The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

"Hello, who is this?"

While Liu Minghui was slacking off in the office, he received a call from Li Huaide.

"It's me. Are you busy with work now?"

Li Huaide's voice came from the other end of the phone, and it could be heard that the other party was in a good mood at the moment.

Liu Minghui hadn't contacted Li Huaide for a long time. When he called, he responded cheerfully, "You don't know me yet. A newspaper is enough for me to read for a whole day. It would be even better if I had a pot of tea."

"Haha, kid, you're so lazy that you even went to the higher authorities. You better be careful not to get caught. It's better not to say that you left the steel mill. I'm afraid of being embarrassed."

After chatting for a while, Liu Minghui asked Li Huaide why he called.

"You invited me to dinner, and it was Director Yang who invited me. Why is it so sudden?"

After hearing what Li Huaide said, Liu Minghui was full of question marks. He and Director Yang had no connection at all, so why did he suddenly invite him to dinner?

"That's right. It's getting late today. I think we should do it tomorrow. I've already promised you this. You have to give me this face."

Since Li Huaide on the opposite side said so, Liu Minghui couldn't refuse him and could only agree.

"It's settled then. I'll see you at the steel mill tomorrow at noon."

Li Huaide said one more sentence and then ended the call.

As for Liu Minghui, he just thought about it for a moment and put the matter behind him. Anyway, it was not difficult to hear from Li Huaide's tone that this was a good thing. At least it would definitely not be bad for him. So why not go and see Director Yang? He would know what was going on then.

Liu Minghui returned home from get off work in the afternoon. Yu Li arrived home a little earlier than him. At this time, smoke was already filling up the kitchen. It seemed that Yu Li was preparing dinner.

"Hey, Damao, why are you so happy? Did you pick up some money on the road?"

Just when Liu Minghui was about to enter the house, a surprised voice came from Yan Bugui at the door, and Liu Minghui couldn't help but look over.

I saw Xu Damao, wearing a brand new Zhongshan suit and walking into the yard with a very proud step.

"Da Mao, tell Uncle Er if you found any money?"

Yan Bugui felt that Xu Damao must have something good to say, so he approached him with a shameless face and asked.

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao looked at Yan Bugui unhappily.

"Second uncle, you are too petty. I am not so happy about just a few dollars. My clothes cost more than ten dollars."

After saying that, Xu Damao patted his shoulders, as if he was brushing off the dust that had fallen on them.

"Hiss, are you an official now?"

Yan Bugui looked at him carefully and then he remembered that he seemed to have seen him somewhere. After a while, he recalled that Liu Haizhong looked exactly like Xu Damao now.

Wearing new clothes, he looked very proud of himself.

Hearing this, Xu Damao also smiled and said, "Second uncle is still very knowledgeable. From now on, I will be the deputy director of the publicity department of the steel rolling mill."

Yes, after more than ten days, Li Huaide finally got this matter done, and Xu Damao became the deputy chief of the Propaganda Department, mainly responsible for showing movies. Although he had no one under him at that time, it did not prevent him from showing off.

"Really? Damao, how come there's no news at all?"

Yan Bugui said with a look of disbelief.

"It's because my boss saw that I was doing a good job, so he gave me more responsibilities."

Although Xu Damao had a humble expression, the corners of his mouth were raised high, betraying his mood at the moment.

After Xu Damao and Yan Bugui finished showing off, they saw Liu Minghui in front of them and immediately abandoned Yan Bugui and walked towards Liu Minghui.

"Brother Liu, wait for me."

Xu Damao came to Liu Minghui and said with a grateful look on his face: "Brother Liu, if it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have become the deputy section chief. Thank you in advance."

Xu Damao's voice was quite loud. Even Yan Bugui, who was not far away, could hear it clearly.

"Liu Minghui is so capable that even someone like Xu Damao can be a deputy section chief. What will happen if Jie Cheng does this?"

Yan Bugui's heart was in turmoil at this moment, but unfortunately, he and Liu Minghui had a falling out before, so he couldn't go over to ask.

"No, don't say that. I didn't help you at all. Everything depends on you."

Liu Minghui quickly stopped Xu Damao from speaking. Fortunately, no one else heard it, otherwise it would be hard to explain.

It would be bad if everyone came to him for help.

Liu Minghui couldn't tell them that Xu Damao paid Li Huaide for help himself, otherwise people might think that he was just thinking about the money.

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao almost broke out in a cold sweat. He looked around quickly and luckily there was no one else in the yard except Yan Bugui who had just spoken to him. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Damao patted his chest to calm down, and spoke in a much lower voice.

"Yes, it has nothing to do with Brother Liu. It's just that we brothers know it clearly."

Seeing that Xu Damao understood what he meant, Liu Minghui couldn't help but nodded. As expected, Xu Damao was the one who could make the most progress in the courtyard. You could tell by looking at his emotional intelligence.

"Brother Liu, I plan to treat you to a meal at home to express my gratitude to you."

Then, Xu Damao invited.

Liu Minghui waved his hand and rejected the proposal.

"Forget it, your sister-in-law has prepared dinner at home, let's do it next time."

Seeing this, Xu Damao had no choice but to agree. Although he was already a deputy section chief at this time, he was still far behind Liu Minghui because he was still a worker at this time. Before being transferred to a cadre, he was just a worker in exchange for a cadre position.

That's why Xu Damao wanted to try hard to get close to Liu Minghui. After all, from the information he got, Li Huaide from the steel rolling mill had a very good relationship with Liu Minghui. Even if Liu Minghui no longer belonged to the steel rolling mill, as long as he mentioned it to Li Huaide, he believed that someone would protect him in the future.

"Okay then. When Brother Liu is free someday, remember to let me know."

After chatting for a few more words, the two separated. On the other side, Yan Bugui was standing at the door, greeting people coming and going.

Among them were some people who lived in the courtyard next door. Yan Bugui had lived here for more than ten years, so of course he could call out everyone's name and chat with everyone.

As for why everyone gave him face, it was because Yan Bugui was a teacher. At that time, the profession of teacher was still very respected. After all, most people's children in the neighborhood went to school in the school where Yan Bugui was.

Everyone thought it was better not to offend Yan Bugui unless necessary, so most of them gave him face.

It doesn’t cost any money to say hello.