Living in a Siheyuan

The next day, Monday, was the day for the Purchasing Department's regular meeting.

Li Pingan arrived at the office early in the morning and started chatting with Feng Gaoge who had already arrived. Soon, the rest of the people also arrived one after another.

When Zhou Changming arrived, everyone sat there waiting for him to speak.

Zhou Changming didn't waste any words and said directly, "Everyone should run around more recently. The factory hasn't given workers extra meals for a long time. Everyone is starving. Director Li from the logistics department has scolded our section chief several times. I was also criticized by Section Chief Liu. You guys should work as hard as you can to get more meat back."

After Zhou Changming finished speaking, everyone below started to complain. It was nothing more than that meat was hard to come by now, and in the countryside, it was all collectively raised. There was no surplus to sell.

Hearing everyone complaining, Zhou Changming shouted angrily: "Okay, I'm not asking you to get it. I just want you to try your best to find a way. Whoever can get it will be rewarded."

Then he turned to Chao Junhui and said, "Xiao Chao, I remember you had some connections. How about this time? Can you get it?"

After hearing this, Li Ping'an thought to himself, no wonder this guy always seemed a little arrogant, it turns out he has connections.

Chao Junhui looked at the people around him proudly and said, "I can ask about this, but it's not certain. This thing is not easy to deal with now."

Zhou Changming seemed to be quite optimistic about Chao Junhui and said, "Okay, then you must go and ask. Our department is counting on you this time."

After giving some instructions, Li Pingan and his team dispersed.

Li Pingan pushed his bicycle and walked out with Ji Qingshan. As they walked, Li Pingan asked, "Brother Ji, Chao Junhui has a lot of connections. He can get meat for us."

Ji Qingshan looked around and said, "I heard that his relative is a cadre in a nearby commune and has some connections. He got a lot of good stuff from the front."

Li Pingan finally understood what he was saying. Now the big communes have several production teams under them. There will always be some good things.

After leaving the factory and parting with Ji Qingshan, Li Pingan planned to go to the mountains in Zhangjiazhuang. He had always wanted to go there, but he didn't have time because his family was renovating the house. This time he went into the mountains to have some fun.

After riding his bike to a deserted place, Li Ping'an put the bike into the space and started heading towards Zhangjiazhuang.

Soon, Li Pingan arrived at the edge of Zhangjiazhuang. He did not go in, but went into the mountain from the side.

He quickly dodged up the mountain and soon reached the top of the mountain. Looking around, he saw endless mountains, and he was still at the edge.

After finding the right direction, Li Pingan rushed towards the depths of the mountains.

After passing a few hills, there is no trace of human activity here. Now is the time when plants are flourishing and green, and everywhere is lush and green.

Li Ping'an didn't know where the wild boars and other things were, so he could only continue walking inside while scanning with his spiritual sense.

At about noon, he came to a pond. It was the hottest time of the day, so he planned to rest for a while before looking for more.

Just as Li Pingan was drinking water and resting by the pond, he heard a rustling sound from the bushes on the side. He quickly used his spiritual sense to scan. Isn't this the silly roe deer that only exists in the Northeast? The white butt is an obvious mark.

In his previous life, he had seen this creature in the zoo. It was very cute and curious about everything it saw. This time, he finally saw a wild one. He heard that roe deer meat is very delicious.

Seeing this guy still hiding in the bushes, with his head turning around to look around, Li Pingan dodged and threw it directly into the space.

Since there is one here, there must be more. He did not rest at this moment, and continued to search around with his spiritual sense. Soon he found three silly roe deer at the edge of a relatively flat forest. There was nothing to say, so he put them into the space directly.

Then he continued to search inside.

Li Pingan, who had already entered the deep mountains, came to a relatively high mountain top. He looked around, but he didn't know where he was. The mountains here were too big, and he didn't know where these things were hidden. Even if he had divine sense to check, it would be difficult to find them.

He saw quite a few wild rabbits and pheasants, but he didn't take them. There were already many of them growing in his own space, and they were fatter than these. There was no need to collect the ones from the mountains.

Just as he was about to continue searching inside, he heard a loud roar. It sounded like a tiger. Li Pingan quickly dodged there.

Soon he came to a low-lying area and saw a tiger weighing more than 300 kilograms biting a wild boar. The wild boar weighed about 200 kilograms and was struggling hard, trying to get out of the tiger's mouth.

Seeing this good thing, Li Pingan did not hesitate and went straight up to collect the tiger and wild boar into the space. He also told Lu Dehua to put the tiger in a circle.

After leaving the space, Li Pingan began to search nearby. The wild boars were in groups, and the others were probably scared away by the tiger.

Soon he found five or six wild boars gathered together, two big ones and four smaller ones, and captured them all.

After searching around for a while, I collected six large pigs weighing 200 to 300 kilograms, and seven or eight weighing more than 100 kilograms. I also collected more than a dozen smaller piglets weighing several dozen kilograms. It seemed that this was a large herd of pigs.

Seeing that today's harvest was enough, Li Pingan was about to go back. Suddenly, he thought that there couldn't be only one tiger, so he started to look around again.

Finally, they found another tiger in a cave, with a puppy-sized cub inside. After sending the whole family into the space to reunite, Li Pingan began to rush out of the mountain.

It was only after three o'clock when he reached the foot of the mountain. He didn't delay any longer and went straight home.

When he arrived near the city, Li Ping'an rode his bike slowly towards home.

At night, he was thinking about how to hand the wild boar over to the factory. He didn't have a gun, so he couldn't kill the wild boar with his bare hands. Although he could do it, it would be a bit ostentatious and didn't fit his low-key temperament.

Thinking of the pig spears I saw on the Internet in my previous life, this thing should not be difficult to make. I will go to the factory tomorrow to ask someone to make a few to try.

The next day, Li Pingan came to the factory and found Zhou Changming. He said to him, "Chief Zhou, I went to Zhangjiazhuang yesterday. I heard that they found wild boars in the mountains near the village some time ago. I want to go and see if you can get us some weapons."

Zhou Changming looked at Li Ping'an in astonishment and said, "Are you tired of living? Do ordinary people dare to touch wild boars? They come in groups. Without a few guns and several people, who dares to provoke them?"

Li Pingan said quickly: "I'm just going to give it a try. Besides, I've practiced since I was a kid. I'm pretty confident."

Zhou Changming thought for a moment and said, "But it's hard to get guns now. They're all kept by the security department. We can usually only apply for them if we have a mission. I don't think they'll approve your application."

"Chief, if I can't get a gun, can you help me find someone to make me a few wild boar spears? Look, this is my rough drawing of it." Li Ping'an said as he handed Zhou Changming a piece of paper with a drawing of a wild boar spear.

Zhou Changming took it, looked at it and said, "This doesn't look difficult to make. Are you sure it will work? This is no joke. Nothing can go wrong."

Li Pingan assured: "Don't worry, regardless of anything else, if things really don't work out, I'm sure I can escape."

Seeing Li Ping'an's confident look, Zhou Changqing stopped trying to persuade him. He took Li Ping'an to find the director of the second workshop. The director's surname was Wan, and he was also an old acquaintance of his.

The two exchanged a few polite words, and Zhou Changqing handed the blueprint to Director Wan. After receiving the blueprint, Director Wan studied it for a while and said, "This thing is simple to make, but if it is to work well, you need to use better steel. Otherwise, it will become dull after a few uses."

After hearing this, Zhou Changqing said, "Lao Wan, you should take care of it. It's not like you'll only be using it once or twice. Write a bill for the required fees later and I'll go to the finance department to pay."

It is allowed to process some parts in-house in the factory, but there will be some material costs.

After listening to this, Director Wan said, "Okay, wait a minute and I'll find someone to do it for you. It will be done soon."

Zhou Changqing and Li Ping'an were waiting in Director Wan's office. Director Wan took the drawings and found someone to process them.

After a while, Director Wan came in with a 1.2-meter-long wild boar spear. The spear was about the thickness of a knife handle, and the tip was very sharp, gleaming with cold light. It looked very sharp.

Li Pingan took it and tried it, and found it very handy. He immediately thanked Director Wan.

Finally, five such spears were processed. Zhou Changqing wanted to pay with the money from the purchasing department, but was stopped by Li Pingan. It was for his own use, so it was more reliable to pay for it himself.

After thanking Director Wan, Li Pingan took his things and left the steel mill. Zhou Changqing also specifically told him to be careful. Even if he couldn't get the wild boar, he had to protect himself.

Only after Li Ping'an's repeated assurances did Zhou Changqing feel a little relieved.

Li Pingan left the steel mill and went to the suburbs. Seeing that there was no one around, he entered the space.

The space is now well managed by Liu Mi and Lu Dehua. The products inside are also very rich. The warehouse is filled with all kinds of food, fruits, and meat.

He came to the breeding area and saw the tiger family that was brought in yesterday eating a few wild rabbits. Lu Dehua built a fence around them with some thick wood. Li Pingan thought how good it would be, they didn't have to look for food every day. They just had to give birth to cubs.

On the other side, the wild boars that were brought in yesterday were also in a fence. Lu Dehua threw a lot of corn cobs and some vegetable roots and leaves into the fence. The wild boars also gathered together and ate like crazy.

Those silly roe deer were free on the grass, eating grass leisurely behind the flock of sheep.

Li Ping'an told Lu Dehua that since the number of domestic pigs has decreased, he should raise more wild boars. He also asked him to take care of the tigers. He also thought that tiger penis wine and other things would be very special gifts for people in the future.

After instructing Lu Dehua, Li Pingan found a boar weighing more than 200 kilograms in the wild boar herd. He controlled it to come over and directly stabbed it in the head with the wild boar spear. After struggling for a few times, the wild boar stopped moving. Then Li Pingan pulled out the spear and hit the wild boar's thigh again.

After dealing with the wild boar, it was still early. He practiced in the training room again. Although the progress was not great, Li Pingan still practiced whenever he had nothing to do.

It was not until the afternoon when Li Ping'an was about to get off work that he left the space. He looked outside to see if there was anyone around, and tied the 200-pound wild boar to the back of his bicycle. After thinking for a while, he made his clothes a little dirty, and then pushed the bicycle to the steel mill.

When they arrived at the factory gate, the security staff were surprised to see Li Ping'an carrying such a big wild boar. He was dirty all over, and they thought he must have gotten it from the mountains.

Several security guards quickly opened the door, and someone said to Li Ping'an, "Purchasing agent Li, it's OK this time. We can finally have some meat."

There’s no way. There’s no meat in the factory now and no one has eaten meat for a long time.

Li Pingan also smiled and said to everyone: "I was lucky this time. But it took a lot of effort to get this one back."

As he spoke, he walked towards the warehouse of the logistics department. Before he reached the warehouse, Zhou Changqing and Section Chief Liu Zhiwei came to meet him. He was also very excited to see that Li Ping'an really got a wild boar. He was finally no longer scolded by Director Li.

Zhou Changqing said happily: "You are safe. I have been worried since you left. I am relieved to see you come back."

Liu Zhiwei also came over and patted Li Ping'an on the shoulder and said, "Not bad, not bad! Ping'an did a good job this time, I will commend you later."

Li Ping'an was thanking the two leaders when he saw the canteen director coming with Sha Zhu and a few others.

The canteen director was Zhang Xinli. He came over and said to Liu Zhiwei, "Old Liu, I heard you guys got a pig and rushed over. Hurry up and put it in the warehouse. I'll ask the kitchen staff to clean it up, otherwise the meat will be bad in this weather."

Liu Zhiwei also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! Come over here and help to put it into the warehouse quickly."

With the help of several people, the goods were quickly weighed and stored in the warehouse.

This wild boar is also quite big, with a gross weight of more than 270 kilograms. Because wild boars have little fat and are based on gross weight, the factory gives 40 cents per kilogram.

After weighing it, the canteen director asked Sha Zhu and a few others to come and take the wild boar away to clean it up.

Then Sha Zhu came up to Li Ping'an and said, "Great, Ping'an. I didn't realize you were so capable. You dare to go hunting wild boars. Tell me about it when you get home tonight."

Li Pingan also smiled and said, "I'm just lucky. Brother Zhuzi will come to my house tonight. Call Yushui and I'll treat you to a drink."

Seeing the people in the kitchen dragging the wild boar away, Sha Zhu hurriedly followed them. He was the chief surgeon and could not be absent.

With praise from the chief and deputy chief, Li Pingan went to the finance office to collect more than 100 yuan. After returning to the purchasing department and sitting for a while, it was time to get off work.