Fang Hanmin, who comes from a remote rural area, has read a lot of books, but still retains some traditional concepts in his bones. He thinks that he is not barging in, so why should he meet the girl's parents first?
In fact, Fang Hanmin was overthinking it, because Yu Dongmei didn't want him to meet his parents. After all, the two had only been together for less than half a year. It was too early to meet their parents now anyway. She just discussed it with Fang Hanmin. , if you don’t go back to your hometown during the Chinese New Year, can you visit her house and act as a shield for her?
Seeing Fang Hanmin's strong reaction, Yu Dongmei immediately realized that she should not mention this matter, "I blame my lack of consideration. You are right, now is not the time to consider such a thing."
Fang Hanmin also realized that he had overreacted just now, "It's nothing. When it's time to meet with both parents, I will think about it."...
The school is on winter vacation. Except for the faculty and staff on duty, Yu Dongmei is the last one to leave the school. Because she has not married yet, after the vacation, Yu Dongmei can only go back to her parents' home.
According to the prior agreement, Fang Hanmin sent Yu Dongmei to the long-distance bus station. In the waiting room, he suddenly thought of something, "If you don't mind, I want to ask a question."
"I don't mind, what's the problem?"
"Remember when we first met, you said I had a competitor, right?"
Yu Dongmei covered her mouth and smiled, "Yes, I said that."
"I want to know how that competitor is doing now? When you come back from your hometown after the Spring Festival, can you take some time to arrange for me to meet him?"
"What, do you want to duel with someone? This is a civilized society now, not the Middle Ages anymore. Dueling is illegal." Yu Dongmei said with a smile.
"I know the law, why are we dueling? I just want to see what kind of situation he is in now."
"Listening to the way you talk, you sound like a winner. Then let me tell you, I've moved out and don't dare to compete with you. You should be satisfied now, right?"
Fang Hanmin said with a playful smile: "Whether he quits or not depends entirely on your choice. It has nothing to do with me. The other party withdrew from the competition because you rejected his pursuit. Do you think this is true?"
Yu Dongmei rolled her eyes at him, "You have too many things to do and I don't have time to reason with you."
"Dongmei, tell me the truth. I think the so-called competitors are just a fiction. They don't exist at all. Don't you think so?"
"If you believe it, it will happen. If you don't believe it, it won't happen. It's time for me to get on the bus. You can go back." After saying that, Yu Dongmei smiled playfully and walked to the ticket gate with her luggage.
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After New Year's Day, the intermediate scale-up test for hydrogenation and reduction has begun. The first step is the preparation of the palladium carbon catalyst. Fang Hanmin went deep into the grassroots and stayed at his post day and night, strictly controlling the catalyst preparation process and testing links.
"Hanmin, you don't go back to the dormitory to rest after get off work. It's too much for your body to keep spinning like this!" Old colleague Jiao Tiehui reminded him worriedly as he watched all this.
"Chief Fang, you don't have to worry about unqualified catalysts. Each batch of catalysts must be tested before they can be used in subsequent hydrogenation reduction tests. We can just use unqualified catalysts." Technician Guo Peng also wanted to share the work for Fang Hanmin. pressure.
"I'm as young as you. I may not be able to do it after a long time, but if I persist for ten days and a half, there should be no problem with my body. I'm not worried about you. I'm an old employee who has done small tests in the laboratory and has done everything. It's very good. The newbie who was transferred recently is not familiar with the process. It will take about a week to become proficient. Guo Peng, I said that palladium is more valuable than gold. The problem of catalyst is not whether it can be used, but We must ensure that no waste products are produced, otherwise, the waste caused to the unit will be staggering." Fang Hanmin thanked his two colleagues for their concern, but he did not dare to relax at all in his work.
In fact, Fang Hanmin had nothing to worry about the pilot test itself, because it was already a very mature process in his previous life. The reason why he stayed on site at the beginning was mainly because he was afraid that employees would waste raw materials during the production process. In addition, it is also crucial to ensure that each batch of catalysts becomes qualified products, which is also one of the main links to eliminate waste.
The entire pilot test process was scheduled around the Spring Festival, so Fang Hanmin naturally did not have time to return to his hometown. This was the fourth consecutive Spring Festival that he had not reunited with his parents and family. However, before the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, he sent twice as much as usual to his hometown. money. Compared with whether Fang Hanmin can go home to reunite, his parents and relatives in his hometown seem to care more about these remittances.
In fact, it was common for state-owned enterprises to work overtime during the Spring Festival at that time. Fang Hanmin and his pilot project were just a coincidence. However, unless the equipment in each production workshop was overhauled, production could not be suspended even during the Spring Festival. Fang Hanmin worked as a temporary worker in the second workshop for two days. For three years, every New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, he was either working normally or filling in for others. In short, he never took a break during the Spring Festival these years.
On the afternoon of the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Fang Hanmin had just returned to the office from the test site. He turned around and saw a person following him. This person was a test worker in the scientific research team. He was a colleague of Fang Hanmin in the second workshop. Of course he was very familiar with it, "Master Zhang, Are you alright?"
"Fang, Chief Fang, I have something to ask you for a favor." The man known as Master Zhang was a few years older than Fang Hanmin and spoke cautiously.
"What's the matter? Just tell me."
It turned out that Master Zhang got married the year before last, and his wife was from out of town. She didn't go back to her parents' home during the Spring Festival for the first two years of their marriage. This is the third year. Her parents miss her very much. It would be unreasonable not to go back to her parents' home during the Spring Festival to visit her parents. Master Zhang wanted to accompany his wife back to his father-in-law's house to celebrate the New Year, but he was on duty between the 30th of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of the first lunar month, so he wanted to ask Fang Hanmin to find an employee to cover for him for two days.
When Fang Hanmin heard this, he realized that Lao Zhang's reason was very legitimate. His new wife had not been back to her parents' home since she got married. It was only human nature for Lao Zhang to accompany his wife back home during the Spring Festival this year. If he didn't agree to it, Zhang’s request is so unkind!
However, including the test workers who were transferred before the pilot test started, Fang Hanmin only had about twenty people at his disposal. The key is that these people are just like carrots and pitfalls. He has no spare personnel and can't find anyone to replace Master Zhang. .
Seeing Lao Zhang's face full of ardent expectations, Fang Hanmin nodded towards him, "Go ahead."
"But, who will take charge of my job?" Lao Zhang seemed a little worried.
"You don't have to worry about it now. You just need to accompany your sister-in-law back to your parents' home to celebrate the New Year."
"Chief Fang, I'm sorry to give you a difficult problem."
No wonder Fang Hanmin had to transfer Jiao Tiehui, Lao Zhang and others to him as experimental workers. What simple people these are!
Before the Spring Festival, the first batch of palladium-carbon catalysts for pilot testing had been produced. After testing, all indicators met the requirements and could be put into hydrogenation reduction tests.
Even without Master Zhang, Fang Hanmin would still have to go to work every day during the Spring Festival, going deep into grassroots positions to check the test progress and test results, because the pilot test is in full swing. As the deputy chief of the technical section, he is responsible for the "Palladium Carbon Catalytic Hydrogenation Reduction Project" "The person in charge cannot stand by and watch.
Unable to find anyone else to take over Lao Zhang's post, Fang Hanmin had no choice but to take up the post himself. This did not pose any difficulty to him. He had only been away from the grassroots post for less than two years, and he was relatively young. So it was not a big deal for him to take up the post and work three shifts.
After Jiao Tiehui found out, he ran to the office to find Fang Hanmin, "I heard that you want to take over Lao Zhang's job personally?"
"Yes, there are only a few of us here, and everyone has a position. Master Zhang really needs to take leave. What if I don't take over for him?"
"You want to take care of the overall situation, so there is no need for you! Just leave it to me to replace Lao Zhang."
"Master Jiao, you have your own position, how can you fill someone else's position?"
"Because Lao Zhang and I are not in the same position, I can work for him after get off work."
"Isn't that a continuous rotation? Absolutely not!"
"What's wrong? Haven't you been spinning your wheels all this time?"
What a great colleague! Although Fang Hanmin disagreed with the other party's approach, he was very grateful, "Master Jiao, you have a family. You have housework after get off work, especially during the New Year and the holidays. Your family is waiting to reunite with you. I will follow you." It’s different. I have no family, no food, and am alone. I have enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. I have no worries. I am more suitable than anyone else to take over for others.”
Seeing that he could not convince Fang Hanmin, Jiao Tiehui had no choice but to leave angrily.
Lao Zhang's job is a catalytic hydrogenation test, and his team is assigned to the middle shift on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of the first lunar month.
During the day, Fang Hanmin rarely stayed in the office. He put on his work clothes, checked each post, and answered questions raised by employees in a timely manner.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, it was time for the mid-shift worker to take over. Fang Hanmin went to Lao Zhang's post on time to take over. He was afraid that the team leader Guo Peng would not be able to let go in front of him. As long as the equipment was operating normally and the process conditions were controlled within the specified range, Fang Hanmin would He just operates the equipment he is responsible for and doesn't say a word.
Because everything was under Fang Hanmin's control, the entire pilot test went very smoothly. He instructed several technicians to verify only three sets of process conditions. The reason was explained in the laboratory.
At the end of January, Fang Hanmin officially announced the successful conclusion of the intermediate amplification test of catalytic hydrogenation. He and several technicians worked together to sort out the data and write test reports. Apart from cleaning up the site and maintaining the equipment, more than a dozen test workers had basically no time to spare. Things can be done.
If they were sent back to their original units, the leaders of the second workshop would definitely not be willing to accept them. When they were transferred out of the second workshop, the original positions would be replenished in time, and if they were sent back, they would not be able to arrange jobs for them.
However, Fang Hanmin believes that Jiao Tiehui and others are not only good characters, but also very smart, especially their hands-on ability, which is better than many technical personnel. However, they have too little education. If these people have certain scientific and cultural knowledge, they can become A technician in a certain field.
In order to find things for Jiao Tiehui and others to do, Fang Hanmin planned to organize them to study intensively. Jiao Tiehui always said straightforwardly, "Hanmin, you let us people learn scientific and cultural knowledge. Do you know what our foundation is? Let us learn mathematics, physics and chemistry. It's so simple." It’s hard to force others to do something difficult! If you tell us the technical principles, it’s like playing the piano to an ox.”
Facing these colleagues with low self-esteem, Fang Hanmin could only cheer and encourage, "Master Jiao, don't give up on yourself. According to my observation, you are actually very smart, but you didn't study hard during your studies, which delayed yourself. If you master a certain basic knowledge, I think your abilities will be put to greater use in practical work.”
"The key is that we are not interested in mathematics, physics and chemistry, so even if you tell us, we won't listen!"
"Try it. If you don't try it, how will you know whether you are interested in it or not?"
