Chapter 39 Xu Damao’s treat

Secretary Liu said something to the driver again, and Li Shengli got in the car, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the driver.

"Driver, thank you for your help."

"Okay, sit tight. I've had a good meal thanks to you." The driver started the car.
When they arrived at the entrance of Nanluoguxiang Hutong, Li Shengli did not ask the driver to drive inside. Li Shengli had no intention of showing off in the alley. Li Shengli still had the idea of ​​not showing off his wealth.

After saying goodbye to the driver, Li Shengli staggered towards the courtyard. When he entered the courtyard, the lights were still on.

After entering the courtyard, Li Shengli was about to open his door lock with the help of the light from the courtyard. The third uncle Yan Bugui from the opposite door heard the noise and came out wearing his clothes.

"Victory?" Yan Bugui shouted when he saw a figure standing at the door of Li Shengli's house opposite.

"It's me, the third uncle." Li Shengli turned around and answered. The uncle in this courtyard is also responsible for the courtyard's public security.

"It's really you. I was wondering if it looked like you. Where were you doing so late at night?" Yan Bugui asked puzzledly.

"Well, I was delayed by some things at the factory, so I went out to take a private job in the evening." Li Shengli explained. It is better to speak out if there is anything. Who knows what will happen if others make wild guesses.

"Private work?" Yan Bugui's eyes lit up and he looked at Li Shengli with shining eyes. After looking at him for a long time, he didn't see Li Shengli holding the lunch box.

"Stop looking, Third Uncle. There are no lunch boxes. If a cook like me leaves people with leftovers, it would seem that my cooking skills are not good enough."

"I didn't bring my lunch box. Shengli, you go ahead and do your work, I'll go back first." Yan Bugui shook his head in disappointment, closed the door and went home.

Li Shengli's veins were popping out at the door. This old man Yan is too realistic.

After returning home, Li Shengli took out the tickets given by Secretary Liu from his pocket. He counted them carefully and found that there were ten industrial tickets. Li Shengli was happy. Isn't this one step closer to getting a bicycle? Anyway, this leader is not short of industrial tickets.

It was the weekend again. Li Shengli first went to the library to exchange the books he had finished reading, and then in the afternoon he took his fishing rod to Shichahai to fish.

After bragging for a while with some fishing friends by the lake, in the evening Li Shengli walked back leisurely carrying the bucket of fish.

While walking on the road, Li Shengli heard the sound of a bicycle bell behind him. He was a little puzzled because he was not walking in the middle of the road and there was no one on either side so who could ring the bell?

Li Shengli turned his head and looked back to see who was showing off. It turned out to be Xu Damao. Xu Damao was riding a bicycle with some seasonal vegetables tied to the bicycle.

"Da Mao, you have made quite a harvest." Li Shengli raised his eyebrows and said with a slightly surprised tone.

Every time Xu Damao went to the countryside to show movies, he would always bring back some food from the commune. Vegetables were considered light. It was only in the past two years when everyone was short of food that Xu Damao couldn't get anything.

"Of course, I'm the projectionist of our factory. Who doesn't want to watch a few more movies these days?" Xu Damao said proudly with his head held high.

"You projectionists and buyers still have the best life," Li Shengli said with emotion.

If this cook has good cooking skills, he can take over the small kitchen, which would be fine. If his cooking skills are not that good, he can just make sure people don't starve to death, and he can just do purchasing and screening. It's a bit tiring, but the extra income is great.

"Well, that's it."

"Shengli, come to my place later and we'll have a drink together?" Xu Damao was happy to hear what Li Shengli said. He was too lazy to cook by himself. Li Shengli was a famous cook in the factory.

"Okay." Li Shengli did not refuse. Xu Damao only had a bad relationship with Shazhu. Although his relationship with others was not very good, it was just normal interpersonal communication. Seeing that Li Shengli agreed, Xu Damao smiled and rode away first. Li Shengli walked slowly and staggered. After returning home, he put down his things first. After putting things down, Li Shengli grabbed the largest fish weighing more than one pound from the bucket and prepared to go to Xu Damao's house.

Although Lou Xiao'e has not married yet, Xu Damao still has some dried goods and bacon from his work in the countryside.

"Shengli, where are you going with this thing?" Yan Bugui saw Li Shengli carrying the fish and walking to the backyard. He looked at the fish in Li Shengli's hand with envy and said, "Why don't you come to my house and let your third aunt help you stew it?"

"Oh, it's the third uncle. No need to trouble the third aunt. Xu Damao asked me to have a drink with him today." Li Shengli turned around when he heard the voice.

"Xu Damao made an appointment with you?" Yan Bugui was surprised. How could these two people have a relationship?

"Yeah, maybe something happened."

Li Shengli also discovered that Xu Damao might have had some good thing happen to him recently and he just happened to catch it.

Li Shengli thought about it and thought that maybe Xu Damao was getting married.

After waving goodbye to the three uncles, Li Shengli walked towards the backyard carrying the fish.

"Shengli, where did this big fish come from?" Qin Huairu was washing clothes in the yard and looked at the fish in Li Shengli's hand with envy. Li Shengli never came to the central courtyard. He brought the fish here now, right? He might be trying to supplement his nutrition.

This Li Shengli is a pretty good person, Qin Huairu thought with a little shyness, and said that no young man in this hospital could escape from her clutches.

"I was fishing by the lake today." Li Shengli looked at the puzzled Qin Huairu strangely. This Qin Huairu must be a fool.

"Then Shengli, why are you bringing fish to the Central Courtyard..." Qin Huairu looked at Li Shengli expectantly, waiting for Li Shengli to say, "I'm here to deliver fish to your family."

"Oh, just passing by."

Li Shengli's words almost made Qin Huairu's face freeze. Qin Huairu couldn't help but feel fortunate that she didn't act smart and go up to get the fish.

Opposite the Jia family was the home of an old man named Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai heard the noise and stood at the door looking at Li Shengli.

When Li Shengli saw Yi Zhonghai standing at the door, he nodded as a greeting and continued walking towards the backyard.

Yi Zhonghai squinted his eyes at the door and thought, could it be that Li Shengli was planning to send it to the old lady in the backyard? If he was going to send it to the old lady, shouldn't he have made it first before sending it?

Soon, Li Shengli came to Xu Damao's house with the fish.

"Brother, I'll leave the cooking to you." Xu Damao handed Li Shengli a cigarette.

"Okay, leave it to me. But Damao, you have to bring out some good wine." Li Shengli took the cigarette, lit it, took a deep puff and said.

"It's guaranteed to be good wine, but you still don't believe me." Xu Damao assured, patting his chest.

Li Shengli thought about it and nodded. That's right. Xu Damao is not short of money and he has extra income on the side. He is not like Yan Bugui who puts loose liquor into bottles to pretend it is good wine.

Li Shengli killed the fish, fried some leeks and eggs, made some twice-cooked pork, fried some peanuts and stewed the fish. He made four dishes in half an hour.

(End of this chapter)