Chapter 17 Three turns and one sound

Jia Dongxu has already completed his apprenticeship, but he is still Li Jiandong's apprentice. As long as he continues to work as a fitter, he will continue to contribute his fitter experience and a hundred times the monetary reward to Li Jiandong.

In addition, Jia Dongxu also brought Li Jiandong a gift package when he graduated.

Li Jiandong opened the gift package immediately.

【Congratulations, you have received: a set of three-turn one-ring tickets. 】

Li Jiandong was a little disappointed. He had thought that there would be some rare stuff in this gift package, but he didn't expect it to be a bicycle, a watch, a sewing machine, a radio, and just tickets.

But since it was an extra gain, Li Jiandong didn't care too much about it.

"It's just right. We're getting married in a few days. With the three turns and one ring, Qin Huairu's wedding will be more glorious."

Even though Li Jiandong has money and tickets now, the three-turn and one-ring tickets are still his first.

These things are extremely precious nowadays, and it is a great honor to be able to use one of them in a wedding.

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The night passed.

The next day, Li Jiandong no longer had to accompany Jia Dongxu to get up early, and he slept until he woke up naturally.

When I opened the door, I saw He Daqing doing fitness with two stone blocks at the door, while Sha Zhu was doing horse stance next to him.

"Daqing is practicing."

Li Jiandong greeted him.

He Daqing had just finished practicing, and he put the stone block on the ground with a thumping sound. He stood up and said in a muffled voice, "Old Li, you got up early every day these days. I haven't seen you in the morning for a while."

Li Jiandong said: "Isn't this for the exam? Fortunately, my hard work was not in vain."

He Daqing also laughed: "Yeah, I never thought that you passed the eighth-level worker exam without making any noise. There are only three eighth-level workers in our factory, including you. Director Yang has to say hello to you first."

Li Jiandong burst into laughter and waved his hands modestly, "Not really, not really."

"By the way, to celebrate Dongxu and I passing the exam, I plan to set up a few tables in the factory and in the yard for lunch and dinner. I plan to let the guesthouse prepare the food in the factory, so you can just go over to eat when the time comes. But I'll have to trouble you for the dinner table, as I'm afraid I won't like the food prepared by others."

"Of course. I'm here as your cook brother. If you let someone else do it, you're looking down on me."

He Daqing agreed without hesitation.

At this time, Jia Dongxu also came out, and Li Jiandong walked out with Jia Dongxu.

In the front yard, Yan Bugui had been waiting at the door.

"Old Li, please don't forget what we agreed on before."

Yan Bugui had a flattering expression.

He was also very worried about his eldest son Yan Jiecheng's job.

"Old Yan, don't worry. Although I can't guarantee it, I estimate it should be close."

Li Jiandong still didn't say anything definite. This was his habit, not because he was unsure.

In fact, he had already mentioned it when he was having dinner with Director Yang yesterday.

Director Yang agreed very readily. A level eight worker is a treasure in the factory, so it doesn't matter what kind of person he is assigned to.

Not to mention that the Yan family already had worker quotas, they just needed to write a letter of introduction to recruit them. Even if they were country folk who didn't have worker quotas, as long as Li Jiandong asked, they would do their best to help.

"That's great, thank you, Lao Li. I'll be waiting for your good news."

Yan Bugui accompanied Li Jiandong out of the compound, then watched him walk out of the alley before returning home with a happy face.

Arrive at the steel rolling mill.

Naturally, the workshop workers came to celebrate with joy, and Li Jiandong also announced on the spot that everyone in the workshop would go to the guesthouse for lunch at noon.

The two workshop directors were also invited, but only Yi Zhonghai looked embarrassed.

Li Jiandong said that he would treat everyone in the workshop to a meal, which must include him. But given his relationship with Li Jiandong, would he feel comfortable going?
So Yi Zhonghai spent the whole morning worrying about this matter.

If I go, I will lose face. If I don't go, and everyone else is going but I am not, won't I be the odd one out?

"Li Jiandong, you are really resourceful. You gave me such a difficult problem without making a sound and embarrassed me. I really underestimated you."

Yi Zhonghai, with a mean mind, thought that Li Jiandong was also calculating towards others like he was.

Little did he know that Li Jiandong didn't take him seriously at all.

Yi Zhonghai ended up not going to have lunch.

Originally, some people in the workshop had not noticed the conflict between him and Li Jiandong, but after this dinner, everyone knew about it.

Many people mocked Yi Zhonghai for overestimating his own abilities, but at the same time they also saw through his character.

However, due to the other party's identity as a seventh-level fitter, there are some things they will definitely not say in front of him.

When I got home in the evening, there was another feast.

Because it was Li Jiandong who paid for it, Jia Zhang invited everyone she knew from the front and back yards, dozens of people, almost as many as other people's weddings.

But for Li Jiandong, this little money is not worth his attention.

It's just a pity for He Daqing. He and Sha Zhu have to cook for so many people, which is really a heavy workload.

"Daqing, thank you for your hard work tonight."

Li Jiandong had already prepared a cigarette and stuffed it into He Daqing's hand without saying a word.

If he was offered money, He Daqing would definitely not take it, but if he was offered cigarettes, that would be another matter.

"Good brother, you are so polite to me, but I really can't bear to return this cigarette to you, so I will keep it for myself."

Although He Daqing earned a lot of money, he always rolled his own cigarettes.

The door that Li Jiandong gave him was really a gift to his heart.

"I see, you are the one being polite to me. Brothers are just giving each other cigarettes and yet you are still hesitant. I asked you to host a banquet for so many people and I haven't even said thank you yet."

Li Jiandong patted He Daqing's arm, which was full of muscles.

After having enough wine and food, the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

Li Jiandong was busy distributing the leftovers to each household, and everyone consciously put the tables and chairs away.

The deaf old lady in the backyard came uninvited and had a free meal. Li Jiandong did not chase her away and even allowed her to take some leftovers with her when she left.

Her actions would only cause people in the hospital to complain about her.

At the same time, she will also lead to hostility towards Yi Zhonghai, which is actually beneficial to Li Jiandong in this respect.

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Next, Li Jiandong went to work while buying things for his wedding.

It really can't be done without a woman to take responsibility for this kind of thing.

Jia Zhang from the Intermediate Court originally wanted to help Li Jiandong, but Jia Zhang was too unreliable, so Li Jiandong did not dare to use her.

Fortunately, there is Yan Bugui's wife, Wang Chunmei, who is quite experienced in this area.

She made a list for Li Jiandong, writing down each item one by one.

When Li Jiandong saw the list of seventy items, from gongs and sedan chairs to red characters, he was overwhelmed and had no choice but to give the money to Wang Chunmei and let her and Yan Bugui be fully responsible for purchasing small items for the wedding.

Yan Bugui needed a favor from Li Jiandong. Even if he liked scheming, he didn't dare to do that to Li Jiandong at this time.

So Li Jiandong felt relieved to hand over the job to them.

Li Jiandong himself bought all the three-wheeled vehicles and hired a car to deliver them to Qinjiazhuang. However, these things were not betrothal gifts, but were lent to the Qin family as dowry to save face for the Qin family.

When Qin Dashan and Wang Shiyan saw the three turns and the sound, their eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)