Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 769 768 Sugar Fire

Tang Zhitong took the right approach here, and many local units were also trying to use their connections to get things done.

The news that Sijiu City successfully verified artificial rainfall yesterday has spread through the efforts of those who are interested. Faced with such a simple, easy-to-use, worry-free and labor-saving method, many areas suffering from drought naturally want to solve their urgent problems.

The phone calls from the Agricultural Machinery College, the Central Meteorological Bureau, the military, and even the highest department in charge of daily affairs have never stopped today.

The Agricultural Machinery College and the Central Meteorological Bureau have received orders from high-level officials to go all out to help alleviate the drought at the local level.

The leaders of the Agricultural Machinery College were delighted. Not only would this technology be recorded in the school's history, but the students who participated in the research and development had also been reserved in advance by relevant units.

There are many related units, some of whom can wear military uniforms right away, some will go to artillery shell production companies to assist in the production of rain-inducing bombs, and some will be added to the Meteorological Bureau.

Among them, the Meteorological Bureau may be the least prominent unit, but the school leaders know that after a period of training, these students will be added as backbone forces to the meteorological departments in various regions, and their future prospects will be very bright.

The Meteorological Bureau was both happy and sad, as they received both praise and tasks.

Carrying out artificial rainfall work is only one of the tasks. For the long term, we must speed up the improvement of the rules and regulations of the meteorological departments in various regions and train technical backbones in various aspects. For this purpose, we have also obtained some resource allocation.

The most miserable one is the Agricultural University, which did not make any contribution to this artificial rainfall, but the assistance of students from the Department of Meteorology is indispensable for the subsequent promotion.

The internship project of students from the Department of Meteorology of the Agricultural University has been urgently changed this year. Several people will follow the anti-aircraft artillery in groups to conduct meteorological observations. Once it is confirmed that the conditions for rainfall are met, the anti-aircraft artillery will immediately implement artificial rainfall and then proceed to the next destination after completing the task.

At this rate, it will take at least two or three months for me to return, and I might even have to spend my summer vacation somewhere else.

The military is unknown, but it is the unit that contributes the most. An anti-aircraft gun must be equipped with a mobile vehicle to be able to be moved. There are many issues involved in the process, as it must meet both air defense needs and rainfall needs.

It is difficult to predict which clouds will bring rain with existing technology, but no one complains. If there are no conditions, we will find ways to overcome the difficulties!
If you can’t make predictions on a large scale, then use the most traditional method – sit back and wait!
Due to the limited number of manpower and anti-aircraft guns, we can only wait in key areas. If we are lucky, we can wait for a day. If we are unlucky, it may be ten days, half a month or even longer.

There may be some waste during this period, but there is nothing we can do about it.

The subsequent issues such as food ration transfer and transportation became the smallest problems.

After answering one call after another, the senior leader sat at his desk and thought: the north has successfully launched a satellite, and the other side of the ocean also successfully launched a meteorological satellite a few days ago. It would be great if we also had a meteorological satellite...

Tang Zhitong had no idea that a sentence he said at the Agricultural Machinery College would cause such a big commotion. At that time, he was sending a telegram to Anton at the post office.

The letter could not be delivered to the Andong Forest Farm in time. Tang Zhitong was afraid that his uncle and cousin would act impulsively, so he planned to send a telegram first to ask them not to go into the mountains or come to Sijiucheng, and then make a specific decision after seeing the letter.

After sending the telegram, Tang Zhitong went directly to the Escort Department after going to the Escort Office and gave the prepared Chinese toon sprout pickles to Zhang Jinbo, and also asked him to pass on Kong Yiqun's portion.

"Chief Tang, you came at the right time today. Sister Chen gave us a temporary notice this morning, saying that she had contacted the snack factory and they would deliver snacks to our door this afternoon." Zhang Jinbo accepted the things and gave Tang Zhitong a message.

"Oh, that's great. I just heard that other units had a way, and I didn't expect Sister Chen to arrange it. No, I have to go back and prepare, or I may have to settle the bill." Tang Zhitong's eyes lit up when he heard this. The warmth sent by the trade union is universal, and accepting it is not only guilt-free but also inconspicuous.

As soon as Tang Zhitong entered the Finance Department, Ma Wei quickly said, "Chief, Sister Chen from the labor union came to see you this morning. Sister Chen said that a snack factory would come over to deliver snacks to everyone this afternoon."

"Okay, I got it. I'll go over there." Tang Zhitong guessed that it might be related to collecting money, nodded to Ma Wei, put down his things, and went directly to the union.

"Xiao Tang, the labor union has contacted the dim sum factory, but they require payment to be made on the spot. We'll have to trouble the Finance Department to help collect the money when the time comes. This matter was not finalized until this morning. Since we didn't notify everyone in advance, some colleagues may not have enough money. Can the Finance Department advance the payment?" Tang Zhitong was not wrong. As soon as Sister Chen saw him, she told him the reason.

"Okay, Sister Chen has taken so much trouble for us, our Finance Department will definitely support her." Tang Zhitong agreed without hesitation.

Although employees can borrow from each other, there is always a chance that they may not have enough money when something unexpected happens.

The finance department's advance payment is somewhat inconsistent with the rules and regulations, but Tang Zhitong has the authority to pay salaries, and if someone really doesn't pay back, the money will be deducted directly when the time comes.

Furthermore, this is something the union does for the benefit of everyone. If they don’t agree, their mass base will probably be shaken.

The staff from the dim sum factory arrived a little late. Four of them rode a bicycle each with a dim sum basket tied to the back of each bicycle.

The snack basket was simply covered with a rush curtain. If you look closely, you can see dust that has fallen on the surface of the snacks.

Under these conditions, no one complained about the employees of the Escort Department, and they went out in groups of departments, one section at a time, to the canteen to buy food from the snack factory in turn.

The four staff members of the dim sum factory each held a scale and was responsible for looking after a basket of dim sum. Tang Zhitong and Ma Wei were responsible for collecting the money. Once a price was called out, this side would record it and collect the money.

Compared with food on the black market, the prices of snacks in snack factories and snack shops are very reasonable and not high, but this also means that supply is limited.

The last time the Escort Department contacted the dim sum factory to send warmth was before the New Year, which is almost four months ago.

Once every four months, although the treatment is slightly better than that of ordinary citizens, it is not too outrageous.

Faced with the care once again, the employees of the escort department were very active and successfully completed the door-to-door warmth delivery activity at the dim sum factory before leaving get off work.

In order to show their generosity, the snacks were purchased by ordinary employees first, with Fang Yuan, Sister Chen and the Finance Department at the end.

The staff at the dim sum factory didn't bring many dim sum, and in the end there was no choice but to have sugar-coated buns.

Sugar-coated buns are neither as sweet nor as oily as other dim sum, so not many people choose them.

Even though there are some leftovers, it doesn’t mean the sugar-coated buns are not delicious.

Tang Zhitong specifically asked, this sugar-coated steamed bun was originally made by the chef of Dashunzhai.

There are many snacks in the old city. Tang Zhitong had eaten the so-called preserved fruits and candied haws before, but he would never try them again after having tasted them once.

Tang Zhitong had heard of sugar-coated steamed buns before, especially those produced by Dashunzhai, which were very famous in the Guijiao circle.

Dashunzhai's sugar-coated fire-baked bread is a halal food, made from carefully selected flour, sesame paste, brown sugar, sesame oil, and osmanthus. It is soft and crisp, sweet, not greasy, not moldy in summer, and not dry in winter. It is precisely because of this characteristic that it has become a must-have dry food for religious people on the road to pilgrimage.

Before the dim sum was limited in quantity, Dashunzhai’s production of sugar-coated steamed buns was not high, with only about 200 made a day. It was not known whether it was because they could not be sold or because of limited raw materials.

The current output is even less than before, and it won’t be long before the plant is directly decommissioned and production is stopped.

This was not said by the staff of the dim sum factory, but Tang Zhitong clearly knew about a true story.

Right now, because the third brother is extremely confident, he has been constantly stirring up trouble in the southwest. In order to resolve the disputes, the reports at the large-scale meetings a while ago were all made by his deputy, because the principal had gone to negotiate with the third brother.

This winter, the nun with the white hat will come to China for a return visit. She specifically asked for the sugar-coated steamed buns from Dashunzhai. For this purpose, Master Li Shen and his apprentices from Dashunzhai were called together overnight. They worked for most of the night and made twenty to thirty kilograms of sugar-coated steamed buns. It was not known whether the nun with the white hat could finish these truly clean and hygienic sugar-coated steamed buns.

When the wind starts, the sugar-coated fire-baked bread will be out of stock until it is opened.

After all, it seems like it’s out of print, and Tang Zhitong was very happy to buy it.

When Tang Zhitong returned home, he saw that the swallow couple had built their love nest, but they had not moved in. It seemed that they planned to ventilate it and remove the formaldehyde before choosing an auspicious day to move in.

After handing the sugar-coated cake to Zhang Guifang, Tang Zhitong found an axe and started working on it under the eaves before it got dark.

I was so busy that I worked until dinner time.

Beibei likes the cat climbing frame very much. He jumps and scratches on it, and refuses to go into the house no matter how much people call him.

"Don't worry about it, let's eat first." After working for most of the day, Tang Zhitong was already hungry. He put the axe aside, washed his hands and prepared to eat.

"Brother, snacks, snacks." Fengzhi reminded in a low voice.

"You really won't leave the food overnight if it's something delicious." Tang Zhitong smiled and opened his lunch box.

The snacks received by the escort department this time are the same as those brought back by Xiao Wang from the Beijing Library. They are all unpackaged and require users to provide their own containers, with the main goal of being environmentally friendly.

In fact, not only Fengzhi wanted to eat it, Tang Zhitong also wanted to try the flavor of the sugar-coated steamed buns that White Hat Ni had been thinking about.

The sugar-coated steamed buns are not big, weighing only one or two ounces each, like a small snack. It is said that people from your religion like to eat them for breakfast.

Tang Zhitong took out the food from the lunch box one by one and distributed it to his family, one for each person, with half left.

"Your food won't survive the night, so don't eat the leftovers. Bring them to Jingmin tomorrow." Zhang Guifang looked at the children's happiness and just muttered a few words so as not to spoil everyone's fun.

Tang Zhitong smiled. Zhang Guifang, as a mother-in-law, almost treated her brother-in-law as her own son.

Since each person only has one piece, you have to savor it carefully.

Tang Zhitong held the sugar-coated steamed bun in one hand and held it with the other. He smelled it first and then took a bite.

The surface of the skin was vibrated and some of it fell off. Fortunately, I had a hand to catch it, otherwise it would have fallen to the ground.

When Tang Zhitong was collecting the money today, he took the opportunity to chat with the people at the dim sum factory. He was afraid that in the future, all units would not have such caring treatment. If they wanted to eat, they would have to queue up at the dim sum shop. The chef at the dim sum factory also said that their factory would limit production in the future.

After this combination of punches, it will be more difficult to get snacks in the future.

At this critical moment, even if the food falls on the ground, the child has to pick it up, blow it, and eat it, and then accept the education from his parents, which may be a scolding at the least or a slap in the face or close skin contact at the worst.

Although there were fewer snacks, Tang Zhitong didn't feel like eating them after chewing them twice.

The taste of sugar-coated steamed buns is hard to describe. Brown sugar is mixed into sesame paste, and the proportion of sesame paste is not low. There is always a strange taste in the mouth. Not only is it choking, but the taste is also sandy.

"Here, eat it. I don't like the taste." As if female comrades prefer this taste more, Tang Zhitong saw that Xiao Wang was eating with relish, so he put the rest in her hand, then tilted his head back and poured the crumbs in his hand into his mouth.

Seeing that her husband really didn't want to eat much, Xiao Wang asked, "Did the dim sum factory only bring sugar-coated buns to your company?"

"We brought other things as well, but we have to promote our style. We bought the latest and all the others were sold out. Only the sugar-coated buns are left and no one wants them." Tang Zhitong clapped his hands. His family liked them, so the money was not wasted.

Xiao Wang was speechless at this point, because the same situation happened when he bought snacks at the Beijing Library.

"Jia Ming's mother came here today to pay back the money." Zhang Guifang said suddenly during the meal.

"Oh? Liu Chengzhi picked up money?" There was no money a few days ago, and it is not time to get paid again. If it were not for the lack of food coupons, Tang Zhitong would have thought that the Liu family had become extremely rich.

"She hesitated and didn't say anything." Zhang Guifang shook her head. She had already prepared herself for the loss, but she didn't expect to receive the repayment.

"Hey, maybe they are trying to make a good impression with you. Maybe they will come back to borrow more from you in a couple of days." Tang Zhitong couldn't figure out the purpose of the Liu family doing this. While making random guesses, he also wanted to remind his mother not to lend money easily.

"No, I won't lend you money again." Zhang Guifang glanced at her son and was very determined this time.

The effect was achieved, Tang Zhitong smiled, he had tried his best to contribute in the big aspects, he could be a little selfish in the small aspects, he couldn't really be portrayed as a selfless person who only benefits others, those were gods, he was still far from that.

After dinner, Tang Zhitong watched Beibei having fun on the cat climbing frame for a while, and then thought about how to make improvements and how to create opportunities to earn foreign exchange for the country in more places.

Human memory is very strange. Many times, people will not think about something in a certain direction at all. However, once they see something, it is as if they have touched a switch and the gates open, and the memories related to it will come flooding back.

Tang Zhitong looked at Beibei and thought of the dogs in the community before. Some people walked their dogs without a leash, and some people dressed their dogs in cute clothes.

Making clothes for dogs might be controversial, so that can be left to be determined for now, but leashes can be made!
Our ancestors knew this trick, and the leash is beautifully made. Not only does it not strangle the neck, it is also decorated with auspicious patterns, making it a fashion statement!

(End of this chapter)