Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

When Chen Changan and Director Wang arrived at the gatehouse, several middle-aged women with poor physical conditions were touching the chimney one by one to cover their hands.

There was even an old lady whose legs were cold, so she moved a stool and sat next to the stove, with her legs almost touching the stove.

The gatekeeper was pushed aside and couldn't get close to the stove. He sat far away, smoking, looking at these aunties helplessly, with no solution at all.

Seeing Chen Changan and Director Wang, especially the arrival of Director Wang, the gatekeeper felt like he had found his savior.

As soon as Director Wang and Chen Changan entered the room, they were also dumbfounded. Their first impression was what were these aunties doing? They didn't care about their image at all, some stretched their legs, some stretched their arms.

The second feeling was a wave of heat coming towards him. Director Wang, who was already cold and had just felt the cold outside, couldn't help but shiver.

Then I heard the doorman complaining, "Director Wang, if you don't want me to watch the gate, you can just tell me and let these old women come to me. I might as well go home and take care of my grandchildren."

Director Wang hadn't spoken yet, but the ladies, perhaps because they were warm, were in high spirits and began to talk. The public office wasn't so energetic just now.

He said directly, "Such a good stove is just occupying the geographical location at the door. Chang'an gave us the stove as a gift, and you took advantage of it first, but you are still not satisfied. We will have a stove somewhere else later, so who will come to your place?"

"He just thinks he smells so good here. The smell of smoking is so strong. I haven't even said anything to you yet. But you blame us first."

"With so many of us women running to you, shouldn't you be happy? What? You're so old and you still despise us?"

Several strong aunties broke the defense of the gatekeeper. He sat back in his chair, lowered his head and said nothing. He just smoked sullenly.

Director Wang took a look at the situation in the room, then looked directly at Chen Changan and asked, "Are there any stoves left? If there are, quickly install the ones in the other rooms as well."

Seeing this situation, Chen Changan didn't dare to say anything more. He directly instructed Yan Jiefang and others to start installing stoves in each room.

This stove is not difficult to install. Just choose a good place to put it. As for the chimney? Didn't you see a few middle-aged women helping with it?

It is also easy to light a stove. Who hasn’t lit a stove at home? It’s not difficult.

It is just slightly different from other stoves, such as the hole for changing coal and the control of the air door. These are all minor issues. Once I pick up the fire tongs, I have the world under my control.

After Chen Changan and Yan Jiefang finished their work, mainly Yan Jiefang and his group, Chen Changan exchanged a few polite words with the aunties and hurried to the processing plant.

It's necessary to hurry up, not to mention Yan Jiefang and the others, even if Chen Changan is not here, the workers have to eat at the canteen at the appointed time. It's all heavy physical work, moving things around, and everyone can eat. If they don't go back before the meal time, I'm afraid that the soup will not be left for a few people.

After rushing all the way, I finally got back before lunch time. I finally had lunch in the cafeteria.

With the arrival of winter, it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy vegetables in the canteen. Just now at the street office, Chen Changan also mentioned this matter to Director Wang.

Winter cabbage is coming soon, so Chen Changan doesn't have to worry about the factory's supply. He also gets some hairtail from time to time. Living conditions are still good.

In addition, starting tomorrow, the processing plant will begin to accept coal from the public. Of course, Chen Changan still wants to sell the furnace as the main business and sell coal as a supplement. Otherwise, if the coal and furnace are different models, it will be useless.

After dinner, Chen Changan chatted with a few workers for a while. When it was time to go to work, Chen Changan took a few carts, several thousand pieces of honeycomb coal, and dozens of chimneys and stoves to the steel rolling mill.

When he arrived at the steel mill, Chen Changan went directly to Li Huaide's office.

Afraid that Li Huaide would misunderstand and think that Chen Changan was begging for alms, Chen Changan said directly when he saw Li Huaide, "Uncle Li, I'm here to pay my debt."

When Li Huaide heard that Chen Changan was here to repay his debt, he also smiled happily.

Then he said, "Changan, that's not the case. Those things were just my congratulations to you on taking office. We are also public to public, so just consider it as aid to a brother unit."

If it weren't for Li Huaide's smiling face, Chen Changan would have almost believed it.

Chen Changan said, "Whether it's a public-to-public fight or Uncle Li supporting a brother unit, I'm here to support a brother unit today as well."

When Li Huaide heard what Chen Changan said, he just smiled and said nothing, waiting for Chen Changan's next words.

Chen Changan continued, "Thanks to the trust of the leaders, our honeycomb coal processing plant has made some small achievements. We have made a stove with a chimney. This winter is too cold, so I brought a few stoves and asked the leaders of the steel mill to do an experiment for us to see how it works."

Li Huaide was also very happy to hear this. No matter what, it was good that Chen Changan had this intention.

So after discussing with Chen Changan, they decided to install it at the gate and security department first.

After all, the Security Department has people on duty and patrolling at night, and it is also the place where stoves are most needed.

After arriving at the Security Department, when they heard that they needed to install a stove, everyone came over to help and it was installed in no time.

After the fire was lit, it wasn't long before the room felt noticeably warm. As for the black smoke coming out of the chimney? Who cared?

Li Huaide looked at the red honeycomb coal, picked up a piece of it with the tongs and put it in, then put the kettle on, and the water boiled in a short while.

He said to Chen Changan, "Changan, this stove is good."

After learning the price, Li Huaide waved his hand and ordered 100 furnaces for 30,000 honeycomb coals.

Chen Changan breathed a sigh of relief, it was finally open. After that, the street office and the steel mill were both using it, and some people thought that they could use it at home, and the reputation gradually spread, and the processing plant was relieved.

When they returned to the processing plant, Chen Changan directly told Wu Haixia to deliver the materials to the street office and the steel mill today. Enter them into the accounts. Tomorrow, he would take the team to the steel mill and directly connect with the logistics and finance department of the steel mill.

I have to put the money in my pocket as soon as possible. My processing factory is a small business, and a few hundred or a thousand yuan can sustain it for a long time.

Before leaving get off work, Chen Changan paid for a stove chimney and 500 pieces of honeycomb coal. Yan Jiefang helped pull the cart and went home.

After a brief busy period, the stove was installed and Yan Jiefang went home. Chen Changan brought Yan Jiefang a pack of cigarettes and did not invite him to dinner. Chen Changan was also afraid that the third uncle Yan Fugui would push his luck and cause trouble.