Li Wenjun said: "You have refused to go for a physical examination in the past two years. From now on, you will go to the mining area hospital for a comprehensive examination at least every year. You will do it this time when you return."
He remembered that Zuo Bowen would be tortured by various illnesses in a few years. After all, metal surface treatment requires contact with various heavy metal elements, which can easily cause poisoning.
Zuo Bowen frowned like a rebellious boy: "You are so verbose, I want you to control me."
Li Wenjun said: "Of course I have to take care of it. If you are in good health, can't you serve me for a few more years?"
Zuo Bowen pursed his lips again, and finally reluctantly whispered: "Just go. I'm afraid I'll die early and won't be able to spend all the money I earn."
Qian Zhuolin came down from upstairs, handed a cup of tea to Li Wenjun, and smiled: "Tsk, tsk, you don't know, he has been muttering every day these days, saying whether those boys will damage his instruments if he is not here."
Li Wenjun hurriedly stood up and took the tea: "No, no, I'm keeping an eye on it."
Zuo Bowen frowned: "Will all the experiments stop?"
This is a fatal question. If they stop, the old man will be furious and scold them for wasting such a good laboratory. If you want to say that it doesn't stop, you will also say that it's the same with him and without him.
Li Wenjun thought for a while and said carefully: "I just finished what you asked them to do before, verified the data again, and made several sets of data cross-comparisons."
Zuo Bowen nodded: "Not bad."
Li Wenjun breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged thoughtful glances with Qian Zhuolin.
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In early June, the new bridge was successfully closed.
Li Wenjun took Zuo Bowen and his wife back on the pretext of watching the opening ceremony.
Zuo Bowen and his wife had only taken some clothes and experimental data, so they returned with a box.
The workers in the factory greeted Zuo Bowen and the others enthusiastically: "Professor Zuo is back. Are you happy with your recent vacation?"
Li Wenjun told the people in the factory that Zuo Bowen was on vacation and was not allowed to mention that he had broken the agreement for fear of embarrassing Zuo Bowen.
Zuo Bowen nodded with his hands behind his back: "Not bad."
Their two bedrooms and one living room were kept clean, as if they had never left.
Zuo Bowen snorted heavily: "Tsk, this brat is sure to take advantage of me. Are you sure I will come back?"
Qian Zhuolin shook his head and sighed: "You also have objections to people keeping the house for you. If they give the house to others, you will be even more angry. It is really difficult to maintain. Only Li Wenjun can stand you."
Zuo Bowen said nothing.
He stuck his head in from the door early: "Grandpa left, grandma right, my dad asked me to remind you that it's time for dinner."
Previously, Li Wenjun, the teacher, called Zuo Bowen and Qian Zhuolin "Grandpa Zuo and Grandma Qian" early on. At that time, early on, they were just around the credit hour. There was confusion on their little faces: "Didn't they say left and right? Why did they say left and front again?"
No matter how many times Li Wenjun corrected him, he still stubbornly called Qian Zhuolin "right grandma". Qian Zhuolin smiled and said at that time: "Forget it, it doesn't matter. He is still young. He will know when he gets older."
I remembered that when I was a child, I insisted on calling Liu Dongmei "sister-in-law" and now I changed it, so Li Wenjun started calling her "sister-in-law" too early.
As soon as Zuo Bowen saw Zao Zao, his long face immediately put on a smile, and he hugged Zao Zao: "Baby, let's go eat. Have you missed Grandpa Zuo?"
Early on, he whispered in Zuo Bowen's ear: "I think. My dad told me that you were on vacation. I know he lied to me. He was not good and made you angry."
Qian Zhuolin glanced at Zuo Bowen angrily.
Zuo Bowen blushed: "No, no. Dad didn't make us angry. We were on vacation."
Qian Zhuolin said: "Control your temper. You are very old. Don't get angry without asking questions and let the children laugh."
Zuo Bowen said "hmm".
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God seemed to understand everyone's mood and gave us extremely beautiful weather the next day.
A few white clouds floated above the head like velvet in the blue sky like the sea. The clear river water flowed slowly under the bridge. Behind him were the picturesque mountains and mountains, and in the distance were the vast expanse of green seedlings in the fields.
Originally, the factory prepared firecrackers and invited several leaders and Yang Shouzhuo to come and cut the ribbon. As a result, several nearby villages invited dragon dance and drum playing teams, and for a while it was more lively than the Chinese New Year.
Yang Shouzhuo was also frightened by this formation: a small bridge is open to traffic, so what?
After the ribbon-cutting, the large truck loaded with goods drove out of the factory and drove straight to all parts of the country on the highway.
Everyone present clapped their hands and cheered.
The happiest people are the employees in the factory. From now on, it will be more honorable to ride a bicycle through this broad and impressive bridge into the factory to work.
The workers in the mining area heard the noise there from a distance, and they felt more and more lonely and jealous.
Although the leaders on both sides are two brothers, there are new factories, new dormitories, new roads, and new bridges over there. Everything here is crumbling, dilapidated, and lifeless. It’s true that “we are two different people in one family.”
Sitting in the mine director's office, Li Wenyong felt even worse.
In fact, he had been thinking about this last year. Since Li Wenjun and the others can turn black stones into beautiful black jade ornaments, so can he. If it doesn't work, I will sell the black stone to a jade carving factory.
This is a good idea, but there are some problems with its implementation.
There are very few jade carving factories now, not to mention even fewer factories that require truckloads of raw stones.
Li Wenyong has visited jade carving factories all over the country this year, and he finally found one that was willing to charge dozens of yuan to give it a try first.
Then Li Wenyong encountered another problem. In the past, trucks were brought to Li Wenjun one by one, and they sorted them.
Now Li Wenyong wants to sell rough stones himself. In order to save shipping costs and improve the quality of his products, he naturally has to pick out the high-quality rough jade stones himself.
But he only knows how to distinguish between ordinary stones and rough stones.
As for the quality of the jade material, I have no idea at all.
For the first time, Li Wenyong took the initiative to borrow books to study. But as soon as he read a book, he felt sleepy. I forced myself to read it, but I still didn’t understand anything.
Liu Dongmei saw Li Wenyong frowning all day, and said with a smile: "Hey, why do you need to be so embarrassed? Just ask Li Wenjun directly. He could even teach Tao Guangming back then. You are his brother, so he will definitely be willing to teach you." "
Li Wenyong shook his head: "Not necessarily. Tao Guangming is his helper, so he is willing to teach. Now I want to compete with him for business."
Liu Dongmei said: "You think he is too stingy. If he really wants the mining area to close down, he would just not buy stones from you in the first place. As long as the mining area collapses, the rough stones will be his in the end."
Although Li Wenyong understood that Liu Dongmei was right, he still couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Seeing the new bridge open to traffic today, he finally made up his mind: he would ask Li Wenjun for advice tonight.
After dinner in the evening, Li Wenyong asked Li Wenjun reluctantly: "Are you free tonight? I have something to ask you."
