Chapter 722: New Year (Part 2)

Looking at the two women who were talking in a low voice not far away.

Xu Yun looked up at the sunny sky and took a deep breath again.

In the original history.

Whether it was Xu Luxi or Wu Yueqin.

Although their love with their husbands could be called heroic, what set off this heroism was actually the loneliness and sadness of being separated for more than ten years.

At least this matter was a great regret for the lives of both parties at that time.

Therefore, in the list given to the writer not long ago, Xu Yun mentioned the families of several experts including Xu Luxi, hoping that they would be allowed to come to the base to reunite with their husbands.

Finally, after discussion in the capital, they agreed with Xu Yun's idea.

After all,

Xu Luxi and others' identities were different from those of returning scholars such as Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao. Their political review had actually been completed a long time ago.

At least in arranging these people to come to the base, there was no need to spend too much time explaining to those comrades who did not know Xu Yun's existence.

So the organization took advantage of this and allowed these couples who had been separated for many years to reunite during the Chinese New Year.

You know.

Although Xu Luxi and Lu Guangda and others had not been separated for more than ten years, it had been more than three years since the 221 base was planned and built. This separation time is not short for any family or couple.

Let alone three years, how many couples in the future can last three months in different places?

Indeed.

Xu Yun's approach may reduce the number of articles promoting the dedication of Xu Luxi and others in the future, but Xu Yun believes that if Xu Luxi and others knew the true historical trajectory, they would definitely agree with Xu Yun's approach.

So he was very confident in doing this, which was completely different from his hesitation when changing the trajectory of others before.

"Xiao Xu, Professor Yang."

Just as Xu Yun was thinking, Li Jue, who had been on the scene to direct the work, returned to his side and said to him and Yang Kaiqu:

"The weather is good today and everyone is in high spirits. Do you want to take this opportunity to make some dumplings?"

Xu Yun was slightly startled:

"Making dumplings?"

Then he subconsciously glanced at Yang Kaiqu beside him and found that the other party's face showed some obvious intentions, and he quickly made a judgment in his heart.

However, he did not make a decision for Yang Kaiqu directly, but pretended to know nothing and asked Yang Kaiqu:

"Professor Yang, what do you think?"

Yang Kaiqu put his palm in front of him and turned it over, and then tried to make a fist. After feeling that he could move freely, he said:

"Xiao Xu, how about the two of us in wheelchairs go and join in the fun?"

Xu Yunzi had no objection:

"Okay."

So Li Jue took Qiao Caihong, Zhou Kaida, Yuan Guoliang and others to push the wheelchair and came to Xu Luxi and Wu Yueqin:

"Sister Wu, Teacher Xu, are you busy?"

Xu Luxi looked up and saw Li Jue stopped what he was doing:

"Director, why are you here? Is there any new task in the factory?"

"No, no, no, the progress of each of our groups is as expected, and there are no unexpected situations."

Li Jue waved his hand quickly, pointing at Xu Yun and Yang Kaiqu and said:

"Isn't today New Year's Eve? This is also the most solid year since the completion of the base."

"Plus Professor Yang and Xiao Xu are in good physical condition, so I want them to make a few dumplings by themselves, while everyone is here, just for the celebration."

When saying this, Li Jue patted Xu Yun on the shoulder.

As one of the only five leaders in the base who knew Xu Yun's background, Li Jue knew one thing very well:

This should be the last and only New Year that Xu Yun spent in the base.

In addition, some personnel such as Yuan Guoliang will also leave the base after the New Year, so today is probably the only New Year's Eve dinner in the "complete" state of the 221 base.

Li Jue always felt like something was missing if Xu Yun and Yang Kaiqu didn't make some dumplings for this meal.

And opposite him.

Hearing what Li Jue said, Xu Luxi patted her floury hands on her apron twice and made way:

"Want to make dumplings? No problem, come on, come on, the factory director, I'm not going to hide it from you, we are short of manpower here."

After that.

She also nodded to Yang Kaiqu and Xu Yun, and when she looked at Xu Yun, there was a little gratitude in her eyes.

Although Xu Luxi didn't know Xu Yun's true identity, Lu Guangda told her the whole story the night she came to the base - she was allowed to contact the 221 project because a consultant named Xu Yun in the base made a suggestion to the organization.

If not, she didn't know how long she would have to be separated from Lu Guangda.

Moreover, as a woman with higher education, Xu Luxi's vision is indeed farther than that of housewives like Wu Yueqin:

She also followed the project team when she was studying, and knew how much psychological pressure a major project would bring to the head of the research team.

If there is no spiritual support from a close friend, this kind of pressure will easily lead to some accidents.

At the least, it may become irritable, and at the worst, it may become mentally ill.

Therefore, she only maintained respect for Yang Kaiqu, but felt a little close and grateful to Xu Yun.

I heard that this young comrade is still a single dog, but I didn't expect that he could be so thoughtful.

After Xu Luxi and Wu Yueqin made way.

Li Jue lifted a chair in one hand to make room, and Qiao Caihong and Zhou Kaida each pushed a wheelchair to "stuff" Xu Yun and Yang Kaiqu into the gap on the table.

Yang Kaiqu, who came to the table, first glanced at the enamel basin filled with stuffing in front of him, and raised his eyebrows:

"Oh, green onion beef stuffing? And carrots?"

After saying that, he stretched out his hand to fan the top of the basin, lowered his head and greedily took a breath:

"It smells so good!"

As an agronomist, he can almost tell the quality of the vegetables in the stuffing by just smelling it.

Li Jue smiled and nodded, explaining:

"Well, this is the material supported by the comrades of the XX factory and the XX factory in the Northeast. It was originally intended to be distributed to everyone as New Year's goods."

"As a result, the base is preparing to make beef dumplings this time, so these two things are used to match them - although the taste is not as good as the mushroom beef stuffing, the deodorizing effect is still quite good."

Li Jue reported the names of two large factories in the Northeast, both of which are super large factories with a population of nearly 100,000 after counting the family members of employees.

These two large factories are also one of the beneficiaries of this winter wheat trade with Mao Xiong. Not long ago, after learning that the 221 base needed a lot of vegetables, they generously supported a large number of agricultural and sideline products.

Although the carrots in the Northeast are not as well-known as those in Zhuzhou, the yield and quality of carrots in Jiangcheng have always been high, and they are very tasty when eaten raw.

So this time the base used carrots, green onions and a small amount of young ginger as a combination, mixed with beef to make such a set of fillings.

Then, with the assistance of Zhou Kaida and others.

Yang Kaiqu tremblingly put a piece of dumpling skin in the palm of his hand, and picked up the filling with a small wooden spoon with a flat front end in his other hand.

Then Yang Kaiqu put the meat filling on the dumpling skin, and just as he was about to close it, Xu Luxi beside him suddenly spoke:

"Professor Yang, wait a moment!"

She opened a heavy small bag from the table and took out a small coin of one cent from it:

"Professor Yang, put this in the dumplings too."

Yang Kaiqu blinked:

"This is."

Xu Luxi smiled and pointed to Li Jue beside him and said:

"This is a lucky charm added by the base. One out of every five hundred dumplings will be stuffed with a coin. These coins have been disinfected and marked."

"Those who eat dumplings not only have good luck, but can also take the coins to the audit office to exchange for two taels of beef or a cloth ticket, which is a benefit for the New Year's Eve dinner."

Yang Kaiqu finally understood:

"So that's it"

mentioned earlier.

According to the organization's estimate, each person can eat about 40 dumplings for the New Year's Eve dinner - some manual workers may eat more, while civilian staff and women and children may eat less, but the average is about 40.

Counting the amount that some people may secretly hide and take home, the number of dumplings consumed by a table of ten people is about 500.

In other words.

There will be a lucky person who can win the prize at every table.

This time, the base has opened more than 1,700 tables in total, and the theoretical "prize pool" is about 300 kilograms.

The practice of putting copper coins in dumplings has existed since ancient times, but it is bold to set up such a high prize pool.

There is no doubt that this hand must be from a medium-rare.

Then Yang Kaiqu put the coin into the dumpling filling, pinched the two ends of the dumpling skin, and pressed it skillfully after bringing them together, and a dumpling was ready.

Then Xu Yun, Li Jue, Yuan Guoliang, Zhou Kaida, Qiao Caihong and Xu Yun's guard Mou Fangdong each made a few dumplings, some of which were filled with coins and some were pure meat fillings.

At the same time, Xu Yun's dumplings were a little bigger than others. This was a difference caused by different times. Xu Yun had no way to deal with it. It was simple to correct the practices of the few people on the scene, but there were more than just a few people making dumplings today.

There is an old saying in China that heart disease needs heart medicine. The best treatment for this "poverty disease" is to make the country rich and strong. There is no other way.

In the following time.

A group of people talked and laughed while making dumplings, and the New Year atmosphere on the scene became more and more intense.

Half a day passed in a flash.

Seven hours later.

As it was getting dark, more than 20,000 dumplings had been neatly placed in a corner of the venue.

It was dark, and the coldness of the northwest in winter was reflected.

So Li Jue waved his hand decisively and said to his assistant Zhou Cai:

"Xiao Zhou, notify the comrades in the sideline team to pull up all the sheds."

"Also contact the platform and send commuter trains to the living area to pick up employees and their families. Order must be maintained and there must be no chaos!"

Zhou Cai's expression suddenly became serious:

"Understood!"

Although the nearly 20,000 employees of the entire base have undergone strict political review and their loyalty and awareness are beyond doubt, there are still certain risks or hidden dangers in mobilizing this number in the 1960s when communication methods were relatively immature.

For example, if someone rushes too fast and makes himself or the people around him fall, the people behind him continue to move forward without knowing it, and a stampede is likely to occur.

For example, some family members, especially those underage children who cannot be held, are also likely to get lost due to the crowd.

So the order of entry of the entire staff must be strictly controlled, which is actually a big test for the ability of the organizer.

You can even say that.

This New Year's Eve dinner is the largest personnel transfer in the history of the 221 base - when the base was completed, there were no thousands of new people from the [Sanqing] project to join.

Fortunately, although Li Jue is slightly lacking in scientific research knowledge, as a veteran who has come down from the battlefield, scheduling is his specialty.

With the cooperation of all parties.

The base's commuter train whined, happily carrying rows of base employees to various preset venues.

At this moment, the entire 211 base was filled with laughter and laughter:

"Hey, brother Erxi, let's go together?"

"Lao Liu, happy New Year's Eve!"

"Xiwang, the whole family is here? You should eat more then. You are so skinny. If you don't eat something greasy, you will get into trouble sooner or later!"

"Shunzi, how many tables do you have?"

"Factory 12, 114 tables."

"What a coincidence, I'm 514, I'll have a drink with you then!"

"Okay, I just don't know if there is any wine."

"Hey, it's okay if you don't have wine. Let's just clink glasses of dumpling soup. The original soup becomes the original food."

after an hour.

Venue No. 1 where the base headquarters is located.

"Director."

Holding a small book in his hand, Zhou Cai hurried to Li Jue and reported:

"Reporting to the factory director, we have just received news from each branch venue. Including our site, the employees of the twelve New Year's Eve dinner venues have already taken their seats."

"Except for a comrade from the computer lab who had his wig ripped off when he got off the bus, the rest of the process went smoothly and no one was lost or injured."

"There are 18,234 employees in the entire base. Except for those with special work arrangements, 17,283 should be present, but 17,275 are actually present - the eight absent comrades are all sick, and we have arranged for personnel to deliver meals to them."

Li Jue nodded with satisfaction.

This time, the base, including the main factory, has arranged a total of twelve branch venues, including six in the living area and six in the production area.

These branch venues carry different numbers of people depending on the size of the venue. For example, Venue No. 1 is a small venue, with a total of only 80 tables and more than 800 people.

The 12th branch factory, which is a platform for general supplies, has more than 550 tables planned, and the number of people in this branch alone exceeds 5,000.

Basically, all the employees from the first few factories of the base were placed there. It was said that the commotion started there a few hours ago.

Then Li Jue thought about it and asked Zhou Cai:

"Xiao Zhou, how are the preparations for the New Year's Eve dinners at various venues now?"

Zhou Cai looked at the data compiled in his hand again:

"Except for the 12th Branch Factory, most of the venues have already saved enough dumplings for the first round and put them in foam boxes to keep them warm."

Li Jue waved his hand very grandly when he saw this:

"Then notify each venue that the food can be served. Don't keep comrades waiting too long!"

"In addition, if you have any speech notes, please put them away first. It's important to eat during the Chinese New Year, so it's best not to beep. If you really want to say a few words, hold them in for two or three rounds before speaking."

Zhou Cai quickly straightened up:

"clear!"

After receiving Li Jue's instructions, Zhou Cai quickly left the scene.

Less than ten minutes later.

A burst of cheers suddenly erupted in the entire base's twelve branch venues:

Waiters wearing chef uniforms were seen carrying plates of steaming dumplings and began to walk among the tables in the major branch venues.

"Eat dumplings!"

Note:

I asked for monthly votes at the beginning of the month. I was nominated for a small award again. I urgently need monthly votes to be exposed. I will adjust my body clock today and start updating tomorrow.