Siheyuan: Smiling at the Birds

Li Tianyou looked at Sha Zhu and smiled: "Yes, I am married."

Li Tianyou only said that they were getting married, but he didn't say that he was getting a marriage certificate, so he didn't lie. Although there was no wedding ceremony, the parents of both parties agreed to it at Zhang Fuwang's place last night.

After receiving Li Tianyou's affirmation, Sha Zhu also forced out a smile and said, "Congratulations, Chief Li."

Li Tianyou laughed and said, "Thank you for the blessing, Shazhu."

Liu Haizhong came over and said, "Section Chief Li is so lucky! Not only is he a new official, but he's also a newlywed."

Li Tianyou looked at Liu Haizhong and thought to himself, this guy must have thought for a long time before coming up with these two words. But what's wrong with Liu Haizhong today? Why did he take the initiative to show his good will to me?

However, Li Tianyou still smiled and replied: "Thank you, Uncle Er, it's all a coincidence."

Yi Zhonghai also came over and said: "Chief Li, what Lao Liu said is right, Chief Li is really blessed with double happiness."

Li Tianyou looked at Yi Zhonghai and thought, this old guy probably has bad intentions. Although he didn't know what his plan was, did he care?

Li Tianyou said, "First uncle is right. Since it is a double happiness, I will ask Third uncle to help me calculate how much food is needed to treat the people in our courtyard to a meal this Sunday. I will buy it later." Then he looked at Sha Zhu and said, "Sha Zhu, you will be the chef that day?"

Yi Zhonghai laughed and said, "No problem. Let Sha Zhu cook that day. It will be a happy occasion for Section Chief Li, and our hospital will also be happy about it."

The people in the hospital also echoed, "Yes, congratulations to Section Chief Li on his wedding, and wish you a happy marriage and a son soon."

"Yes, yes, yes. Congratulations, Chief Li. Happy wedding. May you have a long and happy marriage."

"Whose bride did Section Chief Li marry? Haha."

"I saw Section Chief Li's bride yesterday. She was so pretty."

Li Tianyou listened to so many people's congratulations. Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, he was still very happy in his heart. After all, he really got married and was blessed. Li Tianyou was still very generous and said: "Everyone knows that this year is a year of great disasters. I have some connections and can bring back some supplies and food, but everyone also knows that in a year of great disasters, it is not easy to bring back some food, so everyone give me some time. This Sunday, I will treat everyone in the courtyard to a feast."

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "We all know what the situation is like this year. It's already very good that Section Chief Li can invite people from our hospital to a banquet. We must also give the gifts we should give. Section Chief Li, don't worry."

"Yes, Chief Li, rest assured, we will not be short of the gifts we should give."

"Yes, yes, yes. You can't miss the gift. You can't eat at Section Chief Li's table for free."

"That's right. How can I eat at Section Chief Li's wedding banquet for free? Of course I have to give Section Chief Li a gift."

In fact, our family was really poor those days. Why? Because we didn’t have enough food coupons, so we could only go to the Pigeon Market to buy food at a high price.

Why did the Jia family never have enough to eat? Because Jia Zhang’s household registration was in the rural area, so she could not eat commercial grain (grain supply certificate for urban residents). Without a household registration, she had no monthly ration of grain to buy, and could only buy the high-priced grain in the Pigeon Market.

Moreover, since 1959 was the first year of the great disaster, there was no harvest, so the food coupons that year were extremely precious. For families with non-urban household registration, they could not get enough to eat living in the old city.

As supplies became more scarce, the quotas for urban residents were reduced, and one can imagine the situation for non-urban residents.

Yi Zhonghai is a level 99 fitter with a monthly salary of yuan. Why can't he eat meat every day? It's because he doesn't have meat coupons. The meat coupons are even less, so if he wants to eat meat, he has to go to the pigeon market and try his luck to buy expensive meat. (Many people say that Yi Zhonghai is saving money for retirement and maintaining his image, and he deliberately eats badly. Haha, go check the information yourself. Even if you are rich, you can't buy anything without coupons. The country doesn't have much meat. How can you get meat in the pigeon market as long as you have money?)

So, everyone in the courtyard was excited and happy when Li Tianyou hosted a banquet. The excitement was written all over their faces. As long as they gave some gift money, they could eat meat without meat tickets. Of course, everyone in the courtyard was happy.

Li Tianyou also noticed everyone's expressions, but it didn't matter. The materials in his space were now produced in astronomical figures every day. Did Li Tianyou still care about these things?

Li Tianyou thought that Gao Meiyu had been very wronged, so at least he could hold a wedding banquet to make Gao Meiyu happy.

Li Tianyou waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone, just remember this. We all have to go to work today, so let's go."

Yi Zhonghai also said: "Let's all go. Section Chief Li will not regret what he said. Just wait for him."

The crowd slowly dispersed, and Li Tianyou began to wash up. Qin Huairu looked at Li Tianyou, smiled, and went back to the house.

Shazhu was unhappy and thought to himself, you are getting married and you still want me to cook for you.

Liu Haizhong came over and said with a smile: "Chief Li, can you please do me a favor?"

Li Tianyou brushed his teeth, looked at Liu Haizhong in confusion and said incoherently: "Second Uncle, if you have something to say, tell me and I will try my best to help, okay?" Li Tianyou would not offer to help if he didn't know what the matter was.

Liu Haizhong smiled embarrassedly and said, "Chief Li, last Saturday, I asked Lao Yan to write a letter of recommendation for me. Can you help me ask Director Yang?"

Li Tianyou understood that Liu Haizhong, who was obsessed with officialdom, probably saw that I had been promoted from deputy to full-time, so he couldn't wait any longer and asked Yan Bugui to write him a letter of recommendation, indicating that he wanted to become an official.

Li Tianyou complained in his heart, but smiled: "Second Uncle, I can't help you with this matter. After all, I am from the purchasing department. I don't know much about your workshop. How can I help you? Should I ask Director Yang directly to give you a promotion? You should go find your workshop director or ask Director Yang directly."

Liu Haixin was secretly angry and said, I just want to be the workshop director, and you ask me to ask the workshop director, what a joke.

Liu Haizhong smiled awkwardly and said, "Isn't Section Chief Li going to the factory for a meeting today? You can try to find out what Director Yang has to say."

Li Tianyou spat out the foam in his mouth, drank another sip of water, rinsed his mouth and said: "Second uncle, I really can't help you. My identity is sensitive now. If Director Yang doesn't arrange the position on your recommendation letter, I ask Director Yang, he will probably think too much. After all, the factory relies on me to transport materials now? Once I ask, it's like a threat, so Second uncle, please find someone else to help you ask."

Li Tianyou left right after he finished speaking, "What a joke! I'm helping you, but you don't even see that you're a manager in a courtyard, and your face is so high up in the sky. If you're given an official position in a factory, I think you'll take off."

Seeing that Li Tianyou not only refused to help but also left so rudely, Liu Haizhong spat inwardly and went home.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Li Tianyou and Liu Haizhong with a smile on his face. As for what he was thinking in his heart, only Yi Zhonghai himself knew.

Li Tianyou returned home, lit the fire, and put down a few cans of food, including beef, mutton, and pork.

Looking at Gao Meiyu who was still sleeping soundly on the bed, he smiled. He thought that she must be very tired last night, so he let her sleep a little longer.

After putting the cans away and packing up his things, Li Tianyou went out, closed the door, pushed his bicycle, and rode to the steel mill.

Li Tianyou arrived at the steel rolling mill and went straight to the meeting room. The meeting started at 8 o'clock, and Li Tianyou arrived on time.

Li Tianyou came to the conference room. Many people had already come into the conference room. When the people in the conference room saw Li Tianyou coming, they all stood up and greeted Li Tianyou.

The heads of various departments, workshop directors, factory managers, etc. were all there. Li Tianyou felt that this session would not last too long, as he still had to go get his license. If it didn't work, he could just leave in the middle of the session under the pretext of getting supplies.

Director Yang said to Li Tianyou: "Tianyou, this is Li Huaide, Deputy Director Li."

Li Tianyou smiled when he saw that the person Director Yang introduced to him was Li Huaide, Liu Lan's lover, Deputy Director Li.

Li Huaide stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "I have heard of the new Chief Li for a long time, but I have never had the chance to meet him. When I met him today, I found that Chief Li is really a handsome man."

Li Tianyou extended his hand and shook hands with Deputy Director Li, and said with a smile: "I have been running around for supplies, and I didn't go to see Deputy Director Li the first time. I hope Deputy Director Li won't mind."

Li Huaide laughed when he heard this, thinking that this boy was really humble, despite his great background.

Li Huaide's father-in-law told him that the new section chief of the steel rolling mill has a substantive relationship with Minister Zhang of the General Logistics Department and must not be offended.

Li Huaide said: "Chief Li, don't be so polite. We both have the last name Li. We may have been from the same family before."

Li Tianyou opened the Eye of Truth and saw that Li Huaide's favorability towards him was 60 points. He understood in his heart that this old man probably knew something about his background.

Li Tianyou said: "Deputy Director Li is right. Maybe they were one family 500 years ago."

Director Yang looked at the two people chatting enthusiastically, frowned secretly, and said: "Tianyou, please sit down first, and we will talk after the meeting."

Li Tianyou nodded to Director Yang, exchanged a few more words with Li Huaide, and then sat down in their respective seats.

After all the staff arrived, Director Yang cleared his throat and said: "As you all know, the content of today's meeting is still the same, production and safety, so I won't say much. But everyone should know today that we have a new section chief in the purchasing department of the third steel rolling mill, Li Tianyou. I believe that many of you don't know him, because Section Chief Li has been running unplanned materials, so he is seldom in the factory. Today, I would like to use this meeting to introduce him to you and let you all know him. So, now we would like to invite Section Chief Li Tianyou to introduce himself to us. Welcome everyone." As he said that, he started to applaud.

Everyone in the conference room applauded and welcomed him.

Li Tianyou looked at this scene and thought, is this a meeting? It was just a joke, but he still stood up and introduced himself to everyone.

After Li Tianyou finished his introduction, there was another round of applause.

It can be seen that they are all very friendly to Li Tianyou. Of course, whoever can get food and drink these days is the boss, there is no doubt about it.

It’s nothing like the later generations, where in order to sell their products, they have to be servile and drink and put on a smile.

So the entire meeting was very friendly to Li Tianyou, and the meeting lasted about an hour and a half.

After the meeting, Director Yang called Li Tianyou and asked, "Tianyou, when will the supplies for this week be brought back so I can make arrangements."

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Tomorrow night, I will go and check the supplies and bring them back tomorrow night."

Upon hearing this, Director Yang laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll arrange it. Tianyou, you're busy, so come to my place for tea when you have time." After saying this, Director Yang left.

Li Huaide came over and said, "Chief Li, what are you talking about with Director Yang?"

Li Tianyou looked at Li Huaide and said with a smile: "Deputy Director Li, Director Yang asked me when I will go to get the supplies back."

Li Huaide's eyes lit up when he heard this and said, "Don't call me Deputy Director Li, Deputy Director Li called me brother, we are all Li family, why be so polite?"

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Okay, from now on I will call you Brother Li."

Li Huaide laughed and said, "That's right. From now on, I will call you Tianyou."