Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Lin Qi walked out of the office of the Second Technical Department, came to He Yuzhu, and said, "Director He, do you have something to talk to me about?"

He Yuzhu smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, it's about what I told you yesterday about the farm under the preparatory field. Secretary Gao and Director Yang of the general factory have already signed the project application. We can go to the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation to submit the materials for approval. I would like to ask you to go to the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation with me. After all, I have never handled this kind of business before. If I go alone, I don't know which department to go to."

"Okay, no problem. Director He, when do you plan to go?" Lin Qi asked.

"Do you have time now? If you do, let's go now!"

Lin Qi thought for a moment and said, "I have time, but you have to wait for me here for a while. I have to go back and arrange my work."

"It's okay. You go and arrange it. I'll drive first. You can just come to the parking lot to find me later." After saying that, He Yuzhu turned and walked towards the parking lot.

He Yuzhu walked to his car, opened the door and got in. After a while, Lin Qi ran to He Yuzhu's car, panting, "Director He, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's go!" After that, Lin Qi opened the passenger door and got in.

"Chief Lin, don't rush next time. Walk slowly. I'm not in a hurry." He Yuzhu started the SUV and asked after it started moving, "Chief Lin, I have never been to the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation. I'll have to trouble you to show me the way later."

"No problem, Director He."

Driving on the road to the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation, He Yuzhu observed the situation on the road and asked Lin Qi, "Chief Lin, when I came to see you, I stood outside your office and heard that you seemed to be discussing the design sketch of the combine harvester I gave you yesterday. What do you think of the sketch I drew?"

"Director He, have you really never been to college?" Lin Qi looked at He Yuzhu excitedly.

He Yuzhu smiled slightly and replied in a relaxed tone: "I started learning cooking from my master in Fengze Garden when I was eleven years old. I came to work in our factory at the age of sixteen. I didn't even finish elementary school, so how could I have the opportunity to go to college?" After saying that, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

However, Lin Qi was not amused, and his expression became more serious and solemn. He looked at He Yuzhu, his eyes flashing with admiration and curiosity. Seeing this, He Yuzhu asked in confusion: "Chief Lin, why do you suddenly ask this question? Did something happen?"

Lin Qi took a deep breath and said slowly: "I took the sketch of the combine harvester you designed for me back to the department, and then let other colleagues take a look at it. As a result, they all agreed that the sketch of the combine harvester you drew is simply perfect and completely meets the actual needs. As long as we manufacture the combine harvester according to your ideas, it will definitely become a groundbreaking product." At this point, his voice paused slightly, and a hint of self-blame and shame flashed in his eyes.

Then, Lin Qi continued, "To be honest, as a college student majoring in mechanics, I didn't realize that the drawings of the combine harvester you drew were so perfect. This made me feel deeply inadequate and lacking. And through this incident, I also realized that your knowledge level in mechanics is far beyond what I imagined. Therefore, I asked you if you have been to college, because the talent you have shown is amazing. So where did you learn such solid knowledge of mechanics?"

"Although I only went to school for a few years, after I entered our factory at the age of sixteen, I would use the time after get off work every day to read and study. At that time, I was just a cook in the cafeteria and could only read some classic ancient books; later, thanks to the trust of the organization, I was allowed to take up a leadership position, and I began to read management books; later, I began to read books on mechanics. I just have a wider range of knowledge. When it comes to mechanical knowledge, I am definitely not as good as you, a serious international student who has studied abroad!" He Yuzhu said with emotion.

"As for you saying that you were not impressed after reading my drawings, it may be because you don't know much about combine harvesters. After all, your major is cotton picking machinery, and I don't know much about cotton pickers. But I think cotton pickers must be much more complicated than combine harvesters. However, no matter how perfect my sketch is, it is only a simple sketch, not even a professional design drawing. It can only provide you with a general idea. If you really want to build our own combine harvester, you still have to rely on professional technicians like you."

"Chief Lin, a combine harvester is a very complex machine. Even if we develop a combine harvester according to my ideas, this is only the first critical step. The subsequent improvement of the combine harvester is still very heavy, and there are still many problems to be overcome. For example, how to develop a more efficient and advanced combine harvester, and how to increase the service life of the combine harvester, etc. These are challenges before us, waiting for you technicians to solve! The same is true for the cotton picker you want to develop. We will first solve the problem of not being able to produce cotton pickers. After our country's own cotton pickers are produced, we will find ways to improve the performance of the cotton pickers little by little."

"You have such a deep understanding of combine harvesters through self-study. It was such a waste of your talent that you didn't go to college." Lin Qi said with regret after hearing what He Yuzhu said.

"Chief Lin, please don't say that! The division of labor is indeed different, but everyone has their own responsibilities and missions. Although I have never been to college, this does not prevent me from contributing to the country's construction!" He Yuzhu responded with a smile, his face filled with confidence. In fact, the reason why He Yuzhu did not go to college is not as simple as it seems.

In fact, deep down, he had no interest in returning to primary school to relearn those basic knowledge. Therefore, when his cheap father He Daqing arranged for him to be Wu Baotian's apprentice, he gladly accepted the opportunity, as if he had found a more suitable path for his development. As for the fact that He Yuzhu drew such a perfect combine harvester blueprint, the truth was beyond Lin Qi's guess.

In fact, these drawings were not obtained by looking up information and summarizing experience in the library. The real reason was that when he was a child before he traveled through time, he had witnessed a real combine harvester with his own eyes. What was even more coincidental was that someone happened to disassemble it for maintenance at that time, which allowed him to carefully observe the internal structure of the machine. In addition, he also saw relevant videos about the working principle of the combine harvester on the short video platform. Combining the above factors, he was able to successfully draw the nearly perfect sketch of the internal structure of the combine harvester.

"Director He, you are right. I was too narrow-minded. By the way, Director He, turn right at the intersection ahead. After turning around and going another 200 meters, you will reach the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation. You can drive slower."

"Okay." After saying that, He Yuzhu followed Lin Qi's advice, stepped on the brakes, and began to slow down the SUV.

He Yuzhu drove the SUV to the gate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation. Lin Qi opened the door and ran to the registration room at the gate to fill in the information. After a while, Lin Qi sat in the car again, "Director He, we can go in."

After He Yuzhu parked the SUV in the parking lot of the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation, turned off the engine and got out of the car, he said to Lin Qi beside him: "Chief Lin, this is your old unit. From now on, I will follow your command. What do you think we should do?"

Lin Qi thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask my former colleagues to see if Minister Wang is in the department. If he is, I'll take you directly to see him. After all, it's the first time for a factory to open a farm in China. I don't think other people know how to handle it, so just go directly to Minister Wang."

"Okay, you decide!"