Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 111 Zhou Yan is pregnant, someone from Hongjia Village comes (please subscribe)

"Director, I want you to take a look at this document."

In the morning, Zhou Fengnian came to the factory director's office and handed in a report on the current situation and development direction of the domestic machine tool industry.

This is Zhou Fengnian combining the trends in his memory with current machine tool technology. He hopes that the Ministry of Industry can make planning adjustments for the development of the machine tool industry.

Director Li took a look and found that a lot of it was insider information, some of which even he was not very clear about.

However, at his level, he could still understand this information, but Li Zhengyang had not inquired about it before.

Domestic machine tool data, followed by machine tool technology development and industry involvement, future machine tool development trends and the placement of obsolete machine tools, etc.

After reading it, Li Zhengyang sat up straight involuntarily. He felt like he was reading a guidance plan issued by the superior department.

After taking a quick look, Director Li let out a breath and asked, "Mr. Zhou, has anyone else read this report?"

"No, you are the first one, Director."

"Well, it's useless for me to read it. It should be forwarded to the leaders of the ministry. But Mr. Zhou, you should be able to submit it at any time, right?"

Director Li asked in confusion, "Why are you taking something from me?"

"This is just an idea. To verify this idea, we have to wait until we develop large-scale high-precision machine tools before we can determine the development direction of domestic machine tools."

Zhou Fengnian said that this was just his idea. Although it would be remembered by future generations, it was not certain whether the leaders above would adopt it.

Moreover, his current foundation is a bit weak. With only one CNC machine tool and half of a fully automatic CNC production line, he is still a little short of influencing the trend of the entire domestic industry.

After large-scale high-precision machine tools are developed, Zhou Fengnian will truly become the "industry leader".

"Even if it's just an idea, I think it's a high-level view in the machine tool industry."

Director Li said with emotion that he had worked in the machinery factory for more than ten years, but his vision was not as good as that of the young man Zhou Fengnian.

He also understood Zhou Fengnian's purpose of coming here, which is that the machine tool industry is very important.

Although the Second Machinery Plant is not a machine tool factory, it can also catch up.

"Mr. Zhou, I will pass on this report for you. The factory will also strongly support the machine tool workshop in the future."

"Thank you for your help, Director."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, and then left the factory director's office.

It still takes time, and the efficiency of producing machine tools is very slow. The machinery factory used to produce machine tools, but most of them were commissioned by other machine tool factories.

The Second Machinery Factory developed, produced and manufactured it itself, and there is not a single one.

It was only after Zhou Fengnian took action that the Second Machinery Factory was able to develop and manufacture its own CNC machine tools.

However, one machine is a bit weak. Although many factories and even the Russians next door need it, that small and medium-sized CNC machine tool cannot meet the current situation of the industry.

Zhou Fengnian wants to expand the machine tool workshop into a machine tool factory, but if he proposes the expansion now, there is an 80% chance that it will not be allowed.

We still have to wait until the fully automatic CNC production line is completed and we start developing large-scale high-precision machine tools. Then it will be much easier to propose expansion and factory building.

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"vomit"

Zhou Yan covered her stomach and retched again in the Propaganda Department.

Although Bai Yujie agreed to transfer Zhou Yan to her side as an assistant, she had to make some achievements first before she could shut others up and transfer Zhou Yan over.

Otherwise, Zhou Yan had just been transferred from an announcer to a clerk, and within a few days she became the assistant to the deputy factory director, which would definitely cause private discussion.

With the credit, Bai Yujie can also shut them up when she transfers people.

And Bai Yujie has prepared all the credit. She brought a project from the Women's Federation at the steel mill and planned to let Zhou Yan take over to gain some experience. After it is completed, she can be transferred to her side.

Bai Yujie had already mentioned these to Zhou Yan, and no one else knew about it except Zhou Fengnian.

A colleague from the Publicity Department asked, "Zhou Yan, why are you retching all the time today? Are you feeling sick in your stomach?"

Zhou Yan shook her head and said, "It seems that the lunch was too oily. Don't you feel that the food in the cafeteria is a bit oily?"

Oil?
The colleague from the Propaganda Department who asked the question was stunned. They wished there was more oil. Who would complain about having too much oil these days?
"Swallow, your husband is so good to you that even the food in the cafeteria tastes greasy to you."

"It doesn't seem to be a problem with eating. Zhou Yan, are you pregnant?"

Another colleague from the Publicity Department asked, she had just given birth to twins a year ago, so she had a deep impression of what happened before the pregnancy.

Zhou Yan now suffers from frequent dry heaving, just like when she was pregnant.

"Pregnant?"

Zhou Yan's pretty face showed surprise after hearing this, and she quickly asked: "Sister He, am I really pregnant?"

He Yu quickly shook his head and said, "How can I be sure of this? You should ask your husband to go to the hospital. Zhou Yan, if it doesn't work, ask for a leave this afternoon."

Zhou Yan usually works very hard, but she has been so busy lately that she often falls asleep, and they have even teased her about it.

It has been almost two months, and she has been doing this almost every day. The married female colleagues are envious of her, and even the unmarried ones look at Zhou Yan in surprise and envy.

Although they are not married, they often hear others say that that kind of thing can be comfortable over time.

There would be no problem if Zhou Yan asked for half a day off. Even if it was just for the sake of Zhou Yan's man, the section chief would definitely approve it.

"Then I'll go talk to the section chief."

After Zhou Yan finished speaking, she walked towards the section chief's office, knocked on the door and went in, then told him that she wanted to ask for leave to go to the hospital.

After listening to me, the section chief quickly approved it and said that if you are not feeling well, it’s okay to take a day off tomorrow.

After Zhou Yan left, low-pitched discussions were heard in the Propaganda Department.

However, there was only one person in the department who had a particularly ugly expression, and that was Xue Peihua.

Zhang Anhong was transferred, but Xue Peihua stayed; she also wanted to change her job unit, even if not to the district government, then to the hospital.

But Xue's father directly refused and asked Xue Peihua to work hard in the machinery factory for two years, otherwise he would not help Xue Peihua arrange a transfer.

Therefore, Xue Peihua suddenly became low-key in the factory, no longer as arrogant as before and no longer ordering others to do work for her.

But today, hearing the news that Zhou Yan might be pregnant still made Xue Peihua, who didn't want to care about it, feel uncomfortable. Obviously, all this should be hers, but it was all Zhou Fengnian's fault for not agreeing to her!
After taking leave, Zhou Yan originally wanted to go to the technical department to tell Zhou Fengnian, but she didn't want to delay her husband's work.

And if it turns out that she is not pregnant, it would be a false alarm.

So Zhou Yan got on her bike and went to check it herself.

However, there were very few pregnancy check-up programs in hospitals at that time. After Zhou Yan asked the doctor, she went to find a more famous old Chinese medicine doctor.

After taking the patient's pulse, I got the good news.

She is really pregnant! After Zhou Yan learned the news, she wanted to go back to the factory immediately to tell Zhou Fengnian, but when she looked at the time, she found that there was only a little time left before the factory closed.

So Zhou Yan went to the farmers' market, bought some vegetables and prepared to go home.

After returning, Zhou Yan started to wash and pick vegetables. After she finished all this, Zhou Fengnian just came back.

"Yan Yan, I went to the publicity department to look for you after get off work today. They said you went to the hospital. Are you sick?"

Zhou Fengnian walked in and asked, and after looking around, he continued, "You're not feeling well, but you're still picking vegetables. Isn't it the same for anyone who does this job?"

"It's not that I'm uncomfortable, Fengnian, you're going to be a father."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, her face full of happiness and joy; Zhou Fengnian was startled when he heard this, and his eyes immediately looked at Zhou Yan's lower abdomen.

Then he quickly asked, "Really? Yanyan, have you gone to the hospital for a check-up? What did the doctor say?"

Zhou Yan shook her head and said, "The hospital didn't do a pregnancy test. I found a very famous Chinese medicine doctor in my Chinese medicine hall and asked him to diagnose the case by taking my pulse."

"It's good that you're pregnant. Then don't be busy anymore and don't do too much work. When you're seven or eight months pregnant, it won't be convenient for my mom."

Zhou Fengnian suddenly thought that his mother had to take care of his father, and there was also a younger child, Zhou Xiaomei, at home, so he definitely couldn't abandon these two and go to the city.

But it is quite dangerous when the baby is eight or nine months old, and someone must be watching over him. He will probably be very busy at that time.

"I'll talk to my second sister-in-law and ask her to bring the child to help during the day."

Zhou Yan said with a smile: "You are thinking too early. It's less than three months since the harvest year."

"The earlier you prepare, the more you will be prepared. Then you won't be afraid."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and then asked, "What do you want to eat tonight? Go and have a rest. I'll cook."

"It's not like I can't do anything. Let's talk about this after my belly gets bigger."

Zhou Yan shook her head and said, nowadays there are no workers who start raising children from two months into the pregnancy, that would be a break from labor.

But she then said with a smile: "I want to eat shredded pork with green peppers tonight!"

Zhou Fengnian agreed immediately: "Sure, my taste hasn't changed even though I'm pregnant, I'll just eat shredded pork with green peppers."

After a while, the eldest brother came here again to learn how to cook, and learned the news that his brother's wife was pregnant.

Zhou Weitian immediately said that he would ask his wife to teach Zhou Yan some knowledge, and tell her to let him know if she needed any help.

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said that he would not be polite in the future, and then taught Zhou Weitian how to cook.

The next day, the news of Zhou Yan's pregnancy spread throughout the Propaganda Department.

After she arrived, some colleagues must have asked about it, and Zhou Yan did not intend to hide it, so she received a wave of blessings.

After the blessing, someone suggested that Zhou Yan should be assigned less work in the future, but this was immediately rejected by Zhou Yan.

The reason is that she cannot avoid labor, so when she feels she needs leave, she will naturally ask for maternity leave from the factory.

The state gives female workers a full 56 days of pregnancy leave, so they can recover well before and after childbirth.

When the news reached the technical department, Zhou Fengnian also received some blessings, but his majesty was growing, and few people dared to joke with him after the blessings.

After a few days of peaceful life, during the weekend, Zhou's father suddenly came to the city.

And he didn't come alone. Village Party Secretary Hong Changshan and Li Anhong also came with him. They brought dozens of kilograms of mushrooms.

"Dad, Uncle Changshan, Uncle Anhong, are you here to sell mushrooms again?"

When Zhou Fengnian saw them, he immediately invited them, saying, "Have lunch before you go. You must be tired after being busy all morning."

"No, no, we just want to ask a question, Fengnian, there is something I want you to pay attention to."

Hong Changshan quickly refused and at the same time stated the purpose of their coming here.

I couldn't agree to eat for free. In the era of rationing, few people would eat for free. A free meal might cause the host to go hungry for two days.

What's more, all the rural people are big-bellied.

"Come in first. I'll ask my fourth sister to buy some food. You can stay for lunch."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Uncle Changshan, a meal is nothing. By the way, Dad, your third daughter-in-law is pregnant. In half a year, you will have a grandson or granddaughter."

"Really? Great! Fengnian, you have to take good care of your wife."

Zhou Fugui was so happy after hearing this that he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

The third generation of the Zhou family has also become prosperous. He and his wife are still able to work. In the future, they may have six or seven, or eight or nine grandchildren.

After welcoming the few people in, Zhou Fengnian moved the round table in the house to the middle of the yard. Zhou Yan was planning to take a rest later, and it would be noisy if they talked in the house.

Zhou Fengnian asked his fourth sister to go buy some vegetables, and when she came back she informed her eldest and second brothers, and then went back to the backyard.

At this time, Zhou Yan had already poured the tea and went back to the house.

After Zhou Fengnian sat down, he asked, "Dad, Uncle Changshan, what do you want to ask?"

Hong Changshan and Zhou Fugui looked at each other, and then Hong Changshan said, "It's a good year. The mushrooms in our village are growing well. With careful care, we've earned a lot. We sold them for more than 400 yuan at the farmers' market this time."

Perhaps the news was not kept secret, and other villages became jealous and told the commune secretary that they wanted to grow mushrooms together.

So the commune secretary went to Hongjia Village, trying to persuade Hongjia Village to help the surrounding neighboring villages. After all, they were all part of the same commune.

"Fengnian, give me some advice, should we pay it or not?"

Hong Changshan found it difficult to make a decision. He was a little reluctant to hand it over and felt sorry for the villagers.

If we don't pay, the commune will put pressure on us and it will seem like we are not united.

"It doesn't matter whether we hand it over or not. If you want Hongjia Village to grow mushrooms alone, just hand over the brick kiln to Sanshui Commune and let them make bricks together. It can also be considered as an income. Anyway, the brick kiln in our village is not used very often. It can't be opened twice a month."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment, and quickly continued, "It doesn't matter if we pay it. We can take this opportunity to ask for some benefits from the commune and gain a good reputation. All the surrounding villages will owe Hongjia Village a favor."

Li Anhong interrupted and said, "It's a good year. If other villages grow mushrooms, will it affect the sale of mushrooms in our village?"

"Uncle An Hong, no, think about how many people there are in Sijiu City. If you let all the villages around Sijiu City plant mushrooms, they will be able to digest them!"

Zhou Fengnian promised, "Besides Sijiu City, there are many other cities around that can digest mushrooms. There is no such thing as too much. We will sell as many as we can."

Nowadays, people are fighting over cabbages, so who would complain about having too many mushrooms?

Moreover, there are only six villages in Sanshui Commune. How many kilograms of mushrooms can they grow if they are all planted? In the end, the other villages will still owe Hongjia Village a favor.

In short, there are benefits whether to pay or not. Zhou Fengnian prefers to teach other villages to get rich together, which will not affect Hongjia Village's money-making and will also allow Hongjia Village to reap the benefits.

(End of this chapter)