Sun Xu listened to the gentle creaking of the stairs, and out of the corner of his eye, a woman wearing a peony embroidered dress and a lavender hat climbed up the stairs. At this time, she raised her head slightly and saw Sun Xu above her, and immediately paused. .
Sun Xu was afraid of being rude to the beautiful woman, and he didn't want others to think that he was a bad person. He immediately took a step to the side and said at the same time: "I...I'm here to see my friend!"
"He lives here, his name is Sun Dawei!"
After hearing this, the woman didn't say anything. She just said softly, "Hmm", and then continued to go up. When she got to the 401 next door, she took out the key and opened the door. She saw Sun Xu who looked a little reserved at the side, and said before entering the door: " Your friend shouldn't be here, he won't come back from get off work until six or seven in the evening!"
Sun Xu immediately bowed slightly: "Thank you, Miss, for clarifying my doubts. I'll wait for him here. I hope I won't disturb you!"
The woman said: "It's okay!"
After that, he went straight in and closed the door.
After seeing the other party's door closed, Sun Xu raised his head and felt a little relieved.
It's not that he's afraid of strangers, he just doesn't want to get into any trouble when he first arrives, leaving a bad influence on the female neighbor next door, and he doesn't want his arrival to affect the neighborhood relationship.
After all, although the defenses between men and women have been relaxed a lot these days, and women in gentry families are no longer as closed as they were a few decades ago, many traditions still remain. There are still defenses.
Many times it is not easy to talk to women casually...
After the woman entered the door, Sun Xu breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and then sat down directly on the wooden stairs.
It's only mid-afternoon now, at least three or four hours since he returned from get off work, but he doesn't always stand like this.
Sitting and waiting for someone was naturally long and boring. To pass the time, he took out a book and read through it. This 'Compendium of Common Machinery' was given to him by his master as a meeting gift when he was an apprentice. , very thick, six or seven centimeters thick. It records the mechanisms, principles, and process details of various mechanical equipment that are common on the market.
Although this book does not teach you how to repair equipment, it can let you understand the principles and process details of common mechanical equipment on the market.
Only after knowing the principles and process details of these devices can we find out the problems and repair them.
Therefore, this book is not only a must-read for mechanical students, but also a must-read for grassroots technical mechanical repairers like Sun Xu.
From the first day he became an apprentice, he often read this book. After reading it for several years, although it was carefully kept, many of the pages were torn.
Sun Xu knows very well that if you want to be successful these days, even if you are just a mechanical repairman, you must study hard, and you need to understand some basic mechanical theories and even some processing techniques.
Otherwise, if someone gives you a broken textile machine, you won't even be able to find the problem, and even if you find the problem, you won't be able to solve it.
At the same time, you should also learn some basic benchwork knowledge, so that when you encounter some problems, you can simply process some parts and replace them...
You can't just replace the original parts regardless of the problem... In this case, those machine tool manufacturers will have to laugh to death, and they will make a lot of money just from after-sales service... And the boss invites you here because he wants to solve the problem after the equipment has problems. You can solve the problem yourself instead of paying a lot of money to ask the equipment manufacturer to come and solve the problem.
Of course, mechanical repairmen who can achieve this level are often masters with rich theory, rich experience, and very good practical skills.
This kind of master, you may say he is a mechanical repairman, but in fact he can draw a drawing and give the process requirements to copy a mechanical equipment exactly as it is.
If you give him enough assistants, as well as various processing equipment and raw materials, he can even build you a piece of equipment that looks exactly the same... Of course, this is only limited to looking exactly the same. Performance is hard to say.
The raw materials and processing techniques of many precision equipment parts are very special and the precision is very high. Many of them are patented products or even confidential products, making it difficult for outsiders to imitate them.
Even if it is imitated, the cost will be wiped out... If other factories mass-produce equipment that can be produced for a few thousand dollars, if you do it yourself, even if you don't count the investment in equipment, it will probably cost tens of thousands...
This is the charm of industrialization!
The core of industrialization is not about how good the performance is, but about ensuring a certain performance while ensuring large enough output and low enough cost.
Just like steel, even in ancient times, blacksmiths could rely on various indigenous methods to make steel. Even the performance of the steel produced by indigenous methods was quite good, but this was of no use because the output was too low and the cost was too high. .
In the late period of the first industrial revolution, steel plants produced several tons or even dozens of tons of steel per furnace. The annual output of steel plants was tens of thousands of tons, and large steel plants could even reach hundreds of thousands of tons.
The total quantity of steel handmade by countless traditional blacksmiths in human history is not as much as the annual output of a modern steel factory.
The same goes for a mechanical repairman. Your own mechanical repairman will use his rich theoretical knowledge and experience to give him the necessary materials and equipment. He can make you equipment that looks the same, but no one will do it like this. .
The main job of a mechanical repairman is actually to maintain a large number of mechanical equipment in the factory, so that the large amount of machinery and equipment purchased by the factory at a heavy cost can operate normally and well, and to solve problems as soon as possible, so as not to reduce the factory's production capacity or even shutdown.
If the production capacity is reduced or even stopped, the losses will be huge and no factory can bear it.
This places great demands on the technical abilities of mechanical repairmen.
It will take a long time for Sun Xu to become such a mechanical repairman who can stand alone. He also needs to continue learning and accumulating experience.
But Sun Xu has always been motivated, otherwise he wouldn't be able to become a mechanic in just a few years... It's not easy to learn to be a mechanical repairman these days, especially for someone who hasn't graduated from junior high school. of young people.
Not to mention anything else, just the many mechanical-related theoretical knowledge that needs to be studied is not so easy to master.
In fact, many mechanical repairmen are often from secondary vocational colleges that specialize in mechanical repair. Even the more technical mechanical repair engineers in some large factories are from the mechanical department of higher vocational colleges.
It is not easy for Sun Xu, a junior high school dropout, to become a junior mechanical repairman in a few years.
It’s also inseparable from his hard work!
Over the years, Sun Xu has developed the habit of reading professional books in his free time.
Now in this stairwell it’s no exception!
Reading time always passes very quickly. As I look at it, the evening glow appears outside the window.
After reading for a long time, Sun Xu also felt some pain in his shoulders and neck. He couldn't help but shake his neck. At the same time, he felt his mouth was dry and he was about to take out his small water bottle from the package and take a sip of water.
Then he saw the door opposite opened a crack, and the face of the woman just now appeared.
Seeing this, Sun Xu quickly stood up.
The woman opened the door and said, "I see you have been waiting for a long time. Do you want some tea?"
As he spoke, his slender hand held out a tea cup.
Seeing this, Sun Xu silently released the hand holding the small kettle from the bag, then bowed slightly and said, "I'm thirsty after studying for a long time!"
"Thank you very much, Miss!"
He took two steps forward, took the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp. The aroma of the tea made his mouth water. It felt better than any tea he had ever had before!
After finishing the drink, she handed the teacup back and the woman said, "You're welcome, but I just want a cup of tea. We are all foreigners coming to Shanghai, so we should take care of ourselves!"
The woman took the tea cup: "Do you want more tea?"
Sun Xu shook his head: "That's enough, no need to bother!"
The woman stopped talking and immediately closed the door again.
Sun Xu sat on the stairs again, with a smile on his lips.
He felt that he had come to Songjiang at the right time. This city not only had prosperity and industrial opportunities, but the people here were also good.
After waiting for more than half an hour, Sun Xu finally waited for his little boy to come back.
When Sun Dawei saw Sun Xu, his face immediately showed joy: "Brother Xu, you are here. I received your letter and learned that you would come over. I have been waiting for you, little brother!"
"Same for you. I didn't mention the exact time in the letter before, otherwise I would have picked you up at the train station!"
"Look at this, I kept you waiting at the door for a long time!"
When Sun Xu saw Fa Xiao, he also had a smile on his face: "I have just arrived, and it is difficult to buy train tickets. I have to change trains on the way. I am not sure when I will arrive!"
It is actually not difficult to buy train tickets in normal times, but if you want to take the cheapest third-class ticket all the way, it is difficult to buy train tickets.
After all, there are so many people who want to save money.
In addition, Sun Xu had to change trains. In fact, Sun Xu suffered a lot along the way, because the train from his hometown only reached Xi'an. If he wanted to go to Songjiang and wanted the cheapest third-class ticket, he had to make several trips. The next train transfer.
He first took a train to Xi'an, slept in the train station all night, and bought a ticket to Jiangpu Railway Station in the capital. After arriving at Jiangpu, he slept at the train station for another two days before snapping up the cheapest ticket from Jiangpu to Songjiang. Third-class ticket at North Station.
He had to change trains several times, and the third-class ticket made it difficult to rest, so he actually suffered a lot along the way, and he was not sure which day he would arrive on time.
Because of the transfer, and the fact that modern trains are not very fast, generally running only 40 to 50 kilometers per hour, and the passenger trains often do not run at night, the time on the road alone from my hometown to Songjiang is quite long. .
Overall, although the contemporary Dachu Empire railway transportation is very convenient and fast compared with previous travel methods, it still has some shortcomings, such as relatively low operating speed, passenger trains not running at night for safety reasons, and frequent entry and exit of the platform. These As a result, long-distance travel across hundreds or thousands of kilometers is often troublesome and takes a lot of time.
Of course, in response to these problems, the Dachu Empire Railway Company also opened some express passenger trains between some big cities, reducing the number of stops at small railway stations, speeding up operation, and increasing the number of sleepers, etc., which greatly shortened the time The ride time improves the ride experience.
For example, there are express passenger trains from Jinling South Station to Songjiang, and some express trains from Jinling North Station to Zhengzhou and Tianjin from Jiangpu Railway Station.
It's just that this kind of special train carries fewer passengers and has higher operating costs, so the ticket price is very expensive. Sun Xu can't even bear to sit on the second-class or first-class tickets of ordinary passenger cars, and naturally he is not willing to take the express passenger train.
If he makes a lot of money in Songjiang one day, when he returns to his hometown in the future, he might take the express passenger train from Songjiang directly to Xi'an, and the most expensive first-class soft sleeper with a small independent room.
It's just that this wish is very beautiful, but I don't know when it will come true.
The two briefly said a few words at the door, and then Sun Dawei took out the key, opened the door, and greeted Sun Xu to come in.
After entering, Sun Dawei said: "The place is a bit small, don't dislike it."
Sun Xu also took a brief look at the room. It was indeed not big, just a small room with a balcony that served as a kitchen, and a toilet next door.
But he doesn't have any objections. He also knows that Songjiang City is the most developed city in the country. You can make a lot of money here, but there must be a lot of expenses in all aspects.
The place where Fa Xiao rented was not a remote place. For such a small room, he guessed that the rent would not be cheap.
While looking at it, he said: "How can I dislike it? I can't thank you enough for taking me in. It's not in vain that I helped you with your homework!"
When Sun Dawei heard this, he immediately laughed: "If it weren't for the fact that you helped me with my homework back then, I would have persuaded you to come to Songjiang over and over again."
"Let me tell you, you have also been here in Songjiang, and you have seen the prosperity along the way. I won't talk about many more. I will only talk about the factories, which are far away. We live a few kilometers away from here. , is the industrial zone in Xicheng District, that place... there are at least hundreds of factories!"
"Many of them are textile factories. Aren't you good at repairing textile machinery? You can find work in these textile factories!"
"I have paid attention to it for you some time ago. Several textile factories are looking for mechanical repairmen. The salary is good. You have a good rest tonight. I will ask for leave tomorrow morning and take you to have a look in the afternoon."
Sun Xu nodded as he listened: "That's why I'm troubling you!"
Sun Dawei said: "We all grew up playing in the mud together. Why are you so polite to me..."
"Put your things down first, let's go, we brothers will go to the restaurant downstairs to eat, and we will treat you like a couple!"
Sun Xu didn't want to spend money on his friends just after he came, so he quickly shied away, but Sun Dawei insisted. Unable to refuse the kindness, he had no choice but to go together.
After eating and drinking, during the conversation between the two, Sun Xu also learned more about Songjiang, especially the surrounding areas, and also learned about the life of his friend Sun Dawei.
Sun Dawei has been working since he graduated from high school. He has been living in Songjiang for many years. Now he works in a glass factory in the nearby Xicheng Industrial Zone. He is considered a skilled worker and his monthly income is about sixty-seven yuan.
This income is not considered low in the small county where I live.
However, Sun Dawei himself said that his salary is a proper low-middle income in Songjiang City. One month's salary deducts rent, water, coal, daily food and clothing, and occasionally goes to a restaurant and listens to music!
Sun Xu didn't know what to say after hearing this. At sixty-seven yuan a month, this salary was almost twice his previous salary.
And when it comes to eating out, listening to music, and eating out, Sun Xu used to occasionally eat in small street restaurants to satisfy his cravings.
But listening to music... Listening to Sun Dawei talking about the scene when listening to music in Goulan, Sun Xu couldn't help but swallowed his saliva...
He has never been to Goulan to listen to music in his life.
When you make money, you must go for a trip to open your eyes!
Writing about Sun Xu these days, I want to use his perspective to describe some social environment and humanistic details, and strive to present to everyone a society after the integration of modern industry and Chinese tradition... Of course, my writing power is limited and I may not be able to write it well. Everyone Don’t dislike it... SO, please follow Sun Xu’s perspective and continue to experience Songjiang in the 35th year of Chengshun!
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