Siheyuan: Cooking journey

Living in a small house of ten square meters is no match for the comfort of living in a courtyard house of fifty or sixty square meters.

Time slips away silently.

The renovation project of the heating furnace is in full swing.

Before we know it, another year has turned over.

At this time when the year is coming to an end.

He Yuzhu and Director Yang once again stepped into that indescribable compound.

In the kitchen,

There weren't many green vegetables, just a piece of tofu.

He Yuzhu looked at his aunt reflexively.

Auntie smiled and nodded.

"Xiao He, please make me some Mapo Tofu this time..."

He Yuzhu's eyes moved and fell on the square piece of tofu, and his heart couldn't help but be moved.

Somehow, it feels like next year will be better.

Perhaps it is the New Year atmosphere that brings joy.

In peace and tranquility, they spent the world's first Spring Festival.

He Yuzhu noticed many new trends and changes.

In the past, pork consumption was only 8 taels per year, but now it is adjusted to 2 taels per person per month;

The cloth increased from two feet to five feet;

Everyone’s food rations were also increased.

As a deputy section chief, I was also given some coupons for soybeans and peanuts every month.

These changes all say that this year has indeed become better.

In contrast,

What made He Yuzhu even happier was that the heating furnace was successfully transformed and stainless steel plates were produced smoothly.

This means that stainless steel barrels will soon be available, and the noodle mixer will also be available soon.

All the hard work finally paid off.

He Yuzhu felt mixed emotions, mixed with an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

However, this good mood did not last for a few days, and Director Yang came over with a worried look on his face.

In the workshop,

The stainless steel sheet was bent into a barrel shape with both sides butted together.

After the maintenance welder's spark-sprinkling operation,

The edge of the stainless steel was bright red, but after it cooled down and I knocked on the weld, I saw a black patch, indicating that it was not truly welded firmly.

"Xiao He, you can see it too. I don't know why, but the welding machine just can't weld it in. There's nothing I can do."

Director Yang sighed with a sad face.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but look at him, then at the weld, feeling amused and helpless.

I was nervous for a long time, thinking it was a big problem, but it turned out to be so simple.

I am just a chef, so it is not good for me to pretend to be an expert.

He Yuzhu pretended to be puzzled and said:

"To weld stainless steel, do you need to use stainless steel welding rods? If ordinary welding rods don't work, try finding some stainless steel welding rods."

"Stainless steel welding rod?"

Director Yang muttered to himself, looking confused.

The maintenance welder was equally puzzled and had the same reaction.

He Yuzhu looked at their expressions and his heart tightened.

No way, no way.

Is it possible that there are not even stainless steel welding rods?

"Haven't you ever heard of stainless steel welding rods?"

He Yuzhu asked tentatively.

"No."

Director Yang shook his head and asked in confusion, "Is there such a thing as stainless steel welding rods?"

Although the maintenance welder didn't say anything, his expression was similar.

Right now,

He Yuzhu's mentality was a little broken.

What are you doing.

It was just the last step of welding, but there were no stainless steel welding rods.

Do I have to make stainless steel welding rods myself to make enough food and clothing?

But this doesn’t make sense. We have ordinary welding rods, and stainless steel has also been produced, so why are there no stainless steel welding rods?

He Yuzhu thought calmly for a moment, pulled Director Yang aside, and said seriously:

“Director, when I first talked to the old professor about the dough mixer, he mentioned that stainless steel plates were useless and that stainless steel welding rods were needed;

“I didn’t take it seriously at the time, but now it seems that the old professor was talking about welding problems;

"Director, think about it carefully. Have you really never heard of stainless steel welding rods?"

Director Yang frowned and recalled for a while, then shook his head:

“I’ve definitely never heard of this.”

He Yuzhu sighed inwardly.

Even Director Yang, who deals with steel all day long, doesn't know the existence of stainless steel welding rods.

Either there is really no reason,

Or it falls under the category of special material control.

In either case, the result is nothing.

"However, if it really exists, I can find a way. I have a comrade-in-arms who is the director of the Jincheng Welding Rod Factory. In the past, this old guy often drank with me..." Director Yang introduced excitedly.

He Yuzhu looked at him, speechless for a moment.

I can only sigh that my comrades-in-arms are really spread across all walks of life.

Then,

He breathed a sigh of relief. Since Director Yang had a comrade-in-arms who was the director of the welding rod factory, the problem of the stainless steel welding rods should be solved.

The days gradually became more leisurely.

Master Zhang has already made the mixer of the dough mixer according to the drawing and is just waiting for Director Yang to get the stainless steel welding rods to weld the dough barrel.

However, a few days later, Director Yang came to the door with a miserable face, but without the stainless steel welding rod in his hand.

"Xiao He, it looks like there's no hope for our dough mixer for now."

Director Yang sighed worriedly, “I asked my comrades;

“This stainless steel welding rod, you say it exists and you say it doesn’t;

“The Jincheng welding rod factory was established ten years ago. At that time, it introduced foreign technology, but it was limited to the manufacturing process of ordinary welding rods;

“Stainless steel and ordinary steel have different properties, and the coating materials of welding rods are also different. You can’t simply replace the coating of ordinary welding rods with stainless steel to use them as stainless steel welding rods. This is an exploration process from scratch.

"Ten years ago, the welding rod factory has been researching and manufacturing stainless steel welding rods. Although there have been some successes, there are still problems such as severe spatter, slag shedding, poor forming, and low welding efficiency. In short, even if there are any, it is equivalent to nothing, because the welded objects are not strong enough;

"In the new era, the usage rate of stainless steel is not high and its application range is not wide. Steel is the foundation. Welding rod factories mainly produce ordinary welding rods. If there is a demand for welding stainless steel, it is generally solved by imports.

“Under the current situation, some things are difficult to import. Behind every industrial material that can be imported, there are countless people who have silently contributed.

"This is especially true for imported stainless steel welding rods. What each welding rod welds must be recorded in detail, and the remaining welding heads must also be recycled. It is not easy to get them.

"The dough mixer issue will have to be put on hold for now..."

He Yuzhu couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows.

It seems that I can't escape the hurdle of developing stainless steel welding rods.

I was really unwilling to let the dough mixer give up at the last minute.

The previous efforts cannot be said to be completely in vain.

It is a pity that the old professor should not have died so early. He had the skills but did not have time to pass them on.

He Yuzhu didn't feel so regretful anymore. Even if the old professor's "disguise" had not been taken offline, he might not be able to help.

I understand heating furnaces and refractory materials, which is just enough.

At least there's some connection.