Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

In the following period, the factory began to adjust, and a group of new apprentices were assigned to various workshops to make up for the shortage of staff.

Three new workshops were quickly formed. Under He Lai's technical guidance, the machines were debugged. At He Lai's strong request, the workers all participated in it so that they could have a deeper impression of the data and facilitate their operation.

Of the three workshop directors, Liu Haizhong is the better one. The other two would go to He Lai whenever they had a small problem. He Lai was so annoyed that he wanted to change factories. It was obvious that it must have been arranged by Director Yang. Damn it! This old guy really made things difficult for me.

Fortunately, He Lai has strong skills and lets the workers solve small problems themselves, while he provides guidance and supervision from the side. I don’t believe that these workers like to torture themselves.

That day, He Lai was just lying down to rest in his new office when Sha Zhu came over.

"Xiao Laizi, how are you, are you comfortable here?"

"It's not comfortable at all. I'm always blamed for every little thing in the workshop. If it continues like this, I'll want to find another place to work."

"Haha, don't worry, your brother Zhuzi is here to accompany you. Now I am the deputy director of the cafeteria here!"

"Who is the canteen director then? Can he cook now?"

When He Lai heard this, he immediately felt much better. Now that Sha Zhu was here, he wouldn't have to run so far just for his stuttering.

"The canteen director is someone appointed by Director Li. Don't worry, I've talked to him about it. He's in charge of supplies, and I'll be in charge of cooking. I guess we'll have to cook tomorrow, but it's still possible to cook for dozens of people."

"What are you waiting for? Let's eat. I'm hungry!" He Lai didn't want to stay here anymore and urgently needed delicious food to fill his wounded heart.

"Where's your colleague? Why didn't I see him?"

"They are still in the workshop. Leave them alone."

When He Lai came back, he saw that they were still tinkering with the machines. He Lai didn't care. After all, they all needed experience and couldn't always rely on their own plug-ins.

He Lai followed Sha Zhu to the new cafeteria and found that everyone in the cafeteria was cleaning. Qin Yuru and Qin Huairu were also there, but they were washing vegetables.

"My two sisters-in-law are busy. Sister Huairu, your belly is so big. You are not pregnant with twins. Do you want me to check you out?"

He Lai walked over, squatted down and helped them wash the vegetables.

"Xiao Laizi is here, don't wash it, there aren't many dishes, we can do it ourselves."

Qin Huairu ignored what He said and said with a smile.

"Why do you think I don't wash vegetables clean enough? I'm an expert at washing vegetables!"

He Lai took out the cabbage leaves from the plate and shook them in front of them.

"Okay, Xiao Laizi, let me introduce you. This is my eldest brother-in-law, Qin Huaimin. He will be in my father's cafeteria from now on. I will take you to familiarize yourself with it today."

Sha Zhu pulled a man over and said.

"Hello." He Lai looked at the farmer in front of him, stood up and stretched out his hand and said.

"Hello, hello." Qin Huaimin happily stretched out his hands and shook hands with He Lai.

He Lai knew at a glance that Qin Huaimin was a little malnourished and very thin. It seemed that the rural people were starving.

He Lai looked at the food in his space and wondered if he should put it back in. He did it right away. Tomorrow, the weekend, he would go back to his hometown.

Sha Zhu then took He Lai to the lounge.

"Brother, you should be polite to him next time you see him, okay? Don't be rude. He is the most capable person in our area, and my whole family depends on him."

Qin Huairu instructed Qin Huaimin.

"Okay, okay, I know, you've said it several times."

Qin Huaimin smiled and said that he was now a worker too, although still an apprentice, but at least he didn't have to worry about food.

Life in my hometown of Changping is so hard. I regret not listening to my sister and getting more food. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be hungry every day.

Fortunately, his sister brought him to the city and into the canteen. It was simply too good to be true. Although his salary was only 18 yuan, he had food, drink and lodging in the factory, so he only spent a few yuan every month.

"You have to work harder in the future, and you can't be lazy. Although Zhuzi's father is here, others won't say anything to your face, but it will have a bad impact, you know?"

"I see, little sister, don't you know me, your big brother? When you were little, I was the one who helped you with the work."

Qin Huaimin was a little annoyed by Qin Huairu's constant nagging.

"Brother, I know you are good to me, otherwise I wouldn't have brought you to the city. But we still have to talk about it. This city is not like the countryside. There are many rules."

Qin Huairu continued to nag, and Qin Huaimin listened on the side. There was nothing he could do. It was because he came from the countryside and knew nothing. If it weren't for Sha Zhu, the canteen would not have hired someone like him who was almost thirty years old.

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"Brother Zhuzi, you guys are really quick. You brought the person in so early."

He Lai thought that his quota had not been confirmed yet, and those who were recruited this time were probably arranged by the senior leaders.

"Hey, there just happened to be a vacancy, so I mentioned it to Director Li. I didn't expect it to go so smoothly and he got the job."

Sha Zhu was also successful thanks to He Lai. Li Huaide knew that Sha Zhu had a good relationship with He Lai, so he transferred Sha Zhu there and gave him a nominal position of deputy director, which just made up for the credit for Liangpi.

Now that I have two chefs, I don’t have to worry about not having anyone to cook for me.

"Director Li is still the best. If I can't do it, I'll just go to the logistics department for a while."

He Lai finished the last bite of the dish and said, it's so embarrassing to think that he made a flour grinder but ended up being conscripted into the army.

After dinner, I returned to the office and found Liu Mu, Zhang Zhiwen and others slumped in their chairs due to exhaustion.

"He Lai, you're so good, you sneaked off to eat without caring about our lives, right?"

When Liu Mu saw He Lai coming back leisurely, he immediately spoke up.

"You are so disloyal. You saw us busy working but you didn't come to help us!"

Zhang Zhiwen also said. Even Shen Dandan looked at him with contempt.

"I'm just worried that no one will take over. Now you guys go eat, I'll stay at home. Go ahead, go ahead. You can get food in the new cafeteria tomorrow, so you don't have to run to other cafeterias."

"Okay, let's go. Let He Lai stay here alone and eat his meal for an hour." Liu Mu spoke first and pulled Zhang Zhiwen away.

The others followed suit, not because they were isolating He Lai, but because He Lai did have the ability to deal with various problems quickly. Unlike them, they could only figure it out on their own. Of course, they did not dare to let the workers do the work on their behalf. In case the workers made mistakes, they would be the ones responsible.

Not long after the person left, Liu Haizhong came over.

"Xiao Laizi, come with me and take a look. There's something wrong with a machine. It was working fine just now, but suddenly the main shaft inside stopped moving!" Liu Haizhong said anxiously.

"Uncle, don't be anxious. You are the workshop director. You should stay calm in times of crisis. You are a little confused now."

He Lai joked with a smile.

"Okay, okay, stop quibbling with Second Uncle and help him get it done."

"Don't panic, I'm here, nothing will go wrong. From now on, if you have any problems, just call someone over and shout."

He Lai looked at Liu Haizhong's anxious look and knew that he wanted to achieve some results, so he was particularly concerned about these machines.

"Well, my new machine suddenly broke down and I panicked. I won't do it again next time."

Liu Haizhong then realized that he was the workshop director and all he had to do was manage the workers well. Repairing the machines would naturally be handled by the maintenance workers and the technical department.

"Let's go, Director Liu, hehe."

"You little brat, you always make fun of the second uncle." Liu Haizhong has calmed down now.