Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

Chapter 109 Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide

The next day.

After the master and his two disciples left, Lou Xiao'e found Wang Yue. She had made an appointment with Wang Yue yesterday to take her to visit Sijiu City today.

"Wang Yue, come on, I'll take you for a walk today and buy you some clothes and shoes. My Damao asked me to treat you to roast duck on his behalf."

"Sister Xiao'e, these clothes are enough for me. Brother Kangri bought me two sets!" said Wang Yue.

"Listen to me, it would be a waste if you don't buy some clothes for your pretty face. Anyway, Xiao Li is not short of money, so you can spend the money."

"This, okay?" Wang Yue said.

In fact, she also likes to dress up, and clothes have an irresistible temptation to her.

"What's wrong with that? He really doesn't lack money. Let's go!"

Having said that, Lou Xiao'e took Wang Yue and walked out.

On the other side of the factory, after Li Kangri distributed a circle of wedding candies to the people in the security department, he returned to his office. Not long after he sat down, Li Huaide came to his door.

"Brother Li, I heard that you were back early in the morning, so I rushed over to find you without stopping. What's the matter? Did you bring your wife back?" Li Huaide said with a smile on his face.

"Brother Li, I brought it back. Come and eat some wedding candy." Li Kangri took a few and handed them to Li Huaide.

"You must eat your wedding candy," Li Huaide said after taking the candy. "Brother Li, your calculation is quite accurate. Don't you know that I am already the deputy director of our factory?"

"Haha, congratulations, Brother Li," Li Kangri said with a smile, "How was it? Did it go smoothly?"

"Hey, it can't be said to be smooth. My father-in-law has put in a lot of effort. Fortunately, the situation is favorable for us now, otherwise there would be no chance."

"Brother Li is lucky. By the way, Brother Li must have something else to ask me, right?" Li Kangri asked. He didn't think that Li Huaide came to tell him this.

"It's a current event. My father-in-law has a comrade-in-arms who is in the same situation as my mother-in-law. He heard that my mother-in-law's illness has been cured, so he came to ask for help..." said Li Huaide.

"This! Is it urgent?"

"It's not urgent, but since you went back, you've come to my house every day to ask about it. If possible, please do it as soon as possible. As for the money, I told you that the herbs are expensive. It's up to you to decide how much you want. I'm just doing you a favor." Li Huaide explained.

"Okay, let's wait a few days! Medicinal herbs are indeed a little hard to find."

"That's no problem. There's one more thing I want you to calculate for me. Tell me when I can make the next step forward." Li Huaide said embarrassedly.

"Haha, Brother Li, don't be embarrassed," Li Kangri said with a smile, "That person doesn't want to move up, I understand this as being ambitious, just write a word!"

"Brother Li is still good at talking. This is my sincerity. I'll leave it here."

As he spoke, Li Huaide put a red envelope on the table, took the notebook from Li Kangri's desk and started writing.

"That's it!"

Li Huaide pushed the notebook in front of Li Kangri and said.

Seeing the words on the notebook, Li Kangri laughed and said, "Brother Li, you want to become a regular employee! That's why you wrote the word 'regular'. This word is actually very good, but you wrote it at the wrong time."

"The time is wrong?" Li Huaide asked puzzledly.

"Yes, 正 means the sun is at its zenith. It's around nine o'clock now, so there's still some time before noon. So if you want to be 正, you need more time. Also, 正 means "at a time" and 止, which means you've stopped before you've reached '一'. So, considering the above two aspects, there's no hope at the moment."

After hearing Li Kangri's explanation, Li Huaide became a little anxious. His lifelong dream was to become the head of the factory. There was no hope for this at the moment. So when would he see hope?

So he asked hurriedly, "Can you tell how long this hopeless situation will last?"

"Brother Li, don't be careful. Judging from your face, you will never stop here in this life. You see, this word "正" is often used to count votes. Isn't it exactly five? About five years!" Li Kangri explained.

"Is that so? But luckily it's five years. I'm still young and can wait," Li Huaide said with a smile, "I've asked all my questions. I'll treat you to lunch today. See you in the private room later."

"Brother Li, don't be anxious! I also have something to ask of you!" Li Kangri shouted.

"Do we need to beg each other?" Li Huaide pretended to be angry and said, "Just tell me what you want."

"It's like this. Originally, I didn't want to ask you for help in this matter. I wanted to go to my family. But since Brother Li is the deputy factory director, I want to ask, can I arrange a job for your sister-in-law?" Li Kangri asked angrily.

"Oh, you scared me to death. I thought it was something difficult to handle. It's just a small matter. I can do it even if I'm not the deputy factory director. Tell me, how do you want to arrange it and where do you want to go?" Li Huaide said generously.

"Hehe, thank you Brother Li first. I don't know the details! My wife hasn't even finished elementary school! But I don't want to ask her to go to the workshop, so you see..."

"Do you know many words?" Li Huaide asked.

"That's about right! I've taught him before, so writing letters and reading books shouldn't be a problem for him."

"As long as you can read, I think you should be assigned to the Personnel Department! There isn't much work to do there during normal times, so what do you think?" Li Huaide said.

"There's nothing wrong with that. That's it. Thank you, Brother Li. I think I'll treat you to lunch!" said Li Kangri.

"No need, I'll treat you to lunch. Consider this job as a gift from me to your sister-in-law and you." Li Huaide said.

"How can that be possible?" Li Kangri quickly refused, "This gift is too big, how can I accept it?"

"Look, why should we be so polite? If you really feel bad, can you give me some of that Flying Dragon Pill? Too many people have been asking me for it recently." Li Huaide took the opportunity to ask.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? That's fine. I'll give it to you in a few days."

"Okay, see you at noon. I'll give you the documents after we've discussed it."

After saying that, Li Huaide smiled and left the office.

In the afternoon, Lou Xiao'e and Wang Yue returned to the courtyard with a lot of things. Yang Ruihua, who was guarding the gate, was stunned when he saw the two of them carrying a lot of things in their hands.

"Xiao'e, why did you buy so many things? What did you buy?"

"Auntie, Xiao Li's wife just came over. We went to buy some daily necessities, all daily necessities and clothes." Lou Xiao'e explained.

"Xiao'e, the third aunt is out of date. Now I am the second aunt. When you were not here, the street office came and announced a few days ago that my husband Yan will be the second uncle from now on." Yang Ruihua said.

"Oh, then congratulations to Second Auntie. We have something else to do, so we'll go back first. You go ahead and do your work." After saying that, Lou Xiao'e pulled Wang Yue towards the backyard. Now she knew the reason why the Yan family guarded the gate, so she didn't want to waste time with Yang Ruihua.