Chapter 78 The first night shift
When He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to the city bureau, he saw that the yard was deserted. It used to be very busy with people going in and out.
He Yuzhu parked his bicycle and came to the kitchen with his backpack.
Master Song: "Zhuzhu is here, it's a bit late today."
He Yuzhu: "Hey, isn't it a mess outside recently? I was worried about Yu Yu going to school alone, so I went to see her off first."
Master Song: "It is indeed quite chaotic. Let me tell you that this morning the director got angry and scolded the people from the security brigade, and then drove them out to patrol."
He Yuzhu: "I asked why the courtyard was so deserted than usual when I entered. It turned out that everyone had gone out. Why was the director angry?"
Master Song: "Why else? I was scolded by the superiors. In the past few days, I heard Xiao Wang from the security brigade say that there have been a lot of robberies recently, and several people have died. The impact is very big, and residents are afraid to go out. .The defendant is up there."
He Yuzhu thought to himself that there were so many people coming to Sijiu City now, the work safety staff was insufficient, and there was no surveillance help in this era. If someone was robbed, there would be no one to find him, so he could only admit it was bad luck.
He Yuzhu: "Indeed, wasn't it because I was afraid that something would happen to Yuyu on the way to school, so I sent her off."
At this time, Director Zhao, the director of the cafeteria, came in: "Everyone, come over and have a meeting."
When they heard that Director Zhao was going to have a meeting, they all put down what they were doing and gathered over.
When Director Zhao saw everyone gathered, he started a meeting: "There has been a bit of chaos outside recently, and the bureau decided to increase patrols at night, so that there will be more people on duty at night.
The bureau leader asked us in the cafeteria to cook some porridge and pickles at night to provide food for the comrades on duty. Comrades cannot be left to patrol hungry.
So starting from today, leave a few people to do it every day. I've made the schedule. You can take a look at it later and just follow the schedule.
Okay, that's it, let's all leave. "
After Director Zhao left, everyone gathered around to see when he would be on duty.
Master Song squeezed inside and took a look: "Zhuzi, you are on duty tonight."
He Yuzhu: "Really? I'm on duty on the first day?"
Master Song: "Yes, I'm scheduled for the 4th day. Let's discuss it when we're done and see what we do."
He Yuzhu: "Okay, let's go to work first."
After finishing their work at noon, He Yuzhu and Master Song squatted at the back door of the kitchen to smoke.
Master Song: "What are you going to do tonight?"
He Yuzhu: "What else can we do? There is a shortage of food everywhere now. What good things can the bureau come up with? It is probably just stick batter and some pickles. At most, it will be enough to add a steamed bun."
Master Song agreed very much after hearing this: "Yes."
He Yuzhu: "The meal at night is basically scheduled for 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and it will be around 1 o'clock after cleaning up. So you have to work harder tomorrow morning, and I will arrive around 10 o'clock before cooking. I can get some sleep at home. Sleep. You will do the same when you are on duty."
Master Song: "Okay. That's it."
In the afternoon, He Yuzhu and Master Song finished cooking dinner. He Yuzhu took off his apron and said to Master Song: "Master Song, I'll go back first and talk to my family."
Master Song: "Okay, go ahead. I'm here."
He Yuzhu first went to the school to catch the rainwater. After returning home, He Yuzhu said to Yuyu: "You read a book by yourself for a while, and I will cook for you."
Rainwater: "You go ahead and don't worry about me."
He Yuzhu entered the kitchen and thought for a moment that he hadn't eaten pork ribs for a long time. He took out a rack of ribs from the space and chopped them into pieces. After a lot of work, a big pot of braised pork ribs is ready.
Rainwater was also attracted by the aroma of braised pork ribs. When I saw the braised pork ribs made by my brother, I wanted to grab a piece.
He Yuzhu saw Yu Yu's little hand reaching out and slapped it: "You're so old, but you're still grabbing it. You're not afraid of being burned right after it comes out of the pot."
Rainwater was so beaten that he retracted his hand and said with a smile: "You made the braised pork ribs so delicious that I couldn't help it."
He Yuzhu took a bowl, scooped out a bowl for Yuyu, and handed it to her: "You still blame me, okay, let's eat."
Yu Yu returned to the living room with the bowl and started eating.
He Yuzhu looked at his watch. Normally, Song Jinfeng would be back by this time. He probably hadn't finished his work yet and was working overtime at the street office.
Regardless, He Yuzhu had to go back to work soon, so he scooped up a bowl and went to the living room to eat.
Yuyu: “Can’t we both eat well if we don’t wait for my sister-in-law to come back?”
He Yuzhu: "Let's eat. She may come back at some time. I have to work overtime soon, so I won't wait any longer."
Rainwater: "Oh, okay."
He Yuzhu finished the meal quickly and put the bowl away: "Yu Yu, you wash the bowl later. There are spare ribs in the pot for your sister-in-law. Let her know when she comes back. Also, I guess I can't wait until midnight Come back and tell your sister-in-law. I have to go now."
Yuyu: "Brother, I remember it. You go ahead. I will tell my sister-in-law when she comes back."
As soon as He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle out, he met Song Jinfeng who was coming back.
Song Jinfeng: "What are you going to do?"
He Yuzhu: "I'm on night shift and have to come back in the middle of the night. I've left braised pork ribs in the pot for you."
Song Jinfeng: "Okay, I understand. Have you brought anything for self-defense?"
He Yuzhu: "I brought it with me, don't worry."
Song Jinfeng: "Just take it with you. Be careful when you come back in the middle of the night. If not, you can just spend the night in the bureau."
He Yuzhu: "Let me see the situation. Go back to eat quickly. I'm leaving."
After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he got on his bicycle and left.
Song Jinfeng watched He Yuzhu leave and pushed the bicycle into the house.
Yu Yu heard the noise, went out to check, and saw Song Jinfeng coming back: "Sister-in-law, you're back. My brother is on duty tonight and just left."
Song Jinfeng parked her bicycle and walked into the living room: "Sister-in-law met your brother, and your brother told me."
Rainwater: "Then go and wash your hands. The braised pork ribs my brother left for you are still hot. I'll bring them to you."
Song Jinfeng: "Thank you for the rain."
Here He Yuzhu rushed back to the city bureau canteen on his bicycle.
He Yuzhu: "Master Song, I'm back, how are you?"
Master Song: "You've finished eating. Just clean up. I've left a meal for you over there. You can eat it warm at night."
He Yuzhu: "Okay, thank you, Master Song. Just leave the rest to me. You can get off work first."
Master Song took off his apron: "Then I'll get off work first."
He Yuzhu took the helper to clean up the kitchen and announced that they could get off work.
After a while everyone left, leaving only He Yuzhu and the two helpers.
He Yuzhu: "Okay, there are only three of us left. Let's go find a place to rest. It's still early."
As soon as the three of them sat down at the dining table, Director Zhao came over.
He Yuzhu: "Director Zhao hasn't gotten off work yet?"
Director Zhao: "Our canteen is on duty for the first time today. I'll stay and take a look."
Director Zhao looked around and went back.
He Yuzhu took out a deck of playing cards: "I'm bored sitting here, let's play poker for a while."
The two helpers were also bored when they heard He Yuzhu's suggestion to play poker and responded enthusiastically.
The city police station was also very lively at night. The patrolmen brought back several people and locked them in the detention room.
The three of them played until more than 10 o'clock. He Yuzhu looked at his watch and felt that it was almost done, so he put away the poker: "Okay, that's it for today. It's time to prepare for cooking."
The three of them came to the kitchen and helped the cook: "Master He, what should I do?"
He Yuzhu: "What else can I do? I only have this bit of stick noodles, so I can only boil it until it becomes mushy. Let's heat up the leftover steamed buns from dinner. Then cut some pickles. That's it."
The three of them started to get busy and were ready by almost 11 o'clock.
Director Zhao walked in with a lunch box: "Zhuzi, are you done?"
He Yuzhu: "It's all done, take a look."
Director Zhao took a look at the cooked stick batter and said, "That's enough. There's a shortage of food everywhere, and it's good if you have a stutter."
He Yuzhu said to the cook: "Bring it to the front. Heat some hot water and keep the batter on the sticks warm so they don't get cold."
After 11 o'clock, people came to the canteen one after another to get food.
He Yuzhu saw Uncle Zhou: "Uncle Zhou, you are on duty tonight."
Uncle Zhou: "Yeah, what's in the cafeteria tonight?"
He Yuzhu: "With only stick batter and pickles, no matter how good my cooking skills are, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice."
Uncle Zhou: "It would be good to have some paste to eat. It was hard to get this stuff."
Uncle Zhou finished his meal and left with the lunch box.
It wasn't until after 12 o'clock that no one came. Director Zhao stayed in the kitchen after finishing the meal. When he saw no one, he said, "Okay, let's clean up. You can go back after cleaning up. And pay attention to safety on the road."
After cleaning up, He Yuzhu and the two helpers separated at the door of the city bureau and went back to their respective homes.
