In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 66 Liang Hongling, who can't cook: Finally, I don't have to eat corn porridge when I'm hungry

"Military school? Director Du, when was our school transferred from the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building to the military?"

Xie Wei was stunned.

The history he knew did not include this.

It was not until 1999 that Harbin Institute of Technology was transferred to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. When the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense was abolished in 08, it was returned to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Isn't it 78 now?

The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has not even been established.

"Don't talk about other useless things! You don't do anything serious all day long."

Du Guowang awkwardly changed the subject.

Ever since Harbin Institute of Technology was kicked out of the military sequence in 62 and completed its military-to-civilian transition, the bigwigs who have always believed that Harbin Institute of Technology is a military-industrial university have not been able to adapt.

The first large artificial satellite in China, Dongfanghong-3, was demonstrated at Harbin Institute of Technology.

Control science and engineering research are all related to rockets and fighter jets.

How come it’s not from the military system!

"Director Du, why am I not doing my job properly?"

Xie Wei was unhappy.

"The rice steamed in the school boiler is not tasty? The iron pots of the people across the country are not working well? Do you have to come up with an electric rice cooker?"

When thinking about the uses of rice cookers, Du Guowang thought of the dishwashing liquid that Xie Wei was making instead of doing his job.

It seems that Xie Wei has never done anything serious since he came to school.

"Director Du, have you forgotten your agreement with my father?"

"???"

Du Guowang was stunned.

"Before the Chinese New Year, the school has to come up with products for cooperation with Hongguang Machinery Factory."

Xie Wei reminded Du Guowang.

"That's it?"

Du Guowang looked disdainful.

"Yes. That's it!"

Xie Wei nodded affirmatively, indicating that this was the product provided to the school in cooperation with Hongguang Machinery Factory.

"Without new products, my father wouldn't be able to keep his position as factory director. And the school wouldn't have enough funding for PLC or CNC."

Xie Wei emphasized.

"How big of a market can this thing have? Xie Wei, don't you think about the current situation in China? Not only is the power supply unstable, but the electricity bill is not cheap, right? Many people can't even afford to keep the lights on for a little longer!"

Du Guowang looked disdainful, and immediately slapped his forehead, looking at Xie Wei warily: "Boy, you are not going to use this as an excuse to embezzle funds for the Computer Science Department, are you?"

Xie Wei's mouth twitched.

In Du Guowang's eyes, has he become such a person?
"How is that possible? The Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering doesn't need to provide funding for the calculator project anymore."

Du Guowang looked at Xie Wei with suspicion.

Could it be that my understanding of the situation is wrong?
For the calculator project, Xie Wei provided the microcontroller design ideas. Not only Yu Guofeng himself participated in it, but all the teachers and students of the entire computer department also participated in it.

The funds will soon be insufficient.

"My dad will be here tomorrow. With money!"

Xie Wei said confidently.

The Computer Science Department has no shortage of funds. What does this have to do with Xie Jianguo?
Thinking of the conditions that Xie Wei offered to make Xie Jianguo the factory director before he came to the school, the anger that had disappeared from Du Guowang's face suddenly reappeared: "Xie Wei, is it appropriate to give the funds you earned from using the funds, manpower and material resources of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering to the Department of Computer Science directly?"

The night before Xie Wei left Chengdu, he made an agreement with Xie Jianguo: wait until Xie Jianguo had established himself in the factory, ask the Industrial Bureau for policies, bring some money to the school to sign a contract, and bring the products back with him.

Rice cooker!
This is the first cooperation between the school and Hongguang Machinery Factory.

"Director Du, the project belongs to the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. The Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering belongs to the school. Why don't you ask the principal about the funding allocation?"

Seeing the anger on Du Guowang's face, Xie Wei directly diverted his attention.

Xie Wei had thought about electric rice cookers when he was working as a technician at Hongguang Factory.

At that time, I didn't want to help Xu Zhihui, so I didn't take it out.

With Xie Jianguo's qualifications, it was impossible for him to become a factory director.

Xie Wei persuaded Du Guowang and Wei Guobing. In addition, Wei Guobing had not been in the Industrial Bureau for long and was constrained. He knew that Xu Zhihui had problems but never dealt with them. As a result, Xu Zhihui blocked Xie Wei's letter of introduction and organizational relationship transfer, and Xie Wei almost couldn't go to college.

Feeling guilty, Wei Guobing agreed to re-hire Xie Jianguo as the director of Hongguang Factory on a pilot basis.

Xie Wei had to let Xie Jianguo secure the position of director of Hongguang Factory.

"What the hell are you asking? It's just a pilot project! The principal is so stingy. He only gave me 20 yuan and asked me to return it to the school! I gave it to the school, but what can we do..."

Du Guowang glared at Xie Wei in dissatisfaction.

Can't you tell the difference between close and distant relatives?
"Where are you taking this pot? I'm telling you, you're not allowed to privately connect wires in school dormitories!"

Seeing Xie Wei walking out with the rice cooker in his arms, Du Guowang warned him.

The dormitory still has the same wiring from the expansion in 58. It has never been renovated and cannot support any electrical appliances.

"Let's go to your house. My master's wife asked me to go home for dinner while she went to buy groceries." Hearing Liang Hongling asking Xie Wei to go home for dinner, Du Guowang sighed, "I'd better go and call Wang Zheng."

As expected, neither of them can cook!
This should be the reason why the couple often eat corn porridge.

Du Guowang took a few steps, turned around and asked Xie Wei: "Are you sure that the rice cooker can cook the rice?"

"We have to test it anyway. If it's not cooked, just use the stove to cook it again. Teacher Wang should be able to do it, right?"

Xie Wei is confident in his design, but how can he guarantee it without testing it?
Anyway, in theory there is no problem.

“Not reliable at all!”

After saying this, Du Guowang turned around and went to look for Wang Zheng.

“Ku~Ku~Ku~”

Xie Wei was sitting on the back seat of Du Guowang's bicycle, holding an electric rice cooker, while Wang Zheng followed behind on his bicycle.

Before I reached the gate, I heard chickens flapping their wings and clucking in the yard.

"Close the door quickly, don't let the chicken run out..."

As soon as Du Guowang pushed the door, Liang Hongling's nervous voice rang out.

"..."

Xie Wei and Wang Zheng looked at each other.

“Can you kill a chicken?”

Wang Zheng asked Xie Wei, who shook his head, then widened his eyes and asked Wang Zheng, "You don't know how to kill a chicken?"

"You have to learn even if you don't know!"

Wang Zheng gritted his teeth.

After the two went in, they found blood everywhere on the ground.

Soon, the chicken was caught by Wang Zheng.

Xie Wei, Wang Zheng and Du Guowang all looked extremely unnatural when they saw the big rooster with its neck covered in coagulated blood.

Liang Hongling was like a little girl who had made a mistake. She lowered her head, twisted her clothes with her hands, and explained uneasily:

"The food station was out of meat, and someone happened to bring two chickens. Xie Wei was not used to the food here, and he was busy at the moment, so he used thirty kilograms of food coupons and three yuan to buy two chickens to make soup..."

Thirty kilograms of food coupons!
Xie Wei was shocked, and his eyes became complicated when he looked at Liang Hongling.

Liang Hongling is so nice to him!

He couldn't even refuse this good thing.

"Teacher Liang, I can do things like killing chickens..."

After Wang Zheng finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and picked up the chicken to go to the kitchen.

"Xie Wei, please cook the meal."

Director Du can't cook anything except porridge.

Anyway, porridge can turn into rice crust, and dumplings can turn into soup.

"Xie Wei can cook?"

Liang Hongling's face was full of doubt.

Xie Wei couldn’t even light a coal stove or make dumplings, so how could he cook?
“There is this!”

Xie Wei patted the rice cooker he was holding, "I just made it. Bring it here and try it out."

In order to save money and improve quality, the inner pot of the rice cooker made by Xie Wei is stamped from 7075 super-hard aviation aluminum used in fighter jets, and there is no anti-stick coating sprayed on the surface.

Subsequent work requires people from the metalworking workshop to conduct experiments and improvements together with technical personnel from the Hongguang Factory.

"Put rice and water in it, plug it in, and you can cook rice?"

Liang Hongling asked in surprise as she watched Xie Wei pour something, either detergent or AES, from a small bottle he carried with him into the pot, rinse it several times, add rice and water, plug in the power cord, press the cooking switch and leave it alone.

Is cooking really that simple?
Doesn't that mean that when you're hungry in the future, you don't have to just eat corn porridge to fill your stomach?

"As early as 64, the Suiyuan Hardware Production Cooperative in Huadu developed the 'Triangle' brand 600-watt coil-type automatic heat preservation rice cooker. Due to technical and other issues, the production scale was not large..."

Xie Wei explained.

You can find out this news by just asking around.

Since the 80s, the domestic rice cooker market has begun to grow explosively, otherwise Xie Wei would not have chosen to do this.

I used to be in the market for antimony pots for the Hongguang Factory, so I had access to this information. Even if someone questioned it, I could find an excuse to get away with it.

“So, this is an improvement?”

Du Guowang asked.

"Yes. I changed the heating coil to use electromagnetic heating, which can heat more evenly, ensuring that the rice next to the pot will not burn, and the rice in the middle will not be undercooked..."

Xie Wei explained the principle of the rice cooker.

Soon, the aroma of rice emanated from the rice cooker...

"Now I don't have to eat corn porridge when I'm hungry!"

Smelling the fragrance of the food, Liang Hongling smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)