Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

After Xu Damao finished his breakfast, he lit a cigarette, helped clean up, and went to work alone.

When he arrived at the steel rolling mill, Xu Damao went to the office of the head of the Propaganda Department and took a look. Seeing that the head had not arrived yet, he went to his own office.

It is called an office, but in fact it is a storage room for projection equipment.

Xu Damao took the thermos in the office, went to the boiler room to get a kettle of boiling water, then returned to the office and made a cup of hot water.

Then he lit a cigarette and started to maintain the projection equipment. This was his livelihood, so he had to maintain it well.

After more than twenty minutes, Xu Damao maintained the projection equipment, drank a sip of tea, and then got up to find the section chief.

Walking to the door of the section chief's office, Xu Damao reached out and knocked on the door: "Knock! Knock! Knock!"

"Come in."

After hearing a familiar voice from the office, Xu Damao opened the door and walked in. He closed the door and said to the section chief with a smile, "Section Chief, are you busy?"

Niu Chuansheng saw that the person coming was Xu Damao, and asked in a deep voice: "It's Damao! What's the matter? What do you want to see me about?"

Xu Damao walked to the opposite side of Niu Chuansheng, took out a cigarette and handed it to him, then said with a wry smile: "Section Chief! I really have something to ask you."

Niu Chuansheng lit a cigarette, looked at Xu Damao, raised his head towards him and motioned him to continue speaking.

Xu Damao lit a cigarette and seeing that Chief Niu didn't care, he told him the purpose of his visit.

"Chief Niu, isn't there only one projectionist in the steel mill now?"

"It's OK when there are no tasks, but when the tasks are heavy, I can't handle it myself."

"Even if I'm busy, it's still very tiring. I want to take in two apprentices, so I'm here to ask Chief Niu for help, right?"

After hearing this, Niu Chuansheng was immediately very happy. There was a relative in his family who dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school and couldn't find a job. He was just thinking about what kind of job to find for this relative!

Just as he finished thinking about it, Xu Damao came to him to ask about his apprentice.

A projectionist is one of the eight major personnel! If my relative knew he would be a projectionist, he would definitely be very excited.

So Niu Chuansheng asked with a surprised look on his face: "Da Mao, is everything you said true?"

Xu Damao didn't understand why Chief Niu was so excited, but he nodded and said, "It's true, Chief Niu."

After Niu Chuansheng confirmed that what Xu Damao said was true, he smiled and said, "Da Mao, I understand. I will bring the person to you in two days."

"Thank you, Chief Niu."

Xu Damao first thanked Section Chief Niu, and then continued, "Section Chief Niu, the person you find must be reliable."

"Otherwise, if the apprentice I recruit has a bad temper and I don't work all day and just argue with me, won't that delay the factory's tasks?"

Section Chief Niu nodded and said, "Da Mao, even if you didn't say it, I would have found someone with good character."

He thought that he knew his relative quite well. He was a nice person, but a little introverted. He couldn't say a single sentence out of ten sentences others said. That was the reason why his relative couldn't find a job.

I have to look carefully for another candidate. After all, I have waited a lot for Xu Damao to ask to take him in as a disciple, and I have to make it happen.

In this way, the factory can have two more workstations and the tasks can be completed better.

Xu Damao nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, Chief Niu, you are busy, I will go back first."

"Ah."

Niu Chuansheng looked at Xu Damao who walked out and smiled silently. This Damao could help him.

"Eryo...Eryou...Eaaaaa!"

There were no screening tasks in the factory now, and Xu Damao had no intention of wandering around the factory, so he put his hands behind his back, hummed an incomprehensible tune, and slowly returned to his office.

 …

He Yuzhu usually goes to work after nine o'clock, and today is no exception.

At around 9:30, He Yuzhu came to the kitchen of the steel mill canteen. Seeing that everyone was busy, he did not disturb them. He drank a sip of tea that someone poured for him, then sat down on a chair, lit a cigarette, and carefully looked at a few kitchen helpers he liked, in preparation for taking them in as apprentices.

Among the people that He Yuzhu is optimistic about, the young man named Ma Hua is quite good. He is honest and hardworking. The water in his teacup might have been poured for him by Ma Hua.

He Yuzhu took a sip of tea and nodded secretly. Ma Hua is a really good kid.

When it was almost eleven o'clock, He Yuzhu stood up, clapped his hands and shouted to the people in the kitchen, "Okay, there's still half an hour before the workers get off work, hurry up and steam all the steamed buns and wowotou for me."

"understood."

Then, He Yuzhu went to the sink to wash his hands, then walked to the stove, waved at Ma Hua, and shouted, "Ma Hua, come here."

After hearing this, Ma Hua quickly put down what he was holding, walked quickly to He Yuzhu, and asked cautiously, "Master He, what do you want me to do for you?"

He Yuzhu was a little disgusted when he saw Ma Hua being so cautious. He frowned and said, "Ma Hua! Don't be so cautious in the future. I can't eat you."

"Got it, Master He."

Ma Hua nodded, but still looked a little cautious.

"I can't say anything about you."

He Yuzhu rolled his eyes at Ma Hua and said, "Bring me the cut vegetables."

"When I cook the big pot of food, you can watch from the side. If you don't understand anything, just ask me. Got it?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Hua opened his mouth in shock and didn't react for a long time.

He Yuzhu waved his hand in front of Ma Hua and said with a smile: "What's wrong, are you stupid?"

"Hurry up and serve the dishes. The workers will be coming home from get off work soon to eat."

Ma Hua came back to his senses, nodded vigorously, and said excitedly: "Okay...Okay! Master He."

Then Ma Hua turned around and brought back a large bowl of chopped vegetables and placed it next to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu began to concentrate on cooking the big pot of food. While cooking, he turned his head and said to Ma Hua from time to time: "Ma Hua, watch carefully."

"Watch more, listen more, practice more, and if you don't understand something, just ask me."

Ma Hua stared at what He Yuzhu was doing, without blinking, and nodded, "Got it, Master He."

The other kitchen helpers looked at Ma Hua with envy, thinking, it seems that Master He is going to take in an apprentice, Ma Hua is so lucky.

He Yuzhu cooked a large pot of vegetables in less than five minutes. He picked up the pot with both hands and poured the vegetables directly into the large basin.

Then he squatted on the stove without washing the pot and continued to cook the next dish.

Ma Hua was very tactful and placed a bowl of freshly cut vegetables next to He Yuzhu early.

He Yuzhu smiled and nodded to Ma Hua, then continued, "By the way, Ma Hua, when you have nothing to do, hold two bricks horizontally."

"This will help you develop your arm strength so you can flip the pan more easily in the future."

Ma Hua nodded and said with a smile: "Master He, I remember it."