Golden Color Xiangjiang: A Young Man's Dream in a Siheyuan

Early on Monday morning, Zhou Jin hurriedly got up, signed in, washed up, made breakfast, then packed Zhou Xin's schoolbag, and went to school after the two siblings finished breakfast.

Because of the matter between Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, a factory-wide meeting was to be held today, so everyone came early. When Zhou Jin arrived, he quickly parked his bicycle and ran to his seat.

In this kind of factory-wide meeting, cadres and leaders have seats, and others gather in their respective places according to workshop departments.

Director Yang and other factory leaders sat in a row, and the deputy director in charge of publicity presided over the meeting.

It shows that Director Yang's speech was mainly about production tasks. Because time was getting tighter and tighter, the original three-shift overtime was changed to a two-shift system, which means that the workshop now has to work overtime every other day.

Then he gave some reminders about safe production and dedication to the country, and then the next leader spoke. The group of leaders spoke for two hours.

After the meeting was over, Zhou Jin returned to the office of Purchasing Group 3 and began chatting with them about their current work situation.

Because Zhou Jin helped the steel mill solve the food supply problem, they now have basically no pressure. Except for those who went to Tianjin to purchase seafood, everyone else's life is still relatively leisurely.

Zhou Jin also checked their purchasing records during this period. In the first one or two weeks, everyone went to the countryside honestly and purchased some things every week.

But as time went on, some people's true colors were revealed, and some people have not delivered any supplies since September.

Of course Zhou Jin would not deal with them right away. It was agreed that the probation period was three months, so they had to work for the full three months. Maybe they were accumulating strength for a breakthrough, but who could say for sure.

Zhou Jin stayed in the office for the whole morning and finished all the work he had on hand. Then he handed the report to Zhang Li and rode his bicycle away from the steel mill.

Zhou Jin has nothing to do today, so he plans to go to the countryside. He wants to take advantage of the free time in these two days to visit all his villages. Otherwise, after getting married, he probably won't want to go to the countryside again.

By that time, I will have a beautiful wife in my arms, but I don’t know when it will be dark or dawn.

Just when Zhou Jin arrived at the first village, Long Yi's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

After learning that the deaf old lady was going to be secretly executed, Zhou Jin withdrew Long Er and others, and sent Long Yi to lead ten trained people to investigate the evil underground forces and uninhabited houses in Sijiu City.

Therefore, Zhou Jin was very curious about why Long Yi contacted him at this time.

Just when Zhou Jin was distracted, Long Yi said, "Brother, I just received news that the deaf old lady was executed this morning and her body was disposed of by the government."

"What? So fast! Where did you get this information?" Zhou Jin asked in surprise.

"I have been investigating those underground forces recently and have been in contact with the Public Security Bureau and the court. I got this information from a brother who is a bailiff in the court." Long Yi answered truthfully.

"Okay, I understand. In this case, the matter of the deaf old lady has come to an end. From now on, you will be responsible for intelligence work. You must build good relationships with government agencies and all kinds of people.

If there is any news, please inform me in time. By the way, if you need anything in the space warehouse, just tell me and I will give you access. "

"Okay, big brother."

After ending the call with Long Yi, Zhou Jin suddenly thought of the last words Director Wang said the day before yesterday.

It seems that she should have known that today is the day when the deaf old lady will be secretly executed. But it doesn’t matter. After all, her husband is the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, and it is not difficult for him to know the news.

But since the deaf old lady is gone, Director Wang will probably come to the courtyard to hold a meeting again tonight.

Zhou Jin didn't want to miss this good show, so he planned to go to two villages today and then pick up Xinxin from school.

At the same time, in the steel rolling mill, Jia Dongxu sat at his workstation. He looked listless and lifeless. He held the workpiece in his hand but did not take any further action for a long time.

Please don't get me wrong, Jia Dongxu is not asking for too much from Qin Huairu, he is just worried about his job.

And it has been a long time, otherwise it wouldn't be in such a bad state.

The reason was that Yi Zhonghai was shot, and Jia Dongxu now had no master. None of the fitters above level five were willing to take over Jia Dongxu. Even the level six worker who had a good relationship with him was unwilling to accept him as an apprentice.

In fact, the reason is very simple. When Yi Zhonghai was still in the steel rolling mill, he looked down on these people. He often relied on his high work level and the support of Director Yang to boss around other people and even refused to give face to the workshop director.

And Jia Dongxu is not a good person either. He hides behind Yi Zhonghai and acts like a bully.

When it comes to those high-level fitters, if Yi Zhonghai is there, he will look down on them all, but if Yi Zhonghai is not there, he will treat them like a grandson and then go and tell Yi Zhonghai about them.

When facing those fitters below level three, Jia Dongxu's attitude was as arrogant as he could be. He even dared to let level three workers move workpieces for him.

Of course, Yi Zhonghai was happy to see all this at the time. After all, the more enemies Jia Dongxu made, the more dependent they would be on him, and the easier it would be to control Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu also enjoyed the feeling of having someone above him, being arrogant and domineering, and being superior.

This made many people dissatisfied with him.

Now that Yi Zhonghai is gone, Jia Dongxu has lost his protection. One can imagine how his life in the workshop is. He is ordered to move workpieces every day and is responsible for cleaning after get off work.

Jia Dongxu, who was originally feeling smug about having dealt with Yi Zhonghai, a control freak, immediately regretted his decision. He now wished that Yi Zhonghai could come back to life.

Of course, this wish is impossible to achieve, so Jia Dongxu wants to find a new master. With the master's protection, his life should be better.

Unfortunately, things went against his wishes. It was all because he had offended so many people before. Now no one was willing to hire him, even though he went to the workshop director and took out the factory's production regulations.

However, the workshop director would not indulge Jia Dongxu. He simply put it off and asked Jia Dongxu to go back and wait.

If he hadn't had his master to teach him, Jia Dongxu would at best have been able to pass the exam to become a first-level fitter after the punishment period, and it would have been basically impossible for him to go any further.

The most important thing is that Jia Dongxu can’t find anyone he can talk to in the factory now. You see, Yi Zhonghai was shot, Liu Haizhong was sentenced to one and a half years, Sha Zhu is still in the hospital, and then there is only Xu Damao left.

But Xu Damao has never been in the same camp as them, and can even be said to be an enemy. Even if Jia Dongxu really wants to reconcile with Xu Damao, Xu Damao may not be willing to pay attention to him.

Therefore, Jia Dongxu can only endure this for the time being and see if his wife can come up with a good idea after returning home, or wait until Sha Zhu is hospitalized.

Speaking of Xu Damao, ever since Yi Zhonghai was shot and the deaf old lady was arrested, he has been planning how to deal with Sha Zhu. Now that all of Sha Zhu's backers have fallen, it is a good time for him to take action.

As a result, Xu Damao himself was not ready yet, but just because of a few words he said in the cafeteria, he sent Sha Zhu directly to the hospital.

Now I don’t know whether this is a blessing or a curse for Shazhu.

Anyway, for Xu Damao, it's not bad. This is equivalent to giving Xu Damao more than one more month of preparation time. And this time, just regard it as interest collected from Sha Zhu.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, when Zhou Jin finished visiting the second village, he received more than twenty eggs, all of which he exchanged for corn flour in his own space.

Now no one wants money, because they know that even if they have money, they cannot buy food.

Zhou Jin felt uncomfortable seeing this situation, and now is not the most difficult time. After all, this is the first year of the disaster. Not only the country, but also individuals, have some stored grain at home.

If everyone eats frugally, we can still get through this year, especially the rural areas near the capital, which are much better off than rural areas elsewhere.

Among these three years of natural disasters, the most difficult year was 1960.

According to the "China Disaster Report 1949-1995", unprecedented severe natural disasters occurred across the country in 1959, with the affected area reaching 4463 million hectares, mainly concentrated in major grain-producing areas.

In 1960, the disaster continued to expand and severe drought continued to break out in the north, which directly affected grain production.

Moreover, in recent years, the government's policies have deviated, resulting in serious damage to agricultural production.

Grain production was grossly overestimated, resulting in the export of more grain than the country could afford in 1959 and 1960, exacerbating domestic food shortages.

In 1960, Sino-Soviet relations began to deteriorate and Longguo faced pressure on the international stage.

At the same time, Western countries led by the Bald Eagle have been imposing an economic blockade on Longguo, using the first island chain to basically block Longguo's channels for purchasing food from abroad.

It is precisely because of these various reasons that the whole country will face greater difficulties next year, and many people will starve to death.

Thinking of this, Zhou Jin saw it all and felt anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

This is the current output of his system space. In addition to ensuring a stable supply to the steel rolling mill, two black markets, and irregular supply to the street office and district public security bureau.

There was only some corn flour left, and even this had to be exchanged with the villagers when I went to the countryside.

It can be said that the food in Zhou Jin's space is only enough to maintain these places, and there is no surplus at all.

Even the food that Zhou Jin and Long Yi usually eat is obtained by signing in through the system. The most they can get is two fish from the lake.