Living in a Siheyuan

On the second day of work, people were full of enthusiasm along the way. The heat of yesterday's event had not yet subsided, and everyone walked in groups of three or four and talked.

Li Pingan rode his bike quickly to the factory.

There is a meeting this morning as usual.

Soon everyone arrived. They sat together, smoking and talking about what they had seen and heard yesterday. Many people had watched from afar yesterday and could not see the scene ahead at all. Now they were discussing the situation at that time.

Everyone stopped talking until Zhou Changming arrived.

Zhou Changming knocked on the table and said to everyone, "Our department has completed its recent tasks very well. Of course, this is mainly due to Li Pingan, who has completed several difficult tasks for us several times in a row. Let's give him a round of applause."

After saying that, he took the lead in applauding.

The people below also clapped their hands.

Only Chao Junhui patted him a few times perfunctorily, looking at Li Ping'an with some envy and jealousy in his eyes.

Before Li Pingan came, he was the most popular person in the department. Even Zhou Changming sometimes asked him for help. Now his status has been declining. He is not as popular as a newcomer.

Li Pingan also felt Chao Junhui's gaze, but he didn't care. His achievements were actually the materials he got for the factory.

Li Ping'an stood up, said a few polite words to everyone and then sat down.

Zhou Changming continued, "The Chinese New Year is only a few months away, so there will be more and more receptions in the future. Everyone should work hard!"

After the meeting, Zhou Changming asked everyone to go get supplies. He took Li Pingan to Liu Zhiwei's office again.

Liu Zhiwei saw the two people coming in. He said to Li Pingan, "Pingan, the factory gave you a reward a few days ago. Because you were promoted not long ago, you will be promoted one level first. That is, you will be promoted to an eighth-level clerk, and your salary is 33 yuan. I know this is a bit low for your contribution. It's just that it was promoted too quickly and it's hard for everyone to explain."

After saying this, Li Pingan didn't react at all.

Then he continued, "Although the promotion in rank is small, there are other rewards for you. The factory will give you 50 yuan as a reward and a bicycle ticket, and also give you a temporary worker quota. Do you think it's okay?"

After hearing what Liu Zhiwei said, Li Pingan was also very happy. It was nothing else, the temporary worker position could be given to Yu Li.

He quickly asked, "Chief, I have no problem. Where does this temporary worker work?"

Liu Zhiwei and Zhou Changming looked at each other, and Zhou Changming smiled and said, "We need to add a statistician to our department to ease my workload. If you have a suitable person, you can bring him here to try."

Hearing this, Li Pingan said excitedly: "I have an engaged girl who graduated from junior high school. It should be okay for her to do this, right?"

Liu Zhiwei nodded and said, "Junior high school graduates are fine. It's just some simple statistical work. You can bring it here when the time comes and let Lao Zhou teach you more."

After agreeing on this, Liu Zhiwei handed the bicycle ticket and fifty yuan to Li Pingan.

Returning to his office, Zhou Changming said, "Go ahead and bring the person here as soon as possible."

Li Pingan didn't hesitate and rode his bike out of the steel mill and headed for Yu Li's home.

Arriving at Yu Li's house, Yu Linhai was also idle at home today.

When he saw Li Pingan coming, he said, "Pingan is here, aren't you going to the rural purchasing department today?"

Yu Li also brought him a glass of water and sat down beside him.

Li Pingan smiled and said, "Uncle Yu, we won't go to the countryside today. I gave the factory enough supplies last time, so we can take a rest."

"There was a dinner party at the factory before the holiday, and I got a lot of supplies for the factory. This time the factory rewarded me with a temporary worker quota, and I want Yu Li to go to work. What do you think?"

Yu Li was so happy that she almost jumped up when she heard that she could go to work. You know, it's hard to find a job now. She has been idle at home since she graduated from junior high school.

Yu Linhai also lost his composure and said, "That's great. I didn't expect Ping An to be so capable."

Yu's mother put down the paper box in her hand and came over happily and said, "Ping An, what kind of job did Lili go to work for?"

After hearing this, Yu Li also looked at him expectantly.

"Our department has been short of a statistician, so the section chief asked me to take her in to try first, and then our deputy section chief will guide her more." Li Ping'an replied.

Yu Li asked anxiously, "Can I do it? I just graduated from junior high school."

Li Pingan said comfortingly: "Don't worry, it's not difficult. It's just a matter of counting the materials purchased by each buyer every week. It's very simple."

Hearing this, Yu Li felt a lot more relieved.

After chatting for a while at home, Li Pingan took Yu Li to the factory.

After registering Yu Li at the door, he took Yu Li back to the purchasing department.

When Zhou Changming saw Yu Li, he smiled and praised Li Ping'an, saying, "Tell me the truth, where did you kidnap such a beautiful wife from?"

Li Ping'an also smiled and joked with Zhou Changming.

Zhou Changming said to Yu Li: "Our work is not difficult. I used to do the statistics on a part-time basis. You will become proficient if you do it more often."

After talking for a while, Zhou Changming felt that although Yu Li did not have a high degree, she had good calculation ability.

So he happily took them to find Liu Zhiwei.

Things went smoothly with Liu Zhiwei and we reached an agreement in no time.

He personally took Yu Li to handle the formalities.

With the personal help of the purchasing section chief, everything went smoothly. By noon, Yu Li had completed all the formalities. Because she was a temporary worker, she only earned 18 yuan a month. Generally, she could be converted to a regular employee after working for three years without any major problems.

Holding the newly issued factory uniforms and lunch boxes, Li Pingan took the excited Yu Li home.

On the way, he asked Yu Li to wait for a while, saying that he would go to the restaurant to pack some dishes to take home to celebrate.

I found a deserted place and took out four lunch boxes from the space. I also took out a dozen steamed buns.

Yu Li saw that Li Ping'an bought so many things again and blamed him for spending money indiscriminately.

The two of them returned to Yu Li's home.

Yu Linhai and Yu's mother were waiting for them. They were relieved when they saw the factory uniform in Yu Li's hand. They surrounded Yu Li and asked her questions for a long time before they found the lunch box and steamed buns that Li Ping'an was carrying. Yu's mother quickly took them.

At noon, Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu also came back. They were very happy to hear that their sister was going to work. They also saw so many delicious foods on the table. They turned their happiness into appetite and started eating with big mouthfuls.

I just reported for work today and will officially start work tomorrow. In the afternoon, Li Pingan took Yu Li out shopping.

Arriving at the department store, Li Pingan took Yu Li to the bicycle sales area.

Yu Li was still a little puzzled and asked: "Don't you have a bicycle? Why buy one?"

Li Pingan took out the reward ticket from the factory this morning and said, "This is also a reward from the factory this morning. You are going to work now, so we will buy you a ladies' car. This way it will be more convenient for you to go to and from get off work."

After saying that, he didn't give Yu Li a chance to object and took her to the place where bicycles were sold.

Finally, Yu Li had no choice but to choose a Phoenix women's bicycle. After paying 240 yuan and the ticket, the bicycle became Yu Li's.

He took the somewhat excited Yu Li to the Public Security Bureau to stamp her name and go through the formalities. The two of them pushed their bicycles to a deserted place, and Li Ping'an taught Yu Li how to ride a bicycle.

With Li Ping'an's patient teaching and Yu Li's tall stature and long legs, she was able to ride on her own in a short while. She was just a little unskilled.

They practiced until the afternoon when they got off work, and then they rode back home. By then, Yu Li had mastered the riding technique very well.

When they arrived at Yu Li's house, a few middle-aged women who were chatting there saw Yu Li riding a new bicycle back home. They all asked enviously, "Li Li, is this a new bicycle?"

Another one also said, "Yes, Lily, I heard from your mother that you are going to work in a steel mill. Is that true?"

Yu Li also said happily: "Yes, auntie, I will go to work tomorrow. My boyfriend said that his work is far away, so he just bought me a bike to ride to and from get off work."

Hearing Yu Li's boastful words, the aunts felt even more jealous. Why didn't her family find such a good son-in-law? He arranged a job for him, bought him a bicycle, and sent him good things every now and then. The Yu family was really lucky.

Without further ado, they pushed the cart back home.

Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu saw their sister pushing a new bicycle at the door. They ran over and shouted, "Sister, is this your bicycle?"

Yu Xiaohu grabbed the car and said, "Sister, take me for a few laps."

Yu's mother and Yu Linhai heard the sound and came out, and saw the new bicycle in Yu Li's hand.

Yu Linhai said: "Is this the Ping An you bought? Why did you buy another one?"

Yu's mother also said, "Yes, Ping An, why are you spending money recklessly again?"

Li Pingan explained helplessly: "Isn't Yu Li going to work tomorrow? I bought her a bicycle to ride to and from get off work. It just so happened that the factory rewarded me with a bicycle ticket today."

Yu's mother said, "It's only a few steps away and she has to ride a bike. Just spoil Ping An like this."

Yu Li said angrily, "Mom, are you my real mother? How can you say that to your own daughter?"

Yu Linhai also smiled and said, "Just be content. There are few people as good as Ping An. If you don't obey me in the future, your mother and I will punish you together."

As they chatted and laughed, Yu Li took Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu for a few laps in the yard. Yu Haitang wanted to ride by herself, but was ruthlessly suppressed by Yu Li and Yu's mother. Yu Haitang was so angry that she didn't eat much at night.

Li Ping'an went home after having dinner at Yu Li's house.

After another night of training in the space, with time accelerating inside, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to opening up the seventh meridian.

The next day, Li Pingan got up early and rode his bike to Yu Li's house. On the first day of work, he had to accompany her.

When they arrived at Yu's house, Yu Li was already waiting for them. The two of them rode their bikes to the steel mill.

When I arrived at the purchasing department, there were quite a lot of people there today. Except for Wang Yousheng, the rest were all there.

Zhou Changming brought Yu Li to the office and said, "Her name is Yu Li, and she will be the statistician of our department from now on. Every time you put materials into the warehouse, you should give her the warehouse entry form, and she will be responsible for the statistics. Welcome everyone!"

Seeing the beauty, everyone applauded enthusiastically. After all, their office was full of men, so it was a good thing to have a beauty join them.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Zhou Changming poured cold water on them again. He said, "Don't think too much. Yu Li is also Ping An's fiancée. This is also a job quota awarded to Ping An by the factory. You can't envy it."

Hearing this, several people started to tease Li Pingan. They were all colleagues, and most of them had gotten along well in the past few months. Moreover, most of them were married. It was just a joke.

Only Chao Junhui's expression of envy, jealousy and hatred deepened after hearing this.

Zhou Changming arranged Yu Li in the first seat in the inner row. Next to her was Li Ping'an's seat. He also gave her some more tasks.

Soon it was noon. With Yu Li there, Li Pingan also obediently accompanied her to the cafeteria for lunch.

When they arrived at the cafeteria and were getting food, He Yuzhu saw Li Pingan and Yu Li. He was a little surprised and said, "Pingan, why is your sister-in-law also working in the factory?"

Li Pingan said with a smile: "That's right, Brother Zhuzi, don't you see who I am? Today is her first day at work, you have to take better care of her in the future."

He Yuzhu immediately patted his chest and said that he would make sure Yu Li ate well. Then he filled their lunch boxes with vegetables and took out a few steamed buns.

When Yu Li saw it, she said, "Thank you, Brother Zhuzi. I'll ask Ping An to invite you to my house for a drink in a few days."

They found an empty seat, sat down and started eating happily.

Although this was a dull meal for Li Pingan, Yu Li enjoyed it very much. It was definitely better than what they usually ate at home.

After dinner, Yu Li washed the lunch box and returned to the office.

In this way, Yu Li also started her work.