Siheyuan: The Rebirth of the Silly Pillar in the 50s

The scorching summer has arrived, and August has arrived in the blink of an eye.

A large fan in the rolling mill cafeteria kept spinning on the ceiling.

As soon as the lunch bell rang, the workers swarmed into the canteen.

Everyone held their lunch boxes and stood on tiptoe to look out the window with great anticipation.

"Today's big pot rice should also be cooked by Master Xiao He, right?"

"Didn't you read the notice from the cafeteria two days ago? From now on, Master Xiao He will be responsible for the big pot of rice."

"That's great! I'm in luck again today!"

"..."

More and more people are queuing up at the window of the hotel, and it's getting crowded.

"Don't be crowded, don't be in a hurry! There will be enough lunch for everyone!"

He Yuzhu appeared at the window carrying a large pot of vegetables. He shouted and placed the pot on the table with a clang.

I saw him wearing an apron around his waist and holding a big rice spoon in his hand, looking very energetic.

He skillfully held a rice spoon to serve other people's rice. With one spoonful, the cabbage and potatoes were so abundant that it filled almost half of the person's lunch box.

The workers who received this amount of food left very satisfied and went to buy two more steamed buns next door.

You can have a good meal again at noon.

"There's a queue at the back! Remember not to jump in line!"

He Yuzhu ordered the workers in line while cooking.

Suddenly a pair of very familiar men's hands reached into the window.

He Yuzhu looked up and saw that this person was Jia Dongxu, who had just been in the factory for a month.

"What are you looking at me doing? Bring me food!"

When recruiting workers in July, Jia Dongxu successfully entered the steel rolling mill under Yi Zhonghai's emergency training, and under his operation, he arranged for him to become an apprentice fitter.

He was brainwashed by Jia Zhang for a long time.

Workers are more important than anything else!

After becoming a worker, Jia Dongxu almost walked more gracefully than before.

He Yuzhu despises him the most.

He ignored him and put a spoon down. When it came out, the spoon was filled with cabbage and potatoes.

Jia Dongxu drooled with excitement.

Suddenly, He Yuzhu's right hand shook just as the rice spoon was about to touch his lunch box...

Jia Dongxu watched helplessly as the spoonful of food he was about to receive became "the emperor's new dish."

There were a few vegetable leaves and potato dregs floating on the soup in half the lunch box.

"Next person!"

He Yuzhu immediately kicked him out after finishing his meal.

"No, Silly Zhu, have you brought me food? See for yourself, do you have food here?"

Jia Dongxu took the lunch box and insisted on asking for an explanation.

He Yuzhu smiled, looked at the dishes on top and asked: "Jia Dongxu, this is not the dish, but you?"

Someone behind him covered his mouth and snickered.

"Look, this is all soup, no vegetables at all. Did you flip the spoon just now?"

"Which of your eyes is looking at me?"

He Yuzhu pretended to be anxious and asked the cook next to him, "Master Wang, did you watch me shake the spoon?"

"No wow!"

"Master Zhang, are you watching me shake the spoon?"

"No."

Master Zhang stretched out his head and said: "Little comrade, if you are worried about not having enough to eat, you can make more trips. But you can't accuse people so unfairly."

"Open your eyes and take a look! He is definitely giving me a spoon. Look at other people, they have vegetables and soup, but here there is only soup left!"

Jia Dongxu stamped his feet anxiously.

Why is no one on his side?

"Jia Dongxu, if your eyesight is not good enough, you can donate it. Look in your lunch box and see if you have both vegetables and soup. Obviously everyone has the same thing, why are you the only one complaining? It's like this during lunch break. It’s precious, don’t waste everyone’s time here!”

As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, there were complaints one after another from behind.

Of course they are all complaining about Jia Dongxu.

"If you finish your meal, leave quickly."

"We're still hungry!"

"Whoever is wronged should not be wronged, Master Xiao He. He is the one who beats the most when he is eating."

"Talking nonsense with your eyes open!"

"Am I telling lies with my eyes open?"

Jia Dongxu looked at his lunch box and pointed at himself.

I doubted my life for a moment.

Who is telling lies with open eyes?

This is obviously...

He tried his best to prove himself, holding the lunch box to show to the people behind him: "Look, is this a spoonful? Do you think this amount is normal?"

Jia Dongxu completely underestimated He Yuzhu's popularity in the steel rolling mill.

That was the popularity that He Yuzhu fed him spoonful after spoonful.

And Jia Dongxu is an apprentice.

Who can't afford to offend?

But He Yuzhu is different. He has the power of life and death to control whether all workers in the factory can have enough to eat.

"Why isn't it normal?"

"What do you think is wrong?"

"Look, he brings so many dishes to people, but when it comes to me, there's only soup?"

Jia Dongxu was almost crying.

He really needs someone to talk to him now.

"You're really being unreasonable."

The workers looked at his lunch box and curled their lips and said, "Look, there are vegetables, potatoes and soup in your lunch box. Why do you say there is nothing in your mouth!"

"If you want to falsely accuse Master Xiao He, we will definitely not agree to it!"

"Why are you telling him so much? If you like it, eat it or get lost!"

"Yes! Get out!"

The workers were filled with indignation and pointed their finger at Jia Dongxu.

He Yuzhu took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and said: "Jia Dongxu, after you finish your meal, go aside quickly. The lunch break is almost over. There are still many people who haven't eaten yet!"

Jia Dongxu looked at the lunch box and the group of workers.

Falling into a cycle of doubting myself.

Could it be that I was wrong?

wrong!

They are obviously working together to deceive people.

Jia Dongxu reacted and wanted to argue with reason.

But before he could speak, he was stopped by Yi Zhonghai's voice.

"Dongxu!"

"Master! You're finally here. You must help me. Look, did the rice that Shazhu brought me be spilled?"

Jia Dongxu thought Yi Zhonghai was a life-saving straw.

did not expect……

"Bullshit!"

Yi Zhonghai scolded: "Did you call me Silly Zhu? You're not polite at all! He's Master Xiao He. Don't waste everyone's time here, come with me quickly!"

"No, Master..."

Jia Dongxu was unwilling to be pulled by Yi Zhonghai and looked back at the window.

The workers collectively coaxed him.

"Okay! Everyone, line up and get on with the meal!"

He Yuzhu maintained order, and the next person brought half a box full of cabbage and potatoes.

"Thank you, Master Xiao He."

"You're welcome, next one!"

……

Yi Zhonghai pulled Jia Dongxu to a corner of the cafeteria.

Jia Dongxu was still asking him to see his lunch box aggrievedly.

"Don't show it to me!"

Yi Zhonghai's face was full of anger and he lectured him: "Did I tell you not to cause trouble? Don't cause trouble. I will let you go to have a meal alone today and you will cause a lot of trouble for me. Do you take my words seriously? Turn a deaf ear to it!”

Jia Dongxu was very aggrieved.

It was obviously He Yuzhu who started the fight first.

And he is the one who suffers.

As a master, Yi Zhonghai didn't talk about He Yuzhu but why did he talk about himself instead.

"Master..."

"He Yuzhu is a regular employee. What are you now? You're just an apprentice. Why are you so stubborn in front of others? Also, don't you know who his father is? The chef of his steel rolling mill is a popular person in front of Director Lou. .Can you afford to offend them, father and son?"

"But it's obviously him who bullied me!"

Jia Dongxu almost cried and finally cried out his grievances.

Seeing him like this, Yi Zhonghai felt a little pitiful.

After all, he was not blind. He knew that He Yuzhu deliberately gave him a lunch box of soup.

"Come here and I'll tell you."

Yi Zhonghai pulled Jia Dongxu to the table in the corner of the cafeteria.

He gave some of his rice to Jia Dongxu.

"Thank you Master."

Jia Dongxu got the food and immediately became happy.

"Everything I tell you is good, so you have to listen. He Yuzhu's family is a dual-income family, and they are the best in our compound. Moreover, He Daqing is a representative of the compound, and the neighbors are all looking towards their family. Yes. You can't afford to offend them. The only two choices you face now are either never to associate with their family, or to curry favor with them. You can't choose the third option and have to provoke them, right? Hear me. Are you ready? Dongxu."

"Yes, Master."

Jia Dongxu ate without raising his head or opening his eyes.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai sighed helplessly.

Needless to say, Jia Dongxu must have heard his words in one ear and out the other.

He's been like this often for a month.

You can't listen to anything you say, and you can't teach anything.

It can be said that Jia Dongxu is the stupidest disciple Yi Zhonghai has ever led.

He is so stupid that there is no need to compare his disciples with him. Even if he goes to the countryside to pull a pig and comes back, he is much better than him!

Yi Zhonghai sometimes questions himself whether it was a mistake to choose Jia Dongxu as his caregiver.

But when he came back from his dream at midnight, he counted all the young people in the compound.

Then he realized that Jia Dongxu was his only choice.

After he realizes this, he will continue to find reasons for Jia Dongxu.

He remembered that when he was young, before getting married, he was like this, living in a low-income family, and one person had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry.

Jia Dongxu is at work now, and his mother and himself are the only ones at home.

Life can be said to be stress-free.

Where would the motivation come from without pressure?

Without motivation, there will be no success.

If he is not successful, when Yi Zhonghai is old, he still can't decide who will take care of whom.

Then how to create this pressure on Jia Dongxu.

The only way is to get him married.

After marrying a daughter-in-law, you also realize the sense of responsibility.

You can also have children earlier if you get married.

Yi Zhonghai was always thinking about the second clause in the pension agreement. If their family gave birth to a second son, it would be his.

Assume that Jia Dongxu is still not successful.

Then he can bring Jia Dongxu's children to support him.

Yi Zhonghai confidently believes that the children he educates himself will definitely be good.

Ok.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai figured everything out.

He decided to go talk to Jia Zhang in the evening to see what conditions their family would have for marriage, and also to screen out which matchmaker to find for Jia Dongxu.