Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

At this time, Xu Damao came running over with a basket filled with several freshly steamed white flour buns and placed the buns on Lin Gengxin's broken table.

"Are you hungry, brother? I was delayed by a meeting. I just steamed some buns and wanted to bring them to you! But I saw Director Wang and the others were talking to you, so I waited for a while!

Now that they have left, I quickly brought it over. It is still hot. Is your fish ready? Let's eat!

"By the way, do you still want to drink? If you want, I have two bottles of Erguotou at home. I'll go get them and we can have a couple more drinks, brothers?" Xu Damao was in a very good mood today. Seeing Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, who had always bullied him, being humiliated and arrested, and their manager was fired on the same day, he finally let out the anger he had been holding back for many years. He was extremely polite to Lin Geng, even a little bit of flattery.

"The fish has been cooked a long time ago and is warming on the stove! Director Wang and the others just talked to me for a while, so we've been a little delayed. Let's get started now! I'm really hungry!

Forget about the wine. You drank too much at noon. If you drink again at night, it will be worth it if you damage your body. We will have plenty of opportunities to drink in the future. Let's eat!" Lin Geng waved his hand and said.

So Xu Damao didn't insist. He was so happy at noon that he drank too much. His head was still a little dizzy and he hadn't fully recovered. He also knew that if he drank again at night, he probably wouldn't be able to get up tomorrow. So seeing that Lin didn't want to drink anymore, he didn't insist anymore.

Lin Geng went to the kitchen and brought out a pot of braised fish cubes and placed it on the table. The aroma of the braised fish immediately filled the air. Xu Damao only took a sniff and immediately gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "This taste is amazing! I can guess it before I even taste it. It must taste great! At least it's better than what that stupid cook Sha Zhu made! Where did you learn this skill? How come I never knew about it before? Brother, you have such a good skill?"

Lin Geng touched his nose and said perfunctorily: "Don't praise me, I just learned this from my mother, but I am more willing to use oil and seasoning than my mother! So it may smell a little more fragrant, but it is not better than Sha Zhu's craftsmanship!

No matter what, Shazhu is a real chef. He was taught by his father and a master. My skills can never compare with his!

Come, come, come and try the fish I made! Let’s get started!”

But just as they picked up their chopsticks, before they had time to start eating, they heard someone knocking on the door. Lin frowned, thinking that it was the three women, young and old, who came to him to plead for their family again, so he asked impatiently, "Who is it? We're just about to eat!"

Who knew a strange voice came from outside the door: "Is this the Lin family? Are you Lin Geng?"

When Lin Geng heard the voice, he felt it was unfamiliar. It belonged to a young man, not an old lady. So he stood up with a puzzled look on his face and opened the door.

As a result, when he opened the door, he saw a gentle young man wearing glasses standing at the door. When the young man saw Lin Geng, he immediately smiled and asked Lin Geng kindly: "You are Comrade Yu Xiuying's son Lin Geng, right?"

Lin Geng looked at the strange young man in confusion. Although he was a little strange, he seemed a little familiar. So he asked, "Yes, my mother is Yu Xiuying. Who are you?"

"Who is it?" At this time Xu Damao walked out with an unhappy look on his face. He was angry about being disturbed while eating again. He looked at the man at the door with an impatient tone.

But then Xu Damao showed a surprised expression: "Secretary Chen? Why are you here?"

Lin was even a little confused as to how Xu Damao knew this young man.

When the young man saw Xu Damao, he smiled at him and introduced himself to Lin Geng: "Comrade Xiao Lin, I am Xiao Chen, the secretary of Director Yang of the steel mill! You can just call me Secretary Chen!"

When Lin Geng heard that this was the secretary of Director Yang of the steel rolling mill, he thought to himself that it was no wonder that the person looked familiar. This Secretary Chen had appeared in a TV series before, but he did not have a deep impression of her, so he did not remember her for a moment. However, he immediately understood the purpose of Secretary Chen's visit.

Lin Geng had watched the TV series and read some derivative novels on the Siheyuan theme, and knew that Yi Zhonghai had a good relationship with Director Yang. In addition, as one of the few eighth-level workers in the steel rolling mill, Yi Zhonghai was also highly valued by Director Yang.

There is also the old deaf man in the backyard, who seems to be quite familiar with Director Yang and seems to have some personal relationship with him. This is probably one of the reasons why Director Yang has always been nice to Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu.

Especially towards the foolish Sha Zhu, he protected him everywhere. Sha Zhu was also grateful to Director Yang. When a strong wind blew, Director Yang lost his power and was seized by Deputy Director Li, who forced him to sweep the floor. Sha Zhu secretly brought wine and food to Director Yang.

Speaking of Director Yang, Lin Geng felt that, on the surface, he was a relatively decent person, but Lin Geng also felt that he was not necessarily very upright.

At least Director Yang likes to eat and drink, otherwise he wouldn't value Sha Zhu so much. He also knows how to curry favor with his superiors, otherwise he wouldn't take Sha Zhu and Xu Damao to the superior's house to show movies and cook for him.

And Sha Zhu, relying on the favor of Director Yang, acted recklessly in the factory. Every day, he brought so-called leftovers from the factory back to give to Qin Huairu's family, stole food from the factory canteen to give to Qin Huairu, and even withheld the delicious dishes that the factory leaders used to entertain guests and took them back to give to Qin Huairu.

He always said that Director Yang promised him that he could take the leftovers home, and no one could stop him from taking the leftovers home.

Director Yang also condoned Sha Zhu's asshole behavior. If you say that Director Yang is a very upright and selfless person, Lin Geng really cannot agree with it.

Secretary Chen came to his house to see him at this time today. There is no doubt that it must be that the aunt visited Yi Zhonghai in the afternoon, or visited the old deaf man as well, and was instructed by them to ask Director Yang for help.

Secretary Chen must have been ordered by Director Yang to come to him to plead for Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu.

Thinking that he would have to take over his mother's job at the steel mill and work there for many years in the future, the identity of a worker at this time was quite impressive. If he didn't have a job, he wouldn't be able to survive in this era. In the future, he would have to work under Director Yang for a while, so he couldn't offend Secretary Chen. To offend Secretary Chen would be equivalent to offending Director Yang.

At least now Director Yang is still the head of the steel rolling mill and has real power. Even if Deputy Director Li is competing with him openly or secretly in the factory and he cannot do everything, if he wants to make things difficult for a small worker like him, he can still do it.

So Lin Geng gave Secretary Chen a polite smile, opened the door and said, "It turns out to be Secretary Chen! Excuse me! Come on, please come inside. It's a bit cold outside! If you have anything to say, let's talk inside!"

Secretary Chen thanked Lin Geng with a smile and walked into the house. Only then did Lin Geng and Xu Damao notice that Secretary Chen was holding a large piece of fat meat in his hand, which seemed to weigh at least four or five kilograms. In this era, this was considered a big gift when visiting relatives and friends.

Secretary Chen walked into the room, smiled and handed the fat meat in his hand to Lin Geng, and said with a smile: "Xiao Lin! Director Yang has been too busy recently. Your mother passed away, and he was very sorry, but he was too busy to visit you. So I came to see you today. This is a little gift from Director Yang to me.

By the way, Director Yang also asked me to ask about your current situation on his behalf, to see when you can take over and go to work in the factory?"