As soon as Xu Dong left the section chief's office, he was surrounded by everyone.

"Boss, what did Uncle Li tell you?"

"Is the section chief going to be promoted? What exactly is the position? ”

"Xiao Xu ......"

"Listen to me, everybody!" Xu Dong pressed his hands and quieted everyone down: "Uncle Li is not going to be promoted, and he will not be transferred, so don't guess." ”

"Huh......"

Some people showed disappointment, some people breathed a sigh of relief, but most of them had a disappointed expression of not eating melons.

Xiang Xin perseveredly asked, "Boss, what is Uncle Li looking for you?" ”

"I just asked about last night's duty, okay, everyone is gone!"

Xu Dong casually made up a reason, such a thing as inviting guests to dinner in private is not suitable for public occasions.

At lunchtime, Xu Dong carried a bag of 50 catties of corn flour to the place where the logistics office exchanged food stamps.

It's just that I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance.

"Director Su, long time no see!" Xu Dong took the initiative to say hello.

Director Su immediately recognized the person in front of him, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Xiao Xu, I heard that you did a good job in the security department, and you have been promoted to captain?" ”

"Hey, it's all Section Chief Li who is willing to give young people a chance." Xu Dong said modestly.

"I know Lao Li, and he really likes to train young people."

The two exchanged a few words, Xu Dong looked at the grain bag at each other's feet, and asked curiously, "Director Su, what kind of grain are you carrying?" ”

"Rice, what about you?"

"I brought corn flour, which I just picked up from the grain store in the morning." Xu Dong replied.

"Is it the price of rice that is more expensive now, or the price of corn flour that is more expensive now?" Director Su asked, this one doesn't do housework at first glance.

"Almost, according to the official pricing, the unit price of rice is about 10 yuan, and corn flour is 8 yuan a catty, Director Su, do you bring hybrid rice?"

"No, our family eats Northeast rice."

Xu Dong couldn't help but pat his thigh: "Director Su, you are at a loss, Northeast rice now costs more than two hundred yuan in the market, and corn flour is at most one hundred and thirteen, and the price is almost doubled." ”

"It's okay." Director Su waved his hand, "We are all part of the company, there is no need to worry about it, and it is a blessing to suffer losses." ”

Xu Dong could only say embarrassedly: "It's still Director Su, you have a high consciousness!" ”

After changing the food stamps, Xu Dong went to the canteen to deal with it briefly, and then secretly hid in Daben alone, and gnawed seven or eight fried small dried fish in a row.

Deep-fried dried fish is a snack made by Xu's mother for her granddaughters, Xu Dong was greedy, and took the opportunity to ask for a lot of them, usually put them in the car, and eat two of them if they have nothing to do.

After eating the dried fish, Xu Dong wiped his mouth and chewed the gum again, and then returned to the north gate satisfied.

"Boss, you're back." A dispatch worker stood up and greeted.

"Well, you've all eaten?" Xu Dong asked casually.

"I've eaten it."

Compared with the company canteen, the dispatch workers eat worse, and their meals are all multigrain rice, at most with a little pickles.

Multigrain rice is a paste made by mixing rice, sweet potato wedges, potato wedges, and corn flour.

This kind of multigrain rice, it's okay to eat occasionally, but if you eat it often, it is not only greasy and panicked, but also easy to cause constipation.

In addition, since June, the security company has not provided food, and the dispatch workers have to hand in food every month.

Survival is not easy!

……

After getting off work, the two cars drove out of the north gate one after the other, and in less than half an hour, they arrived at Section Chief Li's house.

After getting out of the car, Xu Dong took out a cigarette and handed it over:

"Uncle Li, come on!"

Section Chief Li waved his hand: "No, I'm ready to quit smoking." ”

Xu Dongbei was surprised, you must know that Section Chief Li is an old smoker for decades, and the other party actually quit smoking.

"Uncle Li, are you physically ......?" Xu Dong tried to ask.

"It's not physical."

Section Chief Li shook his head, and then took the initiative to explain: "This morning, aren't you curious why I'm so happy? In fact, it's nothing to say, your aunt is pregnant, and I feel happy. ”

"My aunt is pregnant?" Xu Dong suspected that he had misheard.

Section Chief Li is obviously in his fifties, but he can still grow old and have children? After he reacted, he immediately flattered:

"This is a great event, Uncle Li, you are really a treasure knife and not old!"

Section Chief Li laughed: "Originally, I didn't have much expectations, but luck came, and I couldn't stop it." ”

Xu Dong silently put away his cigarette, since Section Chief Li's family has a pregnant woman, smoking again is deliberately disgusting.

"How many months is the child?"

"It's been less than two months, and I just got the results yesterday." Section Chief Li looked relieved.

When they came to the door, Section Chief Li first knocked on the door, and then opened the door with the key, and after the two entered the house, Aunt Li came to meet them.

The person who came was holding his stomach in one hand and a wet towel in the other, and his face was full of maternal radiance.

"Aunt Li, congratulations!" Xu Dong nodded.

"Lao Li told you?" Aunt Li said with a smile.

Section Chief Li stepped forward to take the towel, wiped his face indiscriminately, and raised his eyebrows: "Why can't you say it, it's not a shameful thing." ”

"Okay, I can't talk about you."

There are outsiders at home, Aunt Li can't let go, if it was usual, she would have been lying in her husband's arms by now.

Dinner was ready, only a simple four-dish and one-soup, all four dishes were vegetarian, only the soup had some shredded meat.

Aunt Li explained: "Xiao Xu, there was originally a steamed treasure fish, but I wanted to vomit as soon as I smelled it, I really can't do it, please forgive me!" ”

"Alas, auntie, your body is the most important, and besides, the dishes on this table are already very good, much more abundant than our family." Xu Dong hurriedly said politely.

Aunt Li went back to the room to rest after accompanying her for a while, and it seemed that the other party's morning sickness reaction was very serious, and she didn't touch a few dishes, so she took a few bites of rice.

Section Chief Li put down his chopsticks and sighed:

"Xiao Xu, you also saw it, your Aunt Li belongs to an older mother, and now she can't eat anything, which is really worrying."

Xu Dong hurriedly comforted a few words, he knew that it was impossible for Section Chief Li to invite him to dinner for no reason, it turned out that he was here for this.

Sure enough, Section Chief Li changed his words and began to get into tonight's main topic: "Xiao Xu, you have many connections and channels, can you help Uncle Li collect some nutritious products suitable for pregnant women?" ”

"Uncle Li......"

Xu Dong was embarrassed: "You also know what the market is now, there has been no meat in Panjiayuan for a long time, let alone other nutritional products." ”

"It's okay, you just go and try, whether it succeeds or not, Uncle will thank you."

"Alright then, I'll help you inquire over the weekend." Xu Dong pretended to be embarrassed.

Section Chief Li's eyes lit up, and he immediately waved his hand: "Don't have a weekend, I'll give you two days off, and I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"That'll do fine."

Xu Dong agreed, and there were still two days off, and he was happy to have two days off.

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