Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 51 Buying a House
Li Weidong and Liang Ladi parked the car in front of the tavern. Li Weidong took the briefcase he had brought from the steel mill and took Liang Ladi into the tavern.

As soon as I entered the tavern, I saw Xu Huizhen talking to Niu Ye and a stranger.

Seeing Li Weidong and the others come in, Xu Huizhen waved hurriedly.

Niu Ye also said: "Brother, here."

Li Weidong brought Liang Ladi closer and said to Master Niu, "Master Niu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"No, no, I just arrived. Come and sit down, brother." said Uncle Niu.

After Li Weidong and the others sat down, Xu Huizhen said, "You guys talk about business, I'll go to the backyard to take care of things." Then she stood up and walked towards the backyard.

After Xu Huizhen walked into the backyard, Niu Ye said to Li Weidong, "Brother, this is Liu Ye.

This time, the yard belongs to Sixth Master. I have already negotiated with him for a total of 3,800 yuan. The yard, furniture, and everything else are all left to you."

Li Weidong quickly bowed to Sixth Master and said, "Hello, Sixth Master. I won't say much. Let's get down to business. Three thousand eight hundred, right?"

As he said this, he took the briefcase, opened it, took out four bundles of big black tens, pulled out twenty from it, and handed them to Sixth Master.

"Sixth Master, this is 3,800. Please count it." Li Weidong said.

Sixth Master hurriedly said, "No need, I trust Master Niu."

Li Weidong quickly said, "Sixth Master, please click. This will be good for both of us."

At this time, Master Niu also said, "Sixth Master, please give me some pointers. As the saying goes, brothers should settle accounts clearly. This will save us brothers from trouble."

"Okay, I'll count them." After saying that, Mr. Liu started counting.

After a while, Master Liu finished counting.

"No problem. This is the key to the yard. Uncle Niu knows the location. Let's go to the street now and give the yard to you." After counting, Uncle Liu took out a key from his bag and handed it to Li Weidong, saying.

"Okay, let's go to the street." Li Weidong took the key and said.

With that, the four of them stood up and prepared to go to the street office. Li Weidong went to the backyard, said something to Xu Huizhen and the other two girls, and then went to the street office with Niu Ye and the others.

Because the yard is located in Nanluoguxiang, it can only be handled on Jiaodaokou Street.

The process went smoothly and was completed in a short while. After leaving the street office, Li Weidong made an appointment with Niu Ye and the others to go to the tavern for a drink in the evening, and then said goodbye and left. He planned to go and see the yard.

Following the location Niu Ye had given them, Li Weidong and Liang Ladi quickly found the courtyard. This courtyard was not far from where Li Weidong lived, just across an alley.

Li Weidong opened the door and went in to take a look. It was a large courtyard with two entrances.

Overall, it was quite nice. The furniture in the room was made of mahogany. There were also some old items. Li Weidong couldn't tell the exact age of them, but he picked them up and collected all the energy needed for the space. The space expanded by about two acres.

After reading it, he told Liang Ladi to put away these old items when he had time, as they might be valuable in the future, and to not let the children accidentally break them.

After Liang Ladi left the street, she felt a little unreal. She had never expected Li Weidong to buy such an expensive yard and trust her so much that he put the yard in her name. Her body subconsciously followed Li Weidong, her mind full of random thoughts.

It was not until Li Weidong instructed her that she came to her senses. She stared at Li Weidong with her big eyes for a while, and suddenly threw herself into Li Weidong's arms.

"Sister Liang, what are you doing? Woo woo" Before she could finish her words, Liang Ladi blocked her mouth.

……

After a moment of lovemaking, it was already five o'clock. Li Weidong gave Liang Ladi one more instruction, told her he would take her to the steel mill to report the next day, and then they went their separate ways.

Li Weidong went to the compound and took Zhou Xiaolin to the tavern, while Liang Ladi went to her master Jiao Min's house to return the bicycle.

Li Weidong arrived at the compound and spoke to the guard on duty. The guard made a phone call and soon Zhou Xiaolin came out pushing a bicycle, followed by a little girl of seven or eight years old.

"Linlin, this is our sister, the little girl is so pretty." Li Weidong teased.

Zhou Xiaolin came out with a smile on her face. As soon as she heard Li Weidong's words, her pretty face instantly turned red. She said to Li Weidong shyly: "Brother Dong, this is my sister, Zhou Xiaobai. Xiaobai, call someone."

At this time, the little girl behind Zhou Xiaolin poked her head out from behind Zhou Xiaolin and said to Li Weidong, "Hello, brother-in-law."

Li Weidong smiled when he heard that, winked at Zhou Xiaolin, and said, "Hello, Xiaobai, have some candy." Then he took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from his briefcase and handed them to Zhou Xiaobai.

When Zhou Xiaobai saw that it was White Rabbit candy, he didn't hide it anymore and ran over to take the candy. He also thanked Li Weidong sweetly.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

"You silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about! If you keep talking nonsense, I won't take you there." Zhou Xiaolin stomped her feet, feeling embarrassed and angry.

Zhou Xiaobai rolled his eyes and said to Li Weidong, "Brother-in-law, can you take Xiaobai out to eat something good?" He looked pitiful after saying this.

"No problem. If your sister doesn't take you, your brother-in-law will. Let's go now to eat whatever you want." Li Weidong said immediately.

"Brother-in-law, can you take me to Lao Mo?" Zhou Xiaobai said with anticipation.

"You silly girl, why go to Lao Mo? It's so expensive there. Brother Dong, don't listen to her, let's go to Sister Huizhen's place." Zhou Xiaolin scolded Zhou Xiaobai and said to Li Weidong.

"Okay, let's go to Lao Mo today. Come on, get on my bike. Let's pick up the two sisters first, and then we'll go to Lao Mo together." Li Weidong said as he carried Zhou Xiaobai to the front bar and said to Zhou Xiaolin, "Xiaolin, let's go." Then he got on his bike and rode towards the tavern. "Wow, brother-in-law, your bike is so beautiful!"

"Isn't it beautiful? Your brother-in-law made this himself."

“Brother-in-law, you’re awesome!”

"That's right, Xiaobai, let me tell you, it's not your brother-in-law who's bragging..."

Listening to the conversation between the two and watching their figures walking away, Zhou Xiaobai stomped his feet in shame and anger, then rode his bicycle to chase after Li Weidong.

The three of them, two adults and one child, soon arrived at the tavern. Li Weidong went in and called Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru. After a while, Xu Huizhen came out holding Li'er and Li Weidong. Chen Xueru had something to do in the store in the afternoon, so she went back to the store.

She had no choice but to go to Chen Xueru's shop to pick her up. Xu Huizhen hung a sign on the front door of the tavern that said "I'm busy today, open at 7:30", and then she rode Zhou Xiaolin's women's bicycle, asked Zhou Xiaolin to hold Li'er, and rode towards Chen Xueru's shop.

They went to the silk shop, called Chen Xueru, and then went to the Moscow Western Restaurant.

After dinner, the group returned to the tavern. Along the way, Zhou Xiaobai became familiar with Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen. He chatted with the two girls and made faces from time to time to annoy Zhou Xiaolin.

Zhou Xiaolin looked at her sister like this and glared at her angrily.

Li Weidong saw this scene and laughed unkindly on the side.

Everyone was chatting, and soon customers came to the tavern. Xu Huizhen handed the child to Zhou Xiaolin and went to entertain the guests.

Soon, Master Niu arrived. Li Weidong hurriedly went to greet him, said a few words to Master Niu, and then took Master Niu to find a table to sit down.

"Uncle Niu, I'm sorry to bother you today. This is a little gift from my brother. Please don't despise it!" Li Weidong smiled, took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Uncle Niu.

Niu Ye looked at the envelope and his face darkened:

"Brother, what are you doing? If you consider me your friend, take this back. We brothers don't play this game."

Li Weidong looked at Master Niu and said, "Okay, I won't be polite with you.

Uncle Niu, if you have any problems in the future, don’t be polite to me, just tell me directly, and I will definitely help if I can.

In a couple of days, I'll get a bottle of good wine and we brothers can drink together." He put the envelope away.

Only then did Master Niu smile and said to Li Weidong:

"That's right, this is what we brothers should do."

Li Weidong also smiled and said yes.

After chatting with Mr. Niu for a while and drinking some wine, Mr. Niu said goodbye and left.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Weidong said goodbye to Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru, and left with the two Zhou sisters.

After sending Zhou Xiaolin and Zhou Xiaobai back to the compound, the little girl Zhou Xiaobai was reluctant to let her brother-in-law Li Weidong leave. After Li Weidong and the little girl agreed on where to go for fun on the weekend, Zhou Xiaobai said goodbye to Li Weidong reluctantly.

When Li Weidong was about to leave, Zhou Xiaolin suddenly said, "Brother Dong, my dad left the bear paws of the bear you killed last time at home and asked me to bring them to you today. I forgot to take them just now. Wait a minute, I'll get them for you." After that, she ran in pushing the cart.

When Li Weidong was about to say no, Zhou Xiaolin ran in and he had to swallow his words.

After waiting at the door for a while, Zhou Xiaolin ran out with a bag, sweat on her forehead.

"Brother Dong, here you go."

Li Weidong took the bag, hung it on the front bar, wiped the sweat off Zhou Xiaolin's head with his hand, and then pinched her pretty face with his hand.

"Just take it slow. Look how much you've run, you're all sweaty." Li Weidong said with a wicked smile.

Zhou Xiaolin was stunned by Li Weidong's action, and then her cheeks flushed. She glared at Li Weidong coquettishly, turned around and ran into the courtyard.

Li Weidong chuckled, then pedaled his bike towards the courtyard. He reached a deserted alley, threw the bear paw into the space, and returned to the courtyard.

The next day, Li Weidong brought Liang Ladi to the factory, first completed the employment procedures for Liang Ladi, sent Liang Ladi to the workshop, and then went directly to the technical department.

When I arrived at the technical department, I found that everyone was there. This must have been what Director Wang had instructed yesterday.

Li Weidong didn't waste any time and asked the people from the technical department to take out the drawings and started explaining. If you didn't understand something, you could write it down and ask after the explanation.

Time passed quickly, and at noon Li Weidong went to the workshop to give explanations again. This time he was not alone, but brought people from the technical department with him, asking them to explain as well. Is it stable and new?

I continued to explain the new machine tool in the afternoon until I was about to leave work, and I finally understood it thoroughly. I had basically mastered it in theory, and the only thing left was to respond immediately when production came.

After the explanation, Li Weidong went to find Director Wang and told him about going to the machine repair shop tomorrow.

Director Wang agreed without hesitation and handed the jeep keys to Li Weidong, asking him to take a few guards with him.

The next day, before Li Weidong had eaten, Squad Leader Wang came with two guards and invited them to have breakfast together.

They got into the jeep together and sped towards the machine repair shop.

(End of this chapter)