The train driver in the courtyard

At this point, the result of the acceptance work is no longer in suspense.

"Comrade Aiguo, did you design these devices yourself?" Chief Zhuo looked around and asked.

"Yes, in fact, most of them are borrowed from the old equipment and working experience of domestic meteorological stations, with only slight improvements." Li Aiguo replied.

Li Aiguo is not belittling himself. After all, these meteorological experts are quite capable as they are able to support the domestic weather forecasting in such a harsh environment with the help of these old-fashioned equipment.

However, Section Chief Zhuo only regarded Li Aiguo's words as modesty.

"If these devices are promoted in Jinling Jun District, do you think it will be difficult?"

"It is not difficult to manufacture the equipment. The key lies in the training of personnel. New equipment comes with a complete set of standard operating specifications. Only by following the specifications can accuracy be ensured."

"This is easy to handle."

Section Chief Zhuo turned his head and looked at the Technical Section Chief: "Comrade Zhang Xinwen, what do you think?"

The meaning is very clear. Now I'm giving you a chance to see if you can seize it.

"We support improving the equipment." The head of the technical department understood what Chief Zhuo meant.

After rubbing his swollen and painful fingers, he took the lead in self-criticism: "Today I made the mistake of empiricism. I looked at new things with old eyes and slept on my merits. When I go back, I will study hard and analyze the root of my wrong thinking."

Afterwards, the head of the technical section made a statement: "We will fully cooperate with Comrade Li Aiguo's work and thoroughly understand the operating procedures of these equipment."

"Then this matter falls on you."

The meaning of Chief Zhuo's words was very clear. Today's incident was over. If anyone dared to do anything again, he would be punished.

"I will obey the organization's arrangements." The head of the technical department also understood this and nodded quickly to make a promise.

Several experts wanted to raise objections, but were glared back by the head of the technical department.

"Well, that's it. The follow-up work will be coordinated by you and the patriotic comrades. After you go down the mountain, each of you will write a self-criticism." Chief Zhuo continued.

The experts nodded.

As the brief meeting was about to end, Professor Huang raised his hand and said, "Well, has our small weather station passed the acceptance?"

"Of course you passed, and I have to give you an A and commend your Jinling Meteorological Station." Section Chief Zhuo was speechless to the old professor.

Wow.

With these words, the applause that had been suppressed for a long time finally broke out.

The members cheered with joy; they had carried the equipment up the mountain on their shoulders.

Captain Shui was so excited that he patted his belly.

From then on, he became an official on-duty worker and was able to earn money to pay for his mother's medical treatment and to support his younger brother's education.

Qi Deming and several other researchers changed their usual reserved attitude and jumped up excitedly.

I have been doing astronomical work for so many years, but I haven't been able to produce any decent results. I was actually praised for building a weather station. If I had known this, I should have changed my career long ago.

amid cheers.

The commune production team sent more than a dozen large carps, and the members made a fire on the spot and prepared to stew the large carps to celebrate the success.

"These fish were caught by the water captain and a few kids from the river last night." The production team leader was worried that Li Aiguo would refuse, so he took the initiative to explain the whole story.

"Uncle, don't worry, I must eat this fish today."

Li Aiguo looked at the dozen fish, stroked his chin and said, "Captain, have you ever heard of a dish of stewed carp?"

"What's up, patriotic comrade, are you interested in cooking?" The production team leader became interested.

They originally planned to just throw the fish into the pot, add some oil and salt, and just simmer it.

After learning about the production team leader's actions, Li Aiguo felt that it was a waste of resources.

"Well, I'll cook."

"That's great. I'll bring someone to help you."

The production team leader told the members about Li Aiguo's cooking. The members became interested and gathered around.

Li Aiguo looked up at Section Chief Zhuo and said, "Old Zhuo, you should stay and join us."

"Then I'll take advantage of you." Section Chief Zhuo was also born into a poor farming family. At this moment, he no longer had the airs of a section chief and squatted beside the iron pot to start a fire.

"I tell you, no one knows how to make a fire better than I do."

Looking at Chief Zhuo with a smug look on his face, Li Aiguo always felt that this guy was like that golden retriever.

Near noon, Staff Officer Xiao also arrived in a jeep.

The Jinling District has been restructured recently, and Staff Officer Xiao is a very busy man. The purpose of his appearance here is naturally self-evident.

Section Chief Zhuo dropped his fire poker and reported the acceptance situation to Staff Officer Xiao.

"The patriotic cause was handled beautifully and with discretion, with attention paid to unity and avoiding creating rifts with local comrades."

"How can Mr. Xu have bad taste in taking in apprentices? How come Aiguo is cooking personally? Then I have to try it today." Staff Officer Xiao had originally planned to go down the mountain, but when he heard that a celebratory banquet was being held here and Li Aiguo was cooking personally, he immediately became interested.

"Patriotic, don't bother me, okay?"

“Brother Xiao, from what you said, they are all family members.”

After Li Aiguo greeted Staff Officer Xiao, he began to arrange things.

Several aunts were assigned to clean the big carp, while the water captain and several children collected firewood. The hilltop suddenly became lively.

The big carp has a woody smell.

The dish of "stewed big carp" requires too many kinds of seasonings, such as soy sauce, onion, ginger, garlic, and chili pepper. In addition to these available in the commune, it is best to have rock sugar and rice wine.

"Rock sugar is very expensive and is not available here. So, Qi Deming, go down the mountain and buy two taels of brown sugar and two kilograms of loose liquor." Li Aiguo took out the sugar and liquor tickets from his pocket, plus a stack of money and handed them over.

"Let me go. The jeep is fast." Staff Officer Xiao took the money and ticket and drove the jeep down the mountain.

After a while, Staff Officer Xiao not only brought back the seasoning, but also got dozens of white flour buns and two large pots of liquor from somewhere.

Everyone's eyes widened when they saw the white flour buns.

Those two jugs of liquor were also extraordinary. The jugs were those military iron oil drums, weighing dozens of kilograms.

"Staff Officer Xiao, how can this be done?" The production team leader felt a little embarrassed.

"This is a happy occasion. There's nothing wrong with it." Staff Officer Xiao asked people to unload the steamed buns and wine, and stood beside Li Aiguo to help.

The fish is already in the pot.

Li Aiguo picked up the big spatula and turned it back and forth, stuffed all the seasonings in, and then covered the pot with a lid.

"Lao Zhuo, light the fire."

The tofu and fish were stewed for half an hour before Li Aiguo opened the lid of the pot.

The moment the lid is opened, a rich and heavy aroma suddenly spreads out, so fragrant that it lingers in the bones, so fresh as silk, with a hint of spicy flavor that penetrates the nose, making people's souls scatter.

No plates were used. The fish was put directly into an enamel bowl filled with lard, placed on the ground, and everyone started cooking.

Qi Deming was from a privileged family, but it was the first time he had seen this dish. He picked up a piece with chopsticks and, not caring about the heat, stuffed it into his mouth. It was a mixture of freshness, fragrance, spiciness, sweetness and saltiness.

The fresh and tender fish meat doesn't taste fishy at all when you take a bite.

If there weren't so many fish bones, he could finish this piece of fish in just a few bites.

"it is good!"

Qi Deming praised it highly and licked his lips with nostalgia. He always felt that the fish was more delicious than the best dish he had ever eaten.

There were more than a dozen big fish, and each person got half a fish. However, they couldn't even finish a cup of tea before they licked the bottom of the enamel bowl clean.

Professor Huang held the fish juice on his chopsticks with a dazed look on his face. Compared with the big carp cooked by Li Aiguo, the dishes he had cooked in his entire life were so delicious that even dogs wouldn't eat them.

Could it be true, as Qi Deming said, that Li Aiguo was born intelligent and was good at astronomy and improving equipment, but how come he could even cook?

Could he really be an all-rounder, a genius?
Seeing Professor Huang's surprised look, Li Aiguo looked at the line of words in the system: Cooking Skills 91↑.

Most of the technologies and equipment developed recently have not been used in the system.

I keep studying books on weekdays, and my points are increasing. Now I have a total of 3,000 points.

So, I had the luxury of improving my cooking skills.

Staff Officer Xiao said nothing and just focused on eating the dried fish with Section Chief Zhuo.

He was a man who had eaten delicacies from land and sea, but this fish was really delicious. It was so damn delicious. He ate until the bowl was completely drained. He wiped the bowl with a white flour bun and swallowed the last bit of fish juice. Then he said, "Aiguo, this fish is stewed well. It's delicious. Eating it can increase your strength by three points."

"Patriotic, come on, let's go."

"Brother Xiao, come here."

Li Aiguo had already eaten and drunk his fill by this time, so he clinked the enamel jar with Staff Officer Xiao and drank it all in one gulp.

In those days, all the wine was grain wine. Even though it was loose wine, it tasted much better than the wine produced by many wineries in later generations.

"Patriotic, the following work should be accelerated."

"Okay, Brother Xiao, you go ahead." Li Aiguo knew that Staff Officer Xiao came today not just to save face, so he held the enamel pot and pretended to listen.

It turned out that the situation in Jinlingjun District had stabilized. Lao Xu began to plan things to play with the monkeys, and the weather forecast was also in the plan.

Without certainty about the accuracy of the weather forecast, many plans cannot be made.

Li Aiguo somewhat understood the role of Chief of Staff Xiao. In ancient times, this guy would be a military supervisor.

"Brother Xiao, don't worry. After I finish this, I will return to Beijing immediately to start the next step of work."

(End of this chapter)