After slapping the waiter, Li Xiangdong, feeling refreshed, pulled Li Jin out of the Meilan State-Run Restaurant. Li Jin looked at Li Xiangdong, hesitant to speak, and after a long while said, "The money we just spent, was it the money you gave to your mother...?"
Li Xiangdong said nonchalantly, "If it's given to my mom, it's given to my mom. I can't control who she wants to give it to!"
"That fifty cents from earlier..."
"Isn't it worth spending five cents to vent your anger?" Li Xiangdong retorted.
worth!
It was totally worth it!
The waiter's attitude just now really angered him!
It's great to have a son who can stand up for him and vent his anger. Li Jin stopped thinking about the five cents he had spent for nothing. What's done is done!
From now on, their cannery will be able to earn many 50 cents a month!
The father and son caught up with Deputy Manager Xie and his entourage with their heads held high. The driver hadn't been drinking, so everyone asked him to take good care of the drunk Deputy Manager Xie.
A puff of gasoline fumes sprayed out, and everyone watched as Deputy Manager Xie's car disappeared around the street corner before preparing to return to the hotel.
Yu Deshui greeted Li Xiangdong and prepared to return to the factory.
Since the scandal involving Deputy Factory Director Jin and Wei Shufen was exposed, the investigation into the incident where Yu Deshui damaged the large machinery on the day he was on duty has also been completed. It was found that it was Deputy Factory Director Jin who was behind it. Now, Deputy Factory Director Jin and Wei Shufen have been dismissed for their corrupt lifestyle and deliberate damage to state-owned assets.
Yu Deshui was technically very skilled, and the factory leaders knew they had wronged him, so they transferred him back.
"Uncle Yu, let me give you a ride." He still had something to discuss with Yu Deshui.
Li Xiangdong told Li Jin, Wang Zhenbo, Liu Changhai, and the others to go back to the hotel first, either to sleep or to wander around on their own. In any case, they had achieved their two objectives for the trip, so it could be considered a great success.
The group split into two groups. It wasn't too far from the Dongfang City First Machinery Factory; it would only take half an hour to walk there. After a hearty meal, a walk would help digestion, so Li Xiangdong accompanied Yu Deshui as they slowly walked towards the factory.
"Uncle Yu, how have you been these days?" Li Xiangdong asked with concern.
"It's great. Thinking back to those days at the scrap metal yard feels like a lifetime ago!"
Yu Deshui smiled gently and briefly recounted what happened after Li Xiangdong and Feng Yucai left.
Now that he's divorced Wei Shufen and returned to the machinery factory, many people are introducing him to potential partners!
He simply wasn't ready to enter into a new marriage, so he refused them all.
Li Xiangdong also felt a little sad.
As the saying goes, adultery has always led to death. Uncle Yu almost lost his life because his wife cheated on him.
Fortunately, he was able to extricate himself in time, which can be considered as starting a new chapter in his life.
"By the way, Uncle Yu, does the machinery factory produce canning machines and feed grinders?" Li Xiangdong got back to the point.
"Our factory doesn't produce canning machines or feed grinders. We mainly produce transportation equipment. The ones you're looking for are probably made by agricultural and livestock machinery factories or food machinery factories."
It's easy to see that Li Xiangdong wants to turn their Lijiapo Cannery into a mechanized production facility.
"Can you make them yourself? What if you buy some parts and process them yourself? I'd like to order a few from you."
Li Xiangdong doesn't want to travel too far to find agricultural and livestock machinery factories and food machinery factories right now, mainly because information flow is too blocked, and it would take a lot of time to find these manufacturers.
Moreover, as far as he knew, these two machines were not complicated, and he believed that Yu Deshui's skills would certainly enable him to build them.
Upon hearing Li Xiangdong's words, Yu Deshui was somewhat tempted. His current salary was not low, but his mother was living with him in Dongfang City. If he could earn more money, it would put his mother's mind at ease.
Most importantly, he and Li Xiangdong had gone through the incident where Wei Shufen cheated on him, so he knew that Li Xiangdong would not betray him, and the money he earned was honest.
“Okay, I’ll look into it soon!” Yu Deshui readily agreed.
"Alright, Uncle Yu, you are truly a great contributor to Lijiapo's industrialization!" Li Xiangdong grabbed Yu Deshui's hand and shook it.
This guy Xiang Dong is great everywhere, but he always speaks in a mushy, overly sentimental way, like a leader giving a speech at a big meeting!
After seeing Yu Deshui off, Li Xiangdong had a sudden thought. Anyway, he still had an afternoon to go, and there were still four scrap metal recycling stations in Dongfang City that he hadn't visited yet!
In a few years, it won't be so easy to find treasures at scrap yards.
Li Xiangdong wasn't the type to leave empty-handed after passing through a treasure trove; he set off immediately, heading straight for the scrap metal recycling station.
Because of the time constraints, and not having time to slowly search for items himself, he first bribed the guards, specifying that he wanted some old books, old paintings, broken jars, broken bowls, and the like.
Li Jin and the others waited until 7 p.m. but Li Xiangdong still didn't show up. The three of them had a big, oily lunch, so they just had a simple bowl of noodles for dinner.
At 11 p.m., Li Xiangdong finally entered the house, looking travel-worn, carrying a burlap sack on his back.
"Where have you been? Collecting scraps?"
Liu Changhai was younger and usually spoke humorously. Seeing Li Xiangdong's appearance, he jokingly asked...
"Hahaha, Uncle Changhai was right! He did pick up a sack of junk!"
Li Xiangdong was extremely happy, but unfortunately, he couldn't share this joy with anyone, which made him very anxious.
Liu Changhai's interest was piqued. He was sitting cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), but he jumped off the kang, slipped on his shoes, and went to take the sack from Li Xiangdong's hand.
Li Xiangdong had carried it all the way back and was exhausted, so he handed it to him, saying, "Handle with care!" before going to fetch water to wash his face.
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