Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 71: Mingqian Longjing, holiday

Li Weidong left the Ministry of Industry and did not return to the research institute immediately. Instead, he went to the steel rolling mill.

Tomorrow is the weekend. I promised Zhang Haiyang and the others last time that I would take them for exercise on the weekend. But I thought that if I had to herd one sheep, I would have to graze a flock of sheep, so I decided to take Da Mao and Da Zhuang with me to prevent them from making trouble in the yard.

When they arrived at the steel rolling mill and Liang Ladi, Wang Jianjun told them that he would pick up Damao and Dazhuang the next day and then left.

Then I went to Director Wang's office to drink some tea and continued to urge the machine tool.

"Lao Wang, is my machine tool not ready yet?"

"No, you've been urging me for the past few days. Don't worry, I'll send it to you as soon as it's ready. You don't have to urge me all day long." Director Wang said speechlessly.

"Hey! I'm not here to rush you. Didn't you just come back from the Ministry of Industry? I happened to be passing by here, so I came to see you."

"Oh, you came to see me? Not to urge the machine tools? Then you came here empty-handed?"

"Old Wang, what you said is unprofessional. What is our relationship? If I take something, won't it seem like we are strangers? Don't you think so? We are family. Who has ever seen family members carrying things?" Li Weidong said defensively.

"Okay, I can't convince you. If you don't want to bring it, then don't bring it. Just pretend I didn't say anything." Director Wang said with a dark face.

"By the way, Lao Wang, I'm almost done with the engine blueprint. Once the machine tool is delivered to the research institute, you can bring it back. Hey, your tea is pretty good. Where did you get it?"

"Well, good. The tea is pretty good, right? I got it from my old boss. I even got kicked twice for this box of tea. But it's worth it, haha," said Director Wang with a proud look on his face.

"Then you made a fortune. You got a box of such good tea with just a few kicks. Come, let me see what kind of tea this is? It tastes really good. I'll ask someone to find it later." Li Weidong first flattered Director Wang, and then asked to see the tea.

"The old leader said it was Mingmo Longjing. He said a lot of things, but I didn't understand them. I just knew it was a good thing, so I grabbed it." Director Wang handed it to Li Weidong and said.

"Oh, is it Longjing before Ming Dynasty? This is a good stuff. There is a saying that goes 'before the rain is the best, before Ming Dynasty is the treasure', which refers to this Longjing tea." Li Weidong took it and looked at it, then took out some tea leaves and smelled it, it was indeed good.

"Okay, Lao Wang, I'll go back to the research institute. I have some things to do there later. I'll come to see you again in a few days." Li Weidong put the tea into his briefcase, said goodbye to Director Wang and prepared to leave.

"Hey? Hey, what are you doing? Put down my tea, it's mine!" Director Wang saw Li Weidong's actions and hurriedly stopped him.

"Look at you, Lao Wang, you're too narrow-minded. Am I taking the tea? I'm taking our friendship. If we weren't on good terms, would I take it? Even if he gave it to me, I wouldn't take it.

"Besides, isn't it a waste to drink such good tea? You're a rough guy, you can't taste it. But I'm different. After drinking it, maybe I'll suddenly get inspiration and design a motorcycle for our factory. Then the steel mill will have another motorcycle branch. How great is that! Don't you agree, Lao Wang?" Li Weidong said.

Director Wang...

"Okay, no need to send me off. You're busy, I can go on my own."

Then, with a painful expression on Director Wang's face, he took away his good tea.

Li Weidong walked towards the car in a good mood. He thought to himself, Lao Wang is really easy to fool! Next time he gets something good, I will come to see him again.

Li Weidong hummed a little tune happily, got into the car, and drove towards the research institute with Squad Leader Wang and others.

After entering the barracks, Li Weidong first approached Zhou Zhenbei. "Uncle Zhou, I'm bringing Xiaobai and Zhang Haiyang to the barracks for a day tomorrow. I promised them I'd pass on my family's unique skills. Could you please lend me your training ground for a bit?"

"Hmm, huh? Family's unique skills. Is it because you practiced your family's unique skills that your physical fitness is so strong?" Zhou Zhenbei said in surprise.

"Ah? Oh, yes, yes, that's right, I practiced our family's unique skills." Li Weidong joked.

"You will teach Xiaobai and the others tomorrow. Can others learn it?" Zhou Zhenbei asked seriously.

Li Weidong also realized that Zhou Zhenbei was serious. He quickly explained, "Uncle Zhou, I was just fooling the kids. There's no such thing as a family secret skill! I was just giving them some training."

Zhou Zhenbei's face darkened. Fooling a kid? Fooling me? He waved his hand and said, "Make your own arrangements!" He quickened his pace and left, aiming for an out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach.

Li Weidong went to the telephone company and found the communicator, Zhou Xiaolin, and asked her to tell Zhou Xiaobai and her friends to pick them up at the compound gate tomorrow. After that, he said some cheesy love words to Zhou Xiaolin and teased her, causing her to run away blushing.

Then Li Weidong went to the research institute humming a little tune.

After entering the institute, I looked at the work of my junior students and found no problems. I then went to see Professor Lin and discussed the engineering exam with him.

"Weidong, can our computer really be installed on the exoskeleton armor? You know, the computer is very large."

"Of course we can, but not now. We have to take it step by step, first solve the problem of whether it exists, and then consider how to reduce it." Li Weidong replied.

"Yeah, it's a bit early to consider that." Professor Lin nodded in agreement.

"Teacher, tomorrow is the weekend. Since the institute is not busy right now, give our junior colleagues a day off and let them explore the city. They can't just work all the time; they should combine work and rest," said Li Weidong.

"Okay, you arrange it." Professor Lin was not a stubborn person and he trusted Li Weidong, so he agreed directly.

"By the way, Teacher, do you and your wife want to go for a walk too?" Li Weidong asked again.

"We won't go." Professor Lin refused.

"Okay, then I will pick up a group of kids to come to the training ground to exercise tomorrow. If you and your mistress are free, you can go and take a look." Li Weidong said again.

"Okay, let's go and take a look tomorrow!" said Professor Lin.

Li Weidong chatted with Professor Lin for a while and then continued to watch the students work.

When it was time to get off work, Li Weidong told his junior classmates that they would have a day off tomorrow, which caused everyone to cheer. Li Weidong then gave them a few more reminders, asking them to pay attention to safety, and then let them go to the kitchen to eat.

After getting his meal in the kitchen, he told Nan Yi the news and asked if Nan Yi could be a guide for these students, take them around Sijiu and ensure their safe return. Only after Nan Yi patted his chest and promised did Li Weidong leave.

Li Weidong found Squad Leader Wang again and asked them to arrange a few guards to follow them and ensure their safety.

Then he said something to Squad Leader Wang and went to get the tiger skin from Chen Xueru. He didn't let Squad Leader Wang follow him and rode his bicycle out of the barracks and headed towards Qianmen Street.

(End of this chapter)