Men and women eating in the courtyard

"It's been a whole year since the big learning activity started? Time flies so fast!"

Before getting off work, Wei Zaike and Ding Zigui came to Li Xuewu's office to "drop in".

First, they talked about the specific work content of this inspection and research, and then talked about the changes and development of the Red Star Factory this year.

"I really don't dare to think about it, and I can't even imagine it."

Wei Zaike scratched his somewhat bald forehead, picked up the tea cup in front of him, and said with a smile: "The welfare gifts given out on Labor Day on May 1st, our family even said that the Red Star Factory is really rich."

"My father-in-law also said that he never dared to think of such a big crab before—"

He gestured with his hands and said exaggeratedly: "I never dared to think about it before, that is, eating a pot of dead crabs during the Chinese New Year."

"Everyone is spitting bubbles now!"

Ding Zigui crossed his legs, sat aside and said with a smile: "My eldest son likes to eat this stuff. He even asked to be assigned to Jinmen after graduation. I didn't agree and even got into trouble with me!"

"Hahaha--!"

Wei Zaike took a sip of hot tea with a smile, motioned to Li Xuewu at the desk, and said, "Xuewu probably doesn't know that when we first started working in the factory, we were given towels, enamel jars or work vests, and big apples. "

"That's it, everyone is so arrogant, saying that our workers are treated well——!"

"Why aren't you angry?"

Ding Zigui counted on his fingers the improvement and progress in benefits every year since he came to work in the factory, and he remembered it really well.

"When I bring those welfare items home now, I have to explain them to people in person. People who don't know think I'm greedy -"

"It's the same. Fortunately, we live in the same courtyard. I'll move as much as you move." Wei Zaike waved his hand and said, "No more, no less. People only say that our Red Star Factory is extremely rich now!"

"I, sometimes I'm a little scared." He looked at Li Xuewu and explained, "As the old saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong!"

"What are you afraid of? It was stolen?"

Li Xuewu sat behind his desk, holding a pen in his hand to sign an urgent document.

After he signed his name and opinions, he put away the pen and signaled to Peng Xiaoli that he could take away the documents in front of him.

He picked up the teacup, looked across with a smile and joked: "If you two are afraid of gossip, I have a trick. When the welfare gifts are distributed again, send them to my house. I'm not afraid of gossip."

"Hahaha--"

The two people sitting across from each other laughed.

Peng Xiaoli packed up the urgent items, nodded politely to the two leaders, and then went out.

There was a clerk from the technical department waiting outside the door. He had heard what the leaders in the room were saying. He just hugged her and his heart skipped a beat.

Why?

The clerk in the technical department is also in the factory department and is an ordinary member of the cadre position. Naturally, he is very familiar with the routine in the agency.

When cadres of the same level come to visit, they must be invited to sit on the sofa. When high-level cadres come to visit, they must sit on the sofa or ask them to sit behind their desks.

Only low-level cadres who come to visit to discuss work or projects will be assigned a reporting position opposite the desk.

As we all know, the layout of a leader's office is very particular. Sitting behind the desk and looking out brings a sense of coercion and psychological advantage.

But what did he see just now?

Wei Zaike, leader of the political team, and Ding Zigui, director of the Management Committee Office, both senior and team leader-level cadres, sat across from the desk.

Li Xuewu sat calmly inside, chatting and laughing with the two visitors opposite.

Looking at the topics discussed by the leaders, no matter how young he was, he could still tell that the conversation was centered around Deputy Director Li, which was unusual.

Of course, you can say that the three of them have a good relationship and don't care about such nonsense.

But being in an agency is like being in a bureau. Who wouldn't care about this? He would be shocked when he saw it. If this spread...

Then there must be Deputy Director Li whose political status is higher than that of Team Leader Wei and Director Ding.

All the old agencies should understand that when a crowd of people talks, three people will become a tiger. If this rumor is confirmed, if the three people become a competitive relationship, then Li Xuewu will naturally dominate the two of them.

The clerk in the technical department suddenly realized that there were rumors coming from Steel City that the arrangements for Li Xuewu to take over Dong Wexue were stable. Li Huaide went to Steel City with Li Xuewu this time to talk about the end of the year. Personnel changes.

Last month, the group organizational structure document was released, and everyone now knows the direction in which Hongxing Factory will develop in the future, and the direction in which individual cadres of the agency should make progress.

The fog has cleared, people's hearts have stabilized, but the road ahead has also become clear.

Because Hongxing Factory has added and invested in several major projects this year, the projects approved and invested in last year will bear fruit by the end of this year.

Therefore, it is estimated that the promotion schedule of Red Star Factory should be at the beginning of next year, and no later than the first half of the year. This is certain.

Because several projects invested and constructed last year will have results only by the beginning of next year at the latest.

This year's batch of cooperation projects cannot be described as the icing on the cake, but should be a step forward, a step forward, a step forward.

After being promoted, the factory leaders took a step further and expanded the organizational structure of the factory, giving them a wider space for adjustment.

Therefore, before the promotion of Red Star Factory, there will definitely be a large-scale organizational adjustment in the factory, especially after absorbing the cadre teams of 16 surrounding factories, there must be big moves.

Of course, he would not be so naive as to think that there would be a big move at the end of the year and start preparations only at the end of the year. The political team had actually started inspections of cadres.

If he went by the news from Steel City and combined with what he had just seen, it was basically certain that Li Xuewu would have a more important position in the next leadership team of the Red Star Factory after promotion.

How can you tell?

Everyone knows that when Li Xuewu jumps from the security office to Steel City, he will definitely not jump standing still.

Judging from the specific work content that Li Xuewu is currently responsible for, he will definitely jump over with an absolute advantage, as the rumors said.

What is not certain now is whether Li Xuewu will serve as a management committee member or as an office meeting member. Either one is high enough.

After all, with the concept of “old, middle and young” as an annotation, anything is possible.

In addition, the large-scale learning activities of the Red Star Factory were carried out relatively early. Due to the strong guarantee of the security team, the change process progressed steadily and rapidly compared with other factories and units, at least half a year faster.

The current management committee only has the director and deputy director, inherited from the original management team and factory committee of the Red Star Factory.

According to current policy requirements, Red Star Factory should comprehensively improve the organizational structure of the management committee, and must elect a complete leadership team composed of a director, deputy director and committee members.

Li Huaide has not put this work on the agenda for a long time because the Red Star Factory is facing great development opportunities and employees have a high sense of identification with the factory's interim management organization and management committee.

They all hope to use this strong centralized leadership system to lead everyone to struggle and move forward.

Furthermore, Li Huaide also wanted to take advantage of this time to effectively complete the layout and arrangement of his personal management situation.

So, the matter was postponed.

However, the Red Star Factory has become a big success. Not only has the scale of the factory changed dramatically, it has also led to the linkage of other factories.

After having a wide impact in the industrial field, it is natural to advance and advance towards the goal of groupization.

In this process, it is necessary to re-standardize the organizational leadership structure, compliance management, and improve the existing organizational personnel structure.

To put it bluntly, Red Star Factory itself is not perfect, and the higher-ups have to help Red Star Factory improve it.

Even if the Red Star Factory is at night, the above will still help the Red Star Factory to "improve".

It's just that for this big move before promotion, the factory leaders still have a greater say. They can move as much as they can. If the carrot pit stands firm, it is better than letting others get there first.

The reason why we need to absorb these sixteen industrial enterprises in the city industry and use their organizational and personnel relations is to actively enrich the cadre shortage situation that the Red Star Factory will face after the promotion.

Everyone at Red Star Factory is aware of this situation and is preparing for it.

Wei Zaike and Ding Zigui came to Li Xuewu's office, and the discussion must be related to this matter.

The clerk from the Technical Section took the document from Peng Xiaoli's hand, joked a bit, and hurried back to process the document and verify what he had just seen and what he had just thought of.

——

How do things in the agency get spread? In fact, this is how it spread!

You listen, I take a look, everyone gathers information from each other privately, sits together to discuss, and once verified, we can basically make a pretty good guess.

Did Ding Zigui and Wei Zaike come to Li Xuewu for a major personnel adjustment at the end of the year?

Yes, I really just left that kid guessing.

"Hey, I heard that we have a good deal with Liaodong Industry?"

Ding Zigui put down his tea cup and asked with a smile: "It seems that we are planning to acquire a large-scale machine tool processing factory, right?"

"Deputy Director Gu came to see me this morning," Wei Zaike said from the side: "Both the Organization Department and the Human Resources Department have to arrange for people to follow up."

He looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Is it the preparation negotiation team or the inspection team?"

"It is whatever you want to call it." Li Xuewu sat back on the chair and crossed his legs and said: "The meaning is the same. First, inspect, give a report, and cooperate with the negotiation team to carry out work."

"I really want to acquire the other party!"

Ding Zigui said in surprise: "Didn't the factory have a meeting to say that there will be no big moves this year?"

"Plans don't change quickly—"

Li Xuewu shook his head helplessly and said: "More than 10 million yuan of construction funds were thrown at the Steel City at once, and the water has long been muddy. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the water in this pool."

"If you take the initiative now, you can use the money in the right place as much as possible." Li Xuewu looked at Ding Zigui and explained: "On the one hand, Fengcheng No. 1 Machinery Factory has a really good foundation and excellent technology."

"The management is really bad, and the organization is like shit. I really don't know how Liaodong Industry selects and employs people."

He raised his hand and nodded at Wei Zaike, who was opposite him, and said, "When I came back, I told Director Li that the drum should be played with a heavy hammer. When it comes time to integrate the acquisition, let Team Leader Wei go over and kill him ruthlessly." Kill the evil spirits."

"You -!" Wei Zaike waved his hand with a smile: "Just hurt me and help me with any offending work. If Director Li really asks me to go to Fengcheng, I will definitely call you!" "

"Me? I won't go. I don't want to hide filth and people's evil." Li Xuewu shook his head and said, "It's easy to be impulsive when you see these things. If two of them are killed, people will say that I am too murderous to commit the crime. I can't commit the crime." "

"What kind of compassion do you think you have?" Wei Zaike got the information he wanted, and he relaxed a lot. He said with a smile: "Do you think I look like a living Buddha?"

"I think you look like an old man in the land temple! Hahaha!"

Li Xuewu laughed and joked with him, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Looking at the expressions of the two people opposite, he just felt funny.

No matter how high the position is, if the matter really comes to you, it's bullshit to say that you are not in a hurry and that you are as stable as Mount Tai.

"I heard that Deputy Director Jing was arranged to personally preside over the negotiations?"

Ding Zigui was still trying to find out the part he wanted to know, and talked about Jing Yunong in a roundabout way.

"The news came back the day before yesterday, saying that it was in Yuezhou. Are we going back now?"

"It will take some time. Let's start in Gangcheng first." Li Xuewu explained: "We will meet up with the expert team from the factory and conduct preliminary investigations. Deputy Director Jing will go there to preside over the work after there are results, so as not to delay the inspection."

"Director Li and I talked with Director Dong in Gangcheng, and we still focus on the steel mill."

He introduced: "After all, they are all in the Liaodong industrial sequence, and the upstream and downstream relationships of the industry are clear. Even if there are problems in the negotiations, they are easy to solve."

"Deputy Director Jing will go there mainly to grasp economic construction and organizational coordination work."

Li Xuewu pointed to Wei Zaike and said: "I said to let Team Leader Wei make preparations because Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Factory is too large and must be split according to our industrial management procedures. Organization is a big deal."

"So that's the case——"

After Ding Zigui finished his circle, he also asked about his purpose: "The scale of Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Factory is so large, plus the Steel City Industry."

He sat up straight, put his arms on the desk, tapped his fingers lightly, and asked: "How to manage it? Should it be under the steel mill or under the United Industry?"

"It has not been decided yet, but it is impossible to be under the steel mill or the United Industry. It is not very convenient in terms of level."

Li Xuewu also sat up straight and said seriously: "The scale of the No. 1 Machine Factory is particularly large, not inferior to ours, even if it is split."

He pointed at the table and emphasized: "Their top leader is at the same level as our Director Li."

"So, splitting, adjusting, integrating, a series of actions will take at least one year."

When Li Xuewu said this, he also pointed at Wei Zaike to remind him to pay attention.

Under Ding Zigui's slightly frowning gaze, he said, "My inclination is to set up an industrial production management department for comprehensive management after the promotion."

"But Director Li didn't agree."

Seeing Ding Zigui and Wei Zaike frowning, he explained softly, "The integration and adjustment of the 16 enterprises must be completed before the end of the year."

"If the negotiations go smoothly, the integration and splitting of the First Machine Factory will also begin, and the intensity of work in the second half of the year will be extraordinary."

Li Xuewu spread his hands and said, "Director Li means that the First Machine Factory must be integrated with the 16 enterprises at the same time, and the major personnel adjustments at the end of the year must be done in one step, and all matters must be resolved at once."

"If there is no Liaodong Industrial Production Management Department, then the leader means..."

Ding Zigui hesitated for a moment, but still asked bluntly, "Should this problem be solved at the level of the Management Committee? Will there be a deputy director to manage it?"

Wei Zaike looked at him strangely when he heard him ask so bluntly, and then looked at Li Xuewu, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Li Xuewu didn't care about Ding Zigui's frankness. He knew what he meant. The director of the Commission Office was not easy to do. If he could go to Gangcheng, he would be fine.

However, Dong Wenxue was in Gangcheng now and couldn't come back for a while. He was thinking of Fengcheng.

The level of Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Factory was not low. Even if it was downgraded after the acquisition, it was on the same level as the rolling mill after the Red Star Factory was promoted.

Under the hedge, if he could work in Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Factory, it would definitely be a great opportunity for him to jump out.

However, the reply given by Li Xuewu made him feel cold.

Going to No. 1 Machine Factory means losing the opportunity to compete for the deputy director of the Management Committee. In the future, No. 1 Machine Factory will also be under the management of the deputy director of Liaodong Industry of Red Star Factory. This must be thought clearly.

The joint industry in Gangcheng is also developing. In the future, there will inevitably be a larger-scale industrial cluster. Large factories, such as automobile manufacturing plants, must be of high level. The Joint Industrial Production Management Office seems to be a good position.

How to choose?

Ding Zigui knew that no matter how he chose, he couldn't avoid Li Xuewu. In the future, Li Xuewu would definitely become the head of the steel mill, and more likely to become the deputy director in charge of Red Star Liaodong Industry.

Even if this deputy director is not Li Xuewu, there is a great possibility that it will be Dong Wenxue.

Dong Wenxue went to Beijing, and Li Xuewu left the security team to go to Gangcheng. Li Huaide must be appeased and exchange Liaodong Industry for the position of the security team.

Therefore, he now wants to know Li Xuewu's attitude. Even if he wants to be "inferior", he must worship the dock and cry at the right grave.

"My personal guess is that the leader is more inclined to let a full-time deputy director manage this part."

Li Xuewu saw that Ding Zigui asked frankly, so he answered frankly.

He said bluntly: "After all, promotion is not the goal, the goal is the group process."

"In the process of realizing group management, it is necessary to flatten the current factory management structure and manage more directly."

Li Xuewu made a straight up and down gesture, looked at him and asked: "Do you think the leader will cause trouble for himself and set up an industrial production management department in this process?"

"It is definitely impossible."

Wei Zaike said: "The organizational structure of the group has been established, and the production management department can only exercise management authority at the group level."

"It is impossible to set up a separate management department in Gangcheng or Fengcheng. This is a waste of time and resources."

He emphasized to Ding Zigui: "More importantly, during the group process, this part of the cadres will not be able to be arranged at that time."

"So, one factory, one factory director."

Li Xuewu looked at Ding Zigui and said: "All factories, including Yingcheng Shipyard and light industry in Beijing, must return to life. The production management department will manage it. "

"During the transition period, it is most convenient to arrange a full-time deputy director to manage it. "

"I think so too," Wei Zaike echoed Li Xuewu, saying, "After all, it is much simpler and more convenient for a deputy director to re-adjust the division of work than to place a cadre from the Liaodong Industrial Production Management Department."

"I understand," Ding Zigui thought about it, nodded with a smile, and said, "I am still thinking about whether to make some moves at the end of this year."

"I advise you not to move for the time being, wait a while," Wei Zaike knew that Li Xuewu was embarrassed to say this, and it was impossible for him to give Ding Zigui any advice.

In fact, Li Xuewu is Ding Zigui's subordinate, and it is inappropriate to say anything about him.

Therefore, he suggested: "Don't worry about your situation, Old Ding. The leaders know everything. When it's your turn, you will be arranged to take over. There's no point in being anxious."

"Well, Director Wei makes sense."

Li Xuewu took a sip of tea from the teacup and said: "At the end of this year, we have to move. Everyone may have to move, but how to move has to wait for the leaders to study and decide."

"Besides..." He hesitated for a moment, put down the teacup and said: "In the second half of the year, at the latest before the end of the year, the higher-ups will add people to the factory."

"Don't forget, we don't have enough people on the factory management committee. We need at least nine people, or even eleven people, after all, we need to be promoted."

"I can think of that." Ding Zigui nodded, leaned back in his chair, hugged his arms and said: "After the integration of sixteen enterprises, there must be at least two deputy directors, right?"

What Ding Zigui said was that because the integration of sixteen enterprises produced two deputy directors, it was not necessarily necessary to produce two deputy directors from the heads of these sixteen enterprises.

It is possible that the cadres transferred from the city or other industrial enterprises must represent the interests of these 16 enterprises.

After all, the total number of people in the integrated enterprises has exceeded that of the Red Star Factory. In the process of industrial scale replanning, some contradictions and problems will inevitably arise. The higher authorities are unwilling to have no cadres to speak for these people.

"I think there will be at least two quotas." Wei Zaike tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers and squinted his eyes and said, "It may be three people. After all, the scale of industrial integration is too large."

He explained: "Two people are selected from the 16 enterprises, and the department transfers another person to coordinate in the middle. This is the best solution, not only that."

At this point, Wei Zaike sat up straight, pursed his lips and said, "I think the department will also airdrop an additional person, 80% of whom will be responsible for organizational work. We are weak in this area."

Ding Zigui looked at Wei Zaike in surprise, and then looked at Li Xuewu with sudden enlightenment.

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Deputy Director Gu was transferred from the Iron and Steel Institute."

The implication of this statement is that the organizational work of Red Star Factory is not in the hands of people trusted by the department, and the higher-ups will definitely strengthen management.

Of course, this does not mean that Gu Weijie's work has not been recognized by the higher-ups. The mobility of cadres is regular and has rules.

It has nothing to do with Gu Weijie's work performance. The leadership of related work needs to be strengthened, and Red Star Factory must obey the adjustment and arrangement.

Ding Zigui pinched his fingers and said, "Director Li, Deputy Director Gu, Deputy Director Jing, Deputy Director Cheng, Deputy Director Xue, Deputy Director Dong, plus the union leader Xiong, there are exactly seven people."

"Two people from sixteen enterprises, two from the ministry, that's exactly eleven people."

"Of course, this is just our private discussion." Wei Zaike reached out and patted Ding Zigui's hand gently, saying, "It is possible that one person from the ministry will come down, leaving a position for Fengcheng."

"Not necessarily, Fengcheng is a bit complicated." Li Xuewu denied, "The head of the First Machine Factory is definitely going to be transferred, he will not stay, we will not use him, and he will not be transferred to Beijing, and he himself will not want to come."

This is very simple. The person in charge of the First Machine Factory is Liu Zuodong, whose roots are all in Liaodong Industry. If he comes to Beijing and joins the Red Star Factory, he will become a rootless duckweed, raised by a stepmother.

"If there is no such candidate in the First Machinery Factory, then it is very likely that he was chosen from within the Red Star Factory," Wei Zaike said hesitantly, "and this possibility is very high."

Li Xuewu could clearly see that after Wei Zaike finished speaking, he became vague, and Ding Zigui also fell silent, probably thinking about this quota.

"How many times has Xiong Zhushi from the trade union been hospitalized this year?" He did not answer this question directly, but talked about Xiong Bencheng's problem.

"I remember he was just discharged from the hospital last month, and I heard that he was hospitalized again yesterday?"

"I went home to recuperate, because of angina pectoris."

Ding Zigui was in charge of the logistics work of the agency, and naturally understood the situation of the cadres.

He nodded and said, "This year, the health condition of the master Bencheng is not very good."

"And the work of the trade union has also been adjusted and arranged by the superiors."

Li Xuewu followed his words and said: "If the higher-ups can mobilize the team in the factory before the end of the year."

He paused deliberately when he said this. Seeing that their eyes lit up and their bodies sat up straight, he continued: "The superiors will definitely take care of the old comrade's physical condition and will not impose any additional burdens."

"At the same time, in order to ensure the normalization of the Red Star Factory management team, the position and division of labor of the labor union in the management committee sequence will also be fully considered."

Ding Zigui and Wei Zaike looked at each other and raised their eyebrows in unison. They each had some plans in mind. Of course, there was no need to say what they were.

The words that come out of Li Xuewu's mouth have a much higher fidelity than those spoken by ordinary people.

Another thing, everyone at Red Star Factory knew that Li Huaide didn't want to see Xiong Benzheng.

Last time, Xiong Benzheng was so bold that he dared to follow Cheng Kaiyuan and wanted to take Li Huaide's hat off. Do you think Li Huaide hated him?

Why didn't I hear that Xiong Benzheng had a health problem earlier? Since that incident, the head of the union has become sick.

There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, and he wants to live in a hospital for three hundred and sixty days, but he is afraid that if he lives less, he will arouse Li Huaide's suspicion, and he will not be able to stay longer.

The current situation is that Li Huaide can't find anyone to take over the position of the union. It's better to raise such a waste and leave it there than to have another person who causes trouble.

Of course, this time when the company is promoted, Li Huaide will not give him this opportunity to get a bargain. It will give him a smooth landing and safe retirement, considering that he is an old comrade.

What Li Xuewu said was very clear to both of them. From the eleven quotas, remove the existing seven, and set three above. Excluding Xiong Benzheng, there are still two positions in the factory that can be fought for.

Among these division-level cadres, there are only a few who have sufficient qualifications, sufficient work performance, sufficient ability, and sufficient age.

Undoubtedly, both Ding Zigui and Wei Zaike have the opportunity to give it a try. Naturally, they don't want to, let alone let go of this opportunity. Even the opportunity to go outside has become unpalatable.

It's just that there are more wolves than meat, and it's not yet known who will win. What we do know is that this time it will definitely be a fight between dragons and tigers, and the competition will be fierce.

——

"Have the cooperation negotiations with French businessmen been finalized?"

Wei Zaike and Ding Zigui sat with Li Xuewu until the time when they got off work.

They left first. Li Xuewu packed his handbag, changed into his leather shoes and went downstairs.

By chance, Xue Zhifu's car came over. He stopped the driver, got out of the car and asked Li Xuewu about today's contact with the Sentaya Group.

Li Xuewu walked to his car and reported: "The details have been finalized, and the contract will be officially signed next Monday. The foreign trade department organized it."

"Is this a matter of foreign trade?"

Xue Zhifu smiled and teased, then nodded and said: "I am worried about the engineering side. If the support from the French businessmen arrives early, our progress can be faster, especially the technology and design."

"Well, the building is right?" Li Xuewu knew what he wanted to say and explained: "We also communicated about this matter today, and the Santaya Group promised to arrange this work as soon as possible."

The twin-tower office buildings of the Red Star Factory, an eleven-story building, the United Industrial Management Building, an eleven-story building, and other ecological park designs are all waiting for the French.

"It's good that you know what's going on. The construction machinery arrived quickly. I should praise you for that."

Xue Zhifu took out a box of tea from the car, handed it to Li Xuewu and said, "I just arrived at Yuqian Longjing. Tea lovers are welcome to see it."

"Is this encouragement or encouragement?"

Li Xuewu accepted the tea with a smile and said, "How about you give me another can, and I'll tell the other party when I sign the agreement on Monday, and arrange for a few French girls to come learn Mandarin with you and so on?"

"Go--!" Xue Zhifu waved his hand and said with a smile: "No matter how old I am, it's too late and I'm too weak to do what I want--"

Li Xuewu sent him to the car, shook the tea leaves in his hand and said, "How about I give you some tiger bone wine, maybe you can get another fat boy this year."

"Spare me, I finally fooled the kids at home, are you still alive?"

Xue Zhifu clapped his hand and said with a smile: "You young people are strong enough to learn foreign languages ​​and so on, but you must pay attention to your physical health and not let your mind slip."

He sat in the car, nodded and asked Li Xuewu: "I heard that they sent you three Japanese beauties? Do you want to choose a concubine or something?"

“It’s true that good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles——”

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said with emotion: "Whenever I do good deeds, no one has helped me publicize it. How come I already know about it when I encounter this kind of thing? How can I choose a concubine?"

"This shows that someone cares about you!"

Xue Zhifu said pointedly: "I fully trust your belief."

"But as the saying goes, a good tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves. Beware of three people becoming a tiger."

"Come on, I'll take your words to heart," Li Xuewu said seriously, "I promise that a red heart will never go bad."

He shook the tea leaves in his hand, smiled and waved to Xue Zhifu: "Thank you for the tea. I will taste it when I go back."

Xue Zhifu knew that Li Xuewu was a smart man, so he nodded and signaled the driver to start driving.

Li Xuewu watched the other party leave, turned around, handed the tea leaves to Peng Xiaoli, and then got into his command vehicle.

Peng Xiaoli put the tea in the trunk, jumped into the car, told Han Jiankun to drive, then turned back to look at Li Xuewu and asked: "Leader, is it related to the negotiation with the French businessman?"

Without waiting for Li Xuewu to say anything, he explained: "Director Lang of the Engineering Department wanted to find you in the afternoon. Knowing that you were organizing the review of the cooperation plan, he went to find Deputy Director Xue."

"Well, the engineering plan is anxious."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "If there is French business support for engineering construction, many design plans can be further improved and adjusted."

"Especially the redesign of the industrial park and the re-planning and design of the office building."

He sighed. In a low voice, he said, "We still lack experience in construction."

"I think we have made great progress," Peng Xiaoli said with a smile, "In the past, our factory engineering department organized the construction of six-story buildings at most."

"Look, now, we dare to design eleven-story buildings, and even higher ones."

"Our land area is enough for construction and design, so there is no need to be overly demanding." Li Xuewu spread his hands and said, "Eleven-story buildings, with podiums and auxiliary buildings, are even more magnificent."

"Remember to remind me on Monday, when you ask Director Li to sign the agreement, also ask Deputy Director Xue." Li Xuewu looked at the notebook in his hand and arranged Monday's schedule.

"Also, for the medical insurance and pension supplementary insurance project meeting, please take the trouble to help me find relevant materials on the weekend."

...

——

"Hehe, who is back?"

Sha Zhu put his hands on his waist, holding a large cooking spoon in his hand, and watched Li Shu run to the yard after getting off the car, so he stood across the door to tease her.

Li Shu looked up at Sha Zhu and said with a curled mouth: "I want to go over!"

"What are you shouting at me? If you don't shout, I won't let you through." Sha Zhu deliberately squatted at the west gate, stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Shu's hand and said: "What did you shout at me last time? Let me hear it."

"No, no!"

What kind of temper does Li Shu have? The harder you are, the more she will be aggressive with you. She is just like Li Xuewu.

People in the yard tease her, saying that this is Li Xuewu's biological daughter. Li Shu's temper is exactly the same as Li Xuewu's when he was a child. They both act arrogantly.

"Li Shu? Why don't you call uncle?"

Li Xuewu got off the car with Li Ning in his arms. Before he could stand firmly, Li Ning was taken over by his grandmother and was cherished. He walked to the door to teach Li Shu.

Li Shu actually knows how to call people, and she is very good at calling. She is also an extrovert, eloquent, and the kind that can't be stopped.

But, she would take the initiative to call others uncle and grandpa, but she would be aggressive when it came to Sha Zhu.

It wasn't that Li Shu had a problem with Sha Zhu, it was that Sha Zhu always teased her, and she was teased.

"I should call him uncle——?"

Li Shu angrily imitated Sha Zhu and said with her hands on her waist: "He said he would make delicious food for me last time, but I didn't eat it. He lied to the child——"

"Hahaha, then I'll make you delicious food today, will you call me uncle?"

Sha Zhu didn't care about the innocent words of children, he just liked to play with children, especially those with extroverted personalities, he was also such a person.

Li Shu raised her head and looked at him, pushed him aside and ran to the yard, saying in a rogue way: "Then wait until you are done, and call me when I eat it, I won't suffer any loss——!"

"Hey——you are really your father's good daughter!" Sha Zhu smiled and made way, and greeted Liu Yin and Qin Jingru who came back, and they were no longer embarrassed.

Li Shu's legs were tight, and she walked around the outer courtyard, then went to the hanging flower gate.

Li Xuewu waited for his mother and Gu Ning to enter the courtyard before going in, but he heard Li Shu calling "Madam" and "Auntie" in the front yard, and he must have seen the old lady and Zhao Yafang.

When he passed the hanging flower gate, his mother was standing in the yard, talking and laughing with the neighbors who came to greet her.

She came back less often, and the people in the yard were all enthusiastic to see her, and they also came closer to see Li Xuewu's son, which was a small flattery.

The weather was good at this time. The old lady and Zhao Yafang coaxed Li Tang to take a walk in the yard. When they heard the sound of the car, Li Xuewu and others came in before they went outside.

The Li family was large to begin with, and now there are more children. The family gathered together, plus the neighbors who greeted them, and the front yard was very lively for a while.

Li Shu finally found the home advantage. When she saw someone coming to greet her grandmother, she also took the initiative to greet the neighbors, calling them aunt, grandma, auntie, and auntie, politely and lively.

The little girl was still young, so she couldn't see the strange looks in the neighbors' eyes, nor could she understand what they said. She just felt that there was always something different in the way they looked at her.

Li Shu had also asked Li Xuewu and Gu Ning why her hair color was different from her parents', and her eye color was also different.

Gu Ning only told her that she was her parents' child, the special child, who was good-looking, sensible, and well-behaved.

Li Xuewu and Gu Ning had no control over the way outsiders looked at Li Shu, and they couldn't stop outsiders from saying anything. They could only give Li Shu the best love, the love she needed most.

Li Xuewu and Gu Ning treated her as their own daughter, and no matter what outsiders said, Li Shu would not feel inferior.

Maybe when she grows up, she will have to face doubts from classmates and friends, but Li Xuewu believes that he and Gu Ning will build up enough confidence and courage for Li Shu before that.

After talking for a while in the front yard, the old lady finally called them into the house.

Qin Jingru and Han Jiankun went to the middle courtyard to see her sister Qin Huairu. The couple had to go back after dinner and did not stay here.

Fei Shanying, who originally lived in the backyard, had to go back to her own home. In the middle of the month, Shen Guodong and Xiaoyan helped to clean up the house.

So the backyard was vacant, and Li Xuewu thought that the family would come back to stay for a day, which would be considered a holiday for his mother, and they would also go home to have fun.

The family suddenly had three children, and the grandmother and the old lady were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

As they were talking and laughing, the second uncle in the backyard, Liu Haizhong, came from the middle courtyard with a basket of eggs, and under the gaze of the people in the courtyard, he went straight to the Li family.