Chapter 341 1964
He doesn't care about this little money. Using this little lard fat to help his mother build a good relationship with her colleagues is much more important than money.
After dinner that night, Li Jiayi went upstairs to rest.
But Ye Xin came out of the cross courtyard carrying a large piece of pork suet, and then went to the middle courtyard.
Soon there was a knock on the door of Mrs. Xu's house, then the door opened and closed, and after a while the door opened again.
Ye Xin returned home and went out again after a while, this time to the front yard.
As for Uncle Sun's family in the backyard, there is no need to worry about this. The one who is worried about their family now is Li Chengqian.
The next morning, after dinner, the family went to work and went to school.
As soon as Li Jia came out of the yard, he started to pack up the truck. The first thing was to build a shed for the carriage.
More than an hour later, Li Jiayi made a shed out of the carriage.
The entire carriage was wrapped tightly, and only the back could be opened, and it could also be sealed from the inside.
The first thing is that it won't get windy, so it won't be cold.
Not only that, Li Jiayi also laid a thick layer of straw in the carriage. It was a coincidence that the rice was ready to be harvested.
As soon as Li Jia left some of it unbroken, he spread it into the carriage.
Now staying in the carriage, not only will it not be cold, but it will also be a little warm, because the straw is thick enough.
If it doesn't work, you can just put two quilts on it. You must know that the straw taken out of this space is very clean!
After finishing the carriage, Li Jiayi returned to the house.
The second sister was lying on a recliner eating melon seeds.
"I said, second sister, stop throwing melon seed peels on the ground, otherwise you will have to clean them."
"I know, you are so verbose."
"Okay, I won't be nagging, I'm going out for a while."
"Why are you going again?"
"Mom asked me to send something to Director Xu."
Originally, Li Jiayi wanted his mother to send the pork suet, but his mother still had to go to work, so he asked Li Jiayi to send it over.
It doesn't matter. In fact, it doesn't matter who gives it.
Now that rationing has been restored, the sub-district office requires very little supplies from him, but it is not unnecessary.
Sometimes I only need it once every two or three months, and it's basically food, and sometimes I also need some meat.
After all, the sub-district office is not a factory and does not have that much income. Although there are several small sub-district factories below, the benefits are not good.
The main reason is to find a living for some people.
For example, the car repair shop under the street office basically does not have much income.
The ones that bring the most income to the subdistrict office are the construction team and the clothing factory.
But how much income can it earn? Let’s take a clothing factory for example! They all take small jobs from some clothing factories. To put it bluntly, they help other people's clothing factories to process.
And there are not many people there, only twenty or thirty people. A small street factory like this is not profitable at all.
"Oh! Then go ahead!"
Li Jiayi came outside, took out a few pieces of pork suet from the tricycle carriage, and put them in a net bag.
He was thrown into the space casually, and then came out of the courtyard.
Yes, he didn't ride a bicycle, and he didn't plan to drive, mainly because it was close!
Li Jiayi did not go to the street office, but went directly to Director Wang's home.
Before entering the corridor, Li Jiayi's hand was always empty. No, when he entered the corridor, he had an extra net bag in his hand.
There isn't much pork suet in it, about twenty kilograms. Don't look at it much, it will definitely make Director Xu's family have a prosperous year.
Twenty pounds of pork suet! For Li Jiayi, it is nothing, but for others, this is definitely a luxury.
Although Director Xu is the director of the sub-district office, she, like ordinary people, also eats a ration.
Not to mention Director Xu, even at Lao Li's level, he still eats a ration.
However, when you reach Lao Li's level, in addition to the same food rations, there will be some care when it comes to meat.
But this kind of care can never be given to a director of the sub-district office. There is no way, the level is not high enough.
Soon Li Jiayi arrived at the door of Director Xu's house.
"Dong dong dong!" Li Jia went up and knocked on the door.
The door opened quickly, and it was Director Xu's daughter-in-law who opened the door.
"Oops! Why are you here, Jiayi? Come in quickly."
Director Xu's daughter-in-law also has a job, but she has had two children in three years. The younger one is less than one year old, so she currently takes care of the children at home.
There is no way, there are four adults in their family, and her salary is the lowest. If one person has to be at home to take care of the children, it can only be her.
"Sister-in-law, are you alone?"
"That's right! Everyone is at work, so I can only look after the children at home."
"Okay."
Li Jia nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, I won't go in. I'm here to deliver something."
After hearing what Li Jiayi said, she looked at the net bag in Li Jiayi's hand.
When she saw what was in the net bag, she looked surprised and swallowed her saliva.
Although the life of Director Xu's family is better than that of ordinary families, the life of Director Xu's family is limited.
Few people can resist the temptation when it comes to something like pork suet.
"This...is this for my family?"
"Well! I brought back some pork suet, and it was a bit too much, so I sent some over."
"Oh, plus one! Thank you so much. How much is it? My sister-in-law will get the money for you."
"No need, sister-in-law."
"That's not possible. You will be very grateful if you send the lard fat here. How can you not ask for money?"
You know, this pork suet is something even money can’t buy!
There are pork sellers in Pigeon Market, but no one except him, Li Jiayi, sells pork suet.
Because I keep this thing at home, how can I sell it?
"Sister-in-law, I really don't need it." Li Jiayi quickly declined.
"Plus one! This won't work. You can't let your sister-in-law get scolded, right? If you don't accept the money, then you should take it back!"
"Uh! This..."
"Okay, you accept the money. You also know that our family is not short of money. What we are short of is things that even money can't buy."
What she said is correct, all four members of her family have jobs! Director Xu and her lover are both very high-ranking, and of course their salaries are also very high.
So this is not bad money.
Yes! Even if Director Xu is at the lowest level, he still gets a monthly salary of 155 yuan!
Moreover, as the director of the sub-district office, she cannot be the lowest-level division. You must know that the highest-level division is the tenth administrative level! The monthly salary is 218.5 yuan.
What’s more, Director Xu’s lover is of a higher level than Director Xu! , the salaries of Director Xu and her lover alone are already quite high.
"Okay then, just give me twenty." Li Jiayi said.
"Twenty is not enough. This needs about twenty pounds! Just wait for me."
Soon she ran out again, handed 40 yuan to Li Jiayi's hand and said, "I don't know if it's enough. You take the money."
"Sister-in-law, you're giving too much. Even if I give it to others, I can't get so much money!" Li Jiayi shook his head and said.
Then after thinking about it, he took out ten dollars and handed it over. Since she said so, Li Jiayi gave it to her at the normal price.
"Plus one, you..."
"Sister-in-law, although pork suet is not easy to buy, it does have a price, one and a half pounds per pound. I will charge you thirty yuan."
"Okay then!"
She was alone at home, and she knew Li Jiayi wouldn't go in, so she didn't force it.
"Then sister-in-law, I'll leave first. If you need anything, just tell me."
"Well! Thank you for adding one."
"You're welcome."
After coming out of Director Xu's house, Li Jiayi went home directly. He also had to go to his master's house.
When he came out just now, he should have brought more. He could also take some from the space first, and then go back and collect some into the space.
But he didn't do that. What he took out from the space was still steaming.
And these pork suet was taken out yesterday and stored in the space. If it is taken out for sale later, it will give people a stale feeling.
Anyway, he doesn't have anything to do now, it's just a matter of running a little longer.
When they got home, the second sister was still eating melon seeds and snacking in the house. Li Jiayi did not enter the house. He just took a few pieces of pork suet and put them in a mesh bag and left.
Master's home was very close to his home, only ten minutes away, and that was on foot.
When I came to Master's house, Master was also alone at home.
I don’t know where the senior sister went to play. The junior sister hasn’t had a holiday yet. As for the senior sister, of course she is at work.
"Master, I'm here to see you." Li Jiayi shouted before entering the room.
"What are you doing? Why don't you come in yet?" Li Shugen's voice came from inside the house.
"Master, what you said is that I just want to say hello to you first. Why are you saying hello?" Li Jia opened the door and came in.
"You shout so loudly, why don't you shout?" Li Shugen curled his lips and said.
"Okay."
"What are you giving me, kid?"
Every time Li Jiayi came over, he had nothing else to do but basically give him things.
And I just came here a few days ago and brought some rice, noodles and meat.
"It's nothing. I made some pork suet and my family couldn't finish it, so I brought some to you." Li Jia put a net bag on the Eight Immortals table and said.
"So many?"
"It's not much, just thirty pounds, which should be enough for the New Year."
"Are you a wealthy landlord? You will eat thirty pounds of pork suet during the Chinese New Year. Do you drink oil?"
"Ugh!"
The oil yield rate of pork suet is very high. Generally, ten pounds of pork suet can produce nine or even more than nine pounds of lard.
There is basically no loss in this thing. Of course, if you want to eat oil, you can practice a little lighter.
Although the oil yield rate is low, there is a lot of oil, but even so, it is no problem to make six or seven pounds of lard out of ten pounds of pork suet.
"You brat, you have a big family, so you should keep this pork suet for eating. You haven't finished eating the one you brought last time!"
"Master, my family is not short of these things, and I have kept a lot of them, at least no less than fifty kilograms."
"Uh!" Li Shugen was stunned for a moment.
But thinking of his apprentice's abilities, he didn't say anything more.
"How are you doing these days? You haven't put your fist down, have you?" Li Shugen asked.
"How is it possible, Master? I work very hard every day. I punch fifteen times every day now."
"How much...how much?"
"Fifteen times! What's wrong?"
Li Shugen looked at Li Jiayi in shock. Ever since Taizu Changquan, no one has been able to punch fifteen times at a time!
I didn’t expect that my apprentice would actually achieve it, fifteen times! What a concept.
Let's just say he can be beaten up to seven times now, and after beating him seven times, he will feel very uncomfortable throughout the day.
This is mainly due to excessive fatigue. You can imagine what it means to fight fifteen times at a time.
This requires not only strong physical fitness, but also energy and physical strength to keep up, otherwise it is simply impossible.
You know, he could only fight six times at most before! And after playing it six times, it’s almost the same as playing it seven times now.
This can only be achieved after a breakthrough, and when he was Li Jiayi's age, he could only play three times at most.
It was not until he was thirty years old that he could finish six times. After the age of thirty, his body began to decline, and six times was his limit.
Even he himself never thought that he could make another breakthrough in his forties.
"How did you do that?" Li Shugen walked up to Li Jiayi and touched Li Jiayi's arm and asked.
Li Jiayi knew that the master was touching his bones.
"I don't know, I just did it in a few strokes." Li Jiayi said with a shrug.
"This is unscientific! You are only fifteen years old and have not reached the peak of your body yet? You can hit it fifteen times."
Li Shugen was puzzled because he had never seen anyone who could fight eight or nine times. As for fifteen times, he had never heard of it.
In fact, one time of Taizu Changquan is equivalent to the first level. If you can hit it once, it means you have entered the first level.
Li Shugen could hit it six times before, just by practicing Taizu Changquan to the sixth level, but now he has broken through to the seventh level.
And where is Li Jiayi! It's directly fifteen layers.
This is really a knife in the ass and an eye-opener.
"Okay Master, what is scientific or not? Anyway, I have been able to practice it fifteen times. If you don't believe it, let's practice it in the courtyard."
"Put me down! You beat me fifteen times, practice with me seven times, aren't you bullying the old man!"
"Master, you are not old! You are not yet fifty!"
"Go away, go away, you don't have martial ethics! Are you taking advantage of this opportunity to save it?"
"No, no, how is that possible!" Li Jiayi quickly shook his head in denial.
Just kidding, I can’t admit it even if it’s true!
After chatting with the master for a while, Li Jiayi left because he had other things to do.
After leaving Master's house, Li Jiayi went to the small courtyard. He was afraid that he would be late and the fat man would not have any money to give to his brothers.
Although he gave the fat man 60,000 yuan in two days and could not use 30,000 yuan in one day, 60,000 yuan was definitely not enough for three days.
When they came to the small courtyard, the fat man was sitting on a chair and drinking tea leisurely.
"You are so nourishing!"
"Boss, you are here."
"Hmm! How about it? Is there enough money?"
"That's enough. I think we can support it until noon. If we collect it in the afternoon, we won't have any money." The fat man nodded and said.
"Well! I'm here to collect it with you today. I'm going back to my hometown tomorrow, so I probably need you to keep an eye on me."
"It's okay, boss. I like to keep an eye on you. At least I don't have to run outside."
Although the fat man doesn't go out, his income is the same as that of his brothers. In other words, Li Jiayi will give him whatever the brothers earn every day.
Of course, it is based on the highest payment, and Li Jia and his brothers have never been stingy.
This is why he can summon his brothers with just one word.
At noon, Li Jiayi went out and brought back some vegetables, and he and the fat man ate some in the small courtyard.
Then I worked with the fat man until night.
Li Jia handed a schoolbag to the fat man and said, "I won't come over tomorrow morning. You can figure it out yourself."
"Okay boss."
Early tomorrow morning, Li Jiayi was going back to the village with his family and had no time to come here, so he handed the money to the fat man in advance.
Similarly, he will be very busy tomorrow because tomorrow is Sunday! There must be many people in the village killing pigs and chickens.
Not only was he going back to his hometown, but he also had to collect a lot of things. Fortunately, he was driving a truck, otherwise there would be nothing he could do.
After the fat man returned, Li Jiayi put away all the wine, then got a lot of meat for Asheng and the others, and let them stay here temporarily.
When I got home, my family members had all returned. Not only that, my parents also went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a lot of things.
Li Jiayi didn't say anything. Although he said that he had all these things in his space, and there were a lot of them, this was the wish of his parents.
Of course, this is also because there are tickets now. In the past, even if my parents wanted to buy them, they didn’t have tickets!
It’s different now. Li Jiayi gets a lot of bills every month, and these bills are exactly what he wants, and the factory will give him whatever he wants.
And this is only part of it. Next month, he can get another one from the No. 3 Steel Rolling Mill. When he goes to work, he can get another one from the Woolen Mill. By then, there will be more tickets.
"Son, look to see if there is anything else you need to bring. Please add it." Ye Xin pointed to a pile of things on the ground and said.
"Mom, these are enough, and grandma's house basically doesn't lack anything."
Just kidding, Li Jiayi goes there once a week before it snows! How could grandma's house be lacking something?
Just the ones my parents bought may not be of much use to my grandparents.
"There is still a lot of sesame oil at home, do you want to bring some more?" Ye Xin asked.
"No need? I just brought you sesame oil last time, and today is not a good day to eat cold dishes, so I can't eat much sesame oil."
"Okay then!"
"In this case, I'm going to cook, go to bed early after dinner, and get up early tomorrow."
"Hmm!"
Of course, cooking is the job of my mother and eldest sister, and lighting the fire is my father's job.
Mom didn't let Li Jiayi enter the kitchen, not just for him, but also for the eldest and second brothers.
But the eldest brother and the second brother are a little better than him, because the eldest brother and the second brother can go to the kitchen to serve food and so on, but Li Jiayi is not even allowed to enter the kitchen.
"Hey, brother, have you bought something too?"
"Well! You can't go back empty-handed! It's not a joke if people know about it."
"Hey, it doesn't matter what other people do, it's just your intention, so you can have it." Li Jia nodded and said.
"Yes, it's just a thought."
"Second brother, what did you buy?"
Li Cheng later scratched his head and said, "I didn't have any other tickets, so I bought two washbasins and two thermoses."
"It's ready."
Although the second brother also had a ration, he couldn't use it. He sold the ration every month.
But he really doesn't have any other tickets, and he only has the industrial coupons that are distributed with his salary every month.
In fact, not only the eldest and second brothers bought things, but also the eldest sister. The eldest sister bought four pairs of cotton shoes. Needless to say, grandparents, uncles and aunts each have a pair.
As for the eldest sister’s ticket, of course it was issued by her employer!
You know, the eldest sister is a cadre! And it’s still the twenty-third level of administration.
Of course, even at the twenty-third level of administration, it is impossible to issue so many shoe tickets at once, and they are still cotton shoes. I guess the eldest sister exchanged them for other tickets for colleagues.
When I think about it, cotton shoes should be the most affordable!
Soon my mother prepared the meal, and the family had a happy meal.
Because I had to go to bed early, I didn’t use the sauna today.
After eating, my mother and eldest sister started to clean up, and Li Jiayi came upstairs.
After locking the door from the inside, Li Jiayi entered the space.
First go through the daily routine, then take a shower and go to bed.
A night of silence.
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At six o'clock the next morning, Li Jiayi got up from the space.
This is the time appointed yesterday.
When Li Jiayi came downstairs, he happened to see his mother and elder sister coming in with breakfast.
Mom and eldest sister got up early today! Otherwise, how could we eat so early?
"Plus one." The eldest brother greeted him when he saw him coming down.
"Yeah! Brother."
"Eat quickly! It's time to leave after eating."
"Okay."
After finishing breakfast in less than twenty minutes, Li Jiayi went outside to start the truck.
My mother and elder sister quickly started to clean up the table and kitchen.
It is difficult to start a truck in winter, especially in the morning, which is why Li Jiayi came out to start it first.
In this era, there is no such thing as preheating. Just start it several times to heat up the machine.
Fortunately, there is no need to crank it by hand anymore, but it is started electrically, otherwise it would probably be very tiring.
But even so, it took Li Jiayi about ten minutes to completely start the truck.
As long as it is started, there will be no problem, especially if it rings for a few minutes, even if the fire is extinguished, it can start a fire if it is turned on casually.
Li Jiayi's side has just started, and everyone in his family has come out, and everyone is holding something.
These were all bought by my parents yesterday, including the eldest brother, the second brother and the eldest sister.
Li Jiayi hurriedly came to the back, opened the shed from the back and said, "You guys go up first and see if it's cold? If it's cold, take two quilts."
"Let me try." The second brother put the things on it and climbed up quickly.
"Hey, it's not cold at all!"
Of course it won't be cold now, because the car hasn't started running yet, and I'm afraid that there will be wind inside after it starts running.
If there is no wind, then there will be no problem.
"I want to sit in the front." The second sister shouted.
"Okay, you, your eldest sister, and Jiafen can sit in front."
The co-pilot seat can accommodate two people, but if the eldest sister, second sister and cousin are together, there is no problem in taking three.
"Yeah." The second sister shouted happily.
Li Jiayi shook his head helplessly. To be honest, if someone was driving, he would be willing to sit in the back.
Even though it was just a tent made of canvas, it was covered tightly.
The most important thing is the straw inside, which is very thick! It's no problem to sleep on it.
If you really put a quilt on the bed, it would be many times more comfortable than sitting in front of you.
Of course, he also knew that the second sister did not sit in the front because of comfort, but because she felt it was fun to sit in the front.
Soon my parents also went up, and the eldest brother was the last one to go up.
After the eldest brother got up, Li Jia closed the back and tied it tightly.
At this time, the eldest sister and the others had already entered the cab. As soon as Li Jia got in, he put the car into gear and started.
At this time, it was already 6:50, it was almost dawn, at least we could see the road.
By the time we drove outside the city, we could already see the road clearly.
Because it was a truck, we couldn't take the small roads, so it took a little longer.
But no matter what, I finally arrived at Lijia Village at around nine o'clock.
"Wow, we're almost there, I've already seen Lijia Village." The second sister shouted excitedly.
"Okay, don't be so startled that it affects my little brother's driving," the eldest sister said.
"Oh!"
When passing by the village entrance, Li Jiayi did not stop, but drove directly to his grandma's house.
At this time, the uncle and aunt must be at grandma's house! So there is no need to stop at all.
Just as he thought, when they drove to the gate of grandma's house, the uncle and aunt ran out of the yard.
Not only that, there are people waiting outside the gate with meat on a rack cart.
"Dad, Mom!" As soon as the car stopped, my cousin opened the car door and shouted.
"Jiafen, why are you back?" The aunt asked in surprise when she saw her cousin.
"Mom, not only am I back, the eldest and second sisters, but also my uncle and aunt, the eldest brother and the second brother are all back."
Before Li Jiafen finished speaking, the eldest sister and the second sister got out of the passenger seat.
"Uncle and aunt."
"Okay, okay, where are your parents?" asked the aunt.
"In the back." The eldest sister said.
It happened that Li Jiayi got down from the cab at this time, then came to the back and opened the shed.
As soon as the shed was opened, the second brother jumped down from it.
"How are you, second brother? Is it cold?"
"Not cold."
Li Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good."
Then came the eldest brother, and my parents also came down from above, and put all the things in front of me, so that they could be retrieved when they came down.
"Love the people, Ye Xin."
"Brother, sister-in-law."
"Why are you all back?" the uncle asked at this time.
"Isn't this Jiayi driving back? So I came back with him to have a look."
"That's it! Then come into the house quickly, mom and dad are both in the house."
"Wait, brother, take the things down!" Li Aimin said.
"Hmm!"
There are so many people to work with! There were so many people, and everyone took something, so they took everything down.
My parents are still very familiar with the people in the village, even they know some young people.
So on the way into the yard, the two people greeted the villagers.
When they came to the house and put down their things, my parents started chatting with their grandparents and uncles and aunts.
Seeing this situation, Li Jiayi said: "Big brother and second brother, please go out with me to collect supplies!"
"Okay."
"I'll go too," said the second sister.
"Okay, you do the accounting."
"Yeah!"
The group of people came outside. The eldest brother brought the scales over and began to weigh the villagers.
The eldest sister also came out of the house at this time and asked: "Little brother, what should I do?"
"Sister, look at who is selling chickens and ducks, count the number, and then pay the money." After saying that, he handed the schoolbag to the eldest sister.
"Hmm!"
The cousin followed the eldest sister to count the chickens and ducks for the villagers. After counting, she paid and then moved the chickens and ducks to the yard.
It's the end of the year soon, and there are quite a few villagers coming here to sell pork. They probably want to sell some money to make new clothes for their families!
But it’s not that easy! Making clothes requires cloth! To buy cloth, you need a cloth ticket.
Without cloth coupons, it is impossible for people to sell cloth to you. It seems that I will get some cloth coupons for the villagers.
This is difficult for others, but for Li Jiayi, it is easy to solve.
Don’t forget, he has a lot of bill income every month! And he always gives him whatever he wants.
It's a pity that I didn't think of this before, and all I wanted were other tickets.
I kept busy until almost eleven o'clock, and finally finished my work. Looking at the piles of pork and piles of chickens and ducks in the yard, both the eldest and second sisters, as well as the eldest and second brothers, all looked incredulous.
This much meat is for my family to eat, so I can’t eat it for several years!
"Plus one! Do these have to be sent to the factory?" asked the eldest brother.
"Yes! What's wrong?"
"It's okay, I just asked."
"Brother, you don't want to stay and eat by yourself, do you?" Li Jiayi asked with a smile.
"No, no."
"Okay, brother, it's just a little bit of meat. What's wrong with this! Just this meat is not enough for a factory to consume for a week."
Moreover, Li Jiayi was talking about a small factory. If it were a big factory like a woolen factory, just this meat would not be enough for one meal.
But there was no way to deliver the meat to the district bureau. The last time he went to deliver it, Squad Leader Wang told him that the cold storage was almost full.
This is because there are few people in the district bureau! Delivery every week, of course there will be a lot of backlog.
But it doesn't matter, just find any factory to send these to, whether it's a machine repair shop or a steel rolling mill, they will probably be very happy.
Here in Li Jiayi, there is no material that cannot be delivered.
Lunch was made by my mother, grandmother and aunt, and they didn't do any work.
As for grandpa, uncle and dad, they have been chatting in the house.
We had a great time chatting this time, and of course, so did grandma and mom.
Although I am cooking, I am not idle either! Also chatting all the time.
This is normal, we only see it a few times a year, and every time it is in a hurry.
I could just chat for a while during the Chinese New Year, but that was before. In the future, even during the Chinese New Year, I guess it won’t be the same as before.
Not because of anything else, but because these children have grown up.
When I was little, it was okay to sleep on the same bed, but not now!
However, there is no room for so many people without sleeping in the same bed, so we can only come and leave on the same day.
Very helpless, but this is reality.
The family had a reunion lunch and had to load the car and drive back, otherwise it would be too late to go back.
After returning to the city, Li Jiayi took his things to the machine repair shop. There were more things than usual today.
Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye it is April of 1964, and the weather is gradually getting warmer.
In the past six months, nothing major happened at home, but a major incident was about to happen.
Yes, the eldest brother is getting married.
It's just that if the eldest brother gets married, he will get married, but Li Jiayi is even busier than his eldest brother Li Chengqian.
There is no way! Not only did he have to help prepare things for the wedding, he also had to help his second brother find a house.
Now the second brother lives with the eldest brother, who only has two rooms.
If the eldest brother gets married, there will definitely be no place for the second brother to live. Of course, if it is really difficult, you can still live in a crowded place, but it is obviously a bit unjustifiable.
No, Li Jiayi has been running around on this matter these days, and finally settled the house matter today.
Li Chenghou now also rents two rooms, which are allocated by the factory. They are not far from No. 7 Courtyard of Li Jia's family.
It only takes about five minutes to walk, and it would be faster if you ride a bicycle.
Li Jiayi found this with great difficulty! Moreover, the factory coordinated with other factories.
Of course, if the place didn't matter, Li Jia would help his second brother find it as soon as he looked for it.
But the second brother is alone! If you want to come home for dinner, you have to find two houses near Courtyard No. 7. This is the most difficult thing.
This only gave Li Jiayi some energy, otherwise he wouldn't have to think about it at all.
The second brother's house has been found and can be moved in after tidying up. This is quite simple.
But the eldest brother’s marriage is also on the agenda!
According to Li Jiayi's idea, it is easy to go directly to the hotel to settle the matter, and Li Jiayi is not short of this ticket.
But his parents disagreed and insisted on doing it at home. No, Li Jiayi has been busy these two days.
Mainly looking for tables and benches! There are also pots and pans.
This is the case in this era, because no one has so many things, and basically all the pots and pans used are connected.
Li Jiayi has been skipping classes for several days, moving things home like an ant moving every day.
The days passed by, and in a blink of an eye it was the day of my eldest brother’s wedding.
My eldest brother is getting married, and my grandparents, including my uncle and aunt, are all here, and they have been here for two days.
Early this morning, after breakfast, the eldest brother took Sun Qingmin to the street office on his bicycle.
Yes, in this era, marriage certificates are issued in the street.
The family has already begun preparations. Today is not Sunday, so basically everyone is asking for leave.
Even the eldest sister took time off and came back to help. As for the chefs, let alone them. There were three chefs alone.
Yes, Liao Kai, Nan Yi, and He Yuzhu all took their apprentices to ask for leave today.
The two courtyards are filled with tables, chairs and benches. The stove was just set up a few days ago and is also in the courtyard.
As for the ingredients, let alone them, they will never be used up anyway.
Just yesterday afternoon, people came to the village, but not many.
Only the brigade captain and a few production captains came because they represented the village.
The reason why only a few of them came was because they had no place to live! The captain and the others are now living in the guest house.
Li Jiayi asked Director Xu to do this. In this era, it is not easy to live in a guest house.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, customers came one after another, and the only one who came was Director Yuan.
Yes, the director of the woolen mill was the first to come. He came not because of Li Chengqian, but because of Li Jiayi.
Just kidding, if it wasn’t for Li Jiayi’s reputation, how could he, a factory director, come to attend a wedding.
Then came the heads of other departments in the woolen mill, basically everyone who had interacted with Li Jiayi.
When people like them arrive, they will be people from the bakery, machine repair shop, fifth rolling mill, third rolling mill, and Hongye Steel Plant.
The wedding was very lively.
Not to mention the banquet, with a total of twenty-six hot and cold dishes, including more than a dozen meat dishes.
Even in this era of lack of oil and water, the vegetables were not finished, and even the meat dishes were not finished.
You can imagine how good the banquet was. As for the wine, all the wine was Maotai provided by Li Jiayi.
Likewise, the gift money will be collected after the tables, chairs, benches and pots and pans are returned.
The family sat in the room and counted gifts. Director Yuan and the other factory directors each received one hundred, and the department leaders below each received sixty.
As for my parents and some of my eldest and second brother’s colleagues, the minimum is five yuan.
At last count, the gift alone turned out to be more than three thousand yuan. In this era, this is definitely a lot of money.
At this time, the uncle glanced at Li Chengqian and Sun Qingmin and said: "You two keep some of this gift money to live on, and give the rest to Jiayi."
"Uh! Uncle, why are you leaving it to me?" Li Jia was stunned and asked.
"Plus one! Don't think I don't know. These people here today are all because of you, right?"
"Uncle, no matter who it is because of! It's not appropriate for me to give the gift money that my eldest brother received. It's better for me to keep it."
Li Jiayi will not ask for this money. Thousands of dollars are nothing to him.
"Okay, you don't need to say anything, this matter is settled."
"No! That's it. I can't take the money anyway." Li Jiayi shook his head and said.
"Why not? Let's not say that the gift money is because of you, but the dishes we eat and the wine we drink, aren't they all bought by you?"
"Hey, uncle, it didn't cost much, just think of it as a gift from me to my eldest brother." Li Jiayi waved his hand indifferently.
"Yes, brother, since Jiayi said so, then let's do it!" Li Aimin said.
"How can this be done? I..."
"Okay." Before the uncle finished speaking, he was interrupted by the old man. He heard the old man say: "Since Jiayi said so, let's do it! As for how much it cost, that's their brother's responsibility. between things.”
"Yes, yes, grandpa, you are absolutely right." Li Jiayi nodded quickly and said.
The old man glanced at Li Jiayi with a smile, and then said to Li Chengqian: "You can't just take money, you must remember the kindness of your brother."
Li Jiayi scratched his head and said: "Grandpa, why are you talking about this! We are all a family, so saying this feels a bit foreign."
The old man said seriously: "I'm just telling the truth, so that your elder brother doesn't feel so at ease."
"Grandpa, don't worry, I know how to do it." The eldest brother said quickly.
"Well! It's good to know that between you brothers, although Jiayi doesn't care about anything, what he cares about is family affection. You can never forget this in your life."
"I know, Grandpa."
The old man looked at Li Jiayi again and said: "Jiayi! Grandpa knows that you have done a lot. Don't worry, it doesn't matter who forgets, but Grandpa will never forget."
(End of chapter)