Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 44 Preparations before departure

At noon, the father arrived at the recycling station as promised, and took Wang Liping to unload 5 tons of ore and 2 tons of manganese metal into the yard.

After unloading the goods, Wang Jiankun asked them to load the brass plates onto the truck, and also load the empty boxes onto the truck and take them back to the team, which could be converted into boxes for lighters.

After the loading was completed, they rushed to Yu Yu Garden and loaded 7 sets of lighter production equipment onto the truck.

When his father saw that he had rented another house, he asked, "Jiankun, why did you rent another house? Isn't the place near the recycling station good?"

"There are a lot of people coming in and out there during the day, so some things are not suitable to be placed there. From now on, it will mainly be used as a recycling station. Normally, I live here because it is quieter."

"That's true. Will you go home tomorrow?"

"I'm going to ride my bike back early tomorrow morning and set off for Guangzhou. I have to go home first."

"That's great. Your mother took the time to make new clothes for you. Go back and try them on to see if they fit you well. Then you can wear something decent when you go to Guangzhou."

"Dad, my mom won't make it too thick, right? It's very hot in Guangzhou. We are already wearing long sleeves and coats here, but it's still around 30 degrees over there, so we need to wear short sleeves."

"Ah! Then I have to go back and ask her to change it quickly. He made it with long sleeves."

"If there is time, change it. If not, don't change it. It will only take a few days. You can buy two sets in Raozhou. You can keep the ones that are already made and wear them here."

"Okay, I'll go back and tell her that she is indeed very busy these days. She needs to train the employees and managers for the second phase, and also find someone to take over her job."

"Dad, have you looked for Dong Zhenjun? When can he come?"

"I went to find him, and he agreed. I told him that we would go to Raozhou to pick up the car around the 10th of next month, and he would be responsible for one car."

"Dad, how about this? When you go back and pass by him, tell him to come to work the day after tomorrow. Then he can accompany you when you are transporting goods these days. When you are not transporting goods, let him be responsible for training drivers. In addition to Wang Liping, you can find a few smart and good young people in the team to be apprentices. In this way, there will be drivers available at any time when there are more vehicles in the future. You will be responsible for managing the fleet, receiving payments, and helping mother manage the factory."

"I wouldn't have thought of it if you hadn't told me. When I get back, I'll ask Dong Zhenjun to work in the team. I think he'll agree."

"That's good, Dad. It's getting late. You should go home first. I'll be home tomorrow morning."

After school in the afternoon, Wang Jiankun returned to the scrap recycling station to refine the 5 tons of metal ore delivered today.

The extracted cerium (Ce) and lanthanum (La) were combined with copper, zinc and recycled iron to make 60 flints, and manganese and iron were combined to make more than 60 springs.

These springs and flints should last a month.

The remaining silicon and oxygen were added to the calcium contained in the stones in the yard to synthesize more than 2 pieces of glass, which were also packed into boxes and marked.

Mark the boxes containing flint, springs and glass, and send a message using a text machine to ask my father to come here the day after tomorrow to unload the goods and take the marked boxes home.

There were about 2 tons of elements left that could not be used for the time being, so they were divided into several batches and scattered on the nearby hills.

After the evening self-study, Wang Jiankun went to the scrap station to check the doors and windows, and found no signs of anyone entering, so he rode his bike to Yuyu Garden.

There are more and more things in the scrap yard, so we need to find someone to keep watch.

Although it would be useless if someone else stole it and it would be difficult to sell, it would still be very troublesome if it was stolen and there is a high chance that it will never be found.

Wang Jiankun plans to talk to Ye Wei tomorrow and let him stay at the scrap station at night. He will then give him a raise and let his wife come to work at the scrap station as well, and keep paying her the same salary.

Wang Jiankun would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cotton, and when he was not busy, he would ask his wife to make the cotton core.

In Yu Yu Garden, Wang Jiankun turned on the radio and monitored it for a while as usual.

Half an hour passed and no useful signal was received, it was always background noise.

It seems that this radio station only contacts when there is something important, and does not necessarily send messages at a fixed time.

After switching to another frequency and listening to the conversation between two semiconductor research enthusiasts, I wrote down some of the key technical points they talked about with pen and paper.

It’s almost 11 o’clock, so I turn off the radio, wash up and go to bed.

Early on Sunday morning, Wang Jiankun rode his bike to the recycling station and checked again, but no one had come in.

So I went to the market at Dongmen Bridge, ate a bowl of fried noodles with shredded pork and a bowl of soy milk, and then took a walk around the market.

I bought some polyfructose made from maltose. It is white on the outside and has sesame filling inside.

I also bought two kilograms of fried dough twist and two kilograms of white cake.

He bought a whole hind leg at the butcher's stall. Seeing how generous he was, the stall owner sold him half a side of pork fat at half the price.

After buying things, Wang Jiankun rushed home.

The morning wind was chilly, and Wang Jiankun thought about making a windproof cycling outfit when he had time, otherwise it would be very uncomfortable to ride a bike in winter.

When I got home around 9 o'clock, my grandmother and aunt were at home.

Seeing Wang Jiankun coming back, grandma said, "Kunlai, my dear grandson, you must have worked hard studying. You look thinner."

"Grandma, it's not hard. I've grown taller and stronger. Take these meats and candies back to the house."

"Aunt, thank you for coming to help. Where's my cousin? I can't see her."

"I went out to play with Chunxiang. I haven't seen you for a few months. You've grown a lot taller."

"In the past few months, our family has made a lot of money, and the food has improved a lot, so he has grown fast. I'll make more meat for lunch later, and you can eat more too."

"There's meat every day. I didn't expect your studies to be so useful and bring such a good industry to the team."

"It's OK, Auntie. I'll go wash up and go to the factory. We'll talk again at noon."

"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll also go help wash and cut the vegetables. There will be a lot of people working at noon, so we need to get ready early."

Wang Jiankun went back to the house to wash up, shook off the dust on his body, and then went out to the lighter factory.

His mother was training team leaders for the second phase of the factory. Wang Jiankun asked his mother to continue with her own work and he would just take a look and leave.

At this time, the first phase is still using iron plates for stamping. After looking at the warehouse inventory, the iron plates should be able to last for another half a month. After that, we will ask them to change the mold and use iron bars for stamping.

Then we went to the second phase factory building. The wooden frame of the factory roof had been erected and the construction workers were laying tiles on the roof. My grandfather and several team leaders were there.

When they saw Wang Jiankun coming back, they all praised him and made Wang Jiankun feel embarrassed.

It looks like the second phase of the factory should be ready for use in about 10 days.

He asked the team cadres whether there were any problems in installing the machine. The team cadres said there were no problems and that the people in the first phase were already able to use and install it skillfully. Wang Jiankun went home with peace of mind after hearing what they said.

Next to the old house is the construction site of the new house. The foundation has been dug, and my father and uncle are directing the workers to tie the steel cage, which will be placed in the foundation and then poured with cement.

"Dad, uncle, are you busy?"

"I'm home!"

"Jiankun, I haven't seen you for a few months. You have grown a lot taller and become more capable. You have earned money to build a new house for our family."

"Uncle, is there anything wrong with the blueprint I drew? According to your estimate, how long will it take to build a house like this?"

"It looked a bit difficult at first. I don't have a high level of education. After your father explained it several times, I basically understood it. It's mainly about pouring the foundation and pouring the floor slab. The rest of the wall construction and plastering are the same. It's estimated that it will take until the end of November to build the frame. Then the delicate work of tiling, plastering, installing doors and windows, etc. will be completed in early January. We should be able to move into the new house before the Chinese New Year."

"That's good. Uncle, why don't you form a construction team to help people build houses?"

"Is this okay? Now when you build a house, you only need to give some things, and the employer will provide you with food. You can't make any money, and I don't dare to charge money either."

"You can register with the team and treat it as organized by the team. Pay some management fees to the team. If your team disagrees, then you can just come to our team and organize a construction team."

"Let me think about it. I need to go back and discuss it."

"You may as well go back and discuss it. The country has been carrying out reform and opening up. Our team now pays other people for work. There will be more and more people building houses. If you seize this opportunity, maybe your family will have money to build a new house next year."

When my uncle heard what Wang Jiankun said, he was obviously moved.

"I'll go back and talk to the team first. If it doesn't work out, I'll come here to rely on them and try to build a new house next year."

"Then I can work with you or in the lighter factory here. Life will get better and better."

"Yes, things will get better and better."

During the break after lunch, Wang Jiankun told his uncle about his proposal.

My grandfather expressed his support and my aunt also hoped to work here.

So I asked my uncle to go back to Sikou after pouring the foundation in a few days and wait for it to dry to ask if he could set up a construction team and affiliate with the team. If not, he could come here to set up the team and affiliate with them.

My cousin and sister were very happy, they would have playmates from now on. My father said that Dong Zhenjun would follow the car to Raozhou tomorrow, and when he was not delivering goods, he would be a coach to train drivers. The team would select some smart, good-behaved, and motion-sick young people to be apprentices in the next few days.

The mother said that she had forgotten about the hot weather in Guangzhou, so she would not alter the clothes and asked Wang Jiankun to take them with him when he returned to school in the afternoon and buy two more sets when they arrived in Raozhou on October 10st.

In the afternoon, Wang Jiankun took his two sisters for a ride on his bike and rode all the way to the foot of the ridge before returning.

I also took them to Fengshan Supply and Marketing Cooperative to buy fruit leather and sour plum powder.

I stopped by to see Master Quan's clock workshop and found that not much had changed, except that the base had a few more styles and some parts had been replaced with brass.

Master Quan is not here either, so Uncle Bing is in charge.

Wang Jiankun instructed Cha Xiaoming to make several new molds, adding dragon and phoenix patterns to the pendulum and several novel shapes to the hands.

After resting for a while at home, Wang Jiankun set out for the county town.

In the box at the back of the motorcycle were two sets of long-sleeved trousers made by my mother, and stir-fried pork with pickled mustard greens made by my grandmother, with the meat specially selected from the fattier part of the hind leg.

I first went to Yu Yu Garden to put the clothes away, and then rode my motorcycle to the waste recycling station.

Everything was the same as when he left. Wang Jiankun parked his motorcycle here, took out his text machine and sent a message to his family that he had arrived safely.

Holding a glass bottle of fried pork with pickled mustard greens, Wang Jiankun rushed to school.

At this time, many people were reviewing in the classroom. Wang Jiankun asked Fang Guihua to go to the cafeteria to eat together and shared some of the dishes he brought with him.

"Jiankun, the exam is tomorrow, why didn't I see you today?"

"I went home."

"I'm home again. It's so convenient to have a motorcycle."

"Next time you go home, tell me in advance if you want to go back, and I'll take you."

"Okay, you're going home on October 10st after the exam, can I give you a ride?"

"It's such a coincidence that on October 10st I have to go to Raozhou, then take the train to Guangzhou, and I won't be going home."

"Going to Guangshi, are your relatives there? Are you going alone?"

"With my family, my uncle is there. My mother hasn't seen him for a long time. I'll go there if I have time this time. I'll also take the opportunity to see the development of the southern coastal cities."

"That's great. I haven't even left the county, and you're about to leave the province."

"You should do well in the college entrance examination and go to a big city like BJ or SH."

"I hope so. I'll have to work harder."

"Le's work hard."

During evening study, Wang Jiankun was drawing a sound receiver. He planned to study and assign values ​​to sounds, and then make a digital-to-analog converter.

He still hadn't figured it out by the end of get out of class. The more he delved into the research, the harder it became, and he couldn't find any relevant research materials.

First he went back to the scrapyard to check the doors and windows, then he went back to Yu Yu Garden to listen to the conversation of "Ham".

The next three days are examination time, and day students do not need to attend morning reading and evening self-study.

Wang Jiankun didn't want to go to school so early, so he usually went to the classroom to get his lunch box and eat when breakfast started, and then started the exam after eating.

On the first morning, Wang Jiankun took the Chinese exam. Although he finished very quickly, he had nowhere to go if he handed in his paper early, so he just followed the crowd and handed in his paper with his classmates.

Because it was just a baseline test, everyone took the test in their original seats. After the test, Wang Jiankun went to the cafeteria to eat and then returned to the recycling station alone.

I have already told the squad leader and Fang Guihua that we will not have lunch together during the three days of the exam. The motorcycle can be given to the squad leader to ride during the National Day.

At the recycling station, Wang Jiankun called Ye Wei and said, "Brother Ye, I want to discuss something with you. You see, there are more and more things piled up here at the recycling station. I don't live here at night. Can you live here and help watch the door at night? I'll give you an extra 5 yuan per month."

"You can also bring your sister-in-law to work. I will buy some cotton for her to make cotton cores. The salary will be calculated based on the number of cotton cores she makes. If she becomes skilled, the salary will be about the same as yours."

"Jiankun, if you say that, I will definitely agree. I will go home after get off work today and tell my wife that I will let my parents help take care of the child."

"Okay, I'll go buy some cotton later, and I'll come over tomorrow at noon to teach my sister-in-law how to make cotton cores."

After saying that, Wang Jiankun went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought 10 kilograms of cotton.

In the afternoon, he took physics and chemistry exams. After the exams, Wang Jiankun returned to the recycling station and refined the 5 tons of rare earth ore that his father had delivered that day into rare earth elements and more than 2 pieces of glass.

Then they dumped the unused waste on the hill nearby.

After seeing that the area on the hill facing away from the road was covered with a layer of soil, Wang Jiankun felt that he had to find a place to dispose of the waste quickly.

Seeing that it was still early, Wang Jiankun rode his bike downstream along the Le'an River until he reached the West City Gate, where he found a suitable place to dump the waste.

This should be the place where construction waste is dumped nearby. There are a lot of rubble and small bricks. When the time comes, find a few people to pull a flatbed truck and bring the waste in the box here to dump it. It would be fine to come here three times a week.

The next morning, there was a math test. As soon as the test was over, there was a lot of wailing. Many people hadn't finished. The calculations were huge, and those who were slow in calculations and had slow thinking were too slow to make it in time.

After the exam, Wang Jiankun had no intention of checking his answers. He went to the cafeteria to eat and then rushed to the scrap collection station.

Ye Wei's wife has arrived. Perhaps because she has been working in the fields for many years, her skin looks a little dark and her hair is dry and not smooth.

"Sister-in-law, you are here!"

"Hello, boss. My name is Jiang Lai. I heard from my son Weizi that you hired me to make some cotton cores and you will pay me monthly. Is that true?"

"Really? You are not experienced at the beginning. So, in the first month, you will be paid a fixed salary of 25 yuan a month. From the second month, you will be paid according to the number of qualified products you make. I will determine the unit price after you have worked for half a month and see how fast you are. It will definitely be higher than the first month's salary."

Ye Wei heard that the salary offered by Wang Jiankun was quite good, so he asked Mrs. Jiang to agree to it quickly.

"Okay, you teach me how to make a cotton wick first."

So Wang Jiankun demonstrated by making two strips first, explaining as he went along, and then asked Sister Jiang to do it. Unexpectedly, she was quite skillful, and by the time she made the third strip, it was a qualified product.

"You can do this. In the first month, you must make no less than 1200 sticks a day. After that, based on 1200 sticks, you can get an extra 100 cent for every 1 sticks you make. If you are skilled and can make 1500 sticks a day, you can get 34 yuan a month, which is higher than Brother Ye."

"Can I do it, too?"

"Of course you can. You can do it when you are not busy. It is also 100 cents for 1 sticks."

Wang Jiankun saw that Ye Wei had been very serious and responsible over the past month, keeping clear accounts and not playing tricks, so he took the opportunity to give him a disguised salary increase.

The two subjects in the afternoon were politics and history. After the exams, Wang Jiankun went back to the scrap recycling station and checked the cotton cores made by Brother Ye and Sister Jiang. He pointed out the ones that were not made well and asked them to pick them out and rework them.

Most of the poorly made ones were made by Ye Wei. Mrs. Jiang apologized, "Boss, we didn't do it on purpose. We were not experienced at the beginning. There will be no defective products in the future."

"You can't just look at the quantity and not the quality. Rework takes more time than new work. Forget it this time, but next time you check and find defective products mixed in, you will be fined."

After knocking on the two men, Wang Jiankun returned to Yuyu Garden to rest. He was thinking about going to Guangzhou City and had no intention of doing research.

Turn on the radio and start listening to the conversations of the "hams".

On the third day, I took an English test in the morning and a geography test in the afternoon. After the test, the school allowed those who lived close to home to go home first, while those who lived far away had to stay in school for evening self-study.

At this time, the teachers are working hard to mark the test papers, trying to finish marking all the test papers today so that they can have a good rest during the five-day National Day holiday.

That evening, the results were summarized one after another. When Wang Jiankun's scores in each subject were reported to the group of teachers responsible for statistics, they were all stunned.

He scored full marks in mathematics, physics and chemistry, 148 in Chinese, 149 in English, 96 in politics, 98 in history, 99 in geography, for a total score of 950. Wang Jiankun only lost 10 points and ranked first with a score of 940, 50 points higher than the second place.

When the class teacher He heard the news, he hurried over to check the summary table. He was very happy, thinking that there was a potential top student.

I went to the classroom to look for Wang Jiankun, but found that he was not there. Then I remembered that he had applied for day school at the beginning of the school term, and I would not go to see him at night. It seems that I can only see him after the National Day holiday.

Seeing the classmates playing around, his tone softened. He just called out the names of a few naughty students, asked them to be quiet and not disturb others, and then went to the teacher's office.

After the test, Wang Jiankun estimated that he would definitely be first, but he didn't know how much he would be deducted for the subjective questions.

He listened to the signal of 7.00085MHZ. After Zhizi analyzed it, it turned out to be the news of purchasing penicillin, morphine, food, gasoline and other supplies.

It seems that the situation at the radio station's location is a bit bad, otherwise they would not have purchased so many supplies in such a short period of time.

I hope to hear good news from my uncle when I go to Guangzhou tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)