Seeing him like this, Li Xu and the other two said no more and walked straight out the door.

Li Jiakang also paid a heavy price for his words.

From that day on, for more than ten days, Sun Xiu never gave him a good look.

...

July came in a flash.

Tang County, which had not seen rain for several months, finally welcomed a heavy downpour.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the Li family couldn't help but show happy expressions.

Li Jiakang burst into laughter, "The disaster is about to end."

This is not just nonsense.

It's the consensus of the majority.

But he said it again when he saw the heavy rain.

Although information exchange is not well developed in this era and it is difficult for people to know the situation in other places, people can still infer it from some details.

Just like in previous years, when droughts occurred, the rivers in the county would dry up.

But this year is different. Although there has not been a drop of rain in Tang County in the previous four months, the rivers in the county are still normal.

This has led to very good growth of crops in the county.

Moreover, the transport volume of the supply and marketing cooperative's motorcade last month was much higher than before.

These details all indicate that the disaster situation is improving.

"Yes, it's finally over." Everyone's eyes were full of hope.

The disasters in recent years have made everyone feel tormented.

It is no exaggeration to say that people even dream that the disaster is over...

After happily finishing his breakfast, Li Xu took an umbrella and walked towards the office.

I got on the car and just wiped the rain off my body when I saw Liu Gang getting on.

After he got in the car, he wiped the rain off his body and said excitedly, "You're going to be lucky, kid."

This made Li Xu stunned for a moment, "Why am I so lucky?"

"Something good is going on."

Li Xu thought he would continue talking, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see any follow-up, so he said unhappily, "Why don't you finish what you are saying?"

Liu Gang chuckled and said, "Guess first."

Li Xu was a little helpless. How could he guess?

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "I can't guess. Just tell me directly."

He really couldn't imagine what good thing would happen to him.

Seeing him like this, Liu Gang didn't keep him in suspense any longer and said directly, "If nothing unexpected happens, you'll be able to become a regular employee next month. Do you think you're lucky?"

Li Xu thought he was joking, so he smiled and said, "You're kidding. Our team hasn't purchased any new cars, and none of the veterans are retiring. How can I get a permanent job?"

Liu Gang curled his lips and said, "If you don't believe it, forget it."

Seeing his expression, Li Xu was stunned for a moment, and then he stammered, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Fake."

Li Xu quickly apologized with a smile, "Uncle Liu, please don't take what I just said seriously. Do you have any inside information?"

Liu Gang glanced at him and asked pretentiously, "A few months ago, you said you would treat me to a meal at a high-end restaurant after I became a regular employee. Do you still mean what you said?"

"Of course. If the information is accurate, I will treat you when the restaurant opens." Li Xu nodded quickly.

I thought the high-end restaurant would open last month.

But I never expected the efficiency to be so slow, and it hasn't opened until now.

So even if you are treating someone, you still have to wait for a while.

This answer made Liu Gang very satisfied, so he naturally stopped keeping the secret. "The county held a meeting yesterday, and one of the items was to approve our supply and marketing cooperative to purchase a car. It should be in place by next month at the latest. Who do you think will be the regular employee by then?"

Is there any need to ask?

Of course it’s me.

This was the promise the director made last year. As long as there are vacancies for regularization in the motorcade, he will definitely be the first one to be regularized.

But why would he suddenly buy a car?

You have to know that the current car production is seriously insufficient, and not everyone can buy one if they have money.

Therefore, each region will be allocated a number of quotas for purchasing cars, and then each unit will apply to its superiors.

The superior leaders will allocate the quotas to each unit based on the actual situation.

I heard that the county hasn’t been allocated any quotas for a long time.

So he quickly asked, "Has our director applied for this? Does our county have a quota for purchasing cars?"

Liu Gang explained, "She didn't apply on her own initiative, but the county leaders contacted her."

This made Li Xu even more confused, "What does that mean?"

"A few days ago, the city conveyed a message, roughly saying that after the disaster is over, all regions must still vigorously develop industry. They also provided some support, including quotas for purchasing cars. Finally, the county decided to give this quota to us.

The county leaders discussed it privately, then consulted with our director, who then submitted a request to the higher authorities. Do you understand now?"

Understood.

I understand so well.

This is an internal decision.

The director of the supply and marketing cooperative applied to the higher authorities just to show off to outsiders.

I didn't expect that this routine existed decades ago...

"It seems the city leaders also believe the disaster will end this year. Now we can rest assured." Li Xu smacked his lips and then asked, "Why did they choose to buy now?"

Liu Gang smiled and said, “Since the issuance of industrial vouchers, the county leaders have had this idea, but at that time the county did not have the purchase quota;

If the disaster ends this month, there will definitely be a big push to develop industry next month, and the same will be true for other places. Then everyone will rush to buy, and how long will it take to get in line? So they figured since they have to buy sooner or later, they might as well buy now while there's no one to compete with them.

After listening to it, Li Xu was deeply moved.

The county leaders are indeed very wise.

They actually took this matter into consideration when issuing industrial vouchers.

Industrial vouchers have been issued for several months, but few people have used them to buy things.

It is conceivable that people who hold industrial coupons must be saving money to buy the items they like.

According to the calculation of time, in the near future, although the industrial coupons accumulated by people cannot be used to buy large items such as bicycles, they can be used to buy most commodities.

By then, the supply and marketing cooperative's sales of goods will definitely increase a lot, and the transportation volume of the motorcade will naturally increase.

If the disaster ends, the transportation volume of other units will also increase, and even if it returns to the previous level, the motorcade will not be able to cope with it.

In this case, in order to avoid delays in production, the supply and marketing cooperative's car fleet naturally had to increase the number of cars.

According to Li Xu's speculation, he thought that the supply and marketing cooperative would not purchase a new car until next year, but he did not expect it to be so early.

So he showed an excited expression on his face and said excitedly, "Okay, okay, starting next month I will be a formal employee. Uncle Liu, do you think you will let me drive that new car?"

"What are you dreaming about?" Liu Gang said angrily, "You're a newly hired employee. Who would be comfortable letting you drive a new car?"

Although he knew that what he said was true, Li Xu still felt upset.