Living in a Siheyuan

The next day, Yan Jiecheng arrived at Li Ping'an's house early in the morning.

Li Ping'an had breakfast, settled Yu Li down, and then took him to the factory.

Yan Jiecheng was sitting in the motorcycle bed, feeling quite excited, thinking that he would be able to ride a motorcycle someday.

At the gate of the steel mill, several security guards saw Li Ping'an's motorcycle and immediately ran over to open the door and greeted him warmly.

Everyone in the factory knew that the meat they could eat these few times was all thanks to Li Ping'an. So Li Ping'an was very popular in the factory. At least more popular than the current logistics director Li Huaide.

Arriving at the Personnel Department, he completed the formalities with ease. When Yan Jiecheng received the factory uniform and lunch box, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

I took Yan Jiecheng to the purchasing department's office. Everyone was there today.

It turned out that there was a lunch party today, with meat dishes. Everyone stayed out, waiting for lunch.

Li Pingan also gave everyone cigarettes and said, "This is my neighbor, Yan Jiecheng. He will be your colleague from now on. Please help take care of him."

He then introduced the three people present to Yan Jiecheng one by one.

He led Yan Jiecheng to Zhou Changming's office and introduced him to Zhou Changming.

Zhou Changming said with a smile: "Since he is your neighbor and you brought him here, I won't let anyone else take care of him. You just take him to get familiar with him."

"It just so happens that we have a dinner party today. Our department has made great contributions, so we have an extra meal ticket, so I'll give it to you."

As he spoke, Zhou Changming gave a meal coupon to Yan Jiecheng and another to Li Pingan.

Afterwards, Zhou Changming took Yan Jiecheng to get the bicycle and pistol.

At about noon, Yan Jiecheng came back wearing his factory uniform and a Type 52 rifle on his waist. Looking at his cheerful face, he must have felt that the money was well spent.

Li Ping'an also planned to go back, so he said, "Xie Cheng, I'm going back first. Anyway, you don't have work today, I'll teach you when you come to the factory tomorrow."

After saying that, he gave his meal coupon to Yan Jiecheng.

"Take this one too. Your sister-in-law is not used to the big pot food in the factory. You can take some food home to eat."

Yan Jiecheng happily took the meal voucher and quickly thanked Li Pingan.

At noon, Yan Jiecheng took two lunch boxes and went directly to the window to get two servings of meat and vegetables.

He Yuzhu was a little surprised to see that it was Yan Jiecheng. But when he heard that it was Li Pingan who gave Yu Li's job to him, he was quite respectful and packed two boxes of meat-rich vegetables for Yan Jiecheng.

On the way home, Yan Jiecheng rode the bicycle issued by the factory, with two lunch boxes full of meat and vegetables hanging on it. He returned home with his head held high, his spirits high, and his fighting spirit high.

The Yan family, the whole family is waiting for Yan Jiecheng.

Li Pingan told me when he came back. It happened that there was a company dinner today, and Yan Jiecheng came back after getting food in the cafeteria.

Yan Bugui watched Yan Jiecheng push the bike back in high spirits. He immediately stepped forward, touched the bike and said, "Jiecheng, if you don't go out in the future, let Dad ride this bike."

Yan Jiecheng pushed his father's hand away and said, "Dad, aren't you making me make a mistake? This is the factory's car. If you ride it, it will be considered as using the company car for personal purposes. I will be criticized."

The second aunt quickly pulled Yan Bugui back and said, "You are such a grown-up, and you let your son make mistakes when he just started working. If you want to ride a bicycle, go buy one yourself!"

After that, he took the two lunch boxes on the handlebars and said, "Let's go home and eat. Look how lucky my son is. He can only eat meat and vegetables a few times a year at the steel mill, and we just happened to come across this."

"Ping'an is a good kid. He gave all his meal coupons to our family. You should listen to Ping'an more in the future, Jiecheng."

Yan Jiecheng followed happily behind, and Yan Bugui said unhappily: "If I hadn't spent money, I wouldn't have found Ping An. How could such a good thing happen? I'll eat one box at noon today, and eat the rest tomorrow."

Then he said to the second aunt, "You can stew that vegetable with cabbage or something else and then stir-fry it, so that it will taste like meat."

This made the children in the family very angry. They had thought that they could finally have a good meal today, but in the end they could only taste some meat. However, they had no say in this family and could only accept the fact.

Li Pingan went home and made a braised fish and chicken soup for Yu Li. The two of them had a lively meal.

After a while, the second aunt came with Yan Jie to see.

The second aunt was particularly enthusiastic today. She came to chat with Yu Li and helped wash diapers. Yan Jiedi also helped to look after the two little ones and played on the side.

Li Pingan smiled helplessly when he saw this. If you say Yan Bugui's family is good, they will rarely help you without benefits. If you say it's bad, he will find a way to help you pay back the benefits you gave him. It's like a price tag, how much benefits you give, how much I will do for you.

As for the fact that he accepted He Yuzhu's things but didn't introduce Ran Qiuye to him in the plot, it was because Yan Bugui didn't think highly of He Yuzhu. But when he saw Qin Huairu eating He Yuzhu's lunch box every day, he wanted to take advantage of her.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Li Pingan rode his bike to the street office. The wild boars from yesterday had not been paid yet.

When he arrived at the street office, Li Ping'an was warmly welcomed by everyone.

Greeting everyone along the way, Li Ping'an arrived at Director Wang's office.

When Director Wang saw Li Ping'an, he said, "Thank you so much for this time, Ping'an. You have solved a big problem for me. Our street office has been working very enthusiastically these past two days."

"Auntie Wang, look at what you said. If you need anything, just tell me. I don't have anything else, but I still have the ability to hunt."

Director Wang took out more than 150 yuan from the drawer and handed it to Li Pingan, saying, "If you don't come again, I'm going to send it to your home after get off work."

After receiving the money, Li Ping'an wanted to leave.

Director Wang looked at Li Pingan with some embarrassment.

Li Pingan also saw it, and said, "Auntie Wang, if you have anything else to say, just tell me. Are you treating me like an outsider?"

Director Wang thought for a moment and said, "Well, when I got home yesterday, I told your uncle Zhang about the wild boar you brought back for us. Your uncle Zhang also wanted you to get some meat for their unit. The police have been working overtime a lot recently, and they haven't had meat for a long time. I wanted to give everyone some meat."

"I thought it was not easy for you to go into the mountains, and you just went there yesterday. I didn't want to make things difficult for you."

After hearing this, Li Pingan thought about it. He was going to take Yan Jiecheng to the countryside tomorrow. They would go to Zhangjiazhuang and get a wild boar from the mountains.

So he said, "Auntie Wang, Uncle Zhang didn't say how much he wanted? Is one head enough?"

After hearing this, Director Wang looked at Li Pingan with shining eyes and said, "It must be enough. Do you have any more?"

"I have something to do tomorrow and I have to go to the village where I hunted a few times before. Then I will stop by the mountains to take a look."

"Okay then, thank you Ping An. I'll ask your Uncle Zhang to leave you some goodies when the time comes."

After the discussion was over, Li Ping'an left the street office.

When we got home, it was almost time for dinner. Second Aunt and Yan Jiedi also went home.

Li Pingan and Yu Li chatted while eating. It can be seen that the second aunt and her friends came to chat with Yu Li in the afternoon and it was very effective.

Look, Yu Li is now talking about the gossips around here non-stop. She also keeps asking Li Ping An if he knows about it.

It seems that every woman likes to talk about these gossips.

Humph! Woman!!!

The next day, Yan Jiecheng rode a bicycle to the factory with everyone.

He walked with everyone in a proud manner, and would often show the pistol at his waist.

He Yuzhu was so angry that he cursed a few times that so many dishes were eaten by dogs yesterday. He would also let Yan Jiecheng flip the spoon in the future. Li Pingan was not as arrogant as him.

When Li Ping'an arrived at the office, Yan Jiecheng was already waiting for him there.

There was no one in the office today except the two of them.

Li Pingan didn't say anything more. He took out the price list that had been put away for a long time from the drawer, gave it to Yan Jiecheng and asked him to keep it. Then he took him directly to Zhangjiazhuang.

Along the way, Yan Jiecheng, who was sitting in the truck, was almost shaken to pieces.

When I arrived at Zhangjiazhuang, I held on to a tree by the roadside and vomited for a long time before I recovered.

When Yan Jiecheng recovered, Li Pingan took him to the brigade headquarters, where the brigade leader Zhang Liuwa and accountant Wu were both there, as well as Zhang Dashan, the son of Uncle Zhang and the militia leader.

Because we have been here several times, everyone is familiar with it.

Zhang Liuwa said, "Purchaser Li, you haven't been here for a long time."

Accountant Wu also said enthusiastically: "Come in and have some water."

Even Zhang Dashan stood up and greeted them enthusiastically.

Li Ping'an also greeted a few people and distributed cigarettes to each of them.

"I'm here today mainly to teach a newcomer. And by the way, I want to see if there are any good things here?"

Team leader Zhang Liuwa smiled bitterly and said, "What good stuff is there? Every family is in financial difficulty now, and almost all the leaves on the mountain have been plucked. I'm afraid your trip this time will be in vain."

Hearing this, Li Pingan was not surprised. There is no place that is not difficult now. He also chatted with a few people helplessly. Then he took Yan Jiecheng out of Zhangjiazhuang.

Riding to the foot of the mountain not far from Zhangjiazhuang, Li Pingan said, "Jiecheng, you can see that this is the situation in every village now. If you are lucky, you can find some eggs that farmers are reluctant to eat. If you are unlucky, your trip will be in vain."

Yan Jiecheng also went from being highly enthusiastic to being somewhat depressed.

Li Pingan said, "You stay here and watch over the car. I'm going to go to the mountains. If you're hungry, eat some dry food. I think I'll be back after noon."

Yan Jiecheng wanted to follow him after hearing this, but before he could say anything, he saw Li Pingan jump over a ravine. The ravine was at least three or four meters wide. Yan Jiecheng opened his mouth wide, but didn't shout.

He really couldn't do anything about this and could only watch Li Ping'an quickly climb up the mountain.

It’s okay not to be convinced.

Yan Jiecheng was sitting under a tree, waiting until he almost fell asleep. Then he saw Li Ping'an coming over carrying a wild boar weighing more than 300 kilograms.

He looked at Li Ping'an in surprise. The sight of his small body carrying such a big wild boar gave people a great visual impact.

It wasn't until Li Ping'an threw the wild boar next to the motorcycle that he reacted.

Seeing Yan Jiecheng's horrified and admiring eyes, Li Pingan said with a smile: "Come, let's tie the wild boar in the truck bed. You can sit in the back seat when we go back."

"The Public Security Bureau wants this wild boar, and I'll send it over there in a bit. Don't say anything when you return to the factory. Otherwise, the factory will think it's not good that I sell my products to outsiders instead of to the factory."

Yan Jiecheng now admired Li Ping'an so much that he quickly nodded in agreement and came up to help tie up the wild boar.