Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Liu Qingshan stood up and poured a cup of tea, and Section Chief Qin came over.

"Qingshan, let me tell you about the textile factory last time. There's a printing and dyeing machine at the textile factory that's broken down. It's a problem with the transmission device. Their technicians don't dare to dismantle it because they're not as brave as you. They came to us again today. If you can't handle it, we may have to transfer people from other places."

"I can't guarantee that I can fix it! I can only try my best." Liu Qingshan said in confusion!

"Hey, don't think I don't know. You are a brave boy with a good memory. If you can disassemble something, you can assemble it. All of this is in your file. Your university teacher mentioned it in the file. Otherwise, why would the machine repair shop find you for the equipment?"

"I was wondering, I was a little confused the last time I went to the machine shop."

"Please pack your bags and go straight there. Here's the letter of introduction. It's not far away now, so you can go there by bike."

"Okay, then I'll just leave!" Liu Qingshan took a briefcase and left.

The other two men in the office looked envious. There were many female workers in the textile factory, and even more of them were single. If they went there, they would definitely find a pretty one!

What a pity!

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When Liu Qingshan arrived at the gate of the textile factory, he showed the letter of introduction to the guard. The guard pointed and said, "That building is the factory office building. You can go directly there."

Liu Qingshan rode all the way to the factory office building, parked his bike and went upstairs.

Went directly to the factory director's office.

"Boom, boom boom!"

"Please come in!"

Pushing open the door, I saw a middle-aged woman in her 40s sitting behind an old-fashioned desk, looking down at a report in her hand.

"Hello, I'm Liu Qingshan, a technician at the steel mill. The factory sent me here to check on the problem with the printing and dyeing machine."

The factory director stood up as soon as he heard the beginning and said with a smile: "Hello, I've finally got you here. I'm Lin Juan, the director of the textile factory. Welcome to support our work."

The factory director spoke kindly, and the office environment was relatively simple. Liu Qingshan wanted to get the job done early, so he spoke directly.

"Director, let's go and take a look at the equipment. I'm here to work. You're welcome."

The factory director was very satisfied when he saw that Liu Qingshan was quick to speak.

"Okay, I like you as a young man, let's go straight over there."

The two of them went straight to the workshop, and the technical department staff came over immediately. A group of people gathered around the machine.

Liu Qingshan looked at the machine in question carefully, and after a while he said, "The problem should be here. Let's get a few people to help and dismantle it!"

Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to take action.

Liu Qingshan looked back and thought, well, I’d better do it myself!

He took the tools and started to dismantle it. Everyone else also started to help.

After a day's work, they finally disassembled the machine. Liu Qingshan found a few broken parts, marked a few sizes on the drawing, and prepared to go home.

"Director, I'll come back tomorrow and draw the drawings of these parts. You can go to the steel mill to process them tomorrow."

The factory manager said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Xiao Liu, this equipment has been stopped for several days. Can it be repaired as soon as possible? I am also anxious. The production tasks in the factory are getting heavier and heavier now."

"Director, I'll take the drawings home and try to finish them tonight. Please ask someone from the factory to meet me at the steel rolling mill tomorrow. I'll bring the drawings directly to him and ask him to contact the factory. Once the processing is done, I'll come back with him and install them. Do you think that's ok?"

After thinking about it, Liu Qingshan made a suggestion.

"Okay, thank you in advance. I'll ask someone from the factory's finance department to look for your leader tomorrow."

"It's getting late, Director. I'm going back now."

"Okay, I won't keep you here today. I'll treat you to a meal after the machine is ready."

"You're welcome. It's all work-related."

Liu Qingshan said politely.

When I got home, it was already dark and Feng Yu had already returned. I quickly ate something and started drawing on the table. I was so busy that I didn't go to bed until late at night.

The next day, I went to the textile factory with the finance officer to find a master to process the parts. Then I rushed back to the textile factory without stopping. Both of us rode our bicycles very fast.

It was another busy day, and I didn't finish until after 6 o'clock in the evening.

The factory director happily held Liu Qingshan's dirty hand and shook it.

"Go wash your face, and let's go have dinner together."

The factory manager said happily as he looked at the printing and dyeing machine that was finally working properly.

"Okay, I'll go wash up first."

When we arrived at the cafeteria, the factory director, two technicians and Liu Qingshan were sitting at a table, with no one else there.

"Our factory is not as good as your big factory. It's a bit simple. Don't mind." The factory director said to Liu Qingshan with a smile.

"That's good. I'm satisfied as long as I can eat something hot. It's not easy to get food everywhere in the country right now. We can't waste it." Liu Qingshan really didn't have any requirements for food.

"Qingshan, can I just call you Qingshan?"

"Of course, our factory director and section chief all call me Qingshan, Director Lin, you don't have to be polite to me."

"Then you can call me Aunt Lin. It won't be a loss for you to call me Aunt at my age." Director Lin said kindly.

"Okay, then I'll call you Aunt Lin."

The atmosphere became more harmonious as we ate and talked.

Liu Qingshan suddenly thought of the sketch in the briefcase and said quickly!

"Aunt, please see if your factory can make this coat. I wanted to design it for my wife. But she thought it was a waste and didn't make it." Liu Qingshan took out the coat drawing from his briefcase.

"Qingshan is married now. I was thinking of introducing you to the female workers in our factory." As he spoke, he put on his glasses and stared at the picture in his hand.

"This coat has a very novel style. I've seen similar ones in foreign patterns, but none as good-looking as this one. I want to make one for myself. We can make it, but what material do you plan to use?"

Director Lin changed his tone and spoke in a professional manner.

"I don't want this coat anymore, my wife thinks it's a waste. I think this coat made of cashmere has better texture and looks better. I'll give you this picture, Aunt Lin, and see if this product is competitive. I think it's not worse than the foreign pictures I saw in college. If we can export it to earn foreign exchange, it would be even better."

"Yes, foreign exchange is tight now. Our factory also has foreign exchange tasks." Director Lin said with a frown.

“You can try to design a few sets with different materials, colors, and patterns. Test the waters and see if you can sell them internationally.”

"Okay, I'll try later."

After they finished their meal, Liu Qingshan prepared to ride away.

"Qingshan, here you take this with you."

Liu Qingshan saw that the cloth in this package was quite a lot. It could not be bought with money. One needed a ticket. It was a hot commodity.

"No, we can't have this." Liu Qingshan shook his head like a rattle.

"It's not good cloth, and I can't give you good cloth. It's the cloth that was damaged by the printing and dyeing machine. Take it back and try to see if it can be used." Director Lin put the package on the back seat of Liu Qingshan's car.

"Thank you, Auntie. I'll go back first."

"Goodbye!" Director Lin looked at the drawings in his hand and thought Liu Qingshan was an interesting person.

It was almost 8 o'clock when I got home. I was still a little scared on the way. There are many dangers these days.

I didn't go through the courtyard gate, but went straight back home through the alley. As soon as I parked the car, my wife Feng Yu came out.

"It's so late again today, have you eaten?" Feng Yu asked with concern.

"Eat it, and look what I brought back." Liu Qingshan said proudly, patting the package.

Feng Yu came over and opened the package, feeling excited. "So much cloth, did you buy it from the textile factory?"

"I didn't buy any. The factory manager thanked me for it. These are all defective products with bad printing."

"That's worth a lot of money. This kind of cloth can't be bought even if you have money. Last time, a colleague whose family works in a textile factory bought some internally." Feng Yu grinned happily.

"Don't spread this around the courtyard. Just use it for our own family."

"Okay, I know. I'll go see if Mom is asleep and tell her." Feng Yu skipped away.

Liu Qingshan looked at Feng Yu, who still looked like a child who had not grown up, and smiled knowingly.

As soon as I carried the package into the room, my parents came over wearing coats. Feng Yu stood by and took out pieces of cloth like a treasure, which added up to more than 20 feet.

"Dad, Mom, there are so many pieces of cloth. I want to bring some to my sister and make some clothes for Dongdong. It will be cold soon. Dongdong is small and grows fast."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. The thing is small, so you can take a 6-foot one. He can do a lot with it, and that's enough. There are still about 20 feet left, so you can send half of it to your father-in-law."

My mother couldn't take her eyes off the cloth in her hand.

"I'm making a cotton coat for each of you. I think that should be enough."

"There's not enough cotton at home, and there aren't enough tickets."

Liu Qingshan asked curiously!

"Just tear down the old ones and add some new ones, that's enough."

"I don't need it. Mom and Dad, you can make one each, and make one for Xiaoyu if you have the extra one. My clothes are still quite new, it's not cost-effective to tear them apart." Liu Qingshan thought about it and decided that his old clothes could still be worn, so there was no need to make them again.

"Okay, we'll listen to you. Your dad and I will also enjoy your blessing." The old couple's eyes narrowed with smiles.

"Aren't you going to work overtime tomorrow?" said Liu's father.

"No, the work is done. This is the reward from the textile factory."

"Okay, you can do it." Mom and Dad went back to the house happily.