Courtyard House: In this life, I have a new home!

Li Weidong rode his bike to the factory gate, told the security guard there, and then rode into the factory, heading straight for the clinic.

He led Xiaoxi into his office. The room was spotless. He arrived a little early; the two barefoot doctors and three nurses hadn't arrived yet.

A short while later, He Yushui and Lin Yurou arrived. It was still a little while before eight o'clock.

"Rain, Xiaorou, you two stay here with Xiaoxi and don't run around."

Li Weidong added, "I'm going to talk to the factory manager about something."

"Okay, Dong-ge, you can go ahead and get busy."

Lin Yurou responded sweetly, her gaze sweeping over several fist-sized tomatoes and a few tender cucumbers on the desk.

Xiao Xi had already grabbed a tomato and started eating it, her face covered in juice.

Li Weidong went out and bumped into a barefoot doctor and nurse who were on their way to work. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he took a roll of blueprints and went to find the factory manager.

As soon as I arrived at the factory office building, I saw Director Yang, Director Li, and Secretary Zhang standing under an old locust tree in front of the building, talking about something.

"Section Chief Li is here. I was just talking about you."

Factory Director Yang's gaze fell on the blueprints in Li Weidong's hand. "Come on, let's talk inside."

After sitting down in Director Yang's office, Li Weidong spread the blueprints on the coffee table and said, "These are the blueprints for the ceiling fan, as well as the blueprints and process requirements for the gasoline engine."

"Haha, Section Chief Li, you're truly a great contributor to our factory!"

Factory Director Yang was beaming with excitement. "The higher-ups have approved it. Our factory will officially start producing electric fans, and we'll even set up a branch factory specifically for it."

"Your reward has also been issued. In addition to various vouchers, there is also two hundred yuan in cash."

Li Weidong wasn't particularly interested in these things, but he still reached out and took them.

"Thanks, sir. I'll be going now."

He tucked the two large envelopes under his arm and turned to leave.

"What's the rush? The factory also gives bonuses. It's still two hundred yuan, plus some vouchers."

Director Yang tossed two more thick envelopes over.

Without saying a word, Li Weidong stuffed them all into the canvas bag on his shoulder.

"There's one more thing, Section Chief Li, you need to make a couple more gasoline engines. You'll have to show off your skills to the higher-ups later."

Factory Director Yang added, "It would be best if it could be mounted on a bicycle."

"It's nothing."

Li Weidong nodded without hesitation: "As long as the materials are in place, loading the bicycle won't be a problem."

"I'll go back to the office and take a look, then I'll go to the workshop later."

Factory Director Yang stood up: "Okay, then I'll go to the workshop and wait for you. I'll have someone prepare everything you need."

"My sister and the others are in the office; I need to go tell them."

Li Weidong explained, "The Jia family is holding a funeral in the courtyard, it's very chaotic."

Secretary Zhang and Factory Director Yang exchanged a glance; they both knew perfectly well what had happened last night. The factory's labor union sent someone over early this morning.

Li Weidong returned to his office and handed four envelopes to Lin Yurou.

"Brother Dong, what's this?"

Lin Yurou was stunned.

He Yushui was pulling Xiaoxi through a comic book.

"It was given to me by the higher-ups and the factory; the money was about four hundred yuan. There were quite a few receipts, but I didn't look at them closely."

Li Weidong said, "Put everything away neatly. I have to go to the workshop to work. I'll come back for lunch with you all."

He put down the canvas bag and stuffed the two cans of food into his desk drawer.

Lin Yurou clutched the four heavy envelopes, her face flushing instantly. In her mind, Li Weidong handing her the money meant something much more. Only the woman in charge of the household received this treatment.

"Don't worry about your work, Dong-ge. I'll take care of Xiao-xi."

She said, blushing.

"Brother, I want to go play too!"

Xiao Xi ran over and hugged Li Weidong's leg.

"My brother went to work to earn money."

Li Weidong patted her head: "If you don't earn money, where will you get good food?"

"Then brother, you should go quickly!"

Xiao Xi immediately let go: "Xiao Xi is the best girl."

Li Weidong left the office with a smile.

"That's a lot of money."

He Yushui watched as Lin Yurou opened the envelope, revealing a pile of tickets and certificates on the table.

"The money is four hundred yuan. There are also two bicycle tickets, two watch tickets, and one sewing ticket."

Lin Yurou counted excitedly.

"I also have a radio ticket here."

He Yushui also picked it up to count.

Finally, there were 100 jin of grain coupons, 10 jin of meat coupons, and 20 jin of tofu coupons. There were also 1,000 coal briquette coupons and 10 jin of oil coupons.

Li Weidong knew very well that these receipts were not worthless; they were extremely valuable.

He changed into his work clothes in the infirmary and then went into the first workshop. As soon as he arrived at his workstation, Xiao Zhang and Da Li had already arranged everything neatly as instructed by Factory Director Li.

In the open space of the workshop, more than twenty floor fans were neatly stacked, clearly made just yesterday.

"Section Chief Li, here's one of these fans for you. I'll have someone deliver it to your office later."

Li Huaide smiled and said, then pointed to the materials, "These things..."

"Okay, that's good."

Li Weidong nodded. "This is what you wanted."

He pulled a medicine bottle from his pocket, which contained red pills about the size of peanuts.

Li Huaide was stunned for a moment before he remembered that Li Weidong had mentioned that he would prepare medicine for him.

"Thank you so much, my stomach cold is a ** illness."

Li Huaide said with emotion.

Li Weidong almost couldn't help but laugh, secretly marveling at Li Huaide's genius—he could even package kidney deficiency as a stomach ailment.

"Take one a day, and it will treat both the symptoms and the root cause. After taking these nine, I guarantee you'll be fine."

Li Weidong said.

As he spoke, his hands were busy, and he quickly processed all the materials. Then he began assembling them, his movements incredibly swift, leaving his two assistants speechless with amazement.

In just an hour and a half, Li Weidong had tinkered with two 50cc gasoline engines. The remaining task of installing them on the bicycles was left to Xiao Zhang and Da Li to practice on.

While Li Weidong was working on the gasoline engine, the two men had already prepared the bicycle, so now they just needed to install it.

"That's about it, it's lunchtime. I'll come back this afternoon to check on how the decorations are going."

Li Weidong said, "Let's all go eat."

Li Huaide was a little embarrassed: "Section Chief Li, I can't host a welcome lunch for you today. Sha Zhu went back to his hometown for a funeral..."

"No, no, no."

Li Weidong waved his hand, "No need for all that. If you want to drink, come to my house tomorrow or the day after, I'll cook for you myself!"

"Sha Zhu's skills are nowhere near as good as mine."

Does Li Huaide no longer believe Li Weidong? No, he does. He just finds it strange that Li Weidong can even cook, and is even better than Sha Zhu.

"Tsk, Section Chief Li is quite capable."

Li Huaide looked on with admiration.

"I have a craving for food, and back in Guangzhou, the ingredients were easy to get, so I developed this skill."

Li Weidong casually explained, "Later, I also worked in a steel rolling mill as part of a work-study program, and I worked in both the fitter and forging workshops."

Li Huaide was taken aback: "You also know blacksmithing?"

"Yes, I know, but I don't know what level it is. I'll get a longsword made when I have time; I'll need it for hunting on Sundays."

Li Weidong said.

"You're a true genius!"

Li Huaide's chubby face was full of admiration.

Just then, rousing music blared from the factory's loudspeakers—lunchtime had arrived. The workers in the workshop turned off their machines and rushed to the canteen with their lunchboxes.

"I went back to my office and brought some food with me."

Li Weidong waved his hand, turned around and left.

Back in the office, He Yushui had already set out lunch: several flatbreads with pickled vegetables, plus four glasses of plain water.

"Brother, I want to eat meat. Did you bring any?"

As soon as Xiao Xi saw Li Weidong enter, she immediately grabbed his clothes, her little face full of grievance.

Judging from her pitiful appearance, she must have been scolded by Lin Yurou for eating meat.

"Xiao Xi, how can you crave meat every day?"

Lin Yurou sighed, "We should be grateful to be able to eat white flour. Don't forget we were eating wild vegetables just a few days ago."

"But...but brother clearly has meat on his plate."

Xiao Xi lowered her head, her voice growing softer and softer.

"I brought canned food, look!"

Li Weidong pulled out two cans of fish, "Sardines, even the bones are soft, it's so fragrant when rolled up in a pancake!"

"That's great, brother!"

Xiao Xi immediately called out in a clear and loud voice, her childish tone full of joy.

"You never stop eating once you start; you're bound to become a little fatso."

Lin Yurou shook her head helplessly.

"Xiao Xi isn't fat, Xiao Xi will never turn into a little pig!"

Xiao Xi looked serious and was full of confidence.

"Brother Dong, there were quite a lot of receipts just now."

Lin Yurou handed over the rolled-up pancake, her voice brimming with barely suppressed excitement, "We've got all three—a watch, a revolving door, and a radio!"

"I took two bicycle tickets and two watch tickets."

Li Weidong nodded, his face expressionless. "Go home early tonight and get the bicycles back first. One for you, one for Yushui."

"From now on, I won't be afraid to walk home alone at night after school when it rains."

Lin Yurou's eyes widened in disbelief. "How much will this cost? I don't even need a bicycle at home!"

"When you take Xiaoxi out for a drive in the future, it will be very inconvenient without a car."

Li Weidong waved his hand, "You can't go wrong by listening to me."

He Yushui just buried her head in her mouth, chewing mechanically, tears welling up in her eyes. It had been a long time since anyone had thought of her like this.

Her foolish brother only had eyes for Qin Huairu, raising other people's wives and children to be plump and healthy, while almost starving his own sister to death.

Thankfully, Dong Ge is back.

"Brother, I want a hair clip!"

Xiao Xi raised her little hand and shouted loudly.

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you later."

Li Weidong replied with a smile.

At 1 p.m., Li Weidong returned to the workshop. Da Li and Xiao Zhang had already finished loading the truck. Factory Director Yang and Secretary Zhang also arrived.

"Great, really great."

Secretary Zhang and Factory Director Yang each took a lap around the factory, then jumped off and nodded repeatedly. "Section Chief Li, send the blueprints and the vehicles up together. The electric fan branch will need some time to prepare, but we need to hurry up and get the gasoline engines running."

"I think it's time to do some major surgery on those vehicles at the police station."

At the workshop entrance, several people were chatting animatedly. Li Huaide paused for a moment before replying, "That's right. These days, most police officers rely on their own two legs, only riding bicycles when there's an emergency. Motorcycles are a rare sight! Put an engine on a bicycle, and you have a mini motorcycle, right?"

Just then, the workshop suddenly erupted into chaos, with a cacophony of noise emanating from it.

Director Zhou stumbled out, his face pale: "Section Chief Li, something's happened! Someone's injured their neck, exactly the same as Jia Dongxu's yesterday..."

"Hold!"