Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Ten minutes later, Li Feng touched his slightly round belly and was very satisfied with it.

The food in the ceramics factory canteen is indeed better than that in other canteens, and it's free—at least you don't have to spend money or pay for tickets.

And most importantly, the ingredients are better than those outside.

This is a factory that has the ability to earn foreign exchange. If it were another factory that didn't have much ability to make money, the food wouldn't be this good.

Although Tsinghua University is a good place, the food there is indeed not as good as that at the ceramics factory. In fact, Li Feng even lost weight when he was at Tsinghua University.

If Li Feng had continued eating at the ceramics factory during this period, he probably would have gained the weight back.

But there probably isn't that opportunity now.

After all, I'm going to Fengtian tomorrow.

Actually, even though Fengtian isn't far from Beijing, just like when I went to Hongdu last time, it still takes at least two or three days by train. Although the factory is planning to book sleeper tickets for me, the journey is still quite tiring.

When Li Feng thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh.

When Director Zheng, who was sitting opposite Li Feng, saw Li Feng sigh, he looked at Li Feng with some curiosity and asked him a question.

"The food isn't to your liking?"

Factory Director Zheng's words quickly brought Li Feng back to reality. After hearing what Factory Director Zheng said, Li Feng was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly waved his hand at Factory Director Zheng.

"without".

"I'm quite used to the food at this ceramics factory's canteen."

"It tastes much better than the cafeteria food outside."

After hearing Li Feng's answer, Director Zheng nodded in agreement.

"Um!".

"Indeed, the food at this ceramics factory is actually similar to that in the ministry, and may even be a little better."

"The food you eat at Tsinghua University isn't as good as what you eat here, is it?"

At this moment, Li Feng nodded somewhat embarrassedly to Director Zheng.

"That's true to some extent."

Seeing Li Feng's somewhat embarrassed expression, Director Zheng couldn't help but smile.

"What do you mean by 'a little'? Facts are facts."

“I’ve been at Tsinghua University for so long, how could I not know?”

"However, the food at Tsinghua University is much better now than it was when I was there."

Upon hearing this, Li Feng couldn't help but ask Director Zheng out of curiosity.

"Factory Director, what did you eat at Tsinghua University back then?"

Factory Director Zheng thought for a moment, then answered Li Feng.

"Back then, the staple foods I ate were similar to those now, such as steamed buns and noodles."

"But the grains used back then were definitely not as refined as the grains we have now; they were usually coarse grains."

"But back then, even thick noodles weren't something we could eat often."

Upon hearing this, Li Feng simply nodded more and more at Factory Director Zheng.

"Director Zheng, we don't have refined flour every day anymore. Most of the time we eat coarse flour."

"The steamed buns made from that flour will definitely not be comparable to those made from refined flour."

Factory Director Zheng suddenly laughed and scolded Li Feng.

"How could I not know that we eat coarse noodles most of the time now?"

"Back then, I didn't even have refined flour to eat."

"They even eat very little noodles."

"Compared to you now, you're doing pretty well."

"And at that time, there weren't many dishes available for me to eat."

At this moment, Li Feng scratched the back of his head and then chuckled.

"That's true."

Seeing how happily Director Zheng was chatting with Li Feng, Assistant Han felt quite admiring of Li Feng.

After all, in Assistant Han's view, Director Zheng was generally quite strict most of the time.

At this moment, Assistant Han couldn't help but think that after Li Feng graduated and returned to the ceramics factory a few years later, Li Feng would definitely have a bright future.

When Assistant Han thought about this, he felt that Li Feng was becoming more and more formidable.

After finishing his meal, Li Feng said goodbye to Director Zheng. After all, he needed to go home and pack his luggage, otherwise he wouldn't be able to take someone with him the next day.

Moreover, things are different now than in later years; clothes are actually not easy to buy these days. As for Factory Director Zheng, he still had some things to take care of, so he continued to stay at the factory.

At this moment, Li Feng rode his bicycle back to the courtyard house.

It was already around 7:30 pm.

It was completely dark.

When Li Feng pushed the car to the Intermediate People's Court, he found Sha Zhu sitting outside in a deck chair, enjoying the breeze.

Although it's mid-October now, and the lingering heat of late summer has long passed, the weather hasn't actually cooled down yet; it's still quite hot.

Although it was a bit hot that day, it was rather unusual for Sha Zhu to be sleeping in the front door exposed to the wind.

He was dozing off in the recliner when he heard a noise and opened his eyes. He then saw Li Feng pushing the cart back and asked Li Feng in surprise.

"Li Feng!"

"You're back?"

"Schools are closed now?"

Upon hearing Sha Zhu's words, Li Feng, who was pushing the bicycle, pushed it to a spot next to Sha Zhu. He then stopped the bicycle next to Sha Zhu and nodded to him.

"Um!".

"I'm back."

"I came back today because of something at the factory."

When Li Feng got to this point, he asked Sha Zhu with some curiosity.

"Silly Zhu!"

"What are you doing sleeping in front of your house?"

"It's cool outside, but you don't have to sleep outside, do you?"

After hearing Li Feng's words, Sha Zhu couldn't help but sigh.

"I didn't want to either, but my electric fan at home broke down."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be sleeping outside."

"You know my house isn't very well ventilated, and I sweat a lot when I sleep. So I just took a recliner and slept outside. I plan to go back inside to sleep when it cools down in the middle of the night."

Li Feng then realized why Sha Zhu was sleeping outside. However, Sha Zhu was now a young man, the kind who was strong and energetic. If Sha Zhu had married Wen Hui, he definitely wouldn't have been sleeping outside.

At this moment, Li Feng nodded to Sha Zhu.

"I see."

"Didn't you take your electric fan to be repaired?"

Sha Zhu shook his head at Li Feng at this moment.

"no".

"It will cool down in a few days. If I take it to be repaired, it might break again in the summer, and then I'll have to spend money to repair it again."

"I plan to get it fixed closer to summer."

After hearing Sha Zhu's explanation, Li Feng was completely bewildered by Sha Zhu's novel way of thinking.

Can it still be like this?
However, this was Sha Zhu's own business, and he couldn't say anything, so he nodded to Sha Zhu.

"Alright!"

"You decide this yourself, I'm going in first."

"I'm going on a business trip tomorrow."

When Sha Zhu heard that Li Feng was going on a business trip, he immediately became excited.

"On business trip?".

"Jingdezhen?"

Li Feng immediately shook his head.

"No, this time I'm going to Fengtian."

When Sha Zhu heard that Li Feng was going to Fengtian, he immediately lost interest.

"By the grace of Heaven."

"Never mind then."

"I originally thought that if you went to Jingdezhen, I would ask you to bring me some tableware again."

"If that's not the case, then forget it."

Li Feng was speechless after hearing Sha Zhu's words. (End of Chapter)