Around noon, after the workers' efforts, the two machine tools were finally loaded onto the truck.

After loading the truck, Sun Zhengguo took out the delivery note and handed it to Company Commander Wu, saying, "Company Commander Wu, please sign for this."

"Yes, sir."

Company Commander Wu solemnly signed his name, gave a standard military salute, and then got into the jeep. The convoy then slowly drove out of the workshop and headed into the distance.

Sun Zhengguo watched the convoy gradually disappear into the distance, waved vigorously, and muttered to himself, "Have a safe journey!"

These two machine tools will be transported by car and train to fulfill the mission entrusted to them by history: a powerful national instrument that will enable the Chinese people to stand tall.

"Crack! Crack!"

After seeing Company Commander Wu off, Sun Zhengguo clapped his hands and loudly announced some news.

"Everyone has worked hard these past few days. We're having an extra lunch today. This is the first time our institute has improved our meals since its establishment, so I've decided that there will be plenty of bone broth."

"Great! Thank you, Director!" the workers cheered.

In fact, the workers had already sensed the odor even before Sun Zhengguo said anything.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go together!" With Sun Zhengguo's order, the workers grabbed their lunchboxes and happily rushed to the canteen.

In the newly built canteen of the research institute, He Yushui and her helper, Sister Zhang, had already prepared a big bone soup. Right now, the two of them were carrying steamed cornbread from the steamer to the serving window, ready to serve the workers.

"Hey! Rainwater, there's so much meat on the big bone today. How come our director is so capable?"

"Sister Zhang, I heard that our director spent several days at the meat processing plant begging and pleading with everyone he could to get these big bones in order to improve the workers' meals. Do you think it was easy for him?"

After putting down the steamer, He Yushui wiped her sweat and said.

He Yushui has been here for a while now and likes the job very much. There aren't many workers here, the work is easy, and the salary is not low.

Compared to before, it was much better, so she was very grateful to Sun Zhengguo.

The woman she was talking to, Sister Zhang, also had strong connections; she was the cousin of Director Zhang in the ministry. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten this easy job.

As the two were talking, the workers arrived at the canteen and lined up automatically.

The first worker in line picked up his meal ticket and handed it to He Yushui, then asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"Master He, Director Sun said there's plenty of bone broth today. What exactly does that mean?"

"That's right, the first time we serve the dishes as usual. If you need more soup later, it will be free," He Yushui replied patiently.

Upon hearing this answer, the worker immediately deflated. What a load of rubbish! It's just adding a little water, isn't it?

No wonder they made it sound so appealing, saying there was plenty of bone broth. We wanted bones, not broth!

However, it was good enough to have something to eat. Knowing that supplies were scarce, the worker had no choice but to take out his meal ticket and hand it over.

"Two steamed buns, and a bowl of pork bone soup, please!"

"Okay!"

He Yushui took the meal ticket, and Sister Zhang started serving the food. However, her exaggerated movements left the workers dumbfounded.

What kind of amazing move is this?

It turned out that Sister Zhang first scooped a large spoonful of bones into the worker's lunchbox.

But that wasn't all. Sister Zhang then gave him a large spoonful of bones, and only added a spoonful of broth at the very end.

The worker estimated that the bone not only had a lot of meat on it, but there were probably more than ten pieces of bone.

The soup added at the end can be ignored, as the lunchbox was already full.

This action startled not only the worker but also a group of his fellow workers.

With so many meat bones, everyone would be happy to add soup or even just water. It seems we misunderstood Director Sun earlier.

With the example set by the first worker, the other workers didn't need to ask; they simply followed suit, each receiving two large spoonfuls of bones, along with a pitifully small amount of broth.

The workers who had finished getting their meals couldn't wait to start gnawing on the meat off the bones. For them, who hadn't tasted meat in a long time, it was a real delicacy.

"Wow! It smells so good! Chef He's cooking is really good."

"Come on! With so many bones and meat, what skill do you need? Just boil it in water and I can eat several bowls of it."

"Yes, yes, there's an old saying that goes, 'If you haven't eaten meat for three years, even an old sow will turn into a beautiful Diao Chan.'"

"Hey, Little Li, you're a real talent, is that how you interpret that sentence?"

The person referred to as "Little Leonardo" immediately became unhappy.

"Could you please stop calling me Little Li? My mother says he's a eunuch. I have a proper name, Li Yunlong."

"Hahaha……!"

Just then, Sun Zhengguo walked into the canteen and overheard the workers' discussion.

He glanced at the worker named Li Yunlong and immediately felt ashamed. He thought to himself, "Is he kidding me? He really has a lot of talented people under his command."

However, he also knew that this Yunlong was not the same Yunlong as the other Yunlong; it was just a name, and there was no such person in reality.

"Director Sun is here..."

"..."

Seeing the workers, their mouths greasy from eating, greeting him, Sun Zhengguo smiled and nodded in response, showing no airs whatsoever, and then voluntarily joined the last line.

"Director Sun, you're very busy with official duties, why don't you go first?"

Seeing that Sun Zhengguo was at the back of the line, the workers offered their suggestions.

"No need, no need. We're all serving the people. Everything should follow a first-come, first-served principle. You don't need to worry about me."

When everyone saw what Sun Zhengguo said, they stopped insisting, since there weren't many people in total.

Soon it was Sun Zhengguo's turn to get his food. He took out three meal tickets and handed them to He Yushui.

"Brother Zhengguo, you gave me too much. One is enough." He Yushui saw three meal tickets and prepared to return two of them.

When Sun Zhengguo saw that two more tickets had been returned, he didn't reach out to take them, but instead smiled and explained.

"It's not much. Before we ate, Director Li and Deputy Director Liao already got a portion, right? Consider it my treat for them, so please accept it!"

"Well... alright then!" He Yushui hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted the ticket.

After Sun Zhengguo finished getting his food, he went to a small private room next door because the two factory directors were still there! He definitely had to keep them company.

"Factory directors, I'm sorry I'm late." As soon as he entered the room, Sun Zhengguo apologized.

“It’s alright, Mr. Sun. You’re a very busy person. On the contrary, the two of us had already finished eating before you, the host, even arrived.”

"Yes! Director Sun, please don't take offense. It's just that the stewed bones were so delicious today. Not only was there a lot of meat, but the portion was also huge. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes just now, I would have thought you were giving us special treatment!"

"As long as the two factory directors eat well, it's fine. It's not a banquet, so there's no need for so many formalities."

After Sun Zhengguo finished speaking, he sat down at the table and began to eat heartily.

"Mr. Sun, I was just about to ask you something. Why are there so many meats in the bones you brought back? Do you have some connections at the meat processing plant?"

Director Li wanted to ask this question earlier, but Sun Zhengguo hadn't come yet.