Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2607 "Forward" Shield Machine
"Big, big brother."

"This, salted duck egg, is really delicious, but a little salty."

“Also, the rice dumplings are delicious!”

In the evening, Alfat, who had just taken a nap, was helped up by Yang Xiaotao. He was drinking water and mumbling something.

"It's still salted duck eggs. Don't be so stubborn if you can't drink it!"

"If you like it, I'll bring you a few and have them for lunch."

Yang Xiaotao held on, holding the cup of water steadily in his hand, and agreed casually.

He also didn't expect that this kid would be so bluffing the first time he drank.

Yang Xiaotao clinked the 2.5-liang cup and drank it in one gulp.

The key point is that I didn’t take it seriously at first and even poured myself a glass.

then
Halfway through the meal, he ran under the table.

There was no other way, so Yang Xiaotao had to carry the child to the next room. The child kept crying and vomiting, but finally stopped.

"Feeling better now?"

After drinking a glass of water, Alfat sat down by himself.

Hearing Yang Xiaotao's question, he smiled and said, "Much better."

"My stomach still feels a little uncomfortable."

Yang Xiaotao put down the cup and said, "It's okay. I'll just go eat something later."

While they were talking, Miaomiao and Duanwu ran in.

Duanwu came up to him with a curious look on his face, "Uncle, how much did you drink?"

Alfate blushed, and before he could say anything, he heard Miaomiao scolding him, "If you can't drink, don't drink. You have no sense at all, even at such a grown-up level."

Alfate's face turned even redder.

"Uncle, my dad said that those who can't drink are not real men."

"Uncle, you are awesome!"

Duanwu raised his thumb and gestured, and Alfat raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Okay, let's go out for dinner."

Yang Xiaotao patted Alfat's arm, and they went out.

Miaomiao snorted coldly, then pulled Duanwu who was about to move forward.

"Stay away from him. This wasteful spending is contagious."

Duanwu's eyes widened, then he looked at his elder sister, then at his father and Uncle Fate who were walking away, and touched a big banknote in his pocket, "Sister, uncle is fine."

"What's good about it? You're just wasting money and not saving money."

"We are the reserve army of the revolution. We will inherit the heavy burden of revolutionary construction in the future and we must carry forward the revolutionary spirit of hard work and plain living."

Duanwu opened his mouth wide, hesitating in his heart whether to take out the money.

"Did you hear me."

"I heard it, I heard it."

Seeing his elder sister getting angry, Duanwu immediately agreed.

He knew very well that his father loved these three daughters the most in the family.

To his son, he is a pure "strict father".

Thinking of Xiaowu, who just called him "big brother", Duanwu just hopes that this younger brother will grow up quickly.

I can’t bear it, brother.

"Miaomiao, Duanwu, it's time to eat."

"hurry up."

Yang Xiaotao's voice was heard, Miaomiao warned him again and then ran out of the house.

At the dinner table, Alfat blushed a little.

Ran Qiuye comforted him, and the old man laughed and said, "The quality of a person is revealed by his drinking habits."

"He's a good young man, an honest man."

Alfat didn't understand, so Yang Xiaotao explained it again with a smile.

This made Alfate feel much better.

An honest person is a good person.

I am a good person now, how can I not be happy?
After dinner, the family watched TV in the yard.

Alfat sat on a small bench with the people in the yard, biting a cucumber and staring at the small screen with full concentration.

Especially the tunnel warfare scenes in it. Every time I see them, I sigh in my heart that the people here are really good at fighting.

I can think of any way.

While everyone was watching TV, Yang Xiaotao stayed alone in the study, looking at a pile of design drawings in front of him carefully.

These are the design drawings of Mercury Machine Tools.

Yang Xiaotao took it out to familiarize himself with it and prepare for the CNC machine tool.

As I look at each design drawing, the impression left in my mind becomes more profound.

After looking at the design drawings, Yang Xiaotao took a look at the system panel.

Yang Xiaotao

Age: 30
Credits: 20250
Skills: Main Skill: Engineer, Level 6
Sub-skill 1: Fitter, level eight.

Sub-skill 2: Fishing, level 5.

Sub-skill three: Cooking, level eight.

Sub-skill 4: Carpentry, Level 5.

Sub-skill 5: Mechanical Mastery, Level 7.

Sub-skill six: Driving proficiency, level four.

Sub-skill seven: Steelmaking proficiency, level three
Sub-skill 8: Chemistry Mastery, Level 2
Exchange column: 5
Pets: Wood Elf, Chinese Pastoral Dog.

Items in the exchange column: river shrimp (5/catties), spring bamboo shoots (5/catties), houttuynia cordata (5/catties), loquat (5/catties), blind box (100/piece)
Seeing more than 20,000 credits, Yang Xiaotao calculated in his mind that if he wanted to upgrade to a level 5 engineer, he would need 50,000 credits.

If you want to max out your mechanical proficiency and upgrade it to level eight, you will need 50,000 credits.

These are still more than half.

As for other sub-skills, cooking skills are already maxed out.

Carpentry and fishing skills have no practical significance.

Even if other steelmaking proficiency is improved, it will not be of much help now.

After all, today's steel research has not even fully understood titanium-rhenium alloy.

Therefore, Yang Xiaotao kept the credits.

Just seeing the things in the exchange column, Yang Xiaotao felt that he might need to use them.

Level 8 cooking skills bring not only hands-on skills, but also a series of knowledge.

The kind of insight that when you see the ingredients, you can think of how to prepare them and how to eat them best.

River shrimp, this thing is delicious now.

May River Prawns come with roe. Take the shrimp meat, shrimp brain, and shrimp roe and stir-fry them together to make the topping.

Roll out another bowl of plain noodles and pour the mixture on top.
This is the authentic three shrimp noodles.

Spring bamboo shoots can be used to make soup, and Houttuynia cordata can be eaten cold.

This simple ingredient does not require complicated processing, and its main feature is its freshness and seasonality.

Finally, if you add the sour and sweet loquat pulp to the spicy chicken, it will help to relieve the greasiness and enhance the flavor.

"I've decided. I'll make it for my family tomorrow."

Yang Xiaotao didn't hesitate and bought one kilogram as well.

Anyway, it's much worse, so I don't care about this.

bang bang
There was a knock on the door.

Yang Xiaotao was leaning back in his chair when he saw Ran Qiuye walk in with a glass of water.

"Are the children asleep?"

Yang Xiaotao saw through the crack in the door that the lights in the room were off, then he looked at the time.

It's already eleven o'clock.

"I just went to bed. I'm exhausted from all the hard work today."

Ran Qiuye put down the cup and said, "Go to bed early."

Yang Xiaotao reached out and held his wife in his arms.

"You need to go to bed early."

Then he hugged her tightly.

Well, it’s still more comfortable to be hugged by my own wife.

Ran Qiuye put her arm around Yang Xiaotao's waist and pressed it against her chest, "I want to tell you something."

"You said."

Yang Xiaotao rested his hand on Ran Qiuye's hair, closed his eyes, and enjoyed the peace and tranquility.

Ran Qiuye said, "Miao Miao has a problem with Xiao Te, you can see that."

Yang Xiaotao just closed his eyes and said indifferently, "I noticed it, but it's nothing."

"The two have different worldviews, so it's normal for them to disagree."

"Think about it, other people spend money by the tens of thousands, but we spend pennies at a time, how can we be the same?"

"Don't worry, Xiao Te will be back in less than two years. You won't see him again, so don't worry about it."

"That's right. Today, Xiao Te will give Duan Wu ten dollars."

"You told me this when I was sleeping on Duanwu."

Ran Qiuye laughed at the end, and Yang Xiaotao also laughed, "This kid finally knows something."

My own children still know what is important.

Ten dollars can buy a lot of things at this time.

For rural areas, it is almost a year's harvest.

"He doesn't have the guts yet."

Ran Qiuye leaned close to Yang Xiaotao's ear, her breath sweet as orchid.

"He doesn't have the guts, but his father does."

When Yang Xiaotao saw his wife in his arms close her eyes, how could he not know what to do next?

As he said that, he stood up, carried her out and walked towards the bedroom.

The next day, at noon, the Yang family yard was very lively.

Alfat and Duanwu were leaning on the kitchen window, sniffing from time to time.

"Uncle Te, did you write it down just now?"

Duanwu asked hurriedly as he watched his father throw a plate of shrimps into the pot.

Hearing Duanwu's question, Alfate nodded hurriedly, and wrote down the shrimp heads and shrimp eggs in the notebook in his hand.
"By the way, what was that grass called?"

Duanwu was confused by the question, "That grass, isn't it just grass?"

"No, no, I heard your elder sister say it was something, some fish grass."

Alfate twisted his pencil and tried to recall.

“Houttuynia cordata.”

Duanwu thought of something and spoke quickly.

"Yes, it is Houttuynia cordata."

After saying that, he quickly wrote it down in the notebook, and then looked at Yang Xiaotao who was busy inside.

“This is chicken”

Alfat continued to remember, while Duanwu learned how to deal with it.

"I've never seen the chicken my dad cooks before."

Duanwu recalled the dishes in his mind and found that they were all different from the big plate chicken, stewed chicken, and fried chicken he had made before.

If it weren’t for Kung Pao Chicken.

Anyway, very strange.

"Duanwu, come here."

When I was studying seriously, I heard the voice of my grandfather behind me.

When Duanwu turned around, he saw his grandfather coming out of the hanging flower gate, followed by his aunt and uncle.

This time he quickly pulled Alfat forward.

Everyone had met each other several times, and Alfat knew that they were Ran Qiuye's parents, and his face was very polite.

Father Ran was also aware of Alfat's identity and maintained relative respect for him.

"What are you looking at there?"

Ran Xinrui walked up to Duanwu and reached out to grab Duanwu's little face.

"Wa, watch dad cook."

"What's so interesting about cooking? How much did you get in your last math test?"

Ran Xinrui asked maliciously.

I care a lot about my classmates in the previous grade.

"Ninety-nine!"

Duanwu said in a low voice.

"Why not one hundred? You must be careless."

Duanwu opened his mouth and said, "My mother also said this, why is it coming again?"

I feel so sad about this level.

"Okay, he's still a kid."

At the critical moment, Ran's mother walked up to Duanwu and protected him.

She has been raising this child since he was young and she holds him very dear to her heart.

Seeing that Duanwu was being eaten alive by Ran Xinrui, Alfat didn't dare to move forward and just smiled where he was.

I felt deeply moved that these revolutionary female comrades were truly amazing.

"Mom and Dad."

Ran Qiuye came forward to meet him, and Ran's father smiled even more when he saw his daughter.

Yang Xiaotao came out to entertain them for a while, then went back to the kitchen to look after the pot.

With a few more children in the yard, it becomes more lively.

Alfat did not join in the fun this time, but just sat aside and took on the task of serving tea and water.

Just when the food was about to be served on the table, someone else came into the courtyard.

Father Ran was close to the window, and when he heard some noise in the yard, he looked back.

Then he immediately stood up and said, "Qiu Ye, a guest is here."

After hearing this, Ran Qiuye looked outside, and then immediately went to the kitchen, "Boss, Elder Huang and Elder Xia are here."

Yang Xiaotao had just lifted the lid of the pot and saw steam rising. He hurried out when he heard the noise.

"Mr. Huang, Mr. Xia, you two are really rare guests."

Yang Xiaotao stepped forward to greet them, accompanied by Ran's father and Yu Zecheng.

Mr. Huang walked in front and said, "We came here for dinner, but we didn't bring any gifts."

Mr. Xia shook his head behind him, feeling a little embarrassed.

"What you said is true. You are giving us face by coming here. Come on, please come in."

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao welcomed the two into the house and asked them to sit down.

The two met with the grandfather, Taoist Master Ye, and then sat aside and looked at Yang Xiaotao, "I came here to tell you some good news this time."

Alfate beside him was pouring water diligently.

When Mr. Huang and Mr. Huang saw that it was Alfat, they just smiled and nodded.

"Two leaders, is there any good news? I need you two to come together."

Yang Xiaotao smiled, but he had some guesses in his mind.

Old Xia picked up the cup and took a sip of water. "Then try to guess."

Mr. Huang was also smiling.

"I guess, with both of you here together, things must be complicated."

"Could it be that the shield machine has been built?"

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Old Xia clapped his hands and said, "I really let you guess it."

"Yesterday, we had already made all the parts according to the drawings. Now they have been assembled and are being tested. So far, they are still running and no problems have been found."

After Elder Xia finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao immediately clapped his hands and said, "You two said you didn't bring any gifts, isn't this the last gift?"

"We must have two more drinks this afternoon to celebrate."

"Miaomiao, Hongbing, go buy some wine."

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao took out a big unity from his pocket and handed it to Miaomiao.

"Hey, good."

The two took the money and ran out.

"The food is ready. I'll go get it ready first. We can drink and chat later."

Yang Xiaotao said this and stood up and left.

Alfat, who was standing next to him, heard what Yang Xiaotao said about drinking and chatting, and involuntarily touched his stomach.

Then I remembered what my grandfather said.

The quality of a person reflects his drinking habits.

In an instant, Alfat felt that he could do it again.

In the room, Old Xia was talking about the shield machine, Old Huang and Old Ye were communicating with each other, and Grandpa and Yu Zecheng chatted with each other from time to time.

Alfat, on the other hand, listened very carefully and was even more surprised.

The foreign tunnel boring machines he remembered best were those produced in Federal Germany, and then those in the United States.

However, these machines are treasures from various countries and are impossible to buy even if you want to.

Unexpectedly, China can actually do it.

"Now that we have this, no matter how big the mountain is, it won't stop us from moving forward."

Old Xia said this proudly. Old Huang, who was talking to Old Ye at the side, heard it and just smiled without refutation.

Mr. Ye had heard about the shield tunneling project before, and also learned some information from Yang Xiaotao.

However, he knew that this type of shield machine was difficult to make, but it was even more difficult to maintain it.

Perhaps the money spent on maintenance is more expensive than manufacturing.

Of course, now is not the time to talk about these things. Whether it works or not and what will happen will have to be tried first before we can tell.

After a while, Yang Xiaotao took the food out of the pot, and Ran Qiuye and Ran Xinrui helped to serve the food.

The staple food is naturally rice dumplings, but Yang Xiaotao also rolled a pot of noodles to serve as a topping for the river shrimps.

Just right, one bowl per person.

Then the loquat stewed with spicy chicken was served on the table. Even the serious father Ran swallowed unconsciously when he smelled the smell.

Mr. Huang and Mr. Xia narrowed their eyes and praised that the cooking skills were good enough for a state banquet.

"Xiao Yang, where did you catch these river shrimps?"

After the meal, Mr. Huang still felt full in his stomach but not in his mouth, and his throat was filled with the delicious aroma of river shrimp.

"I caught them myself. The river shrimps were just laying eggs at this time, so I caught a handful."

Yang Xiaotao poured water for Mr. Huang, while Mr. Xia said, "You still have time to go down to the river to catch shrimps. It seems you are not busy."

Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "Isn't this a combination of work and rest? People can't always be tense."

"Besides, I'm taking a day off, so it won't affect anything else."

Old Xia picked up the teacup and took a big sip, then smiled and said, "I'm telling you today, come to our place tomorrow to have a look, if there's no problem, we'll be ready to hand in the task."

"Okay, I'll be there early tomorrow morning."

"By the way, what is the name of this shield machine?"

Mr. Huang listened, then looked at Yang Xiaotao, "You are the designer of the shield machine, and you are asking our names?"

"We all call it DG68 now."

Mr. Xia explained on the side.

Yang Xiaotao shook his head. "I just wrote a random code name to make it easier to identify."

“That can’t be a name.”

"Besides, this was made by your Ministry of First Machinery Industry, so you have to name it anyway."

"I dare not interfere in other people's affairs."

Hearing this, Elder Xia smiled and looked at Elder Huang. The latter picked up the teacup to hide the embarrassment on his face and said, "Well, we have another name, called Qianqi."