Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Lou Zhenhua's expression changed, and he continued to ask, "When we came here just now, we saw Zeng Wangcai from your hospital driving out. Isn't he a platoon leader? Why is he driving for others?"

Lou Zhenhua is very concerned about this issue.

"Hey, you don't know, he has an important guest today!" Xu Damao said with a smile, "A big leader is coming, Wangcai must have gone to pick him up."

Lou Zhenhua was even more depressed. The big boss needed him to pick him up? But the boss didn't have a car?

He learned his lesson this time and stopped guessing and asked directly.

Xu Damao was also a smart guy. When he saw Lou Zhenhua asking Zeng Wangcai repeatedly, he became suspicious. He had always doubted the fact that Lou Zhenhua was coming to his house, and he felt that Lou Zhenhua was overly flattering him.

So Xu Damao kept it secret and didn't say much.

"Xiao Xu, your place is nice. Why don't you take me to see your house?" Lou Zhenhua, noticing Xu Damao's attitude, changed the subject.

"No problem, please come this way, be careful..." Xu Damao happily took Lou Zhenhua to visit.

Lou Zhenhua was just saying it casually, but after entering the house, he was very interested in the decoration of the house: "Not bad, how did you think of decorating it like this? You know the sofa, and the toilet. As far as I know, few people in Siheyuan would think of these."

"Ahahaha, you're too kind." Xu Damao stopped talking about Zeng Wangcai and attributed the credit to Lei Daqiang. "This is thanks to the workers introduced by the street. They did a lot of work."

"Haha, not bad, not bad!" Lou Zhenhua laughed. Seeing that Xu Damao's kitchen was in good condition and there were signs of cooking, he suddenly had an idea and said, "How about this, let's not go to the restaurant today and just have a meal here. It looks like you can cook, but our Xiao'e is far behind in this aspect. She has never done anything..."

What does this mean?

Testing whether I can cook?

Xu Damao smiled awkwardly: "I can cook, but... let's go to a restaurant. I'll treat you. The courtyard is too messy, and I haven't prepared anything."

"It's not messy, it's good!" Lou Zhenhua said, "It just so happens that I have something to ask you about the house. If there are some things at my house, you can go with the driver to get them. It won't take much time to go back and forth."

Having said that, Xu Damao didn't dare to refuse anymore and obediently followed the driver to get his things.

At this time, Lou Zhenhua knew that his previous judgment was probably wrong, so he asked with a smile: "Xiao E, who do you think is better, Zeng Wangcai or Xu Damao?"

Lou Xiao'e was drinking tea idly when she suddenly heard this question. She was stunned for a moment and her face suddenly turned red.

"Xiao'e, your dad is asking you a question!" Tan Yali knew how to find her daughter's weak spot. Seeing her daughter was shy, she chuckled and said, "If you don't tell me, we will just order one for you. I think Xu Damao is good. Look how carefully he cleaned the room..."

"Uh..." Lou Xiao'e lowered her head and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito, "Who likes Xu Damao..."

“Haha, hahahaha…”

Lou Zhenhua and his wife knew what was going on.

On the other side, Zeng Wangcai picked up Old Man Liu and Old Man Zheng and drove to the courtyard, followed by comrades who were protecting the two.

In the car, Old Man Zheng took the initiative to chat with Zheng Yilin for a while, but he did not suggest that Zeng Wangcai accept Zheng Yilin again, because he knew his son's character. Even if there were many benefits to going back, his son would not have the face to go back.

Because Old Man Yang came back early and said hello, the two old men did not ask about the seeds. After talking about Zheng Yilin, they started talking about the experimental fields.

"Speaking of which, this is still due to the adverse effects of the year before last." Old Man Zheng said with great shame, "The influence of satellite launches is too bad, resulting in that now when something a little bit beyond reality happens, everyone would rather believe it.

"Originally, using three or four hundred acres of land as a test field is not a big deal, but some people in the department have ulterior motives..."

His words confirmed Zeng Wangcai's guess that Old Man Zheng did not have sufficient control over the department.

"Then, can you two tell me whether my method will work?" Zeng Wangcai said as he drove. "I am a butcher and fisherman. I have spent so much effort. If it doesn't work, it will be in vain."

"That depends on whether you can get him to do it to a certain extent." Old Man Liu said with a smile.

This made Zeng Wangcai a little troubled. At first, Old Man Yang went to Sijiu City and did not come back for a long time. Later, he heard from Liu Youren that the higher-ups sent people to check. At that time, he knew that something had changed.

Later, some of the things that Old Man Yang told Zeng Wangcai made him realize that neither Old Man Zheng nor Old Man Liu could control the whole department. Old Man Liu was much better, but Old Man Zheng was worse.

"By the way, do you two know anyone in the newspaper office?" Zeng Wangcai suddenly thought of an idea.

"From a newspaper?" Old Liu was slightly stunned. "Do you mean the military newspaper or something else?"

"Others, of course. The greater the influence, the better!"

"Then there is only one..."

The GAZ-69 stopped steadily at the gate of the courtyard. The three of them got out and walked into the yard together.

In Zeng's house, Zeng Youqian, Zeng Laosan and Secretary Wang hurried out upon hearing the noise.

"Hello, Chief Liu, Hello, Chief Zheng." The three said in unison.

"Don't call me Chief. Don't be so reserved. This is a private occasion." Old Man Liu could see that the three of them were very nervous, so he was very friendly. "Today is Zeng Wangcai's treat. Let's talk about something. No need to be reserved."

How could the two ministers not be restrained?

Zeng Youqian was slightly better off because he had nothing to ask for, but Secretary Wang and Zeng Laosan were miserable, especially Secretary Wang.

Secretary Wang knew why he came here. To be honest, he was quite surprised to hear that Zeng Wangcai could actually invite a minister-level figure. He used to think that Zeng Wangcai only had a relationship with the bigwigs, but he didn't expect the relationship was so close.

When Zeng Laosan first approached Secretary Wang and told him about Zeng Wangcai's request, Secretary Wang refused without hesitation, even though Zeng Laosan had confirmed that Zeng Wangcai was able to increase production.

Secretary Wang is an upright and capable person. His greatest characteristic is that he is not pedantic and knows how to adapt.

He thought Zeng Wangcai could not accomplish this task and that Zeng Wangcai was just fooling around. If he followed Zeng Wangcai and made trouble together, Zeng Wangcai would be fine because he had someone to protect him and he would have a lot of fun.

He was not afraid of losing his job, he just felt that he could do more good if he remained in a useful position.

"Everyone, please don't be polite. Come inside and sit down!" Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Zeng Wangcai quickly led everyone inside.

"Let's not go in!" Old Man Liu looked at Zeng You and his friends who were sweating all over, and pointed to the stool under the shade of the tree at the gate of the courtyard. "Let's just chat here for a while. It's not a big deal. We can make it clear in a few words. After the chat, we'll have a good meal with this kid."

He was just about to jokingly ask Zeng Wangcai what he had done when Zhang Xiuzhi came in happily carrying a large basin.

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Zheng, you're here!" Zhang Xiuzhi greeted them generously, "Please sit for a while. Don't leave in a hurry. I'll make braised large intestines for you this afternoon!"

It turned out that the basin Zhang Xiuzhi was holding contained pig offal.

Zhang Xiuzhi left a piece of pig intestine for Sha Zhu to cook, and brought the rest back, preparing to make braised intestine with grandma and relive the old days.

"Oh, fresh large intestines, this is a good thing!" The two old men stood up and saw the processed large intestines in the basin. Old Man Liu asked, "You are in for a treat today. Did you buy them early in the morning? I'm sorry for the trouble..."

Neither of them knew that Zeng Wangcai was going to slaughter a pig today, and Zeng Wangcai deliberately didn't say anything.

Zeng Wangcai was worried that the two old men were too conscious and would not come when they learned that his family was slaughtering pigs.

"It's not difficult!" Zhang Xiuzhi walked to the door and turned back and smiled, "We killed a pig, there are plenty of offal."

what?

Killed a pig?

The two old men looked at Zeng Wangcai in astonishment. Even people of their status felt that Zeng Wangcai was too extravagant.

Zeng Wangcai said with a wry smile: "Friends are here, so we have some good wine..."

He was about to explain when he suddenly heard some noise coming from the Chuihua Gate.

Lou Xiao'e and her family came out!