Chapter 420 Onboarding
After May Day, Little Stone from Aunt Xu's family went to kindergarten with Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao.
Because Teacher Hu has other work to do, she can't leave for the time being.
Over the next few days, Jiang Si showed Xu's wife around the neighborhood.
Compared to the Fourth Division, the Air Force compound is indeed much larger, but the supporting facilities are almost the same.
After Sister-in-law Xu became familiar with the surroundings, Jiang Si took some time to visit her master's house.
In the past two years, apart from work and spending time with her family, she has spent the rest of her time systematically learning precision mechanical drawing, as required by her master.
Occasionally, her master would let her take on some drawing tasks that weren't highly confidential.
But since the Lunar New Year this year, her master has not assigned her any new tasks.
Before, I could drop my child off at school, but now that my child goes to school by herself and stays at kindergarten for lunch, she gets quite bored staying home alone for too long.
She now finally understood what Zhao Zhao meant when she said that being bored for too long really makes you feel like you're about to sprout.
She feels that this is her current state.
After a long chat with her master, he sent two large boxes of things to her two days later.
When Huo Tingzhou returned from get off work, Jiang Si was tidying up these things in the study.
He casually picked up a few books and glanced at them: "Aircraft Structural Mechanics," "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics," "Engineering Graphics and Descriptive Geometry," etc.
"Wife, these books are..."
"My master had it delivered."
Huo Tingzhou was stunned. Professor Yu sent so many books over, could it be that he wanted his wife to study at home?
Jiang Si nodded, confirming his guess.
“My master said to give me a year, and I can learn as much as I can.”
Huo Tingzhou remained silent for a moment after listening.
With so many books, learning them is no easy task.
After a long pause, he asked, "Won't a year be too arduous?"
Jiang Si neatly stacked the books, saying, "I think it's alright."
She wasn't saying this to comfort Huo Tingzhou.
On the one hand, the textbooks written in this era were quite conscientious, and the content was basically all practical information.
Unlike later textbooks, which were written in a mess as if they were afraid that students would learn by themselves at home, treating students like children!
On the other hand, she was at least considered a top student in later generations.
These courses were not difficult for her.
Besides, Master also said that we should learn as much as we can.
Jiang Si smiled and waved the book in her hand, "Just consider it as passing the time."
That's what they say, but with two little devils at home, plus Huo Tingzhou, it's hard for Jiang Si not to work hard.
Huo Tingzhou knew her personality, so he didn't say anything at the time, but in order to let her study on her own in peace.
In the days that followed, Huo Tingzhou took on almost all the household chores.
When he occasionally needs to travel for official business, he will make arrangements in advance.
Spring comes and autumn goes, time flies, and before she knew it, Jiang Si had been studying at home for almost a year.
After a year of systematic study, she not only mastered the textbooks but also integrated the theoretical knowledge into her understanding.
Now, when drawing those complex mechanical drawings, she clearly feels that her writing is smoother, and her understanding and calculation of various structures are more accurate. She truly has a feeling of "understanding one thing and everything else" and "a sudden enlightenment".
I learned that she had mastered these courses in less than a year.
Yu Baien was pleased and arrived at the family compound that afternoon.
The master and apprentice talked for a long time in the study.
Finally, he formally extended an invitation to Jiang Si.
Joining the Seventh Department was an unspoken understanding between the mentor and apprentice.
However, since her master hadn't mentioned this matter in the past two years, Jiang Si hadn't thought about it in that direction.
She unilaterally believed that it was because she was not capable enough.
Yu Baien shook his head. "It's not that you're not capable enough."
The master didn't elaborate on what followed, but based on what had happened before, Jiang Si could roughly guess.
At that time, the master's wife was injured first, and the master was injured later.
The only possible reason why the master did this was because he was worried that this matter would implicate her, and he was afraid that those people would become desperate and endanger her personal safety.
Jiang Si's conjecture was confirmed in her teacher's wife's subsequent remarks.
In fact, it's not just a concern.
At that time, the young couple had just gotten married, and they really didn't want their younger spouse to experience the regrets that their generation had gone through.
That afternoon, the teacher's wife talked about many things from the past.
"On the surface, this year marks the tenth year that your master has worked in the Seventh Department, but in reality, he has been officially involved in and in charge of some projects since the 1950s."
What year was it?
Huo Tingzhou and Jiang Si exchanged glances after hearing this. Their master and mistress had only been married for a little over twenty years.
Doesn't that mean they've been living apart for a long time since they got married?
No wonder my master and his wife have never had children all these years.
The more Jiang Si learned about the effort and sacrifice behind these achievements, the more she felt unworthy of the honors she received.
She paused, then looked up.
With no outsiders present, Jiang Si asked directly, "Master, was it part of the organization's plan that you took me as your disciple and devoted yourself to training me?"
"Yes." Yu Baien readily admitted, but at that time he was unaware of the specific plans from above.
It was simply a matter of discovering and cultivating a group of talents as part of the organization's reserve force.
He looked at Jiang Si with an open and honest gaze and said, "My choice of you was based not only on organizational considerations, but most importantly, I saw your talent and inspiration in painting and design."
So that's how it is, Jiang Si understands now.
Yu Baien's visit today was clearly not just his personal decision; it also had organizational significance.
Regarding safety, he also made a solemn promise to the young couple.
One reason is the organization's emphasis on ensuring the safety of researchers.
On the other hand, he did not shy away from the fact that the Huo family was part of the reason.
Jiang Si could easily understand this.
Those lurking in the shadows only aim to sabotage or hinder China's scientific research progress, but no one would be foolish enough to target the family of the top military leader in China.
Yu Baien's words dispelled Huo Tingzhou's last remaining concerns.
Jiang Si had no time to hesitate. In early April, she officially joined the Seventh Department as the leader of the First Design Group of the Overall Design Department.
Of course, the mentor and apprentice had already reached a consensus before the appointment was issued.
After completing the onboarding procedures that day, Yu Baien took Jiang Si to her design team to help her familiarize herself with the environment.
The overall design department has four groups, with the first group having the most members and taking over projects from their first research institute.
"That's all for today," Yu Baien said to Jiang Si. "I'll tell you more about the main projects the team is responsible for in a couple of days after you officially start working."
In fact, his initial intention was to have Jiang Si join the First Research Institute as the assistant to the deputy chief engineer.
But after thinking about it, he decided to let Jiang Si go to the grassroots design team to gain experience first.
After all, the assistant to the deputy chief engineer is at the division chief level, and to get to that position, one must have at least a college degree.
Forcing her into this position might not be a good thing for her.
Jiang Si didn't have much of an opinion about this.
The work in the design team is related to her major, which she thinks is great.
However, when his teacher's wife, Fang Wenjun, learned of this news, she was somewhat puzzled.
Seeing this, Yu Baien explained, "I know you feel that she has been wronged, but giving her the experience in the design team for the past two years is actually a good thing for her."
"It's better to wait until the time is right and make real achievements before being promoted than to put yourself in a difficult position like this."
Fang Wenjun understood what he meant; academic qualifications have always been a hard requirement for promotion.
This child has no shortage of ability, character, or background; the only thing lacking is education.
"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have preferred to let her study at Tsinghua University for two years first."
Yu Baien also thought about it, but the problem is that Tsinghua University is no longer the Tsinghua University it used to be.
He sighed, "This year our unit did assign a few worker-peasant-soldier students from Tsinghua University and Peking University, but they don't know anything."
"Upon inquiry, it was discovered that the university hadn't taught them anything in the past two years. In the end, we had no choice but to assign them to the logistics department."
He was embarrassed to say that he could learn a lot of real knowledge at such a university.
Fang Wenjun sighed upon hearing this, "I wonder when universities will be able to teach and nurture students properly like before."
"It should be soon," Yu Baien said. "For a country to develop, it cannot do without talent, and it cannot do without education. It won't stay in chaos forever."
At that moment, he was just trying his best to comfort his wife.
Unexpectedly, her prediction came true. One day at the end of April, a major news item was suddenly published in the newspaper—
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