Scholars in the courtyard

One machine department.

Mr. Xia was sitting on a chair, with Mr. Huang holding a document in front of him, and the old god was there.

The two of them just sat like this, neither of them speaking.

Huang Lao looked away from the document and glanced at Xia Lao from one side.

Seeing the other party's calm and calm expression, I felt even more helpless.

This afternoon Lao Xia came and sat here. He didn't say what he was doing, he just sat.

In fact, he knew why, but he didn't want to lose face!

I looked at the clock on the wall again and saw that I would be off work in one hour.

The most important thing is that I drank too much water at noon, which made me unable to sit still.

Forget it, how much face is worth.

Ahem

"Lao Xia, looking at the documents, you are simply being unreasonable!"

"Ask the comrades from the Red Star Iron and Steel Plant to help improve the boiler. There is no time."

"Play the piano randomly! Do whatever you want!"

Mr. Huang slapped the document on the table. His voice was a little hoarse at first because he had not spoken for a long time, but he got into the role quickly and looked angry.

Mr. Xia moved his body forward, pretending to read the documents, but in fact he just moved his butt and waist. After sitting for so long, he could hardly hold it anymore.

"Go and help? There aren't enough people in the steel plant. Besides, our first machine department hasn't started yet. Why are they in such a hurry!"

"That's right, this third child is too impatient, and he always thinks of something!"

Huang Lao smiled, and the two started talking, and the relationship became closer!

"Yes, people dare to think, but some people still believe it!"

Mr. Xia leaned on the back of the chair again, indicating something.

There was a moment of embarrassment on Mr. Huang's face. He coughed lightly and lowered his voice, "Old Xia, you also know the situation of Mr. Wang and the others. As big brothers, we must support them no matter what."

Mr. Xia took a look and said, "It's okay to support, and it's appropriate."

"Look, I know you're not a petty person."

As soon as Huang Lao finished speaking, Xia Lao immediately interrupted.

"But why are you trapping me?"

"Look, with thirty tons of liquid oxygen every month, how much can this steel plant have left?"

"It needs to be set aside for steelmaking. Can these workers do it?"

"In addition to this, we also need to provide steel and materials for research. We just need to transfer the steel factory to the Seventh Machinery Department."

"We have so many factories in the Machinery Department, why are they all here?"

"If it doesn't work, don't we still have Lao Sun and Lao Li? I even made an air compressor for them last month!"

The more Xia Lao talked about it, the more excited he became. He even stood up from his seat. There was a resentment in his heart that he couldn't express!

"Lao Xia, don't be excited, don't be excited!"

Mr. Huang quickly spoke to comfort him, "You are so old, don't be angry all the time, sit down quickly, sit down!"

"You are too bullying!"

Mr. Xia sat down and uttered another sentence.

Mr. Huang was a little helpless, "Old Xia, there's nothing I can do about it."

Then he spread his hands and said, "Look now, in the factories that have been divided, the extra tasks will fall on others."

"You also know the situation in other factories. It's good if you can digest these tasks. How can you have other abilities?"

"But the machine factory is different. It has the most machine tools and the most money in foreign exchange. It has a lot of talents and a lot of machines. I estimate that they have more things in their warehouse than the inventory in our department..."

"Besides, for the production of liquid oxygen, just ask the machinery factory to make two more machines. Anyway, you coordinate internally. Thirty tons is easy!"

"Okay, stop wearing your hat on me."

Mr. Xia interrupted and looked at Mr. Huang holding out three fingers.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend to be stupid, there are three college student places, and we have to choose first!"

Old Huang put on his face, leaned back on the chair, and loosened the waistband of his trousers to avoid compressing his bladder.

"Lao Xia, you are not being kind."

"I know that the quotas for Lao Sun and Lao Li have been given to you. There are nine in total. Are you still not satisfied?"

"What is it for me? We replaced it with two air compressors. Don't tell me, they are about to put it into production. The steel plant is also undergoing renovation. If you are willing, just ask them for it."

Mr. Xia said unceremoniously, Mr. Huang had no choice.

"No, why do you need so many college students?"

Mr. Xia took a deep breath and said, "What else can we do? Of course, the more talents, the better."

"Now my machine shop has told me many times that they need people!"

"The steel factory later set up a research and development department, and they also need people!"

"In other factories, I don't know if I took the wrong medicine or something, but Qin is the one who reaches out to ask for it one by one!"

"Even junior high school students and high school students are starting to collect them."

"The ones I have are not enough!"

Mr. Xia said helplessly.

There is a precedent in the machinery factory, and the emphasis on talents in the factory under its control has instantly increased by several levels.

Especially the graduates, everyone is looking at the quota in his hand.

"Just tell me whether to give it or not!"

Mr. Xia spread his hands and asked solemnly.

"We only have a total of thirty people in the first machine department, and you are going to take a third of them!"

Huang Lao said in embarrassment, he had to give it to him with a bowl of water. What did the others think?

"You won't give it, right?"

As he said this, Mr. Xia stood up and said, "I'll call the steel factory right now. No one will give it to anyone without my approval slip!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Huang quickly spoke and stopped Mr. Xia.

"I'm really convinced by you. I'll give it. I'll give it to you."

"But three, the last three, don't try to make any plans to me again in the future!"

"Don't worry, as long as you don't trick us in the future."

As Mr. Xia said, Mr. Huang stood up and said a few words, "If you want so much, you have to use it well."

The two of them walked out together. Old Man Xia raised his head and looked at the end of the corridor, "Don't worry if you use it or not, at least you have to be talented!"

"hehe!"

Mr. Huang didn't say anything, and the two of them walked quickly to the toilet, one after the other.

In the afternoon, Yang Xiaotao returned to the machinery factory from the steel plant and reported the situation of the steel plant to Liu Huaimin.

"There is also no research on alloy steel at the steel plant. It would be extremely difficult for us to develop it."

"In addition to adding materials, proportions, and craftsmanship, there are many things we don't know."

"That's it, how to study it?"

Yang Xiaotao said disappointedly, as the saying goes, the more you know, the greater your disappointment.

The more I understand about the current domestic situation, the more I feel that everything needs to be developed.

Liu Huaimin also had a headache after hearing this.

"Now I hope that the people assigned by the Seventh Machinery Department can be more professional. When the time comes, we can help and it will be easier."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Liu Huaimin looked depressed, "I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

"Huh? What do you mean? They won't give it to anyone?"

"Not really, people still give it to me."

"What's going on?"

"Let's put it this way, Director Wang of the Seventh Machinery Department said that their staff is tight and there are really not many people who know the relevant majors, so this time the working group will be led by our machinery factory?"

"We take the lead? What do you mean?"

Yang Xiaotao didn't understand.

Liu Huaimin had no choice but to explain again, "The people they gave are college students who have not yet graduated, but they can practice in advance. What they have learned is related to ship construction, and they have a certain foundation in alloy smelting."

"What?"

Before Liu Huaimin finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao stood up in shock, "Isn't this a joke? We took the lead and gave it to a few students who have not graduated. The focus is not on related majors."

"Isn't this just teasing us?"

After listening to what Yang Xiaotao said, Liu Huaimin sighed helplessly, "I confirmed with my superiors that this is indeed our mission."

Yang Xiaotao sat on a chair, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, without lighting it or speaking.

"VIP."

After a long time, Yang Xiaotao spoke, and Liu Huaimin looked over, "Who do you want?"

"You need someone who understands metallurgy."

"Also, we need someone who understands petroleum refining."

"Otherwise, I won't be able to do this job."

The room was silent again.

"Okay, I'll call Mr. Xia now."

A moment later, in the office of the First Machinery Department.

After hearing the machine factory's request, Mr. Xia took out his notebook and read the contents.

The three quotas originally snatched from Mr. Huang add up to a total of twelve.

He had originally arranged these quotas and listed detailed requirements. For example, the machine repair shop needed college students majoring in mechanics, the power plant needed college students with excellent physics, and other factories. Each of them must be used on the cutting edge.

But now it seems.

The quota for machinery factories is far from enough.

The machinery factory needs to hire more people to strengthen its talents, and the chemical factory has already asked for help, so it also needs to arrange manpower.

Now the steel plant wants to study alloys, and Mr. Xia also knows the ‘inside story’, so he got three places from Mr. Huang.

However, morale could not be lowered. If the machinery factory wanted to do research, he had to help no matter what.

"The three places that I spent a long time working on have to be handed over before they are warmed up. This guy is better than me."

"That's all. I originally got it because of this. In that case, I'll give it to you."

As he said that, he crossed out the names of the other three factories in the notebook and re-wrote the names of the three metallurgical college students, Red Star Iron and Steel Plant, in the notebook.

As for those crossed-out names, we can only wait until next time.

On the other side, Yang Xiaotao returned directly to the courtyard after leaving.

Yan Fugui was waiting at the door, preparing to go door to door to raise money.

Yang Xiaotao took out his own share from his pocket, and when he thought of something, he took out another share. He was very experienced.

After Yan Fugui took it, he smiled and said, "Lao Zhang's share has been handed in long ago!"

Hearing that Yang Xiaotao took back the money again, Yan Fugui's eyes flickered, "Basically all the people in the courtyard have paid, there are only a few households left, let's go and see tonight!"

"Oh, what he said was good at first, but after paying the money, everyone kept pushing back. This guy is hard to say!"

Yan Fugui complained a few words, but Yang Xiaotao didn't say anything after hearing this. Each family has its own products, so if you really have any difficulties, you should come and let him know.

He doesn't have to rush to help people.

Back home, Yang Xiaotao started preparing dinner.

The old man came in from outside, carrying a flag in his hand.

Recently, he went to the subdistrict office to help maintain order, which was a bit of work so he wouldn't be bored in the courtyard.

"I heard that your factory will open tomorrow? Many school organizations will come to visit?"

Yang Xiaotao was cooking when the old Taoist came in and sat aside and asked.

"Visit? I don't know!"

"Director Wang said that we are going to several schools tomorrow, primary schools and junior high schools. We have been tasked with maintaining order."

"That may have been done by Lao Yang, he doesn't care about this!"

Yang Xiaotao remembered that the last time Yang Youning asked him, he mentioned it, but he didn't expect it to be settled so quickly.

Sure enough, in terms of publicity, Lao Yang's enthusiasm is far beyond ordinary people.

"But when there are a lot of people, it becomes difficult to control them, especially children. You have to be careful if they touch this or look at that."

A reminder from the old man, Yang Xiaotao thought of what those naughty kids did and felt that it was necessary to add more manpower tomorrow.

Jia family.

Mrs. Jia Zhang was sitting in front of the stove cursing.

"Every one of them is a shameless bitch, a bad breathless bitch!"

"Why does our family have to get money? Why doesn't the old Zhou family get money?"

"It's all the same. Our family also has no jobs and no men. Why can the widow of the old Zhou family use coal for free without paying any money?"

"Is this Yan Laoxi blind? Or has the lard blinded his heart and stopped being a human being?"

Jia Zhang cursed, not caring about the opinions of the people outside the courtyard.

In her opinion, their family is so poor. They don't have a job. They rely on Qin Huairu to make money. They have three children to support. They are qualified no matter what.

But there is no quota for them in the hospital.

This made Jia Zhang very angry.

Not only did you not get any advantage, but you still had to use your own money to buy coal. What a worldly thing!

You're still being unreasonable!

Qin Huairu was chopping cabbage on the side and felt uncomfortable when she heard Jia Zhang's yelling.

The situation on the outside of their family is getting worse every day!

None of the people in the courtyard are blind, so how could they not see it?

No need to think about targeting their family like this, it must have something to do with Yang Xiaotao.

After all, Yang Xiaotao said back then that he should not be contacted for anything involving the Jia family's money.

If their family doesn't pay to buy coal this year, that doesn't mean Yang Xiaotao bought the coal for them to use!

Would a smart person like Yan Fugui not think of this?

So, in the final analysis, it was Yang Xiaotao's fault.

It's just that Mr. Jia Zhang's brain is not bright enough to figure out what the use of asking Yan Fugui is.