Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 209 Year-end Pre-inspection of Production Safety
Song Liaosha:!!!

That’s really what happened!
The two rushed back to the machinery factory, and Chen Luyang assigned the production tasks of natural rubber raw materials and chemical plants to the workshop workers. Everyone felt like they were dreaming.

A few days ago, we had a fight over the raw materials.

As a result, when the director took action, not only was the raw material problem solved, but he also brought back new production tasks.

Everyone in the workshop started production without stopping. In addition to completing the quantity required by the provincial chemical plant, they also prepared an extra copy of each model according to Chen Luyang's instructions.

Song Liaosha took a few of these standard parts and brought them to the boiler factory.

The other party responded very quickly. On the third day after the parts were delivered, the machinery factory received an order for more than 200,000 yuan from the boiler factory.

This order is the largest order the rubber workshop has received since its establishment.

When Song Liaosha received the order, she was full of energy.

"Let's go, Brother Chen! Let's go out and celebrate?"

"let's go!"

……

Recently, business at the old restaurant in the machinery factory has been a little slow.

Ever since the factory invited a master chef from the provincial compound, almost everyone has gone to the cafeteria to eat, and fewer people are eating in restaurants.

When Chen Luyang and Song Liaosha pushed open the door and came in, Daxin's face lit up with joy!
"What are you having for dinner today?"

Song Liaosha put her hands in her sleeves and looked at the menu: "I want sauerkraut soup, a roast chicken, and a plate of peanuts... Brother, what else do you want to eat?"

"Let me take a look." Chen Luyang flipped through the menu: "A whole piece of meat, eggplant, and a cold dish."

Song Liaosha didn't forget to remind him: "Two more bottles of wine."

Daxin asked, "White wine or beer?"

Song Liaosha said, "Give me a bottle of Wujiabai."

Daxin: “Okay!”

Chen Luyang looked at Song Liaosha with suspicion: "You've been drinking Wujiabai? Are you so weak?"

Song Liaosha looked as if she was afraid of death: "I haven't put wolfberries in the white wine yet!"

As he spoke, Song Liaosha took out another cigarette and started smoking.

Chen Luyang frowned. "Are you so addicted to smoking now? How many cigarettes have you smoked since I saw you this morning?"

Although people used to smoke, it was only one or two cigarettes at most, not so many.

Song Liaosha also felt aggrieved: "Nata can't smell cigarettes, so I can't smoke when I get home."

Chen Luyang looked at Song Liaosha disapprovingly: "You still need to control yourself. You're still addicted to smoking and drinking at such a young age. What are you going to do when you get older?"

Song Liaosha was also helpless: "When you're socializing... who doesn't drink and smoke? I smoke more and more, and I always want to smoke..."

Chen Luyang took out two pieces of candy from his trouser pocket and threw them on the table.

"Next time you want to smoke, just eat two pieces of candy to calm yourself down."

Song Liaosha was unhappy: "How can a grown man keep candy in his mouth all day? That's something little girls eat."

Chen Luyang glanced at Song Liaosha unhappily: "This candy is to cure your smoking addiction."

"You can't see your aunt in the future, and before you even say a few words, you suddenly get a craving for cigarettes and light up in front of her, right?"

Song Liaosha's whole body stiffened, and her lips wrapped around the cigarette trembled.

Then, he pinched the cigarette body with his right index and middle fingers, and pressed the half-finished cigarette into the ashtray.

"Stop doing!"

Song Liaosha put the two candies on the table into her pocket and exhaled the last puff of smoke.

Then he took out five cigarettes from the chest pocket of his work clothes and gave them to Chen Luyang.

"Brother, please help me digest this."

Chen Luyang was stunned: "...No, you can quit just like that?"

Song Liaosha nodded: "I quit. I don't want my mother to see me smoking."

The two were chatting when peanuts were brought to the table.

Song Liaosha was feeling craving for cigarettes, so when she saw the peanuts, she didn't even use her chopsticks. She reached out and grabbed a handful, held it in her palm, and started chewing.

As she was chewing, Song Liaosha suddenly asked, "Brother, if I really see my mother in the future, will she still recognize me?"

Chen Luyang was silent for a moment.

When the Soviet female experts left, Song Liaosha was still wearing open-crotch pants.

Now Song Liaosha is taller than the door frame. Except for her fierce and aggressive look, everything else has changed a lot.

Not to mention that it is not known whether the Soviet female expert remarried after returning to her country.

But Chen Luyang remained firm:
"Of course I can, why can't I?"

"You're just like my mother. Even if I'm covered in black and hiding in a pile of coal, she can still find me."

Song Liaosha laughed, her emerald green eyes filled with a hint of longing.

"When I was little, I could still dream about what my mother looked like, but now I can hardly remember it."

"I'm afraid that I won't be able to recognize her if we pass each other on the street in the future."

Song Liaosha's long, thick eyelashes drooped, casting a faint shadow on her face.

Chen Luyang felt bad for his brother, but he still smiled and said, "There's no such thing as unfilial parents in this world, only unfilial children."

"Your mother in the north remembers you every day, and you've forgotten her."

Song Liaosha grinned, a smile that was a little bitter: "That's right! She must remember me. She loved me the most when I was a child and hugged me every day."

Chen Luyang consoled her, "They say sons look like their mothers. You should look in the mirror more often."

Song Liaosha's eyes lit up, and she stood up with a flutter, and her big face swayed in front of the small mirror hanging on the pillar.

Look left, look right.

People at several tables in the restaurant looked at him curiously, and then Chen Luyang pulled him down.

"Just take a look, go home and read it slowly!"

While the two were chatting, the dishes on the table were ready.

The two of them opened the white wine and poured a glass each.

Not long after eating, Daxin came over with a small bowl of braised pork.

"We didn't order braised pork?" Song Liaosha wondered.

Daxin was still wearing an apron in front of him, and he smiled sheepishly with a pale face: "I know you didn't order."

"I just want you to try it and see how my braised pork compares to the one made by the chef in the cafeteria..."

Chen Luyang was amused: "Hey, our Daxin is studying cooking?"

Daxin put the small bowl on the table, then sat down on the long wooden bench, looking at Chen Luyang and Song Liaosha with anticipation.

There wasn't much braised pork in the small bowl, only three or four pieces.

Chen Luyang picked up a piece of meat, looked around, and said, "Daxin, even though I can't cook, the color of your braised pork is a little too dark, too black, not as bright and rosy as the meat made by the chef in the cafeteria."

Daxin nodded seriously.

"The skin isn't crispy enough. The fat isn't as fragrant as the ones made by the master chef. Your mouth is filled with oil when you bite into it."

Another person who can't cook, Song Liaosha, also expressed her opinion.

"And your braised pork is a little too sweet."

……

Chen Luyang and Song Liaosha expressed their opinions while eating, which made Daxin very angry.

"Don't be upset, Daxin! At least the meat is good! The lean meat is quite tender."

Chen Luyang was afraid that the blow was too great and would hurt Daxin's enterprising spirit, so he quickly said a few words to make amends.

Song Liaosha also echoed: "That's right! With your skills, you are unmatched within a 20-mile radius of the Machinery Factory!"

After all, I got two pieces of braised pork for free, so why shouldn't I praise them a little?
While praising, Song Liaosha picked up the steamed bun and rubbed the braised pork broth in the small bowl.

Seeing this, Chen Luyang quickly rubbed the steamed bun in his hand in the small bowl.

Daxin looked at the clean little bowl with frustration and sighed, "I know what you guys are saying, but I can't cook like a master chef no matter what I do." "If I get frustrated, I'll go to the cafeteria and apply for a job to learn the skills!"

Chen Luyang poured cold water on him.

"You go to the cafeteria in the morning to learn the skills, and in the afternoon your dad will pull you out of the cafeteria with a rolling pin."

Daxin fell silent.

In the old restaurant, Daxin is the chef and his father is the boss.

When the old restaurant was still called "Small Restaurant", Daxin's father Laoxin was the one who cooked in the restaurant.

Later, Daxin grew up and became the one who cooked.

Only when factory leaders or guests come and want to eat something fancy will Daxin's father take the lead in lighting the fire.

Originally, Chen Luyang thought that his words would make Daxin give up.

But unexpectedly, Daxin's eyes kept saying, "I want to learn how to braise pork with a kitchen knife!"

As soon as the words fell, a rough voice sounded behind him.
"Learn from your uncle! Come over here and shred the potatoes!"

Daxin's determined face suddenly became cheerful: "Come on, Dad~~~"

then,

Daxin nimbly picked up the small bowl of braised pork on the table, lifted the large kitchen curtain, and slipped in.

After a while, the crisp sound of cutting vegetables, "duangduangduang", could be heard.

Song Liaosha ate the meat slices and laughed, "I can't even cook the Daxin beans, and I'm still thinking about the braised pork."

Chen Luyang was also amused: "That's right, the dish of braised pork with beans on the blackboard at the door has been crossed out."

"Actually, it would be great if Daxin could learn to make this braised pork dish. With so many different skills, there's no such thing as too many skills!"

……

The night before, Chen Luyang had just finished saying "many skills, many paths",
The next morning, Chen Luyang saw Daxin taking off his apron and sneaking into the back door of the cafeteria.

"Why are you here when you're not busy at the restaurant?!"

Chen Luyang patted Daxin's shoulder, and Daxin was so scared that he almost jumped up.

"Brother Chen, you almost scared me to death!"

Daxin looked around nervously, making sure his father was not around, and whispered:

"I'm here to learn from you."

Stealing a teacher?

Chen Luyang looked at Daxin in confusion: "How did you steal it?"

The canteen is an important logistical center of the machinery factory, so it is no exaggeration to say that it is a forbidden area.

Even though Chen Luyang grew up in a factory and his mother worked in the cafeteria, he had never been to the cafeteria.

Seeing he couldn't hide, Daxin whispered, "I have a few friends in the cafeteria. They gave me a set of work clothes and let me sneak in to wash the vegetables first."

Although Daxin didn’t cook the beans well that time, his cooking skills are still really good.

I also have a few good friends in the factory.

So when he opened his mouth, several of his buddies wanted to let him in first.

Although I was just washing vegetables, at least I had the opportunity to interact with the master chef, even if it was just to watch the steps and the heat from a distance.

"I can only come in the mornings and rush back to the restaurant to cook at noon. Brother Chen, please don't betray me!"

Daxin's heart was pounding.

Not to mention that Chen Luyang's mother works in the cafeteria, the key point is that his brother-in-law works in the factory security department!
If the factory security department catches him and accuses him of sneaking in to cause trouble, then everything will be ruined.

"Brother...I'm really just washing vegetables, I don't do anything else. Just pretend you didn't see me and let me in."

Daxin was so anxious that he almost knelt down in front of Chen Luyang.

At this moment, a head popped out of the cafeteria door and said anxiously:

"What are you dawdling for? Come in quickly, someone will be here soon!"

Chen Luyang glanced sideways and saw a young man in a cafeteria uniform looking at him in confusion.

"Teacher Chen...?"

Chen Luyang:...Well, he’s someone who has attended my class!

Facing two worried and frightened faces, Chen Luyang turned his head away, pretending not to see them, got on his bike and left.

Daxin was about to cry: "He can't go and complain, right?"

The young man was worried with a hint of trepidation: "No way? I heard from my brother that Teacher Chen is very loyal and not the kind of person who likes to tell tales."

Although the original owner's academic performance was average and his judgment of women was also average.

But in terms of loyalty, he is still quite remarkable!

"Come on in! If he wants to complain, why doesn't he just shout at the door to arrest the perpetrators and seize the stolen goods? Why would he just ride away on his bike?"

Without saying a word, the young man took out a cotton mask and slapped it on Daxin's face.

"Put it on quickly and follow me in."

……

Chen Luyang returned to the workshop from the cafeteria. As soon as he entered the door, he found that the workers in the workshop were cleaning busily with brooms and rags.

"Isn't the spring cleaning due on Friday? Why are you doing it today?"

"Director, the factory's safety inspection department just sent a notice saying that the Provincial Economic Commission will be coming next week or the week after to conduct a year-end inspection of production safety. They want us to take good care of hygiene and safety."

Chen Luyang nodded: "Okay! Let's do it."

It's getting colder day by day, so we have to clean the windows and paste the window gaps both in the workshop and at home.

I took this opportunity of cleaning to seal the windows together.

There are more than 100 people in the workshop now, and the work is done quickly.

In just one morning, not only did everyone clean the workshop thoroughly, they even wiped the windows until they were shiny.

Chen Luyang walked around the workshop, carefully checking the operating safety of the machines, and then went back into the room to continue translating.

But the satisfaction in his eyes was considered unsatisfactory by the comrades in the factory security department!
"Director Chen, I'm not nitpicking, but if our workshop were inspected by the comrades from the Provincial Economic Commission, we would definitely be criticized in the official journal."

In the workshop director's office, Ma Shanbiao, head of the factory's security department, held a small notebook and spoke with a serious face.

In order to ensure that the factory can successfully pass the inspection of the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, the factory will usually arrange a wave of pre-inspections first.

Obviously, the rubber workshop failed the pre-inspection!

Chen Luyang was no longer calm: "Isn't the hygiene in our workshop quite good?"

Although this was his first time as a workshop director, he had heard a lot about the Provincial Economic Commission’s year-end production safety and health inspection!

Many of the provincial machinery factory’s daily work tasks are linked to the ministry and the state, but many benefits and awards are determined by the factory.

It’s okay to be rated “qualified”.

If a company is found to be "unqualified" in the safety and health inspection at the end of the year, it will not only affect the corresponding awards, but may even have its benefits issued by the province cancelled.

Ma Shanbiao explained, "Director Chen, your workshop already has a strong smell, with sulfur and rubber. It doesn't give people a good first impression."

"And your workshop has teacups and towels everywhere, with brooms and rags piled up at the door. Those who know this is a workshop might think you're living here!"

Chen Luyang couldn't stand it any longer: "Isn't it normal for workers to drink water and wipe their sweat while working?"

"Besides, the broom and rag are also convenient for collecting some rubber waste, and they are placed at the door. If these are all put away, it will be too inconvenient for the workers to produce."

Ma Shanbiao glanced at Chen Luyang helplessly and said, "Director Chen, normally the factory has never asked for any conveniences you might have, but this is an inspection by the provincial government after all, so we must overcome any difficulties that need to be overcome!"

"Let's talk about the towels! Isn't that a safety hazard that could easily catch fire?"

Chen Luyang: ...? !

Ma Shanbiao's direct words made Chen Luyang feel exhausted.

"And the broom and rag at the door, wouldn't that easily block the emergency passage and cause danger?"

Chen Luyang:……!!

"So, Director Chen! If we really get strict with these details, it will be a big deal! Just put away what needs to be put away in these two weeks!"

(End of this chapter)