Siheyuan, don't mess with me

Liu Qiangjun put away his smile and asked seriously, "Chen Zhiguo, are you sure? Then do you have any good suggestions?"

"If we need to replace them, we have to replace them all together. In other words, the engine needs to be re-manufactured and replaced with better steel. Only in this way can the engine's powerful power be brought into full play!"

"So, can you complete the production of such an engine, Chen Zhiguo?"

"If it's just one machine, it should be possible, but it will take a long time, about a month! After all, all the materials have to be re-melted!"

"Comrade Chen Zhiguo, please step aside for the moment! I need to consult my superiors!" Liu Qiangjun said to Chen Zhiguo seriously.

Chen Zhiguo nodded and walked out of the office, while Liu Qiangjun picked up the phone! For the whole morning, Lao Luo had no chance to return to the office. After Liu Qiangjun finished the call, he asked Chen Zhiguo to go into the office and wait. For the whole morning, the phone in the office did not ring. Just when Chen Zhiguo was getting impatient, the phone finally rang!

The renovation of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill's workshop has been completed. The original plan was to start production after New Year's Day. Now the new steelmaking workshop and forging workshop have been put into use ahead of schedule!

Liu Haizhong, who was teaching students at the training center, was also recalled to the new forging workshop. The new oxygen top-blown furnace began to ignite. Chen Zhiguo had conducted experiments on this type of steel before and had detailed experimental data. The toughness of the entire material needed to be strengthened, so Chen Zhiguo needed to make adjustments to the ingredients!

Chen Zhiguo is going to start conducting experiments with his students again, but this time he only brings Lao Shen, Wang Qiang, Luo Xue, and Liu Guangqi. As for the other students from the first and second steel rolling mills, Chen Zhiguo has arranged for them to return to their original units due to the completion of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. After all, they are now the technical backbone of the unit. Borrowing them for such a long time can be regarded as the support of Lao Jiang and Lao Hu for his work!

The steelmaking workshop in winter is very warm when you first enter. However, once production begins, the high temperature and the hot fire are too intense for most people to endure!

Chen Zhiguo followed the original design and came up with four different mixing schemes. One furnace of molten steel was produced in half an hour, and it was produced in one morning. Before the ingots cooled down, Liu Haizhong came on stage. He brought his three most capable apprentices to beat the ingots according to Chen Zhiguo's requirements! This was a very tedious process and also a test for Liu Haizhong! The freshly baked ingots had to be repeatedly forged by him to make the mechanical properties of the steel reach the best state!

"Old Liu, do you have confidence?" Chen Zhiguo said to Liu Haizhong who was a little nervous.

Liu Haizhong smiled bitterly and said, "I really don't have much confidence. I have never come into contact with the characteristics of these types of steel."

"Don't worry, just try it! Once you are familiar with these types of steel, the eighth-level worker assessment will be very easy!"

Hearing Chen Zhiguo say this, Liu Haizhong's eyes suddenly lit up. Stopping at the eighth-level worker and being surpassed by Yi Zhonghai has always been a hurdle in his heart that he could not get over. Although Yi Zhonghai is already a thing of the past, becoming an eighth-level worker has always been his desire!

Liu Haizhong was very enthusiastic and excited. It must be said that Liu Haizhong was quite good at forging steel. He could judge by the rebound force when the hammer came into contact with the steel ingot, how hard to hammer the steel ingot and to what extent the steel would be in the best condition!

Likewise, this was achieved after a long period of exploration, and it was a physically demanding job, so the early stages of the hammering were all done by Liu Haizhong's three apprentices. Liu Haizhong conserved his strength to complete the final blow!

Luo Xue and Liu Guangqi were responsible for recording the hammering records in Liu Haizhong, and they wanted to save the entire steel forging process! This is precious experimental data, which will play a great role in the training of advanced forgers in the future!

In this way, the two workshops worked continuously for two weeks and finally got what Chen Zhiguo thought was the most suitable material ratio and the best forging steel solution! In the following three days, the two workshops worked at full capacity to produce the steel that Chen Zhiguo needed, and Chen Zhiguo was also doing the final preparations for parts processing!

For this production, Chen Zhiguo did not go home and lived and ate in the factory. The same went for Liu Haizhong and others, who also lived and ate in the workshop. Fortunately, the steelmaking workshop was very warm and it was not cold at all to sleep!

When Liu Haizhong finished the last hammer, he could no longer hold on and lay on the ground. He was too tired. The number of his apprentices had increased to nine, but he still had to do the final hammering. It was he who completed the final steel forging task with his perseverance!

Liu Haizhong was thinner, his big belly was gone, but he looked more energetic, especially the light in his eyes, which was piercing! Only then did he understand why Chen Zhiguo said that if he could understand the forging of these types of steel, he might be able to break through to the eighth level. It was not a lie. Now, when he saw the steel, he knew how many times to hammer, at what temperature, and how to hammer. This was the feeling after the breakthrough, the feeling of enlightenment! However, he was too tired to be happy now. He just wanted to lie on the ground and take a nap!

Liu Guangqi and his apprentice carried him to the bed. Liu Haizhong took a rest and Chen Zhiguo started to get busy. He had to complete all the parts by himself, so the task was very heavy!

Chapter 236 Back to hometown!

It was still the same warehouse as last time, but it had been decorated in advance by Jiang Yuehua, Luo Xue and others. The simple single bed was replaced with a 1.5-meter-long bed, and the sheets and quilts were replaced with new ones. A wardrobe was added, and they came to pick up Chen Zhiguo's daily change of clothes!

This time the processing task was heavier, but fortunately, there was enough time left. Besides, Liu Qiangjun and his team didn't dare to let Chen Zhiguo work day and night. He had to rest and eat on time every day! At night, Chen Zhiguo would not be allowed to work for a long time. He would definitely let him rest before 11 o'clock!

Moreover, this time the food supply was taken over by Chen Dayong, who changed the taste of three meals a day to increase Chen Zhiguo's nutrition! The only regret was that I couldn't see Chen Zhiguo. Every day when the food was delivered to the warehouse door, it was taken over by the guards!

When the empty space in the warehouse was filled with parts, Chen Zhiguo pressed the switch of the machine tool and finally finished the work. After ten days of seclusion, all the parts were completed by Chen Zhiguo alone. All that was left was to pack them and prepare to ship them back!

"Thank you again!" Liu Qiangjun, Fan Jie and Chen Zhiguo shook hands and said goodbye, and boarded the train to the Northeast. After the train left, Lao Luo said to Chen Zhiguo excitedly, "Zhiguo, will the steel be produced again this time?"

Chen Zhiguo said confidently, "In three months, the steel mill will definitely receive orders!"

Lao Luo was overjoyed, "Zhiguo, this time it's all thanks to you. When the order comes, you must come over to give us guidance!"

"For steelmaking, Wang Qiang can come over. The factory will let Liu Guangqi cooperate. As long as the ingredients are mastered, they will be responsible for the later stage! For steel forging, Liu Haizhong can also do it, but we need to train more steel forging talents. He can't do it alone! By the way, how are the apprentices he is training now?"

"Most are fine, but a few can't adapt and can't do such heavy work!"

"So what does the factory plan to do?"

"Some will be assigned to other departments, and some will be recruited again!" Lao Luo's meaning was very clear. Those with connections can stay, and those with quotas must stay! However, those who were recruited from the society will not be allowed to start work. After all, it was made very clear before the recruitment that they wanted people who could do forging. If they couldn't do it, what would they do if they stayed? Now the fitter workshops are all assembly line production, and each workshop has excess personnel that cannot be placed. Lao Luo is also a headache. Even if these workers are transferred to other positions, they must be negotiated. He cannot have the final say. If the workers are not happy, he will be in trouble!

“How many more people do we need to recruit?”

"Not many, maybe only about twenty people, all of them can't afford a sledgehammer, they really can't do it!"

"Okay, if you need to hire someone, just tell me in advance!"

"What's the matter, Zhiguo? Do you have a friend to take care of?" Lao Luo was overjoyed. This was a good opportunity to repay a favor. However, Chen Zhiguo didn't give him a chance at all. "It's just a neighbor! Something went wrong when we were signing up!" Chen Zhiguo told him about Yan Bugui's strange story. Lao Luo also felt deeply sympathetic. It was really frustrating to meet such an unreliable father!

"We won't recruit many people this time, and all of them will be internal employees. Tomorrow you notify him to find Lao Liu from the Personnel Department, sign up, and go directly to the training. Liu Haizhong is from the same hospital as him anyway, so ask him to work overtime," Chen Zhiguo spoke. This quota must be reserved, and Lao Luo agreed without hesitation!

"Okay, I'll go and inform him later. He's working as a temporary worker in the boiler room now!"

"Okay! Let's go and have lunch together at noon!"

"No, I'll go home and have a rest later!" Chen Zhiguo rejected the invitation. At this moment, all the delicacies from land and sea were not as delicious as the food at home, and he hadn't slept on the kang at home for a long time. Going home to have a meal and then have a good sleep were what he wanted to do most!

After taking a detour to the boiler room and telling Yan Jiecheng what happened, Chen Zhiguo rode his bicycle back home!

"Brother!" Chen Xiaoli, who was playing in the yard, saw Chen Zhiguo coming back and immediately ran over!

"Brother, you are always not at home, I miss you!" Chen Xiaoli hugged Chen Zhiguo and didn't want to leave!

"Brother, the company is busy and you have to work overtime!" Chen Zhiguo hugged Chen Xiaoli and didn't want to let go, he missed his sister so much! It was winter vacation, Chen Xiaoyue and Chen Xiaomei were sent back to their hometown by their second uncle to accompany their grandparents, and Chen Xiaoli was lonely, but fortunately there was He Yushui to keep her company!

"Yushui, you are growing up so fast. You will be a big girl soon!" He Yushui is no longer the same as before. She eats well and dresses well. Although she still looks a little thin, she has grown taller. She is more than 20 centimeters taller than last year and is almost 1.6 meters tall. It seems that all the nutrition has gone into her growth! I haven't seen her for more than a month. It's obvious that her height is almost up to Chen Zhiguo's chin!

Wang Meihua heard Chen Xiaoli's call and walked out of the room, "Son, you're back!"

"I'm back, mother!"

Wang Meihua took Chen Zhiguo and looked at him carefully. She was worried because the child had been away from home for a long time, even though she knew he was in the steel mill. She was still worried that he was not eating well or sleeping well! Seeing that Chen Zhiguo had not lost weight and was very energetic, she felt relieved!

At noon, Chen Zhiguo chased away Wang Meihua who was going to cook, and cooked lunch himself. Then he was chased away by Wang Meihua and went back to his room to rest!

Lying on the warm kang, smelling the familiar fragrance, Chen Zhiguo stretched comfortably, read a book, and then fell asleep!

In a daze, someone tickled his nose. Without opening his eyes, he pulled back and slapped her twice. "Ah!" "Sister, you got spanked!" Chen Xiaoli's laughter woke Chen Zhiguo up. He then realized that he was holding Chen Xueru, who was staring at him with a blushing face, while Chen Xiaoli was standing beside him and laughing. "Let go!" Chen Xueru said shyly. It didn't matter if the door was closed, but now that his younger sister was beside him, Chen Zhiguo felt embarrassed.

Chen Xueru quickly got up, twisted Chen Zhiguo, and then pulled Chen Xiaoli out of the room quickly. In the yard, Chen Xiaoli was still laughing, but soon her voice begging for mercy was heard, "Sister, I won't laugh anymore!" It seemed that she was ruthlessly suppressed!

"How many days do you plan to take off this time?" Chen Dayong made dinner. As the year was coming to an end, the leaders were all out, so the guesthouse became less busy! Chen Dayong could also get off work on time.

"Take three or four days off! The Chinese New Year is on February 15th, which is still a dozen days away. I'm going back to my hometown to visit my grandparents tomorrow. Little sister, are you coming with me?"

"I'll go, I'll go!" Chen Xiaoli said excitedly.

Chen Zhiguo looked at Chen Xueru again, "I can't go. It's the end of the year, and there are so many people buying clothes. I'm so busy!" Chen Xueru said helplessly. The Spring Festival was coming soon, and Chen Xueru's store became busy. There were so many people buying clothes that she couldn't get away!

After Chen Xiaoyue and Chen Xiaomei returned home, Chen Xueru moved in to live with Chen Xiaoli. Chen Zhiguo could only lie on the kang by himself. I don’t know if he slept too much in the afternoon or what, but he tossed and turned on the kang and couldn’t fall asleep!

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In Chenjia Village, when they saw Chen Zhiguo's car coming, the whole village's children gathered around as usual and gave each of them a candy. Chen Zhiguo then put on a huge backpack and started climbing up the mountain!

There is a new person in grandma's house. In addition to Chen Xiaoyue and Chen Xiaomei, there is also a beautiful young woman who comes out with grandma. She is of medium height, about 1.6 meters, with a good figure and a pretty face. She is wearing an apron and seems to be busy in the kitchen!

"Grandson, are you hungry? Grandma will make you a bowl of egg soup!"

Chen Zhiguo knew that even if he said he wasn't hungry, grandma would still do it. She just wanted him to eat more good food! It would be better to obey her wishes, "Grandma, I'm a little hungry!"

"Wait! Grandson, grandma will make it for you!" Grandma walked into the kitchen happily, and the other man followed her into the kitchen closely!

"Brother!" Chen Xiaoyue hugged Chen Zhiguo's thighs, "Hello, brother!" In comparison, Chen Xiaomei is not as tall as He Yushui. Comparing the two of them, Chen Xiaomei is half a head shorter than He Yushui. However, Chen Xiaomei looks chubby, which makes her much better looking than the thin He Yushui!

Grandma was in the kitchen, and there were outsiders, so Chen Zhiguo didn't put the things in the backpack directly into the kitchen, but took them directly to the room! Chen Xiaoli had already gone to the village to play with her two sisters, and a lot of children followed!

"Grandpa, who is that person?"

Grandpa was sitting on the edge of the kang, watching over a baby. "She is Wei Jun's wife! This is his son!"

"Why are they here with you?"

"Your grandmother took her back, otherwise she would not have survived!" Grandpa snorted coldly, and it was not known who he was venting his dissatisfaction on. The little girl was quite lovable. Although she could not crawl yet, her pair of big black eyes could conquer you in an instant!

"This little guy is quite cute!" Chen Zhiguo exclaimed.

"If you like it, why don't you have one yourself!" Grandma just lifted the door curtain and walked in, "Grandma, I'm not old enough. I'm only eighteen after the New Year!" Chen Zhiguo explained helplessly!

"No one cares about you in the countryside. You can give birth to a child early and then get married when you grow up!" Grandma's idea is that you have to give birth to a child for me as soon as possible so that the Chen family's bloodline can continue!

"Grandma, I don't dare to do anything that would make a mistake!" Chen Zhiguo said with a smile.

"You just know how to laugh. Hurry up and have children sooner. You can have more!" Chen Zhiguo was speechless. He had just entered the house and was urged to get married. Fortunately, he was still young and had the excuse of age. If he was old enough, even if he refused, he could not escape his grandmother's arrangement!

Chen Zhiguo quickly took out the things in the backpack and said, "We still have these at home. Take them back this time!" Grandma pointed at the flour and rice that Chen Zhiguo brought.

"Grandma, use more white flour when making dumplings this winter, and cook some rice porridge in the morning! This amount will be finished in a few days!" Chen Zhiguo persuaded. Isn't the purpose of getting these foods so that the two elderly people can eat and drink well and have no worries about food and clothing?

"How can we not eat this little bit of food sparingly? It's so precious!" Grandma cherishes food in an indescribable way and naturally won't eat too much. The most eaten thing at home is the cornmeal brought by Chen Zhiguo. Grandma not only makes porridge, but also makes steamed corn bread, saying that cornmeal is sweet and delicious!

Chapter 237 You also have a red sister!

"Grandma, let's have sauerkraut and pork dumplings for lunch," Chen Zhiguo hurried to find something for his grandmother to do, otherwise the topic would continue, either urging her to get married or saying that he brought too many things!

"Xiaohua, let's go and make noodles with grandma!" Grandma asked Jiang Xiaohua to carry the bag of noodles to the kitchen, while Chen Zhiguo picked up the backpack and continued to make another trip. The New Year is coming soon, and it is necessary to prepare enough supplies for grandpa and grandma's house!

Chen Zhiguo has everything he needs now. The output of the space is enough to supply the steel mill. If he needs some bills occasionally, he can buy them from outside. Although some bills are in short supply and difficult to get, he has money, so what else does he care about?

Besides, with the arrival of Chen Xueru this year, the cloth and cotton that were difficult to buy before are no longer in short supply. This time when she came back, Chen Xueru made two more pairs of cotton shoes for Chen Zhiguo to bring back, and also brought back two cotton hats and a scarf!

Chen Zhiguo prepared enough cigarettes and alcohol for his grandfather, including four Daqianmen cigarettes, two Mudan cigarettes, a box of Fenjiu, two ten-jin jars, and a Northeast Shaoguozi, which was reserved for entertaining guests. He also prepared a jar of medicinal wine for his grandparents, which was enough for them to drink for several months!

Since there was a baby around, Chen Zhiguo increased the amounts of milk powder and malted milk, one box of milk powder, one box of malted milk, ten kilograms of brown sugar, ten kilograms of white sugar, five kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy, ten kilograms of fruit candy, Beijing Eight Pieces, and many portions of various pastries!

Grandma watched Chen Zhiguo put the things out one by one. What could she say? She could only say that her eldest grandson was capable! What else could she say? Where could she find such a filial grandson?

Jiang Xiaohua, who was making dumplings, really didn't expect that today she understood what it meant to be arrogant. Why was the fourth grandmother so generous and willing to give her all the good things to eat, even the milk powder for her own children! It turned out that there was a capable grandson. Chen Zhiguo could bring back so many good things every time he went home. Just the things in Chen Zhiguo's basket could be used to marry ten or eight wives. She only brought ten kilograms of corn flour and a five-yuan betrothal gift to marry him!

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaohua was secretly distressed again. Her life was ruined. The man she had carefully selected turned out to be a fickle man. Was she not pretty enough? Was she not gentle enough? Was she not virtuous enough? This was something she had never figured out. Why did the man who had treated her so well change his mind after just a few months in the city? Are the girls in the city so good? Am I really no match for them? Jiang Xiaohua looked at herself unconfidently!

Just when she was feeling sorry for herself, she heard Chen Zhiguo say to her, "Sister Xiaohua, you are responsible for making these milk powders every day. Grandpa and grandma, you and the child must drink them. Milk powder can increase nutrition and is very beneficial for the child's growth. Don't worry, I'll find a way after you finish drinking them!"

Jiang Xiaohua couldn't stop crying. Such precious milk powder was willing to be given to her and her child. They were all from the Chen family, so why were they different? How was her husband? How were her mother-in-law and father-in-law? How was her fourth grandmother? How was her brother-in-law? How was Jiang Xiaohua? This comparison made her feel sad!

Chen Zhiguo didn't bring any meat this time. With the mountains at his back and the time he had, he had an excuse to go hunting in the mountains. It didn't matter how much meat he brought. He also didn't have to find an excuse to bring so much meat to grandma's house! After he packed up everything he brought, wrapped the dumplings for grandma and Jiang Xiaohua, poured some vinegar, cut some dried chilies, and took a few cloves of garlic, Chen Zhiguo realized that his sisters were still playing outside!

Standing on the steps, he shouted towards the village, and finally called back Chen Xiaoli and her two sisters. In a short while, the three of them were sweating profusely. Chen Zhiguo quickly got some hot water and washed their faces and hands before letting them sit at the table for dinner. "Don't run around in the afternoon. Look, your shirts are all wet. Don't go out until your clothes are dry. Be careful not to catch a cold. Just play in your room!"

"Got it, brother!" Chen Xiaoli said with a sweet smile.

Jiang Xiaohua felt indescribable envy when watching the sweet interaction between the brother and sister. The time she lived with her fourth grandmother was the most comfortable time of her life. Sometimes she didn't even have to cook. In the morning, her fourth grandmother would not let her get up early, saying that they were used to getting up early as they were old. She usually just did the laundry. Someone helped take care of the children, and the food was very good, with meat all the time. This was the treatment she never had whether she was in her parents' home or in her husband's home!

After I got married to Chen Weijun, my life was just like that, plain and simple. I did all the work I had to do, and I was often scolded by my mother-in-law! After giving birth, I thought I could live a good life. I also dreamed of moving to the city to serve my man and live a good life. Unexpectedly, a bolt from the blue came. The man betrayed me, and my mother-in-law and father-in-law abused me. The mistakes made by the man were also my responsibility. The ferocious faces of my mother-in-law and father-in-law made her heart completely cold. If it weren't for the child in her arms, which made her still miss the world, I would have jumped off the top of the mountain long ago!

It was Fourth Grandma who was like a ray of light that saved her from the darkness. The days she lived here were the most comfortable and warmest days of her life!