Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

Soon the news of Liu Guangqi joining the factory spread throughout the compound, and no one was optimistic about Liu Guangqi.

Sha Zhu said, "Liu Guangqi is just a bookworm who has become stupid because of reading too much. He can do nothing as a blacksmith. Believe it or not, my wife, I don't think Liu Guangqi can last for three days."

"Okay, Shazhu, you should be more kind. The second uncle is in such a bad state. If Liu Guangqi doesn't take over, what about the whole family? Will they starve?"

"You said he has been out for so many years, how come he suddenly came back? Liu Haizhong used to brag that he was the section chief. You said he would give up his job as the section chief and why did he come back?"

"Silly Zhu, besides being clever, can you use your brain? Why can't you see such an obvious thing?"

"Then why do you think it is?"

"Something must have happened over there. If nothing had happened, believe it or not, Liu Guangqi might not be able to come back even after a few years."

"Wife, you are really smart, but Liu Guangqi is really a piece of shit. He made Second Uncle so angry when he came back. Second Uncle is also very angry. Isn't it just that Liu Guangqi lost his job and is no longer a cadre? Is it that serious?"

"Old Yi, they say that there is no filial son for a patient who has been ill for a long time. I don't know if Liu Guangqi can take care of Liu Haizhong in his old age."

"I think it's quite bad. Liu Guangqi is a very righteous guy. He was so young at the time, but he ran away right after getting married. Old Liu was so angry that he lay in bed for several days. Now that Old Liu is like this, I estimate that I can only take care of him for one or two years at most."

"That's not the same as us. It's the same whether you have a son or not."

"Please don't say that anymore. I don't know who said that, but it turned out to be me who spread it. If you keep saying that, it will be like yellow mud falling into your pants crotch. It will be shit if it's not shit.

I think that Liu Guangqi is not as reliable as Sha Zhu. Now we have Sha Zhu to take care of us in our old age and we even eat together, so our old age is taken care of. I guess Old Liu's old age will be even more miserable than ours.

Besides, Liu Guangqi, you see his hair is combed meticulously, and he has been used to sitting in the office for many years. Even if he takes over Lao Liu's job, he can't bear the hardship. "

"He's an uncle. Look, Lao He has joined the factory now. I think you should stop staring at that tricycle. You are too old to pedal it anymore. We give Sha Zhu's family fifty yuan a month. It's enough."

"Speaking of this, I can't figure out what Zhao Shanhe is thinking. They were at loggerheads some time ago, and now he suddenly brings Lao He to the factory. But this kid is very cunning, and I guess he has some plan for Lao He.

Just pedal the tricycle for now. It’s not good to give up all of a sudden. I’ll take it easy. After a while, I’ll say my body can’t take it anymore and I’ll stop pedaling.”

"Okay, as long as you have an idea."

"Grandma, go find He Daqing and ask him to take me in as his apprentice. He Daqing has already started teaching Ma Hua how to cook. Sha Zhu won't even let me cut the vegetables, and he asked me to wash the vegetables. You say I'm a grown man, but I'm still doing women's work."

"Bang Geng, this is hard to say. He Daqing is of the same generation as your grandmother. If he accepts you as his apprentice, Sha Zhu will become your brother. He Daqing is a generation lower than you for no reason. What can he do?

Besides, I know a little about learning cooking. It's just like your mother and other workers. They all start out doing odd jobs. You've only worked for a few hours, so how is it possible for them to get the hang of it so quickly?

I heard that this chef still has a three-year probation period. After three years of probation, the master will start teaching him skills, and he will start from the basics. Banggeng, you just have to persevere. Three years will pass quickly. By then, I will tell Shazhu that I will teach you cooking skills."

"Mom, I don't want to learn to cook anymore. That's not what you told me at the beginning. Mom, go find my uncle and ask him to find me a new job. I want to learn to drive."

"That's great. It's the same with driving. It's impossible for you to touch the steering wheel right away. You have to inspect it first, learn the parts, and learn how to repair the car before you can start teaching you how to drive. Besides, repairing a car is harder than learning how to cook."

"Fat girl, why don't you go home and talk to your father-in-law and ask him to let me work in the meat processing factory."

"Okay, I'll go back and ask my dad tomorrow if he can arrange for you to work in the meat processing factory. Then we can go to get off work together."

"Fatty, you've been married for a few months now, and I see your belly is a little bigger than before. Am I going to have a great-grandson?"

"Grandma, I don't know either. I've never been pregnant, and I don't think my belly has changed."

"Fatty, you can't see it yourself, but I watch it every day. Tell me, do you feel like vomiting?"

"Grandma, except for lunch at the factory, we are all together at other times, so I don't feel anything."

"That's right. Some people don't have morning sickness. Banggeng's aunt has never had morning sickness with her four children. Then why haven't you had your period in the past few months?"

"Um, grandma? I don't quite understand."

"The one that women have every month."

“Oh, mine is normal.”

Jia Zhang thought it was not right. Her belly was obviously getting bigger, so how could there be no sign of pregnancy? Bang Geng was so crazy in the first month.

"Bang Geng, please pay attention. Take a day off tomorrow morning and take your wife to the hospital for a checkup."

"Oh"

The next day, Liu Guangqi came to the factory. The workshop director arranged an old master for him, but this old master was about to retire. There was really no other way. It was not appropriate to arrange someone else. In this day and age, people pay attention to seniority. Others are either Liu Haizhong's apprentices or his disciples' descendants. Accepting Liu Guangqi would be a betrayal of his teacher and ancestors. Only this old master and Liu Haizhong are of the same generation.

Everyone was very kind to Liu Guangqi and didn't want to bully the newcomer as they usually did. Mainly to give face to Liu Haizhong, they just let Liu Guangqi do odd jobs in the morning.

Even this made Liu Guangqi exhausted. If a person does not work for a long time, he really cannot bear such hardship. In one morning, Liu Guangqi felt that his arms were not his own. These parts were too heavy. The master looked at it and shook his head.

In the afternoon, the master asked Liu Guangqi to watch how a first-level worker forged. He wanted to see if Mr. Liu's son also had a talent for forging.

You know what, those who could go to technical secondary school at that time were not ordinary people, they were all top talents. After listening to the master's explanation and watching from the side, Liu Guangqi quickly understood the principles of this first-level workpiece.

This made the old master very happy. He originally thought that a scholar had come, but he didn't expect that he was a good seedling. He was worthy of being an eighth-level worker. He was really talented.

It has to be said that for technical secondary school students to learn principles is simply a dimensionality reduction attack on ordinary people. Even Liu Guangqi himself did not expect that first-level blacksmithing is so simple.

The next morning, the master craftsman waved his hand and told everyone not to do any miscellaneous work and to go straight into practice. If this could directly break the fastest record in the factory, it would be a great honor for him.

Everyone praised Liu Guangqi. Liu Guangqi even looked down on his father. It took him decades to become an eighth-level worker. If he had three to five years, he would have definitely become an eighth-level worker. He learned it in just one day. No, it was half a day.

As a result, when I tried it, I realized, sorry, my eyes knew how to do it, but my hands didn’t.