Night was beginning to fall, but Yi Zhonghai lay on the kang with his eyes open, his mind preoccupied with thoughts of his precious child, seemingly lost in his own world.

"Who took my treasure?"

This was a question that Yi Zhonghai had been pondering for half the night. In the end, he narrowed it down to two people: Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao.

But whoever made it? I need to get the item back, otherwise, he doesn't care...?

It must be said that once a person has seen blood, he is prone to murderous intent.

That was exactly Yi Zhonghai's mindset at that moment.

Early in the morning, Aunt Yi got up early to cook, just like always.

Unable to sleep, Yi Zhonghai simply sat up and prepared to get dressed and get out of bed.

Seeing her husband get up so early, Aunt Yi was very curious and turned her head to ask.

"Honey, it's still early! Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"I can't sleep, I need to go to the bathroom."

Yi Zhonghai was in a bad mood and didn't say much, making up an excuse at random.

Seeing that her husband looked unwell, Aunt Yi didn't ask any more questions, assuming he was constipated, and went to the kitchen instead.

Soon, Yi Zhonghai, having finished dressing, took some toilet paper and headed to the restroom.

About ten minutes later, Yi Zhonghai came out of the toilet, stomped his numb feet, and prepared to walk into the yard.

Just then, Liu Haizhong strode confidently toward the restroom.

It was truly a case of enemies meeting again, their eyes blazing with hatred. Without a second thought, Yi Zhonghai blocked his path.

Liu Haizhong, who was in a hurry to go to the toilet, was suddenly blocked in his way. Feeling a little annoyed, he said irritably.

"Old Yi, don't block the way. Let me finish using the restroom first."

"Hmph! Old Liu, I'm asking you, did you take something you shouldn't have?"

"What nonsense are you spouting so early in the morning? What did I take? Get lost, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, I need to go to the toilet."

Liu Haizhong was in a hurry to go to the toilet, so his tone wasn't very friendly.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai thought it was a sign of his guilty conscience and was not about to give up easily.

"Liu Haizhong, I advise you to be kind. If you don't make things clear today, you're not going anywhere."

"You... Yi Zhonghai, you've gone too far."

Liu Haizhong is really popular. How could you so easily manipulate me, the second eldest uncle of the Siheyuan? Don't I have any dignity?

"Get out of my way."

As he spoke, Liu Haizhong used his strong arms to push Yi Zhonghai backward repeatedly.

"Alright, alright, Liu Haizhong, it seems you really did take the things, otherwise you wouldn't be so angry."

I can't be bothered with you.

Liu Haizhong really couldn't hold it in any longer, and after saying that, he quickly ran to the toilet.

To his surprise, when he came out of the toilet, Yi Zhonghai was still waiting for him outside.

"No, Lao Yi, what's wrong with you this morning? What did I take from you? Can you explain yourself clearly? This is completely inexplicable."

Having resolved his physical issues, Liu Haizhong's anger subsided considerably, and he prepared to have a calm and rational conversation with Yi Zhonghai.

"Old Liu, I'm not going to beat around the bush with you. I'll just ask you one question: did you take those things you shouldn't have taken?"

"No, Lao Yi, I really can't remember what I took from you. Could you remind me?"

Hearing Liu Haizhong say this, Yi Zhonghai felt quite helpless. He couldn't very well reveal the story about that box of treasures!

But this didn't stump him, so he tried asking a question.

"You should remember that pile of pig manure, right?"

"Pig shit?"

Liu Haizhong felt his brain wasn't working properly, and he looked completely bewildered. What would I need that thing for?

"Old Yi, if you're trying to amuse me this early in the morning, I don't have time to chat with you. I have to go to work soon!"

After saying that, Liu Haizhong ignored what Yi Zhonghai thought and walked straight into the courtyard.

This time, Yi Zhonghai didn't stop him, because based on his observation, the expression in Liu Haizhong's hair didn't seem fake.

"Could it be Xu Damao?"

Yi Zhonghai began to change his mind and started to suspect Xu Damao.

But when he arrived at the backyard, ready to talk to Xu Damao, he found the Xu family's gate locked tight.

After asking Aunt Chen, Yi Zhonghai learned that Xu Damao might have gone to the countryside to show movies, and his wife might have gone to her parents-in-law's house.

After failing to achieve his goal, Yi Zhonghai could only quickly finish his breakfast and then walk to work.

However, because he had something on his mind, he couldn't do his job well and kept making mistakes...

On the other side.

As the culprit behind this incident, Sun Zhengguo was unaware that Yi Zhonghai had gone mad over the loss of his treasure and was searching the world for the thief.

He was on the phone at that moment, and on the other end of the line was Minister Li from the Ministry of Machinery.

"Minister Li, please give me your instructions."

"Comrade Zhengguo, I have read the report on training technicians that the research institute sent over. It's a great idea. How about this, why don't you come to the ministry and we can discuss it in detail?"

"Yes, Minister Li, I'll go right away."

After hanging up the phone, Sun Zhengguo tidied up the blueprints on the table, then went downstairs, got into his car, and headed to the Ministry of Machinery...

When Sun Zhengguo arrived at the minister's office on the third floor of the Ministry of Machinery, Engineer Zhang was also there.

"Jung-guk is here, please have a seat."

"Thank you, Minister Li."

After expressing his gratitude, Sun Zhengguo nodded to Engineer Zhang before sitting down.

Then, Secretary Wang brought over a cup of tea, and Minister Li finally spoke.

"Comrade Zhengguo, I just spoke with Comrade Zhang Qing, and he thinks the training plan you proposed is very good. Now that you're here, why don't you talk about how to implement it in detail?"

"Okay, Minister Li, I'll give a brief explanation. Please point out any errors or inaccuracies."

Then, following his pre-planned method, Sun Zhengguo began to explain in detail.

"First of all, the technicians selected from the branch factories to come for training must have a certain level of professionalism and cannot be just filling in the numbers. At the same time, they must have a clean background. One or two technicians from each factory are sufficient."

Secondly, our institute will temporarily set up a third technical department, which will be temporarily headed by Comrade Chen Lianshan. When there are few tasks, engineers from the institute can give lectures, and when there are tasks, they can also learn on-site.

Finally, the ministry should also provide us with some support. We don't need to say much about our living conditions, but we should also have Engineer Zhang and others come to our research institute to give lectures from time to time to help these technicians grow.

I believe that by taking a multi-pronged approach, we can cultivate more talent in the shortest possible time.

Minister Li, that's all I can think of for now. Do you have anything to add?

"Hmm! Not bad." Minister Li nodded in satisfaction.

"Comrade Zhengguo! I don't have anything to add, but I just wanted to ask, what should be done if a technician who goes to learn doesn't make much progress?"

"We set a three-month limit. If there is no significant progress, the person should go back to where they came from, proving that they are not suitable for this job. Then, the branch factory will recommend someone else."

Sun Zhengguo wasn't going to hold back either; if anyone wanted to coast along at the research institute, that was out of the question.