Scholars in the courtyard

The next day, branch one.

The notice from the steel rolling mill came down, and at the same time, Pai sent someone to hand over the drawings and technical requirements of the heating furnace and the remaining orders to the first branch. Director Hu happily received everyone. At noon, Silly Zhu took charge and asked the people who came. The food was very satisfying.

Yi Zhonghai also helped guide in the workshop, and the first branch plant quickly got into shape and the heating furnace was on the right track.

At the steel rolling mill, Yang Xiaotao stopped the car and walked to the office.

I originally wanted to go to Sijiucheng last night, but little Duanwu cried so much that Yang Xiaotao stayed one night and got up early in the morning to drive back.

Fortunately, he left early and the little guy hadn't gotten up yet, otherwise he would have been pestered again.

"It's so early!"

Lou Xiao'e didn't expect Yang Xiaotao to come so early. She usually came after sorting out the information documents, but she felt a little uncomfortable suddenly coming so early.

"I sent my wife back to the village last night. She just ran back."

"Qiuye has gone back."

"Well, I'm back. I have a lot of things to do at school." Yang Xiaotao tried the thermos bottle but it was empty. "Is there any hot water now?"

"I'll go take a look, there should be one."

"Okay, thanks."

After Lou Xiaoe left, Yang Xiaotao took down the lunch box from the shelf, quickly took out two packages of Baixiang instant noodles from the space, opened them and put them in the lunch box, threw the seasonings in, then hid the packages in the space, and after thinking about it, took out two hams. Put the intestines inside.

At this moment Lou Xiao'e walked in and put the thermos bottle on the table.

"The security department on duty last night had some, you can use them first."

"Thanks!"

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao poured boiling water and closed the lid.

"What kind of noodles are you talking about? Just make them?"

"instant noodles."

Yang Xiaotao replied, then thought of something and explained, "Just make the noodles in advance and just soak them in hot water when eating."

Thinking that this thing had been around for a long time but had not yet become popular in China, Yang Xiaotao could only explain it hastily.

"Is this made of flour? There are also pieces of meat, this is cabbage, this is carrots, and this is ham?"

Lou Xiao'e looked at the instant noodles in the lunch box, counting the things inside, and finally sniffed with her nose, "Or chicken?"

As she smelled it, Lou Xiaoe made a growl in her throat, and then rolled her eyes at Yang Xiaotao, "The capitalists don't even eat well like you."

Ahem

Yang Xiaotao choked. He only used a material bag. Is this necessary?

"Okay, okay, go to my house and deliver some bread for you to eat some other time, okay."

"Humph, it's best to keep your word."

Lou Xiao'e turned around and left. She had eaten a tortilla and a bowl of porridge this morning. Smelling the smell in the lunch box, she felt that her stomach was not full.

Lou Xiao'e went out, and Yang Xiaotao waited for a while before eating.

If it takes a long time, maybe someone else will come.

sparse

The instant noodles were eliminated quickly, but when they were about to finish eating, a figure walked in, looked at Yang Xiaotao carrying the lunch box, and then sniffed the air, "You kid, you have to guard against poisons when you get up in the morning, and you don't let others work!"

"Director, no, I haven't had breakfast. I just need to take a bite."

Looking at Yang Youning, Yang Xiaotao quickly touched the corner of his mouth, but Yang Youning didn't believe it, "Cope with it? If you can cope with it, then you can't cope with it."

"Uh~~"

Yang Xiaotao burped, and Yang Youning said nothing more, "Let me tell you, yesterday Mr. Xia asked me and Mr. Liu to produce this electric pressure cooker. Regardless of whether the higher-ups agree to jointly manufacture it, we will do it here."

"In a moment, you and Huang Degong will discuss how many people and items there will be. Start the operation first. Make sure there are two units a day. We will see the situation later."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements later."

In the morning, Yang Xiaotao found Huang Degong and told Yang Youning about the arrangement. The tenth workshop would open a line to specialize in the production of electric pressure cookers.

Of course, Wang Daxuan from the electrical engineering team was recruited by Yang Xiaotao and asked them to set up a few people to specialize in producing electric heaters, which also created income for them.

After all, these are all beneficial, and the benefits will not be less during the Chinese New Year.

After settling the matters in the workshop, Yang Xiaotao began to plan for saline-alkali resistant corn.

It is now mid-March, and the weather is getting warmer, and the farming season is about to begin. There is not much time until May, and he needs to get the seeds out before going to the northwest.

Do it secretly, otherwise there is no way to explain it.

Fortunately, Gao Yufeng asked someone to get some corn that can grow in saline-alkali land. With these seeds, Xiaowei's abilities can be targeted.

"Before that, we need to get rid of the soil."

Yang Xiaotao was sitting in the office dragging his chin, and Lou Xiao'e was sitting next to him. If he glanced at it, he found that Yang Xiaotao was in a daze without doing anything this morning, as if he had something on his mind.

"I must be thinking about my wife."

Lou Xiao'e guessed, feeling a little uncomfortable.

I don't have anyone to worry about, but I am a little scared when I think about what will happen after marriage.

Forget it, it’s good to be alone.

The room was quiet, and suddenly Yang Xiaotao clapped his hands, "How could I forget about this? Just do it."

The sudden movement startled Lou Xiao'e, and then she saw Yang Xiaotao walking out.

"I have to go out for something!"

Leave a word and the person will disappear.

When he came to the motorcade, Yang Xiaotao took a look. Liu Jun was not there, and there was only one car on site.

"Director Yang, are you looking for someone?"

Not far away, a person ran over. Yang Xiaotao looked at it and nodded, "Xiao Ma, where is your captain?"

"The captain is out."

"There have been a lot of demands for pressure cookers recently, and the pressure from above has been very tight. Plus, the security section needs points. The captain is worried and keeps following."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, there were indeed a lot of shipments recently, "Are you free?"

"Yes, what do you want to do?"

"Pull some dirt for me."

"Ratu? Oh, okay, where to go?"

Xiao Ma was a little surprised, but quickly realized that he shouldn't have asked.

"You go to the door and wait while I look for something and a few people."

Yang Xiaotao said, Xiao Ma agreed and started to inspect the truck.

Yang Xiaotao went to the 11th workshop.

When I came to the workshop, I found Wang Fa and asked him to find a few large wooden boxes. Wang Fa didn't know what they were used for, so he asked about the situation.

Yang Xiaotao replied that he wanted to get some soil to plant corn.

Wang Fa was speechless, but he still asked someone to find wood and start making it according to Yang Xiaotao's description.

While people were working here, Yang Xiaotao found Wang Hao from the security team and asked him to find three people to follow him, each with a shovel, to the gate.

The security officer responsible for guarding the gate saw that it was Yang Xiaotao and didn't ask any questions. Asking was just his job.

Xiao Ma has already driven out, and the blue heavy truck is particularly conspicuous.

Several people got into the car, and Yang Xiaotao got into the passenger seat. He was very pleased to see Xiao Ma wearing a seat belt. There was someone who knew the stuff he made.

"Director, where are we going?"

"Go to the east of the city."

"good."

The car drove quickly across the road, and the rumble gradually faded away.

In the office of the steel rolling mill, Yang Youning was discussing with Chen Gong the status of follow-up orders in the workshop. The electric pressure cooker cannot be used after it is produced. Since it cannot be given to foreign countries, it is better to try it at home and dedicate it to the leaders.

While the two were discussing, Wang Guodong walked in and said, "Yang Xiaotao, I don't know what he is doing. I can't find him even if I look for him."

"Where has this kid gone again?"

"I heard that he asked for a car and ran away. Who knows."

Yang Youning and Chen Gong looked at each other and became wary. No matter what Yang Xiaotao did, they had to pay attention.

"I'll ask you when I get back."

"Well, I have to ask clearly."

Western suburbs.

The heavy truck was parked in the open space, and several people were wielding shovels to load soil into the truck bed.

Xiao Ma, who was usually reluctant to dirty the car, felt heartbroken when he saw it.

Especially Yang Xiaotao, who dug up a big piece with the shovel and threw it inside, making a loud banging sound.

"Director, is there anything different about the soil here?"

Wang Hao wiped the sweat from his face. Why did he come all this way to pull dirt?

He, the security officer, is here to swing a shovel?

Yang Xiaotao was also digging the soil, and stopped when he heard Wang Hao say this.

"Don't you notice anything different around you?"

"It's different? There's nothing there. The grass isn't even growing. Director, what's the use of this soil?"

Yang Xiaotao looked around, "Because this is a saline-alkali land."

"Salt land?"

"Yes, saline-alkali land. So there are not many plants here, and it is difficult to grow crops."

Wang Hao and Xiao Ma looked at each other, "Director, what do you want this for?"

"Of course I'm using it. Hurry up and don't delay your work."

Yang Xiaotao did not explain carefully, and everyone bowed their heads and started working.

In fact, Yang Xiaotao did not expect that there would be saline-alkali land around Sijiu City. Gao Yufeng knew that this was what Gao Yufeng had mentioned. Of course, the soil composition here is still different from that in the northwest.

Just now, Yang Xiaotao asked Xiaowei to go around and get similar results, which is enough for studying corn.

A few people were dreaming about something, but they were not slow at work. After a while, the carriage was full. A few people put their shovels in the carriage and drove back to the city.

At noon, the car stopped at the steel rolling mill. Yang Xiaotao went to the 11th workshop and was very satisfied with the formed wooden boxes.

The wooden box is about the same size as a tractor body, but both are made of wood.

"Go, move away."

Yang Xiaotao greeted Zhou Kui and others, lifted the wooden box and put it on the truck.

Then everyone quickly left the steel rolling mill and stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the third aunt was talking to a group of women about what happened last night. Inside and outside, the things in this courtyard were not something anyone could move if they wanted to.

In the middle courtyard, Ms. Jia Zhang leaned against the door and looked at Xiaodang and Xiaohuaihua. When she heard the discussion coming from the front yard, she sneered disdainfully.

She's not afraid. She can't move yet. So what's going on at Yang Xiaotao's house?

Silly Zhu's house was sealed off, but BangGeng still crawled in to look for food.

What Yan Fugui said was just to scare the bumpkin Qin Jingru was covering up. She, Jia Zhang, had lived in this courtyard for decades, would she be afraid of him, Yan Laoxi?

After listening to the chatter in the front yard for a while, Mrs. Jia Zhang lost interest and was thinking about rubbing against the doorpost. This had become her habit, and she wanted to rub it even if her head didn't hurt.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of chaotic footsteps in the front yard, and then a group of people were seen walking in carrying wooden boxes under the leadership of Yang Xiaotao, and then quickly walked to the yard to put them down, and then someone else carried the basket out. , and after a while he came back with the soil and poured it into the box.

This went on for more than ten times, until the wooden box was full, and then it stopped.

Then Yang Xiaotao left with someone in a hurry and didn't speak at all.

It wasn't until Yang Xiaotao left that the third aunt stood up and went to the middle courtyard to take a look.

The Bagen family's daughter-in-law on the side suddenly said, "Third aunt, didn't you say that you can't break ground?"

The third aunt narrowed her eyes and said, "What do you know? This must be approved by the superiors, otherwise so many people would work hard to come here to help?"

"Oh I got it."

In the backyard, Qin Jingru felt even more sad and angry after getting the news.

This is obviously bullying their family. Otherwise, why would no one care about Yang Xiaotao after he has done so much?

Isn’t it said that all land belongs to the public?

His fingers were tearing at the collar of his clothes, and he thought of what Xu Damao said, "Live your life well, give birth to a eldest son, and make them jealous."

Thinking of this, Qin Jingru held her belly and silently felt the movement inside.

"By the way, there is also Silly Pillar."

"In the future, you will all be envious to death."

Back at the steel rolling mill, Yang Xiaotao was called over by Yang Youning. After a while of questioning, he finally knew what was going on.

Neither of them said anything about this. After all, Yang Xiaotao was still working at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and his status was not low.

After get off work, Yang Xiaotao rode his bicycle back to the courtyard and heard about what happened last night.

Although he was very surprised by Yan Fugui's toughness this time, as he was trying his best to offend Xu Damao, but after hearing from people in the courtyard that many people were indeed on his side, Yang Xiaotao realized that Yan Fugui was Then Xu Damao is a typical example.

Then I thought about Qin Jingru's foolish desire to farm without even looking at who was in the courtyard.

Yang Xiaotao's own land is already making people jealous. It's good for her. She doesn't want to plant all her own land. How can a calculating person like Yan Fugui make it happen?

ridiculous.

After cooking, Yang Xiaotao was sitting in the yard.

This kind of land does not just need soil, it also needs to be tidied up.

Yang Xiaotao took a hoe and first picked out the stones in the soil, then smashed the large lumps of soil into pieces. After leveling them, he poured water on the ground with a ladle to press down the dust, and then watered it thoroughly.

Back and forth, I was busy until eight o'clock, and then I finished packing.