Under the guidance of his master, Kong Lingchen was polishing the blade of the turning knife by the grinding wheel.

From the first day he entered the technical school, he heard the master constantly warn in his ears: sharpening the turning tool is the most basic skill of the lathe, and any ideal lathe worker must first learn to sharpen the turning tool correctly.

At first, he was a little unimpressed, thinking that it was just a matter of sharpening the grinding wheel with a turning tool, and what was so difficult.

But after he really started to learn, he realized that sharpening a turning tool is indeed a basic skill, but it is a basic skill with a high technical content.

Before learning to sharpen the knife, the master first made him proficient in reciting the sharpening mantra.

This is also a major feature of the internship for workers in this era, somewhat similar to the previous apprenticeship system. Each master leads a fixed student, and the relationship between the two sides is not only a teaching and learning relationship, but also a strict master-apprentice relationship.

The master does not have much culture, so it is difficult for them to summarize the scientific teaching method. What they do is to teach some of the empirical and theoretical knowledge they have learned from the master and their own long-term practice to the apprentices in the form of formulas, and then teach them hand-in-hand in specific practical operations.

"There are three types of cutting edge lines, straight curves and compounds;

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Tungsten carbide silicon carbide, according to the material selection of grinding wheels;

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Before today's sharpening, the master routinely asked him to recite the mantra aloud, and also picked out a few sentences for him to explain, to see if he really understood the truth.

Kong Lingchen studied very hard, and he felt that he had infinite motivation in his body to recover the lost youth. This kind of motivation, he didn't understand when he was a teenager, it was his good grades, teachers' praise, classmates' envy, and he felt that the future was bright.

But going to the mountains and going to the countryside made all his dreams come to naught, and at that time he was decadent, sinking, and even thought of death.

It was Xue Zhen's gentleness and kindness that reinvigorated him, but what really restored his hope in life was when the 291st Brigade came, no, it should be called the First Army Division now!

His intelligence and knowledge once again made him feel how beautiful life is.

He is no longer young, no longer frivolous, he knows how to be grateful, he knows how to cherish, cherish the hard-won good life.

At the beginning, the internship in the technical school was hard, I had to learn theoretical knowledge in the morning, practice in the afternoon, and make up the junior high school and high school courses under the leadership of the teacher in the evening.

He and the other students carried these down.

The lost youth does not come back, there is no more time for them to waste in life, and they always have a sense of urgency urging them to work hard.

In order to get on the bus for internship, the girls cut off their precious long black hair, even though some people were reluctant and some girls cried, but they did not hesitate.

Workers are very hard, whether it is on the fixture, or moving the workpiece, it is manual work. Turning workpieces need them to stay at the side of the lathe at all times, from the beginning to the end, always pay attention to any small problems, deal with them in time, at the end of the day, the legs and feet will be swollen, but they work hard, no one complains.

The first material for them to make the car was wood, which was to familiarize them with the basic turning procedures. Car top, car round bar, car outside groove, car thread, car special surface, surface polishing, knurling, up to now, he has helped Xiaozhen, aid the car a lot of tops, gourds, and a variety of wooden dolls, has mastered the basic skills of the lathe.

Today, the master finally informed him that he could make steel materials.

The technical school is piled up with a hill-high pile of scrap steel and scrap iron, which the military region bought from the domestic scrap collection station and let them practice. It's all scrap anyway, so it's not a pity to break it.

However, the workpiece made by the car is no longer the basic shape formulated by the master, but the workpiece diagram sent from above.

It is said that this is a drawing designed by Commander Guan himself, let them practice with scrap parts first, master the processing methods of processing these parts, and then formally process them, they will be much more proficient, and they can get started directly.

The master did not approve of this approach.

He thinks that for novices like Kong Lingchen and others, who don't have a solid foundation, it's better to master various basic skills first, and then improve them. In doing so, the military region is tantamount to pulling out the seedlings and encouraging them to grow, and on the surface it seems that it already has the level of qualified technicians, but in fact the foundation is still very weak.

Kong Lingchen recognized his master's words, but he also welcomed the decision of the military region and Commander Guan, and even secretly grateful.

After so many years, he is eager to make his value come into play. This is what makes him feel that he is a useful person, and not a waste who grows up to the age of twenty-five or sixteen and still only consumes the country's food!

He wants to be recognized!

Kong Lingchen's level of turner is the highest among all students, in the words of the master: spiritual!

This is a high rating, which means that he has the potential to surpass others and become a fifth, sixth, or even seventh. Of course, he didn't have the luxury of expecting to become an eighth-level worker, there are only a few people in the country, and although he has spirituality, he may not be able to become the top level on the high pyramid.

But at the same time, the master is also the strictest in his requirements, much stricter than the average person.

Just a sharpening knife, he sharpened it for more than two hours under the supervision of the master, until the master was finally satisfied, and then let him go to the lathe for actual operation. At this time, Zou Yongdong, who was with him and taught by the same master, had been fighting on the lathe for more than an hour.

He already has a lot of experience in making wood, but the actual making of iron parts makes him feel very different. The wood parts are loose, as soon as the cutter head goes up, you can see the sawdust splashing, and soon a part is carved, the only thing to pay attention to is the wood grain, so as not to scatter the workpiece.

The iron product is much harder, and the speed and angle of the knife are strictly regulated, otherwise it is possible to hit the knife too quickly, that is, the cutter head and the workpiece collide violently. A dozen knives may cause the workpiece to be scrapped, and in serious cases, it will even break the cutter head and fly out to hurt people, which is very dangerous.

When he tried his hand for the first time, he was careless, if the master hadn't stopped it in time, maybe there would have been an accident, and he was so frightened that his face turned pale at that time, and it took a while to come back to his senses.

But fortunately, he is really spiritual, and he quickly mastered the skills, and basically did not make any mistakes in the later practice, so that the strict master also nodded again and again, and asked Zou Yongdong to learn more from him, not only to blindly work hard, but also to learn to work skillfully.

Zou Yongdong is his junior brother, he is not stupid, he has a good memory, but he is not very smart, or he has no spirituality. The same workpiece, he made it is not a hole in the morning. The master taught him to be conscientious, but obviously his efforts were more on Kong Lingchen.

At half past six in the afternoon, the internship ended.

Kong Lingchen reluctantly reset the knife holder, turned off the power, packed up all kinds of fixtures, knives, and tools, and then wiped the lathe with cotton yarn soaked in diesel fuel under the supervision of the master, and left the workshop at dusk.

Syllable!

Behind him, the door of the factory was closed and locked. This is to prevent the students from running away and stealing it, not because they are afraid that they will steal the lathe, but because they are worried that these novices will have accidents without the supervision of the master.

Otherwise, according to the vigor of these students, they are afraid that they will be soaked in it 24 hours a day.

Coming out of the factory, Kong Lingchen, Zou Yongdong and the master said goodbye respectfully, and then walked to the bedroom.

"My back was sore and painful, and I couldn't straighten up. It looks easy, but it's actually more tiring than when I cut wood in the mountains. Zou Yongdong crossed his waist with his hands and lamented with a sad face.

The troops came out because the policies of the military regions were all tilted towards them, and there was a sense of superiority. However, everyone is still relatively simple, and after getting along for a long time, there is no too obvious boundary difference, plus Kong Lingchen has a strong comprehension, and he is often praised by his master, Zou Yongdong has a good relationship with him, and often chats and jokes together.

It's just that his main circle of friends is still a comrade-in-arms in the army, and the two are intimate, but they are far from the flesh-and-blood brotherhood between him and his comrades-in-arms, which can only be regarded as a colleague and brotherhood.

The two talked and ran straight to the cafeteria.

"Kong Lingchen, what are you still coming to eat, Xue Zhen is looking for you, why don't you go quickly!" As soon as he entered the cafeteria, he was stopped by someone and told him that Xue Zhen had been waiting for him outside the technical school for a while.

As soon as Kong Lingchen heard this, he pulled out his feet and ran out.

People outside the technical school are not allowed to enter at will, and even if someone is looking for them, they must send someone through the doorman to call someone out.

The so-called gate is actually Taniguchi, and from a distance, he saw He Yuanchao, who was squatting on the ground and had no shape, pointing at his hands and feet, and was talking to Xue Zhen energetically.

"Ah Zhen! Aid Korea! You've been waiting a long time, haven't you? He greeted happily.

Compared with his classmates, these two are his relatives and brothers.

"Haven't eaten yet, have you? To give! Xue Zhen seemed to know that he ran out before he had time to eat, and thoughtfully handed over a rice bowl full of rice and pork stewed vermicelli.

"How do you buy pork stewed vermicelli, it's so expensive, it costs a dime and three cents per serving! You students only have a subsidy of five yuan per month, which is too wasteful! He was so hungry that he took it and devoured it, and took the time to complain.

"I said you're not fake! Obviously eating that happily, forget it if you don't thank Ah Zhen, and complain vigorously, I haven't seen a person like you! Ah Zhen, don't pay attention to him, it's all habitual! He Yuanchao couldn't get used to seeing him like this, and helped Xue Zhen speak angrily.

"Let's talk about what's up? Didn't all my money go to Ah Zhen? Kong Lingchen didn't care what his friends said, and he ate happily.

I want to separate his relationship with Ah Zhen, dreaming!

"By the way, Ling Chen, our new seniority system has come down!" Xue Zhen was used to bickering as soon as the two met, so she just pursed her lips and smiled, picked up a grain of rice stuck to the corner of Kong Lingchen's mouth, and put it in her mouth, saying happily.

He Yuanchao saw her unsuspecting movements, closed his mouth, and his eyes were a little jealous.

"Oh, you guys came down too? So, we're down too! Kong Lingchen was overjoyed, and asked eagerly while quickly shaving rice.

"We, the students, will count our seniority from the day of the exam! The annual seniority salary rises by five yuan! Everyone was very happy to hear the news, saying that they had never heard of it, and that going to school was counted as seniority. Xue Zhen was very happy, and her eyes were bent into a crescent moon shape when she smiled.

"It's trying to tie us here!" He Yuanchao felt a little surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but interject.

"So what! I think it's good here, but if you're not here, where are you going? Go back to farming? "Kong Lingchen is also a vested interest now, and his ass decides his head, so he naturally helps the military division to speak.

"Yes, aid Korea, the military division is very good to us. Even if we could go back to the city, there wouldn't be that much work for us. The last time I talked to my family on the phone, my dad said that their factory was already full of people, and even if they had the opportunity to go back, they would not be able to arrange work. How can we be like us, as long as we graduate from high school, we will be allocated, and from now on we will start counting the length of service, where can we find such a good treatment? Xue Zhen was extremely happy today, chattering non-stop.

He Yuanchao didn't really think it was bad here, since Xue Zhen said so, he no longer sang the opposite, and said: "Then I will simply go to junior high school for three years, and then go to high school for three years, and I will have six years of working experience when I come out, and I don't have to work, haha!" ”

"Then you're dead!"

Kong Lingchen quickly finished the last bite of rice, skillfully handed the rice bowl to Xue Zhen, wiped his lips, burped comfortably, and said, "You guys don't know too much about the components of wages!" According to the inside information obtained by the veterans of the army in our technical school, the salary is composed of three parts: basic salary, seniority salary, and performance salary.

The basic salary should actually be called the post salary, which is linked to your specific position.

For example, for ordinary lathe workers, the basic salary is twenty; Seiko workshop workers, the basic salary is twenty-five. Therefore, the Seiko workshop is better than the ordinary workshop. The basic salary of the team leader is twenty-six, which is to let the general workshop do well, and there is also an opportunity to catch up with the salary level of the Seiko workshop.

However, there are not many opportunities for this kind of opportunity, how many team leaders are in a workshop, and there are five or six or more than a dozen, in short, the opportunity is much smaller than that of the Seiko workshop, which can only be said to be a balanced approach.

The second part is seniority pay.

In fact, this seniority salary is also divided into two parts, one is the academic seniority, and the other is the skilled seniority.

The length of service is your highest academic qualification. For example, if the DPRK is in junior high school for three years, the annual seniority salary will be four yuan in those three years. And the salary of a high school diploma is eight dollars per year! In three years, you will have twelve yuan less than others, and you will not die of loss! ”

He Yuanchao was stunned, yes, he was at ease in junior high school for three years, but the money was much less.

"Is the seniority pay higher in college?" Xue Zhen hadn't heard of this kind of algorithm yet, so she was curious.

"Yes, if you have a college degree, you will add sixteen yuan a year. Think about it, everyone enters the factory at the same time, the first year is okay to say, from the second year, your junior high school students have a basic salary of 24 yuan per month, and the basic salary of college students is 32 yuan, which is much higher than you! There are even higher, 32 yuan per year for graduate students and 64 yuan per year for doctors! The reason why the military sub-district is engaged in this kind of seniority salary is obviously to hope that everyone will not be satisfied with employment, and even if they are working, they will try their best to obtain a higher education. The more highly educated talents there are, the more military divisions can benefit! After Kong Lingchen got the news, he made a careful analysis of it, and he had already made a rough idea of the context, so he was right.

"What about the number of years of skill?" He Yuanchao also listened to the gods and asked.

"The length of skilled service is tied to your level. Let's say I'm still a cadet and don't have a skill level. But as long as you pass the first-level work, it is a skilled seniority salary of four yuan per year. Level 1 to level 5 are all multiplier relationships, and level 5 is 25 yuan skill salary. But from level 6 onwards, it is a multiplier relationship, and with each level of promotion, the skill salary doubles! I'm sure I'll be able to work at level 5 in the future, and maybe maybe level 6 as well. Since the year when I was rated as a sixth-level worker, it will increase by 50 yuan every month! Kong Lingchen said triumphantly.

"That's a lot!" Xue Zhen's eyes were full of stars, and she counted with her fingers, "The basic salary is twenty, the academic salary is eight yuan if it is high school, and the skill salary is fifty, and these items add up to seventy-eight yuan!" ”

"You're underestimating me! Can you pass the sixth-level worker, but who is still an ordinary worker? At the very least, you have to be a team leader! But I still want to enter the Seiko workshop, not only because the salary is high, but the master said that the Seiko workshop is a master, and a master like me is a shame if I don't enter the Seiko workshop! Kong Lingchen said proudly.

"Uh-huh!" Xue Zhen's face smiled like a flower, like a chicken pecking rice, and nodded again and again.

He Yuanchao was not interested in looking at his stinky fart, so he silently calculated in his heart for a while, and then said in shock: "If you are seventy-eight every year, the salary will not be as high as more than seven hundred in ten years!" How is it possible to take so high! You have to work for the rest of your life, and you can't get two or three thousand! ”

"It's not that high!" Kong Lingchen waved his hand modestly, but his face was proud, "The basic salary is not rising, but the seniority salary is rising." Eight yuan for a high school degree, plus fifty for a sixth-level worker, that is only 58 yuan per year, and 508 yuan in ten years! And I don't have a high school degree yet, so according to my calculations, it will take a year and a half to two years to pass the exam, so it will take at least eleven or twelve years to reach this number. I'm going to go to night school in the future, and I'm going to have to get a college diploma so that my salary is higher. ”

He Yuanchao's face was pale, if it really developed as Kong Lingchen said, the gap between this good buddy in front of him and himself would get bigger and bigger, and he would still be able to hold his head up in front of his brother in the future?

He peeked at Xiao Zhen again, and saw that she looked at Kong Lingchen with a proud face, and his heart was even more restless.

"Speaking of which, the salaries of those troops are high!" Kong Lingchen suddenly sighed, and said a little sourly, "Their starting salary, the coefficient is multiplied by 1.2, which is 20% higher than our salary!" This is the remuneration of the military division for demobilized soldiers, we can't compare, if I have the opportunity, I want to join the army. ”

He looked at Xue Zhen and said sincerely: "Xiao Zhen, I heard that the army will be expanded and recruited skilled soldiers, such as communication soldiers, operators, radio stations, art troupes, and other places, all of which must recruit female soldiers. ”

"But I'm still studying......" Xue Zhen listened to his words, but he was still a little hesitant.

"Who said you can't study if you join the army? Everyone has to go to night school at night, although it is hard, but it is worth it! He grabbed Xue Zhen's shoulder and said eagerly, "By the way, I forgot to mention, I heard that in the future, the salary of dual-income workers will be five yuan higher per month, and families with children will also get a subsidy of three yuan per month!" Jane, let's get married! ”

Suddenly, He Yuanchao stood up, his face was hideous, his hands were clenched into fists and he shouted: "I want to be a soldier, I want to be a soldier!" Tell me, what other professional soldiers do you need in the army, I will risk my life to go in! ”