Living in a Siheyuan

The next day, Li Pingan came to the factory. Today he had to accompany Li Huaide to report what happened last night to Director Yang and Secretary He.

When the two arrived at Director Yang's office, Director Yang and Secretary He were already waiting for them.

Director Yang asked anxiously, "Lao Li, what happened last night?"

Li Huaide chuckled and said, "Director, last night went smoothly. We have also made contact with that person."

"They promised us that we could trade 60,000 kilograms of rice every month and provide us with more than a dozen big fat pigs."

After hearing this, Director Yang said happily, "Really? Then our factory's problems can be solved! That's great."

"Have you figured out where they came from?"

"They asked us to pay with gold next time, or some antiques and paintings. It sounds like they got these things from overseas. They said cash is not easy to use over there. Isn't that what overseas means?"

"Yeah, that's right. If it's from China, I really can't figure out where they got it from."

"But I'm afraid it's hard to get this gold? This stuff is controlled by the state. Where can we get it?"

Li Huaide said quietly: "I want to take out some rice and find people in the black market. Ask them to help us get the gold back. But this is a bit risky."

After hearing this, Director Yang shook his head in disapproval.

"We can't contact them. If something goes wrong, no one will be responsible. Let's think of other ways."

At this time, Secretary He said, "If there is really no other way, you can find Director Lou. He must have a channel."

After hearing this, Director Yang immediately slammed the table and said, "Yes, how can we forget about him? Although he doesn't manage our factory much now, he is still a director. It shouldn't be a problem to let him contribute a little."

Li Huaide also said: "Okay, Director, you can talk to him. Then we can get more just in case."

Director Yang also readily agreed.

Li Huaide added: "This time, it was thanks to Ping An that we were able to get in touch with those people with his connections."

"He rode his bike with me last night, and the cold wind almost froze me to death. I thought, Ping An should go out more often in the future. Doesn't our Transportation Department have an unused GAZ jeep? Let's pack it up and let Ping An use it first. It will be more convenient this way."

Director Yang thought about it and looked at Secretary He again.

Secretary He also knew that this time it was all thanks to Li Pingan. Facing Director Yang's gaze, he nodded.

Director Yang said, "Okay, let them clean up the mess. Let Ping An drive first."

After getting the approval of the three leaders, Li Pingan stood up and thanked them.

After talking for a while about what to pay attention to next time, Li Huaide took Li Pingan away.

As for the car, he will have to wait until the transport team has maintained it before he can get it.

The steel mill was really bustling at noon today.

A few days ago, there was a rumor that the factory had run out of food and everyone might go hungry.

But at noon today, the factory actually made rice porridge. And the rice porridge was so thick that it could almost be eaten as rice.

Although the vegetables are still cabbage and radish, this kind of rice porridge is sweet even if you drink it plain!

So everyone lined up in a long queue, waiting to get their meals, and the people behind kept urging the people in front to hurry up.

Director Yang and several deputy directors came to the cafeteria. Seeing such a lively scene, they were also very happy.

People around kept seeing them and greeting them happily.

Someone shouted, "Hello, Director. You are awesome. We never thought we could eat such delicious rice porridge. Thank you so much!"

"Yes, Director! You are the best leaders in our factory."

"Yes, yes! I heard that the machine tool factory nearby can't even afford wild vegetables. Our factory is still better!"

Facing everyone's praise, everyone was very happy. This time, a big problem was really solved.

Director Yang and Li Huaide looked at each other, and they both understood. It was unknown how long this situation could last. But for now, the effect was still good.

Even if the higher-ups blamed them, there were so many workers in the factory. They couldn't do anything, right?

With confidence, the two of them didn't think much and took everyone to the private room in the small cafeteria.

Li Pingan returned to the office after reporting to Director Yang. He didn't get enough rest last night, so he decided to have a good sleep in the office.

At noon, I ate the food I took out from the space. I didn't go to the cafeteria, and I didn't know how busy it was.

At noon today, many people were reluctant to eat. I drank a few sips myself, and planned to take the rest home, add some water and boil it for a while. This way, the whole family can drink the porridge.

Some people now drink wild vegetable soup at home.

After work in the afternoon, Li Ping'an rode his bike home on time.

At this time, Sha Zhu came over and sat in the truck bed.

Li Pingan was speechless. This stupid pillar was addicted to sitting on it.

Before he could say anything, Xu Damao came up behind him and the two of them started fighting for it.

Xu Damao wanted to sit in the truck bed and asked Sha Zhu to sit in the back. Sha Zhu was already sitting there, so of course he didn't want to sit there.

So the two of them started arguing at the door.

"Silly Zhu, do you have any shame? Don't you know what kind of relationship Ping An and I have? I am the godfather of his child, and he will also be the godfather of my child. Can you compare?"

"Xu Damao, we grew up together. What's wrong?"

"You talk as if everyone didn't grow up together?"

"Xu Damao, I even climbed a tree with Ping An. How about you?"

"We even made pee mud together!"

Li Pingan originally wanted to watch the show, since these two guys were not good people. But in the end, the fire burned himself.

He hurriedly shouted: "You two can talk about things, don't take me with you!"

After hearing this, Sha Zhu immediately said, "Xu Damao, I've been riding in the truck these past few days. If you don't believe me, ask Ping An."

Li Pingan nodded after hearing this.

Xu Damao saw it and said directly: "That's because I haven't come back. If I come back, you will give me your seat."

Then he tried to catch Sha Zhu, but Sha Zhu dodged and escaped.

But the silly man dodged it, but he didn't dodge it with two lunch boxes in his hands.

Xu Damao immediately grabbed the net bag containing the lunch boxes and pulled it, causing the two lunch boxes to fall to the ground.

Suddenly, the white rice in the lunch box poured out.

You know, lunch boxes nowadays are not small. This lunch box has more than two kilograms of rice. Two lunch boxes would be about four kilograms.

This time, Shazhu was dumbfounded.

Xu Damao was dumbfounded.

The people watching the fun were dumbfounded.

This is definitely stealing state property. And it happened at a time when supplies are at their most scarce.

Now a pound of rice is more expensive than meat on the black market, at least one or two yuan.

Xu Damao was the first to react. He shouted, "Okay, Shazhu, you actually stole rice from the factory?"

This caused a huge uproar. The people watching the excitement were all upset. This was rice that the factory bought for everyone to save their lives. How could Sha Zhu steal so much at once?

Soon, some smart people quietly left. Some went to call the security department. Some went to the office building to call the leader.

Everyone here was shouting to punish Sha Zhu. Someone had already started to pull him off the motorcycle.

Seeing this, Li Pingan quickly picked up Shazhu and threw him off the bike. Then he rode his bike away to hide.

It was a chaotic situation at the moment, and he didn't want to get beaten for Sha Zhu.

Seeing Shazhu being thrown to the ground, someone went up and kicked him a few times.

Now someone took the lead, and the people behind came up and started kicking Shazhu around.

Li Ping'an saw it clearly from the side. Xu Damao's grandson was also mixed in the crowd and kicked Sha Zhu.

He kicked with the strongest force, specifically towards the area between Shazhu's legs.

By the time the security guards arrived, Sha Zhu had been beaten to a bloody mess, and there was not a single intact part of his body. His clothes were covered in footprints.

The security people were afraid of something happening, so they quickly separated everyone.

Sha Zhu's physique was good. With so many people beating him up, he only had some minor injuries. The most serious one was probably the few times Xu Damao secretly kicked him in the crotch.

When the security department separated the people, Director Yang and a group of leaders including Li Huaide also came. Even Director Wan from the canteen came.

Factory Director Yang saw the chaos and shouted, "What are you all doing here? Who beat the guy? Stand up!"

Director Yang and his team had just arrived and didn't know the details of the situation. They just heard that there was a fight at the gate, blocking the gate. So he hurried over with his team.

After hearing what Director Yang said, everyone looked at each other. No one said anything.

Director Yang was furious and scolded, "If you don't admit it now, I will have the security department investigate it later. No one will be able to escape then. We must deal with it severely."

There was no other choice, so everyone took a step forward one by one.

Director Yang was stunned. So many people? How could there be dozens of people beating up Sha Zhu alone?

Seeing Li Pingan sitting on a motorcycle on the side, he waved to him to come over.

Li Pingan was still watching the fun, but when he saw Director Yang calling him, he had no choice but to go over.

"Ping An, you were at the scene, can you tell me what happened?"

Li Pingan could only tell the whole story. He did not favor anyone. Neither Sha Zhu nor Xu Damao were good people, so let them fight it out.

After hearing this, Director Yang cleared the mess that had been trampled on by the crowd and saw two lunch boxes and rice spilled all over the floor.

Originally, these few kilograms of rice did not seem much when put together, but after everyone stepped on them, they were scattered everywhere.

The white rice mixed with the sand on the ground suddenly weighed more than ten kilograms.

Factory Director Yang watched as his staff had trouble eating and sleeping, and the food they had obtained with great trepidation was wasted. He was so angry that his face turned ashen.

He said to the security personnel, "Take He Yuzhu over and lock him up! We will discuss the specific punishment at the meeting tomorrow."

He looked at the people who were beating Shazhu around him. After thinking for a while, he said, "You all should go back and be more careful in the future. If you beat someone up and cause trouble today, no one can escape."

Just like that, the matter ended for the time being.

Director Wan of the canteen quickly asked people to sweep the rice off the ground and sieve it through a sieve. Food is too precious now. We can't waste even a little bit.

Sha Zhu was locked up in the small dark room of the security department.