Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 459: A lot of things happened this year
I threw a yellow croaker to Xiao Hei. This guy is always lazy and elusive now. He often doesn't go home for several days. He also took two sets of clothes and went out.

I have been having dinner with Daya these days. The two old men don't like to mix with young people and are used to cooking with the furniture factory. Lin Yilan and the other three basically don't come back for dinner, so Zhu Xuefeng also cooks with Daya.

"Boss, is the food here okay?"

Daya was very happy. There were only two of them but they still prepared three dishes. She had been secretly learning from Grandpa Zhang for a long time and she finally had the chance to show off these days.

"Well, very good. You must have learned this from Master Zhang. You are at least 60% as good as him. You are making rapid progress."

"Only 60 or 70 percent." Daya looked a little disappointed. Zhu Xuefeng smiled and said, "That's not bad. How long have you been learning? Grandpa Zhang has been doing it for decades. How come you want to learn it in just half a year? Haha. But the taste is really good. You won't starve if you open a small restaurant."

Daya finally smiled happily, took two bites, and couldn't help asking.

"Boss, is Erya and Sanya's master really who you said he was?"

"Why, I am just making up a lie to deceive you because I am bored, by the way, how is Master Wang, he is not sick, right?"

"No, absolutely not. They are an old couple raising two grandchildren, so their life is pretty tight. But they are very nice to me. Erya and Sanya are really something. They never take the initiative to talk about learning skills after they come back. I thought they were almost the same as my master. I neglected this matter. I hope you won't be angry, boss."

"Why are you angry? There are so many dishes here, why don't you eat them too? You should pay more attention to your master's affairs. If he asks, I will send him over. If you really don't want to go, you can stay with me for two years first, but you will have to leave when the time comes. Don't disobey me in this matter. You know how to manage accounts, and I am counting on you to help me manage the purse when you go there."

Daya was silent, and after thinking for a while, she expressed her opinion, "Then I will listen to the boss, but boss, I have an idea that may be a bit excessive, I don't know if I should say it or not..."

"Whether it's something you should or shouldn't talk about, just say whatever you think."

"Boss, if I go there too, can I go to school first? I know this idea is a bit inappropriate."

"You want to go to school, that's a good thing. Tell me why you came up with this idea. Don't worry, as long as you are willing, I will certainly support you."

Zhu Xuefeng was very curious about how Daya came up with such an idea.

"These days, I saw Miss Lin and Miss Zhou always learning about investigation and traces, so I couldn't help but ask. It turns out that everyone is learning to improve their skills. Even Master Xie seems to be learning something. I thought that if I want to help the boss in the future, I can't show my current skills, so I want to learn more. But I don't have any experience and don't know what to learn."

Zhu Xuefeng didn't know what to let Daya learn for a while. He originally wanted her to learn a craft from Master Wang. His family also has a mine, and now Daya has the desire to continue learning, which is also good.

"Don't rush to make a decision. When the time comes, find someone to guide you. Once you have gained more knowledge, you can decide what you like to learn."

Daya just decided in her heart to learn more skills to help her boss. She had no idea what she wanted to learn. After hearing what Zhu Xuefeng said, she nodded.

"It's always good to have more knowledge. Don't waste your current skills. Even your little song, you can sing it more when you have time. I'd love to hear it. Don't waste it."

Daya suddenly became interested and said, "How about I sing a cappella for you now?"

Zhu Xuefeng hurriedly stopped her, "No, I have to go out soon. I can't bear to lift my butt just to hear you sing. Tomorrow is fine. I can even have an extra drink to listen to your singing, haha."

...

Zhu Xuefeng went out as soon as it got dark. He had to go and see the twins, a boy and a girl. They are now more than three months old and are doing well.

"Hey, Xiaofeng is here, come in quickly."

"I came to see the two little guys. Uncle Kong hasn't come back yet."

My godmother's family probably just finished eating a while ago, and Qin Jingru was washing the dishes.

"Xiao Feng, come sit down and chat. He might need a while."

Director Wang took the net bag, which was packed tightly inside. He knew without even looking that it contained milk powder and other baby products.

"There are still two cans left from last time, so I brought this again."

Director Wang placed the net bag on the five-drawer cabinet and turned to ask.

"How did Xiaomei do in the high school entrance exam? You guys are so impatient that you ran away during the holidays without even waiting for the results to come out."

"Don't worry, godmother. It's no problem. She said she performed well. I want to go out early and come back early. I still have to do my internship. It's still a little late. Fortunately, it's in the steel mill. If it was in other units, they might be criticized. I'll go check on the two little ones first."

"Keep quiet, and finish eating before half an hour before falling asleep."

The two of them tiptoed to the crib and looked at the pair of sleeping children. Director Wang's eyes were full of maternal light.

"You'd better go out, don't wake him up later, the little guy is sleeping so soundly."

Zhu Xuefeng whispered something and left the bedroom. It has been more than three months, and he still eats and sleeps, sleeps and eats, without having to worry about anything. He is so happy.

"Stay a little longer today. Your uncle will be back soon. He also said he wants to talk to you."

"Well, when did uncle come back? I went to your office that day but he hadn't come back yet."

"He just came back the day before yesterday. He was in a bad mood after coming back. After going to work, he felt much better. He also said that you scared him again. Tell me, what did you do to scare him?"

"Nothing. Oh, maybe it was during the last intensive training when I taught them about parachuting and hang gliding. It's not that scary, it's just normal training."

Director Wang did not ask about the training programs and content. Qin Jingru also stayed in the bedroom tactfully, taking care of the two babies and occasionally looking at her sister, the neighbor.

"Is this girl okay?" "Yes, she's pretty good. She's quick and skillful, and she's also very attentive to the children. When the weather gets better, she'll do as you said and take the two children out to bask in the sun. Last month, she was still carrying one on her back and holding the other, but this month that's not the case. Fortunately, there are strollers and cribs made by the furniture factory, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do it."

The two little guys are growing so fast that they weigh more than 30 kilograms together, which makes them difficult to handle.

The two chatted for a while, and Director Wang asked, "By the way, let me ask you something. I heard that the dormitory area over at the steel mill will be completed in about a month. By then, many people in our street will move there. Do you know about this?"

"That's true. The factory seems to be working on this right now. The four buildings for family members can only accommodate more than 300 households, and the other four buildings can only accommodate less than 800 households."

The steel rolling mill now has nearly 14,000 people. For some unknown reason, the motorcycle factory, which has been rumored for a long time, has not been merged. Otherwise, it would have 16,000 to 17,000 people, and this amount of housing would not be too much.

At that time, the building area of ​​a small two-bedroom apartment was only 40 square meters, and the most common was 56 to 60 square meters. The larger ones were only about 70 square meters. This time, all the factory leaders had to move there and live in the same building.

The tube-shaped building is about 16 to 19 square meters, which is suitable for a family of three, with a shared toilet and kitchen.

The two-bedroom apartments are similar, with a living room of 4 to 6 square meters, which can only accommodate a dining table and a few chairs. The kitchen and bathroom are long and narrow, with a very small area of ​​3 to 6 square meters. The small bathroom is so small that one person can barely turn around. But no matter what, there is water, electricity and gas, so the conditions are quite good.

"I don't know about other courtyards, but there may not be many families willing to move in our courtyard. Besides, those who are willing to move may not get a turn. Many people still live in the suburbs and have to travel three or four hours to and from work. I guess these people will be given priority."

Zhu Xuefeng was not even an employee of the steel rolling mill, so he would not pay attention to this matter and just listened to it without paying any attention.

"That's good. I was worried that there would be too many people going there. If some new households moved into the street, a large number of new residents would come in, and I would have to spend a lot of time to get familiar with them. With these two things tied to me, I go home right after get off work and have no time to visit the residents."

The two chatted about the street office for a while. Uncle Kong finally came back, looking tired. He smiled when he saw Zhu Xuefeng and patted Zhu Xuefeng on the shoulder. "Good boy, you get bored if you don't come up with something new every now and then, right?"

"Lao Kong, have you eaten? I asked Xiaoru to leave some for you. If you haven't, go and have some."

"I really haven't eaten yet, Xiaofeng, go to the study. I want to talk to you about what's going on in your head."

Qin Jingru was very observant and brought the hot meals up quickly. Perhaps because she was breastfeeding her baby, the meals at home were much richer than usual, with meat and shrimps. Old Kong simply put the rice and dishes together in a large bowl and went into the study with the bowl.

"Can't you just finish your meal here first? It'll only take a few minutes."

Director Wang complained behind him and had to go back to the bedroom to look after the child.

"Please eat slowly, I'm not in a hurry." Looking at Uncle Kong's unrefined eating manners, I had to remind him in a low voice. The serious-looking Uncle Kong had disappeared unknowingly.

"I'll eat mine, you talk about yours. Tell me about your training at that time. When I came back, wow, all 20 people were gone. Not a single one was left for me. I guess they were all borrowed by various arms and military regions. When I asked around, I found out that it was you who was causing the trouble. I wanted to know the truth, but no one understood. Now that you're here, tell me quickly."

It seems that they have really developed some new tactics. All twenty people were borrowed as instructors. It's quite interesting. Zhu Xuefeng also asked Wu Qianqian to do everything possible to get a batch of materials, thinking of setting up a team in Guoming, but it hasn't started yet.

Seeing that Uncle Kong was so concerned, I told him everything. Uncle Kong was also very impressed.

"If we had this thing earlier, those 9,000 people in Kinmen back then, alas..."

Zhu Xuefeng knew the story of these nine thousand people. It was extremely tragic and was an eternal pain in the heart of the Republic. He did not respond, but just listened quietly.

"You have made a great contribution again, but there is no reward for this invention. Old Hao asked me to apologize to you. There is nothing I can do about it. Our leader had no choice but to do it. I hope you can understand."

It turned out that Leader Hao reported this new landing method directly to the leader. The leader, who used to be able to remain calm about everything, was also extremely surprised and came to personally watch the landing performance.

Because the leader directly rejected Zhu Xuefeng's proposal to join Leader Hao's team, Leader Hao was cautious and did not dare to let Zhu Xuefeng lead the team to perform. The invention of this landing method was directly given to the special department, which avoided the leader's attention to Zhu Xuefeng, but Zhu Xuefeng could not get any reward for it.

"That's it. We invented it, okay? I am at least a part of it, right? Is this a big deal?"

Uncle Kong grinned, "Good boy, I didn't misjudge you. Don't worry, the leader is embarrassed to take advantage of you for nothing, and he doesn't have anything suitable to reward you. Finally, he gritted his teeth and agreed to let you go to the armory to pick out weapons and equipment. I guarantee that they are all the latest in the world, but you can only take one."

Zhu Xuefeng really had no interest in weapons and equipment. He already had helicopters, fighter jets, and bombers in his own space, so how could there be such things in the armory? If he really needed something, he could find some time to beg for alms, and the generous bald eagle would definitely give it to him.

Seeing that Zhu Xuefeng didn't care, Uncle Kong smiled and said, "You are a good shot, right? Here is the Dragunov sniper rifle that was just developed by Russia. It has a long range, high accuracy, can withstand all kinds of harsh environments, is easy to operate and maintain, don't you want it?"

"Dragunov sniper rifle? Is it the SVD?"

Uncle Kong was slightly surprised, "How did you know?"

"I also know that this sniper rifle was developed two years ago, but I didn't know it had been successfully developed. How can Russia be so generous? It's not even officially released yet, but you're giving it to us?"

As a military and game fan, I know a lot about SVD. This sniper rifle was released in 1963. It was designed by a famous Russian designer who had participated in the war as an infantry sniper and had a deep understanding of the needs of this type of arms. Therefore, this sniper rifle has excellent combat practicality.

Uncle Kong forgot to ask Zhu Xuefeng what he knew, and said rather awkwardly, "Not long ago, this big Mao did some immoral things and refused to apologize. Negotiations failed, so he finally gave some benefits. This sniper rifle was one of them. He gave four of them. Two were used to study whether they could be imitated, and two were in the treasure house of Leader Hao. There is nothing we can do. He is a big Mao, and we can only suffer in silence."

"What's going on? Can you tell me, Uncle Kong?"

"There's nothing to keep secret. You didn't read the newspaper. Xinjiang..."

Lao Kong briefly described the surface situation. "There have been a lot of things going on this year, both in the north and south. There is unrest everywhere. Take the capital for example. Two major events have happened in the past two months. Both were quite scary."

It turned out that the leader almost had a car accident in June. The cause of the accident was a truck from a certain unit. The driver had just walked out of the unit gate and did not notice the oncoming car. He turned onto the road and went straight to the car, almost causing a disaster. Fortunately, it was finally found out that it was an accidental accident, but it scared Leader Hao a lot.

Just after a short while of relief, the leader, who was welcoming a group of foreign guests into the conference hall, was unexpectedly hit by gunfire. The outer layer of the double-layer glass was directly penetrated, and the inner layer of glass finally blocked the bullet, but cracks also appeared. The leader's face was grim and he ordered Leader Hao to investigate it quickly. This matter was a big deal, and Leader Hao had a hard time recently.

(End of this chapter)