Early the next morning.
Yu Haitang took the bus to the machinery factory.
She always felt that the way the woman named Liang Ladi looked at Li Weidong yesterday was abnormal.
Although the woman was not particularly beautiful, her plump figure dwarfed her.
Worried that Li Weidong would be dishonest at night, she rushed out the manuscript overnight and handed it over to the Publicity Department early in the morning.
After knocking on the door of the house, Yu Haitang sniffed and looked around the house.
On the quilt, under the bed, under the table
Looking at Yu Haitang who looked like a little mouse, Li Weidong frowned: "Yu Haitang, please get out immediately."
"Brother Weidong, you" Yu Haitang put down the cup and looked at Li Weidong in disbelief.
Li Weidong said with a cold face: "I hate being controlled by others. If you feel you can't stand it, you can leave."
"Brother Wei Dong, I, I'm just worried that you will be deceived by those bad women." Yu Haitang bit her lip and said with tears.
"The one named Liang Ladi yesterday didn't look like a serious woman at first glance."
"How can a woman stare directly at another man?"
As she said that, she lowered her head and tugged at the hem of her clothes: "If you don't like me taking care of you, I won't take care of you anymore."
Li Weidong stepped forward, stretched out his hand and gently wiped away her tears: "Liang Ladi is a little widow, a woman with four children, life is not easy, and she has helped me, I can't be ungrateful, okay Stop crying, let’s go have breakfast.”
Hearing that Liang Ladi was a little widow, Yu Haitang burst into tears and laughed. How could she, a young girl, be no better than a little widow?
"Wait a minute, I brought you breakfast." Yu Haitang gave Li Weidong a coquettish look, turned and ran out the door, and came in carrying two lunch boxes.
The lunch box was tightly wrapped in cotton cloth. When you opened it, the noodles and tea inside were still steaming.
Noodle tea is a traditional food in the old capital. It is made from millet noodles and sprinkled with sesame seeds. When you taste it, it has a strong sesame flavor in your mouth.
Noodle tea burns your mouth. When drinking noodle tea, you should hold the bowl in one hand, put your mouth together first, press it against the edge of the bowl, and drink in circles.
In fact, it is similar to drinking porridge in rural areas.
Today's report is similar to yesterday's. The factory leaders are still looking like chickens. Factory Director Liu Feng is worried but can't do anything.
"Comrade Weidong, I think the afternoon report meeting will be canceled temporarily. I have to hold a rectification meeting." Director Liu Feng said with a smile, "Just in time, you can also have time to visit the workshop of our machinery factory."
"Then I'll bother Director Liu."
Li Weidong agreed without hesitation.
Liang Ladi and the others are now preparing to cause trouble.
just in case.
If they really succeed, Li Weidong may have to hand over the task of producing equipment to the machinery factory.
It is also necessary to visit the workshop in advance.
In addition, Li Weidong was also quite curious about the ninth-level mechanic.
Xiao Meng did not need to get out of the car today, so he led Li Weidong and Yu Haitang to visit the workshop.
The workshops of the machine repair shop are divided into two types, one is a workshop that repairs large machinery, and the other is a workshop that produces tractor accessories.
The production workshop had stopped working long ago due to lack of work, and the workers were sitting on dusty machines playing cards.
Seeing the three people coming in, he looked up and asked, "Which department do you belong to?"
This was the first time that Yu Haitang saw someone dare to play cards during working hours. He walked up and asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid of being caught by the factory leaders?"
"Huh? Factory leaders? They are all hiding in the house sleeping with women in their arms! They don't care about us." A worker threw out a pair of Aces.
"One to two, take care of it."
The second worker raised his head and said disdainfully: "Besides, there are no production tasks now. We don't have to work even if we want to!"
The third worker seemed to have bad luck with the cards and urged: "Don't worry about so much, just play your cards quickly!"
"A pair of kings exploded!"
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"Old Chen, you are so careless. You took a pair of kings and didn't behave like a landlord."
"Hey, my family has been poor for three generations, how can I become a landlord?"
Amid the noise, Xiao Meng's face darkened and he said with a smile: "There is no production task in the workshop, and the workers have nothing to do, so they started playing cards."
"There's nothing to do, you can clean the machine." Yu Haitang's eyes widened and he wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Li Weidong.
He waved his hand: "Let's go to the machine repair shop."
The machine repair workshop is much more lively than the production workshop.
There are seven or eight tractors parked on the repair platform in the workshop, and Liang Ladi and seven or eight workers are busy working around these tractors.
Their faces, hair, and clothes were all stained with engine oil stains.
Liang Ladi heard the footsteps and stuck her head out from under the tractor.
His eyes slid across Li Weidong's face without stopping for a moment.
Staring at Xiao Meng, he said: "Driver Xiao Meng, it's working time now. Why are you running around with people? You've delayed our work and we're working overtime at night. Why don't you treat us to dinner?"
Her output with a gun and a stick made Xiao Meng blush and unable to say a word.
This is the real Liang Ladi.
Last night Li Weidong thought Liang Ladi had changed her starring role!
"Comrade Liang Ladi, don't be ridiculous. This should be Comrade Li Weidong. I have heard about your deeds. Welcome to visit our machine repair shop."
An old comrade with gray hair came over and said with a smile: "I am the workshop director of the machine repair workshop, Cao Shan."
Liang Ladi puffed out her chest, gave Li Weidong a subtle look, and added: "This is my master, a ninth-level mechanic."
Li Weidong looked serious and looked Cao Shan up and down.
This person is probably in his fifties.
His face was lined and his eyes were sharp.
He was wearing a greasy overalls, and his hands were stained with oil.
He stood there indifferently, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
He is indeed a master, and his bearing is indeed extraordinary.
Li Weidong calmed down his emotions, walked forward, and took the initiative to say hello: "It turns out to be Master Cao. I have long admired his name. I am Li Weidong from the poverty alleviation workshop."
As he spoke, he paused and asked curiously: "Didn't you go to the morning report meeting?"
The workshop director is the middle-level leader in the factory and is qualified to participate in the report meeting.
Unless he doesn't want to participate
"Oh, Master Cao, he's just a machine repairman. That kind of situation is not suitable for me." Cao Shan smiled heartily, "It happened that the tractor at the Red Star Commune was broken, and it would be troublesome to repair it. In order not to delay During the spring plowing next year, I, an old man, will rely on my old age and ask for leave from the factory director."
Compared with other large machinery, tractors are much simpler in terms of internal structure and complexity.
It's really interesting to be able to make a ninth-level mechanic feel troublesome.
"The tractor is broken?" Li Weidong had a change of thought and said with a smile: "Master Cao, I used to be a truck driver and I am most interested in this kind of mechanical things. Can you allow me to watch while you repair it? "
"What's wrong? Our repair shop doesn't care about the old brooms, and the technology isn't an heirloom!"
Cao Shan seemed a little taciturn. After just two sentences, he got under the tractor and started working again.
Only then did Li Weidong set his sights on this tractor.
Just looking at it, I didn't feel like I was frowning. This thing is really rare.
This tractor is more than two meters tall, like a huge beast, with a tall and strong body.
Due to long-term use, the surface has many stains and wear marks, and the original appearance is almost unclear.
Different from the tracks of the Dongfanghong tractor, it has four wheels, two large and one small. The large wheel at the back is as big as a millstone.
The arm-thick chimney is enough to illustrate its horsepower, and the word 'URSUS' is written on the front face.
URSUS
Li Weidong's eyes widened and he blurted out: "Master Cao, isn't this Ursus?"
"Oh, you are really discerning." Master Cao poked his head out from under the tractor: "This is the Ursus imported from Romania ten years ago. It is noisy and much more powerful than Dongfanghong, but it is too laborious to start. "
As he spoke, he took a look at the parts on it and said solemnly: "This tractor was sent here because it couldn't be started."
Master Cao was really polite when it took a lot of effort to start.
It is not an ordinary effort to start this thing. The most worrying thing for many tractor drivers every day is to start it.
In the final analysis, it is in its unique startup method.
Most tractors have a crankshaft or electric start.
This thing has to be started by burning a sulfur rod.
The specific method is to take out a professional sulfur stick, use the end of the stick coated with sulfur, and slide it quickly on the large iron wheel on the machine head.
After the sulfur stick ignites a yellow-blue flame, it is quickly stuffed into the small hole in the engine.
Then immediately hold the gravity wheel on the side of the fuselage and turn it hard.
If you're lucky, it will start in a few clicks.
If you're not lucky, you'll have to work for half an hour.
Because Ursus was too laborious to use, only a small number were introduced into the country.
Li Weidong only talked about it in books in the library. This was the first time he actually saw the real thing.
He couldn't help but get excited, took off his tunic jacket and handed it to Yu Haitang, then got under the tractor.
It's said to be a drill, but the tractor itself is over one meter tall, but it's actually just slightly bent.
When Cao Shan saw Li Weidong come in, he was stunned for a moment, didn't say anything more, and continued to work on his hands.
Cao Shan's fingers skillfully touched the outline, as if he could feel the changes in every part.
From time to time, he tightened a screw and gently rotated a certain part, as if silently communicating with the engine.
His movements are light, skillful and precise. He placed each part in the correct position and gently turned the wrench until they were just right.
He was constantly taking the engine apart, repairing the parts, and then assembling them in the correct order.
"Master, have I started?" Liang Ladi couldn't wait to see Cao Shan and Li Weidong come out from under the tractor and find a sulfur stick standing beside them.
This is already the third time that the master has disassembled the engine.
"Well, let's try it. I hope it can start normally this time." Cao Shan took the enamel jar handed over by the worker, his Adam's apple trembled, took a few sips, wiped the tea stuck on his beard, and said loudly.
"rub!"
Liang Ladi took the sulfur stick and rubbed it against the iron wheel. The sulfur stick burned, emitting white smoke and emitting a dazzling yellow light. A pungent smell suddenly filled the air.
Li Weidong and Yu Haitang both covered their noses.
Liang Ladi held her breath and pushed the sulfur rod into the small hole in the engine.
Li Weidong, who had already stood next to the gravity wheel, grabbed the handle of the gravity wheel and shook it vigorously.
His strength was so great that he produced a tiger-like force, which seemed like a world away.
Shake out a few wheezes.
That's right, after asking for more than ten minutes, sweat broke out on Li Weidong's forehead.
The tractor was like a patient suffering from tuberculosis. He could only make a whirring sound with his throat.
Hearing this voice, Cao San's face suddenly darkened, and he rubbed his short hair with his big, greasy hands, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"That shouldn't be the case. I've checked everything that needs to be checked, and there's nothing wrong with it. Why can't air be sent into the engine?"
Liang Ladi silently took out the sulfur stick and threw it aside.
It has been over a week since the tractor was delivered to the repair shop.
For more than a week, the master did not think about eating or drinking in order to repair the tractor.
The whole person looked quite haggard.
Cao Shan was not only Liang Ladi's master, but also her great benefactor.
At that time, Liang Ladi's husband Er Shuanzi died of illness. Some leaders in the factory saw that Liang Ladi was a young rural widow.
Coveting Er Shuanzi's position, he tried every means to trick Liang Ladi into betraying Er Shuanzi's position.
Although Liang Ladi was a rural girl, she was very aggressive by nature, so she naturally refused to agree.
Those factory leaders, seeing that inducements failed, were actually preparing to intimidate.
At that time, her husband had just passed away and she still had several children. The leaders in the commune would not help her as a little widow.
Liang Ladi is simply asking the sky to be unresponsive and the earth to be unresponsive.
Er Shuanzi's master Cao Shan found out about this.
Cao Shan led several apprentices and blocked the door of the factory leader's office.
They nailed the door to the leader's office with wooden strips.
The security officer got the news and came to expel him.
I saw it was Cao Shan, a ninth-level master.
In addition, their security department also sympathized with Liang Ladi's experience and was dissatisfied with the decisions of those leaders.
Therefore, there is no effort to work.
After two days of starvation in the office, the factory leaders finally gave in and offered to let Liang Ladi take over.
Cao Shan then led people to release them.
After Liang Ladi took Er Shuanzi's place and entered the factory, Cao Shan accepted her as his apprentice and taught her carefully in business.
In recent years, Liang Ladi has often caused trouble in the factory in order to support her children.
Those male workers suffered a lot, but they didn't dare to cause trouble to Liang Ladi.
On the one hand, they are in the wrong. If others find out that they are messing around with men and women, they may be in trouble.
On the other hand, it was because Cao Shan was behind Liang Ladi.
Of course Liang Ladi also knew this, so she treated Cao Shan like her own father these years.
Seeing Cao Shan's gloomy expression, she was very anxious but had no idea what to do.
Cao Shan is already the highest level master in the machinery factory.
He has no way to solve the fault, let alone other masters.
"Master Cao, if you don't mind, can you let me take a look?"
Li Weidong stopped, held on to the gravity wheel, took a breath, and said slowly.
(End of chapter)
