Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 87: The path to meeting the leader
Ma Qing dispelled Sha Zhu's stupid idea with just a few words. In fact, for Ma Qing, this idea was not stupid, it was just the wrong timing. If he waited until he came into contact with Deputy Director Li, Ma Qing would probably fully support Sha Zhu's idea, and then he would have a different explanation.

Next, the brother and sister did not treat Ma Qing as an outsider. They discussed Sha Zhu's dating plan face to face and made careful arrangements for how their He family would find a daughter-in-law.

Seeing their excitement, Ma Qing had nothing to do for the time being, and it was not easy for Ma Qing to interrupt their conspiracy. He could only sigh that with the assistance of He Yushui, the accomplice, Yu Li would probably not be able to escape the title of He family's daughter-in-law.

After the two of them finished their discussion, Sha Zhu belatedly asked, "Ma Qing, you haven't left yet, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"..." I don't know if I should say this or not. "Hey, there is something going on."

In order to keep his secret from everyone, Ma Qing deliberately glanced at He Yushui. He Yushui rolled his eyes, got up and went back to his room.

Ma Qing calmed down. Facing this silly Zhu, there was no point in worrying too much. After all, he needed help from him. "Brother Zhu, I heard that you are very powerful in the company cafeteria. The people who come and go are probably the leaders."

"That's right. My cooking skills are inherited from my family and I learned from a famous master. Not only in the entire steel mill, but also in the whole city of Beijing, my cooking skills are one of the best." Sha Zhu was touched by the words and boasted a lot.

Ma Qing thought, you're out of breath when I say you're fat, you're just a tall chef among short guys, but you really think you're a royal chef. But he didn't refute it, "Of course, your cooking skills are definitely impeccable. That's right, brother Zhuzi, can you help me make an appointment with Director Li, so that we can have a meal together, I have something to ask you."

"Director Li, what Director Li? The director of our steel mill is named Yang."

Ma Qing almost rolled his eyes, "It's Li Huaide, don't you know him?"

"Hey, he's the deputy. From now on you have to call him Deputy Director Li, otherwise Director Yang will be unhappy when he hears it." Sha Zhu educated Ma Qingdao.

Ma Qing really wanted to beat up this idiot Zhu. Why the hell are you caring about this issue? Besides, you are afraid that Director Yang will be unhappy, so you don’t know how to call Director Li in private.

"Yes, yes, that's what Brother Zhuzi taught you. Just tell me whether you can make a date or not."

"Why are you looking for him? I look down on this guy, Ma Qing. He is not worth associating with." Sha Zhu was actually trying to persuade Ma Qing with such earnest words.

"Isn't this the only way? You know, my family has a job at the steel mill, and I'm about to graduate from technical secondary school. I want to transfer back to our steel mill. You know what kind of unit our steel mill is, so it's still a bit difficult. I just want to pay my respects to the mountain gate in advance."

Ma Qing's workstation should not be kept after so many years, but since he wrote "My Motherland and I" and praised the factory leaders in the press release, these factory leaders made special arrangements and kept Ma Qing's position until now. You see, the four words "special arrangements" have a very smooth meaning.

Sha Zhu seemed to be thinking about something. "Is that so? Then you really found the right person. This person is always crooked and has connections everywhere. If you need to find a backdoor, you can find him."

"But, Ma Qing, do you really look down on Yu Shui? She is only half a year older than you, and everyone says she is pretty." Sha Zhu didn't seem to be stupid. Hearing that Ma Qing still had a job position in hand, he was excited.

"Stop it, Brother Zhuzi, I really don't mean that. Didn't I tell you already?" Ma Qing said proudly, "If I was really interested in Sister Yushui, I wouldn't have to wait until now. I would have brought him to my Ma family's kitchen to cook for me a long time ago." Ma Qing added in his heart, he would have brought him to my bed to serve me a long time ago.

"You kid," Sha Zhu hit Ma Qing on the head, as revenge for his teasing of his sister. "Well, it may be difficult to make an appointment with others, but this Li Huaide, even though he is the deputy director, is really easy to make an appointment with. This bastard's specialty is welcoming and seeing off people, and his hobbies are eating and women. How about this, I will make an appointment with him first, in the small canteen of our steel mill, and you prepare the ingredients by then, I know you have connections. I will cook for you, isn't that nice?"

"That's very kind of you, Brother Zhuzi. I'll just express my gratitude verbally first. After the matter is done, we'll have a good meal together." Seeing that his goal was achieved, Ma Qing distributed the benefits casually.

"You're welcome. I'll always remember the help you gave me this time. This little thing is nothing." The fool said carelessly but meaningfully.

Ma Qing did not refute. Some things don't exist unless you expose them. Ma Qing would never admit that he helped Sha Zhu to steal someone's girlfriend, even if he was beaten to death.

The following days were more difficult for Ma Qing. In order to get Sha Zhu's reply at any time, he had to run between the machine repair factory and Nanluoguxiang. He worked in the machine repair factory during the day and commuted back to Nanluoguxiang at night. It took him more than two hours to commute every day. The machine repair factory was such a shabby factory that it didn't even have a telephone.

It was not until the evening of three days later that Sha Zhu brought good news. Li Huaide was free the next weekend evening and could use Ma Qing to fill the gap.

Ma Qing didn't care whether to fill the seams or not. After agreeing to bring the ingredients to the cafeteria and give them to Sha Zhu in the afternoon, Ma Qing, who was exhausted, went home to sleep.

At the end of the second week, Ma Qing delivered the grain to Sister Liang at the machine repair factory at noon, and then rode his bicycle to the steel rolling mill in a hurry. As a man, he always does a lot of work.

Before entering the factory, Ma Qing found an opportunity to grab a rooster, a grass carp, a few eggs and some vegetables from the space, threw them into a cloth bag, and carried it to the canteen, where Sha Zhu happened to be.

"Wow, Xiangshan black chicken, Ma Qing, you've spent a lot of money. It would be a waste to give this chicken to Li Huaide." Sha Zhu was used to speaking without restraint.

Ma Qing was startled, and looked around to see no one. "If you have another kind of chicken, I have no objection. Anyway, as long as there is a meat dish, it will be fine."

Sha Zhu sighed, "I really don't have that. Nowadays, except for leaders like them, how can we ordinary people afford to eat this stuff?" Sha Zhu shook the black chicken in his hand.

Ma Qing lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "How about this, Brother Zhuzi, you can cut half of the chicken and take it back for Sister Yushui to eat. I thought about it and realized that Li Huaide and I were just doing a fair deal. I only asked him to do this because I thought it would be easier for him to do it. I didn't ask him to do it. With your cooking skills, you can make a dish with the chicken's innards. It's OK as long as it looks good on the stage. The rest doesn't matter."

"Okay then. I'll make a hot and sour fish, a mouth-watering chicken, stir-fried chicken offal, two vegetarian dishes, and an egg drop soup. That's reasonable." If you want to talk about professional stealing, you have to look at Sha Zhu.

Let’s do it this way. Just like this, that bastard Li Huaide will benefit from it. Ma Qing made the final decision.

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