Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"It's so delicious, Uncle Seventh. This greenhouse is so magical. Why is it so warm inside?" asked Bang Geng.

"You don't even know this. Didn't you see that he was covered with a quilt?" Yan Jiedi said.

"But is it covered during the day? It is only covered at night?" Banggeng discovered the problem.

"With your current knowledge, this question is not easy to understand. When you learn physics in junior high school, you will understand it. It involves light and heat. You don't learn these things in elementary school," Zhang Dabao explained.

"So is it this knowledge that winter is very cold and summer is very hot?" Banggeng asked again.

"This is the knowledge of geography, which is also what you have to learn in junior high school. You and Xiaozheng don't know many words now. I can bring you some books by this time next year." Zhang Dabao was particularly pleased to see that Banggeng was now full of curiosity. A thief saint joke should not appear, and instead he got a school-loving and motivated Banggeng.

Children who are motivated and willing to make progress are always liked by others, so after lunch, Zhang Dabao went home and took some apples and gave one to everyone, both adults and children, including Xiaodang.

"Eat it. This is a red banana apple. It's very fragrant, but not very sweet," Zhang Dabao said to the group.

"Such a big apple? So fragrant." Qin Jingru had obviously never seen an apple bigger than an adult's fist.

"This kind of fruit is easy for children to digest. Look, Xiaodang is not polite and just bites it open." Zhang Dabao pointed at Xiaodang who was eating an apple. She was holding an apple slightly smaller than her head in her hands and eating it more vigorously.

"No, I'm too full. Let's eat later." Qin Huairu put the apple on the bedside.

"Mom, put it away even if you don't want to eat it. When my dad comes home, he eats everything, regardless of whether it's his or not." Banggeng quickly instructed his mother.

"It seems that your father wanted to eat our moon eggs, and you found out?" Zhang Dabia said with a smile.

"I got up a long time ago. In winter, geese eat a lot and lay few eggs. How could my father still want to eat them? The key is that he doesn't give me money. He always wants to owe me money and never pays it back," said Bang Geng.

"Your father is so dishonest. He did a good job. Take a rest. It's cold now. Don't run around in the yard all the time. You'll easily catch a cold." Zhang Dabao touched Banggeng's fat face and went out. After he left, the children also went home. Only the Qin sisters, Xiaodang and Huaihua were left in the room.

"Jingru, my seventh uncle just came over and said that she will send us back the day after tomorrow. She has prepared some things to take us home," Qin Huairu said.

"That's so embarrassing. You are a relative, and I am your relative." Qin Jingru said.

"Seventh Uncle said that this is a reward for your careful care of the greenhouse. Xiaodang, don't eat it. It's not good to eat too much. Put it in the house and eat it in the afternoon." Qin Huairu saw that her daughter was still eating the apple, so she took the apple from Xiaodang's hand.

"Xiaodang, let's go to sleep and eat after you wake up. Auntie will let you eat this apple too." Qin Jingru saw that Xiaodang was unhappy and seemed to want to cry, so she carried her out.

Zhang Dabao did not go out again today and rested at home for the whole afternoon.

Today is the day when the new equipment of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is ignited. The entire factory area has been cleaned up and the inside of the new workshop is spotless.

At 9:18 in the morning, the two main leaders of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, Minister Tang and Deputy Minister Shi, started the machine, which was met with thunderous applause. The leaders on the scene gave enthusiastic speeches and expressed higher expectations for the new workshop and new equipment.

At 15: in the morning, the first batch of molten steel came out and was poured onto the continuous casting machine. A few minutes later, steel billets with a diameter of cm were produced, and then entered the next process. Finally, the steel bars were pulled out.

"Report to the leaders, the finished products are out." Chen Jie saw that the first bundle of steel bars had been packed, and ran to the leaders to report.

"Old Shi, let's go and take a look," Minister Tang said to Minister Shi, and then a large group of people came to the finished products, observed them carefully and asked in detail about the output and quality. When they learned that the finished products produced by this set of joint casting equipment were twice as many as all the finished products of the entire Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in the past, everyone could not help but sigh that this was the power of science and technology.

As the introducer of new equipment, Zhang Dabao has been praised many times by leaders.

"It's too tiring, even more tiring than working." The leaders had lunch and went back, and Zhang Dabao said in Li Huaide's office.

"This is our characteristic. If you can't adapt, you will be eliminated by this environment," said Li Huaide.

"Those who are fit will survive, while those who are unfit will be eliminated by nature. The theory of evolution makes so much sense," said Zhang Dabao with a long sigh.

"You won't go out again before the New Year, right?" Li Huaide asked Zhang Dabao.

"I have to go out to visit a few people in Tangshan, Hebei, and then go to Datong, Shanxi to visit the mother of a comrade who died. The round trip takes about ten days. When I return to Beijing, it will be only a few days before the Chinese New Year," said Zhang Dabao.

"You never have time to rest. How are you going to get there? Are you going to ride your motorcycle?" Li Huaide asked.

"My motorcycle won't work. Uncle Yu has a pickup truck, which is a beautiful one that was seized. It runs steadily and fast, and can also haul things. I'll go out and bring you this year's New Year's goods," Zhang Dabao said to Li Huaide.

"Okay, you must come back before the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. We will be holding a factory-wide meeting that day. You are an outstanding cadre and should be commended. You must come," Li Huaide instructed Zhang Dabao.

"I understand. I will go borrow a car today. I have to go back to my hometown tomorrow. My second sister wants to go back and burn paper for my eldest brother," said Zhang Dabao.

"It's a good time for you to go back and tell your fourth uncle that the factory still has plans to hire temporary workers. Ask him how many people he can spare after the Spring Festival?" said Li Huaide.

"Okay, cousin, thank you." Zhang Dabao knew that Li Huaide was doing him a favor.

After leaving the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Zhang Dabao came to Yu Sinian's office at the Mining Machinery Factory and said, "Uncle Yu, I'm here to borrow your car. I need to go to another province."

"The New Year is almost coming, and you're still going out? Huaide is going too far. Now that he's been promoted to the director, why is he even more cruel to his nephew?" Yu Sinian said.

"Uncle Yu, going to other place is a private matter and has nothing to do with the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I went to see several comrades who have families. We agreed at that time that if anyone is still alive, they should visit the homes of the deceased comrades when they have time," said Zhang Dabao.

"Da Biao, you are a man who values ​​friendship. You haven't forgotten the agreement between you and your brothers." Yu Sinian might have also thought of his comrades who had died in the past, and his face looked a little unhappy.

"Uncle Yu, I cannot owe favors to anyone, and I cannot have anything on my mind. A few days ago, I ate knife-cut noodles, and every day I think of the comrade-in-arms who taught me how to make noodles. He was from Datong, Shanxi, and he died in 58." Zhang Dabao's voice also lowered.