Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

After a while, everyone who worked at the steel rolling mill came back. When they heard that Li Jianjun's wife was pregnant, Xu Damao was the first to run over.

Xu Damao looked very happy: "Brother, I heard Chun Yan'er is pregnant?"

Li Jianjun was now showing off like a fisherman in later generations: "Yes, Brother Damao, how did you know?"

"How do you know? You should ask, who else doesn't know? It's not nice of you to tell me earlier. I'll go get an old hen for Chunyan to nourish her body." Xu Damao is a good person after all.

Li Jianjun was not polite either: "Then I would like to thank you, Brother Damao. Don't just talk and do nothing."

Xu Damao was not angry either: "Brother, let's do this, when the child is born, we will recognize each other as godparents. I will prepare all the chicken soup for Chunyaner until she is out of confinement."

Li Jianjun thought Xu Damao was a good person, except that he was a bit lecherous: "Okay, you can't blame me, the chicken soup depends on you."

"Don't worry, I'll get two tomorrow and bring a chicken coop with me. Then I can kill one when I want to eat it." Xu Damao said it was no big deal.

Some are happy while others are sad. Yi Zhonghai is drinking at home, his face full of envy. Sha Zhu is also drinking at home, saying that it is nothing great, but his heart is full of longing. He is older than Li Jianjun, how come Li Jianjun already has a child, but he doesn't even know where his wife is.

At the Jia family, Jia Dongxu asked, "Did you go to Li Jianjun's house today? How was it? Was his wife easy to talk to?"

Jia Dongxu wanted to ease the relationship with Li Jianjun. Since he left late in the morning, he heard that Han Chunyan was pregnant, so he went back home and asked Qin Huairu to go to Li Jianjun's house for a visit. After all, they were both pregnant women and had common topics.

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "Chun Yan'er is very nice. She speaks directly and has no bad intentions. She is very nice to Xiao Dang and is easy to talk to. Third Aunt is doing housework at Li Jianjun's house now. She must have gained some benefits. If we get along well with his family, we will also benefit. I ate something at his house today, so I can still have some nutrition in my stomach."

Jia Zhang was unhappy: "Dongxu, we have a grudge against his family. What if Yi Zhonghai and the old deaf man find out?"

Jia Dongxu smiled and said, "Mom, didn't you see that my master and the old lady are no match for Li Jianjun? We are just trying to ease the relationship, not doing anything else. What can they do if they know?"

Qin Huairu said, "Mom, Dongxu, I think it's more important to have a good relationship with Li Jianjun's family. The uncle is only a seventh-level worker, and Li Jianjun's uncle is the deputy factory director, and he has a lot of power. The uncle can't do anything to Li Jianjun in the yard, let alone in the factory."

Jia Dongxu nodded: "Huai Ru is right. I didn't see this clearly before, so I was used as a gun by Yi Zhonghai. Now that I understand it, I still go against him. Isn't this a fool?"

Jia Zhang also nodded. She was a widow who raised Jia Dongxu. She was not stupid, otherwise she would have been taken advantage of long ago.

Time flies. Today is the day to collect salaries, and everyone is very motivated.

In the kitchen of the third canteen, Li Jianjun was talking: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. After you get your salary, please clean up the place before you go back. Don't think about sneaking away. Your welfare is in my hands."

Everyone was delighted: "Master Li, what benefits will we get this year?" Everyone wanted to know.

Li Jianjun did not keep the secret: "Our canteen has done a good job this year, so it must have contributed to it. Each person will get a pound of meat."

"That's great, we can have a good New Year this year." Everyone jumped for joy. In previous years, there was no meat, not even flour. Now there is finally meat.

All this meat was sold by Li Jianjun to the steel rolling mill. Li Huaide gained a lot of reputation because of this. There were so many people trying to curry favor with him, and other factories also came to him for help.

So, Liu Feng from the subordinate machine repair factory came to Li Huaide for help. Only after he said a lot of nice things on the phone did Li Huaide agree to give some of the money to him. Even just a little bit was enough for the machine repair factory.

Li Huaide came to the cafeteria and found Li Jianjun: "Jianjun, I need your help. You and Section Chief Sun will go out to deliver something. It's not far and you will be home in the evening. I don't trust others. I have a lot of things to do in the afternoon and can't leave."

They said they were asking Li Jianjun for help, but in fact they were just introducing some connections to Li Jianjun, which might come in handy someday.

Li Jianjun also guessed Li Huaide's good intentions: "Okay, as long as I can get home in the evening."

Li Jianjun got on the car and realized that they were going to deliver supplies to the machine repair factory. The first people he thought of were Liang Ladi, Ding Qiunan, and the bad guy Cui Dake. Originally, Nan Yi was going there as well, but he intercepted him.

It took more than two hours to arrive at the machine repair factory, just in time for lunch. Factory leaders of all sizes were waiting at the factory gate. They had heard that the person coming here was the nephew of Deputy Director Li of the main factory. Deputy Director Li had instructed them to keep an eye on his nephew and make sure nothing happened to him, otherwise they would have no hope for supplies for the machine repair factory.

As soon as Li Jianjun got out of the car, Liu Feng hurried forward to hold his hand and said, "Thank you comrades from the main factory for sending supplies at this time. If it weren't for your supplies, I wouldn't know what to give to everyone this year, and there would be chaos."

Li Jianjun said politely: "Director Liu, you are too polite. This is what I should do."

Liu Feng said excitedly: "You haven't eaten yet, let's go, let's eat first."

Li Jianjun waved his hand and said, "Director Liu, let's hand over the supplies first. There's no rush to eat."

"Yes, yes, let's hand over the supplies first. Let's go to the office to have some tea and let the people down there do it." After saying that, he pulled Li Jianjun inside.

Li Jianjun drank some tea and handed over the supplies. The leader accompanied him to the cafeteria for lunch. It was indeed late at this time.

Li Jianjun went to the toilet halfway and drank too much water. When he came out, he met Liang Ladi. Li Jianjun recognized her at a glance. She had short hair, a capable look, and a dirty face. She was a ruthless person.

Liang Ladi stopped Li Jianjun and said, "Comrade, you are from the main factory, right? I want to ask, how much meat can each of us get?"

How would Li Jianjun know? He was just following along. The lists were in Section Chief Sun's hands, and he didn't know how many people there were in the machine repair factory: "Comrade, I don't know either. I haven't seen the list. I'm just a supplies deliveryman. But I don't think there will be many. After all, this is the way it is these days." Li Jianjun gave her a shot of prevention.

Liang Ladi was disappointed. She had four children at home, and they seldom ate meat all year round. She felt sorry for how thin they were. Even though she shuttled between various men and tried her best to get some delicious food, the quantity was limited. They themselves had nothing to eat, so how could they have any left to help a widow like her?

Li Jianjun looked at the woman in front of him. She usually dressed like a hedgehog. She was weak by nature, but strong as a mother. "Comrade, do you have any difficulties?"

Liang Ladi's eyes showed some hope again: "Comrade, I am a widow with four children. My children haven't eaten meat for almost a year. I thought it was hard to get some meat, but I was worried that it was too little, so I came to ask."

Li Jianjun nodded: "It's really not easy. Well, how about this, you wait for me on my way back and I'll give you a little more."

Liang Ladi was happy at first, then looked at Li Jianjun suspiciously. Li Jianjun knew that she had misunderstood: "Comrade, don't misunderstand me. I have a wife, and she is pregnant."

Liang Ladi smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, comrade. I'm a widow and there are many people who are targeting me, so I have some crazy thoughts."

Li Jianjun was about to speak when Liu Feng came over: "Comrade Li, why are you still here? Everyone is waiting for you to start the meal."

Liu Feng came over and saw Liang Ladi there: "Comrade Liang Ladi, is there anything you can do for me?"

Li Jianjun helped Liang Ladi out of the predicament: "It's okay, I didn't know where to go just now, so I asked this female comrade."

Liu Feng also thought so. After all, it was Li Jianjun's first time here, so it was normal for him to get lost. "Okay, let's go. Everyone is waiting."

Li Jianjun turned around and said to Liang Ladi, "Thank you, comrade. I'm going to eat." After that, Li Jianjun left with Liu Feng.

Liang Ladi felt a little regretful as she watched Li Jianjun's receding back.