Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1858: Burdened by Fame

Rumble

In the evening, it rained heavily and the sky was dark.

Two beams of lights were moving forward on the road. Yang Xiaotao drove the car, feeling the stuffiness around him, and walked towards the slum in the rain.

Yang Xiaotao stopped the car only when it arrived in front of the slum, then he opened his umbrella and walked into the yard.

Ran family.

It was a rare occasion for Ran's father to come back, but it happened to rain.

He was soaked before he even entered the house. He had just changed his clothes and was looking at Duanwu and his two siblings to avoid running out.

Yang Xiaotao walked in with an umbrella. Before he entered the house, he was seen by three little heads lying on the window. They started shouting one after another. Yang Xiaotao couldn't hear clearly through the rain, but he thought it should be those words.

Originally, Yang Xiaotao wanted to take the child back to the courtyard, but it was raining and it was time to get off work, so Yang Xiaotao decided to wait until the rain stopped before taking the child back.

"mom!"

When Yang Xiaotao walked in, Ran's mother was preparing dinner.

After seeing Yang Xiaotao, he hurried forward to look at him and said, "It's raining so hard, why are you here? I'll send it back to you tomorrow."

"I just finished my work and came to take a look."

While Yang Xiaotao was speaking, two little balls of flesh hugged his legs, and the last one jumped directly onto his body, so Yang Xiaotao quickly hugged it.

Ran's mother just shook her head when she saw this. "These three guys have been in this family for so long. If you ask them who they love the most, they will always say either dad or mom."

"I can see that this grandma is an outsider."

Ran's mother was talking and laughing. Yueyue, who was hugging her legs, immediately let go of Yang Xiaotao's legs and went forward to hug Ran's mother, "Grandma, Yueyue kisses you too."

"You are just a mouth, a little devil."

Although Ran's mother said this, she still picked up Yueyue.

This little guy is adorable.

Yang Xiaotao put Rongrong down, touched Duanwu's big head, and then saw Ran's father walking out from the inner room.

"Dad, are you free today?"

Yang Xiaotao was very surprised to see Ran's father.

Because every time I came to pick up the child during this period, Ran's father was not at home.

I didn't expect that he would come back this time.

"The work over there is finished, I came back to lie down and take a look."

As Father Ran spoke, his eyes fell on Mother Ran, and then he asked, "What about you?"

"How's work going?"

"We talk about work when we meet, can we talk about something else?"

As soon as Mr. Ran finished speaking, Mother Ran interrupted him.

Hearing this, Ran's father smiled awkwardly. Yang Xiaotao knew that this was Ran's mother complaining and had something against Ran's father.

Seeing that Ran's father was a little embarrassed, Yang Xiaotao took the initiative to say, "Our machinery factory has a big order today."

When Yang Xiaotao said this, Ran's mother did not interrupt him. Her son-in-law was good in every way, especially in terms of filial piety. Not to mention his food, clothing and other expenses, his heart was even more rare.

"What big order?"

Father Ran was also curious.

Last time he asked Yang Xiaotao for the production of corn threshers, the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building has now begun to organize factories to process and produce them.

I just heard from Mr. Wang that the production capacity of the factory below is not much and cannot keep up with the output of the machinery factory.

We are now trying to find a solution to the problem.

However, in short, because of this incident, their experimental materials were quickly replenished, and this time he came back to tell his family that he would be on a business trip again for the next half month.

"Didn't our machinery factory make an armored vehicle before?"

Yang Xiaotao told Ran's father about the whole thing, and he was shocked to hear that he could earn tens of millions of Alliance Coins from just one order.

Ran's mother was also happy to hear this. As long as Yang Xiaotao's factory was doing well, she would be happy.

"But this matter has not been finalized yet. We need to get five units and send them over first so that they can try it out. If it works well, there will be a lot of follow-up orders."

After Yang Xiaotao finished his story, Ran's father finally recovered and asked, "Are you talking about the Kuiniu armored vehicle?"

"No, how can we give them such good things?"

"It's a simplified version that we made for disaster relief last time. We gave it a new name, the Mole Armored Vehicle."

"Mole armored vehicle?"

"Yes. This armored vehicle is more suitable for them. I spent a lot of effort to complete this order today."

The two were talking in the room. When Mr. Ran heard what Yang Xiaotao said, he felt surprised and a little depressed.

More than 10 million in foreign exchange. If it were kept in their Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, how much funds would they have to save?

That’s enough for them to experiment as many times as they want.

Father Ran thought about it in his mind, but did not say much. After all, this was earned by the machinery factory through their own ability.

I just think that this is too much money.

One hundred thousand for one car. You really dare to ask for such a price.

"By the way, Dad, how are your rockets and satellites going?"

Yang Xiaotao asked about the satellite.

The mushroom egg has come out, and the hydrogen bomb is probably about to succeed. Now the only thing left is the satellite.

I don't know when I can fly up.

It won't take another few years.

When Father Ran heard Yang Xiaotao ask this, he knew that there were some things he couldn't say more about, so he just said vaguely, "It's still under experimentation."

"The main reason is that the satellite is a bit large, and the choice of engine and design method require continuous experimentation."

Having said this, Father Ran said no more.

The next thing he is going to do is this experiment.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao didn't ask any more questions, but he knew in his heart that the Rockets would not be ready in a short time.

As for the satellite, it is estimated that there are also many difficulties.

No matter what, the first one is the most difficult. To send it into space by its own power is only as difficult as sending a mushroom egg.

"If this one is too big, then you can change it to a smaller one."

"Anyway, we just need to launch it. The first one doesn't need much function."

As Yang Xiaotao spoke, Ran's father frowned, "Do you know something?"

Yang Xiaotao quickly shook his head, "What do you know? I don't know anything. Didn't you say it was too big? Then just make it smaller."

Father Ran also felt that he was being a little suspicious. How could Yang Xiaotao know the specific research situation when he was working in the machinery factory?

"You can change it if you want. Every gram added has been strictly calculated. How can we reduce it arbitrarily?"

"So what do we do? Just keep adding more engines?"

Father Ran nodded, "What else do you think?"

"The chief said that this is the first time for our country. Although we started late, we must start from a high point."

“We need to benchmark against the international level and demonstrate the momentum of our country.”

Yang Xiaotao was listening at the side and immediately understood what his superiors were considering.

This self-confidence was a shot in the arm when the mushroom egg exploded.

Now this satellite is the second needle, so it needs to be as advanced and larger as possible.

"Okay, so you are in charge of the rocket? This is no small matter. Without the ability, the iron lump cannot be sent out." Father Ran nodded, "Yes."

"You don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are until you run a household. Every time we conduct an experiment, we have to spend a lot of materials and money. The last time we had the corn thresher, it was because we didn't have the funds."

When Father Ran said this, he suddenly thought of something.

It seems that the machinery factory has a huge income.

Go back and talk to the leader. Whether we can get sponsorship depends on Mr. Wang’s ability.

As for Yang Xiaotao, he really didn't have the face to speak.

The two talked in the room for a while, mostly about work.

Some can be talked about, some cannot be talked about.

Both of them arrived at the appointed time.

After dinner was served, Yang Xiaotao and his father-in-law had two drinks. Then the sky darkened and the rain outside became less frequent.

When Yang Xiaotao left, the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed, revealing the moon above his head, with small stars surrounding it.

Under the beautiful night sky, Yang Xiaotao stepped on the accumulated water and quickly got into the car to head to the courtyard.

Siheyuan.

An old lady looked at the thunderstorm that had stopped outside, turned back to look at her two children who were playing, and felt worried.

Today, Qin Huairu went back to the village to "help" someone, but she hasn't come back since she arrived.

When I left this morning, I said I would be back in the evening.

But until now, there was still no news, which made her feel uneasy.

"Huai Ru, you have to be careful."

The aunt prayed silently in her heart.

At this time, Qin Huairu was sitting on the kang with a dazed look on her face.

Beside her, the family members were sitting or standing, with serious expressions.

"Huai Ru, make up your mind."

"There has to be a solution to this matter."

Seeing that no one spoke up, Father Qin had to take the initiative to speak out.

Qin Huairu bit her lip, feeling confused and not knowing what to say.

When I came back today, everything was fine. I gained a lot according to my mother's methods.

But who would have thought that just when she was about to leave in the afternoon, someone came to her door and said that there was something wrong with the medicinal wine.

At first, Qin Huairu didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was just the village scoundrel who came to cause trouble.

But this person took out the hospital's diagnosis and threw it on the table, which made Qin Huairu panic.

It was clearly written above that after the man used the medicinal wine, his body functions atrophied, and not only did he not get the desired effect, but his body functions shrank back, almost costing him his life.

So, as soon as he recovered from the doctor's treatment, he came here with his medical records.

"Sister, please say something."

The eldest brother of the Qin family on the side also urged.

He is a little scared now.

Recently, he has drunk a lot of the medicinal wine that Qin Huairu brought back.

If this medicinal wine has such a serious hidden danger, and if it comes back to haunt me, what fun will there be in living in the future?

"Yeah, Huairu, what's going on?"

"Didn't you say this was your secret recipe? I guarantee there won't be any problems."

Qin's mother also said that although she believed in her daughter's character, the incident this time was too bad. People had come to her door and the villagers had gathered to watch the fun.

"It shouldn't be a problem."

Seeing that everyone was surrounding her and asking for an explanation, Qin Huairu could only give an ambiguous answer.

In fact, after getting the recipe for the medicinal wine, she memorized the words on it firmly in her mind.

Especially the precautions.

Anyone who is old, weak, or missing cannot use it.

"Oh, by the way, this ancient recipe does have a condition, and there are restrictions on its use."

"What restrictions?"

“It’s the body.”

Qin Huairu told everyone what Ran Qiuye had said.

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"In other words, the problem with Ermazi is purely due to his own physical condition?"

Qin Huairu nodded, "It should be, otherwise it wouldn't have turned out like this."

Several people were silent again.

After a long while, Father Qin finally spoke, "Huai Ru, no matter what, it was because we didn't explain clearly that this caused the casualties. Do you want to give us some compensation?"

When Qin Huairu heard that she had to bleed herself, she immediately became disgusted.

The benefits were not just hers, her family also got a share.

Why should I pay for it myself?

What's more, these things are kept at home, who knows whether they will eat them for nothing.

Especially that sister-in-law, who doesn't get along with her at all, so naturally she won't stand up for her at this moment.

But now she still needs help from her family, otherwise she won’t be able to earn much money by herself.

But she didn't even think about asking for an apology or giving something.

"What compensation? You should compensate yourself if you want."

"I won't give it!"

Qin Huairu said this, turned around, looked serious, and did not hesitate.

Seeing this, Qin's father sighed, and Qin's mother and eldest brother stood up reluctantly. In the end, only the eldest sister-in-law continued to knock.

"Huai Ru, listen to my advice. We have earned so much money. Now that someone is injured because of the medicinal wine, we have to help him out of both emotion and reason."

The eldest sister-in-law spoke earnestly, because the other party was from her mother's village, and the injury was serious this time. If he couldn't be cured, his family might become extinct.

How can she face the villagers in the future?

Unfortunately, Qin Huairu simply couldn't listen, so she could only accept it.

Rumble

The distant thunder gradually became weaker, and the rain in the sky also became much lighter.

Seeing that her sister-in-law wanted to speak, Qin Huairu walked directly to the kang, lay down and fell asleep.

At the same time, I feel bitter.

At first, I thought that Ran Qiuye and Yang Xiaotao said that purely to deal with Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai and make them give up this idea.

But I didn't expect that what Yang Xiaotao and the others said was actually true.

There really are some men who are too weak to be nourished.

But now it was impossible for her to stop it.

The reputation has been established and word of mouth has been built, so we can't just give up the benefits we have obtained.

And once she is slandered and smeared, who would dare to ask her for "advice" in the future?
This is equivalent to cutting off your own source of income.