Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After He Yuzhu left, Director Yang came to Secretary Gao's office. Secretary Gao warmly asked Director Yang to sit down. "Director Yang, how come you have time to come to my office today?"

"I'm here to report my work to Secretary Gao!" Director Yang said with a smile.

"Reporting on work? Director Yang, didn't we agree before that you would be responsible for production and I would only be in charge of logistics?" Secretary Gao asked curiously.

"Secretary Gao, you misunderstood. The thing is, Director He from the Logistics Department just came to tell me that the steelmaking workshop will be completed in another month. He suggested that I should start preparing to appoint managers for the workshop now, so that we can organize the workers to start production as soon as the steelmaking workshop is completed." Director Yang explained.

"This is a production matter. Director Yang, you just need to arrange it." Secretary Gao wanted to be a hands-off boss, so he could only wait for retirement in peace. After all, at his age, he is less than 5 years away from retirement, and his age does not allow him to advance. It is better for him to wait for retirement in peace. This way, even after retirement, he can leave a good impression on others, and it will be easier for him to ask for help in the future.

"Secretary Gao, I want Comrade He Yuzhu to concurrently serve as the director of the steelmaking workshop." Director Yang saw that Secretary Gao did not respond to his question, so he could only directly explain his intention. "If you want He Yuzhu to be the director of the steelmaking workshop, then the two of us need to apply to the higher authorities, otherwise someone will definitely be transferred from other factories to be the director of the steelmaking workshop."

"Director Yang, can you tell me why you want Comrade He Yuzhu to be the director of the steelmaking workshop? If I remember correctly, Comrade He Yuzhu did not manage the steelmaking operations!"

"Secretary Gao, according to the construction period stipulated by our superiors, the construction period of the steelmaking workshop should be 10 and a half months. Comrade He Yuzhu built the steelmaking workshop in only about 8 months, which shows that he has strong management ability. If the steelmaking workshop is handed over to him for management, I think the steelmaking workshop should be able to easily complete the steelmaking tasks assigned by the superiors. In this way, won't the two of us be proud when we report our work to the department?"

"Comrade He Yuzhu doesn't understand the technology. How do you plan to solve this problem, Director Yang?" Secretary Gao asked with some concern.

"There will definitely be specialized technicians to solve the technical issues. After all, the job of a workshop director is to organize and arrange production, not to personally make steel on the front line."

Secretary Gao pondered for a while and said, "Well, I agree with your idea. Director Yang, just write the application report and I will sign it."

Upon hearing this, Director Yang smiled and said, "Secretary Gao, I have finished my business. I will go back first and will not disturb you at work." After that, Director Yang left Secretary Gao's office.

Just when He Yuzhu was in charge of the construction of the steelmaking workshop of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in December 1957, Qin Huairu, who was doing housework in the No. 12 courtyard, suddenly felt a pain in her abdomen. Having already given birth to a child, she knew that she was about to give birth, and hurriedly shouted to the house: "Mom, I think I'm about to give birth, you go and call someone." After saying that, Qin Huairu gritted her teeth and slowly sat down on the chair.

Jia Zhang, who was lying on the kang in the room, heard what Qin Huairu said and quickly got up from the kang, without even bothering to pick up her shoes, and ran out of the room in a hurry. Jia Zhang first ran to the house of the uncle Yi Zhonghai across the street, knocked on the door with her hands and shouted, "Auntie, please come out quickly, my daughter-in-law Huairu is about to give birth."

The aunt who was sewing shoe soles in the house quickly put down the soles in her hands and hurriedly walked out of the house. After opening the door, the aunt hurriedly asked: "Xudong's mother, how is Huairu now? Should she be sent to the hospital?"

"There's no need to send her to the hospital, Auntie. I have to stay at home to look after Huairu and I can't leave. Please find someone to invite a midwife from our neighborhood."

"Then you should go back and accompany Huairu. I will ask someone to invite a midwife." After saying that, the aunt hurried to the front yard.

The first aunt came to the third uncle Yan Bugui's house, found the third aunt Yang Suhua and said, "Third aunt, Xudong's wife Huairu is about to give birth. Please go and invite a midwife from our neighborhood."

"Okay, I'll go right away. First aunt, can you please help look after the baby for me?" When Third aunt Yang Suhua heard that Qin Huairu was about to give birth, she no longer cared about the grudge with Jia Zhangshi. After she finished speaking, she hurried out of the courtyard.

The aunt brought Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi to her home, let the two children stay in and outside her room, and she hurried to boil some hot water.

When Auntie Yi was about to boil the water in the pot, Auntie San, Yang Suhua, came back with the midwife, "Auntie Yi, I asked Midwife Wang to come here, please come out quickly."

Upon hearing the sound, the first aunt hurried out of the house and said, "Third aunt, your Jie Kuang and Jie Di are playing in my house. Wang Chanpo, please come with me quickly." After that, the first aunt took Wang Chanpo to the Jia family.

After a while, the aunt hurried out of Jia's house again, rushed back to her own home, and walked towards Jia's house with the hot water from the coal stove. After delivering the hot water to Jia's house, the aunt had time to catch her breath when she returned to her own home.

Third Auntie Yang Suhua asked, "First Auntie, have you arranged for someone to notify Xudong?"

The first aunt slapped her thigh and said, "Third aunt, if you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. I was so busy that I forgot to ask someone to notify Xudong. There are only women and children left in our yard now. The steel mill is so far away, we need to find a young man who can run fast. By the way, third aunt, is your eldest son at home?"

"My eldest son went out to look for work early in the morning. He probably won't be back until the evening."

"Ah, then it seems that we can't rely on your eldest brother. What should we do?"

"By the way, Auntie One, why don't you go and take a look at the next yard? I remember there are a few young men there who have no jobs and stay at home every day." Auntie Three, Yang Suhua, suddenly said.

"I'm not familiar with the people in the yard next door. Would they be willing to help me find someone at the steel mill?" asked an old lady with a worried look on her face.

"Auntie One, why don't you give people some hard work fees? If you had some, there would definitely be people willing to help make the trip." Auntie Three, Yang Suhua, kindly reminded.

"Third Aunt, this is a good idea. I will go to the Ganbi Courtyard and ask someone to come."

Lou Xiao'e, who was watching three little ones playing in the house, heard the noise in the yard and couldn't help but open the door to observe. The moment the door opened, a gust of cold wind instantly rushed into the house through the gap. The three little ones who were playing were disturbed by the cold air and couldn't help but turn their heads curiously to look at their mother. When the three little ones found that their mother walked out of the house, they thought their mother was going to take the three of them out to play, and they couldn't help but run towards the door excitedly.

Lou Xiao'e, who was listening attentively to the noise in the yard, felt some movement on her legs. She looked down and saw that three little guys were hugging her legs. Lou Xiao'e's face darkened and said, "It's so cold outside, go back to the house." After that, she drove the three little guys back into the house.

"Mom, don't you want to take us out to play?" The eldest child pointed outside the house and looked at his mother with a confused look on his face and asked, while the second and third children nodded.

"It's so cold, why don't we go out to play? It's so warm at home. If we go out to play and catch a cold, we will not only need to take medicine, but also get injections. Aren't you afraid of taking medicine and injections?"

"We don't want injections or medicine. Medicines are bitter." When the three little guys heard that they had to take medicine and get injections, they immediately shook their heads like rattles.

"Then why did you go out, mom?" Erwa asked curiously.

"Mom went out just now because she heard people talking in the yard, so I went to see what happened in the yard." Lou Xiao'e patiently explained to the three little ones.

"Then mom, do you know what happened in the yard?" Erwa asked.

"Mom must have known that it was our neighbor to the west who was about to give birth."

"Mom, why does Auntie want to give birth to a baby? What does it mean to give birth to a baby?" Sanwa asked.

"You have seen that auntie's belly is very big before, right? There is a baby inside that belly. Now the baby has been in the auntie's belly for long enough and wants to come out to see what mom and dad look like, so the auntie has to give birth to the baby." Lou Xiao'e said while gesturing to the children, "Giving birth to a baby means the auntie gives birth to the baby from her belly."

"Mom, how did the baby come out of my belly?" Sanwa continued to ask.

Seeing Sanwa trying to get to the bottom of things, Lou Xiaoe could only say casually, "You'll understand this when you grow up. You wouldn't understand even if mommy told you."

"Mom, did the three of us also come out of your belly?" the eldest child suddenly asked.

"Yes, you three also came out of your mother's belly. Your mother worked so hard when she was pregnant with you." Lou Xiao'e said with a smile.

"Hmph, Dad lied to us. Dad is not a good boy!" said the eldest son angrily.

"What did Dad lie to you about?" Lou Xiao'e asked curiously.

"Dad said that you picked us three up, and if we don't listen, you will throw us away." Erwa rushed to say.

After hearing what Erwa said, Lou Xiao'e covered her mouth and laughed, "Dad didn't lie to you, we did pick you up, but when we first picked you up, you three were only this big, and then dad put you three into mom's belly and raised you up." Lou Xiao'e gestured to the three little guys while speaking, "So you three have to be obedient in the future, otherwise we will throw you away and pick up another obedient baby."

"Mom, even if you are an adopted child, you are still a disobedient child." The eldest child said with an unconvinced look on his face.

"We will definitely pick up those obedient children. Big kid, how do you know that the children picked up by their mothers are not obedient?" Lou Xiao'e said with a smile.

"Because obedient children will not be abandoned by their parents." The eldest child said proudly.

After hearing what Da Wa said, Lou Xiao'e immediately covered her mouth and burst into laughter.