1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

Chen Xiao turned his gaze towards the person who had just insulted the original owner's parents.

Then he made an international friendly gesture to him.

Erect middle finger.

"Dapeng, Dapeng, don't be impulsive. It will be a disaster if the boss cancels the exam." An apprentice pulled Yang Dapeng's arm and persuaded him.

The man who just insulted Chen Xiao's original owner's mother was Yang Dapeng, who worked in workshop No. 3 next to Chen Xiao.

He was extremely impulsive at this moment. If he hadn't had an apprentice holding him back, he would have rushed over.

"What are you guys doing? If you don't want to take the test, you can leave now!"

The leader saw the mess below and yelled at all the apprentices.

After being yelled at by their leader, all the apprentices stood still obediently. Yang Dapeng also lowered his head and said nothing, like a wilted cucumber.

The leader glanced around and saw that everyone had calmed down before announcing the start of the exam.

"We are now conducting the machinist assessment. All apprentices should go to the lathes designated by their numbers. The drawings for this assessment are placed next to the list."

"This assessment lasts 30 minutes. Each apprentice has three chances. If you still can't meet the requirements of the workpiece on the drawing after three attempts, then I don't need to tell you anything more, right?"

On the list on the side were the names of all the apprentices, and Chen Xiao was assigned to lathe No. 6.

Holding the drawings, Chen Xiao came to lathe No. 6.

Looking at the drawing, it shows a circular workpiece with a length of 10 cm and a diameter of 2 cm. One end is required to be turned into a circle, and the other end is also required to be turned into a conical sharp corner. There is also a circular connection with a diameter of cm in the middle.

"Are you stunned? You can't understand the blueprint, right? Haha!"

"I'm dying of laughter. Do you think you can get a permanent position just by using the backdoor? Don't forget there's still an assessment, and the assessment tests real skills."

Yang Dapeng sneered at Chen Xiao.

His number is lathe No. 5, which is right in front of Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao ignored this clown. No matter how much he argued, it would be better to slap him in the face.

He carefully read the drawing several times and made sure he remembered all the dimensions before he picked up a piece of material and clamped it on the lathe.

After calculating the dimensions of each part, Chen Xiao turned on the six-foot belt lathe.

As the first lathe developed by the country, the six-foot belt lathe does not have a CNC program. Unlike modern lathes, it only requires inputting a programmed program and clamping the workpiece, and the machine can then process on its own.

Today's lathes have no programs, and workers need to manually control the dimensions at each step.

As an excellent fitter, all the skills lie in your hands and eyes.

As the lathe began to slowly turn, under Chen Xiao's control, the workpiece was slowly turned into the shape on the drawing.

This is the first cut, thickening it.

At this point, there is still a lot of margin from the size requirements on the drawing.

The experienced craftsmen in the workshop are fully capable of achieving the dimensions specified in the drawing with just the second cut.

In order to ensure that no mistakes occur, Chen Xiao decided to divide the processing into three parts.

At this time, many apprentices had already begun to sigh.

"Damn it. How could it be so difficult... The knife broke on the first cut..."

"Are you stupid? Don't you know to cut a little less with the first cut?"

……

Chen Xiao glanced at Yang Dapeng in front of him.

At this moment, he was holding a caliper and measuring the workpiece with a frown on his face.

No need to think about it, the size must have been lost.

Sure enough, the next moment, Yang Dapeng removed the workpiece while cursing, and then replaced it with a new one.

Chen Xiao smiled faintly and continued to cut the second time.

Under Chen Xiao's control, the second cut went particularly smoothly.

After turning, I measured it with a caliper and found that there was still more than 80 mm of margin in the dimensions of each position.

As long as there is no accident with the last cut, Chen Xiao has a 90% chance of success.

Just as Chen Xiao was operating the lathe to make the third cut, an accident happened.

Yang Dapeng came to Chen Xiao and deliberately patted Chen Xiao's shoulder.

It doesn't matter if you don't take a picture of it, it will directly lead to the workpiece on the lathe being scrapped.

A dent appears in the conical area of ​​the workpiece.

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

"I was just planning to borrow something from you, but I didn't expect such an accident to happen."

"Don't be discouraged. Re-clamp a workpiece and start processing."

Yang Dapeng looked as if he was gloating.

Chen Xiao clenched his fists.

If I continue to tolerate this, I will really become a grandson.

"Fuck you!"

Chen Xiao kicked Yang Dapeng and knocked him to the ground.

Kicking Yang Dapeng down was not enough, Chen Xiao went up and kicked him in the stomach several more times.

"You broke my workpiece and that's all you need to say sorry?"

"If I don't hit you, do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

Yang Dapeng lay on the ground, holding his head with his hands, and said viciously.

"Chen Xiao, you're done. You're destined to fail this assessment. If you hit someone, even if many experienced teachers plead for you, it's useless!"

"You should think about the present first. We can deal with the rest after you've had enough."

Chen Xiao continued to kick Yang Dapeng.

I have been in the world of Siheyuan for so many days, and not only did the comfortable days last only a few days, but there are people coming to cause trouble almost every day.

Perhaps Chen Xiao is the first timer to live such a miserable life.

This time, Chen Xiao vented all his dissatisfaction of the past few days on Yang Dapeng, who had been kicked black and blue by him.

"Sarilang! Sarilang!..."

I don't know who shouted.

All the apprentices who were taking the test stopped their lathes and looked towards Chen Xiao.

"What happened again?"

The leader said angrily.

"Why is there a fight?"

Hearing the leader's voice, Chen Xiao stopped what he was doing.

Yang Dapeng took the opportunity to get up from the ground, pointing at Chen Xiao and shouting to the leader.

"Leader, it was Chen Xiao who beat me. Look how he beat me."

The leader came over with a dark face.

He first glanced at Chen Xiao, then turned his gaze to Yang Dapeng.

"Tell me, why did he hit you?"

"I just asked Chen Xiao to borrow something, and without saying a word, Chen Xiao kicked me down and kicked me hard."

The leader looked at Chen Xiao with a dark face.

"Chen Xiao, why did you hit him?"

Chen Xiao pointed to the workpiece on the lathe and said.

"He deliberately damaged my workpiece and made me fail the test. How could I tolerate such a thing?"

"I finally waited for the machinist exam, but it was ruined by this Yang Dapeng. I think everyone will be as frustrated as I am, right?"

Yang Dapeng sneered at Chen Xiao.

Regardless of whether Chen Xiao deliberately damaged the workpiece, he must be punished by the factory and disqualified from the assessment. Fighting is not allowed in the factory.

However, the leader’s next words left Yang Dapeng dumbfounded.

"Yang Dapeng, is what Chen Xiao just said true? Did you deliberately damage the workpiece he was testing?"