Siheyuan: When I became the control group of Qin Huairu

Xu Damao took back his aluminum lunch box and ran away quickly.

Xu Damao's receding figure disappeared in the crowd in just over ten seconds. Yang Hehua was already serving food to the next worker.

"Master Lotus, I want one egg, one portion of hot and sour potato shreds, and five steamed buns!"

"Okay!" Yang Hehua took the money and the ticket, took a quick look at it, and after finding that the amount was correct, she put it into the basket and started counting quickly.

At this moment, cleaning work is also going on in the kitchen. After all, everyone wants to finish get off work early and go home.

Xiao Qian carried Xiaobao on her back and roasted chestnuts from the brazier in a corner of the kitchen. She watched Xiuxiu and Manman, two little girls, roasting chestnuts they brought from home.

This brazier was a small one originally in the kitchen, and it contained charcoal made from burning trees.

Compared with coal, this is more economical.

Every day, the kitchen helpers and apprentices in the canteen have to wash a lot of vegetables. When winter comes, it is natural to prepare some charcoal for these people who wash the vegetables to warm their hands.

This benefit was not available before. It was approved after the new canteen director Luo Qiongfen saw chilblains and chapped hands of the kitchen helpers who washed vegetables and talked to the logistics department about it.

Xiuxiu and Manman had roasted about twenty chestnuts, and Yang Hehua and the others had just finished serving food at the window.

"Master Hehua, the hygiene here is almost ready. You can take Xiuxiu and the others back early!" Aunt Wang, the kitchen helper, said with a smile on her face after eating two chestnuts peeled by Xiuxiu.

In addition, people who had learned a lot from Yang Hehua during this period also echoed: "Yes, yes! Master Hehua!"

"Maybe we'll meet in the courtyard later!"

After all, He Yuzhu came from the second canteen. He was getting married today and he also invited people from the second canteen to the banquet.

"Okay! Thank you everyone~ Then we'll see you in the courtyard later!"

Yang Hehua didn't hesitate. She took off her work clothes, washed the oil off her face with a towel, put on her thick clothes, moved the sleepy Xiaobao onto her back, and said hello to her co-workers in the kitchen before leaving.

At this point, there are very few people leaving the Red Star Steel Mill.

After all, not everyone has the same job as Yang Hehua and his colleagues in the kitchen.

Oh no.

There are also people from the purchasing department.

The nature of their work is more flexible than Yang Hehua's job.

Apart from the time they have to attend meetings, they spend most of their time outside purchasing supplies. After completing the monthly purchasing task, they can come to work or not.

This is a good job, but also a risky one.

Especially in jobs like those in the purchasing department, some purchasers are responsible for purchasing unplanned materials. They have to travel between the countryside and the city all year round, which increases the risk.

After all, traveling outside these days, especially to the countryside to purchase supplies, is very dangerous. It is easy to encounter robbery for supplies/money or surprise attacks by enemy spies.

This would be difficult to do without some skills and connections.

In mild cases, people may be robbed and lose their money/tickets and supplies; in serious cases, they may even lose their precious lives.

You need to register to enter the Red Star Steel Mill, and naturally you also need to register to leave the Red Star Steel Mill.

After Xiao Qian quickly filled in the time and her name, she ran to her sister-in-law Yang Hehua, who was holding the hands of Xiuxiu and Manman.

"Sister-in-law, are we going back to the courtyard now?" Xiao Qian asked, holding Manman's outstretched hand.

"Let's go to the bookstore! Didn't you say earlier that you were almost done with your book? Let's go to the bookstore and buy some new books. I happen to have some books I want to buy as well."

Yang Hehua glanced at the sky, saw the snowflakes still floating in the air, and said.

The snow was a little heavier this morning, but it has become much lighter now.

There was no snow accumulation, and the ground was wet from the melting snowflakes that had fallen.

Seeing the white mist coming out of her sister-in-law Yang Hehua's face from time to time due to her breathing, Xiao Qian's absent-minded mood was suddenly pulled up when she heard about going to the bookstore. Her eyes sparkled and she quickly replied, "Okay! Manman and Xiuxiu are almost done with their storybooks."

Xiao Qian received several rejection emails for her long manuscripts in the past few days, and she felt a little uncomfortable. Last night she was still wondering if she was not good at writing long stories and whether she should just write short stories.

After all, short articles can bring me about ten yuan in income every month.

This income is much higher than that of others who can only wait at home to paste paper boxes.

But when I thought about what my sister-in-law Yang Hehua had said before, the income from short stories was only temporary. If I could write a long article that was serialized in a newspaper, the income would be permanent.

Xiao Qian didn't want to give up. Since the editor had replied saying that her writing was immature and the plot needed further improvement, she decided to just read more and make more revisions. It would only take some time.

A group of people walked slowly in the cold wind towards the bus stop.

After all, it is unrealistic to go to Xinhua Bookstore in such a cold day.

Especially when you have children with you.

There are many Xinhua Bookstores in the old city. Yang Hehua took Xiao Qian and the others to a large Xinhua Bookstore.

It is a four-storey building.

It was the first time that Xiao Qian had seen such a large bookstore. It was completely different from the small bookstores she had seen in the county town before.

When she walked in, Xiao Qian discovered that there were also professional stores inside, such as teaching books store, science and technology books store, children's books store, music and sports books store, drama books store, chef books store, etc.

"Sister-in-law, this bookstore is really big!" Xiao Qian's eyes became brighter and brighter as she held Manman in her arms. "And there are quite a lot of people coming to read and buy books!"

Just as she entered the door, Xiao Qian saw about a dozen people queuing to check out. As she walked along, she saw two or three people reading or selecting books next to each bookshelf.

There was also a child in Yang Hehua's arms, that was Xiuxiu. After listening to Xiao Qian's words, Yang Hehua patiently told what she had seen and heard: "This person is nothing now, you will know when you come to see him on holidays or Sundays. It is completely crowded with people, people squeezed in books, and books in people, and even "buried" the cashier counter."

"Is it so exaggerated?!" Xiao Qian was shocked.

Yang Hehua nodded: "This is not an exaggeration, but a fact."

"The country is in need of talent right now, and the demand for talent is even greater. Some leadership positions have rigid requirements, such as diplomas, which can discourage many people."

"In the past, if you wanted to study, you had to meet certain conditions, and the channels for accessing knowledge were very limited. After entering the new society, people are particularly eager for knowledge, so during holidays or Sundays, these bookstores are crowded."

"You have only a junior high school diploma, but you have to know that many people in our courtyard are illiterate, just like me. When I was young, I didn't have the conditions to go to school. When I was older, I spent several years studying, and my diploma was only a junior high school diploma.

After I married your brother, he taught me a lot of words.”

"Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office has been busy with the important task of eliminating illiteracy recently. He has come to the courtyard to look for Second Uncle Yan Bugui several times. Maybe there will be accurate news in a while."

"Don't think that Second Uncle Yan Bugui is stingy all day long. He is a cultured person in our courtyard. Every year during the Spring Festival, people in the courtyard will ask him to write one or several couplets for the Spring Festival."

Xiao Qian fell silent after listening to this. She really had not expected that there were so many illiterate people in the city.

She thought that people in rural areas were too poor to send their children to school, which led to the large number of illiterate people. She didn't expect that there were also so many illiterate people in the city.

"Okay! Go find the books you want to buy by yourself. I'll take Xiuxiu and Manman to the book browsing corner on the second floor to wait for you!" Yang Hehua noticed that Xiao Qian's mood was not right in recent days, so she suggested going to Xinhua Bookstore.

Now that they have arrived at the bookstore, Xiao Qian naturally has to deal with her emotions on her own.

"Okay! Sister-in-law!" Xiao Qian put Manman in her hand on the ground.

When Yang Hehua heard the answer, she left holding a child in each hand.

Xiuxiu and Manman didn’t really understand the emotional changes between adults, so they asked, “Mom, why do we have to separate from Auntie!?”

"Because aunt has to spend time choosing the books she wants!" Yang Hehua did not tell the two little girls the real reason. After all, they didn't understand.

As for the little treasure on the back, he is still sleeping soundly.

The book browsing corner is actually a vacant triangular area with five tables and chairs, providing a reading area for those who cannot afford to buy books but still want to read.

Each table has 6 chairs.

There were few people in the bookstore today and there were some empty seats, so Yang Hehua took Xiuxiu and Manman to sit in an empty seat.

If there are a lot of people, there will be no room for everyone to sit here. However, for people who love reading, not having a place to sit is not a big deal. For their own convenience, some of them will stand or sit under the bookshelf to read.

As long as I can read books and learn knowledge from them, it doesn’t matter how I read them.

Sitting in the book browsing corner, Yang Hehua was naturally not idle. She asked Xiuxiu and Manman to wait for her here, and she took a few children's books from the area on the second floor. She returned to her original position and gently read the contents to the two little girls.

When taking children out, keep them in your hands for children under three years old and keep your eyes on them for children under ten years old.

Of course, this is just a saying.

After all, taking care of children is not something you can be careless about, and it is best to accompany them all the time.

After all, the snipers are famous for their cunning and speed, and the child may disappear if you are not careful.

Don't be careless.

The reason why Yang Hehua was able to go and get the books was because she asked the system to keep an eye on the two little girls for her.

Yang Hehua was reading to the two little girls on the surface, but deep down she was thinking about the painting supplies on the first floor that she saw when she just entered the door. She would buy some before she went back and take them home for Xiuxiu and Manman to use for painting.

After all, their playmates in the yard also had to go to school. Apart from playing with the other kids in the yard, the two sisters would usually play by themselves, with things like marbles and bamboo dolls, which were all very monotonous.

It would be a nice idea to buy some painting supplies and let them use their imagination.

An hour later, Xiao Qian was carrying the books and some supplies she had just bought from the bookstore, holding Xiuxiu's hand, and following her sister-in-law Yang Hehua, who was also holding Manman's hand. They were now in the vegetable market.

He Yuzhu's family is holding a banquet today. Yang Hehua is not planning to go, but she doesn't want to treat her family badly. So she takes this opportunity to take her family to the vegetable market to buy some food and prepare some delicious food.

A chicken is to be bought.

After a walk around the vegetable market, Yang Hehua bought a young rooster, not very big, for one yuan and twenty cents.