Chapter 107: No approval during the day for the small boss, but at night for the big boss...
Of course, the city has already applied to the provincial government last year, but it has not been approved yet.
Upon hearing this, Qu Mingli glanced around without saying a word. Yan Xue immediately understood that there was something he couldn't say in public.
She jumped off her bike and said, "I'll keep an eye on this for you guys. Find a place to talk."
Qu Mingli didn't refuse, so Qi Fang got out of the car, parked it on the side of the road, and went to a tree not far away with Qu Mingli.
The car stopped and the little fat boy turned his head to look at his father, then turned back to look at his mother who was nearby.
"Your father has something to do and will be back soon." Yan Xue touched her son's little head and said to him.
The little fat boy didn't know whether he understood or not. He looked up at her for a long time, then started pulling at the hat on his head with his little hands.
Yan Xue thought he was feeling hot and tried to help him take it off, but he grabbed it with his little hands and pushed it upwards, "Mommy, wear it."
"Is it for mom?" Yan Xue was a little surprised, but still bent down and put her head closer.
The little guy immediately put the hat on his mother's head, and then smiled at Yan Xue with his bright eyes.
Then he patted the bicycle beneath him and gestured to his mother, "Cheek, let's go."
Yan Xue was a little amused at the time, "You gave me the hat just to let me take you away?"
The fat boy just laughed, then continued to pat the bicycle, "Bicycle, let's go, Mommy."
"Then we really don't have this. Your mother can't ride it." Yan Xue spread her hands helplessly.
If it was a 26cm bicycle, she could still ride it because of her good body proportions, but Qi Fang's is 28cm, so he must be over 175cm tall.
So the little fat boy looked at her, and she looked at the little fat boy, and the little fat boy finally remembered his old father whom he almost left behind, "Dad!"
"Yeah." Qi Fang responded and looked over. Qu Mingli also looked over here. "Then I'll think of a way to see if I can borrow one."
The two of them finished talking and walked back. Qu Mingli looked at the fat boy in the car and asked Yan Xue, "Is this your son? How old is he?"
"Two and a half years old." Yan Xue introduced Qu Mingli to the fat boy. "This is Uncle Qu. Yan Yu calls him Uncle."
"Uncle Qu." The fat boy spoke clearly. Hearing Qu Mingli's smile, he said, "Hey," "You two go back. I have to go too."
Everyone got in the car, and Yan Xue didn't ask any more questions. Even after they entered the house, the little fat boy was still reluctant to get out.
It was Yan Jigang, who had returned from school earlier, who poked his head out and asked, "Yan Yu, do you want to listen to the radio?" He kicked his legs and said, "Yes," and asked Qi Fang to put him down.
As soon as he landed on the ground, he ran inside by himself. When he reached the door and found that it could not be opened, he turned around and called for his father.
Qi Fang went over to help him open the door, then turned back to look at Yan Xue who was walking behind him, "Do you want to sit for a while?"
Yan Xue thought he was going out and was about to ask when the man came over, hugged her and put her on the back seat of the bicycle.
Yan Xue's vision suddenly became higher, and she no longer had to look up so much when looking at Qi Fang.
She was a little amused, "Do you think everyone is your son?"
Qi Fang propped up the front seat with one hand and looked at her. "It's not like I haven't done this before."
What does whether he has carried himself before have to do with whether he can carry himself to the back seat of the bicycle now?
Yan Xue was about to say something when she remembered watching an outdoor movie and being told that she still needed her father to carry her even though she was so old...
This man actually took advantage of her secretly. Yan Xue raised her foot and kicked the man on the leg.
Qi Fang didn't care. He leaned over and patted him, saying, "The province didn't approve the money for the system upgrade."
The voice was quieter than before, and Yan Xue straightened her expression. "What's going on?"
When Qu Mingli asked Qi Fang for help just now, she guessed that something was wrong. Otherwise, she could just change it directly. Why did she have to ask Qi Fang to change it?
The fact that Qu Mingli didn't say it in public further confirmed her guess that there might be something involved.
Sure enough, Qi lowered his lips to her ear and said, "There's some unrest going on up there. I don't have time to deal with this."
Yan Xue had nothing to say. It had been like this in the past few years. Something would often happen, and the higher up the level, the more serious it became.
On the contrary, some small places far away from the center, except at the beginning, gradually became peaceful. After all, most ordinary people want to live a stable life.
Yan Xue didn't elaborate on the topic. "Director Qu, do you want to change the current hydrostatic system to the old one?"
"Well, some of the machines in our county are being driven too hard, and the hydraulic systems are almost failing. They need to be reinstalled if not replaced."
Although he had said that the power could not be turned to the maximum when he first patched it, but now that the logging task was pressing, who would care whether you could do it or not.
During the routine inspection before going up the mountain last year, problems were found in the timber collection equipment of many forest farms, so the city was so anxious to apply for replacement.
The funds cannot be approved now, and I don’t know whether they can be approved by winter. Who dares to gamble with the logging task of an entire county? What if the logging is halfway through and cannot be used?
The city and county have been holding meetings to discuss this matter these days, so when Qu Mingli saw Qi Fang, he thought of asking.
If they can use the existing hydrostatic system for modification, they can at least save some costs. In case the province does not approve the funds, they will be prepared.
The hydraulic system of the older batch of loggers 50 is much more stable than this hydrostatic system. It has been used for longer years but has never had any problems.
"Can this be changed? From static hydraulics to hydraulics?" Yan Xue was not a professional and did not know the difference.
"Some parts can be used interchangeably, but we have to first check what was used originally," said Qi Fang.
The hydrostatic transmission was derived from the hydraulic transmission, and he also disassembled the hydraulic system of the old Jiji 50 with his teacher.
He didn't know if the internal components had changed after so many years, so he told Qu Mingli that he wanted to find one to take a look first.
Qu Mingli came to Qi Fang to solve the problem. Within a few days, he borrowed a previously produced Jimu 50 from another city and drove it into the machinery factory.
The machine was driven by a tractor driver from the county. After driving it, he asked worriedly, "Is it okay to run it at full power?"
There are always problems with the timber collection batch 50 from the county, so now if it is not cold weather and it is not the batch from the county, he dare not open it too big.
"It should be fine." Qi Fang called the bureau and told Qu Mingli that the stuff had arrived. Then, without another word, he got on the machine and started dismantling it.
When Master Hong received the news and rushed over, he had already dismantled several components and placed them all on a piece of oilcloth spread out next to him.
Master Hong squatted there and took a look. "Yes, they are different. The hydraulic motor is different. What is this?"
"Hydraulic cylinder," Qi Fang said. "Hydraulic pressure is a closed circuit. It doesn't have this."
Ordinary hydraulic systems are open circuits, and even if they use the same hydraulic motor, there are differences in their use.
Master Hong was not a professional in this field, so he only understood half of what was being said. He stood by and watched for a while, and discovered that Qi Fang had put a part to the other side.
"What's wrong with this?" He asked when he didn't understand. In front of Qi Fang, he no longer considered himself an old engineer in the factory.
Qi Fang was also familiar with him, so he answered his question immediately, "The control valve is compatible with the hydrostatic system."
Master Hong looked at it and felt that there were still some differences between the static hydraulic system used in the county's batch of 50 timber collection vehicles, but Qi Fang said it could be used and there shouldn't be any major problems.
He simply rolled up his sleeves and asked Qi Fang, "Is there anything else you haven't finished dismantling? Do you want me to join you?"
"Almost done." Qi Fang pointed to the remaining parts, and the two of them started to dismantle them together.
After dismantling and dividing them into two piles, Master Hong also saw something. "Except for the hydraulic pump and hydraulic motor, the rest are not much different."
In fact, in the latest version of the hydrostatic system made by Qi Fang and his teacher, the use of components is more different, but what Wu Xingde took out was just a semi-finished product.
Qi Fang went to wash his hands and began to draw the design. He first drew a few core components that could not be moved, and then filled them in one by one.
Master Hong has also helped repair the county's timber collection machine 50, and he can tell at a glance which ones are hydraulic and which ones are hydrostatic.
After finishing the drawing, he revised it again. Qi Fang was incredibly proactive and immediately dismantled a county-level 50-ton wood-cutting machine in the factory and began to assemble it.
To be honest, it looks a bit out of place. After all, compared with the hydraulic system, the structure of the hydrostatic system is much more compact.
But no matter whether it is incompatible or not, the thing can really be turned on after installation, which at least proves that some components are indeed universal.
Master Hong had to admit that Qi Fang's brain seemed to have more room than others. All the parts were stored in it and could be assembled.
However, Master Hong still had work to do and didn't stay here for too long. When he came back next time, the structure of Qi Fang's system had changed again.
Qi Fang is actually using as many original parts as possible to find a balance between reducing costs and maintaining performance.
Fortunately, what Wu Xingde brought out was a semi-finished product that used a lot of previous components, otherwise the cost would probably be difficult to control.
By June, when both the city and the county were already in a state of panic and still had no solution, Qi Fang wrote back to Qu Mingli.
As soon as he saw the booklet handed to him, Qu Mingli knew what was going on. "Has it been revised?"
"Yeah." Qi Fang said, "But there are still a few parts models that need to be adjusted. I have to wait until I get them back to check."
That was pretty good too. Qu Mingli directly asked the question that concerned him most, "What is the cost?"
"It can reduce the total cost to about one-third."
After all, some of the components are original and they also installed them themselves.
This made Qu Mingli feel more at ease, but he still opened the booklet to confirm.
He remembered that every time Qi Fang handed in something, he would make a specific budget. Sure enough, after flipping through the design drawings in front, he found the one at the back.
What surprised him was that in addition to the budget, Qi Fang even wrote down the name, model and manufacturer of the parts that needed to be purchased clearly.
Even if you ask a purchasing agent from a machinery factory, he or she may not be able to explain it so clearly. Those who don’t know may think that all these are printed on the parts.
Qu Mingli couldn't help but look at Qi Fang again. He didn't know whether he was well prepared or he knew all this well enough to know it at a glance.
However, with such precision, there was no need to find out about purchasing channels. Qu Mingli closed the booklet and said, "Okay, I'll talk to Secretary Tang later."
This was a tone of official business, but after saying it, the person smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work this time." This was the tone of a personal relationship.
Qi Fang's expression softened. "After all, I've eaten at your house before, so I still have to do this for the county."
He actually had other ideas in his mind, but now was not the time, so he didn't say anything and waited until the bureau made a decision.
Qu Mingli was cautious in his actions. He read the booklet over and over again until he had a rough idea of what was going on. Then he took it to see Secretary Tang of the county bureau.
Secretary Tang is almost fifty years old this year, and his hairline is worrying. He has gotten along quite well with Qu Mingli over the past year.
The main thing is that Qu Mingli is capable and can get things done. What's rare is that he knows his limits and never interferes in other people's affairs unless he is in charge of the matter.
This makes people feel very comfortable. No top leader would want a second-in-command to suddenly appear in the place he has been in charge of for many years and be eager to compete with him for the right to speak.
So when Qu Mingli came to him, even though he felt it was unreliable, he still flipped through the booklet and took a look, "Will this work?"
"Qi Fang came up with this, so it should work." Qu Mingli said, "It was the one that patched this batch of 50 wood scrapers, and later modified the excavator one."
Afraid that Secretary Tang didn't know Qi Fang's abilities, he added, "He graduated from Tsinghua University of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering and is here to support construction."
Secretary Tang only vaguely remembered that Qi Fang was very young, and he was not sure of his exact age, but since he graduated from Tsinghua University of Technology, he should be quite capable, so he looked down at him again.
"I'm thinking that some of the county's tractors are really no longer able to pull. Instead of waiting for funding, why not find a solution ourselves?" Qu Mingli lowered his voice. "At least we can replace the worst ones first. After we finish this year's logging, the cost won't be high."
Secretary Tang was also worried. Their city was already at the bottom of the logging industry, and if a few more tractors broke down, would they still be able to continue? Would repairing the tractors be free?
If the cost can indeed be controlled at this number, and they can replace three machines for every one they ask the manufacturer to replace, then the county can grit its teeth and still come up with some money to replace the ones in the most serious condition first.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, Secretary Tang decided to buy a set of accessories first and let Qi Fang modify them to see the results.
It just so happened that the bureau had added the wood ear mushroom cultivation industry in the past two years, so compared with the forestry bureaus in other counties, it had more funds on hand.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Qu Mingli again. He felt that having such a capable person with a strong background under his command was not a bad thing.
At least they can still come up with the money. The forestry bureaus in other counties will only have more headaches than them now.
I just hope that Qi Fang has the real ability to fix the hydraulic system and not let the money go to waste.
The purchasing agent from the Supply Department of Changshan County Forestry Bureau went out to buy spare parts with money and lists. At Qi Fang and Yan Xue's side, the house became lively.
The Guo and Lang families met and set the wedding date for this month. The wedding was not held in the forest farm or Chengshui, but in the county.
After all, Guo Changan and Lang Yue'e both worked in the county, so they had to get their marriage certificate in the county, and the Guo family did not prepare a new house for them in the forest farm.
It was previously built for Guo Changan's Yan Xue and Qi Fang to live in, and now it is rented by Xu Wanchang. It is already old, and it is not convenient to ask someone to vacate the house just for a wedding.
Starting from April, the Guo family made several trips to the county to rent a house, buy furniture, and prepare everything needed for the wedding.
Aunt Guo had been looking forward to this day for so long that she didn't feel bad at all about spending money, even if it wasn't a grand celebration.
In her words, she had saved the money for Guo Changan, and Guo Changan could earn it himself. If he didn't spend it when they got married, would he just let her hold it?
Lang Yue'e was getting married for the second time, and her mother had originally thought of keeping the wedding simple, but she didn't expect the Guo family to take it so seriously. She had no choice but to also take it seriously and make a full set of boxes and luggage for Lang Yue'e as a dowry.
Now that both families have gone to the county, it is sometimes inconvenient for them to go back, so they have to stay overnight at Yan Xue and Qi Fang's place, especially before the wedding.
The day before the wedding, even Guo Changping and Jin Baozhi came, bringing their nine-year-old Tiedan with them.
The fat boy had never seen so many people in the house. He looked at this and that, and was picked up by Aunt Guo. "Oh, my little Yan Yu, you will roll in the bed with your uncle Chang'an tomorrow."
On the day, the little fat boy was really allowed to roll on the bed, and after that he was given a red envelope. The little fat boy held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, then turned around and handed it to his mother.
Just seeing the newlyweds getting their marriage certificate and standing together raising their glasses to toast each other, Aunt Guo couldn't help but shed tears.
Jin Baozhi was right next to her, and didn't know what to say, so she simply shook her hand, which made her wipe her eyes and say, "It's okay, I'm just happy."
When she first heard that Chang'an was disabled, she felt like the sky had fallen. She never thought that she would see this day and this scene.
The old man couldn't help but hold his daughter-in-law's hand. "Luckily, it happened that day. I went out to empty the ashes and ran into Xiao Yan and Xiao Qi who were looking to rent a house."
She had forgotten how she went up and told the two of them that she had a house, but it was okay because she had told them at the time.
Everything changed from the moment she started talking to him that winter night and from the moment she rented her house to the newlyweds.
"We have to let Chang'an respect Xiao Yan and Xiao Qi, especially Xiao Yan." Aunt Guo whispered to her eldest daughter-in-law.
But in fact, she didn't need to remind them. After the two of them toasted their parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, the first glass was also toasted to Yan Xue and Qi Fang.
Guo Changan even raised his deformed right hand, holding the glass with both hands and said to Yan Xue, "I still say the same thing, without you, there would be no Guo Changan today."
Lang Yue'e also clinked glasses with Yan Xue, "I will always remember that it was you and Xiao Qi who saved me that afternoon."
It was they who saved her from humiliation, and it was Yan Xue who gave her father advice, which prevented her from being harassed by Kang Peisheng again.
It was this little Qi, someone with a good memory. He looked at Yan Xue, and when he saw that Yan Xue did not react, he withdrew his gaze as usual.
Unexpectedly, after the meal started, Guo Changping, who had always been quiet, actually raised his wine cup and said, "Weiguo, I toast to you."
Liu Weiguo was stunned at the time, "Respect me? Why should I be respected?" He had never saved Jin Baozhi nor acted as a matchmaker for the couple.
Jin Baozhi replied, "Didn't you switch to sales? I signed up for this year's chainsaw operator training."
No one had heard of this before, and they all looked over at once. Yan Xue, who was familiar with Jin Baozhi, asked directly, "So it seems she passed?"
Jin Baozhi smiled. "She passed. Sister You has also signed up for this year's tractor driver position. Someone at the forest farm wants to retire."
"Congratulations then." Yan Xue immediately raised her glass to her. "You are the first female chainsaw operator and tractor operator in Chengshui, right?"
"Not really," Jin Baozhi said. "The Thirteenth Front had our Chengshui's first and only female logging team, but they didn't use chainsaws or tractors back then."
"Then my sister-in-law can be the second one in our forest farm team." Liu Weiguo also showed his support and raised his glass quickly, "Cheers to our first female chainsaw operator."
"Thank you." Jin Baozhi drank it generously, but what she was thinking about was the support Yan Xue gave her when she was about to go to the logging team.
Facts have proven that what men can do, she and Sister You can do as well, and they are no worse than anyone else. Why do they have to stay at home and give birth to children?
The leader said that women hold up half the sky, so this half of the sky should be held up outside like men.
Jin Baozhi drank a few more glasses without realizing it. "It's just that you all left. It will be hard to get together like this in the future."
They all have their own careers. Xiao Yan and Xiao Qi are in the county, Liu Weiguo is in the town, and she and Changping are in the forest farm.
Unexpectedly, Liu Weiguo suddenly became melancholy. "Not necessarily. Maybe we can still get together after Chuncai gets married."
Qi Fang immediately looked over and asked, "Chun Cai is getting married?" Yan Xue was also a little surprised, "Chun Cai has a partner?"
"They just got together not long ago," Liu Weiguo said. "What a coincidence! Someone introduced her to someone last year, and this year they introduced her to someone again. When she saw him, it was still him."
That’s indeed a coincidence. We were introduced to each other last year. I don’t know if he is the person Yan Xue is thinking of.
Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Weiguo started complaining, "How can it be such a coincidence that it's the same person twice? My mom saw that it was quite a coincidence, so she said let Chuncai give it a try. Oh, you guys know this guy too. We've seen him before in the mountains."
Yan Xue went to see Qi Fang at that time and found that although Qi Fang was not about to marry his sister, his face was not much better than that of Liu Weiguo, who was about to marry his sister.
The man's expression remained indifferent until he returned home. When he entered the house, he glanced at Yan Xue once more and asked, "How could this be such a coincidence?"
The more he didn't want something to happen, the more it happened. He couldn't tell the Liu family that this matter didn't work out. Qi Fang had been engaged to Yan Xue before.
Yan Xue, however, felt that there was nothing wrong with going on a blind date. She married Qi Fang without even meeting him, so strictly speaking, it wasn't even a blind date.
It was just such a coincidence. "I remember that the pair of roller skates I gave to Chuncai were made by Qi Fang as a thank you gift."
Qi Fang also remembered the pair of roller skates. For a long time, the only thing he remembered about Qi Fang was the roller skates...
But how come the roller skates were sent to Chuncai and the person was also sent to Chuncai?
I should have stayed here earlier...
I can't keep it for myself. How could his family have such things that Qi Fang gave away?
While Qi Fang was still thinking, he felt someone touch his lips, "Let me taste it to see if it's sour."
When I looked up, I saw Yan Xue smiling and leaving immediately.
Qi Fang immediately put his arm around Yan Xue's waist and lowered his lips, "I think you haven't tasted it yet. You should taste it carefully again."
This jar of aged vinegar was consumed for several years, and even until Liu Weiguo started to go out to sell it, Yan Xue could still taste it occasionally at night.
Of course, they had to do it behind their boss's back. The boss hated secretaries like Qi the most because they didn't do their jobs and just stuck to him.
As a secretary, you should drive the small boss well. How can you drive for the big boss at night instead of the small boss during the day?
So Secretary Qi worked as a personal secretary at night and had to be the boss's driver during the day. He had to juggle several roles and it was very hard.
Sometimes the big boss has to review and prepare for the junior high school entrance exam next month, and he has to play the role of a parent who accompanies his children to study.
Well, as a parent, your main responsibility is to draw quietly on the side and you cannot use a pointer casually.
In this hard work day and night, the purchasing agent from Supply Kona finally bought the parts he wanted.
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