Siheyuan: Security Office of Wude

"What's wrong? What happened?"

The screams made Lin Zhiguo and Zhu Qingan run out to check on the situation. They saw that Ding Qiunan accidentally stabbed the worker's hand. Lin Zhiguo said, "Doctor Ding, how are you? If you feel uncomfortable, let me take over."

Ding Qiunan took a deep breath and said, "No, I'm fine."

Zhu Qingan and Lin Zhiguo saw that Ding Qiunan insisted and didn't say anything. It was just a small mistake. The needle didn't go deep enough to cause serious damage. It wasn't necessary to replace the person. But they were both watching. If Ding Qiunan continued to make mistakes, they would have no choice but to replace Ding Qiunan without caring about their colleagues' face.

Ding Qiunan also knew why they stayed, but there was nothing she could say. She could only try to calm down and sew the wound carefully.

Fortunately, there were no further problems this time. The worker's wound was successfully sutured, treated with medicine, and wrapped with gauze.

Zhu Qingan saw that Ding Qiunan was fine, so he went back to his office to rest. However, Lin Zhiguo asked after the worker left:

"Doctor Ding, if you feel uncomfortable in the future, just tell me. You're welcome."

Ding Qiunan exhaled a breath of foul air and replied: "I'm fine, Director Lin, thank you for your concern."

After that, the work in the infirmary was stable and no accidents happened.

On the other hand, after Xu Damao came out of the Propaganda Department, he quickly asked the people in the factory about Ding Qiunan's situation.

"It turns out to be the factory doctor from the infirmary. This woman is not easy to deal with."

Although Xu Damao had a good tongue and had deceived many women, he could only use this skill in a place where no one was around. Otherwise, if he was talking to a woman in broad daylight and saying sweet words to her, no matter what the woman did, if others saw him, they would definitely think he was a hooligan and a slut.

After all, everyone in the steel mill knew that Xu Damao had married the daughter of the Lou family, and it was impossible to pretend to be single in the factory.

But Ding Qiunan, the factory doctor, was in the infirmary most of the time. Zhu Qingan was there too, not to mention the others. Even Xu Damao didn't have the guts to hook up with someone from the infirmary under Zhu Qingan's nose. After all, as long as Zhu Qingan told Bai Wanli about it, his life would be ruined.

"Forget it, forget it. I'll find a way to find out where this cold female doctor lives when I get back. Now let's go back to sleep."

Xu Damao strolled back home.

In the afternoon, the factory radio sounded.

"Puff, puff, puff. Comrades in the entire factory, please pay attention. I am now announcing a notice."

“All comrades who come to participate in the exchange and study today, please do not leave the factory immediately after get off work, and gather on the first floor of the administrative building to the right of Workshop No. 1.”

"Please all..."

After the announcement, a young worker asked curiously, "What is the announcement calling them to gather for?"

The old worker next to him immediately explained:

"Arrange a place for them to live. The office of the Housing Management Department is over there. This is the arrangement procedure every year. Xiaoli, work quickly and don't try to be lazy."

The curiosity about the broadcast was quickly answered by the old workers who were familiar with the program, and everyone returned to work.

When it was time to get off work, most workers packed up and went home, while the workers who came to exchange and learn went to the administrative building. Ding Qiunan did the same. After packing up his things and preparing to go to the Housing Management Department, he heard a voice coming from outside.

"Hello, Director Bai"

Director Bai?

The big shot that was once published in the newspaper suddenly appeared in front of him. Ding Qiunan's mind was suddenly in a mess and he had no idea what to think or do. He just subconsciously shouted "Hello, Director Bai" along with everyone else.

"Hello, thank you for your hard work today"

Amid the standard answer of "serving the people is not hard", Bai Wanli walked towards Zhu Qingan.

"Qing'an, let's go home"

"Wait for me, I still have some things to pack."

"I'll help you with anything you don't have to clean up."

The people in the infirmary were already accustomed to such scenes. After being stunned for a moment, Ding Qiunan turned around and walked out of the infirmary, and followed the workers to the administrative building.

Downstairs in the administration building, workers who came to study gradually gathered. After calling the roll twice, a clerk turned around and reported to the leader: "Chief, everyone is here."

The section chief held a loud speaker and said, "Comrades, I am Li Chengjian, the section chief of the Housing Management Section of the Steel Rolling Mill, and this is Director Wang from the Nanluoguxiang Sub-district Office. We will arrange accommodation for you comrades. I hope you will line up and maintain order. When you arrive at the place, you will be allocated housing in the order of your name."

The workers who came to study this time were arranged to live in Nanluoguxiang, which is closest to the steel mill. Although most of the workers here will go back after the study, it is not a small matter for the street to move in hundreds of residents in a short period of time, so this matter was handled by the steel mill and the street office together.

After Section Chief Li finished speaking, Director Wang also took over the loudspeaker and said a few words.

"Hello, comrades. As the director of the subdistrict office, I hope that you can work well and live well. In the coming time, if you encounter any problems, you can go to the subdistrict office for help, or go to No. 95 Siheyuan to report to Comrade Bai Wanli."

"Now, comrades, please line up."

Under the command of Director Wang, all the workers lined up in three rows, with Director Wang and Section Chief Li taking the lead. The remaining clerks from the Street Office and Housing Management Section were scattered in the middle and back of the team to maintain order.

When the team reaches a courtyard with vacant rooms, they will stop, and then Section Chief Li will call out the names according to the registered information, and the workers who are called will come out to look at the house.

"Workers whose names are called must take good care of their own houses. If there are any problems, please raise them immediately and we will do our best to solve them."

Most of the workers have no problem with the houses. The reason is very simple. These workers all came from the branch factories. Compared with the steel rolling mill, the branch factories are smaller in scale and earn less money, so the tax revenue they can provide to an area is naturally less. With less tax revenue, the local street office can receive less funding from the higher authorities. With less funding from the higher authorities, things like repairing houses and cleaning streets, which cost money, are naturally worse than those in Nanluoguxiang. Therefore, the houses in Nanluoguxiang are generally in better condition than the houses originally lived in by the branch factory workers.

Since almost no workers raised any questions, the housing allocation process was very fast and the queue was getting shorter and shorter. But this stopped at Liang Ladi.

After looking at the house, Liang Ladi raised her hand and said, "Leader, I want to apply for a new house."

Chapter 297 Liang Ladi Moves

Li Chengjian looked at the information and said:

"Comrade Liang Ladi, the welder at the machine repair factory, right? What's the reason for your application for a room change?"

"I have a mother-in-law and four children to take care of at home. I want to bring them all to live with me. It's not convenient to live in one house. I want to apply to change to two houses. It's okay if the area is smaller, as long as they can be separated."

"You can indeed apply for two rooms in your situation, but housing is tight right now. I can only talk to other workers to see if they are willing to exchange rooms with you. If no one is willing, you will have to live in this house."

“Thank you for your hard work, leadership.”

Liang Ladi knew that she had no money and no status, and was not in a position to be picky, so it was good enough that others were willing to help her.

Li Chengjian asked someone to ask around, and found out that among the workers who had been assigned houses, there was actually someone willing to exchange houses with Liang Ladi.

Liang Ladi has good skills and works hard. She is willing and confident to be selected by the steel mill and then work there. However, not all workers are like this.

Among the leaders of the branch factory, there are some like Director Zhang who hope to work in the main factory and get more promotion opportunities. Therefore, he brought a group of outstanding workers here to prove his ability to the leaders of the steel rolling mill and to serve as his initial team.

Some leaders are not so ambitious and just want to be the school leader of a branch factory. They are worried that the excellent workers will be taken away by the main factory, which will affect the work of their own branch factory. Therefore, they only send workers who are below the average level, with average skills and negative work attitude.

This kind of worker is also aware of his level. He knows that he cannot enter the main factory, so it is impossible for him to live in the house assigned by the main factory permanently. He will go back after living there for two months. Therefore, he has no obsession with the house here, and does not want to ask his family to move in. If he lives alone, a larger house is easier to clean than two small houses. So he agreed to exchange houses with Liang Ladi.

Liang Ladi looked at the two rooms. They were bigger than the one allocated to her by the machine repair factory. After her family moved in, she, Old Lady Shen and Xiu'er would live together. It would also be appropriate for Damao and the other three boys to live together. So she agreed to change rooms.

After Liang Ladi's housing change was completed, the housing allocation for other workers also went smoothly.

In the end, Liang Ladi was assigned to courtyard No. 92, and Ding Qiunan was assigned to courtyard No. 96, which was next to courtyard No. 95.

This position was also arranged by Director Wang and Li Chengjian. They were kind-hearted.

Although Zhu Qingan is a doctor, he has a big belly now and it is not convenient for him to move. If he encounters any physical discomfort, it would be a good thing to have a doctor nearby.

The reason why they were not arranged to live in No. 95 Courtyard directly was that although there were still vacancies in No. 95 Courtyard, the remaining houses were previously owned by Deaf Man and Yi Zhonghai.

These two people were both enemy spies who deserved death. Yi Zhonghai was shot, and the deaf man even died directly in the house. Most people are very taboo about such houses, so even though the housing shortage in the city is not good now, and the houses in the yard are not spacious except for the Bai family, no one wants to take over the two houses.

The street office and the steel mill didn't know what to do with the two troublesome houses, and they didn't want to have anything to do with the enemy's affairs, so they simply pretended not to know and ignored the two empty rooms, and didn't arrange anyone to live in No. 95.

This was in line with Bai Wanli's idea. He had finally gotten rid of all the animals in the yard. The yard was quiet and there was nothing to worry about. He didn't want someone he didn't know to move into the yard and cause any more trouble.

After get off work the next day, Liang Ladi borrowed a cart and drove it back to the yard assigned to her by the machine repair factory.

"Mom, Da Mao, have you packed everything?"

"Lady, everything has been packed a long time ago. Shall we move in today?"

"Yes, you see, I have borrowed this cart, please get on board quickly."

"My legs are not so old that I can't walk. No need to take a car. I can just walk with you."

"Mom, please don't be so stubborn. I know you feel sorry for me, but it's dark now and there's snow on the ground. What if you fall? You'd better get in the car."

Damao also advised: "Yes, grandma, you love us so much, today is our chance to repay you, just get in the car, Ermao, Sanmao and I will help mother push the car, and show our filial piety to you once and for all."

Although Liang Ladi's family was not well off, the children were very sensible. Old Lady Shen touched her eldest grandson's face, and her cloudy old eyes gradually became moist: "Good grandson, you are really grandma's good grandson."

Old Mrs. Shen no longer insisted, and she held her youngest granddaughter Xiu'er in her arms and sat on the cart with her. She used her other hand to protect the luggage on the cart to prevent it from falling.

Liang Ladi was pulling the cart in the front. Damao and the other three boys were young and not as strong as Liang Ladi, but at least there were three of them who could take turns pushing the cart from the back to relieve Liang Ladi's pressure. After a break, they finally pulled all the things to Courtyard No. 92.

After dinner, Uncle Ge, the manager of No. 92 Siheyuan, took a stroll in the alley. Then he came back and sat on the doorstep to smoke. He was still smoking a pipe, puffing out smoke.

Seeing Liang Ladi pulling a cart of things over, he quickly stood up and helped Liang Ladi pull the cart to the door.

Seeing that there were a lot of things piled up in the car, he knew that Liang Ladi had moved all her belongings here. Uncle Ge asked, "Comrade Xiao Liang, you moved everything here this time. Aren't you afraid of moving again in two months?"

Uncle Ge meant to ask Liang Ladi if she was worried that she would not be able to stay in the steel mill in two months and would have to move her things again.

Liang Ladi wiped the sweat off her face and said, "I originally lived far from here, so my family moved here so that I can take care of them after get off work. I will work hard at the factory. It's just a move, why should I be so scared over such a small matter?"

Liang Ladi is very clear in her words and deeds. In fact, she is very confident in her skills and work attitude. She was praised by the director when she was working in the steel mill yesterday. However, in this era, people should be humble. It is not a good thing to speak too loudly, so Liang Ladi did not say directly that she was confident, but she showed that attitude.

Uncle Ge gave a thumbs up and said, "Not bad, you are an ambitious female comrade. Come on, I will help you move some things."

"Uncle Ge, this is too much trouble for you"

"What's the problem? We are neighbors from now on. It's okay for neighbors to help each other."

Uncle Ge's back was a little hunched, but he was still strong. He grabbed a large bag of things on the car with one hand.

Liang Ladi said to the children: "Why don't you thank Grandpa Ge quickly?"

Several children shouted at the top of their lungs: "Thank you, Grandpa Ge!"

Uncle Ge is old, he likes children, seeing these children are very polite he likes them even more: "Good, they are all good children"

Chapter 298 Nan Yi Declare Sovereignty

While Liang Ladi was moving, other workers also moved their belongings over one after another.

Some workers, like Liang Ladi, were confident that they could stay in the main factory and moved all their belongings here. Some who were not confident, or knew that they were just messing around and would have to go back to their original factories, only packed some clothes and food. Different people have different ways of living.

Everything was going smoothly in the office and the factory, nothing major happened, and the weekend came quickly.

Today is the day for Zhu Qingan's monthly prenatal checkup. However, Bai Wanli has become acquainted with Uncle Lu from Heniantang and agreed to go there in the afternoon, so he slept in with his wife in the morning.