Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 62 Zhou Yan's Visit
"This is the old city. It's great. It's a hundred times better than the countryside!"

After Zhou Weitian got off the car, he couldn't help but stare at the surrounding buildings. The pedestrians on the road were also dressed much better than those in the countryside.

"Brother, please take care of my sister-in-law. She is pregnant."

Zhou Fengnian helped carry the bag and said, then took the package from his second brother.

After hearing this, Zhou Weitian hurriedly helped the person and said, "Oh, wife, are you okay? I didn't pay attention just now."

Sister-in-law Qu Ying sighed. She had nothing good to say about her silly husband, but silly people have good luck. Her silly husband has a good younger brother.

"Let's go check out the place I rented for my eldest brother and his wife first."

Zhou Fengnian said, and then pointed the way to Nanluoguxiang.

They got off the bus near Nanluoguxiang and arrived there in a short walk.

The house that Zhou Fengnian rented for Zhou Weitian and Qu Ying was in Compound No. 90, very close to Luo Gong’s yard, so that Zhou Fengnian could take care of anything if anything happened.

After the four of them arrived at the No. 90 compound, they unlocked the house and went in to clean.

Zhou Chunhua didn't come. She is still working in the new factory.

Seeing someone asking questions outside the house, Zhou Fengnian took out the rental certificate from the street office, explained the situation to the liaison officer of the compound, and smoked a few cigarettes to build some relationships.

When the residents of this compound learned that a couple with two working jobs had moved in, all they felt was envy.

Nowadays, the more houses there are, the better. Many houses are empty and no one wants to rent them. Those who are capable have already rented them.

In winter, every household has a ration of coal, which is just enough to burn for one house. If it is needed to burn for two houses, there will not be enough coal briquettes.

purchase?
Coal tickets are limited and will be gone once they are burned!
Burning wood?

In the middle of winter, people have to run outside the city to collect firewood, which can consume an extra pound of coarse grains each time.

So if we can squeeze into one house, we will do so. Even if there are many people with urban household registration in the family, they will save money.

After cleaning the house, Zhou Fengnian took his eldest brother, second brother and eldest sister-in-law to the supply and marketing cooperative, gave them some industrial tickets, and bought some necessities.

By the way, I introduced the area around Nanluoguxiang to avoid getting lost.

"Brother, sister-in-law, let's eat at your place tonight. I'll buy the food and help you cook."

Zhou Fengnian said, and then took Zhou Weitian, Zhou Jiaan and Qu Ying to Luo Cheng's yard.

He had already told Luo Cheng in advance that he might entertain his family and cook a meal tonight.

I didn’t rent a house for my second brother Zhou Jiaan, and actually he wouldn’t need it even if I did.

My second sister-in-law is not in the city, and my second brother has to pay for rent, water, electricity and other expenses when renting a house by himself.

Zhou Fengnian used his connections to have the factory arrange a staff dormitory for him, so that his expenses would be much less than those of his elder brother and sister-in-law, and he could save more money.

Zhou Jiaan has discussed with Zhou Fengnian and he plans to save money for two years to see if Zhou Fengnian can find him a job. If he can, he will find a way to rent a house and bring his wife over.

Otherwise, there is no need to spend that money. Living by yourself is more comfortable, but adding up various expenses, it can cost you twenty dollars more a year.

Zhou Jiaan temporarily lives in the room next to Zhou Weitian and Qu Ying and his wife. He will move out after Zhou Fengnian uses his connections to get the factory to arrange a dormitory for him.

Otherwise he would have to pay several extra months of rent.

When Zhou Fengnian came back from the vegetable market, Zhou Chunhua had almost finished work, so the four siblings and a sister-in-law had a meal together in Zhou Weitian's rented house.

Their daily necessities were bought, and in the afternoon Zhou Fengnian took them to the street office to settle down.

I'll go to the factory tomorrow and finish my work, then I can start working and making money.

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After dealing with the matters concerning the entry of his eldest brother, his wife and his second brother into the factory, Zhou Fengnian devoted himself to the CNC machine tool team.

The progress that Luo Cheng is responsible for is progressing steadily. They have already processed and manufactured the main motion components and actuator components.

For every part produced, Zhou Fengnian has to calibrate the data three times, once by himself, and again by Song Qian and Qian Qianqian, to ensure that every part is correct.

The main body of the machine tool has been developed by a quarter, and the control system by Zhou Fengnian and the technicians from the Sixth Institute is also progressing at a fast pace.

The people sent by Director Wang Hai are indeed capable people. As long as they are given control of the general direction, these ten people will be able to charge forward desperately.

Now more than half of the progress has been completed, because their task is just a machine tool control system.

Zhou Fengnian also helped manufacture many integrated circuit boards.

In about another month, the electronic CNC system of the CNC machine tool will be completed.

What Zhou Fengnian is most busy with is drawing blueprints. A new machine tool requires so many parts that even if many of them can be replaced, he still has to draw thousands of parts drawings.

There is no one to help him share this huge workload. If Zhou Fengnian was not in good physical condition, he would have collapsed long ago.

For the first time, he felt that drawing so many pictures every day was also a very tiring task.

Only at lunch and dinner could Zhou Fengnian chat with his beautiful girl.

And we were just chatting, we couldn't do anything else because we were in the factory.

However, this "couple" made many people in the factory envious. The women envied Zhou Yan, and the men envied Zhou Fengnian.

On Sunday afternoon, Zhou Fengnian came back with Luo Cheng, carrying a lunch box.

The progress of the machine tool is completely in line with the plan and can definitely be completed within the deadline. After Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng discussed it, they were no longer in such a hurry.

They only have half a day off every week, otherwise some older senior workers and masters will not be able to hold on.

After not having much rest for a month, Zhou Fengnian felt a little tired, not to mention that his health was not as good as his.

This is not how industrial construction is done. If people are not able to do their job, there might be some safety hazards.

You should know that the lowest level of people in the machine tool group workshop is a level 15 technician, and the workers are all level 5 workers or above.

If an accident occurs, it will cause major losses to the machinery factory.

So I take half a day off every week, have a good rest, and then work hard again on Monday.

Everyone agreed to take a half-day holiday, but Zhou Fengnian proposed to synchronize the holiday with the factory and take a full day off.

Luo Cheng was the first to object, and then Huang Weijiang and Li Yaohui tried to dissuade them, saying that they could still hold on and it would be better to complete the machine tool manufacturing as soon as possible.

Zhou Fengnian didn't know what to say after hearing this, so he could only agree to take half a day off a week.

I worked in the factory workshop with Luo Cheng this morning and came back after lunch.

"Xiao Zhou, let's make a fish tonight. Boiled fish. I'll ask your Aunt Li to buy one."

When they were almost home, Luo Cheng suddenly said that he hadn't eaten for almost a month and he was a little greedy again.

"Okay, I'll give you some more flour and make some noodles. Our factory really needs to hire a cook. The lunch we made is a waste of ingredients."

"Where can I find one? All the good chefs are in restaurants. Who would want to work in a factory?"

Luo Cheng shook his head and said that large factories directly under ministries and commissions only give level six at most, and state-owned restaurants can only give level three. Any chef who wants to climb up the career ladder will not come to the factory.

"Brother, Uncle Luo, you are back."

At the gate of the courtyard, Zhou Chunhua saw the two men coming back, and ran over with a smile and said, "Third brother, your girlfriend is here to see you. She's in your room."

"Zhou Yan?"

"Yes, it's Sister Zhou Yan from last time. I brought her into your room and waited for her. Now I finally waited for you to come back."

After Zhou Chunhua finished speaking, she raised the bag of grain in her hand and continued, "But I promised to go help my sister-in-law today, so I won't be back for dinner tonight. Don't wait for me, Third Brother."

(End of this chapter)