Chapter 2 There was a cry in the middle of the night

Qiao Zhengqing walked to the machining group with the rumbling sound of the machine, and saw Zhou Guoliang, an electrician in the maintenance group, standing next to Yu Xiaoying, a grinder worker, and talking, who was grinding the surface of the workbench.

Zhou Guoliang greeted with a smile. "Master Qiao is on duty?"

Qiao Zhengqing nodded: "You work overtime?" ”

Zhou Guoliang shook his head. "No, everyone in the dormitory has gone to work overtime, I'm idle alone, come and have a look, take the factory as my home."

Qiao Zhengqing said with a smile: "It's really nice, I haven't heard bold words for many years, and I can't adapt to it all of a sudden." ”

Zhou Guoliang smiled and said: "You are the eldest master, how can you compare with us ordinary people?" People like us are counting on eating and using the factory, and these days we are still looking forward to a wage increase in the factory every day, and only when we have money can we dare to marry a wife! ”

Qiao Zhengqing frowned. "Why does that sound awkward to me? The word master, it's okay to make a joke once in a while, but it's true? ”

Zhou Guoliang hurriedly restrained his smile. "Don't get me wrong, I mean that the ancestral tomb of the Zhou family has bad feng shui, the cemetery is barren, and the descendants are not sent. I have to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to draft the water, and live on the machine tool factory, which is also helpless. ”

Yu Xiaoying chuckled. "Your old man has become the director of the district education committee, and he still says that feng shui is not good!"

Zhou Guoliang had a disapproving look on his face. "If you don't mention it, it's a shame to mention it! What kind of director is he? Qingshui Yamen, clear soup and little water, the family is so poor that it clangs. ”

Qiao Zhengqing smiled. "How can you, a son, be such a cheap old man? Being unfilial is a great sin. ”

Yu Xiaoying saw Zhou Guoliang's embarrassed face, and hurriedly rounded the field for him: "I don't blame him for being angry, his father who is the director is really annoying: be cautious, afraid of this and that, always worried about the catastrophe coming, and afraid of smashing his head when the leaves fall!" He himself is timid and afraid of things, but he still nagged in Guoliang's ear all day long, what to behave in a low-key manner, 'the rafters who come out are rotten first'; I'm annoyed to death, I don't have the momentum to be an official at all! ”

Qiao Zhengqing noticed that the relationship between the two seemed to be extraordinary. "Xiao Yu knows everything about Xiao Zhou's family, could it be that the two of you are talking about friends?"

Yu Xiaoying's face was red and her ears were red. "Master Qiao, don't talk nonsense, I and him are 'yellow horns, buffalo horns, each taking care of each other.'" I'm married, and he hasn't talked about friends yet! ”

Qiao Zhengqing quipped: "I really can't see it, if it weren't for your classmates, I would have thought you were only seventeen or eighteen years old!" ”

Yu Xiaoying smiled bitterly. "Alas, even old classmates came to make fun of me, old!"

Qiao Zhengqing laughed. "You say you're old, so what are we?"

Qiao Zhengqing wanted to continue, but when he saw the sad gaze on her face, he immediately closed his mouth. He saw that fine wrinkles had appeared around the eye sockets of this machine tool factory flower, and the dark circles under her eyes set off her deep-set big eyes, which looked so tired and sleepy. Judging from the photos of her operating the grinder on the product sample: Yu Xiaoying used to smile like a flower, with bright eyes and bright teeth, but at this moment she is described as haggard and energetic, and only by carefully subdividing and distinguishing can you vaguely see the beauty of the year.

Qiao Zhengqing suddenly realized that what Yu Xiaoying said about "old" refers to the heart, and there must be a difficult scripture in her home. Qiao Zhengqing stopped talking, he didn't want to get to the bottom of other people's privacy, just as he didn't want others to inquire deeply about his family background.

Zhou Guoliang looked at Qiao Zhengqing in a daze. I think that the basketball center of this city's No. 2 middle school was alive and well on the court, but he was a stuffy gourd in the classroom, except for his academic performance slightly better than himself, he was often mediocre and often had no bright spots in other aspects. When classes were suspended to make a revolution, Master Qiao suddenly evaporated in the world, and the classmates were busy with the big tandem and the capitalist faction, and they didn't care about his inconspicuous little role. Now he has become a workshop technician, which is eye-catching. His future is definitely much stronger than his own, at least he can be regarded as a cadre in the workshop office. And it seems that his temperament has not changed, he is still polite and harmonious with everyone, unlike Hong Zhendong and the others, who are still babbling as before, showing the temper of a rebel at every turn, not a person in their circle, don't think about it. It's a pity that Master Qiao's family problems are like a big mountain, so that he can't raise his head in front of people.

At this moment, two people walked in from the door of the workshop, one was Han Daguang, the director of the workshop, and the other was Xin Renjie, a technical talent and graduate student introduced by Sanjiang Machine Tool Factory from S City.

Xin Renjie was about thirty-four or five years old, with a rectangular face, medium to tall height, and a straight waist. Qiao Zhengqing heard that he was invited to be the chief engineer and would take office soon.

Qiao Zhengqing stepped forward quickly, Xin Renjie smiled and stretched out his hand from afar. Qiao Zhengqing felt that his hands were warm, and he shook hands very hard, unlike some people who were like green flies and retracted with a light touch, for fear that the other party would be a hepatitis patient.

Han Daguang said: "He is Qiao Zhengqing, a technician in the workshop. ”

Xin Renjie stared for a moment and said with a smile: "I've heard that my alumnus, a highly talented student of S City Jiaotong University, is known as Master Qiao." ”

Xin Renjie has never known him all his life, and he actually knows him well, Qiao Zhengqing's heart is hot. The word "Master Qiao" came out of his mouth, not only did he feel abrupt, but he seemed very kind, and a kind of sympathetic excitement arose.

Han Daguang introduced to Xin Renjie while walking: "The task assigned by the factory to our workshop is 500 units, and according to the current progress, it is not a problem to achieve a good start in the first quarter." ”

Xin Renjie inquired in detail about the product model, specifications, quality and user feedback. "At present, the country is waiting to be revived, and the machinery industry has ushered in unprecedented development opportunities. Sanjiang Machine Tool Factory is a local enterprise, ranking among the top three in the city's machinery industry, but it cannot be compared with the national machine tool industry's eighteen Arhats. But the local factory also has its own advantages, 'the boat is small and good to turn around. As long as we change our concepts, seize the market, and continue to develop new products, Sanjiang Machine Tool Factory will be able to occupy a place in the national machine tool industry, I am full of confidence. ”

Han Daguang was full of emotion. "After ten years of nightmares, I finally saw the good momentum of reform and opening up. It's a pity that I, Han Daguang, have reached the end of my life, and I can't work with you young people to do a real big business from scratch, and the dream of revitalizing the machine tool factory depends on you to come true. ”

Xin Renjie said: "I just heard people say that Director Han, like Director Lin, was one of the veterans when the factory was established in five or six years. ”

Qiao Zhengqing said: "Director Han should be strong and make the assembly workshop steaming. I didn't expect you to hide it deeply, or the 'founding father' of the machine tool factory, Han Lao's mouth is so tight! ”

Han Daguang shook his head and said: "The hero doesn't mention the courage of the year. It is a shame to say that the predecessor of the machine tool factory was the 'Shengchang Iron Factory' jointly run by several small bosses, with 70 or 80 people, and it was renamed Sanjiang Machine Tool Factory when it was a public-private partnership in five or six years. Director Lin and I are both brothers taught by a master, I am a senior brother, and Director Lin is a close disciple of the master. At the beginning of the ten-year turmoil, the machine tool factory had grown to more than 500 people, and it was one of the best in the Sanjiang machinery industry at that time. It's a pity that the machine tool factory has been in a slump since then, and it wasn't until five years ago that Director Lin took office that he saw hope. Alas, years of wasted time! ”

Xin Renjie comforted: "Han Lao's wish must be unforgettable for our juniors. I believe that in a few years, you will see a brand new Sanjiang Machine Tool Factory that can keep pace with the machine tool industry's 'Eighteen Arhats'! ”

Qiao Zhengqing said: "Elder Han, don't worry, we young people won't let you down." ”

After sending Xin Renjie away, Han Daguang called Qiao Zhengqing to the workshop office to talk. "Brother Zhengqing, not long after you came to the workshop, I see that you are a smart person, a practical person, a good seedling, I can trust you. You have heard the words of Xin Gong, I want to ask you, have you learned anything from the introduction of Xin Gong by Director Lin? ”

Qiao Zhengqing thought for a while. "Director Lin's decision is correct, and the introduction of Xingong will definitely bring positive results to the development of our Sanjiang Machine Tool Factory."

Han Daguang stared at Qiao Zhengqing and said meaningfully: "I think that's not only that, the 'stinky old nine' in the past will soon turn over and become a fragrant bait." ”

Qiao Zheng said indifferently: "Maybe." But I'm afraid we can't generalize, some do, but a minority. Some definitely can't, it's the majority. ”

Han Daguang said: "My vision is different from yours, I should say it backwards, most people are okay, and a few people have to look at his own creation." Otherwise, many people have spent ten years in the cold window, in vain, why does the country spend so much money to run schools? ”

Qiao Zhengqing said: "It doesn't matter what the majority and minority are, he doesn't match me anyway." ”

Han Daguang patted him on the shoulder. "Master Qiao, Master Qiao, I know that you are still struggling with your father's affairs, I believe that one day the truth will be revealed, you don't have to carry the burden and shrink your hands and feet. You have to remember my words today: in the near future, the assembly workshop, or even the entire machine tool factory, must be you capable young people in charge, do a good job, listen to my words will not be wrong! ”

At about ten o'clock, the overtime workers left one after another, and Qiao Zhengqing checked everywhere according to the regulations on duty. As he approached the paint booth in the northwest corner of the workshop, he heard the sound of sobbing and cries inside. Who is there to be sad things, hiding here and crying? Qiao Zhengqing walked into the dark paint room, and the cry gradually sounded, and after a while, it turned into the cry of two people.

Mr. Qiao turned on the light in the paint room, and saw a couple of men and women sitting side by side crying together, crying desolate and heartbreaking. He looked closely, it was Zhou Guoliang and Yu Xiaoying! Qiao Zhengqing was surprised: What happened to these old classmates?