Chapter 779: Working in the Canteen
Looking at Zhou Erniu's wife and her daughter's somewhat flustered backs, Xu Fugui said with a stiff face: "Okay, time is tight this morning, and everyone still has to eat and go to work. Let's see which evening we can hold a courtyard meeting to study the laws and regulations, and everyone can go home to eat and go to work."
After hearing Xu Fugui's words, everyone realized that time was running out, so they went home in groups of three or four, talking in low voices.
Xu Fugui nodded somewhat awkwardly to He Daqing who was looking at him coldly, then turned around and walked quickly to the backyard. He was not in a hurry to go home for dinner, but after saying goodbye to his wife, he immediately pushed his bicycle out. He had to go to the home of Chief Yao of the Propaganda Department and inform him of the news he had just received from He Daqing.
After a simple wash, He Daqing started to prepare breakfast in the kitchen. He didn't make anything special, but just boiled a pot of rice porridge, heated up a few steamed buns, cut a plate of pickled vegetables he had pickled, and then walked to the backyard with the pot. Even such a seemingly ordinary breakfast was extremely rare at this time. Most people just boiled a pot of cornmeal porridge, made a few steamed buns, and cut a plate of pickled vegetables in the morning. Especially now that the share of grain supply for urban residents has been reduced, some families who do not have enough food can only feed the main labor force in the family first, and other elderly and children can only drink some cornmeal porridge to barely fill their stomachs. At this time, if the main labor force in the family collapses again because of lack of food, then the family will be even more difficult.
Just now, He Daqing saw through the window in the kitchen Xu Fugui pushing his bicycle away in a hurry. He could more or less guess where this guy was going. He was most likely going to report the news he heard from him to the leader of the Propaganda Department. Unfortunately, what Xu Fugui didn't know was that He Daqing did not reveal that when he went to deliver food to Secretary Lin last night, he happened to hear the secretary making a phone call, and he was using the red confidential phone. Originally, He Daqing wanted to leave the office, but Secretary Lin just waved at him, indicating that he should put the food in his hand directly on the coffee table.
At this moment, He Daqing heard Secretary Lin say into the microphone that the main leaders of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill were out of touch with the masses and neglected management, and the Propaganda Department was just doing its job and had not done a down-to-earth job in ideological education, and asked the public to pay attention to this.
When the two ended the call, He Daqing was surprised to hear Secretary Lin address the other party as Minister Wang. Although He Daqing had not paid attention to higher-level departments such as Gongyebu before, he began to pay attention to them after he became the director of the canteen at the Security Department's training base. According to the information he learned, Gongyebu has only one Minister Wang, and he is the top leader of the department.
Since Secretary Lin has directly reported the problems of the Red Star Steel Mill to the top leader of the Gongyebu, the days ahead will not be easy for the main leaders of the steel mill or the Propaganda Department that was specially named.
Before He Daqing came to deliver food to Secretary Lin, he went to a private room in the cafeteria, where Director Qin of the Security Department and several other deputy directors were eating. From their conversation, He Daqing vaguely heard that his superiors would arrange for the Red Star Steel Mill to process confidential parts in the near future. With He Daqing's mind, how could he not imagine that the reason why the Security Department conducted a surprise inspection this time was to clear up hidden dangers for the future processing of confidential parts at the Red Star Steel Mill. At this special moment, the consequences for those workers who were caught stealing materials from the steel mill can be imagined.
After finishing breakfast with Xiao Yushui and the deaf old lady, He Daqing was too busy to clean up the table. He could only leave it to Xiao Yushui who was already on winter vacation, and hurried out to work.
Normally, if He Daqing had worked overtime the night before, he could have gone to work a little later the next day. However, he thought that the Security Department training base would be very busy today, so he arrived at the unit at a normal time.
When He Daqing pushed his bicycle into the gate of the Security Department's training base, he clearly felt that the atmosphere here was quite solemn today. Originally, when he passed by the security guards on duty every day, he would greet each other with a smile, but today He Daqing saw that not only were there more people on duty at the gate, from four security guards per day to eight, but the expressions of these security guards were all very serious.
He Daqing just smiled and nodded at the security guard on duty, then pushed his bicycle into the security department's training base and walked directly towards the cafeteria.
Just now, He Daqing had noticed that in the open space in front of the secretary's office of the training base, in addition to several Willys jeeps carrying the secretary and guards, there were actually two black sedans and four unfamiliar jeeps.
As soon as I walked into the canteen kitchen, I heard my son He Yuzhu's loud voice. He was vividly describing to two chefs and several kitchen helpers the interrogation process he had seen last night.
He Daqing coughed dryly, then spoke: "I believe you all saw that there are several cars parked in front of the secretary's office. I guess we will be busy today. Zhuzi, you and Xiaoqu go to ask Assistant Sun if there are any other arrangements for lunch. Also, bring back the pork and beef needed for lunch today. The rest of us will peel potatoes and wash cabbage together. You can chat after we are done." After saying that, he walked to the stove, picked up a kitchen knife, walked to the pile of potatoes, and started working. "
Except for He Yuzhu and the kitchen helper Xiaoqu, everyone else quickly picked up their tools and got busy.
Not long after, He Yuzhu and the kitchen helper Xiaoqu returned to the canteen kitchen pulling a cart. Several kitchen helpers quickly got up and walked over to help unload the frozen pork and beef piled on the cart into a pool specially used for thawing.
He Yuzhu walked to his father's side and whispered, "Dad, Assistant Sun asked you to prepare three extra working meals, but you have to wait for his notice. Assistant Sun is not sure whether the leaders will stay for lunch today. He wants you to prepare in advance and prepare four dishes and one soup."
He Daqing nodded and whispered, "Zhu Zi, many senior leaders are here today, so be careful with your words. Also, if Zhou Erniu and Yu Kangning from our courtyard ask you for help, don't agree to their request. These two guys were arrested by the security department yesterday evening for stealing materials from the steel mill."
After such a long period of instruction from his master Xiong Qingshan, He Yuzhu is no longer the stubborn and reckless person he used to be. When he heard his father's words, he immediately understood what he meant, so he responded and started to work with others.