Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 72 Professor and Student Arrival
"Zhou Yan? You're here."

When Zhou Fengnian saw the visitor, he first put away the drawings on the table and put them in the drawer before he stood up and continued.

"I was so busy just now that I forgot the time. Let's go and have dinner."

After taking out the lunch box, Zhou Fengnian planned to have dinner with Zhou Yan. They had been sticking together a lot recently, and everyone in the factory knew that they were dating.

The special training program was not cancelled, but became another window. After all, there will be senior workers transferred from various factories and student professors from universities.

This small kitchen window has been retained, and it has more meat and fish than the ordinary window.

If calculated in terms of money, a meal costs about 1.4 cents, while an ordinary worker spends about 8 cents.

More meat, more meat oil, and a little more fine grains. The meal tickets are issued by the factory.

Zhou Fengnian got a lot of meal tickets, and sometimes he didn’t eat at the factory at night, so he had a lot of meal tickets left over, so he took Zhou Yan with him to eat.

If his fourth sister was still in the factory, he would take her with him.

On the way to get food, Zhou Yan walked for a while before finally losing patience and asked, "Fengnian, I heard Xue Peihua came to see you yesterday?"

"You know about this too? News spreads so quickly in the factory."

Zhou Fengnian looked surprised. Zhou Yan knew about what happened yesterday afternoon by noon today. The gossip in the factory spread faster than intelligence from the front line.

"Yes, Xue Peihua came to see me yesterday, but I didn't see her at all; I was so busy at the time that I asked someone to send her away."

After hearing this, Zhou Yan smiled with narrowed eyes, and could not help but leaning against Zhou Fengnian and said, "I knew that guy had bad intentions, and he must be unwilling in his heart."

"Haha, you really have confidence in me. His family conditions are much better than mine."

"Family conditions are not everything. Your ability is the most important. In the future, you will definitely be better than everyone in Xue Peihua's family."

Zhou Yan said with admiration that she believed in her own judgment of people.

"Haha, then I will try my best and not let you down."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, and then went to get food with Zhou Yan.

The lunch dishes were pretty good, including braised eggplant with some minced meat in it.

He has been cooking less frequently recently, which has slowed down the improvement of his cooking skills. Zhou Fengnian estimates that it may take until after the New Year for him to slowly return to his previous work status and not have to rush to work overtime every day.

After dinner, Zhou Yan also washed Zhou Fengnian’s lunch box.

On the way back, he turned his head to look at Zhou Fengnian a few times, then whispered: "Fengnian, can you come to my house after the New Year? My father wants to see you."

Because she was very resistant to the blind date arranged by her mother, Lv Honghui, and they even had a fight, her father suggested that the man come home to talk.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to wait until Zhou Fengnian's rank was raised before discussing this matter, but her father's words were so decisive that it seemed that they could not delay any longer.

"After the New Year? I'm not sure about after the New Year, how about before the New Year?"

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "But it's OK after the New Year. I also want to meet my father-in-law. You decide. I'm fine with it."

Although he thought about meeting his father-in-law after his technician level was promoted, it was not good to keep dragging it out after establishing a relationship in this era, and level 13 technicians were rare.

With his family conditions and five workstations, who dares to say that he is poor?
It is not an exaggeration to say that Zhou Fengnian is the golden egg in the blind date market, so Zhou Fengnian has nothing to worry about.

"Then before the end of the year? If you are free then I will discuss it with you?"

When Zhou Yan saw Zhou Fengnian readily agreed, she said with joy on her face.

"No problem, I'll tell you when I have time." Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "Zhou Yan, if I accidentally have a conflict with your brother or sister."

"Then they must be wrong!"

Zhou Yan said without hesitation, "My brother is one year older than me. He is idle all day long and doesn't even want to work as a temporary porter. He is still thinking about taking my job.
Fengnian, don't listen to them when the time comes. If they cause trouble for you, I will definitely stand on your side."

Although they are brothers, Zhou Yan has been bullied by her older brother since she was a child. As the second child, she is not welcomed at all in the eyes of Lv Honghui, who favors boys over girls.

Washing clothes in the middle of winter is a common thing. If her father hadn't said that the family needed a scholar, she would have probably married someone in exchange for a dowry.

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Don't worry, after all, I'm visiting your home, I'm just worried."

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "I am also worried that they might do something weird. Good harvest, don't be polite to them then. I mean it sincerely."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian looked at Zhou Yan again, and then he was sure that Zhou Yan was speaking the truth.

It seems that she had been bullied many times at home before, so she stood on his side whenever she had the chance.

The two of them rested for a while in other places in the factory, and then went back to their respective places before work in the afternoon.

Zhou Fengnian went to the workshop, assigned the task of manufacturing transistors, and then returned to the technical department.

But not long after I sat down, a phone call came in.

Zhou Fengnian picked up the phone and said, "This is the Technical Department. What can I do for you?"

"Technician Zhou? I'm from the security department at the gate. A group of students and professors from Tsinghua University are coming, and the factory wants you to receive them."

Zhou Fengnian was surprised when he heard this: "So fast? Are they at the factory gate?"

"Yes, right at the gate. The factory director has sent someone over and asked me to notify your technical department. Do you want to send someone to pick them up?"

"I'll go there myself and come right back."

After Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone, he put away the drawings, then left the technical department to pick someone up at the gate.

When he arrived at the gate of the machinery factory, he saw eleven people waiting at the gate.

There appeared to be two teachers and nine students, five boys and four girls, all carrying shoulder bags.

Zhou Fengnian immediately stepped forward and said hello: "Professor Xie and Professor Feng, welcome. I am Zhou Fengnian from the Technical Department, and I am responsible for connecting with you this time."

After saying that, Zhou Fengnian turned to the other person and said politely, "Professor Feng, thank you for your help before."

Professor Feng is Luo Cheng’s old classmate, also from the Department of Industrial Engineering. He made great contributions to the manufacture of transistors.

Professor Feng was the one who made the connections between equipment, instruments, laboratories, professors from other departments, etc.

Unexpectedly, Professor Feng would come along this time.

Professor Xie smiled and shook hands and said, "Technician Zhou, thank you for troubling you this time. We need you to help us make the arrangements."

"Yes, thank you Fengnian for your trouble. By the way, are the CNC machines still in your factory?"

Professor Feng is an impatient person, and he couldn't wait to ask after saying hello.

Zhou Fengnian said, "Yes, Engineer Luo is in the workshop now. I'll take you to have a look."

(End of this chapter)