Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

After the lively New Year celebrations, the steel mill started working on the morning of the fourth day of the New Year.

On the first day of work, there was not much to do, mainly meetings.

The theme of this year's meeting is no longer the material supply problem that has been a headache for everyone in previous years, but Director Yang's proposal to expand production.

Now that the supply of materials has been resolved, we need to increase production, so we held a meeting early in the morning and talked about these points over and over again.

These have little to do with He Daqing's canteen. The canteen's main task is to ensure that everyone has enough food and good quantity after expanding production.

These problems are no longer a problem for He Daqing now. As long as there are enough supplies, almost every one of his apprentices can work on their own, and making these big pot dishes is a piece of cake.

After the meeting at the factory in the morning, He Daqing gathered all the people in several canteens for another meeting in the afternoon.

The whole day was spent in various meetings.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, He Yushui's school started. This is her second year in technical secondary school, and she will graduate and look for a job next year.

He Da had made plans early in the morning to arrange for him to work in a steel rolling mill, which would be close to home and would make him feel at ease.

After the Chinese New Year, Damao and Ermao will go to school with other children in the courtyard. This is why He Daqing took Nan Yi to find Yan Bugui and asked him to arrange for them to transfer to the school.

Yan Bugui was okay this time. He accepted a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes and arranged for the two children to go to school.

Life is better this year, everyone has hope in their hearts, and everyone's face is filled with happy smiles.

Time quickly came to May.

That day, He Daqing and his friends went home after get off work as usual. Sha Zhu brought Yu Li, and Nan Yi brought Liang Ladi home together.

During this period, most people eat at He Daqing's place in the evening.

At noon, Chen Xueru cooked a meal for the children at home. Both Da Mao and Er Mao, who went to school, ate here.

When the family came back in the evening, Nan Yi and Sha Zhu went to cook, while Liang Ladi, Chen Xueru and Yu Li took care of the children, did the laundry and so on.

Tonight, Nan Yi bought a big carp outside, braised it and served it on the table. Together with a few dishes made by Sha Zhu, it was a very rich meal.

Everyone gathered together, eating and chatting happily.

Nan Yi picked up a piece of fish and put it in Liang Ladi's bowl. When Liang Ladi smelled the fish, he suddenly felt uncomfortable and quickly ran to the door and started to dry heave.

Nan Yi hurried over and patted her on the back and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Liang Ladi waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I just can't stand the smell of fish today. You eat. I'm fine."

Nan Yi picked up the fish and smelled it suspiciously. There was no fishy smell at all. If he, a great chef, couldn't handle the fishy smell, then he wouldn't have to cook.

Chen Xueru also said: "Xiao Liang, are you pregnant? Why don't you go for a check-up tomorrow!"

Chen Xueru's words stunned Liang Ladi and Nan Yi.

Liang Ladi's face was full of joy. She touched her belly and said, "It's really possible. I'll go to the hospital tomorrow to check it out."

After saying that, he looked at Nan Yi happily.

Nan Yi forced a bitter smile and stopped talking.

Liang Ladi didn't care. He sat down and started eating other dishes.

Chen Xueru and He Daqing both noticed something was wrong, but since the children were all here, they didn't want to ask any questions.

After everyone had finished eating, He Daqing found an opportunity to ask Nan Yi, "Nan Yi, what's wrong with you? You seem unhappy that Xiao Liang is having a child."

Nan Yi shook his head, sighed and said, "Master, you know, although Damao and the others are not my biological children, I have always treated them as my own children."

"It's just that she's so stubborn that she insists on having a child of her own. But the doctor said her health is not good and it might be dangerous if she has another child."

"I have been trying to persuade her to give up this idea, but she has always insisted. As you can see, she is determined to give birth to the baby this time."

He Daqing didn't expect that there were such things between Nan Yi and Liang Ladi, but since it was someone else's family affair he couldn't say anything.

I could only persuade her, "Aren't you going to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow? Then you can ask the doctor to do more checks to see if the danger is serious. If it can be remedied, take advantage of this time to nourish Xiao Liang's body or let her rest at home for a while. I think Xiao Liang's idea is very good. Having her own child and raising him from childhood to adulthood is also a kind of happiness."

Nan Yi listened to his master's words, thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, I will discuss it with La Di tonight."

In the evening, Chen Xueru asked about this matter. He Daqing did not hide it and told Chen Xueru about Nan Yi and Liang Ladi, giving her a chance to talk more with Liang Ladi.

Chen Xueru also agreed with Liang Ladi's approach. Perhaps people of this era all have this idea. After all, only when two people have their own children can they cherish each other more and face life together.

The next day, Nan Yi and Liang Ladi did not go to work, but went directly to the hospital for a check-up.

When the doctor told him that Liang Ladi's body could be recovered and the danger was not too great, he shed tears of joy.

When they got home, they told Chen Xueru the good news.

At Chen Xueru's suggestion, Liang Ladi took sick leave and planned to go back to work after the child's condition was stable in a few months.

From then on, Nan Yi went to the market every day to find some meat, eggs and other things to nourish Liang Ladi. The food of He Daqing's family also became better and better.

With Liang Ladi's company, Chen Xueru's days of taking care of the children at home were much easier. The two of them took care of five little ones every day and had to cook for two of them who were going to school. Their days were very busy.

It was not until He Yushui had her summer vacation and Liang Ladi had rested for more than two months that he went back to work.

Starting this year, more and more people have invited He Daqing to host banquets.

Many times, ordinary people were introduced by He Daqing to his disciples or declined the opportunity, and he would only show up for those who had to go.

The small kitchen of the steel rolling mill was also slowly reopened at the suggestion of Director Yang and Li Huaide.

Originally, Director Yang and Li Huaide both wanted He Daqing to continue cooking for the small kitchen, but He Daqing refused.

However, after they tasted the cooking skills of Sha Zhu, Zhang Tieshao, Luo Xiaofeng, and Nan Yi, they never mentioned the topic of letting He Daqing take over as chef again.

They never thought that in the past few years, He Daqing has quietly trained so many outstanding talents for the factory. Any of the chefs like Sha Zhu and Nan Yi would be a master chef if they were put outside.

No one would have thought that they were all willing to stay quietly in a small place like the back kitchen of a steel rolling mill.

This made them look at He Daqing with new respect, and their evaluation of him was further improved.