Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

"This comrade..."

"The steel mill originally planned to purchase more than 3,000 kilograms of pork and give everyone 3 taels of pork as a holiday benefit."

"But Deputy Director Li can only purchase more than 1,000 kilograms of pork and can only replace it with pig offal. I wonder if everyone is satisfied?"

"After all, pig offal smells too strong and few people like to eat it."

"If it weren't for the current shortage of supplies, the pig offal that everyone eats would be fed to dogs or used as compost in many places, and people basically don't eat it."

Director Yang's words were very heartbreaking.

The workers were told that the steel mill had prepared three taels of pork for them as a New Year benefit, but Deputy Director Li was not helpful and only purchased more than a thousand kilograms of pork, which was obviously not enough for everyone to share.

Then he took it upon himself to replace the pork with pig offal.

If the workers were dissatisfied with the offal being a New Year's benefit, they would only vent their dissatisfaction on Deputy Director Li, and then collectively denounce Deputy Director Li, which would give him a good opportunity to drive Deputy Director Li out of the steel mill.

Deputy Director Li was no fool. He immediately understood what Director Yang meant. He frowned and a worried expression appeared on his face, fearing that the workers in front of him would not be satisfied with the braised pork offal in the lunch box.

Wang Dong stood next to Deputy Director Li. He did not look worried at all. Instead, he looked at the worker in front of him with anticipation, waiting for his answer.

At the same time, he reminded Deputy Director Li in a low voice: "Leader..."

"Don't worry,"

"Compared to three ounces of pork, everyone would definitely prefer a lunch box of pork offal."

Wang Dong's comfort made Deputy Director Li feel much more at ease, and then he heard the workers' affirmative responses.

"Of course I'd choose pig offal..."

"The pig offal prepared by squad leader Wang is not only delicious, but also has a large portion and plenty of oil. The whole family can eat it for several meals when we take it home."

"It's good enough to get half a pound of lard from three ounces of pork. It's not even enough to feed my family for a meal."

"My family hasn't had any meat for almost half a year."

"Of course I'd choose the braised pork offal that can last for three meals..."

"Director..."

"Your family has plenty of pork, so you definitely don't eat pig offal."

"We can't..."

"It must be the one with more oil and more weight. What should we choose?"

"As for the smell of pig offal..."

"Team Leader Wang has prepared it well. Not only is it not fishy, ​​it is also very delicious..."

"My wife and children love the pig offal made by Squad Leader Wang."

Director Yang's words directed at Deputy Director Li just now were particularly hurtful, and the worker's response was even more hurtful.

What do you mean Director Yang’s family has no shortage of pork? They definitely don’t eat pig offal.

It was clearly a mockery of Director Yang, who had lived a good life for too long, had become detached from the masses, and did not know what the steel mill workers lacked the most.

Seeing many workers gathered around and Director Yang with a heavy face pointing and criticizing, Deputy Director Li did not miss this good opportunity to give the downtrodden man a beating.

He had received the message before coming to the kitchen.

Director Yang not only wanted to attack him in front of the workers in a cafeteria, but also organized his trusted subordinates to discredit him in various workshops and incite the workers to denounce him.

If I hadn't listened to Wang Dong's suggestion and replaced pork with offal, I would have definitely aroused the workers' enthusiasm by now.

If you don't take revenge, you are not a gentleman. Since Director Yang intends to force me to death, my subsequent counterattack and revenge will not be so polite.

He immediately replied: "Director... fellow workers..."

"Supplies are in short supply in the city. I went to all the meat processing factories in the city and only got back more than 1,000 kilograms of pork. As the deputy director in charge of logistics, I feel sorry for everyone."

"In order to let everyone have a good New Year, and considering that the workers are short of oil and water, in order to give everyone more food and more oil and water."

"At the suggestion of Wang Dong, monitor of the first canteen, pork was replaced with pig offal without authorization.

"The price of pork is more than three times that of offal. In addition, many factories and workers do not like to buy offal. All the cadres and buyers in the logistics department acted separately. You brought back two sets of offal, and I brought back three sets of offal."

"We worked hard for five days and nights and brought back 320 sets of pig offal for everyone."

"Thanks to the hard work of Team Leader Wang and all the workers in the canteen, we have finally processed all the pig offal today."

"I hope everyone here will take these pig offal home and let their families replenish their energy and have a good New Year..."

"Well done, Deputy Director Li..." Someone among the workers shouted.

The other workers followed suit, like ignited powder kegs.

As a result, Wang Dong and the entire logistics department were praised by the workers.

Director Yang's face was now red with anger.

The original intention was to take this opportunity to undermine Deputy Director Li's prestige in the steel mill and drive him out of the mill.

As a result, he lost his wife and lost his troops.

Not only did it fail to undermine Deputy Director Li's prestige, but it also made him be labeled as being out of touch with the masses and only concerned with his own enjoyment.

Now is the critical moment for cadres and the masses to overcome difficulties together.

If the rumor that he was out of touch with the masses spread among the workers, all the workers in the steel mill would have opinions about him.

If this gets to the higher-ups, you will definitely be punished, and you might even be criticized.

When the time comes, the one who leaves the steel mill will not be Deputy Director Li, but myself.

As he thought about it, Director Yang's forehead was already covered with cold sweat.

I really want to explain to the workers around me that I rarely eat pork at home and I am not out of touch with the masses.

But facing the excited crowd, he knew that the more he explained, the more suspicion he would arouse.

The best way is to just ignore it.

Anyway, the steel mill is about to go on holiday, and maybe everyone will forget about this matter after the New Year.

He glared at Deputy Director Li and Wang Dong and prepared to run away.

But Deputy Director Li obviously would not let Director Yang leave so easily, and he spoke again: "It is the responsibility of the logistics department of the steel rolling mill to collect New Year supplies for the workers. As the person in charge, I don't care how tired or hard it is, as long as the workers can have a good New Year, it's worth it."

"But we can't let a canteen worker work in vain."

"In order to process more than 300 sets of pig offal and turn them into braised pork offal, squad leader Wang led the canteen workers to work overtime and was busy in the kitchen for five full days before completing all the work."

"I promised Comrade Wang Dong that all workers in the canteen would get an extra box of pig offal, but this matter was not voted on by the factory leaders, nor was it reported to the workers."

"Director Yang is here right now, and the factory leaders are all here too. Why don't we vote here and decide whether to give each canteen worker a lunch box of pig offal as a New Year's gift."

"In addition, it was Wang Dong who proposed the idea of ​​replacing pork with pig offal. Since the workers are very satisfied, shouldn't Comrade Wang Dong be rewarded?"

"Considering that Comrade Wang Dong is too young, I suggest that the steel mill reward Comrade Wang Dong with a bicycle ticket." (End of this chapter)