Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Deputy Director Li, who used to be ranked high, has now been squeezed to the last place. He also looked for his father-in-law, but his father-in-law had no good way to help him solve the problem.

Moreover, since the shortage of materials, the steel mill has issued a notice. Due to the shortage of materials, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the Red Star Steel Mill, all workers can only buy meal once a day, and the number of meal tickets that can be exchanged is also regulated, and it is no longer unlimited.

However, doing so made Li Huaide suffer, as it clearly made him hateful. So a scene like this appeared in the steel mill: every time the workers ate, they would curse the factory leaders in a low voice, and Li Huaide was cursed the most.

Li Tianyi's work was nearing completion. One day, Li Tianyi was reading a book in the office when the phone on the table suddenly rang. Li Tianyi picked up the call and heard a voice that surprised him.

"Tianyi, I'm Li Huaide. Are you doing well in the frontier?"

"Uncle, I'm fine. Why did you think of calling me? Is there something wrong?"

Li Huaide sighed on the phone, and then said: "Tianyi, you don't know the situation in Sijiu City in the past few months. The supplies are too scarce now. The supplies allocated to the steel mill by the superiors have been reduced by 4%, and as far as I know, there is a trend of further reduction."

"So, I called you today to ask if you have any connections. The pressure from the steel mill is all on me. It's almost the New Year. If I can't let the workers have a good New Year, I guess I will be transferred next year."

Li Tianyi listened to Li Huaide's complaints and he also wanted to help, but he didn't know anyone in this field.

But he couldn't directly refuse Li Huaide, and he also wanted to help his uncle. After all, he still had to go back to Sijiu City. With his uncle around, at least he could protect himself.

"Uncle, don't worry. I'll try to find some connections here to see if we can exchange some supplies."

"Okay, Tianyi, don't feel too much pressure. You must ensure your own safety. Nothing else is important." Li Huaide reminded him worriedly. Li Tianyi is the hope of the Li family. As long as Li Tianyi is fine, the Li family will stand up again sooner or later.

After hanging up the phone, Li Tianyi sat in the office thinking. He had been in the border area for a few months and got along well with the factory leaders, workers, and engineers. What's more, he also knew people in the military region. After all, the boss of the steel plant here was an officer.

The border is rich in cotton, cattle and sheep, but as for food, it is just enough for the legion here to use, so if you want to exchange supplies, you can only focus on cotton and cattle and sheep.

What is lacking in the border area? Sugar, daily necessities, can I allocate some supplies from Sijiu City, and then transport some cattle and sheep back? Anyway, it is winter now, these cattle and sheep can be slaughtered and kept in the car without spoiling.

Thinking of this, Li Tianyi could no longer sit still, and hurriedly picked up his briefcase and went out, walking towards the factory leader's office.

Hard work pays off. After more than half a month's hard work, Li Tian finally found supplies that could be exchanged. He used the cloth in the old city to exchange for beef and mutton from the border areas.

Li Tianyi told Li Huaide the good news. Li Huaide, who was almost in despair, immediately revived to full health after hearing the good news.

I went to Textile Factory No. 1 and No. 2 to negotiate in person. After several rounds of negotiations, Textile Factory No. 1 and No. 2 decided to exchange cloth for steel. Their factory had originally planned to build a dormitory building, but later the domestic environment was not good, so they had to stop the plan. Now the steel rolling mill has unplanned materials, so of course they have to exchange some steel for storage.

As for the several negotiations, they were just means to gain as much benefit as possible.

The deal was done in Sijiu City, and on the border side, Li Tianyi was negotiating cooperation with this side on behalf of the steel rolling mill, and soon the good news was reported back to Sijiu City.

Li Huaide reported the matter to Director Yang at the factory committee meeting. Of course, he only said that there were channels to exchange items. As for where to exchange them, he did not say anything because he was afraid that someone would do something bad to him.

Director Yang was of course very happy. Now Director Yang was like a smiling Buddha who offended no one. He was leaving anyway, so why should he offend anyone?

Soon, news spread in the factory that Deputy Director Li could exchange the meat back. Most of the workers did not believe it. After all, it had been such a long time. If it could be exchanged, wouldn't it have been done long ago?

Li Huaide no longer cares about these things. This time when he went to the border, he personally drove the car. At the same time, he also reported to Director Yang and asked to take away some of the equipment from the factory.

Director Yang can understand that the road is not safe now, and the road is so long, so the necessary equipment is required.

Except for the team led by the head of the security department, almost all the people in the motor vehicle squad went out on this trip. The cars were equipped with machine guns, mortars, etc. However, Li Huaide still felt unsafe and applied to bring a box of grenades.

The road is very difficult to travel on now. After entering the central region, the snow on the road has never melted. It would have taken them 10 days to get there, but they walked for half a month.

The roads were not peaceful either. There were frequent robberies, but the cars were equipped with machine guns, so the robbers were scared and ran away.

When they arrived at the legion, each of them was like a mud monkey. Li Tian had received the news and was waiting here early in the morning. His work should have been completed 10 days ago, but for this matter, he stayed here for ten days.

Of course, he did not gain nothing in these ten days. After disguising himself, he exchanged the materials in the space for many things, such as cotton, beef, mutton, jade, and so on.

Because the border is adjacent to Big Brother, there are often foreigners coming here to exchange things at night. Li Tianyi learned about this by chance, so at night he took advantage of the convenience of his space, came to the place where those people often traded, and then mixed in the crowd to trade.

So there were many foreign things in Li Tianyi's space, such as foreign wine, chocolate, gems and so on.

Later, he discovered that some daily necessities were being transported to the Soviet Union. These daily necessities included grain, meat, light industrial products, etc.

He didn't expect that the country had already started to repay the Soviet Union's debts. After Li Tianyi followed the train out of the country, he put the things he liked on the train into the space.

Then when the two trains met, he jumped onto the train bound for the border. In this way, Li Tianyi returned to the country without anyone noticing.

He was not afraid at all that Big Brother would cause trouble for the country, because when the train left the country, the supplies inside were intact. If anything happened once it left the country, it would not be our country's business.