Chapter 368: Being in the midst of blessings and not knowing the blessings

Chapter 368: Being in the midst of blessings and not knowing the blessings

Chapter 368: Being in the midst of blessings and not knowing the blessings

When I got home, everyone in the family had already returned from get off work.

Seeing the two of them coming in from outside, my mother asked in surprise: "Hey, you guys are back so soon? Why don't you stay a little longer?"

"Mom, Jiayi needs to deliver supplies to the factory, so we came back." Lin Linger went up and held her mother's hand and said.

"Is that so? That's right, things at the factory can't be delayed."

"Sister-in-law! What good news is this? Why do I find that you are different from before?" Li Jiaqi asked.

"It's different, isn't it?" Lin Ling'er touched her face.

I guess she herself hasn't noticed that she has changed! That's right, this is a spiritual change, how could she possibly notice it.

Only people who are familiar with her would have this feeling.

"Of course! If you don't believe me, look in the mirror yourself." said the second sister Li Jialin.

"Uh! Okay! Let me check back."

"Okay, now that you're back, go inside and take a rest. I'll go cook."

"Mom, I'm not tired. I'll help you." Lin Ling'er said with a smile.

"Alright."

In fact, everyone can cook, but the eldest sister can only do it. Her cooking skills are not as good as my mother's, and she can't compare with Lin Ling'er, who has learned from three chefs for two years.

So now the cooking at home is basically left to Lin Ling'er or my mother.

"I'll go help with the fire." The eldest sister said, and followed her into the kitchen.

"Then we can only go back to the house." The second sister shrugged and pulled her cousin into the main room.

This made Li Jiayi speechless. She couldn't even make scrambled eggs with tomatoes. She didn't know what she would do after getting married.

The next morning, Li Jiayi left Lin Ling'er alone at home and drove out in his truck.

Today is the day for delivering supplies, and the first one to be delivered is to the Third Steel Rolling Mill, because the supplies at the Third Steel Rolling Mill are more diverse.

There are pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, fish and so on.

Of course, this was not what the Third Steel Rolling Mill wanted, but was given to them by Li Jiayi.

If you want only pork, that's impossible.

It took Li Jiayi a whole morning to deliver all the supplies to the third steel rolling mill.

In the afternoon, Li Jiayi started delivering to the Fifth Steel Rolling Mill and finished the delivery in one trip because the Fifth Steel Rolling Mill only needed one kind of pork.

After delivering the goods to the Fifth Steel Rolling Mill, Li Jiayi made another delivery to the Machine Repair Factory, making a total of three deliveries in one day.

Then the next morning, it was delivered to the woolen mill, and in the afternoon it was delivered to the bakery, and it lasted the entire afternoon.

The main reason for this is that there are a lot of eggs to deliver. If only the meat was delivered, it would be finished in one trip, but it took two trips to deliver the eggs.

It will take two days to deliver all the goods here on the edge of the city, and only the Hongye Steel Plant will be left.

Because Hongye Iron and Steel Plant also needed beef and mutton, he made two trips. After delivering these, Li Jiayi could continue to rest.

Yes, he did not send any supplies to the district bureau. It's not that he didn't want to, but because it is summer now, the population of the district bureau is relatively small, and the cold storage is relatively small, so it is no problem to send enough supplies for two or three months.

Now Li Jiayi does not send the items he collects from Lijia Village to the district bureau. Instead, he puts them in a space and then sends them to other factories together with the other items in the space.

The main reason was that he thought it was too troublesome to deliver it to the district bureau once a week, so it would be better to deliver more at a time.

After delivering the goods to the Hongye Iron and Steel Plant, he had lunch at the steel plant and went home in the afternoon.

When he got home, Lin Ling'er was drinking tea and reading in the house.

Seeing Li Jiayi come in, Lin Linger quickly put down her book, came over to help him take off his schoolbag, and then hung it on the hanger and asked, "Are you back? Are you tired?"

"It's not tiring. It's just delivering some stuff. I don't need to load or unload the truck."

"Well! Come sit down and have some tea." Lin Ling'er said as she poured a cup of tea for Li Jiayi.

"it is good."

"By the way, Guo Detie came to see you this morning. I told you to go deliver supplies to the factory, and then he left."

"Fat man?"

"Ok!"

"What is this boy doing here? Today is a workday! Why isn't he at work?"

"I don't know." Lin Ling'er shook her head.

"Didn't he say anything was wrong?" Li Jiayi asked with a frown.

Lin Linger shook her head and said, "No, just say you'll come back later."

"Okay, I see."

Anyway, except when he's delivering supplies, he's basically there every day, so when Fatty comes over he'll know what's going on.

It shouldn’t be about the badges, because he left enough badges in the courtyard.

Let me put it this way, in the past two years, he has basically sold out the ceramic badges he had, and the remaining badges have all been placed in the courtyard.

Because my brothers all have jobs now, they only go out to sell badges during their rest time.

Similarly, Li Jiayi also made a lot of money by selling badges in the past two years, and so did his brothers.

Up to now, not only has he bought dozens of courtyard houses, but more than twenty of his brothers have also bought courtyards.

Moreover, each of them has a two-in-one courtyard house. As for the remaining brothers who have not bought yet, it is not that they do not want to buy, but that they have not found a suitable one yet.

What's more, Li Jiayi not only bought a courtyard house, but also bought a lot of storefronts.

Although these storefronts are of no use now, and even most of them are in the hands of the street office or neighborhood committee, the house deeds and land deeds are in his hands!
Those storefronts owned by the street offices and neighborhood committees are also used for business.

To put it simply, it means opening a store, and it is a public-private joint venture store.

Originally, these shops were to be charged rent, but after they were taken over by Li Jiayi, he waived it directly.

There are more than 20 shops, but the rent collected is not much, so it is better to sell some to the street offices or neighborhood committees in various places to give them some face.

Anyway, even if it is used, it won't last many years. According to the current time, it will be at most ten years.

After the reform and opening up, Li Jiayi will take back all these houses. Whether he uses them himself or rents them out will depend on his own decision.

Of course, there is another reason why Li Jiayi does not charge rent, which is that he does not want others to know that these houses are his.

Because he bought private houses, to put it bluntly, houses with title deeds and land deeds, these houses do not require new procedures.

As long as there are the title deeds and the land deeds, even though he has bought the house, as long as he does not go to take possession of it, no one will know that the house is his.

And don't forget that every house deed and land title comes with a mortgage IOU.

Of course, Li Jiayi doesn’t buy from all storefronts, he only buys from the big ones.

He has basically no interest in some smaller properties.

He would see if any of his brothers were interested. If so, he would let them take it. If not, forget it.

This is not mandatory, but Li Jiayi forced the brothers to buy a courtyard house, and everyone must buy one.

So, even though Li Jiayi bought only a few storefronts, each one is very large.

The largest ones are several three-story old buildings with red walls, green tiles, carved dragons and painted phoenixes, and they are very well preserved.

Time passed day by day, and five days went by in the blink of an eye. That morning, Li Jiayi and Lin Ling'er were drinking tea and chatting at home when the fat man walked in from outside.

"Brother, sister-in-law." "Come in, come in and sit down." Li Jiayi pointed to a chair.

"Thank you, brother."

After the fat man sat down, Lin Linger quickly brought a teacup, poured him a cup of tea and said, "Have some tea."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Li Jiayi put down the teacup and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"

The fat man did not answer him, but glanced at Lin Ling'er.

Li Jiayi couldn't help but understand what was going on. If it were in the past, he might have taken the fat man out to talk about it, but now there was no need for that.

"It's okay, your sister-in-law is not an outsider, just say it directly."

"Okay! It's like this, big brother. Those badges are no longer complete. Many of them are missing now. Do you think you can add some?"

"Huh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that it was really something like Zhang. He originally thought it was not.

"Fatty, there's no need to replenish the badges. We only have those left. Sell them all if you can. If you can't, forget it."

These badges have made Li Jiayi rich, and he has no plans to gather Master Yan and his apprentices together again.

After all, the current situation is different from before, so it’s better to be honest now.

"Okay then! I get it, bro."

"By the way, tell those brothers who don't have houses to hurry up."

You should know that this wave of going abroad will soon be over. If you don’t seize this opportunity, if you want to buy again next time, you can only wait until after the reform and opening up.

But the prices at that time were different from those now. Not only that, from now until the reform and opening up, income and other things will not increase.

"Okay boss."

"By the way, why didn't you go to work today? Today is not Sunday!"

"It's like this, boss. Our department takes turns to rest. I have rested on Wednesdays for the past three months."

"I see. I was wondering why you had time to come see me today."

Fatty has also joined the factory now, and is working in the Materials Department as a clerk.

To be honest, if he went to the meat processing factory, he would definitely be more comfortable than now, and his salary would be much higher. After all, his father is also a workshop director in the meat processing factory!

But this kid doesn't like the smell of the meat processing plant and just doesn't want to go there.

But this doesn't matter to the fat man because he is not short of money.

You should know that this kid not only bought a two-entry courtyard house, but also bought two storefronts.

Although the two storefronts are not big, the location is good! After the reform and opening up, it is definitely a cash cow.

What can I say? Even if this guy does nothing in the future and just takes care of these two shops, he will definitely live a happy life in the second half of his life.

You should know that although this kid's two storefronts are not big, one is more than 20 square meters and the other is about 30 square meters, but the two storefronts are located, one on Qianmen Street and the other in Nanluoguxiang.

If the area wasn’t too small, Li Jiayi would want it all.

Of course, Li Jiayi also has storefronts in these two places, and they are both particularly large.

If it is remodeled in the future, it can at least be twice as big.

This renovation is not to increase the height of the houses, but because there are yards behind them.

We can just expand the back when the time comes. At least there won’t be any changes seen from the outside.

This is the advantage of a large area.

"I left at noon. Ask your sister-in-law to cook a few dishes and have a drink with me."

"Great! I haven't eaten my sister-in-law's cooking for a while." The fat man said happily.

"I think you are greedy for my wine!"

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the fat man laughed a few times and didn't say anything.

As soon as he saw his expression, Li Jiayi knew he had guessed correctly and said, "When you leave, take a jar back with you."

"Thank you, brother."

"Drink sparingly, kid. I don't have much wine."

Li Jiayi said this on purpose, otherwise this kid wouldn't know how to cherish.

As for wine, of course he would not lack it. He brewed it himself, so how could there not be enough? At worst, he could brew some more.

If not, how can we achieve the goal of scarcity making things valuable?

It was soon past ten in the morning. Lin Linger stood up and said, "You guys chat first. I'll go cook."

"Well! Go ahead!" Li Jia nodded.

"Sister-in-law, I'm in trouble." The fat man stood up and said.

"It's no trouble. It's just cooking. What's the trouble?"

After Lin Linger left, the fat man said, "Boss, I really envy you."

"Why are you envious? It's not like you don't have one."

"It's different. If my wife is one tenth as good as my sister-in-law, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"Get out of my way. What's wrong with your wife? Isn't she fine?" Li Jiayi said speechlessly.

You know, Fatty is the only son! Although he has two older sisters, they are both married.

His father is the workshop director of a meat processing factory, and his mother also has a job. It can be said that his conditions are particularly good today.

How could a family like this not find a good one for him? No matter in appearance or ability, it can be said that she is very good.

“Everything else is fine, but you can’t cook!”

Hearing what the fat man said, Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Just be content! At least they still cook for you when they get home from get off work."

"Boss, what are you saying? Whose woman doesn't cook? Doesn't my sister-in-law cook too?"

"Your aunt doesn't have a job and is bored at home all day, so she learned to cook. But your wife is different! She has a job and her salary is not less than yours."

"Uh! This..."

"Okay, don't be so ungrateful. You should be thankful that you got a wife like this!"

The fat man touched his nose, nodded and said, "Okay! Now that you said that, it's really the case."

"You are already an adult, you should take good care of your wife. You will regret it when someone else takes care of her for you!"

"Uh!"

"By the way, how many months?"

"Just six months."

"It's been six months. Ask your dad to talk to someone and get some rest as soon as possible."

"Yeah! I know, but my wife said no, he plans to rest when he's nine months old."

"See! I told you that you don't know how to appreciate your good fortune. Where can you find a wife like this?"

The fat man touched his nose and said, "I didn't say it was bad!"

(End of this chapter)