Siheyuan: Happy life of veteran drivers

Chapter 305 Warning Xu Damao

Wang Hongtao was not so optimistic: "That's what you said, but what if they can't get it themselves and let other leaders put pressure on you? Will you give it to them or not?"

"Let's not talk about anything else. They are of the same generation as you. There must be elders in the family who are still in office, right?"

Li Huaide was troubled with a bitter face: "Now we can only take one step at a time. To be honest, I regret that I took it so readily, but for the sake of supplies, there is no other way. Even though I am the deputy director of the factory now, if I can't get the supplies, the workers will pull me down in a minute."

Wang Hongtao was not so optimistic: "That's what you said, but what if they can't get it themselves and let other leaders put pressure on you? Will you give it to them or not?"

Li Huaide was troubled with a bitter face: "Now we can only take one step at a time. To be honest, I regret that I took it so readily, but for the sake of supplies, there is no other way. Even though I am the deputy director of the factory now, if I can't get the supplies, the workers will pull me down in a minute."

Wang Hongtao deeply agreed with this point. Li Huaide was greedy for money and lustful, and he would often go to the canteen for extra meals. But as long as he could get supplies and let the workers fill their stomachs, he was a good factory and the workers would support him.

A capable corrupt official is definitely better than an incompetent honest official.

Take the matter of Li Huaide and Liu Lan for example. Almost half of the people in the factory knew about it, but why nothing happened? Isn’t this the reason?

Li Huaide does his job well, ensuring that the workers have enough food and strength. Anyone who pulls Li Huaide down would be making things difficult for the workers.

Wang Hongtao nodded: "This is the only way. If all else fails, just break the pills into two and use one pill as two. Although the efficacy will be weakened, it is better than nothing, and it can better show its preciousness."

Li Huaide suddenly had an idea: "Yes! Let's do it!"

"Well, Lao Zhang and I are young and our symptoms are mild. You can talk to the old Chinese doctor and ask him to make half the amount."

"My father-in-law or other elderly people use the full portion."

"Boy, you are really smart! This can finally solve my problem." Li Huaide said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Okay, it's none of your business now, go back. Remember to keep a low profile when you take these things, and don't cause me any trouble."

"Okay, goodbye, Director Li."

Wang Hongtao returned to his office and laid out the bills he had just received on the table.

"Bicycle tickets, cake tickets, grain tickets, meat tickets, cloth tickets..."

"Wow! This meat ticket is the kind used inside the meat processing plant. You can buy it whenever you want."

Nowadays, supplies are tight, and the price of ordinary fine grain coupons has risen to five yuan per catty, and meat coupons are close to ten yuan. The internal coupons of the meat processing plant in Wang Hongtao's hand are even more expensive, and there are many people who want them even if they are sold for ten yuan.

It was difficult to buy meat with ordinary meat coupons. Even if you could buy meat, it would be pure lean meat, which was not very popular and could not be compared with the meat supplied by the meat processing plant in Wang Hongtao's hands.

This time, Director Niu gave out twelve tickets worth two liang, which was enough to buy about two and a half kilograms. This was considered a generous amount second only to that of Director Zhang from the supply and marketing cooperative.

Before Wang Hongtao could put away the things, Xu Damao just pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing this, his voice became distorted: "Damn it! Good boy! Where did you rob to get so many good things!"

Wang Hongtao frowned and said in dissatisfaction: "Don't you know that you should knock on the door before entering someone else's room? Where did you learn this bad habit?"

"Hey, pay attention next time, pay attention next time." Xu Damao came to Wang Hongtao's desk without caring and said with emotion: "Tsk tsk tsk tsk... I really admire you more and more, Old Wang. Your ability to make things is really amazing."

"These bills would fetch at least 500 or 600 yuan on the black market, right?"

Wang Hongtao rolled his eyes: "Five or six hundred? If I give you the money, why don't you buy one for me to try?"

"Bicycle tickets, the kind used within the supply and marketing cooperative, with no expiration date."

"Meat tickets are also used by meat processing factory employees. You can buy meat anytime you want, and you can choose any kind of meat you want."

"These things can't be bought with money. They're only five or six hundred. You might as well just rob them."

"Did Director Li give it to you?" Xu Damao said enviously, licking his face.

In front of Xu Damao, Wang Hongtao collected the bills one by one and glanced at Xu Damao unhappily: "Some are true and some are not. I have had enough of this day. Your wife is pregnant, but as a brother, I am more worried than you."

"Hey, that means those who are capable should do more work."

"Oh, Lao Wang, besides the various food coupons, there are also bicycle coupons and cloth coupons. What's going on? Don't you have a bicycle?"

"Oh, you mean that? I asked for it on behalf of Sha Zhu. The guy came to me for help a few days ago. Seeing that he was sincere, I agreed to do it. I'll give it to him later."

Xu Damao was a little angry: "We are getting along well, why are you helping him? That bastard has never been one of us."

"Okay, we live in the same yard, so we'll see each other sooner or later." Wang Hongtao smiled and patted Xu Damao on the shoulder. "Besides, if Shazhu has a bicycle, he won't have to borrow it from us if anything happens in the yard."

Wang Hongtao's concerns are not wrong. You all live in the same courtyard. If a neighbor encounters an emergency one day, like a child has a cold or fever and needs to be taken to the hospital urgently, and asks you for money, would you have the nerve to say no?

But it would be different if Sha Zhu had a bicycle, he would definitely take on this job!

Xu Damao was still a little unwilling: "Then you can't let Sha Zhu get away with it. If I were to ask you, a bicycle is so precious that a poor cook like him wouldn't be qualified to ride one!"

Wang Hongtao curled his lips and said, "Come on, it's just that there has been a shortage of supplies in the past two years, so there have been fewer banquets in Sijiu City. Otherwise, Shazhu's income is no less than ours."

"There are quite a few old people in our city, and they have a lot of small yellow croakers hidden at home!"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Damao's face was troubled: "Hey, isn't that the truth?"

"When do you think our hard times will end?"

"I don't know, just wait..."

"There are many people who have a harder time than us. No matter what happens, it is not our turn to complain."

"By the way, Brother Damao, how is that Widow Zhao you mentioned last time?"

Wang Hongtao winked at Xu Damao and asked with interest.

"Hehe, it's almost there, but brother, if you're willing to give me a piece of your meat ticket, I will definitely be able to get it!"

Wang Hongtao glared and said, "Don't even think about it! I left that for myself and Sister Xiao'e. How dare you use it to please a widow?"

"Do you think it's easy to get these human tickets? I don't know how many favors I have to pay for these human tickets!"

Seeing Wang Hongtao angry, Xu Damao immediately admitted his mistake: "Brother, calm down first, calm down. Actually, I just said that casually, so don't take it to heart."

Wang Hongtao was still angry and said, "Xu Damao, I'm going to tell you something up front. If you want to have fun outside, go ahead. We are all men, so it's normal. But if you cause any trouble, such as someone coming to your house or coming back with a disease, then I will definitely stand on Sister Xiao'e's side."

Xu Damao replied awkwardly: "That's not possible, that's not possible."

"I only dare to take action after I have negotiated the conditions, and the girls I find are all from decent families, so nothing will go wrong."

"So much the better!"

Wang Hongtao's face finally looked better.

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To be honest, he felt that Xu Damao was doing fine the way he was now, working hard to earn money to support his children, and the attentive care he received made him feel more at ease than hiring someone else to take care of him.

As for Xu Damao's philandering, Wang Hongtao thought it was normal, probably because they were the same type of people.

He thinks men are animals who think with their lower body.

There is no cat that doesn't steal fish, and there is no man who is not unfaithful.

The difference is that those who are capable use real weapons and real swords to play with flowers.

A flower that is full of imagination of the incompetent self.

(Silly Zhu:???)

Men are born with a restless nature. This has nothing to do with morality or character; it is determined by biology.

It’s okay to spend money, but there should be principles in how you spend it.

Wang Hongtao has control over this very well. He will not pick flowers that are not guaranteed to be safe, and he will stay away from women who are already in a relationship. He never jokes about his own safety.

Because of historical issues, Wang Hongtao, like most men, prefers the style of Wei Wu.

But he believes that there is a code of conduct for thieves and generally does not interfere in other people's marriages easily.

There is no other way. Dealing with a woman who is already in a relationship is exciting but also risky. Even the founder, Boss Cao, lost a lot of money along with Dian Manzi.

Although Wang Hongtao has a system, he is a cautious person, so he learned from Boss Cao's lesson and does not touch women who are already in a relationship.

Lou Xiao'e is an exception. Since Xu Damao is unable to have children, it is naturally his duty as his brother.

Otherwise, would you just have to watch Xu Damao being scolded as having no descendants?

Are we still good brothers?

So if you look at it from another angle, Wang is still doing good deeds, because he helped Xu Damao, who should have been left with no family, to solve his troubles.

By the way, Sister She is also an exception.

Since Director Li was unable to have children, it was his duty as a driver.

......

Yu Li is naturally an exception, and Wang feels that there will definitely be other exceptions in the future.

Thinking about it this way, Wang felt that there seemed to be too many exceptions, and that they were beginning to deviate from his original intention.

But if he is really asked to change it, he will definitely not be happy. Even if he is willing, the readers will definitely not be happy.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Wang is a man of principles, but not many.

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