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The next morning.

The couple is having dinner.

This morning I had steamed corn bread and fried cabbage slices.

Zhang Chunmei couldn't help but raise her head and looked at Li Meng twice, with surprise flashing in her eyes.

Noticing her gaze, Li Meng asked with a smile: "What's wrong, wife? Is there something wrong with my face?"

"No flowers, but Boss, I think you look more handsome than before."

"Is it?"

Li Meng looked in the mirror and said, "It's still the same. There's no change. Wife, you're not right, right?"

"I can't really put it into words." Zhang Chunmei said, "I just feel like you look more... more pleasing to the eye."

"Haha, I'm your man. It will be troublesome if you don't like me."

Li Meng laughed but thought that this might be related to the Qi Refining Technique he was practicing.

Even though I had only practiced for one day, my whole spirit and energy had changed a lot.

Of course, it hasn't reached the exaggerated level of being like a banished immortal.

While they were eating, Lou Xiao'e came over and picked up Xiao Qiu Sheng very spontaneously.

"Xiao'e, thank you for helping me take care of the child these days. I don't know how to thank you."

How can I thank her? Give her money. She is Lou Bancheng's daughter, so she shouldn't need any extra money.

But apart from material gratitude, what else can we say?

"Oh, what are you thanking me for?" Lou Xiao'e said, "I don't feel tired either. I just like this child. Anyway, I stay at home every day and have nothing to do. It's good to have Qiu Sheng to accompany me to kill time."

Not long after, Liu Haizhong came in with a bunch of wild mushrooms.

"Mengzi, I'm eating." Liu Haizhong laughed and said, "This is a mountain product that one of my apprentices gave me. I'll give it to Mengzi and Chunmei for you to try. Oh, Xiao'e is here too."

Liu Haizhong has many disciples. He is not qualified as a father, but he is okay as a master.

Otherwise, he wouldn't always have disciples and followers who respect him.

"Thank you, Master Liu." Li Meng did not refuse this time.

After all, because of the work transfer, the relationship between the two became a little closer.

"Haha, what are you thanking me for? OK, I won't delay your dinner. I have to go back to eat too."

"Goodbye, Master Liu." Zhang Chunmei said.

Lou Xiao'e knew that Li Meng seldom collected things from the residents, so she couldn't help but ask, "Mengzi, have you and the second uncle's relationship improved?"

"I guess so." Li Meng said, "Well, he asked me to do something for him and asked me to help him move up to become a workshop director, and he also gave me some money..."

Li Meng did not hide anything and told everything.

Lou Xiao'e was stunned after hearing this.

"What's the point of this?" Lou Xiao'e said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I've heard from my dad before that although workshop directors are leaders, their salaries and benefits are far inferior to those of senior workers at level seven or eight. It's said that people always strive for higher positions, so why is this second uncle giving up being a level seven worker and becoming a workshop director?"

"Everyone has his own ideas." Li Meng said, "He wants to spend money to buy face. He is a director and a leader. It will give him face if he tells others about it, right?"

Zhang Chunmei continued, "But... but being a Level 7 worker is also very prestigious. It's very prestigious and glorious."

"That's... that's true." Li Meng laughed and said, "So this old Liu is missing a string in his head. He's crazy about being a leader."

Lou Xiao'e said, "Yes, and although I don't quite understand the rules and market, but with Second Master's qualifications and abilities, if he wants to be a workshop director, it won't cost that much money, right?"

"Well, there's no need for so much money." Li Meng said, "Old Liu is really confused. If he had exchanged the money for small yellow croakers, he could have caught two of them and found the right person. Why would he have to spend two thousand eight?"

A few people complained about Liu Haizhong, who was taken advantage of, and it became a topic of conversation during the meal.

......

After dinner, Qiu Sheng was taken away by Lou Xiao'e.

Li Meng went to the steel mill with his wife.

After telling Li Huaide about this, Li Huaide was also a little confused.

"Good boy, two thousand eight..."

Li Meng did not hide how much money he received.

This shocked Li Huaide a little.

You know, in the TV series, when Xu Damao wanted to make progress, he just gave Li Huaide some small yellow croaker, and he made progress with a few hundred yuan.

"Brother, this money..."

"I'll just keep one thousand, brother, and the remaining eighteen hundred will be yours."

"That's nice! I won't be polite then, bro."

"Haha, you're welcome."

......

In a blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Li Meng originally told Liu Haizhong that this matter must be settled within a month.

As a result, it took only half a month to complete the task.

There are no secrets in the slum.

In the evening, it’s time to get off work.

This matter became known to everyone.

Today, Liu Haizhong deliberately returned to the compound very late.

I just want him to become the workshop director, and let it ferment a little in the compound.

Then he, the 'protagonist', made his shining appearance.

With her hands behind her back and her belly sticking out, she looked very shabby when she walked with her bangs sticking out.

He glanced around with a smug look, as if looking for looks of shock and admiration.

But all I got was surprise.

"Old Liu, are you okay?" Yan Bugui frowned and said, "You are a level 7 worker, why don't you go and become a workshop director with such a high salary?"

"Yes, Lao Liu, I was also shocked when I heard about this." Yi Zhonghai said, "The workshop director has a lot of responsibilities but a low salary. What are you trying to achieve?"

Sha Zhu grinned: "Yes, and Uncle Er, you became the director inexplicably, you didn't spend money to find a way, did you? If you spent money, you would lose more."

Yan Jiecheng smacked his lips and said, "Second uncle, if we talk about losing the watermelon to pick up the sesame seeds, it has to be you. I surrender."

Qin Huairu also smiled bitterly and said, "The difference between the salary of a workshop director and a level 20 worker is about 20, right? Even if it's 20, a loss of 240 this month means a loss of 2400 in a year, and a loss of in ten years..."

Liu Haizhong: ???

All the residents were looking at Liu Haizhong as if he were a fool, and Liu Haizhong felt really bad!

What did he want to be the workshop director for? Wasn't it just to be a leader, to make the residents admire him, and to save his face?

The result is totally different from what I imagined!

No one admired him, let alone praised or was shocked. There was only ridicule, or even... sympathy?

I spent 2800 on it!!

And I earn so much less money every month.

In return, all you get is the sympathetic looks from the residents, as if they were looking at you like a fool?

A surge of anger rose in his heart, and Liu Haizhong felt his head buzzing. His vision went dark and he couldn't stand steadily.

The second aunt hurried forward and patted him: "Old Liu, what's wrong with you?"

"No, it's okay... Help me go back to the house and sit for a while, I think I have low blood sugar..."