Courtyard House: Starting as an engineer, crushing a yard full of poultry

When Li Xiangdong returned home, he felt the house was hot and stuffy as soon as he opened the door.

"Not bad, not bad, this stove is really good." Li Xiangdong nodded with satisfaction. After washing up, he went to bed, and with a thought, he entered the mysterious space.

There was no darkness here; the sun was shining brightly. He wondered where the sunlight came from. Li Xiangdong watered the vegetable garden.

As for the fruit, the ripe ones will be sent to the cold storage. Li Xiangdong will have to set aside time to manage this place from now on.

Li Xiangdong came out after working there for more than an hour. He looked at his watch and it was nine o'clock. In later times, this would be the start of the formal nightlife, but in this era, it was time to go to bed.

Those with wives have some entertainment options. Single men, on the other hand, can only sleep!

Just as Liu Lidong was about to go to sleep, he heard a rat making noise in the corner. Although the room was pitch black, Liu Lidong could see clearly that there was a large rat there.

An electric arc appeared on Li Xiangdong's fingertip, but then he realized that he was so far away from the old rat and there was no metal or anything in between, so it was impossible for him to shock the rat.

Li Xiangdong had the idea of ​​sending an electric arc to the rat's head. Little did he know that the electric arc would actually leave Li Xiangdong's finger and land on the rat's head.

"Boom!" A soft clap of thunder sounded. The rat was struck and fell to the ground, its limbs twitching, clearly dying.

Li Xiangdong's eyes widened in surprise; he hadn't expected it to be played like this. And the sound of the rat being struck, though not loud, was unmistakably thunderous!

"No, I have to go to the mysterious space to test it out."

Li Xiangdong played in the mysterious space until midnight before finally coming out to sleep. He dared not sleep in the mysterious space. This space had mutated; who knew what might happen if he slept there?

Li Xiangdong understood the power of his electric arc and how much effort he needed to exert to achieve the desired effect.

Such a result has unfortunately harmed some of the shrubs and miscellaneous trees on the hillside. Many of them have been split open and their bark torn open.

After Li Xiangdong came out, he used fire tongs to pick up the already stiff rat and threw it out.

The next morning, after getting up, Li Xiangdong went to the mysterious space to have breakfast. If he ate good food every meal outside, those beasts would really report him.

Although Li Xiangdong wasn't afraid, it was still troublesome.

After coming out, Li Xiangdong put on yellow three-finger cotton gloves, removed the ear flaps from his locomotive hat, and fastened them at his chin. He locked the door, pushed the cart, and went out through the screen door.

Upon exiting, he ran into Yan Bugui. Seeing Li Xiangdong wrapped in a military overcoat, wearing suede boots and a cotton hat resembling a train engine, Yan Bugui, with his sleeves rolled up, was filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.

"Stop showing off, you'll be in trouble one day."

Yan Bugui thought to himself, "You've really offended Old Yi. He'll make you regret it sooner or later!"

Li Xiangdong rode his bicycle to the factory and spent the whole morning drawing up the blueprints for the machine tool. Around lunchtime, Li Xiangdong met with Factory Director Yang and Li Huaide.

"Factory managers, I've finished the blueprints for the new machine tool," Li Xiangdong said. "The next step is to manufacture it. I need manpower and materials."

Factory Director Yang excitedly replied, "Great! Great! You can allocate personnel as you see fit. Use whatever materials the factory has."

“I’ll try to get you the materials you don’t have,” Li Huaide quickly replied.

This is a tremendous achievement; how could I not share in the success?

Chapter Thirty: Sanctioning Yi Zhonghai (Seeking flowers and votes!)

"I think we should do this: establish a machine tool testing group. I'll be the group leader, and Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide will be the deputy group leader," Factory Director Yang said after a moment's thought.

"The research director in charge of the group is Section Chief Li Xiangdong."

"As for the staffing, Section Chief Li can choose for himself. As long as they are employees in the factory, they must obey his orders. Even if he chooses me to be an apprentice, I have to agree to it."

Factory Director Yang then divided the cake, with Li Xiangdong receiving the largest piece. Factory Director Yang and Li Huaide each took a small piece.

As for who gets the benefits, that's up to Li Xiangdong to decide. He has his own opinion on the types of people the group members are.

"I need two level-eight fitters. Director Yang and Director Li, you each recommend one," Li Xiangdong said. "We also need five level-four fitters."

"I'll find those five level-four fitters myself."

Factory Director Yang and Li Huaide exchanged a glance and then said, "Okay, that's fine."

"And this is the plan for assessing senior fitters," Li Xiangdong said, taking out a plan. "It's for level seven or eight workers who have been assessed for more than five years."

"There are only twelve level eight workers, five of whom were promoted five years ago. They need to be assessed. It will be completed in one hour this morning."

After a moment's hesitation, both Factory Director Yang and Factory Director Li nodded in agreement.

This cannot be agreed to, otherwise, if Li Xiangdong reports it, the two of them will be criticized. The assessment must proceed as scheduled.

Moreover, Li Xiangdong brought out this project, which benefited them. They can't just benefit without taking responsibility. That's not how you work in a factory.

"The training ground is in the preparation workshop," Li Xiangdong said. "They have everything they need. As for assessing the workers, we'll go to Workshop One."

"The list is in the plan! We'll notify them to come over later."

"I'm prepared for both the written test and the practical test. See you in workshop one hour from now."

After finishing his sentence, Li Xiangdong turned and left, heading towards the preparation workshop.

"Heh heh, he's determined to tear Yi Zhonghai to pieces," Li Huaide shook his head and said, "These people just suffered collateral damage!"

"That idiot Yi Zhonghai!" Factory Director Yang gave a bitter laugh and left. He had no choice but to give up on saving Yi Zhonghai. He was just hoping for a future opportunity to pull Yi Zhonghai up.

Li Xiangdong arrived at the preparation workshop, where the workshop director, Zhao Dafa, rushed over and greeted him with great enthusiasm.

"Director Zhao, please clear out a space and bring over a machine tool. We need one in good condition," Li Xiangdong said. "We've just formed a machine tool trial production team, with Factory Director Yang and Deputy Factory Director Li as the team leader and deputy team leader, respectively. I'm the director!"

"Now let's set up the trial production area here."

Zhao Dafa was overjoyed; he never expected such a windfall. And it just so happened to land right on his head.

If this thing succeeds in the experiment, then he'll get a share of the credit. As for how much credit he'll get, that's up to Li Xiangdong to decide.

The news that Li Xiangdong designed a machine tool that is at the forefront of international standards has already spread throughout the factory.

"Thank you, thank you, Section Chief Li, for your trust in me. I'll start making arrangements now," Zhao Dafu said hurriedly.

"Yes, we'll let you know the details later." Li Xiangdong raised an eyebrow and said, "By the way, what level of worker are you? What's your job?"

"I'm a level 5 fitter!" Zhao Dafa said hurriedly.

"Then count you as one of the research and development team members," Liu Lidong nodded.

"Thank you, thank you!" Zhao Dafa said with a big grin.

"Then call Yu Dajiang over," Li Xiangdong said.

Zhao Dafa found it strange, but still called Yu Dajiang over.

"Master Yu, I need to set up a research and development team, and we need four more level-four fitters. You're one, so we're still short three. Go find them," Li Xiangdong said.

"Oh, right, we also need six or seven level one or seven fitters, the strong and muscular kind. You can go find them too!"

Yu Dajiang was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood. This was a benefit Li Xiangdong had given him.

"Okay, okay, Section Chief Li, don't worry," Yu Dajiang said with a smile.

Just then, the loudspeaker came on, announcing two things. One was the formation of a research and development team. It included a long, inspiring speech, and the other was praising Li Xiangdong to the skies.

In the workshop, Yi Zhonghai's eyes gleamed with a sinister and greedy light. This required two level-eight fitters, and he was determined to secure one of them.

Anyone can see the benefits of joining a group.

"I need to go find Director Yang." Yi Zhonghai dropped what he was doing and immediately went to find Director Yang.

After discussing the research team, they started talking about the assessment. This morning, five level-eight workers were being assessed, and the first one was Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai's head buzzed; he knew that Li Xiangdong was coming at him.

"Li Xiangdong, you're still not letting this go." Yi Zhonghai groaned inwardly. "All I wanted was to exchange your house, and that wasn't even done yet. And you're already going to keep seeking revenge!"

"You have no vision or magnanimity whatsoever. I don't know how you became a section chief."

Yi Zhonghai is that kind of person; it's normal for him to slap you a couple of times. If you retaliate, it shows you're petty and lack any sense of perspective.

Yu Dajiang watched Li Xiangdong leave, his smile practically spilling onto the ground.

Seeing that Yu Dajiang was wearing the same cotton-padded jacket, trousers, and boots as Li Xiangdong, Zhao Dafa seemed to understand something.

"Brother Yu, I thought this was a windfall, but it turns out it's because of you," Zhao Dafa said. "Tell me, what's your relationship with Section Chief Li?"

Yu Dajiang didn't hide anything, and said with a happy smile, "Section Chief Li has taken a liking to our eldest daughter. He's coming to our house to propose marriage this Sunday."

"Oh, congratulations! Congratulations!" Zhao Dafa said with delight. "I'll definitely come to join in the fun on Sunday. Your family will have to prepare a feast for lunch!"

"Definitely, definitely," Yu Dajiang said with a smile. "I still have a few fish at home, and I have a pound of meat ration coupons left..."

"What can one pound of meat coupons do? I'll give you two pounds of meat coupons and three pounds of tofu coupons!" Zhao Dafu said generously. "If that's not enough, I'll go get some more..."

"That's enough, that's enough," Yu Dajiang said hurriedly. "I still have a few chickens at home. I'll slaughter an old hen and get a rooster later."

"So, which people are you looking for?" Zhao Dafa asked.

"Well, my good brothers are pretty good at that," Yu Dajiang said. "I'll talk to them right now."

"Brother Yu, with your level-one fitter skills, could you bring my nephew along?"

Zhao Dafa had a pleading expression on his face.