Chapter 331: See through but don’t speak, strive for benefits

Chapter 331: See through but don’t speak, strive for benefits

Chapter 331: See through but don’t speak, strive for benefits
"Xiao Kai, you might as well ask Jia Yi instead of asking me this question!"

Although Ye Xin and Director Xu are very familiar with each other now, they have not met recently due to work reasons.

"Yes! How could I forget about Jiayi?" Liao Kai said and looked at Li Jiayi.

Li Jiayi was also helpless! He really didn't know this, there was nothing he could do because he didn't care!

How could he know about something he didn't care about, otherwise he would have asked long ago.

What kind of vegetables does Li Jiayi not have in his space? So he doesn't care about winter storage vegetables at all.

"Uncle Liao, don't look at me, I don't know either." Li Jiayi shrugged.

"You don't know either?"

"Yes! I have been in school all this time and have never been to the street office. How could I know?"

"Uh! All right."

In fact, there were winter vegetables stored during the three difficult years, but due to drought, there were not many of them.

It even became less every year, but after the three-year difficult period, the winter storage vegetables returned to their previous quantity.

Let's put it this way! If the vegetables stored in winter are not wasted, every household will have enough to eat for a whole winter.

But whether it is wasteful or not depends on how you look at it. If you eat cabbage for three meals a day, it is definitely not enough.

"Uncle Liao, why are you in such a hurry? The winter vegetables are coming, and the neighborhood office will definitely notify you."

"I'm just afraid that the good cabbages will be picked up by others!" Liao Kai scratched his head and said.

"Not really." Li Jiayi shook his head.

Winter storage vegetables are also divided into grades, first grade, second grade and third grade.

The quantity of first-grade cabbage is very small, and it is basically supplied to the families of military martyrs.

The only ones an ordinary family can afford are second and third grade cabbages, and everyone is scrambling for second grade cabbages.

Of course, winter storage vegetables also cost money to buy, but the families of military martyrs do not have to spend money.

And although they are called military martyrs' families, in fact they are only martyrs' families and they don't have to pay any money.

This is a kind of care for the families of martyrs, because the families of martyrs are basically orphans, widows and the elderly.

"Son, do we still want this year's cabbage?" Ye Xin suddenly asked.

You should know that their family rarely competes for winter storage vegetables, and even if they buy them back every year, they give them to others.

Li Jiayi thought for a while and said, "Mom, you still have to do it, otherwise what will others think."

Hearing his son's words, Ye Xin nodded and said, "That's right, then ask your dad to get up early and buy it back!"

"Aren't you going to Jiayi this year?" Liao Kai asked.

The reason why he asked this today was actually to tell Li Jiayi that the winter storage of vegetables was about to begin.

Let Li Jiayi prepare in advance, because as long as he follows Li Jiayi, he can buy the best winter vegetables.

This is the best, not second class! It is first class.

After hearing what Liao Kai said, Li Jiayi understood what was going on. He smiled and said, "Okay, Uncle Liao, let's do this! After the winter storage of vegetables is finished, I will give you another 200 kilograms of top-quality cabbage."

The cabbages in Li Jiayi's space were piled up into mountains, and they were all the best cabbages, much better than the first-class cabbages brought back by the street office.

Just kidding, the products of this space must be of high quality, how can they be compared with the cabbages grown outside.

Liao Kai knew that Li Jiayi was capable of bringing back delicious food! He could even bring back green vegetables.

"Hahaha, okay, if that's the case, then we won't fight over it this year. We'll take whatever is given to us."

"Ok!"

Some things really make me want to think about them. That evening, the neighborhood office came to our courtyard to inform us that we should go to the neighborhood office to buy winter vegetables starting that Sunday.

Buying winter vegetables is not something that can be completed in one day. Since the quantity is so large, it basically takes more than three days to complete.

But this has nothing to do with Li Jiayi, because he has no intention of rushing to buy winter vegetables again.

After drinking tea for a while, Li Jiayi went upstairs to rest.

The weather this year is a little colder than last year. It is estimated that it will be another bumper year, and a bumper year means heavy snow.

Of course, it is not a rare heavy snow like the one in 1958, which only occurs once in a century.

That was no longer a year of bumper harvest, but a year of disaster. Putting aside whether there would be a bumper harvest, wasn’t the collapsing of houses considered a disaster?

After returning to the room, Li Jiayi closed the door and entered the space.

I still go through my daily routine first, then take a shower and go to bed.

Silent all night.

After breakfast the next morning, Li Jiayi and his second sister went to school.

However, Li Jiayi only stayed in school for the whole morning. Yes, Li Jiayi skipped school. After having lunch with his second sister at school, Li Jiayi left school.

Not only that, he didn't even tell the teacher.

This may be troublesome for others, but for Li Jiayi, it is like a daily routine.

This isn't his first time.

The reason why Li Jiayi skipped school was that he had to deliver meat and eggs to several factories today.

But now Li Jiayi no longer uses his tricycle to deliver meat to the woolen mill.

Look, Li Jiayi drove a tricycle to the woolen mill and went straight to the automobile class.

He parked the tricycle in the open space next to him and went into the automotive class office.

"Squad Leader Huang."

"Hey, Li Jiayi, is it time to deliver the meat today?" asked Squad Leader Huang.

"Yes."

"That's great. We'll have meat to eat tomorrow." Squad Leader Huang said as he punched the palm of his left hand with his right hand.

"Give me the key!"

"Here you go." Squad Leader Huang took a key from the row of keys on the wall and handed it to him.

"Well! Then I'll go first."

"and many more!"

"Uh! Squad Leader Huang, what else do you want?"

"Hey, Jiayi! How about I discuss something with you?" Squad Leader Huang came over and hugged Li Jiayi's shoulders and said.

"Squad Leader Huang, please tell me something."

Squad leader Huang let go of Li Jiayi's shoulders, rubbed his hands and said, "It's about that. Can you help me get some meat? Don't worry, I'll pay whatever the price is. Even a little more is no problem."

Hearing what squad leader Huang said, Li Jiayi turned around and looked at him and asked, "Can I ask, what do you want the meat for?"

Li Jiayi would not easily agree to others' requests. There was no other way. With so many people around, who could he agree to and who not?

Once you open this door, what will you do when everyone comes to you for the meat?
But he is not an unkind person. If it is really necessary, he will help if he can. That is why he asked this question.

"It's like this. My wife's brother is getting married in a few days. Now everything is ready, but the meat for the wedding banquet has not been found yet."

"You know, where can an ordinary citizen get so much meat? So they found me, but I'm just a small car squad leader. What can I do?"

"I went to the pigeon market several times. Although there was some meat in the pigeon market, I couldn't get any. I had no choice."

"So meat is needed for the wedding banquet! Squad Leader Huang, I'll help you with this. Tell me what you need and I'll prepare it."

"Ah! This..."

Squad Leader Huang did not expect that Li Jiayi would agree so readily, and it seemed that he would not only help him get the meat, but also help him with other things.

"What's the matter, squad leader Huang? Is there any problem?"

"No, no, I just didn't expect you to agree."

Li Jiayi looked at squad leader Huang speechlessly and said, "Am I so unkind in your eyes?"

Squad Leader Huang scratched his head and said, "I've seen you reject many people before!"

"That's different. The reason I refused them was because they wanted the meat for themselves, but you're hosting a banquet, so you really need it."

"I see."

"Okay, squad leader Huang, tell me what you want first so I can prepare it for you!"

"That's all there is to a wedding banquet! Chicken, fish, and meat are a must, and there's not much else."

“How many tables are there?”

"There aren't many relatives. Most of them are my father-in-law's co-workers. I also have my wife's brother's co-workers. There are about six tables."

Li Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "How about this! I'll prepare seven chickens, seven fish, twenty kilograms of pork and ten kilograms of beef for you. What do you think?"

"Ah! Li Jiayi, you...are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true! I'll bring it to you when I come to return the car, but you can't tell anyone else about this."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Oh! By the way, can you please not give it to me in the factory? I'm afraid others will see it and spread bad things."

"Okay, I'll wait for you outside the factory after get off work tonight."

"well, thanks!"

"You're welcome."

"Oh, by the way, do you need a chef? I can recommend one to you."

"Ah! Chef! I've already talked to our factory's Master Liao."

Hearing what squad leader Huang said, Li Jiayi patted him on the shoulder and said, "The person I was going to introduce to you was Uncle Liao."

"Uh!" Squad Leader Huang slapped his forehead and then he remembered that Liao Kai and Li Jiayi had a very good relationship.

After driving the truck out of the woolen mill, Li Jiayi took a turn and went to the machine repair factory because it was close!
The way Li Jiayi delivers meat now is different from before. In the past, he delivered meat once a week, with several hundred kilograms at a time, and at most a thousand kilograms.

Of course, this refers to the machine repair shop, because there are fewer people in the machine repair shop. But after knowing that the machine repair shop has a cold storage, he delivers at least 5,000 kilograms at a time.

In this way, he can make fewer trips.

So this time he delivered 6,000 kilograms of pork to the machine repair factory. Now that the weather is cold, he would make fewer trips if possible.

However, since there are so many items to deliver, they cannot be sent to the canteen, but have to be sent directly to the warehouse because the cold storage is also here.

Li Jiayi parked the car, didn't even get out of the car, rolled down the window, and shouted directly inside: "Unloading."

Soon a man ran out of the warehouse, and seeing that it was Li Jiayi, he excitedly shouted to the inside: "Everyone come out."

After shouting, he quickly ran to the front of the car and asked, "Add one! How much did you deliver today?"

"Old Du! How about the 6,000 kilograms delivered today? Is it enough?" Li Jiayi asked jokingly.

Lao Du is the warehouse supervisor of the machine repair factory. The two of them are now familiar with each other, so it is normal for them to make jokes or something.

"That's right, who would complain about having too much meat? Not to mention six thousand kilograms, even if you send me sixty thousand kilograms, I wouldn't complain."

"You're so beautiful, it's still 60,000 kilograms! Why don't you say 600,000 kilograms?" Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at Lao Du.

Lao Du touched his nose and said, "Aren't you asking me if it's enough?"

"I'm asking you if it's enough, not asking you to make a wish."

Just at this time, the managers and porters in the warehouse came out.

The two men stopped joking and started to take off the meat.

Li Jiayi didn't need to intervene in any of these things. They could unload and weigh them themselves, and Li Jiayi just had to wait to get the strip.

It’s easier to work with more people! And since the pork was all whole, it was quick to unload. It took less than ten minutes to unload everything and weigh it.

"Come on, add one, and the ticket is for you."

Lao Du issued the ticket and handed it over.

"Well! Then I'll leave first and come back in a month."

"I said add one! The New Year is coming soon, can't you give more?" asked Lao Du.

"You also said that it's almost the New Year, and other factories need a lot of it! So there's nothing we can do."

There will definitely be more gifts during the Chinese New Year! This has been agreed in advance because we are preparing to give out benefits, but isn’t it still early before the Chinese New Year?

"That's right." Lao Du nodded.

He also understood the current situation. Each factory sent people to the meat processing plant to stake out the place every day.

I just hope that the meat processing plant can allocate more meat to them.

But the meat processing factory couldn’t do anything about it! They also collected the meat from the various communes below.

If they collect more, they can distribute more; if they collect less, they can only distribute less. They can’t produce meat themselves.

Lao Du's level is still too low! He didn't know that Liu Feng had already ordered a batch of meat from Li Jiayi.

Holding the receipt issued by Lao Du, Li Jiayi came to the finance department and withdrew the money smoothly.

Then Li Jiayi went to the bakery again. He not only delivered meat to the bakery, but also eggs.

Now the bakery's daily output has grown from 500 kilograms to 1,000 kilograms.

Yes, now that the quantity has been restored, the bakery's production will definitely increase. In fact, it is mainly because the bakery has been expanded.

Let me put it this way! Li Jiayi played an indispensable role in the expansion of the bakery. Other bakeries stopped production during the three difficult years, but this bakery continued to produce.

And there is huge profit, which makes the higher-ups very happy.

So the bakery was also promoted from deputy director level to director level.

Even though it's only half a level, it's a huge change for a factory.

Of course, because of this promotion, Li Jiayi got five job vacancies, but he couldn't use them for the time being, so he didn't move.

It didn't move, but the quota was still there! He could come and get the job application form anytime.

Li Jiayi first sent 6,000 kilograms of meat to the bakery, and then sent three carts of eggs.

This is enough to last the bakery for a while.

After taking the ticket and collecting the money, Li Jiayi prepared to deliver the meat to the woolen mill.

In terms of welfare benefits, the woolen mill really cannot compare with the bakery, or even the machine repair factory.

There is nothing we can do about it. There are too many people in the woolen mill! With 15,000 to 16,000 people, how can we compare with them?
Take the machine repair factory for example! They only have about a thousand people, but they consume five to six thousand kilograms of pork a month.

For a woolen mill to meet this standard, it would need nearly 100,000 kilograms of pork a month, which is simply impossible.

This is not to say that the woolen mill has no money. If we really compare the profits, even thirty machine repair shops cannot compare with the woolen mill.

But this is not a question of how much money you make. It’s about how your factory consumes hundreds of thousands of kilograms of meat every month. What do you want your superiors to think?

This is the real reason. There are large factories in the imperial capital that employ tens of thousands of people.

Others are similar to you. They consume less than 10,000 kilograms of meat a month, while you consume over 100,000 kilograms.

Someone said it, but as long as no one says it, who will know?
Are you kidding? Truth will come to light sooner or later. You want to keep it a secret in a factory with more than 10,000 people? It's simply impossible.

Nowadays, if anyone eats meat in the factory, they won’t tell anyone about it when they get home.

Pulling a cart of meat, Li Jiayi came to the woolen mill and then to the first canteen.

Yes, the woolen mill still delivers the food to the canteen because there are many canteens in the woolen mill and because the canteens are far away from each other, each canteen has a cold storage.

When Li Jiayi delivered the meat to the First Canteen, it was equivalent to delivering it to the factory.

If other canteens need meat, they have to go to the first canteen to get it. Of course, they can also get it in advance and then put it in their own cold storage.

But this has nothing to do with Li Jiayi. He just needs to deliver the things. As for the subsequent matters, the directors of each canteen can discuss them among themselves.

Because of his identity, Liao Kai is only the head chef of the First Canteen and does not hold the position of deputy director of the canteen, so he is not responsible for the meat.

"Come out and unload the goods." Li Jiayi arrived at the cafeteria and shouted inside.

Soon a man ran out of the cafeteria. He was an employee there.

"Wait a moment, I'll go call the director."

Li Jiayi only waited for four or five minutes before Director Liu ran out.

Yes, it was still Director Liu from before. The first time Li Jiayi delivered meat to the woolen mill, he was the director of the first canteen.

"Director Liu...uh! No, it should be Section Chief Liu." Li Jiayi said with a smile.

Yes, although Director Liu is still the canteen director, he also has another identity, that is, deputy chief of the Materials Section of the Logistics Department.

You know, the wool spinning factory is a department-level unit! The deputy section chief here is a real deputy section chief!
Unlike some other factories, he has the title of section chief but is actually just a general manager.

Like Director Liu, he was just the canteen director before. After being the canteen director for so many years, he was only at the level of a section chief.

If it weren't for Li Jiayi, he would probably still be a regular stock-level stockholder now, or even stay that way until retirement.

You know, it’s a long hurdle to go from a section clerk to a deputy section chief! More than 90% of people never get to the position of deputy section chief after working their entire lives.

This is just like many township staff in later generations. Even if they work until retirement, it is impossible for them to be deputy township heads or deputy town heads.

At most, when you retire, you can enjoy the treatment of deputy section level.

However, although Director Liu is now the deputy chief of the Materials Department, his main office is still in the first canteen.

Of course, he also has an office in the Materials Department, but the Materials Department is just a department under the Logistics Department.

With the section chief and other deputy section chiefs present, it doesn't matter whether he goes or not. Besides, there is not much to do in the materials department, so it would be better for him to stay in the cafeteria comfortably.

At least he is the boss here! And because of his high position, other canteen directors have to greet him first when they see him.

"Hey Li Jiayi, can you please stop teasing me? Otherwise I'll tell your dad and let him punish you."

I guess Director Liu doesn’t know Li Jiayi’s status in the family, otherwise he would never say that.

"I dare not tease you. Besides, aren't you the deputy section chief now?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Uh!" Director Liu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"Okay, Chief Liu, let's have someone unload the meat first! I still have to return the car to the car crew!"

He went there not only to return the car, but also to collect the money. If he was delayed any longer, the finance department would be off work, and he didn't want to make another trip.

"Yes, yes, yes, unload the meat." After saying that, Director Liu ran into the cafeteria.

Soon, everyone from the cafeteria and the warehouse was called over.

"Add one, how much was delivered this time?" Director Liu asked.

"Twenty thousand pounds."

"Ah! Only 20,000 jin! Isn't it a little less?"

"This is for half a month. There is another trip this month."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Director Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Although the woolen mill was a large factory with 15,000 to 16,000 employees, the meat processing plant only supplied less than 10,000 kilograms of meat each month.

The meat processing plant distributes meat to each factory based on the number of people, half a catty per person per month. Although this amount is more than the imperial capital household ration, the factory workers also have an imperial capital household ration when they return home.

But don’t forget that most people working in factories do physical labor!

Soon the meat was unloaded, and Director Liu gave Li Jiayi a ticket. Li Jiayi drove to the finance department.

"Hey, Jiayi is here to deliver meat again today?"

The finance department is very familiar with Li Jiayi, and everyone in the entire finance department knows him.

"Yes, you can eat meat tomorrow."

"That's really nice."

"Okay, it's almost time to get off work, so I won't chat with you guys anymore. I'm going to go get my money first, and we'll talk next time."

"Well! Go ahead!"

Li Jiayi hurried over and pushed open the door of the director's office.

Probably because he heard his voice, when Li Jiayi came in, the director was looking at him with a smile.

"Come on, give me the ticket!"

"Ok."

While helping Li Jiayi with the application, the director said, "Go to the factory director's office later. The factory director wants to see you."

"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is the factory director looking for me at this time?"

"How would I know that? I just got the call."

"Okay, I see."

Li Jiayi frowned and thought: Will the factory director give me trouble again?

The formalities were completed quickly and Li Jiayi went to the factory director's office. The Finance Department and the factory director's office were in the same building, so he didn't need to run back and forth.

Arriving at the door of the factory director's office, Li Jiayi went up and knocked.

"Come in."

"Director, you're looking for me." Li Jiayi asked after pushing open the door.

"Come and sit down." Director Qiao pointed to the sofa and said.

"Director, please tell me what you want to see me for! Otherwise, I won't dare to sit down."

"It's nothing. I just thought that you've been doing a good job recently, so it's time to give you a promotion." Director Qiao stood up with a smile, walked to the sofa and said.

Li Jiayi curled his lips. He didn't believe it at all. If it was just a matter of raising his rank, there was no need to call him over.

"Sit down!"

"Okay!" Li Jiayi walked over and sat down.

"Plus one! You are now administrative level 24, right?"

"Yes, Director."

"How about raising your status to level 22?" Director Qiao asked with a smile.

"Twenty-level two?" Li Jiayi looked at Director Qiao in disbelief.

You know, level 22 is equivalent to the salary of a college student after he becomes a regular employee!
It’s the same salary that the district bureau gives him, but this is real, while the one given by the district bureau is just virtual.

In other words, from today on, Li Jiayi is truly at the administrative level 22, which is equivalent to a level 4 clerk.

You should know that when his father Li Aimin reached this level, he was already 30 years old.

And it’s because there is someone to take care of me, otherwise I would probably have to wait a few more years.

But Li Jiayi is not an ordinary person! He knows that the greater the benefit, the greater Director Qiao's ambition will be.

"Director Qiao, please tell me directly! What do you need me to do?"

"It's nothing. These are my two old comrades. They heard that our factory always has meat to eat, so they found me. I couldn't refuse, so..."

Hearing what Director Qiao said, Li Jiayi smiled bitterly and said, "Director, you are not right, are you? You are really going to cause trouble for me."

The reason why Li Jiayi stopped dealing with the black market and Wu Ye was that he didn't want to collect so much RMB.

He also plans to store more meat and then replace some antiques and old furniture over a ten-year period.

"Plus one! I have no choice. They have come to me, and I can't refuse them."

When Li Jiayi saw Director Qiao like this, he knew that he was in trouble too!

People like Director Qiao are most afraid of old comrades coming to visit them.

"How much do they want?"

"I don't know about that either." Director Qiao shook his head and said.

“They are also factories, right?”

"Yes, one is the Hongye Iron and Steel Plant, and the other is the Fifth Steel Rolling Plant."

"Uh! I know the Fifth Steel Rolling Mill, but where is the Hongye Steel Mill?"

There are a total of seven steel rolling mills near the imperial capital, from the first to the seventh, but it was the first time he heard of Hongye Steel Mill.

"This Hongye Iron and Steel Plant was built after the liberation. It is located in the west, about ten kilometers away from our plant."

"so far away."

No wonder I had never heard of it. It is ten kilometers away from the woolen mill, so it is more than twelve kilometers away from the city.

In this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a suburb within a suburb.

“It’s a bit far indeed.”

Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at Director Qiao speechlessly and said, "Is this a bit too far?"

"Add one! Don't worry, I have also fought for benefits for you. I won't let you work for nothing."

"Oh! What's the benefit?"

Li Jiayi's eyes lit up. It would be good if he could be given a few job opportunities.

"They each give you a temporary worker status."

"Puff!" Li Jiayi looked at Director Qiao speechlessly and said, "What kind of benefit is this! What do I need a temporary job?"

Temporary workers are not part of the establishment. Every factory has some of them, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

Due to the limitation of job quotas, many factories are short of staff and can only hire temporary workers.

If Li Jiayi wanted, he could get not only one or two, but even a hundred or eighty.

"Plus one! This temporary worker quota is different from other temporary workers. This is for you."

"For me? What do you mean?"

"What it means is that you are a temporary worker in their two factories. They will pay you a salary, and your job is to purchase goods. You should know that there is a reward mechanism for purchasing unplanned materials. Our factory also has one, but you haven't officially started working yet, and it hasn't started yet."

"bonus system?"

“Yes, this reward mechanism exists in every factory that has the right to make unplanned purchases.”

"How to reward?"

"First, you have to complete the task. After the task is completed, for every additional 100 yuan of supplies you purchase, you will be rewarded with 1 yuan in money and tickets."

"What?" Li Jiayi looked at Director Qiao in surprise.

"Don't be surprised, that's it."

"Oh my! I'm at a huge loss. How much supplies have I delivered to the woolen mill over such a long period of time? With so many supplies, how much reward can I get?"

Director Qiao ignored Li Jiayi and asked, "How is it? Is this benefit I got for you okay?"

"Director, this means that if I deliver supplies to them, I will get this reward?"

"Yes, because you are a temporary worker, there are no restrictions. As long as you deliver, they will start the reward mechanism, and you will also receive a temporary worker salary."

"The salary doesn't matter, as long as there is a reward."

"Don't you feel like you're losing out now?" Director Qiao asked with a smile.

"It's not a loss. I get the salary of a regular employee in the woolen mill, and I also have a regular position."

"Graduate soon! Once you actually start working in the factory, the reward mechanism will start."

"It's okay, it'll only take a few months, I'm not in a hurry." Li Jiayi said indifferently.

"Then when will you send them the meat?"

"Director, how many people are there in both factories?"

"The steel mill has more people, about 8,000 to 9,000 people, and the Fifth Steel Rolling Mill has 4,000 to 5,000 people."

Li Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go over and take a look tomorrow, but I'll need the truck for a day."

"You can use it as you like. I'll call the car class later."

"Ok!"

Director Qiao also understood that if he wanted to deliver meat to the steel plant, he would have to use a truck because the road was too far and not in good condition.

"Director, do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll leave first."

"Go!"

As soon as Li Jiayi came out of the office building, he got on the truck and put the money he had just received in his schoolbag into the space.

He started the truck and drove to the motor vehicle class, where Team Leader Huang was already waiting for him.

"Jiayi, the factory manager has called me, you can take the car."

"Yes!" Li Jia nodded, then said softly: "I'll wait for you outside the gate."

"Okay." Squad Leader Huang nodded with a smile.

If you drive the truck away, the tricycle will have to stop here first.

After driving the truck out of the factory and moving forward about two hundred meters, Li Jiayi stopped.

In just ten minutes, Squad Leader Huang came over on his bicycle.

Li Jiayi had already prepared the things and placed them in the carriage.

Li Jiayi came down from the cab and climbed up into the carriage, handing the things to Team Leader Huang one net bag at a time.

After Squad Leader Huang put all the things on the bicycle, he took out a handful of money from his pocket, counted out seven Great Unity banknotes and stuffed them into Li Jiayi's hand.

Then he got on his bike and ran away.

"Ugh! Squad Leader Huang, you gave too much." Li Jiayi shouted.

"Save the extra for candy."

"Puff!" Li Jiayi almost vomited blood and cursed: "You fucking treat me like a child?"

Unfortunately, Squad Leader Huang had disappeared long ago.

But it can also be seen from here that Team Leader Huang is a particular person. For something that costs at most sixty yuan, he directly gave seventy.

In fact, it is very normal. In this era of material scarcity, money is not as important as materials!
Let me put it this way! If it wasn't for the wedding of the younger brother of squad leader Huang's wife, Li Jiayi would not have given him these supplies even if he had given him 100 yuan, let alone 70 yuan.

After getting in the car again, Li Jiayi glanced at his watch. It was exactly five o'clock, which was the time to get off work.

Yes, Li Jiayi no longer uses a pocket watch. He used to use a pocket watch because he was too young and a wristwatch was too conspicuous.

Now that he is fifteen, his height is about the same as most adults, so wearing a watch is not so conspicuous.

Since he was off work, he drove home.

If you drive a truck home, it is impossible to go through the back door because the road there is narrow.

Drive the truck to the gate of Courtyard No. 7, which is the main entrance. The road here is relatively wide, so not to mention one truck, even four or five trucks parked side by side can easily fit.

Because this is the main road! Of course, Li Jiayi couldn't park the car on the road, but parked it on the right side of the gate of No. 7 Courtyard.

There is open space on both sides of the gate of Courtyard No. 7, so it is no problem to park a few cars.

When Li Jiayi returned home, no one was at home, even Li Jiafen, who lived closest to home, was not back.

The first thing I do when I get home is to light the fireplace. Although we don’t need to burn the stove at night now, we still have to light the fireplace.

Although it was not dark yet, the temperature was already very low, almost around zero degrees at this time.

As soon as the fireplace was lit, Li Jiafen came back on her bicycle. When she saw Li Jiayi at home, she was stunned for a moment.

"Brother Jiayi, why are you at home?"

You have to know that Xicheng Intermediate Vocational and Technical College is very far from home. Even if you ride a bicycle back, it will take about half an hour.

"What's the fuss? I'm skipping school."

"Ah! Brother Jiayi, are you skipping school again?"

Li Jiayi looked at his cousin speechlessly and said, "It's just skipping school, don't make a fuss."

"Oh!"

A few minutes later, mom and dad came back on their bikes. When they saw Li Jiayi, Ye Xin said, "Son, are you skipping school again?"

Li Aimin said: "This kid delivered meat to the factory today."

"Oh! I see!"

Li Jiayi looked at Li Aimin and asked, "Dad, how did you know I was delivering meat to the factory today?"

You should know that Li Jiayi does not deliver meat to the factory on a regular basis, but depends on the situation.

"I saw your tricycle when I passed by the car class this afternoon, and I saw a truck at the gate just now."

"Wait, son, why did you drive the truck back from the factory? Are you going to skip school tomorrow?" Ye Xin asked.

"Mom, please don't play truant. I'm doing serious work. Besides, truancy is when the school doesn't allow it. I'm doing this with the school's permission."

"Whether it's allowed or not, I'm still skipping school."

"Uh! All right!"

Mom and Dad went to the kitchen to cook, leaving Li Jiayi and Li Jiafen alone in the main room.

"Brother Jiayi, you can't escape the label of truant." Li Jiafen said with a smile.

Li Jiayi picked up an apple and pressed it against her mouth and said, "Eat an apple and cover your mouth."

"Oh!" Li Jiafen took the apple and started eating.

Li Jiayi also picked up an apple and started eating it.

Before they had finished eating an apple, the eldest sister and the second sister came back one after another, followed by the eldest brother and the second brother.

The reason why the eldest and second brothers came back so late was because they went back to Yard No. 15 first.

When the eldest sister came back, she went to the kitchen to help. With the help of the eldest sister, the father had nothing to do.

"Son, light up the sauna room at night." Li Aimin returned to the main room and said to Li Jiayi.

"Got it. I'll cook it after dinner."

"Yeah! I can have a sauna today."

Li Chengqian had steamed it many times, so it was nothing special, but Li Chenghou had never steamed it once!

"Plus one, what is a sauna?"

"Just take a bath."

"Ah! No way, why do you want to take a shower when it's cold?"

Li Chengqian curled his lips and said, "You'll know whether it's cold or not later."

Are you kidding? I feel cold after taking a sauna. It's so hot that I can't even breathe.

However, Li Jiayi got a headache when thinking about taking a sauna. Things are different now than before. Before, it was just their family, plus Liao Kai.

Men used to be steamed once and women once, but now, men have to be steamed twice and women have to be steamed three times.

There is no way, the sauna room is too small and cannot accommodate many people at a time.

Fortunately, except for Li Jia's family, no one else steams it every day, so it is still pretty much the same as before.

But this is the first time to steam in winter, so no one can be left out! So I was busy at night.

"Brother, go tell Uncle Liao and Uncle Nan to have a sauna tonight."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

"Second brother, go tell Brother Zhuzi to have a sauna tonight."

"Oh!"

Dinner was soon ready and the family started eating. Before they finished their meal, Liao Kai came over with his wife and children.

If we talk about who is the most enthusiastic about taking saunas, it is definitely Liao Kai. In the coldest year of 1958, Liao Kai survived by taking a sauna every day.

So he started to like taking saunas. When winter came, he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't take a sauna once a day.

"Uncle Liao, why are you here so early?" Li Jiayi asked as he put down his bowl and chopsticks.

"Steam it earlier and go back to rest earlier!"

"Come on! I think you are afraid that you can't steam it well?" Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at him and said.

"Hehehe, if you see everything but don't say it, it will be meaningless if you say it."

"Eat some more." Li Aimin said to Liao Kai.

"No need, Brother Li, I..."

"it is good."

Before Liao Kai could finish his words, he was interrupted by a voice. He didn't even need to look because the voice was that of his daughter, Liao Qingxue.

The little girl was not polite, at least not in front of Li Jia's family. She ran straight to the table and looked at the food on it.

"Come, have a chicken leg." Ye Xin picked up a chicken leg for the little girl.

"Thank you, ma'am."

Li Jiayi quickly finished all the meat and vegetables in the bowl and said, "I'm full, let's go to the sauna."

"Come on, Xiaokai, if you don't want to eat, drink with me. The sauna will take a while."

"This is possible." Liao Kai went over and sat in Li Jiayi's seat.

"I'll go get some wine." Li Chengqian put down his chopsticks, picked up a cup and went out.

Soon Li Chengqian came back with a glass of wine and handed it to Liao Kai.

Liao Kai took it, took a sip, put it down and said, "Brother Li, where did Jiayi buy this wine? He won't tell me even after asking me several times."

(End of this chapter)