Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

It was too late. When Zhang Renkang returned to the courtyard, the yard was already quiet and there was no sound. Zhang Renkang was too lazy to call Yan Bugui. He directly touched the wall of the backyard to sense the movement of no one, and climbed over the wall to go in.

Now the two rooms of Zhang Renkang's house have basically been demolished into empty frames. Wang Jianlin kindly left a bed for him by the southernmost wall. There was no window here temporarily to facilitate Zhang Renkang's temporary rest.

Zhang Renkang flashed into the space and spent the night there. He signed in early the next morning and left the space, carrying a basin to the central courtyard. No one had come out of the central courtyard yet, and Zhang Renkang was washing up when Yi Zhonghai came out of the room wearing a coat. Seeing that it was Zhang Renkang, he didn't say much and came over to wash his face and brush his teeth.

After a while, Shazhu and Qin Huairu also came out. Zhang Renkang smiled and said hello to Qin Huairu, then put on a towel and carried the basin back to the backyard.

When Sha Zhu saw Zhang Renkang walking away, he muttered, "It's so cold but this bastard didn't freeze to death." Yi Zhonghai suddenly remembered that he didn't see Zhang Renkang come back last night. And how did he survive the night when his place was torn to pieces? Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but get curious.

Wang Jianlin demolished his small kitchen but kept the stove in the backyard. After all, more than a dozen of them had to eat at noon. The ten yuan Zhang Renkang gave was enough for them to eat for five or six days. Zhang Renkang started a fire and fried a few eggs in a pan to make do. The fried eggs in the early morning attracted many people who couldn't swallow the steamed bread in their hands. It was only early today, and many children hadn't gotten up yet. They closed the doors and windows in the house so they couldn't smell the smell. Otherwise, there would be chaos in the morning.

After Zhang Renkang finished eating, Wang Jianlin and his group came and saw Zhang Renkang and said with a smile

"Renkang, it's cold at night. I think you should find a place to stay. Otherwise, it will be even colder in a few days. How can you bear the cold?"

Zhang Renkang also said with a smile

"I was just looking for a place to get out of here. It's really cold right now. I almost froze to death last night."

He handed Wang Jianlin a cigarette with a smile, and threw the remaining half pack to Er Gouzi to let him share. Zhang Renkang and Wang Jianlin exhaled a puff of smoke, and Wang Jianlin said

"It's really cold now. It will be November in half a month. I will try to hand over the house to you before November 10th so that you won't miss the winter."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Then I'll go to work and won't delay your work."

Zhang Renkang said as he walked towards the front yard with his hands behind his back. Shazhu, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu from the middle yard were also going out to work. Seeing Zhang Renkang, no one paid any attention to him. Zhang Renkang was too lazy to pay attention to these guys. He went to the hanging flower gate by himself. When he arrived at the front yard, he saw Yan Bugui cleaning his bicycle. Seeing Zhang Renkang, he said

"Hey, Renkang, where's your bicycle?"

"Why didn't I see you come back yesterday?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"I went out drinking last night. It was too late and I was too tired to ride my bike back."

“I was escorted to the entrance of the alley.”

"Uncle, your eyesight is not very good. You can't even see a living person like me. What will you say if a thief breaks in?"

Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses unhappily and said

"Nonsense, Uncle Third has very good eyesight, maybe it was a little late and it was dark so I didn't notice you."

Zhang Renkang joked with a smile

"That's right, Uncle San can smell the soy sauce seller from far away."

This was a wicked act by Yan Bugui. He went to buy soy sauce with a bottle in his hand. After buying it, he said that the soy sauce sold by the seller tasted bad and he had to return it. The seller was so angry that he followed Yan Bugui secretly and found the courtyard. He scolded him for the whole morning. This incident became a joke in several courtyards around.

Yan Bugui wanted to ask the seller to pour the soy sauce back without spending a penny and bring back more soy sauce. After all, he couldn't pour out all the soy sauce. He just rinsed it with some water and it would be soy sauce. But Yan Bugui's bad behavior was that he insisted that the seller's soy sauce didn't taste authentic. This ruined the seller's business. The soy sauce seller was so angry that he followed him all the way to the compound and started to curse him. Yi Zhonghai was afraid that it would affect the reputation of the compound and gave him 10 cents before he sent him away.

When Yan Bugui heard Zhang Renkang expose his shortcomings, he became angry and said

"His soy sauce just tastes bad. I'm not wrong. Besides, I've already returned all his soy sauce."

"Zhang Renkang, you can't say anything nonsense, you're ruining the reputation of the Third Master."

Zhang Renkang smiled and said without further teasing.

"Okay, Uncle, so that's what's going on. I now know what's going on. I'm going to work now and will see you later."

Zhang Renkang left without caring about the people who came after him.

When Sha Zhu heard Yan Bugui's explanation, he sneered:

"Yan Laokou, you just want to take advantage of the soy sauce seller. Everyone around here knows that you are such a scumbag that even the manure trucks have to smell you when they pass by."

"Your reputation has long been known far and wide, why would you want to ruin it?"

Yan Bu stood up and pointed at Sha Zhu and said

"Silly Zhu, what did you say?"

"Silly Zhu, you have a really foul mouth. How can you talk to your elders like that?"

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said to Sha Zhu

"Zhu Zi, how do you talk to the Third Master?"

"How could I teach you to talk to your elders like this? Is that appropriate?"

"What's the difference between you and Zhang Renkang, who doesn't respect his elders and is arrogant?"

"Hurry up and apologize to the Third Master"

Then he said to Yan Bugui

"Old Yan, look at yourself. You are so old, but you are still arguing with the younger generation. How can this be ridiculous?"

Yan Bugui was so angry that he almost fainted. Didn't you hear Shazhu scolding me just now? What do you mean I am arguing with a junior?

Sha Zhu said to Yan Bugui happily

"Uncle, I'll see you later. I was wrong. You can't smell the manure truck."

As he said this, Shazhu walked over the threshold with a big smile.

Yi Zhonghai was so annoyed that this silly Zhu's foul mouth was really annoying. He quickly laughed at Yan Bugui and quickly followed Qin Huairu. Yan Bugui was so angry that he trembled for a while before he calmed down and cursed

"Silly Zhu, you stinky cesspool sweeper, this stinky mouth is only fit for sweeping cesspools for the rest of your life"

Zhang Renkang came to the steel mill, took out his bicycle from the space and parked it in the carport next to the back kitchen, then ran to the office building. As soon as he entered the office building, he met Secretary Liu, who quickly called Zhang Renkang to go up to Yang Weiguo's office. Secretary Liu went to call Li Huaide himself. Zhang Renkang shook his head. These people who play politics are really cunning. Letting Zhang Renkang go to Yang Weiguo's office to wait for Li Huaide by himself, isn't this telling Li Huaide that Zhang Renkang went directly to Yang Weiguo's side as soon as he came back, and is he close to Yang Weiguo?

Zhang Renkang smiled and walked slowly to kill time. When he saw Li Huaide coming over with Secretary Liu, he smiled and said,

"Secretary Liu, please let me come here by myself. I don't know if Director Yang is busy or not, so I don't dare to disturb him."

Li Huaide's brows relaxed when he heard this. As long as it wasn't what he thought, it would be fine. Li Huaide said with a smile

"Renkang, you are just too tight-lipped. You have done a great job for the factory. What other work can compare to your good news?"

He knocked on the door and pushed it open, motioning Zhang Renkang to follow him. Secretary Liu stood guard in the corridor to avoid being disturbed by irrelevant people.

Yang Weiguo was stunned for a moment when he saw Li Huaide and Zhang Renkang coming in, then he reacted and said with a smile

"Old Li, has Renkang brought us good news?"

Li Huaide said with a smile

"I don't know yet. We are waiting for Renkang to give us the good news."

Zhang Renkang quickly reported

"Two leaders, they said that the transaction will be held at 10 o'clock tonight in a forest three kilometers from the main road to the north of the city. They will place the supplies in advance and leave one person to hand over to us."

"I also agree to use a quarter of a small yellow croaker plus cash."

"The next transaction will be confirmed by the person in charge who will be with us tonight, so you two will go to discuss it with them tonight. I will not be allowed to participate in the next transaction. I will only be responsible for conveying information to both parties if there is any problem."

Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide looked at each other. Such strict confidentiality measures made them believe that these things came from there. It was just what they wanted that Zhang Renkang would not participate in the next transaction. They couldn't let them be led by Zhang Renkang all the time.

Yang Weiguo nodded and said

"Lao Li, let's go together tonight and ask the finance department to prepare the money."

Li Huaide agreed that neither of them could be confident in participating in such a matter alone, so they must share this channel.

Li Huaide said with a smile

"Renkang, the leadership team was informed yesterday about your position as deputy director of the canteen. From now on, you will be treated as a deputy section chief and serve as the deputy director of our canteen. When Director Liu retires next year, you can be promoted to the director of the canteen. You can do a good job in the canteen and be responsible for our workers."

Yang Weiguo also smiled and took out a handful of bills from the drawer and said

"You are the youngest section-level cadre. You must perform well and serve our workers. You have worked hard these past few days. This is the reward our leadership team has decided to give you."

Then he handed Zhang Renkang a handful of bills.

Zhang Renkang quickly took it with both hands, stood at attention and promised loudly

"Please rest assured, leaders and organizations, I will definitely live up to the heavy responsibility and expectations of the organization, rectify the work of each canteen, provide good service to our workers, and ensure production tasks."

After a few polite words, Zhang Renkang followed Li Huaide out. Li Huaide led Zhang Renkang to his office and said with a smile:

"Renkang, I was right about you, you are indeed capable."

"I worked hard to get you to the position of deputy director. You have to take good care of the canteen's work. Old Liu is old and can't do it. The canteen has received many complaints from workers in the past two years. You have to make good arrangements."