Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

After Xu Damao exchanged the items, he took a nap before dawn. He planned to accumulate some skills and then find a way to hand them over to the country. After dawn, Xu Damao got up and went to work as usual. In the morning, he fished in the office for a long time and took a nap. In the afternoon, he went to the rehearsal site to watch.

These days, Xu Damao basically goes to Lou's house to accompany his wife after get off work. During that time, he also accompanied Lou Xiao'e to do another check-up. He found out that his wife was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. This made Xu Damao and all his family members very happy. Even Lou's mother and sister often went to Lou's house to chat with Lou Xiao'e.

Xu Damao only goes out treasure hunting when he returns home occasionally. These days, he has basically visited the entire Xicheng District and gained a lot of good things, and his points have increased a lot.

Yi Zhonghai was also detained in the police station for seven days before being released and returned to work in the steel mill. Since he had not been imprisoned or sent to labor reform and had obtained a letter of forgiveness, and there were not many senior workers in the factory, the punishment was not severe, and he was only demoted to a fifth-level worker, doing the work of a seventh-level worker but receiving the salary of a fifth-level worker. However, after this incident, Yi Zhonghai's reputation was ruined, and many of his apprentices took the opportunity to sever ties with him, which made him behave much more honestly in the factory and the courtyard.

Time passed unknowingly, and it was the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which was also the day for the party. As soon as Xu Damao got to work, he directed everyone to check the stage and various audio equipment that had been built before.

After the lunch, the party will begin. Due to the large number of people, the venue can only be held in the outdoor square, and the morning is the only time left for preparation.

Xu Damao and Yang Chao kept shuttling back and forth between the scenes to deal with various emergencies. The party was organized by their Propaganda Department, and they would be held responsible if anything went wrong. Not to mention that there would be people from the art troupe and higher-ups coming, and if something went wrong they would all be embarrassed.

Some factory leaders also came to check on the preparations from time to time, including the newly arrived Deputy Factory Director Wu Changzheng. Deputy Factory Director Wu was transferred from the Northeast. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked like a scholar. He had studied abroad and returned to China to serve the country after graduation. However, he was rigorous and meticulous in his work. He was a technical master, mainly in charge of technology and the expansion of the new factory.

Time passed by little by little, and it was lunch time in a blink of an eye. A huge flow of people poured into the canteens. Canteen 1 was very popular with the workers due to Nan Yi's arrival, and the number of people eating in Canteen 1 was much higher than before. This also greatly increased the workload of the kitchen staff, and the people in the kitchen were exhausted.

Fortunately, Nan Yi reported the situation to his superiors in time, and some staff were transferred from other canteens to help, which alleviated the situation.

Today's dinner has received much attention from the leaders. Li Huaide specially used his connections to get a batch of unplanned pork from the meat processing plant to prepare for the dinner. He also prepared a lot of supplies purchased from rural areas. All the canteens also made every effort to make this dinner a success.

When the workers arrived at the canteen with their dinner tickets, they saw pots of food already laid out, including three meat dishes: pork stewed with vermicelli, twice-cooked pork, and potatoes stewed with chicken, as well as some vegetarian dishes, and some braised pork offal that exuded an enticing aroma.

Everyone lined up to get their meals, and Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai also lined up in the queue.

"Xu Damao, that bastard, actually found Nan Yi to take my place. Now it's even harder for me to go back to the cafeteria. What do you think I should do, uncle?" Sha Zhu still called him uncle as usual. It's a habit.

"Xu Damao is a little bit unreasonable. He doesn't care about neighborhood unity at all. But we should keep a low profile and not cause trouble, otherwise we might really be fired. As for work, let's just do it first. If I could still beg for mercy from the leader before, you know what I'm like now. But this expansion may be an opportunity." Yi Zhonghai said.

"Yes, why didn't I think of that the expansion would definitely require the recruitment of a large number of workers, which would require the construction of a few more canteens. Isn't this my chance!" Sha Zhu said happily.

Yi Zhonghai kept muttering in his heart, "I chose you to take care of me in my old age because you are stupid and easy to fool. If you were smart, would you still take care of me in my old age?"

"Shazhu, do you still want to get food? If not, please give up your seat so that I can get food for the comrades behind you." Liu Lan, who was getting food at the cafeteria window, asked.

The workers standing in line behind Sha Zhu also started to make a noise, "Sha Zhu, you still think you are the chef of the cafeteria? Chef Nan's cooking skills are better than yours, and his conduct is even better than yours. What can you compare with him?"

"Hey, Liu Lan, you're turning your back on me, right?" Sha Zhu was a little annoyed. He had not gotten along well with Liu Lan when he was in the kitchen before, but generally her attitude was okay. Now he couldn't stand it anymore.

"And what are you guys making a fuss about? Do you have nothing to do? You want to get beaten, right?" Sha Zhu raised his fist.

Yi Zhonghai quickly pulled Sha Zhu and said, "Zhu Zi, don't make trouble. You are still in the punishment period. The old lady is gone and can't help you. If you make trouble again, you will be fired."

Sha Zhu finally calmed down, but he was still cursing, "Liu Lan, serve the food!"

This little incident did not affect everyone's mood for the meal, let alone eating meat. Everyone ate while talking about the afternoon party.

"Hey, did you know that Deputy Section Chief Xu has written a few songs, which have been published in the newspapers."

"I saw that issue of the newspaper. I heard that someone sang the new song written by Section Chief Xu today."

"I'm looking forward to the arrival of the cultural troupe. I heard there are many beauties in it."

"Look at your achievements. I'm different. I only like to eat the dishes cooked by Master Nan."

"Go to hell, you're not as good as him!"

Soon, the workers finished their lunch and came to the party venue in twos and threes, carrying stools from the cafeteria. They went to the designated positions according to the workshops, and there were people from the safety department to maintain order. Due to the shortage of manpower, 30 people from the inspection department were also transferred to help maintain order.

Soon, several military vehicles and cars drove in from the gate of the steel mill. After the cars stopped, a group of young and beautiful female soldiers got out of the cars, which made everyone stare at them. A group of people wearing Zhongshan suits who were obviously leaders also got out of the car.

Seeing this, Xu Damao hurried over to arrange for the female soldiers to rest, and asked people to help carry some musical instruments while sending someone to inform the factory leaders. Soon the factory leaders got the news and came over. Seeing this, Xu Damao, the small deputy section chief, tactfully retreated.

Section Chief Yang from the Publicity Department was cheering on those who would be performing soon, encouraging them to perform at the level they usually perform at in rehearsals, not to be nervous on stage, and to strive to get a few decent places.