The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Qin Huairu paused. He didn't expect the situation to be like this.

"Do you have anything else to do? If not, please leave now. Our subdistrict office still has a lot of work to do today."

Just when the two were feeling awkward with each other, Li's mother came out of Director Wang's office and was seen by Qin Huairu, who quickly called out to her.

"Sister Wu, it's me, Huairu!"

The voice was somewhat harsh in the street office. Li's mother was stunned, thinking it was someone she knew, but it turned out to be Qin Huairu.

"Oh, Jia's daughter-in-law! What's the matter?"

When Li's mother called the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, everyone else in the office remembered her. They had been wondering who could catch the Jia family buying winter vegetables and share some "good vegetables" with them, but unexpectedly no one happened.

Now that they met in the office, everyone in the office turned their heads to look in Qin Huairu's direction, trying to see who this Jia family member was that could make the director of the street office ask to trip them up.

"This, this is no big deal." Qin Huairu said as he quickly broke free from the aunt's hands and walked in front of Li's mother.

Unexpectedly, Li's mother didn't respond to this question at all. "If you have nothing to do, go back. Our street office is very busy today."

This same expression reminded her of the scene when she met Li Ming this morning, and she quickly said, "No, I just came to our street office to ask, when will the next batch of winter vegetables arrive?"

"Sister Wu, you know that we didn't buy any in the first batch."

"I just wanted to come to our street office to inquire about the situation."

Li's mother looked thoughtful. "There is no notification yet. Wait. When our street office has the news, we will notify you."

"Don't worry, our street office will come down to notify you."

"Comrade, you should go back quickly. We still have a meeting at the subdistrict office."

"That's right, that's right."

Director Wang also came out of the office very cooperatively, "Don't just stand there, let's have a meeting." Then he turned his head and looked at Qin Huairu, "Comrade?"

"We have to have a meeting here, what do you think?"

Qin Huairu had no choice but to accept the rejection. Of course, it is also possible that the street office really needed to hold a morning meeting. Although a result was obtained, it was somewhat unsatisfactory.

"Okay, okay, I'll leave first. Sorry to trouble you."

Qin Huairu left after she finished speaking, leaving behind a group of aunts and uncles who were eager to make a move in the room.

When Qin Huairu came out of the courtyard of the subdistrict office, the group of people surrounded him, including Director Wang. How could they look like they were going to have a meeting?

There’s nothing wrong with holding a gossip conference!

"Sister Wu, this is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family in your courtyard, her name is Qin Huairu?"

"Jia Dongxu's wife?"

"It looks like the wife that Jia Dongxu married is pretty good-looking!"

"Aunt Li, you've strayed off topic again!"

"Oh, sorry, let's continue."

Seeing this, Li's mother could only helplessly satisfy the curiosity of everyone in the street office one by one. By the time everyone was satisfied, it was time for lunch.

The street office's happy working day is only half over. To be honest, there is not much happening in the street office usually. If there really is something, Director Wang would have notified it long ago and would not have joined everyone in watching the show.

Chapter 92: Being let go

In the evening, Dong Lai Shun.

Li Ming was quite bored and was waiting in front of a seat for his blind date to arrive. Today, Li Huaide told him that the meeting time was 6 o'clock in the evening. Comrade Li Ming has been waiting until :, and no one has come yet. He has already made up his mind that if the bastard doesn't come by o'clock, then he, Li Ming, will just pat his butt and leave.

If Li Huaide hadn't grumbled for a long time, Li Ming would not have been willing to come. Now, he is almost running towards being stood up.

Time was approaching seven o'clock little by little. Li Ming saw that the hand on his watch pointed to seven o'clock, so he immediately stood up from his seat and walked out.

"Mmm, why did you come so early? You might as well order food right after you got here. Damn!"

"I have to buy some food on the way." Li Ming muttered as he walked, his words full of resentment, resentment directed at Li Huaide.

This thing you introduced is so unreliable! She's not even as good as Old Zhang's granddaughter. I knew it's not that easy to get a rich woman these days! What kind of daughter is so blind to find someone who is not a good match!

Although I don't have any intention of hooking up with a rich woman, it's wrong for you to stand her up.

"I hope the wind will blow through your house when it blows. This is my best blessing to your family."

The courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

"I'm back!"

Li Ming pushed the door open and entered the house, enjoying the warm air at home. Most of the resentment in his heart dissipated, and the remaining small part would dissipate when he met Li Huaide tomorrow. Well, that's easy to say.

"You're back! Have you eaten?" Li's mother looked at her older son, then walked over to him and smelled it to see if there was any smell of alcohol. Only then did she let Comrade Li go.

"Eat, eat."

"Don't worry, I didn't drink!"

Li Ming hung his coat aside, stretched out his paws and started warming the stove. It was already very cold in the old city in November. No matter how strong your physique is, you will still feel the cold and heat. It was quite nice to warm up by the fire when you just got home.

Li Rui, the family's little loudspeaker, saw her brother coming back, and hurried to him to share with Li Ming what Qin Huairu did at the street office today.

"Tsk, don't bother with the Jia family, they are all mentally ill!"

"By the way, where is our dad?" Li Ming looked around and did not see his father, so he asked.

"I went to buy some wine."

Li Rui replied casually.

"Hold on, I'm going back to my room." Li Ming waved his hand and walked towards the second bedroom. He was stood up today and was left alone for more than an hour. It would be better to go to bed early so that he could use this matter to ask Li Huaide for some benefits tomorrow.

Middle courtyard, Jia's house.

"Wait for notification?" Jia Dongxu returned home and finished his meal when he remembered that Qin Huairu had gone to the subdistrict office today. Unexpectedly, he heard the answer "wait for notification" from Qin Huairu.

There aren't many vegetables left in the Jia family now. At most, they only have enough to eat for a week. The food in their house can last for a while, but it's not a big deal to eat only dry food without vegetables!

If you eat this for a long time, won’t you get a sore throat and dry skin?

"Yes, Director Wang from the Street Office said it himself today." Qin Huairu retorted to Jia Dongxu while cleaning up the mess on the table.

Even Jia Zhang, who usually cursed, seemed unusually silent tonight. After all, it was about her food supply.

"Why don't we go talk to Yi Zhonghai about it?" As usual, Jia Zhangshi had her plan on Yi Zhonghai's head. Although she could see that Yi Zhonghai was training Jia Dongxu with the intention of having him take care of him in his old age, she did not refuse.

The Jia family didn't have a capable man, so it was not impossible to agree to Yi Zhonghai first. Now that the Jia family was in trouble, they naturally had to go to Yi Zhonghai, otherwise, if everyone starved to death, how could they provide for his retirement?

However, Jia Dongxu did not react. He still thought that Yi Zhonghai accepted him as his apprentice and took good care of him because of his dead father. He could not bring himself to go to Yi Zhonghai until the very end.

Jia Dongxu's expression changed again and again, and he was silent for a long time before responding.

"Okay, I'll tell Master tomorrow and ask him to think of a solution for us."

Only then did Jia Zhang breathe a sigh of relief and continued to run her old business.

"This damn Li family's daughter-in-law is from the same courtyard. Huairu didn't even tell our Jia family about it when he went to the street office today!"

"Bah, what a joke! His son is doomed to be a dead end!"

When Qin Huairu heard the curse from Jia Zhang's mouth, she subconsciously curled her lips. Then she thought about the consecutive setbacks she had encountered from Li Ming and Wu Fang today. She felt bad in her heart. Suddenly, she felt that Jia Zhang's curse was not so harsh.

Backyard, Liu Haizhong's house.

Liu Haizhong was humming a little tune and carrying some wine back home. Just now when he passed by the central courtyard, he pricked up his ears and listened. The Jia family was cursing in the streets because they couldn't buy winter vegetables.

"Lao Liu, why did you come back so late after buying some wine?" Second Aunt asked worriedly.

Liu Haizhong smiled and waved his hand, "I heard some noise when I passed by the middle courtyard. The Jia family was cursing in the streets because of the winter vegetables again."

Second Aunt took the wine from Liu Haizhong's hand, opened it for him and put it on the table, "Is it normal for the Jia family to curse people?"

"Well, this time is different. I heard that Qin Huairu went to the street office today to ask about the winter vegetables, but he got a cold shoulder."

"Now Jia Zhang is scolding the Li family for not speaking up for them at the street office."

The second aunt curled her lips and said, "This old thing is also brainless. It's not the Li family who decides whether there are winter vegetables or not, but she can blame everything on others!"

"You are right. The Jia family is a bunch of ungrateful people who will blame others when something goes wrong."

Liu Haizhong shook his head and took a sip of wine. Ever since Yi Zhonghai's fitter grade was downgraded, Liu Haizhong felt that a large weight had been lifted off his head, and he had been in a very good mood recently.

It would be even better if Yi Zhonghai could be replaced as the uncle someday!

Nothing happened all night.

The next day, in Li Huaide’s office in the logistics department of the steel rolling mill.

Li Ming stood outside the office and adjusted his mood, showing his grievance of being stood up last night on his face, then he started knocking on the door.

"Dong dong!"

"Come in."

When Li Huaide saw Li Ming coming to him, he was delighted, thinking that there had been some progress last night, and he hurried over.

When I took a closer look, I found that there was no joy on Li Ming's face, but rather a lot of grievance and anger.

Chapter 93: Ripe New Melon

"What's going on?"

Li Ming's face fell, "Uncle Li, I listened to you and waited for that girl at Donglaishun yesterday, but she stood me up."

"I waited from six to seven, but the girl didn't come. What can I do?"

"If she doesn't want to come, then don't agree to it. It's not appropriate for her to stand me up after she's agreed to it, right?"

"I'm fine, but this girl obviously doesn't care about your face!"

Li Ming told Li Huaide what happened last night in rapid succession, and Li Huaide's face turned extremely ugly.

This matter was originally brought up by his comrade-in-arms, but he ended up standing up his own junior. This is exactly the same as what Li Ming said, it's a slap in the face of Li Huaide.

If Li Ming is not given an explanation for this matter, their relationship will definitely be difficult to handle in the future. Besides, this kid has brought a lot of benefits to Li Huaide. Li Huaide has worked hard to find benefits for Li Ming, but in the end he was slapped in the face. This is even more unacceptable.

"Okay, Mingzi, just sit here with your uncle. I'll make a phone call now."

After saying this, Li Huaide walked to the desk, grabbed the hand-cranked telephone on the desk and started operating it. Li Ming watched Li Huaide operate it. He had to give himself an explanation for what happened today. It would not sound good to explain, and it was not a big deal, but he had to give an explanation.

Just like what Li Ming said just now, to put it mildly, it was the girl opposite who did this shameless thing and wasted Li Ming's time. To put it in a big way, it was a slap in the face of Li Huaide.

The gentlemen in the old city of Beijing all care about their reputation, let alone a character like Li Huaide. Although he has not yet taken control of the steel mill in the plot, the backers behind Li Huaide are very strong.

"Hey!"

"I'm Li Huaide!"

"Your daughter didn't go last night, and made my nephew wait for an entire hour. You can handle this!"

Comrade Li Huaide's speech was extremely domineering, with just three sentences in total, just asking for an explanation.

Li Ming didn't hear clearly what the other party said, but it was obvious that the other party was also confused.

Li Huaide threw a cigarette to Li Ming and motioned him to light it himself.

"Don't worry, your uncle Li will definitely give you an explanation."

Li Ming nodded with a smile, "Of course, look, I told you, I'm not going to have a blind date right now. If we didn't have a blind date, there wouldn't be any such thing, right?"

Li Huaide snorted, "You kid! Forget it, when you want to go on a blind date, tell Uncle Li, and I'll bring the girl over to you."

"This time it's your uncle Li's fault!"

"Well, that's not the case. We are far away from each other, right?"

Li Ming smiled and praised Li Huaide, picking up the nice words and throwing them into Li Huaide's head. In the 21st century, there are many insults, but there are also many compliments. He just picked up a few and threw them into Li Huaide's head with joy!

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense, go back, it's time for dinner."

"How about you accompany me to the cafeteria?"

"Then I won't go. It's too much trouble to go to the cafeteria with you. I'd rather go back to the stock market and be free!"

Li Ming refused directly and turned away.

Li Huaide laughed out loud in the back. If anyone else could go to the cafeteria to have a meal with him, they would be so happy. But he always felt humiliated by Li Ming.

Afternoon, Li Huaide’s office.