Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

Two days later, on the weekend, Sun Zhengguo got up early and prepared to go to the Hongqi Steel Plant to see what Wang Lefeng was up to.

Ning Xiaowei, who had just woken up and had not had time to wash up, saw Sun Zhengguo was about to leave and hurriedly asked.

"Zhengguo, you're going to the Hongqi Steel Plant. When will you be able to come back?"

"Don't worry, wife. If the car is fast, we can be back this evening. If there are special circumstances, it may take until tomorrow. You should stay in the courtyard and don't go anywhere else."

"Well! Then be careful on the road."

After saying goodbye to his wife, Sun Zhengguo walked to the station, bought a ticket to Changyang Town, and waited for more than twenty minutes before he got on the bus to Changyang Town.

The bus was shaking and bumping along the way and broke down twice. It was only after the driver's emergency repairs that it was back on the road.

By the time we arrived at Changyang Town, it was already past noon.

"Oh!" Sun Zhengguo sighed secretly, feeling a little regretful.

"If I had known this junky car was so unreliable, I shouldn't have overestimated the buses of this era! Now I can't go back today..."

As soon as he got off the car, Sun Zhengguo looked around the Changyang Town in front of him.

However, to his disappointment, the so-called "town" here was not worthy of its name.

The streets were deserted, with few people and not even a few decent shops to be found.

But when I think about it, I'm used to living in the old city and my standards are high, so I look down on small towns like this.

After looking around and seeing nothing interesting, Sun Zhengguo found an old man to ask for directions.

"Hello, sir! I would like to ask how to get to the Hongqi Steel Plant?"

The old man who was being questioned immediately spoke warmly and politely when he saw that Sun Zhengguo was dressed like a city dweller.

"Hongqi Steel Plant is the largest plant here. If you walk two or three miles south along this road, you will see a big river. Next to it is Hongqi Steel Plant."

"Thank you, sir!"

After asking for directions, Sun Zhengguo walked south in the direction the old man pointed.

Ten minutes later, the largest factory that the old man who showed the way mentioned appeared in front of Sun Zhengguo.

Looking at the mottled wall in front of me, and then at the crumbling gate, and the few low bungalows inside, it is hard to imagine that this is the largest factory that the uncle who showed me the way just now mentioned.

Sun Zhengguo did not rush into the factory, but came to a secluded place not far from the factory, ready to reward his stomach first. After all, it was almost one o'clock and his stomach was already growling with hunger.

When going out, there is no need to be too particular, so Sun Zhengguo just found a tree stump and sat on it.

Then he took out steamed buns from the space, and also took out a plate of sliced ​​pork head and a bowl of chicken soup. Simply put, he had a simple lunch.

He ate three steamed buns and all the meat, and burped slightly.

Sun Zhengguo put the bowls and plates into the space, wiped the grease off his mouth with a handkerchief, stood up, patted the dirt off his butt, and then walked towards the Hongqi Steel Plant.

In the guard room of Hongqi Steel Plant, Uncle Li was keeping an eye on the pedestrians passing by the factory gate as usual.

When he was young, Uncle Li was also a soldier, so he was very vigilant.

When he saw Sun Zhengguo coming out of the woods nearby and walking towards the Hongqi Steel Plant, he quietly picked up the wooden stick next to him and asked loudly.

"Stop, who are you? Why are you sneaking out of the woods next to us?"

When Sun Zhengguo saw the wooden stick in the old man's hand, he stopped and explained for fear of causing misunderstanding.

"Uncle, don't get me wrong. I'm a technician from Sijiu City on a business trip to Hongqi Steel Plant. I just got off the bus and haven't eaten yet, so I ate two steamed buns in the woods."

After listening to Sun Zhengguo's explanation, Uncle Li breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't put down the stick.

"Since you are a public official, where is your letter of introduction?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll get it for you right away."

After Sun Zhengguo finished speaking, he quickly took out a letter of introduction from his canvas bag. This was the day before the holiday when he asked Director Yang to issue it. He didn't know if Director Yang would recognize this letter.

When Uncle Li saw that there was indeed a letter of introduction, he put down the wooden stick, took the letter from the gap in the door, and read it carefully.

"Red Star Steel Mill? And a deputy section chief?"

When Uncle Li saw these two keywords, he was also puzzled. They have nothing to do with each other, so why did they come to us?

However, the official seal on the letter of introduction could not be forged, so Uncle Li still politely welcomed the person in.

"Deputy Section Chief Sun, I'm sorry for what happened just now! I thought you were a bad guy."

"It's okay, sir. This is also your duty."

Seeing that the young man was quite polite, Uncle Li was also quite curious. What was this person from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill doing here? So he asked.

"Deputy Section Chief Sun, your Red Star Steel Rolling Mill doesn't have any business dealings with our Red Flag Steel Mill. Why did you suddenly come here?"

"Uncle, to be honest, I came here today to visit Wang Lefeng. I wonder how he is doing now?"

As soon as Wang Lefeng was mentioned, Uncle Li's face immediately darkened and he asked unhappily.

"Why, you are his leader? Are you going to take him back?"

Sun Zhengguo nodded, because he was indeed Wang Lefeng's leader now.

As for whether to take him back? That depends on the situation.

"Don't you know that Technician Wang has gone insane? How can he go back with you?"

Seeing Uncle Li's unreasonable behavior, Sun Zhengguo didn't know why, so he could only explain patiently.

"Uncle, I didn't say I had to take him away, but I came to see you. Why are you so resistant? Are you hiding something from us?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said this. Once he did, it was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and Uncle Li immediately started shouting loudly.

"Someone come! Someone come quickly! Someone is here to cause trouble and wants to take Technician Wang away."

This shout startled Sun Zhengguo. I didn't do anything. What's going on?

However, before Sun Guo could react, a noisy sound of footsteps came towards this side from afar.

A dozen workers who looked like farmers, holding iron forks and iron rods in their hands, quickly ran over from all directions and surrounded Sun Zhengguo in an instant.

Sun Zhengguo didn't expect that today was the weekend and there were still people working in this township factory. It seemed that things would not end well today.

"Uncle Li, is it this pretty boy who is causing trouble? Do you want us to deal with him?"

One of the big men pointed at Sun Zhengguo with an iron rod and said.

"No, can you please be reasonable? I didn't say anything, but you guys surrounded me. What do you want to do?"

Sun Zhengguo asked loudly.

Sun Zhengguo was not afraid of being surrounded by these people. Even if so many more people came, it would be a piece of cake for him. He still had this confidence.

The key point is that we don't know what's going on right now. Isn't it too frivolous to have a conflict like this?

"Humph! You still don't admit it. Just now you personally nodded and said you wanted to take Technician Wang away."

"Uncle, what you said is unreasonable. Wang Lefeng is from our Metallurgical Department. Why can't I take him away?"

"You all heard it, right? It's not that I'm unreasonable, it's that he's determined to go against our Hongqi Steel Plant. In that case, why are you still being polite?"

Uncle Li once again incited everyone's emotions, and saw that the group of men were about to take action.

"beat him!"

The man who was holding the iron rod just now gave an order and several workers immediately surrounded him.

As the saying goes, even a clay figure can still have some fiery qualities, not to mention that Sun Zhengguo is not a clay figure.

He was not going to sit there and wait for death. If you want to take action, then come on! If you are afraid, you are not a hero.

The war is about to break out!