It often travels with Qianxiao on business trips, and after seeing so much, it has come to know the gap between imported and domestic materials, and also has a general idea of their prices.
"I might accept nutritional supplements and local specialties, but this is a watch, and a rather expensive one at that. I'm hesitant to accept it!"
"Why don't you take it with you when you come to work and ask your supervisor?"
"Okay, but I'm scared of the open path," she said, panicking because at this point, even embezzling or accepting a bribe of a hundred yuan could send you to a labor camp.
I put down my watch and looked at the nutritional supplements I had taken out. My goodness! It's like they bought a pair of every single variety in the department store. This is too much! Before, it was just a net bag of local specialty fruits or something.
"Double eggs? What are Master Wu's and Master Sun's?"
"Just some nutritional supplements, fewer than yours, and no watch."
Qian Xiao thought for a moment and then took out a pen and paper and wrote down a list of everything she had received.
Factory Manager Guan looked at the list in his hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He had just received a call from the steel mill, who had told him about these things. They said that Xiao Qian had not only helped a lot this time, but had also saved them a lot of foreign exchange. They said it was a reward from the steel mill for Xiao Qian.
He really didn't expect Xiao Qian to be so honest, and even report it to him.
"Don't worry, I know all this, and the higher-ups know it too. Just accept it without worry. You did a great job this time, and the factory will reward you."
"No need, no need, this is already plenty." Oh dear, she can't be too greedy.
"Just accept it without worry. We can all see the contributions you've made. Comrade Xiao Qian, keep up the good work, and this year's award will be yours."
Qian Xiao didn't even know how she walked out of the factory director's office. An advanced individual! That title is so prestigious these days. No, she had to go back and tell her grandparents when she got a holiday, so they could share in her joy.
Raising his fist, Qian Xiao decided to work even harder. In his excitement, Qian Xiao made a major decision for himself.
In the days that followed, Qian Xiao seemed to want to bury himself in books, which made Master Wu and the others shake their heads. What was wrong with little Qian? He had worked hard before, but he had never worked this hard. He seemed to want to skip meals and sleep and stare at books all day long.
The four grown men couldn't afford to interfere with Qian Xiao's studies, so they took on the responsibility of being fathers, taking care of Qian Xiao in every way, calling her to eat when it was time to eat, and if she wouldn't listen, they would bring her back to eat.
Every now and then, I'd wake people up to move around and remind them to drink water. I'd even wake them up before they were supposed to leave, just in case they got so engrossed in their books that they forgot they were leaving.
It's heartbreaking to think about; they've never taken such good care of their own children.
Qian Xiao went to Sun Kaicheng's warehouse on his own initiative for the first time, rummaging through it left and right, with Shuangdan pointing out the location of the things Qian Xiao was looking for.
Are you really sure?
"Yeah, I want to try it."
"No, didn't you say you didn't want to be a scientist?" Its host had never worked this hard before. Had it changed its dream?
"I didn't want to become a scientist. Look, I'm doing this repairman's job, but I also have to do the work of a fitter. I want to upgrade the tools I can use so that they can better serve my future work."
"What you said is not wrong, but researching this machine is not easy."
"Hey, don't make it sound so high-level. At most, I just copy the information and then refine it a bit more. It's hardly research."
You're being quite modest. This is something anyone could do if they wanted to.
"Okay, I'll support you technically. Do you want to try it out in a simulation first?" It does have this little feature.
"Of course we need it, but I don't have that many materials. We can only wait until the scale is reduced to a smaller size and make a prototype to see if it will be successful. We'll have to see how it works after it's made."
She genuinely enjoys the feeling of crafting and wants to wait until the scale is completed to see if she can make a tiny one. She feels a little guilty accepting all the praise she's received.
For the next three months, every time Sun Kaicheng entered the space, he could see his little partner working hard. He was too lazy to even pay attention to his partner, whom he hadn't seen for several days. It was a good thing that this guy was lazy, otherwise how could the two of them have time to spend together when they were both busy?
Qian Xiao put down what she was holding and rubbed her neck, feeling a hand on it. She turned to look at Sun Kaicheng: "Not busy today?"
Sun Kaicheng gently massaged Qian Xiao's neck, saying, "Hmm, take a break today. Being so busy all the time is exhausting. Shouldn't you take a good rest too? I haven't seen you have a moment of free time in the past three months."
"It'll be over soon, in about another week. How much longer do you want?" It feels quite comfortable to be massaged like this; no wonder so many people like massages.
"My situation is almost settled too. I should be able to leave in two months at most. What are your plans after you're done here?"
Qian Xiao looked completely bewildered. She hadn't thought of it! She'd never been involved in this kind of thing before, but she just went ahead and did it anyway: "Do you have any good suggestions?"
She wasn't just making it for fun; if it were really possible, she would like to turn it into a proper machine, as it would be very useful if done right.
"Have Master Wu take you to the factory manager. The factory manager will make the next arrangements. If he wants you to come and work with me in the back, would you come?"
If this succeeds, it's highly likely that the higher-ups will encourage Qian Xiao to directly pursue research.
Qian Xiao shook her head like a rattle drum: "This is just an idea that came to me while using these machines. I can't really do this full-time. You know my brain isn't very good. I can't do anything too difficult."
"Okay, it's up to you." He also knew that Qian Xiao wasn't suited to being confined to one place for too long. Her current job was good, and she could go out for walks occasionally.
"Take a look and see if there's anything else that's not right?" Actually, Qian Xiao had been having Shuangdan keep an eye on things, and Shuangdan would point it out whenever something seemed off.
Qian Xiao always thinks for herself first, proposes solutions, and then lets Shuang Dan check if the solutions are correct. Since the ideas are copied, there's no need to copy the process. She wants to use her own knowledge reserves to test her true abilities.
Sun Kaicheng naturally knew this too: "Okay, I'll take a look at it for you. You should rest for a while first."
Qian Xiao got up and stretched. Seeing that Sun Kaicheng was watching intently, she went straight to the kitchen. She hadn't cooked a proper meal in months. Lately, the two of them had been eating either the cafeteria or their old food supplies. It was still early today, so she decided to cook something delicious to change things up.
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