Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1945: Taking Advantage of the Son-in-Law

Yang Xiaotao said this while looking at the faces of several people.

Sure enough, it was nothing but excitement.

Especially Wang Qing and the others, as local people, they naturally hope that their hometown will get better and better!

It’s just that Pengcheng’s industrial development is so difficult that it cannot keep up with the pace of development.

Especially in agricultural machinery, Qi and Lu in the north relied on the manufacturing plants in Quancheng to popularize machinery very quickly.

Even in remote towns, tractors appeared.

However, they still rely mainly on animal power, and the scale of machinery is far from enough.

"Boss Yang, this is a great idea. I support it a thousand times!"

"Please sit down for a moment. I'm going to make a phone call..."

After saying that, Wang Qing ran out.

Just as Wang Qing went out, another person ran in. When he saw Yang Xiaotao, he immediately stepped forward with a friendly look, "Hello, Mr. Yang!"

Niu Jun stood up and said, "Boss Yang, this is Mr. Sun from the gas station next door, Sun Xiaowen, the station manager."

"Hello, Comrade Sun Xiaowen!"

The two men shook hands warmly. Yang Xiaotao looked at the man. He was wearing ordinary clothes with some oil stains on his cuffs. When he got closer, he could even smell the diesel on him!
He is not tall, wears black-framed glasses, and looks quite gentle.

"Boss Yang, I just finished my work. I came here as soon as I heard you were here."

Sun Xiaowen held Yang Xiaotao's hand tightly and seemed very excited.

It's just like fellow villagers meeting each other.

"Stationmaster Sun has been here for almost two years!"

Niu Jun was explaining on the side, and Yang Xiaotao looked solemn as he listened.

Before Yang Xiaotao could speak, Sun Xiaowen said, "Boss Yang, this is not Director Xu's business. I stayed here voluntarily!"

Sun Xiaowen sat down and explained, "There are six children, two elderly people and ten mouths to feed at home. How can I make it if I don't work harder?"

"Besides, this gas station looks simple, but it's very dangerous. The chemical plant needs experienced comrades, so I stayed!"

"But I will be transferred back for the Chinese New Year this year, and will come out again after a while!"

Sun Xiaowen spoke enthusiastically, and the people around him all felt admiration for this man.

"Boss Yang, come to my place at noon!"

"The comrades at the auto repair shop have seen this, let the comrades at the gas station see it too!"

Sun Xiaowen smiled and said, "I still have two bottles of local Daqu, but I have never been willing to drink them."

"Old Sun, we're treating you to lunch, you have to sit in the back row!"

"Lao Niu, you are wrong. Mr. Yang has been here for a long time. It's time for him to go to our place. Don't worry, I'll call you to come along!"

Niu Jun disagreed, and the two of them started arguing about where to eat.

"Stationmaster Sun!"

Yang Xiaotao spoke and the two of them stopped immediately.

"Mr. Yang!"

"Stationmaster Sun, how is the fuel reserve at your depot now? How often do you deliver fuel?"

Sun Xiaowen touched his nose bridge, lifted his glasses, and then said seriously, "Because it is close to the train station, our transportation is all by rail, which is much safer than trucks."

"The underground inventory at the gas station is gasoline and diesel."

"Diesel is bigger, with a stock of 30 tons, while gasoline only has 10 tons."

"The train comes basically once a week, and so far, it has never been empty."

Sun Xiaowen said this, and then a wry smile appeared on his face, "Well, except today!"

"What happened today?"

Yang Xiaotao asked curiously.

Sun Xiaowen said helplessly, "Everyone in the team that came this morning had a big belly, especially the one with the biggest head. He drank the oil like a madman. When I came, Curry had used up most of his oil."

“I guess after all the additions are made, Curry will be gone.”

"There are so many. Where did they come from?"

Niu Jun asked curiously, there are not many machines around Pengcheng, and they are used economically, so based on past experience, the oil depot's stock is sufficient.

"I don't know the details. Director Ran, the team leader, just said he was coming from the south."

"By the way, the note he gave me was stamped with the seal of the Seventh Ministry of Machinery. Our agricultural machinery is all stamped with the seal of the First Ministry of Machinery. They won't deny it, right?"

Sun Xiaowen said this worriedly. If the people who came had not proved their identities, he really didn't want to cheer for them.

Besides, there is more than one gas station in the city. The one at the east end is for military supplies, so that's the right place to go.

I guess there's no oil over there.

Sun Xiaowen thought of something and felt happy again.

Even though the chemical plant is a branch of the machinery factory, compared to the factories in these places, it is definitely much bigger than the father looking after his son!
However, Yang Xiaotao was not in the mood to listen to this at the moment.

After hearing the three words "Director Ran" and the label of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, Yang Xiaotao was almost certain of the other party's identity.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiaotao immediately stood up and said, "Stationmaster Sun, they haven't left yet."

"Ah? No, I haven't finished adding it yet."

"Okay! I'll go over there."

After saying that, Yang Xiaotao walked out. Sun Xiaowen and Niu Jun looked at each other and hurriedly ran out.

Outside the gas station.

Father Ran leaned against the tire, drinking from the water bottle.

Ever since they caught the man from Song Tao, they finally got rid of their anger.

Of course, after explaining the situation to their superiors, their punishments were much less.

After all, no one would have thought that a person who had worked in a factory for almost ten years would be an enemy spy.

However, no matter what, we cannot ignore one fact.

That is, the experiment failed.

What was even more unacceptable to him was that the rocket failed before it even took off, let alone achieved its intended goal.

Moreover, this experiment also wasted a lot of experimental materials, and the loss of personnel made the already poor Seventh Ministry of Machine Building even worse.

I looked up at the parts on the truck and wondered which part could be reused.

That part is unusable and can be sold as scrap metal.

Every bit of money we can get back is valuable.

"Director, it's almost done!"

Just as Ran's father was drinking water, a middle-aged man wearing glasses came over and said.

After hearing this, Father Ran stood up from the ground without even looking up.

"Captain Lin, are all the tanks full?"

"This time, we have to go back directly to Sijiu City!" Captain Lin shook his head. "All the oil here has been used up. I asked the stationmaster here, and he said that oil will be delivered tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"At this rate, we have to go to Quancheng to refuel before we can go back."

Father Ran shook his head after hearing this. "What did the logistics department say?"

Captain Lin continued to shake his head, "After Director Li left, the new Director Wu was not familiar with the resources and there were problems with the deployment. We are now trying to raise funds."

Father Ran also shook his head, "It really is like when it rains it pours!"

"Forget it, let's go to Quancheng first."

"At worst, I'll just keep writing IOUs!"

At this point, Captain Lin showed a strange expression.

He didn't know what to say.

It can be said that Mr. Ran wrote a good IOU, or that the head of the Ministry of Machinery had foresight and gave the seal directly to Mr. Ran.

Or maybe their guy had already planned this.

otherwise…

When Father Ran saw Captain Lin’s expression, he felt his face turn red.

If there was no other way, he wouldn't want to do such a shameful thing.

Bring the seal of the Ministry of Machinery to write the IOU.

I guess only Mr. Wang could come up with this idea.

Fortunately, this gas station belongs to a machinery factory.

This is also the reason why Mr. Ran did not choose any other gas station and chose to come here.

If for no other reason, I just want to take care of my own people.

Thinking of Yang Xiaotao, Ran's father was wondering how to make things right when he returned.

We can't always let Mr. Wang take the blame.

As I was thinking about it, I heard a familiar voice coming from the side.

"Dad, you are really here!"

In an instant, Ran's father's hand trembled, and the kettle fell to the concrete floor with a clang.

Then Father Ran turned around and saw Yang Xiaotao, a smile appeared on his face, "Xiaotao, why are you here too!"

……

noon.

Pengcheng Guest House.

Yang Xiaotao sat in the main seat, with Ran's father on his left and a middle-aged man wearing an old blue military cap on his right. There were seven or eight other people around the table.

There are Niu Jun and Sun Xiaowen, as well as Captain Lin from the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, and the rest are the heads of various local departments.

In such occasions, even Wang Qing could only sit at the next table with Xiaobo, Wang Hao and others.

After everyone got to know each other, they turned their eyes to Yang Xiaotao with kind smiles on their faces.

Yang Xiaotao did not find this situation strange, but in the eyes of Ran's father, it was uncomfortable to watch.

In the morning, after meeting with Yang Xiaotao, he briefly talked about each other's situation.

Yang Xiaotao said that this trip to Pengcheng was purely a spur of the moment decision, and then briefly recounted what had happened to him in Chaoyang, Shanghai and Jinling.

When Mr. Ran heard about this kind of thing, he was also shocked and frowned.

At this time, there were only three or two people around Yang Xiaotao, and they were still wandering around outside, not taking their safety seriously at all.

He didn't want his daughter to be a widow, nor did he want to give up such a good son-in-law.

So, in front of Captain Lin, Niu Jun and Sun Xiaowen, he scolded Yang Xiaotao.

After all, in front of others, Ran's father had to give Yang Xiaotao some face, but he would stop there.

But this scene made Sun Xiaowen's heart tremble.

Fortunately, I was polite to Director Ran just now.

I felt a little resentful in my heart. If you had told me earlier that you were Mr. Yang's father-in-law, wouldn't we be a family?

Afterwards, Ran's father planned to let Yang Xiaotao go back to Sijiu City with them and stop messing around outside.

Yang Xiaotao naturally agreed.

Later he also learned about Ran's father's situation and the experiment failed.

But it was not a technical problem, but an unexpected disaster.

Speaking of which, Yang Xiaotao also contributed to catching the real murderer this time.

After the two men finished explaining the situation, when Yang Xiaotao was about to decide to follow the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building's convoy, a group of people came rushing over from a distance.

Wang Hao, Hao Pingchuan and others were startled and were about to step forward, only to see that the leader was Wang Qing, with a group of people following him.

The leader of this group of people was this middle-aged man wearing an old military cap.

This person is the secretary of this place, Li An, Secretary Li.

After the two parties met and got to know each other, Secretary Li insisted on inviting Yang Xiaotao to dinner.

And he always felt that he was able to come along because of his son-in-law.

Of course, he didn't have to come.

But the other party's words of treating the comrades from the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building well made it impossible for him to refuse.

For more than half a month, they had to sleep in the open air and their life was very hard.

He can't let everyone miss a meal because of his own affairs.

So he brought Captain Lin with him, and also learned the purpose of Secretary Li bringing so many people with him.

Looking at Secretary Li who was chatting happily with his son-in-law, he found it hard to imagine that a local secretary could be so amiable.
Not long ago, Wang Qing reported Yang Xiaotao's idea to his superiors over the phone, and the person who answered the phone was Secretary Li.

When people first heard that the machinery factory in Sijiu City was opening a "factory" in Pengcheng, leaders of all levels in Pengcheng attached great importance to it.

First of all, they are from the old city.

Secondly, who doesn’t know the name of Red Star Machinery Factory?

Those good things they made were reported in newspapers and on the radio every now and then.

This factory is located in Pengcheng instead of anywhere else, which shows that the higher-ups attach great importance to it.

So since the factory was built, they have been very caring and protective of it.

Of course, the auto repair shop also provided them with a lot of help.

If some machines break down, we can hand them over to them for repair.

Not only that, the gas station next door also belongs to the Red Star Machinery Factory. The two together are more than enough.

The entire Pengcheng, from top to bottom, attaches great importance to it.

As a result, the public security in this area is better than other places, and those idle hooligans dare not come here.

(End of this chapter)