After breakfast, Fang Hanmin walked out of the yard and wanted to walk around nearby. His mother Xu Guihua stopped him, "Hanmin, don't go too far. We want to discuss something with you later."
As soon as he heard that there was something to discuss, Fang Hanmin turned around and came back, "Mom, I'm not going anywhere. I'm waiting for you at home."
More than ten minutes later, Xu Guihua and Fang Xiecheng came to the main room. Fang Hanmin and his parents sat around the table, "Mom and Dad, what do you want to discuss with me?"
Because Xu Guihua speaks tactfully, she always takes the initiative in everything that happens at home and outside. The old couple looked at each other, and Xu Guihua introduced the current situation of the family and their plans to Fang Hanmin, "Although your sister is already married, you are not young anymore. Even your brother is in his early twenties. The family is like this now. , we’re afraid it won’t be good for you and your brother.”
Fang Hanmin didn't understand what his mother meant, "Mom, if you have anything to say, just say it."
"Hanmin, our house is too old. If someone comes to talk to you or your brother, I'm afraid the girl will dislike the house. I'll discuss with your father and want to renovate the house."
If Fang Hanmin only considers himself, he will not care about repairing the house, because he has no intention of getting married and starting a family in his hometown, and the quality of the house has no impact on him. But when her mother Xu Guihua talked about this matter, her brother Fang Xinmin was also involved. If Fang Hanmin wanted to stay out of the matter, it would be tantamount to being indifferent to his brother's affairs. As the eldest brother, he could not be justified.
Fang Xinmin is in his early twenties. He is a good-looking young man. As long as his family conditions are reasonable, there will be many matchmakers coming to his door. Therefore, his parents are now beginning to worry about his affairs. They feel that the biggest difficulty facing them is the house at home. Too old, of course, they think this is also a problem that Fang Hanmin needs to face.
The purpose of the parents discussing this matter with Fang Hanmin was very clear. Everyone knew that money was needed to repair a house, but the family had very little money to contribute. They relied on several acres of land to grow food. Apart from the family's rations, they could not afford much money a year. , if the family repairs the house, they can only rely on Fang Hanmin's help.
Fang Hanmin knew his parents' purpose, but he only had a salary of forty or fifty yuan a month, and he had to send twenty yuan to his hometown every month to support his family. The money he could save was actually very limited, "Mom, Dad, what do you want? How to do it?"
"If conditions permit, we plan to demolish the current old house and rebuild it." Father Fang Xiecheng, who had been silent next to him, finally spoke.
"Have you made a budget? How much will it cost to demolish and rebuild the old house?"
The two old men obviously had not made a specific budget, but they gave an example of how much a certain household in the village spent on building a new house of the same area last year.
When Fang Hanmin heard this, he realized that the money he had accumulated now was only half of this amount at most. If he demolished the old house and rebuilt it, it would be too far behind with his help alone! "Mom and Dad, I want to ask, how much money can the family afford?"
Xu Guihua thought for a while, "Hanmin, you have sent money home every month for these years, but you also know that our family basically has no other place to contribute money. Our daily pocket money depends entirely on the money you send back. Even if you save some money, you will have to buy a dowry for your sister when she gets married this time. Therefore, the family basically cannot afford to repair the house now."
"I also agree to improve the living environment at home, but according to what you said about the cost of building a house of the same area for that villager, I can only spend half of the money. What should I do?" Fang Hanmin felt very embarrassed.
The eldest son had tried his best, but Fang Xiecheng and Xu Guihua were at a loss. They were silent for a long time. Xu Guihua seemed to remember something, "Hanmin can give half of it, but how much is left? We can borrow it from relatives and friends!"
Fang Xiecheng rolled his eyes at his wife, "You said it's easy, who can I borrow it from? Who can lend it to you?"
Mother Xu Guihua is indeed the backbone of the family. She is not only considerate and tactful, but also good at taking advantage of various favorable conditions. She disagreed with Lao Fang's words, "In the past, no one would be willing to lend us money, but the situation is different now." Yes, Hanmin is now a formal employee of the state. If our relatives and friends know about this, they will promise not to reject us. If you don’t believe it, I dare to bet you!"
There is some truth in this. In the past, the Fang family borrowed money from relatives and friends, but almost never paid it back on time, which made some people avoid them. Even though Fang Hanmin went to work as a temporary worker in a company in the city in the past few years, people were very fond of them. The impression of home has not changed much. But their eldest son has now become a formal employee. In the eyes of rural people, this is equivalent to having an iron rice bowl. Relatives and friends no longer have to worry about them borrowing money and not repaying it.
Fang Hanmin did not object to his mother's idea, but he emphasized that even if he and his relatives and friends could raise enough money to demolish the old house and build a new one, he would not need to consider his future needs to get married and start a family. He suggested that the house be built slightly larger. Be smaller and save some expenses, because the money borrowed from relatives and friends also needs to be repaid by him.
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After talking for more than two hours, his mother Xu Guihua prepared lunch in advance. Before noon, Fang Hanmin had lunch, said goodbye to his parents and family, and headed to the long-distance bus stop in the township. He successfully returned to the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory before six in the evening. staff domitory.
After work the next day, Fang Hanmin appeared in his office on time. It had only been three days since he had seen him, and his assistants had nothing more to report to him. He wrote a report requesting the leaders of the hospital to coordinate the in-depth technical reform of the second workshop. Send it to Director Yuan.
"I heard that you took leave to go back to your hometown? Are you back so soon? How is the situation in your hometown? It's not easy to go back, why don't you stay there for a few more days?"
Fang Hanmin didn't expect Director Yuan to care so much about him. He was the head of a large state-owned enterprise with thousands of people. While being moved, Fang Hanmin quickly said: "Thank you, Director, for caring! The things back home have been taken care of, and there is nothing else. I'll be back."
"Oh, that's good. I heard that your hometown is relatively remote. No matter what difficulties you or your family encounter in the future, just mention it to me and the factory will help you." Regardless of whether he did it or not, Lao Yuan could say this This proves that he really values Fang Hanmin.
After thanking him again, Fang Hanmin asked the factory to coordinate with the relevant departments of the second workshop and the factory department as soon as possible so that they can start work in the second workshop.
"Don't worry about this. I will instruct the relevant departments to handle this matter."
In the afternoon of the same day, the factory office notified Fang Hanmin to go to the conference room on the second floor for a meeting. Maybe he arrived a little late. When he pushed the door in, he saw Factory Director Yuan, Deputy Factory Director Wang, Mr. Xia, Chief Xue of the Technical Department and the second workshop The two leaders, as well as the leaders of the factory's department in charge of water and electricity, are already present.
Seeing Fang Hanmin sitting down on a chair near the door of the conference room, Director Yuan greeted: "Comrade Xiao Fang, come forward and sit here." Lao Yuan pointed to a chair not far from him.
When all the participants arrived, Factory Director Yuan began to speak: "Today's meeting was both impromptu and planned because the meeting involved the in-depth technical transformation of the second workshop. Half a year ago, it was also here that Xiaofang The comrades proposed an in-depth technical transformation project for the second workshop. They acted resolutely and took action immediately. Within about half a year, they not only conducted a small trial of the project, but also successfully completed the pilot test and made various summaries. In short, the test It was a success! Congratulations!”
Lao Yuan paused and continued with joy: "What's even more gratifying is that Comrade Xiaofang believes that the results of the pilot test can be directly applied to workshop production. The purpose of convening this meeting today is to coordinate the relationships between all parties and make their work as smooth as possible." Develop in the field and achieve success in industrial production as soon as possible!”
For a meeting convened by a top leader, the standard routine is for the factory director to make an opening statement, and then the deputy and functional departments will raise specific questions and finally solve the problem.
Although according to the general technology development process, chief engineer Lao Xia also had some doubts, but he had witnessed Fang Hanmin's magic many times and had no choice but to swallow what he wanted to say.
Deputy Factory Director Wang is in charge of production. With such a major technical transformation, he naturally has something to say, "Comrade Xiaofang, the hydrogenation reduction technology you proposed is a very advanced production process. Although you have passed the laboratory and pilot tests, Verification, but if it is applied directly to production without industrial testing, how sure are you of success?"
It’s not that Lao Wang is just looking for trouble, because this is both his responsibility and the general process that technology development should follow, but Fang Hanmin skipped a big step. Deputy Factory Director Wang’s doubts are not unreasonable.
However, the hydrogenation reduction technology brought by Fang Hanmin is already a very mature and widely used production process in the 21st century he has experienced. Verifying it in the laboratory and pilot equipment is just to deceive others and deliberately If it is presented to the relevant leaders and measured by rigorous scientific research standards, it cannot be regarded as technological development in the strict sense.
Questioned again by Deputy Director Wang, Fang Hanmin seemed very calm, "I would like to say that I am 100% sure of success, but I am afraid that people will say I am bragging, but I can guarantee that the hope of success is very high!"
"If it doesn't succeed, what will you use as a guarantee?" Lao Wang asked.
"This..." Fang Hanmin was speechless for a moment. As an unmarried young man, he had nothing but his monthly salary. What could he use as a guarantee?
Deputy Factory Director Wang's question was difficult to answer, which made Fang Hanmin very embarrassed.
Although Lao Wang's initial questioning was reasonable, everyone could tell that his subsequent questioning was to deliberately embarrass Fang Hanmin.
Regardless of whether Fang Hanmin had any purpose or not, he actively promoted the technological progress of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. This fact in itself deserves great encouragement. The leader of the factory, Director Yuan, couldn't stand it when Lao Wang made things difficult for a motivated young man like this. "Xiao Fang The comrade took the initiative to carry out technical transformation for the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, so what is the guarantee? Others are carrying out technical transformation, and the factory has not asked anyone to guarantee it."
"In the past, other technicians carried out technological innovation according to the general process. Xiaofang omitted the key industrial test steps, which inevitably caused more risks. He was asked to provide a guarantee. He had no other purpose than to let him establish the risk Consciousness." Deputy Director Wang defended himself.
"According to your opinion, Comrade Xiaofang must be allowed to lead his group of people, and he must conduct industrial experiments? Comrade Xiaofang, do you think this is necessary?" Factory Director Yuan was a little disgusted with Lao Wang's unreasonable entanglement.
"I don't think it's necessary, because we have fully considered the factors of industrial testing during the pilot test process. Doing industrial testing again will not only waste equipment and raw materials, but also waste time." Fang Hanmin expressed his point of view very clearly.
After some consideration, in order to take care of Lao Wang's emotions, Director Yuan proposed a compromise plan.
Another compromise! Is this how top leaders work? Fang Hanmin felt helpless about this, but after all, the people and things he faced were different from those in his previous life.
