The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Time passed quickly. Half a month had passed since the last meeting. In the end, Sha Zhu could only blame himself for his bad luck. Xu Damao ran to the countryside and hid for a week before returning.

Today is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the Little New Year in the north. The steel mill paid wages in advance today, and Liu Minghui is now queuing up to receive his salary.

All the people from the purchasing department are queuing here together. People from the steel rolling mill get their wages in batches. Now the people from the logistics department are here.

"Liu Minghui, administrative level 25, salary 37.5 yuan, plus one pound of pork and two pounds of flour. Go over there to collect them."

Liu Minghui took the money and counted it and put it away. Sha Zhu next to him was leading the kitchen staff to divide the pork. Liu Minghui chose a piece of fat meat, and Sha Zhu did not hesitate to cut the fattest piece for him.

After all, they are from the same hospital, so we can’t give them a worse grade.

"This guy's salary is higher than mine."

After Liu Minghui left, Sha Zhu muttered. Sha Zhu was only a ninth-level cook now, and his salary plus the subsidy of the canteen monitor was only 32 yuan. He didn't expect that Liu Minghui, who had been here for less than a year, had a higher salary than him.

Liu Minghui was walking on the road with the things distributed by the steel rolling mill. It was snowing lightly, so he didn't ride a bike. Walking in the alley, he could see many children setting off firecrackers. Children are probably the happiest during the New Year because there are delicious food and fun things to do.

Liu Minghui walked into the courtyard carrying his things and saw Yan Bugui waiting in the front yard.

"Uncle, what are you doing here? Why are you standing outside in the snow?"

Yan Bugui looked at what Liu Minghui was carrying and asked, "Minghui, is this the benefit of your steel mill?"

Liu Minghui shook the things in his hand and said with a smile: "Yes, the steel mill is doing well this year, so I gave it to you."

Yan Bugui was not envious. After all, his son was also working at the steel mill, waiting for Yan Jiecheng to come back.

"Then you should go back quickly. I'll wait for the solution."

Liu Minghui thought that Yan Bugui would probably be disappointed because there would be far fewer apprentices.

"Then please wait patiently, Third Uncle. I will go back first."

Liu Minghui didn't say much and went straight home.

When I got home, I felt even colder, so I quickly lit the coal stove. To be honest, lighting a fire is a technical job. When I first arrived, Liu Minghui took a long time to light the fire, but now he is proficient and it is quick.

After a while the room became warm.

After Liu Minghui put his things away, he went to light the fire pit in the inner room. Liu Minghui had specially made the kitchen stove with double stove openings. One was connected to the fire pit and was used for cooking in the winter, and the other was not connected and could be used in the summer.

Liu Minghui took the pound of meat he received today and took another two pounds from the space and chopped it into stuffing, intending to make it all into dumplings. Anyway, in this weather, the meat can be stored for a long time and eaten for several days.

Just when Liu Minghui was chopping the stuffing, Yan Bugui finally waited for Yan Jiecheng. The moment he saw Yan Jiecheng, Yan Bugui's face turned ugly.

"Jie Cheng, why is your amount so small?"

Yan Jiecheng only had about three or four taels of meat in his hand, and it was all lean meat. You know, no one wants lean meat nowadays. People nowadays are short of oil and water, and they love fat meat the most. So Yan Bugui was really unhappy that Yan Jiecheng only brought back a few taels of lean meat.

"Dad, please stop talking. This is good enough. If I hadn't been in the front, you would have seen a big bone."

Yan Jiecheng had no choice. You know, he was just an apprentice. It was really good to have this. Many people behind him had been given a few bones.

"What's going on? Tell me in detail. You know, I saw Liu Minghui just came back. He brought a pound of fat meat and two pounds of flour, but you only have this."

Yan Bugui asked anxiously.

"Because I'm an apprentice. Liu Minghui's employees are only given to regular employees after they are converted to full-time employees. The first and second uncles have even more."

Yan Jiecheng explained it carefully to Yan Bugui.

"If I had known, I would have let you enter the factory earlier. Now I think about how much we will lose in the next two years."

Yan Bugui said, patting his thigh.

No matter what he thought, he had no choice but to accept the fact that things had come to this. The two of them stopped chatting outside and went home together.

Sha Zhu also brought back a lot of good things today. After all, it was Sha Zhu who was dividing the meat, so he naturally kept the best ones for himself.

"Brother, do you want to eat meat today?"

When Sha Zhu returned home, He Yushui looked at the meat that Sha Zhu brought back and asked.

"Eat. I'll make you braised pork today."

Sha Zhu touched He Yushui's head and said, He Yushui is only thirteen years old now. Because the school is quite far away, he usually lives in the school. Now he comes back for the holidays.

Now Sha Zhu is still nice to He Yu Shui. After all, the two siblings have lived together for so many years, and He Yu Shui can be said to have been raised by Sha Zhu.

Today, the smell of meat could be smelled from many homes in the compound, because everyone cut some meat to eat, and the rest was saved for the New Year.

Liu Minghui also enjoyed a meal of dumplings tonight. Although his cooking skills were not very good, at least he used enough ingredients. Unlike other families who only used a few pounds of meat and a lot of cabbage to make dumplings, Liu Minghui's dumplings were naturally filled with pure meat.

After having a happy dinner, Liu Minghui went into the space to take a hot bath and then came out to sleep.

It's so cold now and there's nothing to do late at night, so I'd better go to bed early.

The next morning, Liu Minghui got up and saw that it was still snowing outside.

"It looks like the snow has been falling all night."

Liu Minghui sighed as he looked at the thick layer of snow on the ground.

Liu Minghui picked up a shovel and shoveled the snow away from his doorstep.

Many people have already gotten up outside to shovel snow. After a night of snow, the snow is already above the ankles. It's hard to go out unless they shovel out a path.

After working for a while to clear a path, Liu Minghui went home.

First, he poured the hot water that had been boiling overnight into the thermos and used the remaining water for washing. The stove in the fire pit was not burned during the day because no one was at home and Liu Minghui had to go to work today.

After washing up, he cooked a dozen dumplings left over from yesterday. This was Liu Minghui’s breakfast.

After eating, I planned to walk to work. I couldn’t ride a bike when it was snowing. Although the roads outside were cleared, the road surface was still very slippery after the snow. For safety reasons, I decided not to ride a bike.

Following the large group, Liu Minghui arrived at the steel rolling mill. After arriving at the factory, he came to the purchasing department. As soon as he entered the door, there was a large coal stove burning, which was used to provide heating for everyone in the purchasing department.

Quite a few people have arrived now. When they saw Liu Minghui come in, they greeted him one after another, because everyone knew that Liu Minghui should be promoted to deputy chief of the purchasing department. Recently, Zhang Zhiqiang has been handling matters in the department with Liu Minghui.

We are all smart people, and from a series of small things we can see that Liu Minghui is no longer an ordinary buyer.

Who knows, maybe he will be your leader after the new year.