Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

It was already dark when Jia Zhangshi and her lover got off the carriage. The man led Jia Zhangshi into the mountains.

The further she walked, the more flustered Jia Zhangshi became. Slowly, she walked behind the man.

She walked further and further away from the people in front of her.

Jia Zhangshi felt her heart beating faster and faster. When she felt that the distance was about right, Jia Zhangshi suddenly ran back frantically.

The person walking in front felt that there was no movement behind them, and when they turned around, they saw Jia Zhangshi running frantically backward in the distance.

"Damn it! How dare they run away?"

Before long, the obese Jia Zhangshi was caught, and the man took out a dagger and held it to her back.

He gasped for breath and said, "Run? Why did you stop running?"

"Brother Wang, what are you doing?"

"I just need to go to the toilet."

Jia Zhangshi said with a wry smile.

"Slap!" The man slapped Jia Zhangshi across the face.

"Stop playing dumb with me!"

"I'm telling you, if you run again, I'll bury you in this forest."

Under the moonlight, the man led Jia Zhangshi to a small mountain village.

"Bang bang bang"

"Hunter Wu, are you there?"

The door opened and a burly old man came out.

"Oh, Brother Wang, you've come all this way?"

The man pushed Jia Zhangshi forward.

"This is the partner we found for you. Pay up!"

The hunter surnamed Wu went back and got a wad of crumpled money. He counted it as he walked and came to the man surnamed Wang.

"Count it out, one hundred dollars!"

The man surnamed Wang put away the money and said, "I won't count it; I have to get back quickly!"

Finished talking and left.

Hunter Wu pulled Zhang into his home.

Looking at the burly man in front of her, Jia Zhangshi said in a trembling voice, "You...you, let me tell you, this is illegal."

As Wu the hunter tied up Jia Zhangshi with a rope, he said, "Breaking the law? Here, I am the law!"

"Wait for me at home while I go take care of some things. I'll come back and pamper you later."

After saying that, Hunter Wu took a hunting rifle and went out.

As soon as Jia Zhangshi saw that everyone had left, she frantically rubbed the rope against the pillar.

Hunter Wu, who had chased after the hunter by moonlight, soon spotted the man surnamed Wang ahead.

He approached the man from a short distance behind and raised his gun to aim.

"Bang!" The figure in front fell forward.

Hunter Wu approached the corpse and took out the still-warm money from his pocket.

"Bah! They dare to take my money! They're courting death!"

Inside the house, Jia Zhangshi saw that after trying for a long time, there was still no progress.

So he looked around and happened to see a long knife standing in the corner.

So Jia Zhangshi used her foot to hook it.

"So close, so very close."

Sweating profusely, Jia Zhangshi was just a little short, so she kicked her shoe and knocked over the knife.

Jia Zhangshi hooked her foot in front of her and turned around to reach for it with her hand.

Before long, Jia Zhangshi cut the rope.

Just as he put on his shoes and opened the door, he was caught red-handed by Hunter Wu, who had just returned.

"Where are you going?"

Jia Zhangshi looked at the figure that completely blocked the door frame.

He was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

He pushed Jia Zhangshi onto the bed, grabbed her by the neck, and said, "Do you know how my previous wives died? They were strangled to death by me because they tried to escape. After I strangled them to death, I chopped them up and fed them to my hunting dogs."

"This is your first time, and I hope it's the last."

After saying that, he pulled Jia Zhangshi to the ground.

From the bed came Wu the Hunter's voice: "From today onwards, you will do my laundry, cook for me, and clean the house."

"From now on, you will sleep next to my bed."

In the days that followed, Jia Zhangshi was chained to a pillar in her house by Wu the hunter with a long iron chain.

She did housework for Wu the hunter every day.

Sometimes, when Wu the hunter got drunk, he would grab Jia Zhangshi and beat her.

Occasionally, he would bring a few old men who went hunting with him to play cards with Jia Zhangshi.

Each time, Hunter Wu would charge the other party either a rabbit or a small bag of cornmeal.

Li Yu has been busy these past few days with the new factory project.

That day, Li Yu stood at the entrance with leaders from the Ministry of Industry, the district head, military leaders, and the leadership team of the new factory.

As Li Yu tore off the red cloth, the words "Longxing Industry" appeared before everyone's eyes.

Minister Liu stood on the makeshift podium.

"We have another factory set up! As you all probably know now, this factory is quite special; it not only engages in production, but more importantly, it focuses on the research and development of new products."

After one leader after another gave their speeches, Li Yu finally stood on the podium.

I won't say more.

"All I want to say is that Longxing Industry was founded for the great rejuvenation of China!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the leaders applauded.

"good!"

"Well said!"

Back in the meeting room, everyone gave a brief performance report.

Li Huaide became the factory director as he wished, while Li Yu served as the chief engineer and the director of the research institute, and was promoted to the rank of third-level engineer.

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry, Longxing's future production tasks will mainly focus on the research output of the research institute.

Moreover, security at the factory is directly under the control of the military.

Li Yu arrived at the research institute's conference room.

Looking at the researchers in front of me.

"Please introduce yourselves so we can all get to know each other."

"Hello everyone, my name is Lu Zhun, and I am the leader of Group Four."

Li Yu recognized the voice and looked toward the speaker.

"So it was that guy who was always arguing with me."

Next up was a handsome young man.

He said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "Hello everyone, I am Lu Zhun, the leader of Group Three. I returned from studying in Northern Jiangsu."

"Hello everyone! I'm Lei Chuang, the leader of Group Two, and I'm from Heilongjiang."

Li Yu looked at Lei Chuang, who stood up like a black bear.

He really found it hard to believe that this guy was a researcher.

"Hello everyone, I am the group leader of Group 1, my name is Zhou Qiming."

Li Jianshe was the last to stand up.

"Hello everyone, I am your vice dean, my name is Li Jianshe."

After the meeting, Li Yu went to his office and gave Zhou Qiming the technical drawings he had prepared earlier.

There are also some material lists.

"Take the blueprints to the group leaders, one copy for each person."

"Next, assign the parts to the workshop according to the blueprints and let them produce them at full capacity."

Zhou Qiming, holding a stack of blueprints and looking constipated, looked at Li Yu and said, "So what are you doing?"

Li Yu patted Zhou Qiming on the head: "I'm the dean, why are you bothering me?"

After giving his instructions, Li Yu walked out of the research institute and looked at the two heavily armed guards at the entrance.

Li Yu hadn't expected the higher-ups to attach so much importance to the Dragon Rising Society.

Li Yu strolled over to Li Huaide's office.

"How's it going? What's it like being a factory manager?"

Li Huaide laughed and said, "What do I feel? Everyone knows you're the real leader of Longxing now, but I have to admit, life without Zheng Qiushi is truly wonderful!"

Zheng Qiu, who works at the steel rolling mill, now feels that coming to the steel rolling mill was a mistake.

I originally thought I could win over Li Yu.

I never expected that the person would run away and take many of my people with him.

The steel rolling mill's business has now been cut by more than half.

The workers' enthusiasm has clearly declined significantly.

He wanted his father to transfer him, but that wasn't possible now because he had to work for at least three years.

This means he will waste three years at the steel rolling mill.

The thought that everyone else would be promoted while he would still be stuck in the same place a few years later made him angrier and angrier.

Looking at the last thermos in his hand, he slammed it down on the table.