Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

During his college years, Zhao Shanhe was not idle. He first served in the reserve force, and then after graduation, he successfully became a full member of the Communist Party.

Then in my senior year, I became a disciple of a teacher, a university professor who was rehired. I had a purpose in becoming a disciple, mainly to take advantage of the teacher's connections.

When I was a senior in college, I made contributions to the country, such as tin frogs, car models, airplane models, and jigsaw puzzles. On the recommendation of my teacher, I also set up a toy factory, mainly engaged in foreign trade. These toys can generate foreign exchange.

An interesting story happened during this period. Due to the influence of later generations, the car model designed by Zhao Shanhe according to later generations had a very beautiful appearance. There was no such appearance in the world at present. Then it was noticed by a foreign car company, and they wanted the patent right. At that time, foreign countries already had patent rights. At that time, New China did not have such laws, and the country did not pay much attention to it. The main reason was that it did not understand it very well. In the end, the country asked for several cars, thinking that they had taken advantage. In fact, according to later generations, it was equivalent to giving them away for free. Then the country gave Zhao Shanhe a certificate of honor and a cash reward of 200.

He also designed several models for the country, all of which were designed based on the later Hongqi. I don’t know whether they were finally adopted, and Zhao Shanhe never cared about it. However, because of Zhao Shanhe, people mentioned it after the reform and opening up, and the Patent Law was implemented several years earlier.

In my fifth year of college, Zhao Shanhe invented large, medium and small harvesters based on his theories and drawings. It was mainly with the help and coordination of his master that an agricultural machinery factory in Beijing conducted experiments. The main reason was that the machine was too simple. The principle was relatively simple. Then, under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry, the machine was harvested in the agricultural machinery factory in July. The machine was very successful (in 5, China produced animal-powered rocker harvesters and other types of animal-powered harvesters, and in 1952, it developed machine-powered horizontal harvesters and side-mounted vertical harvesters, but Zhao Shanhe copied the 1962s vertical harvester for laying straw), which was more than ten years earlier. I almost went to the agricultural machinery factory after graduation because of the invention of the harvester.

In August 1964, Zhao Shanhe successfully graduated and was assigned to the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. If it weren't for the help of his teacher and the strong people in the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, he would have almost gone to the Agricultural Machinery Factory. The main reason was that Zhao Shanhe told his teacher that he was going to study rolling mills.

After graduation, Zhao Shanhe returned home first. After six years of growth, Zhao Shanhe is now 21 years old and 195 cm tall. However, his height is too worrying. In this era, people who are 175 cm tall are considered tall. He was only 171 cm tall in his previous life. Now, his shoe size is 46, so he can't buy suitable shoes and clothes at all. In addition, he has no cloth coupons, so Zhao Shanhe wears the same clothes and shoes as his father did when he was alive.

The family and Zhao Shanhe saved up cloth coupons for several years to buy Zhao Shanhe a Zhongshan suit and cloth shoes. Think about it, cloth shoes? Zhongshan suits are neither fish nor fowl, and leather shoes are basically not available. Then the clothes Zhao Shanhe wore were inherited by 19-year-old Zhao Shanhu Huzi, who is already 190 cm tall and may be taller than Zhao Shanhe in two years.

Hu Zi did not get into university, and later on the system was changed to 6+3+3. Hu Zi graduated last year, and was given priority in assignment because he was a high school student. It happened that the steel mill was expanded in recent years, so he was assigned to the steel mill. He was originally assigned to be a worker, but finally entered the security department. Of course, it was Uncle Cheng, the director of the Security Department, who arranged this. He felt more at ease when he had his own people to work for him, so Uncle Cheng planned to get him a cadre position in the next few years.

My younger brother Xiaobao Zhao Shanhai and my second daughter Zhao Hehua have graduated from the sixth grade. My eldest daughter Zhao Guihua is only in the second grade of junior high school at the age of 17. As mentioned before, she started school too late, but she is a good student and has just graduated from junior high school. I guess it’s too late for my younger brother and sister. We’ll talk about it when the time comes.

Since he had eaten well in recent years, Zhao Shanhe might be willing to spend money. His father's pension and his own bonus had almost been spent, and he only had a little over 300 yuan in his hand. The second son probably saved more than 100 yuan after working for a year.

I am 21 and my second son is 19. We need to find a wife soon and renovate the house. The pressure is huge. Fortunately, my younger brother is still young, otherwise I would be worried to death.

Aunt Chen is only in her early thirties this year. She has been working in the department store for the past few years, so she is protected from the wind and rain and has maintained herself quite well.

After talking about the family situation, I will focus on writing about the daily life and work in the compound.

The day before graduation, Zhao Shanhe bought some cakes and fruits, which Aunt Chen helped him prepare. He carried them to his master's house and had a meal with him. I forgot to introduce him. The master's surname was Liu. His wife had gone to live with his youngest son, and his daughter-in-law was serving him. During the meal, the master said that he was going to retire this year, a second retirement. He had been re-employed before, but he was too old and his energy could not keep up. He already had great-grandchildren. Then he warned Zhao Shanhe that we are technical people, so we just need to do our best and not get involved in the intrigues within the department. He also gave Zhao Shanhe a watch. Zhao Shanhe told the master that he would take note of it.

On the day of graduation, my college roommates and I went to Donglaishun for a meal, and then we went our separate ways. However, we all ended up in good locations, after all, many of them had good family backgrounds.

Zhao Shanhe picked up two Daqianmen cigarettes and two bottles of Moutai in the evening. He didn't buy Zhonghua, so he went to Uncle Cheng's house with Huzi. Uncle Cheng didn't kick me out for bringing gifts this time. I went to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Cheng every year. Then Uncle Cheng asked where Zhao Shanhe was assigned to. Zhao Shanhe said the Ministry of Metallurgy. Uncle Cheng said it was better than me and your father, "Zhao Shanhe's position as director is probably the end of the road. You are a college graduate with a bright future. Tell Zhao Shanhe to calm down." Then he had a drink and a meal with Uncle Cheng and came back.