Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Qin Jingru was so shocked after hearing what the nurse said that she almost fell to the ground. She wanted three hundred yuan, so even if she was sold, she would not be worth three hundred yuan?

Soon it was daybreak and Liu Guangfu went out to buy breakfast, but since he had no food coupons, he had to spend more money.

Qin Jingru went to the toilet to take care of her physiological needs and wash her face. Her cousin would be in the hospital for another week, so she had to go home to get some things. Home? Qin Jingru slapped her thigh. Xiaodang seemed to be home alone!

On this side was her cousin who was still in a coma after giving birth, and on the other side was her niece who was less than three years old. Qin Jingru was caught in a dilemma for a moment.

"Water...water..." Qin Huairu's faint moan caught Qin Jingru's attention. She hurriedly helped her cousin up and poured some cool white water from the kettle beside her to her cousin's lips.

Qin Huairu felt much better after drinking the water. "Jingru, where's the child?"

Qin Jingru repeated what the nurse had said to her before, "Sister, what should I do? I don't have a penny."

Qin Huairu remained silent, but she was thinking about where the money would come from. Jia Dongxu's 200 yuan pension had not been used yet, and her daily expenses depended on sucking blood from Sha Zhu and occasional lunch boxes, plus a ten-yuan subsidy for the two children. But how could she pay for the money herself? Of course, she should go to the big nemesis Sha Zhu! Yi Zhonghai, well, Yi Zhonghai was not at home, and his wife Wang Sufen would definitely not be able to make the decision on such a large sum of money.

But my current physical condition does not allow me to leave the hospital. I feel a tearing pain as soon as I move. Should I ask Jingru to borrow money or just call Shazhu to the hospital? What should I do if the hospital asks for payment?

"You go back and take care of Xiaodang first. Just bring me more food at noon and don't come at night. If you come, leave Xiaodang to Aunt Yi who lives next door to take care of him for a while. If you see Zhuzi coming back, ask him to come and see me." Qin Huairu instructed.

"Okay, sister." Qin Jingru had just finished speaking when Liu Guangfu came over with two lunch boxes filled with breakfast bought from the hospital cafeteria. He also paid a deposit of two yuan for the two lunch boxes.

"I've bought breakfast, come and eat it."

Qin Huairu glanced at Guangfu, wondering why he was here, but she remained calm on the surface.

Qin Jingru only fed her cousin some rice porridge. The nurse had told her not to eat too much, and she could only drink some liquid food like rice porridge. Fortunately, the heavy rain had turned into light rain. Qin Jingru and Liu Guangfu had breakfast before they came out of the hospital together in raincoats and headed towards the courtyard.

When Qin Jingru returned to Jia's house, she saw Xiaodang lying on the ground crying loudly. Qin Jingru quickly picked Xiaodang up and coaxed him for a long time before Xiaodang stopped crying. In fact, Xiaodang woke up at three o'clock in the morning, and then he kept crying when he found no one was around. When he was tired of crying, he went back to sleep until Qin Jingru came back.

Qin Jingru touched Xiaodang and found that his pants were wet. She then changed his diaper, cooked and fed him. It took her a lot of work to finish the job.

As soon as she took a breath, she remembered what her cousin said, so she went out again and walked to Sha Zhu's house and knocked on the door. However, there was no response after knocking for a long time, so she had no choice but to return to the Jia family.

Xu Damao went to the factory early in the morning when the rain was not so heavy. There was still a lot of work to do. Not only did they have to resume production, but they also had to do a good job of publicity. Especially during this rescue operation, many employees sacrificed their own families for the sake of everyone, so this needed to be well publicized.

Steel rolling mill, director's office.

"Brother Li, what's the situation at the factory?" Xu Damao asked.

"Although the rain has become lighter, the water level on the ground is seeping too slowly and has not dropped much. It is still difficult to resume production! If the rain continues, it will be dangerous. The grain harvest will almost certainly fail, and the factory's material supply will become even tighter." Li Huaide said, rubbing his temple with some fatigue.

"Yes, it didn't rain much before, but it doesn't stop this time. Okay, I'll go to the workshop to take a look at the situation first, and then I'll take you to prepare some sandbags for backup. You've been on duty all night, so you should take a break first. Those who were on duty yesterday should go back first. If it rains again tonight, I will be on duty." Xu Damao said.

Li Huaide nodded. Although he didn't do much work yesterday, he was still running around in the rain, keeping an eye on the situations everywhere and dealing with some emergencies.

Xu Damao waded into the workshop. As there were sandbags piled at the door, the workshop was relatively dry, but it was also a mess, with many materials piled randomly. There were several workers on duty in the workshop. When they saw Xu Damao coming in, they took the initiative to greet him.

"Director, what is your mission today?"

"You only have one mission today, and that is to go home and rest. Leave the work to us. You have been tired for a whole day and night, so go home and rest."

"Okay, Director."

"Then we'll leave first, Director."

"Well, don't forget to go to the workshop next door to collect yesterday's reward!"

"Can't forget!"

Xu Damao smoked while watching the rain outside. From time to time, workers came to the workshop to report for duty. When Xu Damao saw that the number of people was almost enough, he gathered them together.

"It's still raining, so let's prepare some sandbags today. The tools and bags are all in the corner over there. If you find that the water level is rising, quickly reinforce the sandbags at the door of the workshop to prevent a large amount of water from flowing in.

Deputy Director Zhou was injured on the way here yesterday, and Deputy Director Zhao has other tasks. I also need to go to the Propaganda Department to take a look. If you have any questions, come to me there. Each team leader must fulfill his or her responsibilities conscientiously. If anyone makes a mistake, I will deal with him or her! "

Seeing that the task was about to get serious, several team leaders quickly expressed their commitment to completing the task. Xu Damao gave some instructions on some details before leaving the workshop.

As soon as Xu Damao arrived at the door of the Propaganda Department, he heard a burst of voices. As soon as he entered the door, he saw several male comrades talking. There was nothing he could do. There were too few male comrades in the Propaganda Department. Most of them were a bunch of young girls. They were really useless at this time.

"Chief, please tell us what tasks we have!" everyone shouted in unison.

"Well, you guys take the two cameras in our department and go around the factory, visit some people, and collect more promotional materials. But try not to disturb everyone's work."

"Yes, section chief."

After a few people left, Xu Damao returned to his office to rest for a while. He still had to think about how to deal with Qin Huairu, the young widow.

Knock knock knock, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

A bunch of beautiful girls from the department walked in from outside, filling up the office in an instant, and there were even a few who hadn't been promoted yet. Xu Damao felt a little scalp numb when he saw them. These girls were too weak to lift anything, and coming at this time wouldn't just cause trouble!

"Why are you all here?"

"We are here to work. We heard the news yesterday evening and came here spontaneously today. We are also part of the steel mill and want to see if there is anything we can do to help."

"Well, then you can write some articles praising everyone for this rescue and broadcast them. I will briefly tell you about what happened yesterday."

Xu Damao began to talk about some typical advanced deeds and the factory's decision to distribute relief grain. "That's all for now. I've sent Xiao Wang and the others out to collect materials. Whoever has finished writing can check with each other. If there's no problem, broadcast it directly and boost everyone's morale!"

"Okay, Chief."