Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

After a while, the boss's wife asked Xu Damao, "How is the cook at your steel mill?"

Xu Damao got excited when he heard this, so he said, "Oh, you are talking about Shazhu."

The boss's wife continued to ask in confusion, "Why do you call him Shazhu?"

Xu Damao: "It's a long story. When he was a kid, he bought buns for his father and received counterfeit money. His father got angry and called him Shazhu, and he has been called that name ever since."

Then Xu Damao started to say, "Actually, Shazhu is a pretty good guy. Although he has a bit of a bad temper, his cooking skills are impeccable."

The boss's wife didn't hear what she wanted to hear, so she continued, "Since he has such a bad temper, he must not be popular in your steel mill, right?"

Xu Damao thought for a while and said, "Not entirely. His bad temper before was because his father ran off with a widow when he was a child, leaving him and his sister to depend on each other. There were few people who were willing to help each other in the yard where we lived. Except for Section Chief Yi's family in the living room who were willing to help Sha Zhu, other families ignored the two siblings."

The leader's wife then realized why Sha Zhu had such a bad temper. Just at this moment, the leader opened the gate and walked in and said, "This young comrade is good. He treats his comrades well and doesn't stab them in the back. Our organization needs people like him."

Xu Damao felt a little embarrassed by what he said, and at the same time, a cold sweat broke out in his heart. If his relationship with Sha Zhu had not eased recently, he would have probably left today.

The big boss paused and said to his wife, "Meihua, you have no right to speak without investigation. Sometimes, when judging a person, you should not look at his temper but his whole self."

The boss's wife felt a little sorry for the chef, but she couldn't say anything at the moment.

The big boss walked into the reception room and saw Yang Aimin and Yi Zhonghai drinking tea. The two also saw the big boss and stood up to greet them. The big boss held his hand and said, "Xiao Yang, Xiao Yi, it's okay. You guys sit down for a while, and then come with me to watch a movie and have dinner."

After Yi Zhonghai and Director Yang sat down, the big boss instructed Secretary Chen to arrange for Xu Damao to move in the projection equipment and show the movie in the living room.

Yi Zhonghai thought that Xu Damao really deserved to be the second protagonist. He was really lucky to be appreciated by the big boss without offending the big boss's wife.

As Xu Damao began to set up the venue and play movies, several people began to watch. At that time, the movies were nothing more than some tunnel warfare, mine warfare, and heroic sons and daughters.

What Xu Damao is screening today is the latest "Heroic Sons and Daughters", which tells the story of the volunteer soldier Wang Cheng who was killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. His sister Wang Fang, with the help of political commissar Wang Wenqing, continued to fight, and finally reunited with her adoptive father Wang Fubiao and biological father Wang Wenqing on the Korean battlefield.

After watching the movie, everyone's eyes were wet. People at that time were really pure. They were willing to sacrifice everything for the motherland.

The senior leader couldn't help but sigh and say, "Now that we have fought such a war with the Americans and Western powers, I believe that the Americans and Western countries will not dare to act rashly against us in the future. It's a pity for those comrades in Changbai Mountain. Some of them will never come back."

Yi Zhonghai was also moved to tears by the atmosphere. As a person born in a flower-growing country in the 21st century, it is unlikely for him to know and understand the selfless dedication of the people at that time. Of course, the fact that Longguo was able to have a voice in the international arena was also won through fighting.

After the movie, Xu Damao prepared to pack up. The boss told him to go to the kitchen to have dinner with Sha Zhu later, and then told Secretary Chen to arrange for the chef to cook first.

Everyone followed the big leader and took Yang Aimin and Yi Zhonghai to the reception room to drink tea. After a while, the directors of the meat processing plant and the machine repair plant came. The more Yi Zhonghai looked at the director of the machine repair plant, the more familiar he felt. Suddenly he remembered, wasn't this Liu Feng from the TV series "Man Is Iron and Rice Is Steel"?

Before I had time to think about it, two factory managers from other branches came to the door.

Yi Zhonghai thought that these people should be from the big leader's faction. As they sat down, the big leader said to the director of one of the branches, "Xiao Liang, your factory's efficiency needs to be improved recently. Otherwise, it will be very embarrassing."

The factory director named Xiao Liang nodded hurriedly. The leader said, "Recently, the situation above is not peaceful. The two groups are arguing fiercely. We must be prepared, especially the steel rolling mill! Xiao Yang, you must not make unnecessary mistakes during this period."

Yang Aimin nodded in assurance, and then the leader looked at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Comrade Yi, I heard that the lathe you recently developed is very powerful."

Yi Zhonghai said, "My dear leader, I also hope that our motherland will become stronger so that others will not dare to invade us."

The big boss smiled and nodded and said, "Comrade Yi, do you have a brother named Yi Jianping?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded, and then told the leader when he was separated from his brother, and how he was later adopted and ran to Sijiucheng to do odd jobs at the Loushi Steel Factory which was taken over by the Japanese at that time.

After the Japanese were driven away, the Lou-style Steel Plant returned to the hands of the Lou family. It was at this time that I began to learn locksmith skills. Later, there was a public-private partnership and a hierarchical system.

Everyone present sighed, and the leader paused and said, "It's a good thing that brothers can recognize each other. I have a good relationship with Yi Jianping. We knew each other at the old revolutionary base."

Yang Aimin next to him looked at Yi Zhonghai in surprise. He had never heard his boss say that Yi Zhonghai had such a brother.

As Secretary Chen came in and said that the dishes were ready, several people took their seats one after another. Then Sha Zhu started to bring up plate after plate of dishes. The big boss looked at the dishes and said, "This dish must be twice-cooked pork." Before he finished speaking, Sha Zhu walked in with the twice-cooked pork.

The people around him all said it was true. Sha Zhu looked at the leader in surprise, and the leader said, "Your next dish will definitely be Dongpo pork elbow."

When Sha Zhu heard this, he realized that he had found someone who knew how to eat. He smiled and went to get the next dish.

The senior leader was puzzled and asked Yang Aimin, "Why doesn't this cook speak?"

Before Yang Aimin could say anything, the wife of the big boss next to him explained that she had not treated the cook well in the kitchen just now.

As they were talking, Sha Zhu brought up a dish that turned out to be Dongpo pork elbow. The factory director next to him said, "Chief, you are a real fortune teller. This is Dongpo pork elbow."

The boss's wife praised Sha Zhu's food, and everyone else praised it. The boss looked at Sha Zhu and asked, "Why don't you say anything?"

Sha Zhu shook his head, and the big boss asked again, "Are you dumb?"

At this time, Sha Zhu said, "I'm not dumb."

The big boss smiled and said, "Then why don't you speak?"

Sha Zhu: "Before I left, the factory manager told me to just cook and not talk, right, factory manager?" He then looked at Yang Aimin.

Yang Aimin next to him immediately said, "Shazhu, the leader asked you a question, you can speak now."

So Shazhu started talking and began to talk about today's dishes.

Everyone enjoyed the meal very much. Before leaving, the boss's wife brought some gifts to Xu Damao and Sha Zhu, saying that they had wrongly blamed the young comrades today. The boss then took Yang Aimin, Yi Zhonghai and others to the study.