Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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A production lab is made up of different parts. What we're doing now is reverse engineering. Most of the equipment can be identified as manufactureable simply by looking at it.

As for whether there are any errors in the dimensions, that's something for later.

He Yuzhu's requirements were actually very simple: as long as they could build it first and make it usable, that would be a victory.

Time flew by, and it was noon. Tong Zhi wanted to leave, but He Yuzhu pulled him back, saying:

"How can you leave? Try my cooking at noon."

Tong Zhi was unaware of He Yuzhu's culinary skills. After Chef Pan explained a few things to him, Tong Zhi's eyes lit up, and he stopped talking about leaving.

At noon, together with Director Shen, we treated Tong Zhi well, and in the afternoon, we saw that Tong Zhi was much more enthusiastic than in the morning.

Before 4 o'clock, Tong Zhi had completed the evaluation of all the parts and said to He Yuzhu:

“In theory, the roof tiles can be produced. I will go back and report the situation first. After the leaders of both sides confirm the cooperation, I will come back to conduct reverse mapping and start the production of parts.”

"Okay, thank you for your help. As long as we confirm that we can produce it, we will produce one set first, and then no less than 10 sets."

"Okay, I will report to my supervisor."

Chapter 239 Wenli

After seeing Tong Zhi off, Director Shen said, "From now on, this matter will be your responsibility."

He Yuzhu nodded. This was originally a task assigned to him by Li Hongying; it was just that it was now more clearly defined.

The next day, Tong Zhi came again, but this time he was different. He brought two assistants with him. He didn't recognize one of them, but the other, a rather ugly man named He Yuzhu, looked very familiar.

That's Comrade Da Zhuang, an important supporting character in the drama.

The three of them divided the work, disassembling each part, manually measuring and drawing dimensional diagrams. He Yuzhu read the beginning until a system message popped up in front of him, granting him the skill of mechanical drawing.

He couldn't help but purse his lips; this thing was useless to him.

In life, if you focus on one thing for a long time, you will acquire the corresponding skill, but many of them will be useless.

Even if it's useful, He Yuzhu doesn't want to be an all-rounder. He's already become a capitalist, and having money is his greatest skill.

After He Yuzhu left, Da Zhuang asked, "Tong Zhi, why are you being so mysterious? What's the good thing about dragging me here on this business trip?"

"Let me tell you, this is me taking care of you. Otherwise, why would you be able to come here?"

"Look at the way you're talking, it's like you've received a tremendous blessing."

"Exactly, you said you'd take care of the two of us, but you might as well just slack off in the factory."

"Let me tell you, He Yuzhu is a head chef."

"How old could he be? He doesn't even look 30. How could he be a chef?" Da Zhuang said, his face full of disbelief.

"He's a first-class cook, wouldn't you say he's a head chef?"

"What? You're kidding me, right? How could you possibly be a first-class cook?"

"Why would I lie to you? The dishes he cooked last time were delicious. He'll probably cook again this time. That's a privilege only high-ranking leaders enjoy. Tell me, am I bringing you here to take care of you?"

"Really?"

"You'll find out after you have lunch."

Today is the first day that the three of them have officially started work, and He Yuzhu actually cooked six dishes himself.

You can tell they're from Sichuan province just by listening to their accents, so there are three authentic Sichuan dishes and three Beijing dishes, such as shredded pork with sweet bean sauce.

Good heavens, the three of them were like starving ghosts reincarnated, their chopsticks never stopped, and in the blink of an eye, the plate was completely empty.

Everyone praised He Yuzhu's craftsmanship, guaranteeing that the surveying work would be completed to a high standard and that a qualified production line would be manufactured.

He Yuzhu was extremely satisfied. He wouldn't have cooked for them himself if he didn't want them to work hard.

It seems that no one can resist the temptation of delicious food. After the meal, while resting, Tong Zhi even suggested that beds be prepared for the three of them so that they could stay here and work overtime.

He Aizhu had a guess in her mind: Tong Zhi must have wanted to get a free dinner. He left right after getting off work, wasn't he just trying to get another meal?

However, they have a point; if we could stay and work overtime, the progress would be accelerated.

He Yuzhu could only nod in agreement when faced with their voluntary overtime work.

Last year, the neighborhood made a lot of money from the cannery, so they expanded the scale of the Guangzhou plant and built many employee dormitories. Some empty beds were used to create single rooms for the three of them.

Whenever He Yuzhu had free time, he would cook for them, taking turns to prepare different dishes, which made the three of them very happy with their meals and also made them extremely enthusiastic about their work.

Saturday arrived in the blink of an eye. After lunch, while chatting, Da Zhuang said, "Old He, there's a dance party at our factory today. I'll go home after get off work this afternoon."

"prom?"

"Yes, our factory has a dance party every Saturday, it's very lively."

Tong Zhi asked with a smile, "Old He, if you have time, shall we go out and have some fun together?"

"Alright, let's go and see for ourselves."

To be honest, He Yuzhu had heard before that many factories had dances, including steel rolling mills, but he had never been to see one.

"Okay, let's go together tonight," Tong Zhi said with a smile.

After get off work in the afternoon, He Yuzhu invited them to have an extra dinner at the factory before riding his bicycle with them to the heavy machinery factory.

When we arrived at the factory, it was still dark. He Yuzhu said, "Why don't you show me around?"

Da Zhuang said, "Tong Zhi, you take Lao He for a walk. I have something to do and need to go back first."

"Go ahead and do what you need to do. We'll just wander around here and see you at the dance later."

After Tong Zhi finished, he took He Yuzhu for a stroll around the factory.

He also introduced the factory to He Yuzhu, explaining that it was originally located in Sichuan Province. After liberation, in response to the call from higher authorities, the factory was moved from Sichuan Province and merged with the original machinery factory to form a new heavy machinery factory. It also received a lot of machinery and equipment transported from Russia.

This place can produce tanks, armored vehicles, mining machinery, road and bridge equipment, etc.

"So your factory produces a pretty complete range of products?"

"Yes, heavy machinery factories produce large-scale equipment. Look, this is..."

Tong Zhi took He Yuzhu directly into the workshop for a tour, where large parts were scattered everywhere.

He Yuzhu couldn't tell what kind of production it was until he reached the end and saw a tall furnace standing in front of him, at which point he began to understand.

What is this blast furnace for?

"We produce steel, but our steel output is relatively low. Recently, the factory received an order that requires a batch of blast furnaces for steelmaking."

"You guys really do produce everything!"

"That's right. We have the production capacity for all heavy machinery. Even if we don't have the equipment to make many things, we still have to find ways to overcome the difficulties and get things out of production."

He Yuzhu then realized that the heavy machinery factory really did do everything.

After making some inquiries, He Yuzhu learned that their work had been quite demanding lately, so he didn't say much but kept it in mind.

We'll discuss it with the neighborhood committee later, and see if we can buy a small blast furnace. If we set up a small blast furnace now, we can find a master craftsman to smelt qualified steel.

But this matter cannot be rushed; there is still plenty of time.

He Yuzhu then toured the machinery factory, witnessing the production of road rollers, cranes, and other machinery, as well as the production line for tracked tanks. However, large tractors were currently being produced there.

I didn't see what a tank looked like.

The time for the dance had arrived, and Tong Zhi led He Yuzhu to the auditorium. Upon entering, they saw colorful flags and balloons hanging above, and many men and women were already embracing and dancing ballroom dances to cheerful music.

Tong Zhi pulled He Yuzhu to a nearby table and sat him down. He took a handful of sunflower seeds from the table and handed them to him, then remembered to ask:

Do you know how to ballroom dance?

He Yuzhu nodded: "Isn't it just three or four steps, like we learned before?"

Tong Zhi didn't ask any more questions and began to admire the graceful figures in the center of the dance.

It was still quite hot at this time, and little girls were dancing gracefully in their dresses.

"Braggi" is actually a type of clothing, a transliteration from Russian.

To be precise, this is a Russian-style puff-sleeved dress with a pleated skirt on the bottom. It became popular in 1955, just like when men wore Zhongshan suits and Lenin suits, women wore dresses.

The "Braggi" was actually the outfit worn by the Soviet heroine Zoya. It features loose short sleeves, a simple round neck, and patterns such as floral, plaid, or striped designs, with a cloth belt tied around the waist, reflecting a woman's gentleness and generosity.

He Yuzhu immediately spotted Da Zhuang dancing with a little girl in a scruffy dress in the distance. He pointed and asked, "Are those Da Zhuang and his wife?"

"where?"

Following the direction He Yuzhu pointed, Tong Zhi looked for a while before finally finding her and said, "That's not his wife, she's one of our factory workers."

He Yuzhu didn't ask any more questions because he saw an acquaintance.

The reason I'm familiar with her is because her face is quite distinctive. If I didn't know that Xu Huizhen was still at home taking care of the children, I would have thought that the person standing in the crowd was my wife.

The girl had two long braids hanging down to her high breasts, and she was wearing a dress with orchids on it. She was carefully looking at the center of the dance floor, as if she was looking for someone.

He Yuzhu was very surprised. He didn't expect to see her so soon. This must be Wenli. She looks exactly like Xu Huizhen, only the age is different. Xu Huizhen is already a mother of two, while Wenli is still a young girl.

He Yuzhu stood up and walked over to her, smiling as he said, "May I have this dance?"

"No, I'm not here to dance, I'm here to find someone."

Wenli directly rejected the invitation from the old man in front of her.