The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 160 Nonsense
While they were having their meal, the second batch of steel had already come out of the furnace. As usual, samples were taken for testing. Some of the process had just been fine-tuned, and the results would definitely be different.

The successor arrived. After handing over the work, Li Huaide dragged Liu Hua off work and said, "Go back and have a good rest. This period is your busiest time. It will be autumn soon. When you have a few days to spare, I will ask you to put on some weight."

"Casserole with white meat."

"If you like it, order the white meat in casserole."

When Liu Hua got home, his wife was reading a book. When she heard Liu Hua coming in, she quickly put down the book.

"Why are you back so late today?" Liu Feifei took Liu Hua's bag and said, "Let's eat first, and then take a shower. You've been tired all day."

"I've had a good meal at the factory. It was quite hearty." Liu Hua said with a smile, "Besides, my work has come to an end from today. I don't need to be as busy as before."

"That's daring."

There is a good saying in an ancient poem: I regret having taught my husband to seek a title. Liu Feifei never expected her man to have great success. She just hoped that after get off work every day, they could cook and eat together. Ordinary days are the most charming.

Liu Hua slept well that night. It was the most comfortable sleep he had had in the past six months. When he got up early the next morning, the courtyard was already bustling.

"Hua Zi, you got up late today."

While brushing his teeth, Liu Hua mumbled, "I've been busy for half a year and I can't even sleep in. I have nothing on my mind and I sleep really well."

Sha Zhu smiled and hung his son's diapers on the rope. Who could have thought that the careless and resentful cook would now have to wash his son's diapers every morning.

After work, Liu Hua made a cup of tea and brought the teacup to the experimental workshop. Engineer Wang was already at his work station.

"Engineer Wang, we've been doing experiments all night. How do the data look now?"

Engineer Wang shook his head: "Although this is a slight difference, it is not a simple matter to modify the process. The improvement is not significant. I estimate that it will take at least ten days to half a month to see improvement."

"Don't worry." Liu Hua said with a smile, "You can't eat stinky tofu in a hurry."

“Isn’t it hot tofu?”

"It means the same thing. Both need time. One becomes cold and the other becomes smelly." Liu Hua laughed. "We have completed the construction of the converter ahead of schedule. We have plenty of time now."

"You are happy." Engineer Wang shook his head. "The rest will be my problem. Hurry up and take your teacup and leave the laboratory. I don't want to see you idle away for even a second."

Liu Hua shook his head and walked out of the door holding the teacup.

He ran into Li Huaide. The old man smiled when he saw Liu Hua and said, "I feel relieved. I got up late this morning."

"I got up late too."

Li Huaide looked at the experimental workshop and asked, "How was their experiment last night?"

“The problem has not been solved.”

Li Huaide nodded: "It's as expected. The rest is just a matter of time. There won't be any big problems."

"You should at least go in and cheer them up." Liu Hua said with a smile, "You can't let the people in the technology department feel that there is a big difference. That would be too biased. They will have emotions when they are working."

"Of course I'll go. Aren't we going to go in now?"

Liu Hua was about to leave with his teacup in hand, but was stopped by Li Huaide: "I went home yesterday to ask my father-in-law, Shougang's work progress is very fast, and they are expected to succeed in a month at most." "We are not slow either." Liu Hua shrugged: "It will only take us about a month."

"I thought about it last night when I got home." Li Huaide asked unconfidently, "Should we report the results now, or wait until we have the results?"

"You can't ask me about this." Liu Hua shook his head: "You should ask your father-in-law."

Li Huaide nodded but did not speak. He first went into the experimental workshop, gave some inspiring words, and then returned to his office.

Holding the teacup, after thinking again and again, Li Huaide picked up the phone: "Dad, I have something to report to you."

"Can we talk on the phone?"

Li Huaide nodded: "I can say it, but I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly."

"Then come to my office."

Li Huaide hung up the phone, drank the water in the teacup, then picked up the technical transformation plan that Liu Hua nodded to, got in the car, and went to the First Ministry of Machine Building.

Li Huaide's father-in-law flipped through Liu Hua's plan and said slowly, "So, your factory is also currently carrying out technical reforms in steelmaking technology."

"Ah."

“Nonsense.” His father-in-law slammed the table and said, “Shougang is undergoing technical transformation, and you are also doing the same thing. Don’t you know that money should be spent wisely? We have so many resources and funds to waste. You are committing a crime.”

“When we made the decision, we didn’t know that Shougang was undergoing technical transformation?”

"Quibbling." Li Huaide's father-in-law pointed at him and cursed, "You tell me you haven't heard anything about the internal affairs of the First Ministry of Machine Building. Do you think I will believe you?"

"That is indeed the case."

Li Huaide made up his mind and refused to admit it. Ignorance is not a crime.

"Stop that as soon as possible. You have wasted so much resources and money. I will settle the accounts with you later."

Li Huaide complained: "But our converter has been built and we have started experimental steelmaking. Although we haven't produced qualified steel yet, the gap to qualified technical indicators is not big. We are adjusting the process."

"It's already been built? Has production started?"

"Yes, although there are some errors." Li Huaide nodded: "But our process engineer also said that the production process can be determined in half a month at most."

"It's so fast, even faster than Shougang." His father-in-law was shocked and said, "But don't think that you have achieved success just because you are fast. Do you know how much of a waste it is to repeatedly research the same process?"

“It’s not the same process, ours is more advanced.”

His father-in-law slammed the table again: "Are you kidding me? Didn't you say you didn't know about Shougang? If you don't know, how dare you say your technology is more advanced?"

"Our engineer analyzed it and said that the most advanced technology in the world now is top blowing technology. Shougang is most likely researching top blowing technology."

"Aren't you guys top-blowing technicians?"

Li Huaide shook his head proudly: "No, we have made a leap forward and developed the top-bottom combined blowing technology. Since we can do bottom blowing and top blowing, our engineers will simply combine the two and study top-bottom combined blowing."

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