Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e had dinner at Lou's house, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle with Lou Xiao'e and walked leisurely to their home in Nanluoguxiang. On the way, Lou Xiao'e put one arm around He Yuzhu's waist and touched her belly with the other hand. She said with a maternal look on her face: "Brother He, what do you think we should call our child?"

After listening to Lou Xiao'e's words, He Yuzhu couldn't help but ponder. He traveled from the future. His original name was Yang Chenggang. He was of the Cheng generation. According to the family tree, his next generation should be of the Guang generation. He Yuzhu thought that the motherland in this parallel time and space was not as strong as when he traveled from the future. It had just ended decades of war and was building industry on a blank sheet of paper. If the future was considered a revival, then what was needed now was revitalization.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu said, "Xiao'e, our country has been poor and weak for so long. Now everyone is working hard to strive for the revitalization of the motherland. According to my family tree, my children are of the Guang generation. When we have children, we will name them according to the revitalization of the motherland. The eldest will be named He Guangzhen, the second He Guangxing, the third He Guangzu, and the fourth He Guangguo."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Lou Xiao'e spat and blushed, "Brother He, do you think I'm a sow? How can I give birth to so many babies?"

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "Xiao'e, we are still young. If we give birth to one child every three years, we will have four children by the time we are in our early 3s. What's more, if we give birth to twins, we can have two children."

Time always flies by inadvertently, and in a blink of an eye, 1955 ended and entered 1956. In view of He Yuzhu's performance in 1955, the leaders of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill decided to award He Yuzhu the honorary title of advanced individual, and raised his administrative level to level . At the same time, he was appointed as the deputy director of the logistics department and the director of the canteen. When a suitable candidate for the director of the canteen is found, another appointment will be made.

When He Yuzhu received the appointment, he was a little surprised. He had done so much in the past 55 years, and it was inevitable to be rewarded. It was also normal to be promoted to the next level of administrative level. However, he did not expect that he would be promoted to the deputy director of the logistics department. This was a bit beyond He Yuzhu's expectations. You know, the canteen director is a leading cadre, but in fact, he has very little power, which is to manage dozens of people in the canteen, but the deputy director of the logistics department has great power.

Although the country implemented a comprehensive planned economy in this era, and materials and other things were allocated and enterprises did not need to purchase independently, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was a steel enterprise with thousands of employees, and the Logistics Department could manage a lot of things, such as arranging housing and welfare for employees. The director of the Logistics Department was already considered a middle-level cadre of the steel rolling mill, and the current Director Liu of the Logistics Department was not young, and he might retire in one to two years. Then he might be promoted to the director of the Logistics Department, but he would have to compete with the other two deputy directors. It was not that He Yuzhu had a strong desire for a career, but it was not easy to be a deputy, and it was more comfortable to be the top leader if he had the opportunity.

The announcement of He Yuzhu's appointment was made through the loudspeakers of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill: "To all the workers of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Comrade He Yuzhu, the canteen manager, has made outstanding achievements in the past year. The factory leaders have held a collective meeting and decided to award Comrade He Yuzhu, the canteen manager, as the advanced worker of our factory in 1955. At the same time, He Yuzhu will be promoted to deputy director of the logistics department and canteen director. The certificate of advanced worker will be issued at the factory staff meeting three days later."

Yi Zhonghai, who was working in the workshop, was stunned when he heard the broadcast. After a moment, Yi Zhonghai continued to process his parts as if nothing had happened. After Jia Xudong finished listening, he proudly showed off to his co-workers around him: "Did you hear that? He Yuzhu, who lives in the same yard as me, got promoted. I took him to play when he was little. He followed me around and called me Brother Dong."

After hearing what Jia Xudong said, the worker next to him said quickly: "Then when Deputy Director He is firmly in office, why not promote you? Brother Dong, don't forget your brothers when you become successful in the future."

Jia Xudong was very pleased and said, "Okay. Okay, when I become rich in the future, I will definitely help you brothers."

Liu Haizhong, who was hammering parts with a sledgehammer, couldn't help but grin when he heard what was said on the radio. He Yuzhu was promoted again. As long as He Yuzhu continued to be promoted, he would ask him for help and he could become a leading cadre as well.

After reading out He Yuzhu's appointment, Officer Hou of the Personnel Department said with a smile, "Congratulations. From now on, I can no longer call you Director He. I have to call you Deputy Director He. Deputy Director He, I will accompany you to the Logistics Department to report to Director Liu."

He Yuzhu followed Officer Hou from the Personnel Department to the office of Director Liu from the Logistics Department. Officer Hou smiled and said, "Director Liu, I'm here to send you soldiers?"

When Director Liu saw Director Hou, he jokingly said, "Hey, Mr. Zhang from your department is getting more and more arrogant. We are promoting a new deputy director, but Mr. Zhang from your department didn't come in person."

Secretary Hou quickly explained: "Director Liu, our Director Zhang went to a meeting at the department, so he handed this matter to me before he left."

"Secretary Hou, I was just teasing you. Lao Zhang and I have been friends for many years. Secretary Hou, now that the person has been sent, there is nothing to do next. You can go back to your work."

"Then I'll be leaving, Director Liu. You're busy." After saying that, Secretary Hou left Director Liu's office.

After Officer Hou from the Personnel Department left, Director Liu motioned He Yuzhu to sit down. After He Yuzhu sat down, Director Liu said cordially, "Xiao He, welcome to the Logistics Department. You have won a lot of honors for our factory in your previous position as canteen director. Now you have a bigger stage, and I look forward to your performance."

He Yuzhu said seriously, "I will definitely try my best to cooperate with Director Liu, but I don't know what my specific job content is."

Director Liu thought for a moment and said, "With you, we have three deputy directors in the logistics department. You are still in charge of the canteen. In this case, the work of connecting with the Grain Bureau will be handed over to you. Previously, the logistics department only had me and two deputy directors. Due to limited energy, the cleaning and greening work in the factory was not done very well. Now that you are here, you will take charge of the cleaning and greening work in the factory first. I will discuss the other two deputy directors and we will talk about it later."

He Yuzhu readily agreed after hearing this: "Okay, Director Liu. By the way, Director Liu, I have something I want to ask you. I am still in charge of the canteen. When the canteen is busy, I will work in my office in the canteen. When the canteen is done, I will come to this office."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, Director Liu agreed directly: "Okay, Xiao He, this is easy to talk about. Come on, I'll take you to meet other colleagues and explain your division of labor to others."

Director Liu brought He Yuzhu to the large office of the Personnel Department and said, "Everyone, please put aside the work at hand for now. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the person next to me, so I won't introduce him in detail. Let's applaud and welcome our new deputy director of the Personnel Department, Comrade He Yuzhu." As soon as Director Liu finished speaking, warm applause broke out in the office.

After the applause died down, Director Liu continued, "From now on, Deputy Director He will be in charge of the canteen's food procurement and the factory's cleaning and greening work. Now, please let Deputy Director He say a few words to everyone."

He Yuzhu said, "Hello everyone, my name is He Yuzhu, I am very happy to work with you all, please cooperate with me in the future, let us do a good job together, okay, I have finished."

Director Liu smiled and said, "It seems that Deputy Director He is a capable person. Deputy Director Tian, ​​you and Deputy Director He will hand over the canteen food purchasing work later. Xiao Wei, after Deputy Director He and Deputy Director Tian have handed over their work, you will report to Deputy Director He on the current cleaning and greening work in our factory." After that, Director Liu turned around and left the office.

Deputy Director Tian came to He Yuzhu with a smile and said, "Deputy Director Tian, ​​you were unwilling to take charge of the canteen's food procurement work before, but you can't hide away now. Come on, let me tell you about the canteen's food procurement matters." After that, Deputy Director Tian pulled He Yuzhu out of the office.

After leaving the office, Deputy Director Tian took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it, took a puff and said, "In terms of age, I should be about the same as your father, so I will call you Xiao He and you can call me Lao Tian. You have also worked in the canteen for so many years, so I will tell you straight, you know the current situation, in fact, there is nothing to worry about in terms of grain procurement. Now the grain needed by the factory every month is directly allocated by the Grain Bureau according to the plan. In other words, we just need to coordinate with the Grain Bureau every month."

"If that's all, then the work of grain procurement wouldn't be difficult. What I'm going to say next is the key. In addition to the grain allocated by the Grain Bureau every month, we have to find a way to get some extra supplies, which requires a good relationship with the people in the Grain Bureau. After all, the workers' welfare needs extra purchases, which is the headache. But from now on, you will be responsible for this, and the headache will be handed over to you. I'm finally relieved. Wait a minute, I'll take you to meet the leaders of the Grain Bureau and the slaughterhouse, and then you will connect with them."

After listening to what Deputy Director Tian said, He Yuzhu nodded and said, "Thank you for your advice, Deputy Director Tian. I understand. By the way, Deputy Director Tian, ​​can our factory only get supplies from the Grain Bureau? Can we organize people to purchase supplies from the rural areas below?" He Yuzhu thought of many fan fiction novels he had read before, in which people from the purchasing department went to the rural areas to purchase supplies.

Deputy Director Tian took a puff of his cigarette and pretended to be angry and said, "Xiao He, you are calling me Deputy Director Tian, ​​and I am angry. In the future, when we are alone in private, you can just call me Lao Tian. When there are many people around, you can call me by my title."

Seeing this, He Yuzhu quickly changed his words and said, "Okay, Lao Tian, ​​I'll change it right away."

Deputy Director Tian was satisfied when he heard He Yuzhu say that and said, "If we go to the countryside to collect things, the farmers must have something in their hands. Now most of the grain in the farmers' hands has been handed over to the state. It's okay that some farmers raise some chickens and ducks at home and save some eggs, but what use are those eggs for such a big factory like ours. There are thousands of people in the whole factory. If you arrange someone to buy an old hen, what use will it be when it comes back? One chicken feather per person is not enough, unless you can buy back hundreds of chickens at once, otherwise it's purely a waste of time. But that village can take out so many chickens at once. If you have the spare time, you might as well find the leaders of the slaughterhouse. What if they are happy to give us an extra pigeon? It's more reliable than going to the countryside to collect things."

He Yuzhu nodded after listening to it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I still thought it was simple. I was deceived by the novels I read in my previous life. In this era, rural areas may be able to find bargains on antiques, but there is absolutely no way to find bargains on food. After all, in this era when everyone is hungry, no one will sell food. As for the villain Deputy Director Li in the TV series, he can't do without He Yuzhu because of his good cooking skills. It may be to satisfy his own appetite, but it is definitely not because he can't do without him to invite other factory leaders to dinner. This is not popular in this era. The allocation of materials in this era depends entirely on the instructions of superiors, and there is not much power in the factory at all."

"As for the trend of eating and drinking with public funds, it started after the reform and opening up. Leaders don't dare to do that now. Even if they want to, there are not so many materials for them to squander. The TV series probably acted that way because of the plot. Before the steel mill was merged into a public-private enterprise, Lou Bancheng entertained other businessmen for business purposes. But after the steel mill was merged into the Red Star Steel Mill, the leaders of the factory never invited leaders from outside to dinner. They only had a special meal for the technical guidance team sent by the Russian bear when they arrived."

"Some novels even say that the Red Star Steel Mill has a special buyer who rides a bicycle to the countryside to collect supplies, and the male protagonist travels through time and space to become a buyer. His daily job is to ride a bicycle to the countryside to collect things from the villagers, and then come back to prepare special meals for the leaders. Now that I think about it, it's really ridiculous. Let's not talk about whether you can get things in the countryside, how much can you get by riding a bicycle? Even if you really get things, will that be enough for the leaders to eat? If the leaders really want to eat, they don't have to go down to collect them. They can just arrange someone to go to the Pigeon Market in the Forbidden City to buy some."