Chapter 323 He Yuzhu's Rejection
I just finished watching the evening party, and then I heard the factory leader say that the steel mill will hold a dance party tomorrow.
Most of the comrades laughed heartily.

Some gay men who have reached marriageable age are even howling like wolves.

In this noisy environment, He Yuzhu could clearly hear Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi beside him sighing heavily.

So he asked with a smile,
"The factory is organizing a dance to bring together unmarried men and women. Why are you two sighing? If you want to participate, just go ahead!"

Although He Yuzhu asked Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi, the first person to answer him was Jia Dongxu who was sitting in the back row with a smile on his face.

"Zhu Zi, this is what you don't understand!
The factory has a rule that the dance must be attended by single men and women who have reached marriageable age.

Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi are only 17 years old, which doesn't meet the requirements to attend the dance. Why do you think they are sighing?"

Hearing that Xu Damao sighed because he couldn't attend the dance tomorrow, He Yuzhu didn't know what to say.
Just as he was about to go home with his neighbors in the courtyard,
Zhou Yiming came over with several leaders from the factory.
"Captain He, wait a minute, Captain He!"

When they heard the head of the Security Section, Zhou Yiming, calling out "Captain He", the workers and their families who were about to leave all subconsciously stopped to see what Captain He was talking about.

When He Yuzhu heard that it was Zhou Yiming who was greeting him, he initially thought that he was going to talk about meeting with the comrades in the security department.
So he turned around and said with a smile,

"Chief Zhou, I said I would go to the security department to wait for you, but I didn't expect you to come so soon."

Hearing that the Captain He that Zhou Yiming was calling was He Yuzhu, and remembering what the leaders had said about holding a dance party tomorrow, the eyes of the workers and their families nearby lit up.

You know, the Security Department has great power in the steel mill. If they can be related to He Yuzhu,
After that, you will be able to act arrogantly in the factory.

As they were thinking about it, they saw a large group of leaders from the steel mill coming over from behind Zhou Yiming.
Then I heard Zhou Yiming who had squeezed over continue to say,
"There's no rush, Captain He.

The factory leader heard that you were coming to attend the cultural evening party at our steel mill, so he wanted to meet you and asked me to introduce you to him. "

Hearing Zhou Yiming's words, He Yuzhu subconsciously looked at the leaders of the steel mill who were following him.

I found that none of them were familiar faces from the TV series.

But think about it, it's only 1954 now. If Director Yang and Director Li were in charge now and they didn't move out for 10 years, the steel mill would have become a private property long ago.

After Zhou Yiming finished speaking, without waiting for He Yuzhu to speak, he pointed to a group of leaders who were following behind and introduced them.

"Captain He, this is Secretary Ma from our steel mill, and this is Director Wang.

......"

Following Zhou Yiming's introduction, He Yuzhu stretched out his hand and shook hands with the leaders of the steel rolling mill with a smile.

As soon as he finished his introduction, he heard Secretary Ma say with a smile,
"Welcome Captain He to our steel mill to give us guidance. If there is anything that needs to be corrected, please let us know and we will definitely cooperate."

He Yuzhu and the steel mill are not in a superior-subordinate relationship.

He knew that Secretary Ma of the steel mill was just being polite and didn't really want him to guide the work, so he naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to say something irrelevant.
Even what he said was a bit irrelevant, just to fool them quickly.

"Look at the Secretary Ma you mentioned. I am also a family member of a steel mill employee. Today I just came here to watch the cultural evening performance in the mill.
I didn't expect you to come here in person." After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Secretary Ma and the others did not continue the previous topic, but just looked at Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Xu Fugui beside them.

When Liu Haizhong and the others saw their leaders looking at them,

He also seized the opportunity and immediately introduced his name and job position with a smile.

But at that time, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were only intermediate workers at level 4 or 5, and Jia Dongxu was just one of many low-level workers. The leaders had no impression of them.
The only person these leaders knew was the film projectionist Xu Fugui.

However, even if they knew him, Secretary Ma and others didn't have the time to pay attention to him at this time. Instead, they smiled and exchanged a few words with He Daqing.

……

Finally, I heard Secretary Ma say,
"Captain He, it's getting late now, so we won't disturb you from going home to rest.
But you have to come to the factory dance tomorrow."

When He Yuzhu heard Secretary Ma invite him to attend the steel mill's dance tomorrow, he already had plans and refused with a smile.
"Secretary Ma, you invited me personally, so I shouldn't refuse.

But I have plans tomorrow, so I'm afraid I can't come to the steel mill.
I can only thank you for your kindness.”

After listening to Zhou Yiming's introduction, Secretary Ma also knew that He Yuzhu had many connections in Beijing, so it was normal for him to move around after returning.

Seeing that he had already made plans for tomorrow, Secretary Ma did not force him and did not ask any more questions.
Just smiled and said,

"Since Captain He has his own business, go and do it first. Our steel mill holds one or two dances every month, so there won't be much time for that."

"It's great that you understand.

If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely come to the dance and see the demeanor of the gay people."

"Okay, okay, Captain He, then we have a deal."

After Secretary Ma and the leaders of the steel mill left, He Daqing asked,
"Zhu Zi, aren't you going to take Xiao E, Yu Shui and the others to watch Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng swim in the winter tomorrow morning? In the afternoon, Lao Zhang and the others are coming to renovate the house.
Why are there other things popping up now? "

"It's just that plans can't keep up with changes. I have to go to the military compound to visit my old leader tomorrow.
You and Aunt Bai can just take care of the household affairs."

Hearing that his son was going to the military compound and visiting his old leader, He Daqing didn't say anything more.
Instead, Liu Haizhong asked anxiously,

"Zhu Zi, from what you said, your leader in the frontline troops was transferred to our Beiping garrison. What position do you hold?"

He Daqing next to him spoke before He Yuzhu could say anything when he heard Liu Haizhong's question.

"I say, Lao Liu, you keep talking about how high up you are. No wonder you haven't even been a team leader in the workshop for so many years.
What kind of ideological awareness is this!
Okay, Zhuzi, it's time for us to go. Don't learn from your uncle, or you might end up learning bad things."

Liu Haizhong felt that the reason he couldn't become an official was because his superiors were blind, but he never thought it was because of his own ideological awareness.
When he heard He Daqing say that he would teach He Yuzhu a bad lesson, he immediately said angrily,
"He Daqing, what do you mean!"

(End of this chapter)