Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 4

"Yeah, it's said that the factory can't support itself because it can't receive the production tasks. Now it can only rely on selling production equipment to pay wages."

As soon as Niu Huahua finished speaking, Niu Xiaoqiang stood up and ran down the mountain in a hurry. Niu Huahua asked in surprise, "Hey, Brother Xiaoqiang, why are you going?"

"Go see my master!"

Niu Huahua snorted, she looked away, and stretched out her hand to wring the water stains on her clothes.Unexpectedly, as soon as he lowered his head, he saw the net bag that Niu Xiaoqiang had forgotten on the ground, "What is this? Wow! There are canned pineapples! There are also fruit candies!"

Niu Huahua looked up at Niu Xiaoqiang's back, then at the net bag on the ground. After hesitating for a moment, she stuck out her tongue and licked her lips.

Niu Xiaoqiang ran wildly all the way, and it took him a quarter of an hour to complete the distance that usually takes half an hour to complete.When he pushed open the wooden door of a courtyard panting, there was a sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping in the courtyard immediately.

A little gray-haired old man was squatting under the sycamore tree in the yard, polishing a cylindrical piece of metal with a steel file.After hearing the movement, the old man turned his head and took a look, then smiled and said, "Xiaoqiang, why are you here? It seems that it's not time for class yet, right?"

While talking, the old man saw Niu Xiaoqiang sweating profusely, and couldn't help but scold him: "Look at you, how can you be such a steady person at ordinary times, how did you become so hurried and anxious? Hurry up and get a towel to wipe off your sweat, be careful not to suffer from heat stroke .”

Niu Xiaoqiang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the old man. He stood under the sycamore tree with his hands on his hips, gasped for a long time before he calmed down, and then looked at the little old man with worried eyes: "Master, master, I heard that the factory is going to be relocated, you Will you move and relocate with me?"

The old man's name was Fang Dongping, and he was originally a professor of physical and mechanical engineering at a well-known university. Because of his status, he was sent to Niujia Village to undergo labor reform.

When the hard times were over and Fang Dongping got in touch with his family, he found out that his wife had already passed away and his only daughter was married.

Fang Dongping couldn't bear living alone, and he was afraid of being tortured by the students during the turmoil, and he didn't want to go back to the university to continue teaching.In the end, Fang Dongping gave up the idea of ​​returning to the city, and worked as an engineer in the nearest arsenal, responsible for the maintenance of the factory's machinery and equipment.

Although Niu Xiaoqiang's father is very rude, he has a good heart. He is very friendly to the people who have been sent down, and he will always take care of these people secretly.Therefore, Fang Dongping was very grateful to him and insisted on taking his two sons as apprentices.

Under Fang Dongping's careful training, Niu Xiaoqiang's elder brother graduated from the technical school with honors last year and joined the workforce of the arsenal.And at the age of 17, he has become the technical backbone of the factory, and his future is limitless. It is said that even the factory director Chen wants to betroth his daughter to him.

Compared with his elder brother, Niu Xiaoqiang is not enough.He is very stupid, he has only learned one or two of the theoretical knowledge Fang Dongping taught him, most of which he can't remember, only his hands-on ability is barely passable.

Fang Dongping didn't have any opinion on Niu Xiaoqiang because of this. On the contrary, he admired Niu Xiaoqiang's simple nature, and felt that the child had no plans and was very happy to get along with Niu Xiaoqiang. The relationship between the two was similar to that of a grandparent.

Fang Dongping knew what Niu Xiaoqiang was worried about when he saw Niu Xiaoqiang's expression. He smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Master will not leave. Although the factory has encountered some difficulties, it has not yet reached the point of suspending production. Without me As a technical backbone, there will be no one to repair the machinery and equipment in the factory, and the director Chen will not drive me away."

When he said this, he sighed: "In the past, it was the era of planned economy, and production tasks were assigned by the top. Now it is the era of market economy, and the country must concentrate on economic construction. The demand for weapons and equipment has been greatly reduced. The days in the factory It’s not as good as every day.”

As soon as Niu Xiaoqiang heard that Master would not leave, he was completely relieved and said with a smirk: "Master, Master, as long as you don't leave."

He saw the grinding tool in Fang Dongping's hand in a blink of an eye, and hurried forward to take it: "Please tell me the specifications, and I will help you polish it."

Fang Dongping waved his hand: "This is the rotating shaft of the stamping machine tool. It has high requirements on the arc. If you can't do it, leave it to me."

Fang Dongping took the tools back, and asked casually while polishing the shaft, "Aren't you going to work in the fields today?"

The first thing children in the mountains do after school is not to do their homework, let alone watch cartoons or play games, but pick up a hoe to help the family with farm work.They have been like this for generations, through hard work, planing food on the barren land.

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard this, he remembered the incident of stealing candy. He looked down at his empty hands, sweating profusely and said, "D-Damn...forgot, forgot to take..."

In desperation, Niu Xiaoqiang turned around and ran out, without tying up his words: "Master, please do your work first, I still have important things to do!"

Fang Dongping shook his head with a benevolent smile, and sighed, "This kid has such a kind heart. It would be even better if he was smarter."

Niu Xiaoqiang came in a hurry, and then returned in a hurry. He ran back to the entrance of the air-raid shelter at a faster speed than when he came, and then...then he was dumbfounded.

Beside Niu Huahua, there were two more teenagers, both from Niujia Village, one named Niu Xiaodong and the other Niu Xiaoyong, who were of the same generation as Niu Xiaoqiang.

At this moment, the cheeks of the three of them were all bulging, and it was obvious that they were tasting the delicious fruit candy.There were several empty canning jars scattered on the ground in front of them, as well as some fruit candy wrappers.

Seeing Niu Xiaoqiang's sudden appearance, the three of them were all stunned, and then Niu Huahua stood up first with a disturbed expression, and mumbled with a mouth full of candy: "I almost forgot, I have to go home to herd the cows."

Niu Xiaodong stood up immediately: "My rice is still drying on the rice field, I have to go back and watch it quickly, and I can't be eaten by birds."

Not to be outdone, Niu Xiaoyong got up: "I'll go see if the old hen in our family's nest has hatched chicks."

The three walked lightly like thieves, towards the outside of the air-raid shelter.As soon as he reached the entrance of the cave, Niu Xiaoqiang's roar suddenly exploded: "Stop! Eat, eat my food and want to leave? No, no way!"

Niu Xiaoqiang was almost frightened and cried. He couldn't imagine how his father would repair himself after learning about the situation. In order to recover the loss, he shouted with red eyes: "Losing money! No, no one will lose money if you don't lose money!" want to go!"

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