Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

With the help of Cai Quanwu, Zhang Hu and six other people, He Yuzhu exchanged all the money in Fudi Dongtian into the second set of RMB in less than a month. He didn't know how much he had accumulated without realizing it. Since he donated most of the money in Fudi Dongtian to the most lovely people in 51, four years have passed. He Yuzhu has accumulated more than 4 million yuan of wealth again. It seems that he will have to buy a lot in the future and let the money circulate to help the national economy.

After the full public-private partnership next year, many pawnshops will be transformed into consignment shops. Then He Yuzhu will be able to purchase a large number of antiques through these consignment shops. By then, he might be able to get hundreds of sets of huanghuali furniture, and it will be just a matter of time before the Wuji Hall is filled with them. He may even have to build a few more bamboo houses to store his treasures.

After the steel mill was transformed from a public-private partnership into the Red Star Steel Mill, Jia Xudong, in order to verify whether He Yuzhu was the canteen director, deliberately looked at He Yuzhu at the window to see if he was still getting food at noon. When Jia Xudong checked all the windows and did not see He Yuzhu, when it was Jia Xudong's turn to get food, Jia Xudong deliberately asked the person getting food at the canteen window: "Which dish today was made by He Yuzhu?"

The staff in the cafeteria thought that Jia Xudong simply wanted to buy the dishes made by He Yuzhu. After all, the dishes made by He Yuzhu in the cafeteria tasted the best. For the same money, he must want to eat the dishes made by He Yuzhu. So the staff in the cafeteria didn't think much about it and pointed at one of the basins with a spoon. Jia Xudong took a look and said directly: "Give me two servings." After that, Jia Xudong threw the meal ticket in his hand into the box next to him, and took the lunch box filled with food from the staff. Jia Xudong came to Master Yi Zhonghai with the lunch box. After handing Yi Zhonghai's lunch box to Yi Zhonghai, Jia Xudong said: "Master, when I was getting the meal just now, I asked the person serving the meal in the cafeteria. The dishes we eat today are still made by He Yuzhu. I think the director of the cafeteria is probably not him. If he becomes the director of the cafeteria, how could he cook for us personally?"

After listening to this, Yi Zhonghai nodded, but didn't say much. Instead, he opened his lunch box and started eating in silence.

When Jia Xudong was getting his lunch at noon, He Yuzhu stood in the back kitchen and watched from afar. After everyone in the cafeteria had finished their work, He Yuzhu gathered everyone in the cafeteria together and said, "I gathered everyone together today. The main reason is that I have something to tell you. As you all know, I live in the same courtyard with several workers from the workshop. But in the future, if someone says that he is my, He Yuzhu's, neighbor in the same courtyard and wants to give him more food, then everyone must refuse his feeble request. If anyone dares to secretly give my neighbor more food and I find out, don't blame me for being rude. You will have to write a 500-word self-criticism and read it publicly in the cafeteria. The food in the cafeteria is provided by the steel rolling mill to all workers, not to any particular person. I hope that everyone will be fair and just when serving food. You cannot give someone more or better food just because he has a relationship with the leader. Okay, I've finished, everyone get busy."

Seeing Jia Xudong coming to get food at noon today, He Yuzhu realized that if the neighbors in the courtyard knew that he had become the canteen director, some people might rely on being neighbors to ask the canteen staff to give him more food. If he did not set rules for the canteen staff in advance, some people might give his neighbors some convenience in order to curry favor with him, so that these people would say good things about him in private. Then his reputation might be ruined by the neighbors in the courtyard. So He Yuzhu urgently called all the canteen workers together for a meeting at noon to fix this problem in advance.

After get off work, Jia Xudong returned home and said happily at the dinner table: "Mom, Huairu, do you know? Our steel mill has recently been changed from a public-private partnership to the Red Star Steel Mill. As a result, the canteen has a new canteen director. What a coincidence, the new canteen director seems to be named He Yuzhu. I just don't know if his name is exactly the same as Shazhu's. If his name is exactly the same as Shazhu's, then Shazhu will probably annoy the canteen director to death when he works in the canteen in the future."

After hearing what Jia Xudong said, Qin Huairu said with a worried look on her face: "Xudong, could it be that the new canteen director is Sha Zhu? What if Sha Zhu becomes the canteen director?"

Jia Xudong said confidently, "Huai Ru, you don't have to worry. When I was getting lunch at the cafeteria this afternoon, I specifically asked the cafeteria staff. Sha Zhu is still cooking every day! Have you ever seen that person become a leader and still cook for the workers? Besides, do you see any difference between He Yuzhu and before? Doesn't he still smile at everyone he sees after get off work every day? There is no change at all. He doesn't look like a leader at all."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang quickly chimed in, "Well, what my Xudong said is right. It must be someone with the same name. How could someone like Sha Zhu, who is destined to be a family leader, become a leading cadre? If there is anyone in our courtyard who can become a leading cadre, it can only be my Xudong. My Xudong is such a smart person, but he didn't become a leading cadre, let alone Sha Zhu. Xudong, you should learn from your master in the future and strive to become a workshop director. Then I will be the mother of a leading cadre, and I will be proud of you too."

Jia Xudong agreed with a smile: "Okay, Mom, don't worry, I'm still young. Wait a few more years and I promise I can become a leading cadre."

The next day, Jia Zhangke showed off at the Siheyuan Women's Intelligence Exchange Meeting: "Have you heard? After the steel mill was merged into a public-private enterprise, a new canteen director came to the steel mill canteen. That person's name sounds the same as our courtyard's Sha Zhu's name, both are called He Yuzhu. You can tell me how frustrated that canteen director He Yuzhu must be working in the canteen of the Red Star Steel Mill. There is actually someone with the same name as him."

The third aunt deliberately said, "Aunt Zhang, how do you know that the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill canteen is not He Yuzhu? What if it is He Yuzhu?"

Jia Zhang said confidently, "Third Aunt, I must have a basis for this. When my son Xudong was eating in the cafeteria yesterday, he specifically asked the workers in the cafeteria. He Yuzhu is still cooking big pot dishes for the workers every day. The cafeteria director is a leading cadre after all. Have you ever seen a leading cadre cooking big pot dishes for the workers? Besides, He Yuzhu is just a cook. He doesn't know any big leaders. Who would promote a young man under 20 years old to be the cafeteria director? If you ask me, even if someone in our courtyard can become a leading cadre in the future, it must be my Xudong. My Jia Xudong is so smart that he can't even be a team leader. How can silly Zhu become the cafeteria director directly?"

The third auntie was silent when she heard this. After all, Jia Zhang was right. Sha Zhu grew up in this courtyard. His father ran away when he was 16 years old. There was not even an adult at home, let alone knowing any leaders. If he didn't know any big leaders, who would promote a person under 20 years old to be the canteen director? The other aunties nodded and said that Jia Zhang was right.

The second aunt expressed disdain for Jia Zhang's words. If this courtyard house produced a leading cadre, the first one would definitely be her eldest son Liu Guangqi. After all, her son was a good student and had been admitted to a technical secondary school. He would definitely be a leading cadre after graduation. But she was disdainful of talking to this group of women who knew nothing. After all, her husband had said that she must not tell the people in the courtyard house until Guangqi graduated and had a job assigned to him. Otherwise, some family might be jealous and ruin her eldest son's good fortune. The second aunt always remembered her husband Liu Haizhong's words, so she just looked down on Jia Zhang, who knew nothing, with disdain in her heart, but said nothing.

In the evening, Uncle Liu Haizhong came home from get off work. During dinner, Auntie told Uncle Liu Haizhong what Jia Zhang said in the courtyard today. She said proudly, "Master, I remember what you said before. When chatting with women in the courtyard, talk less and listen more. When Jia Zhang showed off her son, although I looked down on her, I didn't say a word. Our eldest son Guangqi has been admitted to a technical secondary school and is destined to be a cadre after graduation. She actually said that her son is the first person in our courtyard to be a leading cadre. Bah, I think she is daydreaming. With her son Jia Xudong's condition, he still wants to be a leading cadre. I guess he can only be an ordinary worker all his life until he dies."

The second uncle Liu Haizhong praised the second aunt with a satisfied look on his face: "Old lady, you did the right thing today. Keep it up. When our eldest brother Guangqi becomes a leading cadre, our family will be the most powerful in the courtyard. Who dares to look down on us then?"

After hearing what Uncle Liu Haizhong said, Auntie No. 2 was also very happy. Then she thought of something and asked, "By the way, Boss, do you think Sha Zhu will really become the canteen director?"

Liu Haizhong pondered for a moment and answered decisively, "It's highly unlikely. Jia Zhang is right. If Sha Zhu becomes the canteen director, how could he not inform me, the second uncle of the courtyard? Such a big event cannot go on without any news. I didn't hear what Old Yi from the middle courtyard said either."

At Yan Bugui's house, the third aunt also told the third uncle Yan Bugui what she heard today. After that, the third aunt asked curiously, "Master, do you think what Jia Zhang said is right? Could it be that the fool Zhu from the middle courtyard has really become the director of the canteen?"

After listening to what the third aunt said, Yan Bugui squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head and said regretfully: "The new canteen director of Red Star Steel Mill should not be Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu is too young. It is not easy for a leading cadre to become one. Besides, I haven't heard anything about Lao Yi from the Intermediate Court. If Sha Zhu really became the canteen director, Lao Yi would have made some moves long ago. It is impossible that he is silent like now. It's a pity. It would be great if He Yuzhu really became the canteen director of Red Star Steel Mill."

After hearing what Yan Bugui said, the third aunt said with a puzzled look on her face: "Boss, why are you so sorry that Sha Zhu can't be the canteen director?"

Yan Bugui replied with a look of regret: "If Sha Zhu really becomes the canteen director, then in a few years when our eldest son Jie Cheng graduates from high school, won't we be able to find him to arrange for him to work in the steel mill? They are neighbors in the same yard, and by then Sha Zhu might be embarrassed to accept the money. Alas..."

The three aunts also looked regretful after hearing this.