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Therefore, according to normal logic, Xiaoshan should visit Tan Chengjia's family and offer their greetings.

Upon entering the small building, Xiao Shan found the door of Tan Chengjia's house and gently knocked.

The door opened quickly from the inside.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman with red, swollen eyes that looked like walnuts.

This must be Tan Chengjia's wife!

It seems that the organization has only told her about Tan Chengjia being arrested in Hong Kong, but not about him being rescued.

This is normal, though. Tan Chengjia was able to escape from Hong Kong and come back, so the organization must have to conduct a series of inquiries and investigations on him!

Before confirming whether Tan Chengjia had betrayed them, the news would not be told to his family.

"Who are you?" The middle-aged woman looked at Xiao Shan with a puzzled expression, her voice thick with a nasal tone.

"I am Xiao Shan, the workshop director of the welding workshop at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. I am here as a translator to go to Hong Kong with Brother Tan!" Xiao Shan quickly introduced himself to the middle-aged woman.

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Upon learning that Xiao Shan had gone to Hong Kong with Tan Chengjia, the middle-aged woman quickly invited Xiao Shan into her home.

Although the organization informed Tan Chengjia that he was trapped in Hong Kong, the middle-aged woman was unaware of many details.

So now that he's seen Xiao Shan, he naturally wants to know more about Tan Chengjia.

After sitting down inside, the middle-aged woman served Xiao Shan tea.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Xiao Shan learned that the middle-aged woman was Tan Chengjia's wife, named Wang Qin.

Besides his wife Wang Qin, Tan Chengjia also has an elderly mother and a daughter.

"Comrade Xiao, what exactly happened to my husband, Lao Tan, in Hong Kong? How did he get arrested?" Wang Qin asked Xiao Shan impatiently.

Looking at Wang Qin, Xiao Shan didn't answer her question directly, but instead asked, "Sister-in-law, what did the organization say to you about Brother Tan's matter?"

Without hesitation, Wang Qin told Xiao Shan what the organization had told her.

After listening quietly to Wang Qin's words, Xiao Shan organized his thoughts and told Wang Qin in detail what he could tell her.

Finally, Xiao Shan looked at Wang Qin and said, "Sister-in-law, Brother Tan has only been captured by John Bull's side. There is still a chance for him to come back."

"Comrade Xiao, are you telling the truth?" Wang Qin asked Xiao Shan with a hopeful look on her face after hearing his words.

Xiao Shan nodded without hesitation: "Of course! As long as John Bull doesn't have any evidence to prove that Brother Tan did it, and the organization puts pressure on John Bull, Brother Tan still has a chance to come back!"

Wang Qin didn't entirely believe Xiao Shan's words.

But no matter what, she still had a sliver of hope in her heart!

"Comrade Xiao, thank you!" Wang Qin said to Xiao Shan with a sincere expression.

Xiao Shan smiled and waved his hand, then handed the gift he had brought to Wang Qin: "Sister-in-law, this is a gift that Brother Tan asked me to bring back for you!"

After watching Wang Qin accept the gift he handed over, Xiao Shan continued, "Sister-in-law, if you encounter any difficulties in the future, no matter what kind, you can come to me! You can come to the steel mill or to my house."

After saying that, Xiao Shan took out a notebook from his briefcase and wrote down his address and phone number.

Xiao Shan then tore off the piece of paper and handed it to Wang Qin.

Wang Qin took the note Xiao Shan handed her, held it in her hand, and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, in a hoarse voice, he said, "Comrade Xiao, thank you so much!"

While Xiao Shan was visiting Tan Chengjia's family, Li Huaide was discussing matters with many leaders in the Ministry of Metallurgy's meeting room.

The main topic of discussion was the reward for Xiaoshan this time.

Xiaoshan's contribution to the country this time is enormous!

Not only did he safely bring the classified information back to China, but he also became the champion of the no-holds-barred fighting tournament, bringing honor to China on the international stage.

A leader sent by the organization looked at Li Huaide and asked, "Comrade Li Huaide, as the director of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, you must know Comrade Xiaoshan very well! What kind of reward do you think Comrade Xiaoshan needs? Or what is he lacking in his life?"

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide quickly stood up and replied, "I heard from our colleagues in the Foreign Trade Department that Comrade Xiao Shan had previously approached the department, apparently wanting a refrigerator so that his wife and children could eat fresh food in the summer. However, refrigerators are..."

When Xiao Shan returned to Compound No. 95 from Tan Chengjia's home, it was already noon.

Xiao Shan pushed his bicycle to the backyard and was surprised to find a large group of people gathered in front of his house, chattering about something.

Xiao Shan found it strange. It was already lunchtime, so why were these people gathering around their own doorways instead of going home to cook and eat?

Just then, someone spotted Xiao Shan returning and quickly called out, "Quick, quick, our hero is back!"

Then everyone saw Xiaoshan returning from outside and immediately burst into enthusiastic applause.

"What a young hero! I never expected Xiaoshan to be so amazing, winning some kind of fighting tournament!"

"If Xiaoshan hadn't won this championship, we might never have seen such amazing Soviet equipment in our lifetime!"

"Indeed, no wonder everyone raves about Soviet goods, they really are quite good! This big iron box, I never expected it could keep emitting cold air!"

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Hearing what everyone said, Xiao Shan was a little confused.

What kind of box keeps emitting cold air?

Could it be a refrigerator?

Soon, Feng Chunlian came out of the house and answered Xiao Shan's question with a smile: "Just now, Director Li personally brought people over to deliver a Soviet-made refrigerator to you. He said it was an extra reward from the organization for your trip to Hong Kong to win glory for the country!"

"Director Li also said that he wants you to go to the factory early tomorrow, as they're hosting a celebration banquet for you in the canteen at noon!"

It turned out that after obtaining permission from the leadership of the Ministry of Metallurgy, Li Huaide sent a Soviet-made Minks refrigerator to Xiaoshan with great fanfare.

Furthermore, Li Huaide announced to those in the hospital who were not at work that Xiao Shan had represented the country in a no-holds-barred fighting competition in Hong Kong and won the championship, bringing glory to the country.

This refrigerator was not a reward from the factory, but a reward from the state to Xiaoshan!

People were initially skeptical. Xiao Shan's family already had an electric fan and a television, and now they've added a refrigerator. Isn't this a typical capitalist family?

But as soon as they heard that it was a national award for heroes, everyone immediately stopped objecting!

After all, the government won't reward capitalist roaders!

Moreover, apart from the electric fan, which he bought himself, the other appliances in Xiaoshan's home were either factory rewards or government rewards, so there's nothing particularly noteworthy about them!

"Sister-in-law Ding, we've been waiting here for almost an hour, has the water turned into ice yet?" the third aunt asked Feng Chunlian with a curious look.

Xiao Shan couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that all the people gathered at his door were waiting to see the refrigerator turn water into ice cubes!

Hearing the three women's questions, Feng Chunlian felt a little uneasy.

After all, she had only just heard Li Huaide tell her that refrigerators could make ice.

"Wait a minute, everyone, I'll go check if it's frozen yet!" Looking at the expectant crowd, Feng Chunlian turned and went into the main room.

Reaching the refrigerator, Feng Chunlian opened the freezer compartment underneath and took out a large bowl.

Although the water in the bowl was not completely frozen, it had already formed a rather large block of ice.

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Seeing that the bowl was indeed frozen solid, Feng Chunlian quickly took it out to show the crowd at the door: "Look, look, it's really frozen!"

Upon hearing Feng Chunlian's words, everyone craned their necks to look.

Seeing that the water in the bowl had actually frozen, everyone gasped in astonishment: "It can actually freeze into ice! That's amazing!"

Although people had begun to have some basic contact with electrical appliances by this time, refrigerators were something that no one had ever had any contact with before.

Suddenly, everyone's gaze toward Xiao Shan became intense.

After all, summer is just around the corner, and the temperature in Beijing is quite high in the summer.

Meat will spoil if left outside for half a day.

Even if stored in a cellar, it will only keep for about half a day longer.

In the past, people rarely ate meat, even once a year, so there was no need to worry about the meat going bad in the summer.

But now the steel mill is doing well, and they give out meat to everyone every now and then.

If we can't finish it, won't it go bad?

Now that Xiaoshan's family has an extra refrigerator, is it possible for me to borrow Xiaoshan's refrigerator sometime?

Seeing everyone staring intently at him, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "It's almost lunchtime, everyone hurry back and cook, don't let the kids at home go hungry!"

After hearing Xiao Shan's words, everyone hesitated for a long time before deciding to go back and cook.

As for borrowing the refrigerator, we'll talk to Xiaoshan about it later.

After the crowd gathered at the door left, Xiao Shan was finally able to enter his home.

Looking at the refrigerator in the main room, Xiao Shan nodded slightly.

Xiao Shan found a large porcelain jar, filled it with boiled water, and then placed it in the upper refrigerator compartment.

He can have some cool ice water when it's time for lunch.

Unfortunately, the nearby supply and marketing cooperative did not sell beer.

Otherwise, having an ice-cold beer with lunch would be incredibly satisfying.

Feng Chunlian brought the prepared lunch to the table, and when she saw Xiao Shan take out some chilled water from the refrigerator, she frowned: "Xiao Shan, you're drinking ice water today? Be careful, you'll get diarrhea later!"

Xiao Shan laughed and joked his way out of it.

After all, with his current strength, he could sleep in a refrigerator without any problems!

The next day, after having breakfast, Xiao Shan took Ding Qiunan to the steel rolling mill.

Today, Li Huaide is going to hold a celebration banquet for him at the factory. Leaders from the metallurgical system and even leaders from the organization will attend the banquet, so he needs to go to the factory early to prepare.

When Xiao Shan entered the steel rolling mill, he was immediately warmly welcomed by the workers.

Everyone now knows that Xiao Shan won the No Limits Fighting Championship.

This is no ordinary champion; it's a world champion in an international competition.

This is a great honor for the entire country!

Although the influence of the no-holds-barred fighting competition that Xiaoshan participated in is not as great as events like the Olympics or the Asian Games, it is still a very good start for China in international competitions.

Therefore, everyone naturally regarded Xiaoshan as a hero.

Upon seeing Xiao Shan, they couldn't wait to go up and greet him.

Some of the bolder workers even went up to shake hands with Xiao Shan.

They were all very happy after shaking hands, saying they had shaken the hand of a world champion.

Faced with everyone's enthusiasm, Xiaoshan was also somewhat overwhelmed.

He could only quickly push his bicycle to take Ding Qiunan to the factory's affiliated hospital, and then head to the welding workshop himself.

The workers in the welding workshop greeted Xiao Shan very warmly when they saw him.

However, because he was acquainted with Xiao Shan, he didn't seem as enthusiastic as the workers outside.

Sitting at his workstation, Xiao Shan took out a collection of anthologies from his briefcase and began to read.

Although Xiao Shan has almost memorized this collection, he has different feelings every time he reads it.

This is what is meant by "always fresh and new".

Actually, Xiao Shan should have gone to find Li Huaide as soon as he arrived at the steel rolling mill.

But since the workers outside are so enthusiastic, he plans to wait until they've all gone into the workshop before going to find Li Huaide.

Seeing that it was almost time, Xiao Shan put away the anthology and got up to go to Li Huaide's office.

Upon seeing Xiao Shan enter his office, Li Huaide immediately pulled Xiao Shan to sit down, smiling broadly as he said, "My application has been approved by the higher-ups. Given your significant contributions this time, we are preparing to appoint you as the deputy director of the steel rolling mill!"

In addition, you've received an extra 500 yuan bonus! Of course, our steel rolling mill won't be stingy either, we'll also add a 500 yuan bonus to your account!

Xiao Shan was also a little surprised; this reward was quite generous!

1000 yuan plus the position of deputy factory director!

However, he felt he deserved it, so Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Then thank you very much for the factory director's recommendation!"