Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

Near noon, after the workers' hard work, the two machine tools were finally loaded.

After loading the truck, Sun Zhengguo took out the bill of lading and handed it to Captain Wu, "Captain Wu, please sign for it."

"Okay, Chief."

Captain Wu solemnly signed his name and saluted with a standard military salute before getting on the jeep. Then the convoy slowly drove out of the workshop and headed off into the distance.

Sun Zhengguo looked at the convoy going away, waved his hands vigorously, and muttered to himself, "Have a safe journey!"

These two machine tools will be transported by cars and trains to fulfill the mission entrusted to them by history, becoming a powerful national tool that will enable the Chinese people to stand firm.

“Pah-pah-la!”

After seeing off Captain Wu, Sun Zhengguo clapped his hands and announced a piece of news loudly.

"Everyone has worked hard during this period. We will have an extra meal at noon today. This is the first time that our institute has improved its food since its establishment, so I decided to provide plenty of bone soup."

"That's great, thank you Director,..." the workers cheered.

In fact, Sun Zhengguo didn't even need to say anything, the workers had already smelled the smell.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go together!" Following Sun Zhengguo's order, the workers took their lunch boxes and happily rushed to the canteen.

In the institute's newly built cafeteria, He Yushui and kitchen helper Sister Zhang had already stewed the big bone soup. Now they were moving the steamed corn bread in the cage to the food window, preparing to serve meals to the workers.

"Hey! Rain, there's a lot of meat on the big bones today. How come our director is so capable?"

"Sister Zhang, I heard that our director had to work hard for several days at the meat processing factory to improve the food for the workers. He begged and pleaded with his grandfather and grandmother before he got these big bones. Do you think it was easy for him?"

Putting down the steamer, He Yushui said while wiping the sweat off his face.

He Yushui has been here for some time and he likes this job very much. There are not many workers here, the work is easy, and the salary is not low.

Compared to before, it was much better, so she was very grateful to Sun Zhengguo.

The sister Zhang who was talking to her had some strong connections. She was the cousin of Director Zhang in the department. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been given this easy job.

While the two were talking, the workers had already arrived at the cafeteria. Everyone was very conscientious and automatically lined up.

The first worker in the line picked up the meal ticket and handed it to He Yushui, then asked embarrassedly.

"Master He, Director Sun said that there will be plenty of bone soup today. How exactly does that work?"

"It's like this, we serve the dishes normally the first time, and if you need more soup later, it's free." He Yushui answered patiently.

When the worker heard this answer, he was immediately deflated. Isn't this just adding some water?

No wonder they say it so nicely, there’s plenty of bone soup, but what we want is the bones, not the soup?

But it was good to have something to eat. The worker also knew that supplies were tight, so he could only helplessly take out his meal ticket and hand it over.

"Two steamed breads and a serving of bone soup!"

"okay!"

He Yushui took the meal ticket, and Sister Zhang started to serve the dishes, but her exaggerated movements made the workers dumbfounded.

What kind of magical operation is this?

It turned out that Sister Zhang first scooped a large spoonful of bones for the worker and put it into the lunch box.

But that was not the end. Sister Zhang then gave him another large spoonful of bones, and finally added a spoonful of soup.

The worker estimated that there was not only a lot of meat on the bones, but there were probably more than ten pieces of bones.

The soup added at the end can be ignored because the lunch box can no longer hold it.

This operation frightened not only this worker but also the group of workers nearby.

With so much meat and bones, not only can we add them to soup, everyone would even be willing to add water. It seems that I misunderstood Director Sun just now.

Following the example set by the first worker, the following workers followed suit without asking any questions. Each of them had two large spoonfuls full of bones and a pitiful amount of broth.

The workers who finished their meals first could not wait to start gnawing on the meat on the bones. For the workers who had not tasted meat for a long time, this was simply the most delicious thing on earth.

"Oh my god! It smells so good. Chef He's cooking skills are really good."

"That's fine! There are so many bones and meat, what kind of skills are needed? Just boil it with water and I can finish several bowls of it."

"Yes, yes, there's an old saying that goes, if you haven't eaten meat for three years, even an old sow will turn into a beautiful Diao Chan."

"Hey, Leo, you're really a talented person. Is this how you understand this sentence?"

The person who was called Little Leo immediately became unhappy.

"Can you please stop calling me Little Li? My mother said that's a eunuch. I have a real name. My name is Li Yunlong."

"Hahaha……!"

Sun Zhengguo happened to walk into the cafeteria at this time and heard the workers' discussions.

He glanced at the worker named Li Yunlong and was immediately ashamed. He thought that there were so many talented people under him. What the hell, was he kidding?

However, he also knew that this Yunlong was not that Yunlong. It was just a name. In reality, there was no such person.

"Director Sun is here..."

"..."

Seeing the workers eating with grease dripping from their mouths and greeting him, Sun Zhengguo smiled and nodded in response without any airs at all, and then took the initiative to line up at the end of the line.

"Director Sun, you are busy with official duties, why don't you come first!"

Seeing Sun Zhengguo standing at the back, the workers gave suggestions one after another.

"No, no, we are all serving the people. We should follow the principle of first come first served in everything we do. You don't have to worry about me."

When everyone saw Sun Zhengguo say this, they stopped insisting because there were only a few people in total.

Soon it was Sun Zhengguo's turn to get food. He took out three meal tickets and handed them to He Yushui.

"Brother Zhengguo, you gave too much. Just one will be enough." When He Yushui saw the three meal tickets, he prepared to return two.

When Sun Zhengguo saw that two more tickets were returned, he didn't prepare to reach out to take them, but explained with a smile.

"Not much. Before the meal started, Director Li and Deputy Director Liao ordered some. I'll treat them, so please accept it!"

"Well... okay then!" He Yushui hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted the ticket.

After Sun Zhengguo finished his meal, he went to a small private room next to him, because the two factory managers were still there! He had to accompany them.

"Two factory managers, I'm sorry, I'm late." As soon as he entered the room, Sun Zhengguo apologized.

"It's okay, Mr. Sun, you are a busy man. It's the two of us who have finished eating before you, the host, come over."

"Yes! Director Sun, I hope you don't mind. The bones are so delicious today. Not only is there a lot of meat, but the quantity is also large. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes just now, I would have thought you were treating us two specially!"

"The two factory managers just need to eat well. This is not a banquet, so why should there be so many details?"

After Sun Zhengguo finished speaking, he sat down at the table and started to eat with relish.

"Mr. Sun, I just wanted to ask you something. How come there is so much meat on the bones you pulled back? Do you have any connections in the meat processing plant?"

Director Li wanted to ask this question just now, but Sun Zhengguo didn't come yet.