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

After Zhou Jin left the office, Li Huaide began to organize the documents on the desk and put them neatly together.

Then, he picked up the phone and dialed the number of Red Star Primary School. After a short wait, the other party answered the phone. Li Huaide and the principal of Red Star Primary School agreed to have a meal together in the canteen of the steel mill after get off work tomorrow, and to introduce him to a friend.

In fact, the principal position of Red Star Primary School is equivalent to the department level of a steel mill.

Although Red Star Primary School is a school and the principal is a deputy director, he still needs to be humble and respectful in front of Li Huaide, the powerful deputy factory director. After all, it was Li Huaide who took the initiative to invite him to dinner.

When Zhou Jin returned to the purchasing department, he found Zhang Li busy sorting items.

So he walked up to Zhang Li and chatted with her for a while to learn about the work situation in the group over the past two days.

Then, he asked Zhang Li to prepare carefully and check the relevant data.

After explaining these things, Zhou Jin left the office building and began to wander around the steel mill.

To be honest, Zhou Jin has been at the steel mill for nearly a year, but apart from the office building and warehouse, he has almost never set foot in other areas.

As he didn't have much to do today, he decided to take a stroll around the factory.

After all, I am a deputy section chief, so I still have to familiarize myself with my workplace. However, this steel rolling mill is really big. It is worthy of being a factory with tens of thousands of employees. The scale is really amazing. There are eight or nine production workshops alone, and a bunch of other factory buildings that I don’t recognize.

It took Zhou Jin more than an hour to walk around the entire factory, and that was with the company of a colleague from the Security Department. Otherwise it might have taken even longer. If he had known earlier, he would have ridden a bicycle around.

After leaving the steel mill, Zhou Jin went to his grandfather's house again. After the family finished their meal, Zhou Jin saw that it was still early, so he thought about going to the countryside to visit several nearby villages.

Zhou Jin rode his bicycle from village to village and collected only a dozen eggs and two salted fish. All of these eggs were collected in Zhaojiagou. It seemed that the situation was getting worse and worse.

Just when Zhou Jin arrived at the last village, he saw from afar many people in the village busy working on the grain drying dam. This made Zhou Jin very curious. After all, now that everyone is hungry, they basically stay at home with little work and consume less energy.

So Zhou Jin sped up his bike, and when he reached the dam, he saw an acquaintance. It turned out to be Xu Damao who was making preparations for the movie screening. These villagers came to watch the fun and help.

To be honest, since Zhou Jin moved into the courtyard, he rarely saw Xu Damao appear in the courtyard, and he didn't know what he was busy with.

After parking the car, Zhou Jin went to say hello to Xu Damao. Although Zhou Jin knew from the original drama that this was a real villain who was evil to the point of wickedness, at least Zhou Jin had lived in the courtyard for nearly a year and the two had never had any conflict.

So just treat each other as neighbors and make sure to say hello when you meet.

"Da Mao, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here."

"Hey, Zhou Jin, why are you here?"

"I'm a buyer. I came here today to try my luck and see if I can get something to report back."

"Look, I had forgotten about this, but it was such a coincidence. I came here to show a movie today, and I ran into you when I arrived in the afternoon. It looks like you didn't get much out of this. Why don't you stay and watch the movie, and then we can go back together."

"The situation is getting worse. I've been walking for the whole afternoon and haven't received anything, so I won't watch the movie. Xinxin is still at home. This is my last village. I was about to go back to the city, but I saw you here, so I came over to say hello."

"Okay, Zhou Jin, you go ahead and get busy. I still have some preparations to make here, otherwise it will delay things later."

"Okay, let's go."

After the two exchanged some pleasantries, Zhou Jin rode his bike back to the city.

By the time Zhou Jin arrived at his grandfather's house, it was already a little late. The old couple had already heated up the meal and were waiting for Zhou Jin to come back.

Zhou Jin parked the car, washed his hands and went to eat.

At the Siheyuan, Sha Zhu went to work today with an injury. Although some accidents occurred while frying the big pot of food, he still insisted on cooking the food, but was loudly scolded by the workers.

Sha Zhu also knew that he was not in the right state today and he put too much salt. Although he added water to dilute it later, the stir-fried dish turned into a stew. Sha Zhu was also scolded by the canteen director.

Sha Zhu felt so aggrieved, but he had no way to refute. After all, it was indeed his fault, so he could only accept the criticism silently.

If it were in the past, Sha Zhu would have just quit and gone home, but that’s no longer possible. The canteen can’t purchase good ingredients, and the small canteen in the factory has not been open for a long time.

Without the small canteen, Sha Zhu’s arrogance was gone, and he didn’t know when it would be restored. Now he didn’t dare to offend the canteen director, otherwise if he was really punished, there would be no leader to protect him.

Moreover, he has now been demoted to a level ten chef. If he is punished again, he will really become an apprentice and help others wash vegetables. How can Sha Zhu, who is so concerned about his reputation, do this?

Just like that, Sha Zhu was filled with anger, and then he returned to the courtyard angrily. After entering the house, he closed the door directly, took out half a bottle of Sanbai and a plate of peanuts, and started eating by himself.

Sha Zhu was drinking and eating peanuts, feeling extremely depressed. He felt that he had been extremely unlucky recently. First, he was robbed at the black market and then beaten.

Now he was scolded by the canteen director because of his mistake at work. Shazhu wanted to find a temple to pray to the gods, but it was a pity that he couldn't do that now.

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu couldn't help but sigh, his heart was full of confusion and anxiety about the future. He didn't know what he should do to change the status quo, nor did he know what the meaning of his life was.

Yi Zhonghai can be said to be in high spirits today. Jia Dongxu behaved very filially in the factory today, doing whatever he was told to do. Now he went directly to Jia's house to eat meat. Just thinking about it made him feel happy.

Yi Zhonghai returned home, put away his lunch box, and went to the Jia family for the banquet.

In order to apologize to Yi Zhonghai today, the Jia family spent a lot of money. Not only did they buy two kilograms of pork, they also got a fresh fish.

Qin Huairu even started preparing meals in the afternoon, just to wait for Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu to come home from get off work.

This made the little bastard Banggeng very anxious. He started crying and asking for meat since he bought the fish and meat in the morning, but no matter how much he cried, it was of no use.

Finally, Banggeng simply lay on the ground and rolled over, trying to get the adults' attention.

However, for the future of the Jia family, Qin Huairu had to harden her heart and watch Banggeng rolling on the ground, but she was determined not to let him eat first.

Banggeng cried and rolled around for a long time, but found that his mother was still unmoved. He knew that he would not be able to eat meat today. He had no choice but to continue lying on the ground.

Finally, Jia Dongxu brought Yi Zhonghai back home. Qin Huairu hurriedly welcomed Yi Zhonghai into the house, and then quickly ran to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Before long, the table was filled with sumptuous dishes: fragrant braised pork, juicy braised fish, delicious pork fried with Chinese cabbage, and refreshing and delicious cold cucumber salad. In addition, there was a large pot of steaming steamed bread and a bottle of fragrant Erguotou.

When Yi Zhonghai saw the meal, he nodded with satisfaction, and then everyone sat at the table and started eating.

During the meal, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu kept picking food and pouring wine for Yi Zhonghai, which made Yi Zhonghai, who was very concerned about his reputation, so happy that he was a little at a loss.

Several people ate to their heart's content, especially Banggeng, who looked like an uneducated child. His eyes were fixed on the meat on the table. If Qin Huairu hadn't stopped him, something bad might have happened.

After the meal, Qin Huairu made another cup of tea for Yi Zhonghai, and then began to apologize and make peace.

Looking at the sincere attitude of the few people and the expensive dishes on the table, Yi Zhonghai felt that the Jia family was really in his control, so he didn't care too much and agreed to their apology.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, the Jia family members were also very happy, and then everyone exchanged greetings again.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yi Zhonghai asked Jia Dongxu to take him home. Because he was happy today, Yi Zhonghai drank too much, which was unusual for him.

Yi Zhonghai was happy, but Sha Zhu was not. The smell of Jia's food could be smelled throughout the courtyard. Although it was not as fragrant as the one cooked by Zhou Jin and Sha Zhu, it was the smell of meat.

At a time when people were still not able to get enough food, the Jia family cooked several meat dishes, and everyone in the courtyard was eating steamed buns while smelling the meat.

After the aunt prepared the meal, she first sent it to the deaf old lady, and then sent a portion to Sha Zhu. After all, Yi Zhonghai had instructed that until Sha Zhu got better, dinner would be prepared by his family.

Sha Zhu was eating peanuts and drinking white wine at home. When he saw the food brought by the aunt, he thanked her repeatedly.

But just when he was about to eat, he smelled the aroma of meat. Sha Zhu opened the door and smelled it, and he knew that the smell came from the Jia family.

My mood suddenly turned bad. Sister Qin said yesterday that she would make chicken soup for me, but until now I haven't seen even a chicken feather.

I originally thought that Jia Dongxu was really the one who was interfering and not giving Sister Qin money to buy a chicken, but now I smell the aroma of meat and he hasn't come over to invite me to dinner.

The more Sha Zhu thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He had been so sincere to Sister Qin and the Jia family and had been so good to them. Now he was injured, and it was because of Sister Qin that he was injured, but she didn't show any expression at all.

Sha Zhu was so angry that he quickly picked up the steamed bun and started to eat it. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Then he ate harder and harder, and in a short while he had finished all the food that the aunt brought.

Then, feeling unhappy, Sha Zhu sat at the door, looking at the Jia family, still expecting Sister Qin to come and call him over for dinner.

As a result, after waiting for a long time, his sister Qin did not show up, but he saw Jia Dongxu supporting Yi Zhonghai out. Looking at Yi Zhonghai's appearance, Sha Zhu knew that this meal must be a delicious one.

This scene instantly made Sha Zhu feel that he was cheated. First, Sister Qin lied to him and said she would make soup for him to nourish him, and then Yi Zhonghai said he would take good care of himself. In the end, all this was fake.

At this time, Sha Zhu also understood that he had always been a tool used by Yi Zhonghai to control the Jia family. Now that the Jia family has surrendered, his value is gone. So Sha Zhu decided to use the previous way of getting along with Yi Zhonghai and others.

As for the five dollars a month that had been agreed upon before, forget it now, there was not a penny left. Sha Zhu closed the door and lay back on the bed.

After thinking it over, he decided to play dumb. Yi Zhonghai had just made a promise to him, and it was impossible for him to go against his will so quickly. After all, he still had to rely on himself to restrain the Jia family.

If they fall out with him, the Jia family will definitely turn against him immediately. A smart man like Yi Zhonghai will definitely not do that. It is better for him to get the benefits first.

No matter how things develop at that time, you must not let yourself suffer any loss.