Siheyuan: Domineering life

Chapter 254 Letter from Willow
Seven o'clock in the evening.

Yang Jun invited all the cadres of the steel rolling mill to have a meal in a cafeteria.

This time not only the cadres were invited, but the directors of each workshop were also invited.

There are seven or eight tables in the cafeteria hall, and each table is surrounded by seven or eight people.

The specifications of the food and wine can only be considered medium, with four meat and four vegetables, plus two soups, and the white flour steamed buns are enough. As for the wine, it is just ordinary Lao Baigan.

Lao Baigan was bought from outside by Sha Zhu for one yuan and two bottles, which was a full fifty cents more expensive than before.

Now that food is so tight, the winery has stopped production, the price of wine on the market has doubled, and even the most common sorghum wine has been sold out.

These few bottles of Laobaigan were obtained by Silly Zhu through personal connections. Only one bottle was placed on each table.

No one minded, after all, it was good to get wine these days.

What's more, they didn't care about the wine at all, but the meat dishes on the table.

Even though they were cadres, they were treated better than ordinary employees, but it was common for them to go without meat for months. They all stared at the meat dishes on the table, and you could vaguely hear the sound of them swallowing saliva.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I would like to invite Director Yang to speak."

Yuan Kaizong saw that everyone had arrived and the food was served, so he stood up and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

Yang Jun smiled, glanced at everyone and said,

"At this time, if I continue to talk nonsense, I will definitely be scolded by others, so I will stop talking and let everyone eat."

Yang Jun gave the order and everyone used their chopsticks.

The cafeteria hall was eerily quiet.

At this time, no one cared to talk at all, and could only hear the sound of everyone eating vegetables and rice.

In the blink of an eye, the food on the table was gone.

It’s not that they ate quickly, but that everything on the plate ended up in their bowls.

At this time, they didn't look like cadres at all. They all looked like they hadn't eaten in 800 years, especially the meat and vegetables, not even the meat residue was left.

"Let us raise our glasses to congratulate Factory Director Yang for his high promotion again." Yuan Kaizong raised his glass and said.

"Congratulations to Director Yang."

Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate.

Each person can only get one glass of wine, so if you put it to your mouth to wet your lips and then put it down, no one is willing to drink it.

Yang Jun responded one by one with a smile.

In fact, he disliked this kind of occasion.

False feelings, flattery, and no sincerity.

It was nothing more than finding a reason to treat them to a meal and a drink.

Less than half an hour.

All the dishes on the table were gone, and they didn't even spare the soup. Some people used white-flour steamed buns to dip them in the soup.

Yang Jun did not ask Sha Zhu to add more food, because he knew that even a few more banquets like this would not be enough for them.

No wonder Silly Zhu withdrew the meat before touching the pot.

Because he knew that now that the leader was inviting guests to dinner, there would be no leftovers at all.

Yuan Kaizong saw that everyone had almost eaten, so he announced that they were leaving.

Yang Jun picked up Yi Qiushui, Ding Qiunan and Yang Mei, and the four of them returned to the courtyard together.

As cadres of the steel rolling mill, Yang Mei and Ding Qiunan both attended the banquet. It was getting late now, and he wanted to send them back.

After all, Yang Mei now has a big belly and it is not convenient to walk.

Back at the courtyard, Yang Jun parked his car outside.

As soon as he got home, Yang Jun asked Yang Liu about going home to visit relatives.

Wang Yuying took out three letters from the drawer in the back room and threw them to Yang Jun.

Yang Jun took a look, what a good guy, Emotional Yangliu sent three letters to his family, but none of them were addressed to him.

His gums suddenly hurt.

This sister is hurting in vain.

Yang Jun looked at the postmarks on the envelopes, starting with the oldest one.

The general meaning of the first letter was about what Yang Liu saw and heard when she first arrived in the army. She was curious about everything unfamiliar and felt that this was the starting point of life.

The second letter tells how she trained hard, complained about being too tired, and how she overcame many difficulties and finally survived.

The third letter was written at the end of the three-month training camp. The new recruits would be assigned to various art troupes. She expressed worry in and out of the letter. She was afraid of being separated from He Yuyu, and she was even more afraid of being assigned to a different place.

To Yang Jun's relief, Yang Liu mentioned in his first letter that he left two hundred yuan, and even expressed his longing for Yang Jun in a subtle way.

After reading the letter, Yang Jun frowned and fell into deep thought.

From the third letter, I learned that Yangliu and the others had finished their training and were now waiting to be assigned units.

Only two of their batch of new recruits can stay in the headquarters to work, and the rest can only be assigned to units in other places.

Yang Liu is now very conflicted. She wants to stay in Sijiu City, but she is also afraid of being separated from He Yuyu.

Most of their new recruits were locals. All of them wanted to stay in Sijiu City, and no one was willing to go far away.

but.

There are only two places left at the headquarters, and most people have to be assigned to other places.

That girl Yangliu had long since given up on staying in Sijiu City. She just wanted to be assigned to a place with He Yuyu so that they could have someone who was like each other.

Yang Jun continued to smoke cigarettes one by one, thinking about how to keep Yangliu in Sijiu City.

There are two advantages to staying at the headquarters and serving as a soldier. One is that you are close to home, and the other is that you have a high starting point and a lot of room for development.

He decided to find Qian Jiajia tomorrow.

He said hello to Wang Yuying and went back with Yi Qiushui.

the next day.

Yang Jun went to the song and dance troupe to find Qian Jiajia, but the guard told him that Qian Jiajia was not in the unit and said he had gone home.

Yang Jun immediately turned around and drove towards the military compound.

After checking in with the guard, Yang Jun drove the car in directly.He did not go directly to Qian Jiajia's house, but went to meet the big boss first.

"You brat, have you been avoiding me lately?"

It was Aunt Guo who opened the door.

She looked at what Yang Jun was carrying warily, and only let him in when she found that there were no bottles or anything like that.

"Aunt Guo, you have wronged me. It's not that I'm hiding from you, it's that you don't let me in. I heard from Tianming that if I want to carry wine into your house again, my legs will have to be broken."

Yang Jun flashed the gift in his hand to her, indicating that he did not bring medicinal wine this time.

"Tian Ming is right. If you want to bring wine, I will really break your legs." Aunt Guo rolled her eyes at him and took the gift from his hand.

Aunt Guo took a look at the gift brought by Yang Jun and said in surprise,

"Junzi, where did you get the pork? This thing is very valuable now. Your uncle Guo has been clamoring for twice-cooked pork all day long."

"If you want to eat it later, let Tianming bring a message and I will bring it to you."

"Don't leave later. Auntie will make twice-cooked pork for you."

At this time there was a knock on the door.

"The older I get, the nagging I get."

The big leader stood at the door of the study, glared at Aunt Guo and said, "Hurry up and cook. I'll tell Jun Zi something."

"This damn old man..." Aunt Guo rolled her eyes.

Yang Jun followed the leader into the study, and he closed the door behind him.

"Uncle Guo, the appointment yesterday was a bit sudden. Why didn't you say hello in advance?" Yang Jun sat down and asked.

The big leader held a book in his hand, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and said without raising his head,

"Is there anything to inform you? Ever since you became the deputy factory director, haven't you known the outcome of today?"

"Hey, it's just a bit sudden." Yang Jun scratched his head and said.

The big leader glanced at him and said angrily: "You came empty-handed?"

Yang Jun was stunned when he heard this, but he soon understood.

He stretched out his hand and took out a bottle of medicinal wine from his pocket.

He had carried this in his pocket in advance, otherwise Aunt Guo would not have let him in.

The big leader took it and clicked his tongue a few times.

"I'd better give this wine to your Uncle Qian."

He pushed the medicinal wine back and said, "Your uncle Qian has been worrying about your sister a lot. When you have time, thank him properly."

Yang Jun was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly understood.

The big boss knew about Yang Liuliu's headquarters.

He didn't expect that the seniors had done so much for him.

Before he even asked them, Uncle Qian had already taken care of the matter.

Yang Jun guessed that Qian Jiajia must have been unable to handle the matter, so he had to ask Uncle Qian for help. Uncle Qian happened to be in charge of this aspect, so Yang Liu became one of the two extremely lucky people.

Of course, there must be a lot of favors from the big leaders here.

The big boss treated him as his nephew and spared no effort to help him. Yang Jun was very touched by this.

"Uncle Guo, thank you."

"You can just say thank you for your upper lip but your lower lip?"

The big leader rolled his eyes at him and said dissatisfied.

"Hey, ask your secretary to go to my place tomorrow."

"That's pretty much it." The big leader rolled his eyes.

Yang Jun chatted with the senior leader in the study for a while, when he learned that Aunt Guo came over to ask them to eat.

Aunt Guo never regarded him as an outsider. She brought out all the delicious food at home.

She had already cooked half of the ten pounds of meat sent by Yang Jun.

The leader’s favorite dish was twice-cooked pork, and I also made him a portion of meatballs with vegetables, followed by stir-fried pork slices with cabbage strips.

Aunt Guo learned her cooking skills from a chef, and she makes excellent Sichuan cuisine. The only thing she couldn't get used to was that there were too many chili peppers in the dishes.

After eating, Yang Jun returned to the factory.

Of course, the bottle of medicinal wine was reserved for the big leader.

As for those given to Uncle Qian, he has plenty of them in his space.

When we returned to the factory, it was already afternoon.

Since Yang Jun was away in the morning, the meeting on cadre housing was postponed to the afternoon.

Yang Jun made a cup of tea, took a notebook and went to the conference room.

The targets of this meeting are the cadres who raised funds to build houses.

Among those who raised funds to build houses, in addition to cadres, there were also some workshop directors, team leaders, various engineers, and seventh- and eighth-level technicians.

There were nearly 200 people sitting in the conference room, and the already hot weather seemed even more stuffy.

Although there was a ceiling fan spinning overhead, it still couldn't dissipate the sweltering air.

The air in the room reeked of sweat. Yang Jun almost got smoked out when he entered, but he still walked in with a frown.

Yang Jun put the teacup on the table and motioned for Yuan Kaizong to preside over the meeting.

"Everyone be quiet."

Yuan Kaizong patted the table and said,
"The weather is too hot. Let's make a long story short. Now, our cadres' housing has been built and they will be able to move in after a while, but how to allocate the houses has become a headache."

"Some people want to live upstairs, some want to live downstairs, and some people think it is too close to the bathroom, which results in uneven distribution. Then, after unanimous study and decision by our leaders, we will divide the housing this time. , not according to position, nor according to the order of payment, in order to reflect fairness and justice, this time the allocation of houses is determined by drawing lots."

"You can live in whichever room you get. No one is allowed to regret it. If you are not satisfied with the house you got, you can find someone to change it privately."

"Okay, let's start drawing lots."

After Yuan Kaizong finished speaking, a clerk immediately came in carrying a cardboard box.

(End of this chapter)