Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

The next day, after getting up, signing in, washing up, Li Jianjun went straight to work. (There will be no system sounds in the future. I will write down what will happen later, so I won’t go into details)

I didn’t encounter a large number of people going to work in the courtyard today. Maybe there were too many people and I didn’t see them.

After simply instructing the people in the third canteen to prepare the dishes, Li Jianjun went straight to Li Huaide's office.

Li Huaide came early today. He knocked on the door and went in: "Uncle, good morning."

Li Huaide was reading some document without even looking up. "Jianjun is here. Please take a seat. I'll finish reading this first."

After a while, Li Huaide finished reading and came to sit next to Li Jianjun. "Jianjun, the fish yesterday was so delicious. Your aunt kept praising you and asked you to visit her when you have time. When do you have time?"

"Okay, I'll go on Sunday. I came to see you today to ask about dinner tonight. I'm not good at drinking, so it's a bit awkward. How about bringing along Xu Damao, our factory projectionist? He's my neighbor. We drank together once and it was quite interesting."

Li Huaide thought for a moment and said, "No problem. I've heard of him, too. He's very smooth-talking and good at creating an atmosphere. Why? Is he close to you?"

Li Jianjun told the truth: "They helped me a little when I just moved in." Li Jianjun didn't want to trouble Li Huaide with the trivial matters in Siheyuan.

"Okay, I have to give face to my nephew." Li Huaide said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go tell him. Uncle, I'm leaving." He stood up and prepared to leave.

Li Huaide shouted, "Don't forget what you did this afternoon. Go check the situation. Receiving food is the most important thing."

Li Jianjun closed the door and shouted, "Don't worry, I won't forget it."

After leaving the office building, Li Jianjun went directly to the Propaganda Department. As soon as he entered, he saw Xu Damao bragging to the girl: "Really? Why would I lie to you? My brother works in the third canteen. The dishes he cooks are way better than Shazhu's. If you don't believe me, go to the third canteen to get food at noon. But be quick. I've asked around. My brother only cooks two big pots of dishes a day. If you're slow, they'll be gone."

Li Jianjun coughed. Xu Damao turned around and saw Li Jianjun hurried out. As he walked, he said, "I'll come back later to tell you how delicious the dishes my brother cooked are."

Xu Damao pulled Li Jianjun to a deserted corner and asked with an eager look on his face: "How is it, Jianjun, what does Director Li say?" Xu Damao has a high emotional intelligence. If no one is Director Li, then someone is Deputy Director Li. No wonder he is liked by so many girls.

Li Jianjun whispered, "Come to the third canteen to find me after work this afternoon, and don't tell anyone." Li Jianjun was afraid that Xu Damao would tell anyone before the matter was done. If he could get the food by then, it would be fine, but if he couldn't, people would gossip about him.

Xu Damao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Seeing that Xu Damao had promised, Li Jianjun didn't say anything else. He said hello and went back.

At noon, today was different from yesterday. The number of people in the third canteen was obviously more than twice that of yesterday. There was a long queue. Li Jianjun even saw Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu and others in the queue, and of course Xu Damao.

After dinner, Xu Damao bragged to a few girls from the Propaganda Department while eating, making the girls laugh and at the same time attracting jealous glances from other male comrades.

Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu and Liu Haizhong sat together, tasted the dishes one by one, and then saw disbelief in each other's expressions.

Yi Zhonghai muttered, "Shazhu's cooking skills can't compare to his. This big pot of food is even tastier than Shazhu's small stove, and it's not even a little bit better. You can imagine how good Li Jianjun's cooking skills are. By the way, Dongxu, how is the matter I asked you to find out?"

Liu Haizhong didn't care about their conversation at all, he was eating his food. Jia Dongxu was the same, he didn't raise his head until Yi Zhonghai asked him something: "Master, I asked the people in the logistics department, no one knows, they only know that it was Deputy Director Li who personally took Li Jianjun to apply for the job."

"Li Huaide? They both have the surname Li, are there any connections?" Yi Zhonghai was a little unsure.

Liu Haizhong's eyes lit up when he heard it, as if he had thought of something. He quickly stood up and left, thinking as he walked, "If Li Jianjun really has a relationship with the deputy director, I have to use it. Maybe he is a link for me to become an official. I can't stay with Yi Zhonghai and the others, lest Li Jianjun sees and misunderstands."

Yi Zhonghai saw Liu Haizhong leave and said nothing more, "Dongxu, do what I told you to do in the next few days."

Jia Dongxu was a little embarrassed: "Master, Li Jianjun is very good to Xiaodang, I can't bring myself to do it."

Yi Zhonghai consoled him, "Dongxu, think about it. Li Jianjun is a thorn in the side. Who will take us seriously after he goes against us in the hospital? Get rid of him, and you can go to the street office to apply for a house, right? Then I will speak well to the deaf old lady and ask her to talk to Director Wang. Even if you take a step back, you only reported Li Jianjun to prevent him from making mistakes. You are helping him. Even if he doesn't appreciate it, he shouldn't hate you. And even if he has a relationship with Li Huaide, our deaf old lady has a relationship with Director Yang. Are you afraid that she can't protect you?"

Jia Dongxu thought about it and gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, Master, I will take a leave tomorrow afternoon to report him to the Street Office."

Yi Zhonghai said quickly: "Don't go to the street office. Your wife told me that Director Wang brought Li Jianjun to the hospital that day. He had a good attitude. I guess he has some connections. You can report directly to the police station. I don't believe that he has any connections in the police station."

Jia Dongxu: "Okay, I'll go report it tomorrow afternoon after get off work. This way I don't need to ask for leave, and there will always be someone at the police station."

Yi Zhonghai nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, let's report it after work. This way, everyone will be in the yard. If he can't explain the origins of the bicycle ticket and watch ticket, we will kick him out." Yi Zhonghai's eyes revealed a vicious look.

Li Jianjun knew nothing about this, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care. With an uncle who was the deputy factory director, would it be difficult to get a bicycle ticket and a watch ticket? He would just shoot himself in the foot.

After Liu Haizhong left, he went to the Propaganda Department. He asked Xu Damao about Li Jianjun's situation. Only Xu Damao had a good relationship with Li Jianjun. Yi Zhonghai didn't ask Xu Damao because he knew that even if Xu Damao knew, he would not tell him.

After waiting for a long time for Xu Damao to come back, Liu Haizhong pulled Xu Damao aside and asked him about Li Jianjun. Xu Damao had no intention of telling him at all. He had an average relationship with Liu Haizhong. Liu Haizhong had never helped him when Sha Zhu beat him up before, so how could he possibly tell Liu Haizhong? Besides, if Liu Haizhong knew that he accompanied the leader to drink at night, he would definitely follow him. He knew how addicted Liu Haizhong was.

Liu Haizhong went back to work without finding out what happened. He felt that Yi Zhonghai was planning something. He didn't know what it was, but it was not a good thing and it was related to Li Jianjun. He was considering whether to tell Li Jianjun.