Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

The three of them packed up and prepared to go out. Just as Li Dongfang was about to push his bicycle, he felt someone staring at him. He turned his head and saw a figure flash past the Jia family's window. After thinking for a while, he turned around and locked his room before pushing his bicycle out with the three women.

There were four of us in the group, so we definitely couldn't carry all the bicycles, so we had to push them. The main reason was that we could buy things later and carry them on the bicycles to save effort.

It's not that close when riding a bicycle, but it's really not that close when walking to the supply and marketing cooperative. The three of them walked for almost half an hour before they arrived.

The clothes in the supply and marketing cooperative at that time were really tacky. Li Dongfang shook his head as he looked at them. The three girls discussed buying some floral cloth and a few kilograms of cotton, but they didn't buy anything else.

Li Dongfang was speechless. If it were women in later generations, they would be able to pack up the entire supply and marketing cooperative and take it away for you if you wanted.

With a wave of his hand, each of them received a woolen coat. The three girls felt a pang of pain when they saw the price. Aunt Shu said, "Don't buy this. It's expensive and not warm enough."

Li Dongfang was quite satisfied with the effects of the three people's upper bodies, which finally showed some graceful curves. Despite their objections, he matched them with tweed trousers and leather shoes, and then nodded with satisfaction.

Although they didn't say it, the expressions of the three people showed that they also liked these clothes very much, but they still complained that they were not practical and it was too cold to wear them in such a cold weather.

Li Dongfang has a plan. He now has a lingerie store in his space. It is not easy to solve the problem of keeping warm. Let's learn about the bare leg artifact.

Finally, he spent another 120 yuan to buy a sewing machine. Li Dongfang's money was basically gone now. He spent 5 cents to hire a cart and then walked towards the courtyard.

Passing by the front gate, Li Dongfang suddenly saw a graceful figure. It turned out to be the cheongsam woman he saw in the tavern yesterday. Not many people wear cheongsam in this era, and coupled with the cold weather, the sight of her is simply unforgettable. Li Dongfang was even impressed yesterday that this woman was really not afraid of the cold.

Watching the woman enter a clothing store, Li Dongfang slowly withdrew his gaze.

Turning around to take a look at the three women around me, I couldn't help but imagine what they would look like wearing the leg-exposing artifact with cheongsams. I thought I would explode.

He licked his lips and decided to take some time to visit this store and order a custom outfit for them.

When they returned to the courtyard, it caused a sensation as expected. The third uncle looked at the sewing machine pulled on the cart and asked in surprise: "Dongfang, are you buying a sewing machine to prepare for your wedding?"

Li Dongfang rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle, I don't even have a partner yet, who should I marry? Isn't this something that can be used to make clothes?"

The third uncle looked at the flowered cloth and cotton in the hands of the three girls, and he immediately understood. Everyone in the courtyard knew that Li Dongfang was generous, and neighbors would give rice, flour, fruits and other things to each other as gifts, so it was not surprising that he bought some clothes for the three girls.

After answering questions from people in the hospital all the way, Li Dongfang finally got home and let out a long sigh of relief. This is the bad thing about life these days. It seems like everyone in the world knows about something.

Li Dongfang became busy in the following days. After all, he had talked to Minister Wang about the steel issue, so he had to hurry up, as there was still more than a month before the Spring Festival. Otherwise, he would have to wait until after the New Year to get results.

As soon as he got to work the next day, Li Dongfang went to find Director Yang. After all, he needed to borrow the factory's equipment to produce test products, so he had to get an explanation from Director Yang.

After listening to what Li Dongfang said, Director Yang looked at Li Dongfang in disbelief. It was not until Li Dongfang took out the two engineer certificates that Director Yang asked Li Dongfang about the details with half belief and half doubt.

Li Dongfang gave a brief introduction. As he was speaking, Minister Duan walked in aggressively. When he saw Li Dongfang, he glared at him and said:

"Li Dongfang, are you still from the steel mill?!"

Li Dongfang was immediately confused and answered carefully: "Of course I am from the steel mill. Minister Duan is..."

"Since you are from the steel mill, why did you not report the new technology you developed to the factory leaders, nor to me, your direct supervisor? Why did you report to Lao Wang?!"

When Minister Duan said this, Li Dongfang understood that he was jealous. It was probably because Minister Duan knew that Minister Wang had requested confidentiality from the ministry, so he came here angrily.

Li Dongfang quickly explained: "Minister Duan, I haven't made a decision yet, and I'm reporting this to Director Yang right now. Please be patient and listen to me."

Minister Duan then sat down, glared at Li Dongfang and said, "Okay, tell me. If you can't come up with a reasonable explanation, I will punish you!"

Li Dongfang thought about it and organized his words. After all, this was Duan Jingya's father, his own cheap father-in-law, so he had to please him.

"Minister Duan, here's what happened. I was originally researching carbon steel, but after I came up with the theory, I accidentally discovered that adding rare earth in the right proportion could increase the lateral impact value of steel, and it's quite a lot. Yesterday, Minister Wang wanted to thank me and invited me to his home for dinner. I casually asked if this kind of steel was worth studying, and Minister Wang took it very seriously. So I came to report to the factory as soon as I got to work today."

After hearing this, Director Duan calmed down a little and asked, "Then why didn't you report to the factory when you were doing research?"

"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to do it and then be embarrassed." Li Dongfang whispered shyly.

"Humph, forget it this time. Next time if anything happens, report it immediately. Do you hear me?"

"Yes! I will follow the leadership's instructions!" Li Dongfang quickly stood at attention and pledged.

Li Dongfang quickly introduced the theoretical data of steel. After listening to it, Director Duan also looked serious. He pondered for a while before saying to Director Yang: "Old Yang, according to what Dongfang said, if the trial production is successful, it will indeed be a major breakthrough. You should now arrange for the Security Department to send someone to supervise the trial production throughout the process. All personnel participating in the trial production must also undergo strict review to ensure that the research success cannot be leaked at all."

Director Yang also has a technical background. After hearing the data Li Dongfang said, he solemnly assured Minister Duan that everything was foolproof.

Waving his hand to let Director Yang go and make the arrangements, Director Duan then looked at Li Dongfang and said, "I didn't expect you to give me another surprise without saying anything. No wonder Old Wang is so enthusiastic. This will really improve the quality of our military products. No, you have to promise me that this achievement belongs to our steel mill. I have to go back quickly and can't let that old guy reap the benefits."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Dongfang to speak, he stood up and walked out.