Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Secretary Wang can't hold it in any longer. Should he eat the meal or not?

At this time, Zeng Laosan played his role: "Secretary Wang, don't be stunned, I'll toast you a glass."

Zeng Laosan said nothing, clinked glasses with one another, and then continued, "Secretary, life in our village is so hard. The food we produce is enough to feed several people in our village, but we have to live like this."

These words touched Secretary Wang's sore spot, he couldn't stand hearing this the most.

As the secretary of Maihe Commune, Secretary Wang is competent. There are more than 20 brigades, and the situation of each brigade is in his mind. He knows exactly how much arable land each brigade has and how much grain can be produced in each season.

Every time a task was assigned, it was the most painful time for him.

"Okay, I'll write the report when I get back..." Secretary Wang surrendered.

"No, writing a report is useless!" Zeng Wangcai was happy and whispered a few words into Secretary Wang's ear.

"You are pushing me into a fire pit." Secretary Wang smiled bitterly, "If you fail to do this, my job as secretary will be over."

"No, trust me, I promise you'll get a big red flower next year!"

"Secretary Wang, our village promises to do a good job..."

Finally, the matter was settled and we could eat without wasting Sha Zhu's cooking skills.

After the meal, Zeng Wangcai asked the soldiers to send Secretary Wang and Zeng Laosan back with ten kilograms of pork. However, Secretary Wang was more conscious and refused the gift. He only took a few kilograms of cherry tomatoes back, saying that they were for the comrades to try.

Zeng Wangcai was busy in the afternoon. He drove out with half a pig, weighing more than 100 kilograms in total. He first went to the nearest street office, collected a part from Director Zhang, and distributed the rest to Lin Huyang and Zhou Yuanbai.

The soldiers also left, and Xie An led the team back to the base to prepare to take in apprentices.

Zeng Wangcai originally wanted to take Xie An and the others to fight together, but ultimately failed to go. Xie An and the others didn't have any idea, saying that their training results were not good and they would be a hindrance if they went, so they decided to wait until they finished their training before making a decision.

In the Central Courtyard, the excitement was over, but Zeng Youqian and his wife, Zhang Xiuzhi and others were still busy. It was not until around four or five in the afternoon that they finally cleaned up the pile of stalls left over from the pig slaughtering and meal.

"Shazhu, take this little piece of meat!" After everything was done, Zeng Youqian handed about three or four pounds of good meat to Shazhu.

"What are you doing?" Sha Zhu waved his hands quickly, "We agreed to help, if I take the meat, wouldn't it be a business deal? Uncle, you can't take this meat, it's very valuable. Besides, my help was not in vain, Jingru and I had a good meal at noon."

"Yes, yes, we can't have it!" Qin Jingru followed. In fact, she wanted it very much, but it was difficult to ask for it. She learned to agree with Sha Zhu.

Neither of them wanted it, which made Qin Huairu very anxious.

Qin Huairu originally thought that Zeng Wangcai's family would slaughter a pig and give her some meat in recognition of her having reported the incident, but not a single pig hair was sent to her.

During lunch, Banggeng was crying because of his hunger. Qin Huairu had no choice but to shamelessly go to her sister who was also at the banquet to ask for some dishes. This was only possible because Zeng Wangcai was not around and she mustered up the courage to ask for it.

Honestly speaking, Qin Huairu now has very complicated feelings towards Zeng Wangcai. She is afraid that he wants to curry favor with her again, but there is also a hint of gratitude in her because it is because of Zeng Wangcai that Jia Dongxu died and she can live a free life today.

Therefore, Qin Huairu can offend anyone now, but she dare not offend Zeng Wangcai.

Zeng Youqian didn't care whether Sha Zhu nodded or not, and put the meat in front of Sha Zhu: "You keep it. Our Wangcai said that we can't let you work in vain."

"No, uncle, I really don't want to!" When Sha Zhu saw Zeng Youqian turn around and leave, he hurriedly picked up the pork and chased after him.

When I chased him to the front yard, I unexpectedly bumped into a few people in military uniforms.

Sha Zhu glanced at the man's shoulder and was shocked by his military rank: "Wow, this is a major!"

"Oh, Shazhu has grown up and knows the military rank now." Yan Bugui was always there to watch the fun. "Do you know why they are here?"

"I don't know that!" Sha Zhu shook the pork in his hand, "Who knows? I'm not a worm in someone's stomach."

"Come to my house tonight and I'll tell you..." Yan Bugui said mysteriously, "Today I was sitting next to Wangcai and listening to him for a long time..."

"Uncle, you are really calculating." Sha Zhu was not fooled. "I want to know, why don't I just listen here?"

Shazhu still didn't plan to ask for meat because he had other needs.

"Hey, you're not stupid!"

"Stop it, I'm going to talk..."

With Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui as witnesses, one of the two officers asked, "Excuse me, is Comrade Zeng Wangcai at home?"

When Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui were arguing just now, the two sides had already introduced each other.

"He's not at home!" Zeng Youqian replied, "He went out after dinner. What do you want to see him for?"

"Uncle, we have an appointment to give him. Do you know when he will be back?"

"appointment?"

Zeng Youqian was confused. How could the army’s appointment be conveyed to his home?

He didn't know that the two old men were afraid that Zeng Wangcai would go back on his word, so they went back and immediately contacted Old Man Yang to finalize the matter. Then Old Man Yang even sent the military district's school officer in Sijiu City to come over and make a guest appearance to announce the appointment.

Zeng Wangcai was not at home, so the two officers said goodbye and left without staying long.

Among the people in the front yard, only Yan Bugui knew the whole story. When he saw the man leave, he immediately congratulated him: "Lao Zeng, congratulations, Lao Zeng, your Wangcai is going to be promoted."

"Nonsense, how can he be promoted?"

"Really? You were not here at noon. The senior leader said this during lunch." Yan Bugui patted his chest and said, "You didn't see how prestigious your Wangcai is. Two senior leaders begged him to be the company commander..."

Zeng Youqian then realized that his son had experienced such a big event over a meal. He was not very happy. Instead, he was worried that there might be some hidden reason behind his son's refusal to become an official.

Sha Zhu didn't understand Zeng Youqian's worries. After congratulating him, he returned the pork to Zeng Youqian and took the opportunity to run away.

Back in the middle courtyard, Sha Zhu saw Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai talking and laughing, discussing Xu Damao's experience today. Just like Lou Zhenhua who couldn't fit into Zeng Wangcai's circle, they couldn't fit into the atmosphere of slaughtering pigs in the courtyard today.

"I didn't expect Xu Damao to invite Director Lou to his home." Liu Haizhong said, crossing his legs. "Xu Damao is so lucky. When I heard him say he wanted to marry Director Lou's daughter after drinking, I thought he was lying."

"If it's true, Xu Damao won't have to worry about the rest of his life." Yi Zhonghai said with emotion, "The Lou family is very wealthy..." Just as he said this, Yi Zhonghai saw Sha Zhu coming back, "Sha Zhu, let's have a drink together tonight."

In the past, when Yi Zhonghai invited Sha Zhu to drink and brainwash him, Sha Zhu would never refuse, but today Sha Zhu did not agree.

"I have something to do and can't drink!" Sha Zhu came over, leaned next to Liu Haizhong and asked, "Second Uncle, what's wrong with Xu Damao? Who is he going to marry?"

"Haha, Lou Xiao'e, the daughter of our factory shareholder Director Lou." Liu Haizhong said enviously, "It looks like this thing will work out. Xu Damao will be very rich in the future. It won't be long before he can become the head of the Propaganda Department. In the future, Xu Damao will be the most senior official in our hospital."

"He's the most senior official? What the hell!" Sha Zhu was very upset. "We already have a senior official in our hospital. The section chief is nothing!"