That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1146: Smart People Always Keep Something in Mind

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Ye went to the factory to be on duty, replacing Lu Zhizhang and letting him go home.

"Old Lu, this is the last year. Next year I will be on duty on New Year's Eve and the second day of the New Year. Otherwise my sister-in-law will scold me to death."

Li Ye felt a little guilty about having Lu Zhizhang take charge of New Year's Eve and the second year of the new year for several years in a row.

However, Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law brought the children to watch the Spring Festival Gala with me here last night. It was so comfortable not to have to listen to the nagging of the elderly at home.

Besides, do you think I am willing to go to my father-in-law's house on the second day of the New Year? If you really want to switch with me, your sister-in-law and I will not be happy! "

"Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you? My wife and my mother don't get along. We only see each other a few times a year.

My brother-in-law always pesters me to find a job for his friend's son, and he uses my favor to save his reputation. Do you still think what I said is false? "

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Li Ye looked at Lu Zhizhang with a mixture of laughter and tears. His keen observation allowed him to discern the helplessness that was unique to middle-aged men.

Think about how I sent my sister Li Yue home last night. It was already one o'clock in the morning, and my sister's mother-in-law Yang Huaihua was still waiting for her. How big is the difference?

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult sutra to recite in the world. The family who can recite it well is really blessed.

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Lu Zhizhang took Li Ye on a tour of the factory and called each department and workshop one by one. Only after confirming that there were no problems did he hand over the work to Li Ye.

Although the Spring Festival duty is an easy job, the two people are very rigorous and cautious. This is also the clear responsibility system that the branch has been implementing for many years.

In a branch factory, no one is allowed to shirk responsibility for any problem that arises. Everyone is responsible for what they have.

After Lu Zhizhang left, Li Ye drove to the production workshop on the rented site outside to take a look and gave some benefits to the workers on duty to ensure that everything was 100% safe.

However, when Li Ye drove back to the office of the branch factory, he found that Xie Ruonan, the daughter of Lao Xie, was waiting for him at the door of his office.

Li Ye smiled and asked, "Ruonan, are you looking for me?"

Xie Ruonan nodded and said embarrassedly: "Director Li, my father asked me to ask if I can treat you to lunch today?"

"Your dad wants to treat me to a meal? Why is he treating me to a meal?"

Li Ye was very puzzled, because although Lao Jie was not ignorant of the ways of the world, he was very averse to treating and giving gifts. Now this guy suddenly invited him to dinner, there must be some unusual reason.

Xie Ruonan's face suddenly turned red, and she said hesitantly, "Because... because my mother wants to thank you, and my father also wants to thank you."

"Ah? Ohhhhhh, I see."

Li Ye understood immediately.

At the end of last summer, Lao Jie and his newlywed wife Zhou Ziqing went to Hong Kong Island for "study and investigation". Li Ye arranged for someone to help them and tried the IVF operation.
But the two of them didn't make any move afterwards, and Li Ye was too embarrassed to ask them. After all, the success rate of test-tube babies in those days was not as high as it would be in later generations.

Zhou Ziqing has been infertile for many years and has suffered countless blows. If Li Ye says something now, wouldn't that be like rubbing salt into her wounds?
But now that Xie Ruonan has said this, there is a high probability that there will be a good result.

Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "I have to be on duty at the factory at noon. How about I go to your house in the evening?"

Xie Ruonan smiled and said, "My dad said that if Director Li is willing, he will bring food over later and make sure it won't interfere with your work."

Li Ye asked happily, "That's a good idea, but it must be your mother's idea, right?"

Xie Ruonan said a little embarrassedly: "My mother is indeed smarter than my father."

Li Ye smiled and said, "In fact, your father is also very smart, but he only uses his intelligence in technology."

Xie Ruonan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, my mother said so too. I'm leaving now, Director Li, we'll come back later."

"Go ahead! Tell your dad that I'm really looking forward to him treating me to a meal."

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Li Ye looked at Jie Ruonan who left happily, and felt a sense of accomplishment in having facilitated a good marriage.

When Xie Ruonan was transferred to a branch factory with Old Xie, the girl was not so cheerful. She was just a little smarter than her wooden father.

But look at Xie Ruonan's appearance now. She is not embarrassed at all to call Zhou Ziqing "Mom". It is obvious that the mother and daughter get along well.

It is not easy for a stepmother and stepdaughter to get along to this extent. It must be a sincere effort from both sides. Otherwise, if you look at those stepmothers who brag all day long, "I treat my children as my own," and then look at the timid and dull eyes of the children, you will know that the hypocrisy and grievances in this can fill a book.

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Around noon, Lao Jie's family came with seven lunch boxes, six dishes and a soup that they cooked themselves. Although not as sumptuous as the banquets in big restaurants, the sincerity in them was completely different.

Zhou Ziqing said with a smile as she placed the dishes and bowls on the table, "Director Li, we should have invited you to this dinner a long time ago, but the doctor said a few months ago that my condition was not stable, and I was afraid, so I kept it to myself to avoid disappointment."

I have to say that Zhou Ziqing is a really smart woman. She explained Li Ye's doubts to him right from the start.

Li Ye was shocked and immediately complained: "Why do you have such an idea? The more unstable your situation is, the sooner you should tell me. I will give you a reason to ensure that you have enough rest time."

Zhou Ziqing was also stunned for a moment, then said apologetically: "How can I delay my work because of my personal problems? Besides, this matter has nothing to do with whether to rest or not, it's all fate."

"What nonsense!"

Li Ye criticized Zhou Ziqing mercilessly, and then rebuked Lao Jie: "Lao Jie, you are a blockhead. Sister Zhou is embarrassed to say it, so are you embarrassed to say it too? It's just a matter of a few months, no matter how careful you are, it's not excessive."

Lao Jie was criticized by Li Ye and felt too embarrassed to speak.

Women these days are all tough. Maternity leave is only a few days, and there is almost no awareness of "preparing for pregnancy". Even though Zhou Ziqing's situation was special, he didn't think about it that way.

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "After you go back to work in a few days, Sister Zhou, you can sign up for a correspondence course. You can go to work in the morning and study in the library in the afternoon to improve your overall quality and prepare for more arduous work tasks."

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Zhou Ziqing pursed her lips and spoke.

She is very smart, but sometimes she can't understand what's going on in the brain of a young man like Li Ye.

You say Li Ye is partial to women? But Li Ye promoted the custom of "low bride price" in the whole factory, strictly prohibited brides from asking grooms for high bride price, and often posted some small articles on the bulletin board, vigorously promoting the importance of "virtuous" for a wife.

But you want to say that Li Ye is a male chauvinist and partial to male employees? However, in terms of housing allocation and marriage and childbearing policies, Li Ye is far more generous than other units, with longer maternity leave and birth subsidies.

Therefore, regardless of gender, age or status, everyone in the first branch factory had great respect for Li Ye, the young deputy director. So much so that when rumors broke out a few years ago that Li Ye might be transferred, a group of people almost went to the main factory to block Niu Hongzhang's door.

Zhou Ziqing was speechless, and Lao Jie was equally excited.

Li Ye said to let his wife go to the library, isn't that just a disguised holiday for her to go home?

Lao Jie filled his glass with wine and said to Li Ye: "Director Li, I want to toast you. Please drink tea instead of wine. I'll drink first."

"Today I can only drink tea instead of wine, who asked me to be on duty!"

Li Ye smiled and drank the tea, then said: "Old Jie, you don't have to thank me all the time. I helped you solve your family problems, and you also have to help me solve my technical problems.
It is already the 1990s, and we will soon face more and more competitors. As a technical person, you should understand that if you don’t advance, you will retreat.”

"Don't worry about that. We have been working hard, but..."

Old Jie thought about it for a while and said calmly: "Before the New Year, Wu Yan and I summarized and completed the technical difficulties that need to be overcome in the next step.
Some of them we should be able to solve by ourselves, but some are more difficult. We asked Ludwig for help, hoping that he could help us find someone who can solve the problem, but he didn't seem very enthusiastic.

"Ludwig?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, and said, "He is mainly responsible for production line matters and technical research. Are you saying that he has something else up his sleeve?"

Old Jie frowned and said, “I’m not sure, but Wu Yan and I have observed him many times, and I always feel that he is not a good friend.”

"Ha~"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Not everyone is willing to make friends with us sincerely. Ludwig is from West Germany and he values ​​the exchange of interests. You can hand over those technical difficulties to me and I will give it a try."

Ludwig was rescued by Li Ye from the Mitsubishi Building. He played a major role in the smooth commissioning of two production lines and the expansion of production in a branch factory.

But this does not guarantee that others are willing to "put their lives in your hands". Smart technicians will always keep something in reserve.

However, when a technology is mastered by more than two people, keeping one hand in reserve may turn out to be a bad move.

During the Spring Festival last year, Kimura Yasai of Mitsubishi wanted to bribe Li Ye, but was embarrassed by Li Ye. Then Li Ye carried out reverse infiltration of Kimura Yasai through Hong Kong capital.

A year has passed, and that guy hasn't received any further instructions. Maybe he really thinks that someone is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to "make friends" with him!

But all relationships in this world are exchanges of interests. Since you have received money, how can you just make friends?

If the East is dark, the West will be bright. Every move of chess has a purpose. What is meant to come will always come, and what is meant to be collected will also be collected.

(End of this chapter)