Siheyuan, my new life

At 7:30 in the morning, the jeep driven by Lin Yu stopped steadily in front of the office door.

After getting off the car and walking into the office, Su Yu was still cleaning the place with swift hands and feet. Lin Yu smiled and said, "Su Yu, good morning."

A blush flashed across Su Yu's delicate face, and she smiled sweetly and said, "Morning, Secretary."

Lin Yu sat behind his desk, picking up a pile of neatly arranged documents and speaking, "Su Yu, this morning you arrange a car to deliver 500 kilograms of beef and 500 kilograms of pork, 1,000 kilograms of rice and flour, 200 kilograms of milk powder, chocolate, and sugar to Deputy Minister Sun of the People's Armed Forces Department. Let Sun Yong drive the car. Also, prepare 1,000 kilograms of pork, 1,000 kilograms of beef, 2,000 kilograms of rice and flour, 200 kilograms of milk powder, chocolate, and sugar for the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office."

Su Yu agreed, made tea for Lin Yu, and hurried out of the office.

In the secretary's office of Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office, Zhou Xiu was talking in a low voice with Director Wang who was sitting across from her desk. "I got 1,000 kilograms of pork and 1,000 kilograms of beef from Xiaoyu last night, and 2,000 kilograms of rice and flour each. I also bought some milk powder, chocolate, and candy. The steel mill security department will send a car to deliver them this morning."

Director Wang was delighted after hearing this, and then he smiled bitterly and said, "Secretary Zhou, the higher-ups only approved 300 yuan for our Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office for the New Year. Let alone pork and beef, the money for rice and flour alone is not enough. If it doesn't work, I'll inform everyone, and whoever wants it can pay for it themselves. By the way, did Secretary Lin say how much it is?"

Zhou Xiu took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Everything is priced according to the national unified supply price, but not all of these things will be given to our street office. Some of them will be given to the Jiaodaokou Police Station. But Xiaoyu said that he is still the deputy secretary and deputy director of the Municipal Bureau. If he directly gives it to the Jiaodaokou Police Station, the other police stations will definitely have opinions if they know about it."

Director Wang certainly understood the principle of "not having too little but having unequal supply" and said with a smile: "We really have to thank Secretary Lin for this. Now, let alone the unified supply price of the state, pork has reached one dollar and beef has reached one dollar and two cents in the pigeon market. Rice is more than 50 cents and white flour is close to 60 cents, and the quantity is pitifully small."

Zhou Xiu also sighed: "When we have a meeting later, remember to remind everyone that it is understandable to go to the pigeon market to buy some daily necessities to improve the lives of the elderly and children at home, but you must not go to the black market." At this point, he lowered his voice: "Xiao Yu said that the country will not allow the black market to continue to run wild and recklessly. It will definitely be severely cracked down. Once a public official goes to the black market and is caught, I am afraid that even the job will be lost."

Director Wang nodded repeatedly after hearing this. She also knew that since Secretary Lin was able to ask her mother to remind everyone, it meant that the country would soon take action to crack down on the black market.

Director Wang asked in a low voice: "Secretary Zhou, did Secretary Lin instruct how much supplies to give to Jiaodaokou Police Station?"

Zhou Xiu tapped her fingers on the desk, and after a moment's thought, she said, "There are less than 30 people in the Jiaodaokou Police Station. Let's give them 500 kilograms of rice and flour, and 200 kilograms of pork and beef. This year, the ordinary clerks in our street office will each get 10 kilograms of pork, 10 kilograms of beef, 20 kilograms of rice, and 20 kilograms of flour. I will also give each clerk 2 kilograms of milk powder, 2 kilograms of sugar, and 2 kilograms of chocolate. Section-level cadres will get double the amount. Xiao Wang, just tell me what you need. This year, each family of military martyrs in the area under the jurisdiction of our Jiaodaokou Street Office will get 10 kilograms of beef and 10 kilograms of pork, 20 kilograms of rice and flour, and 2 kilograms of milk powder, chocolate, and sugar. Each household in the extremely difficult situation on the list will get 5 kilograms of beef and 5 kilograms of pork, and 10 kilograms of rice and flour. What do you think?"

Director Wang couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "Secretary Zhou, I checked the records of the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office in the past. The most they gave to the families of military martyrs in one year was only two kilograms of pork and five kilograms of flour to each family, and one kilogram of pork and five kilograms of flour to each family in particularly difficult circumstances. This year is definitely a precedent, and everyone is taking advantage of Secretary Zhou's money."

Zhou Xiu waved her hand and said, "Alright, by the way, contact the supply and marketing cooperative with the 300 yuan approved by the superiors to see if you can use it to buy some daily necessities. Xiaoyu meant to give some to the families of military martyrs and those in need."

Director Wang patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me, but you'd better prepare a few kilograms of milk powder and chocolate. After all, those daily necessities now also require a lot of tickets. I will go to the Jiaodaokou Supply and Marketing Cooperative to discuss it."

Zhou Xiu nodded and reached out to pick up the phone. Soon the switchboard connected to Lin Yu's office.

After hearing Lin Yu's voice coming from the microphone, Zhou Xiu said directly: "Xiao Yu, when can you send the things over? I have to start preparing to send condolences door to door to the families of military martyrs and families in need."

After hearing Lin Yu's reply, Zhou Xiu hung up the phone and said to Director Wang, who looked concerned, "Xiao Yu has already arranged it as soon as he got to work this morning. He said it will be delivered soon. You should prepare the warehouse in advance."

Director Wang agreed and ran out in a hurry. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that with Secretary Zhou around, he really had to worry less. Otherwise, it would be a headache for him just to raise funds for the unit's holiday benefits. Now it's simply pie in the sky. The supply is so tight this year, and Secretary Zhou has got so many scarce materials, and almost given them away for free. What can he buy with a mere 300 yuan of funds?

Director Wang walked quickly into the large office and shouted to the clerks who were chatting: "Hurry up and get the brooms and buckets, and clean up the large warehouse next to the cafeteria."

A female clerk asked curiously: "Director Wang, that warehouse has not been used for a long time. What are you going to do with it now that it has been cleaned out?"

Director Wang had already taken the warehouse key from the wall next to him and urged loudly, "Hurry up, everyone, call all the safe people. The truck from the steel mill security department will be here soon to deliver supplies."

Everyone was still hesitating at first, but when they heard that it was the security department of the steel rolling mill that was delivering supplies, they immediately got a shot of adrenaline and hurried out to greet the staff in other offices. They took brooms and buckets and walked quickly to the large warehouse next to the cafeteria.

Anyone who can work in the street office is smart and can use that big warehouse, so the supplies sent by the security department of the steel rolling mill will definitely be indispensable.