"Can you tell me who took you there?" Wang Fugui asked curiously. Actually, he was more curious about how his unambitious son had met such a capable person.
“Yes…” Wang Jingjiang was about to speak when he suddenly remembered that his father also worked in a textile factory. If he mentioned Chen Ke’s name, his father could easily find him by asking around in the factory. Wouldn’t that cause trouble for Chen Ke?
Thinking of this, Wang Jingjiang looked impatient. "Alright, alright, you wouldn't know anyway. It's so late, go to sleep. I'll deliver food to Grandpa and Grandma tomorrow."
Wang Fugui: "..."
"You little brat!"
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The next morning, Chen Yu cooked a pot of thick porridge with shiny white rice and served it with stir-fried pickled vegetables. The food on the Chen family's table finally took a qualitative leap.
Chen Zhi got up as soon as he smelled the aroma. Looking at the fragrant rice porridge on the table, he clicked his tongue twice and exclaimed, "Back when there was no famine, we couldn't even afford rice. Now that food is scarce everywhere, we can still eat rice."
Chen Yu glared at him. "Second brother, I'll get angry if you say that again. Are you complaining that your eldest brother didn't get you rice to eat before?"
Chen Zhi quickly denied it, "Hey, Chen Yu, don't put any accusations on me. That's not what I meant. I was clearly saying that Big Brother is getting more and more amazing."
"Hmph, I bet you wouldn't dare!"
Chen Ke will start working the night shift next week. With National Day approaching, all the major factories have received quotas. In order to meet these quotas, the workers have to work overtime even when they are not getting enough to eat, and Chen Ke is no exception.
I've already adapted to the two-shift work schedule.
Night school has also been temporarily suspended. Chen Ke is going to Professor Jiang's house to study this weekend. Ever since Professor Jiang saw Chen Ke's grain harvester, he has asked people to find a lot of foreign information in the hope that it can help Chen Ke.
Seeing Chen Ke come out, Chen Zhi quickly took the basin and said solicitously, "Brother, come on, come and wash up. I've already brought you the water."
Chen Ke glanced at Chen Zhi.
Chen Zhi chuckled, "Because you've been so good to us, I don't know how I can help you. From now on, I'll take care of these little things in life!"
Chen Ke raised his eyebrows; it seemed that the power of this rice was indeed great.
After washing up, the three of them sat at the small dining table. After Chen Ke said "Let's eat," they all picked up their chopsticks.
This breakfast was the first time Chen Zhi and Chen Yu, and even Chen Ke, had eaten pure rice porridge since they had been here for so long.
Many years later, Chen Zhi and Chen Yu still vividly remember this breakfast.
That sweet taste, no matter how many expensive rice porridges I ate later, could never compare to the aroma of that bowl of plain white rice porridge I remembered.
After breakfast, Chen Ke went to Professor Jiang's house. He had already finished reading the materials that Professor Jiang had given him last time. Combining them with the current machine tool manufacturing capabilities, Chen Ke was greatly inspired and made changes to all the parts that were not yet technically feasible.
This time, Chen Ke brought new blueprints for agricultural machinery, specifically a fully automatic seeder.
With this machine, the planting scale can be directly expanded without increasing manpower.
Chen Ke had already found Professor Jiang's house and arrived at the door with ease. Just as he was about to knock, he found the door ajar and heard loud laughter coming from inside.
Does Professor Jiang have guests today?
Chen Ke hesitated about whether to come back another time, but Jiang Dianwen had already spotted him and quickly came over.
"Hey, Chen Ke, you're here? Come in, come in. These are all colleagues from the research institute." Jiang Dianwen patted Chen Ke on the shoulder, his voice trembling with suppressed joy, "They've all come to see you."
Chen Ke's eyes flashed, and a perfectly timed smile appeared on his face as he looked at the four people sitting in the room.
Three of the people were unfamiliar faces, one of whom was Professor Zhang, who had said he would recommend him to the research institute that day.
"Come, come, let me introduce you. This is Chen Ke," Jiang Dianwen said with a smile to the people in the room.
Everyone in the room smiled and nodded at Chen Ke.
"Hello, Chen Ke." At this moment, a man who looked to be in his fifties with some gray hair said to Chen Ke.
Chen Ke nodded in response, "Hello, I am Chen Ke."
Seeing this, Jiang Dianwen introduced, "This is Professor Shi Ruzhong from the research institute. He serves as the deputy director of mechanical research technology and specializes in mechanical research. The vertical six-axis semi-automatic lathe that was successfully trial-produced, as reported in the newspapers, was designed and manufactured with Professor Shi's participation."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ke was filled with respect and bowed deeply, saying, "Hello, Professor Shi."
This is a big shot who has truly contributed to China's development.
Shi Ruzhong was stunned when he saw the young man bowing suddenly. He had obviously not expected Chen Ke to give such a big bow.
"Hahaha." Professor Zhang, who was sitting next to him, suddenly laughed and said, "This kid is honest. What do you think, Director Shi?"
Shi Ruzhong examined Chen Ke closely. He was slender yet upright, his face was somewhat immature but his eyes were firm. He was a kind-hearted child and might be able to adapt to the monotonous life at the research institute.
However, he is quite young, and it remains to be seen whether it is worthwhile for the research institute to spend time and effort to train him.
Thinking this, Shi Ruzhong said, "Chen Ke, I heard that all your knowledge about mechanics is self-taught?"
Chen Ke nodded. "Yes, Professor Shi."
"So how did you solve the difficulties you encountered during this process?"
Chen Ke hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell the truth, "...I haven't encountered any difficulties yet."
Shi Ruzhong's brows furrowed instead of showing delight. "You've never encountered a single problem? You understand everything at a glance?"
“Hey, Director Shi, this—” Jiang Dianwen was about to try to explain things to Chen Ke when Shi Ruzhong raised his hand to interrupt him, “Let Chen Ke speak, I want to hear what he has to say.”
In this situation, no one would dare to boast that they understand everything at a glance. Even if it were true, Chinese people are inherently humble, and even if they have ten points, they would humbly say that they only have seven.
But Chen Ke knew that now was not the time for him to be modest. If he didn't impress people, it would be difficult to get into the research institute with just a design drawing of a grain harvester.
So Chen Ke remained calm and said, "Yes, at least so far, there haven't been any problems with the books and materials we've read."
Shi Ruzhong's brows furrowed again as he glanced at the documents Chen Ke was holding. "What are you holding?"
Chen Ke spread the document out on the table. “This is the theoretical knowledge about gas cutting machine tool manufacturing that Professor Jiang found for me from abroad. This part contains the blueprints and data of my fully automatic grain planter.”
Shi Ruzhong's serious expression changed slightly. "A fully automatic grain planter? Let me take a look."
Chen Ke handed the design drawings and data of the seeder to Shi Ruzhong, who immediately began to look through them. Professor Zhang, who was sitting nearby, also got up and came up behind Shi Ruzhong to look at them together.
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