Scholars in the courtyard

"Two leaders, this is where I live."

Father Ran led a few people to the gate of the compound and greeted the neighbors.

Old Qian looked around and looked familiar.

"It's more lively than the last time I came."

"Old Qian, have you been here?"

Old Wang said curiously, and Old Qian nodded, "Yes, Comrade Ran just came here, and I came to have dinner."

"Okay, it turns out that you have been connected for a long time."

Old Wang said with displeasure, and then asked, "Who are they?"

Old Qian smiled, and Father Ran said on the side, "At that time, several of us came from the northwest and had a meal at home."

"In the past, we had Old Li and Li Chengjun from the Seventh Ministry of Machinery, and Wang Zaijin from the Fourth Ministry of Machinery, and Old Zheng from the Third Ministry of Machinery."

Old Wang counted them, "Yes, they are all elite backbones, why didn't you call me?"

Old Qian glanced, "I brought Fenjiu with me at that time."

Old Wang stopped talking.

"Alas, I was running around at that time."

"By the way, I also went to the machinery factory to beg for money, that guy, haha"

When Mr. Wang thought of the "good memories" at that time, he also laughed.

After coming back to his senses, he saw that several people were looking at him, so he quickly put away his smile, and then looked around pretending to be free and easy, "Well, this place is not bad."

"I just like to walk in the crowd. After getting off work, I can feel less irritable."

"Ahem."

"Of course, it's also good to read a book in the middle of the night when everyone is quiet."

"Haha"

After hearing this, Father Ran and Old Qian turned their heads to look to the side. This gentleman must have a misunderstanding about reading.

But before the three of them walked into the slum, they saw another car coming not far away.

This kind of car is rare, so Father Ran and the other two stood aside and waited.

When the car stopped, a middle-aged man got off the passenger seat, followed by a fat old man, and finally an old man with silver hair.

When Mr. Wang saw the person coming, he immediately smiled and said, "Old Tao, you are out for a walk and you are here."

When Mr. Wang smiled, Mr. Qian also saw the old dean and came forward to greet him.

When Mr. Tao saw that it was Mr. Wang, he immediately extended his hand with disdain, "How come I met you, such a shameless person, here? When did you return the wine you took from me last time?"

"Hey, Old Tao, how can you return the wine you drank into your stomach?"

Mr. Wang said indifferently, "You can't let me..."

"Shut up!"

"Hahaha!!!"

Several people met each other, and finally Mr. Tao looked at Ran's father, stepped forward and extended his hand, and Ran's father quickly shook it with both hands.

"Comrade Ran Zhiqiang, hello, hello."

"Hello, chief!"

Ran's father didn't understand what was going on, so he could only be polite.

The old dean on the side smiled and said, "We went to the courtyard, but we didn't find the person, so we asked around and came here."

Ran's father knew as soon as he heard it that this was to find Yang Xiaotao.

This kind of thing happened so many times on the way back, and he was used to it.

"Xiao Tao should be in the yard, I'll call him out right now."

"Hey! Old Ran, why are you calling me? It's just right for us to go in and have dinner together."

"What are you waiting for?"

Old Wang called Ran's father and winked at him, then looked at Tao, "Let's have dinner, bring gifts."

He glanced at the box in the driver's arms.

Tao rolled his eyes, "Do you think everyone is like you, shaking their fingers?"

"This wine must be Lao Qian's."

"If it were you, you would have drunk it up long ago."

"Haha, the one who knows me is Lao Tao!"

"Go to hell~"

Then a group of people walked into the compound under the leadership of Ran's father.

Yang Xiaotao was watching Duanwu and the children in the compound arguing with each other. The two boys were about the same age and full of energy, pushing forward one by one.

A group of children were shouting and cheering around.

In the eyes of these children, there was no son of General Manager Yang, no son of the director.

In this compound, those who come to play are good friends.

A very pure friend.

The grandfather of the little boy beside him smiled with his toothless mouth. Seeing the lively child, he kept sighing to Yang Xiaotao, saying that the children are now well fed.

In the past, the young boys would eat their parents out of money. With two sons, the family would have a tight life.

Yang Xiaotao nodded, although he had never been hungry during the Dragon Boat Festival, even the children in the yard rarely died of starvation in the past two years.

But when he was a child, he knew what it felt like to be hungry.

Now listening to the old man talking about the past, it felt like it was happening in front of him.

Several people chatted, and laughter and rebuttals were heard from time to time.

"Duanwu, push your right foot forward, push hard, ouch, don't step back."

"Push harder!"

"Ouch~~"

Ran Hongbing, who was playing, was giving Duanwu some advice when he suddenly felt a pain in his head, as if he was hit by something. He covered his head and turned back, just in time to see Ran's father's serious expression.

"Dad, Dad~~"

He shouted twice and ran into the house.

"Mom, sister, Dad is back~~~"

Yang Xiaotao heard the noise and stood up from the steps, looked up, and his eyes shrank.

There are quite a few people here.

Without thinking too much, he ran up to greet them.

"Dad!"

"Captain Wang."

"Hello, Captain Tao."

"Uncle Qian!"

"Old Dean."

"Old Gao."

Yang Xiaotao ran up to them and greeted them.

He called them one by one from beginning to end.

Several people nodded with a smile. When they entered the yard just now, they saw Yang Xiaotao sitting there chatting with the old man. It was rare to see such a down-to-earth look.

"Xiao Yang, there is something wrong with your address."

When everyone was about to enter the house, Old Wang suddenly felt something was wrong. He waved his finger at Yang Xiaotao and said, "You call me and Old Tao both leaders, but it's not right to call you Old Qian."

"Old Qian, when did he become your uncle?"

After saying that, Old Wang looked at Yang Xiaotao.

"Oh, it's my fault. I addressed you wrongly."

"Uncle Wang, Uncle Tao, please come in quickly."

Yang Xiaotao immediately changed his address. Old Wang laughed, "That's right."

Old Tao also laughed, "Don't listen to this guy's nonsense."

"No, Uncle Wang is right."

Yang Xiaotao looked serious. Old Tao asked if he didn't mind, and then followed Ran's father into the house.

Ran's mother came out and saw Ran's father. She first glanced at him, and then hurriedly greeted the guests into the house.

Several people sat down, and Ran Qiuye also helped to serve tea and water.

Ran Xinrui even handed tea to Wang Lao.

When she was bullied in school, it was Wang Lao who took people there. Ran Xinrui always remembered it in her heart.

Old Qian also knew about Ran Xinrui's affairs. Then he looked at the award certificate on the wall and asked, "Xinrui, how is your study? What is your ranking in the class?"

Ran Xinrui looked at Ran's father, and then subconsciously looked at Yang Xiaotao.

Seeing her brother-in-law nodded to her, she whispered, "He got the first place in the class."

"First place, okay. Is this junior high school?"

Old Wang asked.

Father Ran smiled, "He's in the third year of junior high school this year, and will go to high school after the Spring Festival."

"Okay, how about in the grade?"

Old Qian asked again.

Ran Xinrui was confident this time, "He's also the first place."

"Okay, this is, a tiger father has a dog daughter."

Old Wang was happy again, and then looked at Ran Hongbing who ran in, "Old Ran, your son is also good at studying, right?"

Father Ran was happy, and then the smile on his face gradually disappeared, looking back at Ran Hongbing who was carrying Duanwu on his back, "This, it's okay."

"Old Ran is just modest."

Father Ran smiled, and Yang Xiaotao hurried forward to pour water for Old Wang, and asked Ran Hongbing, who had no eyes, to leave quickly.

If he didn't leave, he would have to have bamboo shoots and fried meat tonight.

"What does Xinrui want to do in the future?"

Old Qian focused his attention on Ran Xinrui. He asked her just now and found that the little girl had a very solid foundation and became interested.

"I, I"

Ran Xinrui looked at Ran's father and finally looked at Yang Xiaotao. Then she made up her mind, "I want to be a worker. A worker as good as my brother-in-law."

Hahaha

Father Ran was helpless. His original intention was to let Ran Xinrui take over his job, and Xinrui was very good at physics.

But later, I don't know why, she was led astray by Yang Xiaotao.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Yang Xiaotao.

Yang Xiaotao was also helpless. He was a good worker, but it was not suitable for you.

"Xinrui, if you want to be a good worker, you have to be more than just your brother-in-law."

Old Qian said patiently, "Do you know the moon?"

Ran Xinrui nodded.

"Then do you know what's on the moon?"

Ran Xinrui thought for a moment, "There are Chang'e, Wu Gang, and little rabbits."

"Have you seen them?"

"No, I heard from my brother-in-law."

Father Ran looked back again, what was he teaching?

Yang Xiaotao said he was innocent.

He was just coaxing a child.

"Then do you want to know?"

"Yes!"

"Then we have to go up and take a look, right?"

"Yes!"

"But how do we go up?"

Ran Xinrui shook her head, "I don't know."

Old Qian smiled, "This is what your father is doing now. One day in the future, the rocket your father made will allow people to fly to the moon."

Ran Xinrui widened her eyes and looked back at Father Ran, her eyes full of desire.

Father Ran nodded and smiled kindly.

Yang Xiaotao saw clearly from behind, at this moment, Ran Xinrui completely followed the old path of Comrade Ran.

"In the future, I will fly to the moon to see if there are any little rabbits."

Everyone around smiled kindly when they heard what Ran Xinrui said.

Ran Xinrui then ran out to play. From a distance, Yang Xiaotao could still hear Ran Hongbing arguing about something about a big kite.

"Xiaotao, Lao Tao and I came here to talk to you about something."

The old dean took a sip of water and saw that everyone was chatting, so he explained his purpose.

Yang Xiaotao looked over quickly.

Lao Tao put down the cup and said, "We are waiting for news about hybrid rice in Sijiu City."

"Team Leader Yuan reported the situation to us and said that he would give you the information."

"We came here to confirm it again so that we can report the good news to the higher-ups."

Yang Xiaotao immediately felt embarrassed when he heard it.

He had actually forgotten about this matter on the way back.

Originally, he was thinking of calling the old dean when he went to work tomorrow, but he didn't expect that he would come directly to him.

"Well, Uncle Tao, old dean, I thought that today was a holiday, so I didn't bother you two."

"I thought I would report the situation to you tomorrow."

Yang Xiaotao smiled, and Lao Wang on the side became excited again.

"Xiao Yang, I have to talk about you now."

"We revolutionary workers must have a spirit of dedication and a spirit of revolution first."

"Look at your father-in-law. He is very dedicated to his work. The first thing he thinks about when he comes back is work."

"Look at you again, still enjoying the festival leisurely here. You have to learn from your father-in-law."

Yang Xiaotao nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Uncle Wang is right. My awareness is indeed a bit lacking. I will actively improve in the future and learn from my father-in-law."

Then he immediately got down to business, "Uncle Tao, old dean, after I went to Chaoyang, I saw with my own eyes the harvesting process of hybrid rice."

"The yield of one thousand jin per mu is real data. There is no falsification or falsehood."

Hearing Yang Xiaotao say this, the three of them all had smiles on their faces.

Even Mr. Wang and Mr. Qian opened their mouths in surprise.

Mr. Qian comes from the south and knows a little about rice cultivation. Being able to produce a thousand kilograms per acre is definitely something extraordinary.

"Xiao Yang, such important news should have been told earlier."

Qian Lao said something, and Ran's father also nodded.

"Well, I don't have too many things to do, I kind of forgot about it."

Yang Xiaotao said embarrassedly, apologizing to Director Gao and the other three.

Gao Yufeng smiled and said, "You guys sit down first, I'll make a phone call."

Yang Xiaotao embarrassedly sent Gao Yufeng out of the door, but before he left, he saw Liu Huaimin running over in a hurry.

When he saw Yang Xiaotao, he shouted, "You guy, we are all very busy, but you are free. Give yourself a holiday."

People in the house heard the noise and came out to take a look.

When Yang Xiaotao heard what Liu Huaimin said, he smiled bitterly and said, "Old Liu, stop talking. I have realized my mistake."

"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, I shouldn't rest."

"Alas~~~"