The Great Era of Siheyuan

After resting for a while at home, Li Wenqiang got up, patted his butt, and went out to the people's commune to test the waters.

(In 1958, the Great Leap Forward and the People's Commune Movement were launched nationwide. Sub-district offices were merged one after another to form urban people's communes, and the "party-government integration" and "government-community integration" systems under the leadership of the commune party committee were implemented. Urban people's communes replaced sub-district offices and became the first-level political power organization below the city and district. At this time, the responsibilities of sub-district offices were expanded to the economic field, organizing production and developing collective economy in the jurisdiction. In 1962, grassroots urban people's communes in various places were gradually restored to sub-district offices.)

The People's Commune of Jiaodaokou Street, Dongcheng District was less than 400 meters away from their yard, and Li Wenqiang arrived there in less than five minutes.

This is a courtyard with an entrance, about 3 square meters. Facing south, the north house has 2 rooms, 5 main rooms and 3 side rooms, 4 rooms each in the east and west, and 17 rooms in the south, excluding the main door. Including the main door and the hanging flower door, there are rooms in total.

On the door of each room are plaques of various departments and offices, including the Street Party Working Committee, Street People's Congress Working Committee, Street Office, Street Discipline Inspection Committee, Street People's Armed Forces Department...

When I got closer, I saw that the people inside were yawning lazily, obviously they had not yet recovered from their lunch break.

Li Wenqiang was not shy either. He walked around the yard and looked at them unscrupulously.

The street office staff nearby looked at Li Wenqiang's appearance, temperament and clothing, and thought that he was sent by a higher-level department to inspect. They all perked up, looked at their desks seriously, and secretly watched him.

Perhaps it was because Li Wenqiang's temperament was too outstanding, he stood in the yard of the street office and looked around for more than ten minutes, but no one came to pay attention to him. Finally, a young man sneaked away to find the leader.

After a while, a capable middle-aged woman was brought over by him, exuding a serious and majestic temperament.

"Hello, comrade. I am Wang Hongxia, the director of the subdistrict office. What can I do for you?"

After he finished speaking, Director Wang kept looking at him, feeling that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.

Li Wenqiang was also looking at Director Wang curiously. In any courtyard novel, this iron lady would be invited over like a Bodhisattva whenever something happened in the courtyard.

Many people are confused about how high of an official position Director Wang holds. Most of the secretaries of the working committees of street offices and directors of street offices are at the level of section chief, which is equivalent to the level of an ordinary county education bureau director, county agricultural bureau director, township head, or town head.

The order of the party and government leaders of the sub-district office is from secretary, director, director of the People's Congress, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, deputy secretary, deputy director, armed minister, organizer, propagandist...

Director Wang is the second-in-command of the subdistrict office, second only to the secretary. Such a high-ranking leader doesn't have the time to care about the trivial matters in the courtyard every day. He will only come to check if you make a big fuss. Otherwise, at most, a clerk from the subdistrict office will come to coordinate and handle it. If that doesn't work, the police station and the armed forces will be brought in to assist in handling it. How can he have the time to care about the trivial matters in your courtyard?

Li Wenqiang stretched out his hand and smiled towards Director Wang.

"Director, don't you recognize me? I used to come here to collect junk many times before! Do you remember it now?"

"Oh, it's you! I was wondering who it was! I was so scared that I thought someone from above had come to check. I almost didn't recognize you after you changed your clothes and tidied yourself up. It's true that a man should be looked at with new eyes after three days of absence. What have you been doing recently? I saw that the rag collector on the street has changed his job. Why don't you do it anymore?"

After recognizing him, Director Wang was obviously relieved. No matter what time it was, dealing with superiors was always a big deal. As the director of the street office, she was also walking on thin ice. Her official position was not big, but not small either. She was just a small official under the emperor's feet. How could she not dare to take it seriously?

"That's my brother-in-law. I gave him my job. He's currently working as a buyer for a steel mill, getting some unplanned supplies. If you're interested, I can help you get some."

Li Wenqiang, with the idea of ​​giving it a try whether there were any juicy results or not, casually put down a bait.

"I didn't expect you to work at the steel mill. Of course I'm interested in what you said. You must have something to do today! Come to my office and sit down. We can talk in detail!"

Director Wang smiled when she heard this. She didn't expect such a good thing to come to her door. Unplanned supplies were good things that others couldn't even ask for. Now supplies were in short supply everywhere. No matter what it was, many people were scrambling for it. How could she not be interested? She immediately led Li Wenqiang to her office.

"Come, sit down for a while, I'll get you a cup of tea!"

Director Wang picked up a cup, put some tea leaves in it, and turned to the kettle.

"Thank you, Director. I am a little thirsty as well."

Li Wenqiang sat down casually, without feeling restrained at all.

"Come, have some tea! You just said that we can get some unplanned supplies. What can we get?"

Director Wang placed the teacup in front of Li Wenqiang and asked curiously.

"What else can I have? Just some vegetables, grains and oils from the countryside. There aren't many, only about two or three hundred kilograms. They haven't been delivered to the steel mill yet. If you want, how about I send them to you?"

Li Wenqiang said with a smile, without giving her too many surprises. The subdistrict office is under the jurisdiction of the police station. If he wants to cooperate with her, he must be crazy. It would be good enough if he gives her some sweet dates.

The purpose of his cooperation with Wang Jianjun was to serve the military district leaders behind the veterans. The armed forces department was just a subsidiary to him. He had to make himself familiar with them first, so that it would be easier to do things in the future.

Hearing that this was the only amount, Director Wang was obviously not very interested. However, it would be good if there were two or three hundred kilograms, which could be used to distribute benefits to the employees of the street office.

"Will this not affect your work?"

Director Wang asked with pretended concern, but in fact she wanted to take the things directly back home. Now all departments were fighting for the unplanned materials, and she was just embarrassed to be too impatient.

"Of course not. I'll bring it to you later."

Li Wenqiang said with a smile.

"What are you doing here today? I can help you get it done if possible."

Hearing that he would bring the things over later, Director Wang felt a little comforted. Two or three hundred kilograms was not a small amount. There were only a dozen or twenty people in the street office, and each person could get a dozen or twenty kilograms. What else was there to say?