Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

After coming out of the big boss's office, Li Tianyi went to visit Li Huaide's father-in-law and had a conversation with Grandpa Wu. Grandpa Wu told him to remember to collect the benefits of the past few months and the rewards that the department would give out during the New Year when he left.

The department was also going to have a holiday in the next two days, so Li Tianyi thanked them and went to the logistics department. After picking up his things there, he rode his bike back home.

This year, the rewards from the department were very generous. In addition to 5 kilograms of beef, there were also 3 kilograms of brown sugar, 4 kilograms of apples, and 10 kilograms of white flour. In this era, this was enough for a family to have a good New Year.

After returning home, Li Tianyi put his things away and went to the steel rolling mill.

He first greeted Director Yang, and then went to Li Huaide's office. At this time, Li Huaide was in high spirits. Since he had exchanged back a large amount of meat, his status in the factory had been increasing day by day. The deputy director who had been competing with him in the past had also become obedient at this time.

Seeing Li Tianyi coming, Li Huaide quickly asked Li Tianyi to sit down. The two chatted for a while, and then Li Huaide asked Li Tianyi whether he had been to the department.

Li Tian nodded, and then told Li Huaide about the reward from his superior. Li Huaide stood up excitedly, "Tianyi, you really bring honor to my Li family. This July 1st Medal is something that many families don't have. I didn't expect you to get it at such a young age."

"Uncle, please don't spread it out. I don't want to be too high-profile." Li Tianyi advised.

Li Huaide naturally agreed. Being too high-profile is not a good thing in this era. Later, Li Huaide also said that a manufacturer who heard the news recently came to their steel rolling mill and asked to replace some materials.

"Uncle, they are eyeing the beef and mutton."

"Yes, there is nothing we can do about it. The meat that the department has exchanged has been supplied to several departments of ZY, and we have to negotiate with several nearby manufacturers."

“This is the instruction from the ministry, but this way, the workers will have less benefits.”

"Uncle, how much does the factory plan to replace?"

"We just had a meeting this morning. There are about 3 people in our factory, including cadres, and we have exchanged about 3 kilograms of meat, so the factory decided to give each cadre 1 kilograms of meat and each worker 1 kilogram. The rest of the meat will be kept in the factory, and the remaining kilograms will be exchanged."

"By the way, Tianyi, since you are here, go to the logistics department and collect this year's rewards. This year, you engineers will receive 3 kilograms of meat, 2 kilograms of flour, and 6 feet of cloth."

"Okay, uncle, I won't come before the New Year. I have to go to the National Defense University to study in the next few days."

"Okay, but you have to tell Director Yang."

"I know. Before I came to your place, I went to Director Yang's place and greeted him."

After talking for a while, Li Tianyi returned to the technical department. Section Chief Zhang and the other staff members were very happy to see Li Tianyi. They had not seen him for almost half a year and everyone missed him.

At lunch time, Li Tianyi also went to the cafeteria. The steel mill had started serving meat today, so all the beef and mutton offal were braised. This job was done by Sha Zhu.

Although Shazhu has a foul mouth and a bad personality, his cooking skills are really good. The aroma is bubbling out of the kitchen, and the workers passing by the kitchen all stretch their necks to look into the cafeteria.

There are several large pots behind the canteen, containing stewing offal. The steel mill decided to give some of the remaining offal to the street office, which has recently received several waves of disaster victims.

The superiors required the streets to resettle the victims and persuade them to return home, but the streets' capacity was limited and they could only cook some porridge and build shacks. The steel mill donated some sewage, which at least allowed the victims to have a meaty New Year.

When lunch was served at noon, the workers rushed into the canteen. Each person was limited to one box of offal. The workers only tasted a little and then reluctantly put it away. They would take it home in the evening and enjoy it with their families.

Of course, Sha Zhu packed three lunch boxes and went into the water early. Although the factory was short of supplies, this did not stop Sha Zhu from stealing food from the canteen.

After lunch, Li Tianyi received his reward. In addition to the things Li Huaide mentioned, Director Yang also had someone pack him 10 kilograms of offal. This is a benefit for the middle and upper-level leaders of every steel rolling mill, and Li Tianyi gladly accepted it.

After tying the bag, Li Tianyi rode his bike out of the steel mill and headed home.

After arriving home, he first soaked the offal in a basin, then put his things in place before taking a rest.

Two days passed like this, and Li Tianyi came to the ministry as agreed. Deputy Minister Zhao handed the reading card to Li Tianyi, and Li Tianyi bowed to Deputy Minister Zhao with gratitude.

After leaving the Ministry of Industry, seeing that it was still early, Li Tianyi went to the National Defense University. After a series of interrogations, Li Tianyi finally entered the library.

He was like a fish in water. Li Tianyi swam freely in the ocean of knowledge. At the same time, books popped up in his mind from time to time, sparking inspiration when interacting with the knowledge in reality.

That day, Li Tianyi took Wang Xue home. Wang Xue also had a day off today. At the same time, the year-end bonus from Wang Xue's unit was also issued. Although it was not as generous as that from the Ministry of Industry, it was also quite good.

As soon as he got home, he saw a bag in the yard. Father Li was squatting there fiddling with something. When Li Tianyi saw this, he knew that this was something distributed by Father Li and Mother Li.

After Li's father finished his work, he felt relieved when he saw so much grain and meat in the cellar. Li's mother also came to the cellar and took some offal that had been braised two days ago from the basin to eat at dinner later.

Although she wanted to stew more meat, Li's mother couldn't bear to do so. They already had nearly 400 kilograms of beef, mutton and pork stored in their cellar, but the situation next year was uncertain, so they didn't dare to spend lavishly.

Li Tianyi also supported his mother's approach. Although he had plenty of food and meat in his space, he did not want his family to become greedy people.

While eating, Li Tianyi learned from his father that several factories came to the steel rolling mill to exchange things today. Li Tianyi had already learned the situation of each factory from Li Huaide.

Today is a day off for everyone, and it is also a happy day in the Siheyuan. Everyone who works in the steel mill proudly carries their things back to the Siheyuan.

Feeling the envious eyes around them made the workers feel very happy. Yan Bugui also envied these people's things, even though his eldest son also worked in the steel mill.

But now Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li are married, so he must send some of the things he brought back back to Yu Li's home, which makes Yan Bugui feel heartbroken.

At the Jia family, Jia Zhang looked at the things on the table, her mouth almost grinning from ear to ear with joy. She asked Qin Huairu to put all the things away. They would eat them slowly after the New Year. During the New Year, Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu would definitely bring some food over, and they would eat their food.