Chapter 635: Clearing Things Up

Chapter 635: Clearing Things Up

Chapter 635: Clearing Things Up
As we get closer to the end of the year, things start to taper off and become monotonous.

Most of the work in the workshops is in preparation for starting work after the New Year.

The steel mill has also begun preparing for New Year benefits, with the most important selection of outstanding workers being the first.

Everyone has been looking forward to this day for a long time. The selection was not held last month and was postponed to today.

If the factory hadn't agreed to double the number of places, no one would have agreed to the delay.

"Old Li, do you have confidence in this?"

"Who knows? I wasn't nominated last year, so I have to be nominated today, right?"

"Come on, you know exactly what you did last year. How can you cram for an exam now?"

"Hey, how can you talk like that? If you can't, shut up."

For a time, the entire steel mill was discussing fiercely about who would be assigned the quota.

"I don't think I was nominated last year, so it should be my turn this time, right?"

In the study room, Li Kailang stroked his chin and thought.

There are not many people in the transport team, and basically they take turns. He didn't get the award last year, but there is a high probability that he will get one this year.

"Hey, I didn't expect to be so lucky. It turns out that it's right to listen to the master. Let the other masters receive the prize first."

Li Kailang couldn't help but feel relieved, thinking that the other masters would probably be very sad if they knew about this.

This is the fact, and many people lamented why they took the quota last year.

Things have changed this year. No one wants food anymore, but instead wants coupons.

Some time ago, the black market sold meat and grain, which greatly helped everyone to buy food for the New Year, so much so that no one wants much food now.

Speaking of this, the whereabouts of the confiscated grain and meat are still unknown.

As for where to go, who knows.

The worst off are those nominated in these three months, as they are not eligible for selection according to the rules.

"Oh, I didn't expect something like this to happen this year. If I had known, I wouldn't have won the award." Several masters regretted.

"Come on, weren't you so proud of receiving the award back then? Now you regret it. What were you doing earlier?"

"Hey, can you talk?"

The masters were laughing and joking together.

"Huh~"

There was a sudden sound from the loudspeaker, which instantly woke everyone up and they immediately looked at the loudspeaker intently.

"Shh! Don't talk, the radio is on."

"Stop arguing, come and listen, the announcement is about to begin."

For a moment, everyone put down their work.

"The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill Radio Station is now reporting a piece of news."

"I am now announcing the winners of this month's 'Excellent Worker' title. Please listen carefully."

"Workshop One"

"Workshop 2"

Cheers rang out one after another. Even though this happens every month, everyone is still nervous and excited.

"Transportation Team Li Kailang."

Hearing his name, Li Kailang smiled slightly. It makes things easier if you have a master.

Immediately, he went to the old place to receive the award.

The first prize this time is a pendulum clock, which looks quite new.

When someone comes, it will be exchanged immediately.

"It just so happens that my house is short of a big item. This pendulum clock is also a good big item." He took it away excitedly.

If Cui Yuan were here, he would definitely be familiar with this pendulum clock. Isn't this the pendulum clock he saw in the repair shop yesterday?

I don't know how it ended up here, it's really strange.

The pendulum clock was gone, and the rest was not very attractive, so Li Kailang exchanged it for some food and took it back.

Just as he was about to leave, someone called out, "Hey, Master Li, Director Yang is looking for you."

"Director Yang wants to see me? Okay, I'll go find him later."

Nodding, Li Kailang put the things back first and then went to Director Yang's office.

"Director Yang, you're looking for me?"

"Here it comes." Director Yang nodded and took out a ticket from the drawer.

"I didn't have any good tickets in my pocket last time, so I'll make it up to you this time."

As he spoke, he handed over the ticket.

Li Kailang looked down and found that it was a sewing plane ticket.

He refused without merit, saying, "Director Yang, this is not appropriate. I haven't done anything."

"Well, look at what you said. You've done a great job. No one in the factory can make me feel as reassured as you do. You deserve this ticket. Just take it with confidence."

"You are already an adult, it's time to prepare for getting married."

As he said that, Director Yang forcefully stuffed it into Li Kailang's hands.

Li Kailang pretended to refuse.

"Just take it with confidence. This ticket is not only a reward from me, but also a reward from the department. Your child safety seat is great."

"The patent has been registered and has started to make money for us. I am here to reward you on behalf of the factory. The department will reward you again in a while."

"Is that so? Then I can take it with peace of mind."

"Why are you suddenly being so humble when talking to me? Take it and get back to work."

"Yes! By the way, the master is making medicine these days. I'll bring some over when he's done."

Li Kailang took the ticket with peace of mind and raised his eyebrows.

"You kid." Director Yang smiled meaningfully.

"Let's go."

Looking at Li Kailang's back, he shook his head helplessly, and then immediately became very proud and arrogant.

"I've really found a treasure. If other factories knew that I personally trained an engineer, and that he was an eighth-level worker, they would be so envious."

Li Kailang can not only make level 8 parts, but also be an engineer in the future. The most important thing is that he can make inventions to make money for the Ministry of Metallurgy and the steel rolling mill.

This is a truly compound talent. If we don't take him seriously, we will be at a huge loss.

I haven't contributed much, it's basically all thanks to Li Kailang.

Where can we find such a worry-free and capable worker? The key is that he must be able to handle things, which is the most rare thing.

"Hey, you got a sewing ticket for nothing. I don't have one yet." Li Kailang looked at the sewing ticket left and right.

Of the four major items, only this one is missing.

"It's a pity that I can't use this sewing machine by myself."

Occasionally, when clothes are torn, I just mend them with needle and thread, without using a sewing machine.

Even if I bought it, I would just put it in the ring and let it gather dust.

"Forget it, forget it, just keep it for now, maybe it will come in handy."

Return to the transport team.

The masters and apprentices came back with their rewards, all with smiles on their faces.

The most precious pendulum clock was taken away, and no one cared about what valuable things there were, so it wasn't a loss to take some food.

"Xiao Li, what did you take?" Zhang Fen asked curiously.

"I just took some food. Why do you want it?"

"That's not necessary. I don't need that much. I have enough food now." Zhang Fen waved his hand.

There is no shortage of food. With the help of Li Kailang, he also bought meat on the black market. Now there is enough food for the New Year.

Li Kailang nodded: "Okay, what do you want to talk to me about?" "Nothing, just take a nap. It's much more comfortable here. It's warm enough."

Having said that, he lay down on the warm recliner and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Seeing this, Li Kailang cleared the room since he had nothing to do.

"Master Li."

Hearing the noise, the apprentices who were leisurely joking in the apprentice room immediately stood up.

At the end of the year, there was nothing to do in the transport team, and the masters were gradually becoming lazy and had no energy to teach their apprentices, so they just let them fight.

"You guys play your own games, don't bother me." Li Kailang waved his hand and walked past without caring at all.

"Master Li is still the best. He won't say anything about us casually."

"Yes, Master Li is the only one who is the same age as us. He knows how hard we work, and he is not like other masters who always ask us to move."

"It's the end of the year, the masters are lazy, and we are lazy too."

Listening to the apprentices' casual complaints, one person watched silently in the corner, and felt that he was becoming increasingly unpopular.

No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't save the situation. He had completely given up and was just waiting for the overall situation to change so that he could leave for another factory as soon as possible.

A day's work passed.

Li Kailang had just returned home when Bai Xiuwen came over as if he had smelled something.

"Brother Li, can I trouble you?"

"You said."

"It's like this, I want to buy something big for my home, but I can't get it at the scrap yard, so I wonder if Brother Li can find it."

Li Kailang suddenly said something unclearly: "Do you know something?"

As soon as she got the sewing machine, Bai Xiuwen came to ask about it. It was hard not to suspect that he had installed surveillance cameras around her.

"Huh? What?" Bai Xiuwen looked puzzled.

"Nothing. I just happen to have a sewing ticket. I'll sell it to you." After saying that, he took out the ticket.

"This is not good. It's too expensive." Bai Xiuwen didn't expect it to really exist.

"What's wrong with that? I don't need a sewing machine by myself. Besides, it's not free for you. Do you want it for 50 yuan?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Bai Xiuwen took it in his hand immediately because it was a rare opportunity.

With the sewing machine, the family now has three major items, and Xu Sinan happened to be a worker in a textile factory.

If we can get this sewing machine, our family will never be short of clothes to wear.

"Thanks, Brother Li. I'll go home and get you the money now."

Li Kailang waved his hand and Bai Xiuwen immediately ran home.

Although he had to pay off his debts over the past six months, Bai Xiuwen still saved a lot of money. However, if he bought a sewing machine, his family's income would be reduced by half.

"It's worth it for her. Besides, it's not like I can't make money. If all else fails, I can still sell radios, bicycles, and clocks."

Bai Xiuwen looked at the next door, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet and took the money directly.

After giving the money to Li Kailang, he went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy the sewing machine.

"Haha~" Bai Xiuwen couldn't stop laughing at the sewing machine. He took the sewing machine down and was not far from taking down Xu Sinan.

"Look at this guy, he's so handsome. He bought a sewing machine at such a young age. How impressive!"

"I don't know if this young man has a wife or a partner, he is so young and talented."

Passersby were curious about Bai Xiuwen's family background, but one person in the crowd curled his lips, listened to everyone whispering, and looked at Bai Xiuwen with disgust.

"You are a bunch of ignorant people. He is a scrap worker. When you find out that he does this kind of work, will you dare to marry your daughter off?"

"Huh, that's disgusting~" Feng Meiqi is also a person of moral integrity. There is no need for her to speak ill of Bai Xiuwen in public.

"Take it away!" Bai Xiuwen waved his hand and shouted at the porter to push the cart straight to the yard.

courtyard.

"Hey, Xiaobai, how did you buy a sewing machine? Where did you get the ticket?"

"Yes, this sewing machine is hard to come by right now. There is no demand for it even on the black market. Where did you get it?"

Everyone looked at Bai Xiuwen with great suspicion. If the ticket didn't come from a legitimate source, who knows.
Bai Xiuwen would naturally not say anything nonsense: "This ticket was given to me by Brother Li. How can I do that to sew a plane ticket?"

"Li Kailang's? How did he get it?"

"So it was Xiao Li who got it. That's fine. Xiao Li is very capable."

As soon as they heard it was Li Kailang, everyone immediately stopped talking and gave up the idea, and came forward to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, Xiaobai, you suddenly bought a sewing machine, could it be..." Everyone smiled mysteriously, saying nothing.

Bai Xiuwen smiled and nodded.

Ever since what happened yesterday, although he didn't make it clear, Bai Xiuwen knew that Xu Sinan also had a crush on him, so he no longer hid it.

I had been planning to confess to her after paying off the debt, but if I don't take the initiative now, I'll be in trouble.

It just so happened that my sister also liked Xu Sinan very much. She had no objection to being her sister-in-law and even looked forward to it very much.

"Well, I'm going back first."

"You go about your business." Everyone looked at Bai Xiuwen's receding back.

"You said that Bai Xiuwen was a refugee last year, and now more than half a year has passed, and he has even bought a sewing machine."

"It's true that if you compare things, you'll throw them away; if you compare people, you'll die. Look at how he lives his life now. He has a radio, a bicycle, and now a sewing machine. How do you think he does it?"

"Yeah, how did they do that? I don't understand."

Even though everyone knew the origins of the radio and bicycle, it was still incredible to think that Bai Xiuwen now had these three big items at home.

Listening to what everyone said, Yan Bugui couldn't help but think of Yan Jiecheng, feeling disappointed with him.

Bai Xiuwen alone can buy three big items for the family. Not to mention the bicycle and the radio, this sewing machine alone costs one or two hundred yuan. His son has never bought anything for the family.

He even spent the family's money. This really infuriated me. How come Bai Xiuwen is not his son?

"Alas~" After all, he is my own son. There is no point in being angry. I can only accept that people are different.

"No, I have to ask Xiao Li for help too."

Upon hearing that Bai Xiuwen got the tickets from Li Kailang, Cui Yuan couldn't sit still and went straight to his door.

Hearing that Cui Yuan was also here to trouble for a high ticket, Li Kailang nodded: "Okay, if there are any tickets in the future, I will save them for you first."

"Thank you for your help, Xiao Li. I will pay you the right amount. I will not let you suffer any loss."

"What's the relationship between us?" Li Kailang waved his hand.

After talking to Li Kailang, he turned around and looked for Bai Xiuwen, asking him to help look around the scrap yard and keep an eye on it for him.

"Don't worry, Brother Cui. I will keep an eye out for you. I will reply to you immediately if I receive any letter."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Bai Xiuwen understood Cui Yuan's mentality very well, and the two of them almost felt sorry for each other.

After leaving Bai Xiuwen, Cui Yuan still felt uneasy: "No, I still have to go out and take a look."

After being ridiculed by Feng Meiqi yesterday, if I don’t buy more things for my home sooner, how can I get married?

"Grandma, I'm going to the maintenance station."

"Hey, go early and come back early, we'll have dinner soon."

"Got it, I'll be back in a bit."

Putting on his coat, Cui Yuan went out to the repair shop to buy some things.

At the repair shop, Liao Wanxiang put everything away.

"I just packed it up today and haven't opened yet. Wait and see in a couple of days. I'll keep an eye out for you."

"Okay, that's troublesome."

Cui Yuan didn’t rush back after failing to find any tickets at the repair shop. “Let’s go to the supply and marketing cooperative and see if the ticket scalpers have any good tickets.”

After walking around outside the supply and marketing cooperative and not seeing any ticket scalpers, Cui Yuan had no choice but to go home.

(End of this chapter)