Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 13 Secretary Hu

"Good leadership!"

Although he didn't know who the visitor was, Yang Ning clearly felt that the person was not simple, so he quickly stood up and shouted.

"Don't be nervous, little comrade. Sit down and talk."

The visitor patted Yang Ning's shoulder cordially and pushed him to his seat.

"Are you full? If not, serve more."

The leader sat opposite Yang Ning and asked with a smile.

What could Yang Ning say? He could only smile awkwardly and said, "I'm full. Thank you for your concern, leader."

"I've heard that you have a good appetite, and today I see that it's true. Since you've come to our First Machinery Factory, don't be polite and eat as much as you can."

The leader saw Yang Ning fidgeting and laughed, which eased the awkward atmosphere a lot.

At this time, the few people who came with the leader went to get their own meals. Someone even wanted to get food for the leader, but the leader waved his hand and refused.

"Okay, Xiao Yang, if you have any problems at the factory, you can come to me directly. My last name is Hu, and I'm the secretary of the factory. I think it should be easy to find me."

After saying that, he took his lunch box and left.

"Thank you, leader."

It turned out that after hearing that Yang Ning had applied for an internship at the First Machinery Factory, the department found out and specifically gave a heads-up to the First Machinery Factory to prevent Yang Ning from going hungry.

Yang Ning went to the production site for internship, obviously not to waste time.

After learning about Yang Ning's situation, Secretary Hu originally wanted to talk to Yang Ning specifically, but then he thought it was inappropriate, so this chance encounter happened.

When others saw that Yang Ning actually knew the secretary, they began to inquire about Yang Ning's situation.

But Yang Ning had just arrived and was busy as soon as he started working. Not many people knew him, so those people were destined to waste their efforts.

When he arrived at the drawing room, Yang Ning found that his colleagues were looking at him with strange eyes.

At first he thought that his colleagues did not wipe their mouths clean after eating, so he quickly touched them with his hand, and then he found that they wanted to laugh but didn't, which made Yang Ning curious.

"What's going on?" Yang Ning asked Zhang Li, the technician who took him to familiarize himself with the factory yesterday.

Zhang Li is in his thirties, a very enthusiastic person. He is an old backbone of the factory, having worked in the factory since its establishment in 49.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be such a hidden talent. If Xiao Liu hadn't happened to see it, we wouldn't have known that you actually knew Secretary Hu."

"Hey, what did I think it was?" Yang Ning finally understood why his colleagues looked at him strangely just now. It turned out to be because of this.

"You all misunderstood. This is the first time I met Secretary Hu today. We didn't know each other before."

After figuring out what was going on, Yang Ning quickly explained it to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

"Tsk, how could Secretary Hu be so enthusiastic towards you if he doesn't know him? You're still trying to fool us." Zhang Li had an expression that said, "Do you think I believe this?", which made Yang Ning speechless.

"Don't worry, we don't want you to help us find Secretary Hu to do things. We just think you are not kind enough to hide such a big thing from me." At this time Liu Haijun also came over and said.

Liu Haijun is the Xiao Liu mentioned by Zhang Li. He is a young technician in his twenties. His hometown is Shanxi Province. He was transferred here last year to support the construction of Sijiu City.

"Forget it. No one believes me even if I tell the truth." Yang Ning didn't plan to explain. Let them think whatever they want.

Yang Ning sat down in his seat, took out a pen and paper, and started writing and drawing on it.

Seeing this, the others also sat back in their seats and started working. At this stage, the task of the technical department is mainly to ensure production. In addition to solving some technical problems, they are also responsible for the maintenance and repair of the production equipment in the factory. So everyone is now divided into two parts, one is responsible for product technical issues, and the other is responsible for machine maintenance and repair.

This will allow everyone to quickly familiarize themselves with their work. Yang Ning is now in charge of equipment maintenance.
Through the simulation in the morning, not to mention the improvement of machinery and equipment, Yang Ning found that there were also areas for improvement in the production process of the workshop.

By simply adjusting the order of some processes appropriately, production efficiency can be increased by at least 30%.

Time flies when you are busy. By the time Yang Ning got off work, he hadn't finished writing his plan.

There is no need to turn on the super brain mode to check the simulation results in your brain.

When he arrived at the cafeteria, Yang Ning discovered that, just like breakfast, most of the people eating dinner in the cafeteria were single men and women.

The ticket system had not yet been implemented at that time, so employees with families usually only had lunch at the factory, and cooked their own breakfast and dinner at home.

Yang Ning had just found a seat with his meal when Liu Haijun came over.

"No, Brother Liu, are you also having dinner in the cafeteria?"

Yang Ning looked at Liu Haijun curiously and asked, "This guy looks to be around 25 or 26 years old, he should be married already, right?"

"Why? I can't eat in the cafeteria?" Liu Haijun took a bite of the steamed bread in his hand and said vaguely.

"Yes, why not?" Yang Ning also picked up the soup and took a sip. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he just pretended to be stupid.

When they were almost done eating, Liu Haijun asked shyly, "Xiao Yang, do you really not know Secretary Hu?"

"I really don't know him. Secretary Hu and I have never met before today. My parents are just ordinary workers. How could I know Secretary Hu?"

Yang Ning could see that he was in trouble, but he didn't plan to ask any more questions. He wasn't familiar with him, so there was no need to cause trouble for himself.

"Forget it then." Liu Haijun quickly finished his meal, picked up the lunch box and left, looking a little unhappy.

Yang Ning was really convinced and decided to stay away from this guy in the future.

When I returned to the dormitory at night, I found that the other two had already returned. There was a small table on the kang. The two of them were drinking wine with a plate of peanuts and a plate of smashed cucumbers with relish.

The dormitory where Yang Ning lived was a triple room, with two people sleeping on a large kang. After Yang Ning arrived, a single bed was set up in the corner, so it wasn't too crowded.

Yang Ning’s two roommates were also from the First Machinery Factory. One was Cheng Dezhi, who worked in logistics. He was just 20 years old and his home was nearby, but because he had many family members, he moved into the staff dormitory after he started working.

One is Sun Liguo from the security department. He just retired from the north this year and was assigned to the security department of the factory. He is 22 years old and has a scar of more than ten centimeters on his face that runs from his forehead across his eyes to his forehead. This is a medal belonging to a hero.

"What good thing happened today? Why are you drinking?"

When Yang Ning entered the room, the two men were enjoying their drinks, eating and chatting happily while slightly tipsy.

"Ningzi is back. Good things happened to Old Cheng today. His family found him a marriage partner and it looks like it's going to work out. Come and have a drink too."

Seeing Yang Ning coming back, Sun Liguo waved at him with a red face, asking him to come over quickly.

"Really?" Yang Ning became interested as soon as he heard it. He sat down on the edge of the kang, picked up the wine on the table, poured some into his teacup, and raised it to toast Cheng Dezhi.

Cheng Dezhi's face clinked with Yang Ning's with a red face, and it was unclear whether it was because of the wine or because he was embarrassed.

Cheng Dezhi's family conditions were average. If his father had not had some connections before liberation and had not known some small vendors, and if his situation had not been really difficult, it would have never been his turn to work in logistics.

Being able to find a partner as soon as you reach age is indeed worth celebrating.

At that time, housing was not in short supply. If you could get married as soon as possible, you might even be able to get a house.

(End of this chapter)