Time flies like an arrow, and before we knew it, it was June 1962.
During this period, people were busy with their own lives and work, and their days were ordinary yet fulfilling.
The best news during this period was probably the issue of food rationing.
Because starting after the Lunar New Year, the government adjusted the quotas for urban residents.
And over time, the previous food supply has now been fully restored.
This also means that food is no longer scarce, and the days when everyone had to tighten their belts are gone forever.
Therefore, Sun Zhengguo no longer supplies food to his relatives unless there is a special need.
That evening, right after dinner, Sun Zhengguo took his child and wife out for a walk.
As they strolled along, Sun Zhengguo held his son's little hand, his mind still preoccupied with matters at his institute.
Since developing another precision machine tool before the Lunar New Year, he has been researching large machine tools. Just yesterday, all the parts for this gantry milling machine were completed.
This also marks the final countdown to the production of China's first domestically manufactured large-scale machine tool.
Once this gantry milling machine is completed, the next step is to develop a gear hobbing machine, which will complete the closed loop.
"Zhengguo, what are you thinking about? There's a courtyard house just ahead, do you want to go back and take a look?"
Before they knew it, the family of three had arrived at the courtyard house.
Ning Xiaowei didn't want to disturb her husband's thoughts, but seeing that they had arrived at their doorstep, it seemed inappropriate not to ask.
"Oh! I was thinking about some work-related matters. Since we're already at the courtyard house, let's go back and take a look."
After Sun Zhengguo finished speaking, he picked up his son and said happily, "Come on, son, Dad will take you home to see Grandma."
"Look at Grandma, look at Grandma, look... look at Mao Mao, and... Xuan Xuan."
"Ha ha!"
Hearing his son's innocent voice, Sun Zhengguo was overjoyed and couldn't help but have another intimate encounter with him.
The hard stubble prickled his son, who cried out, "Daddy's balls, Mommy's balls!"
"Hehehe!" Seeing the father and son playing around, and the son's unclear speech, Ning Xiaowei was also amused.
“Okay, Mom will help Xiao Jie beat up the bad guys.” After saying that, Ning Xiaowei pretended to pat Sun Zhengguo a few times.
"hehe……!"
Seeing his father get beaten, Sun Shujie let out a sly laugh of satisfaction.
Before they knew it, the family of three had arrived at the entrance of the courtyard house. Some people chatting at the entrance greeted Sun Zhengguo as soon as they saw him.
Sun Zhengguo didn't put on any airs and responded politely in return. When he met younger people of the same generation, he would even crack a joke.
After exchanging a few simple pleasantries, the family walked into the yard.
When Lin Wencui saw her eldest grandson arrive, she immediately reached out her arms to hug him.
Sun Shujie was quite obliging, extending his hands in return to ask for a hug.
Sun Zhengguo handed his son to his mother and then looked at his sister beside him and asked.
"Zhenghong, you're graduating soon, right? What are your plans?"
"Brother, I find you to be quite understanding. I was planning to go to you, but I didn't expect you to come to me on your own."
Seeing his sister joking around, Sun Zhengguo didn't take it to heart.
"Tell me! Where do you want to work? Let me make it clear beforehand, if it's too difficult, you'd better not ask."
Sun Zhengguo made it clear beforehand that if things didn't work out, it wouldn't be particularly embarrassing.
"No problem, no problem. Your research institute probably doesn't have a suitable position for me, so I'll go to the machine factory!"
Sun Zhenghong was self-aware and did not want to join the mechanical research institute, but instead chose the mechanical factory that was closest to it.
For Sun Zhengguo, making such a choice was not difficult at all. He only needed to inform Director Li and recruit people in the normal manner.
"By the way, after graduation, have you discussed things with Weimin?"
After discussing work, Sun Zhengguo inquired about his sister's marriage.
"Brother, shouldn't this be your decision? Why are you asking me instead?"
Sun Zhenghong feigned innocence and asked Sun Zhengguo a question in return.
"Heh!" Sun Zhengguo sneered. "Now you think of asking us? Why didn't you ask me first when you two were secretly dating?"
Sun Zhenghong originally intended to retreat in order to maximize his interests, since the family had contributed a lot when his eldest and second eldest brothers got married.
Unexpectedly, her older brother acted out of the ordinary and brought up her secret relationship with someone again.
"Mom, look at my older brother, why does he keep bringing up these old, trivial matters?"
Sun Zhenghong began looking for outside help, hoping to get his mother's support.
But Lin Wencui acted as if she hadn't heard, not even raising her head, and instead spoke to her grandson.
"Good boy, Xiao Jie. When you grow up and want to find a wife, you have to tell Grandma first, or Grandma will spank you!"
Well! Mom was definitely implying something about me; it seems she and my older brother are on the same side.
Sun Zhenghong knew that the two of them were definitely trying to provoke her. A wise woman doesn't fight a losing battle, so she decided to leave first.
"Mom, brother, I need to go back to my room to fill out a form, I'm leaving now."
After saying this, Sun Zhenghong returned to her room before the two of them could react.
After she left, the mother and son in the house looked at each other and smiled at the same time, everything understood without words.
In fact, the family had already discussed Sun Zhenghong's marriage.
Lin Wencui was still willing to take out 1,000 yuan, just like the two brothers had done before, and give the money directly to Sun Zhenghong.
Sun Zhengguo only has one younger sister, so the dowry he prepared consisted of three turns and one sound system, which he purchased separately.
However, considering that Sun Zheng'an's financial situation was not good, and that he was the second brother, he was willing to do his part.
So the two brothers finally agreed that Sun Zhengguo would buy the bicycle and sewing machine, while Sun Zhengan would be responsible for the remaining watch and radio.
Sun Zhenghong was unaware of all this. If she had known, why would she have bothered with all this? She could have just let them arrange it themselves.
The next day, after arriving at work, Sun Zhengguo first inspected the new workshop to check on the production status of the two types of precision machine tools.
Currently, each of these two types of machine tools can produce about ten units per month.
Although this quantity is not large, it is enough to meet some domestic demand.
Currently, in the field of precision machine tools, the country no longer needs to import from countries like Japan, thanks to its existing machine tools and domestically produced ones.
This also resulted in the country saving a lot of foreign exchange each year, so General Manager Lai attached great importance to this new workshop and didn't mind investing a lot of money.
After inspecting the new workshop, Sun Zhengguo took a look at the workshop under construction next to it.
This workshop was built based on a report submitted by Sun Zhengguo after the New Year, and was later specially approved by General Manager Lai.
Its sole purpose is to produce large machine tools.
In Sun Zhengguo's words, this is called being prepared for a rainy day; as soon as the large machine tool is developed, we can start production here.
After visiting the two workshops, Sun Zhengguo went to the research institute's experimental workshop to see the large machine tools being assembled.
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