I Have a Lake as I Walk Through the Courtyard

Chen Liansheng glanced at Lin Feng out of the corner of his eye, noticing his uncertain expression. "You silly kid, I used to worry about you, but now that you're becoming more and more cheerful, I'm relieved. With your Uncle Chen here, who would dare say a bad word about you! Don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to train you! I guarantee you'll learn! As long as you're not slow, you'll be able to handle it in a month or two. Save up this year, get married next year, and have a son the year after!"

A warm feeling welled up in Lin Feng's heart. "Uncle Chen, thank you!" Lin Feng had worked at the purchasing station for two or three years, so he naturally knew the value of a purchasing agent.

"You little rascal! Your dad and I are sworn brothers. You better visit your aunt more often and don't you dare cause any more trouble."

"Understood, Uncle!" Lin Feng took a deep breath. "Uncle Chen, if I had a choice, I would still prefer to be a purchasing agent."

Chen Liansheng slammed his fist on the table angrily. "How can you be so ungrateful? You've been here for two or three years, don't you know the difference? If you want to be a purchasing agent, why should I bother doing favors for you? Is being a purchasing agent easy? Do you even have the connections?"

Lin Feng knew he absolutely couldn't back down at this moment, and he also knew that Chen Liansheng meant well, but with his spatial ability at his disposal, it would be an injustice not to become a purchasing agent.

"Uncle Chen, I know you're doing this for my own good. It must be really tough being a purchasing agent, but I have connections! And there are only 10 people in our station, so the workload isn't heavy. It's no challenge for me at all! If I were in charge of purchasing, the food at our station would definitely be several levels better!"

Chen Liansheng stared at Lin Feng as if he were a monster. "You? What's wrong with a quiet guy like you?"

Lin Feng's eyes darted around. "Last year, I had nothing to do, so I met an old man while fishing by the lake. We got along quite well, and I didn't expect him to have such powerful connections!"

Chen Liansheng gasped after hearing this. There are many old men in Beijing, including many retired cadres. Hearing Lin Feng's words, Chen Liansheng naturally thought of this connection.

"You've got some serious luck, kid! You really can't judge a book by its cover. What does he do?"

Lin Feng shook his head. "He told me not to say!"

Chen Liansheng remained silent for a long time, until he finished his cigarette. "Are you really planning to do purchasing? Not be a buyer?"

Lin Feng nodded affirmatively, and Chen Liansheng sighed helplessly. "Since you've made your choice, I can only support you. However, I can reserve this spot for you for three months! Three months at most. If you find it difficult during this period, you can still come to me!"

"Thank you, Uncle Chen!"

"Alright, spend the next couple of days showing that kid around the kitchen. After the handover, go to the personnel department!"

Back in the kitchen, Lin Feng carefully explained the details of the work to the newcomer. The new guy was quick-witted. The work of feeding 10 people wasn't complicated, and after a few words, there was basically nothing more to teach him.

Two days later, Lin Feng came to the personnel department to complete the handover of his new position. When he received the duties and tasks of the purchasing agent, he was dumbfounded.

"Damn! Weren't they saying that purchasing staff only buy groceries? Why are they doing this? This is way too difficult..."

Lin Feng was speechless. Buying groceries was just a side job for the purchasing agent at the recycling station; their real task was liaising with factories and helping the station meet challenging recycling targets for scrap metal and fabric. In modern terms, this wasn't just purchasing; it was a full-fledged key account specialist! Thinking about the seasoned veterans in the factories, Lin Feng felt a headache coming on, but he'd already made his promise, and it wasn't time to back out!

"It's true that every profession is like a mountain! No wonder that guy Li Siyan can't buy anything every day, and nobody at the station says anything to him! Online articles are a killer, a killer! No wonder such a small purchasing station has two purchasing positions!" Lin Feng was practically in tears.

Seeing Lin Feng standing at the office door, his face a mix of colors, Chen Liansheng almost burst out laughing. "Serves you right for being so cocky! Hurry up and beg me..."

Lin Feng carefully collected all the purchasing agent's documents, took a deep breath, and slowly walked out of the purchasing station. "Back in the day, I was a top salesperson. You think you can stop a time traveler like this? Dream on!"

Chen Liansheng stared thoughtfully at the boy's retreating figure. Could it be that this boy really had connections?

After returning home and having a good meal, Lin Feng sat in his space looking at his 10 custom-made kitchen knives and watching the ducks and geese playing in the lake. He fell into deep thought. In this era, there is no such thing as lying down. Even if you are rich, you still need to have a job. Otherwise, going to the countryside to farm is your only way out.

Lin Feng shook his head to clear his mind of the jumbled thoughts. It wasn't that he was bad at socializing, he just didn't want to! In the world of martial arts, one is often not in control of one's own destiny!

Just as he was pondering something, there was a knock on the door. Lin Feng got dressed and came out of the space. He opened the door and was stunned to see He Daqing. Then he welcomed the father and daughter in.

"Lin Feng, we came here specifically to thank you!" He Daqing placed the large and small bags he was carrying on the table, and personally handed Lin Feng a neatly wrapped paper package made of newspaper.

Lin Feng took it and immediately recognized it as money. "Uncle He, what do you mean by this?"

"Yu Shui told me everything that happened this time. If it weren't for you, my He family would definitely have no descendants! I borrowed a lot of grain from you last time, and I'm going back in a few days, so I won't have time to buy more. This is just a small token of my appreciation!"

Lin Feng curled his lip, inwardly thinking, "If you go back to Hebei, your He family line will probably die out." "Going back so soon?"

"Sigh, you know I'm a cook. Everyone else can easily take time off, but it's hard for people like us to! Even if we have something really important to do, they still need to eat!"

"That's true!" Lin Feng said, looking at He Daqing. "What about Yi Zhonghai?"

"He's not getting out! The death penalty can be avoided; he hasn't run away for 10 years, it's practically the same as being dead! The verdict should be handed down after the Lantern Festival!"

Lin Feng frowned. "You're going back so soon? Aren't you afraid things might change? He's an eighth-grade worker, a treasure of the factory!"

He Daqing scoffed. "So what if he's an eighth-grade worker? His morals are corrupt. Who would dare entrust him with important work? If he's not valuable, do you think the factory leaders would still protect him? Those people are much more pragmatic than us!"

"Uncle He, it's good that you're confident! I'm just worried that Yi Zhonghai's arrival might be bad for the rain and your son!"

"Don't worry, he won't have that chance! The atmosphere in this courtyard will be much better without him, and there won't be so much trouble in the future!"

"That's true!" Lin Feng watched the father and daughter take their leave, and couldn't help but ponder He Daqing. He really was a sensible man! But why was he so impulsive? Wouldn't it have been better to just marry a wife? Why did he have to go all the way to Hebei?