The booming era begins with the director of the Propaganda Department!

Chapter 400 Mysterious Organization!!
After Zhang Shenfei smelled the aroma of braised pork bones coming from the yard, he looked at Old Wang and deliberately asked him if the meal was made by his master's wife.

Old Wang rolled his eyes at him without any hesitation: "Aren't you talking nonsense? When has your mistress ever cooked? Hasn't she always been a person who never touches the water?"

"I was the one who stewed the big bone. When it was half cooked, I changed the heat to a low one. As it was bubbling on the fire, I suddenly remembered that you like to eat meat. I immediately ran to Yenching University to find you and invited you over."

That's quite polite, he even used the word "please", Zhang Shenfei thought to himself.

But even though the old man's words sounded nice, he still couldn't help but squeeze the other party: "I told you, when will you be able to sit up and eat a ready-made meal? Isn't this just like the sun rising from the west?

If you can really hold your head high at home, you can't call it giving birth to a child, you have to call it a servant."

The old man didn't care about being squeezed. After the two of them locked their bicycles and entered the door, they washed their hands under the faucet first.

Old Wang put on a pair of thick gloves, took a large casserole from the coal stove, and walked carefully towards the living room.

Zhang Shenfei took two bowls, followed by two pairs of chopsticks.

After sitting down, the two of them picked up their chopsticks without saying a word and went to the most tender piece of meat on the bone.

Old Wang got the upper hand, poking the big piece of bone with the tip of his chopsticks, and said proudly: "Hey, the best piece is mine!!!"

"What's yours is yours. It's no big deal. Besides, bones are all the same. What's the difference between the best and the worst?" Zhang Shenfei pinched the lemon and tried to make amends.

Unexpectedly, when Old Wang heard what he said, he became unhappy, stopped eating the bones, and started to educate him.

"Speaking of which, there are some rules for eating big bones. Different parts of the bones need different ways of eating, so don't mix them up.

The fan bones are best roasted and sprinkled with salt and pepper. If you want to make soup, you need to use the spine.

But if you want to stew it in water and then chew the bones like we do, you have to use large bones.

After soaking the freshly bought big bones to remove the blood, throw them into the casserole to stew. You don’t need to put too many ingredients. Just put pepper, star anise, fennel, and a whole piece of ginger in. After stewing for an hour, take it out and chew the meat and suck the marrow. It’s so fragrant.

After eating all the bones, use straw to suck out the marrow, add noodles and mix them into the remaining soup. It will be so delicious that you can swallow your head off. "

After the old man finished speaking, he pushed up his glasses and began to chew the bone slowly.

"No matter what food it is, as long as it enters your mouth, it will have something to say." Zhang Shenfei shook his head, "I am also puzzled. Those literary experts and so on with the same social status as you, what are the things they study?
How come in your place, every day you only eat stinky tofu and salted duck eggs, or bones and bone marrow... vulgar, too vulgar."

When interacting with this old man, Zhang Shenfei always had the illusion that this old man and Sha Zhu must have a lot in common.

"What's wrong with studying food? Is it wrong?" Old Wang shook his head and told Zhang Shenfei that life is nothing but eating and drinking.

Eat, drink and have fun, eating comes first.

Throughout history, food has always been the most important thing for the people. If you want to reassure the people, you have to make sure they are well fed.

If the general public can eat well, it can be called a prosperous era.

"So, it's not wrong for people to love to eat. As long as they can finish it and there is no waste, why not?" he concluded.

"You're right, that's the truth." Zhang Shenfei agreed casually while gnawing on the delicious big bone.

The two of them ate with relish, no longer talking, just lowered their heads and ate.

Zhang Shenfei was young and had good teeth. It took him two pieces of bones to chew, while old Wang could only chew half one.

Old Wang was shocked: "You have the nerve to say that I only think about eating. You are almost the same. You ate two-thirds of this big basin of bones."

He could eat a lot when he was young, but as he got older, even though he loved to eat and wanted to eat, his stomach couldn't take it, so he could only taste a little.

He loved to invite Zhang Shenfei to dinner because they had similar personalities and were both bad at chess, with equal chess skills.

Another reason is that Zhang Shenfei's food looks particularly delicious when he eats, which makes people very appetizing.

As a food lover, when I see people enjoying and satisfying the food I made, I will have a natural sense of pride.

Zhang Shenfei was gnawing on the last piece of bone and thinking, it seems that this old man thinks he is a food broadcaster!!!

A large pot of bones was quickly eaten up by the two people. Old Wang did what he said and cooked a pound of noodles and mixed them in the broth. The two people were very satisfied with the meal.

Zhang Shenfei was quite tactful at times. After eating and drinking, he would take the initiative to ask to wash the dishes.

People who love cooking don’t like washing dishes, and Old Wang is no exception.

He stood beside Zhang Shenfei, watching him put the dishes and chopsticks in the iron basin, and asked, "Has anyone talked to you about the internship?"

Zhang Shenfei took the loofah and sprinkled some soda on it. After wetting it, he shook his head and said, "No, teacher, you think I won't be left alone in the end? Just like those bachelors in their thirties who can't find a wife and end up being laughed at by others."

As I was talking, I started to wash the dishes with a loofah. After dipping it in the alkaline noodles, the oil stains were quickly washed off. There was a slight burning sensation when my hands touched the alkaline noodles, but it was not obvious and bearable.

"Nonsense! You are such a grown man, but you still can't speak properly." After scolding, Old Wang paused and then softened his tone, "I asked someone to inquire about it. They said that there is a place that is very interested in you and is holding back your file, not allowing other places to mention it."

The files are being held back and not allowed to be brought up? Where is it? Zhang Shenfei suddenly became interested.

But Old Wang only knew this little information, and when asked further, he knew nothing.

It’s just that the unit is extremely confidential and ordinary people can’t get in.

That’s not a steel mill, Zhang Shenfei thought.

Since he was holding my file, he naturally wanted it. But why didn't he come to talk to me? Why didn't he give me a notice?
After washing the dishes, Zhang Shenfei played a few more games of chess with Old Wang.

Zhang Shenfei didn't win the first game, Old Wang didn't lose the second game, and the third game ended in a tie.

Old Wang, who was a bad chess player, was very satisfied with this: "I am happy to play chess with you. Those people in our unit are no good. They are just playing blindly!!! I tell you, I only played with them a few times when I first joined the art troupe. Now I don't even want to pay attention to them??"

Zhang Shenfei mercilessly exposed him: "I think it's because your hands are too smelly that people don't want to play with you, right?"

The old man looked very unhappy when he was exposed, so he started to drive people away.

"Just go if you want to. I don't want to stay here. Well, I just saw some persimmons in the basket in your living room. Find me something so I can pack some and leave." After saying that, he went to the basket to pick persimmons.

Although Old Wang was muttering that he had never seen a student like you who ate and took things at the same time, he still obediently found a lunch box and came over.

Zhang Shenfei carried the packaged persimmons out of the door, put them in the basket in front of the bicycle, waved goodbye to Old Wang, and left the courtyard.

While riding his bike, he was wondering where the place where his file was withheld was and what business it was doing? Could Lou Zhenhua extend his tentacles there?
Zhang Shenfei had many doubts in his mind, but now Di was in the dark and he was in the light.

When the other party didn't show up, he could only grit his teeth and wait.

Fortunately, the mysterious unit didn't make him wait too long.

Three days later at noon, a teacher from the school came to his dormitory and said someone was looking for him. "Who is it?"

"It seems to be from some unit... I can't explain it clearly, but you will know when you come." said the teacher.

Zhang Shenfei suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. He felt that the person from the unit that Old Wangtou mentioned must have arrived. He couldn't help but get excited: "Hey! I'll pack up and come right away."

After a simple tidying up, Zhang Shenfei went out to meet his teacher.

The two walked to an empty office near the conference hall and saw two middle-aged men in mid-length woolen coats waiting there.

The younger man with a slicked-back hair was holding Zhang Shenfei's file in his hand.

The way these two people dress is unique in this era of increasingly restrictive clothing freedom, which makes Zhang Shenfei more interested in where these two people came from.

After the teacher brought Zhang Shenfei in, he began to introduce him: "This is Comrade Zhang Shenfei."

"Shen Fei, you can talk to the two comrades slowly. I'm leaving first."

The teacher still did not reveal the other person's identity, and even considerately closed the door before leaving.

This made Zhang Shenfei feel that the identities of these two people were even more mysterious, and he couldn't help but secretly observe them when they were not paying attention.

A few minutes later, the man holding Zhang Shenfei's file said, "Comrade Zhang Shenfei, shall we talk?"

"You say." When Zhang Shenfei didn't understand the other party's background, he was very polite.

"Let me introduce myself. My last name is Tang and his last name is Liu. We are both from the Foreign Trade Department. The main reason I came here this time is to talk to you and ask if you are willing to join us." said the younger man named Tang.

Zhang Shenfei pondered for a moment before speaking: "Aren't jobs assigned after graduation? Why are you asking for graduates' personal opinions?"

The Ministry of Foreign Trade is a good unit, but Zhang Shenfei always feels that there is something mysterious about these two people.

In addition, the man's words just now were a bit strange, which made him unable to help but suspect that the other party had other intentions.

After hearing what Zhang Shenfei said, the man surnamed Tang laughed: "You are a smart man, let's be frank. Yes, although our unit is affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, it is different from the Ministry of Foreign Trade in the minds of ordinary people.

In simple terms, we are not responsible for the export of goods, but for the import. Especially under the sanctions of the United States and other Western countries, we have to find ways to get those items that are scarce and cannot be bought in our country. "

Zhang Shenfei's eyes widened, he seemed to know what these two people were doing.

After the other party finished explaining, he asked a new question: "So, why did you choose me?"

It’s impossible for a job like this to easily recruit more than one college student, right?

This time, the one with the surname Tang did not speak. The one with the surname Niu spoke up, "Comrade Zhang Shenfei, do you want to meet your uncle Qian Dasen?"

Qian Dasen?? Uncle!!! Zhang Shenfei understood immediately.

"So... you invited me to join your organization because of my uncle?" he asked.

Niu replied: “This is part of the reason, but there are others as well.

First of all, the members of our department are engaged in very cautious work, which naturally requires higher adaptability of talents. We noticed your talent long before the grater you invented earned a lot of foreign exchange for the country.

Over the years, we have examined your abilities and felt that you are qualified for this job, so we put you here.

As for the point you just mentioned, it is of course within our consideration.

You may not know... Your uncle Comrade Qian Dasen changed his name to Li Jiazong after entering Hong Kong City, and is now a well-known businessman in Hong Kong City.

Your uncle provided great help over the years, especially when we were at war with the United States.

His fleet helped our country transport various medical products, especially penicillin, during the war.

After the war, they have been helping us collect various blocked supplies...

This is a bit off topic, but the situation has temporarily stabilized, and Hong Kong City needs some new help, so your uncle recommended you...

After considering all the information, we decided to meet with you and ask about your intentions. "

This statement contains a lot of information.

Although my younger uncle had said before that my eldest uncle was having a hard time in Hong Kong City now, and he had four wives.

At that time, Zhang Shenfei thought that his uncle should not be short of money, but he didn't expect that he was so powerful behind the scenes and was confronting the Americans.

He thought for a moment and said, "If I agree to join you, will I have to live in Hong Kong City permanently? I won't be able to come back?"

Comrade Niu smiled and said: "It's not that exaggerated, our organization is the bridge and information officer connecting the mainland and Hong Kong City.

Most of the time, we need to travel between Hong Kong and the mainland. In order to facilitate our work, most of the people in the team have dual identities.

When you are in Hong Kong, you work under one identity, do business, walk in front of people or do underground work.

When you return to the mainland, you can use your real identity. Of course, to be on the safe side, we will arrange another job for you that requires frequent business trips, so that you can meet your family, friends, and neighbors. "

OK, now Zhang Shenfei really understood.

"Well, if I agree to your request, when can I start work at the earliest?"

"The Ministry of Foreign Trade can report today. As for the official work, it will probably take about a week." Comrade Niu said.

……

A week later, on a Friday, Zhang Shenfei stood at the door of the steel mill again.

It was Lao Qin and Lao Dong who opened the door again. When they saw him coming back, they immediately rushed out: "Director Zhang, are you back to work???"

As Lao Qin spoke, he excitedly took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over, while Lao Dong attentively took out matches and served him.

Zhang Shenfei took a deep puff of cigarette and blew out a smoke ring: "Why? Miss me?"

"We not only miss you, we are looking forward to your coming back day and night." Lao Qin was very excited.

Although the two brothers often see each other in the courtyard, if Zhang Shenfei returns to the steel mill, won't he, as the older brother, be able to stand up straighter? ?

"Oh, look at what's going on." Zhang Shenfei smacked his lips, "But I wasn't assigned to the steel mill..."

"You weren't assigned to the steel rolling mill? Then why are you here?" Old Qin looked at the file bag in Zhang Shenfei's hand in confusion.

(End of this chapter)