After breakfast, Fang Hanmin walked out of the yard and wanted to walk around the neighborhood, but his mother Xu Guihua stopped him, "Hanmin, don't go far, we want to discuss something with you in a while." ”

As soon as he heard that there was something to discuss, Fang Hanmin turned around and came back, "Mom, I'm not going anywhere, I'm waiting for you at home." ”

After more than ten minutes, Xu Guihua and Fang Xiecheng came to the hall, and Fang Hanmin sat around the table with his parents, "Mom and Dad, what do you want to discuss with me?" ”

Because Xu Guihua spoke more tactfully, whatever happened at home and outside the house, she was the one who came forward. The old couple looked at each other, and Xu Guihua introduced the current situation of the family and their plans to Fang Hanmin, "Although your sister is married, you are not too young, even your younger brother is in his early twenties, and the family is like this, we are afraid that it will not be good for you and your brother." ”

Fang Hanmin didn't understand what his mother meant, "Mom, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"Hanmin, our house is too old, if someone comes to you or your brother to tell the matchmaker, I am afraid that the woman will dislike this house, I will discuss with your father and want to rebuild this house."

If he only considered Fang Hanmin himself, he would not care about repairing the house, because he had no intention of getting married and starting a family in his hometown at all, and the quality of the house would have no effect on him. But when his mother Xu Guihua talked about this matter, he also involved his brother Fang Xinmin, if Fang Hanmin wanted to stay out of the matter again, it would be tantamount to being indifferent to his brother's affairs, and he couldn't be reasonable as a big brother.

Fang Xinmin is in his early twenties, and the young man looks good, as long as the family conditions are reasonable, there is no shortage of people who come to the door to talk about matchmaking, so his parents are starting to worry about his affairs now, they feel that the biggest difficulty in front of them is that the house at home is too old, of course, they think that this is also a problem that Fang Hanmin needs to face.

The purpose of the parents discussing this matter with Fang Hanmin is very clear, everyone knows that money is needed to repair the house, but there are very few places for the family to pay for it, relying on a few acres of land to grow food, in addition to the family's rations, they can't give a few dollars a year, if the family repairs the house, they can only rely on Fang Hanmin's help.

Fang Hanmin knew the purpose of his parents, but he only had a salary of forty or fifty yuan a month, and he had to send twenty yuan to his hometown every month to subsidize the family, and the money he could save was actually very limited, "Parents, what do you want to do?" ”

"If possible, we plan to tear down the old house and rebuild it." Fang Xiecheng, the father who had been silent beside him, finally spoke.

"Have you made a budget, how much does it cost to tear down and rebuild the old house?"

The two elders obviously didn't make a specific budget, but they gave an example of how much a villager in the village spent on building a new house of the same size last year.

When Fang Hanmin heard this, the money he had accumulated now was only half of this amount at most, and if the old house was demolished and rebuilt, it would be too far to rely on his help alone! "Mom and Dad, I want to ask, how much money can the family come up with?"

Xu Guihua thought for a while, "Hanmin, over the years, you have sent money to your family every month, but you also know that our family basically has no other place to pay for it, and the usual pocket money depends on the money you send back, even if you save some, this time your sister got married, and she bought a dowry." Therefore, the family basically can't afford to repair the house now. ”

"I'm also in favor of improving the living environment of my family, but according to what you said, the villagers only have half the money to build a house of the same size, how can I come up with half of the money?" Fang Hanmin felt very embarrassed.

The eldest son has done his best, Fang Xiecheng and Xu Guihua were at a loss, and they were silent for a long time, Xu Guihua seemed to remember something, "Hanmin can take out half of it, how much is it missing, we can borrow it from relatives and friends!" ”

Fang Xiecheng glanced at his wife, "You said it easily, who to borrow?" Who can lend it to you? ”

Mother Xu Guihua is worthy of being the backbone of the family, not only thoughtful, euphemistic, but also good at taking advantage of various favorable conditions, she disagreed with the old party's words, "If it was put in the past, no one was willing to lend us money, now the situation is different, Hanmin is now a regular employee of the state, if relatives and friends know about this, they promise not to refuse us, if you don't believe it, I dare to bet with you!" ”

There is some truth in this, in the past, the old Fang family borrowed money from relatives and friends, and almost no money was returned on time, so that some people avoided them, even if Fang Hanmin went to the city to work as a temporary worker in the city for a few years, people's impression of their family has not changed much. But their eldest son is now a regular worker, and in the eyes of rural people, it is equivalent to serving an iron rice bowl, and relatives and friends no longer have to fear that they will not repay the money they borrowed.

Fang Hanmin did not disagree with his mother's idea, but he stressed that even if he and his relatives and friends could scrape together enough money to demolish the old house and build a new one, he did not need to consider his future needs to get married and start a family.

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After talking for more than two hours, his mother Xu Guihua prepared lunch in advance, and before 12 o'clock at noon, Fang Hanmin had lunch, said goodbye to his parents and family, and headed for the long-distance bus station in the township, and returned to the staff dormitory of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory before 6 o'clock in the evening.

After going to work the next day, Fang Hanmin appeared in his office on time, he hadn't seen him for three days, and several assistants didn't have anything more to report to him.

"I heard that you took leave to go back to your hometown? Coming back so soon? How's it going back home? Didn't you finally go back and stay in your hometown for a few more days? ”

Fang Hanmin didn't expect Director Yuan to care so much about him, he was the leader of a large state-owned enterprise with thousands of people, and at the same time, Fang Hanmin hurriedly said: "Thank you for your concern!" The business of my hometown has been done, and there is nothing else to do, so I will come back. ”

"Oh, that's good. I heard that your hometown is relatively remote, no matter what difficulties you or your family encounter in the future, bring it up to me, and the factory will help you. "Regardless of whether he does it or not, Lao Yuan can say this, which proves that he really attaches more importance to Fang Hanmin.

After thanking him again, Fang Hanmin asked the factory to coordinate with the second workshop and the relevant institutions of the factory as soon as possible, so that they could work in the second workshop.

"Don't worry about this, I will instruct the relevant departments to handle this matter."

In the afternoon of the same day, the factory office notified Fang Hanmin to go to the conference room on the second floor for a meeting, maybe a little late, when he pushed the door in, he saw Director Yuan, Deputy Director Wang, Mr. Xia, Chief Xue of the Technical Section and two leaders of the second workshop, as well as the leaders of the department in charge of water and electricity in the factory.

Seeing Fang Hanmin sitting down on a chair near the door of the conference room, Director Yuan beckoned: "Comrade Xiaofang, come forward and sit here." Lao Yuan pointed to a chair not far from him.

When the participants arrived, Director Yuan began to speak: "Today's meeting is not only temporarily convened, but also planned for a long time, because the content of the meeting involves the in-depth technical transformation of the second workshop. Half a year ago, it was also here, Comrade Xiaofang put forward the in-depth technical transformation project of the second workshop, they acted vigorously and resolutely, and immediately took action, in about half a year, not only did the small test of the project, but also successfully completed the pilot test, and carried out various summaries, in short, the test was very successful! Congratulations! ”

Lao Yuan paused, and continued happily: "What is even more gratifying is that Comrade Xiaofang believes that the results of the pilot test can be directly applied to workshop production, and the purpose of convening this meeting today is to coordinate the relationship between all parties, so that their work can be carried out smoothly as soon as possible and succeed in industrial production as soon as possible!" ”

The standard routine for a meeting convened by a leader is that the factory director will make an opening statement, and the deputy and functional departments will put forward specific problems and finally solve the problem.

Although according to the general technology development process, Chief Engineer Lao Xia also had some questions, he had witnessed Fang Hanmin's magic many times, so he had to swallow what he wanted to say.

Deputy Director Wang is in charge of production, such a major technological transformation, he naturally has something to say, "Comrade Xiaofang, the hydrogenation reduction technology you proposed belongs to a very advanced production process, although you have been verified by the laboratory and the pilot test, but without industrial testing, it is directly applied to production, how sure are you of success?" ”

It's not that Lao Wang has nothing to do, because this is not only his responsibility, but also the general process that should be followed for technology development, but Fang Hanmin has saved a big step, and Deputy Director Wang's questioning is not unreasonable.

However, the hydrogenation reduction technology brought by Fang Hanmin, in the 21st century he has experienced, has been very mature, and the production process that has been widely used, verified in the laboratory and pilot plant, is only to cover people's eyes and ears, deliberately made for the relevant leaders to see, measured by rigorous scientific research standards, it cannot be regarded as technology development in the strict sense at all.

Questioned by Deputy Director Wang again, Fang Hanmin looked very calm, "I want to say that I am 100% sure of success, but I am afraid that everyone will say that I am bragging, but I dare to guarantee that the hope of success is very great!" ”

"If it doesn't work out, what do you use as a guarantee?" Lao Wang asked.

"This ......" Fang Hanmin was speechless for a while, he was an unmarried young man, except for his monthly salary, he had nothing, what could he use as a guarantee?

Deputy Director Wang's question was difficult to answer, which made Fang Hanmin very embarrassed.

Although Lao Wang's initial questioning was reasonable, everyone could hear it, and his next question was to deliberately embarrass Fang Hanmin.

Regardless of whether Fang Hanmin has a purpose or not, he actively promotes the technological progress of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, which in itself is worthy of encouragement, Lao Wang is so difficult for a self-motivated young man, the number one factory director Yuan can't stand it, "Comrade Xiao Fang took the initiative to carry out technological transformation for the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, what does he guarantee?" Others engaged in technological transformation, and the factory did not ask anyone to guarantee it. ”

"In the past, other technical personnel engaged in technological innovation, all in accordance with the general process, Xiaofang omitted the key industrialization test steps, there must be more risks, requiring him to make a guarantee, there is no other purpose, just let him establish a sense of risk." Deputy Director Wang defended himself.

"According to what you mean, Comrade Xiao Fang must lead his gang of people, but not to do industrial experiments? Comrade Xiaofang, do you think this is necessary? Director Yuan was a little disgusted by Lao Wang's unreasonable entanglement.

"I don't think it's necessary, because we have fully considered the factors of the industrialization test in the pilot test, and then doing the industrialization test is not only a waste of equipment and raw materials, but also a waste of time." Fang Hanmin made his point of view very clear.

After thinking about it, in order to take care of Lao Wang's emotions, Director Yuan proposed a compromise plan.

Another compromise! Is this how the number one person works? Fang Hanmin was quite helpless about this, but the people and things he faced were different from his previous life after all.