That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 999 Li Ye, I'm sorry I can only let you down (two in one, overslept)
At almost eight o'clock, Yu Xiufen, Peng Rui and others arrived one after another, and there were also some people Li Ye had never seen before.

Yu Xiufen introduced them to Li Ye one by one: "This is Shang Ruilin, this is Diao Wenyao, this is Gu Yuedong. They are all older than you. You can call them brother or by their rank. This is Director Shang, this is Director Diao, and this is Director Gu."

"Hahahaha, Xiufen, you are kidding again, right? Are you happy if I call you Director Yu?"

"That's right, if this kid doesn't call us senior brother, how can we bully him?"

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Shang Ruilin, who was white and plump, and looked like Maitreya Buddha, put his arm around Li Ye and said with a smile: "I have always heard Minying talk about you in the past two years, and today I finally met you. Let's not talk about other things for now, you are really handsome!"

Diao Wenyao also said mischievously: "That's right, I see that our junior brother is more handsome than Tang Guoqiang! I was wondering why Cai Minying is such a high-minded person, why does she always praise him?

Now I finally understand, she thinks we are ugly, so she never compliments us."

"Hahahaha~"

Li Ye did not feel embarrassed when he saw several grown men laughing as if they had successfully played a trick on his "junior brother".

Because if both parties just shake hands in a formal way, exchange unit information, smile and greet each other,
Then they probably don't care much about the relationship between brothers in their hearts. At most, they are just acquaintances. If they can be used, they will be used. If they can't be used, they are just strangers.

This half-joking way of meeting made people feel a little closer. Even Yu Xiufen didn't feel anything and instead laughed along.

People in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s still valued relationships more, unlike what was said in movies decades later that brothers were meant to be betrayed.

However, the joke they just had involved Cai Minying, so Li Ye still had to explain.

"Senior brothers, I am married and have children. You cannot slander my innocence, or Senior Sister Cai will scold me."

"Hahahahaha, look, this is another good kid who is shocked by Minying. Let me tell you! Minying is just a paper tiger, actually."

Everyone laughed again, but Shang Ruilin suddenly stopped talking halfway through his words.

Li Ye listened carefully and heard the sound of Cai Minying's motorcycle.

After a while, Cai Minying came up from downstairs carrying two bottles of wine.

[Is Cai Minying so powerful? Are these departments afraid of her? ]

However, when Li Ye thought about those brothers and sisters who spoiled their younger sister all their lives, he felt relieved.

Cai Minying noticed that the looks on the faces of several people were a little strange, so she asked, "I heard your laughter downstairs, what are you so happy about?"

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No one said anything, Shang Ruilin said wittily: "Li Ye was telling a joke just now, it was so funny"

Cai Minying looked at Li Ye strangely and asked, "You can tell jokes? What joke did you just tell?"

Maybe in Cai Minying's eyes, Li Ye is just a guy who only knows how to argue with people. How could he understand anything humorous or witty?
Everyone looked at Li Ye. Yu Xiufen poked Li Ye's arm and said, "Hurry up, tell Minying again."

This is a confession!
Li Ye grinned, and in a hurry could only tell a joke about Guo Degang.

"In the past few years, our inland areas were not peaceful. There were often car bandits on the road who stopped cars and demanded money. One day, a director was on a business trip with his subordinates and was stopped."

"Lu Ba said that I charged him one hundred dollars less and he would be in trouble. The director whispered to Lu Ba, 'I will give you two hundred dollars and you issue me an invoice for five hundred dollars.'"

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"Hahahahahaha~"

Everyone laughed again, especially Yu Xiufen, who laughed so hard that tears came out.

In this age of low humor, anything Li Ye takes out from his stomach is really funny.

Just when everyone was about to stop laughing, Li Ye pointed at the two bottles of wine in Cai Minying's hand and asked, "Director Cai, have you issued the invoice for these two bottles of wine?"

"Hahahahahaha~, Xiaoying, quickly show him how much your invoice cost, hahahaha~"

Everyone burst into laughter again, because Cai Minying had just been promoted to deputy director, and the joke that Li Ye told just now about the car bandits and road bullies really fits the current Cai Minying.

Cai Minying almost threw the two bottles of wine in her hand on Li Ye's head. When they called yesterday, Li Ye asked her to bring two bottles of good wine. She bought them with good intentions, but he was making fun of her?
At this time, Teacher Lu came out of the door and shouted at Li Ye and others, "What time is it? Are you still talking nonsense? Do you expect me and your teacher to move so many things?"

"Oh, move the things, move the things. Let me do this, you can't carry it."

"Who can't carry it? You want to compete with me in strength with just a small bamboo pole like you?"

"What you said is true. Although the bamboo pole looks thin, it is resilient."

Shang Ruilin, Peng Rui and others quickly started to move things, happily fighting over them, just like junior high school kids who refused to give in to each other.

Li Ye chose to carry a refrigerator on his back, with two ropes to support the bottom. Before others could react, he carried it on his back and went downstairs in one breath.

Shang Ruilin was surprised and said: "This little brother is really good! He looks skinny, but he is really strong."

Teacher Lu smiled and said, "Li Ye just said that he doesn't dare to talk about other things, but if it comes to strength, all of you combined are no match for him."

"Wow, this guy is really boastful. Today I will test how strong he is."

Shang Ruilin was very unconvinced because among his fellow apprentices, he had the thickest arms and the most stable chassis.

Cai Minying was also unconvinced, and narrowed her eyes and said: "His strength may not be that great, the main thing is that he uses the right method."

"Yes, this brother is smart and can use his ingenuity."

Young people today are not as “smart” as those in later generations. When they see heavy work, they will yell “I can’t do it anymore, I’m going to die”. Anyway, they will try their best not to do it.
In the 1980s, no one would admit that they were weak in front of the big guys. Even if they suffered a herniated disc, no one would admit defeat.

But after the fight started, everyone had to admit that the skinny young man Li Ye was really strong and he beat everyone without a doubt.

In the hot summer, Shang Ruilin, Peng Rui and others were already sweating profusely and panting, and they took a break for half a day after moving each load. However, Li Ye was obviously doing more work and moving heavier things, and he kept moving like a perpetual motion machine, without even sweating much.

Yu Xiufen began to laugh at Shang Ruilin and the others: "You all boasted so much, why can't you do it now? Come on! Compete with him!"

Shang Ruilin and others shook their heads slowly, with guilty looks in their eyes.

We all have families, so how come that boy’s waist doesn’t seem weak at all?
Seeing Li Ye moving again, Peng Rui quickly called out, "Li Ye, come over and rest for a while before moving again."

"Oh, okay, not much actually."

Li Ye walked over and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

He seldom smokes now, but facing Peng Rui and others, he can't just wait for others to pass him a cigarette, right?
Among a group of people who have good relationships with each other, age is also an asset. You can sit at the upper seats at banquets and someone will order cigarettes for you.

Of course, when the younger ones encounter difficulties, the older ones should also lend a helping hand, contributing money and manpower.

After lighting the cigarette, he started talking: "Li Ye, I heard that your factory has been doing well recently? Is it a model of reform in the First Ministry of Machine Building?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "It's true that I am a typical example, but I can't say how well I have done. Since the reform experiment began, I have always had conflicts with the main factory. Many people say that I am a troublemaker who has gone astray!" Shang Ruilin said, "Whether the path is wrong or not depends on the final result. I heard that the workers in your first branch are treated very well. Many people are scrambling to get in but can't!"

Li Ye nodded and said: "The main body of value creation is the workers. If you want to stimulate the enthusiasm of workers, you must give them corresponding exchange value.
If a worker works overtime and gets 100 yuan a month, that is exploitation; if a worker works himself to death and gets 500 yuan a month, that is hard work and struggle."

Gu Yuedong asked, "What is the main conflict between you and the general factory? You pay the workers 500 yuan. Is that a hindrance to them?"

Li Ye sighed and said, "This is the problem of changing old ideas, and it is also the biggest obstacle to economic change."

"Li Ye, if we set up a research team to conduct research in a unit like yours, we should be able to gain something, right?"

"I think so! But there are many units like ours across the country. We can't just look at the situation of one company. We need to consider all aspects."

"Of course, that's a good idea"

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Li Ye talked about some of the experiences he had summarized in the past two years, and Shang Ruilin and others listened more and more seriously, and then started a discussion.

State-owned enterprise reform is the top priority of economic reform. People like Shang Ruilin usually study similar issues all day long, but they spend most of their time in the office and have a different perspective on the problem than Li Ye.

Shang Ruilin is aware of the difficulties faced by state-owned enterprises. In theory, they can come up with some very logical solutions, but when these solutions are communicated, there may be the disadvantage of "cutting off the head when there is a headache, and breaking off the feet when there is a pain in the feet".

This is just like the story of "killing treacherous ministers" in history. If you kill the treacherous ministers, will the country get better immediately?

Traitorous ministers should be killed, but how and when to kill them are not something that can be solved by just thinking or wielding a pen.

If we can conduct in-depth research on state-owned enterprises that are undergoing changes, we will be able to more deeply understand the difficulties of the enterprises, and finally supervise and solve certain problems in a targeted manner when formulating policies.

After everyone chatted for a long time, Diao Wenyao suddenly looked at Li Ye and said without thinking: "What a pity."

Yu Xiufen asked, "What a pity? What a pity?"

Diao Wenyao sighed and said, "Master's wife asked me last year to introduce a date to Minying, but I introduced three or four to her but she didn't like any of them. If Li Ye hadn't been married a long time ago, why would Master and I be so worried?"

Shang Ruilin also smiled and said, "Well, what you said is true. If you think about it carefully, Li Ye and Minying are a perfect match in every way. They are both young and have great prospects."

But Yu Xiufen laughed and scolded: "What kind of love match are you making? Li Ye and Minying don't get along at all. They look down on each other and they fight as soon as they meet."

"Who looks down on whom? From what I heard from Minying, she doesn't look down on Li Ye?"

Diao Wenyao looked at Li Ye in surprise: "Do you think highly of Minying? Why?"

Li Ye was speechless. He and Cai Minying had not gotten along since the first time they met. How could they possibly be attracted to each other?

But you want to ask why?
This is really hard to answer.

Seeing Yu Xiufen and the others looking at him with gossip, Li Ye had no choice but to say, "It's not that Minying is not good, it's that my requirements are a bit high.
What she needs is a man like Senior Brother Wang, who will give in to her, pamper her, and tolerate her temper."

"Woo~"

Before Li Ye could finish his words, he heard something approaching him from the air, making a "whooshing" sound.

Li Ye quickly dodged and looked back, and saw a pillow falling from the sky and hitting him directly.

He grabbed the pillow and then saw Cai Minying standing at the window of the corridor on the third floor. She grabbed another pillow in anger and threw it down again.

It turned out that when Li Ye and others were resting downstairs, Cai Minying was also eavesdropping in the stairwell on the third floor. Li Ye's words "Brother's requirements are a bit high" really irritated her.

"Hahahaha~"

Shang Ruilin, Yu Xiufen and others were laughing so hard, all laughing at Li Ye's joke.

But Li Ye became serious.

Because Teacher Lu appeared behind Cai Minying, looking at Li Ye with sharp eyes, and was obviously angry too.

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The truck arranged by Professor Zhang's unit arrived, and everyone loaded their things onto the truck and headed to the new unit together.

Teacher Lu got on Li Ye's Santana: "Let's go, Li Ye, let's go in front."

"Yeah, okay~"

Li Ye thought of the look in Teacher Lu's eyes just now, and thought that she had something to say to him, so he didn't wait for others and the two of them left in a car.

Sure enough, not long after, Teacher Lu said to Li Ye: "Li Ye! Don't make fun of Minying in the future. She can't help being teased."

"Can't help but tease?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then he explained with a smile: "Master's wife, you are right, she really doesn't mind teasing, but teasing is good for deepening the relationship. I really didn't get along with Senior Sister Cai before, but now it's much better than before."

What Li Ye said was the truth. He really wanted to fight with Cai Minying every time they met. But for some reason, the relationship between them gradually eased after fighting for a long time.

Teacher Lu looked at Li Ye coldly and said in a deep voice: "Li Ye, you have a wife and children now, so you should be careful about your behavior."

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Li Ye felt a chill on the back of his neck. When he saw Teacher Lu's eyes in the rearview mirror, he realized something.

In his previous life, an older sister of Li Ye once said something to him, and the look in her eyes at that time was like this.

"If a man is like a fish in water among women, flirting with women all day long, and flirting with women unscrupulously all day long, then there is a 99% chance that he is not a good person."

The atmosphere in the 1980s was much more serious than forty years later. Can a man who jokes with girls all day long be considered a good person in the eyes of people like Teacher Lu?

"I'm sorry, Master's wife. I was wrong. I will pay attention."

In fact, Li Ye has always been very careful. In the workplace, he would deliberately keep a distance from young women like Xiao Zhiyu and Huang Mengjia.

But isn't Cai Minying a senior sister? Can't joke about it anymore?
"Alas, this can't be entirely blamed on you."

Teacher Lu sighed quietly and looked out the window helplessly.

Cai Minying is two years older than Li Ye and is already 27 years old this year. In the 1980s, an unmarried woman of 27 was definitely considered an older leftover woman.

But Cai Minying simply looked down on any man. Only when she talked about Li Ye did she feel a little strange.

Teacher Lu was really worried, because she had experienced the world and knew very well that even the slightest abnormality must be nipped in the bud.

[Li Ye, I'm sorry to have to let you down.]

(End of this chapter)