Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 112 Leaders Come to Research (Subscribe)
After Zhou Fengnian's words, Hong Changshan and others finally understood.

Even if all the villages in Sanshui Commune grow mushrooms, it will not affect their ability to make money by selling mushrooms.

What's more, since we learned the mushroom-growing method from them, who wouldn't owe the Hongjia Village a favor?
What good will the commune do by then? If they don’t come to Hongjia Village immediately, they will be criticized by others.

What's more, Fengnian was right. The brick kiln could also be handed over. After the brick kiln in their village was completed, it was opened two or three times.

Moreover, the bricks produced were not sold, but were used to build a mushroom cultivation area.

Growing mushrooms is so easy, you just need to find a moist place and it doesn’t require much physical work; but making bricks is different, it requires a lot of physical work.

After the villagers of Hongjia Village started growing mushrooms, they no longer looked down on making bricks. They decided to give the products to the commune and gain a good reputation.

"Okay, Fengnian, you still see things clearly. None of us have as good vision as you."

Hong Changshan said with admiration in his heart, while raising his glass: "Uncle, you are so loud, this glass of wine is for you."

"Hey, Uncle Changshan, that's not necessary. Our family is also a member of Hongjia Village."

Zhou Fengnian raised his glass and took a sip, then said, "I have work to do this afternoon, so I won't drink at noon. My dad will take my place, so let him drink more with you two."

"That's enough. We can't drink too much. We have to rush back to the village to settle the bill in the afternoon."

Hong Changshan said with a smile that he was a little reluctant to drink this wine.

He had never tasted such good wine before, and he had it today at the home of the third son of Old Zhou.

And this dish, that fried egg he can only eat during the Chinese New Year.

They chatted for a while, talking about things in the village and the commune. Zhou Fugui also knew that his eldest son was now a cook, but he had just been promoted to a full-time position.

After tasting Zhou Weitian's cooking, Zhou's father smacked his lips but said nothing. He just asked Zhou Fengnian to take good care of his elder brother and not to get carried away in the city.

As a father, he knew his eldest son best. Now that he heard that Zhou Weitian had become a cook, he was afraid of putting a mouse into the rice jar.

However, Zhou Fengnian told him that it was okay because his sister-in-law was there.

If no one is watching over him, his eldest brother might really cheat, but when his eldest sister-in-law is around, she will lecture him if he makes trouble, and the eldest brother who is under her watch will never do anything out of line.

After dinner, Zhou Fugui and the other two left. However, before leaving, Zhou Fugui asked Zhou Fengnian whether he should let Zhou's mother come into the city to take care of his daughter-in-law.

But Zhou Fengnian shook his head and refused.

There are two children, one big and one small, at home waiting for Zhou's mother to take care of them. If Zhou's mother goes to the city, there will be no one to take care of them at home.

When the time comes, he can just ask his sister-in-law for help.

Now that the second sister-in-law lives so close to their home, it would be fine for her to move in during the day. Zhou Fengnian will be back at night.

After hearing Zhou Fengnian's words, Zhou's father no longer insisted and returned to the village after saying goodbye.

Zhou Fugui is now enjoying a second spring in his career. He takes his position as the production team leader very seriously and is busy with production team affairs every day.

However, it has been quite effective. In the past few months, Hongjia Village has sold mushrooms three times and the income has reached nearly one thousand.

By the end of the year, every household could get 20 or 30 yuan from their work points, buy a pound of meat and a chicken, and there would be no problem in having a prosperous year.

After lunch, Zhou Fengnian didn't plan to rest, but read in the study.

After watching for a while, Zhou Yan suddenly pushed the door open and asked, "Fengnian, Dad is gone?"

"I've been gone for a while. Are you awake? You must be hungry. I left some food for you."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he planned to bring food to Zhou Yan, "You seem to be sleeping more recently, can you stand it in the factory?"

"It's OK. I don't feel sleepy at the factory, but I can't help feeling sleepy at home."

Zhou Yan felt as sweet as honey when she looked at Zhou Fengnian who was serving her food.

Zhou Fengnian chuckled and said, "I didn't touch you yesterday, so you haven't slept well yet?"

"It's because I haven't done it myself, so I'm a little uncomfortable."

Zhou Yan blushed a little, but still said shyly that they were already husband and wife, and there was no one around, so Zhou Yan became much bolder.

"You are only allowed to do this, and you are not allowed to do anything else."

Zhou Fengnian immediately said, "That's too uncomfortable. Don't move. I'll just hold you in my arms as I sleep tonight."

Later, when Zhou Yan was eating, Zhou Fengnian also went to see the mushrooms sent by his father.

I weighed it casually and it seemed to be about 50 to 60 kilograms.

"It's a bit too much, Yanyan, aren't you planning to go home today and bring some mushrooms for your father-in-law?"

Zhou Fengnian asked, and after hearing Zhou Yan's reply of "OK", he began to share the mushrooms.

He kept half of it and divided the remaining thirty kilograms into three parts, with ten kilograms each going to his eldest brother and second brother's families, and ten kilograms going to his father-in-law.

He and Zhou Yan talked about giving it to the father-in-law, while the mother-in-law and the two younger brothers did not mention it at all. As for how the father-in-law divided it, they did not care, since it was not given to them in name anyway.

In the afternoon, Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Yan returned with ten kilograms of mushrooms.

When the father-in-law, who was resting at home, saw Zhou Fengnian coming, he was so happy that wrinkles appeared on his face.

He also carried ten kilograms of mushrooms. This thing is not precious, but it is rare.

When mushrooms are available, you have to grab them. If there are few of them, you can hardly get even a few.

Now, when they saw Zhou Xiangde's son-in-law bringing so many mushrooms to his home, the women and aunties chatting in the yard all looked envious.

The conversation was boring. After looking at each other, they went back home.

After Zhou Xiangde welcomed Zhou Fengnian and his wife into the house, he began to ask them a lot of questions, and Zhou Fengnian took the opportunity to answer them all in one breath.

By the way, I mentioned that Zhou Yan was pregnant, which helped to appease my father-in-law's strong curiosity.

"Yan Yan is pregnant? Great, that's great, I can have a grandson too."

Upon hearing that Zhou Yan was pregnant, Zhou Xiangde's first reaction was joy. However, he soon thought of his good-for-nothing eldest son and became furious.

My daughter is pregnant with her grandchild, but my eldest son can’t even find a partner.

When he went on blind dates, the girls basically rejected him when they heard about his family's conditions, that he had no job and even lived in a small house.

Zhou Kai, who didn't refuse, also looked down on it and just walked away with a displeased look on his face.

"Yanyan, when you are about to give birth, can you ask your mother to come over and take care of you?"

"Forget it, father-in-law, this is too far, and it's not easy to run back and forth. Besides, we can't leave here for a long time. My sister-in-law lives in the compound next door, so I can ask her to come and help when the time comes."

Zhou Fengnian answered immediately, and Zhou Yan beside him also nodded quickly.

Let Lv Honghui take care of Zhou Yan? They would quarrel three times a day, and what if he lost his child?

Zhou Xiangde also thought of the conflict between Lu Honghui and Zhou Yan. He originally wanted to ease it, but when he saw that his daughter and son-in-law were not happy about it, he gave up temporarily.

Zhou Xiangde then asked the two to stay for dinner, but Zhou Fengnian didn't like drinking much and had to go back early in the evening, so he refused.

After becoming an engineer, many people wanted to drink with him, but no one except his family could let Zhou Fengnian have a drink.

First, he didn't like drinking because it would damage his brain and cause trouble when he was drunk; second, Zhou Yan was pregnant now, and if he got drunk, wouldn't it make the pregnant woman tired? After chatting for a while, Zhou Fengnian took Zhou Yan back.

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First Ministry of Machine Building, Office of the Deputy Leader.

"Good, really good, this idea and insight just fits the development trend of domestic machine tools.
Replacing old machine tools is an inevitable trend, and we cannot waste resources on those old machine tools any more.”

Li Hetong corrected the papers as she read them. This was her third time correcting the papers.

When he first read it, he wanted to hand it in directly, but he soon noticed some inappropriate parts and began to revise it. This is the third time now.

For example, eliminating old machine tools and exporting them to earn foreign exchange are unnecessary.

There are still many places in the country that need machine tools. Even old machine tools can still make great use of their residual heat.

However, he strongly supports the innovation and upgrading of machine tool technology, and even thinks it is feasible to integrate the talent resources of the machine tool industry.

The transaction with the Russians was a confidential matter, but Li Hetong knew what he got in return.

Some technologies of the second-generation fighter jets and some military technologies.

These are very helpful for domestic technological advancement and can even speed up learning and save many years of detours.

dong dong!

After the knock on the door, Minister Zhang pushed the door open and walked in. Then he said with a smile: "Lao Li, you asked me to work overtime, this is too..."

"Let's not talk about that for now. Take a look at this report."

After Li Hetong finished speaking, he handed Zhou Fengnian's machine tool report to Minister Zhang and continued, "Some parts of what Engineer Zhou from the Machinery Factory submitted were inappropriate. I have already corrected them."

Minister Zhang just kept watching, and time passed by minute by minute.

About half an hour later, Minister Zhang suddenly looked up and said, "Not bad, some of the ideas and insights can already serve as guidelines for future development.

Was this really done by Xiao Zhou?"

"I have no relationship with him, is it necessary to build a golden statue for him?"

Li Hetong said unhappily: "And I have already changed the inappropriate parts."

"You want to hand this in?"

"It will definitely be handed in, but I haven't made up my mind about the machine tool industry's 'clenching fist' issue."

Li Hetong touched his chin and said, "We have achievements, but we are still short of tonnage. If we bring this up, what if we fail to integrate the machine tool industry and Zhou Fengnian is asked to leave by the Second Ministry of Machine Building? Wouldn't that be a loss?"

It is common knowledge that as long as the credit does not affect domestic development, we must grab as much credit as possible.

Most of the machine tool factories were under the control of the Second Ministry of Machine Building. If they asked for it, it was very likely that they would not get the machine tool factory, but would lose Zhou Fengnian instead.

"Many places need large, high-precision machine tools. Compared with airplanes, large ships, submarines and CNC machine tools, this is more urgent."

Li Hetong said, "I'm thinking of letting Xiao Zhou focus on researching and manufacturing large-scale high-precision machine tools, and then taking advantage of this momentum... What else can those people in the Second Machine Ministry say?"

"Lao Li, you are so bad"

Minister Zhang immediately laughed and pointed at Li Hetong and said, "If Pang Yongsheng knew that you were scheming against him, he would definitely come to your door."

Pang Yongsheng was the deputy leader of the Second Ministry of Machine Building and had a rather bad temper.

"You're the minister, so I'll look for you first!"

Li Hetong snorted and said, "Just tell me if it's okay or not."

"Okay, of course. Go discuss it with Xiao Zhou, and then we can coordinate support."

Minister Zhang immediately said that there was nothing to object to such a thing, and he didn't even have the thought of opposing it.

The next day.

After Li Hetong asked the ministry to notify the machinery factory that he would go to conduct a survey, he set off by car.

After entering the machinery factory, Director Li, Deputy Director Gao, Deputy Director Bai and others were already waiting to greet us at the gate.

After getting off the car, Li Hetong waved his hand and said, "Zhengyang, don't be so polite. I came here just to see the development of the factory. After all, your factory is the only large factory that our department can show off."

"Li Hetong, you are too polite. This is all thanks to your and Minister Zhang's good leadership."

Li Hetong began to chase them away and said, "There's no need for so many people to follow me. I'll just go check out the machine tool workshop. Just two people will be left behind. The rest of you can go back to work."

Why are so many people rushing to the production site?

"Okay, then Deputy Director Gao, just follow me. Everyone else, please return to your posts."

Director Li started speaking, and after he finished speaking, the people who were there to greet the leaders at the gate left.

In the end, only four people were left, two factory managers and two assistant factory managers.

Li Hetong said, "Take me to the machine tool workshop. By the way, is Mr. Zhou there?"

Deputy Factory Director Gao stepped forward and said, "That's possible, but Engineer Zhou is either in the machine tool workshop or the technical department. He is only in these two places now."

"Then let's go to the machine tool workshop first."

After saying that, the group walked towards the machine tool workshop.

As the place was relatively remote, it took the group a while to reach the machine tool workshop.

The patrolling members of the security department also noticed these people, but after seeing the factory director and deputy director, they did not approach them.

When he arrived at the workshop door, before Li Hetong went in, he heard Zhou Fengnian's voice from inside.

"Guardian Duan, what's going on? Can you not write down this kind of data clearly? I can't even tell the difference between 7 and 1. Song Qian, and you, how did you review it?"

"You two really feel relaxed after doing so much work. How can you put such a mistake in front of me? I will review everything later. After the review, go copy the workshop rules five times and hand them in to me the day after tomorrow!"

Hearing the harsh shout from inside, Li Hetong also laughed and said, "That's rare. As far as I can remember, Mr. Zhou has never been angry."

"Li Hetong, I have seen him a few times, but always in the workshop. I can't see him outside the workshop."

Deputy Leader Gao continued to help, saying, "Engineer Zhou is watching too closely. He also has to develop machine tools, and his wife is pregnant. He may be a little too busy."

"That's completely understandable. Besides, it's normal to criticize someone if they make a mistake."

Li Hetong had no intention of criticizing at all. He thought Gao Zhiyuan was just overthinking it. After he finished speaking, he went into the workshop.

"Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Fengnian was reviewing the drawings. When he heard someone calling him, he immediately turned around.

"Li Hetong, Director, why are you here?"

Zhou Fengnian put down his work, walked over and asked, "Deputy Leader, do you have any instructions?"

(End of this chapter)