Back in 1978, I was admitted to Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Chapter 103 Making dumplings on New Year's Eve, Qin Liang ran away again?

After the students went on holiday, Northwestern Polytechnical University only opened one canteen. On Lunar New Year's Eve, the canteen should have been deserted, but because Class 5381 did not go home this year, the canteen was more lively and energetic.

Zhao Xiaoxia held a rolling pin in her right hand and a dough ball in her left. With a few quick swishes, she moved the rolling pin back and forth, causing the dough to rotate. Soon, it became a thin sheet, thin on the outside and thick on the inside, creating the perfect dumpling wrapper shape.

"Class monitor, your cooking skills are really good. Do you often make dumplings at home?"

"Class monitor, please don't bother with the draw. My skills are just so-so. By the way, hasn't Qin Liang arrived yet?" Zhao Xiaoxia looked around.

"No, I just called him once. He's in the Mechanical Engineering department, I don't know what he's discussing with some senior professors," Tang Changhong said. "If he's not free, let's start making the dumplings and call him when they're in the pot."

"it is good."

Just then, a cool breeze blew in from outside, and an old man walked in. His body was somewhat hunched, his face was full of wrinkles, and he was carrying an aluminum alloy lunchbox in his hand. He had obviously come to the cafeteria to get his food!

Zhao Xiaoxia's eyes lit up instantly: "Uncle Qin, you've come at the perfect time! Come and make dumplings with us!"

Qin Liang's father has arrived!
With a whoosh, everyone swarmed around.

Qin Baomin was a little embarrassed: "Classmates, you, you take my bag, I..."

These are all the chosen ones. Qin Baomin always felt inferior to them. Liangzi and the others, on the other hand, were quite a good match.

Before he could finish speaking, the students shoved him to the dumpling table: "Uncle Qin, would you like to roll out the dough or fill the dumplings?"

"Well... anything is fine."

"Then let's roll out the dough. We can't keep up with the demand for dough for the buns. Here, take this rolling pin."

"No need, just give me a wine bottle."

In Qin Baomin's hands, the rough wine bottle seemed to come alive, swish, swish, swish! No one even saw how the bottle rolled, and the rind came off in no time!

Fast, so fast!

"Uncle Qin, tell us about Qin Liang's childhood."

"Well... alright, Liangzi has loved reading since he was little. Back then, an old professor came to the village, and he went there all the time..."

"No wonder he studies so well and even learned university-level material ahead of time. It's a pity there aren't any senior professors near my house..."

"If you're not good enough, don't complain about the environment. Even if we have a professor in our family, we'd probably still prefer to go out and have fun..."

Chu Miaomiao asked with her bright, sparkling eyes, "Uncle Qin, has Qin Liang had any... close female classmates over the years?"

Zhao Xiaoxia rolled her eyes at her. "Miaomiao, why are you asking about this kind of thing? Qin Liang... well, it seems he's quite interested too. Girls, you know, they all like to gossip."

"No, Liangzi is a loner. He doesn't have any close female classmates, or even any male classmates. Sigh, I wonder what kind of wife Liangzi will marry in the future."

Qin Baomin is now only worried about this one thing.

Chu Miaomiao almost blurted out, "Look at me! Qin Liang, your future is absolutely bright! Marry him!"

Unfortunately, Zhao Xiaoxia nudged her shoulder: "Miaomiao, check how the water is boiling in the kitchen. If it's boiling, we'll make the first batch of dumplings!"

"Okay." A dozen minutes later.

More than 30 people, carrying aluminum alloy lunchboxes filled with steaming dumplings, headed straight for the Mechanical Engineering Department's office.

Qin Liang broke his promise, but no one blamed him. Since Qin Liang couldn't come, we all went together. On New Year's Eve, the whole class should spend it together; no one can be missing!
Qin Baomin followed along, his expression complex. He sensed the importance Qin Liang was receiving here, and a sense of pride welled up within him.

dong dong!

"Come in!"

Tang Changhong was the first to push open the door and look into the room. There were more than a dozen professors and a dozen senior students who hadn't gone home, discussing a problem together. Where was Qin Liang?
"You are?"

"We're here to spend New Year's Eve with Qin Liang. Where is Qin Liang?"

"Him? He's gone."

"Where did you go?"

"Train station, it's time to board the train now, heading to Chengdu."

What?
The green train clattered along, and because it was New Year's Eve, the carriages were empty except for Qin Liang and a few teachers, who were excitedly discussing something.

"Factory 132 is moving too fast! The No. 01 prototype is about to be built!" Qin Liang exclaimed. "I thought it would take a year or two."

“Old Tu is a pragmatist. He just lacked design capabilities before. Northwestern Polytechnical University made up for it with design capabilities, so of course they won’t be slow in production. They mobilized the best workers to produce the aircraft and overcame all kinds of difficulties. Finally, they assembled the aircraft. However, they need to do a taxiing test first. The maiden flight will take some time. Liangzi, you can go after the New Year with your classmates.” Professor Sha said.

He originally came back for the Chinese New Year. After returning, he first went to Qin Liang to tell him about the project's progress, and then... Qin Liang couldn't resist and decided to go to Chengdu overnight. Professor Sha simply accompanied him, even foregoing the New Year, and went back with him!
Manufacturing a new aircraft is a lengthy process, involving wind tunnel testing, design, integration of various subsystems, wooden prototypes, metal prototypes, and so on. After the prototypes are built, taxiing tests are required: low-speed taxiing to verify the maneuverability of this sophisticated tricycle, medium-speed taxiing to verify if the aircraft veers off course, and high-speed taxiing to verify if the aircraft has sufficient pitch-up torque.

Back then, the J-10 took a long time just to develop its taxiing system. In the end, Lei Qiang accidentally solved the problem and finally completed its maiden flight.

However, that's a brand new aircraft. Even if the name is new, the Super-7 is still a modified version of the J-7. Most of the parts haven't been changed; it's just a facelift. The takeoff run is only a few times, so we can't miss the maiden flight!

At this moment, Qin Liang's heart had already flown to Chengdu.

On New Year's Eve, Factory 132 was still brightly lit. The canteen brought glutinous rice balls to the workstations, but the workers didn't have time to eat. They were still working hard, with only the final process left. Who had the mood to eat?

"Comrades, don't rush, let's eat some glutinous rice balls first, and then we'll get back to work!"

"Old Tu, let's work a little longer, and then we'll eat after we finish what we're doing!"

As the eastern sky began to lighten, the last few rivets were driven in, the last few pieces of equipment were installed, and Super 7 finally appeared before everyone in its complete form for the first time!

Ahem, actually it's not complete yet. For example, the radar part is about counterweight. But that's not important. The 01st sortie is meant to meet the requirements for flight testing. For any aircraft, avionics testing is done on the 03rd or even 04th sortie!

"Everyone, go back to sleep!" Old Tu shouted.

"It's already dawn, why are you sleeping? According to the project schedule, shouldn't we be testing the engines? Let's fill the plane with fuel..."

"Don't rush, let's clean up the processing residue first!" Just then, a voice came from the doorway.

(End of this chapter)