Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

As soon as Yi Zhonghai arrived at the office, he saw Xu Wu applying for leave. Yi Zhonghai asked, "Xu Wu, are you applying for leave to go back home?"

Xu Wu: "Chief Yi, my mother is urging me to go on a blind date. I will go back home in a few days."

Yi Zhonghai: "Well, have you approved the letters of introduction?"

Xu Wu nodded to indicate that it was done, and Yi Zhonghai signed directly.

Yi Zhonghai first made himself a cup of tea, then took out the tasks to be assigned this week and distributed them.

On the other hand, Qin Huairu was obviously in a much lower mood today. Her backer Li Huaide was out of her control, and the case of Banggeng had already been sentenced. Qin Huairu went to the juvenile detention center yesterday to deliver bedding to Banggeng, and then went to the detention center to deliver bedding to Jia Zhangshi.

Now that Jia Zhang and Banggeng are gone from the Jia family, Qin Huairu can obviously eat more with the two daughters. But when she thought of Banggeng suffering in prison, Qin Huairu felt regretful. She had not educated her son well, and everyone in the steel mill knew that she had a son who stole public property.

Qin Huairu could only numb herself by doing things non-stop, but she was so careless that she accidentally cut her hand while cutting vegetables today. The people in the kitchen saw that Qin Huairu was injured and rushed her to the infirmary for bandaging.

Xu Damao came late today, but fortunately there were not many things to do today and no major trouble occurred, otherwise Xu Damao would have been criticized again today.

Sha Zhu was stir-frying dishes in the kitchen while wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. Ma Hua was very considerate and made tea for his master and waited for him to finish his work.

The fat man next to him stared at Sha Zhu cooking the big pot of food. Sha Zhu did not treat his two apprentices harshly like in the plot, but Sha Zhu only taught them basic Sichuan cuisine and specialties. As for Tan's dishes and his specialty Sichuan cuisine, Sha Zhu planned to teach them to his son He Xiao.

Seeing that it was almost eleven o'clock, Director Yang went to Yi Zhonghai's office and asked Yi Zhonghai to accompany him to the leader's house. When Yi Zhonghai finished his work and went downstairs and opened the car door, he saw Xu Damao and Sha Zhu sitting in the back seat, and Director Yang sitting in the passenger seat.

Yi Zhonghai thought that this was the highlight moment of Sha Zhu in the plot. The sensible Xu Damao quickly gave up a seat and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Uncle Yi! You come with us, come up quickly." Then he patted the seat.

Yi Zhonghai nodded. Xu Damao and Sha Zhu did not quarrel along the way, probably because the factory director was there and they did not want to quarrel in front of him.

The jeep soon stopped at a cadre compound. Yi Zhonghai had been here two or three times and was relatively familiar with the place. However, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were a little unfamiliar with it, especially Xu Damao, who looked around at the sign at the door that read "Ministry Compound". Xu Damao straightened his clothes against the car window.

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Damao's conceited look and couldn't help but sneer at him, "This guy has been made to look like a human being."

Xu Damao, who was looking in the mirror, heard Sha Zhu's words and retorted without any hesitation, "Tsk, do you think I'm the same as you? Sloppy and greasy."

When Director Yang saw that the two were about to quarrel, he hurriedly told them to stop arguing and just cook and watch movies when they got in. They were also told to keep their mouths shut or they might say something wrong and lose their way.

The two men calmed down, but Xu Damao's eyes were clearly unconvinced. He waited at the door for a while and then went to notify the security department, who came over with a man wearing glasses.

As soon as Director Yang saw this person, he went up to greet him and said, "Secretary Chen, can we go in now?"

Secretary Chen was wearing a neat Zhongshan suit with two pens pinned to his chest. When he heard what Director Yang said, he said, "The leader is in a meeting just now. Come with me to the reception room and wait for him." Then he walked inside with a few people.

When they arrived at the living room of the big leader's house, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were curious about the place and were dazzled by the various things displayed in the house. Especially Sha Zhu, he fell in love with the gramophone in the big leader's house at first sight.

Director Yang quickly introduced Xu Damao and Sha Zhu to Secretary Chen. Secretary Chen took Sha Zhu to the kitchen and waited for the leader to finish watching the movie before starting to cook. After giving the instructions, he came back and took Xu Damao to the living room where the movie was being shown.

After Secretary Chen came back, he arranged for Director Yang and Yi Zhonghai to sit down first and then he went to a room inside the house.

Sha Zhu had nothing to do in the kitchen, and was a little tired after a busy morning, so he lit a cigarette and waited for his leader to arrange dinner.

While Sha Zhu was smoking, a woman who looked about 40 years old walked in. As soon as she came in, she fanned the air with her hands and said to Sha Zhu, "Who told you to smoke here?"

When Sha Zhu saw that the man was dressed simply, he didn't look like an important person, so he asked, "What's wrong? I'm not allowed to smoke a cigarette after cooking a meal for the leader?"

The boss's wife was so angry that she said, "We have a rule here. Smoking is not allowed in the kitchen."

Sha Zhu didn't get angry. He put out his cigarette and made a pot of tea and started drinking it. While drinking, Sha Zhu said to the woman, "Auntie, can you help me ask if there is any sesame paste here?"

The boss' wife was so angry that she almost died. How dare you, a person who looks older than me, call me aunt? So she said unhappily, "Aren't you a Sichuan chef? Why do you want sesame paste?"

Seeing that the other person was speaking in a bad tone, Sha Zhu said again, "Are you cooking or am I cooking? This is how I cook."

The boss's wife suppressed her anger and retreated. She suppressed her anger and ordered her subordinates to bring a bottle of sesame paste to the cook! She would scold this stinky cook while eating.

The boss’ wife calmed down and went to the screening room to see what the other person brought by Lao Yang was like.

After entering the living room, I saw a male projectionist sorting out the films to be shown later. The leader's wife went over to greet him.

When Xu Damao saw the person who greeted him so casually, he knew that he couldn't be a servant of the big boss's family, but more likely the big boss's wife, so he said in a flattering manner, "Madam, hello, my name is Xu Damao. Today I followed our factory director Yang to show a movie here. Is there anything you need my help with?"

When the leader's wife saw that the projectionist named Xu Damao was much more polite than the cook, she became more friendly and said, "Comrade Xu Damao, nothing much, I just came to see how your projectionist shows the movie."

When Xu Damao heard this, he started telling the leader's wife about some of the details of the movie screenings. Xu Damao also talked about how he was welcomed by the local commune when he went to the countryside to screen movies, as well as the difficulties he faced. The leader's wife found it very interesting.