Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 4 Pros and Cons
Shen Zhiyu explained: "Minister, I am the eldest in Shen Deming's family. My father died a few days ago to protect the assets of the steel mill. My mother also died, leaving us four brothers and sisters. I started my internship in advance so that I can take better care of my younger brothers and sisters."

Yan Liguo thought for a moment and said, "Well, you and I will go to see Director Li and hear what he has to say."

He originally wanted to agree to it right away, but suddenly he remembered what Director Li, who was in charge of logistics, had said, that we should start an activity to learn from Shen Deming's spirit of fearlessness of sacrifice, so he decided to go find Li Yumin.

The Director Li that Yan Liguo mentioned is actually the deputy factory director Li Yumin, who is in charge of logistics and security.

Although Li Yumin ranks low among all the deputy positions in the steel rolling mill, his strength is not small at all, and his future is far better than that of ordinary deputies.

First, Li Yumin has high personal abilities; second, he has a good background; and third, Li Yumin is young and his development potential is much higher than others.

Yan Liguo is certainly not an ordinary person, as he is able to work in the personnel department of such a large organization as a steel rolling mill. He knows Li Yumin very well and is willing to get closer to him.

This is why he came up with the idea of ​​asking Shen Zhiyu to meet Li Yumin.

Shen Zhiyu looked at the villain in the TV series. He looked decent and stylish.

Yan Liguo told the story in a low voice and asked Li Yumin for his opinion.

Li Yumin put down his teacup, stood up, and said to Shen Zhiyu: "You are the son of martyr Shen Deming. Sit down quickly. By the way, have you received the pension?"

"Received. Thank you and the steel mill for the humanitarian assistance." Shen Zhiyu was in the officialdom in his previous life, so he could speak fluently.

"That's good. Originally, I was going to come here in person, but there were too many things to do at the steel mill, so I entrusted it to someone else. In view of your special situation and the certificate issued by the school, on behalf of the steel mill, I agree to your early internship. How about it? What position do you want to take?" Li Yumin asked gently.

"I am a brick, I will be moved wherever I am needed. You have the final say, I will go wherever you say." Shen Zhiyu said respectfully. He wanted a cadre position, but the relationship between the two parties was not in place, so it would be useless to say anything, it would be better not to say anything.

Li Yumin originally planned to give Shen Zhiyu a technical position, which was also in line with his expertise. However, after listening to Shen Zhiyu's words, he chose to change his decision and give him a cadre position.

Li Yumin didn't care about a cadre quota at all. You have to know that the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and is part of Shougang. The factory director and senior party officials are all cadres at the bureau level, and the deputy factory director is also at the deputy bureau level. He really didn't care about a small cadre.

However, it is difficult to get the identity of a cadre in a steel rolling mill. He prefers Shen Zhiyu's cadre position for two reasons.

First, Shen Zhiyu’s identity can be used to take advantage of this opportunity to win over the hearts of the people in the Security Department.

Second, Shen Zhiyu is very good at talking, who knows, he might be useful in the future.

After thinking about this, Li Yumin had an idea. He said, "Your father is a hero of our factory. In principle, we should take care of his children. We agree to your internship request. As for the nature of the position, we have to wait for the factory party committee to hold a meeting to discuss it."

Shen Zhiyu knew that the adult world was all about pros and cons. He didn't know what Li Yumin was up to, but it was indeed good for him, so he hurriedly thanked Li Yumin and Yan Liguo.

Li Yumin and Yan Liguo did not care much about Shen Zhiyu's gratitude as the difference in their status was too great.

Afterwards, Shen Zhiyu went to the Human Resources Department to arrange for his father's job.

They will take over whenever there is someone to take over, which can be considered a kind of benefit for the children of martyrs.

After all the formalities were completed, Shen Zhiyu left the steel mill. The next step was to wait for notification from the steel mill.

After leaving the steel mill, Shen Zhiyu went to Pigeon City.

Shen Zhiyu felt very novel when walking in the Pigeon Market in the 1950s. Although it had entered the era of coupons, it had not yet been fully implemented and the trading of small commodities still existed.

Starting from next year, we will enter a three-year period of natural disasters. The pigeon market will not dare to exist openly and will have to turn into a black market.

Now that the autumn harvest has just passed, the farmers have harvested some of their grain and have stored some of it, and they are selling some of it to buy some necessities.

Shen Zhiyu went around and bought some wheat seeds, corn, beans, peanuts and other seeds.

After buying the seeds, Shen Zhiyu saw someone selling eggs, so he hurried over and asked, "Auntie, how much are your eggs?"

The old lady replied, "No ticket is needed. A pound of eggs is 8 cents." Shen Zhiyu calculated in his mind. There are about 12 eggs in a pound. An egg costs an average of more than 7 cents. It is not too expensive but not cheap either. If it is sold at a non-staple food company, one egg usually costs more than 5 cents but less than 6 cents.

Shen Zhiyu quickly replied: "Auntie, I want them all. Please install them all for me."

"Ok."

The old lady weighed it skillfully, handed it to Shen Zhiyu and said, "It's 6 jin 4 liang in total, give me 5 yuan."

Shen Zhiyu skillfully handed the money to the old lady, picked up the eggs, turned the corner to a deserted place, and put the eggs into the space.

Afterwards, Shen Zhiyu bought some wild vegetables and 3 kilograms of pork.

After leaving the market, I went to the department store to buy some daily seasonings and farm tools.

Shen Zhiyu walked towards home, it was time to cook for his younger brothers and sisters.

On the way home, he met a farmer and bought a piglet from him.

……

When he was almost at the alley, Shen Zhiyu took out half a piece of pork, a few eggs and wild vegetables from the space and walked towards the courtyard.

Sure enough, it’s not that one family doesn’t enter the same house.

The third aunt was guarding the gate again. When she saw the eggs and pork in Shen Zhiyu's hand, her eyes widened.

"Zhiyu, Third Aunt is the best at cooking meat. Don't cook tonight. Let's eat at Third Aunt's house."

"Auntie, I can do it myself." Shen Zhiyu dodged the hand extended by Auntie, walked quickly towards home, and quickly closed the door from the inside.

The three aunts looked at Shen Zhiyu who was leaving with a regretful expression, feeling that they had lost hundreds of millions.

But after all, she still has a sense of shame and will not chase him home. But it may not be the same if it is Jia Zhang.

Shen Zhiyu peeled a few potatoes and took out all three pounds of pork. He first removed the fat and cut it into pieces for refining oil, and prepared the rest to make a potato stew with meat.

He lit the coal stove, put the iron pot on it, poured the fat into the pot, and started refining oil.

The farm pork is so delicious that the whole courtyard can smell the fragrance.

The third aunt smelled the fragrance coming from Shen Zhiyu's house and said to herself, "He is a man who knows how to live. He knows how to refine meat into oil to make more oil."

Shen Zhiyu didn't know about the third aunt's feelings. He took out the oil can and poured the lard into it. Thinking that it was getting late, he started to cook dinner.

He cooked directly in the wok without adding more oil. He put a little peppercorns first, and when the temperature of the wok rose, he poured the chopped onions, ginger and garlic into the wok to bring out the aroma.

Then put the chopped meat into the pan and stir-fry.

After the meat in the pot was fried and became fragrant, he took out the soy sauce he bought today and poured some in to add color and flavor.

Then continue to stir-fry.

When you feel that the stir-frying is almost done, pour some water into the pot and start cooking the meat.

While the meat was cooking, Shen Zhiyu took some millet he had bought today and started to scoop up rice.

After a while, the smell of meat began to rise.

(End of this chapter)