Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

The car arrived at the gate of the steel mill. After seeing Zhang Renkang in the back seat signaling to let him go, the security officer on duty opened the gate and let Zhang Renjia in. Zhang Renkang pointed to the route and drove to the ninth workshop. After parking the car, Zhang Renkang called out the workshop director of the ninth workshop. The workshop director of the ninth workshop hurried over at a trot. Now, who in the Red Star Steel Mill doesn't know the name of Zhang Renkang, Deputy Director Zhang? Let's talk about someone more important, the vice chairman of the Ideological Committee. Do you understand?

Li Pengfei, the workshop director of the ninth workshop, did not dare to offend this big shot in the factory. He trotted over with a smile on his face, looked at Zhang Renjia in military uniform and Wang Anan in blue work clothes in surprise, and asked Zhang Renkang:

"Chairman Zhang, do you have any instructions? Do you want me to gather the workers and give them instructions?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"I called you here to ask you to help find it, who's coming?"

Turning to look at Wang Anan, he asked

Wang Anan whispered

"My father's name is Wang Youcai"

Turning around, Zhang Renkang continued

"Go call Comrade Wang Youcai, I have something to discuss with him."

Li Pengfei nodded without delay and hurried to the workshop. Zhang Renjia said with a smile.

"Brother, you are quite prestigious. The workshop director is like a cat when he sees you. Why is he so obedient and honest?"

Wang Anan also looked at Zhang Renkang in front of her. She heard from her father that the workshop director of Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was equivalent to the head of the production department of their factory, and his rank was not low. Why was he so afraid of his girlfriend's younger brother? Zhang Renkang smiled bitterly.

“Maybe he thinks I’m higher level than him.”

Just as Li Pengfei said this, he came running out with a middle-aged man who was not very strong but about 1.7 meters tall and wearing worn work clothes. Li Pengfei flattered him.

"President Zhang, this is Wang Youcai, please give me your instructions"

Wang Youcai didn't notice his daughter and Zhang Renjia at the side. He was too nervous to look up at Zhang Renkang and said

"Director Zhang, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"It's not me looking for you, it's your daughter"

Wang Youcai then noticed the girl in blue work clothes and Zhang Renjia in military uniform. He was stunned for a moment and said in surprise

"An An, why are you here? Didn't you go to work?"

Zhang Renkang laughed

"It's like this, Master Wang, your daughter Comrade Wang Anan is dating my brother, and they came here today to ask for your opinion."

Wang Youcai was in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. Zhang Renkang saw that there was no way to deal with this, so he said to Li Pengfei:

"Director Li, I'm going to ask for leave for Wang Youcai, is that okay? Let him come to work tomorrow and see if there are any difficulties in the workshop."

Li Pengfei understood that Wang Youcai had become rich. His daughter was dating Zhang Renkang's cousin. And looking at the shoulders of the officer, he was a major. How could he dare to have any difficulties? He nodded and said with a smile.

"President Zhang, our workshop is not very busy today and tomorrow. How about asking Wang Youcai to come the day after tomorrow?"

Zhang Renkang nodded with satisfaction and said

"Thank you very much, Director Li. Please come and sit with me if you have time."

Zhang Renkang said to the three people on the side

"Don't just stand there, come to my place first, then we can talk."

He patted Wang Youcai on the shoulder and said

"Master Wang, let's get in the car first."

Wang Anan shyly followed Wang Youcai and Zhang Renkang into the car, but this time Zhang Renkang was in the passenger seat, Wang Youcai and Wang Anan were in the back seat, and Zhang Renjia drove the car and stopped at his office under Zhang Renkang's instructions.

Zhang Renkang pushed the door open and motioned for the three of them to come in. Yu Li looked at Zhang Renjia who came in and smiled.

"What's this, cousin?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"It just so happens that the two of them like each other. This female comrade is called Wang Anan. Her father works in our welding workshop. I brought them here to have a chat."

Yu Li smiled and took out teacups for the people to pour tea and water. She said with a smile:

“That’s quite fate.”

Zhang Renkang looked at the awkward Wang Youcai and Zhang Renjia and smiled.

"Now you two can have a good talk."

Wang Youcai asked stumblingly

"When did you meet?"

Wang Anan said shyly

"In our secretary's office this morning"

Zhang Renkang continued

"Master Wang, this is what happened. My brother is a staff officer in our city defense force. You also saw the major. He met with Comrade Wang Anan this morning. Both of them were very satisfied and were planning to get married. I came here to ask for your opinion."

Wang Youcai looked at Zhang Renjia blankly, then turned to Wang Anan and said

"An An, are you willing?"

Wang Anan lowered her head and blushed, then nodded. Wang Youcai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his daughter was willing. He said

"If An An is satisfied, I have no objection, but..."

He looked at Zhang Renjia and didn't know what his name was, and continued

"If you guys like me, I have no objection, but you have to treat us well."

Zhang Renjia stood at attention and shouted loudly

"Uncle, don't worry, I will take Wang Anan seriously, take good care of her, and never let her suffer any grievances."

"Otherwise, I will be killed by the shells."

Wang Anan quickly stood up and covered Zhang Renjia's mouth, saying coquettishly

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can you say that?"

Zhang Renkang burst into laughter and mocked

"Hey brother, this is a blind date, don't make it like a military mission."

Zhang Renjia touched his head and smiled bitterly

"I, I can't speak."

Wang Youcai stood up and looked at Zhang Renjia and smiled.

"Needless to say, you are a good guy, be good to my daughter in the future"

Yu Li said with a smile

"Master Wang, don't worry. Our cousin is a devoted man and will definitely love his wife well."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Let's go have some lunch together at noon, and then send Master Wang and his daughter home. Let's go back and tell Second Auntie, and then ask Second Uncle to go to Master Wang's house to propose marriage?"

Zhang Renjia nodded, and Wang Youcai smiled.

"It has to be that they are willing. If they want to propose marriage, they just need to go back and ask the street office to issue a formality."

Zhang Renjia laughed

"That won't do. I have to marry An An legally. Besides, my dad would be so happy if he knew about it."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Let's call Second Auntie first. I have a phone here. I'll tell you the good news first."

Zhang Renkang picked up the phone and dialed it. After a while, the operator connected the call to the military compound. Zhao Xiujuan heard that Zhang Renjia had a great success today and that he and the girl were in love. She said happily:

"Okay, you guys have lunch, I'll tell your uncle to get back here."

Zhang Renkang was just about to discuss where to find a restaurant after hanging up the phone when his office was pushed open. Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide came in together. It turned out that the sound of Zhang Renjia's jeep startled them. The factory only had an old Volga sedan to receive guests and several jeeps for the motorcade. No order was given to the motorcade to use jeeps today.

Secretary Liu went downstairs to check and found that the jeep was parked near Zhang Renkang. They guessed that Zhang Yuhua might have come, so they hurried over to check the situation. Seeing that it was Zhang Renjia, Yang Weiguo said with a smile:

"Major Zhang, you are here by yourself. Isn't General Zhang here?"

Zhang Renjia looked at them and realized that they had misunderstood. He said

"Oh, Director Yang, Director Li, I'm here to see my brother for some personal business."

Zhang Renkang took a step forward and said with a smile

"It's like this, my brother found a girlfriend, her father is Master Wang Youcai, a welder in the ninth workshop of our steel rolling mill, so I came here to ask for your uncle's opinion."

Li Huaide turned around and saw Wang Anan in work clothes and Wang Youcai covered in oil.

"This is a good thing, Renkang, why didn't you say anything?"

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"I just found out that it was Master Wang from our factory. I just had a brief conversation with him."

Li Huaide nodded and said

"Then, Master Wang, take a three-day break, take care of your family affairs first, and then come back to work."

Then he said to Yang Weiguo

"Old Yang, if that's the case, why don't we just stop disturbing them?"

Yang Weiguo nodded and smiled

"Okay, Renkang, please entertain Major Zhang well, I won't bother you anymore."

The two came and left quickly. Zhang Renjia smiled and said

"Brother, these two factory managers of your factory are quite interesting."

Zhang Renkang shook his head and smiled bitterly

"Let them do what they want. Let's go to Judelou for lunch. They serve our hometown cuisine there. The fish and the soup will be very delicious."

Wang Youcai wanted to refuse, but he couldn't win over Zhang Renkang and Zhang Renjia. Zhang Renjia knew that his brother was quite capable, so he didn't care how much money it cost. So the five of them got into Zhang Renjia's jeep and drove out of the steel mill.

(This is a true story. I thought it was interesting so I wrote it down. Zhang Renjia actually joined the army in Vietnam, not North Korea)

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