The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Li Huaide took a sip happily before speaking.

"Aren't the two rooms in the west wing opposite Mingzi's new home? Yours are the two rooms in the east wing."

"But I remember that someone was living in the east side room?" Wu Qiangguo asked doubtfully.

Li Huaide nodded. "Yes, there are people living here, but they are leaving today. I heard their son has made a name for himself in Tianjin and is doing well. The old couple is leaving today. The house belongs to our steel mill, so I'm taking it back and writing your name on it."

After Li Huaide finished speaking, he took out the documents from his arms. Wu Qiangguo was a little confused by all these documents. Wasn't it too fast?

However, he was not a person who cared about details. He immediately took the documents from Li Huaide and became happy only after confirming that they were correct.

They have been to Li Ming's new home many times. Although it only has two rooms, the area inside is quite large. The three back rooms they live in now are not as big as these two rooms when added together!

"Okay, Lao Li, you've done a good thing!" Wu Qiangguo patted Li Huaide's shoulder happily, not caring about the frown on Li Huaide's forehead.

It doesn’t matter whether Li Huaide is happy or not. What matters is that Wu Qiangguo has got the benefits now!

"Hurry up and vacate the three back rooms. They are still useful."

"Okay, got it. Really, as a deputy factory director, you are so stingy that you say you won't go. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

Li Huaide's forehead was bulging with veins when he heard this. "I'm not the factory director, so I have the final say!"

"It's okay, Comrade Lao Li, I will definitely support you when you run for factory director!" Wu Qiangguo reached out and poured himself a cup of tea, then leaned back on the sofa and said happily.

"Huh? Why are you so anxious?"

"The steel mill needs to recruit people. Do you think it's urgent?"

"There's not enough food in the factory, so why are we hiring people?" The engineer from Wuhan University didn't understand all these beating around the bush. When he encountered something he didn't understand, he would just ask directly, which was his style.

Li Huaide looked at Wu Qiangguo with disdain, "You can only be a technician!"

"I am a better engineer than a technician!"

"It's mainly about recruitment and procurement, do you understand?" Li Huaide sighed as he looked at the idiot in front of him.

Wu Qiangguo was stunned for a moment, then nodded. He didn't know whether he understood or not, but he just nodded.

"There is a shortage of food now, so the recent recruitment is definitely for purchasing, and we will start with temporary workers. Do you understand?"

Wu Qiangguo continued to nod.

Li Huaide looked at him helplessly. He shouldn't have said these things to this idiot. Damn it, he didn't understand what I said. It was a waste of words!

"Anyway, you just need to pack up quickly when you get back and vacate the place as soon as possible. Can you handle the work at the Street Office?"

"Nonsense, what's the problem with going to the street office?" Wu Qiangguo said arrogantly.

"Then I'll leave first, I still have things to do." Li Huaide said with a smile. He did have things to do, he had to go out for a meal, have a drink or something. The person in charge of logistics has connections inside and outside, and he has to move around frequently, only then can his position as deputy factory director be secure!

Chapter 383 Stealing a house!

Wu Qiangguo followed behind and walked out, "I have nothing to do this afternoon, I will leave after lunch, it will be fine if I finish it early."

"There's a lot of room for reverse-facing houses. I'm really fed up with living here." Wu Qiangguo looked dissatisfied.

"Okay, let's contact each other if there is anything!"

. . . . . .

in the afternoon.

Li Ming was lying in a rocking chair in the yard when he saw Wu Qiangguo and his mother walking in from outside, talking and laughing.

"Mom? Uncle Wu?"

The two men turned around and looked over when they heard Li Ming's voice.

"Why are you back?" Li Ming raised his wrist and looked at his watch. "It's only four o'clock. It's not time to get off work yet, right?"

Wu Qiangguo patted Li Ming's shoulder cheerfully and said, "Uncle Wu, I've moved to a new house. You guys live across the street. Why don't you go to the street office and ask your mom to help you get the key?"

"Huh? My neighbor next door is gone? And he's going to be replaced by Uncle Wu?" Li Ming was stunned. He clearly saw the old man next door yesterday.

"Your neighbor across the street left for Tianjin, and now it's my turn. I'm so bored living in the house behind it, haha!" Wu Qiangguo laughed.

This is a good thing. How can the back house compare to the real house in the yard? It is even more uncomfortable in winter!

"It's a good thing that you're here. Your uncle Wu and his family are moving today, so you can help them pack up. I'll go make dinner, and we'll have dinner together at home then." Mother Li smiled and began to assign tasks to Li Ming. He was free anyway.

Going to the steel mill twice a month is no different from going there once a month before, right?

"Okay, I'll help." Li Ming agreed very straightforwardly. He didn't have anything to do anyway, and Wu Qiangguo's family was their neighbor in the courtyard who had a good relationship with them, so it was a simple matter of helping them.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, sister-in-law." Wu Qiangguo didn't say too much. If they moved today, having dinner in the evening would indeed be a problem.

Besides, Li Huaide also said that the steel mill was in a hurry to get the house, so it would save him a lot of trouble if he finished it sooner.

"Okay, you two clean up, I'll go make dinner." Li's mother threw the key to Li Ming, turned around and went back to her house to start busying herself.

"Then let's get started, Uncle Wu!" Li Ming shook the key to open the door opposite, and Wu Qiangguo followed him in happily.

No matter what, we have to clean these two rooms first. Even though the original tenants just left today, they still have to be cleaned up.

The two of them finished cleaning until after five o'clock, and finally the east ear room was completely clean. It wasn't actually dirty, but since it was a new home, they had to be careful.

The two people each found a small stool in the house and made one. This stool was also left by the previous owner, but it looked quite old.

"Uncle Wu, have you told my aunt and the others?" Li Ming asked with a cigarette in his mouth.

"I've told you, don't worry. How can I not tell you about such a big thing?" Wu Qiangguo was so tired that his eyelids rolled. At first, he planned to give his family a surprise, but then he thought about his position in the family and was tactful enough to tell them in advance.

Li Ming looked at Wu Qiangguo, who looked like he wanted to lie on the ground, and laughed, "Uncle Wu, your body is not in good shape! You still need to practice!"

"Go to hell, I didn't have enough for lunch! Besides, your uncle Wu also practices Tai Chi every day."

"You should practice health preservation. You are exhausted after just sweeping once. I wonder how you will carry the furniture when we move later."

"Hey, kid, you're still here, right?" Wu Qiangguo laughed.

Well, Li Ming finally figured it out. Wu Qiangguo had planned this long ago.

"Lao Wu! Come out to eat!"

Liu Lanfang's voice came from outside. After hearing it, the two people walked out slowly.

"You came back so early without even asking to help? Mingzi and I are so tired!" Wu Qiangguo muttered with dissatisfaction.

Liu Lanfang twisted Wu Qiangguo's ear and said, "You asked your sister-in-law to cook for us. I have to help her when I come back!"

"Hey, hey, stop twisting, stop twisting. Please give me some face out there!" Wu Qiangguo howled with his head tilted.

Li Ming shook his head cheerfully and looked at Wu Xuanxuan, "Sister Xuanxuan, let's go back and eat!"

"Okay." Wu Xuanxuan covered her mouth and laughed secretly as she watched her mother beating up her father.

"Let go quickly, the children are watching us." Wu Qiangguo looked embarrassed.

Liu Lanfang finally let him go, her ears twisted red, "You know I'm watching, why are you still being stubborn?"

After saying this, he didn't wait for Wu Qiangguo and walked towards the Li family opposite.

It was not until after six o'clock in the evening that the two families' dinner was officially over.

"Old Li, thank you for bothering you again. Wait until we have cleaned up the house opposite and prepared a meal. You can come with us then!" Wu Qiangguo said rather embarrassedly.

The main reason was that he felt that her family had been coming to the Li family for meals more often recently. Although the last time was for Li Ming's celebration and this time was because something happened in their family, these days, ordinary neighbors would not help with this.

Comrade Li Weiguo crossed his legs, the chemical slippers hanging on his toes shaking constantly, "Okay, just be ready when the time comes. My son and I will have to work hard for your family later!"

Comrade Lao Wu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter whether you work hard or not. Just ask your son to work harder. After all, he is very strong."

Li Ming paused, turned to look at Wu Xuanxuan, "Sister Xuanxuan, I can't be a laborer for nothing, I have to at least get some soda and two packs of good cigarettes, right?"

You're thinking about me? I'm going to steal the house!

Wu Xuanxuan was stunned for a moment, then she smiled and looked at Li Ming, saying softly, "Okay, I'll buy it for you later."

After hearing this, the smile on Wu Qiangguo's face disappeared and he seemed a little constipated.

Li Ming continued to attack, "Sister Xuanxuan, you can't pay for it, you have to let Uncle Wu pay for it!"

Comrade Liu Lanfang nodded in agreement, "That's right, Lao Wu, pay up!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Xuanxuan stretched out her little hand towards her father.

The constipation on Wu Qiangguo's face became more and more intense. "Okay, I'll pay."

The engineer from Wuhan University reluctantly took out a big black ten from his own piggy bank and said, "Girl, don't buy too good a piece. Leave some for your father. This is mine..."

"Xuanxuan and Mingzi will go buy it, and the rest will be Xuanxuan's pocket money!"

Following the decision made by the head of the family, Wu Qiangguo's face was filled with a look of despair.

Although Comrade Li Weiguo wanted to laugh, he remembered that he also had his own secret fund, so he had to suppress his laughter, and his shoulders trembled from holding it in.

Chapter 384 Li Rui changes department

"Is the Wu family moving?" Yan Fugui wondered as he watched the three members of the Wu family and the two laborers of the Li family moving things back and forth between the outer yard and the front yard.

Aunt Yan also squatted on the side, her eyes roaming back and forth. "Weren't the couple Guo and his wife the couple living opposite the Li family before? How come the house is empty today?"

"The Guo couple left and went to Tianjin. Now Wu Qiangguo and his family are here."

"Hey, why did you change it directly? Shouldn't it be empty?"

"He's a senior engineer at the steel mill! Do you think he can be replaced?"

"That's true. It's really cold in the winter and humid in the summer over there."

"Of course, who wants to live in the back house?"

Yan Jiecheng listened to the discussion of the aunts and uncles around him, and a trace of discomfort flashed across his yellow face. He was not happy to live here either! But there was nothing he could do. He had to enjoy this back house that was cold in winter and damp in summer.

If the back house could be cleaned up and renovated, it could be habitable, but it was obvious that Yan Fugui was not the kind of person who would spend money.

If Yan Jiecheng planned to renovate his house, he would have to save up a little more money after paying it to Yan Fugui for living expenses, and it would take him a year or two. If he was lucky, he would be able to complete the renovation.

The Wu family's move did not alarm the residents in the middle and back yards, mainly because it had no impact on them. There were only a group of people in the front yard watching the fun.

But you want them to come and help? Oh, that's impossible, absolutely impossible!

Li Ming worked until after eight o'clock in the evening. He completed the task only when he carried the last two chairs to the opposite door. Even though he was in good physical condition, he was more or less tired. The main reason was that the work was too scattered and it was troublesome to clean up. Fortunately, he finished it.

Wu Qiangguo handed Li Weiguo and Li Ming a cigarette each, "Thank you for your hard work today. Come to my house tomorrow and we'll have a good meal together!"

"Okay, I'll make it back tomorrow!" Li Ming was fine at the moment, unlike his father, who was extremely tired and just needed to find a place to rest.

"You must be served with good food and drink tomorrow!" Father Li replied in a hoarse voice.

"Haha, ok, no problem!"

. . . . . .

The next day.

Li Huaide’s office at the steel rolling mill.

Li Ming suddenly thought of this matter early this morning, so he came to the steel rolling mill. It was not a big problem, but he still needed to go through the back door to smooth things over.

Transferring his sister to the Propaganda Department as soon as possible would save him a lot of worries. At least there are Liu Lanfang and Wu Xuanxuan there to take care of this little foodie.

Before, when Li Ming spent every day at the steel mill, there was no need to worry. But now that he no longer spends every day at the steel mill, he still has to entrust the little girl to his care.

He definitely couldn't go to the welding workshop, and he had never seen any girls in the purchasing department, so he could only go to the publicity department. He believed that his cheap uncle would not refuse, but would be very happy.

After all, isn't this how relationships are established?

"Why are you here today? I remember there is no meeting in our factory today?" Li Huaide asked Li Ming with a smile and threw a box of cigarettes over to him.

Oh, Daqianmen, not bad, not bad, I saved money again! Li Ming happily took the cigarette, opened the package and took out one, then put the rest in his pocket.

"Hey, I'm here to ask you something."

The main point is honesty!

Li Huaide rolled his eyes. "I knew you wouldn't come here for no reason! Hurry up!"

"About your niece."

"What happened to my niece?" Li Huaide asked with concern.

Then Li Ming told Li Huaide about Li Rui's situation. They all came out to work and there wasn't so much to do, but the same old saying applies: if you don't use your rights, they will expire!