"That's what happened." In the office, Li Xiangqian said to Li Long, "The guy named Liu didn't dare to say anything after that. He's not good enough... Huh! The director said, go find him when you come. He, he wants to see you. This time you have given face to our company, and the county has also issued a notice, an advanced unit of national unity, national unity first. Everyone has it. I will give you a reward of twenty yuan. The director means that if you go to build a house or dig a well, the company will reimburse you!”
“No invoice was issued at that time! "Li Long waved his hand, "I won't trouble the company if I do it myself..."
"How can this be trouble!" Li Xiang He whispered in front of him, "The company has reimbursed, so the company is involved in this matter, do you understand? Things are good things, and they can't all be blamed on you, right?
Now you are Celebrity, a big reporter thought of you when he wrote about it and put our unit on the list. Then this matter is equivalent to giving honor to the club. So what does the club want? If you don't do it, won't you bear this reputation in vain? It won't sound good if you tell it!
So if you reimburse the money, the director will be able to be tough when he talks about it, at least in our company. I paid for it and I sincerely support it. Do you understand? Okay, let’s go to the director first and be humble.”
"Okay, I understand."
Li Long actually came over to chat with Li Xiangqian when he had nothing to do, but unexpectedly he encountered this incident.
He also didn’t expect that the new deputy director would stab himself and kick him in the first three kicks.
No one would have thought that it would be such a coincidence that a temporary worker with no background would suddenly appear in the newspaper of the autonomous region and be an advanced model of national unity!
This May is National Unity Education Month.
Does it mean that this young man is smart and caught it at the right time, or that he is lucky and catches up?
If we put aside the factor of national unity, it is actually not a big deal. After all, building a house or drilling a well for a good friend is nothing. It's just something that might cost a little more, maybe a hundred or ten yuan.
But it happened to be at this juncture. Who would believe that someone said he was unlucky, or that the young man had no background?
Liu Shengli didn’t believe it either.
The meeting was interrupted that day, and he went to get the newspaper and read it, and then his face became so gray - this carefully designed first fire was extinguished.
Then in the afternoon he received two or three calls one after another, all from the state. A leader of Zhoushe told Liu Shengli to visit Li Long when he had time, saying that he had hunted with Li Long. The leaders of the state also asked him to tell Li Long that his children still remembered the specimens he had made.
These calls made Liu Shengli's scalp numb. It turned out that he thought that Li Long had no background and was just not bright! None of the people on the other end of the phone could offend him. Even his own father had to be polite when speaking.
Where did this monster come from? With so much energy, why did he insist on being a temporary worker? You have so much energy, wouldn't it be easy to have a formal editor? Are you coaxing a silly boy here, or are you fishing?
Liu Shengli was feeling sulky, but he had no solution. In the past few days, it felt like everyone looking at him looked like they were watching a joke, so he simply asked for leave.
I’m too embarrassed to see anyone.
Li Long himself would not have thought that reporter Zhang Xinhua would be so efficient in his work, and he would directly send this article to the second page headline of the Autonomous Region Daily.
I don’t know if he has not joined the organization. This daily is equivalent to the organ of the autonomous region organization. If it can make headlines, the content is very good. Because of this, he suddenly came into the sight of many leaders.
Some people who had interacted with him thought of him again, so they called Liu Shengli.
Through this comprehensive analysis, Li Long felt that his luck tank seemed to have exploded again!
Director Wei is reading the newspaper. The day's newspaper. He had had the newspaper cut out by Li Long and pressed it under the glass plate of his desk. Not only that, he also took a complete newspaper and placed it on the right side of his desk, so that when outsiders came over, they could show it to them.
What I'm reading now is today's newspaper. In the past, reading newspapers was a leisure activity, but now reading newspapers is an important matter. Because it is still the National Unity Education Month, newspapers in autonomous regions and prefectures have recently published more advanced deeds in this area. However, no matter what Director Wei saw or felt, it was not as good as Li Long's article.
"Xiao Li, come and sit down." Director Wei was very enthusiastic. After letting Li Long sit down, he went to make some water for him. "You just came from Lao Li's place, right? I know you are Lao Li. But every time they come to the club, they come to me when they have time. Young people are active in thinking and communicate more with us old people.”
After that article was published in the newspaper, not only people in the state. Liu Shengli was called, and someone also called Director Wei.
Some reported the good news, some asked about Li Long's situation, and some told him that the state's commendation this year would most likely go to them here.
Director Wei knew that it was a good thing for everyone to carry the sedan chair.
Li Long is not a simple man. It can be said that this time the club has benefited from him. However, Director Wei also knew very well that since Li Longzhi was not in the cadre department, he should be free to do so. Judging from more than a year of work, Li Long is not the kind of person who doesn't know the heights of the world. He knows the rules, knows how to work, is capable, understands the overall situation, and doesn't cause trouble, which is very good.
"Director Wei is getting old, he is in the prime of life." Li Long smiled and took the water and said, "I usually think that the director is busy, so I haven't come over. I will come over to you often in the future. I’m asking for advice.”
Look, this guy is so good at talking!
Secretly comparing with Liu Shengli in his heart, the smile on Director Wei's face became even brighter:
"Xiao Li, I heard that you bought a tractor?"
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"Yes. Since last year, I have taken on several big tasks in our supply and marketing cooperative and made some money. Because I often go into the mountains and have to pull things, I pooled my money and bought a tractor. It is more convenient than a horse-drawn carriage and can pull more. "It's fast."
"It's a good thing." Director Wei nodded, "Young people must dare. If you dare to work hard, if anything happens, we old people will take care of you. You have done a very good job this time. I also told Lao Li that we can't let you contribute 100 yuan at the same time. Is it enough for you?”
“That’s enough, that’s enough,” Li Long said hurriedly.
That’s enough. Two well heads cost thirty yuan, and the pipes cost less than forty yuan. Adding a sheep adds up to a total of sixty-five yuan. Even if you count the wages of the workers and the meal of noodles, the cost is less than one hundred yuan.
"That's enough. If there is such a thing later, tell Lao Li in advance, as long as it is reasonable, our society will approve it. What you are doing is a good thing and a major matter related to national unity. The society There must be strong support.”
"Thank you for the support from the club!"
"I heard that you are married? Where is your wife?"
"A director of the Education Bureau."
"Not bad. Yes, both of them are young and promising. Is it time to have children?”
“I think it’s next year,” Li Long said with a smile.
"Well, work hard. Okay, there's nothing else to do. You can go and file the account. I've already agreed with the finance department. Just sign and get the money. By the way, you have a tractor, don't you? I'll give it to you, Chief Li I said, there is a job. If you are free, you can do it and earn some pocket money. "
"Okay, thank you, director."
"I'm sorry."
After coming out of Director Wei, Li Long went to the finance department to sign for it. He paid 100 yuan and then returned to Li Xiangqian's office.
“Did you get the money?” Li Xiangqian asked.
"I got it, this money..."
"Go and spend it yourself. You have brought face to the club, and this is the right reward. There must be some who are envious, but everyone knows that this is a big company in the autonomous region. It was famous in the newspaper and our company was directly marked. This kind of thing may not happen once a year. The smile on Director Wei's face has not disappeared in the past two days. This is a good thing!" Li Xiangqian smiled! He said, "I can see that you are a blessing to our society. The director said that the Civil Affairs Bureau is building a welfare home and they have to pull sand from the Mahe River. If your tractor is fine, you can go and do this work." It seems like five yuan per trip? Seven or eight trips a day are worth a month's salary."
Li Xiangqian told Li Long the specific location and asked him to go and see if he could do it.
Li Long naturally would not let this go. He came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and drove his tractor to the new location of the welfare home in the south of the city.
The person in charge of the construction site, whose surname was Tang, watched the tractor drive over and arranged the work for Li Long with a smile.
"The place where we pull sand is on the south bank of the Ma River. There is a sand yard of the county construction company there. After you go there, you will say that it is a job in the welfare home. Someone will load the sand for you. You will pay by the truck, five yuan per truck. No problem?" "No, no." Of course Li Long didn't. This round trip costs only one yuan at most and can earn four yuan, so no fool would refuse to do it.
Li Long saw that there was not much time in the morning, so he talked to Captain Tang and planned to pull one cart in the morning and a few more in the afternoon.
The tractor drove to the edge of the Ma River, got off the path and drove south. After one kilometer, we saw a huge sand field.
After the reform and opening up, although the development speed here is far slower than that of coastal areas, it is still developing. All infrastructure construction is in progress, so a large amount of construction materials are needed.
Li Long went over to find the person in charge and said he was pulling sand for the construction of the orphanage, so someone pointed him to the location. There was a winch over there to load sand. Someone installed it, and the only one was an old one. Old forklifts are also being loaded. However, most of the sand haulers are animal-drawn vehicles, including horse and donkey carts, and there are two tractors, one new and one old. There was no big car, so it seemed that I was quite nervous.
The place Li Long went to was filled with sand by a winch. He parked the tractor in place, started the winch, and someone on the other end was loading sand, and the sand on this side was lifted up and poured into the car. There is less effort there, and it will be more convenient since it is automated here.
Ten minutes later, a truck was filled with sand, and Li Long drove the tractor out of the battlefield and drove toward the county.
When he waited at the construction site of the welfare home, Li Long stopped, opened the trunk panel, walked to the front and pulled out the fixing pin of the bucket. He lifted the bucket with all his strength, and the sand poured down. The bucket of sand quickly emptied out.
“Young man, you are so powerful!” Captain Tang watched Li Long unloading a load of sand by himself, came over and said in admiration, “If I had your efficiency, my job would be better. That's good. You'll be pulling this car in the morning, right? The finance department is over there. Can you come back in the afternoon? How could you not come?
I went back to eat at noon and told Gu Xiaoxia about this matter. Gu Xiaoxia was also very happy. This is equivalent to Li Long going to work normally.
Li Long was reported in the Autonomous Region Daily, which also caused quite a stir in the Education Bureau. After all, as the unit where Li Long’s wife worked, some people in the Education Bureau also felt pretty good about it. In particular, two colleagues who had been to Li Long's home praised Li Long even more, saying that Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were like golden boys and girls.
This made Gu Xiaoxia feel a little embarrassed. Someone in the bureau even suggested that Li Long make a report on national unity to the education system, but Gu Xiaoxia refused.
Just kidding, the first rafter died first. Gu Xiaoxia knew that Li Long would definitely not agree.
Fortunately, the bureau did not really make any plans in this regard, so Gu Xiaoxia felt relieved.
She believed that the aftermath of this incident would slowly dissipate, and she could also see that Li Long didn't think much about this incident, and felt as if he was staying out of it.
In the afternoon, Li Long went to the construction site and continued to pull sand. He pulled five trucks in one afternoon and pulled enough sand for the entire project.
However, what surprised Li Long was that Captain Tang introduced him to another construction site, in the east of the city, where an experimental middle school was to be built.
This project is much bigger than the welfare home. Li Long thanked Captain Tang. Captain Tang said that he was an old friend of Director Wei and asked Li Long to be polite.
The next day Li Long went to the construction site of the school, and the same price was five yuan for a load of sand. It seemed that this was the going rate. Li Long pulled four cars in the morning and five cars in the afternoon, earning 45 yuan a day. This time the bill was settled on a daily basis and there was no arrears, which was good.
After working for a week, the school project was completed. Li Long settled the bill and took more than 300 yuan, which was very satisfying.
Without any work that afternoon, he went back to the team to check out the situation, and then planned to go to Shicheng to collect sugar residue.
The reason for coming back is that if my father goes offline, he should stop riding his bicycle and ride his tractor there tomorrow morning.
When the tractor returned to the team, Li Long saw Li Qingxia and Tao Daqiang returning from Xiaohaizi.
Sure enough, I went to go offline.
Li Jianguo was also at home. When he saw Li Long coming back, he took a piece of paper and handed it to him.
Telegram.
Li Long thought it was about his hometown, but looking at the sending address, it was from Kuitun.
"Your second brother sent it, saying that he will be back in the next two days, and that the construction company over there will send a letter of political review in the next two days, so that here, and Fill it out from my hometown."
"Second brother is going to join the job officially?" Li Long asked in surprise, and he hurriedly read the telegram.
"Probably, otherwise he wouldn't be subject to political review, right?" Li Jianguo also had a smile on his face. The second brother also had a good future, and he, the eldest brother, was naturally happy.
The telegram was very brief, saying that one was to come back and the other was to pay attention to the correspondence.
Li Long simply said:
"Don't wait until they go this way. Tomorrow I plan to go to the sugar factory to pull out sugar residue. After I finish pulling out the sugar residue, I will go to Kuitun the day after tomorrow. On the one hand, look at the wheat harvester I made earlier, and on the other hand, look at the situation of the second brother."
"Okay." Li Jianguo thought for a while and agreed. This is indeed a good idea.
The Li family is not aware of the fact that Li Long was in the newspaper. Li Long himself didn't say it, and there's nothing to show off about this kind of thing. Maybe one day Xu Chengjun will find it out when he has nothing to do, and he might tell it then. However, he doesn't have the energy at the moment. Although the team has guaranteed the output to each household and contracted the land, he still has a lot of things to do as the village director. I have to plant my own land. I used to organize everyone to work, but now I have to take care of the team's affairs and look after my own land, which makes me feel even busier.
Listening to the churning sound of the tractor, Xu Chengjun, who was hoeing grass in the field, also envied that boy Li Long. He was running around here and there every day, but he was also racking up a considerable family fortune.
Actually, he also has the idea of buying a tractor, but the money he has saved is not enough yet, and he is not ready to buy a second one. After all, as the village director, I did save some money, but taking out so much at once was a bit too conspicuous.
Wait until someone in the team buys a tractor. Then you can buy it yourself, and it should not be so conspicuous.
He even suspected that the second person to buy a tractor should be Tao Daqiang who followed Li Long. This guy hasn't stopped catching fish since spring started. His father followed Li Long to make a fortune and made a fortune, which was said to be several hundred.
The money saved over the past year is definitely enough to buy a tractor.
Many good people in the team spent their free time betting at the sales department to see who would buy the second tractor.
To be precise, it is the third one, but Wang Caimi’s Dongfanghong 75 tractor, which he bought on credit from the team, breaks down every now and then. There are problems with plowing and sowing from time to time, so it has been excluded by everyone. .
Everyone actually knows that Wang Caimi will definitely make a lot of money throughout the year. But a large portion of the money must be returned to the team as payment for the tractor, and part of the money must be handed over to the township. Secondly, it costs a lot of money to repair a car and buy parts, so everyone assumes that the second one is considered new.
Li Long doesn't know this and doesn't care about it. He had dinner in the yard of his eldest brother's house and rested in his own room.
Mosquitoes began to appear at night, so he lit mosquito coils in the house, didn't turn on the lights at all, and went to bed early.
The next morning Li Long went with his father to get the net. He hadn't been to Xiaohaizi for a long time, and he found some changes here. When taking out the net, you can see water rats emerging from the water and then burrowing in again.
The water is a bit muddy, indicating that it is still affected by the flood. The water level is also quite high, there are water birds chirping in the reeds, and occasionally wild ducks can be seen swimming.
There are several other companies that are getting off the net, and they are also taking the net from different locations. Someone also used tires and went into deep water.
Tao Daqiang sat on the tire to get the net. Li Long had sharp eyes. From the moment he picked up the first net, he could tell that there were obviously not as many fish this year as last year.
Is it because there are more people setting off the nets, or because there are fewer fish in the small sea? (End of this chapter)