Liu Lan looked at Li Weidong calmly, but her little heart was beating wildly, and her clenched hands were sticky.
Although Liu Lan has a monthly salary of ten yuan, she does not have an urban household registration and does not have a grain book. If she wants to eat grain, she can only buy high-priced grain from the pigeon market.
Originally, her salary was converted into food, which was enough for the family to eat and drink. However, supplies have been tight recently, and the price of food in the pigeon market has tripled.
In addition, Liu Lan's parents-in-law have suffered from asthma again. Since they are not urban workers, every time they go to the hospital for medical treatment, it costs a lot of money.
The family had not saved much money over the years, and now it was completely empty.
She doesn't even have money to buy steamed buns tomorrow.
Otherwise, I would have the shamelessness to come to Li Weidong.
In fact, because of Liu Lan's good looks, after Deputy Factory Director Li entered the fence, many people extended "black iron rods" to her, hoping to help her.
But after Liu Lan experienced what happened to Deputy Factory Director Li, she had already seen clearly the true colors of those men and would not hand her over so easily again.
Facing the dilemma, she thought about it and found that only Li Weidong was the most suitable to help her.
First of all, Li Weidong is a handsome man, so being with him doesn't mean he is being spoiled.
Secondly, Li Weidong is now the director and has always been prudent in his work and can help her in the long term.
Liu Lan's abacus beads jingled so loudly that almost everyone in the capital could hear it, and Li Weidong naturally knew it too.
"I can give you at most fifteen kilograms of stick noodles every month. If you get more, I won't be able to get it."
Liu Lan was anxious: "Twenty pounds, as long as you give me twenty pounds, I will never find another man in the future and follow you wholeheartedly."
"It's only fifteen pounds, do you want it?"
Li Weidong insisted: "If you are not satisfied, you can find someone else."
"You are really forced to come to you. Do you really think I am a random woman?" Liu Lan's eyes were red and her voice was sad: "I really have no choice, so I came to beg you."
Li Weidong and Qin Huairu were together, and they had long been immune to women's tricks.
"It's only fifteen pounds, it's up to you."
"Okay," Liu Lan bit her lip and said, "Then I'll find you tomorrow."
After the matter was settled, the two of them left the woods one after another.
Li Weidong returned to the workshop, told Niu Meng, and then rode his bicycle out of the steel rolling mill.
He is now the leader of the poverty alleviation workshop. He can sneak out of the rolling mill at any time on the pretext that he has to deal with something, and no one will check on him anyway.
The door to Fatty Yu's courtyard was ajar, and Li Weidong gently pushed it open and shouted inside.
Seeing no one responded, he pushed his bicycle into the yard.
After walking through the Crescent Moon Gate to the backyard, as soon as I approached the wing, I heard a strange sound coming from inside the house.
Good guy, even in broad daylight, Fatty Yu is restless.
Gently press the bicycle bell, and the crisp sound of the bell breaks the tranquility in the small courtyard.
The strange sound suddenly stopped, and then the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and the sound of shrill screams were heard in the side room.
After about two or three minutes, Fatty Yu came out of the room, covering his head.
He half-opened his cotton-padded jacket and pulled down his cotton-padded boots, with anger on his face.
After all, when you are happy, if you fall off the kang, you will not be in a good mood.
"Who is disturbing the people here so early in the morning?"
"Early in the morning" Li Weidong turned to look at the sun that was already hanging in the west, with a puzzled look on his face.
"Ouch, it's brother Wei Dong."
Fatty Yu recognized Li Weidong and hurriedly put on his shoes and ran over: "Brother-in-law, why are you free to come here today?"
As he spoke, he cautiously glanced back, as if he was afraid that the person inside would come out.
Li Weidong almost laughed out loud as he looked like he was afraid of being caught while stealing food.
Considering that he wanted to save face for Fatty Yu, Li Weidong did not criticize him.
"Have you received the batch of grain I asked the Northeast to send a while ago?"
"I've received it, and I'm keeping it in the warehouse over there. Don't tell me, that guy named Zhou Xiaoguang is really quite capable. He has more than 5,000 kilograms of Fuqiang powder, more than 2,000 kilograms of mountain products, and pickled ones.
As for game, I follow your instructions and only sell mountain products, not grain."
"Of course, the place where Zhou Xiaoguang will go to the countryside has been decided. It's in the northeast. I have friends there who can protect him. He will definitely be interested in our affairs."
Not long ago, Li Weidong went to Jichun to meet Zhou Xiaoguang.
Zhou Xiaoguang was worried about going to the countryside.
Don't look at him in Jichunren five-man six.
After leaving Jichun, he was an ordinary intellectual young man.
In addition, the conditions in places where people go to the countryside are generally difficult. The conditions Zhou Xiaoguang heard from his friends made him feel a little scared.
After hearing Zhou Xiaoguang's troubles, Li Weidong immediately thought of the Construction Corps.
Since Li Weidong came back from the Construction Corps, he has kept in touch with Li Yunlong and Tian Yu.
Of course not through letters, which are too easy to leave behind.
Every time he dressed thickly, he went to a state-owned store, used the long-distance phone there, and contacted Li Yunlong and Tian Yu through the transfer of the Construction Corps.
Li Yunlong was still chattering on the phone, and when he talked about certain things, he had the same power as when he bombarded Ping'an County.
But.
According to Tian Yu, since Li Yunlong came to the Northeast, he has become much less optimistic about some things.
Now, in addition to training Tian Gang's children, he works on his half-acre of vegetable land every day.
The vegetable field is specially planted with Northeastern Chinese cabbage, which Li Weidong likes to eat.
Just waiting for the next time Li Weidong comes to cook him an authentic meal of pork stewed vermicelli.
After listening to this, Li Weidong was very moved.
Tell Tian Yu that as long as he persists there for a while, he can return to the capital.
Tian Yu feels that it is good to be in the Northeast. She can always accompany Li Yunlong, not worry about him getting into trouble, and can also take good care of her children.
Li Weidong knew that according to Li Yunlong's temperament, he would never be willing to stay there, but it was hard to persuade him.
Since Tian Yu and Li Yunlong need to live in the Northeast for a long time, they can send Zhou Xiaoguang there as well.
Li Yunlong's old subordinates were enough to cover Zhou Xiaoguang.
Li Weidong told Zhou Xiaoguang this idea.
When Zhou Xiaoguang heard that Li Weidong actually knew the leaders of the Construction Army, he naturally nodded in agreement in a hurry.
Although the conditions in the Construction Corps are difficult, he can still survive as long as he is not deliberately targeted.
Besides, with Li Weidong's relationship, the Construction Army Corps would not treat him badly.
Li Weidong then hung up the phone to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong didn't care about this matter. Even if Zhou Xiaoguang has a special status, can he be more special than him?
This matter, which seemed huge to Zhou Xiaoguang, was settled by Li Weidong in just two phone calls. While Zhou Xiaoguang marveled at Li Weidong's energy, he also felt that he should express his gratitude.
He used one-third of the proceeds from his partnership with Li Weidong to purchase this batch of grain, only treating it as a gift to Li Weidong.
Li Weidong was naturally disrespectful when faced with the good intentions that came to his door.
Li Weidong followed Fatty Yu to the warehouse, opened the old wooden door, and saw piles of grain.
Grain and mountain goods are packed in gunny bags, and the bottom of the gunny bags is covered with a layer of wooden boards to prevent moisture.
It can be seen that although Fatty looks rude, he is still very careful when doing things.
Although Li Weidong had space, it was not convenient for him to use it in front of Fatty, so he could only take away a small part first.
"You can load me with fifty kilograms of fine white flour and twenty kilograms of game."
Li Weidong paused for a moment and looked at Fatty Yu: "Aren't there any stick noodles?"
"Stick noodles?"
Fatty Yu looked surprised
In his impression, Li Weidong has always eaten refined grains. When did he change his taste?
However, he did not ask further questions and nodded: "We are in the pigeon market, how can we not have coarse grains? It is in the warehouse next door. I will give you the entire hundred and ten kilograms later."
"It's too much. I can't carry it. Let's get ten kilograms first. When you need it again, I'll come and get it from you."
Li Weidong packed the grain and followed Fatty to droop the grain bag on the back seat.
Suddenly, a little head poked out of the side room.
With just one glance, Li Weidong recognized that the woman was Yu Fatty's lover, Qining.
"Brother Yu, I'm leaving first."
Qi Ning also didn't expect Li Weidong and Fatty Yu to suddenly come out of the warehouse.
She blushed and said hello to Fatty, glanced at Li Weidong sheepishly, lowered her head and left in a hurry.
Seeing Qi Ning, Li Weidong remembered what he had promised to Fatty a while ago.
"Fatty Yu, you see I've been busy lately. I promised to transfer you to work in the machinery factory, but I neglected it."
"Don't worry, the poverty alleviation workshop has expanded its scale and is in need of buyers. When I return to the steel rolling mill, I will mention this matter to Director Yang."
Fatty Yu also heard from Yu Li what assembly line Li Weidong was tinkering with recently.
He smiled nonchalantly: "It's okay. The main thing about Qining and I is that the gap between the two families is too big. The old man of the Qi family is also a stubborn person. Even if I have a formal job, he won't
Agree immediately."
"I have a formal job, and Mr. Qi finally has an explanation."
Seeing that Fatty Yu was in a low mood, Li Weidong comforted him and rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.
It was time to get off work at this time, and the drooping grain bags behind the bicycle were particularly conspicuous.
Chen Yuanyuan was sitting at the door of Yan's house basking in the warmth. When she heard the movement, she looked up and her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Hey, isn't this Director Li from the steel rolling mill? I just came to the compound not long ago and we don't know each other yet. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Chen Yuanyuan. I am the Chen Yuanyuan who defeated Li Zicheng."
"This joke is not funny at all." Li Weidong nodded coldly, pushed the car, and turned away.
The smile on Chen Yuanyuan's face solidified.
She has been beautiful since she was a child, and she loves to dress up and play, so she is very popular among gay men.
Otherwise, Hu Dakui would not have been so fascinated that he took her out of the commune with great effort, arranged a formal job for her, and allowed her to obtain the city's grain book.
Chen Yuanyuan has never encountered a situation where she took the initiative to say hello but was ignored by a man.
After he came to his senses, he was so angry that he clenched his nails into his palms.
"Well, you Li Weidong, how dare you look down on me, let's just wait and see!"
Li Weidong did deliberately alienate Chen Yuanyuan.
When this woman first entered the courtyard, Li Weidong was a low-end version of Qin Huairu.
Not only the appearance and figure have been simplified, but even the bottom line has been reduced a lot.
Chen Yuanyuan hooked up with Hu Dakui in order to enjoy glory and wealth, which is already considered a low moral level.
She married into the Yan family with a pregnant belly and asked Yan Jiecheng to help Hu Dakui raise the child. This is simply unethical.
Moreover, this woman has many little thoughts.
The best way is to keep a respectful distance.
If you don't deal with her, she won't have a chance to get close.
Return home.
Li Weidong saw Yu Li washing clothes, quickly packed his bicycle and rushed into the house.
"Daughter-in-law, you have a big belly, how can you do such heavy work?"
When Yu Li saw Li Weidong's nervous expression, her heart was filled with sweetness.
"It's okay, my due date is still two months away!"
"I think back then, when my mother was born in Haitang, there was a famine."
"My mother is about to give birth, and she has to go with my father to gather wild vegetables in the fields outside the city."
"It turned out that the movement may have been a little too big. When I was gathering wild vegetables, the amniotic fluid suddenly broke."
"My father's face turned pale with fright. Fortunately, there was a bullock cart passing by on the roadside."
"My father helped my mother onto the bullock cart and asked the uncle who drove the cart to take my mother to the nearest hospital."
"But halfway down the road, Yu Haitang was born."
People in this era are really strong enough.
If in later generations, Yu Li would have enjoyed a life of opening her mouth for food and reaching for clothes.
Seeing Yu Li's stubbornness, Li Weidong stopped trying to persuade her.
"Daughter-in-law, go and clean the noodle vat."
"What, you got the food back?" Yu Li wiped her hands and stood up after hearing this.
"Yes, it's a full fifty kilograms of fine white flour. I'll divide half of it later and you can take it back to your mother and the others."
Li Weidong divided the fine white flour into two parts, put one part into the noodle vat and the other part left in the bag.
Then clean the outside of the bag to prevent it from being seen by some animals in the yard.
Even though Li Weidong was so careful, some beasts in the courtyard still got the news.
The news was leaked by Chen Yuanyuan.
Ever since she was ignored by Li Weidong, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became.
Waiting for Yan Jiecheng to come back, he started to get angry at Yan Jiecheng.
"Yan Jiecheng, since I married into your family, I have never had a meal of white flour steamed buns. Have you forgotten what you promised to my cousin?"
"Yuanyuan, don't be angry. There's nothing we can do about it. You also know how tight the food supply on the market is lately."
Seeing Chen Yuanyuan's eyes widening, Yan Jiecheng quickly said with a smile: "I went to the grain station at Xizhimen early yesterday morning before dawn to queue up, but before it was my turn, all the grain in the grain station was sold out.
"
"I still found an acquaintance and bought a few kilograms of stick noodles."
"The acquaintance also said that in the past two months, the grain station has not shipped any refined white flour at all."
Yan Jiecheng's words are certainly watery, but it is true that you can't buy fine white noodles at the grain station.
Chen Yuanyuan also knew this and said coldly: "Then where does Li Weidong's fine white noodles come from?"
"Li Weidong got fine white noodles? Oh, he should be rewarded by the factory today."
Yan Jiecheng said with an envious look: "You may not know that that boy was lucky enough to become a model worker, and the factory rewarded him with many good things."