Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

As soon as Minister Liu finished speaking, everyone applauded.

At this moment, a middle-aged man exclaimed excitedly, "None of us who returned from studying in the north this year were able to bring out a single book, not even a single piece of draft paper!"

"Why is that? It's because they're afraid we'll take their technology away."

"I remember when I got home, my wife asked me why I was back so soon."

I said we've learned enough.

"Actually, we were forced to come back. Many of our classmates were about to graduate but were ruthlessly driven away and didn't even get their diplomas."

"After I came back, I thought, we must become strong, we must surpass them!"

"We need to let them know that we can do it even without them!"

Everyone watched silently as the middle-aged man spoke while shedding tears, without uttering a word.

Half of the technicians present had the same experience as him. Everyone had tears in their eyes as they thought about being slinked away, and the fire in their hearts surged fiercely.

Looking at the middle-aged man and the technicians with their knuckles white from clenching their fists, Li Yu deeply felt the helplessness and surging anger of the technicians in this era.

Li Yu said firmly, "That day will come soon. We will soon let the whole world know how powerful we are!"

Minister Liu also stood up and addressed the crowd, saying, "As long as we work together, with our millions of workers and scientists, we will soon become strong."

"Just this year, the rolling mill designed by Comrade Li Yu has earned the country more than 20 million in foreign exchange internationally."

It's worth noting that if we don't count those 20 million, the country's foreign exchange reserves this year are less than 90 million.

No one in the conference room, including Li Yu, expected such a great achievement.

Minister Liu pointed to the blueprints in his hand and said, "Comrade Li Yu not only promoted the country's industrial progress, but also promoted the country's economic development."

"We must learn from comrades like Li Yu!"

After speaking, he led the applause for Li Yu.

Even the young man who had previously questioned Li Yu is now completely convinced by him.

However, he still firmly believed that science knows no borders, and this idea sowed the seeds of his later downfall.

After the meeting, everyone ate at the small canteen and then left.

During the meal, Li Yu was repeatedly praised by Minister Liu, and even Li Huaide was praised for his effective management.

Zheng Qiushi was not only not praised, but also completely ignored. Minister Liu did not pay any attention to Zheng Qiushi until he left the steel rolling mill.

Back in his office, Zheng Qiushi unleashed his pent-up anger on the entire office.

Outside, Ma Wude could only hear Zheng Qiushi smashing things and angrily cursing Li Yu and Li Huaide coming from the office.

Zheng Qiushi, exhausted from smashing things in the office, sat on the sofa and smoked a cigarette.

"Damn Li Yu! Damn Li Huaide!"

Today, Li Yu would praise Li Huaide whenever he had the chance, but he would either never mention himself, or if he did, it would be about the time he wasn't given special steel.

Every time Li Yu mentioned Minister Liu, he would give him a disapproving look.

Ma Wude, who was outside, was about to push open the door and go in to ask when he heard that there was no movement in the office.

Then Zheng Qiushi's voice came: "Come in."

Upon entering, Ma Wude saw documents scattered all over the floor, and even Zheng Qiushi's usual drinking cup was lying on the ground in pieces.

Ma Wude approached Zheng Qiushi with his head bowed.

"Go check with the steel rolling mill and see if Li Yu has any bad relationships with anyone."

Upon hearing Zheng Qiushi's words, Ma Wude immediately thought of someone: Xu Damao, who had been fired from the steel rolling mill.

I heard that guy was fired because he framed Li Yu.

Ma Wude recounted the story of Xu Damao and Li Yu to Zheng Qiushi.

After finishing his cigarette, Zheng Qiushi said, "Find this Xu Damao for me, I want to take a look at him first."

Zheng Qiushi, who had no way to deal with Li Yu now, planned to disgust Li Yu by arranging for anyone who had a grudge against Li Yu to be placed by Li Yu's side.

Bai Ling, who lives next door to Li Yu, has her mind filled with the image of Li Yu speaking passionately in the conference room.

As he pondered this, he even started to wonder if he should take Li Yu down with him.

The moment the thought crossed her mind, she blushed and wrapped her head in the blanket.

He cursed inwardly, "Bai Ling, how can you be so spineless? It's just a man!"

Then another voice appeared: "But he knows how amazing and charming he is."

"Ahhh!" Bai Ling pulled back the covers and rubbed her hair a few times.

"Damn it," Bai Ling muttered.

Li Yu, who was listening to the radio at home, had no idea that a beautiful girl next door was tossing and turning in bed because of him.

An incident occurred in the courtyard at midnight. Because it was almost Chinese New Year, everyone was preparing to go to the black market to buy some New Year's goods.

Once they reached the black market, everyone split up. On their way back, Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu were together when, unexpectedly, they were robbed of everything by several men with knives as soon as they reached the entrance of an alley.

When Jia Zhangshi returned to the courtyard and heard that her things had been stolen, she went to Sha Zhu to make a scene, demanding that he compensate her no matter what.

Finally, thanks to Liu Haizhong's "fair" mediation, Jia Zhangshi's tantrum, and Qin Huairu's tears, Sha Zhu paid out five yuan, and the matter was finally resolved.

Since discovering that his thing could still be used, Sha Zhu has recently started licking Qin Huairu again.

At first, Jia Zhangshi would scold Qin Huairu, but later, when the scolding became more intense, Qin Huairu retorted, "You know perfectly well that Sha Zhu doesn't have one! What are you afraid of?"

After a moment of thought, Madam Jia Zhang said, "Oh right, Sha Zhu is a eunuch, what am I afraid of?"

From then on, Jia Zhangshi pretended not to see what happened between Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu.

In Jia Zhangshi's opinion, touching it a couple of times wouldn't cost her anything, and she could even get Sha Zhu's lunchbox.

Ever since she got Sha Zhu's lunchbox, Jia Zhangshi has been eating with gusto every day, her mouth greasy and her heart overflowing with joy.

As for He Yushui, after eating takeout for a few days, she was not surprised to find that her silly brother had started licking Qin Huairu again. She just started eating pickled vegetable steamed buns again.

As Qin Huairu offered more and more incentives to Sha Zhu, Sha Zhu gradually became more and more obedient to Qin Huairu.

Now, even if Qin Huairu made Sha Zhu eat shit, he would only think about whether he could swallow it, not whether he could eat it.

These past two days, Sha Zhu has been searching for Xu Damao all over Beijing. Last time, Xu Damao not only exposed him but also got beaten up by Li Yu.

He was determined to get revenge on Sha Zhu, and the next time he met Xu Damao, Sha Zhu planned to make him a eunuch.