Siheyuan: I found a wife right after I crossed over

New Year’s Eve is getting closer and closer, and today is already the 29th day of the lunar year.

Today, Yang Chong pulled another truck of flour to the canteen. Now the canteen has stored more than ten tons of flour and rice, which is more than enough to meet the three-day Spring Festival banquet. So even the food in the canteen these days has begun to have a bit of the flavor of the New Year.

The staple food in the canteen is no longer the same old steamed bread made of mixed flour, but has quietly changed to steamed buns made of corn flour and white flour, and a small amount of rice is also supplied.

This was simply unimaginable in New Taipei City in the 1960s.

The amount of meat in the dishes has also quietly increased compared to usual. Every time the workers walk into the canteen, their faces are filled with smiles.

Naturally, they worked more and more enthusiastically, and the daily statistical reports of the production department showed a significant increase in output.

For this reason, Director Yang has received calls from department leaders more than once, asking him what clever ideas he has come up with to make the steel rolling mill's production soar.

Director Yang would naturally not say that the workers in his factory are so motivated because they have meat, white flour buns and rice to eat.

He just laughed and said, "Big boss, I am following the spirit of the ministry and trying to do ideological work on the workers. You know what, this method is really effective. Since using your method, the workers' mental outlook has changed all of a sudden. Look, they are more motivated to produce, and the output has naturally increased."

"You mean ideological work?" The senior leader was a little unconvinced. "Don't fool me, kid. There are so many factories in the department, and you are not the only one who can do ideological work. Why is it that they have no effect there, but you have achieved results here?"

Director Yang said: "It must be that they are not fully motivated, or they are not working hard enough, otherwise they would have achieved results long ago."

"Is it really like that?" The big leader was skeptical. "Well, get ready. I'll take them to your place to learn from you and see how you do ideological work for the workers, so that they don't complain to me all the time. Do you know that I asked them to look at your production report, which said that your output is increasing every day, but they didn't believe it. Instead, they said you were cheating, saying that the workers are not getting enough to eat, so how could the output increase instead of decreasing? It's a good opportunity for them to see whether you are cheating or they are incompetent."

When Director Yang heard this, he was dumbfounded, thinking that if they really came, wouldn't everything be exposed?

The directors of these brother factories are all very cunning. If we let them come to learn from us, wouldn’t they find the meat and food in no time?

If they saw it, wouldn't the three-day free meals during the Spring Festival that I promised to the workers be wasted?

These guys are worse than beasts. When they see something good, they will split it in half after meeting it, and they rob and plunder in various ways.

And the big leaders are not vegetarians either.

These are not important. What worries Director Yang more is the source of Yang Chong’s food.

Yang Chong did not explain in detail where the grain came from, but everyone knew it must not have come from a regular channel, because it was now supplied in a fixed quantity, and even the state-owned grain stores did not have so much grain.

At the beginning, he decided to send Yang Chong these grains of unknown origin without hesitation because it was a special case and he had to do it for the production of the steel mill. But if outsiders knew about it and reported it to the higher-ups, he would be violating organizational discipline and even national policies, and he would be punished if he was investigated strictly.

Thinking of this, Director Yang suddenly became restless. He quickly called Hou Liqiu over and told him that the department was going to organize directors of sister factories to come for a visit and study, and expressed his concerns.

Hou Likui was very clever and immediately came up with a solution: "Director Yang, the food and pork must not be known to people from other factories. Otherwise, I will have people hide everything immediately, and then ask the workers and the canteen staff to keep their mouths shut. As long as they don't see it, it will be fine."

Director Yang frowned and said, "This is a good idea, but the problem is where to hide so many things. And time is so tight, and the people will probably arrive soon. Will there be time to move them?"

Hou Likui said: "We have to try even if we don't have time. How about we find a way to cover up everything, and then Director Yang, you find a way to take them to the workshop and don't let them go to the cafeteria, and everything will be fine."

Director Yang nodded and said, "This is the only way. You should take people to deal with it now. Don't let it get out of hand."

Hou Likui hurriedly opened the door and went out. When he returned to the department, he hurried to gather people: "Xiao Zhang, the two of you go to the cafeteria quickly and tell the people in the cafeteria not to leave work yet. I have something to tell them."

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao He, go to the warehouse now and find some tarpaulins. The more the better. Pull them to the cafeteria immediately."

"Everyone else, put down your work and follow me to the cafeteria. Hurry up, time is short and the task is heavy."

After Hou Liqiu gave the order, he ordered his men to rush to the cafeteria.

As soon as he went out, he ran into Deputy Section Chief Zhou Chi who was coming back from outside. Seeing that everyone was walking out in a hurry, Zhou Chi hurriedly asked, "Section Chief Hou, where are you going in such a hurry?"

A clerk blurted out, "Deputy Section Chief Zhou, the section chief asked us to go to the canteen and cover up the grain and pork that Yang Chong bought."

Before he finished speaking, Hou Likui also came out: "That's great, Zhou Chi, you can come with us, time is tight, more people will be better."

Zhou Chi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you guys go first, I'll go to the toilet later, I've been holding it in all the way."

Hou Liqiu nodded and said, "Okay, hurry up." Then he hurried away with the others.

Zhou Chi watched them leave, but did not go to the bathroom. Instead, he hurried up to the third floor and came to Li Huaide's office.

"Brother-in-law, what happened? Why did Hou Liqiu rush to the canteen with people to cover up all the pork and grain?" Zhou Chi asked as soon as he entered the door.

"Really?" Li Huaide was stunned. He quickly stood up and went to the window to look at the cafeteria at the back.

After looking around for a while, he was also confused: "Yeah, what's the matter? Why are they covering up the food and meat?"

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, waved his hand, asked Zhou Chi to put his ear close to him, and whispered: "Xiao Chi, you go with them and see how they cover up. Someone will probably come later, then you just..."

Zhou Chi was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded repeatedly: "Okay, brother-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely do as you say."

Li Huaide nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, go ahead. Remember, if this is done well, Hou Likui will definitely not be able to stay. Then the position of the head of the purchasing department will be yours."

Zhou Chi showed a look of joy on his face and went there in a hurry.

Li Huaide stood at the window, looking towards the cafeteria, with a sneer on his face: "When the time comes, Hou Likui won't be the only one who will be in trouble."