Chapter 137

Li Zhiguo thought that since the public-private partnership would last for ten years, he would be the public manager for ten years.

After the public-private partnership was completed and the silk shop was donated to the collective, he asked his concubine to resign and join the neighborhood committee or something.

Then Fan Jinyou was transferred to the silk shop, which was allowed to go bankrupt and wait for reform and opening.

He asked his concubine to contract back the silk shop at a low price, and eventually it would become a private property. Only then could he hang up the Xinyuanzhai sign.

He didn't expect these shops to make much money in the future, but these were his and his concubine's ancestral property. Selling the ancestral property was like selling himself, so he had to take them back.

"I'm competing with Xu Huizhen. It's going to be exciting. I'm number one."

Chen Xueru jumped for joy and spun around in circles like a little girl.

Li Zhiguo smiled. With him around, it would not be easy for his concubine to lose.

Then the two of them went to the bank, and he opened an account. His mistress transferred 100,000 yuan into the account, and he deposited it directly for a year to earn the interest first, without rushing to use the money.

When I left the bank, I got a receipt from the People's Bank of China. If I lost it, I would suffer a great loss, so I quickly put it in the space.

After that, I went back to the store and had just finished lunch when someone from the neighborhood committee came.

"Xue Ru, a mobilization meeting for the public-private partnership will be held at the neighborhood committee tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock."

The person who came was Aunt Hu from the neighborhood committee. She was the first assistant to the director.

"Okay, I will definitely attend on time."

Chen Xueru thought, she has already walked to the front, what is there to mobilize?

After Aunt Hu left, Li Zhiguo came out from the inner hall and said with a smile: "Look, the great wave of public-private partnership has begun. No merchant will be able to escape before the end of January next year."

"Zhiguo, are you going to attend tomorrow's meeting?"

Chen Xueru felt relaxed because her man had planned everything.

"I won't come. I have a fishing appointment."

He met brother Dongxu when he returned to the yard yesterday afternoon. They made an appointment to go eat noodles and go fishing together. What a pleasant day.

At this moment, he was discussing the inventory clearance with Chen Xueru when there was a knock on the door.

"Sister Xueru, someone is looking for Brother Li, the one riding the tricycle."

"Come here."

Chen Xueru hurriedly helped to put on her clothes.

Li Zhiguo fastened his belt and could not help complaining, "Old Cai must have come here because of the public-private partnership. It seems the neighborhood committee has also notified the tavern."

"Well, Zhiguo, do you think Lao Cai can marry Xu Huizhen?"

Chen Xueru asked a question off topic and put away the blanket on the sofa.

"It's difficult! He has a lot of competitors."

Li Zhiguo counted them carefully. In addition to He Daqing and Sha Zhu, there were also Fan Jinyou, Xu Hesheng, Qiangzi, Cheng Laoer...

Oh my god, this young widow is so popular. Otherwise, why do people say that widows are always surrounded by gossip?

"Then I'm leaving. You take care of the store's affairs. I'll come over in a few days."

Li Zhiguo came out of the silk shop and saw Cai Quanwu standing there waiting with a tricycle parked next to him.

"Old Cai, it's OK. You can guess that I'm here."

"I didn't guess it. I went back to the hospital and asked, and they said you came out early in the morning."

Cai Quanwu was very anxious as he hadn't found a chance to ask in the past two days.

"You want to ask about public-private partnership, right? Go to Xu Huizhen's hospital and ask.

Don't worry, I won't cheat her, the last incident has already been exposed."

Li Zhiguo took the bicycle and sat on it.

"Hey!"

Cai Quanwu hurriedly caught up on his tricycle and looked back at the sign of the silk shop. He guessed that Li Ge'er exposed his identity in the tavern that day just for the silk shop.

It was still afternoon, and there were not many people in the tavern. Cai Quanwu entered the store alone and said to the counter, "Huizhen, Brother Li is here. Go open the back door and talk to him in your backyard."

"Hey! I'll go right away and close the door of the pub."

Xu Huizhen quickly put away the account book and went to the backyard from behind the counter. The tavern and the backyard were connected.

The unreasonable Li Ge'er taught her how to behave. She quickly walked to the backyard door, opened it and saw that there was someone there.

"Hello, Brother Li. I'm really sorry about what happened that day."

"It's nothing. I was drunk the other day. I'm sober today. Let's not talk nonsense. Let's go."

Li Zhiguo thought, it seems that Lao He is not here at the moment, and the tricycle is with Lao Cai, could it be that Lao He has gone to carry the heavy bag?
Xu Huizhen invited the man in and said, "Brother He went to help in the kitchen today. A merchant family is getting married."

“That’s good!”

As soon as I arrived at the backyard, I saw Cai Quanwu running in.

"Hey, why did you put the child in the yard?"

Li Zhiguo saw a baby crib in the yard, and Xu Jingli was placed in it.

"There's no one to look after the child, and it's not cold this afternoon. I can put Li'er in the yard, and I can hear her crying."

It is indeed quite troublesome for Xu Huizhen to raise the child alone.

"Can I hug you? My child is over one year old, and I like children very much."

Before Li Zhiguo had children, he was hesitant, but now he really likes children.

"Of course I can hold him. Li'er doesn't mind strangers."

Xu Huizhen took her daughter out of the crib and carefully handed her to Li Ge'er.

"Li'er, this nickname is a good one."

Li Zhiguo held Xu Jingli in his arms. It was a wonderful feeling because maybe this little girl would be his daughter-in-law in the future?

Xu Jingli grew up to be a top-notch beauty.

"Boss lady, uh, I'd better call you Huizhen in private, so it won't be too formal. You want to ask about public-private partnership?"

He got to the point, why not come and see the child?
"I want to ask about this, Brother Li, you are the secretary of the street office, what do you think?"

Seeing that Brother Li was really good at taking care of children, Xu Huizhen thought he was a good person and that he was not as unreasonable as he was that day in private.

"This is the general trend! By the end of January next year, none of the 813 businesses on Qianmen Street will be able to escape.

Qianmen Tower, Qianmen Street, Dazhalan and Dongliulichang all belong to Qianmen Street, which is the main gate of our capital.

It is also the street with the most individual businesses, and the higher-ups are keeping a close eye on it. The whole country looks to Beijing, and Beijing looks to Qianmen!"

Li Zhiguo showed off for a while, saying that he was also a junior high school graduate and an educated person.

"Brother Li, you put it very well. I understood it immediately."

Xu Huizhen was not being ironic, she really understood the truth.

"I said Brother Li is very clear about public-private partnerships."

Cai Quanwu also understood that there was no need to worry about how to cooperate, since he couldn't escape anyway.

Li Zhiguo added: "The neighborhood committee will hold a mobilization meeting tomorrow afternoon and we are already pushing for it."

"Brother Li, can you tell me the rules of the partnership now?"

Xu Huizhen likes to be reasonable when doing things, so she must know the inside story first.

"I can't tell you that. You have to ask the neighborhood committee."

Li Zhiguo was worried that if he told people about it, they would scare them. It was a trap anyway, and they were going to go to the big collective.

Xu Huizhen suddenly asked, "Sister Xueru, do you want to participate in the public-private partnership?"

"She is considering it, but she bought my three shops today.

As for me, I have no shop, so I will not participate in your joint venture and will be an impartial public servant."

Li Zhiguo simply spoke out about this matter, which would soon spread in the tavern, and he would have no weaknesses.

"Sister Xueru bought your shop. How much did she spend? I'm sorry, Brother Li, I shouldn't have asked about this."

Xu Huizhen hurried to make amends, saying that this person was different and she could not deceive him.

"It's okay to say it, 100,000 yuan, she transferred the money to me at the bank this morning, but she doesn't have much money left, she emptied it out."

Li Zhiguo thought, it would be good if this matter got out, then he would no longer have the weakness of money, and with the identities of a worker and a cadre, who could do anything to me!

"Brother Li, you are too rich."

Xu Huizhen was amazed. She only made two or three cents from selling a pound of wine. It would take her a long time to earn 100,000 yuan.

"Huizhen, you will have it sooner or later. I am very optimistic about your business acumen.

Okay, I have to go back and rest now so as not to interrupt your business."

Li Zhiguo carefully handed Xu Jingli over and walked away in a cool manner.

"Brother Cai, what should I do now?"

Xu Huizhen gradually discovered that Cai Quanwu was also very smart, the kind of person who was very wise but appeared foolish. "Huizhen, I think we should do a public-private partnership.

Brother Li and Boss Chen are good friends. The fact that Boss Chen dares to buy a shop at this time shows that public-private partnership is not that scary. "

Cai Quanwu was thinking that it was impossible that Brother Li would betray his mistress.

"Brother Cai, you are right. I, Xu Huizhen, also like to be the first in everything I do.

There will be a mobilization meeting tomorrow. I will be the first to express my intention to participate in the public-private partnership. Maybe I can get preferential policies. It’s too late. I won’t even be able to drink soup.”

Xu Huizhen no longer hesitated and had made up her mind.

……

However, in the village where the Qin family lives, a family meeting is being held.

Everyone who is related to the Qin family has come. They are working in the courtyard of my second uncle Qin Changhong's house in the morning, so it's just right for them to get together now.

"The reason why we called everyone here today is to arrange a job for our Qin family's son-in-law.

My eldest brother came back late yesterday and left again in the middle of the night to go to work, so I came to explain it to everyone."

The second uncle paused, took a puff of his pipe, and continued, "Ten places, three young men and seven women, no older than thirty.

I went to the city to work in a silk shop. My brother-in-law said that if I did a good job I could become a formal employee. Not only would I be given food coupons, but I would also be given a household registration. However, only for one person, and family members could not be brought along.

Now each family should discuss who should get this quota. We need to hurry up and start working in the city soon."

"Uncle, you didn't say you would reserve some spots for us. Did you give them all to us?"

Someone quickly asked, "Uncle, you are still farming, don't you want to go to the city?"

The second uncle smiled and said, "I am old, it is useless for me to go there. Let my son-in-law go to the city, and the third uncle's wife and Guangjun from his family should also go to the city.

These three places are additional, and there are ten places left, all given by my son-in-law."

"Uncle, now that you put it like that, we're all going to be rude to you."

Everyone was happy. The ten places were given by the son-in-law who had been thinking about everyone. So, let's fight to the death to see who can win.

"Uncle, my daughter is eighteen years old. She is good at work. She has signed up to go to the city."

"And my Erkun, he is 27 this year, can carry a load of 200 kilograms, and can work for my uncle in the city."

"My grandma..."

"No, forget it. Your grandma is so old. She only wants those under 30."

"Wait for me to finish what I'm saying. There's a relative on my grandmother's side who's seventeen years old and very pretty. How about sending her to your son-in-law to be a servant girl?"

"Is this possible? It's a new society now. I think my son-in-law may also need someone to take care of him."

……

Outside Dongzhimen, the moat!

"Dongxu, you've been doing pretty well lately. How much have you managed to scrape together from Uncle San's money?"

Li Zhiguo put down his fishing rod and squatted down to sit on a stool, a folding stool he had specially made for him, just to make fishing more convenient.

After Jia Dongxu stuck the fishing rod into the ground, he clapped his hands, sat down, and said, "I pay fifty cents to Bihua every day, and eighty cents to the third uncle, and I save the rest for myself.

Just wait a few months and Bihua should have enough money saved up."

Jia Dongxu is quite satisfied with his current life. He has gotten used to it and the work is not tiring. He earns a little over one yuan a day, which is enough for him to spend.

You can go fishing when you have time and you don’t have to do housework at home. That would be wonderful.

"Okay, have one. But don't learn how to smoke this cigarette. It's a waste of money."

Li Zhiguo gave him cigarettes and matches. He went fishing in the spring breeze. This was the life he dreamed of.

"Hey! If you don't learn, you can just smoke for fun."

Jia Dongxu held a cigarette in his mouth and said, "Brother, riding a tricycle is much freer than being a worker. You can work when you want to and rest when you don't want to. Every day is like Sunday. And you can see cash every day. You earn as much as a worker."

"It's good that you have this awareness. When your mother retires, will you still work in the factory?"

Li Zhiguo took out a bag of broad beans from his side pocket. They were rare goods, fried with butter and smelled delicious.

"If you don't work in the factory, you won't be free. When the time comes, let Bihua take over. When Banggeng grows up, let Banggeng take over."

Did Jia Dongxu really understand life? Did he have a sudden enlightenment?
"Come, eat! Dongxu, you are my brother, I support you no matter what you choose.

Among the five brothers in the courtyard, you and I are the most intimate.

If you really treat me as your brother, I will ask Uncle San to give you 8% less interest, and you can do one less job."

Li Zhiguo really didn't expect that Dongxu had realized it. Among the five brothers in the courtyard, Xu Damao remained true to his original intention and always wanted to rebel.

Sha Zhu is also a fool. His life will be like that. Sooner or later, he will fall into the hands of a widow.

As for Old Cai, he does live a clear life, but he lives for others.

Only Dongxu could actually open up to him. Could it be that he was really fooled?
"Brother, you are my real brother! In the past two years in the hospital, you are the only one who looks up to me. Even my mother doesn't treat me as a human being.

It’s because of your help that I can ride a tricycle, otherwise I wouldn’t have such a good life.

To be honest with you, I secretly go to a restaurant every other day and always eat white noodles. I have some money in my pocket now, unlike before, when I could only save a few cents in a month and couldn’t eat meat for two months. "

Jia Dongxu had been living a depressed life for too long, and suddenly he became free, even reaching the transcendent state of lying down.

"Dongxu! Just because of what you said, I will ask the third uncle to give you 8 points less today.

If your mother dares to hit you again, come to me and I will help you."

As he was talking, a fish took the bait. What a lucky guy, it was a big one.

Jia Dongxu quickly took a scoop net to the riverside to help scoop up the fish, then went to find firewood, and the two of them grilled the fish by the river.

It was almost evening and I had only caught this one fish, so I was going back home from work. As a result, I met Xu Damao at the gate of the yard.

"No, are you two going fishing?"

Xu Damao was very confused. Li Zhiguo had been very busy recently and he had hardly seen him. But how come he was hanging out with Jia Dongxu in the blink of an eye?

"Yes, fishing. Damao, would you like to go with me next time?"

Li Zhiguo got off the tricycle and there was no need to collect the fishing gear, as Dongxu would take care of it later.

"That's fine!"

Xu Damao thought, the tricycle has two seats, and letting Jia Dongxu pull the tricycle to go fishing, even if he is an air force, he will be in a good mood!
In a blink of an eye, it was the 3rd. The public-private partnership on Qianmen Street was still progressing steadily, so he did not get involved in the details for the time being.

Because the problem of people drawing salaries without working in the factory for a long time must be solved first, otherwise, after a long time, there will always be people who come out to cause trouble, like the new deputy factory director Li Xinmin.

"Morning, silly!"

"Li Zhiguo, are you going to the factory?"

Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment, because Sister Qin and Li Zhiguo were together and they only had one bicycle.

Xu Damao replied from behind: "He is going to the factory. The factory was shut down today."

"Hey, it's time to get paid today."

Shazhu has been very busy lately. He always goes to the pub after get off work and forgets the date.

"Shazhu, let's walk together. I haven't been to the factory for a long time. We're going to eat in the cafeteria at noon today. You must be cooking."

Li Zhiguo will stay in the factory for a day today, and work on some new inventions. He is not doing this for money, but to repay a debt. What he promised to Director Yang has been delayed for more than a year.

"I'm on the second stove!"

Sha Zhu looked very proud, thinking that his buddy had made it big and was no longer a laborer.

"Not bad, we brothers have all made great progress."

As he was talking, he went to the front yard and met Yan Bugui washing his face. He squinted at him for a while and said, "Hey, Li Zhiguo, you are going to the factory to collect your salary today."

"Yes, I have something else to do. Uncle, when you have time later, can you help me get some pots of soil? I need them."

When Qin Guangming came to return the bicycle, he brought him some local specialties, which happened to contain some seeds that could be used.

"That's no problem. I have plenty of time."

Yan Bugui put on his glasses and watched the men leave. He saw Sha Zhu lingering on the back seat of Xu Damao's bicycle and refusing to get off, and then went to work.

"Silly Zhu, can't you just buy a car? You're just wasting your time here."

Xu Damao twisted the back of Sha Zhu's hand and said, "How can it be rude to hug his waist like this?"

"I don't have money to buy one. I save my salary to marry a wife."

Sha Zhu thought that he would have to buy a car after getting married, otherwise the work would be too far and he would not be able to just walk.

"You, you still want to get married? I think you're just like your father, you're destined to be a widow!"

Xu Damao couldn't help but joked that the men in your He family are abnormal.

Who knew that Sha Zhu would say casually: "What's wrong with being a widow? There are good widows among them. If I really meet someone I like, I will marry a widow. What's wrong with that?"

"No, Shazhu, have you changed? During the Chinese New Year, you said you wanted to find a virgin girl, why are you interested in widows now?"

Xu Damao was confused. Who led Shazhu astray? It should not be Li Zhiguo, but He Daqing. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.

"Come on, you two, you always quarrel when you're together. Shazhu, Damao, my birthday is next month, so I won't bring it forward this year. Brothers all understand, right?"

(End of this chapter)