Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Uncle Li, now that we have the pigs, can you lend me the small truck from the factory?"

He Lai slipped into Li Huaide's office and said.

"Oh, really? It's no problem to borrow the car, but can you drive it? Do you want me to send a driver to go with you?"

Li Huaide was also very happy when he heard that the pig was born.

"No, I'm an engineer, driving a car is easy for me. I don't want others to know the origin of the pig, so I'll go alone."

He Lai explained.

"Haha, I forgot you're such a versatile guy! Okay, I'll write a note and let Secretary Liang take you there."

"The car will be parked behind the factory when the time comes. Please send someone to pick it up."

"Okay, you are quite cautious."

In this way, He Lai followed Secretary Liang to the Transportation Department with the approval note.

Seeing He Lai drive a small truck steadily away, the people in the transportation department widened their eyes. Is this really a human? He can do everything at the age of 17!

He Lai drove straight to Hejia Village and took two bags of flour from the space and put them in the car.

When He Lai drove the truck into Hejia Village, the children all ran over to watch.

"Watch the car for me, but don't move."

He Lai took a handful of fruit candies and gave them to a child, asking him to distribute them to the other children.

"Thank you, uncle. I will definitely keep an eye on the car." The leading child took the candy and shouted loudly.

He Lai turned around and went to the cafeteria, where he saw Old Mrs. Wu chatting with a few old ladies.

"Grandma."

"Hey, Xiao Laizi, why are you here? Come and sit down."

When Old Mrs. Wu saw He Lai coming, she was extremely happy and quickly pulled He Lai over.

"Grandma, didn't I bring some pine nuts last time? This time I brought you a hundred kilograms of flour."

He Lai said with a smile.

"That won't do. Isn't that a loss? That little thing is not worth a hundred kilograms of flour."

Old Mrs. Wu said immediately.

"Then grandma, please help me ask the village chief for some more. Anything will do."

He Lai smiled.

"Okay, wait, I'll go call him." Old Mrs. Wu ran out in a hurry.

"That little Laizi really has a hundred kilograms of flour." An old woman came up and talked to him.

"Well, the truck is parked outside." He Lai said with a smile.

"Really? Xiao Laizi, you are really capable. I wish my grandson could be half as good as you." The old woman said with a smile.

When several women heard that a truck was coming, they went out to watch the excitement. They hadn't seen a car in years.

After a while, Old Mrs. Wu came over with the village chief.

"Xiao Laizi, you are really the lucky star of our village."

The village chief said to He with a smile.

"That root water and flour are not given for free. You have to exchange them for something, otherwise I will ask Xiao Laizi to take them back."

Old Mrs. Wu reminded again.

"Okay, okay. The main thing is that Hejia Village has it, so you can take whatever you want." The village chief said with a smile.

"Uncle Genshui, is that true?" He Lai said with a smile.

"Just tell me. I can't give you anything except food."

"Grandma, please take someone to get the flour down first. The car is parked on the road."

He Lai said to Old Mrs. Wu with a smile.

"Okay, come on, come on, let's go get some flour." Old Mrs. Wu knew that He Lai had something to say to the village chief, so she called the remaining women out.

When He Lai saw that everyone had left, he spoke to the village chief.

"Uncle Genshui, I'm here to inform my brother Dahu to come to the city. I've found him a job, and I hope you can give me a letter of introduction."

"That's it! This is a good thing! Don't worry, my uncle is there, I dare not refuse to do it, right? Don't worry about it, when do you want it?"

When the village chief heard this, he thought it was just a matter of a letter of introduction from the commune, which was not difficult.

He Lai knew that if Dahu left, the village would lose a strong laborer.

Many rural people who come to the city to find jobs are stuck here and the village won’t let them go!

If you dare insist on working in the factory, the village will not provide food rations to your family and will force you to come back to farm.

Therefore, if rural people want to work in the city, they basically have to take over the work. Only if there is a worker in the family who has retired, injured or died, and they want to find that worker to take over the job, will the commune not stop them.

"Da Hu needs it tomorrow. Ask him to come with a letter of introduction. The other one will probably take a few months."

"Okay, okay. It's really lucky that someone like you has appeared in Hejia Village. Don't worry, I will definitely get things done for you."

The village chief said with a smile.

The two of them talked for a few more words, and then Old Lady Wu and the others carried back the 100 kilograms of flour.

The village chief immediately went to look at the flour. With this flour, he could at least have several meals of steamed buns.

"Grandma, come here for a moment. I have something to tell you." He Lai called Grandma Wu over again.

"What's the matter, little Laizi? Is it because that water doesn't want to give you anything? Grandma will ask for it for you."

"No, grandma, it's like this. I have two job vacancies now. One is for Brother Da Hu, and the other is for grandma's family. Grandma, you decide who to let go. But your family's job will take a few months, so you should discuss it with grandpa first."

He Lai explained.

"Oh, I see. Thank you, Xiao Laizi." When Grandma Wu heard that He Lai wanted to let her family work in the city, she was so happy.

"Grandma, we are a family, there is no need to say thank you. By the way, tell Brother Dahu to come to me tomorrow at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. If he doesn't know, just ask him."

"Okay. Grandma got it."

"Grandma, no, come with Brother Dahu tomorrow. Mom is about to give birth."

"Is that so? Then I'll discuss it with the old man first."

When Old Mrs. Wu heard that Wu Juan was about to give birth, she did not refuse.

"Then grandma, I'm leaving first. I have to go to work."

"Okay, drive slower."

Seeing that everything was said and done, He Lai said goodbye to Hejia Village. On the way back, he put the two boars in the space into the truck.

I parked the car behind the factory and found that there were already people there.

"Mr. He, are the pigs in the back? Director Li asked me to wait for you here." A middle-aged man immediately stepped forward and asked. It seemed that he had been waiting for a while.

"Well, you can handle both ends yourself. I'm leaving." He looked at him and said.

"Okay, leave this to me. Goodbye, Mr. He." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

Seeing He Lai walking away, he quickly called for people to come and move the pig.

Four young men came over immediately, got on the truck, and were stunned when they saw the two big fat pigs inside.

"Director, this must be about 300 kilograms, it's so big!" a young man shouted.

"Really? Move it quickly and clean the car after you're done. Don't let anyone find out."

This middle-aged man is Li Huaide’s confidant in logistics. His surname is Zhao and he is the deputy director of logistics.

Director Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this. If one head weighs 300 kilograms, two heads must weigh at least 600 kilograms!

Soon the pig was pulled into the kitchen, and Sha Zhu and He Daqing killed the pig together with several strong men in the cafeteria.

Soon, the entire steel mill knew that Deputy Director Li had brought back two big fat pigs, and voices of praise began to spread.