After strenuous exercise, people are often mentally exhausted.
Li Weidong slept until about two o'clock in the afternoon, until he was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.
"Wei Zi, have you left home?"
Li Weidong then remembered and made an appointment with Shazhu to come to his house to cook red deer in the afternoon.
Seeing the mess on the bed, he quickly got up and pushed Yu Li, who was sleeping soundly: "Wake up."
"No. I'm almost exhausted." Yu Li closed her eyes, shook her head and turned over, putting her long legs on Li Weidong's body.
Hehe, you are still too young to fight with me!
Li Weidong's cold hands reached into the quilt and pressed against Yu Li's hot body, waking her up.
"Si Zhu is here, get up quickly."
Yu Li woke up from being tortured, feeling angry and about to get angry.
When I heard this, I sat up and got dressed in a panic.
"Oops, we were sleeping in broad daylight and Silly Zhu saw us. He will definitely laugh at us."
"You're overthinking it. Silly Zhu had more fun with Han Zhizhi a while ago than we did. He can understand." Li Weidong disagreed.
After the two got dressed, Li Weidong walked to the main room, opened the door, and let Si Zhu into the room.
Sure enough, Silly Zhu sniffed, just said with a smile: "Wei Zi, you can do it!", and then focused on the red deer.
After just one glance, Shazhu exclaimed: "This red deer is so fat!"
The red deer was placed on the table. Silly Zhu walked around the table and looked up at Li Weidong: "Wei Zi, the skin of the red deer is a good thing. You can make it into a fur coat and wear it. You can sleep in the snow nest at night.
You won’t even feel cold.”
Li Weidong drives a car all the year round and needs a coat to keep out the cold, so he nodded and said, "Please try to keep the leather as intact as possible when you are about to have your intestines broken."
"Don't worry!" Silly Zhu picked up the butcher's knife and cut open the belly of the big red deer in a few strokes.
Then, he pointed the tip of the knife at the faint gap between the fur and the flesh, shook his wrist slightly, and inserted the tip of the knife into the gap bit by bit.
With a slight squeaking sound, the fur peeled off.
Silly Zhu cut a circle around the big red deer's hooves and neck, and a complete piece of fur was torn off.
Next comes the meat removal.
Silly Zhu looked serious and worked on the big red deer with a butcher knife, and all the meat of the big red deer was shaved off.
Li Weidong asked Yu Li to bring the enamel basin and put the meat pieces into the enamel basin.
Sprinkle a large amount of salt on top. It's winter now and the temperature is low. If you marinate it with salt, the meat will last until next spring at least.
Silly Zhu was busy working inside the house, and there were crowds of people outside the house, and everyone's eyes were filled with envy.
With such a large piece of meat, you only need one piece to live a prosperous year.
It's just that no one has the nerve to speak, after all, there are not many shameless people.
If others don't speak up, it doesn't mean that Jia Zhang has no ideas.
She swallowed two mouthfuls of spit, squeezed out from the crowd, and said to Si Zhu who was busy at work: "Si Zhu, aunt has never eaten venison. Quickly cut a piece of venison for aunt. Not too much, just seven or eight pounds."
That’s it.”
Silly Zhu was stunned by Jia Zhang's words. He rolled his eyes and said, "How about I give you all this meat?"
Seeing that Silly Zhu was disobedient, Jia Zhang was so angry that she spat hard: "What a fool. If you cut a piece of meat from such a big deer, how can Li Weidong know?"
Silly Zhu inserted the butcher's knife into the meat and shook his head: "Madam Jia, what you said is that Wei Zi is my brother, how could I do such a harmful thing?"
Jia Zhang wanted to continue scolding Silly Zhu. At this time, Li Weidong came out of the back room with a jar of salt. She quickly turned her attention to Li Weidong.
Li Weidong had already heard the noise outside in the back room.
In fact, for such a big deer, giving a little meat to others is nothing.
It's just that Jia Zhang's way of speaking is too irritating.
Li Weidong didn't wait for Jia Zhang to speak, so he walked over and looked down at Jia Zhang from a three-story height: "Aunt Jia, I've heard that your daughter-in-law won't let you visit now. What do you think if Qin Huairu knows about you?"
If she doesn’t paste the matchbox at home and comes here, what will she do?”
Hearing this, a trace of fear flashed in Jia Zhang's eyes, and she muttered: "Damn Li Weidong, sooner or later I will catch you," and slipped away in despair.
Her letter of guarantee is still in Qin Huairu's hand, and she is afraid that Qin Huairu will really drive her back to Jiajiazhuang.
A big red deer was completely untied during Shazhu's busy work.
Yu Li cut the meat into strips, sprinkled it with salt and hung it to dry on the rafters. What to do with the remaining plate of offal made Li Weidong a little troubled.
He looked at the residents outside the door and suddenly thought of a good idea.
"Daughter-in-law, what do you think about us using these offal to hold a whole-house banquet?"
"Ah?! Invite all the residents in the compound to dinner. Is that really okay?" Yu Li asked worriedly.
Li Weidong smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are just giving out some offal. Those residents also get things. Besides, we are not short of such offal. The relationship between neighbors is also very important these days. In the future, if your man wants to
To continue to advance, you must handle the relationship with your neighbors.
Also, you are now the second uncle in our compound, and you have to make some achievements for the street office to take a look at.
"
Li Weidong is not alarmist.
When leaders above the workshop director level in a steel rolling mill are promoted, the ministries and commissions will send a working group down to investigate the person's reputation.
If your reputation is too bad at this time and the neighbors say bad things about you, then sorry, even the neighbors cannot unite, and you will definitely not be qualified for the leadership job.
Yu Li has always been convinced of Li Weidong.
My man has never made any mistakes. Just listen to what he says.
Li Weidong walked outside the gate and said to the onlookers: "Everyone, our Yu Li is the steward for the first time. She has little experience. She may not be able to do something well in the future. I have to ask for your forgiveness. It's just right.
Today I got a big red deer from somewhere else and decided to use the offal in it to treat everyone to a bowl of hot offal soup.
Offal soup, only offal is not enough.
I hope everyone can contribute vermicelli and vegetables.
Let’s have a big dinner in the courtyard today.”
When the residents heard that they could eat offal soup, they immediately became interested and raised their hands to express their agreement.
"Li Weidong is still open-minded in his work. I have two big cabbages at home!"
"I have vermicelli at home. The child's second uncle got it from the commune. He is very good at it."
"Mushrooms, I have some mountain mushrooms at home. Xu Damao gave them to me before."
Attracted by the offal soup, the residents began to get busy, and Sha Zhu also changed from a butcher to a cook again.
Yu Li is now the second uncle in the courtyard and starts giving orders frequently.
"Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian, you two lead people to build pots and stoves."
"Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiecheng, you go find firewood."
Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu led a group of children to build a pot stove with bricks in the backyard, and Shazhu's big black pot sat on the pot stove.
Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiekang brought a bundle of firewood from the cellar.
Light a fire, make a fire, and the courtyard is filled with smoke, full of the breath of life.
Yan Bugui didn't want to come to the backyard at first, but he couldn't stand the alluring fragrance, so he came over with his hands behind his back.
As soon as he entered the backyard, he was stared at by Qin Huairu.
"Yan Bugui, for this dinner, the residents have all contributed things. What about yours?"
"Ah?! You still have to contribute something." Yan Bugui pursed his lips.
He cursed secretly in his heart, Qin Huairu, you just became a master and you opened a knife on me, you are obviously not getting along with me!
Qin Huairu's eyes widened: "Of course, my family is so poor, so I donated a bottle of vinegar. Yan Bugui, you are a teacher, and you have a bicycle at home. I don't want more, so just bring three to five kilograms of dried fish."
Okay. Just an extra dish for everyone."
When the residents heard Qin Huairu's idea, they all agreed.
"That's right, the third uncle's house has so many fish, three or five pounds is nothing."
"Third uncle, you must lead by example!"
"Third uncle, you are a man of culture. You have always taught us that we must unite our neighbors and don't mess up the critical moments. Otherwise, you will fall off the chain."
Everyone's mouths are worth gold, and their saliva can drown people. Yan Bugui could only grit his teeth and carry three fishes from the house.
The moment he handed the fish to Qin Huairu, his heart was bleeding.
With Yan Bugui's fish, Li Weidong's deer offal, and vegetable vermicelli donated by the residents, a large pot of offal soup was quickly cooked under Shazhu's superb cooking skills.
Adults and children all lined up in front of the stove with bowls in hand. Just as Jia Zhang was about to pick up the spoon, she was glared at by Silly Zhu: "Today's party was proposed by Wei Zi, so Wei Dong should serve first."
Soup."
Li Weidong asked Silly Zhu to serve a bowl to the deaf old lady, and he personally carried the bowl to the deaf old lady's house.
The deaf old lady looked a little surprised when she saw Li Weidong coming to the door with offal soup.
When Li Weidong got married a while ago, the two had an unpleasant quarrel.
Although Si Zhu got married later and Li Weidong helped, the two just nodded when they met.
Smelling the strong fragrance, the deaf old lady stopped pretending and stood up with a cane.
"Weidong, how can I be embarrassed to let you serve it yourself?"
"Deaf grandma, you are old and have weak legs and feet. It is the responsibility of a junior to serve you food." Li Weidong put the bowl on the table and said with a smile:
"Shazhu is also married now, and Han Zhizhi's belly is getting bigger and she will have a baby soon, so you should be relieved.
Now that the former great master Yi Zhonghai has stepped down, you no longer need to worry about things in the compound.
You, just wait to enjoy the happiness!
From now on, if you eat and drink well, your ears should not be able to hear it, so you won’t be able to hear it.”
After speaking, Li Weidong nodded to the deaf old lady, turned around and walked out of the house.
Looking at the burly figure disappearing into the sun, the deaf old lady's face darkened.
She knew that the reason why Li Weidong served her food was to warn her.
Let him take care of things in the compound.
In the past, the deaf old lady would have cursed loudly at this time.
But as Li Weidong said.
Her "son" Yi Zhonghai was taken away.
"Grandson" Silly Zhu is managed by an evil woman.
She is now like a tiger that has lost its teeth and claws, an old and frail one.
So frustrating!
A big party in the courtyard brought the residents of the courtyard closer together.
What Li Weidong didn't expect was that Director Wang from the subdistrict office heard about this the next day and specifically praised Qin Huairu and Yu Li.
Praise them for making the residents of the courtyard more united through this dinner party, and for being a role model for surrounding courtyards.
This was the first time Qin Huairu was praised since she came to the capital.
At noon, I rewarded Li Weidong hard while no one was around.
When Li Weidong came home in the evening, he saw that Yu Li was already clean and smelling good.
He felt his calves were a little weak.
The next day.
Li Weidong returned to the rolling mill team ahead of schedule after running two consecutive trains.
I told Niu Yong, got on my bicycle and went to the street office.
Yu Li was chatting with her colleagues. When she saw Li Weidong appearing outside, she quickly smiled apologetically at her colleagues and ran out like a little white rabbit.
"I'm at work, why are you here?"
Li Weidong smiled and said: "There's nothing going on anyway. Please ask Director Wang for a short leave, and I'll take you to a good place."
Li Weidong's mysterious appearance aroused Yu Li's curiosity.
She told Director Wang and followed Li Weidong on her bicycle.
When she found out that Li Weidong had taken her to the department store, Yu Li was a little frustrated: "Our family lacks everything, so what are we doing in a place like this? Even if we want to buy something, we should go to the pigeon market, where things are cheaper."
a little."
Li Weidong chuckled and strode inside: "The things we want to buy this time can't be sold in the pigeon market, so just follow me."
Yu Li was full of doubts and could only follow Li Weidong.
What surprised her even more was that Li Weidong did not go to the counter, but walked through the back corridor and came to the warehouse.
Outside the warehouse.
Zhang Dongfang has been waiting for a long time.
Seeing Li Weidong, Zhang Dongfang hurriedly greeted him and said: "Have you brought the money and tickets? Let me tell you, this month, our department store has been allocated ten units, nine of which have been ordered by the leaders. This one
I begged grandpa and sued grandma to help you stay."
Li Weidong knew that Zhang Dongfang did not say this to deliberately exaggerate his achievements.
He took out two packs of cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed them into Zhang Dongfang's pocket.
"Brother, thanks."
"Hey, this is not something we want to do between us."
Li Weidong held his hand and said: "You owe a lot of favors for this, it's just two packs of cigarettes, put it away quickly."
Zhang Dongfang saw Li Weidong's determined expression and knew that he was not the kind of person who liked to play tricks, so he did not give in.
After entering the warehouse, Li Weidong gave the coupons and money to Zhang Dongfang. Zhang Dongfang turned around and came to the old man at the door and handed the coupons and money to the man.
"Uncle Zhang, we are here to pick up the washing machine."
"So this washing machine is reserved for you. Who is so proud of me?" The old man took a cigarette from Zhang Dongfang and issued a bill of lading.
Ten minutes later, when Li Weidong placed the washing machine in front of Yu Li, Yu Li was in a trance.
She stretched out her pink and white hands and touched the words "Shenyang Daily Use" on the washing machine box. She couldn't believe it for a moment.
In this era, there is only one brand of washing machines in China, which is "Shenyang Daily".
It was developed by Shenyang Daily Electrical Appliances Research Institute.
Due to technical reasons, there is no large-scale production, and it is only used by foreign-related hotels and high-end families.
You can't see it on the market at all.
After Li Weidong got the ticket for the washing machine, he asked Zhang Dongfang to help him pay attention. It took him a whole month to wait.
Yu Li had only heard of washing machines before.
I heard that as long as this kind of machine is powered on, put dirty clothes in, and it will make a "whirring" sound, the clothes will become clean.
However, she has never seen it before.
She never thought that she could own one. She was filled with happiness. While Zhang Dongfang was out arranging a tricycle, she winked at Li Weidong and said, "Brother Weidong, I will take good care of you tonight."
