My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 96: Section Chief Li, Invite Me
Unconsciously, the time came to the end of November.

Throughout November, several major events took place internationally.

The first big thing.

Under the advocacy 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 a lot of 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 EU has carried out emergency expansion, absorbing some Philippine countries and Middle East countries to join in to make up for its huge shortcomings in energy issues.

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

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

……

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

The chicken food is the small fish head left over before. The fish head is chopped and mixed with the leftovers and fed together. The little hens are more diligent in laying eggs.

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 automatic irrigation has been stopped.

However, 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?" Xu Ma'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?"

"Go to the grain store with my mother, haven't we bought the rations for this month?" Xu Ma ordered.

There is no shortage of food at home. Xu Ma and Yang Lina became impatient after queuing up at the food store once. The key is that it was too late to buy food until the end of the month.

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

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

Fortunately, the old Xu family had so much rice that they couldn't finish it, so they were not lacking at all.

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 door, which read:

[Food sales point in Xingfuli Street, Dongcheng District]

After waiting at the door for a while, at [-]:[-] sharp, the grain store opened on time.

The grain stores on the capital side are large and small, but the layout of the store is basically the same, similar to that of an ordinary bank, and there is a row of service windows when you enter the door.

Mother Xu trotted to a window, handed over two food cards, and said casually, "Take out all of this month's."

The counter staff is a young girl who looks like she has just graduated. As a young man, her attitude is still serious.

"The head of the household is Xu Dong's. There are 24 catties of potatoes, 20 catties of corn flour, 30 catties of hybrid rice and 22 catties of vegetables on the account, but the hybrid rice is out of stock now."

"Then replace it with cornmeal for me!" Xu Ma had long expected this situation.

"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 Ma, 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."

At the same time, the staff handed over a document:
"If there is no problem, please sign here."

Xu Dong had already seen the price list at the door. The unit price of corn is 8 yuan, and the price of potatoes and vegetables is 10 yuan. The number is correct.

After signing, scan the code to pay.

After waiting for a few minutes, Xu Dong got a month's ration for his family of seven from the pickup port under the counter.

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

Then, the staff swiped another card:

"The head of the household, Xu Changming, has 20 jins of rice, 14 jins of flour, 10 jins of vegetables, and 10 jins of potatoes. Should I replace the rice with corn flour?"

"Change!" Xu Ma nodded.

After returning home, Xu's mother re-weighed it again with the electronic scale at home to check whether there was any lack of weight.

Xu Dong smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, the grain stores are all owned by the state, not private, and they have to be weighed twice, so they won't be wrong."

"If you don't weigh it, Mom won't worry." Xu Ma stubbornly said.

"All right!"

Before going out, Xu Dong asked casually, "I'm going to work, do you want to bring something today?"

Xu Ma thought for a while and replied, "Buy more salt, I don't have enough salt at home."

The salt at home was originally enough for a few months, but it took a lot to make salted fish, and it was almost bottoming out.

"understood."

When he came to the power company, Xu Dong found that Section Chief Li had come very early today, and he had a smug look on his face. Everyone was guessing whether the old leader was about to be promoted.

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

Xu Dong took the initiative to inquire.

Section Chief Li usually treats him very well. He really doesn't want the other party to leave. Others won't talk like Uncle Li.

As for the position of section chief, he would never get his turn anyway. After all, he had only been hired for less than a year, and his qualifications were too shallow.

Gao Yuemei shook her head: "Even if Lao Li wants to be promoted, he should be promoted to the logistics department. I haven't heard of anyone in the logistics department who wants to be transferred?"

"Will it be transferred to the lower branch?" Xiang Xin interjected.

The Yanjing Electric Power Company, despite its unremarkable headquarters, is actually not small at all.

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

"This is really possible." Gao Yuemei nodded.

Xiang Xin suddenly said in surprise: "Boss, Uncle Li is gone, will you be allowed to go up?"

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

"Uncle Li, congratulations on your promotion!"

Section Chief Li was obviously stunned, and asked in doubt, "What is Gaosheng, where did you hear the rumors?"

"Why, Uncle Li, didn't you get promoted?" Xu Dong asked embarrassedly.

"I'm already old, even if I get 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 smile in the morning and said you were about to be promoted!"

Section Chief Li waved his hand: "Nothing, go out and explain it to me later, so that everyone will stop spreading the word."

Xu Dong nodded.

Section Chief Li took a sip of water and said again, "I called you in because I wanted to ask if you have time in the evening?"

"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? Just say it directly. We don't need to be so polite."

"Okay, it's settled, you go back to work!" Chief Li waved his hand.

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