Siheyuan: Garbage King

Li Fang didn't stay at home for too long, because there were some things in the city that he had to deal with before going home to celebrate the New Year.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Li Fang saw the third uncle playing with his bicycle at the entrance of the courtyard.

A few days ago, Silly Zhu felt that the third uncle had lied to him and refused to introduce him to Teacher Ran. In addition, Qin Huairu was adding jealousy to the situation, so Silly Zhu tricked him into selling the third uncle's bicycle wheel to a car repair shop.

The third uncle was anxiously running around. After all, this stingy old man regarded this car as his treasure.

Fortunately, the uncle bought him a bicycle wheel as a gift, and he became happy again. From then on, he paid even more attention to his bicycle.

Li rested in his room for a while, then went to Chang Youkuan's house according to the address given by him.

A few days ago, he made an appointment with Chang Youkuan to buy some New Year goods. The reason why he approached Chang Youkuan was because his wife worked in the supply and marketing cooperative.

In addition to new year's goods, Li Fang also asked others to leave him some processed fabrics.

After all, at home, he himself had work clothes to wear. Those small clothes were in tatters, and they were all worn out after wearing the big ones. Even keeping warm was a problem.

Qin Xiaohe, the fourth child, is still wearing the crotchless pants he wore when he was a child.

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"Hello, sister-in-law. I am Li Fang, a colleague of Brother Chang." Old Chang's family was also in the small courtyard in the alley. When Li Fang knocked on the door, a young woman appeared in front of him.

The woman has a round face and almond-shaped eyes. She looks very festive and looks like a married couple to Chang.

"Come on, come in quickly. Lao Chang told me that everything has been prepared for you." The woman smiled and looked at Li Fang. This young man looked fair and kind, and he was kind and polite. He was very impressive at first sight.

Good impression.

Li Fang saw that there was no one in the house, and he hesitated. After all, Lao Chang did not live in a small courtyard with a single family. Lao Chang was not at home, so what was the big deal as a young man entering someone else's house.

He was afraid that other neighbors would see him and cause misunderstanding.

After all, gossip is the most annoying thing, even in this simple age, it is no exception.

Fortunately, the woman also saw what he was thinking. Chang's wife smiled and said: "Old Chang went to buy tofu and will be back soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Chang came back with his bag in hand.

"It took more than an hour to wait for this little tofu." Lao Chang sighed helplessly to his wife while holding the tofu.

The characteristic of this era is queuing up. You have to queue up to buy anything, which is caused by the scarcity of supplies.

He approached, saw Li Fang, and greeted with a smile: "Li Fang is here, come in quickly."

Li Fang exclaimed before entering the house.

Sister-in-law Chang kept the house very clean. This house is much more spacious and tidy than Li Fang's own small home. It is worthy of being a dual-income family.

"Sister-in-law, please stop working. By the way, why haven't you seen your two nephews?" Li Fang asked curiously as he took the tea from Chang's sister-in-law.

Nowadays, people generally get married early. Although Chang is only twenty-six years old this year, he already has two sons. The older one is seven years old and the younger one is five years old.

Sister-in-law Chang was sitting on a chair, cracking melon seeds while chatting: "I sent him to his grandfather's house. Brother Chang and I are busy at work, so how can we have time to take care of these two naughty boys?"

"By the way, Comrade Li, do you have a partner?" Sister Chang asked gossiping.

These lesbians who work in supply and marketing cooperatives usually love to be matchmakers for others, especially high-quality young men with jobs like Li Fang, who are more in demand.

"Li Fang is only sixteen, so stop asking around." Lao Chang pushed his wife's arm.

Li Fang smiled sheepishly.

Chang's sister-in-law just mentioned it casually, but when she saw that Li Fang didn't mean it, she gave up.

Li Fang sat for a while longer before coming out of Lao Chang's house.

When he got home, Li Fang discovered that in addition to the fabrics and melon seeds and peanuts he bought with his own money, there was also a pack of red and green fruit candies stuffed in the bag.

He immediately understood that Lao Chang and his wife had added it themselves. Lao Chang knew that he had younger brothers and sisters at home, so he stuffed a bag of candy into it.

Li felt relieved.

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The New Year's Eve is here, and the sound of firecrackers is heard everywhere. Li Fang also bought and hung firecrackers, and he also wanted to have fun.

Just after setting off the firecrackers, he noticed two small figures wandering at the entrance of the courtyard.

He took a closer look and saw that it was Qin Huairu's two daughters, Huaihua and Xiaodang.

Children all like firecrackers. Since the family didn't have any spare money, they could only pick up the silent firecrackers left over after others had set them off.

Seeing this, Li Fang went back to the house. When he returned to the house, the two little girls quickly ran over to pick up firecrackers to play with.

In the afternoon, Li Fang went to the steel rolling mill. Today Li Huaide gave a year-end summary meeting to the people in the logistics department, and he had to go too.

There was a huge crowd sitting in the small auditorium, and Li Fang found a secluded corner and sat down.

Everyone was holding a notebook to record, and he couldn't be idle, so he took out a pen and wrote and drew in the notebook.

Li Huaide's long speech made Li Fang's ears tingle. Fortunately, Li Huaide seemed to have something to do in a hurry today, so he ended the meeting in a hurry.

Li Fang noticed with sharp eyes that the always dedicated section chief Wu Bing and deputy section chief Shen Xiaoyi were not here today.

After leaving the auditorium, he approached Lao Chang and asked in a low voice: "Where are our section chief and deputy section chief? Why haven't we seen them?"

Lao Chang also looked puzzled. In all his years of working, this was the first time he saw Wu Bing absent from such an occasion.

"Maybe there is some important mission." Lao Chang guessed.

Li Fang left the steel rolling mill with full of doubts.

Before he had gone far, he saw Li Huaide sitting in the small jeep out of the gate of the steel rolling mill.

Sitting in the co-pilot was Wu Bing, the procurement section chief who had not shown up at the meeting.

What a strange thing, Li Fang couldn't help but sigh, he didn't know what these people had done.

When he returned to the courtyard, he saw Banggen and Shazhu talking murmuringly. Looking at Shazhu's smiling face, Li Fang knew that Banggen was using Teacher Ran in exchange for finding Shazhu.

The benefits are coming.

It can be said that this silly Zhu really misses his wife so much that he willingly pays money just to get to know Teacher Ran. This is exactly what he wants.

BangGeng got his reward and happily took his two sisters to buy firecrackers, leaving SiZhu happily waiting in the kitchen to meet Teacher Ran.

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Just after dinner, Li Fang heard someone knocking on the door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Xu Damao's face looking happy.

"What's wrong, Brother Damao, is there good news?" Li Fang said with a smile.

Xu Damao nodded quickly. Although what Li Fang wrote for him was not published in the factory newspaper, it was noticed by the leader. The leader even asked Xu Damao to give a personal speech at the summary meeting of their department.

So this time, everyone knew that there was a film projectionist named Xu Damao. He worked hard and was praised by his leaders. Xu Damao's reputation was rising steadily, which gave Xu Damao a lot of confidence.

"Brother, I might be able to be promoted after the New Year." Xu Damao looked forward to the cadre establishment, and his eyes turned green with anticipation.

Li Fang looked at Xu Damao's beautiful expectations and was too embarrassed to defeat him.

Li Fang felt that the reason why Xu Damao could not be promoted for so many years was not because he did not have enough academic qualifications. It was probably because of Lou Xiao'e's special family background, and because when Xu Damao became a cadre, who would show movies?

However, showing movies is also a skill. Whether Xu Damao is willing to teach it to others is beyond his control.

Xu Damao handed a bag of mountain goods to Li Fang: "Thank you, brother. When you are free after the New Year, I will treat you to a good meal."

Li Fang was not polite to him and took it over with a smile.

These hazelnuts and chestnuts must have been given to Xu Damao by the villagers when he went to the countryside to play movies. This heavy bag was enough to last for a long time.

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