Siheyuan works as a nanny for Shazhu

It has to be said that the lives of pregnant women today are completely different from those in later generations. Not only do they have to go to work, but they also have to do housework at home. He Yuzhu also specially made a cushion on the back seat of the bicycle, covering it with cotton and rags, for fear that his baby would be shaken by riding a bicycle.

Li Xiaoyan's face is now full of maternal radiance. She touches her belly from time to time, feeling that a little life is slowly growing inside her body. She radiates a happy smile from the inside out. In the room, He Yushui often asks her when she can see her little nephew. Every time, Li Xiaoyan explains to He Yushui with a helpless smile.

In the first half of the year, two major events happened in the Siheyuan. The first was that Liu Guangqi from the second uncle's family ran away. The explanation given to the public was that he was transferred to work in another place with his father-in-law's family. However, people who knew the inside story knew that Liu Guangqi not only took away all his belongings at home, but also took away the little salary that Liu Haizhong had saved with great difficulty.

Liu Haizhong was so angry that he cursed loudly at home, and the second aunt was in tears every day during that period. The ones who suffered the most were Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu. In the first week after the eldest brother passed away, those who were beaten did not dare to go home. It was only when Yi Zhonghai saw that the beating would continue that someone would die that he went to persuade them. Liu Haizhong restrained himself a little when he heard that it would have a bad influence if it got out and might even affect his official position.

The second thing was that in May, Qin Huairu of the Jia family became pregnant. Jia Dongxu, who went to the countryside to announce the good news, finally couldn't stand Jia Zhang's nagging and returned to the courtyard under the pretext of taking care of the pregnant woman. Although it had not been a full year, Jiang Feng did not go to cause trouble. Firstly, Jia Dongxu was sensible enough to come and say hello in advance and explain the situation. Secondly, since there was a pregnant woman at home, he didn't want to argue with Jia Zhang. He just told Li Xiaoyan not to have any contact with the Jia family anymore.

After Jia Zhang came back, she became much more obedient. Although she had enough food and drink in the countryside, it was impossible for her to eat well. The aunties in the countryside were much more fierce than those in the city. If you dare to curse their mothers, they would slap you in the face. Besides, it was her own family, so Jia Zhang still had to save her face.

When Jia Zhang left, her eldest brother, his wife and several nephews were so reluctant to let her go. Their annual income of 70 or 80 yuan was gone. They cried so sadly and repeatedly asked them to come back more often to visit her. Jia Zhang pulled Jia Dongxu away as if they were fleeing, for fear that they would leave her behind.

It was already July 1957. Jiang Feng did not take the college entrance examination, but got a letter of introduction from the street office early on. The letter of introduction was sent to the Red Star Steel Mill. After the expansion, the Red Star Steel Mill has become a large factory with four to five thousand people. However, some technical talents are urgently needed. For Jiang Feng, who majored in electrician, the leaders of the factory had already registered and were waiting for him to report.

Today is the day Jiang Feng is going to report. Jiang Feng got up early in the morning, put on his backpack and went to He Yuzhu's house to have breakfast. At this time, Li Xiaoyan was already six months pregnant. During this period, not only did Jiang Feng go fishing from time to time, but his father-in-law and master's family also sent meat coupons once every one or two months, for fear that she would not get enough nutrition and her belly was almost the size of a watermelon.

After Jiang Feng finished his breakfast, he said something to He Yuzhu, got on his bike and went to the Red Star Steel Mill. When he arrived at the gate of the steel mill, he found the security department and showed his letter of introduction. The security department had already received the notice, and He Yuzhu had also greeted them privately. After Jiang Feng smoked a few cigarettes, the security department's gatekeeper called a young man and took Jiang Feng to the personnel department to register.

The young man was called Wang Erhu. He was discharged from the army. He won the third-class merit in the battle of Bangzi several years ago. However, he was demobilized from the army because of a hand injury and was arranged to work in the security department of the steel rolling mill. The two came to the factory office building, went up to the second floor, and took Jiang Feng into the office of the personnel department. After knocking on the door and entering, he took Jiang Feng to the desk of a woman in her twenties. Wang Erhu said, "Hello, comrade, this is the worker who reported in today."

The woman glanced at Jiang Feng, and Jiang Feng quickly stepped forward and handed over the information in his hand. The woman looked at the letter of introduction and the electrician's certificate in her hand and exclaimed: "You are the electrician who was asked to report here. How come you are so young?"

A bunch of middle-aged women in the office also gathered around. Several of them turned around and looked at Jiang Feng's ID while looking him up and down. Although Jiang Feng came from the future, he had never been surrounded by so many women. He had an unnatural blush on his face, which made everyone in the office laugh. Wang Erhu saw so many women surrounding him and quickly slipped away.

Hearing the laughter from inside, a woman in her fifties came out of the office and said to everyone, "What are you doing? You don't have to go to work, but are you just standing here watching the fun?"

When they saw the director coming out, they quickly scattered and fled. At this time, the woman who was handling the formalities for Jiang Feng said to the director: "Director Liu, come and take a look. This is the electrician who reported in today. He is so young."

Director Liu came over, took the documents and said, "Xiao Li, what's wrong with being young? You've passed the electrician exam at such a young age. You should hurry up and get the formalities done. The factory manager has told me several times not to scare people just because they're young."

Turning to Jiang Feng, he said, "Comrade Jiang Feng, I'm Liu Juan, the director of the Personnel Department. Welcome to the steel mill. The factory leaders have said several times that they have found a genius this time. I heard that you got your electrician license through self-study."

"Hello, Director Liu. Yes, I just graduated from high school and my grades were only average, so I went to the library to borrow some electrical engineering books. I didn't expect to pass the exam last year, but I was lucky and passed it in one try." Jiang Feng said with a hint of modesty.

Director Liu waved his hand and said, "Don't be modest. It's your ability to pass the exam. There are many people who have learned from the master but still haven't passed the exam. There is no such thing as luck. You will pass the exam naturally if you learn the skills."

Jiang Feng smiled shyly. At this time, Zhang Lili had also completed the entry procedures and handed them to Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng signed and Zhang Lili said, "Take this list and report to the electrician team first. Someone will take you to the logistics department to get the clothes and tools."

"Thank you, Sister Lili." Jiang Feng took the list, thanked Director Liu, and quickly left the Personnel Department. However, he didn't know that after he left, the aunties inside started talking about it.

Jiang Feng left the office building, and it was completely dark. No one knew where the electrician group was. He could only walk around to see if there were any workers. If that didn't work, he would go to the cafeteria to look for He Yuzhu. But after a while, He Yuzhu came over and saw Jiang Feng and said, "Xiao Feng, where have you been? I couldn't find you even when I went to the electrician group."

"I haven't found the place yet, and the personnel department just gave me a list, but they didn't tell me where it is."

He Yuzhu grumbled a few times, but didn't dare to say anything bad about the people in the Personnel Department. He said to Jiang Feng, "Why don't you come find me? Forget it, just follow me."

He Yuzhu took Jiang Feng to the workshop. In order to facilitate maintenance, the electrician team was located in a building not far from several workshops. The technical department was also in this building, so that if there was any emergency in the workshop, they could go there to deal with it as soon as possible.

Arriving at the door of the electrician group, he knocked on the door. He heard someone inside say "Come in". He Yuzhu pushed the door open with Jiang Feng. There was only a middle-aged man in his forties sitting inside. He Yuzhu came up and greeted him, "Hello, Engineer Wang. I'm here with my cousin to report in."

When Wang Daxing saw He Yuzhu coming, he quickly stood up and stretched out his hand to shake hands with He Yuzhu: "Master He, it's a good thing you brought people here, otherwise I would have to go to the Personnel Department to find someone. It's agreed that they would report today, and I was wondering why they haven't arrived yet. Director Yang said a long time ago that a self-taught person passed the electrician exam, and we have been looking forward to it."

He then extended his hand to Jiang Feng and said, "This must be Comrade Jiang Feng, right? You've kept us waiting for so long. Several other colleagues couldn't wait any longer. They had to inspect various workshops in the morning, so they left me alone to wait for you."

Jiang Feng also hurried forward and shook Wang Daxing's hand, saying with a guilty look on his face: "Mr. Wang, I'm so sorry for reporting in late and making you wait here. I'm really ashamed."

He Yuzhu also hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "It's my fault. My wife is pregnant. I went to send her off this morning. Xiaofeng was not familiar with the route and got lost. Mr. Wang, please forgive me. It's all my fault."

Wang Daxing was a little unhappy when he heard Jiang Feng say that he was late. But nowadays, workers have a high level of awareness and it is uncommon for them to be late for work. After listening to He Yuzhu's explanation, he felt relieved. It was understandable that he took the wrong road, as long as he was not lazy.

Wang Daxing said to the two of them, "It's okay, it's okay. It's normal that you can't find the way here for the first time. Have you registered with the Personnel Department?"

"I've been there. The Personnel Department gave me this form and asked me to come to the electrician group. They also said that I needed to get work clothes and tools." As Jiang Feng spoke, he handed the form given by Wang Lili to Wang Daxing.

Wang Daxing took the list and said to He Yuzhu, "Master He, I won't keep you here. I'll take Comrade Xiao Jiang to get his stuff first. I have several workshops to inspect in the morning."

"You are busy, you are busy, I will leave first. When everything is settled, I will treat you all to dinner."

"That's great. Chef He will be the cook for the meal, and we can also enjoy the treatment of having our own kitchen."

"Just kidding. You must come then." He Yuzhu laughed, winked at Jiang Feng, said hello to Wang Daxing, then went out and headed for the cafeteria.

Wang Daxing picked up his electrician's bag and took Jiang Feng to the logistics department. When they arrived at the logistics department, he handed over a list and someone took Jiang Feng to the warehouse to get two sets of work clothes and a tool bag. Jiang Feng signed the list and was taken away by Wang Daxing with the things.