Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

It was the weekend of April 4th. Since they would take a train to Lingnan Province to attend the Export Commodities Fair next week, He Yuzhu brought his family to Beihai Park to play. Since they were traveling as a family, the main person to look after the children, "Dehua" He Yushui, was naturally indispensable. The family spent a happy afternoon in Beihai Park.

On the way home, He Yuzhu said to Lou Xiao'e, "Xiao'e, I will be going on a business trip to Lingnan Province next week. I will be there for at least 20 days, including the time on the road. During this time, you will be the only one who will have to take care of the family."

"It's okay, Brother He. Just focus on your business trip. I have my aunt to help me. The eldest and the others are grown up now, so I just need to keep an eye on them. The fourth and the other two will be fine."

He Yushui said, "Brother, when you go to Lingnan Province, remember to bring me some local specialties! I read in a book that there are many delicious fruits there!"

"What do you want to eat?"

"Lychees, bananas, pineapples..." He Yushui said, counting on his fingers.

"Don't think too much. Fruits are in season. If they are not in season, they are not ripe and you can't buy them. I'll go see what fruits are available and bring some back! If nothing else, at least lychees should not be available this season. They will be available in the fall."

"Ah, I thought they had them everywhere. It seems I can't understand what Su Dongpo meant by 'If I could eat 300 lychees a day, I would be willing to live in Lingnan forever.'" He Yushui said with regret after hearing what He Yuzhu said.

"Oh, you even wrote poetry. If I have the opportunity to attend the autumn export commodities fair, I will definitely fulfill your wish." He Yuzhu said with a smile.

On the platform of Sijiucheng Railway Station on April 4, Gao Hongwei and Yang Zixing personally saw off the people from the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant who were going south to participate in the Export Commodities Fair. Gao Hongwei said cordially: "Deputy Director He, thank you for your hard work this time. Although the machinery manufacturing plant can export a lot of cars abroad every year, I still hope to achieve better results at this Export Commodities Fair."

As the steam train whistled, He Yuzhu said, "Secretary Gao, Director Yang, I will do my best."

"Don't be too stressed. Okay, the train is about to depart, so hurry up and get on board. I wish you a safe journey." Yang Zixing said.

"Then let's go." He Yuzhu said to the people behind him, and then took the lead to walk towards the train compartment. This time, all the staff members who followed He Yuzhu south were from the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant, mainly Fan Youxiang in charge of sales, Feng Rui in production, Zhang Wanshun in the technical department, and Xu Damao, the publicity officer. Originally, Xu Damao had nothing to do with the commodity export fair this time, but Director Yang considered that the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant might be able to export goods, so he specially arranged for Xu Damao to go along, so that if they really made a deal with foreign businessmen at the commodity export fair, then Xu Damao could write a good publicity report on the spot, and publish it in the newspaper as soon as he returned to the city.

According to the original regulations, among the five people heading south, Xu Damao was not allowed to take a sleeper berth due to his level of rank and could only sit on hard seats. Yang Changzi considered that it would take more than two days to get from Sijiu City to Lingnan Province, so he used his connections to get a sleeper ticket for Xu Damao. So Xu Damao squeezed into a sleeper car with Fan Youxiang, Feng Ru and Zhang Wanshun. He Yuzhu's level had reached the deputy bureau level, and according to regulations he was eligible to enjoy a soft sleeper when taking the train, so he was alone in the soft sleeper car.

However, He Yuzhu did not go directly to the soft sleeper compartment, but followed the others to their hard sleeper compartment. Under the guidance of the conductor, the group of five people came to the hard sleeper compartment where Fan Youxiang and four others were.

Looking at the hard sleeper carriages that were not much different from those in later times, He Yuzhu was not too interested in watching. After everyone put away their luggage, he said, "Although I have already told you about the export commodity fair held in Lingnan Province at the factory, I still want to emphasize that this conference will come into contact with foreign guests, so I hope that everyone will pay attention to their words and deeds when facing foreign guests, and strictly abide by the "Decision on the Unification of Foreign Trade" issued by the Central Committee of the Workers and Peasants' Party. The content of the decision is quite long, so I will not read it to you. You only need to remember one point, that foreign trade must be strictly unified, and no inconsistency is allowed to occur. Did everyone remember it?"

After saying this, He Yuzhu looked at everyone, and seeing that everyone nodded to show that they understood, he went on to say: "Of course, there is no need to be too nervous. To sum it up, although we are a car manufacturer, when communicating with foreign businessmen, we only need to introduce the performance of the car. As for issues involving price and so on, the comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade are responsible for it. We cannot give quotes to customers privately. Well, I won't say much else. We still have more than two days of journey to go, and it may be a bit tiring. Everyone should rest early. I'm in the soft sleeper car. If you need to find me for anything, remember to tell the conductor and ask him to call me." After saying this, He Yuzhu turned and left the hard sleeper car and walked towards the soft sleeper car.

He Yuzhu came to his soft sleeper compartment with his luggage. After entering the compartment, he found that he was the only one living in the compartment. If no one else got on the train for the next two days, he would enjoy this rare time alone. When He Yuzhu packed his luggage and prepared to lie down for a rest, he found something a little embarrassing. The length of the soft sleeper seat was not as long as his height, so he could only lie on the seat sideways.

Helpless, He Yuzhu could only fold up the quilt, lean back in his seat, and take out "Factory Cybernetics" from his luggage to read. However, judging from the frown on his face while reading, this book was a bit difficult for him. It was at least seven or eight stories high, not to mention more than ten stories. After reading for a while, He Yuzhu had to put down the book in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. This book was too brain-intensive to read, so he decided to take a break.

He Yuzhu took out his enamel teacup from his luggage, picked up the kettle on the table and filled it up, then took out some tea leaves and put them into the cup. Looking at the tea leaves floating up and down in the cup, He Yuzhu wondered in his heart whether his father-in-law would attend the export commodity fair. If he could meet his father-in-law at the fair, he could have a good exchange of ideas about his father-in-law's past development in Hong Kong. Then He Yuzhu fell into deep thought...