I am doing well in the Siheyuan

Ye Ming heard this and responded with a smile:

"Thank you, Secretary Li."

Li Jianguo responded quickly after hearing this.

"Director Qin, you are too polite. It is my duty to pick you up and drop you off."

After saying that, Li Jianguo guided Ye Ming, Yu Haitang and others into the jeep.

Two hours later, two jeeps took them back to the steel mill.

After returning to the steel rolling mill, Ye Ming first asked Yu Haitang and others to go home and rest, but he did not go home immediately. Instead, he followed Li Jianguo to the office of the factory director Chen Guangyuan.

In the director's office of the steel rolling mill, Li Jianguo walked in and reported to Chen Guangyuan, who was reading documents in his office chair.

"Director, according to your instructions, I have safely brought Director Qin and the others back."

After hearing what Li Jianguo said, Chen Guangyuan put down the document and said:

"Okay, I understand. Secretary Li, go do your work first. I have some work to discuss with Director Qin."

Li Jianguo responded and left the office. After he left, Chen Guangyuan stood up, poured a cup of hot water and handed it to Ye Ming, smiling and saying:

"Ye Ming, you led the core team of our steel rolling mill to Shanxi this time. Thank you for your hard work."

Ye Ming replied:

"Director, this is my job, it's not hard work."

Taking the cup from Chen Guangyuan and taking a sip of hot water, Ye Ming continued:

"Everything went smoothly during this trip to Shanxi, and we didn't encounter any trouble."

Chen Guangyuan sat on the sofa next to Ye Ming and asked:

"Ye Ming, is there any problem going to Shanxi this time?"

Ye Ming shook his head slightly and replied:

"Director, no problem. The trip to Shanxi went smoothly and the communication process was very pleasant."

Then, Ye Ming reported to Chen Guangyuan in detail the entire process of this exchange.

After listening to Ye Ming's narration, Chen Guangyuan gave a thumbs up in appreciation and said with a smile:

"Well, Ye Ming, I was right about you. You did a great job leading the team to the Juhong Steel Plant for friendly exchanges. Great!"

Ye Ming answered modestly:

"Thank you for the compliment, Director. This is what I should do."

Chen Guangyuan appreciated Ye Ming's modesty even more. After that, the two talked about some topics related to Shanxi exchanges, and then Ye Ming said goodbye.

"Director Chen, it's getting late. I should go home."

Chen Guangyuan looked at his watch and responded:

"Oh, I was just too busy chatting with you. You must be very tired after sitting on the train for such a long time. Ye Ming, please wait a moment. I will ask Secretary Li to arrange a car to take you back."

Chen Guangyuan said, stood up from the sofa and walked out of the office. Seeing Chen Guangyuan hurriedly leaving, Ye Ming couldn't help but smile. Not long after, Chen Guangyuan returned to the office and said to Ye Ming: "Ye Ming, the car is ready, you should go home quickly and have a good rest after you go home." Ye Ming did not refuse Chen Guangyuan's arrangement. After all, he was a little tired after sitting on the train for two days and one night. It is undoubtedly much easier to go home by car than by bicycle.

Ye Ming stood up and responded with a smile: "Yes, I will, Director." So, Ye Ming got on the jeep according to Chen Guangyuan's arrangement and drove to the compound where Mrs. Long lived. Ten minutes later, the jeep took Ye Ming to Long Shuhua's compound. The car door squeaked and closed steadily. "Director Qin, we are already at your house." Driver Xiao Li said to Ye Ming in the driver's seat. Hearing this, Ye Ming replied: "Xiao Li, please drive me home."

"Come down to my house and have a drink of water and take a rest." Xiao Li suggested with a smile. Ye Ming heard this and replied, "Xiao Li, it's no trouble. It's your job to take me home. I have to go back to take the factory director to a meeting, so I won't go to your house." After saying this, Ye Ming said, "Oh, so, then be careful when you drive back."

Ye Ming got off the car with his backpack on his back. The jeep driver Xiao Li smiled and said, "Okay, Director Qin." After that, Xiao Li started the jeep. With a low roar, the jeep turned into a shadow and disappeared at the gate of the compound. After Xiao Li left, Ye Ming put on his backpack, walked into the compound, and walked towards Long Shuhua's house. A few minutes later, Ye Ming returned to Long Shuhua's residence.

After entering the house, Ye Ming put his backpack on the bed, walked to Mrs. Long, and said with a smile: "Grandma, I'm back." At this time, Mrs. Long was sitting on the bed listening to the radio. When she heard Ye Ming's voice, she quickly turned off the radio, took Ye Ming's hand, and said with concern: "My dear grandson is back."

"Let grandma take a look..." Old lady Long looked at Ye Ming carefully, worried that he had been wronged during his stay in Shanxi. After watching for several minutes and confirming that Ye Ming was fine, Old lady Long was relieved. Seeing this scene, Ye Ming's eyes were filled with warmth. "Grandma, don't worry, I ate well and slept well during the business trip, and I didn't suffer any grievances." Ye Ming's words made Long Shuhua feel relieved: "That's good, that's good..."

Then, Ye Ming and Long Shuhua chatted for a while, then went to wash up and rest. The night gradually faded away like ink, and a red sun slowly rose. The golden sunlight filled the earth, as if covering the ground with a layer of golden light curtain.

Ye Ming woke up on time and went to wash up. After washing up, Ye Ming and Long Shuhua had breakfast together, which was prepared by Qin Jingru.

After breakfast, Ye Ming said goodbye to Long Shuhua and rode his bicycle to the steel mill. Twenty minutes later, he arrived by bicycle, parked his bicycle, and walked towards the Propaganda Department's office with a bag of souvenirs in his hand.

A few minutes later, Ye Ming walked into the Propaganda Department office. At this moment, all the Propaganda Department employees in the office were concentrating on their work.

Seeing his colleagues working hard, Ye Ming walked into the office with a smile. Then, he bit his lip and said loudly, "Everyone stop for a moment. I have something to say."

As Ye Ming finished speaking, more than a dozen publicity department staff members stopped working and focused their eyes on him. Seeing that everyone had stopped, Ye Ming continued, "You worked hard while I was away."

As he spoke, he distributed the souvenirs in his hand to each publicity department employee. (By the way, the publicity department employees here do not include Xu Damao. Although Xu Damao is also a member of the publicity department, since he married Qin Huairu, he rarely comes to the publicity department except for the department summary meeting every two weeks. Fortunately, Xu Damao is a film projectionist. His main job is to show movies in the countryside. Whether he is in the publicity department or not has little impact on him. The reason why Xu Damao does not come to the publicity department is simple, that is, he does not want to meet Ye Ming.)

When the staff of the Propaganda Department heard Ye Ming's words and received the souvenirs, they all said excitedly: "Thank you, Director..." "Long live the Director..." "Thank you, Director..."

After get off work in the evening, Ye Ming rode his bicycle back to the courtyard, locked his bike and went into the living room. As soon as he entered the living room, he saw Zhou Xiaobai and Ran Qiuye. When Zhou Xiaobai saw Ye Ming, he immediately threw himself into his arms and said coquettishly, "Ye Ming, I miss you."

Hearing Zhou Xiaobai's words, Ye Ming responded gently: "Xiaobai, I miss you too."