Siheyuan: The wife was intercepted after returning from the battlefield

Li Huaide also understood his secretary's wife. No one wanted to do such a thing. Food was life now. If she said it, she would offend everyone in the street office. So he sighed and said, "Okay, I understand. If you have nothing else, just go out."

After the secretary left, Li Huaide looked worried. The steel mill still had a big food shortage, so he had to cheer up and continue looking for solutions. Once the steel mill ran out of food and the workers started to make trouble, he would have to quit his job as deputy director.

Security Section.

Niu Dapao also frowned. He had no control over whether the steel mill was short of food or not, but many people in the security department could not afford to eat at home. In addition, there was a shortage of food in Pigeon City, so life was becoming more and more difficult.

Although Niu Dapao is a section chief with a salary of over 100 yuan, food prices are skyrocketing and it is hard to buy food even if you want to. His family has many people and they can barely make ends meet. As for the security guards under him, their lives are even worse. Some of them have large families and even have to eat old-fashioned food.

As the head of the security department, he couldn't just ignore it, otherwise the team would be difficult to lead if their morale was low. After much thought, he decided to ask Lin Ping if he could get some wild boars. If there was meat, they could exchange it for some food to solve the urgent problem.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. He got up and left the steel rolling mill and went directly to the courtyard where Lin Ping was.

Siheyuan.

Auntie San saw Niu Dapao coming in and asked, "Comrade, who are you looking for?"

Niu Dapao smiled and said, "Auntie, I am Niu Dapao, the security chief of the steel mill. I am here to look for Lin Ping from your hospital. I wonder if he is at home."

When Auntie San heard that it was from the security department, she quickly said, "Yes, Pingzi lives in the west wing. Do you want me to take you there?"

Niu Dapao shook his head and said, "Thank you, Auntie. I can go by myself." Then he went straight to the central courtyard.

West across the courtyard.

Lin Ping heard someone knocking on the door, so he went to the courtyard and opened it. It was Niu Dapao, and he said with a smile, "Dapao, how come you have time to come here?"

Niu Dapao scratched his head and chuckled, "I miss my old leader, so I came to see you on behalf of our security department."

Hearing this, Lin Ping shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't give me that, is there something wrong?"

As he spoke, he let Niu Dapao into the yard and closed the door casually.

He came to the main hall, poured a cup of tea for Niu Dapao and said, "Dapao, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. This is not like you. Do you want meat?"

Niu Dapao smiled awkwardly and said, "Old leader, you are really a worm in my stomach. It's not that the Corey brothers can't make ends meet now, so I want to come to you to get some money. But we are not greedy, we want to buy meat in exchange for food. Don't you know that food is too hard to buy in the pigeon market now?"

Lin Ping also knew what the situation was like outside. The security department was not engaged in heavy manual labor, and the ration was only 28 kilograms. In addition, the ration had been reduced by nearly 40%, so life would be difficult. If there were more people in the family, they might really not be able to make ends meet.

Looking at Niu Dapao, who was in trouble but also had a pleading look in his eyes, Lin Ping sighed and said, "Dapao, have you ever thought about this? Even if I get you a wild boar, how much can each of you get? How much food can you exchange for it?"

How could Niu Dapao not know this? He smiled bitterly and said, "I also know that this is just a drop in the bucket for the brothers, but this is the only solution I can think of at the moment."

Lin Ping smiled and said, "What if I can get you some food?"

Upon hearing this, Niu Dapao stood up from his stool and said, "Really, old leader, you can really get some food. If it's true, then I thank you on behalf of my brothers."

Lin Ping thought about the security department, which had more than one hundred people. If he wanted to satisfy the security department's needs without 10,000 kilograms of grain, it would not be a solution at all. The only problem was where to trade. If the steel mill knew about it, the grain would never reach the hands of the security department.

So he asked, "Cannon, how much slush fund does the Security Department have now?"

Niu Dapao was startled when he heard this, then he reacted and said, "Old leader, our security department's small treasury still has money. Besides, as long as we have food, we brothers can make up for it even if we don't have money."

Lin Ping thought about it and said, "Tell the brothers who are not on duty in the security department to wait for me outside the city with bags of food tonight. Remember to bring another 1,000 yuan."

Niu Dapao nodded quickly and said, "Okay, I will make arrangements and also make arrangements for the evening training."

Lin Ping nodded in satisfaction. This way he wouldn't be afraid of encountering patrols, so he smiled and said, "Then let's meet outside the east gate of the city at nine o'clock tonight."

Niu Dapao happily returned to the security department, gathered the people there and gave them orders, whispered the real purpose of this trip, and then said, "You all have to keep your mouths shut. If I find out who dares to gossip, he will be the enemy of our entire security department, and I, Niu Dapao, will be the first one to not tolerate him."

When everyone heard that there was food, they all said excitedly: "Chief, don't worry, whoever dares to go out and talk nonsense will want our brothers' lives, and I will be the first one to not let him go." After saying that, he looked around with a sharp look in his eyes.

Niu Dapao nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's settled. Brothers on duty at night, don't worry. We will bring your portion back and deliver it to your home."

Siheyuan, west wing.

When Sister Lin Qingyan came back, she asked, "Brother Pingzi, I heard that someone from the steel mill security department came. What happened?"

Lin Ping smiled and said, "Nothing serious, it's just that Niu Dapao came to see me, the old section chief."

Lin Qingyan smiled and said, "It seems that Niu Dapao is still a man with conscience. He knows to come and see you, his old leader."

Lin Ping smiled and said, "Okay, mom said we're going to Quanjude to eat duck today, you guys wash up and we'll go."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Xuan rushed in and said, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, have you packed up? Mom asked me to ask."

Lin Qingyan smiled and said, "It will be ready soon. Why is our Xuanxuan greedy?"

Lin Xuan blushed and said, "I don't have that."

Lin Ping patted her little head and said, "Okay, go back and tell mom to wait for us at the door."

After hearing what Lin Xuan said, she immediately turned around and ran away. She was really craving for Quanjude's duck. If her second sister-in-law hadn't been pregnant, she wouldn't have been able to eat it.

The Lin family went to Quanjude happily, but the neighbors in the yard were jealous because He Yushui didn't come back today and so they missed it.

It was already half past eight when the family returned from Quanjude. Lin Qingya was about to talk about Han Qingxue when she heard Lin Ping say, "You guys go to bed first. I have something to do."

After hearing this, Lin Qingya had no choice but to wait until next time. Anyway, Han Qingxue's mother's illness was not urgent.

Outside the east gate of the city.

While Lin Ping was smoking a cigarette, Niu Dapao came up with more than 60 people. Everyone politely called out, "Hello, old section chief."

Lin Ping quickly put down his hand and said unhappily, "Why are you shouting so loudly? Do you think not enough people know about this?"

Upon hearing this, Niu Dapao slapped the captain next to him on the head and said, "Shut up!"

Then he turned to Lin Ping and said with a grin, "Old leader, don't be surprised. The brothers are also happy to see you."

Lin Ping rolled his eyes when he heard this and said, "I think he's just happy to see the food."

Niu Dapao chuckled and said, "That's not possible."

Lin Ping was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and said, "Just follow me and be as quiet as possible." Then he walked out of the city.

Niu Dapao waved his hand and everyone followed closely behind, pushing several carts.

Not long after, they came to a dense forest. Lin Ping walked into the forest alone, put 12,000 kilograms of corn flour on the ground, smoked a cigarette, and then left the forest. He looked at Niu Dapao and said, "Go in and load up the food. There are 12,000 kilograms of corn flour in it. 10,000 kilograms are for you, and 2,000 kilograms are my personal help to the brothers."

When Niu Dapao heard that there were 12,000 kilograms of food, he was dumbfounded. The cart and bags he brought could not hold them all. Not only him, but also the other security guards were dumbfounded. How much food was that? If they divided it up, their family would not have to worry anymore.

Niu Dapao came back to his senses and said, "Old leader, how can we let you spend money? We will eat these two thousand kilograms, after all..."

Seeing that Niu Dapao wanted to continue talking, Lin Ping waved his hand and interrupted, "Dapao, stop talking nonsense. Just think of it as me helping the brothers. I can still afford the two hundred yuan."

Niu Dapao wanted to continue to persuade him, but then he was startled and asked, "How much? Two hundred yuan? How much is a pound of this corn flour, old leader?"

Lin Ping asked directly: "Yimao, what's wrong?"

Niu Dapao was dumbfounded. Corn flour in the pigeon market could not be bought for even three or four cents, but the price given by Lin Ping was actually the market price. No wonder he was asked to bring one thousand yuan, which turned out to be the money for ten thousand kilograms of grain.

So he said gratefully: "Old leader, aren't you losing money at this price? You know, the price of food in the pigeon market has gone up like crazy."

Lin Ping smiled and said, "I got it at this price. Do you think I can take advantage of my brothers? Who do you think I am? Stop talking nonsense and load the food quickly to avoid any more trouble."

Niu Dapao also knew that what Lin Ping said was right, so he quickly asked the security guards to go in and load the food.

Because it couldn't be transported all at once, it had to be shipped in batches. Fortunately, Niu Dapao had the foresight to report it in advance, so it didn't matter even if he encountered a patrol team.

It was not until four o'clock in the morning that the food was safely delivered and all the security personnel saw Lin Ping off.

After Lin Ping left, Niu Dapao sighed, "We must remember the kindness of the old leader. If I find out who dares to disrespect the old leader in the future, I will never forgive him. Is everything clear?"

"understand!"

The security guards are not fools. Food is their life these days. Now each of them gets about 100 kilograms of corn flour, so their families won't have to go hungry anymore. So everyone is grateful to Lin Ping, the old section chief, from the bottom of their hearts.

After tossing and turning all night, Lin Ping returned to the corner of the west wing, jumped lightly into the yard, and returned to the house to sleep.

The next morning.

Lin Qingya only had time to explain Han Qingxue's situation clearly when she was having breakfast. Hearing this, Lin Ping said angrily, "You are using this as an excuse to repay a favor, which is not what a gentleman does. People are in such a difficult situation, and you are still forcing them."

Hearing this, Lin Qingya stuck out her tongue and laughed, "I'm not a gentleman either, I'm a woman, haha."

Lin Qingyan interrupted Lin Qingya and said, "Brother Pingzi, Qingya is thinking about you. Now that Qingya is pregnant, I can't be alone for a year. Do you want to hold it in until Qingya gives birth? I heard that it's not good for a man's health to hold it in for a long time."

Lin Ping felt warm at heart when he heard this, knowing that the two sisters were only thinking about him. He sighed and said, "We will discuss this matter later. Although I am not a gentleman, I cannot take advantage of others when they are in danger. That is not what a gentleman does."