Siheyuan: I just want to live

Chen Feng rode his tricycle to the grove near the steel mill. Seeing that there was no one around, he took his tricycle and entered the space.

When he came out again, the cloth on the tricycle had been replaced with sacks of fish. The bear paws and gallbladder were wrapped in a piece of inferior cloth and tied into a bundle on his back. He rode the tricycle with difficulty towards the steel mill.

When Chen Feng arrived at the gate of the steel rolling mill, he spoke to the security guard, who went over to make a phone call. Chen Feng lit a cigarette and waited nearby.

The steel mill is different. Even the communication room is staffed by security personnel. There are two guards at the door, and they are armed with guns! I guess the guns are loaded with live ammunition.

After a while, Section Chief Hou came out. When he saw Chen Feng from a distance, he shouted, "Oh! Brother Chen, I've been waiting for you to come! I was so anxious! You're finally here!"

While he was talking, Section Chief Hou trotted over to Chen Feng and asked in a low voice, "Did you bring the things?"

Chen Feng nodded, then laughed and said loudly, "I have prepared something. It seems that Section Chief Hou must bring something to the steel mill! Don't you agree?"

Section Chief Hou also laughed and said, "You're right! Let's go in! Xiao Wang, help push Chen Feng's tricycle and go with us to the purchasing department."

Section Chief Hou spoke to a security officer next to him, and that person took the tricycle from Chen Feng and followed them to the purchasing department.

While walking on the road, Section Chief Hou asked, "What's on the tricycle? It looks heavy!"

Chen Feng replied, "They are all fish. There are about 400 catties of fish weighing 2 to 5 catties, and more than 300 catties of fish weighing 5 to 8 catties."

Chen Feng saved some fish weighing more than three kilograms and prepared to take them back to the scrap yard. He would use these fish to build a good relationship with Station Master Li and ask him to visit him less often in the reception room, so that Chen Feng could be more comfortable.

Section Chief Hou was a little surprised and said, "Oh my! That's a lot! You have a really wild way!"

Soon they arrived at the door of the warehouse where they had been last time. The security officer went back to his post, and Chen Feng and Section Chief Hou worked hard to finally weigh the items. The items between two and five jin were worth four hundred and zero, and the items between five and eight jin were worth three hundred and thirty-six jin.

Section Chief Hou took the bill and said to Chen Feng, "Come on! Go to my office. I'll ask Monkey to get you the money from the finance department. Let's have some tea in my office and have lunch here. I'll take you to taste the cooking of our factory chef."

Chen Feng saw that it was almost noon, so he agreed.

After Chen Feng followed Section Chief Hou to the office, he took off the bag he was carrying and handed it to Section Chief Hou.

Section Chief Hou took it and opened it. Sure enough, there were two bear paws and a bear gallbladder lying quietly inside. He took out the things, put a few canned meats and a can of tea inside, wrapped it up, and handed it back.

"This way, others won't be able to tell that something has been changed inside. Let's be careful and don't let others make mistakes because of us."

Chen Feng didn't say anything when he heard it. He took it and put it at his feet.

At this time, the section chief picked up the list and counted while saying to Chen Feng, "The small ones are 40 cents, 405 catties for 162 yuan. The big ones are 50 cents, 336 catties for 168 yuan. A total of 330 yuan, do you want the scrap metal this time?"

It seems that the steel that was exchanged last time was just scrap metal in his eyes!

Chen Feng had already thought of what he wanted to exchange for, so he said, "A large iron pot, the kind you use to cook in the cafeteria, 35 cm in diameter, with steel hoops that are cm wide."

"Well, let's go eat first. I'll ask Monkey to get what you want."

Section Chief Hou smiled at Chen Feng and then turned around and shouted outside the office door. Soon, Hou Dekui came in.

Section Chief Hou carefully wrote down everything he needed on the notebook, then decisively tore off the page, handed it to Hou Dekui and instructed: "Prepare all these things and put them neatly on Brother Chen's tricycle outside. Then help Brother Chen get the money from the finance department."

Hou Dekui took the list and the note, and without any hesitation, he immediately turned around and went out to do his work.

"Brother! It's getting late. Let's go to the cafeteria together. You helped me a lot today. I must thank you very much!"

After the two of them sat down in the canteen's private room, a canteen employee came over and asked if they needed food. After Section Chief Hou nodded to indicate that the food could be served, the employee left. Not long after, four dishes and a soup were served and neatly placed on the table.

Section Chief Hou, smiling, pulled out a bottle of Fenjiu from behind like a magic trick, and said to Chen Feng enthusiastically: "Come on, brother! Today we two brothers must have a good drink."

As he said this, Section Chief Hou was about to open the bottle of wine. Seeing this, Chen Feng quickly reached out to stop him.

"Let's not drink today. I rushed to my brother's place when I came out today. I haven't done what our stationmaster asked me to do yet! I'll have to do it soon. I'll get something good some other day and I'll treat you and we'll drink together!"

Chen Feng quickly refused. If he really drank here today, with his alcohol tolerance, he would definitely not be able to leave the steel mill without lying down!

Section Chief Hou also said, "Since you have something to do this afternoon, let's not drink today. We can make an appointment when we are free that day! Come! Eat! You must eat well today!"

The chef at the steel rolling mill is really good. The dishes taste great. He is a great Shandong cuisine chef!

Chen Feng did not invite the chef to come over to thank him like other protagonists in other novels. What if the dish was made by Sha Zhu? With Sha Zhu's bad temper, if he said a few unpleasant words to him, wouldn't it ruin the good mood of enjoying the delicious food? No matter who cooked the dish, it was better not to meet him.

The food was delicious, and he and Section Chief Hou finished it quickly. Then they stood up, left the cafeteria, and returned to Section Chief Hou's office.

Hou Dekui was already waiting for them in the office. When he saw them coming in, he came to Chen Feng, handed him the receipt and said, "The items have been put in your tricycle. The iron pot is 30 yuan, the steel hoop is 60 yuan, and here are the remaining 240 yuan and the purchase receipt."

Chen Feng took it without even looking at it. He put the money in his trouser pocket and threw it into the space.

Section Chief Hou laughed and said, "Brother Chen, you are still so straightforward!"

Chen Feng only smiled slightly at Section Chief Hou's praise, without saying much. Then, he turned to look at Section Chief Hou and said in a relaxed tone: "Brother! The matter has been settled, and the meal was very enjoyable. I will go back first!"

Upon hearing this, Section Chief Hou nodded to show his understanding, and then responded enthusiastically: "Okay! Then I'll take you there." So, Chen Feng carried the bag, and the two of them walked out of the room together and came outside.

Chen Feng pushed his old tricycle and walked side by side with Section Chief Hou. Along the way, they talked and laughed, as if they had endless things to say. Before they knew it, they had arrived at the gate of the steel mill.

Here, Chen Feng stopped and waved goodbye to Section Chief Hou, who also waved back to Chen Feng with a smile.

Finally, Chen Feng got on the tricycle and left slowly. Looking at his receding figure, Section Chief Hou couldn't help but sigh: This young man is really good, and his ways are really wild.

Chen Feng rode his tricycle slowly towards the city. When there was no one on the road, he put the big pot, steel hoop and baggage into the space.

After entering the city, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a lunch box, bought a portion at a stall selling fermented glutinous rice, and asked for a little more soup.

Riding the tricycle with one hand and holding the lunch box in the other, he found an empty dead end, turned in, and put the lunch box into the space to keep it fresh.

He took out the fish, put it into a sack and tied it up. He took out the bear, dismembered it and put it into a sack, put it on the tricycle, and covered it with another sack. Only then did Chen Feng feel satisfied and pedaled the tricycle away from this dead end.

When Chen Feng staggered back to the scrap station, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon. He rode his bike into the scrap station and parked it in front of the door of Stationmaster Li's office.

I knocked on the door and shouted to the inside, "I'm back! Standing at the door of your office?"

Stationmaster Li hurried out and said to Chen Feng in a series of unpleasant words, "Come back if you want! Why are you shouting and yelling? You scared me into having a heart attack! How is the matter going?"

Chen Feng quickly replied with a smile on his face, "The meat has been brought back, and forty fish weighing more than three pounds were also brought back."

"There is also a 6.6 jin carp that I brought back specially for you!" Chen Feng suddenly leaned close and whispered to Li Guotao.

Stationmaster Li pushed him away with a look of disgust, and asked, "Where is the fish?" Chen Feng took out the carp from the tricycle and handed it to Stationmaster Li.

After Station Master Li took it, he instructed Chen Feng, "Go to the bottom of the shed and call Wang Dajiang over."

Chen Feng was full of confusion. Although he didn't understand why he called Uncle Wang, he just did it as his leader had ordered.

Chen Feng turned and walked towards the shed to the south. From a distance, he saw Wang Dajiang sorting various paper wastes under the shed.

Chen Feng stepped forward and said, "Uncle Wang! The stationmaster asked me to call you over."

"Wang Dajiang was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Did the stationmaster tell me what I was going to do?"

Chen Feng replied, "I don't know either! He didn't tell me, and I didn't ask. He just asked me to call you."

Wang Dajiang realized that he couldn't get anything out of Chen Feng, so he stopped asking and followed Chen Feng to the door of the stationmaster's office.

When Chen Feng and his friends arrived, the stationmaster had already called out Zhou Ping and the accountant, who were standing around the tricycle and watching!

The accountant is called Sun Xiaojuan, a local from Sijiucheng, married. She is 23 years old, about meters tall, wears glasses, has a ponytail, wears work clothes and cotton pants, and doesn't eat much. She looks weak and small, and seems easy to bully. This is some information about the station that I learned from listening to their chat yesterday.

When Stationmaster Li saw Wang Dajiang coming, he started to give instructions to start working. "Old Wang, you and Zhou Ping weigh the things, Xiaojuan, you take note."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ping and Wang Dajiang began to weigh.

"58 catties of fish, 335 catties of meat"

"Sixty kilograms of fish, 40 cents for the price, twenty-four yuan. Three hundred and forty kilograms of meat, 70 cents for the price, two hundred and thirty-eight yuan. The total is two hundred and sixty-two yuan," said Stationmaster Li to the accountant Xiaojuan.

Then he said, "Lao Wang, shave the meat and bones cleanly. Zhou Ping, push the tricycle to the side and lock it. Xiao Juan, wait for Lao Wang to finish shaving. Calculate how much meat each person should get and send the number to me. Chen Feng, go have fun! I will give you the money and salary tomorrow."

After saying this, Stationmaster Li returned to his office.