Li Yan clutched the three balls in his hand, looked pensive, and then immediately started a conversation with Cha Xiaodao in Chinatown.

After a short messy sound of breaking the air, Cha Xiaodao's voice sounded in Li Yan's ears: "What's wrong?" ”

"What about the book?"

On the other side, Cha Xiaodao, who had just fallen asleep, pulled out a large volume of "The Book of Creation" from under the pillow: "The pillow here is too low. I slept soundly on this thing. ”

"Put the book away, don't read it yet. I'll tell you more about it when I get back. ”

"That's a good idea, I'm reading this thing and have a headache."

"Wait until I get back."

Li Yan then cut off the conversation.

"Found it."

The freckled girl pulled out a bottle of lube from a small drawer.

"Sir?"

"Oh."

Only then did Li Yan react and returned the parts to the girl, and the vein-like lines on them had disappeared, exactly the same as the ordinary three-way balls.

The freckled girl took the triathlon ball, carefully dismantled it, oiled it, and installed it back into the case, all skillfully and spicy.

"How old are you?"

Li Yan asked casually.

"Fourteen."

"It's so late, and you're so young, and you still have to help the guests iron their clothes?"

"We do the sewing and washing, too."

"Oh."

Li Yan stopped talking.

After a while, the machine started again, and the steam coming out of the air holes on the iron was denser than usual.

"Looks like it's time to get oiled."

"Right."

Two people, one big and one small, just stared at the water vapor rising into the sky, and no one spoke.

Suddenly, across the road from the Black Rose Theater, a beautiful figure chased out, she ran out of breath, and even lost one of her high heels.

Dorothy looked around while agreeing, and saw Li Yan's eyes lit up when she found Li Yan facing the water vapor on the other side of the road.

"Hey!"

She raised her hand, attracting the attention of countless passers-by.

Dorothy crossed the road with one shallow foot and one foot shallow and walked to Li Yan's side, the freckled girl recognized her face and shouted excitedly: "Are you the big star Dorothy?" Do you need to iron your clothes? ”

"Oh, thanks, I think I need a pair of shoes."

Dorothy replied to the girl with a flushed face.

"Why did you run out when the show was over, they should be looking for you everywhere now, right?"

Li Yan asked.

"Those people shouted stupid and sharp words in the stadium. If I was in the field, it could have been even worse. ”。 With that, Dorothy winked playfully, "Do you want to say goodbye without saying goodbye?" ”

"I didn't mean that, but my face doesn't seem to be suitable for that kind of environment."

Dorothy retracted her expression and took a deep breath: "Thank you." I've never had it easier. ”

"You're welcome."

The freckled girl leaned her neck and looked at Li Yan for a while, and Dorothy for a while. Doubts were written on the little face.

"Mind taking a walk with me?"

Dorothy stretched out her white wrist at Li Yan.

"Well, to be honest, I have some important personal matters to deal with, so I may ......"

Without waiting for Li Yan to finish speaking, Dorothy grabbed Li Yan's hand and pulled him out.

Li Yan opened his mouth, but after thinking about it, he didn't refuse again.

"Hey, Miss Dorothy, don't you really need to iron your clothes?"

The freckled girl shouted at the backs of the two.

Dorothy turned her head and smiled sweetly at the girl.

"Good luck next time, little girl."

With that, the two walked farther and farther away under the gaze of the freckled girl.

The freckled girl touched the warm bills in her pocket, shrugged her shoulders, and sat back down to her little pony, gazing at the well-dressed pedestrians on the road, anticipating her next guest.

"It's been a long night."

Dorothy sighed.

Li Yan looked at the moon in the sky and nodded: "You're right, today's night is very long. ”

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The sky was dark, and it was just a little white.

The workshop of the Enfield munitions processing plant opened its doors, the lights in the corridor turned on one after another, the converter was started, the hands of the instrument panel were flying, the heat wave of steam was blowing in the face, and the workers who were still asleep were talking about complaints with worried eyes, slowly putting on protective suits and safety helmets, and reluctantly walked to their posts.

The original cold and bulky machinery and equipment in the workshop are rejuvenated by the hum of the rotating shaft, and the workers shuttle back and forth in the large military equipment, which gives people a touching and rugged beauty.

"Why did you call everyone here so early?"

Chang Yu's eyes were bloodshot, and his legs were still bandaged.

"The Ministry of Urban Health wants to temporarily purchase a batch of equipment for individual soldiers, saying that it is to prevent the plague. The workload of assembling individual soldiers is too large, and the pressure from above is tight, so all the workers who can be mobilized have been transferred, what happened to your legs? ”

Robert asked.

Chang Yu recalled what happened at night, and his face was a little ugly: "No, it's nothing. Let's get to work. ”

Robert patted Chang Yu on the shoulder: "Chang, the personnel of the test department don't need to go to the production line, you just need to check the quality of the individual soldiers in the factory at the end." ”

"It's okay, I can't be idle. Hey Jim, the hand puller should be a little tighter, the track fixation doesn't sound right. ”

With that, Chang Yu walked to the production line, chatted with the black and strong worker, and then took over his post and told him to go elsewhere.

Robert looked at Chang Yu, who was holding a hammer and struggling to hit the rivets, and he could only smile bitterly.

"Do you always look like you are beating chicken blood, do you want to show Monsieur Saint-Yves?"

Nearby, an engineer in a white overalls muttered.

When Robert heard this, he couldn't help but look at him: "That's why you graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology and became an engineer, and he started as a railroad worker who hammered nails, and now you are on an equal footing." ”

The man's face was obviously much uglier, but because Robert's position was higher than his own, and because he had the trust of Saint-Yve, he did not dare to attack.

Enfield's logo is a V-shaped white eagle with the word "Enfield" underneath, or the company's full spelling.

Almost all steam equipment produced in Enfield will be emblazoned with such a logo, whether it is a military combat man, an armored fighting vehicle, or a tractor for seeding.

Chang Yu's steam equipment is no exception.

After most of the night's hectic work, all kinds of powerful equipment took shape, packed after a simple experiment, and the people of the Health Bureau took away the batch of individual equipment early in the morning.

"Thor heavy individual soldiers, high-powered forklifts, flamethrowers." , often asked Robert, who had just completed the handover and signature with the Ministry of Health, with some puzzlement: "Is it necessary to make such a big move to eradicate the plague?" ”

"People have approvals, and Enfield is working according to the charter, and we don't need to take care of other things."

Robert didn't care.