I had already called Gu Qishen when I was in Zhou Zhengye's office and asked him to invite He Zhenhua as well, so that they could get together at noon.
When Han Yixian and Zhou Zhengye rode their bicycles to find Gu Qishen, Gu Qishen and He Zhenhua also happened to be leaving their workplace.
After the group met, Gu Qishen said, "Zhenhua and I each brought two lunchboxes. Let's buy some dishes from the state-run restaurant and eat at home. It'll be easier to talk at home. I have some wine, so let's have a good drink at noon. Zhenhua and I have asked for leave, so we don't need to go to work this afternoon."
Zhou Zhengye raised the bottle in his hand and laughed, "You and I are on the same page. I've already bought all the wine, and I've taken the afternoon off. It's my treat today, so none of you should try to argue with me."
Gu Qishen laughed and said, "Okay, you're treating today, I'll treat you another day."
Han Yi first told Gu Qishen and He Zhenhua to go home and prepare, while he and Zhou Zhengye took lunchboxes to the state-run restaurant to buy food.
Zhou Zhengye bought braised pork, chicken stew with mushrooms, stir-fried shredded potatoes, stir-fried bean curd sheets, and a big bag of steamed buns. The two of them took the food home.
This time, Han Yixian also brought Gu Qishen and the others some cured meat, He Yuhan's homemade sausages, and boiled salted duck eggs.
When they got home, Han Yi first took out a sausage, sliced it into a plate, and then took out four salted duck eggs, one for each person, just right for drinking.
He Zhenhua looked at the plate of sliced sausages, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, nodded and said, "This tastes like Yuhan made it. I like this flavor."
Han Yixian said, "Before the autumn harvest, Yuhan and I hunted a big wild boar and handed it over to the authorities in exchange for points. A few days ago, Yuhan and I went into the mountains and hunted a small wild boar, which we secretly kept for ourselves. After processing it, we couldn't eat all the fresh meat, so Yuhan made some cured meat and sausages. She asked me to bring some to you."
When Zhengye goes back, bring some back with you. The sausages can be eaten directly, and the cured meat can be stir-fried.
These salted duck eggs were found by Yuhan and me in a reed bed by a lake. We collected quite a few and brought them home to pickle. Now is the time when they're releasing their red oil. Yuhan cooked some and asked me to bring some back for you too.”
He Zhenhua said, "It's my sister who knows how to care about me."
He picked up a salted duck egg, cracked it on the table, made a hole in one end, and ate it with chopsticks so that the red oil inside wouldn't leak out.
He took a bite of the perfectly salted duck egg and said, "It seems you guys had a good time in the countryside. Yuhan didn't do any farm work, did she?"
Han Yixian said, "Yuhan is now a teacher at the village primary school and earns full work points. She can teach several subjects by herself, and the children all like her classes. The parents are also very satisfied."
Except for the autumn harvest break when she helps with the harvest, she doesn't have to do farm work the rest of the time. With me around, I won't make her go to the fields to work every day. She has more important things to do.”
He Zhenhua nodded and said, "Then I'm relieved. As long as Yuhan doesn't have to do farm work and doesn't have to work hard every day, it's not bad for her to live in the countryside."
Zhou Zhengye said, "Yuhan is still an employee of our factory. If Yuhan goes to the countryside to do farm work every day, it would be a waste of her talent. She might as well come back to work at the factory."
Gu Qishen said, "Yuhan would be perfectly comfortable even in the countryside. With righteousness in mind, how could I let Yuhan suffer? Your worries are unnecessary."
Han Yixian said, "Yuhan is currently preparing medicine, and she plans to work part-time as the village doctor in a while. It would be a shame not to use Yuhan's excellent medical skills."
Medical conditions in the countryside are very poor; Beili Village doesn't even have a barefoot doctor. Yuhan has been busy drawing lately. In a few days, she plans to talk to Uncle Gao about becoming the village doctor.
Gu Qishen said, "It's a blessing for Beili Village that your family has settled here. Yuhan is more than qualified to be a primary school teacher. Her medical skills are so good, she could easily be an attending physician in a hospital, let alone a village doctor. It's a waste of her talents."
Zhou Zhengye said, "That's right. It's a waste of talent to send a genius designer in the field of mechanical engineering to the countryside to be a primary school teacher and a village doctor. It's a real waste of talent."
Han Yixian said, "Right now, nothing is more important than living a peaceful life. Our child is still young and needs Yuhan's attention, so a peaceful life in the countryside is good enough."
I'm with her every day; she won't fall behind in mechanical design. Otherwise, why would I have brought you the blueprints today?
Gu Qishen said, "Yuhan has designed a new machine again?"
Han Yixian nodded and said, "Yuhan saw that everyone's efficiency during the autumn harvest was too low, so she designed rice threshing machines and wheat threshing machines. These two machines can greatly save time in harvesting wheat and rice."
However, Zhengye, Yuhan wants you to test the new machine in Beili Village when you produce it. She can take a look and offer some suggestions.
Zhou Zhengye said happily, "No problem, I'll make the arrangements."
Han Yixian then said, "I should tell you in advance that the testing machine will be left to Beili Village. The village will just give us a token amount of money."
Zhou Zhengye pointed at Han Yixian and laughed, "I know your little schemes all too well. Don't worry, I definitely won't let Beili Village spend too much money."
But was this your idea or Yuhan's?
Han Yixian said, "It was Yuhan who suggested it. She was worried that Beili Village couldn't afford it. She also has ideas for designing other new types of machines. Once they're designed, she'll return them to your factory."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zheng grabbed Han Yixian and said, "Then it's settled. You must give us any new designs you come up with."
Han Yi nodded and said, "We'll definitely give it to you first, but I'm afraid you won't have that much production capacity by then."
He Zhenhua picked up his glass and said, "You two stop talking about work for a bit, let's have a drink together first."
Gu Qishen also raised his glass and said, "It's been a long time since we've gotten together. This is a rare opportunity, so let's have a drink."
Han Yixian and Zhou Zhengye also raised their glasses, clinked them together, and downed their drinks before quickly starting to eat. The food today was quite delicious.
After the first drink, everyone ate and chatted. Han Yixian mainly talked about their life after moving to the countryside.
After listening to Han Yixian's story, Gu Qishen felt a pang of envy for the Han family's peaceful rural life. Although they had to do farm work, it was only physically tiring; mentally, it was much easier, at least without so much scheming and intrigue.
Gu Qishen also talked about some of the troubles he had recently encountered and asked Han Yi to give him some advice.
Han Yixian is very experienced and quick-witted, often coming up with good ideas. He can take this opportunity to ask Han Yixian for some advice.
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