Courtyard Houses: The Great Masters of a Nation Hidden Within

Gao Jianguo clicked his tongue.

"Hiss—make it thinner?"

"Can't withstand the intensity."

"How about a harder one?"

"Can't withstand high temperatures."

High temperature? Gao Jianguo knew his old classmate's job inside and out. As soon as he heard those two words, seven or eight parts of the answer immediately came to mind, and he had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

His subsequent questions became very specific.

"One-time use or repeated use?"

"It'll be over in one go."

How long do I have to work?

"Not for a long time, but I can't tell you exactly how long."

Gao Jianguo understood everything now. The other party was asking about the casing of the missile's solid fuel engine. He could even tell what material it was made of. 3Z-591, the heaviest one in the high-temperature resistant category. He guessed it right every time.

You know what, this thing is actually quite suitable for that kind of work.

The funny thing is, just now Lin Jianguo was the one who knew the situation but couldn't say it, but now Gao Jianguo knows it perfectly well, but he still doesn't dare to say it out loud.

Even though he himself deals with 3Z-591, he couldn't just blurt out, "Oh, you guys have 3Z-591, right?"

But even if they don't say it, they can still offer solutions.

"How about this, you guys try to make it as thin as possible, wrap it with a layer of fiberglass cloth, impregnate it with epoxy resin and bond it firmly. Anyway, you just throw it away after use, so the requirements aren't that strict."

"Huh? That makes sense. It can withstand high temperatures, maintains its strength, and even reduces its weight."

Isn't that obvious? Future medium-range ballistic missiles and even intercontinental ballistic missiles have all followed this path. Although they can't compare to the latest heat insulation layer plus composite material shell, that thing is still nowhere to be seen. This trick is enough.

Lin Jianguo's mind raced, and his body followed suit as he turned and ran.

Gao Jianguo grabbed him.

"Why are you running around like that? It's almost time to get off work. You're already here, come on, I'll treat you to a meal."

Lin Jianguo slapped his forehead. "That's right! It's Saturday today. Why should I run around? This guy is the deputy section chief. If I don't take advantage of him, who will I take advantage of?"

What Lin Jianguo didn't know was that Gao Jianguo also held the title of Level 8 Engineer in the factory, and his salary was much higher than that of the deputy section chief.

But if he knew, and then looked down at himself, he probably wouldn't be laughing anymore.

Gao Jianguo thought of a line he had seen online in his previous life: "How was it again? I'm afraid my brother will suffer, and I'm also afraid my brother will drive a Land Rover. Hahahaha."

He led Lin Jianguo to the small canteen, ordered a few dishes, and since everyone was off work, he also opened a bottle of wine.

After Sha Zhu finished cooking their dishes, he handed over his work to the other cooks and joined them at the table.

Sha Zhu has been learning the family's cooking skills since he was a child. Although he is not very old, he has always been a force to be reckoned with among the cooks in the factory who came from other professions.

Halfway through the meal, Sha Zhu, with a gloating smile on his face, gestured towards Gao Jianguo with his lip.

"There's going to be a good show tomorrow."

Is there a good show going on? Gao Jianguo was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on: Xu Damao was getting married.

The very next day, Sha Zhu managed to get the details of Xu Damao and Pang Xiulan's affair out of Yi Zhonghai, and he was so happy he almost choked.

Fortunately, Gao Jianguo didn't have the time to ask around and didn't tell him that Pang Xiulan was from a semi-closed family, otherwise Sha Zhu would have laughed himself to the ground.

Even so, it was enough to make Sha Zhu happy. While Xu Damao was having a terrible time, Sha Zhu felt completely at ease.

Gao Jianguo smiled and bumped hands with him.

"It's a wedding, a joyous occasion. Why are you so fixated on the spectacle?"

Sha Zhu downed the drink in one gulp.

"Zhendong, that's all you're better at than me—you're sly and mischievous. You dare say you're not happy?"

Gao Jianguo burst out laughing.

"happy!"

After dinner, Sha Zhu, carrying a small lunchbox, plopped down on the back of Gao Jianguo's bicycle, and the two returned to the courtyard.

Gao Jianguo stared at the lunchbox dangling in Sha Zhu's hand, and his vision went black.

Holy crap, did this guy steal the food from the dishes I ordered?

Gao Jianguo really wasn't used to carrying a grown man on a bicycle, but these days everyone does it, so he had no choice but to put up with it.

Back home, Gao Jianguo went into the south room and took out that precious set of toys again.

The compilation program is already done. As for the lookup table, that's easy. Besides the lookup table, the parameter part is basically just stuffing it in.

He even used this compilation program to write a simple loop monitoring program, and was about to run it to verify it.

After turning on the computer, Gao Jianguo typed in the code for the loop monitoring program, all of which had been written down on paper.

Compile and run.

The screen didn't move at all, it was so frustrating.

Gao Jianguo thought to himself that he would definitely have to make a character-based progress bar for this compiler later.

After waiting for a while, the screen flashed and a few lines of text appeared. The 5x7 dot matrix characters looked a bit shabby, but were still legible.

"1.asm" is the menu bar for the compilation program.

The "2.vi" text editor menu bar is not yet finished.

"3.c", the menu bar for the C compiler toolkit, this one should be placed even further down the list.

"4.math", the menu bar for the basic math toolkit, has a small part preceding "c" and the majority following "c".

"5.111111", I typed into the test menu bar.

Gao Jianguo typed a "2".

The screen cleared, and a new line of text appeared.

"This is vi, programming, please exit."

Gao Jianguo nodded. "This is vi, it's programming, please exit." That's right, this prompt was something he set himself.

"exit"

The screen then jumped back to the first five options from the beginning.

"1"

"Beep—"

The machine has restarted.

The program ran at too low a level and crashed immediately, without any chance to struggle.

Damn! It's a bug!

Gao Jianguo cursed and buried himself in the debugging.

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The next day, Gao Jianguo got up, tidied himself up, and drew a prize.

The happy occasion in the courtyard today had a bit of bad luck about it, so let's get rid of it as soon as possible.

Upon closer inspection, it was a complete set of safety production training materials, the kind that's valid for both A, B, and C certificates, with the only difference being the exam venue. Back in his previous life, Gao Jianguo downloaded a whole stack of these things in order to get the certificate as soon as he graduated. He should have downloaded less; it just lowered his chances of getting the certificate.

After putting his things away, Gao Jianguo stepped out the door.

He strolled over to take a look and saw Sha Zhu busy at the makeshift stove.

Although he and Xu Damao were mortal enemies, according to old customs, marriage was a matter of face-saving. They lived next door and had no deadly feud, so it was not appropriate to stand idly by at this time.

Furthermore, the Xu family also paid wages, so Sha Zhu's side might as well make some money off them.

Gao Jianguo had already told Lou Xiao'e that he would have to lend a hand to the Xu family during the day, but Lou Xiao'e was too lazy to even look at the Xu family's faces, so she wouldn't come over for now.

The Jia family members were also there. Jia Dongxu was carrying tables and benches, while Qin Huairu was squatting by the water washing dishes, which would be set up for a feast soon.

A bunch of little brats were squeezing in and out between the adults' legs. Some were genuinely helping, while others were mostly just making trouble. Every now and then, they would sneak over to Sha Zhu and steal some food. Many of the semi-finished dishes on the table were actually cooked and ready to eat, but the kids knew better than to grab the bowls and scoop them up.

Upon seeing Gao Jianguo arrive, a group of children rushed towards him, shouting excitedly.

"Uncle Gao, Uncle Gao, try it! Uncle Sha's cooking is delicious!"

Gao Jianguo took a small piece as a token of appreciation, not wanting to disappoint the child, and then pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds and stuffed them into the child's hand one by one.

Today's main character is Xu Damao, so he won't flaunt his hair; otherwise, he'll steal the spotlight.