The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Mother Li spoke to Li Rui earnestly.

Li Ming originally thought that his sister might be a little unhappy, but after seeing her performance, he realized that he still brought some concepts from later generations into this era, which was inappropriate.

"Yes, Mom, I think so too. As for the two watch tickets in our house, just keep them for now and buy them when I need them in the future."

"Yeah, that's right, and it can also save your brother some money."

Father Li also echoed happily.

"Okay, wash your hands quickly, let's get ready to eat!"

Mother Li called out to everyone and asked them to start eating.

"Recently, many people in our street office are anxious to buy food. Director Wang just said today that if you have to, you can go to the pigeon market to exchange some, but you can't be recognized by others."

While eating, Li's mother shared what she saw and heard today with her family.

Father Li also echoed, "Same, the workers around here are also talking about this in groups of two or three, but our steel mill is better. I heard that Director Li from the logistics department got a few pigs from somewhere, and they should be able to improve the food for the workers in the factory recently."

"Ha~, many people are looking forward to it." Father Li let out a long sigh. He ate his meal too fast just now and almost choked.

Li Ming knew even more about this matter. In later life, he was quite curious about this period and specially looked up a lot of information.

I vaguely remember a certain publication recording that "the extreme shortage of grain, oil, vegetables, and non-staple food has seriously endangered the health and lives of the people. In many places, urban and rural residents have developed edema, and the number of people suffering from hepatitis and gynecological diseases is also increasing."

Anyway, it is a difficult period to get through. Li Ming has the breeding space and no shortage of food and vegetables. If you have to say what is lacking, it is probably supplementary food and oil.

However, the problem of oil is easy to solve. Nowadays, every household can make lard, and they usually start doing it during the Chinese New Year. The Li family is no exception.

Li Ming would not be short of pigs, after all, Li Rui also escaped this time with the help of these pigs. There was really no good way to get supplementary food, but he had collected a lot of fruit tree seeds recently and had thrown them into the space a long time ago.

Fortunately, the space is very strong. The seeds Li Ming throws in will germinate and grow. There will be no problem in getting some seasonal fruits occasionally during this period of time.

"When the steel mill allows takeout, the three of us will be able to take out quite a bit, which will be enough to provide a meal for our family."

Father Li took a sip of water and continued to eat, while still talking about things.

"It's better to say that the benefits of the steel mill are good. If there are family members working in the steel mill in our street office, the situation is much better."

Li's mother was very satisfied with her family's situation. They had no shortage of food and meat. There were four people in her family, three of whom worked in the steel rolling mill. If the Li family couldn't survive this disaster, then all the other families in the courtyard would have to endure the consequences.

According to the Statistical Yearbook, in 1960, the average annual salary of employees in state-owned enterprises was only 528 yuan, or 44 yuan per month, which was considered a "high-income" family at the time.

The Li family's current situation can indeed be described as "high income", otherwise they would not have thought of finding a wife for Li Ming before.

Having an extra mouth to feed at home is a problem under normal circumstances, let alone right now.

"Anyway, we just need to follow the crowd when we go out. Don't say anything. Everything is the same as everyone else."

After eating his fill, Li Ming concluded, "Pay special attention to the two chickens in the chicken pen in our front yard. If it doesn't work, lock it! Anyway, we have to be careful of the Jia family in the middle yard."

"I learned this petty theft trick from their family just by watching this great joke."

While Li Ming was talking, he still couldn't forget the Jia family. There was no other way. The Jia family's criminal record was quite serious and he had to be on guard.

Father Li laughed out loud. He never thought his son would never forget the Jia family. "Yes, what our son said makes sense. I saw that little bastard Banggeng go to Shazhu's house to snoop around a few days ago. He even grabbed a handful of peanuts when he came out."

Mother Li rolled her eyes at Old Li and said, "Go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy a lock to lock the chicken coop. Shazhu is stupid. He still doesn't lock his house at this time. We all need to lock the necessary places in our house."

"Okay, I'm full too, so I'll go out and buy a padlock as a snack."

Father Li happily took the clothes and walked out. Anyway, there was nothing to do at home, and his comrade Li was in a very good mood recently!

Chapter 206: The Steel Mill Opens

After a while, Comrade Lao Li came to the door of the old house with the newly bought padlock and started to tidy up the place. With a lot of clanging and clanging, he locked the chicken coop of Lao Li's family.

"Wow! Lao Li, what are you doing?"

The old man next door who came out for a stroll after dinner was very nosy and raised questions when he saw Comrade Li Weiguo locking the chicken coop.

Comrade Li Weiguo slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Uncle, don't you understand this?" Old Li pointed to the lock on the chicken coop.

"Hey, what you said, how could I not recognize the padlock? I was just wondering how you thought of locking the chicken coop?"

Yan Fugui said unhappily.

Comrade Lao Li pointed to the middle courtyard and said, "It's to protect against thieves! If you have anything valuable, put it away."

The third uncle was stunned. Old Li didn't wait for the third uncle Yan Fugui to reply. He said this and went home.

Anyway, the words have been said. Whether you listen or not is your business. The Li family just needs to take good care of these two precious old hens at home.

This hen can live for at least five or six years. The eggs it lays in these five or six years are worth the price of the lock.

Not to mention that eggs are very expensive nowadays. The price on the black market has soared to 1.28 yuan per pound.

Li family.

"I've got everything tidied up over there at the chicken pen."

Li's mother's voice came from the kitchen, "Just clean it up, now we can rest assured."

The peaceful days are like flowing water, and before I know it, another week has passed. Tomorrow is another day off, although there is only one day off a week, but people don't work overtime!

And although today is Saturday, the steel mill has already announced that we will have meat for lunch, delicious big fat meat!

I wonder how many people in the steel mill are looking forward to this day. Although they can't be said to be full, at least they can get some oil. Those who are not well-off or have no brains to stock up on food and bacon in advance, their eyes turn green when they hear the word "meat"!

The Sangu office of the steel rolling mill.

It's just ten o'clock now, and the lazy guys in Sangu are already ready to go. It's worth mentioning that Li Rui also came to the Sangu office today, simply because it's closer to the cafeteria.

And with so many brothers leading the way, no one dares to shake the spoon!

"Brother, why do I feel like their lunch boxes are a size bigger?"

Li Rui stared at the aluminum lunch box in Xu Qiang's hand and asked questioningly, then looked at the lunch box in her own hand. She thought that there would be no problem putting the lunch box in her hand into the lunch box in Xu Qiang's hand.

If Li Rui hadn't said anything, Li Ming wouldn't have noticed. As a result, he looked around and saw that everyone was holding a large lunch box!

"Hey, brothers, when did you change your lunch boxes?"

Li Ming felt that his forehead was full of black lines. Why didn't these lazy people say anything?

"Hey, didn't we tell you?"

"That's not right. I remember Mingzi was there when we were discussing that day!"

"No, the kid went out to the bathroom and we didn't notice him! I forgot about it when I came back."

Xu Qiang touched his head and thought about it, then said something naively.

"Oh, then it's not our fault, haha!" Zhou Tian hugged Li Ming, "We didn't tell you that you weren't here, but Mingzi, you should also prepare a bigger lunch box, so that you can eat more next time you come across this."

Li Ming wouldn't get angry about this, it's not worth it. To be frank, even if Li Ming used this child version of the aluminum lunch box, he could still hold more than them!

There’s nothing we can do, there are people in the cafeteria!

The second canteen of the steel rolling mill.

When the poor people in Sangu were lining up in front of the canteen window for lunch, the lunch bell for the steel rolling mill had just rang.

Ma Hua looked at Li Ming in front of him and Li Rui behind Li Ming. His master was as reliable as ever when it came to eating!

"Full hit!"

"Okay." Ma Hua was happy, took the aluminum lunch box from Li Ming and started to put the vegetables into it. Ma Hua put the spoon deep into the bucket, and then slowly, slowly scooped out a spoonful of the big pot of vegetables from the bottom, and then placed it steadily on the lunch box.

Just this one spoonful was enough to fill up Li Ming's lunch box. Then Ma Hua found some more pieces of meat to add another layer to the lunch box, and then handed the trembling lunch box to Li Ming.

"Hehe, great." Li Ming winked at Ma Hua, then happily held his lunch box and walked towards the place where their Sangu office had their daily gatherings.

Li Rui, who was queuing behind, also called out to Ma Hua sweetly, "Brother Ma Hua, thank you for your hard work!"

So, the scene that had just happened when she was getting lunch for Li Ming was repeated on Li Rui. Li Rui also sat down next to her brother holding a trembling lunch box.

With Li Rui's appetite, she could only eat the top part of such a full box of meat and vegetables, and she would probably have to take the rest home for a snack at night.

Li Ming was also amused when he saw his sister's lunch box, "Ma Hua is a very perceptive guy!"

Not long after, the other salted fish in Sangu came to the dining table with their own large aluminum lunch boxes. The salted fish who had taken advantage of the situation and had smiles on their faces all disappeared when they saw the lunch boxes of the brother and sister.

They exchanged lunch boxes, which obviously exchanged for loneliness.

"I say, you two are going too far!"

Zheng Ping looked at their lunch boxes and spoke his true feelings.

Li Ming shrugged his shoulders. "It can't be helped. My brother and I are good-looking, so the waiter gave us more because he liked us."

Xu Qiang bit his teeth and said, "You two don't seem to have too much!"

"Or are we brothers ugly?"

There was no way to respond to this. They looked at each other and decided to just eat. They didn't know when it started, but when they were getting more food in the second canteen, they never had more than Li Ming. It was very sad!

By the time they finished lunch, there was still more than half of the food left in Li Ming's lunch box, while Li Rui had finished the remaining food. As for the rest, she really couldn't eat any more.

You can't just eat vegetables when you eat! You must eat the staple food steamed buns. Even with this, Li Rui is already full today.

. . . . . .

The Sangu office of the steel rolling mill.

After sending Li Rui back to the office, Li Ming went to Li Huaide's office to drink a few cups of tea water to moisten his stomach, and then returned to the office.

"Hiccup~ Today's meal is really good!"

"Yes, yes, I haven't had any oily food for a month, so today is my first time eating meat!"

Chapter 207: The Proud Ma Hua

"Or maybe it's because the food in our steel mill is good!"

"I heard that other factories around here haven't had any meat since the Chinese New Year! It's already great that we can have a full meal occasionally!"

Xu Qiang took a toothpick and sat behind his desk, picking his teeth and muttering.

"Yes, that's right. I heard that the soda factory has started distributing soda to the workers every month."

Zhou Tian was well-informed and shared with everyone what he knew about other factories.

"That thing can't satisfy your hunger, it's useless!"

"It's definitely not as good as the meat dishes at our steel mill!"

"That's for sure, but did you know that today's meat dish was not made by Sha Zhu?"

"Hey, really? I was wondering why it tastes better than last time!"

Li Ming also became interested and passed out cigarettes to everyone, "Who did that? Do you know?"

"It seems to be a young man who was recently hired as a regular employee of our steel mill. His name seems to be Ma Hua."

Xu Qiang touched his head uncertainly.

Now Li Ming was sure that it was probably Ma Hua who did it, but he was quite surprised that the steel mill did not hand the matter over to He Yuzhu this time.

Although there are chefs who are better than He Yuzhu in the steel mill, the meat dishes are difficult to cook and the portions are large, so most older people can't handle it.

So since last year, anything involving slaughtering pigs has basically been handled by He Yuzhu, but it is quite rare that He Yuzhu was not asked to take over this time.

"Hey, I know about this. A few days ago, Sha Zhu had a quarrel with their canteen director. Later, when their logistics department was having a meeting, the canteen director sued He Yuzhu again."

"It seems that the director of our logistics department also made the decision at that time, saying that since the newly converted MCA is capable, we might as well give the newcomer a try this time. The steel mill cannot be without a fool."

Zhou Tian broke the news on the side, "Although what I said may not be the exact words of our logistics boss, it is definitely close to the truth."

"Not bad, not bad. We just need to teach this idiot Zhu a lesson. Otherwise, he will really think that without him, all the workers in our steel mill will have nothing to do, right?"

Li Ming echoed from the side.

But in my heart, I was thinking that the last time I let He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu register with Li Huaide, this was considered a positive feedback.

Then He Yuzhu would definitely not be the same as in the original plot. At least now in the steel rolling mill, the fact that He Yuzhu has a backer based on his skills is definitely a lie.

The director of the logistics department is putting pressure on him, so the higher-level factory managers must know even less about He Yuzhu. Who knows, He Yuzhu's ultimate backer may have to brag about it in the future!

Thinking of this, Li Ming felt even happier. Nothing could make him happier than seeing the enemy's future destroyed.

If so, it means that your enemies are not unlucky enough!

The second canteen of the steel rolling mill.