Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai was chopped off with a knife, who in the courtyard would not obey

"Team leader, would you like to say a few words?"

Someone suggested.

"Team leader, please say a few words first."

"Engineer Chen, say a few words."

Everyone started to cheer.

"Okay, before the food is fully cooked, let me say a few words."

Chen Jianye raised the cup.

Everyone raised their glasses.

"Thank you all for your support in my work. With our efforts, the hot water dispenser has been successfully developed, mass-produced, and achieved great success in the port city, bringing us great honor."

"We still have a lot of work ahead, which will be more challenging, but also bring us more honors."

"This year we are a national model worker team, and we will be next year too."

After saying that, Chen Jianye took a large gulp of wine.

Everyone drank heartily.

Some people drank too quickly and choked, coughing repeatedly.

"Everyone, please eat your vegetables. After you finish this bite, we'll put the meat in and ask Chief Engineer Su to say a few words."

Chen Jianye greeted them.

Everyone picked up their chopsticks and started scooping meat out of the hot pot.

Dip the mutton in peanut sauce, put it in your mouth, and take a bite.

The aroma was absolutely wonderful.

After everyone finished their bites, they looked into the pot and saw only bits of meat floating on the surface of the soup.

Lin Ke and Ma Zi'an quickly put the meat in.

"Chief Engineer Su, why don't you say a few words?"

"That's what one engineer said."

Everyone put down their chopsticks and asked Su Xincheng to speak.

"Okay, let me say a few words."

"To be honest, I admire Comrade Jianye very much. Although Jianye is very young, even younger than my son, the achievements he has made are something I could never achieve in my lifetime."

Su Xincheng looked at Chen Jianye.

"Chief Engineer Su, you flatter me. I still have a lot to learn."

Chen Jianye was polite.

"I'm not flattering you, but you really are amazing. Your ideas are incredibly imaginative and astonishing."

"If it weren't for you, the 'fast-heating' product wouldn't have been released for at least ten years."

Su Xincheng said earnestly.

Chen Jianye remained silent.

He didn't refute this point at all, because in his previous life, hot water only started selling well in the 1990s.

It likely appeared in the 1980s.

This product was developed by Chen Jianye more than 20 years ahead of schedule and introduced to the present day.

Good products don't disappear over time.

The period in China during the 1990s in my previous life corresponds exactly to the Hong Kong city in the 1960s now.

That's why the hot water dispenser was a huge hit in the port city.

Similarly, electric kettles will also be a huge hit in Europe and the United States.

We're all human, with similar economic conditions, so our living needs naturally won't be too different.

For example, use hot water or better cooking utensils.

"Jianye led us to develop the hot water heater, which brought us great honor."

"I propose that we all raise a toast to Jianye."

Su Xincheng raised his glass.

Everyone raised their glasses.

"Chief Engineer Su, how did the conversation turn to me?"

Chen Jianye said with a smile.

"You are our leader, and you have led us to achieve success. We should toast you."

Su Xincheng said earnestly.

Chen Jianye took a sip with everyone.

The meat and vegetables poured into the pot in the second round were cooked, and everyone picked up their chopsticks.

Then everyone started eating and drinking.

Lin Ke and Ma Zi'an were responsible for pouring the meat and vegetables into the pot.

People kept getting up, leaving their seats, and going to Chen Jianye's side to offer him a toast and say flattering things.

They all came from the heart.

After joining Chen Jianye's team, they followed Chen Jianye and achieved many successes.

The most prominent example is the National Model Worker Team award.

It's incredibly valuable.

This award is arguably the highest honor a working-class group can receive.

Chen Jianye drank alcohol repeatedly.

If everyone toasts him, he has to drink twenty-one cups.

Soon, the bottle of Fenjiu in front of him was almost empty.

“I’m telling you guys, you can’t just keep toasting me. Toast Chief Engineer Su, Luo Renping, Lei Kaixiang and the others.”

"And your colleagues next to you, who have been fighting alongside you for more than half a year, don't you have anything to say?"

Chen Jianye couldn't take it anymore and shifted the blame elsewhere.

If he keeps drinking, even if he can drink a lot, he'll eventually get dizzy.

Everyone could see that Chen Jianye was struggling, so they all started drinking with the people around them.

Some people got so drunk that they started circling around with their bottles, offering toasts.

There were 22 people tonight, 18 bottles of wine, and several people who didn't drink much.

They actually drank it all.

Lin Ke had another batch of meat and vegetables delivered by the waiter.

More than twenty adult men, they can eat so much.

They ate and drank for two hours, and the food and wine on the table were completely devoured.

Chen Jianye suggested going home, and everyone readily agreed.

As the group walked out of Donglaishun, a cold wind blew in, and some people couldn't help but feel like vomiting.

"Please don't throw up! Tonight we're drinking Fenjiu liquor and eating mutton, all top-quality stuff."

Someone nearby quickly reminded them.

Spitting out a single spit costs at least one dollar.

If you vomit a few more times, you'll have wasted your dinner tonight.

It didn't grow on my body at all.

Chen Jianye instructed Lin Ke and Ma Zi'an to have the workers who hadn't been drinking take the drunk workers home first.

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and the weather in Beijing is exceptionally cold at this time of year.

It can reach minus twenty degrees Celsius.

If someone gets drunk and lies on the ground, they'll freeze to death the next day.

Dozens of people die from freezing every year.

Chen Jianye organized a meal for everyone, and made sure they were safely delivered home.

If something goes wrong, he will have to take responsibility.

After finishing his business, Chen Jianye prepared to leave.

"Engineer Chen, I'll go back with you."

Lin Ke quickly replied.

The others, knowing that Chen Jianye was leaving, also wanted to see him off.

Seven or eight people surrounded Chen Jianye.

"I drank just right, I didn't drink too much, you don't need to worry about me."

Chen Jianye said with a smile.

"No, whether you've had too much to drink or not, we all have to take you home."

Lin Ke said.

If Chen Jianye freezes to death, then everything is ruined—the project team is ruined, and his future is ruined too.

Even if Chen Jianye didn't drink a drop of alcohol, Lin Ke still had to take him home.

This is his responsibility.

Chen Jianye couldn't refuse Lin Ke's request, so he had to let Lin Ke accompany him when he left.

As for others accompanying him, Chen Jianye disagreed.

It's so cold, why are you all going back with him? You should just go home.

The two got on their bicycles and headed towards the courtyard house.

Chen Jianye was riding in front, and Lin Ke was half a bike length behind.

"Team leader, slow down, I can't keep up with you."

Lin Ke shouted loudly.

It wasn't that he couldn't keep up; he was worried that Chen Jianye would fall.

The ground is too slippery; if you slip, you can slide several meters away.

Chen Jianye slowed down.

He's fine riding a little faster, but he's worried that Lin Ke will fall while trying to keep up.

A little over ten minutes later, the two arrived at the entrance of the courtyard house.

"Lin Ke, go back inside. It's cold at night, don't stay outside for too long."

Chen Jianye picked up his bicycle and entered the compound.

"Team leader, I'll go in with you."

Lin Ke also picked up his bicycle.

"Hey, Jianye's back."

Yan Fugui called out from the doorway.

"Teacher Yan, I'm back."

Chen Jianye responded and turned to Lin Ke: "Everyone in the compound saw me. I'll be fine going home. You can go back now."

Lin Ke then left.