Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 1 Settling down
1961 11 Month 1 Day.

Four Nine Cities.

The entrance to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

"Zhenyu, you will live in this courtyard from now on. As a cadre, our street will allocate you a main room and an annex room. You can also store some sundries in the annex room. It's up to you how you arrange it."

Director Wang from the Street Office took Yang Zhenyu into the compound while introducing him.

"I'm sorry to have caused trouble for the organization." Yang Zhenyu said sincerely.

"Well, there's no trouble at all. You college students are the country's treasures. The factory will definitely give priority to solving your accommodation and living problems. Just stay here with peace of mind. If you have any difficulties, tell me and I will find a way to solve them." Director Wang waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, Director Wang." Yang Zhenyu thanked him repeatedly.

"Take a look. This is your house. From here to the annex, it's all yours. How is it? Are you satisfied?"

Director Wang pointed to the location of the east wing in the front yard of the quadrangle.

"It's all as it should be. Let's go and take a look at the annex."

"Zhenyu, what are you doing? Get up quickly." An old lady pulled Yang Zhenyu's arm and said.

"Isn't this too good to be true? Thank you, organization." Yang Zhenyu said with his eyes wide open.

The ear room is actually a small room, only about ten square meters, but it is completely suitable for one person to live in.

Director Wang took the key and opened the door.

After seeing Director Wang off, Yang Zhenyu was still somewhat excited and nervous.

"Mr. Yi, who is this young man? Why does he occupy the east wing and an ear room as soon as he arrives?" The third aunt asked in a low voice while looking in the direction of the east wing.

"No need, just pack up first, buy some daily necessities and then you can move in." Director Wang waved his hand and said.

"Hey, isn't this Zhenyu? Why are you here?" The aunt smiled instantly. This is her nephew, a close one.

Yang Zhenyu shouted immediately.

Now, after only a few years of traveling through time, I have settled down in the city of Sijiu.

As people coming from later generations, we know too well the importance of knowledge.

Director Wang saw that Yang Zhenyu was very satisfied with the arrangements here, so he said goodbye.

Director Wang was very satisfied with Yang Zhenyu's attitude, so he was also quite enthusiastic.

"Thank you, Director Wang. I'll see you off." Yang Zhenyu said.

"Thank you so much. These really help me out of my urgent need." Yang Zhenyu expressed his gratitude sincerely.

"Okay, settle down first. If you have any difficulties, just come to this street. I won't stay any longer."

"Hello, Aunt Yan!"

"Let's talk in detail later. Let me introduce you. This is the third aunt in our courtyard. She lives opposite you, from the old Yan family. This is my eldest nephew, a real one." The first aunt introduced the two people.

"Let's go and ask. There are new neighbors here, we have to get to know them." The third aunt nodded and said.

According to the content of the letter, it is difficult to find it, but nothing is difficult in the world.

So during my college years, I studied hard and occasionally wrote letters to my aunt.

As a time traveler, I am a little arrogant, but I also know how to be grateful.

But you can move in with just your luggage, and it is obvious that the room has been cleaned.

"Who is he? How would I know? But, Director Wang delivered him personally and cleaned up the house beforehand, so he must be no ordinary person. Why don't we go over and ask around?" said an aunt.

In my previous life, I struggled for half my life but was unable to settle down or buy a house in the old city.

When I first traveled through time, it was my eldest aunt who took care of me and paid for my schooling.

Yang Zhenyu kowtowed to the old lady without saying a word.

There are some simple furniture in the room, as well as some second-hand old furniture.

"After I received the coordination letter from the factory, I took people to clean up. The furniture is all old, with only a bed and a desk. In the future, if I want to buy anything else, I can buy them slowly. For now, it is enough." Director Wang introduced.

"Comrade, are you new here?" an old lady asked.

It was not until I went to college and received an allowance that I wrote letters to stop asking for money from my aunt's family.

"Aunt!" Yang Zhenyu shouted with his eyes lighting up.

"I was just assigned here." Yang Zhenyu turned around and spoke.

"Hehe, I was thinking of looking for you after I settled down, but now, I actually meet you here." Yang Zhenyu said happily.

"Haha, as long as you are satisfied, let's go inside and take a look."

As for why he had never come to visit, on the one hand, Yang Zhenyu felt that it would cause trouble for his aunt's family.

There is a main room as soon as you enter the east wing, with two bedrooms on both sides.

"Okay, you guys finally meet each other, I won't bother you anymore, we can talk again when we are free."

Another reason is that he felt that he would repay his aunt after he had achieved success in his studies.

Although he said so, Yang Zhenyu still insisted on seeing Director Wang out the door.

The third aunt was still very tactful. She knew that when the relatives met at this time, they would definitely have a lot to talk about.

"Okay, when Lao Yi comes back I'll bring Zhenyu to visit again." The aunt nodded.

"This street is not bad. Although it's a bit old, this bed is still usable. I'll ask your uncle to buy you a new one later."

After checking the things in the house, the aunt nodded with satisfaction.

"No, aunt. I've seen this bed, it's pretty solid, it can be used for a few more years, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some daily necessities later." Yang Zhenyu quickly refused. "Don't worry about it, your aunt can still treat you badly here? Listen to me." Aunt said generously.

"Really not necessary." Yang Zhenyu said.

"Okay, don't worry about it. I'll make the arrangements. Your luggage is old. Come home with me. I'll get you some new bedding. You can use it for now. I'll ask your uncle to get you some tickets and I'll make you a few more sets."

The old lady didn't care whether Yang Zhenyu agreed or not and went straight home.

Yang Zhenyu had no choice but to follow.

After a short while, the aunt found a new quilt and two old locks.

"Zhenyu, you just arrived, so you have to make do with these two locks for now. I'll buy you two new ones later. Be sure your house doesn't get robbed." The aunt said as they walked.

Yang Zhenyu looked at the two rusty locks. Is this the legendary gentleman's lock?
"Oh, I understand, aunt."

No matter what the old lady said, Yang Zhenyu felt that it was better to obey her.

Yang Zhenyu also recalled some things at this time.

For example, isn’t this compound the same as the one in “The Courtyard of Four Seasons”?

There was an aunt, a third aunt, and an uncle whose surname was Yi and the third uncle whose surname was Yan.

"Zhenyu, are you going to live here from now on? How's your job going?"

While cleaning the house for Yang Zhenyu, an old lady was asking about his situation.

"I will live here from now on and work in the steel rolling mill," said Yang Zhenyu.

"Okay, okay, the steel mill is good. Your uncle is an eighth-level fitter in the steel mill. He can take care of you if anything happens." The aunt said happily.

"I'll need my uncle's help when the time comes. After all, I've just started working." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

"Look at what you said. If he doesn't help you, who will he help? If he doesn't help you, I'll beat him." The aunt glared at Yang Zhenyu.

"hey-hey……"

Seeing this fierce scene, Yang Zhenyu could only smile apologetically.

"You just joined the factory. How is your work arranged? College students should be technicians, right?"

As the wife of an eighth-level worker, Auntie knows a little about what goes on in the factory.

She also knew that college graduates would definitely become technicians and would not be able to work in the workshop.

"Yes, engineer, cadre position." Yang Zhenyu answered truthfully.

"Ah? That's not right. I heard from your uncle that all technical secondary school and university graduates are technicians."

The aunt looked at Yang Zhenyu with disbelief.

"Under normal circumstances I would be a technician, but after graduation I continued to study for a master's degree under my teacher. Also, I happened to have two projects that needed to be launched urgently. After I reported them, some factories knew about them." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

However, there was one thing Yang Zhenyu didn't say, which is, if he didn't have this identity, how could the street office arrange it so well?
Although college students are rare animals these days, they still need to wait for housing after arriving at the factory.

It's impossible that the house is ready before the person arrives, and it also comes with an ear room. Forget it.

"So there are many factories here. Why did you come to the steel mill?" asked an old lady.

"Yes, there are quite a lot, probably about ten. I think my eldest aunt doesn't have many relatives, so there will always be someone to take care of her in the future, right?" Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

Yang Zhenyu was not talking nonsense, he had already thought about this before. After all, he had been raised for so many years.

We should always repay this kindness and provide for our elderly.

When he first came here, his family's house was occupied by his uncles and aunts, and he had no place to stay. It was the old branch secretary who let him stay temporarily for a while.

Finally, he asked someone to send a letter to his eldest aunt's family, so that he had money to continue his studies.

All the expenses were paid by my eldest aunt. Even after he was admitted to Northwestern Polytechnical University, my eldest aunt visited him several times.

Yang Zhenyu felt that he could never repay this favor.

Before, I never thought that this world was a world of courtyard houses.

At first, Yang Zhenyu thought the name of this factory was familiar, but he didn't expect it to be so familiar.

"Clap!"

The washbasin in the old lady's hand fell to the ground.

What Yi Zhonghai and his wife are most worried about is the issue of retirement. Now hearing what Yang Zhenyu said, how can they not be excited?

This is my nephew, a nephew closer to me than anyone else.

"Zhenyu!"

The old lady was crying.

"Aunt, you are..."

"It's okay, it's okay, my aunt is happy." The aunt said, wiping her tears.

"Okay, you've almost cleaned up your room. Come on, I'll take you to the supply and marketing cooperative. Your pots and pans are so old, I'll take you to buy some new ones." The aunt took Yang Zhenyu and walked out.

"No, aunt, these are still usable. I'll just buy some toothbrushes, tooth powder and the like." Yang Zhenyu refused.

"Don't worry about it, my aunt will make the arrangements."

The aunt didn't care what Yang Zhenyu said. She just locked Yang Zhenyu's door with a gentleman's lock and then pulled Yang Zhenyu out.

"Jiecheng, please go to the steel mill and ask your uncle to come back. Thank you." An old lady shouted to Yan Jiecheng who was watching the fun at the door.

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