Siheyuan: Steel Mill Driver

Li Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know. I've been studying how to ship the goods every day during this period, and I haven't paid attention to other things."

Yang Dianfeng took a bite of Fengwei and said, "I know this. The street office went to a meeting yesterday!"

"They asked every household to donate some scrap iron, as if they were preparing to start a steel-making campaign. The subdistrict office left after they said that, and I didn't understand what was going on."

At this time Yan Jiefang came over. He stood at the door and saw the food on the table. He couldn't help swallowing.

Sha Zhu saw him standing there and said, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? You're drooling."

After listening to this, Yan Jiefang's eyes turned red and he said, "The street office will come to hold a meeting of the whole court later." After that, he ran to the Intermediate Court to inform them. He was not happy. Who would like to be criticized, especially for such an embarrassing thing? So he held a grudge against Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu didn't take it seriously at all and said, "Hey, you guys, when there's something going on in the street office, don't the three uncles go to receive instructions from above and then come back for a meeting to notify them?"

Li Feng drank a mouthful of turtle soup and said, "What's so hard to understand about this? Don't you know everything?"

"What do I know?"

Yang Dianfeng and Li Jian also said, "Exactly, what did you know?"

Tiedan said uncertainly: "You mean, the scrap metal thing?"

Sha Zhu said in confusion, "That's impossible, right? The Street Office came here just for such a small matter?"

Li Feng said speechlessly: "It's a small matter, haha, I hope you can have such a good attitude in the future!"

"Okay, eat quickly, don't chew slowly."

In the middle courtyard, Tiedan and a few others were curious about what was going on, so they came over to listen.

After a while, Yi Zhonghai walked in and said, "Okay, everyone, be quiet."

After he saw that everyone in the courtyard had quieted down, he said, "Everyone welcomes the leaders of the subdistrict office to convey the instructions from above. Let's applaud and welcome them."

Everyone in the courtyard was very respectful and applauded loudly.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to take Director Zhang to sit down at the table and speak, but Director Zhang held his hand and said, "No, I'll just stand here and say a few words to everyone, and then I'll go to the next yard."

Everyone stopped clapping and listened to Director Zhang.

"I came here today to talk about two things. One is the issue of eliminating the four pests, and the other is to convey the new instructions from above."

"Let's talk about eliminating the four pests first. In the first few months, our courtyard was rated as a model courtyard. What happened in the past few months?"

"You can't catch flies, mosquitoes, and mice, but can't you catch sparrows?"

"And you and Yi Zhonghai, both of you are unwilling to talk about you. Don't think that no one knows about your affairs. Those things are not caught by anyone, and we are too lazy to care. You must take these two things to heart."

"And Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, if you two don't do a good job, you will no longer be the masters in your courtyard."

"Next, let's talk about the new instructions. All the idle and useless steel in the hands of our people must be handed in. We must carry out unified steelmaking to contribute to the construction of the motherland and help increase steel production."

"In the industrial sector, we want to surpass Britain and the United States in steel production, so that they know that we are also an industrial power."

Li Feng sighed, but he didn't say anything. His small body couldn't handle such a big thing.

"Okay, that's it. If you have scrap iron at home, please send it to the open space east of the neighborhood office. There will be people there to record the receipt. We will build a blast furnace there to produce steel in the future."

"If you do this well, the excellent courtyard will still be yours. Okay, I'm going to another courtyard. If you have anything to say, please tell me, three uncles."

After seeing Director Zhang off, Yi Zhonghai came back and said, "Everyone heard what Director Zhang said just now. It's not dark yet. If you have any scrap metal at home, take it out and we'll send it over first. Now everyone go back and prepare. Gather in the front yard later. Uncle San will take notes first."

After Tiedan and the others left after listening to this, Li Feng went home and took out a dozen pieces of scrap iron, weighing about three or four pounds.

Half an hour later, every family brought some scrap metal to the front yard. Yi Zhonghai looked at everyone and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's go."

After saying that, he nodded and smiled at Li Gousheng. Jia Zhangshi and Liu Haizhong were no exception. Li Feng didn't think of any tricks. In the face of such things, he tried his best to remain silent, not express his opinion, and not take the lead.

When they arrived at the street office, they saw many people queuing up to register with scrap metal in their hands.

Li Feng witnessed the simplicity and strong cohesion of people in this era. Some people carried full bags, and one old man even pulled a whole flatbed truck full of scrap metal.

When they handed over the scrap iron, it was already getting dark, but the lights were already on in the site and many people were building a blast furnace overnight.

The next morning, Li Feng arrived at the steel mill. Unexpectedly, Director Tian came over and said, "Old Ding, Director Zhang from the subdistrict office has borrowed a car from our steel mill. Would you like to go over there?"

Ding Youtian was stunned and said, "You are kidding, Director. We are currently in the process of making steel and our transportation tasks are unclear. How can I go?"

"Now I can't go even if I want to. I have to finish my task at the factory first."

"No, Lao Ding, you have to help me think of a solution. This is not my business. This was arranged by Director Yang and Deputy Director Li. I can't do anything about it!"

Ding Youtian took a puff of his pipe and said, "My two apprentices have now completed their apprenticeships. As long as they don't leave the city, there shouldn't be any problem with transportation."

"Haha, that's great, let them get ready and go."

Ding Youtian spread his hands and said, "No problem. I'm here, but unfortunately I don't have a car. As long as you have a car, there will be no problem." After that, he left.

"No, Lao Ding, wait a minute. Hey! There's no car, so it's useless for me to have a driver!"

At this time, he saw Secretary Chen beside Director Yang coming over and asked, "Secretary Chen, do you have any instructions for the leader?"

Secretary Chen handed him a note and said, "These are the Jiefang trucks that the leaders requested. There are five of them in total and they should arrive this afternoon. Take the note and accept them. I'll be leaving if nothing else."

Li Feng looked at the smile on Director Tian's face and said, "Don't worry this time, we have both the people and the car!"

"You kid, you've got the chance this time. You two are just a team. You're so lucky. You just got a chance to choose a new car after becoming a regular employee!"

"It's just right that we've made it at this critical juncture. Otherwise, it will take who knows how many years before you get the chance to touch a new car!"

"Okay, this period will be very busy, and there may be missions in the evening. You should go back and prepare and come back before noon."