In the east wing of the central courtyard, Qin Huairu and He Yuyu were sitting at the table. Qin Huairu told Wang Zhong's answer to Yuyu tactfully.

"Brother Wang Zhong really said that?" There seemed to be a thin layer of mist in those big black and bright eyes, and there was a deep disbelief on the young and pretty face. In the flickering eyes,

There was also a bit of reluctance.

Qin Huairu also felt very sorry for Yu Yu. As a neighbor, she knew Yu Yu's character well, but she couldn't say deceitful words to prevent Yu Yu from getting interested in this kind of thing.

"I don't want to be his sister!" Yuyu's white teeth tapped her lower lip lightly, speaking firmly.

Qin Huairu held Yuyu's hand, much like an older sister holding her own younger sister: "You can't force feelings, and Wang Zhong is such an outstanding man. I'm afraid of you..."

"Sister Qin!" Qin Huairu was interrupted by Yu Yu before she could finish her words. Looking at Yu Yu's firm and persistent eyes, Qin Huairu could only hold back her words of persuasion and turned into a helpless sigh.

"I know you do it for my own good! But I still want to try again."

"Sister, I support you!" Looking at Yu Yu's appearance, Qin Huairu couldn't help but think of that young and tall figure. Thinking of that resolute and heroic face, her heart that had been calm for a long time since the death of her husband Jia Dongxu couldn't help but flood.

There were ripples.

"Now that I have met such an outstanding man, no matter whether he succeeds or not, he must give it a try!" Qin Huairu said.

Women are strong-willed at heart, and He Yuyu is a normal woman, so she is no exception.

Wang Zhong's excellence, let alone such a small courtyard house, is one of the best in the entire Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant.

Moreover, He Yuyu has already fallen in love with Wang Zhong and really doesn't want to miss it.

After talking to Yuyu for a while, Qin Huairu got up and went home.

In the house, Mrs. Jia Zhang had just been waiting for her grandson Bangge to wash his face and feet. When he saw Qin Huairu coming back, he immediately turned his head away and his face instantly became cold.

Qin Huairu ignored Jia Zhang and went into the house with a basin to fetch water. She closed the door and helped Xiao Jin'er Huaihua scrub clean before washing herself.

At night, the three children had fallen into a sweet sleep, but Jia Zhang next to her was not sleeping on the kang, but kneeling in the living room. There was a portrait of Jia Dongxu hanging on the wall, white cloth and white flags hanging around it, and there were

There was a bit of gloominess in the atmosphere during the tribute. Mrs. Jia Zhang knelt on the futon in front of the portrait, clasping her hands together and muttering in a low voice.

Half a month ago, Qin Huairu would have been absolutely disgusted and had chills running down his back. But now, Qin Huairu seemed to be unable to see or hear. He took out the chamber pot from under the kang, squatted down and started to use it openly.

After the sound of running water passed, Qin Huairu got up and went outside to wash his hands and drank a glass of water. Then he went back to the inner room and climbed onto the big kang. He covered the stomachs of his three children, then lay down and closed his eyes. After a while,

His breathing became steady and his consciousness fell into darkness.

Qin Huairu still remembered that when Jia Zhang used this move for the first time, she was so frightened that her face turned pale and she couldn't sleep all night. Qin Huairu came to Wang Zhong the next day.

"Xiao Wang, from now on you should find someone else to clean up the house!" When Qin Huairu said this, she felt as much pain as cutting her own flesh with a knife.

But remembering how her home was decorated as a mourning hall in the middle of the night before, Qin Huairu felt a chill on her back and couldn't help but tremble.

Wang Zhong asked: "Because of your mother-in-law?"

Qin Huairu did not answer and acquiesced.

But Wang Zhong did not agree immediately, but suddenly said to Qin Huairu: "Sister Qin, do you think it is more important to feed three children, or is your mother-in-law's attitude more important?"

"Of course it's important to feed BangGeng and XiaoDang!" Qin Huairu was not a fool, so why couldn't he understand the meaning of Wang Zhong's words: "But my mother-in-law, she..."

Thinking of how she went out to call for help last night and the house immediately returned to normal, Qin Huairu felt more and more aggrieved and depressed.

"In order to prevent me from coming over, she took out Dongxu's portrait late at night and decorated her home as a mourning hall." When she thought of this, Qin Huairu's eyes gradually dimmed and her head lowered, avoiding Wang Zhong's gaze.

.

"Sister Qin!" Wang Zhong said, "Can I ask you a few questions?"

Qin Huairu said: "What's the problem?"

"Sister Qin, how do you think your family is doing?"

Qin Huairu said: "I can only survive by hand. If it weren't for the help of Silly Zhu and the uncle from time to time, the family would not be able to open the pot at the beginning and end of every month."

"Sister Qin, to be honest, now is the time when Banggeng is growing up. As the old saying goes, a half-grown man will defeat me. Sister Qin feels that it is better for Banggeng, Xiaodang, Huaihua and the others to be together.

Is it more important to have a full meal, or to obey your mother-in-law's wishes?"

"If Brother Dongxu really knows something about Quanxia, ​​what does Sister Qin think Brother Dongxu will choose?"

"But my mother-in-law..."

Qin Huairu had just opened her mouth when she was interrupted by Wang Zhong: "Sister Qin, I don't care, I wish I could save these five yuan every month.

But it's different for you. How much food can you buy with these five dollars? It can feed your three children for several more days, and it can solve the problem of Bangge's tuition."

"Just because your mother-in-law sets up a mourning hall in your home in the middle of the night, you have to give up your stable extra five yuan income every month. To be honest, in my opinion, this behavior couldn't be more stupid."

"Or, Sister Qin, do you want to be manipulated by your mother-in-law like this for the rest of your life? Now in order to prevent you from doing this job, she can decorate the mourning hall in the middle of the night to disgust you. What about the future? What if one day, Sister Qin, you and your mother-in-law are in a certain place?

You two have different opinions on this matter and you two can't argue. If she uses this method again, does Sister Qin plan to continue to choose to compromise? "

"I..." Qin Huairu wanted to defend, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't know where to start.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If it were me, as long as I have a clear conscience, I don't care if she decorates the mourning hall in the middle of the night or does other little things, I can let her do whatever she likes.

, she doesn’t sleep, and I have to sleep myself! As long as I can feed a few children and keep them fed and clothed, that’s more important than anything else.”

"Well, Sister Qin, go back and think about it slowly. If you still decide to give up the five dollars, you won't have to come back again."

Wang Zhong's words impacted Qin Huairu's mind like a bell.

Yes, in order to support your children, is it possible that the losses you suffered outside and were taken advantage of were less? How many steamed buns can you buy for five yuan?

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Mrs. Jia Zhang knelt in front of the portrait and chanted for a long time, but gradually there was no movement in the room. Mrs. Jia Zhang couldn't help but feel doubtful. She got up and walked closer, opened the curtain, stuck her head out, and looked on the kang. She saw Qin Huairu holding the

The cattail fan was pressed against his stomach.

With a dark face, Mrs. Jia Zhang walked closer and took a closer look. After confirming that Qin Huairu was fast asleep, her old face had turned black to the bottom of the pot.

He turned around and left the back room, packed up the mourning hall in the main room, stuffed everything into boxes, and climbed onto the kang in anger.

"Xiao Wang, come to my office."

On this day, not long after Wang Zhong came to his workstation and sat down, he was called over by Lao Xu.

"What's the matter, section chief?" Wang Zhong asked as soon as he entered the door.

"Sit down, sit down!" It was obviously a good thing, and the smile on Lao Xu's face could not be stopped.

"Do you still remember the sets of design drawings you submitted last time?" Old Xu even took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Wang Zhong.

"Of course I remember!" How could Wang Zhong forget the design drawings he had improved based on the principles of later generations of large agricultural tractors.

"Didn't I say that the machine factory has already made it?"

Lao Xu smiled and said: "The two prototypes made by the machinery factory have been officially put into use on the suburban farm during autumn plowing a while ago. The results are pretty good, but the fuel consumption is a little higher.

The superiors have decided to let the machinery factory mass-produce a batch and supply it to several farms in the suburbs. After a few more tests are conducted to confirm that there are no problems, they will be put into production immediately."

In recent years, many major domestic manufacturers have successively launched their own agricultural tractors. However, China is still in its infancy in this regard, and the technology is inevitably somewhat backward. The agricultural equipment launched by each manufacturer has various shortcomings.

Wang Zhong's design concept is indeed advanced, but because of its large size, the requirements for the engine and various accessories are naturally high. Unfortunately, Wang Zhong does not know much about engines. Domestic technology is only just beginning in this regard. Naturally, the technology

Far inferior to foreign countries.

Wang Zhong took out the blueprints because during those decades in the copy of "Old Farmer", he deeply felt the hardship of being a farmer. He just wanted to do his part in agricultural construction by doing this.

Wang Zhong really didn't expect that the machinery factory would be so capable and produce the prototype car so quickly.

"Really?" Wang Zhong said with a surprised look on his face.

Lao Xu said: "Of course it is true."

Wang Zhong couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded: "That's great."

Many people think that industry is the most important industry for the development and progress of modern society, but in fact, in the process of a country's development and progress, no matter what industry it is, it is indispensable.

And agriculture is the foundation among the foundations. Especially now that all walks of life are in decline and the country's economy is lagging behind, the importance of agriculture is self-evident.

If you want to develop agriculture, mechanization is an indispensable process. Traditional manpower and cattle farming is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and inefficient.

Only through mechanization can we achieve more efficient and faster agricultural production.

There are many plains in the north and the land is concentrated, so large agricultural machinery is simply not easy to use.

"If this tractor can really be built, you will be the youngest engineer in our factory. By then, the machinery factories will probably be vying for you."

Lao Xu looked at Wang Zhong with fiery eyes, as if he was looking at some treasure.

Wang Zhongdao: "No matter how powerful I am, it is still the soldiers you brought out."

Lao Xu shook his head and said, "You're really undermining your talents by staying in our steel rolling mill!"

Wang Zhong chuckled and said: "Then why don't you write me a letter of recommendation and let me go to the machinery factory or the steelmaking factory?"

"roll roll roll!"

Lao Xu immediately changed his face, waved his hand impatiently to chase Wang Zhong out, and took the tea he had just poured for Wang Zhong back to him.

"I said you were fat and you were breathless. It would be a pity to give you such a good tea."

Wang Zhong knew Lao Xu's temperament. As long as there were no problems at work, joking occasionally would be fine.

As time goes by, the weather gets colder and colder, and it’s winter soon.

It's almost the end of the year, and the factory has become busy. Since the rectification, the factory's production efficiency has increased, and the workload of the workers has naturally increased.

The steel rolling mill expanded its recruitment twice, recruiting hundreds of apprentices into the factory. Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li, from the third uncle's family, also took this opportunity to join the factory and started working as apprentices.

On this day, Wang Zhong was cooking in the house. Suddenly, there was a quarrel in the middle courtyard. It was He Yuzhu, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e. The quarrel was very fierce.

A few days ago, Xu Damao went to the countryside to play a movie. In order to thank him, the villagers specially gave him two old hens that he was placing an order for, as well as many local specialties. Eggs are very expensive these days. How could Xu Damao be willing to eat those two old hens?

, they are kept in cages and kept in front of their homes, waiting for chickens to lay eggs.

But he didn't expect that one of them had disappeared in just a few days. Xu Damao searched the whole backyard and couldn't even find a single chicken feather. As soon as he walked to the middle yard and was ready to look for it, he smelled the chicken feathers wafting out of the stupid pillar house.

The smell of chicken.

These two people never dealt with each other, and they started to choke after saying a few words. Xu Damao clamored to hold a general meeting of the hospital, insisting on giving Sha Zhu some trouble.

Silly Zhu didn't steal the chicken, and his mouth was notoriously tough. How could he be subdued?

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Not long after, under the call of the three uncles, a hospital-wide meeting was held in the front yard.

Xu Damao insisted that his chicken was stolen by Silly Zhu. Although Silhu did not steal the chicken, he was stewing half a chicken packed and brought back from the factory. Stealing Xu Damao's chicken was not the same as stealing the public chicken.

The nature of chickens is completely different, and Silly Zhu is not really stupid. How could he admit that his chickens were obtained from a factory?

"Wait!" Just when Sha Zhu admitted that he had stolen the chicken, Wang Zhong stood up.

Although Wang Zhong usually doesn't get involved much in the affairs of the courtyard, this is the family courtyard of the steel rolling mill. Over the past year or so, Wang Zhong's status in the steel rolling mill has been increasing day by day, and this prestige has come naturally.

“How can we draw a conclusion if the matter is not explained clearly?”

"The matter is already very clear! Silly Zhu himself admitted it." Xu Damao determined that it was Silly Zhu who stole it, and Silly Zhu himself admitted it. He was usually bullied by Silly Zhu, but now he finally caught the handle of Silly Zhu.

, how could Xu Damao let it go.

Wang Zhong said: "Brother Damao, the three uncles, and all the neighbors here, even if the police handle the case, it also requires one person to testify and material evidence. We can't unjustly accuse any good person, but we can't let any bad person go either.

Do you think this is true?"

"Xiao Wang, although what you said makes sense, Silly Zhu himself has admitted it. Is there anything fishy about this matter?"

The speaker was the third uncle Yan Fugui. The old man put one hand on the table and the other in his pocket. He shook his head while talking.

"Third Master, can you allow me to ask a few questions first?" Wang Zhong said.

"Since anyone has objections, let's ask clearly!" Grandpa Yi Zhonghai also said: "Xiao Wang, just ask if you have anything to say."

The second uncle Liu Haizhong was a fan of officials. Now that Wang Zhong was so favored by the factory leaders, he naturally didn't want to offend him, so he even followed the first uncle's words and expressed his stance.

Wang Zhong raised his hands to the three uncles and said: "Since the three uncles have agreed, I will ask a few questions first."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Silly Zhu: "Brother Zhu, you said you stole this chicken. When did you steal it?"

"This?" Shazhu hesitated for a moment, glanced at Qin Huairu next to him and said: "It's the morning! Yes, it's the morning!"

"About what time in the morning?"

"How do I know this? I didn't look at the time!"

"Then when did you kill the chicken?"

"yes·····"

"Brother Zhu, you have to think clearly. These things will become clear to you when you ask them in the factory."

Although Si Zhu was shrewd, he didn't know how to lie when faced with Wang Zhong's questioning.

"I······"

"Who is that if it's not Silly Zhu?" Xu Damao said unwillingly.

If it had been anyone else, Xu Damao would have attacked him a long time ago, but it was Wang Zhong. Xu Damao had to give Wang Zhong some face, and even though he couldn't deal with Silly Zhu, he still wanted to catch the real chicken thief.

"This is not simple. There are people in our courtyard all day long. Brother Damao, your house is in the backyard. If outsiders enter the courtyard, this triple courtyard will definitely not escape everyone's eyes. Besides, such a big one

How could the old hen be taken out quietly? We will find out if we ask carefully."

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, Silly Zhu came to Wang Zhong and whispered: "Brother, this is too troublesome, why don't we just forget about it, the chicken will be considered stolen by me, and I will pay him the money."

That’s it.”

As he spoke, Silly Zhu gestured to Qin Huairu in Wang Zhong's crowd with his eyes. Wang Zhong looked up and saw Qin Huairu looking anxious, frowning, looking at him with a bit of pleading.

"No, you must ask clearly!" Xu Damao refused to give up. This is an old hen that lays eggs, not a needle-headed thing.

Xu Damao was very angry in his heart. He was not only angry at the chicken thief, but also angry at not being able to climb up to Silly Pillar and kill him for his arrogance.

Yi Zhonghai is also a good person. Seeing the reaction of Qin Huairu and Silly Zhu, he already had a guess in his mind, but the matter has reached this point, and even if he is the elder in the courtyard, he can't say anything.

Otherwise, his prestige as an uncle would be completely lost.

Liu Haizhong knocked on the table and said: "Our hospital has been here for so many years, let alone a chicken, not even a needle or a thread has been lost. This matter today must be investigated clearly."

"The second uncle is right, this matter must not be vague, it must be investigated clearly." Yan Fugui also expressed his position.

"If we don't catch this chicken thief, what will happen if something is lost in someone's house in the future?"

"That's right, we need to find out!"

"We must find out!"
Chapter completed!