Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Speaking of the coupon, Sha Zhu, the chef, perked up: "Yu Li, when will your factory issue the coupon again? It's too hard to get one. I'm planning to buy a down jacket for the New Year."

"I don't know either!" Yu Li put away her work clothes and said bluntly, "But this year it is very likely that it will be shipped later. The factory is too busy to complete the export orders."

Sha Zhu suddenly wilted.

"Don't worry, if our factory issues it this year, I'll give you mine." Yi Zhonghai said immediately.

"Haha, that's great..." Sha Zhu was happy, "Jingru has been talking about it for a few times, but I can't get it. This thing is too popular."

As we were talking, there was movement next door.

Yan Bugui leaned over the window and saw Zeng Youqian coming back, and immediately went out to ask for help.

A few minutes later, Zeng Youqian, wearing a thin factory uniform, walked into Yan's house.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong hurriedly stood up to greet them. They looked at Zeng Youqian with complicated and envious eyes, especially Liu Haizhong.

"Director Zeng, please take a seat." Liu Haizhong personally pulled out a stool for Zeng Youqian. "It seems like Wangcai hasn't been back for nearly two years..."

That’s right, more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and now it is the end of 1962.

Over the past year, the appearance of the courtyard house has not changed, but its layout has changed.

First is the Zeng family.

After the garment factory opened, contrary to everyone's expectations, the number of workers doubled in just half a year, and all of them were producing down jackets for export. The factory operated two shifts a day, and everyone worked overtime, but still could not keep up.

Due to geographical limitations, everyone thought that the final scale of the garment factory would be around 2,000 people. But at this time, the garment factory dropped a big bomb - it invented fabric to replace cotton.

The textile factory where the garment factory was originally located was immediately reorganized and taken over by the garment factory. Zeng Youqian suddenly became the director of a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, in charge of technical production. His position was unshakable. Some of the original textile factory employees were incorporated into the garment factory, and some moved away.

Thus, Zeng Youqian became the highest-ranking official in the history of Siheyuan.

Now Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong couldn't catch up even if they tried their best, so they had to bow their heads.

The development of family connections arranged by Zeng Wangcai was realized with the advent of Dacron.

"You're too polite for preparing so many dishes!" Zeng Youqian sat down calmly.

In more than a year, Zeng Youqian is no longer the skilled tailor he used to be. He is now a factory director at the department level.

In addition, the biggest change in Zeng Youqian is his vision. He has seen more, learned more, and knows more about the world. Zeng Youqian's vision is no longer limited to the Siheyuan.

What he thinks about most now is technology, production expansion, and how to increase the output of polyester fiber.

Nowadays, the production of Dacron in garment factories is limited by raw materials. Zeng Youqian tasted the joy of learning and began to develop in the material aspect. He spent most of his time every day studying these with the technical backbones invited from Peking University to the factory.

If Zhang Xiuzhi had not wanted to live here, Zeng Youqian would have been qualified to move out long ago, to another compound.

"Of course I should!" Yi Zhonghai joined the polite camp, "Lao Zeng, is your factory hiring again?"

"Yes, we are going to add another production line soon." Zeng Youqian nodded and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the last time we recruit more workers. After this, we will not recruit more in the short term."

"Uncle Qian is awesome!" Sha Zhu also came over to flatter him, "I was blind before, this time you recruit me, I'm willing to be a cutter..."

The garment factory grew bigger and bigger, and Zeng Youqian didn't care much about personnel matters, but he still let quite a few people join the factory.

Qin Jingru joined the garment factory during its second expansion and worked as a laundry worker. Later, when the Dacron production line opened, she became a silk spinner.

In the past, half of the people in the courtyard worked in the steel rolling mill, and now half of them work in the garment factory. The courtyard has almost become a staff compound for the garment factory and the steel rolling mill.

However, there are exceptions. Yan Bugui is naturally a teacher, while Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong are still in the machinery factory.

Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu have not been able to enter because of what happened back then.

And because of this and Xu Damao, Qin Jingru and Sha Zhu's marriage has been delayed again and again and there is still no result.

Everyone in the hospital said that Qin Jingru had become a demon and was playing the two men at her will.

Sha Zhu and Xu Damao fought to the death, which caused Sha Zhu to fall in love. Now he is thinking about going to the garment factory to be with Qin Jingru.

"You can go and see Section Chief Zhou of the Personnel Department." Zeng Youqian didn't say yes or no. He had already learned the art of speaking. "Let's see what she says!"

Zeng Youqian has dealt with countless problems like Sha Zhu's. After all, living in a courtyard house, there will always be people coming to him for help.

Just because he pushed it to the personnel department of the garment factory doesn't mean they agreed.

"Thank you, Uncle Qian, here is the last dish!" Sha Zhu happily brought the last dish and started eating.

The dinner here was lively, but the dinner next door was terrible.

Lai Fu, who was about to enter the third grade, was no longer a little kid. He sat at the dining table and asked habitually, "Mom, did my brother write to me? Will he come back to celebrate the New Year this year?"

"How should I know?" Chen Yumei said unhappily as she served the dishes, "You can ask your sister-in-law..."

After saying that, she became worried.

She hadn't received a letter from her son for more than two months. She only heard from Zhang Xiuzhi that her son had called her, but it was not like this before. He would call and write to her regularly, at least once a month.

She couldn't answer the phone, and letters were the only thing that could express her longing for her son, but now even that is gone.

"Eat, don't talk too much!" Xiao Qiang glared at his younger brother, "Big brother will definitely come back this year..."

However, they were all wrong, Zeng Wangcai was experiencing the biggest crisis and...the most difficult choice.

......

"drive!"

"drive......"

"Brother Wangcai, at least get off the horse!" Edwina smiled sweetly on horseback. She leaned forward slightly, waving the whip and shouting to Zeng Wangcai who was driving, "Driving here is not as convenient as riding a horse."

Zeng Wangcai waved at her and concentrated on driving.

More than a year of "border guarding" life has allowed Zeng Wangcai to integrate with the local people.

Thanks to Zeng Wangcai's help, the lives of Edwina, Qiangba and Nima in the village are getting better and better.

For this, Zeng Wangcai was praised by his superiors many times, and Zeng Wangcai himself became the most respected person in the area.

However, Zeng Wangcai was not happy because his wish to go to the battlefield was not fulfilled.

Ever since Zeng Wangcai sent the drawings of the Type 88 sniper rifle to his teacher, and since the two bombs demonstrated their tremendous power in this war, Zeng Wangcai has no chance of going to the battlefield. It is already very good for him to stay behind the border.

Zeng Wangcai's company went on missions several times, but Zeng Wangcai was not allowed to go anywhere without orders, so he had to let Yu Tie lead the team.

Two days ago, Yu Tie led the first and second platoons and the special squad to support the brothers on the right side of the sentry post. Zeng Wangcai and Edwina went to Sun City for a meeting and were now on their way back.

The sun was about to set, and several people camped by the lake where Zeng Wangcai had first visited, roasting lamb on the campfire.

In the middle of the night, Zeng Wangcai and Qiangba were on duty, holding guns and smoking, when suddenly a horse came from the direction of their base.

"Company commander, something happened. Something happened to Platoon Leader Yu and his men..."