Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

When they were halfway through the meal, Chen Dehui, with a smile on his face, suddenly said, "Dongzi..."

"Now Junzi has graduated from college and will soon start working in a steel mill."

"You are no longer young..."

"See when you can get married."

"While your aunt and I are still young, I can still help you if you have children."

Chen Jun's face turned red instantly. She lowered her head and finished the food in the bowl. She didn't look like her usual big sister at all.

Wang Dong was all smiles.

He had been waiting for this sentence for several years. He was so happy that he almost jumped up from the ground and immediately replied: "Uncle..."

"I'll listen to you. We can even get married tomorrow. To be honest, I want a child too."

"How about I get the certificate from Sister Jun first."

"We'll hold the wedding after Sister Jun has established herself in the technical department?"

Aunt Li couldn't wait to hold her grandson in her arms. Before Uncle Chen could speak, she rushed to speak: "I think it's okay."

"After you get your marriage certificate, move in together so that your uncle Chen and I can have a grandson sooner."

"Grandma Wang now has two great-grandchildren.

"Dongzi, you are the master of the mountains, you can't fall too far behind."

Wang Dong didn't answer, but looked directly at Chen Jun, whose face was flushed: "Sister Jun, what do you think?"

Chen Jun's face turned even redder, and he wished he could bury his entire head in the bowl.

Facing Wang Dong's murderous gaze, although she was very shy, she still answered with a stiff upper lip: "I will listen to my parents."

Seeing this, no matter how dumb Chen Dehui was, he knew that his eldest daughter agreed, and he immediately made a decision: "Then it's settled..."

"The day after tomorrow morning, you will go to the street office to get the license, and then go to the steel mill to report, in case someone else in the steel mill has any intention of taking advantage of you."

Hearing this, Wang Dong's face was already full of joy, and he nodded quickly: "I will listen to Uncle Chen too..."

"No, you should call me dad now."

"I'll listen to Dad and go get the certificate with Sister Jun tomorrow morning."

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In order not to delay the steel mill report.

Wang Dong and Chen Jun appeared at the street entrance early in the morning.

The streets had just started to open at this time, and although it was a bit chaotic, the arrival of Wang Dong and Chen Jun still attracted everyone's attention.

On the one hand, it's because the two of them are a perfect match, the man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, and they both have the temperament of scholars, it's hard not to be attracted to them.

On the other hand, Wang Dong attracted too much attention.

As the only level six chef in the street, deputy director of the steel rolling mill's kitchen, and the youngest deputy section-level cadre in the entire street, he is not only a household name, but at least the twenty or so cadres in the street are very familiar with him.

A few doors down, two familiar aunts greeted them: "Wang Dong, Chen Jun, what are you two doing here so early in the morning? Are you here to get your marriage certificate?"

Wang Dong replied cheerfully, "Auntie Wang...Sister Jun and I have been engaged for a long time, but we haven't obtained the marriage certificate because we are not old enough."

"Now that I'm old enough and Sister Jun has graduated from college, I thought about coming here to get the certificate first."

After saying that, he took out a handful of candy from the cloth bag in his hand and put it on the table, and at the same time called out to the other staff members around him: "Everyone come over and have some candy. This is a little gift from me and Sister Jun."

What Wang Dong took out was not the hard candy sold at the supply and marketing cooperative for one cent each, but the White Rabbit milk candy that was hard to buy even with money. For other people, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven to buy these candies, but for Deputy Factory Director Li, it was just a matter of opening his mouth.

After confirming that he would get the marriage certificate this morning, Wang Dong ran to Deputy Director Li's house overnight and asked him to help him get five kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy.

There were at least fifty candies on the table just now, enough for each street official to have two.

Soon all the White Rabbit candies on the table were divided up by Aunt Li, and Wang Dong and Chen Jun also received a lot of blessings from the street.

Ten minutes later, the two received a marriage certificate that looked like an award certificate and left the street under the envious gazes of the staff.

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Steel rolling mill technical department.

Tan Linshu, the only engineer and technical section chief of the steel rolling mill, was holding a morning meeting to arrange production tasks. He had just announced the adjournment of the meeting when he saw Wang Dong and Chen Jun walking towards him.

As the youngest deputy section chief in the steel rolling mill, Wang Dong is in charge of the food supply for more than 10,000 workers in the mill. Although Section Chief Tan has never dealt with him, he has met him at many meetings.

In addition, he had just been promoted to the position of head kitchen manager at the factory leadership meeting yesterday, which made Section Chief Tan's impression of him even deeper.

Although everyone is saying that Wang Dong is Deputy Director Li's confidant, he was able to take the position of head of the steel mill's kitchen entirely because of Deputy Director Li's trust.

But Tan Linshu doesn't think so.

He is a scholar and considers issues much more comprehensively than others.

In his eyes, although Wang Dong is young, he is very capable, otherwise he would not be able to manage so many canteens in the steel rolling mill in such an orderly manner.

The previous steel rolling mill kitchens had more or less some problems, and the quality of food was also uneven. Except for one canteen, the food in other canteens tasted very bad.

But in order not to go hungry, everyone had to endure it even though the food provided in the cafeteria was not tasty and the spoons were shaking.

Ever since Wang Dong took over as deputy director of the steel mill’s kitchen, no one in the cafeteria has had their spoons shaken anymore.

The quality of the food is constantly improving, the taste is getting better and better, and it has even been praised by superiors.

All this is thanks to Wang Dong.

Tan Linshu has always admired talents, including Wang Dong, even though he is Deputy Director Li's man.

Facing Wang Dong who came in a hurry, not only did he not show any contempt, but he greeted him with a smile: "Director Wang..."

"The kitchen is so busy, how can you find time to come to our technical department..."

Wang Dong was still very polite when facing a cultured and technically talented person like Tan Linshu.

He trotted a few steps quickly, held Tan Linshu's outstretched right hand and said happily: "No one comes to visit you for no reason..."

"Chief Tan, I'm here to send my wife to report."

After that, he pulled Chen Jun to his side and introduced her: "This is my wife, Chen Jun, we just got the marriage certificate."

"After graduating from university, I was assigned to our steel rolling mill for internship..."

"I heard that Chief Tan, you have never accepted an apprentice in the technical department. My wife graduated from shocking university with very good grades. She is definitely qualified to be your apprentice."

"Do you want him to be your apprentice..."

"I heard from Director Zhou from the Logistics Department that you are looking for a job for your nephew. If you don't mind, I can help you arrange for him to work in the kitchen."

"Although the higher-ups have stopped the job-level assessment and he can't be a chef, as long as he successfully becomes a regular employee and is a good person, I can find a way to transfer him to another logistics department."

Wang Dong asked Tan Linshu to be his wife's master, but he refused in his heart.

Although he admired Wang Dong's talent, it did not mean that his wife Chen Jun was a talented person and qualified to be his apprentice, even though she was a college student. (End of this chapter)