Siheyuan starts to eat the old man

Chapter 238 Chapter 237 Before the Chinese New Year, preparations for the rolling mill

Wan Tongsheng saw that Li Pingan was about to leave carrying things, and wanted to stop Li Pingan and ask him to leave a coconut to honor himself, but he thought that Li Pingan's transfer order had already come down, so he was not considered his subordinate, but Zhang He opened his mouth, but made no sound.

As for what Wan Tongsheng said just now, Li Pingan naturally heard it. He said that only he had it and no one else did. The meaning in the words was to ask Li Pingan to leave him a coconut.

If it’s other things, it’s okay to say, the main reason is that coconuts are too rare. You may not be able to find many of them in Sijiucheng. less than.

How could such a rare thing be kept because of Wan Tongsheng's words? If Chen Youfu was here, he could still consider it, but Lao Wan might as well forget it.

Riding a bicycle, Li Pingan didn't feel cold, that is, it was snowing today and the road was a little slippery, otherwise Li Pingan would definitely be able to kick the chain out of the sparks.

Slowly returning to the courtyard, the neighbors had already fallen asleep, and Li Pingan gently pushed the bicycle into the courtyard.

Seeing that the light was still on in Yi Zhonghai's house, Li Pingan knew that it was Yi Zhonghai's old couple who were worried about their safety, and they could only sleep when they came back.

Li Ping walked into Yi Zhonghai's room carrying the new year's goods. At this time, the old couple was warming around the coal stove. Seeing Li Pingan coming in with a bag, he quickly took out the prepared hot water and handed it to Li Pingan to warm up.

"Is this the new year's gift from the factory? What's in it?" Yi Zhonghai picked up the bag with one hand and weighed it briefly. It was quite heavy, at least 30 kilograms.

After drinking hot water, Li Pingan smiled and put down the enamel jar in his hand, and said, "The most expensive things are five catties of pork and ten catties of white noodles, and there are not many other good things, but a few days ago, the factory team came back from Hainan. At that time, I brought back some coconuts, and the factory gave me two."

"Where is Hainan? What is a coconut?" Da Ma grew up in Sijiucheng, never went to school, never studied geography, and naturally didn't know that Hainan is the southernmost tip of the motherland. For tropical products like coconuts, It's the first time I've heard of it.

Yi Zhonghai opened the bag, but did not look at the pork and white noodles inside. These two items are precious food in ordinary people's homes, but in Yi Zhonghai's eyes, they are really nothing.An eighth-level fitter in a rolling mill earns 100 yuan a month. What do you want to eat that you can’t buy on the black market?Even if you eat white noodles and pork every day, you can afford it.

Compared with white flour and pork, coconut is more attractive to Lao Yi.

Coconuts are indeed rare in Forty-Nine City. Lao Yi, who can be called a well-informed man, is the first time he has heard of coconuts today.

Lao Yi took the coconut out of the bag, held it in his hand and looked it up and down, left and right, and the eldest mother also came over to see the rarity.

"This coconut should be a fruit from the south, right? Such a big thing is about the same size as a watermelon, but the shell is a bit hard, so it shouldn't be easy to cut." Yi Zhonghai observed the coconut for a while, checked the coconut with the method of checking a watermelon, and finally came to a conclusion Such a conclusion.

After listening to his wife's analysis, the first mother nodded seriously, thinking that what his wife said made sense.

Li Pingan almost laughed out loud after listening to Lao Yi's analysis, stood up from the stool, took the coconut from Lao Yi, smiled and said to the old man: "Coconut is a tropical specialty, this is different from watermelon, it is not cut Open to eat the pulp inside, the inside is hollow and filled with coconut juice, after opening it, the main purpose is to drink the juice inside”

"Then this thing is not as good as a watermelon. The watermelon has both pulp and juice. This coconut is not real. It has grown so big that it is full of water." After listening to Li Ping'an's explanation, the aunt shook her head in disgust. I think this coconut is not as cost-effective as watermelon.

Yi Zhonghai was very interested in the fact that the coconut was full of water. He took the coconut out of Li Pingan's hand and shook it by his ear, trying to see if he could hear the sound of water.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's actions, Li Pingan smiled, took out another coconut from the bag, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's too late, you should go to bed early, I took this coconut away, Open the one in your hand and eat it tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, Li Pingan was about to turn around and go back. He stopped at the door of the room, turned his head and said: "Uncle, aunt, this bag of New Year's goods must be hidden. There are many people working in the rolling mill in our yard. If you let They found out about it, and the influence was not good.”

"Don't worry, I've lived with your aunt for so many years. I still know what I can say and what I can't say. I will never let anyone know that these things are your New Year's goods."

After hearing Yi Zhonghai's assurance, Li Pingan returned to his room with the coconut in his arms.

In Li Pingan's room, the lights in the back room were still on, and Ding Qiunan was probably still reviewing at this time. Li Pingan hid the coconut behind him and was going to surprise Ding Qiunan.

"What are you holding? Why are you hiding it from me?" Ding Qiunan, who was lying on the bed reading a book, saw Li Pingan enter the room with one hand behind him, put down the book in his hand, and looked at Li Pingan curiously. .

Coming to the head of the bed, Li Pingan showed Ding Qiunan the coconut hidden behind him as if offering a treasure, and said in a mysterious way, "Look what this is?"

"Coconut, where did it come from? We don't have this kind of thing in the north." After seeing the coconut, Ding Qiunan was very excited. He quickly sat up from the bed and took the coconut from Li Pingan's hand to check.

"It was given by the factory, but you have to keep it secret. It's not convenient for people to know about it. By the way, how do you know it's coconut? Have you eaten it before?" Li Pingan was still a little curious about Ding Qiunan's ability to recognize the coconut. , Not many people in the north can recognize this thing.

The foodie Ding Qiunan gave Li Pingan a blank look, and said angrily, "Look at what you said, I have never seen pork or pigs running. My dad once ate coconuts when he was in college in Yunnan, and he even photographed them at the time." Well, I've seen pictures of coconuts"

Coconuts are not a specialty of Hainan. They are also grown in some places in southern Yunnan, but the planting area is very small, and there is no such large-scale planting as Hainan Island.

Ding Rushan is an undergraduate student at Tongji University School of Medicine. Why Ding Qiunan said that his father was studying in Yunnan is because after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, many universities moved to Yunnan to establish schools. The famous Southwest Associated University is in this era. established under.

Southwest Associated University is jointly run by National BJ University, National Tsinghua University, and Private Nankai University in Yunnan. Great job teaching.

Tongji University also ran a school in Yunnan. At that time, Ding Rushan was a student of Tongji University School of Medicine. He had studied in Yunnan before going abroad to study after graduation.

"Well, our dad really has a lot of experience. This coconut factory gave you two. This one is specially for you to eat. When you want to eat it, just open it and eat it." Li Pingan touched Miss Xiaoding head, said dotingly.

The greedy Ding Qiunan heard that the coconut was specially for him, his eyes lit up instantly, and he had the urge to open the coconut and eat it right now.

But look at the time, it's a bit late now, one coconut must be too much to eat, so Miss Xiaoding resisted the urge to eat the coconut, reluctantly put the coconut on the bedside table, and prepared to save it for the New Year.

When Li Pingan came back from washing, she saw the coconuts on the cabinet. Miss Xiaoding didn't even bother to read the book. She leaned on the head of the bed, blinking her big watery eyes, staring at the coconuts on the cabinet.

Seeing Miss Xiaoding's appearance, Li Pingan smiled and shook his head without saying anything, and turned off the lights in the room before going to bed.

"Oh..." After Li Pingan went to bed, Miss Xiaoding sighed deeply, squeezed into Li Pingan's arms vigorously, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep holding Li Pingan in a deep sleep.

Now that the end of the new year is approaching, the workers in the rolling mill are no longer in the mood for work, and they are working hard at work. They are all waiting for tomorrow's new year's goods. From time to time, they discuss with the workers next to them what will be released this year, and their faces are full of anticipation.

I hope that this year, each person in the factory will be able to distribute a catty of fat meat. In this way, the whole family can have a meal of delicious dumplings at the New Year's Eve dinner.

In the afternoon, Li Pingan, who was bored in the office, was arrested by the extremely busy Chen Youfu. The pork pulled from the meat joint factory needed to be stored, and Li Pingan was in charge of coordinating the work.

The rolling mill is a large factory with [-] people, and its benefits are good. Naturally, it will receive special attention from the Ministry of Metallurgy. Just last month, the big leader came forward and negotiated with the Ministry of Grain in person, and issued a separate approval for the rolling mill. Three catties of flour for one person, one catty of pork, and a few other food materials.

The white noodles promised by the Ministry were already in place in the morning, and now the pork was on its way. Chen Youfu should be in charge of receiving the meat factory, but Chen Youfu couldn't get away, so he could only take Li Pingan, who was doing nothing. On loan.

The news of the arrival of pork in the afternoon spread throughout the rolling mill. Workers kept sneaking out of the workshop and came to the gate, ready to welcome the meat factory's transport convoy into the factory.

Li Pingan, who was wearing a coat, stood at the door blowing the cold wind like a fool, waiting quietly for the convoy of the meat factory.

Three trucks slowly drove over from a distance, and the security personnel in the factory set up their machine guns and rode three-wheelers to clear the way in front of them. Soon the convoy drove to the gate of the rolling mill and stopped.

After Li Pingan went up to greet the comrades of the meat joint factory, he sat on the side three wheels prepared in advance and guided the convoy to the warehouse of the factory.

Along the way, the workers who secretly came out to watch the excitement, when they saw the car of the meat joint factory pulling three carts full of pork into the factory, they suddenly became excited, chasing the car in groups of three and four, talking non-stop Shout out excitedly.

Arriving at the material warehouse that had already been prepared, Li Pingan got off the tricycle and came to the car of the meat joint factory. After checking the documents with the person in charge of the meat joint factory, the handover of materials began.

So much pork is no small matter, so it is not enough to just pull the pork over. Li Pingan arranged for someone to inspect the goods, and he himself led the comrades from the meat joint factory to drink tea and warm up in the office.

The people who accompanied the meat joint factory chatted for a while, and not long after, the excited Liu Dabao pushed the door in from the outside, nodded happily to Li Pingan, and shouted loudly: "The amount of pork is one or two." There are a lot of them, and they are all unloaded."

"Comrade Li, don't worry now. The name of our meat joint factory is accurate. The pork from our meat joint factory has always been only a lot more." The person in charge of the meat joint factory put down his teacup and said with a smile. Li Pingan said.

Li Pingan nodded, gave a thumbs up to the people in the meat joint factory, and said with a smile: "The meat joint factory is worthy of being a meat joint factory, and this is what your factory is." Speaking of this, Li Ping paused, and then He added again: "Of course I don't suspect that the meat factory will be short of catties. Isn't that the responsibility? It's good for both of us to check it out in advance."

"Well, what you said makes sense. It's all for the sake of the country. The handover of materials should be inspected in advance to avoid fuss in the future. You have also inspected it. Comrade Li, why don't you sign the documents? Our factory is very busy now. The next one still needs our transportation team to deliver it.”

"Okay, okay, give me the document, I'll sign it now"

After politely sending away the people from the meat joint factory, Li Pingan directed the seconded people to divide the pork in advance according to the number of people in the workshop, so as not to be in a hurry when distributing supplies tomorrow.

The annual gifts are not distributed uniformly, but all the annual gifts of each workshop are stored separately and shipped directly to the workshop tomorrow, and the workshop director will distribute them uniformly.

After finishing all this work, the workers in the rolling mill had already gone home from get off work. It was the first time for Li Pingan to work overtime today after working in the factory for such a long time.

After the counting was over, Li Pingan was called over by Chen Youfu when he was about to go home from work. With so many leaders in the factory busy today, it is natural not to let the leaders go home hungry. Li Huaide asked the cafeteria to prepare working meals for these The leaders who worked overtime had dinner before going home.

Naturally, Li Pingan would not refuse to be able to have dinner in the factory. The factory received so many supplies today, so he must have a good meal. Why not keep so many supplies?

Sure enough, today's working meals in the factory are really rich. There are all kinds of chicken, duck and fish, braised pork, chicken stewed with mushrooms, lion's head, etc., are hard dishes, and there are not even vegetarian ones.

There are no steamed buns for the staple food, and all white flour and big meat buns are piled up in piles in the basin. Today's work meal is a luxury.

After working all afternoon, Li Pingan was really hungry. Regarding the food, Li Pingan was not polite, he shook his cheeks and stuffed them into his mouth.

After Li Pingan was full, he asked Wan Tongsheng to borrow a few lunch boxes, filled three lunch boxes full of meat and vegetables, took six or seven big meat buns, put them in a net bag, tied them to the bicycle, and turned around smartly leave.

(End of this chapter)