Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Soon it was Li Bowen's turn. He poked his head in and said, "Sister Liu, get your salary!"

Li Bowen is already very familiar with the finance people. After all, purchasing staff have to deal with finance people every day and bring them some things back from time to time.

"You are very active today! Why are you in such a hurry?" Sister Liu looked up at him.

Li Bowen smiled and replied, "My wife and her family are also on holiday today, so I'm going to pick her up right after I finish taking care of her!"

"Oh, you really know how to love your wife!" Sister Liu couldn't help but tease, and then said: "Okay, come here and sign! This is your salary and receipt!"

After saying that, she handed over the registration book.

This was the first time Li Bowen received his salary after being promoted to deputy section chief. He originally only expected a change in salary, but unexpectedly found that other supply standards had also been adjusted.

Take grain as an example. Although the ration is still 26 catties, the ratio of coarse grains to fine grains has changed, with fine grains accounting for 13 catties, a significant increase from the previous 30%. In addition, the number of coupons for non-staple food and industrial coupons has also increased.

After signing, Li Bowen took the salary and bills handed over by the cashier, counted them carefully, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Sister Liu, I'll leave first!"

"Okay, let's go!"

He waved to Sister Liu and walked towards the logistics department. When he arrived at the logistics department, he still signed for things. The New Year's goods for deputy section-level employees, melon seeds, peanuts, and candies added up to five kilograms, two kilograms more than ordinary employees, five kilograms of pork, and one kilogram of oil, this was already quite good. Other factories really didn't have this kind of treatment.

After receiving the things, Li Bowen placed them casually on the tricycle, then stepped on the seat, stepped hard on the pedal, and the tricycle drove out of the steel mill.

I looked up at the sky and thought I was a little late, but I didn't expect that I would spend more than an hour waiting for Yu Li to get off work at the textile factory.

Finally, when Yu Li walked out of the factory gate, Li Bowen couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so late?"

Yu Li rolled her eyes at him and replied unhappily: "Do you think everyone is like you, big official? I have to queue up!"

After saying that, she sighed lightly, and then continued: "Hey, look at what our factory has distributed!" Then she raised the items in her hand, and saw that she only had a small package wrapped in paper and a roll of work cloth.

Li Bowen asked curiously, "Why are you still releasing New Year's goods?"

Yu Li explained helplessly: "What can we do? We can't just give out two kilograms of melon seeds. In the end, there was really no other way, so the leaders decided to give out two meters of cloth to each person, so that at least they can make a set of clothes. If that doesn't work, they can exchange it for other things."

Li Bowen nodded: "Yeah, anyway, it's better to have it than not, let's go!"

When they got home, Li Dahai had also returned, and he and his aunt were counting the things they were going to take home tomorrow. "Xiao Wen, Li Li, you're back just in time, come and see if there's anything missing for us to take back tomorrow?"

Every year, Li Dahai and his family would go back to their hometown in Changping to celebrate the New Year, and would not come back until the second day of the New Year. But this year, because of Yu Li's joining, more things needed to be prepared than in previous years.

Li Bowen looked around carefully and said, "I think it's about right! No need to buy too many things. I've already bought a lot of New Year's goods for my grandparents!"

Li Dahai nodded. "Okay, that's all. Let's all rest early today. We'll catch the first bus back tomorrow! Bowen, go talk to Zhuzi and ask him to take us there tomorrow morning, and then let him ride the tricycle back."

"Okay! Then I'll go talk to Zhuzi later!" Li Bowen replied.

The next morning, the family got up early and started packing. They put the prepared items into bags and tied them tightly with ropes to ensure that they would not fall on the road.

After packing up everything, Li Bowen put them on the tricycle and asked the old lady, Yu Li and Li Mei to sit on it. He then got on the tricycle, and He Yuzhu rode a bicycle with Li Dahai, and the group slowly drove towards the station.

It was not as busy as the Spring Festival travel rush in later generations, but there were obviously more people at the station than usual. After parking the car, Li Bowen and Yu Li unloaded the things on the car, put the bicycle in the truck bed, and let He Yuzhu ride it back.

After completing these preparations, the family boarded the bus and waited for departure. Finally, when the bus was full of passengers, it slowly drove out of the station.

The cars at that time were not as comfortable as those in later generations. There was a strong smell of gas in the car, which was caused by a large gas bag on the roof.

In Li Bowen's eyes, this gas bag seemed like a time bomb that could explode at any time. However, seeing that people around him were riding in such vehicles as if nothing had happened, he could only follow the crowd and do the same.

After a bumpy ride, the car finally arrived at Changping County. At this time, my third uncle Li Dahe had been waiting at the station for a long time in a mule cart.

After sitting firmly, Li Dahe whipped the whip and the mule cart, which only needed a handful of grass to travel a hundred kilometers, started moving.

As they got closer to home, Yu Li held Li Bowen's hand more and more tightly. Li Bowen noticed Yu Li's mood change and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Yu Li replied softly: "I'm a little nervous!"

"It's okay! I'm here, don't worry!" Although Li Bowen comforted her like this, he was also worried in his heart. What if Yu Li and Chen Qiao didn't get along well, then he would be in the middle.

But what is coming will come.

Finally they arrived at the door of their home. Hearing the sound, their grandparents hurried out to greet them. Chen Qiao walked to the door, but her steps were a little hesitant.

The old lady looked back at her granddaughter-in-law and held her hand: "Silly girl, this is your home, what are you afraid of? Act like a decent person."

With the old lady's encouragement, Chen Qiao's heart settled down immediately. She followed her to the door and saw Li Bowen helping a young and beautiful woman get out of the car. She walked over, held Yu Li's arm with her hand, and said with a smile: "This is Yu Li, she is so beautiful!"

When Yu Li saw the woman coming out of her house, she immediately knew who she was: "Well, you must be Sister Chen Qiao!"

"It's me. You must be cold after the journey! Let's go inside. It's just like being at home here. Don't be polite!" After saying that, he took Yu Li's arm and walked into the house.

Li Bowen stared at the back with his mouth open. Is this still the Chen Qiao he knew? Why did she suddenly change?