Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

As Xu Damao moved away, the neighbors in the courtyard talked about it for several days.

But after a while, everyone basically chose to forget about it and was busy preparing three meals a day.

In the second half of this year, news of good harvests came from all over the country, and food on the market gradually became sufficient.

This is what all the common people care about, and everyone happily goes to the grain station to queue up and buy back all their grain quotas.

Everyone has been afraid of hunger in recent years. Only when there is enough food supply can everyone feel at ease.

This is what the saying means, "If you have enough food at home, you will not be worried."

The biggest benefit of the restoration of food supply is that the steel mill canteen no longer has to be so frugal.

The flour that was originally made from miscellaneous grains and some tree bark has now been replaced with coarse grain steamed bread, and vegetables are also slowly recovering.

On this day, it was the weekend. After breakfast, He Daqing was watching his two children playing at home when suddenly there was a noise outside.

So he carried the two children to the door and saw a man and a woman with four children moving things into the Jia family's original house.

Around them, a circle of neighbors were standing and watching the excitement. Yan Bugui was talking to the woman.

Seeing He Daqing coming out, Yan Bugui quickly said to the woman, "Xiao Liang, this is a great man in our yard, named He Daqing, and he is also the canteen director of your steel mill."

Then he said to He Daqing, "Daqing, this is Master Liang Ladi who just moved to our factory. I heard he was transferred to your steel mill from somewhere else."

He Daqing smiled and nodded, then walked over here.

Liang Ladi hurriedly pulled the man who was still moving things over and said, "Hello, uncle. I'm Liang Ladi. I was just transferred to our steel mill. The factory arranged this house for me."

"This is my man, Nan Yi. He is a cook and has also been transferred to our steel mill. He may be working under you. I hope you can take good care of him in the future."

After saying that, he pulled Nan Yi's arm and asked him to quickly say hello to He Daqing.

Nan Yi looked at the canteen director in front of him. He was not too old and was holding a one-year-old child. He looked down on him and said casually, "Hello, Director He, please take care of me in the future!"

Then he lowered his head and continued moving things.

Liang Ladi glared at him, then smiled and said to He Daqing: "Don't mind it, Director He, he is just like that. But my husband's cooking skills are very good. In the factory over there, everyone praises that his cooking is the most delicious."

He Daqing had seen many people like Nan Yi, so it was natural that he would not care about a few words.

He just smiled and said, "It's okay. Welcome to our courtyard. We are all neighbors from now on. If you have any questions, you can come to me or the other two managers."

Liang Ladi looked very talkative and was smiling all the time while speaking.

"Thank you very much, uncle. If I have any problem, I will definitely consult with you uncles."

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, He Daqing carried He Yuyao back home, leaving Yan Bugui there enthusiastically introducing the situation in the courtyard to the new neighbor.

Liang Ladi's family, consisting of two adults and four children, did not finish moving their things until the afternoon.

When He Daqing's family was having dinner that night, Sha Zhu said, "Dad, I heard that the man who came today is also a chef and will be transferred to our steel mill to work. Do you think he will come to the kitchen?"

"If it's a chef, he should be here. We'll know what's going on when we get to the factory tomorrow."

Sha Zhu continued, "I wonder how good his cooking skills are? If he really comes, which cafeteria are you going to put him in?"

He Daqing thought about it and realized that the situations in several canteens were quite stable except that an old chef in the third canteen was about to retire. If he really wanted to come, he could only be arranged to go to the third canteen first to check the situation.

"Let's see first. He may be assigned to the third canteen. Old Wu there will retire after the Chinese New Year. If his cooking skills are good enough, let him try there."

Sha Zhu nodded. He also understood the situation of several canteens and realized that only three canteens needed people.

Yu Li also said: "I heard that the woman, whose name is Liang or something, is a senior welder and is very capable. The factory transferred the man here just to get her over."

Chen Xueru took a bite of the food and said, "That's impossible. I don't think that woman is very old and she looks good. How could she be a welder? Isn't that a job for men?"

He Daqing said with a smile: "There are many women doing jobs like fitters in steel mills, so why should we be surprised if a woman does welding?"

Yu Li nodded and said, "Indeed, I admire those women very much. They are just as good as men. If I were asked to do the job, I really wouldn't be able to do it."

Sha Zhu took the opportunity to flatter him, "Wife, I don't want you to do those rough jobs. Look at those women, they are all big and strong, and look stronger than men. You should just forget it."

These words made He Daqing and Chen Xueru laugh.

Yu Li blushed and kicked Sha Zhu under the table.

"If I become like that, will you not want me anymore?"

Sha Zhu said hurriedly: "How is that possible? No matter what you are like, you are still my wife. How dare I reject you?"

The family chatted and laughed while eating dinner.

The next day, just a few minutes after work, an employee from the human resources department brought Nan Yi to He Daqing's office.

He smiled and said, "Director He, this is a new chef in our factory. The leader asked me to bring him here and follow your instructions."

Then he said to Nan Yi behind him: "Master Nan, this is the canteen director of our steel mill, Master He Daqing. He is also a chef. You just follow his arrangements."

Nan Yi looked at He Daqing and nodded, "Hello, Director He. You know my situation. It's up to you to decide how to arrange it."

Nan Yi’s arrogance made the person from the human resources department nearby a little confused. It seemed that these two people should know each other.

He Daqing also felt that this man was a little too confident. After all, a newcomer coming to a new place should have the most basic manners.

But he didn't say anything, he just said to the person in the personnel department: "Okay, leave him to me, I'll take him to the cafeteria to have a look."

The person in the HR department also realized that Nan Yi was difficult to get along with, so he said, "Okay, we'll leave it to Director He. I won't bother you anymore, I'll go back first."

After saying that, he turned around and left He Daqing's office without even saying hello to Nan Yi before leaving.

To be honest, with Nan Yi's temper, basically no one would like someone who is so conceited and proud.