When Liu Haizhong and the second aunt returned home, the second aunt asked:
"How did you come up with the idea of letting Wang Lidong take charge?
Have you forgotten about Guangtian?"
Liu Haizhong sat down and took a sip of hot water.
"Isn't it just a fight between two children? It's not a big deal.
They are all in the same compound, so this kind of thing happens very rarely.
Husbands and wives often bump into each other, let alone these young people.
Look at our compound, no one has ever had a fight.
When I was young, I used to fight with Lao Cheng a lot, but now our relationship is not very good.
I am now the eldest man in the compound. If Guang Qi gets married and the person in charge is not allowed to be Sha Zhu or Wang Lidong, what will everyone think of me?
Have you thought about this problem?"
The second aunt said dissatisfied:
"Since you became a master, you haven't seen many benefits. There are a lot of messy things. You have to think about this and that."
Liu Haizhong said with a cold face:
"You women just have long hair and short knowledge. If I weren't a great man, he, Xu Damao, could deliver things to our house all day long."
The second aunt thought about it, and she was right.
Liu Haizhong continued:
"I'm the big man in the compound now. If Wang Lidong or Silly Zhu take charge, they won't be able to give me any face at that time.
If I charge an outsider 5 yuan, it will be at least half the price when it's my turn.
Besides, when the time comes, I will ask Wang Lidong to borrow that bicycle, so I don’t have to ask him the same question."
The second aunt complained a little:
"It's true that this glorious daughter-in-law has to take three bicycles to pick her up. She's so respectable and pompous."
Liu Haizhong waved his hand and said:
"Forget it, since we promised others, we must do it.
We just have them in our compound, so we don’t have to go outside to ask for help.”
Two days ago, Yi Zhonghai helped Qin Huairu find a job as a street sweeper, earning 16 yuan a month.
Although he was just a street sweeper, he still owed Yi Zhonghai a lot of favors.
Although Qin Huairu was a little unwilling, she knew that with her current reputation, it was very difficult to get a job.
After returning home from get off work, Qin Huairu was busy with housework again.
Jia Zhang doesn't do any work now, it's all Qin Huairu's.
When she saw Bangge coming home from school, Qin Huairu immediately showed a smile and greeted her.
"Banggen, mom bought half a catty of pork for you today and will cook braised pork for you tonight."
Bang Gang greeted Qin Huairu, pretending not to notice, and entered the room with a cold face, minding his own business.
"grandmother,"
"My dear grandson, I'm back. Come and show me to grandma. I'll see if you're so cold..."
Qin Huairu stood at the door for a long time, then wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, picked up a basin full of dirty clothes, and walked to the faucet.
............
"Lidong, you come with me."
Wang Lidong was sitting in front of the stove, flipping through the newspapers of the past few days.
Turning around, I saw senior brother Chen Xiaohu happily entering the kitchen with an excited expression on his face.
Early in the morning, senior brother Chen Xiaohu found his wallet?
"What's wrong, senior brother, are you so happy?"
Chen Xiaohu looked outside the door, then closed the office door and gave Wang Lidong a few hard blows on the shoulder.
This action made Wang Lidong confused.
"Senior brother, what on earth makes you so happy?"
Chen Xiaohu then remembered that he hadn't said anything to Wang Lidong yet.
"Before going to work today, I went to the mushroom laboratory and found some white things on the pile of soil, which should be the mycelium you mentioned."
Wang Lidong was overjoyed after hearing this.
"Isn't it a bit moldy?"
Chen Xiaohu nodded hurriedly and said:
"That's what you said."
Wang Lidong calculated the time and found that today was already December 2, which was a few days later than he expected.
Two days ago, he was a little worried whether the experiment had failed.
After a few days of delay, Wang Lidong thought that it might be related to the temperature, or that the ratio of building the pile was not very reasonable.
Next time I plant, I still need to be more careful.
Looking at the senior brother who was happily wandering around the office,
"Senior brother, are you so happy?"
Chen Xiaohu said:
"The day before yesterday, I heard that the candidate list for sous chef had come out.
But my name is not in it."
Wang Lidong looked at his senior brother helplessly,
"Didn't I already know this?
Do you know who is on the list?"
Chen Xiaohu gestured to the next door:
"There are four people in total, Tian Jihong, Old Octopus's apprentice Shang Yiming, and two others from the Western Food Department."
Wang Lidong said:
"In the next period of time, there will definitely be a lot of good shows. Let's just move a bench and watch the show."
Chen Xiaohu's depression for the past two days was gone, and he took a puff of cigarette happily.
"At the beginning of winter, when the mushrooms are grown, we will report it to the bureau?"
Wang Lidong also had a headache about this matter.
"Before, I thought that after success, I would report it to our bureau.
But after thinking about it for the past two days, I still feel that it is not very safe.
We are not familiar with the leaders of the bureau. What if these guys look too ugly and pick the fruit...
Senior brother, haven't you been a soldier? Do you know any of the leaders?"
Chen Xiaohu smiled bitterly and said:
"Return to the chiefs, you are so arrogant. You think the chief is like a leek. If you cut one stalk, another one will grow in a few days.
On the first day I joined the army, I was assigned to the cooking class and worked as a cook.
The officer I know the most is our company commander.
Why don't you ask Wu Gang, this guy knows a lot of chief ministers."
Wang Lidong thought for a while:
"Wait until the mycelium grows a little more and looks like a mushroom, then we can talk to him about it.
It's still a little early now, after all, for him to find a relationship, there has to be something tangible."
Chen Xiaohu lit a cigarette,
"It would be great if your dad was still here. He knows a lot of high-ranking officials."
Wang Lidong nodded, he knew that his cheap man knew many leaders.
Originally, he wanted to try these people, but after all, his father was gone.
People may give you face for small things, but if they involve big interests, people will feel alienated from you.
After all, they had been getting along with Wu Gang for a while, and after getting in touch with him, Wang Lidong felt that Wu Gang was quite reliable.
Besides, Wu Gang can be considered one of their group now.
As soon as Wang Lidong returned to the kitchen, Shitou came up to him with a tea cup.
"Master, please drink tea.
I saw that the great uncle was smiling all over his face just now, is there something good going on?"
Wang Lidong took the teacup and placed it on the stove.
"You still have the energy to care about other people's affairs, are you sure about taking the exam?
Go ahead and turn your spoon 1000 times before eating.
It's already December now, and the chef exam will be held in January.
If you fail, I'll see how you explain it to Yu Li."
Shitou grimaced, rolled to the side in despair and began to practice spoon turning.
The blind date between Shitou and Yu Li went smoothly, and they immediately fell in love with each other.
If nothing unexpected happens, these two people will have a drink during the Chinese New Year.
The pressure on the stone is quite high now, and the bull pen has been blown out, but if it stretches over then...