Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Although Lin Geng felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't really care about such a title. After all, this body of his was only 19 years old, and Li Huaide was already in his 40s. There was really nothing wrong with calling him uncle. Moreover, the relationship between the two would be closer. When the storm came in the future, Li Huaide would be in charge of the steel mill and would provide him with better protection. At least no one in the steel mill would dare to cause trouble for him.

So Lin Geng happily called Li Huaide "Uncle Li", which made Li Huaide very happy. He grabbed a handful of various tickets from the drawer and stuffed them into Lin Geng's pockets on the spot. He also gave Lin Geng a stack of money, saying that it was the money for the vegetables he had paid for.

Lin Geng took a casual look, wow! Among these tickets, there are national grain tickets, oil tickets, sugar tickets, and more importantly, there are a lot of industrial coupons. This is a good thing. If you want to buy a lot of things now, you need industrial coupons. Without industrial coupons, even if you have money, you can't buy some daily necessities. Unless you go to the pigeon market to buy expensive things, otherwise, you can only stare at the goods in the supply and marketing cooperatives or stores.

As for the money, Lin didn't even need to look at it. Li Huaide gave him more than enough and there was absolutely no way he would suffer any loss.

Li Huaide's approach is indeed much better than Director Yang's way of dealing with people, who only gives verbal praise but is reluctant to give benefits.

During this period, Lin Geng brought back a lot of meat to the factory, which really satisfied Director Yang. He praised Lin Geng many times, but it was only verbal praise and he did not give Lin Geng any actual benefits.

This reminded Lin Geng of Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu was Director Yang's man, right? But when he followed Director Yang, he was only a small eighth-level chef. At best, he was given a canteen monitor position, and he worked there for many years. He didn't even give Sha Zhu a first-level chef rank, and he kept a monthly salary of 37.5 yuan for 10 to 20 years.

This alone shows that there is really no benefit in following Director Yang. Apart from working hard for him, he basically can't think of any substantial benefits to his subordinates.

On the surface, it seems that Director Yang's approach is very honest, but what about the reality? The steel mill's banquets were initiated by Director Yang. Except for the three difficult years some time ago, when it was really hard to get good food and the workers in the factory were afraid of causing trouble due to hunger, the banquets were only stopped for more than two years.

But just when the situation had improved a little this year and the state's food supply had improved so that ordinary people could barely fill their stomachs, Director Yang couldn't wait to start cooking again and began to eat and drink to his heart's content again.

In particular, although some of the game Lin Geng brought back to the factory was cooked for the workers, a considerable portion of it was entertained by Director Yang and Li Huaide and others under various names and enjoyed by themselves.

Also, Director Yang took Sha Zhu and Xu Damao to go to the place where his big boss was based, cooked for that big boss and showed him movies. Can you say that he didn't know how to curry favor with the boss?

It can be seen that Director Yang is not as honest as he seems on the surface. He is just too lazy to give actual benefits to his subordinates. No wonder he was overthrown by Li Huaide after the storm, and Li Huaide took over the power of the steel rolling mill and forced him to work as a cleaner.

That was why Lin Geng accepted the olive branch extended by Li Huaide and got close to Li Huaide, just to avoid being targeted by Li Huaide after the storm started. If that happened, his life would be difficult for the next ten years.

The days began to pass peacefully one after another, and Lin Geng's popularity in the courtyard became higher and higher. Before the Chinese New Year, every household had to prepare some meat, such as pork, chicken, duck and other meats, but the supply of meat in the market was still very tight.

Even the meat processing plants have just resumed operations, and the national pig output and poultry stocks such as chickens and ducks have not yet been effectively recovered, far from meeting the ordinary people's demand for meat during the Chinese New Year.

In order to buy some meat, the residents of the Siheyuan often ran to the state-owned meat store to queue up early in the morning, but they still couldn't buy much meat. So many residents of the Siheyuan thought of Lin Geng, who often went into the mountains to hunt and brought back a lot of game for the factory. They asked Yan Bugui to find Lin Geng, hoping that Lin Geng could get some meat for every household to enjoy during the New Year and improve their lives.

Yan Bugui then shamelessly found Lin Geng on behalf of the residents of the courtyard, hoping that Lin Geng would take into consideration the fact that they were neighbors and bring back some wild boar meat for the neighbors, so that at least every household could make dumplings.

Lin thought about it and shook his head, "I'm afraid this is really not possible! Teacher Yan, you also know that the first time I killed two wild boars and brought back some wild boar meat for my family, some people reported me everywhere, saying that I abused my power for personal gain!

If I bring back some meat for everyone and sell it to the neighbors in the courtyard, that would be considered profiteering! If anyone reports me, I will be in big trouble. Losing my job would be the least of my worries. I might even lose my status as a martyr's relative, which would bring discredit to my father and I might even be arrested and thrown into jail!"

Yan Bugui thought about it and nodded awkwardly, "Your concerns do make sense, but wasn't that done by Lao Yi? Now that Lao Yi is gone, who else would report you?"

Lin Geng shook his head and laughed, "Teacher Yan, people's hearts are hidden! Although Yi Zhonghai is gone, there are still many people in this courtyard who wish I were dead! Some people have long been dissatisfied with me because they see that I eat well. Can you guarantee that no one will make a fuss about this?"

Yan Bugui thought about it and it was true. Now many people were jealous of Lin Geng for having enough food and fish every day. Even he himself was envious when he saw Lin Geng bringing back one or two pheasants, rabbits, or a piece of wild boar meat from time to time and the He family, Sha Zhu, Yu Shui and others were feasting on them. Not to mention some residents in the yard, who were even more envious.

If Lin Geng really brought some wild boar meat to the yard and sold it to the residents in the yard, he couldn't guarantee that no one would report Lin Geng for speculation behind his back.

You have to know that Liu Haizhong and Qin Huairu in the yard now hate Lin Geng to death. There is also the deaf old lady lying on the bed in the backyard who can't move. She also wants to kill Lin Geng. It is also possible that some residents who don't like Lin Geng may also want to punish him.

So they wanted Lin Geng to prepare some wild boar meat for the residents of the courtyard to use during the New Year. Lin Geng's concerns were not unreasonable.

So Yan Bugui could only nod dejectedly and said helplessly, "If that's the case, then I can't guarantee that no one will do bad things. Since you are embarrassed, forget it! I can't let you make a mistake because of this!"

Seeing Yan Bugui turning around to leave, Lin Geng thought for a moment and called Yan Bugui to stop him, saying, "Don't worry about this matter. I'll think of a solution for you! See if there is any workaround! Just wait for my news first!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui's eyes lit up. Lin Geng's words meant that he had not blocked this road. He was still willing to think of a way to get some meat for the residents in the yard. He just needed to find a workaround so that no one could catch him.

So Yan Bugui immediately became happy, nodded repeatedly, his old face smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum, and even said that he was sorry for causing Lin Geng trouble. Then he went back excitedly and told the residents of the courtyard house not to worry, as Lin Geng had his own difficulties at the moment and needed to think of a solution.