Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2945 There's no other way but to turn to the system for help.

Yang Xiaotao didn't think what Zhang Wu said was excessive.

Since you have this relationship, why not use it?
Since such an opportunity exists, why not seize it?

At the very least, Yang Xiaotao was very happy to receive this phone call.

If the other party didn't have this intention or thought, Yang Xiaotao wouldn't rush to urge or inquire.

But I still feel a pang of regret.

This kind of thing requires not only ability, but also ambition.

Without this mindset, it's like having no fighting spirit, or waiting for a windfall.

Even though it wasn't Zhang Kangzhan calling him now, it would be the same if Zhang Wu called.

This shows that they had this idea in mind.

Moreover, calling him demonstrates an 'ambitious' attitude.

Yang Xiaotao felt it was necessary to speak out and convey his attitude.

After keeping this in mind, Yang Xiaotao threw himself back into his work.

In the following days, Yang Xiaotao would visit the research institute from time to time, especially spending the most time at the Alloy Research Institute.

However, after these days of research, the nine departments mobilized their manpower and did find a lot of suitable materials, but after experimental verification, none of them could meet Professor Xie Jiarong's four conditions.

Moreover, in order to determine the right materials, Yang Xiaotao asked the foreign trade department to help him find out if there was any relevant information, and even went abroad to buy some alloy materials to try.

However, after searching around, I still haven't found suitable materials.

I did learn about the natural gas pipeline situation in some countries.

For example, the Alliance uses low-alloy steel, which means that alloy materials make up less than 5% of the steel. The Ninth Division has been making this for a long time.

The researchers also tried it, and putting aside the cost, the safety issue alone made it unacceptable.

There are too many hidden dangers!
If it's buried in the ground and something happens and it suddenly explodes, then it's no ordinary landmine!

Previously, there were also short-distance natural gas transmission pipelines in China that used this type of low-alloy steel, but they encountered frequent problems in less than ten years.

Since suitable materials cannot be found abroad, we have no choice but to make them ourselves.

Finally, Yang Xiaotao gathered the senior executives from the various research institutes of the researchers together for a meeting.

Whether they were computer scientists or biochemists, they were all discussing in the conference room, with the main theme being collective wisdom and effort.

In the end, they actually came up with some feasible solutions.

First, according to the control requirements, corrosion prevention is necessary. Zhu Ziqing from the Institute of Biochemistry proposed to reduce the sulfur and phosphorus content in the alloy materials.

Then the people at the Alloy Research Institute believed that if the compressive strength was high, it would be necessary to add some "nickel-chromium" material.

Some people have also considered the low temperatures underground, especially in the mountains, which necessitates the use of materials resistant to low temperatures, thus requiring materials similar to "cobalt".

Others suggested using stainless steel as the main material for the experiment, and so on.

In the end, all sorts of miscellaneous items were put together, and there were five plans, using more than ten different materials.

Some of the plans involved more types of alloy materials than titanium alloys, which gave Yang Xiaotao a headache, let alone the old masters and the others.

Even if all this material were used to help Yang Xiaotao deduce the bugs in the card system, that would be a huge task.

Regardless, it's at least a difficult first step that has been taken, and we now have a direction to strive for.

Thus, with Yang Xiaotao's approval, the Alloy Research Institute, under the guidance of Lao Dao, began to move forward in the research and development of new materials.

Although the old Taoist priest didn't say it aloud, he was quite skeptical in his heart, realizing he had been tricked by Yang Xiaotao.

He came to Beijing to retire, but somehow Yang Xiaotao conscripted him, and now he doesn't know when he'll be able to retire.

Judging from the current situation, even someone as old as Elder Ye hasn't retired yet, which shows he knows his future!

Of course, it wasn't just the alloy research institute that was busy; the steel mill was also working overtime to support the research and was also supplying steel materials needed for the nine production units, keeping them extremely busy.

And so, time passed day by day.

July has passed more than halfway through, and with the West-East Gas Pipeline project team meeting scheduled for August, the pipeline materials that can be used for natural gas have still not been determined.

For this reason, the old Taoist priest personally used the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace.

Unfortunately, it's pretty useless.

Yang Xiaotao hadn't been idle during this time either, but in the end...

Aside from wasting a lot of ink and scrap paper, it also eliminated a large number of incorrect options.

That evening, the office lights were still on.

Liu Lixue and Lou Xiao'e left work early to go to the cinema, while Yang Xiaotao was still struggling with a string of chemical symbols in the office.

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Yang Xiaotao put down his pencil and looked at the pile of calculation papers in front of him.

"If Akiha saw this, she would definitely say it's a waste of paper."

Yang Xiaotao smiled bitterly, but what was even more bitter was that after doing so much, he hadn't succeeded.

He didn't even know if it was necessary to continue like this.

"or."

Yang Xiaotao leaned back in his chair, the system panel appearing in his mind.

Now that things have come to this, with no other options available, the only thing Yang Xiaotao can think of is the system.

Since science can no longer solve the current predicament, Yang Xiaotao can only place his hopes on the metaphysics of systems.

I glanced at the credits on the system panel: 10680. I remember seeing over 10,100 last year. That means I've only earned less than 500 credits in the past six months.

This proves once again that rote learning is meaningless.

To earn more credits, you need to be innovative and master more skills.

"Ten thousand credits are just enough to upgrade my Steelmaking Mastery."

A moment later, Yang Xiaotao opened his eyes and muttered to himself.

"But no one can guarantee that the reward given by the Steelmaking Master will be useful."

Yang Xiaotao became troubled again.

If the reward offered is exactly what the material for the gas pipeline is, that would be ideal.

But if it doesn't meet the requirements, wouldn't that mean a waste of 10,000 credits?

It's not easy to accumulate these credits on your own.

But what else can we do?

After glancing at the draft paper on the table, Yang Xiaotao got up and walked out.

Even when it comes to leveling up, I'll go home and cuddle with my wife while I level up.

Who's doing this in this office?

We drove back to the courtyard house.

It's late July now, the time when students are on summer vacation.

The sun had just set, and it was still light outside. The children in the yard were chasing each other and playing, their laughter and cries echoing through the air.

Thanks to improved living standards, most families in traditional courtyard houses now have three or four children, with only one or two being a minority.

This is also true in the countryside.

The population control policies that were issued in his memory were not implemented in this timeline. Yang Xiaotao was unsure whether the time was not yet right or whether his arrival had caused a change.

However, Yang Xiaotao thought it was a good thing; having more children at home made it more lively.

When they grow up and start their own families, it will be even more lively.

Of course, the pressure of retirement in the future will also be less.

Stepping into the courtyard, Ran Qiuye realized it was a rare occasion for her to return.

Summer vacation has started. If this were their previous lives, these teachers would probably be planning where to go for fun, or finding a rental apartment to run an after-school tutoring business to make some money.

But with his own wife, summer vacation is like it never happened. He's busy all day with the construction of rural primary schools, especially since he took on a task from his older sister to go to other places to investigate and promote rural primary and secondary schools.

The specific location hasn't been decided yet, but Yang Xiaotao thinks it's worth planning, and Jinan is a good place to go.

He will accompany her as a family member at that time.
"Xiao Yang, come over for drinks tonight if you're free."

Just after passing through the hanging flower gate, Yang Xiaotao heard Wang Dashan's voice. He looked up and saw Wang Dashan standing at the door, with Wang Jun leaning against the side, smiling at him.

Yang Xiaotao then remembered that Wang Jun's family had given birth to their second child, and today was the third day of the "Slimming" diet.

Wang Dashan's family also came out of the house, saying, "We're having a banquet today, you have to come and have a drink."

Yang Xiaotao walked to the locust tree and said with a smile, "Of course we have to drink this wedding wine. Just prepare the wine when we get there tonight."

Wang Dashan laughed heartily, "Don't worry, we've prepared plenty of supplies."

After saying that, Yang Xiaotao called to the others in the yard before going home.

Inside the room, Miaomiao was doing her homework at the table. Duanwu and the others had long since disappeared. The sound of a sewing machine could be heard coming from the next room.

"dad!"

Miao Miao quickly stood up when she saw Yang Xiaotao return. Yang Xiaotao walked over and glanced at her. "Are you doing a test paper?"

"Yes, Mom said that the teachers in junior high school will teach very quickly, so I need to study in advance, otherwise I won't be able to keep up with the teacher's pace."

Yang Xiaotao reached out and touched his daughter's head. Everyone says daughters grow up fast, and that's really true.

Miao Miao is now 1.6 meters tall, and Duanwu is only a little over 1.5 meters tall. Yueyue and Rongrong have both caught up with Duanwu.

Speaking of his two twin daughters, Yang Xiaotao has a headache.

Perhaps they were spoiled too much when they were little, which has made the two little ones unruly. The older one is a bit better, but the younger one, Rongrong, is simply a little tyrant, a female version of a little tyrant, who is not afraid of anything.

Fifth Brother Dudu is most afraid of her.

However, to be fair, Yang Xiaotao has never had to worry about his children's studies.

While teacher Ran Qiuye certainly deserves credit, the positive family atmosphere and the child's intelligence are also important factors.

Whenever he thinks of this, Yang Xiaotao feels proud of his excellent seeds.

"Studying requires a balance of work and rest. Dad knows you're already doing great, so don't overwork yourself."

Yang Xiaotao affectionately ruffled Miao Miao's long hair, then took out a red butterfly-shaped hair clip from his pocket. "Here, this is a reward from Dad."

"Oh, what's the reward?"

Miao Miao happily took the hair clip and asked excitedly, while Yang Xiaotao proudly replied, "Of course, it's a reward for getting first place in the whole school!"

"This weekend, Dad will take you to the park and have some delicious food."

Upon hearing this, Miaomiao jumped up and down happily, "Thank you, Dad!"

"I want to play on the swing then."

"No problem, I'll push from behind!"

"I want to ride the little train too!"

"No problem~"

As the father and daughter were talking, Ran Qiuye came out of the house, holding a piece of clothing in her hand. "What are you two talking about? You seem so happy."

Miao Miao skipped and hopped over to Ran Qiuye, "Mom, this is a reward from Dad. He also said we're going to the park this weekend!"

Ran Qiuye looked at the hair clip, put down her clothes, picked it up and put it on Miaomiao. "Hmm, our daughter is getting prettier and prettier. She looks even better with this hair clip on."

"No, Mom looks better."

Miao Miao smiled, then skipped and hopped out of the room to play with her friends.

"Are these Rongrong's clothes?"

Yang Xiaotao walked up to Ran Qiuye, and immediately noticed the clothes on the table and asked.

Ran Qiuye rolled her eyes at Yang Xiaotao, "No one knows a daughter better than her father. How come there's such a big difference between people who came from the same mother?"

Yang Xiaotao didn't know what to say after hearing this, but he was certain that this was his biological child.

“Our Yang family is all men, so this girl takes after you!”

Ran Qiuye was taken aback, then pointed a finger at Yang Xiaotao's arm and asked, "What do you mean?"

"What comes from me?"

"I was a very well-behaved child, not like that at all."

While pretending to dodge, Yang Xiaotao retorted with a smile, "That might just be because we've discovered a hidden side of you that you haven't shown yet."

Upon hearing this, Ran Qiuye became even more relentless, pinching him with both hands at once.

She hadn't even pinched him a few times before Yang Xiaotao pulled her into his arms.

"Stop fooling around, the children are all outside."

Ran Qiuye couldn't break free and kept saying.

Yang Xiaotao shook his head with a smile, "That won't do. I've taken several hits, so I can't come back too often."

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"Make compensation immediately."

Ran Qiuye had no choice but to close her eyes.

If her husband is shameless, there's nothing she can do about it.

After a while, Ran Qiuye gathered her hair, her ears burning, and hurriedly went to the kitchen, with Yang Xiaotao following her in.

"Let's go to Uncle Dashan's house for dinner tonight!"

Yang Xiaotao helped with the cooking, and Ran Qiuye nodded in agreement, "Drink less at night, Uncle Dashan gets drunk easily."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, then laughed and said, "The treatment for having a grandson is definitely different from that for having a granddaughter."

"I remember when his eldest granddaughter was born, he had a birthday party at a bar."

"This grandson is eating noodles after only three days out of the house."

Ran Qiuye rolled her eyes at Yang Xiaotao, "Do you think everyone likes daughters like you do?"

"Look at how you've spoiled your daughter! She's almost in third grade!"

Seeing that the topic was about to veer off course again, Yang Xiaotao waved his hands repeatedly, "Well, I raise sons frugally and daughters lavishly!"

"It's not that I'm spoiled."

Ran Qiuye crossed her arms and said very solemnly, "What do you mean by raising sons poorly and daughters richly?"

"That's the idea of ​​raising sons with frugality and daughters with lavishness."

"Yes, yes, Teacher Ran is right!"

Yang Xiaotao approached again, and Ran Qiuye quickly dodged, saying, "Tell me properly, don't resort to violence if you can't win an argument."

"What? I'm just playing to my strengths and avoiding my weaknesses."

Where did it grow?

"Hehe, don't you know where it grows?"

"I'll kill you!"

After cuddling in the kitchen for a while, Yang Xiaotao put the food in the pot before carrying the wine to Wang Dashan's house.

When Yang Xiaotao returned home in the middle of the night, Ran Qiuye and the child were already asleep.

Outside, Xiaowei was counting stars in the locust tree. This was a task she had received from Yang Xiaotao: to count all the stars in the sky.

It's been more than half a year, and I still haven't figured it out!
As I went to bed, the locust tree trembled gently, sending gusts of cool breeze into the room.

Yang Xiaotao hugged his wife, and the system panel appeared in his mind.

I couldn't help but pray.

"System, you really need to give me some support!"