Chapter 620: Who Did You Hear That From? How Come I Don't Know?

At twelve noon, the off-duty bell rang on time.

Li Ye followed his colleague Xiao Yue and carried his bag off duty.

Colleague Yue Lingshan saw Li Ye walking toward the factory gate with her, so she asked curiously: "... Li Ye, are you not eating in the cafeteria today?"

Before Li Ye could answer, she smiled mischievously: "You're not used to the pig food in the cafeteria, right? One meal was enough, right?"

Li Ye hurriedly shook his head and smiled: "No, I have something to do at noon today, so I won't eat in the unit."

Yue Lingshan tilted her head and looked at Li Ye, smiling: "Don't be embarrassed. Everyone says the cafeteria food is terrible. There are two small restaurants at the entrance that taste good. Shall I lead you over to recognize the door?"

"No need, no need. I'm not that delicate. I haven't even received my salary yet, so I'm going to a restaurant. Wouldn't people laugh at me? Hehehehe~"

Li Ye refused with a smile. He didn't want rumors that he was "gluttonous" to appear in the factory tomorrow.

Yue Lingshan looked Li Ye up and down, and finally her gaze fell on Li Ye's bag.

"That's true. When you first join the job, you have to be frugal. At the very least, you have to buy a bicycle."

Li Ye's clothes were a private custom version, looking very pleasing to the eye, but there was no brand, so Yue Lingshan wasn't sure how much they were worth.

But Li Ye's bag was a standard military green bag. Although it was considered fashionable in this era, it was far less fashionable than the cowhide bag Yue Lingshan carried.

Plus, Li Ye was walking to work on two legs, so Yue Lingshan mistakenly thought Li Ye was a frugal good child.

Actually, Li Ye had cowhide backpacks, and he had many of them. Some were sent by Fan Xiuling from Hong Kong, and some were bought for him by his little wife, Wen Leyu.

But Li Ye felt that carrying a "Serve the People" military green bag was very good, having a sense of the era, and it wasn't conspicuous at all when mixed in the crowd.

It was just that Li Ye's means of transportation was very conspicuous.

The factory office director rode a Feige brand, but Li Ye drove a Santana.

So Li Ye didn't drive the car to the unit, but placed it a few hundred meters away, separated from the unit by a few hutongs.

A Fenghua clothing specialty store opened there. His older sister Li Yue said hello, and a dedicated parking space was set up at the entrance, and there were people watching the car for Li Ye voluntarily.

Li Ye turned two hutongs and arrived at another street. Three minutes later, the red Santana drove toward the east nimbly.

However, Li Ye wasn't going to drive back to Zaojunmiao in the east, but was looking for someone.

He drove along the main street for a while and saw a bicycle repair stall, and Director Lu from the factory office was sitting on a small stool, anxiously urging the master to patch his tire quickly.

Lu Zhizhang had just ridden his bike out of the factory gate today when the rear tire went flat. Upon closer inspection, it had been pressed with several thumbtacks.

While cursing in his heart, he hurriedly pushed it to the repair stall to patch the tire.

His child in junior high school was waiting for him to go home to cook!

"Woo~"

Just as Lu Zhizhang was anxious, the sound of a car engine suddenly rang in his ears.

He had just turned around when he found a red Santana parked beside him.

"Whose car is this? Why park beside me?"

Lu Zhizhang subconsciously looked at the license plate and confirmed it wasn't one of the few cars he knew.

The Santana was launched in '84, and production capacity began to increase in '85, but it was still very popular until now in '86.

So even if Lu Zhizhang was the factory office director of a large state-owned factory, he only knew a few Santanas that might park beside him.

After all, the drivers of small cars these days were all incredibly arrogant, and even those from related units might not necessarily see you, a deputy division-level official riding a bicycle.

But Lu Zhizhang didn't recognize the license plate of this car, but he recognized the driver who got out of the car.

After Li Ye got out of the car, he smiled and said: "Director Lu, your car is broken?"

Lu Zhizhang said in surprise: "... Xiao Li, you are... whose car did you drive?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "I borrowed my sister's. I've been busy moving these past few days, so I borrowed a car to use. Beijing is really too big; taking the bus takes an hour or two at every turn, and a lot of time is wasted on the road."

"You are absolutely right," Lu Zhizhang smiled and said: "Beijing is indeed big. From the east end to the west end, a whole day is gone... Xiao Li, do you have a driver's license? Don't drive without a license..."

Li Ye nodded: "Yes, yes. In a few days, I still have to transfer the relationship of my driver's license to our unit. I'll have to trouble Director Lu then."

"Hey, isn't that what I should do? What trouble or not trouble."

Lu Zhizhang looked at Li Ye and felt that the more he looked, the more pleasing he was.

When this kid came to report last week, he felt he was different, handsome and spirited, and had a very calm temperament, making people feel very comfortable after contact.

Just at this moment, the tire patching master said to Lu Zhizhang: "Hey, comrade, your inner tube has three holes. I can't finish patching this in ten minutes!"

Lu Zhizhang said unluckily: "Just patch it quickly; I'm not paying you less money."

The tire patching master explained while lowering his head to work: "I'm not talking about money. Didn't you just urge me that you want to rush home to cook for your child? I have to tell you, don't be in a hurry when the time comes."

"Hey, just be quick!"

Lu Zhizhang felt a bit uncomfortable. A bicycle tire getting three holes at once clearly meant someone was making trouble.

Generally, in the unit, what kind of people are those who get troubled?

Lu Zhizhang was still the factory office director, having advisory power over various matters such as housing allocation and job positions, so it was very easy to be labeled as "unfair in handling affairs."

Now that he was seen on the spot by Li Ye, wasn't it embarrassing?

Li Ye wasn't embarrassed at all, because these three holes... hehehehe.

"Director Lu, you still have to rush home to cook for your child! Then I'll send you back quickly. Throw the bicycle here and let the master fix it. Won't it be fine to ride it this afternoon?"

"Ah? This... isn't that very appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate about this? It's our own car; it's just a matter of stepping on the gas."

"Then, that's fine. This is troubling you, Xiao Li."

"What kind of trouble is this? I'll work in the factory in the future, and I don't know how many things I'll have to trouble Director Lu with!"

In the eyes of middle-aged people, heaven and earth are big, but children are the biggest. Lu Zhizhang's child was just at the critical stage of growing up and taking the high school entrance exam, so he couldn't delay the child's meal.

Lu Zhizhang's home was not far from the unit, arriving after a few turns. Li Ye drove fast, and it was indeed a matter of stepping on the gas.

"I really couldn't tell! Li Ye, your driving skills are okay!"

"Ah? Hahaha, to tell you the truth, Director Lu, I am an old driver with four years of driving experience. When I was on summer vacation, if my sister drove back to her hometown, I would have to drive more than half of the journey for her!"

"Is that so?"

Lu Zhizhang glanced at Li Ye and asked casually: "Which unit is your sister in? Didn't the unit assign her a driver?"

Li Ye said very naturally: "My sister is in the Beijing office of the Pengcheng Seventh Factory, the one that makes Fenghua brand clothing. Their unit does have a few full-time drivers, but there are more cars than drivers. Several business personnel are all driving when they have a need, and they all have licenses."

"Huo, more cars than drivers, is it that wealthy?"

Lu Zhizhang was a bit surprised. After all, in state-owned enterprises, the position of a small car driver was something countless people fought for. As a result, they were good—more cars than drivers.

"It's not that wealthy," Li Ye explained with a smile: "It's just that they didn't hire so many drivers. Anyway, most people can drive, so they let them take one salary and do two people's work."

Things were indeed like this. The few full-time drivers Li Yue raised were for use in drinking occasions, and they were very idle at ordinary times.

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said: "Good! This isn't one person doing two people's work! This is giving your sister a car for free! I'm willing to do this job too."

He had already figured it out. Since the unit has more cars than drivers, what kind of borrowing method is this car of Li Ye's? Is it the kind that doesn't return after borrowing?

This kind of thing is not uncommon in this era.

Li Ye smiled and said: "It's not giving a car for free either. It's just that their unit has a stronger human touch. If employees really have a need, they will accommodate if they can.

I've been busy moving and busy with marriage these past few days, so my sister left the car to me. I don't really drive it much when I'm fine."

"Busy and overwhelmed?"

Lu Zhizhang glanced at Li Ye and asked with a smile: "Xiao Li, have you encountered trouble with your marriage?"

Li Ye nodded slowly and said dejectedly: "Yes! We were about to get the certificate, but I heard that the rules here in Beijing are different from my hometown. Men can't do it at twenty-three, and can't open an introduction letter.

I'm explaining this to my wife's side. They have everything ready there, but I had a slip-up here. Wouldn't I be anxious if I were scolded?"

"Can't open an introduction letter?"

Lu Zhizhang smiled playfully and then asked suspiciously: "Who told you? How come I don't know about this?"

It's right that you don't know. If you knew, I would have to go find someone else again.

However, Li Ye didn't say what was in his heart, but said with some surprise: "I heard it from people in the section. They also asked me to find someone who understands to ask.

I just arrived at the unit and don't understand anything. Director Lu, why don't I host today? Let's find a place to sit down. Can you let me understand?"

Lu Zhizhang hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, I still have to go back to cook for the child!"

But Li Ye wouldn't give up so easily, and immediately said: "Then let's pick up the child and eat together! Or just order a few dishes in front and take them home for the child to eat."

"No need, no need. The child is used to eating the food I cook," Lu Zhizhang smiled: "How about this! You come to the office to find me when you go to work in the afternoon. I'll open the introduction letter for you.

A major life event cannot be delayed for a moment. It doesn't matter if you make your wife angry, but it's not a small matter if you make your mother-in-law angry~"

"Ah? This... this is too thank you, Director Lu. But we still have to eat this meal..."

"Hey, what meal? Just give me a few wedding candies when the time comes. It's ahead, just park at the door."

Lu Zhizhang directed Li Ye to park the car at the dormitory entrance, opened the door, and got out of the car cleanly.

Li Ye had to get out and say: "Director Lu, I'll wait for you here when I go to work!"

Lu Zhizhang waved his hand: "No need, I'll stroll over myself."

"..."

Li Ye looked at Lu Zhizhang, who had entered the dormitory building, and really couldn't imagine that this person was so straightforward, making him not even use the two cartons of Hongtashan in the trunk.

The atmosphere of giving cigarettes and alcohol to build relationships in the 1980s was very strong, and Li Ye didn't think he could be completely exempt. As long as this person looked okay, sending two cartons of cigarettes was nothing.

But the vision of this Lu Zhizhang was much higher than Wu Kezhang, Wu Qingyi.

【Heh~ Is this the so-called help from a noble person?】

Li Ye, who had been rolling in the workplace for more than ten years in his previous life, knew that there were not so many so-called noble people in the world.

You can meet a noble person either when the noble person happens to need to "use" someone, and you happen to be standing in that position, so they just used you.

Or you have your own value, worthy of people's investment.

Noble people exchanged for a few cigarettes and a few bottles of wine cannot be counted as noble people.

Li Ye had just shown part of his value. Although he only had a capable sister, it was already worthy of Lu Zhizhang giving a convenience.

Just opening an introduction letter, whether the age is enough to get married, that is a matter for the marriage registration office to identify, what does it have to do with himself?

Li Ye shook his head and drove back to that repair stall.

"Master, don't patch that tire. Please change it to a new one for me."

"What, I've already patched two, and you say change it, you pay?"

"Yes, I pay."

"..."

Li Ye helped change the new tire, found a place to eat, and then went to wait on the road where Lu Zhizhang went to work.

People said you don't need to send them, do you take it seriously?

Doing things must be complete. People don't want cigarettes and alcohol, but you can't be ignorant.

After all, it was brushing off Wu Kezhang's face, and people said they wanted to eat wedding candies. When getting married... should I invite them? ===== CHAPTER 621 =====