Siheyuan, don't mess with me

"Yes, the teacher just can't let go of the podium and has to give lectures no matter how busy he is!" Unable to figure out Li Huaide's intention, Chen Zhiguo could only go along with what he said!

"Xiao Chen, Lao Gu from the supply and marketing cooperative and I are old friends, and he often mentions you!"

If not for Lao Gu, Chen Zhiguo really couldn't remember whether the Chinese medicine for making wine that he asked him to get before the New Year was ready.

"Uncle Gu is the father of my college classmate. I have had the honor of visiting him several times. I am honored to be remembered by Uncle!"

If Gu Cheng was there, he would have scolded Chen Zhiguo, "You little bastard, the Chinese medicine I bought is going moldy, where are you? Where is my wine?"

Chen Zhiguo really forgot about this matter. He wanted to write it down in his work notebook, otherwise he would forget it when he got busy with many things to do!

"Little rascal!" At this time, Li Huaide's evaluation of Chen Zhiguo was all empty talk. He would not go along with the opportunity even if given one. Li Huaide had no choice but to change the subject, "I heard that your father is an old employee of our steel mill?"

"Yes, my father, Chen Dayong, works in the Transportation Department,"

"Dayong is your father! A good father will have a good son!" Li Huaide pretended to know the truth, but his expression was fake. However, these people were thick-skinned enough to not care about it. "I am also your father's old superior. Your father is very dedicated to his work and a workhorse of the revolution!"

"Thank you for the compliment from the leader. My father often said at home that to him, all this work and sacrifice was insignificant. Those comrades who sacrificed for the revolution and the country were great. We should learn from them!"

Li Huaide didn't know what to say next. If he continued to play the emotional card, it would probably not work well, so he stopped and walked forward. He was about to reach the event site, where the sound of gongs and drums was deafening and the workers' slogans were deafening. It was really not suitable for conversation. He was not going to attend the ceremony today, and he was waiting for Chen Zhiguo here for a purpose. The current environment was really not optimistic, and the pressure on logistics was too great. Since the last meeting, Li Huaide had sent all his purchasing staff out, but with little effect. He could do it himself, but he couldn't always use personal favors to get things. It was okay to do his own private affairs, but it was always uncomfortable to use his personal favors to do family affairs!

Therefore, Li Huaide's purpose in waiting for Chen Zhiguo today was meat, and after Li Huaide mentioned Gu Cheng, Chen Zhiguo understood that his intersection with Gu Cheng was also because of meat!

Gu Cheng would not hand over Chen Zhiguo. Wouldn't it be good to control the resources himself? But Chen Zhiguo didn't show up for a long time. He was a little annoyed and thought that Chen Zhiguo stood him up! Moreover, his little girl came home and said that Chen Zhiguo had graduated early and was hanging out with a big boss. His daughter didn't even see him. He thought that Chen Zhiguo had climbed up the social ladder again and didn't care about him anymore. With this mentality, after Li Huaide invited him to dinner again and again, Gu Cheng gave him the name Chen Zhiguo!

In fact, Li Huaide also had doubts. Could such a child have such great abilities? But after learning more about it, Li Huaide began to believe that Chen Zhiguo was a monster!

Therefore, Li Huaide approached Chen Zhiguo with an attitude of giving it a try, hoping to get the meat. Even if he couldn't get the meat, there would be no harm in knowing and making friends with Chen Zhiguo!

"Xiao Chen, even though I'm taller than you, you don't have to call me boss. Just call me uncle!"

"No, that's so rude!"

"Why, I can't be your uncle?" Li Huaide pretended to be angry.

"Uncle Li, don't be angry. I'm just afraid that you don't like it."

"You kid, just call me Uncle Li. I don't like pretentious people!"

"Okay, then I'll call you Uncle Li from now on!"

"Hey! Is that right?" Li Huaide pretended to be happy, which made Chen Zhiguo feel sick to his stomach!

"Xiao Chen! Uncle is looking for you today because I need your help with something!"

“Uncle, you’re kidding, right? You’re the logistics director of this huge factory with 10,000 employees, and you still want my help?” Chen Zhiguo’s acting skills were also very good, pretending to be confused, which made Li Huaide so angry that he really wanted to hit him. This kid really didn’t follow the routine. He shouldn’t have said, “Uncle, what do you need help with?” or “Uncle, just tell me what I can do!” But the result was...

Li Huaide understood that it was really difficult to get Chen Zhiguo to respond, so he decided to just stop beating around the bush. It would be useless to keep talking like this. This kid wouldn't respond even if he talked all day. As soon as the ceremony was over, he would slip away. There would be no chance to catch him now!

Li Huaide, who had figured it out, said straight to the point, "Xiao Chen! Uncle's logistics pressure is too great. The supply is too tight now. The workers work hard every day, but they can't even eat a bite of oily food. I'm so worried that my hair is falling out! The steel mill is short of meat!"

"Uncle, there's meat at the meat processing plant! Contact him!"

Chapter 78 Borrow a car!

Li Huaide really wanted to turn around and leave. He didn't want to talk to Chen Zhiguo anymore! This guy was too mean. He was not on the same channel as me when he was talking to me. I was so angry that my head was about to smoke. My heart was pounding. This rhythm was going to shorten my life!

"Uncle Li, I'm sorry! I was just joking with you!" Chen Zhiguo was just starting to prepare to talk to Li Huaide about serious matters, just to wait until Li Huaide was upset! I can't agree to everything you say, I have to cherish what I have earned!

"Uncle Li, I know what you mean, but the prey I got for Uncle Gu before the New Year were all from the village. I really don't know if there are any now. You also know that my teacher has been very busy recently. I don't even have time to rest!"

Chen Zhiguo's words finally calmed Li Huaide's mood a little. "Xiao Chen, I have no choice. These workers do heavy physical work every day, but they don't get any oil or water. I'm really anxious! I've thought of all the solutions I can think of, but they're all just a drop in the bucket!" Li Huaide looked anxious and compassionate!

"Uncle Li, how about this? Today is Thursday, so I'll make a special trip for you this Sunday. But I can't guarantee whether it will work or how much it will cost!"

"Thank you so much, it's okay, Xiao Chen! As long as you can help me contact them, I'll take as many as they can in the village. A little helps, and we can accumulate little by little!"

"Really, you're welcome. It's all for work. My father is also an employee of the steel mill. I can be considered a child of the steel mill. Just consider it as a contribution to the steel mill!" Li Huaide felt comfortable listening to this tone and words. This was just what he wanted!

Chen Zhiguo paused, scratched his head, and said with an embarrassed expression, "I have to trouble Uncle Li again. The way back to the village is too far. I only have one day. Can Uncle Li get me a car so that I can be more convenient!"

"That's no problem. You can come and drive it anytime you want. I'll prepare it for you. I'll leave the car in the transportation department so it'll be convenient for you to get it!"

"I'll come over on Friday or Saturday to open the business. If I can make it in time, I'll rush back overnight!"

"Thank you for your hard work." Now, Li Huaide felt that Chen Zhiguo was a good guy, shy and obedient! This is the normal communication! Li Huaide forgot about the anger just now, and was looking forward to Chen Zhiguo's trip back to the village!

Why did Chen Zhiguo dare to agree? Because Li Guoqiang was going on a business trip this Friday, and he didn't need Chen Zhiguo to accompany him, so Chen Zhiguo had this little free time!

On Friday afternoon, at the gate of Hongxing Primary School, Chen Zhiguo drove the jeep prepared for him by Li Huaide to pick up his sister from school!

When Chen Zhiguo went to the Transportation Department to get the car, Chen Dayong was a little surprised. When did this kid learn to drive? How come I didn't know that I taught him to drive?

Chen Zhiguo showed him his driver's license and drove the Russian-made GAZ-69 jeep in front of him, showing off his driving skills in the open space in front of the Transportation Department. Only then did Chen Dayong feel relieved and he sincerely believed that the Chen family has the gene for driving in their bones!

The jeep that Li Huaide arranged for him was a legendary car of the old Russians, a two-door eight-seat version of the GAZ-69. This model was a military version, and it looked like it was discarded by the army. There were large and small pits on the car body, and the paint surface also fell off in many places. It was a damaged version. The more it was like this, the more satisfied Chen Zhiguo was. Being low-key is the way to go! The civilian version of this GAZ car is the GAZ-69A, which is a circle smaller than the GAZ-69, and is a four-door five-seat version! This model can only be used by county and regiment level people!

The reason for choosing this car for Chen Zhiguo is mainly because of its strong off-road performance, its sturdiness and durability, and its lack of fragility!

But the Russians are crude in making cars, they only care about performance, not details, and no comfort at all! You can't feel the bumps when driving this car in the city, but if you drive on a dirt road in the countryside, it will make your butt numb and make you vomit, which is normal!

Knowing that it was Chen Zhiguo who opened it, Chen Dayong was still worried, so he checked it inside and out again, and only then did he feel at ease to hand it over to Chen Zhiguo!

Chen Zhiguo filled the car with gas and took two small barrels of gasoline as backup. Chen Zhiguo was not sure how many kilometers the car could run on a tank of gas, but it would be better to be prepared!

I had promised to pick up my sister from school before, and I had already made a promise. Now that I have time, I naturally have to fulfill this promise! Chen Zhiguo drove out of the steel rolling mill and came directly to the gate of Hongxing Primary School. Not far from the gate, he parked the car and started waiting!

Nowadays, you won't see parents crowding around the school gate when school is over! It doesn't exist at all. Children walk home by themselves after school. Teachers will arrange the teams according to the routes the children take home. They are usually divided into teams based on the left and right lanes when leaving the school gate. Each team also has a team leader. When school is over, they line up and sing songs when leaving the school gate. There is rarely a phenomenon of a swarm rushing to the school gate. The first and second graders leave school first, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth grades, and finally the sixth grade!

Standing at the school gate and waiting until the end, Chen Zhiguo finally saw Chen Xiaoli's team appear! When she saw Chen Zhiguo standing at the gate, Chen Xiaoli was full of joy, but she did not rush to Chen Zhiguo, but ran to the back of the team and said something to the classmate with the captain's badge on his arm. When she saw him nod, Chen Xiaoli rushed to her brother with her schoolbag on her back!

"Brother, you came to pick me up, why didn't I see the bicycle?" Chen Xiaoli was disappointed. Her brother came, but she didn't see the bicycle that he often rode!

"Oh! I'm sorry, I can only walk home with you today!" Chen Zhiguo also said with embarrassment.

"Okay then!" Chen Xiaoli was very disappointed, but she still held her brother's hand and walked home together! Some classmates were watching her, and some were bolder, "Chen Xiaoli, do you still want your brother to pick you up?"

"What if I want my brother to answer it?" Chen Xiaoli was also quite domineering and not timid at all!

While they were bickering, Chen Zhiguo stopped and opened the door of the GAZ-69, "Get in, sister!"

"Ah! Brother, you drove here! You're a big liar, and you lied to me!" Chen Xiaoli screamed, attracting all the classmates in their class, "Chen Xiaoli, is this the car your brother drove?"

"Yes!" Chen Xiaoli answered happily.

"I want to ride, too!" "I want to ride, too. I've never ridden a car before!" At this time, they didn't care about the team, and they all surrounded them, which made Chen Xiaoli very anxious, "What are you doing?"

"Let's take a look." "Yes, let's take a look!" They were talking at once, and some of their heads were sticking into the car. Seeing this, Chen Zhiguo was not in a hurry to set off, but got out of the car and opened the canvas covering the back of the car.

"Stop arguing and listen to me!" Chen Zhiguo shouted, and the children immediately stopped talking. They all looked at Chen Zhiguo with their eyes wide open. "There are only a dozen of you. Can I take you for a walk and come back later?"

"Okay!" The voice was loud and clear! Chen Zhiguo stuffed all fourteen or fifteen children into the car. There was a row of three-person seats in the back of the car, which was large enough to fit all these children in without any trouble!

Driving slowly and at a low speed, Chen Zhiguo drove the children around on the road, then found an open place, stopped the car, and waited for the satisfied children to say, "Thank you, brother!" "Thank you, big brother!" "Goodbye Chen Xiaoli!" "Goodbye, big brother!" After a shouting farewell, they continued to line up and go home!

"Brother, you are so nice!" Chen Xiaoli was also very happy! Chen Zhiguo rubbed her hair, said nothing, and drove home with a smile!

"What are you driving for?" Chen Dayong, who had been holding back for the whole afternoon, finally waited for Chen Zhiguo to come back home.

"I didn't do anything. I just asked Director Li Huaide to borrow a car. I'm going to visit my grandma tomorrow!" Chen Zhiguo didn't tell the truth because he didn't want Chen Dayong to worry about him.

"Dad, Mom, are you going back?" Chen Dayong had to go to work, and Wang Meihua didn't dare to face her mother-in-law alone. Chen Xiaoli, who wanted to go the most, had to go to school tomorrow, so only Chen Zhiguo could represent her to see grandpa and grandma! Looking at the aggrieved Chen Xiaoli, Chen Zhiguo just said a simple sentence and made her happy!

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In the morning, after Chen Zhiguo sent his sister Chen Xiaoli to the school gate, he drove off. There were not many pedestrians on the road, and the speed was OK, running at 69 or miles per hour! After leaving the city, Chen Zhiguo slowed down. It was not that he didn't want to drive fast, but the dirt road was too bumpy, like riding a roller coaster! He could only slow down. Fortunately, the off-road capability of the GAZ- was absolutely strong, and it had no problem dealing with such big and small potholes!

Although Chenjia Village was built on the mountain, there was still a dirt road leading to the brigade headquarters. When Chen Zhiguo's car stopped at the brigade headquarters, Chen Dalong looked at Chen Zhiguo in surprise. He thought it was some senior official who came. It turned out to be Chen Zhiguo. He was indeed a college student. Now he had a car to drive!

"Zhiguo, what happened after you came back?" Chen Dalong asked.

"Uncle, it's okay, I just haven't been home for a long time, so I came to see grandpa and grandma!"

"Where did you get this car?"

"I borrowed this car from someone else! Oh, and my dad got promoted to deputy section chief!"

"That's great! The Chen family's ancestors are spiritual!" Although Chen Dalong is a village cadre, he has no scruples when speaking in his own small piece of land!

"Uncle, this is for you! My father asked me to bring it to you!" Chen Zhiguo was afraid that Chen Dalong would not accept it, so he could only borrow Chen Dayong's name. But he was still not strong enough!

What was given to Chen Dalong was a Daqianmen and a pound of high-grade broken tea leaves. They were not expensive, but very precious in rural areas, especially tea!

Chapter 78 Back to the village!

Hearing that it was given by Chen Dayong, Chen Dalong didn't hesitate and accepted it directly! Chen Zhiguo took a backpack from the car and said, "Uncle, come over for lunch at noon. This is my car!"

"Leave it there! I'll keep an eye on it for you!"

Chen Dalong lent a hand to Chen Zhiguo. Chen Zhiguo had just put the backpack on. At this time, the adults in the village were busy in the fields. There were only old people and children in the village. When they saw the car driving in, they gathered around in groups of three or four!

Chen Zhiguo took out two handfuls of candies from his pocket, "Daniu, Erdan, come here and share the candies!" These two guys are neighbors of my grandfather's family, from the family of Chen Dazhuang, Chen Zhiguo's distant uncle!

"Brother Zhiguo!" "Brother Zhiguo!" Chen Zhiguo put the candies in their hands and gave them a few candies individually! "Go! Take them to the side to share the candies!"

The children who gathered around were called aside by Da Niu and Er Dan. The old people just stood by and watched curiously, unlike the children who gathered around the car!

Chen Dalong unpacked the Daqianmen and started smoking. Chen Zhiguoguang took a lot of effort to greet these elderly people. They were all relatives. It would be really rude to just send them back without saying hello!

"Don't tell them, just go up there. They have nothing to do every day but hang out together chatting and basking in the sun. Just ignore them! Don't be embarrassed!"

Finally, urged by Chen Dalong, Chen Zhiguo climbed up the mountain with the backpack on his back!

"Grandma! Grandma!" Before reaching the gate of the courtyard, Chen Zhiguo couldn't help but started shouting, "My eldest grandson is here!" Hearing the voice, his grandmother dropped the clothes she was sewing and ran out of the room!

"Grandson, how come you have time to come here today?" Grandma was also curious. There was a calendar card at home, the kind that you tear off one day. Grandma knew that apart from holidays, Chen Zhiguo could only rest on Sundays!

"Our teacher had something to do, so he gave us an extra day off!" Chen Zhiguo was telling the truth.

"Is that so?" Grandma believed whatever Chen Zhiguo said! She was happy to see Chen Zhiguo!

"Grandma, where is grandpa? Did he go to the fields again?" I haven't seen grandpa come out for such a long time, he must be not at home!

"This old guy is worried about the second son's farming and insists on going over to take a look! There is no private plot now, all the land belongs to the village. I don't know what he is worried about!"

"Haha, grandma, just let grandpa go. He just loves farming. Watching his second uncle farming is fun for him!" Chen Zhiguo knows his grandpa's character. Farming is his greatest hobby. Even though he is old and can't move, no one dares to let him go to the fields. He can only walk around the fields every day. If there is anything wrong, he will say a few words. If he is close to him, he will scold him. Anyway, no one is angry with him, and no one dares to be angry with him! Of course, the one he scolds the most is his second uncle Chen Dahu!

"This old guy just can't sit still!" Grandma muttered. This time, the things Chen Zhiguo brought back were not many, mainly food, some daily necessities, as well as cigarettes, alcohol and tea!

From the backpack, Chen Zhiguo first took out fifty kilograms of flour and fifty kilograms of rice, and then took out a small package, which contained some needles and thread, a flashlight, batteries, and a few unused lunch boxes!

Next, he took out four Daqianmen cigarettes, two Mudan cigarettes, ten bottles of Erguotou, four bottles of Xifeng liquor, and some shoes for his grandparents!

"Why are you buying things again? Grandma has everything she needs! Don't spend money recklessly. Save your money and wait a few years to marry a beautiful wife!" Grandma knows that her eldest grandson is filial, but she feels bad for him to spend so much money on things for the old couple every time he comes! Old people are used to saving money and want to spend every penny! They feel bad when they spend money. Indeed, in the countryside, people rely on work points to make money. They are busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, but they can't make much money!