Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

As soon as Director Ma left, Master Chen, Brother Li and Xiao Wu did not stay long and followed him back to the grain store.

When only Cai Quanwu and Sister Zhao were left, Cai Quanwu glanced at them and said:

"You guys go ahead and do your work. I'm going to go eat something. I've been riding for such a long time and I haven't had lunch yet. I'm so hungry."

"Okay, then go eat quickly, we'll be fine here."

When Sister Zhao heard Cai Quanwu say that he hadn't eaten yet, she smiled and said something, then went to pack up with Sister Liu.

Seeing how enthusiastic they were, Cai Quanwu said nothing more and turned around to eat.

Because he was so hungry, Cai Quanwu went to a noodle shop and ordered a large portion of noodles.

When Cai Quanwu came back after finishing his noodles, Sister Zhao and the others were still sorting things.

In fact, Cai Quanwu didn’t take out much, except for pork, eggs, and dried mushrooms.

The eggs were fine, but the dried mushrooms, in order to save trouble, Cai Quanwu mixed them together with black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, etc.

Now Sister Li and Sister Liu are squatting on the ground separating the various mushrooms.

"Quanwu, what have you done? Why did you mix these together? We have to split them." Sister Zhao couldn't help but complain when she saw Cai Quanwu enter the room.

"I'm alone and I'm so busy that I can't take care of this."

"You don't know, when I go there, the villagers all come with their goods, vying to sell them to me..."

After hearing Sister Zhao's complaints, Cai Quanwu had nothing to do, so he lit a cigarette and started bragging to Sister Zhao and the others.

Sister Zhao and Sister Liu were listening with great interest and didn't realize at all that Cai Quanwu was bragging.

In this way, Cai Quanwu and Sister Zhao kept playing with each other until after three o'clock.

Because at around three o'clock, Sister Zhao and the others had already sorted out the mushrooms.

Sister Zhao and the others sorted the mushrooms and returned to the grain store.

Not long after they left, Cai Quanwu took out an oil-paper bag from the corner and walked towards Director Ma's office.

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Director Ma’s office.

Cai Quanwu sat opposite Director Ma, put the oil paper bag on the table, pushed it to him, and said with a smile: "Director, I asked the villagers to give me some pig fat, you can take some home to make some oil."

Director Ma was very surprised to hear that there was pork lard inside. Everyone is short of oil now, and pork lard is really hard to get even if it is not necessary.

After picking it up and weighing it, Director Ma put the oil paper bag in the cabinet next to him and said cheerfully:

"Nothing at all, I have a heart."

"By the way, you've worked hard going to the countryside to purchase goods, so the grain store should show some appreciation and give you some subsidies later."

"By the way, please put this pork fat on the purchase list."

When Cai Quanwu heard what Director Ma said, he was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and agreed with a smile:

"okay."

"You're a good boy."

Director Ma was very satisfied when he saw that Cai Quanwu didn't ask any more questions and agreed directly.

This guy is very smart and understands things immediately.

He likes this kind of subordinates.

"I still need to learn more from the director." Hearing the director's praise, Cai Quanwu started to flatter him.

"hehe."

Director Ma smiled and suddenly said:

"I asked my boss about your wife's job, and he said we have to wait."

"Right now the leaders are busy with the salary reform I told you about."

"I'll talk to the leader after this matter is over."

When Cai Quanwu heard this, he thought, finally there is a reply, the pork fat was not given away in vain.

Although it's not good news, it's still okay.

Because he knew that the document on wage reform would be released soon.

If he remembered correctly, the notice should have been issued in the middle of this month.

The reason why he remembered it so clearly was that when he was reading the Siheyuan novel, he specifically checked it in order to argue with others about the reasonableness of the salary.

"I understand, Director. I'm sorry to trouble you." After listening to this, Cai Quanwu showed a grateful look.

"Why are you troubling me? It's just a simple question. Whether it will be successful in the end depends on you." Director Ma waved his hand, indicating that you're welcome.

In this matter, the most he could do was to act as a matchmaker.

The specific operations still depend on Tsai Quanwu.

"You're doing me a great favor by asking."

"Okay, Director, it's okay, I'll leave first."

After the work was done and the news he had always wanted to hear was obtained, Cai Quanwu said goodbye.

When Director Ma heard Cai Quanwu say he was leaving, he nodded and said nothing.

Cai Quanwu saw Director Ma nod, turned around and left his office.

After returning to the cabin, Cai Quanwu put the things that Sister Zhao and the others had sorted out, such as dried mushrooms, on the beams and covered the eggs with something.

There must be mice in this house. We can't let them damage our things.

Ten minutes before the end of get off work, Director Ma brought everyone to Cai Quanwu's cabin and started to divide the meat.

Cai Quanwu asked the master chef to cut the meat into pieces one by one. Cai Quanwu asked Director Ma and the others to pick first, and the remaining ones would belong to him and Xiao Wu.

Seeing that Cai had no such arrangement, Xiao Wu did as he was told without saying anything.

In this way, everyone is very happy and picks out the meat they like and leaves. Naturally, everyone is happy.

After everyone has finished picking and left, the bell for the end of get off work rings.

……

Cai Quanwu rode his bike with Xiao Wu, with two large pieces of meat hanging on the bridle, and headed towards the courtyard.

Many people on the road looked at Cai Quanwu's bicycle bridle with envy.

To use a fashionable phrase from later generations, Cai Quanwu and his friends can now be said to be the coolest guys on the street.

When they were almost at the courtyard, He Yushui spotted Cai Quanwu and the others, and trotted over to meet them.

"Uncle, you're back?" He Yushui was so excited to see Cai Quanwu that he even forgot to say hello to Xiao Wu.

It feels like a long time since we last saw each other.

"Yeah." Cai Quanwu stopped the car and responded with a smile.

When Xiao Wu saw Cai Quanwu stop his bicycle, he jumped off the back seat, held He Yushui's hand, and prepared to walk back together.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Wu came down, He Yushui said to her, "Sister-in-law, if you don't want to sit, then I will."

After saying that, he pulled his hand away from Xiao Wu, ran over and jumped onto the back seat of the bicycle, making Xiao Wu laugh and cry.

She wanted to take He Yushui back with her out of kindness, but she didn't expect the little girl to not appreciate it and instead snatched the back seat of her bicycle.

When Cai Quanwu saw He Yushui sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, he didn't let her get off and just pushed the bicycle towards the courtyard.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Wu had no choice but to follow behind.

When Cai Quanwu pushed the bicycle to the gate of the courtyard, He Yushui jumped off the bicycle sensibly and helped Cai Quanwu push the bicycle from behind.

"Old Cai is back from the countryside." The third uncle saw Cai Quanwu and greeted him with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on the two pieces of meat on the bicycle bridle and he couldn't move them away no matter what.

The third uncle thought to himself that purchasing was still the most lucrative business.

I haven't seen Cai Quanwu go out for a few days and bring back so much meat.

This meat will last them at least half a year.

If you save a little, it’s possible to eat it for a year.

"I'm back." Cai Quanwu greeted the third uncle with a smile.

Cai Quanwu was not at all curious about the fact that the third uncle knew that he had gone to the countryside.

If someone doesn't come back from the hospital for a few days, as the elder in the hospital, he will definitely ask Sha Zhu and the others where Cai Quanwu has been.

This is not like in later generations, when no one would ask if a person went out for a few days and didn't come home.

Nowadays, if you go out for a few days without telling your neighbors, they might think you are doing something bad and report you.

"Just come back."

"You have a good job, Old Cai. When you come back from a trip, you can bring back some good stuff for yourself."

"Look at this meat, it's evenly fat and lean, it's definitely good to eat with wine..."

The third uncle turned the topic to meat, hoping for an unexpected gain.