Chapter 315 You Fish and I Hunt
After a few people finished discussing the factory affairs, they talked about women.
Li Huaide was a big fan of this, and now his wife wasn't around. Seeing that he liked to chat, the others didn't shy away from talking... After all, they were all in the same boat, and there were no outsiders here.
Thirty-year-old Li Huaide drank a little wine and felt itchy... He had already roughly understood it.
In a large factory like a steel rolling mill with tens of thousands of employees, there are about 1,800 female workers, and half of them are young.
This is a steel mill. If it were a woolen mill, a garment factory, or somewhere else, there would be more women workers...
So it’s not difficult to find a few young and beautiful ones among hundreds of people.
Li Huaide has just gained a firm foothold and has begun to make plans...
He had met Liu Shuyue from the Propaganda Department several times... She was indeed nice and had a charming aura.
"Comrade Liu Shuyue is not married yet?"
After drinking half a catty of wine, Section Chief Sun also became bolder. Now that Li Huaide had inquired...
"She has high standards and doesn't like anyone... She seemed to have a boyfriend last year, but I don't know what happened later. She has been picky over the years and now she's 23 and still hasn't found anyone..."
The other two also knew who Liu Shuyue was. But those with families didn't dare to mess with her... She was here to get married.
The flowers are pretty but prickly, just smell them and don’t think about picking them…
The three guys also catered to his interests. They saw that Li Huaide liked to talk about women.
Under the influence of alcohol, they talked more and more...everyone in the factory talked in detail.
Li Huaide remembered them all, but he didn't want to offend the little girl.
I am where I am today thanks to my wife's family... As for now, I am not fully grown yet, so divorce is absolutely impossible...
So Li Huaide slowly turned the topic to the young widow.
The three guys told him about the famous widow in the factory...
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星期天
Early in the morning, most of the residents in the courtyard mobilized their entire families to collect cabbages and radishes for the winter.
Although the Lin family doesn't stockpile those things, they still need to pretend...
Lin Chen took Qin Huairu and the child back to Xiajia Hutong, while Wang followed the others to grab some cabbages.
The most difficult period of life is gradually beginning...
An experiment will soon be conducted on the purchase of individual quotas with tickets.
Xiajia Hutong
As soon as Qin Huairu arrived, she was dragged by Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen to play mahjong...
Lin Chen chatted with Bai Ling alone. Although he had all kinds of guns and ammunition in his personal space, it was better not to let Bai Ling think too much...
"Sister Bai Ling, can you help me find a rifle?"
When Bai Ling heard that Lin Chen wanted to play with a gun, she didn't think much about it because he was a man after all!
"They're all in the armory! Just take one out... and return it during the month-end inventory."
The steel mill’s security department has an entire company’s worth of equipment… but it’s rarely used.
Bai Ling then asked: "Why do you suddenly want to play that?"
Lin Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Because my shooting skills are accurate!"
Bai Ling is no longer the same as before. Following Liang Ladi and the others, she has already understood many of the secret codes and witticisms.
"Go to hell, if you're not good at shooting, you won't attract so many people! Seriously..."
Lin Chen had already made up a reason and spoke it out without hesitation.
"Last time I went to the mountains in Mentougou to look for some herbs, and I ran into a wild boar... Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise you would..."
Bai Ling immediately covered the man's mouth when she heard this: "Pfft, ptff, ptff, don't say such unlucky words. My belly is getting bigger, and our daughter is still waiting for you to hold her! I'll pick out a good self-defense weapon for you when I go to work tomorrow, and you can take it with you when you go into the mountains next time."
Lin Chen has already made a plan. When the bill era comes, Yan Bugui can go fishing for a snack whenever he has nothing to do, so it’s not too much for him to go hunting, right?
I shot the pheasants and rabbits... I don't need a ticket, right? As for how I was able to shoot them, maybe I was lucky. You can go too...
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Four p.m
Lin Chen took Xiao Jingru back to the courtyard alone.
Yan Bugui is sorting the radishes he bought today...
"Old Yan, what do you mean? Why are the radishes cut into cubes?"
Yan Bugui sighed: "Brother Lin, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are until you run a household. The price of cabbage and radish has risen sharply this year. I plan to pickle radishes to eat later... I won't stock up on cabbage this year."
As expected, 1959 was approaching and everything began to change slowly.
Yan Bugui saw that Lin Chen only brought Qin Jingru back, so he asked curiously: "Didn't your sister-in-law and the child come back with you?"
"She will stay at her parents' house for a few days. If it snows or rains soon, she won't be able to stay there any longer. You go about your business and I'll go home to check on her. I also want to stock up on some radishes and cabbages."
Lin Chen was thinking as he walked, the Yan family has been pickling pickles for more than ten years!
Yan Bugui looked at the other person's back and sighed.
"Director, you only earn over 100 yuan a month, do you still need to stock up for the winter?"
After hearing the other party's muttering, Lin Chen turned around and smiled.
"The director's family has no surplus food. I am now earning money for five people... Huairu has not been at home these days, so I immediately asked her third aunt to go back to her own home. Every meal you can save for me is a good one. We all need to learn from your third uncle..."
Yan Bugui smiled awkwardly: "Brother Lin, your ears are so sharp that you can still hear me from such a distance?"
Lin Chen laughed: "Of course, so don't say bad things about me behind my back."
"No, I just said it casually."
Evening
After arranging for Bai to take care of Xiao Jingru, Lin Chen went to pick up Lou Xiaoe and Ran Qiuye and invited them to eat Donglaishun hotpot...
Sijiucheng
In a large courtyard
Li Huaide came to his father-in-law's house with gifts...
Within a month, he had already won over two section chiefs and a workshop director... He wanted to come and report on his work and see if his father-in-law had any further instructions.
"Dad, I asked someone to bring some cloud tea. Try it and see if it suits your taste..."
Director Xu looked at the exquisitely packaged tea.
"You don't need to bring these to my place next time. It's good that you have the heart to do so. Tell me about the recent events at the steel mill..."
Li Huaide told the whole story of how he entered the steel rolling mill.
"Dad, this Lin Chen used to have a good relationship with the Lou family... Secretary Wan meant that when Lou Zhenhua handed over the steel mill, he helped Lin Chen get a deputy section chief position. Later, his medical skills were really good, so he was gradually promoted to deputy director. From what Secretary Wan said, I guess it was the Lou family who helped to open up this relationship..."
"So that's how it is. The steel mill belongs to the Lou family. Assigning him a person is also a face to the Lou family... This is understandable. Let's talk about other things! What's the situation of the Security Department?"
Li Huaide had a headache when it came to the Security Department. Except for the meeting on Mondays when he could say hello to Bai Ling... he couldn't even see her on other days.
Every time I went to her office, she was not there, and even when I invited her subordinates to dinner... she always refused to go for various reasons.
"Dad, the Security Department is not easy to deal with. From the director to the captains, none of them interact with the factory leaders... I invited them several times but they didn't give me face."
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