The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 170 Chinese New Year
Bang Geng nodded while chewing on a chicken leg: "I know. I will definitely be more successful than Liu Hua in the future. He only went to high school, and I will go to a technical secondary school in the future."

Qin Huairu saw that her son was so sensible that she hugged him in her arms and loved him till she could not get enough.

While eating chicken legs, Banggeng sneered at the touched Qin Huairu, saying, "Studying? What the hell is that? It takes so much brainpower. If you don't give me delicious food, I won't be willing to study. If you want me to get into a technical secondary school, you need to pay me enough."

The capital is getting colder and colder. Fortunately, some foundations have been laid before, otherwise we would have to stop all work now.

Director Ding of Shougang said worriedly: "This delay means that we won't be able to start construction until the beginning of next spring. How much time will this take?"

"Director Ding, there is nothing we can do about the delay. The laws of nature cannot be violated at will." Liu Hua said with a smile: "It is a good opportunity for me to take advantage of this period of time to give lectures wholeheartedly and explain all the knowledge points to you thoroughly. After the New Year, I will return to the steel mill to design rolling mills."

Director Ding grabbed Liu Hua and said, "Engineer Liu, you can't just give up. Even if you tell them all the knowledge points, it's just theory without practice."

Liu Hua patted Director Ding's hand and said, "In fact, I only have theory but no practice."

"But this plan was drawn up by you after all. You know what's going on."

Liu Hua nodded: "I'm not completely letting go. The higher-ups have given me the title of chief engineer for this project, so I'm definitely not going to just leave it alone. I'll come over to check on it every now and then."

"I can rest assured that."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "Of course you can rest assured. There are so many outstanding people from various steel mills across the country. They have complete plans and have mastered the knowledge. What do you have to worry about? If there are any problems, we can study them together. My strength alone cannot compare with that of a team of engineers."

"If you don't come, I won't feel at ease."

Before the Chinese New Year, Liu Hua took his wife home for another trip. Although his mother was very happy, Liu Hua could hear one thing from her words, that is, the old lady was urging the young couple to have children.

"Mom, we've only been married for a year, why are you so anxious?"

Aunt Liu glared at her son and said, "Am I just anxious? It's just for your sake. You have a child now, and I can help you take care of it."

"Mom, may you live a long life." Liu Hua said with a smile, "Even if I have a child a few years later, you can still help take care of it."

"By then I won't be able to carry it anymore."

In fact, this is the result of Liu Hua's modern thinking. Forty or fifty years later, there will be many people in their seventies, and they will be in good health.

It is now the 1960s, and the average life expectancy is less than 60 years old. Moreover, this generation of elderly people have suffered a lot when they were young, so they are generally in poor health. It is not an excuse that they cannot take care of children, but they are really unable to do so.

Mom took Liu Feifei to talk about some private matters between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, while Liu Hua was taken to the study by his grandparents to chat.

Grandpa handed Liu Hua a cigarette, which was a treatment that no other child in the family had, including his father's generation. No one had the honor of getting a cigarette from the old man.

Liu Hua was a little flattered. He first lit the fire for his grandfather, then sat down opposite him respectfully. He knew that the old man must have something important to talk to him about. "You must be very busy recently."

Liu Hua nodded: "Yes, there are forty or fifty students waiting to be taught. Fortunately, they have a solid foundation, deeper than me, so they don't need to use their brains too much."

"Honestly." Grandpa shook his head. "I was against handing such an important task to you at first, and I even complained to the relevant person in charge. After all, you are only in your early twenties and lack the qualifications. Most importantly, you have no similar experience, so you are likely to make mistakes when encountering problems."

Grandma nodded: "Yes, for a young man in his early twenties, facing such pressure, you can imagine that if something goes wrong, you are not the only one responsible."

Liu Hua understood what his grandmother said. He smiled and said, "This is my plan. After I finish teaching them all, I will go back to the steel mill to design rolling mills next year. I plan to resign from this title. By then, it should be okay to have the title of consultant, right?"

Grandpa clapped his hands and said, "Okay, that's much better. I was just blinded by one thing."

Grandpa smiled and said, "What do you think about this project? What are your chances of success?"

"I'm quite confident," Liu Hua said confidently, "but I feel the pace is a bit too fast this time. If all the steel mills in the country are converted to this converter at once, will our country have so much iron ore to be refined?"

"That's right. As the person in charge of the project, you have the responsibility and obligation to raise such concerns with your superiors."

"I did." Liu Hua nodded. "I said it when the First Ministry of Machine Building held a national steel industry conference, and I mentioned the Musan Iron Mine in North Korea."

Although the old man was in the military industry, he was familiar with these things. He nodded and said, "Maoshan Iron Mine is indeed a good place, but you shouldn't make this suggestion."

"I just acted on impulse at the time." Liu Hua smiled and said, "If you follow my opinion, we should include that place in our home."

"Nonsense." The old man scolded, "If you don't have a job now, or are just a small technician, it's okay for you to say these things, because you are young and frivolous. Now you are the chief engineer of a project. You need to think before you speak and be careful with your words."

Grandpa and grandma gave them a lot of warnings, mainly because they were worried that their grandson would make a mistake. When Liu Hua came out of the study, Liu Feifei was already sitting on the sofa eating melon seeds, but her face was a little red.

Liu Hua sat next to her and asked with a smile: "What did mom say to you? Is she still urging you to have a baby?"

Liu Feifei shyly tapped Liu Hua: "I know you still said it, I'm so embarrassed."

"Birth, aging, illness and death are all human nature." Liu Hua said cheerfully, "We will have children sooner or later. Aren't we always trying?"

"Go, there's nothing formal."

There were three days off for the Chinese New Year this year, the first, second and third days. On the 30th day, Liu Hua signed in and then left.

Both the steel rolling mill and Shougang prepared New Year benefits for Liu Hua, but in the end they sent a driver to take him home. Fortunately, they arrived early, otherwise Liu Hua would have to go to his parents' house.

He went to the grain station to pick up his wife and directly greeted their leader. As a result, Liu Feifei could leave early, which made the other aunts envious. But they also knew that Liu Feifei's in-laws had a strong background. Plus, Liu Hua was a good person, so he asked him to distribute all of Liu Feifei's New Year benefits to these aunts. So who had any objections?
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