Ye Li reported to the factory first, then took a leave and went to the People's Hospital to find Qin Ying.

Qin Ying has found a good pediatrician, and now everyone is taking their children to see the doctor.

Ye Li did not stay long. He left a contact number for Qin Ying and asked Qin Ying to give the contact number to Guan Gensheng and ask Guan Gensheng to remember to contact him.

After finishing this task, she returned to the factory. In the afternoon, Section Chief Liu Hua found her and told her that a batch of defective cloth could be produced today.

It seemed that Ye Li would not be able to go to the machinery factory to watch the performance in the evening, so she called Jiang Xun.

When the phone rang, the key members of the design department of the machinery factory were in a meeting.

When Director Wang heard the phone ringing, he asked someone to answer it.

Lin Zhenfang, who was closest to the phone, answered the call. When she heard that the caller was looking for Jiang Xun, she smiled and said to Jiang Xun, "Looking for you."

Jiang Xun glanced at Director Wang.

...

...

"Go ahead and answer it. I've almost said everything I need to say."

Jiang Xun pushed his wheelchair to the phone and answered the call.

Ye Li's voice rang out, soft and gentle, revealing the sweetness that only a girl can have: "Jiang Xun, I'm afraid I can't go tonight, I have a mission tonight."

"It's okay, just do your thing first."

"You're not going to be mad, are you?"

"Won't."

"That's good."

"Yeah. Don't be too tired and go home early in the evening."

"knew."

"Then I'm hanging up."

"Wait a moment."

Jiang Xun paused, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he lowered his voice even lower: "What's wrong?"

There was a pause on the other end of the microphone, and soon, a crisp "ba" sound came over: "ua~"

Jiang Xun's mouth corners lifted uncontrollably: "Yeah, I heard it."

"goodbye."

After Jiang Xun hung up the phone, Director Wang smiled and teased him: "It's still good to be young! Young people are passionate and unrestrained!"

Jiang Xun's ears were slightly red. "Director Wang, we didn't say anything. We just said that we couldn't watch the factory's consolation performance together tonight."

Director Wang laughed, raised his wrist, lowered his head and sucked hard on the back of his hand twice: "That's quite a big noise!"

Jiang Xun's ears turned red all the way to his neck: "The phone... is so loud?"

There was an ambiguous laugh in the room.

Master Qin chuckled twice: "The phone is leaking."

Jiang Xun: “…”

He has been here for so long and he never knew!

"Look at Jiang Xun's face, it's all red. Stop teasing him! Director Wang, please continue with your conversation." Lin Zhenfang said a few words for Jiang Xun.

"Okay! Everyone be serious!" Director Wang raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop laughing.

Lin Zhenfang: "Weren't you the first to laugh?"

Director Wang: "Then let me be serious! Let's continue talking about the task assigned to our design department by the factory. Our factory has been producing electric motors for a long time. This time, the task given by the superiors is to improve the motors and modify their poor heat dissipation. Another difficulty is to reduce vibration and noise. The factory has given us a month, and we hope to see the improved changes of the new generation of products in a month."

"One month?" Lin Zhenfang shook her head. "Director, isn't this too tight? Can't we at least give you one month's grace?"

Director Wang said, "Mr. Lin, time is running out. As an agricultural machinery factory, our work efficiency has always been praised by our peers! This time the order is urgent, and the quantity required is also large. Therefore, we must hurry up. Of course, if the completion is excellent, the factory has set up a large bonus."

"Huh? There's a bonus!"

"How much is the prize money?"

"Is it enough for us to go to a big restaurant for a meal?"

Director Wang saw that everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized, laughed, and said loudly: "The factory has allocated 1,000 yuan as a bonus for our design department! If everyone can complete the task within the specified time and complete it very well, our department will give out another 200 yuan as a reward."

The bonus is 1,200 yuan.

On average, each person in a design department earns at least a few dozen dollars.

"Of course, we also have to reward people according to their merits," Director Wang added.

This means that people with greater contributions get more, and people with less contributions get less.

But at least everyone gets a bonus.

"Master Qin! Engineer Li, Engineer Zhao... You guys are all veterans now, you have to take on the responsibilities!"

Master Qin is actually also a senior mechanical designer. After his master retired, he took in many apprentices. At least half of the people in this design department have been trained by him.

So, although he was an engineer, his family called him "Master", and over time, it became Master Lin.

Master Lin nodded: "Don't worry, we will never let you down."

After the meeting, Master Lin and Jiang Xun brought up the matter again: "Xiao Jiang, work hard this time and try to make a name for yourself! First, there will be a bonus. Second, you can make a name for yourself in our design department as soon as possible. When you are evaluated for professional titles in the future, you will also have something to write about."

The passion in Jiang Xun was awakened. After retiring from the army, four years had passed and he had not done anything.

This time it is a task from the factory, and he must make some contribution with his own abilities.

"Master, don't worry, I will definitely work hard!"

"That's good! Master has confidence in you, keep going!"

With this design task in mind, Jiang Xun did not go to watch the factory's consolation performance in the evening.

He took some paper, pen and some old drawings home, determined to devote himself to the design.

As soon as I entered the gate of the compound this afternoon, I smelled a unpleasant odor.

He remembered the urine-throwing battle that morning, which had splashed urine all over the yard.

Jiang Xun frowned and was about to go back to his room.

Zhao Xingmei came out of the house to cook and saw that only her eldest son had returned. She asked him, "Where's your wife? When will she be back tonight?"

Jiang Xun said: "Maybe a little later. The factory has other tasks!"

Zhao Xingmei nodded: "You can have dinner with me tonight."

"No, I have to design drawings tonight, so I'll just eat something to get by."

"Which is more important, the design drawing or your health? Listen to mom, it's not too late to be busy after dinner." Zhao Xingmei couldn't help but complain when she mentioned this, "You said I would marry you a wife so that she can take care of you! But what happened? You come home every day and stay indoors all the time! Look, it's summer now, and those men and women outside are dating! Look at how you live? She can't even take care of you, let alone let me have a grandchild!"

Jiang Xun felt something was wrong with what his mother said and knew that she must be in a bad mood.

"Who pissed you off?"

"Who provoked me? Everyone provoked me!" Zhao Xingmei said angrily.

"Mom! You've wronged Li Li! She took good care of me! I need surgery on my leg, and the cost is astronomical for a family like ours! And the subsequent recovery and convalescence are beyond our ability! So, Li Li is working hard to make money!" Jiang Xun spoke up for his wife.

Zhao Xingmei guessed that this should be the case.

But Ye Li was very unhappy because she couldn't see anyone every night.

"Jiang Xun, let me warn you! Your wife is younger than you and very beautiful. She is very eye-catching!" Zhao Xingmei did not say the second half of the sentence, but the meaning was very clear.

"She wouldn't." Jiang Xun said with certainty, "She could have chosen not to marry me!"

"Then was the then. Now is the now!"

Jiang Xun knew that his mother definitely didn't say this for no reason. He pursed his lips and asked, "Mom, did something happen?"

Zhao Xingmei sighed, pointed at Jiang Xi's room and said, "Go, go see your brother."