Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

When it was time to get off work in the afternoon, Sha Zhu rode his bicycle hard, with two lunch boxes hanging in front of him, and He Daqing leisurely following behind him.

He Daqing thought it was a good idea and this would be his personal driver from now on.

When I arrived at the gate, I met Yan Bugui again.

Yan Bugui looked at the father and son with envy. The total monthly salary of the two of them was more than 130 yuan, which was higher than his salary.

"The Qing Dynasty is back! You've become the deputy director right after you entered the factory. How about I bring you a bottle of good wine to celebrate tonight?"

"Come on, Old Yan. I can't afford your wine. My family has been cleaning up the house recently, and there are five or six more people eating every day. We don't have enough food at home. I've been looking for food everywhere. How about you give me some of your food?"

Upon hearing that He Daqing was planning to take his family's grain, Yan Bugui shook his head like a rattle.

"Where can we get extra food? There are so many people in my family, and we don't even have enough to eat. Look at my children, they are all so skinny."

He Daqing looked at Yan Bugui with disdain. Even when there was no famine in your family a few years ago, your children were never fat, right? Your method of dividing pickles by roots seems to be known to everyone in the Siheyuan.

While the two were talking, Liu Haizhong came back with a bulging belly.

Yan Bugui greeted him as usual: "Old Liu is back. Daqing is now the deputy director of your factory. Do you think we should celebrate for him?"

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong, who was about to come over, turned around, snorted coldly, and left.

This made He Daqing and Yan Bugui a little puzzled. They looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

Actually, it’s not Liu Haizhong’s fault that he was angry.

The day after Li Huaide came to the courtyard, he went to see Li Huaide. He recommended himself to be the deputy director of the canteen and promised to do a better job than He Daqing. He boasted about his abilities in front of Li Huaide.

This made Li Huaide very angry. He didn't even settle the score with you for what happened last night, but now you come to him to be bullied again.

So they gave Liu Haimeimei a good scolding in the office, and then called their workshop director to take the person away.

The workshop director took Liu Haizhong back to the workshop and scolded him in front of everyone in the workshop. He also asked him to clean the workshop for a week.

Because of this, Liu Haizhong has been laughed at by people in the workshop these two days.

Now Yan Bugui brought it up again. Liu Haizhong was lucky enough not to curse.

He Daqing and Yan Bugui didn't understand the reason, so they talked for a while and then went home.

When He Daqing returned home, Sha Zhu had almost finished cooking.

Just waiting for He Daqing to come back for dinner.

It's pretty good to have a silly son like this.

The next day, in the afternoon, Director Yang brought a few people to deliver the stove painted by He Daqing.

The whole furnace is more than one meter high. The right side is where the coal is burned, and the left side is a larger oven. With the iron plate inside, it can be divided into three layers. Without the iron plate, it is an integrated oven.

There is a round stove mouth on top, you can put a wok on it, or you can put a round iron plate on it and use it as teppanyaki.

The whole stove is made of thick iron plates welded together, so it is quite heavy. But the heat conductivity is also very good. It can be used for baking bread and grilling meat in the future.

After installing the oven, Director Yang led his staff back. Now they just had to wait for the ingredients to arrive. Then they could try out the oven.

Shazhu liked this stove very much.

"Dad, what do you think about us getting a stove like this for our home? It will be very convenient for cooking and heating rice in the future."

He Daqing thought for a while and said, "Wait for a while. I'll ask if I can make it for my family then."

In fact, it is also good to make one at home, which is much more convenient than the wood stove at home.

The next day, Director Yang sent a lot of good things.

There was refined flour, which is hard to buy nowadays, and a lot of pork for sausages. There was also a lot of precious beef and mutton.

And things like tomatoes which are almost non-existent now.

There was really no milk that He Daqing wanted.

Now that the things had arrived, He Daqing got into work mode.

He took Shazhu and started stuffing sausages.

I added a lot of ingredients to make spicy, garlic, and five-spice flavors. I made some and hung them in the warehouse next to his office to dry.

The flour was taken out to make bread, which was the famous alkaline bread in the country.

Using the new oven, a batch of lye bread was soon ready. He Daqing tasted it and it was pretty good.

He baked a few more batches and distributed some of them to Director Yang and Li Huaide. In name, it was for everyone to taste. But everyone knew that this was a benefit given to them secretly. Who tasted seven or eight loaves of bread each?

Of course, He Daqing himself was also indispensable. When they returned home in the evening, Chen Xueru and Yu Shui finally ate the bread they had been craving for.

He Daqing also thoughtfully brought back ketchup for them. It tasted better when spread on bread slices.

Now all preparations are complete, we are just waiting for the experts to arrive.

The kitchen and bathroom of He Daqing's house have been cleaned up. Now it's time to start decorating the main house.

He and Chen Xueru also moved to Shazhu and Yushui's room to stay there for a few days.

The new kitchen and bathroom are now in use. They are much better than the stove in the old house.

From now on, I no longer have to queue up to use the public toilet at the door every morning.

And as long as we cook at home, there will be no shortage of hot water in the bathroom. We can also take a shower at home in the future. It is much more convenient.

Two days later, this morning, He Daqing was reading a newspaper in his office when the phone on his desk rang.

The person who called was Director Yang. It turned out that the experts were about to arrive, so he asked him to go to the door to greet them.

He Daqing didn't dare to delay and went straight to the gate.

When we got here, Director Yang and his team had already arrived.

There were two lines of people lined up at the door to welcome us.

People from various offices and some workers were also called over to welcome them.

Some people also held banners that said things like "Welcome the experts."

This welcoming event looks like a grand event!

We waited from about eight o'clock until almost ten o'clock, when we saw three vehicles approaching the factory gate: two cars and a jeep.

When Director Yang saw people coming, he quickly signaled everyone to move.

Now we saw people on both sides holding banners and shouting loudly: "Welcome! Welcome! Warm welcome!"

"Welcome! Welcome! Warm welcome!"

That scene was really filled with loud gongs and drums, blasting firecrackers, and huge crowds of people...

The leading car stopped at the gate, and a leader in his 50s got out of the car. He looked particularly energetic in his Zhongshan suit.

Director Yang quickly went up to him, shook his hand and said, "I didn't expect that you, the old leader, would come here in person to deliver the person! Thank you for your hard work!"

The old leader smiled amiably and said, "Xiao Yang, you always like to do these fancy things. There's no need to make it so grand, right?"

Director Yang also smiled and replied: "Isn't it that we all hope that these experts can come? This is everyone's enthusiasm, and I can't stop it, right?"

"Good! Good! Good! We can feel the workers' enthusiasm for building the motherland. The steel mill is doing well under your leadership. You must keep working hard!"

After hearing this, Director Yang nodded and said, "Thank you for your praise, old leader. I will always remember your teachings and contribute my own strength to the construction of the motherland."

The old leader patted Director Yang's hand with great satisfaction and said, "Come, let me introduce you to the experts we invited with great difficulty this time. You must treat them well this time. We spent a lot of money to invite them from Lu City, so you must not neglect them."

Director Yang immediately assured: "Please rest assured, old leader, we will do our best to ensure the life and work of each expert. For this purpose, we have also specially invited a very good chef to cook Western food for them. They will definitely feel at home."

"That's fine, let's go and take a look."

As he spoke, the old leader took Director Yang towards the car behind.

At this time, four people got out of the car behind.

A Chinese man, probably in his twenties. He looks like an intellectual. Maybe he's a translator.

The three big men behind all had full beards and curly hair, some were yellow, some were brown. They all looked very strong.

The old leader brought Director Yang over and said to the young translator, "This is Director Yang of the steel mill. Please follow his arrangements during this period."

The young translator said, "Hello, Director Yang, I am the translator for this interview. My name is Song Yiyang, you can just call me Xiao Song."

Director Yang shook hands with Xiao Song and said, "Okay, I'll trouble you in the future, Xiao Song. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to me directly and I will solve it for you."

At this time, Xiao Song said to Director Yang: "These three are the experts this time. They are all experts in machinery."

"This is Mr. Karl Schmidt. You can call him Karl."

"This is Mr. Hans Wolff. You can also call him Mr. Hans."

"This is Mr. Klaus Beck. You can call him Mr. Klaus."

Director Yang was completely confused when he heard this and didn't remember any of them.

But he still went up to shake hands with everyone, saying, "Hello! Welcome to our factory!"

It seems that these three foreigners have been in Dragon Country for quite some time. They said in broken Dragon language: "Ni, Hao! Thank you, thank you!"

Translator Xiao Song spoke a lot to the three experts, probably introducing Director Yang. Anyway, no one present understood him.

As for the four or five security personnel behind them, these experts are accompanied by security personnel every day to protect them, just to prevent some enemy agents from causing trouble and provoking international disputes.

After everyone got to know each other, the group went to the meeting room first amid warm welcomes from both sides.

This was the beginning of the formal reception of these experts. He Daqing also returned to the kitchen, waiting for the leader's orders.

Today is their first day here, so there won’t be any work to do at noon.