Siheyuan: Cooking journey

The old man also grinned.

But the emotion in my heart was overwhelming.

I originally thought that Qin Huairu agreed to this marriage just for some food or something. She didn't lack it anyway, so for the sake of the two children, she might as well give it to her.

As a result, no matter how much we try, she won't accept it.

This way, the view of Qin Huairu will be very different.

Perhaps Qin Huairu really wanted to give the chicken as a gift, but the old lady at home ruined her plan.

It's really hard for her to have such a wicked mother-in-law.

Since that banquet,

Director Yang's figure,

He Yuzhu saw very few of them and guessed that they were busy firing refractory bricks due to insufficient conditions.

However, the security guard Wang Deqing I met that day would run to the canteen every few days carrying sugar and sweet potatoes, and after that he would pack two boxes of candied sweet potatoes to take home.

As time went by, He Yuzhu and he gradually became familiar with each other.

The kind of familiar face.

This brother doesn't talk much and always has a serious look on his face, as if he has facial paralysis and always has a stern face.

When I first came back, I wanted to pay.

He Yuzhu didn't ask for any money for the sake of Director Yang's face, but just did some minor processing on it, which didn't take much effort.

The second time I came, I brought food coupons.

He Yuzhu still confiscated it.

The third time, he actually brought two bottles of Moutai.

It just so happened that He Yuzhu was short of wine to flavor his cooking, so he accepted it.

The strange thing is that after the wine was taken away, Wang Deqing came to the cafeteria less often.

In this way, the days passed one by one.

When the day came for salary payment, we also issued industrial vouchers.

In addition to the 20 yuan salary, an additional industrial voucher was given.

This industrial voucher is a universal voucher and can buy a lot of things.

In the past, there were countless types of tickets for various commodities.

This industrial voucher can almost replace most tickets.

With industrial coupons, scarce items such as bicycle tickets and watch tickets are no longer expensive.

12 industrial coupons could be exchanged for a bicycle, and 6 industrial coupons could buy a watch, so the workers just had to pool their money together.

He Yuzhu's salary was 74 yuan and he received three industrial coupons.

The salary of other people in the cafeteria was 18 yuan per month, and most of them did not get industrial coupons.

Fortunately, he was treated as a deputy section chief and was given an additional 10 industrial coupons.

He Yuzhu borrowed a few more industrial coupons from the old man and used them to buy a similar bicycle for Yushui.

Working on the streets, I have to run around all day, and it's really inconvenient without a bicycle.

I used the remaining ticket to buy a watch.

This thing is not expensive. The main reason I didn't buy it before is that it needs to be wound up, so it has to stop every few days, and it's not easy to adjust the time. It's actually the same whether you have it or not.

With a watch, we can check the time with each other and it is much easier.

In addition, he also bought a radio.

The New Year is coming soon, and we have to add some new things to the house.

At present, only the radio can be considered a household appliance. It is also good to buy one to listen to news and music.

With the last salary payment,

The steel mills are also going to have a holiday for the New Year.

After raising the pigs for half a year, it’s time to sell them off.

He Yuzhu was thinking,

According to the number of people in the steel mill, the pork can be distributed per capita.

During the Chinese New Year, each person gets 8 liang of meat. By the end of the year, each person can get 20-30 liang of meat, which is already very good.

But we have recruited more than 200 people, and there is definitely not enough to share among these two pigs after removing the miscellaneous ones.

They are all workers from the steel rolling mill, and the newcomers are not differentiated. This is unacceptable in an age where unity is strength.

Either you get no points, or you get all points.

He Yuzhu thought about getting some more meat from the meat processing plant, and adding some pork bones, pig skins, etc., and distributing them all at once. This way, each worker could get at least 3 taels of meat. That's all the meat they wanted, and if they wanted something else, they could give more.

In times like this, it’s great to have enough food to eat and not go hungry, and being able to get some meat is a great benefit.

Thinking about this,

He Yuzhu was thinking about finding Director Yang, whom he hadn't seen for several days, to discuss something.

Speak of the devil, and Director Yang will appear with an excited look on his face.

"Xiao He, the refractory materials are almost ready. The factory plans to organize some workers to upgrade the heating furnace during the New Year holiday. At that time, a few people will be left on duty in the cafeteria. This will be considered overtime. The workers will not have any extra subsidies, but the three meals must be taken care of."

Taking a half-month annual leave seems like a great thing now.

But at that time, for some working-class families, it was undoubtedly adding insult to injury.

Not only do people not get paid during the half month of annual leave, but when they get paid next month, it’s only half of what they paid last month. Many families have to reduce their food rations again and again.

Many workers are happy to work overtime as the factory provides them with three meals.

The cafeteria also has to work overtime, so the same is true.

But there doesn't need to be too many people, the key is who to keep.

He Yuzhu thought about it, agreed to work overtime, and briefly talked about the pig issue.

"There are not enough pigs to share..." Director Yang pondered for a moment and said seriously, "You are very thoughtful. I will mention it at the morning meeting tomorrow;

"That's great. You can process the pig offal and save it for cooking for the overtime workers.

I don’t know if the annual leave is enough, but I can’t delay production after the New Year. I have to race against time to transform the heating furnace and work around the clock.”

"Once the heating furnace is renovated, we will prioritize stainless steel, and then..."

He Yuzhu listened with mixed feelings.

I've waited so long just to get a dough mixer, and now I finally have some hope.

Once the heating furnace is modified and qualified stainless steel comes out, we can finally start making the dough mixer.

The annual holiday is over.

The number of people who will work overtime has also been determined.

As the only eighth-level fitter in the steel rolling mill, the old man was naturally on the overtime list; as for Liu Haizhong, although he was a seventh-level blacksmith, blacksmithing work was of no use here, so there was nothing for him to do.

In the cafeteria,

He Yuzhu treated everyone equally and impartially. Taking everyone's family situation into consideration, he did not let his eldest disciple Ma Hua stay, but left Liu Lan and Qin Huairu to help with overtime.

At this time, Shen Qingfen finally found a house.

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiaoe went to take a look.

It is a tube-shaped building, on the second floor, and each room is less than 20 square meters.

The water pipes and toilets are shared. There is no kitchen. Every household has a coal stove for cooking at the door. The corridors, which are already narrow, are filled with all kinds of sundries, and everyone has to be careful when walking.

The soundproofing is not very good and the place is packed with people, so it's very noisy.

Even so, having such a house is much better than many people.

However, compared with the environment of a courtyard house, it is far inferior.

He Yuzhu felt a little disappointed. He had originally thought that he could get a house of the same quality as Director Yang's.

Although it is noisy, it is still a building after all. This tube building is like a military barracks, used as temporary housing, and is becoming more and more common.

After viewing the house,

Lou Xiao'e was not very willing to move there.

He Yuzhu thought so too, so they did not move.