Chapter 31: Smart from a young age As soon as I entered the middle courtyard, I saw Master Gu and his colleagues busy at work, and Zhou Yimin came forward to give them cigarettes. He has bought a lot of cigarettes recently, but he doesn’t smoke much himself. He basically shares them with others. After smoking a cigarette, everyone worked more vigorously. The women in the middle courtyard greeted Zhou Yimin when they saw him coming back. Before, they all bought corn kernels at a "low price" from Zhou Yimin, which greatly alleviated the difficulties of their families. Everyone should keep this in mind. "Yimin, you are the most promising one in our courtyard." The second aunt praised. The news that Zhou Yimin was commended by the factory had spread throughout the yard. Last night, all the young men in the yard who were about the same age as Zhou Yimin were "educated" by their family. "I think Yimin is a smart kid since he was young," another aunt echoed. Zhou Yimin: “…”
Why does this sentence sound familiar and a bit harsh? Isn’t that Banggen’s line? Good god! I can't stand this kind of "five-star praise"! Should Zhou Yimin quickly respond to the aunties and aunties? Change the subject and don't be labeled as "smart since childhood". At this time, the three aunts in the backyard came over and told Zhou Yimin that what he wanted could be prepared today. "There's more! Your uncle asked you to go back to the factory quickly. It seems that a leader is looking for you." Auntie said. She was envious! Why couldn't she give birth to such an excellent child? She has four children. The eldest and the second are about the same age as Zhou Yimin. The eldest also works in the steel mill, having joined the factory earlier than Zhou Yimin, but is still an apprentice. The second is a casual worker who moves coal and earns only 7 cents a day. Compared with Zhou Yimin, he's as bad as shit. "Okay, I understand, Third Aunt! Thank you!" Then, Zhou Yimin went out to the steel plant. On the way, I met Li Youde, my buddy from the same school. We went to school together and I had a good relationship with him. He looked very dirty at this time. If I remember correctly, Li Youde didn't have a formal job. He worked as a casual worker carrying heavy bags outside, earning a few cents a day. His family was also in a difficult situation. His father lost an arm in a machine failure. Although the factory provided compensation, he had to be transferred from his original position, and his income was much lower. His mother was ill and often went to the old man's house in the front yard to buy medicine, which made the already poor family even worse. His mother once tried to commit suicide because she didn't want to burden the family. Li Youde has two younger sisters, the youngest of whom is only seven years old. "Youde, aren't you going to carry the big bag today?" Zhou Yimin stopped the car and handed the other person a cigarette. Li Youde felt envious when he saw his childhood friends riding bicycles to work. He took the cigarette and congratulated him, "Yimin, I heard that you were praised and your work grade was promoted by two levels. Congratulations! There is not much cargo today. It will be gone in a while." You are so good! When will you buy me a drink? " Seeing that he didn't look full, Zhou Yimin felt touched and nodded, "Okay! When I come back from the factory, we'll go to Donglaishun for mutton hotpot."
As soon as these words came out, Li Youde's saliva began to flow and he couldn't help swallowing. He hasn't eaten meat for half a year. Not to mention meat, even steamed bread was not enough to fill him up. But given the conditions at home, he had no reason to complain. "Really?" Zhou Yimin rolled his eyes: "What's true or false? When I come back, I have something to talk to you about. By the way, call Dapeng." "Okay, I'll go find Dapeng now." The three of them were childhood friends, but only Zhou Yimin was successful. Although Li Youde did not have a formal job, at least he had a legitimate job. Dapeng, that kid, became a social vagrant after leaving school. Some time ago, I saw him fighting with others, and he didn't dare to tell his family when he was injured. Zhou Yimin returned to the steel plant and went straight to their purchasing department. "Boy, are you hiding something from me? You can actually invent something!" When Section Chief Wang saw Zhou Yimin, he immediately stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. He complained, but everyone could see that he was in a very good mood. "Chief, how could I be hiding something? I came up with the idea of the water pressure well because I wanted to make it more convenient for my grandparents to use water. It was just an accident." After listening to Zhou Yimin's explanation, Section Chief Wang did not doubt anything. The information he had heard showed that Zhou Yimin had built the water pressurized well for his grandparents. But no matter what, what we came up with is very useful, especially for the current drought. Their purchasing department and even their steel plant had a chance to show up. "Whether you concentrated on your research or stumbled upon it by accident, you have received the commendation anyway. Let's go! Follow me to the section chief." As he said that, Section Chief Wang pushed Zhou Yimin towards Section Chief Zheng's office. Section Chief Zheng's attitude was kinder than before, and he took Zhou Yimin to see Director Ding. "There's nothing for you to do now, you can go back!" Section Chief Zheng said to Section Chief Wang. Section Chief Wang: “…” Is this going to burn bridges? It's a typical case of using people to move forward and not using people to move backward! Zhou Yimin followed Section Chief Zheng to Director Ding's office, and Director Ding made a cup of tea for Zhou Yimin. However, it was not a good tea, but a high-grade tea. "Gaosui" is also called "Gaomo" or "Labor Protection Tea". It is actually the tea leaves sifted out when the tea shop is sifting tea. In the past, poor people in Beijing could not afford good tea, but they still loved to drink tea, so tea shops sold this product as high-grade tea leaves. This not only allowed ordinary people to enjoy the fragrance of tea, but also carefully considered the "face" of old Beijingers. In this era of limited material supply, Director Ding himself could not afford to drink good tea, so he had to drink high-quality tea. Zhou Yimin used the same old words, explaining again his original intention of building a water pressure well, etc. "Well! Very good. Young people have flexible minds and should think more about things. Come on, I'll take you to Director Hu to receive your reward." Then, Director Ding turned to Section Chief Zheng and said, "There's nothing for you to do now, go back!" Section Chief Zheng: “…” Why does this sound familiar? Zhou Yimin almost couldn't hold back his laughter. When they arrived at Director Hu's office, Director Hu first asked about Zhou Yimin's well-being, then affirmed Zhou Yimin's work and the contributions he had made, and finally gave him some encouragement and distributed the rewards to Zhou Yimin.
It included a 500 yuan bonus, a certificate, and a statement from the steel plant: a 100 yuan bonus, an enamel teacup, a thermos, and some food coupons, soap coupons, cloth coupons, etc. Zhou Yimin even saw a radio ticket. "Thank you, Director. I will continue to work hard and bring honor to the steel plant." Zhou Yimin pretended to be "excited". Director Hu nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Director Ding and gave him a few instructions, asking him to take better care of young and promising talents like Zhou Yimin. He heard that some university professors were very optimistic about Zhou Yimin and advised him to go to university for further studies. If this person were to be kidnapped, it would be such a disgrace to their steel plant! No. 20, thank you all for your support! (End of this chapter)