Chapter 634: I'm Just Petty, So What?

After Li Ye drove away from Wen Watching Wen Leyu's house, he met up with his sister Li Xia Yue, Li Li Dayong, Wang Wang Jianqiang, and others at the agreed location, and the group of four or five cars returned to Qingshui County together.

Everyone had brought substitute drivers, and there was no talk along the way. They arrived in Qingshui County before midnight.

Grandma Wu Wu Juying had long since cleaned Li Ye's room, allowing Li Ye and Wen Watching Wen Leyu to have a good sleep.

Early the next morning, the elder aunt and younger aunt arrived at the Li family, preparing to go with Grandpa, Grandma, and Li Ye's young couple to pay respects to the Li family ancestors.

According to the tradition here in Dongshan, a married-out daughter-in-law usually cannot return to her maiden home to pay respects to the ancestors. For example, Li Xia Yue cannot go to the Li family's graves to pay respects.

Only under a few special circumstances can these daughters-in-law follow others to pay respects, such as when an elder has passed away, a new daughter-in-law has entered the door, etc., etc.

So later, some people always said that the bad habits here in Dongshan were serious and disrespectful to women, coupled with the widespread circulation of "women cannot sit at the table," they made the big men of Dongshan look like nothing.

Li Ye really couldn't comment on things like paying respects to ancestors, but the matter of "women cannot sit at the table"... it really wasn't like that.

Decades later, the phenomenon of women not sitting at the table had long since disappeared in Dongshan.

And during the holidays in the eighties, the big men were indeed drinking at the main table, but women and children were also setting up another table!

And if there were any good dishes at home, they had to be taken care of for the women and children's table first, and the reason was also ready-made—let the children eat first, the big men just need wine.

If analyzed carefully, the men of Dongshan are actually "dead set on face," but they also have their responsibilities, and they are definitely not as unbearable as everyone rumored.

"Xiao Yu, tie this red silk around your waist, and don't untie it until you're done paying respects to the ancestors!"

When everyone was about to leave, Grandma Wu Wu Juying gave Wen Watching Wen Leyu a red silk ribbon to tie around her waist to protect the next generation in her belly.

"Grandma, I actually haven't..."

"How do you know you haven't conceived yet? Tie it on. The yin energy at the grave is heavy, so you can't be careless."

"Oh~"

Wen Watching Wen Leyu obediently tied the red silk ribbon, causing a burst of laughter from the younger aunt Li Li Mingxiang and sister Li Xia Yue.

The elder aunt Li Li Mingyue was also laughing, but Li Ye felt a sense of humbleness in her smile.

The meeting between Li Li Mingyue and Fu Fu Guiru in Beijing could be said to have completely changed her mindset.

The former eldest sister of the family was actually picked up, which was simply more unbearable than death for Li Li Mingyue, who was used to shouting and ordering people around at home.

When paying respects to the ancestors, the elder aunt Li Li Mingyue was also clearly different from before, not moving her mouth without moving her hands like before, but running around trying her best to help, as if wanting to make up for something.

But she really didn't understand that once some things have torn their faces, how can they be made up for?

Facts proved that the elder aunt Li Li Mingyue knew it couldn't be made up for, but she just wasn't reconciled.

Li Ye didn't have many relatives in Qingshui County. This time Li Ye married a wife, Li Li Zhongfa also thought about being low-key, but when it came time to set up the banquet, he had set up forty tables and still hadn't finished, so he had to keep adding tables.

The poor are in the busy city with no one asking, the rich are in the deep mountains with distant relatives. In the end, many of Li Ye's high school classmates also came uninvited to join in the fun.

He He Weiguo pulled Li Ye and insisted on having a drink with him.

"Li Ye, we finally met again. Back then we were fighting and making trouble, now thinking about it, it's really like yesterday..."

"Hehehe, what fighting and making trouble? I can't remember it at all. Eat well and drink well..."

Li Ye laughed it off and didn't entangle with this troublemaker anymore. If it weren't for Principal Chang's sake today, he wouldn't even have given a few laughs.

Back then, this guy always used Lu Lu Jingyao to stimulate Li Ye, and was almost cracked open by Li Li Dayong with a stick. Now he wanted to use a glass of wine to get close again? How could that be possible?

However, another classmate really got "close" to Li Ye.

At least she thought so herself.

Xia Xia Yue, Lu Lu Jingyao's former best friend, Li Ye's mortal enemy in the repeat class, and now the prospective daughter-in-law of the elder aunt Li Li Mingyue.

"Suffer a big loss?" Li Ye smiled and said: "How big? Is he still going to fire me?"

"Firing is impossible, but he can make you feel more uncomfortable than being fired."

Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan whispered: "Li Ye, think carefully, Master Old Ding has been in the unit since the factory was built, why is he still a deputy section chief until now?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment and shook his head slowly.

He didn't understand why Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan would say these things to him. After all, he was Old Ding's apprentice. If Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan said anything bad, wasn't she afraid that he would pass the words? Wasn't she afraid that Old Ding would hold a grudge?

Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan looked around, then mysteriously said: "Master Old Ding was just like you back then, clashing hard with the leaders on several things, and was later exiled to the scrap warehouse for five or six years."

"And everyone knows Master Old Ding's stinky temper, and he hasn't had a share in the subsequent promotions, so Li Ye, do you understand now? It's still not too late to regret."

"I'll talk to the section chief later, and I'll organize a game for you tonight. You apologize, soften your attitude, and this matter will pass."

"Hiss~"

Li Ye took a breath and looked at Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan strangely, as if he understood why she was so "kind-hearted."

She is firmly standing on the side of Wu Wu Qingyi, and doesn't care about Ding Wang Zhiwen at all!

Now there is a position of regular section chief in the section. Only if the Wu section chief in the section is promoted, will a deputy section chief position be vacated for her, Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan, and another colleague Zheng Zheng Jiemin to compete for.

If Li Ye makes a big fuss with Wu Wu Qingyi, and a section chief is airborne from somewhere else, then her deputy section chief position is also gone.

So only if Li Ye softens his attitude is it most beneficial to the unity of the section and most beneficial to her Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan's future.

As for you, Li Ye, admitting your mistake, you want to be promoted to deputy section chief in half a year?

Dreaming!

Li Ye looked at the "kind-hearted" Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan, couldn't help but smile, and walked towards the water room.

"Exile is exile, just happen to be idle."

"Hey hey, Li Ye, why don't you listen to advice? This is a very serious problem..."

Xia Yue Xia Yue Lingshan jumped with anxiety, but Li Ye walked away without looking back.

No matter what, he is also a Beijing University graduate! In later generations, he belongs to the person registered in the "Talent Office." Can Wu Wu Qingyi just marginalize him by chatting with the Personnel Section?

If he could really turn his hands into clouds and cover his hands into rain, why would Li Ye stay here?

The world is so big, where is there no place for me?

Li Ye got water and returned to the office, adding half a cup of tea to his master Old Ding.

And Old Ding pushed his notebook over, letting Li Ye see a line of words—Quietly observe the changes, do nothing wrong.

Old Ding's meaning was very clear. In Li Ye's situation, doing nothing and not letting people pick out faults would allow him to go smoothly and rise to the top.

Li Ye smiled and nodded secretly.

If he could lie flat, Li Ye would naturally not want to toss, but wasn't this Wu Wu Qingyi looking for trouble?

Until noon, Wu Wu Qingyi didn't come back, and I don't know which section he went to work hard at.

Old Ding said to Li Ye: "I have something to do outside at noon today, you go to the cafeteria to eat by yourself!"

Li Ye nodded and agreed, took his lunch box to the cafeteria by himself, while Old Ding "happily" went off work with Director Lu from the factory office, and the two chatted a few words on the way.

"Today Wu Wu Qingyi is looking for Li Ye's trouble again, it seems he wants to transfer him to another section."

"Heh~"

Director Lu smiled and said: "Old Wu is also obsessed now, looking at everyone as if they are going to compete with him for the position of section chief, without even a little tolerance."

Old Ding said lightly: "Don't talk about now, he didn't have any tolerance before! But his vision is really accurate. When Li Ye first arrived in our section, I didn't expect him to be here to be a section chief."

"..."

Director Lu was stunned for a moment, then smiled at Old Ding: "Good, Old Ding, are you here to probe my words? I don't know whether Li Ye will be the section chief of your section!"

Director Lu believed that Old Ding was trying to probe his words to determine whether Li Ye was going to be airborne to be the supply section chief. If so, it wouldn't be strange at all. Look at the guests at the wedding that day, anything strange could happen.

But if not... then Ding Wang Zhiwen's opportunity would come.

Ding Wang Zhiwen still has two years to retire. This year Li Ye joined the unit, first deputy section chief then regular section chief, Ding Wang Zhiwen first promoted to section chief, just happen to teach all his skills to Li Ye, and finally support Li Ye on the horse in the last half year.

Arranged like this, Li Ye can not only enrich his grassroots management experience, but also walk more solidly, making everyone have nothing to say.

So Director Lu thought no matter how he thought, everything was arranged by the people above for Li Ye. Old Ding was about to retire, yet he picked up a big leak.

Only, Old Ding shook his head and whispered: "I really didn't want to ask you about this, I want you to do me a favor, transfer my son from the rolling mill to our unit."

Director Lu looked at Old Ding in surprise, and suddenly realized: "Old Ding, you are really refined, you actually see further than me, you are planning a future for your son!"

Old Ding has two more years to retire, no matter how glorious it is, it is limited, at most he can enjoy the addiction of being a section chief for two years.