Chapter 137: Tiger Father and Dog Son
At the same time, Chief Engineer Li Cunzhu has also returned home.

Li Cunzhu's home is located on the "24th floor" of the factory, which is the best residential building in the entire factory.

The housing allocation issue in the factory has always been quite tense. The main reason is that the factory is located in the mountains. Apart from basic infrastructure such as factory buildings, office buildings, warehouses and cultural centers, there is very little flat land available for building residential buildings. For a large factory like theirs with tens of thousands of employees, it is difficult to meet the housing needs of employees. There is even a family of three generations and seven or eight people who can only live in a small house of twenty or thirty square meters. Even putting in an extra bed is a luxury.

But even so, in order to reward model workers and advanced workers who have performed well at work and made great contributions to the factory, the factory still marked out a piece of vacant land and built several "model worker buildings". Because there were only twenty-four suites in the beginning, even though a few more buildings were added later, it was still called the "Twenty-Fourth Building" by people in the factory.

The 24th floor is definitely the best house in the factory, with two bedrooms and a living room of more than 60 square meters, and an en suite bathroom. In this era, it can definitely be called a "luxury house".

Even the factory director Liu Biao still lives in an ordinary residential building, but Li Cunzhu is one of the first leading cadres to move in here. After all, he is not only a model worker in the factory, but a few years ago, he was also named an advanced worker in the province. He has received many honors, so much so that his home is still hung with various award certificates and photos with his superiors, which are enough to testify to his glory over the past decade.

"Is the meal not ready yet?"

After entering the house, Li Cunzhu changed into slippers and saw his wife still cooking in the kitchen, so he said impatiently.

"Right away, just fry some eggs." Li Cunzhu's wife replied.

Like Li Cunzhu, his wife Yang Yulan is also a college student. After graduation, she was assigned to the factory middle school as a teacher. Now she is the vice chairman of the factory trade union.

Logically speaking, both the husband and wife are elites with high education and high IQ, and their children would not be too bad. However, their only son Li Weiguo did not seem to inherit his parents' talent for studying. He refused to go to high school before graduating from high school. Finally, worried that his son would be idle at home and learn bad things from the hooligans in the factory, they simply used their connections to get him into the army so that he could work as a formal worker in the factory after demobilization.

"Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Have you bought the mooncakes I asked you to buy in the county?" Li Cunzhu asked.

"There have been a lot of things going on in the factory these days, and I haven't been able to take care of it. Besides, if you buy so many mooncakes, our family can't eat them all."

"They are all for giving as gifts. They must be from the best Xinfaguang pastry shop in the county. Mooncakes made elsewhere are inedible. They are too hard to eat..."

"Come to think of it, you are also the chief engineer of the factory. Why are you still giving gifts to others? Apart from Lao Liu, who else in the factory can compare to you? The gifts they give to our family are almost the same..." Yang Yulan said with some dissatisfaction.

"There are some things you don't understand." Li Cunzhu frowned and said, "If you want to accomplish something, you need to prepare in advance, just like playing chess. When all your chess pieces are in place, the rest will fall into place. Old Liu is already 55 years old this year, and he won't be able to work for many years. The factory can't do without me in terms of technology, and the leaders above know it... Don't feel sorry for the mooncakes. In the future, I will get it back with interest. It's just a matter of a word..."

"What if someone were to drop from above? Wouldn't that be a waste of your efforts?"

"You don't understand this. I think it's a good idea to keep the wealth within the family. It must be a system, and it's impossible for outsiders to get involved." Li Cunzhu said with a bit of pride in his eyes: "Besides, the leaders above also know that this factory can't do without me in terms of technology. If I leave, this factory won't last long..."

"But isn't Lao Liu's daughter quite capable? She even won a prize last time."

"This girl is indeed amazing, but her personality is a bit like her father's, her qualifications are a bit shallow, and she has no experience in political work. Unless she can come up with some incredible project, it's impossible for a girl like her to do it." Li Cunzhu paused, then continued: "If she is willing to be with our son, I would be willing to help her, but this is difficult. I think he doesn't think highly of our son..."

While Li Cunzhu was talking to his wife, the door lock outside moved and Li Weiguo pushed the door open and returned home.

"Dad, I don't want to go to work tomorrow. Please talk to our workshop director and I won't go." Li Weiguo said to Li Cunzhu after changing into slippers. "What's wrong with you?" Yang Yulan asked when she saw that her son seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Nothing, I just feel uncomfortable and don't want to go to work."

"You have served in the army and you are in good health. How can you just say you don't want to go to work? How can this be ridiculous?" Li Cunzhu frowned when he saw this.

"Tell mom, what's going on?" After all, Yang Yulan only has this one child, and she has always loved her son very much, so she continued to ask: "Is it still because of the incident with Liu Siying?"

Ever since he went to Liu Biao's house as a guest with his parents last time, Li Weiguo took a liking to Liu Siying at first sight.

Although the army also had an art troupe composed of female soldiers who often performed for the army, it was the first time that Li Weiguo saw such a beautiful girl. She was even as beautiful as the stars on TV and calendars.

He originally thought that his father had arranged with Liu Siying's parents to arrange for them to date, but Liu Siying always ignored him, which was undoubtedly like pouring a bucket of cold water on him. Feeling unacceptable, he told his parents. After all, his father was the chief engineer of the factory, and he thought that even the factory director Liu Biao should give him some face.

However, he did not expect that this time when they went to the dance hall, Liu Siying not only rejected him, but also danced with a gangster named Xu Qiang. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to Li Weiguo.

Moreover, Xu Qiang was hanging out with Wang Yongsheng, a notorious gangster in the factory. He was obviously someone who could not be trifled with. So after a whole day of being upset, Li Weiguo had no intention of going to work at all.

"Forget about Liu Siying's words! That girl is too arrogant and can't see the situation clearly. I will make her suffer a great loss this time..." Li Cunzhu frowned slightly and said, "Besides, there are many good girls in the factory. If you like one, ask your mother to talk to you. Remember, our family is a cadre family after all, so at least we have to be well-matched..."

"That's right. Given our family's financial situation, it's her blessing if she falls in love with someone..." Yang Yulan also comforted her son.

"I want her!" Li Weiguo gritted his teeth and then said, "But she already has a boyfriend..."

"Liu Siying has a partner?" Hearing Li Weiguo say this, Li Cunzhu and his wife were also surprised.

Speaking of which, Liu Siying is also a celebrity in the factory. If she has a boyfriend, everyone in the factory will know about it very soon. After all, she is the factory director's daughter.

"It seems to be someone called Xu Qiang..."

"Xu Qiang?" Hearing this name, Li Cunzhu was startled for a moment, and then asked, "Is your skin a bit dark? Is it the Xu Qiang from the chemical workshop?"

"It's him!" said Li Weiguo.

"Haha, I think you are mistaken. Liu Siying has high standards and will definitely not be interested in this Xu Qiang." Li Cunzhu smiled and said, "But don't worry, I have a way to deal with this matter. It won't take long before you will never see him in the factory again..."

(End of this chapter)