Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 1005 The Little Secret of the Stick!
When Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming's question and saw Jia Dongming's ambiguous smile, he smiled and introduced, "Captain Jia! To tell you the truth, thirty color TVs were originally enough for me to maintain my relationships. But that kid Jiang Kun came to me yesterday to complain about the quota. I couldn't help myself and gave him five."

Upon hearing the news from Li Huaide, Jia Dongming's face immediately showed a puzzled expression. He asked Li Huaide curiously, "Director Li! The Commerce Bureau purchased a total of fifty color television sets this time. Even after disregarding the quotas allocated to several deputy directors and middle-level cadres, Director Jiang still has at least half of the quota left. Why would he go to you to complain?"

When Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming's question, he thought of what Jiang Kun had done and smiled as he explained to Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! You don't know this, but according to the agreement between Xiao Kun and the leaders of the General Administration of Commerce, ten of these fifty color television sets belonged to the General Administration, and the remaining quotas were to be allocated by Xiao Kun and his team."

"After Xiao Kun learned yesterday that the goods had arrived at Jingu Port, he immediately convened a meeting and allocated the remaining forty units. Then, someone leaked the news that the Commerce Bureau had purchased fifty imported color televisions. Yesterday afternoon, Xiao Kun received one phone call after another asking for more quotas."

"Xiao Kun originally had more than twenty quotas, but those phone calls yesterday afternoon took away thirteen quotas from him. After giving away thirteen, Xiao Kun still had enough quotas left. But then the General Administration made a phone call and forcibly took away ten more quotas from Xiao Kun, which completely stunned him."

"The fact that the General Administration took away ten more quotas at once already made Xiao Kun feel depressed and speechless. Then yesterday, after he got home, his wife and son also asked him for quotas, which made him so angry that he didn't even eat. He came to my house to complain. I saw that he was really pitiful, so I agreed to allocate five to him."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's explanation, Jia Dongming's face lit up with a look of sudden realization. He smiled and said to Li Huaide, "Director Li! Before the color television set has even arrived in Beijing, Director Jiang has already distributed most of his quota. Now he has very few quotas left. I estimate that he's going to have a tough time in the next few days."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's answer, Li Huaide agreed, saying, "Who says otherwise? If it were me, when I received the call yesterday, I would have made an excuse to postpone it first, and then selected my closest friends from among those who called. But this guy, he agreed to every request someone made when they called him, and ended up putting himself in a corner. I think he brought it on himself."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's reply and seeing the expression on Li Huaide's face, Jia Dongming vaguely guessed Li Huaide's intention in bringing this up. He then smiled and changed the subject, saying to Li Huaide, "Director Li! I'll take you to see some televisions, and you can pick one to take back later."

When Li Huaide saw that Jia Dongming was deliberately changing the subject, he immediately realized that Jia Dongming had seen through his little scheme. He then said, "Captain Jia! In addition to taking a color TV back, I also want to take a refrigerator and a washing machine back. I will take them away as soon as the factory's truck arrives."

Banggeng drove the jeep and quickly returned to the entrance of the courtyard house. Considering that there was a door god named Yan Bugui in the courtyard house, Banggeng did not immediately take out the color TV from the back seat of the jeep after getting out of the car. Instead, he locked the car door and walked quickly into the courtyard house.

"Bang Geng! It's not time to get off work yet, why are you back so early today?" As soon as Bang Geng entered the courtyard, the doorman Yan Bugui saw him return and asked him with a curious look.

Upon hearing Yan Bugui's question, Banggeng secretly felt pleased with himself for his foresight and replied, "Teacher Yan! My uncle asked me to come back and get something for him, so I won't talk to you anymore." "Brother! You're back? Have the color TV and VCR that Uncle mentioned arrived in Beijing?" As soon as Banggeng entered the courtyard, Xiao Dang, who was hanging clothes to dry in the yard, immediately went up to him and asked.

When Banggeng heard Xiaodang's question, he nodded subconsciously and whispered to Xiaodang, "Xiaodang! I've already brought the color TV and videotape back. I was worried that Yan Laokou would see them, so I didn't bring them back directly. Go and call Xiaohua out too. Let's go out through the back door together and bring the color TV and videotape back."

Upon hearing Banggeng's reply, Xiaodang immediately nodded and said happily to Banggeng, "Brother! Huaihua is inside. Wait for me a moment, I'll go and call her out."

Upon hearing Xiao Dang's reply, Bang Geng quickly walked to the back door, reached out to unlock the bolt, and headed out of the alley.

With the help of Xiao Dang and Huaihua, Banggeng moved the television, VCR, and videotapes into Jia Dongming's study. Looking at the boxes in front of them, Xiao Dang and Huaihua asked Banggeng happily, "Brother! Did Uncle say where to put the color television and VCR?"

When Banggeng heard Xiaodang's question, he remembered Jia Dongming's instructions and subconsciously shook his head, replying, "Xiaodang! I still need to go and move the washing machine. As for where to put the color TV and VCR, Uncle said we'll arrange it when he gets back."

Around 4 p.m., Jia Dongming and the other staff on duty arranged by Li Aijun arrived at the courtyard house. Then, together with Bang Geng, they left the courtyard house in a jeep.

On the way back to Tongluoguxiang, Jia Dongming learned that Banggeng had moved the color television through the back door of his house. He showed an approving expression and praised Banggeng with a smile: "Banggeng! Although we can't keep the news of our family owning a color television a secret for long, we should still keep a low profile. So you did the right thing."

Jia Dongming's praise undoubtedly made Banggeng very happy. He replied with a smile, "Uncle! I'm not worried about the others in our courtyard. My only concern is the Yan family. They are the typical sour grapes."

When Jia Dongming heard Banggeng mention the Yan family, he thought of Yan Bugui's character and instructed Banggeng, "Banggeng! We should move this washing machine home through the back door later, so that Yan Bugui doesn't see it and spread rumors in the alley tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)