Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Steel rolling mill.

When Liu Haizhong arrived at the steel rolling mill, he found his eldest apprentice, Lan Xiang.

Lan Xiang pulled Liu Haizhong to a secluded corner, took out two small yellow croakers from his pocket, handed them to Liu Haizhong, and said with a somewhat solemn expression:

"Master, when you go to deliver gifts, you must do so when no one is around, and you must not let anyone see you."

Liu Haizhong took the two small yellow croakers, patted Lanxiang on the shoulder, and laughed excitedly.

"Haha, Lanxiang, don't worry. Don't you trust your master to handle things?"

Lan Xiang almost rolled his eyes. Didn't he know what kind of person his master was? He was always thinking about becoming an official, but he wasn't cut out to be one. If his master hadn't been so good to his disciples, he wouldn't have bothered with him at all.

"Master, let's go to the workshop first. It's just the start of the workday, so Factory Manager Li will probably be quite busy. You can go find him later."

"become."

Liu Haizhong went to the forging workshop and swung the sledgehammer for half an hour, but he was really distracted. In that half hour, he broke three workpieces.

Seeing this, Lan Xiang frowned and said, "Master, it's almost time. You should go find Director Li quickly. If you continue like this, you'll get your wages docked today."

"Haha, okay, just wait for Master, Master will be the leader soon."

Liu Haizhong laughed loudly, threw down the sledgehammer in his hand, wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and excitedly walked out of the forging workshop.

Arriving at the factory director's office, Liu Haizhong, filled with excitement, knocked on the door.

"Knock knock knock".

"Please come in."

Liu Haizhong walked into the office. Li Huaide looked at Liu Haizhong with surprise and asked with some confusion, "Comrade, who are you?"

Liu Haizhong wiped the sweat from his palms. Seeing that only Li Huaide was in the office, he stammered excitedly:

"Hello, Director Li. Um, I'm Liu Haizhong, a level seven forger in the forging workshop."

"Oh?"

Li Huaide looked at Liu Haizhong with confusion and asked, "Master Liu, is there something you need?"

Without further hesitation, Liu Haizhong took out two small yellow croakers from his pocket and placed them on Li Huaide's desk.

Upon seeing the small yellow croaker, Li Huaide was immediately overjoyed. He remained composed, feigning surprise, and asked:

"Master Liu, what's going on?"

"Director Li... I... I want to be a leader," Liu Haizhong said stammeringly, getting straight to the point.

Li Huaide carefully examined Liu Haizhong, then calmly put the two small yellow croakers into the drawer, and then burst into laughter.

"Haha, Master Liu, as a level seven forger and a veteran in the factory, it's good that you have this ambition. Why are you stuttering when you speak?"

Li Huaide laughed heartily and said, "Master Liu, which workshop are you from? Let me see if I can arrange a suitable position for you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Director Li... I... I'm from the forging workshop."

Upon hearing that it was from the forging workshop, Li Huaide nodded and said seriously:

"I remember your workshop director, I think it's Zhu Dasheng. How about this, you start as the acting team leader. If you do a good job, I'll make you a full-time director, and if there's an opportunity later, I'll promote you to workshop director."

At this point, Li Huaide added, "Master Liu, your acting team leader salary is the same as your regular salary. You'll only get the team leader's allowance after you're officially hired. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "I know, I know, thank you, Director Li."

Li Huaide smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, then you go back to the workshop first. I'll tell Zhu Dasheng later."

"Eh."

After Liu Haizhong left, Li Huaide dialed the phone number of the forging workshop.

"Hello, is this Zhu Dasheng? This is Li Huaide. I'd like to ask if there's a level seven forging worker in your workshop named Liu Haizhong?"

"Yes, yes, what do you think of him? Is he suitable to be a team leader? What? You're saying he's a good-for-nothing? Okay, here's what we'll do: let him be the acting team leader first. If he doesn't do a good job, then remove him."

After hanging up the phone, Li Huaide's face darkened, and he muttered to himself, "I gave you a chance. If you don't live up to it, don't blame me."

After leaving the factory director's office, Liu Haizhong was so excited that he stomped his feet.

As soon as I returned to the forging workshop, the workshop director, Zhu Dasheng, came looking for me.

"Liu Haizhong, starting today, you are the acting leader of Group Three. Do a good job. If you do well, you'll be promoted to a permanent position. If you don't, don't blame me, understand? Also, during your time as acting leader, you still need to continue doing the work you're supposed to do."

Liu Haizhong nodded hurriedly, patting his chest loudly.

"No problem, I will definitely do my best. Thank you, Director Zhu."

Liu Haizhong returned to his workstation, and Lan Xiang and a group of Liu Haizhong's apprentices came over. Lan Xiang hurriedly asked:

"Master, how is it?"

Liu Haizhong glared at Lan Xiang, his tone full of authority.

"From now on, during work hours, call me Team Leader Liu. And you all, during work hours, don't call me Master, use my title, understand?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Master... Team Leader Liu, congratulations Team Leader Liu, you've finally become a leader."

"Yes, Master, oh no, Team Leader Liu, from now on we apprentices will have a leader and master."

"Haha, don't worry, your master is a leader now, he will definitely not forget you disciples." Liu Haizhong laughed triumphantly.

"Yes, yes, from now on, we fellow apprentices will all rely on Team Leader Liu for guidance."

Hearing his apprentices' compliments, Liu Haizhong was in high spirits. His dream of becoming an official, which he had cherished for so many years, had finally come true today. He would definitely eat a lot of eggs to celebrate when he got back.

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at the same time.

Courtyard 95.

The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

After Wang Feng and Qin Jingru finished breakfast, Qin Jingru swept the snow off the ground in front of the door, fed the chickens, and drank tea with Wang Feng for a while. When she saw that it was almost time, she pushed her bicycle and went out.

Not long after Qin Jingru left, Wang Feng closed the door and entered the space.

He took out a pound of the third-generation life-giving water and drank it.

Soon, he felt a warm current flow into his body, and his strength increased considerably.

Over the past few days, he has been drinking a pound of third-generation life-giving water every day. His strength has now reached 2800 pounds, and his spiritual awareness has reached 50 meters.

I can feel my physical condition and strength improving every day, and that feeling is really great.

In two days, his strength will reach 3 jin and his spiritual sense will reach 60 meters. However, this will render the third-generation Water of Life ineffective against his body.

It will be difficult to obtain a large amount of jadeite in the short term. Without a large amount of jadeite, the Water of Life cannot be upgraded, and his physique and strength will no longer increase.

He had considered it before, thinking of taking a trip to Myanmar, but Myanmar is too far from Beijing, nearly 4,000 kilometers away as the crow flies, making it inconvenient to go there now. It seems he can only think of other solutions.