The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Welding workshop.

"Old Li, you've been working a lot faster this time! I see you look very happy, is there something good going on?"

A brother who worked at the workstation next to Comrade Li Weiguo saw that Lao Li was very happy, so he finished his work and started talking.

Comrade Li Weiguo is very popular in the welding workshop. On the one hand, he has good skills. Whenever someone asks about technical problems, Comrade Li is very responsible in explaining them.

On the other hand, of course, his son Li Ming also works in the steel rolling mill as a formal employee.

No one looks down on a father and son working in a state-owned factory these days. This is the family heritage! When Mr. Li retires, there will be a vacant position. This is like having two more heirlooms in the family.

The family conditions will definitely get better and better, not to mention that his wife is a clerk in the street office! Among the working class families, Lao Li's family is considered to be top-notch!

"Oh, what's the happy event? You can't be happy just because it's almost time for dinner."

Old Li laughed and changed the subject. After all, the girl in their family did not come through normal channels, so it was not appropriate to publicize it. When everyone knew about it, there would be no response.

It can also save a lot of trouble. Now it is better to have less trouble than more. If it gets out so quickly and is known by people with bad intentions, it will be troublesome.

Now he is still thinking about how to deal with the group of beasts in the courtyard. After all, they are all in the same courtyard, and they will see each other every day. It is very troublesome to deal with them.

The only good news is that not many people know that this wave of xiaxiang trend is about to begin, so it is not impossible to simply attribute it to good luck.

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Office of Section 3, Purchasing Department of Steel Rolling Mill.

As soon as Li Ming pushed the door open, he was surrounded by a series of questions.

"Mingzi, where did you go today? Why are you here so late?"

"That's right, normally you would arrive at around nine at the latest!"

"Is there something wrong? If so, just let me know. We can at least help you, right?"

"That's true!"

"Tell me now!"

Li Ming looked at his colleagues who cared about him with a happy and helpless look on his face, including his own section chief who also looked at Li Ming with great concern. These three groups of colleagues really made Li Ming feel warm in his heart.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's really okay! Don't worry, guys. Just listen to what I have to say."

After finally calming down his colleagues, Li Ming took the cigarette and the enamel mug full of water handed to him by his section chief, and lit the cigarette while drinking it before he spoke.

"This is a good thing for me today. My sister also started working in our steel mill today!"

After Li Ming finished speaking, he saw the shocked expressions on the faces of the idlers around him.

"That's not right. Didn't you say it's still a long time before your sister graduates?"

"Yes, yes, how come you are in the steel mill so early?"

"If I remember correctly, joining a factory now is different from joining a factory after graduating from a technical secondary school, right?"

The four lazy guys were complaining, only Section Chief Xu Qiang seemed to be thinking about something.

Hey, either he is the section chief, or they are just useless people?

"Akira, is this to avoid me?"

Xu Qiang pointed in the direction of the underground, and Li Ming nodded in agreement.

Although these few salted fish were slow to react, they were not stupid. After seeing the conversation between the two people and thinking about it for a while, they naturally understood what was going on.

Moreover, there are people in Li Ming's family who work in the street office, so it is normal for them to be well-informed.

As for the details, I can't go on, lest if I tell others, something bad will happen to me! If anyone in their family happens to be in this kind of trouble, then knowing this news now can save their lives at a critical moment!

If you know it one day earlier than others, you can get it done one day earlier. By then, it is possible that this one day's difference will lead to different results.

"Don't tell anyone, just keep it to your own people! And regarding Sister Mingzi's matter, just treat it as a normal job at the steel mill, understand?"

Xu Qiang naturally knew the importance of the matter. In order to prevent the lazy people in his section from causing trouble, Section Chief Xu gave a preventive measure in advance.

"Well, Chief, don't worry. Are we really that stupid?"

"That's right. If we tell others about our own affairs, wouldn't we become the second Shazhu?"

Li Ming's face twitched when he heard this. Although what they said was right, he always felt that Sha Zhu was being blamed again.

"That's right, don't worry, Old Xu. We brothers are not that stupid!"

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

Xu Qiang is very satisfied with his insignificant subordinates. Although they don't do their work very well, they can still make him feel at ease when it comes to major issues.

Then he turned to look at Li Ming, "By the way, today is our sister's first day at the steel mill, what are we going to do for lunch?"

"I'm thinking of taking her along. She should be familiar with the process, right?"

Li Ming spread his hands and explained.

"Come on, let's go take our sister to the cafeteria together. It's the first day, so we brothers have to do our part, right?"

Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"It will also help us avoid people thinking that our sister is all alone. If some blind bastard from the steel mill comes up to chat with her, we brothers can stand up for her!"

Chapter 193 Li Rui - Salted Fish Group Favorite

Li Ming saw that his colleagues were well-intentioned and did not refuse. What Xu Qiang said was quite right. His sister was quite good-looking. It would be very bad if some big pig's hoof or some bad guy with a bad reputation in the steel mill came over.

The clock in the Sangu office just struck 11 o'clock, and everyone in the office took their lunch items and walked towards Li Ming's sister's workplace.

We can't miss lunch, right?

"Look, this is the office. It's right next to the director of the logistics department."

Li Ming raised his hand and pointed to an office. The old hands in Sangu were all surprised. They didn't expect that Li Ming had such a strong background. Not only did he know about going to the countryside in advance and avoid arranging a position in the steel mill, but even this position was well known to the old hands in the steel mill.

"Mingzi, our sister works here?"

Zhou Tian couldn't help but ask.

Li Ming nodded, "Yes, Guan Guan gives gifts during festivals and holidays, and usually there is nothing much to do."

Xu Qiang stroked his chin, "The problem is that during the holidays, the steel mill distributes benefits. I don't remember that they all go through the finance department."

Li Ming was happy. "That's what Director Li from the Logistics Department said. OK, let's take my sister to dinner."

Before he finished speaking, the office door was opened and Li Rui's little head popped out of the office. When she saw it was her brother, her already happy face became even happier!

"Brother! You're here!"

The little girl flashed in front of Li Ming, put her arm around one of Li Ming's shoulders, and pulled him into the office, muttering as she walked.

"This office is very big. Uncle Li even came over to help me clean it up."

Obviously, everyone in the three groups knew that Li Ming had a good relationship with Li Huaide, and everyone also guessed that this time it was Li Ming who took advantage of Li Huaide's relationship. However, they did not expect that Li Rui would actually call him Uncle Li!

Li Ming quickly pulled Li Rui back and said, "The people behind are all my colleagues in the purchasing department. Just call them brother!"

Li Ming said to Li Rui with a smile, and his sister was very smart and immediately understood what he meant.

Now that they have a high-end backer, they are considered to be in the same camp. He immediately turned around and gave a sweet shout to the lazy guys in the three stocks and the head of the lazy stock group.

This made the five people instantly happy! Reason? The reason was exactly the same as when Li Huaide met Li Rui.

"Hey."

"It would be great if this sister was really mine."

"You want to eat shit?"

"It makes no difference. Mingzi's sister is our brother's sister!"

Li Rui and Li Ming brought this group of lazy people into the office. Li Rui poured a cup of hot water and handed it to each of them one by one. This made the lazy people smile from ear to ear, and their favorable impression of Li Rui increased rapidly!

After everyone finished drinking the hot water in their hands, Xu Qiang finally spoke, "Mingzi, take our sister to the second cafeteria to eat! Otherwise, it will be too late when the bell rings!"

Li Ming looked at the time on his watch. Well, it was eleven forty. It was indeed late. It was time to eat.

Led by Xu Qiang, the group went straight to the second canteen.

"Brother, are you usually this early?"

It was also Li Rui's first day at the steel rolling mill, and she didn't have a deep understanding of their Purchasing Department 12. After all, in her impression, Comrade Li at home would not go to eat until the bell rang at o'clock. Even if they occasionally mentioned that someone had gone early, it seemed that they were all leaders.

No matter how she looked at it, she felt that Xu Qiang was the only leader among their group. How could the others be here so early?

"Don't worry, these are all basic operations. Many people in our purchasing department do this." Li Ming explained to Li Rui, pointing to several colleagues from other departments of the purchasing department who occasionally appeared on the roadside.

"It's all fine."

After listening to her brother's explanation, Li Rui finally felt relieved, mainly because there were indeed too many people in their group!

The second canteen of the steel rolling mill.

Li Ming glanced in the direction of the food window where Ma Hua was, and walked towards that window with Li Rui. The other idlers also dispersed to prepare to get their meals.

When Li Ming approached, he saw that He Yuzhu, who had gone to clean the toilet, had returned to the kitchen and was now standing in a daze at a food window not far away. Not to mention anything else, no one who had come out early to get food came over at this moment.

Li Ming stood in front of Ma Hua and handed over the meal tickets and tableware for both of them. Ma Hua was extremely happy to see his master coming over and was just about to serve the essence of the pot he had prepared to his master.

"Hua Zi, this is my sister Li Rui. When you have no problem, come to your window to get food. Don't shake the spoon in front of me!"

Li Ming was chatting with Ma Hua in a low voice with a smile on his face, while Li Rui looked lively beside him. There was no doubt that this was part of his brother's network of contacts in the steel mill.

I don’t know how my brother did it, but he seems to be much better than Comrade Li.

"Well, how could I dare? Just don't worry." Ma Hua has been with Li Ming for quite some time, so he naturally knew that Li Ming was joking.

But when his master's sister came to his window to get food, it must be of the highest standard. Shaking the spoon is totally impossible!

Li Ming turned his head and looked at his sister again, "In the future, if you can come to the MCA window to get food, just come to this window."

"I know, brother."

Li Rui responded by calling her brother and gave Ma Hua a sweet smile. After the brother and sister finished cooking, they walked towards the base of the three salted fish.

After receiving the smile, Ma Hua was so busy laughing that he completely forgot about telling Li Ming that he was going to take part in the steel mill chef skills assessment.

It wasn't until Li Ming walked away that Ma Hua slapped his head and said, "Zhao, you forgot something important again."

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After finishing their meal, Li Ming and his friends sent Li Rui back to the office, and then they turned and walked towards the purchasing department's office.

Li Rui's appearance did not cause any waves at all in the steel rolling mill. At most, the news spread among acquaintances for a while.

At lunch today, even Old Li didn't see his precious girl. If Li Ming hadn't said that he took Li Rui to lunch, Old Li would have gone to look for her no matter what.

When the lazy people in Sangu just walked downstairs, Li Ming noticed that Ma Hua was walking towards him.

"I'm going to the bathroom, you guys go back first."

After saying this universal phrase, Li Ming went to the toilet, while the other people didn't care and continued walking towards the office.

Chapter 194 MCA is going to take an exam

Ma Hua, who was rushing over here, saw Li Ming turn around and head straight for the toilet, so he turned around and walked towards the toilet.

After all, Li Ming had said that their identities as master and apprentice could not be exposed at the steel mill, so Ma Hua naturally obeyed the order.

The two of them wandered around and came directly to the grove near the steel rolling mill. This grove is quite famous.

Li Ming saw Ma Hua following him, threw a cigarette to Ma Hua, and then lit one for himself.

"What's wrong with you? What's the emergency?"

Li Ming was very curious about Ma Hua's actions today. They had just met, so if there was anything, they should have talked about it.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you at noon."

Ma Hua scratched his head awkwardly and lit the cigarette that Li Ming gave him.

Li Ming was confused, he thought it was something important.

"Go ahead."

"Our factory is going to hold a steel mill chef skills competition this week. It is also a way for temporary workers in our steel mill cafeteria to become regular employees. I am really worried and I want to tell you, Master."

Li Ming started to think seriously after hearing the serious matter. If you asked him to cheer for MCA, that would be impossible as he didn't have the time.