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Chapter 118 Watermelon Disturbance
The current season can be described as midsummer. At present, the supply of watermelon and mung beans in Kyoto department stores is very scarce compared with pork. These things may have become scarce fruits.

After all, there is a famine all over the country, and now the land in the rural communes is used to grow food, and only a small amount of land grows watermelons and mung beans, let alone someone who can buy watermelons and mung beans with money.

After all, watermelon is a highly seasonal variety of farm melons. Once summer is over, it may not be easy to sell.

The output of mung beans is too low, and they cannot be sold at a good price, so almost no communes grow this thing.

Who knew that the deputy factory director Shizi opened his mouth wide and asked Li Lang to get a thousand catties of watermelon and five hundred catties of mung beans for the rolling mill.

These things were definitely not a small amount at the time. I am afraid that even the logistics department that controlled the entire warehouse at that time did not have so many things.

"Director, you are really embarrassing me."

"This stuff is really hard to handle."

"I can get pork from my friend, but watermelon and mung beans are really hard to get."

"Common people don't bring such things in their homes." Li Lang smiled wryly.

This time Li Lang really made a mistake. Even if he has a farm, the farm never grows these things.

It's not that Li Lang doesn't want to help the factory manager, but that he really can't help.

The deputy factory manager took a puff of his cigarette, then turned his head and smiled at him.

"Li Gong, I still have a TV ticket imported from the United States here. You can take it first. I heard that the first batch of TVs will come to our area in a few days. Then you can buy a TV and put it at home to watch. "

"Now that you have a car and a TV, wouldn't that be perfect?"

The deputy factory manager has this advantage. When employing people, he will never let his subordinates suffer, and he often gives some small favors.

TV tickets are so scarce these days, I'm afraid I can't get them even if I have a relationship. Although I am working on domestic TVs, it takes only two or three years from research and development to production.

Even big leaders only have a 12-inch TV, but they don't watch it often.

After all, there are only a few channels on the TV now, and it would be nice to have programs for half a day in a day.

When Li Lang heard these words, he fell into deep thought.

"Director, I'm going to go to the toilet and I'll be back soon. Allow me to think about it." Li Lang stood up and said apologetically.

"It's okay, Li Gong, you can go, I'll wait for you to come back." He waved his hand with a relaxed expression.

It seemed that he had settled on Li Lang, and he knew that Li Lang would definitely agree to him.

Not long after, Li Lang asked someone to go outside to barter things.

Although the effect is very small, some tasks are still completed.

However, through some special channel, Li Lang learned that a large number of watermelons from other places urgently needed to be sold.

So he found someone to contact the merchant, and planned to buy the goods back in two days.

After going out for a while, Li Lang smiled happily, held his head high, and strode back to the deputy director's office.

"How is it? Li Gong."

"Now if you have any questions, you can tell me directly. In order for our factory workers to have a bite of iced watermelon and a bowl of mung bean soup in this hot summer, I hope you will overcome all difficulties and have the courage to take on this responsibility." The deputy factory Da Dayi said to Li Lang awe-inspiringly.

Li Lang nodded and said: "Okay, factory manager, I will definitely get the watermelon and mung beans, but the price is not low, I asked someone to get it from outside..."

"You don't have to worry about this matter. The price will definitely make you suffer. Nowadays, watermelons on the market cost five cents a catty, and I will give you one cent more. Mung beans on the market cost six cents a catty, and I will also give you one cent more." Divide the money."

"Do you see that I am satisfied with this condition?"

"But you must get a thousand catties of watermelons and five hundred catties of mung beans within two days."

"I'm afraid this request is okay for you, right? If it's okay, I'll write you a note now." The deputy factory manager looked at Li Lang and asked with a smile.

"That's fine, factory manager, write a note, I will overcome all difficulties to benefit our factory workers."

"Hehe, that's right. I knew that Comrade Li Gong had a high level of consciousness."

The deputy factory director only wants results, so he never cares about scales.

Li Lang took the note from Deputy Factory Manager Li to the factory office for some change.

He himself was the owner of the financial office of the factory office and personally counted the money for Li Lang.

"Li Gong, the total is 95 yuan."

"Li Gong, you take it."

"If the money is lost, then our factory will suffer a lot."

The financial director of the factory office handed Li Lang a stack of banknotes.

This time the money is not a lot, but the meaning is different.

When the financial director of the factory office saw the note Li Lang brought, he knew that in a few days, he would definitely be able to eat watermelon and mung bean soup in the cafeteria.

The financial director of the factory office now trusts Li Lang a little blindly.

Because all the notes that Li Lang brought were honored by him one by one.

It is difficult to find Mr. Li's words. Now no one in the entire rolling mill knows.

"Li Gong, when can you get watermelons and mung beans for our factory?"

"Brothers are very anxious now, but everyone is anxious to drink soup and eat watermelon."

"You can't let the brothers have nothing to eat when the time comes."

The financial director of the factory office wiped off his sweat, waved his cattail fan and asked Li Lang.

"Just wait and see in two days. Then I will let you eat watermelon and drink mung bean soup."

"If I don't have this ability, what kind of military order will I get today?" Li Lang put away the 95 yuan and responded with a smile.

"Great, thank you so much, Li Gong."

"If you can figure this out, then you will be the firefighting hero of our factory."

"Who doesn't get angry when working in the summer now? My toothache is killing me now."

The financial director of the factory office is very happy. When he thinks that tomorrow he can eat sweet and delicious watermelon and drink mung bean soup that can prevent and relieve heat, he is very happy from the bottom of his heart, so he must bring more money tomorrow.

"Well, Li Gong, I'm afraid this summer will ruin my wallet again."

……

"Brother Silly Zhu, bring more money tomorrow. There will be watermelon and mung bean soup for lunch tomorrow. It's best to bring a water bottle. Remember to bring some back for the rain."

On the way back to the compound after get off work, Li Lang and He Yuzhu rode bicycles side by side and told He Yuzhu with a smile.

"What? Li Gong, what you said is true?"

"Our factory can still do such good things."

"Tomorrow there will be watermelon and mung bean soup. Could it be that you brought watermelon and mung bean to our factory?" He Yuzhu stared at Li Lang in surprise.

"Listen to me, absolutely right."

"At that time, I will definitely let you eat a pot full of bread."

Li Lang echoed with a smile, and did not answer He Yuzhu, but He Yuzhu instantly understood.

"Alright, tomorrow I will definitely bring some more money and buy some watermelon and mung bean soup, and then let the rain water relieve the heat." He Yuzhu smiled happily.

After returning to the compound, Li Lang also told the news to his uncle Yi Zhonghai.

The elder Yi Zhonghai suddenly lit up and said, "Okay, Li Gong, I didn't expect you to be so powerful. Now you can even get watermelon and mung beans. Now the workers in our factory are blessed."

The uncle takes a long-term view on problems, and he is thinking about the production in the workshop every day, but in the past two days, the workshop where he is working has had workers suffer from heat stroke every day, so he is also very anxious.

As an adult with life experience, I naturally know mung bean soup and watermelon to relieve summer heat, but it is really difficult to get large quantities of watermelon and mung beans these days.

But unexpectedly, Li Lang actually helped the factory solve this problem.

"Li Gong, who did you tell this news to? Other than me, the second uncle and the third uncle..."

"I told him as soon as I entered the hospital where the third uncle was. As for his reluctance to eat watermelon and drink mung bean soup, this matter is entirely up to him. Now I will tell you the news, and I will tell the second uncle later. Blessings are shared in this compound." Li Lang explained with a smile.

After hearing the news, the uncle nodded.

"That's right, Mr. Li, you're good, you have a heart, you have vision, take a good look, you have a bright future in our factory."

Now the older man looks more and more at Li Lang, the more he and the older mother have no children under their knees, and they are very worried about the future retirement.

Originally, he had taken a fancy to He Yuzhu before, and it was expected that he would give all his savings to He Yuzhu when he retired in the future, and then let He Yuzhu take care of the elderly couple.

But He Yuzhu was so honest that his salary was fooled by Widow Qin.

The uncle was worried that if he gave his pension to He Yuzhu in the future, he would be fooled by Widow Qin from He Yuzhu if he didn't keep it.

The uncle's heart is like a bright mirror. Widow Qin's house is a bottomless pit, and the holes in it can't be filled at all.

In the past, seeing the difficulties of Widow Qin's family, he helped Widow Qin more than once, such as sending some stick noodles to Widow Qin, and some white noodles to Widow Qin during the Chinese New Year.

In the end, her mother-in-law was suspicious and slandered the ambiguity between him and Widow Qin.

The old man has sufferings that are hard to describe, and he can't argue with his mouth. He does bad things with good intentions, but people who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries.

The elder master and the elder mother are still worrying about their retirement and death. Now they see that Li Lang treats the deaf old lady so filially, treats He Yuzhu brothers and sisters with such care, treats Xu Damao as a deterrent, and treats the widow Qin at a respectful distance. Lang has great powers and is very popular in the factory.

The uncle wondered whether he and his wife's pension problem would be entrusted to Li Lang. Although he had made this request many times, Li Lang didn't agree, but he didn't refuse either. He couldn't figure it out for a while. What means.

If I gave all my savings and pension to Li Lang and asked him to help the old couple Yan Lao die, it would actually be a good thing.

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that the uncle likes Li Lang very much. If anyone in the workshop dares to speak ill of Li Lang behind his back, the uncle will immediately go up and cover his face with criticism.

After all, in the face of such a good child, no one can ruin him.

"All right, Li Gong, does the post know about this news?"

Apart from Li Lang and the deaf old lady, He Yuzhu was the most concerned person in the whole compound.

"Brother Silly Zhu, he already knew, and I asked him to bring back some watermelon and mung bean soup for the rain tomorrow." Li Lang responded with a smile.

"I knew that the relationship between the two of you is the best, that's fine, you go back quickly." The old man said with a smile.

"Okay, sir, I'm going back."

Li Lang pushed his bicycle, left the middle courtyard and went to the backyard.

Widow Qin secretly watched Li Lang talking with the uncle through the window.

The voices of the two were not loud, and she felt very curious about what they were talking about.

"Mom, I want to eat watermelon." Sophora Huai, who was doing her homework, said.

"Mom, I want to eat watermelon too." Xiao Dang was also doing his homework, and Xiao Dang's share of what his sister wanted to eat was so small.

After all, watermelon has long been imprinted in her young heart, as long as she wants to eat, she can say it.

"Do your homework quickly, where is there any watermelon in our house?" Widow Qin said angrily.

The weather was already hot, and she was irritable, so she was in the mood to talk to the children.

"My little ancestors, please stop making trouble. Do you know how much a catty of watermelon is? Five cents per catty. I just saw a watermelon weighing ten catties in a supply and marketing agency yesterday. The little one said it weighed seven or eight catties. , it costs more than four or five cents to buy a watermelon, our family can’t afford it.”

As long as you mention spending money, it's like cutting flesh from them, there is really no way.

(End of this chapter)