Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

The next morning, Xu Damao gave his wife some rare fruits and food before going to work. When he arrived at the factory, he walked around the workshop and had a morning meeting with everyone before returning to the publicity department's office. The production of speed-shifting bicycles has been gradually increasing recently, and the task should be completed by the end of the month.

The chess and card activities organized by the Propaganda Department also ended successfully last month. Now that the weather is too hot, Xu Damao is too lazy to do it. The Propaganda Department only has daily work left, and with the appointment of Deputy Section Chief Guo Wenjin, he can finally slack off happily again.

Xu Damao was lying on a chair playing the handheld game console. He suddenly missed the old system spirit. He hadn't heard the spirit's voice for a long time since he completed the inheritance. Currently, he only had the space and exchange functions left. The others disappeared. There would be no more super rare skills in the future.

As soon as Xu Damao was distracted, the female hunter in the game was roasted by a flash of lightning from the Thunder Wolf Dragon. He simply stopped playing and put it into the space. He lit a cigarette and lay there thinking about it.

This year is the last year of the three-year difficult period, but the food supply situation will not be significantly alleviated until after the summer grain harvest in 1962. Perhaps the food ration will be reduced this year.

Wait, what did I just think of? 1962! Isn't this the year my father was born before I traveled through time? Will my father still exist in this comprehensive world of film and television?

The more Xu Damao thought about it, the more anxious he felt. No, I have to take a few days off to go back to my hometown in the future. It's not too far away anyway. His hometown is a small village in a county below the city where the earthquake happened. His mother's home in the future is not far away either. It's a good opportunity to go and have a look together.

Putting this thought aside for the time being, Xu Damao started to think about the names of his two unborn children. Xu Damao agreed with what Professor Ai said: Dignity is only above the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon! Xu Zhenli! Xu Dapao! Xu Jianfeng! Xu Zunli was too ugly, so Xu Damao decided to name his son Xu Jianfeng.

Xu Liwei! Xu Wanqiu! Xu Ruyun! Let's name our daughter Xu Liwei. Weiwei's smile is so charming. I hope my daughter can be so charming, too.

Xu Damao had just decided on the name of his child when the music for the end of get off work started playing. Xu Damao took his lunch box to the canteen, ready to ask Nan Yi to cook for him. Now Xu Damao is the powerful section chief and director, so it is reasonable for him to cook for himself, right? Moreover, Xu Damao did not want to leave any handle, so he would make up his own food expenses every month.

Along the way, workers who knew Xu Damao would occasionally greet him, and Xu Damao would respond in a friendly manner. As soon as he arrived at the back door of the canteen, he saw Ma Hua, Sha Zhu's apprentice, talking to Xu Dabao, who had been promoted back to the canteen director.

"Director, you see my master is now in Canteen 8 and I'm in Canteen 1. How can I learn the craft? Can you please make an exception and transfer me to Canteen 8? I still want to learn the craft from my master." Ma Hua pleaded.

"What? You still want to go back to that young fool Sha Zhu? Master Nan's cooking skills are even better than Sha Zhu's. Look, Fatty is learning from Master Nan now. Although he is not Master Nan's apprentice, Master Nan is not as secretive as Sha Zhu. Look, Fatty can even cook a big pot of food now. And look, you have been learning from Sha Zhu for quite a while, and you are still just a handyman." Xu Dabao persuaded. Ma Hua's mother is a distant relative of his and she sent him some things recently. Otherwise, he would not care about this trivial matter.

He also thought of giving some advice because he saw that Ma Hua worked hard and was a down-to-earth person who was willing to work hard. What could he learn from Sha Zhu? Learning to talk back to the leader or to fight!

"Director, there is an old saying that goes, once a teacher, a father for life. I cannot betray my master," Ma Hua insisted.

"Alas, you are such a stubborn kid. Anyway, you haven't officially become my disciple, I..." Xu Dabao hadn't finished talking when he saw Xu Damao coming over. Although they were both directors, he couldn't compare with Xu Damao, who was a popular figure in front of Li Huaide. He still gave Li Huaide some gifts before returning to the position of canteen director. You have to know that the power of directors is different.

"Hey, Chief Xu, you're here to eat."

"Section Chief Xu." Ma Hua also called out.

"Well, you two were talking too loudly. I could hear you from a long way away. It's not a big deal, is it?"

"Of course it's necessary. Respecting teachers is a tradition since ancient times. What I did must be right." Ma Hua didn't care about whether he was a leader or not, and said with his neck stiff.

"Oh? Then let me ask you. Ever since Sha Zhu accepted you as his apprentice, has he ever taught you how to cook seriously? Does he always send you away when he's cooking? Does he always order you around and only let you do odd jobs? Does he often act like a master and make you serve him all the time?"

"You are not young anymore, it's time for you to start a family. Do you have to rely on the apprentice's salary to support your family? Think about why you come out to work!"

Ma Hua was sweating profusely after being asked a few questions by Xu Damao. Yes, his family relied on his father's carpentry work and his salary to make a living. He was the eldest in the family, and his brothers and sisters were still young and could not be relied on in the short term. Wasn't it that he went to work to help his father, who had difficulty walking, share some of the pressure of life?

I am almost 20 years old, and it is time for me to find a partner and get married. Which girl would be willing to follow me for the apprentice salary of more than ten yuan? The time I have been with the master is not long or short, and I really haven't learned anything. The fat guy who came at the same time as me can already cook big pot dishes.

No, I can't go on like this, I have to learn cooking skills from Master Nan and strive to pass the exam to become a formal chef as soon as possible. Anyway, I didn't formally become Sha Zhu's apprentice, I just came to the cafeteria and was arranged to help Sha Zhu with Fatty. I saw Fatty calling him "Master" all the time and Sha Zhu didn't object, so I started calling him that too.

"Thank you, both directors. I have figured it out. I will work hard to get Master Nan to accept me as his apprentice." Ma Hua said firmly, with a light flashing in his eyes.

"Okay, it's almost time for dinner, let's go back first." Xu Dabao said.

Xu Damao also said: "My relationship with Master Nan is pretty good, I will help you talk to him when the time comes."

Ma Hua thanked him again and again, and then ran back to the canteen window. While running, he kept muttering: Your relationship with Master Nan is not that good. Everyone in the factory knows that it was you, Section Chief Xu, who personally went to the machine repair factory to invite him. In order to invite him, you even acted as a matchmaker and specially arranged for him to live next door to you. You don't even bring your own cooking when you get home.

Xu Dabao said, "Chief Xu, I won't delay your meal. I still have to go to other cafeterias."

Xu Damao said goodbye and went straight to the kitchen. Nan Yi had already prepared some stir-fried dishes for him. He had spent money on this, so he couldn't let his stomach down.