There are trees around, so we can have a shady place in the summer."
"But have you ever caught a fish? Not just a small fish." Xu Qiang grinned widely and held a cigarette in his mouth. He seemed quite happy at this time. After all, he was always bored in the steel rolling mill with nothing to do. This is my first time fishing with so many people.
Li Ming curled his lips disdainfully, "Did you see the old man next to you? He only caught a small amount of small fish!"
"The fish I caught must weigh at least half a catty!"
Several people expressed disbelief. After all, there were so many people fishing by the river, and in the past, they had not seen many fishermen who could carry big fish.
"Okay, let's split up. Whoever catches the fewest fish today will get a treat!"
"I'm going to find the old man for some fishing bait."
Li Ming did not allow anyone to question his fishing skills and immediately placed bets to lure the unlucky ones to take the bait.
"Okay, you kid, wait and treat me to dinner. I'm a famous fishing expert in our hospital!" Zhou Tian started bragging without blinking an eye.
Several people also excitedly started to find a good position, ready to wait for Comrade Li Ming to deliver the bait and start the fishing business.
Li Ming walked to Old Man Zhang and said, "Old Man Zhang, give me some bait!"
Old man Zhang looked up at Li Ming, "What? You haven't prepared any fishing bait today? Are you going to come to my place and have sex for free?"
After spending time with Li Ming for a long time, Old Man Zhang learned a lot of new vocabulary from Li Ming's mouth.
"No, today our colleagues from the steel rolling mill came to go fishing together. We have an impromptu task and asked our entire purchasing department to go out and see if we can collect anything."
"Where else can I buy things now? I might as well go fishing."
Old man Zhang was amused, "What? Your steel rolling mill is also in a hurry to purchase grain?"
Li Ming nodded, and Xiaoxiong spread his hands and said, "No, now it's not just the steel rolling mill. Many people have nothing to do and go out for a walk to buy more things to save."
"Last time I went to Shibali Store, the captain of the production team there told me that there isn't much food in the countryside. Where else can I buy it?"
"Okay, then I will reluctantly give you some bait, but you have to give me another fish today!"
Li Ming took a look at the old man's bucket. Last time there were caviar and fish grandsons, but this time the bucket was crystal clear.
"No problem, for the sake of the bait!"
Lao Zhangtou immediately called to the guard standing next to him and asked him to go to the car to get the bait. The two continued to chat and wait.
"Old Xu, you see Mingzi is quite familiar with that old man!" Wu Gang said to Xu Qiang beside him.
Xu Qiang glanced at the two people standing next to the old man, "I guess this old man has a high status, otherwise there wouldn't be any guards standing guard when he goes out."
"It seems that Comrade Li Ming in our unit has quite a wide network of contacts!" Zheng Ping was quite envious.
"Hey, it has nothing to do with us. Anyway, as long as Mingzi is sincere to us." Wang Jun looked at it cheerfully.
"Junzi's words are good, but let's just watch the fishing. Haha, you rookies just wait to treat us to dinner. I have to suck back the blood from Donglaishun last time!"
Zhou Tian continued to brag next to him, and everyone's faces twitched when they saw it. No one knew who it was! This guy surnamed Zhou is probably fishing for the first time this time, so he is really embarrassed to brag!
