The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

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Our country's first large-scale transistor computer, the 109B, was actually supposed to be launched this year. However, the floating-point computing speed of the computer designed by Liu Hua and Huaqing University last year has been greatly improved, so this historically famous machine had to be stillborn.

If Professor Li can achieve a floating-point operation speed of hundreds of millions of times this time, even if it cannot reach hundreds of millions, but only tens of millions of times, it will be of great significance to our family's scientific research and construction.

Professor Li was indeed a trustworthy man. He asked Liu Hua to talk for an entire afternoon, so he really let him talk for an entire afternoon. He even gave Liu Hua a thermos bottle of tea to drink, and he really let Liu Hua go to the toilet.

Professor Li was a good student back then, and he is even better now. He takes notes like crazy. Except for those who are indispensable, everyone in the laboratory gathers around Liu Hua to listen to his lectures.

The little girl next to him had lively eyes. As soon as Liu Hua took a sip of water, she filled up the bottle. It was a cup of green tea, but she added more and more until it turned into plain water.

After changing the tea leaves countless times, Professor Li finally decided to go all out. He even offered Liu Hua the tea that he usually didn't want to drink, because every word he said was valuable info.

The chef at Huaqing University prepared a good meal for Liu Hua and arranged a car to take Liu Hua home in the evening. There are many high-ranking experts in their unit, so they have no shortage of cars.

It was already past eight when we got home. Liu Hua pushed the door open and said, "My wife, you haven't rested yet. You have a baby in your belly now, so you must rest more."

"You still know that your wife is pregnant?"

Liu Hua secretly cried out that something was wrong. This voice sounded too familiar. His mother was coming.

"Mom, why are you here?"

Aunt Liu said seriously, "I came to see how well you take care of your wife. I didn't expect you didn't take care of her at all. When I came, Feifei had to eat only steamed bread and pickles. She's pregnant. How can she eat like that?"

Liu Hua quickly raised his hand: "I swear, I have never been so careless when I was at home. There were always meat and vegetables. I was too busy today. I went to inspect the Shougang construction site in the morning and went to Huaqing University in the afternoon. The professor of Huaqing University stopped me from leaving. Otherwise, I would definitely come back to cook."

"Don't make excuses, just be busy."

This is actually the case. As children, sometimes you should never reason with your parents, because sometimes reason just doesn't work, like now.

What Aunt Liu cares about most is her daughter-in-law and the grandson in her belly. As for Liu Hua, what does he do? Don’t say you are too busy. Even if you are busy saving the world now, you have to make time to take care of your daughter-in-law.

"It's my fault." Liu Hua hung his head and said, "I made a mistake in my haste and forgot about my wife. I promise I won't do it again in the future."

"You still dare to have a future? I'm really worried about letting you take care of Feifei." Aunt Liu said without hesitation: "How about this, let her move in with me. She's five months old now and really needs someone to take care of her. I know you really can't take care of her when you're busy. Just move in with me. I have nothing to do now anyway, so just take care of Feifei and Qiangqiang wholeheartedly."

"That's fine." Liu Hua nodded with a smile: "Then I'll send the things over tomorrow. Thank you, Mom and Dad."

Aunt Liu glared at Liu Hua in anger: "You are already in your twenties and you still don't have any sense of responsibility."

After teaching Liu Hua a lesson, Liu's mother gently said to Liu Feifei: "Fei Fei, go directly to my place after get off work tomorrow, and I'll ask Huazi to bring the things over. Don't worry about it." Liu's mother rode her bicycle away, and Liu Feifei hugged Liu Hua: "If you really have to go to my parents' place, I don't want to go there."

"I can't help it. You're already showing your pregnancy." Liu Hua said helplessly, "I'm too busy with work right now. I really can't take care of you. You can go live with your parents for a while. I'll come over every now and then."

The next day, Liu Hua asked Li Huaide to send a car to deliver the things back to his hometown. Everyone in the courtyard was surprised: "Hua Zi, are you planning to move?"

"Fei Fei lives with my mom. I won't be able to take care of her when I'm busy." Liu Hua said with a smile, "My mom has free time so she can take care of her. This way I can feel more at ease when I'm working."

Han Yufeng, Yu Li and Qin Huairu all glared at their husbands. They were all daughters-in-law with no one to take care of them. Han Yufeng had returned to her parents' home to live for a while. Although Yu Li was not pregnant and did not have to take care of the whole family for the time being, given Yan Fugui's family style, if Yan Jiecheng wanted her mother-in-law to take care of her in the future, he would probably have to pay a little.

As for Qin Huairu, she was in tears, thinking of the hard days she had gone through when she was pregnant. Jia Zhangshi didn't even take care of her, and she barely ate a few bites of the ready-made meals. On the contrary, she had to take care of the whole family with a big belly. Just thinking about it made her feel that her life was miserable.

After sending his wife away, Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief. He could now work hard with all his heart. Sometimes when he was very busy, he would just work in the factory without any worries.

With the experience gained from the 1,700mm cold rolling mill, the 4,200mm cold rolling mill was much smoother and was assembled in less than two months.

The leader did not come this time, but the secretary of the big leader did. As the plenipotentiary representative of the Ministry of First Machine Building, the secretary could see the construction site in the distance where work was bustling as soon as he got off the car.

"Director Li, your steel mill is really different every day."

"It's all thanks to the support of our superiors," Li Huaide said modestly. "Without the care and guidance of our superiors, how could our steel mill have the opportunity to expand?"

"The leader said that Li Huaide will definitely be modest with you." The secretary smiled and said, "The leader also said that the opportunity for your steel mill to expand its scale was all won by your own efforts. If you can get the 4,200mm cold rolling mill done well this year, it will be a great achievement. As for hot rolling and continuous rolling, don't be in a hurry, just take your time."

"We know we need to take it slow, but ten thousand years is too long. We must seize the day."

After a day and a night of experiments, the 4,200 mm cold rolling mill successfully produced qualified products. The secretary patted Li Huaide on the shoulder when he left.

"Director Li, please read the newspaper carefully during this period and learn more about the instructions."

Li Huaide reads newspapers every day, but the secretary's nonsensical words made Li Huaide a little confused. He poked Liu Hua beside him and said, "What does he mean by that? Why read newspapers and learn instructions?"

Liu Hua was also confused. After thinking for a while, he said, "Are we going to be in the newspaper? I just saw someone taking pictures and interviewing me. He also asked me a few questions. I thought he was a correspondent from the ministry."

Li Huaide straightened his clothes and said, "Why didn't you tell me in advance? I wasn't prepared at all when I took the photo just now."

(End of this chapter)