When Ye Zhiqiu returned home, his teeth were chattering with cold. Riding a bicycle so late at night was really a torture!
After parking his bike, he turned off the lights at the door and in the yard, then went back to his room. Without turning on the lights, he used a flashlight to take off his clothes and returned to bed.
After turning off the flashlight, he entered the space. It was still warm inside, so he stayed there and smoked a cigarette, and his body became more active.
After his body warmed up, Ye Zhiqiu left the space and reappeared on the bed. He covered himself with the quilt and began to sleep.
He was a little tired after going to the hospital twice today, so he fell asleep soon after lying in bed.
When he woke up the next day, it was already eight o'clock in the morning.
After stretching, he got up and washed up, then returned to the living room with the breakfast left, only to find that Wang Fugui was not at home again!
This old man has been running around a lot lately, and I don’t know what he is busy with every day!
Looking at the message, he was still going out to visit an old friend as usual. He was too lazy to make an excuse! Anyway, it was for Ye Zhiqiu to see, and he was the only one in the family who had been confessed about his work unit.
After Ye Zhiqiu had breakfast, he turned on the radio and started listening.
At this time, the radio was broadcasting various articles praising the unity and courage in fighting natural disasters.
In fact, it is really worth writing about. No country can do this, with millions of people in the city helping each other.
This could not happen in any foreign country except this land.
When disasters occur in some countries, instead of helping the people, they even want to arrest the affected people!
After listening to the article, Ye Zhiqiu turned off the radio. Seeing that it was not yet nine o'clock, he looked at the calendar. There were still two days until Saturday, and he sighed.
This kind of weather is really not suitable to go see Feng Xiaomei. I came back from the hospital yesterday and was shivering after being exposed to the cold for forty or fifty minutes.
If I go to Zhongguancun, it will take at least an hour and a half. Not to mention whether my body can handle it, what if I catch a cold and infect Feng Xiaomei? It will not be worth it!
After all, it would be abnormal if two people didn't kiss each other when they were together.
I was doing nothing until ten o'clock, when I heard shouting from outside.
"Brother, is he home?"
“Here I am!”
This was Ma Banghua's voice. Ye Zhiqiu quickly replied, then opened the door to the living room and went out to meet someone.
Ma Banghua pushed the bicycle in. Ye Zhiqiu asked him to push it into the utility room, closed the gate, and the two returned to the living room.
Ye Zhiqiu made some tea and handed him a cigarette while smiling and asking, "Brother Banghua, why are you here at this hour today?"
Ma Banghua took the cigarette and lit it with a lighter. He then said with a bitter face, "Brother, I'm here to ask for your help! The factory promised to give employees extra meals because they worked hard on the front lines during the heavy snow.
But the connections I can make to get ingredients are all in other provinces! Now, this task has fallen on my head! I have no choice but to come to you for help. I hope your connections can help me get through this."
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned. After a while, he asked with a puzzled look, "No, Brother Banghua, what are your leaders thinking? All the transportation capacity is now used to fill up the war reserves. How can you possibly get food? They just open their mouths and agree to extra meals. Isn't this forcing you to run yourself to death?"
Ma Banghua's face was filled with embarrassment. He said sheepishly, "Brother, this is all my fault for being so confused. At the time, the leaders said that whoever took on this task and completed it would be promoted from an ordinary worker to a deputy section chief, and from a deputy section chief to a full section chief..."
At the time, I only thought about the restoration of transportation, not considering that all the transportation capacity was used to transport war supplies and food. After all, I have an uncle who can help with this, but without transportation capacity, I would be helpless.
I can only blame myself for not thinking carefully enough and issuing a military order. Zuo Tian called my uncle and I realized there wasn't a carriage to bring the pigs in. Only then did I realize I'd fallen into a big pit..."
Ye Zhiqiu pointed at Ma Banghua and couldn't say a word for a long time. He could only sigh and put his hand down.
He really couldn't just ignore this matter, so he smoked in silence for a while.
Ma Banghua didn't dare to continue asking questions. After all, his brother-in-law Ye Zhiqiu was the only person he could find to help him.
Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and said, "I can't get pork. With so many people in your factory, you need at least a few pigs. But now all the pigs have been taken away to pay off debts. This thing is too conspicuous and too risky. They don't dare to deal with it.
But I can help you get fish, both freshwater and sea fish. The key is whether you can ensure that they are from your factory and don't ask any questions. If you insist on asking where they come from, then it will be difficult for me to help you!"
Ma Banghua's face showed joy, and he said excitedly: "Who dares! If anyone asks me where I came from, I will just get out of this mission, and they can't say anything wrong about me!
Brother, I really thank you so much this time. I have no choice, otherwise I wouldn’t come here to trouble you…”
"Okay, there's no need to say that between us. You should just think about what kind of fish you want and how many pounds you want!"
Ma Banghua immediately perked up and started discussing with Ye Zhiqiu in a low voice.
Speaking of the entire First Textile Factory, there are almost 3,000 employees. In the past, if they made a meat dish, assuming 300 grams of fish per person, that would require over a thousand kilograms of fish!
The extra meal this time definitely cannot be so small. Based on six taels of fish meat for one employee, that would require nearly two thousand kilograms of fish.
Fortunately, it wasn't a problem for Ye Zhiqiu, as he wasn't short of fish. However, he was a little worried about such a large-scale transaction.
It's really too risky!
The two men discussed in a low voice and decided that Ma Banghua would bring the money and some people in a truck tomorrow night, and Ye Zhiqiu would take the money and drive to bring back the fish.
Fish was two yuan a jin, so a total of four thousand yuan for two thousand jin of fish. It didn't matter what kind of fish it was. Ma Banghua was satisfied as long as he could get fish, so why would he care what kind of fish it was!
After seeing off Ma Banghua, who was very excited and kept thanking him, Ye Zhiqiu instead had a bitter face and a headache!
Because this matter must be told to Wang Fugui, he can imagine the scene of being scolded by him for a long time!
He always reminded himself not to mess around with things, but this time, he caught two thousand kilograms of fish at once!
It's hard for Rabbit to explain the source. He wanted to arrange for Rabbit to catch them at first! After all, the fish said they used ice hole nets. Rabbit couldn't say that he went to the mountains over in Miyun in the middle of winter and caught so many, right?
"Oh, Brother Banghua has really caused me so much trouble. My grandfather will probably scold me for a long time soon! I'd better cook for him and have a couple of drinks with him. Once he's happy, I can tell him about this..."
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