Early morning.

A ray of sunlight spilled in obliquely through the curtain and hit the face of the man on the bed, making his already handsome face a little harder.

Yu Li was lying next to her, holding her chin with her small hand, looking at it with relish, the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, as if she had found some treasure, and her eyes were shining brightly.

"Hey! Have you seen enough? Suddenly, a deep voice sounded, waking her up from her fantasies.

Yu Li was startled and looked up suddenly.

I saw that Li Weidong had sat up at some point, leaning against the head of the bed, with a pair of narrow and deep eyes glowing with a little starlight, staring at her with a smile.

"Ahaha, I was about to tell you to get up and eat!"

Yu Li laughed embarrassedly twice, and quickly stood up, "Hurry up, I've already made a good wash for you." ”

In those days, there were no bathrooms and no faucets.

If you need to wash your face, you can only go to the faucet in the middle courtyard to fetch water.

More than 20 families lived in the courtyard, more than 200 people, and there was only one tap.

Every morning, the big guys are in a hurry to get to work, and there is always a long queue in front of the faucet, at least ten minutes.

Yu Li would get up early every morning while the big guy hadn't woken up yet, and help Li Weidong make a good face wash.

In this way, Li Weidong slept until he woke up naturally every day.

"Hmmm! Thank you, daughter-in-law. Li Weidong laughed.

Yu Li's cheeks were crimson, she glanced at Li Weidong, and said, "Go wash it!" “

Li Weidong got out of bed with a smile and went to the door to wash.

By the time Li Weidong finished washing, white-flour steamed buns and yams, stick noodle porridge, and a plate of fragrant pickles were already on the table.

"Did you do it?" Li Weidong was a little surprised, looked at the pickles and asked.

The pickles are bright in color and give off a rich aroma.

"No, it was sent by Begonia yesterday, and my mother made it." Yu Li replied with a smile.

"Yu Haitang was here yesterday?" Li Weidong frowned.

"Yes, she seems to have fallen out with Yang Weimin again, and she is in a bad mood, so I comforted her for a while." When Yu Li said this, she said with some guilt: "I'm sorry, Brother Wei Dong, I promised Yu Haitang that I could come to dinner in the future."

Yu Haitang wants to come over for dinner every night? What was her idea? Li Weidong couldn't help frowning.

Doesn't she know that once the matter between the two of them is discovered by Yu Li, there will definitely be big trouble?

Maybe you should find an opportunity to explain the relationship between the two of them to Yu Haitang.

Seeing that Li Weidong's face was wrong, Yu Li hurriedly explained carefully: "Brother Weidong, am I making an assertion, now the food is expensive, it's just that I think she is my sister."

As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Seeing this, Li Weidong hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, Yu Haitang is your sister and my sister, she just broke up with Yang Weimin, she must be in a bad mood, and she needs our support." A little food is nothing, and you know that I can earn money now."

Not to mention anything else, Li Weidong's monthly salary plus subsidy is enough to have more than 100 yuan, which can be regarded as the highest salary in the courtyard, and there are indeed no more people in the family.

Seeing that Li Weidong didn't mind, Yu Li was in a better mood, and said with a smile: "Then let's hurry up and eat, the street office wants to count the number of residents today, and I have to go to work early." ”

"Counts? What's wrong? Li Weidong picked up the rice bowl and asked casually.

"It's okay, isn't it almost the New Year, in order to ensure the supply of vegetables and meat for the residents, the exact number of people is needed."

As Yu Li spoke, she seemed to think of something, and looked at Li Weidong: "My colleague said that this year's meat is in short supply, and my colleague seems to have a way in the commune below, should we ask her to buy some meat." Normally, even if you don't forget it, you always have to eat two dumplings during the New Year. ”

Meat is tight, which is good news. Li Weidong smiled: "Don't worry, I have a way, besides, when has our family been short of meat." ”

"That's just as well." Yu Li pondered for a moment and nodded.

Since marrying Li Weidong, she has learned that meat can be eaten as a main dish.

In addition, there are still sausages that Li Weidong brought back from outside the cabinet now.

It's a bit of a sin these days.

After eating, Li Weidong pushed his bicycle and was just about to go to work.

After walking two steps, I touched the bangs.

The bangs drooped his head, looking weak.

The tunic on his body was covered with dust, his hair was messy, and there were two more bloody cuts on his face.

Li Weidong stopped and asked curiously, "Comrade Liu Haizhong, did you steal someone else's house last night?" ”

"What a steal, yes, yes. Forget it, I can't tell you! ”

As soon as Liu Haizhong heard this, he was angry.

Last night, as soon as he fell asleep, he was scratched by the second aunt.

This old woman is really, isn't it just two unfilial sons, just leave, don't you need to be angry?

It's just that how can you tell outsiders about this kind of thing!

Bangs waved his hand and walked away quickly.

Oh, this old guy doesn't know what he's doing wrong!

Li Weidong shook his head with a wry smile, pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard, grabbed the cold handlebars, and came to the rolling mill in the golden sunshine.

According to the management, the poverty alleviation workshop was first inspected.

After summoning Niu Meng and them for a brief meeting, Li Weidong called Liu Guangfu to the office.

"Guangfu, have you found a good place to live?"

"Guangtian and I rented a room in a large compound not far behind our courtyard."

Liu Guangfu's face was full of happiness, and his eyes were full of gratitude.

Without Li Weidong's help, the two brothers would not have been able to work in the poverty alleviation workshop, let alone leave the Liu family.

Although the environment in the courtyard is not as good as that of the courtyard, you can see the blue sky when you sit in the house, but after all, no one will beat them.

That's right

Liu Guangfu seemed to remember something, looked a little hesitant, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Weidong, who do you guess my neighbor is?" ”

"Who?"

"Xu Damao!" Liu Guangfu lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Yesterday I bought a futon with Guangtian and went back, and I happened to meet Xu Damao and a young woman holding hands and returning to the courtyard, the woman looked not serious, and her hair was dyed yellow. ”

Coincidentally, it was such a coincidence that the Liu brothers became neighbors with Xu Damao.

"Hehe, yes, it's really fate!" Li Weidong did not answer.

He understood that Liu Guangfu intended to reveal the news to himself.

It's just that now Xu Damao has not only been kicked out of the courtyard, but also fired from the rolling mill, which has nothing to do with him.

There is no need to keep an eye on him.

"Then I'm going to work."

Seeing that Li Weidong was not interested in Xu Damao, Liu Guangfu laughed twice and left the office.

After turning around the workshop again, he raised his wrist, and seeing that it was nearly nine o'clock at this time, Li Weidong's face became serious.

He walked out of the workshop and walked briskly to the gate.

By this time, it was past work hours, the doors of the rolling mill were closed, and the security officers were sitting in the gatehouse bragging and farting.

Seeing Li Weidong coming, they immediately stood up and saluted Li Weidong.

"Director Li, you want to go out?"

"Ahem, don't be so nervous, we're all old friends."

Li Weidong waved his hand, walked into the security room, and took out the cigarette from his pocket and dispersed it.

The security officers saw that Li Weidong was still the same as before, and he did not put up the leader's score because he became the director of the workshop, and said with a smile.

"Brother Weidong, you are now the director, why do you still smoke this kind of big front door?"

"Haha, let's call this maintaining the true character of a worker."

Li Weidong laughed twice, looked at one of the security officers and said, "Did you Section Chief Zhang come to work today?" ”

"It's been a long time coming, and now it's time to have a meeting in the factory committee." The security officer lit a cigarette.

The factory committee held a meeting.

Only then did Li Weidong remember that Zhang Aiguo was a member of the factory committee.

Every Tuesday morning, the rolling mill holds a meeting of the mill's committee.

It seems that the reason why Yang Weimin chose to act today is that he has calculated that Zhang Aiguo cannot personally sit in the security department.

But

Even if Zhang Aiguo could not personally command the trucks full of goods leaving the rolling mill, the security officers would not fail to inspect them.

Although this kind of inspection may sometimes be a show, if the security officers find out, the consequences that Yang Weimin needs to face are very serious.

Dozens of boxes of goods, but it's a big business, maybe you have to eat guns.

Yang Weimin will certainly not pin his safety on the negligence of the security officers.

Unless he has some other backhand.

Thinking of this, Li Weidong chuckled in his heart, kept the expression on his face unchanged, and pretended not to care and asked: "Xiao Liu, Section Chief Zhang is not here, who is in charge of the gate post?" ”

"It's Deputy Section Chief Hu." Xiao Liu was chatting with the security officers, and when he heard the question, he blurted out without much thought.

"Deputy Section Chief Hu?" Li Weidong frowned, "There is a deputy section chief in the security department?" ”

He has been dealing with the security section for a while, and he has never heard of Deputy Section Chief Hu.

"That's right, Deputy Section Chief Hu is the deputy section chief of our Security Section." Xiao Liu didn't know Li Weidong's true purpose at all, and thought that he was just out of curiosity, and explained with a smile: "Deputy Section Chief Hu is mainly responsible for archival documents, because he is not in good health on weekdays, he often takes sick leave, and rarely appears in the security department, so you don't know him." ”

Frequent sick leave? Isn't this just eating empty salary! Li Weidong frowned vaguely.

The rolling mill is a state-owned factory, and the wages of workers are uniformly paid from above, and the wages for good work and bad work are the same.

Therefore, some people have started to use their crooked brains and take sick leave all year round on the grounds of illness.

Li Weidong deeply hated the phenomenon of eating empty salaries.

Eating empty wages not only caused economic losses to the rolling mill, but more importantly, affected the atmosphere in the factory.

In the workshop for the construction of the country, the workers were tired and sweaty, sweating like rain, and their bodies were covered with dust.

These people who eat empty salaries lie at home and are at ease.

Workers will inevitably feel unfair when they see this.

In the long run, it will inevitably affect the enthusiasm of workers and lead to low labor efficiency.

This is also the reason why state-owned factories cannot compete with private factories after the spring breeze comes.

It's just that this kind of thing has deep historical roots, and it is not something that Li Weidong, a small workshop director, can solve.

After two sentences, Li Weidong looked at Xiao Liu with a smile: "Then now Deputy Section Chief Hu's illness is cured?" ”

"Ahem, what's good, it's all pretending to be sick!" Xiao Liu didn't take Li Weidong as an outsider, pouted and said: "Deputy Section Chief Hu is also an old guard, he competed with Section Chief Zhang for the position of section chief back then, and he couldn't fight, so he began to 'get sick'." ”

"I saw him this morning, his face was ruddy, and his complexion was better than that of a young man like me, how could he be sick."

After speaking, he seemed to realize something, and hurriedly covered his mouth and sneered: "Cough, look at me, and talk nonsense, if you let Section Chief Hu know, you will definitely have to clean me up!" ”

"It's okay, we're old friends, I'll keep it a secret for you."

Li Weidong smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I have something to do with Section Chief Zhang, don't you mind if I wait here for a while?" ”

Deputy Section Chief Hu suddenly came to work, there may be a ghost behind him, and if he wants to ensure that the goods are not stolen, he feels that he should be here to keep an eye on it personally.

"Don't mind, don't mind. You're a big leader now. Xiao Liu helped Li Weidong move a chair and asked curiously: "Brother Weidong, I heard that there are some people from Gangcheng in our factory, you have been in contact with them, and you must know a lot of things about Gangcheng." ”

At this time, the security officers who were chatting next to them also gathered around, and their eyes were full of curiosity.

"Yes, Director Li, I heard that the port city is very developed, and the old turtle cars on the road are one after another."

"Also, at night, the whole sky of Port City is bright."

"What are those things, I've heard others say that there are no vegetarian dishes in restaurants in Hong Kong City, and all the dishes are meat."

"Director Li, you are familiar with the people of Hong Kong City, do they eat meat every meal?"

In this era, the channels for news to spread are relatively scarce, but the mainland is not completely blocked.

Some people who have access to the city can get newspapers and periodicals in the port city.

In those messages, the port city is a heavenly existence.

High-rise buildings, flashing neon lights, and unlimited meat-eating port city make the masses who don't know the truth feel amazed and yearning.

Li Weidong smiled and said: "I also had such an idea, and I specially asked those people from Hong Kong, and they answered my question in one sentence. ”

Under the gaze of the security officer, Li Weidong stood up and said slowly: "If they were allowed to choose for themselves, they would rather live in the mainland." ”

"Hey, this can't be! The port city in the magazine is a hundred times more advanced than the capital. "The security officers were a little unconvinced.

Li Weidong said with a smile: "That's right, when I heard this answer, my expression was exactly the same as yours. ”

"But after a few long talks with the people in Hong Kong, I understood why they made that choice."

The security officers were in good spirits at this point, and several of them stood up and stared straight at him, waiting for his follow-up.

Li Weidong pondered for a moment, and instead of answering their question, he asked a question: "Have you ever heard of the cage house?" ”

The security officers were all dazed.

"Cage house? I've only heard of cages, and I have a chicken coop at home, which is a cage made of bamboo. ”

"I have it in my house, but it's a little bigger than yours, and my dog lives in it on weekdays."

"That's a cage, Director Li asked about the cage house, the two are different."

(End of chapter)