Living in a Siheyuan

The next night, after Li Ping'an had dinner, he arranged for Yu Li and the children to rest, and then he rode his bike to the factory.

When he arrived, Li Huaide was already waiting for him.

He said to Li Ping'an, "Ping'an, take your self-defense gear with you. We also need to be prepared for any eventuality."

After hearing this, Li Pingan took out the Type 52 pistol that he hadn't used for a long time from his waist and checked the bullets.

Li Huaide also took out one, and after they both checked it, they came to the transport team.

There are already ten fully armed security personnel here, each of them is dressed neatly and carries a rifle.

Deputy Section Chief Zhao Xinguo was waiting for orders on the side.

There were three vehicles on standby.

Seeing that everything was ready, Li Huaide got on Li Ping'an's three-wheeled motorcycle and said to Zhao Xinguo: "Xinguo, you must pay attention to safety this time. Let the team members obey orders. Keep it confidential afterwards."

Zhao Xinguo immediately assured: "Don't worry, Director Li, these people are my confidants. They will definitely obey orders."

Li Huaide nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, let's go!"

Ten security personnel immediately boarded the car, and Zhao Xinguo also sat in the driver's seat of the first car.

Li Ping'an rode a motorcycle with Li Huaide and went to the locations written on the note.

The three trucks behind followed Li Pingan and his team.

Soon they arrived at the ruins in the suburbs. Li Pingan stopped the car and waited.

He secretly released Lu Dehua.

Lu Dehua first came to the warehouse that Li Pingan had found and released 30,000 kilograms of rice.

Only then did he arrive at the intersection and circled the flashlight towards Li Ping'an three times.

Li Pingan and Li Huaide had been waiting in the car for a long time. They thought they were stood up. Suddenly they saw the signal.

Li Huaide said excitedly: "Ping An, look! Is that a signal?"

Li Pingan actually knew everything. He nodded and said, "Yes, Director. Shall we go over there now?"

"Let's go, ride over there and take a look!"

Li Pingan rode his bike with Li Huaide to the signal location, and the truck behind them also drove over there.

When they got there, Li Huaide saw a man in his forties waiting for them with a flashlight in his hand.

He looked at Li Ping'an and motioned Li Ping'an to go and negotiate.

Li Ping'an came to Lu Dehua and the two of them said a few words in whisper.

He came over and said to Li Huaide, "Director Li, he said the goods are already inside. We can go over and inspect the goods. After we inspect the goods and pay the money, we can load them into the truck."

Li Huaide touched the bag in his arms and said, "Let's go and take a look."

After saying that, he waved to the truck behind him.

Zhao Xinguo jumped out of the car and ran over quickly.

Li Huaide said to him, "Take two people with us and the rest of you wait outside."

After Zhao Xinguo had made all the arrangements, Li Pingan, Li Huaide and their men followed Lu Dehua into the warehouse.

There were more than 300 sacks of food piled up here. It was really a joy to look at.

Lu Dehua motioned for them to go and check.

Li Huaide couldn't wait to step forward, opened a small opening of the sack and started to check.

Li Ping'an also stepped forward and shone a flashlight, asking Li Huaide to check it carefully.

Soon, Li Huaide looked at more than a dozen sacks. They were all filled with crystal clear rice, which was better than the rice from ordinary grain stations. There was no impurities such as sand in it. This one dollar was definitely worth it.

Li Huaide nodded to Lu Dehua. Lu Dehua came over and said, "You have seen the rice. One bag contains 100 jin, not less. A total of 300 bags, 30,000 jin. That is 30,000 yuan."

Li Huaide took out a black bag from his arms, took out 30,000 yuan from it and handed it to Lu Dehua.

By the way, "How much rice like this will be left next time? How often can we trade?"

Lu Dehua counted the money and put it in the backpack behind him. He said, "We can deliver at least 60,000 kilograms of rice to you every month. But our people will find a way to inform Deputy Section Chief Li about the specific transaction time. You will know when the time comes."

"But we don't want cash for the next transaction. It's better to settle with gold, or some antiques and jade. They won't accept our cash either. Have you seen it?"

Li Huaide heard that this was food from abroad. No wonder there were so many? It was understandable that they didn't accept cash. But he was a little worried about gold, because the factory didn't have it, and he had to go to the black market or other places to exchange it.

Seeing that Li Huaide was considering it, Lu Dehua added, "And next time we might be able to give you a dozen extra big fat pigs. Each one weighs about 300 kilograms. It depends on whether you can eat them."

When Li Huaide heard that there were so many big fat pigs, he was immediately happy. He could exchange the pork for some gold.

So he readily agreed.

Both parties were very satisfied with this transaction.

Lu Dehua took the money, discussed the next transaction, and turned around and disappeared into the darkness. In fact, he returned to the space.

Li Huaide didn't dare to delay any longer, as it was already midnight. He quickly asked Zhao Xinguo to arrange for someone to drive the truck in and load it.

After an hour or two of busy work, all 30,000 kilograms of rice were loaded onto the truck.

Only then did Li Huaide feel relieved. Li Ping'an still took him on a bicycle. His mood on the way back was completely different from when he came.

I was nervous when I came here and was always worried.

Now that the grain is loaded on the truck, Li Huaide is in a better mood.

He said to Li Pingan, "Pingan, you have made the greatest contribution this time. I will apply for a reward for you when I get back. This time you have solved a big problem in the factory."

Li Pingan said as he rode his bike: "I was just a messenger. It was mainly because of Director Li's good command. Otherwise, how could it have been so smooth this time?"

Li Huaide laughed out loud after hearing this.

But now on the motorcycle, it was still windy at night. A gust of cool wind immediately filled my mouth.

Li Huaide was choked and started coughing continuously.

This is what it means to be carried away by success, right?

Li Pingan slowed down the car and asked, "Director Li, are you okay?"

Li Huaide waved his hand and said, "It's okay, just keep driving. I just choked a few times on the cool wind."

When he recovered, he said angrily, "Ping An, I'll apply for a new motorcycle for you when we get back. This motorcycle is not only bumpy to ride, but also doesn't provide sun or rain protection. It's too uncomfortable."

After hearing this, Li Pingan was surprised. Is there such a good thing?

But he still said modestly: "It's okay, Director Li. I'm used to it. Besides, there are no extra bikes in the factory. I'll just make do with what I have."

Li Huaide was still angry about what happened just now.

"Don't worry about it. I remember there's a GAZ jeep with the transport team. It's a little old, but it's still drivable. I'll have them maintain it and clean it up. I'll leave it to you."

"It just so happens that you have made a great contribution this time. It can be considered as a reward when the time comes."

Li Pingan was happy to hear this and said, "Thank you, Director Li. Just let me know if you have anything to do next time."

It is said that Li Huaide is very generous to his people. This guy is really generous.

Even the section chiefs in the factory don't have a car, but I, a deputy section chief, can drive a car. This is definitely the first.

Li Huaide was also optimistic about Li Pingan's ability. He had made contributions to the factory many times before. This time he had such a great network of contacts. Think about the fresh fruits he brought home during the first month of the lunar year. Many of them were rare in the south. If he said there was no connection, Li Huaide would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Soon we arrived at the steel mill. Director Wan was already waiting at the warehouse door with his men.

Director Wan cares more about the issue of food than anyone else.

Hearing that a batch of grain would be delivered from other places tonight, Director Wan couldn't sleep at all, so he got up and ran to the factory to check.

Then he heard that he hadn't come back yet. He was circling around anxiously.

Now seeing the convoy coming back, he ran to check the carriages before the car stopped. He even ignored the factory director Li Huaide.

When he saw the sacks of food in the carriage, Director Wan almost jumped up with joy.

Li Huaide looked at Director Wan and sighed, "Old Wan is a person who truly puts work and the factory first. It's a pity that such a person is not suitable for officialdom. Otherwise, he wouldn't be the canteen director now."

After saying this, he looked at Li Pingan meaningfully.

Li Pingan certainly understood what he meant. This old fox was planning to take advantage of him again.

It means that I should spend more time on the intrigues in official circles.

Li Pingan just nodded.

"Yes, Director Wan is a good leader."

Director Wan looked at every car and then ran to Li Huaide. He said happily, "Oh, Director Li, you are really capable. With so much food, we can finally eat until the food arrives next month. This has finally solved the big problem."

Li Huaide said in a pretentious manner: "You eat first this time. There will be another batch of food delivered in a while. In the future, we will have about 13 kilograms of food delivered every month. Then you can make sure everyone has a good meal."

When Director Wan heard that there was still so much food, he was really happy.

This rice is cooked into porridge. Even if each worker eats a lot at each meal, three or two taels of rice, then ten thousand people will have three thousand kilograms of porridge a day, and sixty thousand tons of rice will be enough to eat for twenty days.

In addition, there are rations from the Food Bureau, which are enough for everyone to eat their fill.

Li Ping'an looked at the happy Director Wan and still felt that someone like Director Wan could be considered a good cadre.

As for Sha Zhu's bringing food, he also reported it to the leaders several times. But Director Yang and Li Huaide praised Sha Zhu's cooking skills. Every time he handled it with care. This also encouraged Sha Zhu's arrogance. He gradually became unscrupulous.

It’s not that Director Wan doesn’t want to take care of this matter, but he can’t do it anymore.

This also means that he does not know how to guess what his leader means or curry favor with him.

It can be said that Li Huaide is the only good leader in their camp.

Of course, Li Pingan doesn’t count.

Li Huaide and Director Wan were watching on the side.

Zhao Xinguo brought people from the security department to help, and soon, 30,000 kilograms of rice were delivered to the warehouse.

Li Huaide instructed, "Lao Wan, you have to take good care of this grain. If there is any problem, I will come to you."

Director Wan patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, Director Li. If anything goes wrong, I will come to you with my head. I will arrange for someone to take care of you 24 hours a day."

Everything was done and it was already past midnight.

Li Huaide arranged for everyone to go back and rest. They can take a day off tomorrow before going back to work.

But he and Li Ping'an can't do that. They have to come to the factory tomorrow to report to Director Yang and Secretary He.