Siheyuan: I am the seventh uncle of Banggen

"You are so good, Zhang Zhiling, you start to lie with your eyes open. Your village is in trouble? In what way? You have brought water from the mountain, and you have harvested a lot of sweet potatoes. The weather will be cold soon, is there any work to do in the fields? Your village plans to build a road, but which village doesn't have a plan? I heard that the steel mill also provided a batch of grain?" asked Secretary Liu.

"That's used to build roads in our village. The factory has set standards. The road width must be six meters, and there are also requirements for the road surface. There can't be big stones. It's best to use gravel and sand to pave it," said Zhang Zhiling.

"No, Lao Zhang, what does the road construction in your village have to do with the Red Star Steel Mill? Tell me the truth." Secretary Liu laughed angrily.

"Isn't my nephew working in the factory? He's the one with crutches you saw at the end of last year. His eldest brother and his family occupied his house, the one you came to arrest," said Zhang Zhiling.

"That combat hero? I know. However, there are many people working in the steel mill. There are at least a dozen of them in our commune. The steel mill allows your village to work in the factory to earn money, provides you with food and builds roads. What does it have to do with your nephew?" Secretary Liu said.

"Of course it is related. My nephew has made great contributions in the factory. The leader asked him what he wanted. He told the factory leader that he hoped to help the folks in his hometown. That's why the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill decided to provide targeted support to Zhangjia Village," said Zhang Zhiling.

"That's what I thought. Your village is doing well this year. Lao Zhang, let's discuss something. Your grain..." Secretary Liu said.

"Dayou, what are you looking for? I'll go take a look." Zhang Zhiling saw Zhang Dayou passing by the office door, so he quickly stood up, walked out of the office, and then walked out of the village office.

"Fourth Uncle, I didn't call you. I haven't told you my story yet." Zhang Dayue also followed.

Chapter 325: Liu Haizhong is anxious

"This Zhang Zhiling has thought of all kinds of methods. It seems that it is difficult to get food. Let's go. Zhang Zhiling will definitely not come back," Secretary Liu said to the comrades around him.

"Leader, can we contact a few factories? Ask them to support other villages in our commune," asked the comrade who came with Secretary Liu.

"No problem. I'll leave this matter to you. Do a good job, Xiao Zhao. I'll contact the county and recommend you for honor." Secretary Liu patted Xiao Zhao on the shoulder and got on his bicycle.

"Leader, I will work hard." Xiao Zhao was praised by the leader and entrusted with an important task. He was very happy.

"Fourth Uncle, you run too fast." Zhang Dayou caught up with Zhang Zhiling.

"If I can't run fast, can I still keep the food? What's going on?" Zhang Zhiling looked back and saw that no one was following him, so he stopped.

"There are still people who dare to steal food. I can't kill him," said Zhang Dayou.

"You should go quickly. One is Secretary Liu of the commune, and the other is Xiao Zhao, the commune's communicator. You should bring some stuff with you," Zhang Zhiling said unhappily.

"Forget it, who dares to hit the commune secretary? Fourth uncle, I want to ask about the water in the mountains. We don't have enough manpower now, how about sending a few boys to inspect?" Zhang Dayou said.

"Any young boy will do. Choose a leader. The weather is getting cold. It will take three to five days to finish the work in the fields and prepare to build the road," said Zhang Zhiling.

"Okay, Fourth Uncle, do you think it's okay for Dacheng to lead the group?" Zhang Dayou said.

"He is even lazier than you. Can't you choose a serious person and let Shouyong lead the team? He is mature," Zhang Zhiling said unhappily.

"Shou Yongxing, Fourth Uncle, what do you think these people do in the city? Can they have enough to eat?" Zhang Dayue asked again.

"Get out of here. You'll know when your Shouying comes back and ask him. You're just talking nonsense. How should I know? I'm not in the city," Zhang Zhiling cursed.

The fifty people in Zhangjia Village, forty men and ten women, are all healthy people. It is basically guaranteed that all Zhangjia Village villagers have at least one laborer in each household to go to the city to earn money. Now it is the end of October in the Gregorian calendar, and there are more than 100 days until the Spring Festival. At 60 cents a day, one person can earn 60 yuan. In the village, the whole family can't make 60 yuan in a year. Who doesn't want to go to the city? What's more, they provide three meals a day?

The leader of the team of fifty people in the village was Zhang Daliu, who was Zhang Dabao's cousin. With this relationship, he had some face in the factory and could easily talk about anything.

These people were taken to the steel mill by large trucks in the morning and had a big pot meal in the workshop cafeteria at noon. Everyone enjoyed the first meal. Each person had two steamed buns made of two grams of flour. If that was not enough, they could get two more corn breads. The dishes contained oil and salt, and occasionally a little meat. They were many times better than the wild vegetable corn breads in the village. Everyone was very full at the first meal.

Then he arranged for accommodation and went to various workshops to work as an auxiliary worker. After an afternoon, no one felt tired. It was much better than working in the village. Everyone thought that being a worker was still a good thing.

In the evening, Zhang Daliu gave a talk to everyone, asking them to cherish the opportunity and work hard. If anyone affected the reputation of the village due to poor work, the village would definitely deal with it seriously. He also explained the rules to everyone.

On the morning of the third day after everyone from Zhangjia Village arrived in the village, Deputy Minister Shi Kejun of the Ministry of Machinery Industry came to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and convened a meeting of middle-level and above cadres, at which he announced relevant personnel appointment and removal news.

"Comrades, after research and decision by the ministry and committee, Comrade Yang Weihua will be the director of the Metallurgical Bureau; Comrade Li Huaide will be the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill; Comrade Wang Cheng will be the first deputy director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill; Comrade Yuan Hua will be the chief engineer of the steel rolling mill; and Comrade Xu Sinian will be the chairman of the trade union." Minister Shi Kejun finished reading the appointment and removal notice.

Afterwards, Yang Weihua gave a report to everyone, recalled his work at the steel mill, expressed his gratitude to the leaders for their trust, wished his colleagues well, and spoke highly of the new leadership team of the steel mill headed by Li Huaide. He believed that this was a united team, a hardworking team, and a progressive team, and he hoped that the steel mill would go further under their leadership.

As the new factory director, Li Huaide made a statement to the conference. He first spoke highly of the achievements made by Factory Director Yang Weihua for the steel rolling mill. Now that the old factory director has taken on a more important job, he hopes that the old factory director can always pay attention to the steel rolling mill and provide guidance for its development. He also proposed a plan for the next step of the factory's work, which is to build a large foreign trade export factory, actively move closer to the international market, introduce advanced equipment, and make progress in both domestic and foreign trade, etc.

The newly transferred chief engineer Yuan Hua and the newly appointed union chairman Xu Sinian also expressed their opinions, saying that they would create greater glories under the leadership of factory director Li Huaide.

The personnel changes in the factory did not cause much commotion among the workers. It seemed that this was how it should be. After all, who was the factory director had nothing to do with them. They were too far away from the factory leaders.

The workers continued to produce. The only person who was dissatisfied with this personnel change was probably Liu Haizhong. After the personnel appointment and dismissal news was announced in the morning, he faced pressure from both the workshop and the logistics department's sanitation team in the afternoon. Director Li of the workshop yelled at Liu Haizhong for a drop of feces on the floor of the toilet. He scolded him for fifteen minutes until the onlookers surrounded the toilet door and prevented people from coming in. Only then did he let Liu Haizhong go. Captain Fu of the sanitation team also ruthlessly insulted Liu Haizhong because his mop smelled of urine, and he did so in front of all the sanitation and cleaning staff to embarrass Liu Haizhong.

Li Huaide came to power, and these people were flattering him and suppressing themselves. Liu Haizhong was just stupid, not foolish. As soon as he heard the news that Li Huaide became the factory director in the morning, he understood that his life might become more difficult in the future. But he never expected that these people could not wait even for a day.

When will this kind of life end? For the first time, Liu Haizhong became anxious about his future. Although he had often been bullied in the past, he thought that as a seventh-level blacksmith, he would not be able to make a living there. If all else fails, he could go to the third-line. It should be okay there.

But when he wrote three applications and all of them were rejected, he was a little discouraged. Fortunately, these people often scolded him at the beginning, but later, they didn't scold him so much. But now it's different. Li Huaide is the factory director. As an old worker in the factory, Liu Haizhong knows that Li Huaide is a smiling tiger and the most cruel person. So after being scolded twice today, he directly became anxious.

Chapter 326 He Yuzhu scolds Liu Haizhong

Originally, we were supposed to have a meeting five minutes before get off work ended to discuss today's work, but I was scolded for more than half an hour, and it was late to get off work. When everyone heard the news of the meeting, they left in twos and threes. There was no one within five meters of Liu Haizhong, and everyone was afraid of being misunderstood as Liu Haizhong's accomplice.

He goes to work alone, goes home alone, eats alone, and doesn't like to talk when he gets home. He has gotten used to being alone. Liu Haizhong, who used to walk with his chest held high, now doesn't even raise his head. He walks with his head down, leaning against the wall, and no longer walks like a cadre.

Life goes on. Liu Haizhong washed his face in the toilet and walked out of the Red Star Steel Mill. In Xizhi Hutong, Liu Haizhong heard someone calling him "Master Liu, Master Liu Haizhong". Calling him Master Liu? Now if someone calls him Lao Liu, it's already a sign of respect, not to mention Master Liu.

"You called me?" Liu Haizhong looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. He was in his forties and was wearing a well-fitting Zhongshan suit with four pockets. There was a pen in the upper right pocket on the left. He looked like a cadre. He had no memory of this person.

"Yes, Master Liu, there are only two of us now. I have visited and studied at the steel rolling mill before and met you there. You are this..." The middle-aged man raised his thumb.

"It's all in the past. It's okay. I'll go back first," Liu Haizhong said with a forced smile.

"Master Liu, are you busy now? I would like to invite you to dinner, have a drink together, and ask you something," said the middle-aged man.

"I don't work in the workshop anymore. I've been transferred to the cleaning team," Liu Haizhong said a little embarrassedly.

"So what? You've been transferred to the cleaning team, how could you have forgotten the skills you learned? It's the small state-owned restaurant in front. There aren't any good dishes, just two fried eggs and some salted fish. Today they have vegetable and meat dumplings. The chef of this restaurant is also surnamed Liu, and his skills are very good." The man was very enthusiastic.

"Then, I'll go over and try it." Liu Haizhong was persuaded. He used to eat eggs and drink wine every day, but since he went to the medical team, he no longer had his beloved eggs. When he heard that the middle-aged man had fried eggs, Liu Haizhong was tempted.

There were not many people in the restaurant. The two of them sat down by the window. Soon scrambled eggs, steamed salted fish, and stir-fried seasonal vegetables were served. The man opened a bottle of wine and filled it up for Liu Haizhong, and also poured himself a glass.

Liu Haizhong hadn't drunk for a while. The man raised his glass and invited him to drink. Liu Haizhong picked it up and drank half a glass at once. The spicy feeling entered his throat and then his stomach, and his whole spirit was lifted. The man said nothing and asked nothing. He just kept motioning Liu Haizhong to eat and drink. Until Liu Haizhong drank three glasses, he began to lose his composure and started to talk about his inner distress, family troubles, and work troubles. The man acted as a good listener. When Liu Haizhong talked over and over again, the man sent Liu Haizhong to the gate of No. 95 Courtyard.

"Old Liu, have you been drinking?" Yan Bugui, who was standing at the door, asked when he saw Liu Haizhong looking drunk.

"I met a friend and had a drink," said Liu Haizhong.

"It seems you've drunk a lot. Is there anything happy? I heard that the steel rolling mill has a new director. How is your relationship with Director Li?" Yan Bugui asked.

"Old Yan, who becomes the factory director has nothing to do with me. I won't say any more. I'm a little tired." Liu Haizhong almost pissed Yan Bugui off to death. Who the hell doesn't know that Li Huaide and I are sworn enemies? Without this villain, would I have ended up like this today?

"Uncle is back?" When He Yuzhu came out to pour the foot washing water, he saw Liu Haizhong swaying and greeted him.

"Silly Zhu, even though you seem to be having fun today, be careful that you will be put on the list later." Liu Haizhong said this without knowing why.

"Liu Haizhong, don't you understand what people say? Have you eaten too much shit? Your head is full of shit, and you can't tell good from bad words?" He Yuzhu didn't tolerate him and scolded him several times in a row.

"Pillar" Zhang Lianhua is called He Yuzhu inside.

"Here it comes." He Yuzhu poured the foot washing water in front of his bangs and then went back to the house.

"Who are you talking to?" Zhang Lianhua asked.

"I greeted him at Liu Haizhong in the backyard, but he came up and started scolding me. What a shame," said He Yuzhu.

"Don't be like him. He gets scolded every day for cleaning the toilet. I don't know what has irritated him. Do you want to treat my brother tomorrow?" Zhang Lianhua asked.

"Let's do it tomorrow night. Tomorrow is Saturday. In the afternoon, let Dongxu go there and call the other brothers and nephews to come and have dinner together. My eldest brother is leading a team to the steel rolling mill this time. He has to lead the team during the day and has no time. We can only have dinner together in the evening," said He Yuzhu.

"There are quite a lot of people here. There are more than a dozen adults and children over there, plus my eldest sister's family of five, and my eldest brother and our family, a total of twenty people. Will there be enough food?" Zhang Lianhua asked.

"It's enough. When Da Biao was at home, we ate at his place every day, so we saved a lot of rice and flour from our own home. It's enough to invite people for dinner. We also have bacon and salted fish. I'll buy another chicken tomorrow, and add more potatoes, and some peppers, radishes, cabbage, etc., and that will be enough," said He Yuzhu.

"Let's go find Banggeng and buy some goose eggs. I heard Shoucheng's wife is pregnant, so they should give some to her when they go back," said Zhang Lianhua.

"Really? Shoucheng's wife is also pregnant. We have to speed up." He Yuzhu turned off the lights.

Since he gained so much from this trip to the Japanese, Zhang Dabao spent money like water. When he was traveling in Hong Kong, he saw Victoria Peak and followed the trend to buy two villas. He planned to live there in a few years. Thinking that more comrades might come, he directly bought a property and lived in it himself. He did not sell it. He let his comrades live there when they worked, and rented it out when they returned. This property, with about 200 houses, was enough for him to live on even if he had ten sons. In fact, children did not need to have great prospects. What's wrong with being a landlord?

After the crazy shopping, Zhang Dabiao felt that it was time to go back. Due to the lack of manpower, Zhang Dabiao asked the eight comrades who had come to write letters to their favorite comrades. Anyway, he had a lot of property, so he was not afraid of how many people came, but as a company commander, how many comrades could he have? So Zhang Dabiao wanted to visit the regiment commander after he went back. Since he was injured and unconscious in the hospital, he had not seen him even after he was demobilized. When he came with Wen Li this time, when he went to find Li Huaide, he seemed to remember that Li Huaide said that the regiment headquarters where he was was in Yangcheng.

After saying goodbye to everyone in Hong Kong and taking everyone's letters with him, Zhang Dabao passed through customs and left the port, first arriving in Bao'an and then in Guangzhou.

After staying at the guesthouse in Yangcheng, he began to look for his regiment headquarters. Yangcheng is very big and the unit number sometimes changes, so it takes time and effort to find it directly. So after Zhang Dabiao settled down, he went to the military district, showed his ID, and explained to the person who came to receive him that he was from that unit, what unit he was working in now, and that he was here on a business trip. He also heard that the unit he had served in was here, so he wanted to see his comrades.

Chapter 327 Visiting Comrades

The comrades in the military region had received countless requests for information about returning to the old unit each year, so they readily agreed. They asked about the unit's former number and the unit's chief officer. In less than half an hour, they found out the information and even contacted the regiment headquarters by phone.

"Hello, this is the military region. There is a comrade named Zhang Dabao. Do you know him? Yes, he was retired due to injury last winter. Now he is here on a business trip and would like to see Commander Wu. Okay, when will you go?" the receptionist asked Zhang Dabao.

"I'll go now," said Zhang Dabao.

"He will be there soon, please be ready to receive him," the receptionist put down the phone. Zhang Dabiao thanked him and left. He also brought gifts to the troops this time, five packs of cigarettes from Hong Kong and a camera.

A rickshaw was called from the entrance of the military area. Zhang Dabiao told the reception staff of the army that

"Director Wang" Zhang Dabao saw Wang Guangliang, who visited him and handled his transfer procedures when he was in the hospital. Now when he saw him again, his eyes turned red and he felt like crying as if he had seen a relative.

"Dabao, are you well? You look in good spirits," Wang Guangliang said, patting Zhang Dabao on the shoulder.

"I'm fully recovered from my illness. I happened to be passing by here on a business trip. I missed you all a little, so I wanted to come and see you," said Zhang Dabao.

"This is your mother's home, welcome back. Come on, the commander is waiting for you." The soldier with Wang Guangliang helped Zhang Dabao carry the bag and came to the regiment office.

At this time, "Captain" Zhang Dabao burst into tears, and had an indescribable feeling in his heart, he just wanted to cry, as if a three-year-old child had been wronged and suddenly saw his mother.

"Good boy, you are really good. I heard about your story. You did a great job in the north. Several senior leaders came to inquire about you. Two people wiped out forty people. It was like a joke. When I first heard it, I felt it was a joke. But more and more people came to ask, and their levels were getting higher and higher. You couldn't help but believe it. Then I realized it was true. You accomplished an impossible task." Wu Liheng said.

"Captain, it was also luck. To be honest, I expected that there would be enemies, but I didn't expect there would be so many. I was a bit careless. Fortunately, we attacked his patrol team first and we have reinforcements. Otherwise, it would be hard to say," said Zhang Dabao after sitting down.

"Luck is also part of strength. I heard that you went to lure the enemy again, and one of our comrades was injured?" Wu Zhiheng said.

"Yes, we were well prepared this time and the team was in ambush, but there were too many enemies, and they were all cavalry. Xiao Huang, who retired with me, and Huang Xinsheng were injured. His arm was injured, but his injury is healed now," said Zhang Dabao.

"All good. I heard you got a promotion?" Wu Liheng asked again.

"Of course you will be rewarded for your meritorious service. By the way, these are gifts for my brothers, and these are gifts for the regiment." Zhang Dabao took out cigarettes and a camera.

"Da Biao, who are you?" Wu Fangheng asked after seeing the cigarette.

"Yes, our factory has set up an office in Hong Kong, and I am the director. I will go there often in the future. The team leader came to see you this time because of one more thing," said Zhang Dabao.

"Just say it directly," Wu Liheng said.

"I need some brothers to help me over there. It's a bit chaotic and unsafe over there. I don't feel comfortable using their people. I want to contact some brothers who have changed jobs and have difficult family situations. The salary over there is relatively higher, about 300 yuan a month," said Zhang Dabao.