As Qin Huairu walked in the alley, she smelled the strong aroma of meat.

In these days, every household is living a tight life, meat is in limited supply, and the price is not cheap. No one is willing to eat meat every day.

Following the scent, I came to the yard of my home.

Qin Huairu curiously stepped through the door and saw Wang Zhong in an apron, humming an unknown ditty in his mouth, holding a spatula in one hand and a pot in the other, under the shed outside the east wing on the right and beside the proposed stove.

The pot was constantly stir-frying, and the rich aroma of meat was emanating from Wang Zhong's pot.

"Brother Wang, we are cooking!"

Facing Qin Huairu's initiative to greet him, Wang Zhong turned around and replied with a smile: "Sister Qin, you're back!"

Then he turned back and continued to stir-fry, without any intention of getting into more trouble with Qin Huairu.

When Qin Huairu saw this, his eyes flashed slightly and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Brother Wang Zhong, it smells so good!"

As soon as Qin Huairu left with his front foot, He Yuyu arrived with his back foot.

Smelling the rich aroma of meat, I couldn't help but swallow.

"I'm afraid your craftsmanship is no worse than my brother's."

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "I'll just deal with it. I can't compare with Brother Zhu."

"Why are you the only one? Where is your brother?"

Logically speaking, the cafeteria should finish get off work earlier than other employees, unless the leader asked Silly Zhu to stay and do some cooking.

"There is a reception in the factory today, and my brother will not be back until later."

Sure enough, there was another reception.

After a few words of greeting, Yu Yu left, and the people in the courtyard came back one after another. After more than an hour, the sky had darkened, and Sha Zhu came back slowly from outside, with his hands behind his back, humming a little tune, his hands

There was no mesh lunch box inside.

Since Wang Zhong reminded him last time, Si Zhu hadn't brought his lunch box home for a while.

Don't look at others shouting stupidly, he himself doesn't think it's wrong, but if anyone really thinks that this kid is stupid, he will suffer a big loss.

Didn’t you see that in the original drama, the God of War of the Siheyuan who was fighting against Xu Damao, a man who was full of evil intentions, and never fell behind at all, could be really stupid?

Wang Zhong was serving the vegetables he had grown in the courtyard. When he saw Silly Zhu coming in, he joked: "Brother Zhu, are you picking up money?"

Silly Zhu chuckled: "I really want to pick up the money, but there is no chance."

Silly Zhu has also learned a lot. Isn’t the security department strict recently? If he doesn’t take it home, he will eat it in the cafeteria and come back when he is full. As for those people below, they should take more care of them when they prepare food.

, Eat less, and take it home in lunch boxes at night. People bought it with their own tickets, and the Security Department has no right to control what to do with it.

It’s just the little food left by Xiaozao. It’s really difficult to bring it back recently. Silly Zhu is not blind. Recently, there are more people patrolling and standing guard at the factory gate than usual. As Wang Zhong said, if this

He still commits crimes in spite of the wind. Isn’t he that chicken who stretches his neck out to warn others?

"You've taken good care of this dish. It's growing very well."

"No, I take care of them as my own children."

"When it comes to fruition tomorrow, let's try making a meal for my brother?" Silly Zhu also joked.

"It's done!"

As he was talking, Silly Zhu approached Wang Zhong and whispered: "Do you know what Liu Lan heard when he was serving the food today?"

"What did you hear?" Wang Zhong asked curiously.

Silly Zhu looked around, lowered his voice and said: "The people who are coming back are not the big leaders, they are the ones who stand in front of the big leaders. In a few days, the direct leaders of our steel rolling mill will come over. They are just stomping their feet."

, let alone our steel rolling mill, the entire city of Beiping will probably be shocked by the big shots."

"You're really unlucky. I heard that in addition to inspection, the boss also wanted to meet with you, the biggest contributor. I guess the factory boss should call you over and give you some breathing room.

"

"It's indeed a good thing." Wang Zhong nodded and said, but he was not as overjoyed as Sha Zhu had expected.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Wang Zhong moved the recently made deck chair out of the house, placed a high table next to it, held a dark purple sand teapot, leaned on the deck chair, and closed the door.

I closed my eyes and enjoyed the cool breeze of the early summer night.

The mosquitoes had already appeared, but they could not get close to Wang Zhong. As soon as they flew three feet away from Wang Zhong, they were knocked down by a strong wind that came from nowhere. There were already a dozen mosquito corpses lying around the recliner.

In the copy of "The Human World", Zhou Bingkun, the incarnation of Wang Zhong, stayed in Peiping for several years. In "Youth", he lived in Peiping with He Xiaoping for decades.

Decades of turbulent years have witnessed the rise and fall of Beiping City, but this is indeed the first time Wang Zhong has seen Beiping City in the 1960s.

"Technician Wang, you are enjoying the cool air!" An unfamiliar female voice woke Wang Zhong out of his trance.

Wang Zhong replied: "I'm enjoying the cool weather. Have you eaten?"

"I just ate it!" Yu Li smiled and looked at the green fence surrounding Wang Zhong and him, with a strange look in her eyes: "Technician Wang, did you build the fence yourself?"

"Just messing around when I have nothing to do." Wang Chong replied with a smile.

Yu Li said: "The piercing is really beautiful. What is this kind of thing?"

Not to mention Yu Li, an out-and-out city girl, even in rural areas, some young people may not be able to recognize all the seedlings.

"Cucumbers, beans, peppers and tomatoes, and there's a pot of cabbage over there." Wang Zhong pointed to the large square flowerpot in the corner.

It is said to be a flower pot, but it is actually just a large frame made of rattan and filled with soil.

Yu Li nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

While they were talking, Yan Jiecheng also walked in carrying two net bags: "Daughter-in-law, why don't you come into the house?"

"Say hello to Technician Wang," Yu Li said.

"Hey! Technician Wang, I'm sorry, it was too dark and I didn't look at you!"

"It's okay, you two go about your business!" Wang Zhong shook his cattail leaf fan and closed his eyes again.

"Uncle Wang!" Not long after Wang Zhong closed his eyes, he was woken up again.

"Banggeng?" Looking at Banggeng with his two younger sisters, Wang Zhong asked in confusion: "Do you have a problem with me?"

Bang Gang said: "Uncle Wang, I heard that your salary is very high?"

"It's okay!" Wang Zhong said.

Bang Gang said: "Uncle Wang, you live in such a big house alone, don't you find it troublesome to clean the house every day?"

Wang Zhong said: "What's your plan?"

Banggeng didn't hide it and said directly: "Uncle Wang, why don't you hire me to help you clean up the house!"

"you?"

Wang Zhong looked at Banggan, who looked no more than ten years old and was only as tall as his own waist. He couldn't help but smile and said, "It would be more like your mother. You might as well forget it. You are too young. You should concentrate on studying."

"Uncle Wang, I'm very capable." Bangge didn't want to give up: "Xiao Dang can also help."

Huaihua is only three years old, and she doesn't speak very fluently, so it's good if she doesn't cause any trouble. Xiaodang, on the other hand, is also six years old, and is almost old enough to go to school.

"Just clean up the house." Wang Zhong pointed to the vegetables growing next to him and said, "Have you seen these vegetables?"

"Yeah!" Banggeng nodded immediately.

"There is a watering can under the wall. I water it once every five days and fertilize it once a month. I water it with two pots of water at a time. I will give you fifty cents a month. How about it?"

"Fifty cents?" Banggeng's eyes lit up immediately, and sisters Xiaodang and Huaihua also grabbed their brother's clothes tightly in excitement.

"That's right!" Wang Zhong said: "If this dish turns out well in the end, I will reward you three with a piece of soy beef each."

"Beef with soy sauce?" Banggeng, the three siblings all swallowed their saliva.

"Okay, I'll take this job!" Banggeng immediately said, patting his chest.

"Tomorrow night after school, you can come over and start watering. Remember, once every five days!"

"How to apply fertilizer?" Banggeng asked.

"Come over tomorrow and I will teach you."

BangGeng said: "Okay! Let's decide who is lying and who is a puppy."

Wang Zhongdao: "It's up to you!"

Banggan happily took her two sisters home. As soon as she entered the house, she couldn't wait to tell her mother Qin Huairu who was sitting in front of the sewing machine and her grandma Jia Zhang who was picking up shoe soles next to her.

"Wang Zhong asked you to water and fertilize the vegetables at his door? Will he give you fifty cents a month?" Mrs. Jia Zhang was very surprised: "Is there such a good thing?"

Qin Huairu was afraid that she had heard wrongly, so she pulled her son to confirm again: "Banggen, is what you said true?"

Fifty cents is indeed not much, but you can also buy ten eggs, half a catty of meat, and several catties of white flour. If you change it to cereals, it will be even more. If you save a little, it can feed the family for two days.

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"At first I wanted to help Uncle Wang clean the house, but Uncle Wang thought I was too young and said it would be better for my mother to clean the house for him, so he asked me to concentrate on studying."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang both raised their heads and looked at each other.
To be continued...