The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Xu Qiang sat behind his desk and took a sip of hot water comfortably. He immediately felt refreshed. The weather in the city was still very cold at that moment.

He should pay more attention to keeping warm. After all, Old Xu is old and is hoping to retire peacefully.

"Come on, it's too early for you to retire!" Li Ming took a look at Xu Qiang, who had a handsome face and a strong body, and retorted.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qiang shook his head and said, "It's still early, but I still need to take care of my body. Besides, our factory has a retirement age of 55. I'm 45 now, so I only have ten years left. Can't I enjoy myself?"

Li Ming finally understood the origin of the lazy culture in Sangu. It turned out that the section chief was abnormal from the beginning!

Who would start looking forward to retirement at the age of 45? You still have 10 years to work on your career, wouldn’t it be nice to climb up the career ladder?

"There are still ten years left. If you climb up a little further, we can enjoy some happiness with you!"

"No! It's all up to fate. I will never take the initiative!"

Section Chief Xu said seriously.

Well, Li Ming saw it clearly. His lazy character is no different from the other four lazy guys. No wonder Li Huaide gets so angry when he mentions Sangu!

In the 50s, there was no unified standard for the retirement age of formal employees in large state-owned factories in Beijing, because the retirement system was still in its infancy and the retirement age standards in various industries and units were not the same.

Generally speaking, the retirement age for regular workers in state-owned large factories was around 55 years old at that time, but the retirement age for some special industries and positions would be advanced or delayed. For example, for some heavy manual laborers and special jobs such as high altitude and high temperature, the retirement age might be advanced or adjusted.

For workers like Xu Qiang and Li Ming, the retirement age is around 55, so there is no big problem in finding someone to help them retire early or postpone their retirement.

For example, Comrade Li Weiguo's retirement age is early, he can retire at 50, but now there are still very few workers who retire at the age of 50.

. . . . . .

What Xu Qiang said was actually quite right. Life at a steel rolling mill was pretty good, especially for those buyers who were responsible for procuring unplanned materials. Basically, they had nothing to do all day.

Except for having to go out to the toilet, I can sleep in the office for the rest of the time.

It was past three in the afternoon when Li Ming got up and, under the pretext of going to the toilet, headed straight to the office of the director of the logistics department of the steel mill.

He hasn't forgotten how the idiots Jia's family and He Yuzhu caused him trouble last night!

If he doesn't go find Li Huaide to persuade these two people today, then it would be in vain for him to recognize Li Ming as his uncle!

Office of the director of the logistics department of the steel rolling mill.

"Dong dong."

"come in."

Li Ming could tell from the tone that his cheap uncle Li Huaide was in a good mood recently. He thought that the good news that Li Huaide told Li Ming about his promotion last time should be getting closer.

After pushing the door open and walking in, Li Ming saw Li Huaide happily making tea.

"Wow, Uncle Li is in a good mood!"

Li Huaide looked up and saw that it was his lucky star. He poured a cup of tea water for Li Ming and pointed at him, signaling Li Ming to take a sip.

Li Ming didn't bother to be polite with him and drank it in one gulp!

"You kid, this is a waste! This is tasteful~~~"

Li Huaide rolled his eyes. He was not going to cross his lucky star over such a small matter. He threw another cigarette to Li Ming and asked him to light it himself.

"Tell me, my nephew never comes to see me for no reason. If you come to see me, there must be something wrong."

Li Ming was happy. Li Huaide knew him very well now! But what he said was true. Whenever Li Ming came to see Li Huaide, he was either here to give him benefits or to do something for him.

"Well, you have figured out my temper, so I will tell you about it."

"It's not really my business, it's your cheap niece's business."

Li Huaide was stunned. He remembered that Li Rui's affairs had been dealt with! Even if this god came, there would be no problem with the process.

After listening to Li Ming's story about what happened last night, Li Huaide's good mood was half gone. This was done by him, Li Huaide, and now Jia Dongxu and He Yuzhu, two big fools, suspected that what he did was fake and not a formal job! You are slapping him in the face!

"Okay, very good. I'll keep this in mind for these two people. Now I don't have any reason to do anything about it."

Li Ming nodded. He didn't expect to return it to the two of them right now, but as long as he said it, Li Huaide would remember it. Then, in the future, if anything happened involving the two of them at the steel mill, it would be difficult to deal with.

It might be possible that Li Huaide couldn't do anything bad to the two of them directly, but in the future, if there was anything good involving them in the factory, he, Li Huaide, could still ruin it!

"I don't plan on asking you to find something for them right away. Just keep these two people in your mind."

Li Ming spoke so frankly.

Chapter 204 Watch Ticket

Li Huaide poured another cup of tea for Li Ming, looked at Li Ming and said with a smile, "You kid, this part is really clear!"

"That's for sure."

Li Ming was not polite either. He took it and took another sip, which made Li Huaide's eyes twitch.

"This is Huangshan Maofeng tea that I got from someone else. Can't you be more careful when drinking it?"

Li Huaide felt distressed, this was really from someone else, his father-in-law! Although it is not this year's new tea, this thing from last year is also a good thing!

The new tea will not be available until March, so Li Huaide can’t drink it now even if he wants to.

However, these days, even Gaosu is not something that ordinary people may have at home, let alone Huangshan Maofeng.

Huangshan Maofeng tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China and belongs to the category of green tea. It is produced in the Huangshan (Huizhou) area of ​​Anhui Province and is one of the famous teas in Chinese history. Huangshan Maofeng tea was created during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty by Xie Yuda Tea House.

The production area of ​​Huangshan Maofeng tea has a beautiful environment, suitable climate, fertile soil, and lush tea trees. It uses fine tea trees as raw materials and is made through fine picking and processing techniques. Huangshan Maofeng tea has a sparrow tongue shape, uniform size, and exposed white hairs, with the characteristics of "one peak, one leaf, and leaf buds like eyebrows".

It has a fresh aroma, mellow taste, clear and bright soup, and consistent green leaves.

Huangshan Maofeng tea has a high drinking value and collection value, and its unique taste and aroma are deeply loved by tea lovers. At the same time, it is also a healthy drink with the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, refreshing the mind, quenching thirst, promoting body fluid and clearing heat.

But Li Ming didn't understand these. It was enough to quench his thirst. Besides, it was not his fault.

After happily chatting with Li Huaide for a while, Li Ming looked at the time on his watch. It was already past four o'clock and he had to get off work soon.

I just happened to go next door to visit my sister, and a happy day for a worker has passed!

Li Huaide saw the watch on Li Ming's hand and thought about it. He remembered that someone had asked him to do something before and gave him a lot of tickets. There should be a lot of rare tickets among them.

Thinking of this, Li Huaide started rummaging in the drawer of his desk, leaving Li Ming confused.

Why did this guy start rummaging through boxes and drawers? Just as he was about to ask, he saw Li Huaide take out a watch ticket from the drawer and hand it to Li Ming.

"This was given to me by someone before. I don't need a watch. It's just right. You pay the money and I pay the ticket. I'll buy Ruirui a watch!"

"Otherwise it would be troublesome for her to keep track of the time by herself!"

Li Huaide smiled and threw the watch ticket to Li Ming, which surprised Li Ming. How come Li Rui's life has improved so much without him noticing?

"That's fine, this is a good thing that my sister has caught up with."

Li Huaide smiled and said, "Don't say you don't have money. You made a lot of money from those pigs before. Why can't you buy Ruirui a watch?"

"I still have the money to buy the ticket, so don't bother with it. This watch ticket is pretty good, haha."

Li Ming put the watch and ticket into his pocket, without being polite to Li Huaide, he turned around and walked out of the office to the next door.

However, Li Huaide was wrong about one thing. There is no cost for selling pigs. It is all pure profit!

"Rui Rui, I'm coming in!"

Li Ming's voice was heard outside, and within ten seconds, the door was opened.

"Brother, why are you here?" Li Rui looked at Li Ming in surprise and asked.

"Well, I just told Uncle Li about what happened last night and asked Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu to get an appointment with Uncle Li."

"We can't just suffer in vain last night, right?"

Li Rui was too lazy to think about all these twists and turns, so she asked Li Ming to come into the house and pour him a glass of water.

Although she felt that she didn't suffer any offense last night, it would still be nice if she could give them some more trouble.

"Then we chatted for a while, and I looked at the time and it was almost time to get off work, so I came directly to find you. When the time comes, we can leave directly after work."

Li Ming took a sip of water and continued.

I drank a lot of this water today, it's pretty good and suitable for health preservation.

Li Ming drove the thought out of his head again. Damn it, why am I like Xu Qiang now, always talking about health preservation?

Old Xu is 45 years old, but Li Ming is not even 20!

"Oh, Uncle Li gave me a watch ticket and asked me to buy you a watch. It happens to be our weekend off this week so let's go buy it for you together."

Li Ming lit a cigarette and said, "I remember that my parents didn't have watches either, right?"

Li Rui was shocked, "Brother, you want to buy three?"

Li Ming rolled his eyes. "What the hell are you dreaming of? I, your brother, can buy you one with my little money. I don't even have tickets for the two that my parents have!"

"Then ask!"

"Then I'm just asking, when you make money, you buy one for them and I'll buy another, then they'll all have one, right?"

"That's right. This way I feel more motivated to go to work."

When Li Rui heard the big promises made by Li Ming, she immediately laughed and felt that she had a purpose in her work, even though at best she was just punching in and out every day. . . . .

"Okay, the rolling mill is almost done, let's go first and wait for Comrade Lao Li to get off work at the door."

Li Ming looked at the time. There were still ten minutes before the bell rang for the end of get off work. It would also take the two of them about ten minutes to walk slowly to the gate of the steel mill. The timing was just right!

"Okay, brother, wait for me."

Li Rui saw that she was about to get off work, so she immediately pulled out her small bag and started stuffing it with tableware, books, etc. It took less than a minute to pack up, "Let's go."

After saying that, he took the lock and key from behind the door and walked out first.

Li Ming was also stunned when he saw his sister's skillful operation. She has only been working for a short time, but she is so proficient in all these operations?

"Come on, brother, what are you doing standing there?"

Li Rui's urging voice came from outside, and Li Ming finally reacted, "Oh, let's go, let's go now!"

The gate of the steel rolling mill.

As soon as the brother and sister arrived at the gate of the steel mill, the bell for the end of work rang.

"It was timely and didn't waste any time."

Li Ming saw from afar that workers from various workshops of the steel rolling mill began to come out of the workshops and rushed to the main gate of the steel rolling mill in a large crowd.

This situation is not common in the future! What time is it? Do you want to get off work on time without working overtime for two hours? No way!

In the 50s, the working system in large state-owned factories was usually an eight-hour workday, and overtime was not encouraged.

Did you hear that? Overtime is not encouraged!

Chapter 205 Li Ming: Take good care of your own hens

However, the specific situation may vary depending on the industry, factory size, production needs, etc. In some special cases, such as when encountering urgent production tasks or equipment maintenance, workers may be required to work overtime.

But in general, workers in this era enjoy relatively long rest time and holidays. In this regard, it is definitely much better than 007 or 996.

Not to mention the regular workers in state-owned factories like steel mills. If you want to work overtime, I'm sorry, you have to apply for it first! Wait for approval from the higher-ups!

The courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

Front yard, Li's house.

After the brother and sister returned home, Li Ming took out the watch tickets. Unlike the ones he showed to his sister, Li Ming took out two.

Now, Li Ming is the only one in the Li family who wears a watch. No one else in the family has such a thing.

"Hey, brother, didn't you say you only gave me a watch ticket?"

"Yes!" Li Ming nodded, "But the problem is that I already saved up the ticket for the other watch a long time ago."

Li Rui was stunned. Her brother had just said there was only one, but she didn't expect there would be one more when they got home.

"Uh, no problem."

Li Rui shook her little head. Although she felt that some parts of what her brother said were a little different from what he said just now, she couldn't find any fault with it for the time being.

Mother Li was very touched when she saw the watch tickets her two children got, but she did not let them buy them. After all, these days, the price of a watch is almost as much as that of a bicycle.

Their family already had two bicycles, and now they had two more watches at once. This was not good, at least not in their courtyard. If someone really noticed them, it would be troublesome.

"Your brother needed to go out shopping and bought a watch. Ruirui, don't buy your watch now. Otherwise, it won't be a good thing in our courtyard, especially since you just escaped once. It's not suitable for our Li family to be in the limelight during this period."