Siheyuan: How many worlds does the system integrate?

The leader fell into a brief contemplation.

Cheng Shaozhi has participated in the construction of many large projects and knows many secrets. He is not someone who can be appointed casually.

However, he is a tested man, so there is definitely no problem with his loyalty. Now that he has retired, it would be a waste of talent to leave him completely idle, so it is not a bad idea to send him to Li Xuewu.

After careful consideration, the senior leader spoke: "In principle, I agree to let him be the director and party secretary of your factory, but it still needs to be discussed and approved at the general meeting."

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded to show that he understood: "This is what I should do. With your nod, it's done. Then I'll go see Teacher Cheng first!"

After leaving the big boss' place, Li Xuewu went to the Personnel Department and asked someone to help him look up Cheng Shaozhi's current address.

He drove to the address provided by the Personnel Department and stood in front of the slightly shabby building. Li Xuewu frowned slightly. Why did the teacher live in such a place? Didn't the unit arrange a better place for him to live?

Walking up the stairs and passing the corridor filled with pots, pans, chopping boards, honeycomb coal stoves, and various sundries, Li Xuewu knocked on the door of one of the rooms.

The person who opened the door was a little old lady with gray hair and a kind face: "Who are you looking for, young man?"

"Auntie, I'm looking for Mr. Cheng Shaozhi. Does he live here?"

"You're looking for our old Cheng. He just went out. Who are you?"

"You must be the teacher's wife, right? My name is Li Xuewu, and I'm Teacher Cheng's student. I heard that he lives here, so I came to see him!"

"Oh, you are Lao Cheng's student. Come in, come in. Our house is small, please don't be disgusted!"

Li Xuewu walked into the house, put the fruits and snacks he bought on the road on the table, and looked around. The house was really small. It looked like a two-bedroom, one-living room house, at most about 50 to 60 square meters. There was basically no living room, and it was on the shady side, so it felt very dark.

"Teacher's wife, when will Teacher Cheng come back?"

"It should be soon. He goes out for a walk after lunch every day and will be back in an hour or so. Come and sit down. I'll pour you some tea!" The master's wife started to get busy.

"Teacher's wife, are you and the teacher staying at your daughter's house?"

"Well, they are usually busy at work, so Lao Cheng and I help them look after the children, which gives us something to do!"

"Didn't the unit assign a spot to Teacher Cheng?" This was something Li Xuewu didn't understand.

The master's wife came back with tea and placed it in front of Li Xuewu: "Of course there is no tea, but the house is in Gansu and we can't bring it here. We only have one daughter, and she stayed in Beijing to work after graduation. It's not that Lao Cheng has retired, and it's boring for us to stay there. It just so happens that he needs medical treatment, so we came back to Beijing!"

So that's the case. No wonder. The unit in Gansu couldn't allocate them a house in Beijing. Besides, housing is really tight now. Even applying for one is not easy.

"What do your daughter and son-in-law do for a living?"

"It's not a very good job. Both of them work in a research institute under the Ministry of Industry. They are just ordinary researchers."

Li Bowen nodded. It was true that no matter what time it was, the hardest-working people were those who silently made contributions. “How many children do they have?”

Speaking of children, the old lady smiled: "There are three. The eldest is already in high school, the second is in junior high school, and the third is still in elementary school!"

"Then this place is indeed a bit small to live in. It's not spacious enough!"

"It's not so bad! The eldest is a girl and she lives in the school dormitory during high school. The second and third are both boys. They have a bunk bed and live in the same room with us two old people. It's very comfortable!" The place is indeed small, and the old lady has no choice. This is not something they can solve.

After chatting with my master's wife for more than half an hour, the door was pushed open and Cheng Shaozhi walked in.

"Are there guests at home?" Cheng Shaozhi asked before he saw anyone when he heard voices talking in the house.

Li Xuewu stood up quickly, looking at the teacher who was a little hunched, with a head full of white hair, but still full of energy, and said with trembling lips: "Teacher!"

Hearing the word "teacher", Cheng Shaozhi was stunned at first, then raised his head and looked at Li Xuewu carefully to identify him: "Xuewu, you are Xuewu!"

"It's me, teacher. I'm here to see you!" Li Xuewu walked up and held Cheng Shaozhi's hands.

"Okay, okay, I haven't seen you for more than ten years. I didn't expect to see you again!" Cheng Shaozhi looked very excited.

Li Xuewu choked up and said, "Teacher, why didn't you tell me you were coming to Beijing? Didn't I leave you the address?"

"Hey, I'm fine. You guys are all busy, why should I bother you?"

"Look at what you said! How can that be a trouble? I am your student!" Li Xuewu helped his teacher back to his seat: "If I hadn't known from my master that you were back, we wouldn't have met until now!"

"Oh, Old Chen is back in Beijing too?" Thinking of this old friend of many years, Cheng Shaozhi's eyes were filled with memories.

Li Xuewu nodded: "Yes, you retired due to age, but now I have hired you back to work as a workshop director in my factory. I came here this time to invite you to come out of retirement!"

"Ask me to come out? What can I do? You set up a factory? What kind of factory?"

"I want you to be the director and secretary of the automobile manufacturing plant and the research institute to help me take charge of them!" Li Xuewu then briefly recounted to the old couple what he had done over the years.

Hearing that his student could achieve such great success, Cheng Shaozhi's face was really radiant. He was even happier than his own achievements. He applauded again and again: "Okay, learn martial arts. I was right about you back then. I knew you would definitely have a bright future. I didn't expect that I underestimated you!"

"Hahahaha, teacher, you have trained me well. Teacher, have you visited Professor Jin since you came back?"

"I've been there, but his old neighbors said that Professor Jin has moved away, and they don't know where he went! How do you know?" Cheng Shaozhi asked puzzledly.

Liu Xuewu smiled and said, "You must know that! Professor Jin is your teacher and my mentor. If you hadn't recommended me, I wouldn't have been able to study at Yenching. Now he is the director of the research institute I founded, and he is in charge of the work!"

"Really? That's great. Come over someday and take me to meet Teacher Jin."

……

When old friends meet, there are always endless things to talk about, and before you know it, the sun has already set.

We were chatting happily when the door suddenly opened and two children ran in, shouting as soon as they entered the room: "Grandma and Grandpa, we are back. What do you want to eat for lunch?"

Seeing that there were still people sitting in the room, the two children stopped abruptly. Cheng Shaozhi waved his hand and said, "These are my two grandsons who are learning martial arts. The second one is Liu Guoqing and the third one is Liu Guoxing! You two should hurry up and call them. This is grandpa's student, called Uncle Li!"

"Hello Uncle Li!" The two men stood in a neat line and shouted.

Li Xuewu hurriedly searched his body and put it in his pocket.