Siheyuan: It’s so nice to be Lao Liu

After seeing off Director Yang, Personnel Section Chief Liu Yingjie took the two of them to the Propaganda Section next door.

The head of the Propaganda Department, Zhao Guanghao, is a middle-aged man in his forties. He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, is gentle and well-mannered, and is dressed like a cultured person.

Seeing the head of the personnel department and two young men coming in, he quickly stood up and said jokingly, "Old Liu, what brings you here?"

Liu Yingjie replied with a smile: "You, Old Zhao, always complained to me that the education level of the Propaganda Department assigned to you is low. This time the education level is not low, it is a serious high school student."

Then he glanced around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side. He lowered his voice and whispered, "Director Yang received him personally. Please take care of him."

After saying that, he deliberately gave him a look, indicating that the other person had a background and should be taken care of a little.

Liu, the head of the Personnel Department, pointed at the head of the Propaganda Department and introduced him to He Yushui: "Yushui, this is the head of the Propaganda Department, Zhao Guanghao. He will be your immediate superior in the future. If you have any problems, you can ask him to help you solve them. Of course, if you have any problems, you can also come to me. If I can't solve them, we can go to Director Yang."

Seeing Section Chief Liu introducing himself to his immediate superior, He Yushui also politely stepped forward to greet him and said, "Hello, Section Chief Zhao, my name is He Yushui, I need to trouble you next."

Section Chief Zhao also smiled and replied, "If there is any trouble, it's all my responsibility. You should follow Sister Liu first. She took a leave this morning and will not come until the afternoon. You can sit with her first, and when Sister Liu comes, let her help you arrange a seat."

He Yushui nodded obediently to show that he understood.

After talking to He Yushui, Section Chief Zhao looked at Section Chief Liu and said, "Let Yushui follow Sister Liu. You should know that Sister Liu has a high level of professional skills and is patient. She will definitely be able to teach her well."

Section Chief Zhao also nodded, and turned to explain to Yan Jiefang: "Sister Liu is a veteran of the Propaganda Department. She works seriously and treats people kindly. It won't be a disadvantage for Yu Shui to follow Sister Liu."

Yan Jiefang nodded without saying anything more. This should be the best choice.

After arranging He Yushui's work, Section Chief Liu took Yan Jiefang to the Purchasing Department.

The Purchasing Department belongs to the logistics management and is under the management of Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide. For the convenience of management, the Purchasing Department's office is naturally not in the same place as the Personnel Department and the Propaganda Department.

Section Chief Liu introduced Yan Jiefang as he walked with him, "Section Chief Liu Wei of the Purchasing Department is my comrade-in-arms. He is an iron-faced and selfless guy. If you fail to complete the task, he will not show you mercy. You have to be mentally prepared. However, if you complete the task beautifully, he will also strive for the best reward for you."

Yan Jiefang followed Section Chief Liu through the first canteen and walked straight to the row of bungalows. After walking out of the first canteen, Section Chief Liu turned around and pointed and introduced: "There are five canteens in our factory. This is the first canteen of our factory. It is closest to the purchasing department. Generally, the purchasers come to the first canteen to eat. The chef in charge of the food is relatively old and his cooking skills are limited. If you are not used to it, you can go to the third canteen. The chef in the third canteen is Sha Zhu. Although Sha Zhu is a bit talkative, his cooking skills are impeccable. He is the chef for the small meals for the factory leaders."

When they arrived at the door of the office of Liu Weida, the head of the purchasing department, Liu looked inside through the glass on the door. Seeing that the head of the purchasing department was in the room, he did not knock on the door and walked in directly with Yan Jiefang.

"Old Liu, I have brought you a capable man. You must train him well." After entering the room, Chief Liu of the Personnel Department said loudly to Chief Liu Wei of the Purchasing Department, and without hesitation picked up the peaches in the box beside the table and started eating them. He then picked up a peach in the box and handed it to Yan Jiefang.

Seeing his old comrade eating the peaches he had collected with great difficulty, he quickly said, "Please leave some for me. Don't eat them all. This is the prize for rewarding the workers this month. Director Yang said that the workers in the factory have successfully completed the tasks assigned by their superiors during this period, and the purchasing department should prepare some meat and fruits to reward all the employees in the factory. I was still worrying that the fruit was not enough, and you actually ate two of them for me."

"If there is not enough fruit, you can make up with pork. Just prepare more pork!" Chief Liu of the Personnel Department said with a smile, not taking Liu Wei's complaint to heart at all.

Liu Wei, the head of the purchasing department, rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Do you think pork is easy to get? The slaughterhouse has a very limited pork quota, which is not enough for daily consumption. It is impossible to use it as a reward. We can only purchase materials outside the plan."

"You know what's going on these years. It's hard to get enough food in the countryside. There are no pigs outside the plan. Even if there were, they would have been sold long ago."

"The chickens and ducks raised by the villagers are for laying eggs, so they are reluctant to sell them!"

Chief Liu of the Purchasing Department also feels helpless. Given the general environment, the work of their Purchasing Department is really not easy.

Hearing the purchasing section chief complaining, Yan Jiefang thought that there was a lot of pork stored in the space, and there were large groups of fat pigs, so he said: "Section Chief, how many pounds of pork do you need? I have a classmate whose relative lives in the mountains. I heard from him that his relative's village raised a large fat pig that was not planned."

As soon as Yan Jiefang finished speaking, the two section chiefs immediately looked at him with hope and joy in their eyes.

Liu, the head of the purchasing department, was the first to speak: "Young man, are you serious?"

While Yan Jiefang was speaking, Chief Liu of the Personnel Department remembered that he had forgotten to introduce Yan Jiefang, so he clapped his hands and said to his old comrade, "Old Liu, this is Yan Jiefang, a new high school student, and now he is a soldier under your command."

"Okay, okay!" Chief Liu of the Purchasing Department said with a smile, "Yan Jiefang, right? I'm planning to give each worker in the factory one pound of meat, but we're still short of 900 pounds. If you can get a big fat pig, I'll go to the factory director and ask for credit for you."

"You are so bad, Liu Wei. There are more than 9,000 people in our factory. If each person eats one ounce of meat, that's more than 900 kilograms. You actually said that we are still short of 900 kilograms. It means that your purchasing department has only purchased less than 100 kilograms of pork in such a long time!" said Chief Liu of the Personnel Department.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We just came back from a famine a few years ago, and even in the Pigeon Market we can't buy much meat. Jiefang, you don't have to come this afternoon. Go find your classmates and see if you can buy some fat pigs."

"Purchasing is also very simple. I will issue you a certificate in a moment. After you purchase the items, I will have someone teach you how to report the expenses."

Yan Jiefang smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, Section Chief, I'll go find my classmate this afternoon."

Seeing that Yan Jiefang had joined the Purchasing Department and started purchasing work, Chief Liu of the Personnel Department also said goodbye and left the Purchasing Department.