Hanging up the phone, Xia Fei returned to the factory to work as he did in the morning, and he couldn't see any emotion on his face, showing unusual calmness.

Xia Fei knew very well that Lao K's people were watching every move of the factory nearby, and even if he had emotions, he would never show them at this time.

Universal pliers fluttered in their hands, Proton and Xia Fei worked hard in the factory, while Old Porter and Lina stayed in the design room, and the processing progress of parts was as always, and it was not slowed down by the reduction in the number of workers.

When the nine of them worked together, Xia Fei didn't feel how tired the maintenance job was, and even had time to sit together and brag and talk about his women.

Now that there are only two people left, Proton and Xia Fei, he feels that maintenance is actually an extremely hard physical work, his arms began to become sore, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead.

With a light touch from the ring, Xia Fei took out two white dews and handed them to Proton to eat one by himself.

Boteng is an honest man, even a little wooden, took the Bai Lu handed by Xia Fei and swallowed it without asking, he was pleasantly surprised by the rapid recovery of physical strength, pry his thumb at Xia Fei, and continued to work with his head.

Since the last bitter battle with Shen Dong, Xia Fei always carried a considerable amount of white dew and snake-eye berries with him, if there was no support from these things in the assessment, Xia Fei would definitely not be able to hold out for twenty-one days.

A shuttle appeared again in the sky, and this shuttle landed in an open space in the factory area, and a tall black fat man walked down.

He looks like a younger version of Old Porter, about forty years old, also more than two meters tall, with a huge beer belly on his chest, and he walks with a shudder, but his eyes are not missing like Old Porter.

Xia Fei stopped what he was doing, poured two glasses of water and walked towards Proton.

With his elbow against Proton, Xia Fei pouted in the direction where the big black fat man was coming and asked about the identity of the person who came.

Proton glanced at the big fat man with extreme disdain, took the water cup and drank most of it in one gulp, and poured the rest of the water directly on top of his head.

"He's the master's biggest apprentice, Murray." Proton whispered.

Xia Fei had long heard that Old Potter actually had four apprentices, but three of them finally chose to leave for various reasons, what was Murray here for?

Murray licked his big belly and walked up to Xia Fei and Proton, his hands constantly rubbing against his pants, and he seemed a little nervous.

Bang!

Bolton slammed the glass on a steel plate, snorted coldly, lowered his head and continued his work, ignoring Murray's presence.

In the face of Boton's unfriendly behavior, Murray looked very bad, kept sweating, stood there dumbfounded, tried to open his mouth several times, and swallowed back several times.

Xia Fei smiled slightly, stepped forward and stretched out his right hand, "Xia Fei, new here." ”

Xia Fei didn't know what was wrong with their brother and sister, he felt that this big fat man could come over to see the factory when it was the most difficult, which showed that he still valued the relationship between master and apprentice, and there was no reason to be too harsh on him, so he took the initiative to go up and say hello to him.

With a little gratitude on his face, Murray said angrily: "Murray, in the past... In the past..."

Xia Fei smiled and patted his fat beer belly, "Amazing, it's almost time to catch up with Uncle Potter, he's in the design room." ”

Murray hesitated for a few minutes, picked up a universal plier from the ground and threw himself into the repair of the battleship.

The distinction between a skilled worker and a novice couldn't be clearer, and although it was the first time Murray had participated in the ship's repairs, he quickly discovered what he was supposed to do.

In the eyes of the old workers, there is always endless work, even if they take over other people's work halfway, they can quickly adapt to it, while the novice always does not know what to do.

Xia Fei observed Murray's movements with his eyes while working, his movements were very skillful and rough, belonging to the type of wide opening and closing, and the long-axis safety screws that needed to be tightened for half a day only took a short time to be tightened in Murray's hands.

Proton is completely different from Murray, he belongs to the slow and methodical type, no matter what the work is always meticulous and slow, the two of them are like tai chi masters, stable and elegant, and the other is like a back punch, fast and effective.

A good worker can be used for two, and with Murray's help, Xia Fei and Proton are a little easier.

At some point, Porter Sr. appeared in the pit area, his eyes staring at Murray, who was working hard, and something seemed to be shaking in his eyes.

Murray spotted Old Porter, and he hurriedly straightened his waist and hid the pliers in his hand behind him.

"I... I—" Murray stammered for a long time, and finally burst out, "I'm sending my wife and children back to my parents' house." ”

Old Porter was slightly stunned, nodded slightly, and then turned around and walked towards the design room.

Proton put down the tools in his hand, sighed, and asked Murray, "Is my sister-in-law okay?" ”

The expression on Murray's face was wonderful, excited, excited, elated, guilty, all put together to show it, and he nodded his head heavily, "Well, I'm about to give birth." ”

Proton smiled good-naturedly, lowered his head and continued to work.

Murray wiped his eyes with his cuffs and fought with Boteng.

Obviously, Murray arranged for his family as soon as he heard about the difficulties of the old Porter's factory, and then came to the master's factory to help without hesitation.

What Xia Fei didn't expect was that about an hour later, another shuttle plane landed in the factory area, and it was a middle-aged thin man with a baseball cap and a mustache on his mouth.

This is the third apprentice of Old Porter, Collins.

He, like Murray, took off his clothes and immediately plunged into intense work.

Four people are obviously much more efficient than two, not to mention, Murray and Collins are both good at work, and it is really enjoyable to watch them work, and gradually the repair progress has been able to keep up with the production rate of parts.

Before dark, a frigate landed in the factory area, and a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked down, looking like he was in his twenties.

This is Xiao Tian that Xia Fei had seen in the black market, the youngest apprentice of Old Potter.

Xiao Tian has long stopped doing maintenance, but his work clothes are still retained, and the pulp is dry and quiet.

Putting on his work clothes, Xiao Tian, like other brothers and sisters, quickly threw himself into work.

Within a day of the crisis in Old Porter's factory, the four apprentices were back together.

Whatever they wanted to leave at the time, it turned out that their people were gone, but their hearts were here

Xia Fei and Botton sat on the ground, holding a water glass in their hands, Xia Fei also lit a cigarette, and watched Murray, Xiaotian and Collins work there.

Proton had a rare smile on his face, and he was very excited.

Even the dying old dog Stellar slowly moved from his nest to the door of the factory building, lying on the ground and staring at the four brothers motionlessly, his cloudy eyes seemed to be shining.

For many years, Stellar watched the four brothers work every day, and now that he is about to leave, it should be a joy to be able to relive the scenes of the past.

Song San, the old lame man who was in charge of cooking, brought a large pot of black drinks with a smile, this kind of drink Xia Fei once drank, it was a local sweet soup that cooled down, and the taste was a little sweet and sour, very similar to the sour plum soup on the earth.

He first presented a small cup to the star and placed it in front of it, the star has not eaten or discorded in the past few days, but today it is unusual, licking the sweet soup in the cup with its tongue full of tongue, and its spirit is much better.

"Here, let's have some sweet soup." Song San greeted with a smile on his face.

Murray and Xiaotian greeted Song San with a smile, and Song San was so happy that he couldn't come, and he talked about the past vigorously.

The four brothers cooperated seamlessly, and it didn't take long for the sun to go down and actually completed the day's workload on time, if it was just Xia Fei and Proton, I am afraid that tonight even if they worked all night, they might not be able to catch up with the progress.

Old Porter walked out of the design room, looked at the familiar faces in front of him, and said with a smile: "Don't go, let's have a drink together in the evening." ”

The four brothers nodded their heads one after another.

At this moment the star suddenly stood up from the ground and roared loudly at the north of the factory, but unfortunately it was no longer graceful, and the roar was more like a low whimper.

The star rushed towards the north with trembling steps, his steps scattered, and he kept roaring as he ran.

Everyone looked at Hengxin strangely, wondering why it was angry.

Suddenly!

Bang! A loud bang came from the north, and the fire was blazing!

A destroyer that had been parked in the north exploded!

The huge explosion directly shattered the glass of the factory, and several spaceships in the factory fell to the ground because they could not withstand the violent shock wave.

Everyone hurriedly rushed out with fire extinguishing tools to extinguish the fire.

Fortunately, the fire was not large, and the fire was extinguished after a while, and the thick smell of burnt paste spread throughout the four fields.

Xiao Tian slammed the fire extinguisher in his hand to the ground, gritted his teeth and rushed to his spaceship, "It must have been done by Old K!" It's too much of a deception! His grandmother! ”

The mustachioed Collins couldn't stand anymore, rolled up his sleeves and followed Xiaotian closely, roaring loudly in his mouth, "I'll go too!" It's a big deal to fight with them! ”

"Stop!" Potter said loudly with a cold face.

Xiao Tian and Collins froze in place when they heard Old Porter's words, their eyes full of unwillingness.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, let's talk about something tomorrow." Potter paused and said.

Xia Fei didn't listen carefully to what they were saying, because he noticed that the star was lying on the ground motionless.

He took two steps to the star and touched its nostrils with his hand, the tip of which was cold and long since it was out of breath.

A fragment from the explosion was stuck in its heart, and the poor old dog died for his loyalty, and he didn't leave peacefully.

Patting the star's head, which had lost a few hairs, Xia Fei said lightly: "You obviously don't have much strength anymore, why are you running so fast?" ”

Everyone gathered around the star, silent, and the introverted Murray even secretly burst into tears.

Everyone dug a pit in front of the factory, where the star frequented most often, and buried the star's body.

It was as if a partner was being buried, solemn and solemn.

After the ceremony, Old Porter patted Xia Fei on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's go to my office." ”

Xia Fei looked very tired, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Uncle Potter, I'm a little tired today and want to rest early." ”

Potter nodded, "It's okay, it's a lot of work today, and it's not easy for you to survive." ”

Back in the cabin, Xia Fei took a shower, changed into his Wind Shadow IV combat suit, and tied Chasing Light tightly to his right arm.

At this time, there were still two hours before the time agreed by Xia Fei and Sonny, Xia Fei was lying on the bed with his head in his hands, looking up at the ceiling, and muttering to himself: "Old K, why don't you even let go of an old dog that is about to die?" ”

PS: 10,000 words seems very difficult, Jiu'er continues to work hard.