Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 32 The Power of Director Kong
After dinner, my mother was washing dishes in the kitchen while my father was standing outside the house, looking at the courtyard with a complicated expression, his eyes full of memories.

"Big Root, would you like a plate?"

Just when Yang Dagen was reminiscing about his glorious years in this courtyard, the third uncle, sitting under the eaves of his house, took out his tools and asked him.

When Yang Dagen heard the invitation from the third uncle, he was very surprised. You know, since yesterday, the neighbors seemed to have expelled their family from the neighborhood and treated them as if they were air.

Faced with the sudden invitation from the third uncle, Yang Dagen was stunned at first, wondering if he had gotten too excited after his meal.

Then, seeing the thoughtful look on the third uncle's face, Yang Dagen understood. Is there something going on?
Yang Dagen smiled and said, "Who cares? If the enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers; if the water comes, we will block it with earth."

"Okay! Wait a minute."

Yang Dagen replied with a smile, then turned and went back to the house.

After a while, Yang Dagen came out with a teacup. At this time, the third uncle had also set up his chariots, horses and cannons and was waiting for him.

Yang Dagen sat down opposite him, threw a pack of unsmoked cigarettes, and said with a smile: "Smoke this."

Seeing the cigarettes in front of him, the uncle's face flashed with interest. He took one with a smile and sniffed it under his nose: "Good cigarettes."

Then he happily put it in his mouth and said, "Well, red first, green later, I'll go first."

"Headshot!"

"Vault!"

"..."

The two men fought each other outside in the coolness of the early autumn night, taking advantage of the light from the third uncle's room.

"Da Gen, looking at your family members coming in and out today, is there any big move?"

Just when they were having a great time, the third uncle finally couldn't help but speak first.

"Sure enough, I knew you had other thoughts, otherwise you wouldn't have come to play chess with me at this time."

Yang Dagen thought to himself, as expected, you old man can’t help it.

"Get out of the car!"

"Yes, there is something." But Yang Dagen didn't elaborate on what it was.

"Oh~" The third uncle's eyes lit up and he nodded in understanding, knowing that the Yang family did not want to make it known to everyone at this time.

He didn't ask in detail. He hoped that the Yang family would keep their mouths shut as much as possible.

He was not bragging. In this courtyard, apart from him, a cultured man, a thoughtful old man, and the cunning old deaf lady, no one else could have guessed that the Yang family would move.

In this way, he had the absolute upper hand. After all, the old man and the deaf old lady had no shortage of housing, and the old man could not let Jia Dongxu eat too much, and he would certainly not tell him the news.

Because it was cold at night, the two of them closed the stall after serving one dish. Yang Dagen returned to the house, refilled his jar with some hot water, and took a sip to warm himself up.

"Why did the Third Master ask you to play chess today?"

Yang Liu asked while helping the second monster pee.

"Why else? Because he likes the house we live in now." Yang Dagen sat down on the kang with the jar in his hand.

"What does the house have to do with him? Besides, we have already agreed with the Lou family that Uncle Zhong will come here tomorrow, and we will return the house to the Lou family then." Yang Liu was also convinced. How could the third uncle be so smart in such matters? He could guess that their family would move at once. He was born in the Year of the Dog, right? "Don't tell anyone about returning the house, otherwise these people will definitely make a fuss when they see that they can't get any advantage. Don't worry about irritating Jia Dongxu again." Yang Dagen quickly reminded.

"I know, I'm not stupid!"

The next day, at dawn, after breakfast, Yang Ning rode his bicycle to the First Machinery Factory early. When he arrived at the factory, he found that the factory was much cleaner than usual.

Before he could ask the technical department what was going on, he was notified that Director Kong was looking for him.

"Director Kong!" After Yang Ning arrived at the director's office, he found that Director Kong was particularly energetic today.

"Yes, Xiao Yang is here." Director Kong's eyes lit up when he saw Yang Ning.

"Come on, sit down first. When the leader comes over, you will follow him and explain the process. After all, you are the one who improved this production process, so you are most familiar with it."

After pulling Yang Ning to sit on the chair, Director Kong said enthusiastically.

"Fuck, I was so busy with my family's affairs yesterday that I forgot that a leader was coming to inspect the production process transformation today."

Yang Ning was stunned, but he reacted immediately: "What am I afraid of? I have memorized all those things in my mind. I will just answer whatever the leader asks. What am I afraid of?"

"Okay, come with me to the third workshop to check it again, so that nothing goes wrong."

After Director Kong finished tidying up, he took Yang Ning out of the office and met Secretary Hu on the way. It seemed that the factory attached great importance to today's inspection, and all the leaders of the two teams in the factory were dispatched.

"Xiao Yang!" Secretary Hu first greeted Director Kong, and then waved to Yang Ning.

"Secretary Hu!" Yang Ning quickly ran over and followed Secretary Hu, waiting for his instructions.

"The person who will be here soon is the leader of the department. Just behave yourself and don't be nervous." Secretary Hu was afraid that Yang Ning was too young, and if he got nervous, he would make a fool of himself, which would be embarrassing.

"Got it." Yang Ning accepted Secretary Hu's teachings very sincerely on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking: "It's not like he hasn't seen bigger ones before, why should he be so nervous?"

They followed several important leaders of the factory to the third workshop and found that everything was normal. Secretary Hu and his team then took them to the gate and waited for the leaders to arrive.

Yang Ning looked around and found that there were only five or six people including himself, and there was not even a banner. Yang Ning couldn't help but sigh: "This era is really frugal! If it were a few decades later, if we only welcomed an agricultural expert, we would not roll out a red carpet on the fields and people would not even get out of the car."

At around nine o'clock, the sound of a car roared in the distance. At this time, everyone stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks to look in the direction where the engine sound came from.

After a while, Yang Ning saw two black spots slowly approaching, and then all the leaders in the factory stood up straight, like soldiers waiting for inspection.

Before the Red Flag came out, the leaders' cars were of various kinds. Look, the first two cars were a Big Brother Jim, and the other one behind was an old Ford.

After the car stopped, four elderly leaders wearing Zhongshan suits got out. They looked very imposing and looked very impressive.

After the leader got off the car, he glanced at Director Kong and the others, then looked at the factory gate, and then said to Director Kong who was coming forward with a shamefaced face: "Have you, Kong Yiqian, also learned this trick?"

Director Kong smiled and said, "No, it's not that everyone wants to see you, the old leader, and they can't wait, so they all came out to wait."

"Okay, Kong Yiqian was a man who could piss even a toad when he was in the base. Don't try to hit on me. I'm all alone now!"

I don’t know what Director Kong did back then, but it seems that even his old leader is a little afraid of him!
Yang Ning now had a better understanding of Director Kong. It seemed that he should not bother this gentleman unless necessary in the future, so as to avoid being sold out by him.

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