Chapter 338 No one can be left behind

Chapter 338 No one can be left behind

Chapter 338 No one can be missing

"He's the logistics director of the Third Steel Rolling Mill. Why do you want to ask him for help?"

Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "Why should I ask him for help?"

With his ability, how could he possibly go to Li Huaide to do things? It would be more appropriate for Li Huaide to go to him.

Also, Li Jiayi took He Yuzhu away from the Third Steel Rolling Mill! Fortunately, no one knew it was him who did it.

You know, Li Huaide is a big eater! I wonder if he has found someone to replace He Yuzhu.

But this had nothing to do with him. The reason why he asked the team leader was mainly because the team leader had mentioned to him once before that there was a man in the village who worked as a logistics director in the city.

But I didn’t expect that this person was really Li Huaide from the Third Steel Rolling Mill.

After the captain left, the old man asked, "Grandson, why did you think of asking Goudan?"

Goudan is of course Li Huaide’s nickname. The old man used to call him that. Of course, he would never call him by his current name.

"No, the captain told me once before, but he didn't say who it was, so I just asked casually."

"I see. But don't ask him to do anything for you. He only cares about money."

"Uh! What's going on?" Li Jia asked after a moment of surprise.

"Someone in the village approached him before and wanted to work in the city. He didn't say he wouldn't help, but he needed money. You know what our village was like before. How could we have so much money to buy a job?"

"I see." Li Jia nodded.

"Since they moved to the city, they have never returned to the village. Even his family members don't associate with him."

Hearing his grandfather say this, Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "To be like this is really a failure."

No matter what time, although it is a personal relationship, if even people from the same clan are like this, then that person is just like that.

"He has been like this since he was a child. I am a few years younger than him, but I have known him since he was a child and I know what kind of person he is," said the uncle.

"Yeah! Anyway, our family doesn't need his help, so what happens to him has nothing to do with us."

Although they all have the same ancestor, some are distant and some are close. Li Jiayi's family is very distant from them.

It is estimated that only the old man and his father are within the fifth degree of mourning, while he and his uncle are outside the fifth degree of mourning, not to mention Li Jiayi and his children.

"Go wash your hands and eat." Grandma came into the room with the dishes and said.

"Ok."

Whether it was grandpa or uncle, some took the basin, some poured hot water, and they quickly washed their hands and started eating.

The lunch was very sumptuous, with chicken, duck, and braised pork.

They’re all ready, so just eat them.

After dinner, Li Jiayi did not stop. He went back late last time, and there was still some snow on the road.

Even in places where there is not much snow, the road is still a bit slippery, otherwise it would not have taken Li Jiayi so long to get there.

Of course, when leaving, Li Jiayi also left a lot of things for his grandparents, including chickens, ducks, and a piece of meat.

As for my uncle's family, there is no need to mention this. Ever since my second brother moved to the city, my grandparents and my uncle and aunt have been eating together.

Of course, we only eat together, and usually live in separate places. There is no other way. We raise so many creatures, how can we live together?

Besides, grandma's house can't accommodate so many people! Unless the west room is vacated.

But in that case, we need to find a place to store food and other things.

This is not a problem, don't forget that grandma has a cellar for storing food! It's just a little troublesome.

In fact, it’s pretty good like this now. When it’s time to cook, my aunt comes to help with the cooking, and she can go back to her own business after dinner.

After rushing all the way, he finally returned to the city before four o'clock in the afternoon. He delivered the things to the district bureau and went home with the ticket issued by Squad Leader Wang.

When I got home, everyone was there. Today is Sunday! I finally had a day off, why not stay at home?

"Son, you will have an exam in a few days. You must go to school well starting tomorrow."

"I know, Mom!" Li Jiayi said helplessly.

Come to think of it, it's time to go to the school. Even though the exam isn't difficult for him, he still needs to go and take a look!
Also, there is nothing to do after the exam until school starts on March 1st of the next year.

You can’t play it however you want.

And after this exam, he will graduate in the next semester and then go to work in the factory.

Others need to report to work every day, but he doesn't need to.

The reason why others go to report is to go to the finance department to get money to go to the countryside to collect supplies!
But he always delivers the supplies and then goes to collect the money, which is different.

Of course, others can do the same, that is, they can advance the money and then collect the money after the materials are delivered to the factory.

However, few people would do this. As for the reason, Li Jiayi really doesn’t know.

Because it was a normal thing for him and he didn't understand why no one did it.

"By the way, son, is everything okay in your hometown?" Ye Xin asked.

"It's all good."

"That's good. We've been in the city these years, and your grandparents are in the countryside. We can't be with them, so it's good that you can go back often."

"Yes! After I graduate, I can go back anytime, and even live in my hometown for a while."

His job is to complete the task every month, which is difficult for others, but for him, nothing can be easier than this.

Not only that, he exceeds his targets every month.

"Hahaha, yes! Your job is different from others."

"Oh! By the way, my uncle is now the leader of the production team."

"Production team leader? When did our village have a production team?" Li Aimin asked.

"Isn't this what the higher-ups require? Each brigade must have at least five production teams, so the brigade leader found my uncle."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Li Aimin thought for a moment and said, "I guess your uncle doesn't want to be the captain, right?"

"I really didn't want to be the captain, but I went there at the right time! It happened to be when my uncle was at my grandfather's house."

It goes without saying that the captain did it on purpose. He didn't know when Li Aiguo would come over, so he didn't take any action.

This time when Li Jiayi went to the village to collect supplies, Li Aiguo would definitely go to help! So he blocked the way.

"Your uncle is not lazy, he just doesn't want to meddle in so many trivial matters, and mainly doesn't want to cause trouble for you."

"Looking for trouble for me? What trouble do you want me to have?" Li Jiayi asked puzzledly.

"You!" Li Aimin shook his head and said, "If your uncle is not the captain, then he doesn't have to worry about anything. But if he becomes the captain, and everyone comes to him for help, do you think he will help or not?"

"What can they do with my uncle?"

"You! You got both of your cousins ​​to the city. Isn't that a skill? When their children want to work in the city, will they ask your uncle for help?"

"Huh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment. Don't say it, this is really possible.

"But this is what my grandfather agreed to! Could it be that my grandfather didn't think of this?"

Li Aimin shook his head and said, "Then I don't know."

"By the way, Dad, do you know Li Huaide?" Li Jiayi asked his father.

"Li Huaide? Who is that?"

"Uh! It's Goudan."

"Goudan? Why did you think of asking him? He has moved to the city for more than ten years and has never returned to his hometown once."

"Yes! His current name is Li Huaide, and he works as the logistics director at the Third Steel Rolling Mill."

"What? Could it be the Third Steel Rolling Mill where Zhuzi used to work?" Li Aimin asked.

"Are there a few third-tier steel rolling mills in the imperial capital?" Li Jiayi asked, scratching his head.

"Uh! Just one."

"That's it, it's the Third Steel Rolling Mill, and Li Huaide and Brother Zhuzi are not on good terms."

"Son, you should avoid dealing with this man. You can imagine what will happen to a man who can even lose his ancestors."

"Don't worry, Dad. I won't deal with him. Besides, he's just a director of the logistics department. I don't think highly of him."

After hearing what Li Jiayi said, Li Aimin was speechless!

Even the director of the logistics department looks down on me, so how could a deputy section chief like me look down on him even more?

"What's wrong, Dad? What's that expression on your face?"

"Son, you can do it now! The director of the logistics department doesn't like you, so would you look down on me, the deputy director of the warehousing department, even more?"

"Dad, what are you talking about? I'm talking about outsiders. What does it have to do with you?"

Li Jiayi looked at his father helplessly, not understanding his logical thinking.

However, Li Jiayi was not wrong. The Third Steel Rolling Mill is currently only a division-level unit.

A director of a logistics department, even if he is highly qualified, is at most at the deputy division level, and most likely at the section level.

Even if he is just a deputy director, what does it mean to Li Jiayi? What kind of people does he know?
The director of the First Woolen Mill was at the department level, the secretary was at the department level, several deputy directors were at the deputy department level, the director of the Machine Repair Factory was at the division level, the director of the Fifth Steel Rolling Mill was at the division level, the director of the Hongye Iron and Steel Plant was at the deputy department level, and the director of the Bakery Factory was at the lowest level, but he was also the director of a factory!

In addition, District Bureau Director Hu and Political Commissar Huang are both at the deputy-department level, and even several deputy directors are at the division level.

So Li Jiayi was not wrong when he said that he looked down on Li Huaide, the director of the logistics department.

You know, in the First Woolen Textile Factory, any department director is at the deputy director level!

In particular, the director of the Logistics Department is a deputy director, including the workshop director, who is also a deputy director.

"That's right, Dad. You think too much." The eldest sister said with a smile.

After hearing what his eldest daughter said, Li Aimin felt his face getting a little hot. Isn't this just looking for trouble?

But think about it! As a deputy section chief, I am not up to the standard. Most importantly, I was promoted to the position of deputy section chief because of my son's reputation.

Otherwise, based on his own situation, he might not even be able to become a deputy section chief until retirement, let alone a deputy section chief at the 17th level.

You should know that if you are promoted to the next level, you will at least be a section chief, or possibly a deputy director.

Yes, level sixteen is deputy director and section chief, but even if it is deputy director, it is the lowest administrative level.

But then again, the lowest-ranking deputy director is still a deputy director! At least it is one level higher than a regular section chief.

"Okay, I think you're just looking for trouble. Come on, cook with me." Ye Xin said.

"Oh!" Li Aimin agreed and followed Ye Xin to the kitchen.

"By the way, sister, I heard that you were promoted?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Hey, how did you know? Oh! I forgot, you are more familiar with the district bureau than I am." The eldest sister said with a blush.

If I tell others, I guess no one would believe that I am not even as familiar with my workplace as my younger brother.

My brother can call out the name and position of anyone in the district bureau, and he knows more than a dozen colleagues in the department.

There were also the director and the political commissar, and that was because the director and the political commissar asked her to come over for a talk.

Of course, this was said to the outside world. In fact, it was not the case. It was just that the director and the political commissar asked her to come over and say a few words.

And this is also because of her younger brother, otherwise the director and the political commissar would know who she is!

Take this promotion for example. To be honest, normally it would not have been her turn, considering she has only been in the class for a few months!

Looking at the colleagues in the department, some of them have only worked for one year and have just been converted to full-time employees, but she was converted to a full-time employee as soon as she arrived, and was promoted to the next level after only working for half a year.

You should know that according to the normal process, it takes at least three years to be promoted after becoming a regular employee!

Even though it was only a promotion of one level, it is administrative level 25, which is equivalent to a college student entering the workforce.

A technical secondary school student who works for half a year is equivalent to a college student working.

She didn't dare to think about it, so she didn't tell anyone, including her colleagues in the department, and she didn't even tell her family when she got home.

"Sister, don't think too much. I haven't even started working yet! I'm still getting a level 24 salary, which is actually one level higher than yours!"

Yes, Li Jiayi is now at the 24th administrative level, which is equivalent to a regular employee of a college student. This means that he has no place to seek justice.

"How can you be the same as me? You have grades, and you are promoted based on your grades, but I am promoted based on your merits. These are two completely different concepts."

"Whether it's stickiness or grades, as long as it's raised, why do you care so much?"

"I'm just afraid that my colleagues will gossip about me! They don't know about my promotion yet. If they knew, they would definitely gossip about me."

"It's okay. I'll tell Director Hu not to tell anyone. But when you go to collect your salary, it's best to go alone."

"Uh!" The elder sister was stunned for a moment and said, "Everyone gets their salary that day. Even if I go alone, there are colleagues from other departments."

"It's okay, then you can pick it up one day later."

"Is it okay to pick it up one day later?"

"I don't know if others can do it, but you can definitely do it. And I'll ask Director Hu to tell the finance department not to tell anyone."

"Yeah!" The eldest sister nodded.

"But big sister! As the saying goes, truth will come to light sooner or later."

"It's okay. One day later is one day later."

"OK then!"

To be honest, Li Jiayi was also a little confused. He didn't understand what Director Hu was doing. It would be enough for his elder sister to be directly converted to a full-time employee after arriving at the district bureau, which was one year faster than others.

And he was promoted to another level after just working for half a year. You should know that this was not what he asked for!

When my eldest sister was about to go to the district bureau, Li Jiayi just said that it would be good if she could get a regular job as soon as possible, and did not mention any promotion.

He was promoted to a regular employee as soon as he reported for work, which met his requirements. Li Jiayi is not a person who is unsatisfied.

In other words, this promotion was the idea of ​​Director Hu and Political Commissar Huang and had nothing to do with him.

However, Li Jiayi knew that this was also a compensation for him. After all, if he sent so many things to any factory, Li Jiayi could earn a lot of money.

Since there is no way to increase Li Jiayi's salary for the time being, the only option is to promote his elder sister.

"Big sister, work hard, maybe by the time I graduate, you'll be able to catch up with my level."

Li Jiayi is now at administrative level 24, and his elder sister is at level 25, just one level apart.

Li Jialin walked up to Li Jiayi and asked, "Brother! Do you think I can get promoted in advance?"

Li Jiayi shrugged and said, "How would I know? It depends on you. If you do well, you will be promoted. If you don't do well, you just have to endure it slowly."

"No way! My eldest sister can do it, so why can't I?"

"Because the eldest sister is the eldest sister, and you are just the second sister, that's all the difference."

"Ugh! You..."

"Okay, it's still early for you! Why are you in such a hurry?" Li Jiayi said helplessly.

"All right!"

After thinking about it, she realized it was true, so Li Jialin didn't continue.

"By the way, the exam will be held in a few days. Do you have any problems?" Li Jiayi asked his second sister.

"No problem, at least I'm qualified."

"That's good."

There is no problem in going to technical secondary school as long as you pass the exam. Of course, the more points you get, the better.

You have to know that some people with good grades will be vying for them.

In this era when there are very few college students, technical secondary school students are considered to have a high level of education!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to be a cadre just by joining the work.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the day of the exam. Li Jiayi was in school during these days.

There are a lot of things to learn in technical secondary school, so the exam lasts for three days, which happens to be Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Li Jiayi is very relaxed now, and so are his family members. This is not the time for entrance exams, so no one cares at all.

Especially Li Jiayi, both his father, mother and elder sister felt extremely relaxed because his job had already been secured.

As long as you get your diploma, you can start working right away, without even having to be assigned a job by the school.

However, it was impossible for the school to assign a job to Li Jiayi, as Hanfa had already been sent to the school by the woolen mill.

It can be said that from the moment Li Jiayi confirmed that he would work at the woolen mill, the woolen mill's influence had already arrived.

The three-day exam passed in a flash, and Li Jiayi completely relaxed. Tomorrow is the day to go back to his hometown to collect supplies.

That night, Li Jiayi's house was very lively. In order to celebrate Li Jiayi and Li Jialin's successful completion of the exam, Ye Xin called Liao Kai's family, He Yuzhu's family and Nan Yi's family over.

As for Li Jiafen, there is still some time before the exam. Technical secondary school is similar to university, with exams and holidays both coming earlier.

As for cooking, of course it falls on the three chefs.

Now Liao Kai has obtained the first-level chef certificate, and He Yuzhu and Nan Yi are currently at the third level.

There is no way. Although it is their first time to take the exam, the highest they can get is level three.

If you want to take the Level 2 exam, you have to wait until next year. As for the Level 1 exam, you can take it in the second half of next year or the year after.

There is no need to rush for this for now. You have to know that the grading examinations were stopped after 1966, and it was suspended for ten years.

Of course, this only applies to ordinary employees and has no impact on administrative levels and clerk equivalence.

During the ten-year period, many people were promoted, and only the assessment of ordinary employees was stopped.

For example, if before 1966 you were a first-level fitter, electrician, blacksmith, or eighth-level chef, etc., you would still be at this level until 1976.

Because there were too many people, the two octagonal tables, one large and one small, were not enough for Li Jia's family. They had no choice but to move the octagonal table from He Yuzhu's family over.

As for Liao Kai and the other three, they really showed off their talents today! Because Li Jiayi prepared all the ingredients very well.

It can be said that they have whatever they want, as long as they can make it.

And what He Yuzhu cooked today was his specialty! Tan's cuisine, which He Yuzhu couldn't make normally! Lack of ingredients.

The ingredients used in Tan’s cuisine are of higher quality; ingredients like sea cucumbers and abalone are basically hard to find.

But Li Jiayi's space was not lacking! He emptied five large shopping malls, and similarly, he also emptied five large stores, which were the large supermarkets of the future.

Of course, He Yuzhu also made some relatively simple Tan family dishes, many of which took a long time to prepare. Some even had to be prepared one or two days in advance, which did not give him that much time, so he could only make some simple ones.

It was more than an hour later that we started eating, but the three eight-immortal tables were all full of food.

If we were to say who the happiest people today are, it would definitely not be Li Jiayi and Li Jialin, the two people who have just finished their exams, but a few children.

Including Damao’s siblings and Liao Qingxue.

Because there are many things they have never eaten before, and even apart from these, there are only chicken, fish, meat and eggs!

Who doesn’t like to eat? Especially when it’s delicious, there’s no way a child can resist it.

"Jia Lin, plus one, congratulations on successfully completing the exam." Liao Kai said, raising his glass.

"Thank you!"

"Thank you!"

Li Jiayi and his second sister quickly picked up the juice.

As soon as Liao Kai put down his glass after drinking, Nan Yi also picked up his glass and said, "Congratulations on finishing your exams."

"Thank you!"

"Thank you!"

After Nan Yi congratulated, it was He Yuzhu who came next, followed by Liang Ladi, Xu Wenwen, Qian Meilin, He Yushui, and even the old lady raised her glass of juice to congratulate.

As for the children, they congratulated him again and again as if it was fun, which made Li Jiayi laugh and cry.

The meal lasted more than an hour. Of course, we drank a lot of wine. I don’t know how much white wine we drank because it was poured from a wine barrel, but we drank two bottles of red wine.

Everyone drank happily except the children.

"Add one! Go light up the sauna room. We're going to have a sauna today." Li Aimin said.

"I know, Dad! I'll go and burn it right away."

Li Jiayi came to the sauna room, lit the sauna first, and then went to boil water.

The water will be used later, so there is no need to boil it first.

After everything was cooked, Li Jiayi returned to the house. The table had been set and everyone was drinking tea.

"Are you ready?" Li Aimin asked when he saw him come in.

"Yes! It's cooked."

"Then let's go wash first." Ye Xin stood up and helped the old lady walk out.

There were too many people, so Li Jiayi didn't plan to steam. He just went to the space to take a shower.

So after his mother went out, Li Jiayi went upstairs.

Locking the door from the inside, he entered the space.

I still walked the daily route first, then took a shower and went back to my room to sleep.

There's nothing I can do! He has to get up early tomorrow, so of course he has to go to bed early.

Silent all night.

At 5:30 the next morning, Li Jiayi came out of the space. At this time, it was still pitch black outside.

It's normal, the weather in December is such that it's dark even at six o'clock, not to mention five o'clock.

When I came downstairs, my family members were still not awake. Well, it was too early to get up at this time.

Especially my second sister who loves to sleep in. Now that she is on vacation, she probably won’t get up.

Li Jiayi opened the door, but he was a little dumbfounded when he opened the door, because there was nothing but white outside.

He didn't even need to think to know that it was snowing again. This made him speechless. If he had known it was going to snow, why would he have come out of the space so early?

It seemed that there was no way to go to the village to collect supplies today, so Li Jiayi went over to light the fireplace.

If you don't go back to the village and don't go to school, the most likely thing is to stay at home.

Even if he doesn't stay at home, my second sister has to stay at home!
Since he had already come out of the space, it was impossible to go back in, so Li Jiayi took a shovel and shoveled snow outside.

After shoveling less than one-third of the yard, my mother came out of the house.

"Hey, why is it snowing again?" Mom said in surprise.

Then Ye Xin saw Li Jiayi, and her mother asked, "Son, why did you get up so early?"

"I was planning to go back to the village, but when I woke up I found it was snowing, so I had to shovel snow."

"Is that so? Then take your time shoveling! I'll go cook. You don't have to go to school now. Your dad, your sister, and your two cousins ​​and I still have to go to work."

"Well! Go ahead! With just this little snow, I'll probably finish shoveling it before you can finish cooking."

In this era, it was normal to snow in November, and it often snowed in December, which is unimaginable in later generations.

You should know that in later generations, it may not snow in the entire December.

As Ye Xin just entered the kitchen, Li Aimin also came out of the house.

"Hey, son, you're very diligent today! You even shoveled the snow."

Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at Li Aimin and said, "When have I ever been unhappy?"

"Okay, okay, you are diligent. You are the one who doesn't even know how to pick up the fallen oil bottle, and you actually say you are diligent."

Hearing what his father said, Li Jiayi was speechless. He didn't even know how to pay for the loss when his father failed!

But he couldn't even touch the oil bottle.

My mother never lets him into the kitchen, so how could he touch the oil bottle?

It was just as he thought. He had just finished shoveling the snow and piled it under the wall of the front room, and his mother had also prepared dinner.

My eldest sister and cousin have already gotten up, and even my eldest and second brothers have come over.

But he didn't see his second sister. Needless to say, his second sister slept in again today.

"Sure! Jiayi, you finished shoveling the snow so quickly. I was going to come over to help you shovel it!" said the second brother.

Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Come on! If you really wanted to help me shovel snow, you wouldn't have come so late."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Li Cheng scratched his head in embarrassment.

It’s not that he didn’t want to help, it’s mainly because he got up and started shoveling snow, and he just finished shoveling the snow around the area where he lived.

As for the eldest brother, he went to help others shovel snow early in the morning. As for who he helped, it goes without saying, of course it was Sun Qingmin!

"Okay, go wash your hands and eat." Ye Xin said to Li Jiayi.

"Ok."

"Have you two washed up?" Ye Xin asked her two cousins.

"Aunt, we have finished washing up."

"Now that you've finished washing up, go inside and eat. You won't be working today, so just stay home."

"Ok!"

When Li Jiayi came out of the house after washing his hands, the food had been prepared. Li Jiayi sat down and served himself a bowl of millet porridge.

After drinking a few mouthfuls of millet porridge, he picked up a steamed bun and started eating.

If we eat steamed buns in the morning, it goes without saying that there must be meat dishes. If it is steamed buns, there will be no fried meat dishes.

It took Li Jiayi more than ten minutes to finish his meal.

After dinner, Li Jiayi thought for a while and added some firewood to the fireplace.

At this time, he remembered that today seemed to be Sunday and he didn't need to go to work at all.

"Mom, Dad, I'm going out."

"Where are you going in such heavy snow?" Ye Xin asked.

"I'm going to hang out with Fatty. I've been busy lately and haven't seen him. Now I have nothing to do, so I'll go over and take a look."

"Okay, go ahead and come back early at noon."

"understood."

Yes, Li Jiayi just wants to go out. You know, high school students have finished their exams and are on vacation now.

He could just go find his younger brothers and ask them to help him buy wine from the supply and marketing cooperative.

It was fresh snow and he couldn't use the sled yet, so he had to walk out.

Li Jiayi did not bring the dog with him when he went out. In the past, when his eldest sister went to work, he would let Asheng or Aquan follow her.

But the elder sister felt that it had a bad influence, so she stopped bringing the dog with her. Well, as a police officer, she had to bring a dog with her to and from get off work. What about ordinary people?
After coming out of Yard No. 7, Li Jiayi walked towards the fat man’s house.

The fat man also lives in a courtyard house, and he lives in three main rooms.

When Li Jiayi came over, Fatty and his parents were there. They were also resting today.

But the fat guy was still staying in bed. When he saw Li Jiayi coming, his parents were very enthusiastic.

That’s right, you know, Li Jiayi helped their family a lot!

During the three difficult years, if it weren't for Li Jiayi, their family would really have had a hard time making ends meet.

In three years, the amount of grain they bought from Li Jiayi was definitely no less than two thousand kilograms.

And this is really just food, not counting all kinds of meat. If they were all counted, it would be a lot.

It was also because of these things that their family did not have a hard time during the three difficult years.

Although it cost a lot of money, others have nowhere to buy it even if they have money.

"Come here, Jiayi, have some tea." Dad Guo personally made a cup of tea for Li Jiayi and brought it over.

"Thank you uncle."

"Why are you being polite? This is tea that someone gave me. How about you try it?"

"Ok!"

Guo's father is the workshop director of the meat processing factory. Now many factories are trying to build relationships at the meat processing factory just to get more meat.

As the workshop director of the meat processing factory, he certainly had people trying to curry favor with him, but it didn't seem to be of any use.

After all, the meat in the meat processing plant is distributed, and he, as the workshop director, is not in charge.

Li Jiayi took a sip and found that the tea was quite good.

Of course, this means that it is pretty good among ordinary teas, and it cannot be compared with the spiritual tea in his space.

But it is also good tea. It seems that the people who ask him to do things have also invested a lot of money.

"You little bastard, are you up yet? How long should Jiayi wait for you?" Dad Guo shouted into the house.

"Get up." The fat man's voice came from the house.

Sure enough, in less than three minutes, the fat man came out of the room, wearing a thick cotton coat and with his hands in his pockets.

"Li Jiayi, why are you here?"

This was at home, so the fat man called Li Jiayi by his name. If they were outside, he would just call him "Boss".

"I came to play with you! I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to meet you."

"Yes! We used to see each other on Sundays, but now you go to the countryside to collect supplies and we can't see each other on Sundays."

"Yes, but not anymore. Our school is on holiday and won't start until March 1st next year."

The fat man rubbed his hands and said, "That's the same as our school."

"Yeah! Except for junior high school and elementary school, other schools are similar."

"Yes."

Li Jiayi stayed and drank two cups of tea with Guo's father, chatted for a while, and then left with the fat man.

When they arrived outside the courtyard, the fat man asked, "Boss, you didn't just come to play with me today, did you?"

"Well! Let's go to the courtyard first."

"Ok."

Because they were walking, it took the two of them almost half an hour to reach the destination.

Li Jiayi opened the door, and two people came into the yard and took out the key to open the door.

After entering the house, Li Jiayi said to the fat man, "Light up the stove."

"Okay boss."

The fat man went to the yard to move firewood, while Li Jiayi took a tin bucket and a shovel to shovel coal.

Although it was snowing, there was no problem with the firewood pile in the yard, mainly because it was covered with a layer of canvas.

Not to mention snow, even rain wouldn't be a big problem.

After carrying the firewood into the house, the fat man started to light a fire.

Soon the chopped firewood started burning, and Li Jiayi happened to come into the house carrying coal.

You can't add coal now. Let the firewood burn for a while before adding coal. That way it will be easier to ignite.

After the firewood was burned, the house became much warmer, at least warmer than the fat man's house.

After all, the fat man’s family wouldn’t be willing to burn like this, whether it’s coal or firewood.

Li Jiayi pulled over two chairs, handed one to the fat man and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you, boss."

"You're so polite!"

"Hehehe." The fat man scratched his head with a silly smile.

"Fatty, I called you here today to ask you to gather the brothers together."

"Ah! Boss, are you planning to sell peanuts and melon seeds again?" asked the fat man with his eyes lighting up.

"No." Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "I plan to buy some wine, but the quantity is a bit large, so I want to ask my brothers for help."

"Hey, boss, I'm just buying some wine, don't worry! I'll take care of these." The fat man said, patting his chest.

Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Get lost. I want to buy a lot."

"Uh! So, Boss, how much do you plan to buy?"

Li Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the exact amount, but it's a lot anyway. Tell the brothers that I'll give 20 cents for every bottle of wine they buy."

Two cents may not seem like much, but it is actually quite a lot. You have to know that a person with two backpacks can buy more than ten bottles in one trip.

At the end of the day, one or two hundred bottles is not a problem at all, and this also includes the time it takes to deliver the wine.

"No way, boss, you only give me 20 cents as errand fee for buying a bottle of wine? Isn't that too much?" asked the fat man.

"Not much. This is also calculated. Anyway, just tell the brothers that if they can come, they can come. If they can't come, they can come. Don't force them."

"Don't worry, Boss. I guarantee everyone will be willing to come."

Are you kidding? A bottle of wine only costs 20 cents! That would cost you several dozen yuan in a day!
The most important thing is that everyone has been holding back for so long and can finally come out and hang out.

"Boss, when should I notify everyone?"

"If you can notify me now, I won't be late for you to come pick up your schoolbag and go out to buy some wine tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go now."

The school bags used to sell peanuts and melon seeds were all placed here, and now they come in handy.

This kind of military backpack can hold a lot of things, and nowadays wine doesn’t have a box on the outside.

A military backpack can easily hold a dozen bottles.

Now all we have to consider is whether we can carry it on our back. This shouldn’t be a problem!

After all, they are all adults. It should be easy for adults to carry dozens of kilograms of things!

Of course, the road is a bit far, because it is impossible for everyone to buy wine in one place.

Not to mention whether it would attract other people's attention, how could the supply and marketing cooperative have so much wine for you to buy?
After the fat man left, Li added a handful of coal into the stove, then took out some peanuts and melon seeds and sat in the yard to eat them.

Li Jiayi did not go home at noon, but just ate something here in the courtyard.

The fat man didn't come back either, because it would take him a lot of time to notify everyone.

It was not until after three in the afternoon that people started to arrive one after another. The fat man must have calculated the time in advance.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone came to the yard, including the fat man.

Just as the fat guy said, no one was missing and all were present.

"Fatty, distribute school bags to everyone first." Li Jiayi said.

"Okay boss."

"By the way, you have one too."

"Ah! Boss, I'm going to buy some too?"

"Yes! More people means more strength. I'll stay here for now. Why are you staying?"

"I understand, boss."

It’s not enough to just give out school bags! Li Jiayi also needs to give out money to everyone.

After everyone was given 500 yuan, Li Jiayi said, "Tomorrow you will disperse and go to the various supply and marketing cooperatives to buy wine. Remember, each supply and marketing cooperative can only buy eleven bottles of wine."

"Boss, what kind of wine should we buy?" asked a younger brother.

"The top ten famous liquors, plus a bottle of Moutai, a total of eleven bottles. When the time comes, see if one schoolbag can hold eleven bottles. If it can, go to the next supply and marketing cooperative. If it can't, see how much you can fit. You don't need to go to other supply and marketing cooperatives, you can just fill it up at this supply and marketing cooperative."

"I understand, boss."

"Oh! By the way, since we don't have tickets, we have to buy premium wines, so the prices will be higher."

(End of this chapter)