"Director Qiu, what a coincidence." Qiao Xinyi shook hands with the other party. "You have a really good memory. You can still recognize me at a glance after such a long time."
"Don't say it's only been half a year. Even if it's been five years, I can recognize you at a glance. Who can forget you after seeing you?" Director Qiu laughed softly, and then introduced Miao Qianjin, "I didn't expect you two knew each other. Who is this little Zhi?"
"My new apprentice is her younger brother," Miao Qianjin explained, "and her husband is my old comrade-in-arms."
"Captain Fu is your old comrade?" Director Qiu thought for a moment, "Yes, you also retired from the army. I didn't expect the world to be so complicated and fate to be so complicated. From this point of view, Qiao Xinyi and Zhi are also one of our own in the factory. Are you here to eat? Do you mind if I sit with you? I can catch up with Qiao Xinyi and Zhi."
The four of them found an empty seat and sat down. Miao Qianjin took the meal ticket that Director Qiu had forced upon him and took Qiao Yunsong to get food. Qiao Xinyi and Director Qiu sat face to face and chatted.
Director Qiu knew that Qiao Xinyi was now working at the provincial capital research institute, so he started calling her Qiao Xinyi.
"Would you like your research institute to study these things from our agricultural machinery factory? Is it possible for your semi-intelligent equipment to be modified on our agricultural machinery?"
Director Qiu even dared to say something like using tractors to build a stage, so there is nothing he dare not think of.
"Just like the Magnolia, we can press a button in the main control room and our agricultural machinery can work on its own. This will save us farmers a lot of time and effort."
Director Qiu simply said something more daring, "I heard that foreign countries are researching robots. Can your laboratory research a robot that can work in the fields?"
Qiao Xinyi laughed. The idea was good, but it was indeed difficult to achieve with current technology.
"It's not applicable to convert semi-intelligent equipment into agricultural machinery and equipment, but it is possible to design a few portable agricultural machinery and equipment." Qiao Xinyi said, "The cost is too high, and the production team will not be willing to spend the money. For farmers, they are all laborers, and anything that can save money by using labor is a good thing. No one is willing to spend money to save labor."
"That's true." Director Qiu also knew that Qiao Xinyi was talking about a practical problem, and he just said that.
After all, for farmers, money is spent wisely.
A set of semi-intelligent equipment costs tens of thousands of yuan. Which production team is willing to buy it?
To this day, there are still many production teams that don't even have a tractor worth a few yuan.
They spend so much money to buy equipment and save time on farming, but the time saved cannot make money for them. Isn't it just sitting there in the village with their hands in their pockets, wasting time?
The time saved and the money spent are not cost-effective for them, or they can't even afford it.
After all, there were no jobs for them in the city.
"What do you mean by portable agricultural machinery and equipment?" Director Qiu muttered, "Does 'portable' mean small and easy to carry?"
"Yes, there are many terraced fields in our south, and the machines from the agricultural machinery factory can't go up there at all. There are small agricultural machinery that can be lifted by one person, and the price is not expensive. Maybe people are willing to buy it." Qiao Xinyi has been free recently, and she is happy to draw some blueprints for the agricultural machinery factory.
"Now that the production quota has been allocated to each household, each household in the production team is trying their best to grow the land allocated to them. If there are inexpensive, time-saving and labor-saving machines such as weeders, harvesters and rice transplanters, these machines will be accepted by the family. It would be good if several households in the production team could buy one together."
After hearing what Qiao Xinyi said, Director Qiu nodded repeatedly. "In the south, we have many terraced fields, as well as many farmlands. No machine can reach these fields. If you can design a small machine that can be lifted by one person and is not expensive, then you are really helping our southern farmers and our agricultural machinery factory."
Director Qiu said quickly, "Then I will wait for your good news!"
Qiao Xinyi readily agreed, "I'll send you the drawings after the New Year."
"It seems that you already have an idea in mind. I'll wait for you to give me good news after the New Year!" Director Qiu felt that Qiao Yunsong was really lucky. When he saw Qiao Yunsong coming over with a lunch box, he even stood up and went to help in person.
"Sister, this is for you." Qiao Yunsong put the remaining portion in front of Qiao Xinyi and sat down next to her. "Put the fat you don't want to eat in my bowl and I'll eat it."
As Qiao Yunsong spoke, he picked up his chopsticks and helped Qiao Xinyi pick out the fat on the plate, then picked out the lean meat from his own portion and gave it to Qiao Xinyi.
Director Qiu looked at the two siblings' skilled movements and said with a smile, "You two siblings are not much different in age, but you have a very good relationship. Unlike my family, they quarrel over meals three times a day, and neither of them wants to suffer a loss. How can your brother take care of his sister as well as Qiao?"
Miao Qianjin also said, "Yunsong is indeed more sensible and more stable than other children."
So it wasn't Qiao Xinyi who said that Qiao Yunsong had been sold. He just returned home last year, and Miao Qianjin couldn't tell that Qiao Yunsong had suffered so much.
Qiao Yunsong is a quiet person and doesn't socialize much with people in the factory. After coming to his place, he just works hard and is not afraid of getting dirty or complaining about being tired.
"Every sibling has their own way of getting along with each other, and fighting and quarreling can also be a way of showing brotherly and sisterly affection." Qiao Xinyi responded, then turned to Qiao Yunsong and said, "You have to work harder in the past six months. You should learn skills and cultural knowledge from your master. Your brother-in-law said that he will let you take the elementary school graduation exam together next year. As long as you pass the exam, the school will give you a diploma."
"You can ask me if you have any questions about your studies." Miao Qianjin was happy for Qiao Yunsong. This child was motivated and it was a good thing that he could make progress.
In the agricultural machinery factory, a primary school diploma is also useful.
"After you get your primary school diploma, work harder and try to get your secondary school diploma as well." Director Qiu responded, and then casually asked, "Brother Qiao is so old, why didn't he go to primary school?"
"My grandmother sold my brother to human traffickers when he was six years old. My mother thought he was lost on his own and searched for him for a year before finally bringing him home last year." Qiao Xinyi explained, but she didn't dare to leave Director Qiu with the impression that Qiao Yunsong was ignorant and didn't like to study when he was young.
"Is this your home?" Director Qiu's eyes widened. "This matter was widely reported in our provincial capital last year. The grandmother sold her grandson to human traffickers. Many years later, the grandson returned home and the truth was revealed. I have heard about this too."
"I heard that the old man of this family also returned home last year. He said that he was switched at birth in the hospital when he was a child and was almost killed." Director Qiu looked at Qiao Xinyi, "Could it be you, Qiao?"
"Yes, it was me." Qiao Xinyi admitted frankly, "The day I met my lover, I just crawled out of the coffin."
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