Siheyuan: Why are you all here to see me?

Li Gang finally knew the past of these people.

Now he knew these people's background clearly.

Li Gang said goodbye and went to the steel mill again. Li Huaide had helped in punishing Yi Zhonghai, so he had to thank him in person.

Li Huaide from the Steel Rolling Mill: "Why are you here? Chinese New Year is the day after tomorrow. What are you doing here?"

Li Gang "I came here to thank you, Director Li. I heard that Director Yang disagreed with the punishment of Yi Zhonghai. It was you who fought for the current result. I would feel bad if I didn't thank you in person."

Li Huaide smiled and said, "You don't have to be so polite to me. You are the person in charge of the greenhouse and the inventor. Yi Zhonghai is at best a seventh-level fitter. He dared to play tricks on you, which is a slap in my face. I won't say anything about him. It's just right that you are here. I have something to tell you in advance."

Li Huaide took a sip of tea. "After the New Year, the ministry and the agricultural department will take the lead, the city will be in charge, and the steel mill will be responsible for the specific implementation. We will do the preparatory work first. We will start with a pilot project in each of the eight districts in the city, with ten greenhouses in each pilot project. If the greenhouses are successful next year, starting from 60, the eight districts will plan for three years, and by 63, we will be able to meet the winter vegetable supply for the citizens of cities. And you will also have a new job. You will be responsible for guiding the vegetable greenhouse planting work in the eight districts. All districts must cooperate seriously. Li Gang, you now have more power than me, the deputy factory director."

Li Gang: Oh? Deputy Director, is Li Huaide already the Deputy Director?

Li Gang was surprised and said, "Deputy Director, ah, Director Li, you are already the deputy director, then I have to congratulate you even more."

Li Huaide smiled and said, "It hasn't been announced yet. We'll announce it after we start working after the New Year. As the deputy factory director, I have to thank you. If it weren't for your vegetable greenhouse, I wouldn't have been promoted so quickly. Hahaha."

Li Gang: "What's the difference between before and after the New Year, hahahaha"

Li Huaide "Let's not talk about me, let's talk about you. The steel mill also benefited this time. Yang Weimin became the deputy director, but he is still in charge of the work of the steel mill. The steel mill also benefited and was allocated some new machinery and equipment. Hehe, but I heard that his old leader, the big leader who came last time, scolded him because of you."

Li Gang asked in confusion, "Because of me, this involves me again, how can everything involve me?"

Li Huaide: "Hahaha, it's because he didn't take good care of you as a family member of a martyr, so I found you first. If he had gone to your place and cared about you, it wouldn't have been my turn, hahaha."

Li Huaide laughed and continued, "The iron pipes for the greenhouses in each district are provided by the steel rolling mill. If it succeeds in the future, all the iron pipes for the greenhouses in the city will be provided by the steel rolling mill. This is not a small amount. Do you think the steel rolling mill has benefited from it? For this reason, Yang Weimin also plans to set up a separate iron pipe workshop, but the time is not right yet. In addition, the steel rolling mill has also been upgraded to a deputy department-level factory, hahahaha."

Li Gang: "Then Director Li, have you also been promoted to deputy department level?"

Li Huaide was a little disappointed but still said proudly, "I was only a deputy director before, but this time I was promoted to director. Although I am not a deputy director, I still enjoy the treatment of a deputy director, hahahaha."

Li Gang sighed: Although Li Huaide is a director, he is no different from a deputy director.

Li Huaide: "Considering your future work convenience, your future rank will be raised to deputy section level. If you were not young, you would be promoted directly to section level this time."

Li Gang: Holy shit, he’s already a deputy section chief. How can a 16-year-old be a deputy section chief?

Li Huaide: "And the original staff of the greenhouse will also be assigned to you to form a separate department (non-staple food guidance and planning department) at the deputy department level. You will be the department head, temporarily belonging to the steel rolling mill. You write a report on how to organize it specifically, and the factory will hold a meeting to study it based on your report."

Li Gang: What the hell is this? What is the Non-staple Food Guidance and Planning Section? Who should I guide and plan with? Also, what the hell is this non-staple food? This is a steel mill, not a farm or a commercial department.

Li Gang: "What is this? What is the supplementary food guidance and planning department? Where does the supplementary food come from? Where does the plan come from? What is the plan? Isn't this nonsense? How old am I?"

Li Huaide: "It is because of your young age that we have this supplementary food guidance and planning department. Let's put it this way. If you have any ideas related to food, you can plan and then report. The guidance is a pilot in eight districts. You go to the guidance to guide how to build and plant. Supplementary food can be ignored. Are vegetables also supplementary food?"

Li Gang: "Well, who doesn't want to be an official? Besides, the salary is so high. Then do I have the final say on the personnel of this department?"

Li Huaide: "In principle, you have the final say, but you can't make random arrangements."

Li Gang "I won't do anything reckless. I don't think this department needs to be that complicated. Isn't the main purpose to guide greenhouse cultivation? You can ask the eight districts to send people here and build two greenhouses after the New Year. In less than two months, they will definitely learn it. It's just right so that we can eat fresh vegetables in the spring."

Li Huaide: "Hey, your method is really good. It is more convenient and economical than your guidance to each district. They can also practice it in person, so they can learn more advanced and more solidly. Okay, I will report it after the new year. But even if they have learned it, you still have to go and guide them. As for this department, you still have to set up the framework, it has to look good, right?"

Li Gang felt that what Li Huaide said was right. "Then let's set up an office with a few clerks."

Li Huaide: "Well, this is also very good, you can do whatever you want, I definitely support it strongly."

On February 1959, 2, the last day of Chinese New Year, Li Gang, his elder brother, his elder sister-in-law, Li Fang, his second sister's family, Sha Zhu's family, and his elder sister returned to Zhaojia Village.

Several families were happily enjoying the sumptuous meals.

In the middle courtyard, Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family celebrated the New Year with the deaf old lady. Because of Li Gang, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu each shared a pound of pork and a box of vegetables, so this year's Spring Festival dishes were also very rich.

Jia Zhang: "This Li family kid is too stingy, even more stingy than the third uncle. There must be a lot of pork in the cellar of his courtyard, but he didn't even send some to the old lady."

The old lady looked at Jia Zhang with disdain and said, "Give it back to me. I have lost my house, and you are still sending me meat. It is you, Jia Zhang, who wants to eat meat, right?" You'd better take care of your hands and feet, otherwise your house will be in danger.

She thought in her heart, but she would not say it out loud. She just wanted to eat and drink well now. She had reached an agreement with Yi Zhonghai and showed him her family assets. Not to mention the gold and silver jewelry, there were more than ten yellow croakers of different sizes. The old lady said that as long as he took good care of her, all these would belong to Yi Zhonghai in the future.

Needless to say, Yi Zhonghai thought that the house would be given to him. This was the cunning of the old lady. She did not mention the house, but only said that the gold and silver jewelry and yellow croakers of all sizes would be given to Yi Zhonghai in the future, so that he would naturally associate the house with it.

Li Gang has been in this era for almost a year. This year is a famine year. His winter wheat will be harvested in a few months. If he plants two acres of rice and one acre of corn, his family will not have to worry about food. But he cannot let the neighbors know about it. He should raise a few dogs to guard the house.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Li Gang and his family went to his grandfather's house to pay New Year's greetings. When they came back, they brought back two little black dogs. They were not special breeds, but ordinary rural dogs. Don't underestimate rural dogs. This kind of dog is the most suitable for guarding the house.

Just after the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, Li Gang also started his work, which is to guide the planning department. For convenience, the office is still in the warehouse next to the steel rolling mill greenhouse. Today, eight districts will send people to learn. Li Gang will rebuild a greenhouse on site. At 8:30 in the morning, the eight districts were led by the deputy district chief. Li Gang taught on site and conducted the first practical operation. The leaders of the eight districts, accompanied by Director Yang and other leaders, visited the steel rolling mill.

After three consecutive days, the greenhouse has been built. As long as the soil is thawed, sowing can be done. Li Gang is not here to give instructions. He asked them to go back and quickly build the greenhouse according to what they have learned in the past three days, so that they can eat fresh vegetables in advance on May 1st. He also asked his brother-in-law Zhao Dahai to bring two people from each district to participate in the work of building the greenhouse. The factory also agreed with Li Gang's approach and gave each person a high subsidy of one yuan per day, which made the leaders who occupied the quota for the vegetable greenhouse very happy. They thought that the greenhouse had no future, but unexpectedly, now they have become technical instructors, which made them pay more attention to Li Gang and invited him to dinner.

Li Gang didn't have the energy to eat with them, so he refused the offer by using the excuse that he had to grow seedlings. But even so, Li Gang was able to get through to any department he went to for work. This also helped Li Gang accumulate a lot of connections.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all the greenhouses in the eight districts had been planted with various vegetables, and Li Gang had completed his guidance work.

In the courtyard, Director Hu from the Accessories Factory came with a man to see Li Gang.

Director Hu: "Congratulations, you are a famous person now. You are a deputy section chief at the age of 16, and you will definitely be a section chief at the age of 20."

Li Gang: "Stop joking with me, let's talk about the matter."

Director Hu was a little embarrassed. "Let me introduce you. This is my comrade Fang Minghui, the deputy director of the Second Woolen Mill. I came here to ask for your help."

Li Gang: "Oh? You're asking me for help. I guess you're asking the wrong person. How can I help you?"

Deputy Director Fang smiled and said, "You can definitely help, but it will be a bit hard."

Li Gang: "Forget about the hard work, I'm a lazy person." Li Gang didn't give him any face. You know, the Second Woolen Mill is a big factory, it's under the Ministry of Light Industry. It's a small factory with nearly 10,000 employees, which is larger than the steel rolling mill. It's definitely related to food. With a scale of 10,000 people, it's not just tiring. So Li Gang didn't wait for the other party to ask what kind of help he wanted and decisively refused.

Deputy Director Fang was a little embarrassed and looked at Director Hu.

Director Hu: "Li Gang, we are old friends. Please listen to what Deputy Director Fang has to say first. It is not too late for you to refuse."