Scholars in the courtyard

Siheyuan

Mrs. Jia Zhang held her head and kept humming.

Ever since the last time Yang Xiaotao drove a tractor and attracted crowds of people watching, Jia Zhang's headaches haven't stopped.

In the past two days, I have been living on painkillers, but painkillers are not cheap. They take one per day. The Jia family cannot afford this cost based on their current situation.

Qin Huairu put the food on the table. Jia Zhang, who was already in pain, took one look at it and suddenly felt even more painful.

Ouch yo

Oops

Qin Huairu ignored her. This mother-in-law was too petty. She was so angry that she had a headache just because she was jealous. Now that she heard that she was the director, it hurt even more.

It’s really despising.

Let Sophora japonica drink the milk, and let Bangjian and Xiaodang eat.

The corn paste is served with steamed buns, and there is a pile of pickles next to it. The stick stems are very hard to eat.

"Mom, why don't our family eat meat?"

"Yes, Mom, Wang Xiaohu's family ate meat today."

Xiaodang couldn't eat it either, so he said to the side.

But today Wang Jun received news from Zhou Kui, asking him to go to the steel rolling mill to find Yang Xiaotao tomorrow.

What did the family think that such a great good thing had turned around? Wang Dashan immediately went to the slaughterhouse and bought two kilograms of pork, waiting for Yang Xiaotao to come back and reward him well.

This incident directly caused the courtyard to boil.

Yang Xiaotao is not the kind of person who doesn't recognize his relatives.

He can still take care of his own people.

Bangge and Xiaodang were playing in the yard, and they happened to see them, and their saliva filled their stomachs with greed.

Of course Jia Zhang knew what was going on, but the thought of Yang Xiaotao getting rich as an official made her head hurt even more.

I found the last painkiller and ate it with corn paste. After a while, I felt the pain subsided. Then I opened my eyes wide and managed to speak, "Huairu, don't you still have money at home? Buy some meat for your child. Make up for it.”

"Banggan hasn't had a good meal for almost a month, and he's starting to lose weight!"

"Where is the money?" Qin Huairu bit her cornbread, feeling bitter in her heart.

Eating in the factory is not free, it requires not only money but also tickets.

But there are still four mouths in the house, and I have to come back at noon every time after eating. I feel full and lose weight, and I have no energy to work at all.

"Aren't you going to be paid immediately?"

Jia Zhang's calculation was accurate. Qin Huairu raised his head and sneered, "How many more days are there? Besides, Bangge will go to school next month. Can't he set aside money for tuition?"

Banggeng shook his head at the side, "I'm not going to school, I want to play at home."

Qin Huairu also comforted Banggen, "Banggen is a good boy. After he goes to school, he can read and write. In the future, he will become a high official and have meat to eat."

When talking about eating, Banggeng left all the fun behind and thought about when he would go to school.

"It doesn't cost much to go to school. It's only one dollar a year. Our family can still afford it."

"Hey, Mom, you are so awesome."

Qin Huairu glanced at Jia Zhang, "How much do you think I can make in a month? Apprenticeship, 18.5 yuan a month. This month is fine. I'll see the defective rate next month. I guess 15 yuan would be good." ”

"Repay one dollar, that's it. It's good to be able to save one dollar a year. You have a headache and have to buy medicine, and you still want to eat meat? Haha."

Qin Huairu gritted her teeth and said, Jia Zhang lowered her head.

He looked at Qin Huairu for a long time and said, "Why don't you ask Sha Zhu to borrow some."

"Children have to go to school."

Qin Huairu nodded silently.

Right now, besides Yi Zhonghai, only Si Zhu can help her.

The front yard, the third uncle’s house.

Yan Fugui sat at the door, looking at the front door.

In the room, Yan Jiecheng kept walking.

"Mom, how about I go to the steel rolling mill?"

The third aunt also looked outside, looking outside from time to time.

"What are you going to do? Can you go in?"

Yu Li sat aside and spoke a little irritably. Yan Jiecheng was anxious and angry when he heard his wife's words.

"I can't go in, so I'm just waiting for him outside. Can he still go home?"

"Then why are you going? What's the use of going there and seeing them, and they just agree to it?"

"Why don't you agree? That kid who stutters can enter the factory. That kid from the Wang family has even gone in even though his hair is not fully grown. Why can't I?"

Yu Li sneered, "Oh, what's the relationship between others and what's the relationship between our family?"

"Don't you have any points?"

Yan Jiecheng was speechless.

He and Yang Xiaotao, or his family and Yang Xiaotao, really didn't have much friendship.

There was even a conflict at the beginning, and my father was slapped in the face. If this happens, maybe he will be hot-faced but cold-hearted.

But there is a broad road right in front of us, so who cares?

Even if it’s licking, you have to make it comfortable and give yourself a way!

Just today, the workers from the steel rolling mill in the courtyard came back with news that was like a bolt from the blue, and the landslide and the earth were shattering.

The first uncle was directly locked in the room. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yang Xiaotao had completely taken off. When he was the section chief, he was not very helpful to the workers in the courtyard, but now he is the director, in charge of hundreds of people. What's more important is the potential.

He has become a director at this young age, and is also the head of the R\u0026D department in the factory. In the future, he will develop and produce on his own. As he gets older and more senior, he can become a factory director even if he is transferred out, not only in the rolling mill.

If we build a good relationship, it won’t be just a matter of words for our children to join the factory in the future?

A person can achieve enlightenment, a chicken or a dog can ascend to heaven. As a member of the courtyard, it is an honor to have a capable person come out.

Yan Fugui sighed at the door, listening to the quarrel inside.

"On the 15th day of the first lunar month, we'll stick with the doorkeeper. It's too late for us to do this."

"Go back, there is a time in life that must come, but there is no time in life, don't force it."

Yan Fugui looked at the dark night. There was no one around, so he got up and walked into the house.

Yan Jiecheng was still unwilling.

His job is not stable now. It would be best if he could enter a steel rolling mill.

This is the best factory around.

But if Yang Xiaotao doesn't come back, what's the use?

In the backyard, at Liu Haizhong's house, Liu Guangfu also looked at the front room with prayer. As long as the lights were on, he would go and introduce himself.

Liu Guangtian was lying on the bed next to him, humming, "Stop dreaming, can our father let you go?"

"He is angry now, so don't touch his brow."

Liu Guangtian said jokingly, mentally he didn't want Liu Guangfu to go to the steel rolling mill.

He finally got into the thermos bottle factory and got a decent job.

If this third child enters the steel rolling mill, wouldn't he be better than him?

How can that work!

Liu Guangfu slowly lowered his head after hearing this.

In the next room, Liu Haizhong was leaning on the bed, and the second aunt beside him was not asleep either.

"Old man, if Yang Xiaotao becomes director, will it have any impact on you?"

"Is it because of him that your application failed this time?"

The corners of Liu Haizhong's mouth twitched, and finally he shook his head, "It's not him."

After hearing this, the second aunt was still waiting for the next step, but found that Liu Haizhong's mouth was tightly closed, and she just didn't want to say anything.

In fact, when Yang Xiaotao went to the first workshop, he said the same thing as other workshops. Drawings were issued, parts were made, first come first served inspection, and those that passed the test were passed until they were full.

All is fair play.

Of course, Yang Xiaotao started from the tenth workshop and also took care of the following workshops.

After all, workshops like No. 1 and No. 3 are very powerful. If we start from them, the subsequent workshops will probably be out of business.

Liu Haizhong also shamelessly participated in the selection at that time.

In his opinion, a grassroots team like the 11th Workshop has a lot of seats waiting for him to 'fight' and 'struggle', so he 'put aside the past grudges' and determined to 'change the family'. If Yang Xiaotao is really a 'smart eye' Hero', he Liu Haizhong didn't mind falling to Yang Xiaotao in the courtyard.

After all, he is the leader.

But reality gave him a slap in the face.

The same parts had been completed by his colleagues, but he had only finished half of them. By the time he left, his number had long been gone.

I licked my face and asked Lou Xiao'e for a number, but was told that the number was gone long ago.

Therefore, Liu Haizhong perfectly avoided this opportunity because of his unfamiliar skills.

"Dad, why don't you go find Yang Xiaotao? It's time for our third child to find a job."

"The eldest son of Wang Dashan's family is only one month older than the third son. He is about to become a formal worker. We have to think of something."

"As the saying goes, it is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. When will we repay enemies?"

"Okay, stop talking and go to sleep."

Liu Haizhong couldn't stand the second aunt's nagging, so he lay down directly and turned his head without looking.

The second aunt sighed, after all, the man is in charge of the family, and she, a woman, has nothing to do.

Next door, Liu Guangfu also sighed.

The icing on the cake is to provide help when needed.

At four o'clock in the morning, Yang Xiaotao moved his body and stood up slowly.

I was busy until midnight last night, so I didn't go back and made do with sleeping in the office.

Seeing Lou Xiao'e sleeping soundly on the table next to her, she touched her belly, then put on her bag and went out carefully.

Passing by the Technology Research and Development Department, many people were sleeping on their stomachs, and snoring could be heard from time to time.

Fortunately, it is the end of May, the weather is warm, and there is no need to worry about freezing.

Coming downstairs, Yang Xiaotao found his bicycle and walked all the way out of the steel rolling mill.

At four o'clock in the morning, early risers in Sijiucheng are already busy, and the breakfast counter is already open.

Yang Xiaotao came to the stall where he bought fried dough sticks, where a group of old couples were busy.

There are two people eating breakfast on the stool next to them, each holding a fried dough stick and a bowl of bean juice.

Yang Xiaotao never bought bean juice again after trying it.

All I can say is that I can’t drink it.

Asked about the price, it was three cents a piece, ten pieces a pound, exactly thirty cents.

Looking at the fried dough sticks that had just been fried, I asked the old couple for ten pounds.

The old couple thought they had heard wrongly, and they didn't realize it until Yang Xiaotao took out five kilograms of national food stamps and three yuan.

That's right, ten pounds of fried dough sticks.

One pound of flour can make two pounds of fried dough sticks, so the food stamp is five pounds.

As for drinking, there is water in the factory and the soy juice is hard to get, so forget it.

After a while, the old couple weighed the fried dough sticks and bundled them in the middle with hemp rope, making exactly ten bundles.

Yang Xiaotao tied the bundles to the handlebars, but they haven’t been installed yet.

There was no other way, so Yang Xiaotao rode the bicycle with one hand and carried three bundles with the other hand.

All the way back to the steel rolling mill, there were more pedestrians on the road.

Passing by the gate, he threw a bundle of fried dough sticks to the soldiers on duty. The man on duty quickly stepped forward to catch it and was polite to Yang Xiaotao.

When she returned to the office, Lou Xiao'e was feeling confused when she saw Yang Xiaotao coming in carrying a bunch of fried dough sticks.

"Section Chief, did you buy so many fried dough sticks?"

Lou Xiao'e woke up instantly and rubbed her eyes to make sure she saw it right.

These days, fried dough sticks require food stamps, which cost more than ordinary pasta because they contain oil.

In other words, Yang Xiaotao has national food stamps, which have a share of oil, so only five kilograms are exchanged for ten kilograms.

"Not much, I'll treat everyone to breakfast."

Lou Xiao'e stepped forward to help, "You are such an awesome leader."

"Haha, isn't it normal for a new official to invite you to dinner when he takes office?"

"You learn the ways of being an official very quickly."

Lou Xiao'e took the fried dough sticks and ate one herself first, her mouth was filled with oil.

"It's delicious and still warm."

Yang Xiaotao also ate one and felt good. After putting them away, he took out two packs of toffee and two cans with spicy strips in them from his backpack.

"you…"

Lou Xiao'e looked at the red chili oil, and a spicy stick inside was full of appetite.

I have long heard that Yang Xiaotao has the ability to make hot sauce, but this is the first time I have seen him.