Scholars in the courtyard

"No, no."

Qin Huairu, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly stood up and looked at the people in the room, "I'm not willing to give in. I'm not willing to give in."

"It's so easy to find a way to make a fortune. It's so easy to get started. I'm not willing to give up like this."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Yi Zhonghai, "Uncle Yi, think of a way to get the medicinal materials."

"You have been here in Forty-Nine City for so many years and there is no one who can help?"

When Yi Zhonghai heard Qin Huairu's words, he looked at her crazy face and shook his head helplessly.

"We're all in this field, do you think I wouldn't use it if I had someone else?"

"Huairu, accept your fate."

After the words fell, Qin Huairu covered her face and cried bitterly again.

At this time, Mr. Yang came back from a walk outside. Next to him, Wangcai swung his tail and stuck out his tongue, but the dog's head was scanning the surroundings, guarding against possible accidents.

"Master, are you out again?"

Before reaching the door of the house, Yang Xiaotao's voice came from the hanging flower door.

"Why are you back?"

Seeing Yang Xiaotao carrying two lunch boxes in his hands, Mr. Yang immediately understood what was going on.

"As I said, I can just make do with it. You said you, you still have to make a trip."

Yang Xiaotao walked up to him and stretched out his hand to support her, "Isn't that why I'm worried?"

"Why don't you worry? I'm still working in the mountains and rivers in the village. Even though I'm old, I'm still useful."

"Yes, yes, use it."

Yang Xiaotao quickly accompanied him, "Who dares to say that you are useless? I will be the first to refuse."

"Hmph, you see I'm useless. If you insist on taking over and serving me, I'll be through the wind and rain in my life, so I won't be able to enjoy this happiness."

The master said unceremoniously, although he felt like a honeypot in his heart.

"Yes, yes, I was wrong. I will reflect on it and I promise to correct it in the future."

"snort."

The grandfather saw everyone in the courtyard smiling, and to save some face for Yang Xiaotao, the two of them walked into the house.

"But if you go back, they won't be able to see you at Dragon Boat Festival. What does he want you to do?"

Yang Xiaotao lowered his head and said. Mr. Yang paused after hearing this, with a tangled face.

To say that what worries me now is half the village, and the remaining half is Yang Xiaotao's children.

Especially during the Dragon Boat Festival, regardless of the preference for boys over girls or equality between men and women, the older generation believes that more children will bring happiness.

Don't worry about anything else. If you don't have a son, you can't hold your head high.

So the Dragon Boat Festival is the lifeblood of this old man.

"Then, I, let me stay here first."

Yang Xiaotao immediately laughed after hearing this, "Okay, after the Chinese New Year holiday, I will take you around Sijiu City to watch the flag raising."

The two of them walked into the house, and everyone in the backyard behind them was envious.

At the door of Yi Zhonghai's house, Qin Huairu watched Yang Xiaotao and the others walk into the house, staring at the lunch box in Yang Xiaotao's hand.

"Don't think about it, it must be good meat and good food."

Qin Jingru said from the side.

"How did you know? The nose belongs to the dog."

Qin Huairu said angrily.

Qin Jingru rolled her eyes, "Do you need to say this? Is this guy so bad?"

"If you don't believe me, ask your aunt, she must think so too."

Suddenly, Qin Huairu felt a spiritual light flash in his head, and then his eyes widened.

"Jingru, what are you talking about? You must think so too?"

Qin Jingrun pursed her lips, "Yes, whatever day it is, the things you get back must be very good."

snap

Qin Huairu slapped Qin Jingru on the arm, and then said with an excited smile on her face, "Yes, you are absolutely right."

"This guy comes from a well-off family, with a monthly salary of more than 200 yuan, so even if his lunch box is empty, people will think it is full of meat and vegetables."

"Just like Silly Zhu, every time he comes back with a lunch box, people in the courtyard will think that this lunch box must be full of oil and water."

"Yes, that's it, yes, that's it."

The more Qin Huairu spoke, the lower his voice became, and the more incoherent his words became.

Qin Jingru and the aunt on the side were confused, and looked at Qin Huairu with abnormal eyes.

But Yi Zhonghai on the side widened his eyes, and then a look of relief appeared on his face.

"So, we need to find a prescription."

Yi Zhonghai said softly, and Qin Huairu immediately walked up to it and looked at Yi Zhonghai in surprise, "It also has a nourishing prescription, the kind that ordinary people will be fine if they drink it."

Yi Zhonghai clasped his hands together, "Yes, that's it."

Qin Huairu's eyes revealed a crescent-like smile, and then she looked at Yi Zhonghai, "Uncle Yi, I have to trouble you about this matter."

As he spoke and looked down, Yi Zhonghai understood and nodded with satisfaction, "I happen to feel that I'm getting older, my energy is low, and my body is even more deficient, so I'm going to ask the doctor to take some side medicine to recuperate me."

Qin Huairu smiled and nodded, then looked back at Qin Jingru, "Jingru, go buy wine, even if it's more expensive."

"Don't buy two bottles this time. I know you still have money. Buy four bottles. Let's take advantage of this opportunity and make a profit."

Qin Jingru opened her mouth wide and her mind was a little hard to turn around.

Just now, he looked like he was looking for life and death, but why did he become like this in the blink of an eye?

But she also knew that her cousin had a lot of twists and turns in her belly. If she asked her to buy it, then she would buy it.

It happens that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I take it back to my parents’ house if I don’t need it.

I have to go back this year.

Qin Jingru responded and left.

Yi Zhonghai stopped eating and walked out again with his hands behind his back, this time extra calm.

Although the aunt didn't understand what was going on, she saw that Qin Huairu had turned from cloudy to sunny, just like clearing the clouds and seeing the sun, so she gathered her mood and started cooking.

Only Qin Huairu looked outside in the direction of the Yang family, feeling full of pride.

"If I can't use your recipe, then I can use your reputation."

"Mom, I can still make money."

After lunch, Yang Xiaotao returned to the machinery factory again.

Tomorrow is the Spring Festival performance, and with so many things waiting for me, it’s not easy to find time to go out.

Returning to the machinery factory, the entire factory was also decorated, and the unique charm of the Spring Festival was brewing in the air.

People from the Publicity Department painted slogans in conspicuous places, and the clear and windless sky added to the joy.

"Mr. Yang, Director Yang asked you to come back and take a look at the auditorium. The decorations are being arranged there!"

As soon as I entered the office, I heard Lou Xiao'e's voice.

Following the sound, I was immediately speechless.

I saw Lou Xiao'e wearing a red flowered jacket, with an eyebrow pencil in her hand and her cheeks painted red. She looked like the classic version of 'Ruhua'.

"Wouldn't it offend people if I said you were like this?"

Yang Xiaotao couldn't stand it any longer, so he turned back and walked out.

Behind her, Lou Xiao'e snorted coldly, "What can I do? They insist on letting me play the role of a landlord's wife."

When I arrived at the auditorium, I saw Yang Youning holding information on the stage, accompanied by Chen Gong and Director Li of the Publicity Department.

Not far away, there was a group of people waiting for the rehearsal.

Yang Xiaotao's appearance in the auditorium immediately attracted everyone's attention.

This time it was just an internal Spring Festival performance within Hongxing Machinery Factory, so no other factories were invited.

However, the participation of several branches in 49 cities also made the program full of entertainment.

Of course, the second branch factory in the northwest and the Yanzhou branch cannot come.

"Mr. Yang."

"Mr. Yang."

Many people stood up to say hello along the way. Yang Xiaotao even saw a group of old carpenters wearing shabby clothes, and Zhou Shenghong was talking next to them.

Seeing Yang Xiaotao passing by, Zhou Shenghong hurriedly approached and took out a cigarette from his pocket. Yang Xiaotao took it without politeness and lit it.

"How's it going? How are you prepared?"

"Mr. Yang, we have been preparing for more than a month. Just watch the show."

Zhou Shenghong said seriously, and the carpenters and actors behind him were also full of fighting spirit.

Ever since he last watched Ten Sending the Red Army from the Machinery Factory, Zhou Shenghong had an idea to act out their previous hard days.

For this reason, they have been training hard in the lumber factory for more than a month.

"Okay, I'll wait for the show."

Yang Xiaotao joked, Zhou Shenghong and everyone immediately became excited after hearing this.

People from the nearby steel factory also joined in. Their program was still the same chorus as before, but this time the difficulty was increased, and it turned out to be the Yellow River chorus.

This thing even scares the publicity department of the main factory. They are such bad guys. Yang Xiaotao can only say that these are real men of steel.

In steel plants, chemical plants, pharmaceutical plants, and machine repair shops, performers stood up one after another and greeted Yang Xiaotao.

These people all know that the person who has the most say when it comes to 'artistic' here is their Mr. Yang.

Take a look at the songs written by Mr. Yang, as well as the ten songs he compiled to send to the Red Army. Those were agreed upon by the superiors.

After greeting everyone, Yang Xiaotao came to the stage.

"You came just in time, let's go through the process."

When Yang Youning saw Yang Xiaotao coming, he immediately came over with the program list.

"No, I'm still busy here, that's all."

Yang Xiaotao thought there were other important things, and relationships were just a matter of process.

He just needs to know where he will sit tomorrow.

"Don't come here, the engine will take just a moment."

"Let's take a look. Should we give out the awards first or perform the show tomorrow?"

"Lao Chen and I can't make up our minds."

Yang Youning was talking on the side, and Chen Gong stepped forward and said, "I want to award the awards first and then perform. Lao Yang feels that after the awards are given out, those who didn't get them will be affected, which is not good."

Yang Xiaotao rolled his eyes, "You don't have to think about this and that for this matter, why don't you just insert it in there?"

"Watching the show and handing out awards at the same time, won't you solve the problem of who comes first and who comes last?"

Both of them brightened up after hearing this, and then they both had the same idea. This kid must be troublesome, and neither party would be offended.

This kid is so cunning.

"That's it."

Yang Youning thought for a moment and realized that it was really feasible.

This time, there are basically rewards for taking care of each branch factory. Even the lumber factory also has an excellent design award.

It just so happens that after each award is awarded, the winning unit will be allowed to appear on the program, or vice versa.

"Well, that's a good idea."

Chen Gong also thinks it is feasible.

"Also, have you seen this list of winners?"

Yang Youning once again handed a document to Yang Xiaotao, which was the result of negotiations between the main factory and the senior officials of each branch factory.

The machinery factory has made a lot of money this year, so the rewards this time are also very generous.

Yang Xiaotao took over the list. When the award was first established, he only looked at the projects submitted by each factory. As for the final decision of each factory, he really didn't care.

I took a look at the list now and found that it was basically people who performed well in each factory.

And several research departments are top priorities.

This is no surprise.

Just like United Star Research Institute, it won the Best R\u0026D Team Award.

The R\u0026D Department of Hongxing Machinery Factory won the Best Team Award.

The Ordnance Research Institute, which made the artillery sighting system a few days ago, also received a major contribution award.

These rewards are not cheap, and they are the bulk of the money given by the machinery factory.

"No problem, just follow this."

Yang Xiaotao handed the document to Yang Youning.

"By the way, Mr. Chen is coming tomorrow. We have also invited Mr. Huang and Mr. Xia. We are not sure whether the other leaders will come."

"So this position will be adjusted when the time comes."

Chen Gong was explaining from the side, and Yang Xiaotao had no objection.

While several people were talking about their arrangements for tomorrow, Liang Zuoxin walked in from outside, greeted Yang Youning and Chen Gong, and then came to Yang Xiaotao.

"Xiao Tao, the chief wants to see you, Tong Xiaolong is waiting outside."

Liang Zuoxin said it very seriously, and his tone was quite serious, which gave Yang Xiaotao a bad feeling.

"What happened?"

Liang Zuoxin shook his head, and then whispered in Yang Xiaotao's ear, "Something happened to Mr. Zhu."

"Wish you old age?"

Suddenly, Yang Xiaotao thought of that heroic man.

That person's position is very important.

In an instant, Yang Xiaotao's heart sank and he walked out quickly.