Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zeng Wangcai was also stunned. He didn't expect to see Lou Xiao'e, the daughter of a wealthy family, here.

Lou Xiao'e came to work at the steel rolling mill and listened to her father from the beginning. Her family had been thinking about whether there was a chance to make Zeng Wangcai a son-in-law. Lou Xiao'e knew this, but she didn't have the courage to do so.

Later, after a long time, she found that Zhang Xiuzhi was really a nice person, so the two girls in the group of grown men became good friends.

In this situation, Lou Xiao'e's sense of shame prevented her from thinking about Zeng Wangcai.

So when she saw Zeng Wangcai, Lou Xiao'e suddenly panicked. She patted Zhang Xiuzhi and pointed out the window.

Zhang Xiuzhi turned around and saw Zeng Wangcai. The corners of her mouth curled up subconsciously, but quickly returned to normal. She glanced at Lou Xiaoe, stood up calmly and went to open the door.

"Haer, why didn't you tell me you were coming back..." Zhang Xiuzhi complained in a low voice.

"I'll give you a surprise. Tell me if you're surprised or not!" Zeng Wangcai said with a chuckle.

"Hmm!" Zhang Xiuzhi raised her head slightly and hummed in response from her nose.

A ray of sunlight shone down and illuminated Zhang Xiuzhi's face.

Zeng Wangcai looked at Zhang Xiuzhi's red face and was absent-minded for a moment: "Xiuzhi, let's get married..."

Swish!

Zhang Xiuzhi's face suddenly turned red: "Who told you to say this here? Xiao'e is still here!"

"You two just pretend that I don't exist!" Lou Xiao'e chuckled, feeling suddenly sour inside.

"Haha, excuse me, Comrade Lou Xiao'e!" Zeng Wangcai greeted Lou Xiao'e and said to Zhang Xiuzhi, "It's time for dinner. Let's go eat. Let's go to your cafeteria. Your section chief will treat us."

"It's not time yet. There's still about an hour to go and the food in the cafeteria isn't ready yet!"

"Okay, I'll come back later." It was too early to eat now. Zeng Wangcai glanced at Lou Xiao'e, thought for a moment, and took out a vest from his leopard bag. "Comrade Lou Xiao'e, you and our Xiuzhi work together. It's fate. This vest is for you. It's filled with down. It's very warm."

"Uh..." Lou Xiao'e was stunned again. It was the first time in her life that she received a gift from a man who was not a relative.

"Why send clothes? Xiao'e's family doesn't need them." Zhang Xiuzhi didn't understand Zeng Wangcai's intention.

"It's just a little gift from me, Xiuzhi. Take it and let Comrade Lou Xiao'e try it out when she has time. I'm leaving now and going to the factory office!" Zeng Wangcai stuffed the vest into Zhang Xiuzhi's arms and walked away happily.

Zeng Wangcai's action was to advertise his family's business in advance, and at the same time create the impression that the vest was made by his father.

Another thing is that he has as much space as he wants in the vest, so it would be nice to use it to do favors.

After leaving here, Zeng Wangcai wandered to the office building, where he had only one friend, Section Chief Chen from the Personnel Department.

"Sister Chen, sister..." Zeng Wangcai leaned against the door frame of the Personnel Department and shouted. As soon as he shouted, everyone in the Personnel Department looked over.

"Who are you? Yelling here in the dark..." A worker who was working inside wanted to curry favor with the personnel department, so he started yelling at Zeng Wangcai.

puff!

Sister Chen, who came out upon hearing the noise, couldn't help but laugh.

Zeng Wangcai touched his nose awkwardly. He was indeed very dark. It was because the ultraviolet rays at the beach were too strong.

"Brother, it's none of your business. I'm going to look for Section Chief Chen!" Zeng Wangcai said, putting away his embarrassment.

"It's okay. This is Zeng Wangcai, whom I often told you about." Section Chief Chen stopped laughing and personally came out to bring Zeng Wangcai and Xiao Bao in. "Xiao Wu, bring in a kettle of boiling water."

"He is Zeng Wangcai?"

"I heard that he worked in the Propaganda Department of our factory and has excellent handwriting."

"What's that? I heard that if it weren't for him, the heating furnace in our factory would have been blown up by the spies."

"Is it true? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Really? Our second aunt's cousin's eldest nephew is in the security department..."

The guy who had previously yelled at Zeng Wangcai to lower his voice was dumbfounded. It turned out to be this guy!

Zeng Wangcai inside naturally wouldn't pay attention to all this. When he came to the factory office, he went to find two people, one was Section Chief Chen, and the other was Section Chief Wu of the Propaganda Department at that time.

In Zeng Wangcai's opinion, these two people were very nice and took good care of him at the time, so they were worth making friends with.

Section Chief Chen has a bit of a family background, is a great person, and gives people a very comfortable feeling. She doesn't look at people with eyes, is kind to ordinary workers, and doesn't seem to be fawning on her superiors.

Section Chief Wu is exactly the opposite of Section Chief Chen. He is strict and serious in his conduct.

The two men have one thing in common: they are both decent, but they are different kinds of decent.

"Thank you, sister. You're welcome!" Zeng Wangcai stood up and took the tea that Section Chief Chen had made. "Is your family well?"

"Okay, all good!" Section Chief Chen said with a smile, "Thanks to you, otherwise our family would have starved too."

This is a bit of an exaggeration. Although Section Chief Chen's family does not have a powerful background, they have no problem having enough to eat, but they lack delicious food. Zeng Wangcai came back in the summer and brought fruits and fish over, which was icing on the cake.

"Sister, you said that!" Zeng Wangcai took out a vest, "I also want to thank you for taking care of my wife. Take this down vest. It's warm and light, and it's perfect for the elderly and children."

Since Zeng Wangcai was no longer an employee of the steel rolling mill, Section Chief Chen accepted the offer generously.

She touched the fabric of the vest, looked at the stitching on the vest, and felt the softness inside.

"Hey, your dad made this, right? That's great!" Section Chief Chen guessed the answer naturally without Zeng Wangcai's guidance, "It's just right for my father-in-law to wear. He stays indoors in the winter and doesn't like the cold."

"Okay, as long as you like it. I'm leaving now and will go to the Propaganda Department. I'll have lunch at the factory at noon." Zeng Wangcai stood up and said goodbye.

"Okay, let's talk again at noon!" Section Chief Chen felt that Zeng Wangcai still had something to do, so he said something clever.

Zeng Wangcai did have an idea, but he just hadn’t decided whether to say it.

His idea was that if the garment factory could open properly, it would become an enterprise within the system. Since it was an enterprise, in addition to the factory director, it would also need workers and people in various departments.

He was trying to recruit people for the factory. Section Chief Chen was one of his targets, as was Section Chief Wu from the Propaganda Department.

But then again, the steel rolling mill is at a fairly high level, it's at the bureau level, and Zeng Wangcai is not sure what level the garment factory is at, so he doesn't plan to ask for the time being and just hang out.

The Propaganda Department is on the second floor, on the same floor as the Personnel Department.

After Zeng Wangcai came out, he walked back to the Propaganda Department skillfully.

He stood at the door and laughed: "Comrades, I'm back..."

Here you don’t have to worry about people disliking your loud voice. At that time, Zeng Wangcai was in the department and had a good relationship with everyone.

"Hey, our soldier brother is back."

"Isn't this Captain Zeng? What brings you to our Propaganda Department?"

"Comrade Zeng Wangcai, I have to criticize you. After you left, we had to do all the copying work, and we were scolded for not writing as well as you..."

Zeng Wangcai chatted with his former colleagues for a while, then smoked cigarettes and asked, "Where's the boss?"

"No, you came at a bad time."

The person we are looking for is not here, and no one knows when he will come back.

After waiting for a while, it was almost time, so Zeng Wangcai went back to the security department, where Zhang Xiuzhi was already waiting.

When it was time to eat, Zhang Xiuzhi walked beside Zeng Wangcai, while Lou Xiaoe held Zhang Xiuzhi's arm and walked to the road in front of the cafeteria entrance. The three of them immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.