The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 60 My Father-in-Law Sends a Letter [Requesting Monthly Tickets!]

Once you've set your goals, you also need support.

Next, Zhou Zhiqiang planned to put all his efforts into production. The new alloy steel process had given him some standing, but it wasn't stable enough.

If we can develop and produce an agricultural machinery product that has a wide audience, can meet the needs of domestic agricultural development, and can also be exported to earn foreign exchange, then we can truly solidify our position.

There are differences among researchers. Zhou Zhiqiang is well aware that he is not suitable for the "rocket nose", but rather for the "rocket booster".

Those cutting-edge technologies were not suitable for him. Zhou Zhiqiang had a clear understanding of himself. Neither he nor the original owner of this body were geniuses. The original owner of this body got into university through hard work.

Moreover, the undergraduate stage is the original owner's limit. Even if Zhou Zhiqiang hadn't come, if he had continued to study in depth, the original owner would have soon realized the difference between him and a genius.

Now that Zhou Zhiqiang has arrived, although he has collected simulation assistants, he still has no intention of joining the cutting-edge scientific research project group.

He's doing well at the factory. In a few years, he can be promoted to the Municipal Bureau of Industry or the Ministry of Machinery, both of which are good options.

Moreover, his family background and achievements would allow him to live a carefree life.

"Zhiqiang, Dad wrote back."

During the weekend break, while Zhou Zhiqiang was reading books and machine tool materials in his study, Guo Yuting happily skipped into the study.

He was also holding an envelope and a package in his hand.

Zhou Zhiqiang stood up and said, "You replied so quickly. Let me see what my father-in-law said?"

"Okay, you can take a look first."

"Why should we distinguish between first and last? Let's just look at them together."

After saying that, Zhou Zhiqiang opened the envelope and read the letter from his father-in-law with his wife.

Most of the letter was addressed to Zhou Zhiqiang, and he praised him extensively after hearing that Zhou had become the deputy section chief.

He also said that Zhou Zhiqiang had reached this point, and his connections probably couldn't help him anymore. However, Zhou Zhiqiang had given him a pleasant surprise, and he believed that Zhou Zhiqiang would go even further in the future.

Besides that, he talked about their situation in the Northwest.

Guo Linhua's father-in-law is currently the deputy chief engineer of a project near a city in Northwest China, responsible for engineering and technical planning and other related matters.

I can't say too much about the specifics, but Zhou Zhiqiang can guess some things from his position. It's highly likely that it's related to the layout of the Northwest factory, and his father-in-law is in charge of most of the military factories.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said in the letter that he and his son are now working together so that Zhou Zhiqiang and Guo Yuting don't have to worry about them.

My brother-in-law works in the Production and Construction Corps, and since my father-in-law and his family live so close by, there's really not much to worry about.

The letter also thanked Zhou Zhiqiang and Guo Yuting for sending them national grain coupons, which they used to exchange for many good things over there.

However, there were few supplies in the Northwest and no local specialties, so they sent back two hundred yuan to Zhou Zhiqiang and Guo Yuting to help with their household expenses.

Zhou Zhiqiang didn't mention their expenses in the letter, but Guo Linhua felt that his daughter was extravagant and didn't know how to save money. He still had the same old ways of treating his daughter in the Northwest, and she liked to buy face cream, dresses, and little leather shoes.

That's why she sent money back, and in the letter she also instructed Zhou Zhiqiang not to let Guo Yuting manage the family expenses, because she would spend money recklessly.

"Dad, honestly, I didn't waste any money."

After reading the letter, Guo Yuting, who was standing to the side, said with great dissatisfaction, "Zhiqiang, tell me, did I waste money?"

Zhou Zhiqiang said with a smile, "I definitely didn't squander the money. My wife is very virtuous, and our family has saved several hundred yuan so far."

Marriage can indeed make a person mature quickly. Guo Yuting changed rapidly after getting married. Now, apart from her average cooking skills and not doing much physical labor, she is already the type of virtuous wife and loving mother. On her days off, when neighbors from the next courtyard come to borrow her sewing machine, Guo Yuting will learn how to use it.

I started mending clothes with a sewing machine last week, and the results have been pretty good.

She didn't buy any clothes either. It's been almost a year since they got married, and Zhou Zhiqiang bought Guo Yuting her dresses and shoes.

Zhou Zhiqiang doesn't care about clothing; he has an outstanding appearance, which is enough to boost his image. He always wears a Zhongshan suit or a Lenin suit, and when he's busy with projects, he often goes to the workshop, where he wears work clothes.

Since there was no need to buy clothes normally, the cloth coupons I saved were naturally given to my wife.

However, Guo Yuting is now very thrifty. Last year after the New Year, Zhou Zhiqiang said he would buy Guo Yuting some clothes, but Guo Yuting resolutely refused.

They said they didn't want to buy anything recently, and would save the cloth coupons for the end of the year; maybe they could make a new quilt.

Guo Yuting picked up the letter again and read it for a while. Finding nothing she wanted to see, she lowered her head and said, "Why doesn't Dad praise me for winning the advanced individual award? He only has eyes for you. I think you're the real son to him, and I'm just his daughter-in-law."

Zhou Zhiqiang laughed and said, "Haha, so that's why you were so wary of me last time. So that's why."

Guo Yuting turned her head away embarrassedly, thinking that there must be more than just this one thing, but she didn't know that her mother hadn't replied.

Having been married for so long, they should have gotten pregnant by now, and her colleagues are all asking. But Guo Yuting feels that her belly isn't showing any signs of pregnancy.

Some people said it was either her problem or her husband's problem, but Guo Yuting didn't dare mention it to Zhou Zhiqiang.

She suspected her husband of being infertile. Even though Guo Yuting knew Zhou Zhiqiang treated her very well, she was still worried about him if this happened, so she kept quiet.

I secretly wrote a letter to my mother before the New Year, hoping she could give me some advice, or that my father could subtly mention it.

Unfortunately, after receiving the reply today, Guo Yuting didn't see anything she wanted to see.

"Zhiqiang, is your factory still busy?"

Guo Yuting asked curiously, "In the past month or so, Zhou Zhiqiang has only been resting at home this weekend, and he has been staying in the study since breakfast and hasn't come out all morning."

"The factory isn't busy, but our project team is."

Zhou Zhiqiang waved to his wife, and after Guo Yuting came over, he put his arm around her and continued, "I'll only be busy for a few months. Once this project is finished, I'll be able to relax."

However, this project is very important right now, so I've asked you to take care of things at home recently.

Guo Yuting muttered, "There's nothing wrong at home. Cooking and washing clothes are things I should do. It's just that we haven't gone out in a long time. There's a new movie that's been released recently, and all my colleagues have seen it. When are we going?"

"Next month, wait until the weekend of next month, I'll definitely have time."

Zhou Zhiqiang assured him, "After we finish watching the movie, how about we go for a nice meal? Do you want to go to Old Moscow? I'll try to find out if they have any tickets."

"Old Mo, forget it. I don't like foreign bread. Let's go eat Sichuan food instead."

"Then let's have Sichuan cuisine!"

After chatting with her husband for a while, Guo Yuting tactfully left the study to prepare lunch.

Zhou Zhiqiang continued to work, and the factory had already manufactured the core mechanical engine for the small hand-held tractor.

The remaining workload was not so great. With the help of senior workers and other technicians in the project team, as well as the design drawings left by Zhou Zhiqiang, it was enough to produce the small hand tractor.

Zhou Zhiqiang is currently busy with a special modification project for the main machine tools at Dafeng Machinery Factory, which is why he often stays in his study.

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