Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

"Brother, will this be too much trouble for you?"

"What's the trouble? Although I'm not outstanding in other aspects, this matter is not difficult for me. By the way, I remember that Qui-Gon is two years younger than you. Does he have a job?"

Li Kuiyong shook his head.

"Then let's help you two arrange it together."

Li Weidong decided to find out what Director Yang was thinking. The steel mill recruits every year, and although the competition is fierce, Director Yang has the final say. He wanted to arrange for his brothers to learn technology so that he could continue to help them even if the environment changed.

For Yu Li, her temporary worker status should also be converted to a formal worker, because the difference in treatment between formal and temporary workers is huge. Once she is formalized, her voice will also increase. Li Kuiyong was very happy after getting the promise, but he also felt embarrassed and guilty for participating in the plan to rob Li Weidong of his property, so he needed to find other ways to make up for it.

Li Kuiyong suddenly thought that he seemed to know a friend who came from a prominent family. This person had good character and ability. He knew that Fatty Yu's target was mainly those children from big courtyards. If he could make a connection, he might be able to help Fatty Yu achieve his goal. So he proposed to Fatty Yu to introduce this child from a big courtyard, and Fatty Yu showed great interest in this.

Meanwhile, Li Weidong and Yu Li were preparing food in the kitchen and discussing the issue of becoming a regular employee. Yu Li hoped to be able to become a regular employee, but she also had some concerns. She was worried that she had not been in the company for long and would be criticized if she became a regular employee so soon. However, Li Weidong told her that no matter how experienced she was, there would always be people who would talk about her. He encouraged Yu Li not to care about what others thought and told her that he would find a way to solve the problem.

Li Weidong learned that Yu Li had done well in the literacy campaign and had been praised by the district. The district was promoting her original singing literacy method, so the timing of her becoming a regular employee was very suitable. The couple chatted while cooking and enjoyed the food. However, when Li Kuiyong saw the table full of meat dishes, he thought of his family and felt a little regretful and guilty.

Li Kuiyong is a man who values ​​love and friendship. In the original drama, he had a girlfriend in northern Shaanxi. They had been in love for three years, but because of his family's poverty, he did not make any promises to her and did not even touch her fingers. He knew that once they got married, it would ruin her life. On the day of separation, the girl offered to devote herself to him, but he held back.

Li Weidong understood his cousin's thoughts and saw his worries. He told Li Kuiyong that he had prepared some gifts for him and he could take them away when he left. Li Kuiyong silently noted Li Weidong's help. He knew that even between relatives, they could not lend a helping hand without limit.

Li Kuiyong barely spoke during the meal. However, Li Weidong and Yu Li both noticed his silent tears and realized how difficult it was for their family. Was it their pride that was at work? If it were Li Weidong, he would probably make the same decision. No one wants to rely on relatives for a long time unless they really can't survive.

After the meal, there were still a lot of dishes left on the table. Yu Li silently took the aluminum lunch box and packed them. She also poured the rice from the rice jar into the cloth bag. Anyway, the family had no shortage of rice. Li Weidong's family's living standard was outstanding in the entire neighborhood. If they were not afraid of being too conspicuous, they could even enjoy delicacies from land and sea every day.

What did it mean to earn nearly 10,000 yuan a month in the 1960s? I'm afraid there were very few people like that in the whole country. Yu Li wrapped the lunch box with cotton cloth and handed it to Li Kuiyong: "Kuiyong, this is our first meeting. I didn't prepare anything in advance. I just wrapped a red envelope to show my appreciation. Please accept it and buy some clothes for your brothers and sisters later."

Li Kuiyong didn't dare to accept it and quickly declined: "Sister-in-law, this is not possible. How can I accept your red envelope? Please take it back quickly." At this time, Li Weidong's voice rang out.

"What are you talking about? Just accept it if your sister-in-law gives it to you. I'll help you find a job. You'll have plenty of places to spend money in the future. Do you still want me to pay for everything?" Li Kuiyong was frightened by Li Weidong's shout. He didn't dare to refuse and put the red envelope carefully into his pocket.

Then, Li Weidong handed him a bicycle key: "This is the key to the bicycle outside the door, you can ride it back." "Ah? I rode it away, what will you do?" "Your sister-in-law has another one, you can just ride hers." "Okay."

Li Weidong helped Li Kuiyong tie the lunch box and rice bag to the back seat of the bicycle and escorted him to the door. "Ride back first. When your job is stable, save some money to buy a new one. It's too tiring to commute back and forth to work. Spend what you need when you go back. Don't always think about saving money. I still have some resources now. If you follow me, although I can't make you rich, you should have no problem with food and clothing. This set of clothes is left by your uncle, right? I'll get you some fabric later, and your aunt will make you some new clothes."

As the saying goes, respect the clothes first and then respect the person. If a person is dressed decently, others will naturally look up to him when they interact with him. However, there are too many such snobbish people in the steel mill.

After hearing this, Li Kuiyong scratched his head and asked, "Brother, did I cause you any trouble?"

Li Weidong glared and shouted angrily: "Nonsense! If my parents knew that I can be independent and didn't help you, they would scold me in their dreams. Besides, I really need help. I can't accomplish anything great by myself."

"Okay, but I'm stupid and uneducated, I don't know if I can help."

"Stop talking nonsense and get out of here.

Li Kuiyong's figure gradually disappeared from his sight, and Li Weidong shook his head gently. Although this incident made him lose some money and sunglasses, it was worth it to be able to meet Li Kuiyong again.

Moreover, Li Weidong believed that he would get the money back from the boy sooner or later. His money could not be taken away so easily.

When he got home, he saw Fatty Yu still busy eating peanuts; the dinner had just ended.

Li Weidong walked across the living room and sat down opposite Fatty Yu.

"Just now I saw you and Kui Yong were chatting very enthusiastically. What exactly were you discussing?" Li Weidong asked.

Hearing this, Fatty Yu straightened up immediately and answered confidently: "Speaking of this issue, brother-in-law, I have to praise your cousin. Although we suffered some minor defeats this time, we actually gained a lot. Did you know that your cousin even made friends with some children from the compound?"

Hearing this, Li Weidong instinctively asked, "Zhong Yuemin?"

This surprised Fatty Yu quite a bit.

"Ha, so you already knew it. That saves me a lot of explanation. Brother-in-law, let me put it this way. The people I dated before didn't have a particularly high status among the children of the compound. But Zhong Yuemin is different. He has his own background, and he has two close friends around him, one of whom even has the opportunity to attend the conference! In addition, I heard that he has a close relationship with Li Yuanchao in Beicheng. If we can establish contact with him, then our sales channels can be greatly expanded!"

Li Weidong never expected that Li Kuiyong would actually hand over the relationship with Zhong Yuemin to Fatty Yu. His original plan was to consider how to contact Zhong Yuemin and Li Yuanchao after dealing with the matter of the gangsters. These two people are talents worth making friends with, and Li Weidong is making a fortune in Beijing, so he naturally cannot do it alone. It is very necessary to find a partner with a background. Although Zhong Yuemin is a bit willful, his ability is certain; and Li Yuanchao is more outstanding. He has already established his own career and can be at the forefront of the times.

Zhong Yuemin originally had opportunities for development, but he gave it up.

"You can try to contact Zhong Yuemin, but you must be careful. For people like them, you can't just focus on the immediate benefits. Sometimes it's worth it to suffer a small loss. The friendship you can get with a few pairs of sunglasses is also worth it."

Fatty Yu nodded repeatedly after hearing this, indicating that he understood. So he asked, "Then what should we do with that kid?"

Hearing this, Li Weidong sneered and said, "Spread the news. If you find that guy, I'll give him a five-dollar reward. If you can leave obvious traces, the reward will be doubled to ten dollars!"

Hearing this suggestion, Fatty Yu's eyes lit up. Offering a reward was indeed a good idea. Although he had some friends, in a place like the capital where all kinds of people mixed together, the only ones he could mobilize were Pengzi and his brothers. Fatty Yu really didn't have the face to ask all the people in the capital to help him search for someone.

"That's a good idea. But brother-in-law, why don't we just give him a pair of sunglasses as a reward? That way, when we find that guy, can't we just kill him?"

Li Weidong shook his head and said, "No, there's no problem in teaching that guy a lesson, but if he is really killed, we will all be implicated. First of all, we have to make him remember this lesson. Before long, he should take the initiative to find us. We have many ways to make him disappear, and there is no need to do it ourselves."

If that guy hadn't robbed Li Weidong of his goods and money, Li Weidong wouldn't have bothered with him. In this era, those guys are street hooligans, and once you get entangled with them, you will stain your hands. But now, that guy dared to attack Li Weidong, and he must respond. The best way is to subdue him directly and make him never have a chance to make a comeback. Otherwise, once this guy recovers and tastes the sweetness, he will definitely provoke again.

How much money could he get by robbing those guys? As long as he attacked Li Weidong and Fatty Yu at night, he would become rich immediately.

"I understand. I'll spread the word now. I'm just worried that once we find that guy, all the money he made will have been spent."

When Fatty Yu thought of the lost 100 yuan, he felt a pang of heartache. The sunglasses could be resold, but once the money was spent, it could never be recovered.