A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Early morning, in the Jiang family courtyard.

Jiangxia, who had taken a nap under the monument, was in excellent spirits.

"Looks like that rumor makes some sense? If I ever get confused in the future, I can just run up to the base of the monument and shout: 'There are... um, some beings from other dimensions are bullying me. The ancestors above should be able to suppress them in no time, right?'"

"However, what did that young man in the dream say: 'Kid, I've taken care of the problem for you. Go back and get back to work'?"

"Tsk... born to be a workaholic."

Jiang Xia grabbed a large lunchbox, stuffed the instant noodles that had been diluted several times into his mouth, and ugh... it was still salty!

"What do you want to do today? Hehehe, if you're bored, how about we take a stroll around the school?"

After watching Jiang Xia finish eating, Old Wang, like feeding a pig, took a large chopstickful from the porcelain basin that Jiang Xia had originally used to wash his face and stuffed it into his mouth.

Jiang Xia was speechless for a moment, then looked up at the big guys and the others.

These guys all complained that the bowls were too small, so each of them took a big basin and poured several packets of noodles into it. As soon as hot water was poured in, it started to splatter everywhere. However, even the big guy only dared to put half of the seasoning packet in.

"Going to school? That's fine. I can also go see Pu Fang and see how his quartz tuner is coming along!"

"Pah! What are you thinking! Let's not talk about work, let's get some rest! Let's go to Taoranting Road!"

"Taoranting? The ancient temple is shrouded in mist, no one comes; the trees lean against the deep hall, the moon comes."

Jiang Xia remembered the pavilion, having heard that many senior figures had frequented it, and immediately became interested. "Alright, let's pack up and set off! Oh, right, before we leave, I'll go find Li Huaide and ask about that list..."

"Okay!" Old Wang continued slurping while holding the basin, but Jiang Xia, who had turned around, didn't notice that the four big men were winking and making faces, looking extremely excited.

"By the way, Old Wang, was the cottonseed oil we used to fry noodles last time sent by Uncle Wang from Tianshan?" Jiang Xia suddenly asked.

"Yes... it's because you have a lot of influence. That oil is so clear and shiny. I don't know how many times they refined it. Only someone like you could do it. If it were anyone else, Wang Huzi probably wouldn't have invested so much!"

"Oh, no wonder Yang Youning kept complaining that we're wasteful..."

Refined cottonseed oil, then it's fine.

Jiang Xia glanced at the seasoning packet placed to the side, then, with a sigh of relief, went into the rhubarb's special room.

He pulled out a notebook filled with a bunch of names and started flipping through it.

Little did he know, the moment he left, the four single guys immediately gathered together.

"Old Wang, if we go over there, you're not really going to take Little Dumb Hair to that shabby pavilion, are you?" Big Guy asked, raising an eyebrow at Old Wang while drinking his noodles.

"Hey!" Old Wang swallowed the noodles he hadn't even chewed. "How novel! It's just a few rotten planks, what's so interesting about that? Of course, we'll go 'there'!"

"Rotten planks? That can't be right?" a man in a leather jacket muttered under his breath.

However, his remarks were immediately drowned out by the ensuing conversation.

"Hey, Team Leader Wang, you'll need a visitor's ticket to go there! The guards at the gate are fiercer than the people in our hideout! With that burden of Xiao Jiang on your side, don't even think about climbing over the wall again!"

"Yeah, Ms. Dai over there got a few big black dogs from somewhere. Last time, someone from the residential compound tried to climb over the wall, but before his feet even touched the ground, he was pounced on by those dogs! When we rushed over to investigate, he was in a terrible state; he'd lost all the flesh on his calves!"

"Last time, someone managed to get a ticket to observe the event, and someone from the compound offered 100 yuan to buy it, but they still couldn't get one!"

The men stopped eating their noodles as they talked about these things, each one animatedly discussing the topic, but their eyes kept glancing at Old Wang's hand reaching into his chest.

Hehe, who says people in the back all don't gossip? Men, when they get together, they'll start talking off-topic after just a few words. Yeah, I bet you guys don't know what they're talking about.

"Tsk, cricket viewing tickets..." Old Wang pulled out a few cardboard sheets from his pocket and spread them out like playing cards: "Call me grandpa!"

"grandfather......"

The three grown men immediately knelt down in submission.

"Grandpa, if I may ask, where did you get this from?"

"Oh, that Deputy Factory Director Li asked Yang Youning to pass it on to that little idiot...tsk tsk, I don't know how he managed to get it, so many tickets, enough for that brat to move in..."

"Then how did it end up in your hands?"

"Hmph, isn't it only natural for brothers to share things?"

"Shouldn't others know that this thing exists?" Big Guy looked at the smug Old Wang and couldn't help but shed a tear of sympathy for Jiang Xia.

Wow, this kind of guy, I really want to rub his feet against his!

……

Inside the room, Jiang Xia searched through his address book for a long time before finally finding the contact information that Wang Huzi had written down by hand.

"The State Farms Corps, the State Farms Corps, ha! Found it! Wait, why is there only an address and no phone number?"

Tsk, I'll write a letter to that address. By the time it arrives, Jiangxia will probably be celebrating Arbor Day...

Hmm? It seems that stupid holiday doesn't exist anymore.

Jiang Xia hesitated before picking up the phone. When in doubt, he would ask the postmaster. Everyone else had a postmark in Antarctica, so how could a reclamation army not be able to find one? Impossible.

"Young Jiang, what do you need?"

"Can the agricultural reclamation corps on the other side of the Tianshan Mountains be transferred there?"

"Okay, Mr. Jiang, please wait a moment!"

"Hey, wait a minute, aren't you going to ask me who I'm looking for specifically?"

"Hey, Jiang Gong, it's all the same. There's only one line with the State Farms Corps, so no matter who you contact, it'll all lead you there!"

Well, no wonder Uncle Wang was so excited when he heard that Baba Sheep wanted to invest. The current state-owned farms are truly pitifully poor...

"Uh, Jiang, the line's been busy over there. Is your business urgent? I can disconnect the line over there!"

"No... trivial matters, trivial matters." Jiang Xia was startled, but judging from the tone of the operator on the other end of the line, why was she so excited?

You have to understand, these days, people only use the phone for urgent matters. It's not worth going to such lengths to ask why a minor issue from the First Ministry of Machine Building isn't on a list.

"How about this, can I leave a message for the other side?"

The operator on the other end hesitated for a moment before giving Jiang Xia a definite answer.

After receiving a positive reply, Jiang Xia came up with a plausible reason: he wanted to know about the factory construction on the other side and see if the comprehensive machinery factory in Sijiu City needed any further support. He asked Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide to reply when he had time.

I hung up the phone, found a new roll of film, and called my four bodyguards—whose eyebrows were inexplicably practically pointing to the sky—and off I went!

Let's go explore the revolutionary sites!

"Gah! This...this used to be a stinky blister, how did it turn into this?"

Old Wang stopped the car and stared in astonishment at the beautiful scenery before him.

"Hey? Team leader! How long has it been since you last came here? The renovation started in 52. They did landscaping and widened the lake at the same time."

"Look over there, Yunhui Tower and Qingyin Pavilion, these were all dismantled from the lake and moved here. And look at that archway, it was taken down when East and West Chang'an Avenue was widened!"

"Hey, Lao Wang! Aren't you supposed to be a local bigwig in Beijing? Even you don't know?" Jiang Xia teased Lao Wang, who looked a little embarrassed.

Old Wang muttered to himself: "What the hell do you know? Back then, I had just been transferred here as a guard. I didn't have time to wander around the lake. Later, when I went to the steel mill, I was either protecting you, you little brat, or going on missions. I didn't have time to wander around!"

Jiangxia ignored Lao Wang and started walking slowly along the lake with another man in a leather jacket.

While listening to the man in the leather jacket tell her interesting stories about Taoranting Park, she looked around with great interest.

What a wonderful place! Although the light snowfall obscured the various green plants the man in the leather jacket had described, it didn't stop Jiang Xia from imagining how fun this place would be in the summer. Oh, there's a swimming pool up ahead? Hmm? They're going to build a second one soon? That's great!

As Jiang Xia walked around, he discovered that someone was actually chiseling ice on the calm lake surface, and a rectangular frame had already taken shape with the swing of the hammer.

Hey, are they going to fish?

Little Dai Mao immediately became interested. He hadn't had enough of catching fish during his last trip to Northeast China, so experiencing it again would make the trip worthwhile.

Seeing that Jiang Xia wanted to walk onto the lake, the man in the leather jacket quickly picked up a wooden stick, held it horizontally, and walked in front of him.

Unfortunately, he hadn't gone more than a few steps when Old Wang grabbed him by the hem of his cotton-padded coat and dragged him back.

"What are you doing?"

"Stop fooling around! Follow me and hurry up!"