The strong fisherman in the courtyard

"Of course. You only need to complete the 20-jin quota, and you don't need to come to the steel mill to work. But if you don't have anything to do, remember to come often. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if there is any notice from the factory."

Xu Qiang continued to instruct Li Ming.

To be honest, this monthly target of 20 kilograms is really nothing, but I am afraid that the weight will increase rapidly in the future, no one can say for sure, right?

If it really comes to that, I guess it will be difficult to stop at the 50 kilograms quota per month. Steel mills have done this before.

Obviously, everyone present was an intelligent person. Even though it was the first time that Li Ming encountered this situation, he knew that the quota at the steel rolling mill could not always be 20 kilograms per month, but it would be nice to be able to enjoy a few months of leisure time.

The other lazy guys also thought so. They could even take advantage of the free months when there were fewer tasks to collect more, which would be useful in case of emergencies.

"Okay, then this is what we discussed in today's meeting. If you guys want to go home, you can leave now."

Xu Qiang said with envy. He envied that they didn't have to work in the office, but he definitely didn't want to take on the job of producing 20 kilograms of food every month or even more in the future.

"Hey, okay, I'll go back then."

"Let's go together. I just saw someone leaving outside. It's a good opportunity for us to leave too."

"That's right. Just bring the food over once at the end of the month."

"Not bad, not bad. Let's go to the Eight Great Hutongs tonight?"

"Go! Go! Go!"

"Let's meet after dinner!"

"And I."

Li Ming looked at his dear colleagues and felt very uncomfortable complaining. Hey guys, why don’t you just live in the Eight Great Hutongs?

"I'm leaving too."

Li Ming said something to Section Chief Xu, then followed the group of lazy guys out, leaving Xu Qiang alone in the office.

"Damn it, I thought I needed one or two people to keep me company, Chao!"

Xu Qiang's face twitched. He looked at the empty office and lit up another cigarette.

. . . . . .

Office of the deputy director of the steel rolling mill.

Li Ming did not leave directly, but rushed to his dear Uncle Li. He planned to ask about the grain procurement. It would be even better if he could get more benefits.

Even if there is no benefit now, it would be good to know more about what is going on here.

Anyway, I don’t have to get up every morning to go to work in the future, so it’s not a bad idea to accompany my sister and dad home from get off work today.

Just think about how in the future he, Li Ming, can bask in the sun in the courtyard for a whole day, or go play with Wang Da and Wang Er, or go to the Jinshui River to fish.

Tsk, my heart suddenly became excited! This is the kind of life that Li Ming wanted to live!

It can only be said that the task that the steel rolling mill assigned to the purchasing department this time really hit the mark for Li Ming.

"Dong dong."

"Come in!"

Li Ming knocked on the door, and Li Huaide's voice came from inside. Li Ming pushed the door open and walked in.

"Oh, busy, Uncle Li!"

Li Ming glanced at Li Huaide who was writing furiously at his desk, then sat down on the sofa and joked.

Li Huaide didn't even raise his head. "If you have nothing to do, boil me a pot of water! I didn't drink much water today!"

Chapter 260 Renovation of the old house is on the agenda

"Tsk, you are the deputy director after all, why don't you get a secretary?"

Li Ming muttered something but still stood up and boiled a kettle of hot water for Li Huaide before returning to his original seat.

"You kid, you're really good at being lazy!"

Li Huaide put down the pen in his hand, stretched his hands together, and flexed his wrists. "I do have a secretary, but he hasn't arrived yet. It will take two days, and then you will see him."

After saying that, he threw a cigarette to Li Ming and said, "Tell me, you are a fool, why do you come to see me today?"

"Well, I just heard from our section chief that the purchasing department has assigned a task, so I thought I'd come to you to ask about it."

"Your section chief couldn't have failed to explain it to you clearly. Are you planning to come to me to see if you can get any benefits?"

Li Huaide glanced at Li Ming and said jokingly.

Although Xu Qiang is a nobody, he can still explain this matter clearly. Li Ming must be here to see if he can get any benefits.

He now has some understanding of this cheap nephew. He will only do things that are beneficial to him, and will simply give up things that are not beneficial to him!

Li Ming was delighted and nodded, "You are wise, haha."

"Apart from what your section chief said, there are quite a few opportunities here. If you can get more food or meat during this period of time, I, your uncle Li, can help you get promoted."

"But he definitely can't work in the purchasing department. After all, your section chief is sitting too firmly on his laurels. He's too lazy to move up at all!"

When Li Ming heard that he had to leave his favorite purchasing department, he immediately shook his head and refused.

"Forget it then. I, your nephew, should just stay honest and work hard for two years. I'm not even 20 yet, and I plan to enjoy this good time!"

What a joke! Only the purchasing department of a steel mill has a comfortable life. If you leave the purchasing department, you will be busy everywhere. He is too lazy to move!

This time, he only gets 20 kilograms of food quota per month. He only wants to take the benefits and doesn't want to take more responsibilities! He is just a 19-year-old baby, not even 20 years old, why is he in such a hurry?

Li Huaide will have to stay in the steel mill for at least ten years. As long as Li Huaide is still in the steel mill, Li Ming will have nothing to worry about!

Li Huaide laughed out loud when he heard what Li Ming said. This kid really has such a temper. However, there is really no better opportunity now.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Ming has joined the steel mill for too short a time. He is not the top leader of the steel mill, and the steel mill is not a place where he, Li Huaide, has the final say. Therefore, it is a bit difficult for Li Ming to climb up this year.

However, since Li Huaide promised Li Ming last year, he will not go back on his word. This year has just begun and there is still a long time to go.

"Okay then, you just stay in Sangu for now. There's still a lot of time. If there's any suitable opportunity, your uncle Li will definitely keep an eye out for you."

Li Huaide smiled and said, "But if you can really get more food and don't want to be famous, come to me and I will buy it from you at the highest price on the black market!"

"If nothing else, at least you can make some money, right?"

"Okay, I'll find you later when I have it."

Li Ming is not short of money now, so he would not dump grain on a large scale to the steel mill just for this little money. If he really does that, he, Li Ming, will have to think about whether Li Huaide can protect himself.

At this stage, it is better for Li Ming to live a peaceful and stable life.

When you have nothing to do, go fishing and bask in the sun. Handing in 20 kilograms of food at the end of the month is better than anything else!

The two chatted for a while. Li Ming filled the two iron kettles in Li Huaide's office with hot water and made him a cup of hot tea before leaving the deputy director's office.

After all, a lot of time has been wasted. He should go to his sister's place. The brother and sister will meet and then wait for get off work to end.

I'll tell everyone about what happened at the steel mill when I get home, and then we'll be done!

. . . . . .

The courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

Time flies, and it is evening. The Li family of four is sitting at the table eating dinner.

"So you don't have to go to the steel mill every day?"

Comrade Lao Li looked at his son with envy and asked.

Li Ming nodded calmly, without dropping a single thing, while eating the dinner made by his mother.

"Brother, this is too good of you."

Li Rui was also envious. Although she could choose not to go, it was not a good idea. So the girl could only go to the steel rolling mill every day to report for work and read books, and then go home after get off work.

Mother Li rolled her eyes at the father and daughter and said, "What are you envious of? Mingzi still has to buy 20 kilograms of food every month."

"Tsk, ask if these 20 kilograms of food will have any effect on your son?"

Father Li looked helpless. His wife just felt sorry for her eldest son. Even if Li Ming went fishing in the Jinshui River, he could not catch more than 20 kilograms of fish in a month!

Li Ming was happy, thinking that his father was right.

"It really doesn't have much of an impact, so I was thinking, didn't we say last year that we were going to clean up the old house? Now that I don't have to report to the steel mill, should I take this opportunity to stay at home and watch us find someone to clean up the old house?"

After hearing this, Li's mother pondered for a while and said, "That's fine. After all, it's not good to leave an old house unoccupied for a long time. It's better to renovate it. It will be convenient for Mingzi to get married in the future."

Comrade Lao Li swallowed the food in his mouth, put down his chopsticks, and lit a cigarette for himself.

"Then let's clean it up. Anyway, we have enough money to clean up the old house now. If we don't have enough food in the future, we don't know when we can clean up the old house."

"We've lived here for quite a few years, so this is a good opportunity to renovate it!"

You see, this is the advantage of having enough money. Why don’t you try it at the home of Mr. Yan next door?

Even if the main beam of the house fell down, it would take Yan Laoxier several days to think before he could make up his mind!

"Okay, then Mingzi, you accompany me to the street office tomorrow, and we'll look for Master Liu from last time!"

Li's mother immediately agreed. The last time Master Liu cleaned up the new house, his skills were quite good. So she decided to ask him to do it again this time.

"Okay, but don't go tomorrow. We have to find a chance to bring the food in our old house here first, otherwise it will be troublesome when the construction starts."

"There's a chicken killer next door to us."

Li Ming stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Yan family. The Li family had stored a lot of grain in the old house. It would definitely be a big trouble if these neighbors knew about it.

Chapter 261 The Four's Plan

"That's right, then you can just clean it up secretly tomorrow."

Father Li glanced in the direction of the Yan family and nodded in agreement.

"Can you do it by yourself? Otherwise, I'll be home with you tomorrow to clean up."

Li Rui blinked her big eyes and tried to help her brother, but Li Ming could see from the cunning eyes of the girl that she was obviously not planning to report to the steel mill tomorrow.

"That's not necessary. I can do it by myself. You'd better go to work honestly."

Li Ming touched his sister's little head with a smile. It would be easy for Li Ming to handle it alone. He could just walk into the house, put the food into the space and come out empty-handed. No one would find out!

If I bring my sister with me, I will have to move in honestly, and I have to hide it, which is not very convenient! The main thing is that there is no cost-effectiveness at all, right?

"Humph."

The little girl snorted and followed her mother to the kitchen to help wash the dishes.

Li Ming didn't care about his sister's thoughts at all, and walked happily to the second bedroom. He finally got a chance to rest, but he didn't plan to look after the children. Besides, cleaning up the old house tomorrow was also a serious matter, wasn't it?

Li Ming had nothing to do, so he lay in bed trying to fall asleep. Otherwise, there was nothing to do, so he might as well go to bed early and get up tomorrow to do serious work.

He is currently free, but Niu Zhuang in the courtyard next door is very busy today.

Wang Da, Wang Er and Ma Hua, all three of them came to Lao Niu's side today. Niu Zhuang was cleaning up the mess they had made.

"These three people are really good eaters! They're enough for two meals of mine!"

While Niu Zhuang was cleaning up, he loudly complained about the behavior of the three people outside. The three people outside heard it but didn't care. They chatted happily and didn't take what Niu Zhuang said to heart at all.

Not to mention one meal for the three of them, even if they had ten meals, the food in Old Niu's house would be more than enough.

Not to mention that the three of them bought some things when they came today. Didn’t you see that Niu Lili’s little face was full of joy? She was now diligently pouring water for the three big brothers.

"We have to go out soon, right?"

Ma Hua asked, looking at the sky.

"Of course, we have to go out early and not stay too late with Lao Niu."

Wang Da nodded and said.

Originally they planned to check out the area first to see how Yan Jiecheng was doing when he got up at night, but they didn't expect that Ma Hua would go directly to them today.

He then remembered that Li Ming had said before that Yan Jiecheng would get up at night around 11 to 12 o'clock, so he might as well go all out and stop watching him. If the four of them could catch this bastard tonight, they would just give him a good beating.

This saves a lot of trouble!

"You guys hurry out in a while, I'll climb over the wall to look for you around 11 o'clock!"

Niu Zhuang's muffled voice came from the kitchen. The three of them couldn't stay at home too late, otherwise they would be unable to withstand inquiries. By then, the Yan family would surely smell the scent and come to their house, causing unnecessary trouble.

Besides, it was just a little chilly at night, and they had already prepared themselves. They had even taken out their winter cotton-padded jackets just in case they had to endure the cold outside at this time of night.