Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

He Daqing knew nothing about what happened after he left.

When he arrived at the steel mill in the morning, Director Yang was already waiting for him in the car.

Seeing He Daqing, Director Yang waved to him enthusiastically and motioned for him to get in the car quickly.

After getting in the car, Director Yang asked worriedly, "Master He, did you write down the manuscript I gave you? There must not be any mistakes."

He Daqing nodded and replied, "Don't worry, Director Yang, I have memorized it by heart, and there will be absolutely no problems when the time comes."

Seeing He Daqing's confident look, Director Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he joked, "You know what, you're dressed quite decently today. No one can tell that you're over 40."

He Daqing also smiled and said a few polite words to him.

After a while, the car arrived in front of a large auditorium in Sijiu City.

Director Yang led He Daqing into the auditorium. Many people had already arrived and were sitting in their designated seats.

Director Yang and He Daqing also found their seats and sat down.

However, when He Daqing turned around, he saw Director Wang from the Street Office sitting behind him.

So he said politely: "Director Wang, I didn't expect to meet you here, what a coincidence!"

Director Wang said with a smile: "This is not a coincidence. I knew you would come, so I waited for you here."

Factory Director Yang also turned around and said, "Master He, you may not know this yet, but Director Wang also made great efforts to propose that you become a municipal model worker. Without her strong recommendation, it is hard to say whether you would have been selected. I only found out about this later."

When He Daqing heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Thank you very much, Director Wang. If our factory director hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known about this."

Director Wang waved his hand and said, "It's just something that happens, it's no big deal. You are a resident of our jurisdiction, and I personally selected you as the manager. At that time, I saw that your factory had nominated you, so I just helped you out."

"It's our honor to have a model worker in our neighborhood, isn't it? You're welcome."

Director Yang seemed to be quite familiar with Director Wang, so he smiled and said, "I thought that Master He was selected so smoothly this time. I thought he was lucky. It turns out that he met a noble person."

It turns out that although Director Wang was the director of a street office, she had been doing underground work in the city before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to the complicated situation and a lot of work to be done, the higher authorities asked Director Wang to temporarily manage the street and appease the people.

However, her position is not comparable to that of an ordinary street office director. She has to participate in any important meetings in the city.

Director Wang was also one of the evaluators for this selection of model workers.

When she saw He Daqing's name, Director Wang had a good impression of He Daqing because he actively cooperated with her in the election of the manager.

This time she actively introduced some of He Daqing's deeds to everyone. Even the story of him helping the Gong'an Department catch spies on the train was publicized by Director Wang.

These coincidences led to He Daqing being selected as a model worker this year.

Otherwise, why was it that no steel rolling mill was selected every year in the past, but was selected this year with an indifferent attitude? There are reasons for this.

After He Daqing thanked Director Wang again, the few of them started chatting lively.

Soon, the huge auditorium was filled with people.

When the time reached nine o'clock, the host came on stage, indicating that the meeting officially began.

The conferences at this time were basically the same old rites with nothing new.

First, the leader went on stage to give a speech. It took more than an hour for the leader to finish speaking, and He Daqing almost fell asleep while listening.

What comes next is the highlight of today, inviting model workers such as He Daqing to come on stage to present awards.

The rewards for city-level model workers are quite generous. In addition to the certificate, they also have to wear a big red flower, and then receive some material rewards.

There were ten people in total including He Daqing, and each of them received a cash reward of 100 yuan, as well as some food coupons, tobacco and alcohol coupons, etc. The most popular thing was a bicycle ticket, which did not cost any money and could be redeemed directly at the supply and marketing cooperative or department store.

This was a surprise to others, but He Daqing felt it was just average.

His family already had three bicycles, one for him and one for Sha Zhu. He Yushui also rode the ladies' bicycle that Chen Xueru bought for him when they got married to go to school.

If there is no one else at home, even if you take the bicycle back, it will just end up gathering dust.

However, after the award ceremony, Director Yang and his colleagues did not do as they had said, that not everyone would give a speech. Instead, they selected only two representatives to give speeches, and the speech he had memorized was not used at all.

He Daqing saw a food factory employee with an injured hand, who looked seriously injured.

Another one was a dung picker from outside the city, dressed like a farmer and spoke with an accent, but he looked quite excited and spoke well.

After these two people finished speaking, the leader went up to give a summary, which lasted nearly an hour, longer than the previous two people.

The meeting lasted until almost noon.

Every unit is having a difficult time at this time, so don't think about having a dinner party after the meeting. Everyone should go back to their own homes and their own mothers.

When they arrived at the steel rolling mill, Director Yang gave He Daqing an afternoon off, allowing him to go home to eat and rest, and then go back to work at the factory the next day.

He Daqing naturally thanked Director Yang happily, rode his bicycle, and went straight home without even returning to the office.

However, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he met the goalkeeper Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui saw He Daqing coming back, and ran over with shining eyes and asked, "Daqing, how about going to the city meeting today? Are there many leaders?"

It is not advisable to extend a hand to a smiling person. Yan Bugui was so enthusiastic that He Daqing was embarrassed to just leave, so he stopped the car and said, "There are many leaders, but I don't know many of them, so it's okay."

Seeing He Daqing speaking so casually, Yan Bugui said enviously: "It has to be you. It's not easy for ordinary people like us to meet so many leaders."

"Old Yan, why aren't you going to school in the middle of the day? Are you skipping classes again?"

Yan Bugui quickly waved his hands and said, "How is that possible? Today is Labor Day. The students went to experience labor in the afternoon. I came back because there were no classes for me."

Seeing that He Daqing wanted to say a few more words, Yan Bugui quickly changed the subject.

"So what rewards do you get as a city-level model worker? Are the prizes particularly generous?"

He Daqing shook his head and said, "It's not that rich. It's just some bills and the most important thing is a bicycle as a reward."

"But you know, my family doesn't lack bicycles. Although this one is free and I can bring it directly, it's useless if I bring it back!"

When Yan Bugui heard that he would be rewarded with a bicycle directly, his eyes lit up immediately.