My Courtyard Refuge

Section Chief Li invites you to dinner

Unknowingly, the time came to the end of November. During this period, several major events happened internationally.First big thing.

Under the initiative of the other side of the ocean, including Daxia, the European Union, Daiying and Maoxiong, the five parties held a G5 summit in Brussels.

At the meeting, all parties discussed many political, economic and military issues. The most important result was that the five parties signed a large number of agreements on patent exchange and technology sharing.

The second thing is that the European Union has carried out emergency expansion, absorbing some countries in the Philippines and the Middle East to make up for its own huge shortcomings in energy issues.

The third thing is that many countries in the Philippines have fallen into civil strife, and the situation is getting worse.

The fourth thing is that the prices of energy sources such as oil, coal, and natural gas, after experiencing a trough for more than half a year, suddenly ushered in a sharp rise, and the prices returned to the peak a few years ago in one fell swoop.

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Early in the morning, Xu Dong was feeding the chickens.

The chicken food is the small fish heads left over from before. The fish heads are chopped up and mixed with the leftovers. The little hens lay eggs more diligently.

Right now, I can pick up two or three more eggs every day.

In the vegetable garden, Yang Lina is watering. The number of days without water has been increasing recently. The daily water supply is seriously insufficient, and even the automatic irrigation has been stopped.

But there is also good news. Next month, the seawater desalination plant in Jinmen will be able to supply water to the capital, and the water crisis will be solved by then.

“Third, where are you?” Mother Xu’s voice came.

Xu Dong sighed resignedly, he really wanted to rest for a while, so he quickly stood up and responded, “Mom, I’m in the living room, what’s the matter?”

“Accompany Mom to the grain store. Haven’t we bought our family’s rations for this month?” Xu Ma ordered.

There is no shortage of food at home, Xu Ma and Yang Lina got impatient after queuing once, the point is that it was too time-consuming, so that the old Xu’s family is now going to buy food at the end of the month.

There are few people at the end of the month, except for some who come out to buy vegetables, they almost buy as they go.

Of course, the grain stocks at the end of the month may not be sufficient, and most of the grains that can be bought are some miscellaneous grains such as corn and potatoes.

Fortunately, Lao Xu’s family has so much rice that they can’t finish it, and there is no shortage of these.

After starting the car, the mother and son came to the nearest grain store. There was a plaque hanging on the right side of the storefront, which read:

[Food selling point in Xingfuli street]

After waiting at the door for a while, at eight o’clock sharp, the grain store opened on time.

The grain stores in the capital vary from big to small, but the layout of the stores is basically the same, similar to that of a general bank, with a row of service windows at the door.

Mama Xu trotted to a window, handed over two grain cards, and said casually, “Take out everything for this month.”

The counter staff is a young girl who seems to have just graduated. She is a young man, and her attitude is quite serious.

“The head of the household is Xu Dong’s. There are 24 catties of potatoes, 20 catties of cornmeal, 30 catties of hybrid rice and 22 catties of vegetables in the account, but the hybrid rice is out of stock now.”

“Then replace them all with cornmeal!” Madam Xu had expected this situation a long time ago.

“Okay, according to the conversion ratio of 1:1.3, the total is 59 catties of corn flour, 24 catties of potatoes, and 22 catties of vegetables.”

“Yes, take them all out.” Xu Dong nodded immediately.

As for Xu’s mother, she is still using the small book she carries with her to calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!

“Okay, you need to pay a total of 1028 yuan here.”

At the same time, the staff handed over a receipt:

“If there is no problem, please sign here.”

Xu Dong had seen the price list at the door a long time ago. The unit price of corn was 8 yuan, and potatoes and vegetables were both 10 yuan. The amount was correct.

After signing, scan the QR code to pay.

Within a few minutes, Xu Dong got a month’s rations for his family of seven from the pick-up port under the counter.

Among them, the vegetables were distributed randomly, and the ones I received were cabbage and carrots, which together were exactly 22 catties.

Immediately afterwards, the staff swiped another card:

“The head of the household, Xu Changming, has 20 catties of rice, 14 catties of flour, 10 catties of vegetables, and 10 catties of potatoes. Should the rice be replaced with cornmeal?”

“Change!” Mother Xu nodded.

After returning home, Xu Ma used the electronic scale at home to weigh it again to check whether there was any missing weight or tael.

Xu Dong smiled wryly and said, “Mom, the grain stores are all run by the state, not privately owned, and they have to be called twice, so they won’t be called wrong.”

“If you don’t weigh it, Mom won’t worry.” Xu Ma insisted.

“Ok!”

Before going out, Xu Dong casually asked again: “I’m going to work, do you want to bring something today?”

Xu Ma thought for a while and replied: “Buy more salt, the salt at home is not enough.”

The salt at home was enough for several months, but I used a lot to make salted fish, so I had to buy some more.

“understood.”

When he came to the power company, Xu Dong found that Section Chief Li came very early today, and he had a proud face. Everyone was wondering if the old leader was going to be promoted.

===Section 72===

“Sister Gao, Uncle Li is really going to be promoted?”

Xu Dong also took the initiative to inquireCome to think of it, Section Chief Li usually treats him very well, he really doesn’t want the other party to leave, other people are not as easy to talk to as Uncle Li.

As for the position of section chief, anyway, he won’t be able to get his turn anyway. After all, he has only been in the job for less than a year, and his qualifications are too shallow.

Gao Yuemei shook her head: “Even if Lao Li wants to be promoted, it is reasonable to be promoted to the logistics department. I haven’t heard of anyone in the logistics department who wants to be transferred?”

“Could it be transferred to the branch below?” Xiang Xin interjected.

Yanjing City Electric Power Company, although the headquarters here is not very eye-catching, it is actually not small at all.

There are more than 10,000 people in the whole company, and there are as many as dozens of branches and directly affiliated institutions below.

“It’s really possible.” Gao Yuemei nodded.

Xiang Xin suddenly said pleasantly: “Boss, Uncle Li is gone, will the higher-ups let you take over?”

Before Xu Dong could answer, he was called into the office by Chief Li.

“Uncle Li, congratulations on your promotion!”

Section Chief Li was obviously taken aback, and asked in confusion: “What is Gao Sheng, where did you hear the rumors?”

“Why, Uncle Li, haven’t you been promoted?” Xu Dong said awkwardly.

“I’m getting old, even if I’m promoted, it won’t be my turn.” Section Chief Li sighed. He is 55 years old and will retire in a few years.

“This…everyone saw your smiling face in the morning, and everyone said that you are going to be promoted!”

Section Chief Li waved his hand: “It’s nothing, you can go out and explain it to me later, and let everyone stop spreading it.”

Xu Dong nodded.

Section Chief Li took a sip of water, and said again: “I asked you to come in, to ask if you have time tonight?”

“Yes, Uncle Li, you…”

“That’s right, come home with me for dinner after get off work.” Section Chief Li invited.

“Uncle Li, what’s the matter with you here? Just say it straight, we don’t need to be so polite.”

“Okay, that’s the deal, you go back to work!” Chief Li waved his hand.