The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Liu Minghui then discussed the details of receiving the goods tonight with Li Huaide. Li Huaide said, "Xiao Liu, come with me to the cafeteria for lunch today. I will introduce you to a few people. Just tell others that you are my nephew."

When Liu Minghui heard that there was food to eat, he thought it would be a waste if he didn't eat it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I would like to thank Uncle Li."

Li Huaide didn't mind Liu Minghui calling him Uncle Li. After all, he had known Liu Minghui for a long time and knew his personality.

Liu Minghui looked at the bicycle ticket on the table and said, "I have a bicycle from the factory, so I don't need to buy one. Uncle Li, can you give me a watch ticket instead?"

Li Huaide didn't say anything after hearing this. He just took out a watch ticket and said, "I'll give it to you. You don't need to be polite to me, your uncle, for just a few tickets."

Seeing that Li Huaide really wanted to recognize him as his nephew, Liu Minghui didn't hesitate. After taking the ticket and checking the time, he said, "It's still there. I'll meet you in the cafeteria when it's time for dinner."

Li Huaide also said that he had work to do and let Liu Minghui have fun on his own.

After Liu Minghui left Li Huaide's office, he strolled around the factory. It was working hours and the workers were all in the workshops. On the way, he met many patrolling security personnel. Fortunately, he was wearing a factory uniform, otherwise people would have thought he was a street urchin.

Seeing that there was still early, Liu Minghui decided to go to the department store to spend the tickets he had just received. He went to the office building, got on his bicycle and rode out of the steel mill. When he left, he chatted with Gangzi, who was standing guard at the door.

Liu Minghui rode his bike on the main road, intending to go to the department store in Wangfujing. It took him more than ten minutes to get there.

Liu Minghui found that there were quite a few people even on weekdays, but it was not crowded. After entering the department store, Liu Minghui walked around for a while and came to the watch counter. There were not many people at this counter. The salesperson inside was a woman in her thirties who was knitting a sweater with several long needles. No wonder everyone envied her, this job was really easy.

"Comrade, please give me your watch." Liu Minghui handed the ticket to the salesperson.

There is no such saying that customers are God nowadays. They are very arrogant. If you don't give them the ticket first, they will ignore you. Liu Minghui, who has been here several times, obviously has experience.

The older sister who was chatting with the salesperson next to her at the counter stood up with a dark face and asked, "Shanghai brand watch, 70 yuan plus a watch ticket." The salesperson saw that Liu Minghui had a ticket and no longer gave him a cold look.

Liu Minghui took out seventy yuan from his pocket and handed over the money and the ticket. The salesperson took the money and the ticket, counted them, picked up a clip, hung it on a wire and threw it behind him. This was to the accountant behind him, which was a feature of that era. After a while, a clip was thrown over from behind. The salesperson took it off and took out a watch and handed it to Liu Minghui. What the accountant threw over was the invoice.

Liu Minghui took the items, checked them and left. After leaving the department store, Liu Minghui put the watch on his hand and instantly felt like the brightest person on the street.

Liu Minghui just checked the time in the department store. It was almost eleven o'clock. He got on his bike and headed to the steel mill.

At noon, with loud singing coming out of the loudspeakers, workers from several workshops rushed to the canteen. Two thousand people looked crowded. Liu Minghui followed the workers to the canteen.

When we arrived at the cafeteria, many workers were already queuing up.

Liu Minghui walked to the back of the cafeteria. There were several rooms behind the cafeteria where the leaders usually entertained guests for dinner. When Liu Minghui arrived, Li Huaide happened to come over and saw him.

"Hey, nephew, come here quickly." Li Huaide shouted at Liu Minghui.

Next to Li Huaide were two section chiefs of the purchasing department, the publicity department, and the finance department. These people were all Li Huaide's direct subordinates in the steel rolling mill.

Among them, the chief of the Purchasing Section 1 is Li Weiguo, Liu Minghui’s immediate superior is Zhang Zhiqiang, the chief of the Publicity Section is Wang Jianhua, and the chief of the Finance Section is a woman named Chen Lizhen.

Liu Minghui ran up to them and said, "Here comes Uncle Li. Good afternoon, Section Chief Li, Section Chief Zhang, Section Chief Chen, Section Chief Wang."

Liu Minghui greeted several section chiefs.

Li Huaide said, "It's good that you know him. I was going to introduce him to you. This guy is my nephew. I'm inviting you to dinner today so that you can get to know each other."

Zhang Zhiqiang was the first to speak: "I am very familiar with this guy. He is the most capable person in our Purchasing Section 2. He completes the tasks every month very well."

As Zhang Zhiqiang started talking, other people came up to meet Liu Minghui. After they talked for a few words, Li Huaide looked at the time and said, "Let's eat first and talk while we eat."

Then a few people entered the private room. There were already several dishes on the table. These were all made by the chef who was now in charge of the kitchen. After sitting down and having a few drinks, they started chatting.

Halfway through the meal, Li Huaide suddenly said, "Section Chief Zhang and Section Chief Chen will leave later tonight. I have used my connections to get ten pigs. You two will stay with me tonight."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked. Ten pigs, that was a big deal.

Zhang Zhiqiang asked directly: "Director, is this true?"

Chen Lizhen said it was no problem.

Li Huaide looked at the expressions of the others and said with a smile: "Of course it's true. I'll ask Minghui to drive a truck to get it back this afternoon."

Liu Minghui also nodded to indicate that what Li Huaide said was true.

These people were all very happy. Their boss brought back so many supplies. It seemed that they could make further progress. As the saying goes, it's nice to take shelter under a big tree. Only when Li Huaide goes up will everyone have a chance to go up.

Wang Jianhua, who is in charge of publicity, said that he would ask the Propaganda Department to publicize this matter well.

Afterwards, the few of them chatted for a while about the expansion of the steel rolling mill and then dispersed. After all, they still had work to do in the afternoon and could not drink too much.

Liu Minghui really had nothing to do in the afternoon. After chatting with Zhang Zhiqiang in the purchasing department for a while, he planned to go out for a walk. The other buyers had already gone to the countryside, and Tong Xiao was the only one left in the purchasing department.

Liu Minghui said hello to the security department and left the factory. He planned to find a matchmaker and asked someone to visit Yu's family first.

Liu Minghui came to the gate of the courtyard where Matchmaker Wang lived, carrying some fruits. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw several people looking at him. Liu Minghui quickly said that he was here to find Matchmaker Wang. The aunties in the front yard were not surprised to hear this, because people often came to find Matchmaker Wang for matchmaking. Then, they pointed out the location of Matchmaker Wang's house to Liu Minghui and ignored him.