The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

It seems that there is no connection between them.

At least, on the surface, they seem to be people who have nothing in common, such as Cui Dake from the foundry workshop of the machine repair factory and Liu Haizhong from the forging workshop of the Red Star Factory.

But there is still a vague connection inside, which is invisible to people but can be clearly felt by the body. This unspoken tacit understanding can be preserved in the dark.

Just like the community and the vegetable market, power station, water station, garbage station, grain store, non-staple food store, and even the supply and marketing cooperative mentioned by Lao Liu, there is no clear hierarchical relationship.

In fact, it is a relationship of equal level at most. They are all leading cadres, and those working in the front are ordinary employees.

In terms of points and lines, they will only have internal or external connections with the departments directly under the superiors. From outsiders' perspective, their horizontal connections with other units are generally not very deep.

This is the view of ordinary people, but in Cui Dake's eyes, those invisible and intangible threads all have traces to follow.

People like him are good at making connections in places that people don't notice, just like a broker or a spider that constantly weaves a web.

Finally, he connected the points and lines into a surface, and that surface was his net, waiting for the prey to come.

As long as one is a human being, he or she has desires. Having desires means that one can communicate and exchange. Perhaps one cannot satisfy the other party for the time being, but once the network is tight and close enough, the more people there are at the middle nodes.

Eventually, there will be a day when you will be satisfied.

Cui Dake defines himself as a spider that works hard to weave a web. He uses the small restaurant in the factory to gather people from the machine repair factory and even some inconspicuous people in the north city.

When Cui Dake was acting as the section chief, he was of course also one of them. The purpose of weaving the network was to hope for this.

According to the idiom, this is called "long sleeves and good at dancing", which means he is good at scheming. He is a man from the countryside and has nothing, so he can only do this kind of thing that is not presentable.

If something goes wrong, it's easy to get yourself involved, just like last time.

But the good thing is, as long as he keeps his mouth shut, he can handle the situation and not involve others.

Once this kind of trust is established, even if one is temporarily down and out, those who are at these points will still be willing to give face to the person.

"Oh~!"

"how do I say this?"

Old Liu has now also learned to pretend to be confused.

Liu Haizhong never thought highly of Cui Dake, who married Qin Huairu. Especially after he learned the whole story from his eldest son, he looked down on this new resident in the courtyard even more.

But Cui Dake's topic still aroused a little interest in Lao Liu. Of course, that was the limit of his interest. After all, there was still some distance between North City and East City.

"The Red Star Community is going to be established in Dongsi. I know all about it. The director of the community is Du Fei. Director Du, how much do you know about it?"

Since he dared to come here alone, Cui Dake must have something up his sleeve. Facing Lao Liu pretending to be confused, he must have thrown out some bait.

After saying this, Cui Dake looked very natural, and was very frank in facing the gazes of the Liu family. "Since you are planning to go, don't you want to know more about your boss's situation?"
Sure enough, Liu Haizhong, who had not yet developed his cunning, immediately trembled when he heard Cui Da mentioned Du Fei's name.

How could he not want to know? He just didn't have the channel. What he knew about Du Fei was just a little bit from Li Feng's few words.

"You guys take care of yourselves, I'll go with this guy...!"

"My last name is Cui, Cui Dake~!"

When Cui Dake heard that Lao Liu had sent his family away, he immediately realized that something was going to happen. He stopped standing and sat on a stool consciously, next to Lao Liu.

At first, he didn't have the capital, but now that he had some information, he had the capital to talk to Liu Haizhong. Cui Dake didn't care that Liu couldn't call out his name. "Speaking of Director Du, I actually had a connection with your steel mill~!"

Seeing that the Liu family had left, Cui Dake did not wait for a price. At this time, he had to show some of his cards to Liu Haizhong.

"Oh?"

Hearing that Du Fei had a connection with his factory, Old Liu became more interested.

"It was quite a while ago. His father was also a worker at your steel mill. In 1960, something happened at the third mill. I wonder if you still remember it?"

Cui Dake placed his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, put his head close to his bangs, and mentioned something old in a low voice.

"In 1960, at the Third Factory, are you talking about the Feigang accident?"

Almost five years have passed, and Lao Liu's impression of the incident is a little fuzzy, but he still roughly remembers the accident. During heat treatment, the hot steel bars broke away from the fast-running rolling mill, and two or three people died.

I can't remember what the specific problem was, but because of that, the original site of the third branch was demolished to build a family quarters, and finally moved outside, and it officially became the third branch of the steel rolling mill.

"I don't know the exact accident, but Director Du Fei's father died in that accident~!"

Cui Dake tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and seemed to glance over and saw an open file bag next to Lao Liu's desk.

As for the file bag, there was no title for the document.

"Then he should also be an employee of our factory. His father died and the son took over?"

Liu Haizhong, who hadn't figured out the reason yet, couldn't help but frown when he heard the details.

He was not afraid that Cui Dake was lying to him. He only needed to go to the factory tomorrow to confirm the news from the early years and see if there was anyone with the surname Du among the dead. That would make it clear.

"Hehe, Director Liu, you may have forgotten the former deputy director of your factory~!"

Hearing that Lao Liu hadn't come to this point yet, Cui Dake gave a fake smile. This information was not easy to come by, and normally he couldn't say it for nothing.

But who can blame him? He is the eldest son of the Liu family and is the section chief in the steel rolling mill. Besides, he will be taking up a position in the community soon, so he will be of some use in the future.

When Liu Haizhong heard Cui Dake mention Li Huaide, he immediately understood something.

If someone dies in an industrial accident, the son can take over, or the position can be given to someone else. It's just a matter of money. There are many different opinions in the factory about how much Li Huaide has embezzled, but it can be roughly seen from the number of people who were laid off.

Feelings, this Du Fei, and this past, the image of the character in my mind has become clearer.

"Anyway, I have no idea what happened in between. He didn't take over the job. Later he went to the street office as a temporary worker. He was only promoted to a regular worker two years ago. Now he is assigned to the community!"

The status of a regular worker was changed to a temporary worker. The corners of Lao Liu's mouth twitched. Li Huaide had been shot, so ordinary people really had no way of knowing about these grudges.

Old Liu was quite satisfied with the news. At least, there was still a relationship between the two. The old man in the factory might even know his father. The person he hated was also brought to justice. Anyway, it had nothing to do with him, Old Liu.

"He's the only one at home now, and he's not married yet, but he's very smart. I heard from people in Dongsi Street that he has some connections in high places. Just know that!"

This time, while Cui Dake was talking, he moved even closer, and when his elbow, which was resting on the table, slid back, he accidentally touched the file bag on the table.

But Liu Hai, who was lost in thought, didn't notice these little movements at all.

"Hua La La~!" (End of this chapter)