Chapter 67 Processing

Strictly speaking, the liquid soap recipe is not Lin Qiao's.

But she didn't know how to say it, so she hesitated and said, "This should have been available abroad a long time ago."

Vice President Qi sighed, "How many of the things we are researching now are not available abroad? Aren't our people still unable to use them? The country is doing this to encourage more innovation and it is also a promotion channel."

This reminded Lin Qiao of the sanitary napkins that Ji Yan mailed to her. It was said that these had been available in foreign countries for a long time, and disposable items even appeared more than a hundred years ago. However, domestic women have only started using sanitary paper in recent years.

She said nothing more.

Before coming here, Lin Qiao was still preparing for the college entrance examination. But after coming out of Vice President Qi's office, she had two channels in her hands to take the postgraduate entrance examination directly.

One is to go to a normal college, the other is to try to win an award, and then I recommend a polytechnic college.

This was something she had never expected, and she solemnly thanked both Vice President Qi and President Zeng.

"What's that?" Vice Principal Qi smiled and pushed up his glasses. "You've done so much for the school, and you don't deserve a recommendation from the school?"

Principal Zeng didn't say anything, but the way he just pointed out the way to Lin Qiao had already said a thousand words.

These older people really don't have any bureaucratic airs. Even Principal Zeng, although his ten years of being sent down to the countryside have worn away his enterprising spirit, ten years of drinking ice can't cool his passion. If he is given a chance, he is still willing to do something for the students and for these teachers who really teach.

It seems that these people in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China had a kind of spirit that was not possessed by people in later generations.

No matter how hard, difficult or poor the life is, they will always devote themselves to the construction of the country with the greatest enthusiasm.

Lin Qiao had almost walked out the door, but suddenly turned back and looked directly at Vice Principal Qi, "Vice Principal Qi, I still want to do the experiment."

Studying to become a teacher is certainly easier and more stable, unlike the other option where she would have to find a way to win an award first.

But what she loved most at the beginning was chemical experiments, not the three-foot-high podium. She still liked her laboratory more than being a teacher.

And she did those things before not because she was so great, but because she came from forty years later and she knew very well what she was good at.

These people have not forgotten their original aspirations and have been working hard to be a good gardener. She also does not want to forget her original aspirations and change her life plan just because studying at a normal school makes things easier.

Just like she knew that making liquid soap was very profitable, she never thought of giving up the college entrance examination and giving up studying to become a pure businessman.

Lin Qiao's eyes were firm and his words were sincere. "If there is an opportunity in the future, I will also teach students, but first I want to explore the world of chemistry more."

This somewhat offended Vice Principal Qi's good intentions, but he was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "You have your own ideas."

There was some admiration in his eyes. "Studying at a normal school is just one of the options provided to you. It's up to you to decide." Fearing that she might feel burdened, he smiled and added, "Prepare well for registration. If you have any new inventions, show them to everyone."

"Sure." Lin Qiao also smiled. This time when he walked out of the office, he felt more relaxed and refreshed than last time.

She still had to think carefully about what to enter in the competition, after all, liquid soap had been around for a long time, had a simple formula, and had even been leaked.

The best thing is to come up with something new.

New and useful stuff.

However, she didn't have much idea about what to take, but she had to think about reporting the news.

Perhaps it was because it was just the past ten years, and people still had some inertial thinking. Anyone who wanted to do something would first think of writing a letter of complaint. She had encountered more cases in the past six months than when she was a student in her previous life, reporting to the Education Bureau for holiday tutoring.

In the past, it only involved herself, but this time it involved the liquid soap factory. Who knows whether it is aimed at her or Ji Duo?

As soon as Ji Duo got home at noon, she told the man about it, "Did your friend encounter this kind of thing?"

Ji Duo's focus was not on his so-called friend at all, "Have you been reported again?" His brows were furrowed and his eyes were a little gloomy.

"I'm fine," Lin Qiao said. "In fact, it was a blessing in disguise. The school found out that I had the formula and pointed me in the direction of directly taking the postgraduate entrance exam."

"Take the postgraduate entrance exam directly?" Lin Qiao didn't even know about this, let alone Ji Duo, who was outside the education system.

Lin Qiao explained the situation to him, "But it's just one way. Whether it can be successful depends on whether you can win the prize."

Ji Duo's eyes were fixed on her face. "Not many people know that you can make liquid soap, right?"

This made Lin Qiao pause for a moment, but he still looked up at him, "The only people who know for sure that I can make liquid soap are those at home. I always tell others that it was made by my friend."

If someone in the school wanted to make a fuss about this, they would have reported it long ago, and Principal Zeng and Vice Principal Qi would not have confirmed only now that the formula was hers.

It was either someone in the family, or someone in the family spread the news. Ji Duo's eyes turned cold, and he had a rough guess. "I'll take care of this matter."

Not on Sunday, he found a time to go back to the old house alone. When he entered the door, he ran into Ji Jun who was walking out with his head down. He was obviously embarrassed to see him.

The other party was embarrassed, and he didn't want to say much. He just said hello and went in, just in time to see that the old man still had some anger on his face.

The old man had been in a bad mood these days, but this was the first time he had shown his anger so openly. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Old Master Ji's face froze, and he was obviously embarrassed, but he finally sighed and said, "Your eldest brother came back and asked me if he could let Qiao Qiao sell the recipe to your eldest sister-in-law's eldest brother."

Although Ye Minshu was very angry that day, she was mainly angry because her elder brother and sister-in-law from her natal family had evil intentions and wanted to take a large share of the family business from her son for free.

But the longer it dragged on, and the more Ji Ze refused to compromise, the more she felt that it would be better for her to agree to her eldest brother and his wife and let her son return to the army as soon as possible.

However, Ji Ze obviously would not agree to this. She had no choice but to come up with another idea. She asked Lin Qiao to sell the formula to her elder brother, and then her elder brother would open a factory and squeeze out Xiao Ze's. Wouldn't Xiao Ze have to return to the army?

But she really couldn't bring herself to ask Lin Qiao for help, so she asked Ji Jun to go back and ask Old Master Ji for help.

"I didn't agree." The old man's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. "The recipe is Qiaoqiao's. He didn't ask Qiaoqiao but came to me. How can I force Qiaoqiao to sell it to his brother-in-law?"

Whether Lin Qiao agrees or not is one thing, but there is not even a hint of sincerity. Is this the attitude of the boss's family in doing things?

The old man has long known that there is something wrong with Ye Minshu's illness, but he has ignored it all this time because he is waiting to see when his eldest son will talk to him about it.

As a result, Ji Jun kept it a secret until now and didn't reveal a single word to him, for fear that the old couple would find out. And with Ye Minshu's instigation, she came to him for everything.

The old man was trying to protect his eldest son's reputation, but now he doesn't want to protect it anymore. "Why doesn't he use his brain to think about it? He has only recovered for two days, and his daughter-in-law is sick. It's pitiful that his old illness has come back again!"

Ji Duo was surprised that his elder brother could do such a thing, but he was not as surprised as he was at first.

He pulled up his military trousers and sat down on the sofa next to him. "It just so happens that I have something to tell you. Qiao Qiao has been reported."

"Qiao Qiao was reported by someone?" Xu Li went to make tea for her husband and heard this sentence when she came back. "Who reported her? What did they report her for?"

"She opened the Muzi Liquid Soap Factory, and she ran a private business while working there." Ji Duo glanced at Old Man Ji.

Sure enough, the old man's face became worse after hearing this, and Xu Li's expression was not very good either.

Ji Duo lowered his eyes. "I have checked carefully. The other party only reported it to their school, not to the Education Bureau or the Ministry of Education."

But this is not good news for Mr. Ji.

Because Lin Qiao has done a lot for the school, the school's position is naturally more inclined towards her. If they really want to deal with Lin Qiao, the best way is to report to the Education Bureau or even the Ministry of Education. If they don't do this, it's either because they don't have enough brains or they are afraid of pulling out the radish and bringing mud with it, so they can only annoy her in this way.

"You and mom won't tell anyone about the fact that Qiao Qiao can make liquid soap, let alone report her, right?" Ji Duo said in a calm voice.

Hearing this, Master Ji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you here to question us?"

"That's not the case." Ji Duo said, "Since it's not you and mom, then no matter who it is, I will put all the blame on one person. In the end, it has everything to do with her." He suddenly leaned forward and asked Old Master Ji, "The family is in such a mess, are you still not going to do anything about it? If you still don't care, I will help you do it."

Obviously, he was completely annoyed by all this chaos.

The old man was speechless for a while before he asked, "How do you want to manage it?"

"One of my eldest brother and his wife will be transferred to another place, or both of them will be transferred to other places and separated." Ji Duo said concisely.

Although the words were concise, they were like cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron, removing Ye Minshu's greatest reliance.

How did Ye Minshu gain a foothold in the Ji family, and how did she do all these things? Wasn't it because she relied on the fact that she had Ji Jun under her control and had someone to back her up?

No matter whether Ji Jun was transferred to another place or she herself was transferred to another place, they were transferred far away, and no one could persuade her to do anything.

This time the old man was silent for even longer. "No need for you, I will do it myself and transfer your eldest brother away."

His voice was hoarse, and he seemed to have aged several years in an instant.

The eldest son's wife always says that he is partial to the second son, but in fact he is really partial to the eldest son, and he is the most unfair to the second son.

He always thought that his eldest child had been without a mother since childhood and had no ability. How could he feel at ease if he didn't keep him by his side to guide and look after him?

On the other hand, the second child has had his own ideas and abilities since he was young, so he doesn't have to worry about it, so he cares less.

Who would have thought that the eldest brother's wife has become more and more irritable and left-wing over the years. She used to just have some small thoughts, but now she dares to do anything.

This was the second time she had offended the second child. The second child only did this for the sake of the child. She couldn't really let him do it, right?

I just asked him to throw a woman away. There was still Xiaoling in the old family, so he could only throw away his own son...

Ji Duo didn't say anything else, stood up and said, "Then I'll go to the hospital." It was obvious that he came back this time just to resolve this matter.

The old man nodded, and after the people left, he sighed, "If I had known this would happen, I would have risked my life to make the boss resent me, but I shouldn't have let him do what he wanted."

Xu Li also knew what her grandfather was thinking. He simply raised his promising sons with strict discipline, and since the unpromising ones were of no use anyway, it was pointless to impose strict requirements on them, and sometimes it would be better to relax a little.

It's not about favoritism, it's about different expectations for children, so the way they treat them is naturally different.

She handed the tea bowl to him and said, "Take a sip. It will get cold if you don't drink it. I worked so hard to make it for you."

The old man took it and couldn't help but pinch his wife's hand, "I'm sorry for having wronged you over the years."

This was a rare soft word, and Xu Li lowered her voice, "Do you feel wronged? When I first met you, I knew you had a son."

But she raised the eldest son, and they didn't have any children. After the eldest son got married, her heart was still with his wife.

Just as the old man was about to say something else, the door opened and Ji Duo came back.

He shrugged his hands, showing agility that was not in line with his age. Xu Li also showed some discomfort on her face and asked her son, "What else?"

It was hard to tell what Ji Duo's expression meant, and he didn't know if he had seen it just now. "When you got engaged, did you have a photo of Qiao Qiao?"

His family had never mentioned it before, and he had never thought about it in this regard. He was just about to go find Ji Ze and ask about the camera when he suddenly thought of this question.

Xu Li had forgotten about it a long time ago, and after thinking for a while, she said, "I remember it. Wait for me to find it for you."

The thing was obviously not with Ye Minshu, so she went back and rummaged through the drawers for a long time, and found a familiar black-and-white photo. It was the photo of Lin Qiao when she was four or five years old, with her hair in a sky-high bun and a red dot on her forehead.

Ji Duo took it in his hand and looked at it carefully this time. He guessed that if Lin Qiao had a daughter, she would be this small and soft.

He put the photo in his pocket and said, "Then I'm leaving." This time he really left.

"This kid." Xu Li couldn't help but say something, turned around and saw that Old Master Ji was still sitting there with a serious expression, and said, "Better than you."

Master Ji, who was suddenly attacked, said: "..."

After finishing what needed to be dealt with, I returned home in the evening and the familiar white smoke and strange smell came out of the kitchen again.

Ji Duo took off his coat and walked over. There were already several small buckets placed at Lin Qiao's feet. Judging from the concentration and color, they were different from the previous liquid soaps.

"This is done

What?" Seeing Lin Qiao reaching out to take the bucket again, he bent over and helped her pass it over.

Lin Qiao raised the liquid she had just made in her hand and said, "This is laundry detergent." She pointed to a transparent one next to it and said, "That's dishwashing liquid."

After pouring out all the stuff, he pointed to another darker colored one next to it and said, "That's shampoo."

"So many?"

"Um."

These are all advanced products of liquid soap. The reason why Lin Qiao didn't do it before was mainly because the functions were too detailed and he was afraid that the acceptance would be poor and it would be difficult to sell. At that time, petrochemical technology could not keep up, and there were no plastic bottles.

After everything was done, she took off her gloves and asked the man, "Which one do you think is better?"

Ji Duo stared at her for a long time, then looked at her face again, "Is there any difference?"

He really didn't understand this. When Lin Qiao heard this, she sighed and said, "Yeah, they're all liquid cleaners. What's the difference?"

This reaction made Ji Duo pause for a moment, and he looked at the barrels again, "How about you explain it in more detail?"

"To be specific, it's also liquid cleaner, but the formula has been adjusted." Lin Qiao sat down at the dining table. "I don't have any competition coaching tomorrow afternoon, so I'll go out and look for some inspiration."

These are the household chemicals she could think of for now, and she was not very satisfied with any of them. Demand determines the market, so she still had to go out and look around.

Ji Duo couldn't come up with any better suggestions, so he just asked, "Should I ask Xiao Fang to take you there?"

"That's not necessary. How can I get inspiration while sitting in a car?"

After lunch the next day, Lin Qiao took the bus without any clear purpose, just going around shopping malls, factories, and residential areas.

The thaw has started recently. It's fine when the sun shines on you, but it's especially cold when you're in a cool place. Lin Qiao was tired from walking, so she found a place where she could sit down in the sun to rest. Unexpectedly, a tricycle she had modified passed by her, then stopped and turned back, "Comrade Lin?"

Lin Qiao felt that the voice sounded familiar, so he looked up and found that it was Chen Zhaonan, whom he hadn't seen for a while.

Perhaps because he had been kept warm all winter, Chen Zhaonan looked a lot whiter than when I first met him, he had gained some weight, and his hair was cut into a neat short style.

Seeing Lin Qiao looking up, she couldn't hide her surprise, "It's really Comrade Lin! Did you carry the wool bag I gave you last time? Is it easy to carry?"

Not only his appearance, but his Mandarin has also improved a lot compared to before, which is really rare in such a short time.

Lin Qiao showed her the bag next to her, "I'm carrying it. I took it to school. My colleagues all said it looks good."

"Then I'll give you the hook next time." Chen Zhaonan's eyes lit up like a child who had won a prize.

"Thank you so much for this." Lin Qiao noticed the vest she was wearing. "Are you delivering goods to the liquid soap factory?"

It was obvious that Ji Duo had arranged this. He was probably worried that she was unfamiliar with Yandu and wanted to find a way for her to make a living.

As expected, Chen Zhaonan nodded, "Thanks to Comrade Ji, I originally wanted to find some needlework to do, but I didn't know anyone and couldn't get any, so Comrade Ji found me a job at a liquid soap factory. But I don't deliver goods. The boss is away recently and they are a little short of manpower, so I help with the delivery."

Solving the problem fundamentally and allowing Chen Zhaonan to gain a foothold in Yandu with his own hands without relying on anyone is truly Ji Duo's style.

Lin Qiao stood up and said, "Where are you going? I'll walk with you for a while."

"Won't it waste your time?" Chen Zhaonan felt a little embarrassed.

"I had nothing to do this afternoon, and I just happened to run into you, so I wanted to ask you how your reading skills are doing."

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhaonan carried a literacy book with him, and he immediately took it out and gave it to her when he heard it.

Lin Qiao walked and looked, and the progress was quite fast. After a while, the two of them arrived at a large dyeing factory nearby.

"There are only factories around here, and no small shops. We sell our products in front of the factories. There are many female workers in the dyeing factories, so the products sell quickly." Chen Zhaonan whispered to Lin Qiao.

Just as he finished speaking, the factory was getting off work, and a group of female workers rushed out. When they saw the liquid soap, they immediately surrounded it to buy it.

Seeing that there were so many people around, Lin Qiao helped sell for a while. Unexpectedly, when she had just sold out a bucket, the guards in the factory suddenly came out to chase them away to prevent them from blocking the door.

"Let's get out of the way now." Chen Zhaonan apologized to the other party in a low voice, and looked at Lin Qiao embarrassedly.

The guard was not unkind. Seeing that they really backed off, he said to them, "If you really know how to sell, bring some detergent. We use it before and after dyeing the cloth, at least several tons at a time. If you sell this, the leader will definitely not let you go."

"I know, I'll tell our boss when I get back." Chen Zhaonan nodded repeatedly. When he turned around, he found that Lin Qiao looked thoughtful.

"What's wrong?" she asked in a low voice.

"Nothing." Lin Qiao came back to his senses and smiled, "I just feel that this trip was not in vain, and it was not in vain to get to know you."

She knew what to do at the exhibition, to oil spirit.

This is a highly effective degreasing agent. It is not often used at home, but it has a wide range of uses in textiles, medicine, food, transportation, electrical appliances, metal processing, etc. It is especially suitable for the printing and dyeing of polyester and polyester blended materials. It can mix water and oil together to form an emulsion, thereby decomposing the oil stains on the fabric into the water.

This was also a complete departure from the liquid cleaners she had made before, whose main ingredients were inorganic salts and surfactants, and the finished product was a white powder.

Lin Qiao went back and made a long list and handed it to Ji Duo, "Can you get these for me?"

It contains the original formula, as well as the most suitable substitutes in case any raw materials are hard to find.

Ji Duo said nothing. He read the list carefully from beginning to end, folded it and put it away. Within a week, the first batch of materials was delivered.

After another ten days or so, the remaining two most difficult items were also collected.

Lin Qiao debugged it for a while and even tried it at home, then submitted the finished product along with several liquid cleaners before the registration deadline.

The next step was to wait for the exhibition to officially open. Lin Qiao put this matter aside and focused on the students' studies.

It was at this time that Ji Jun suddenly received a transfer order to go to Southern Province, where his father-in-law Ji had been sent down.

When the news came out, not only Ye Minshu, but also Ji Jun was confused. After work at noon, the first thing he did was to go to the old house to ask Grandpa Ji.

"You haven't been working properly these days, have you?"

At this point, Old Master Ji was calmer than before. He just stared at his son until his face turned red with shame. Then he put down the tea bowl in his hand and said, "You run around everywhere every day and are bossed around by your wife. If I don't find you a new job, you'll lose your job."

"I, I..." Ji Jun hesitated for a long time but couldn't say anything.

"Although it's a place with poor mountains and bad water, it's a place where people can get things done. Go there and do some real work for two years. Don't let down the salary the country has given you."

Ji Jun was rendered speechless by what his old man said. He stood there until almost time to go to work in the afternoon. His old man ignored him and he could only lower his head and leave in disappointment.

When she told Ye Minshu about this in the evening, she felt dizzy and didn't even bother to put on her coat. She just ran to the old house.

The old man knew she would come, so he left with Xu Li in advance and went to stay in the nursing home for retired cadres for a while.

Ye Minshu came up empty-handed and had no other choice but to call Ji Duo and Lin Qiao to ask them if they knew where the old couple had gone.

Lin Qiao has known her for such a long time, but this is the first time she has lowered herself to talk to him. "Nan Province is so far away, it takes two days on the road, and the climate and environment are different from Yandu. Your brother will definitely not be able to adapt if he goes there. And Xiaoling will definitely miss her daddy. You love her the most, so tell me."

Even Ji Ling had moved out, but Lin Qiao really didn't know, "You said our parents passed away? When did it happen?"

Ye Minshu's heart sank when she saw her reaction. She asked Ji Duo again, but he was even more unpredictable. "I'll help you.

Sister-in-law, please ask around."

Ye Minshu fell ill as soon as she returned, and this time she was really ill. However, before Ji Jun's issue was resolved, news came that Ji Ze's transfer application was approved.

She didn't even know when her son submitted the application for resignation. At that moment, she felt that all hope was gone.

Lin Qiao didn't go back to the old house, so naturally she didn't know. But Ji Duo frowned and stared at the calendar, saying, "It's really not the right time."

"What do you mean it's not the right time?" Lin Qiao was working on the preliminary exam for the chemistry competition. He had just finished the exam two days ago and the results were not out yet.

"I'm talking about the rain." Ji Duo glanced out the window. "There will be training tomorrow."

That's a very bad time. Looking at the rain, even if it stops tomorrow, the ground will definitely not be dry.

Lin Qiao lowered her head and continued to do her homework, and then she heard the man say, "I'm not going back to the old house for dinner this Sunday. I'll let Xiaoze come over to talk to you about something."