The winner of life in the courtyard

Chapter 107 New Year’s Goods
The snow continues!
When the technical seminar at the steel rolling mill was in full swing, there was a sudden power outage.

"what's the situation?"

Everyone who was discussing the matter heatedly became restless.

How will the factory’s production be handled with this power outage?
Although the New Year is coming soon, there are still many production tasks to be done!
Lu Dasheng immediately asked someone to investigate and quickly determined that it was not just a power outage at the steel mill, but a power supply problem. The heavy snow had knocked down a large tree, and the fall of the tree had affected the power lines.

This is completely over!

Although the seminar can continue, it will become just talk and cannot be put into practice, so the effect will be much worse.

After a brief meeting, the factory leaders decided to give everyone a holiday.

There were only a few days left before the Chinese New Year holiday, and emergency repairs to the power supply could not be completed in a short time. Even if all the workers were kept in the factory, they would not be able to do anything.

Shen Zhiping was the first one to slip away after knowing that there was a holiday.

This time, he went straight to the Grain Bureau to find Liu Wanqing.

The Grain Bureau was also affected and the power was cut off, but they did not necessarily need electricity to go to work. They could still work by lighting candles, kerosene lamps, etc.

When Shen Zhiping arrived, the kerosene lamps had already been lit.

In fact, due to the insufficient electricity supply, most units now prepare candles and kerosene lamps as backup, so even if there is a power outage, it will not have any impact.

This situation has continued for decades.

When Shen Zhiping was in school in his previous life, there were often power outages during evening self-study sessions at school, and he had to prepare candles.

He himself couldn't remember when power outages became less frequent.

When Liu Wanqing saw Shen Zhiping coming, she knew that the steel mill had been closed due to a power outage, so she asked Shen Zhiping to go back alone.

"Steamed buns, steamed buns..."

"I?"

When Shen Zhiping heard that Liu Wanqing was asking him to do the work, he felt a little overwhelmed, but who made him take a holiday?

After returning from the Grain Bureau, Shen Zhiping decided to steam buns first, as there was still some flour at home. But he couldn't use it all, after all, he had to keep some for steaming buns, making dumplings and hand-rolled noodles during the Chinese New Year, which all required flour.

As for leavened buns, they cannot be steamed for the time being because we don’t have the fillings needed for steamed buns at home.

Although the steamed buns for Chinese New Year only require cabbage, tofu, vermicelli and pork, unfortunately, I didn't prepare them beforehand and only had cabbage and vermicelli at home.

It’s Chinese New Year, we can’t just eat vegetarian buns, right?
After returning to the courtyard and kneading the dough and waiting for it to ferment, Shen Zhiping strode out and headed straight for the market to see if he could try his luck and buy some meat, tofu, etc.

After all, with such heavy snow, the vegetable market is either empty or you're really lucky.

As it turned out, Shen Zhiping was lucky.

Because of the heavy snow, people who usually come to the market early are either still clearing the roads or simply not moving.

When Shen Zhiping arrived at the market, there were only a few people queuing at the meat stall of the meat processing factory.

Shen Zhiping used all the meat coupons he had to buy meat, a full three pounds!
Most of this was given by Deputy Director Li.

In addition to meat, Shen Zhiping also bought pork bones that did not require meat coupons. Although there was almost no meat on them, these bones were bought purely for making broth, so Shen Zhiping really didn't care.

Of course, I also bought tofu!

When he returned to the courtyard, he saw that his senior brother was waiting for him.

"Brother, why are you here?"

"Isn't the call coming soon?"

When Shen Zhiping saw Lu Dasheng, he felt a little panicked. He didn't want to go back to work now because the noodles at home had already risen!

"What's the electricity?"

Lu Dasheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "When the factory distributes New Year's goods, aren't our technical department people in the North Suburbs Branch?"

"The logistics department originally wanted to send us the New Year's goods in the afternoon, but there was a power outage this morning, and you ran away so fast, so I had to deliver it to you!"

"They are all in the woven bag, you can carry it back by yourself!" Lu Dasheng pointed to the woven bag placed at the foot of the wall, and Shen Zhiping only then discovered the existence of this thing.

"Brother, don't leave in a hurry, at least come in and sit down and have a glass of water!"

"Don't come on, your sister-in-law is still waiting for me at the factory!"

Lu Dasheng waved his hand, turned around and walked away quickly.

Shen Zhiping could only shout, asking the other party to be careful on the road, then he picked up the meat and bones he had bought, and also picked up the woven bag that Lu Dasheng had placed in the corner. Wow, it was quite heavy.

After returning to the east courtyard, Shen Zhiping first carried the things into the kitchen, then washed his hands and went back to the main room to see if the kneaded dough on the kang had opened.

Seeing that it was not quite cooked enough, Shen Zhiping quickly returned to the kitchen.

He prefers to eat leavened bread rather than steamed buns.

Wash and chop the cabbage.

Add water to vermicelli and soak.

Tofu, cut into cubes.

Cut the pork into slices with fat and lean meat, then add a little oil and mix well.

When the vermicelli softens, cut it into small strips.

Finally, mix the cabbage, vermicelli and tofu, add salt, soy sauce and a small amount of oil and stir well.

After doing all this, I went to check the noodles in the house and they were already fermented.

Shen Zhiping decisively began to knead the dough, cut it into pieces, and roll it into pieces of dough.

Leavened bread is really a delicacy that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year.

Put two or three pieces of meat in each bun, and when the buns are steamed, the aroma of the meat is so delicious.

After Shen Zhiping finished wrapping the buns, let them rise for a while, and then put them in the steamer, he finally had time to check the New Year's goods that the factory had sent him.

Seeing this, Shen Zhiping was very happy.

A whole piece of pork, weighing ten pounds!
Then there are the fish, four of them, sea fish, Spanish mackerel!
At the bottom, there were two processed chickens, one male and one female.

Seeing the quantity of these New Year's goods, Shen Zhiping knew very well that he was receiving special care.

He absolutely did not believe that everyone in the technical department of the steel rolling mill had this much.

However, Shen Zhiping still likes it very much.

The more you work, the more you get. Your efforts should be rewarded!

Deputy Factory Director Li is in charge of logistics. This New Year benefit would be absolutely impossible without Deputy Factory Director Li's approval.

"Old Li, you still know how to behave yourself!"

Shen Zhiping quickly chopped the pork into more than a dozen pieces, leaving one piece and one fish. He put the two chickens and most of the pork back into the woven bag and put it directly into the snow pile outside to freeze.

Not long after Shen Zhiping finished dealing with the matter, someone arrived at the East Courtyard.

The people who came were Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, the two managers of the courtyard.

"Master Liu, Teacher Yan, why are you two here at this time?"

"Sit inside!"

When Shen Zhiping saw the two of them, he invited them into the house.

"No, no, we're here just to tell you something!"

A smile was plastered on his chubby face with bangs, and he spoke happily.

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