When I got home from work, Zhao Ting and Aunt Liu hadn't come back yet.

Remove the stone from the water tank where the food is stored, wipe the top panel with a rag, and feel that there is no dust, then remove the top to reveal the meat in the tank. There are two roast chickens frozen hard, half a braised fish, more than a dozen Erhe noodle steamed buns, and 3 lumps of potato flour.

After thinking about it for a while, he took out the half of the fish and two steamed buns, put them on a plate on the dining table, turned around and re-covered the water tank, put the stone steady, and washed his hands in the basin. Add water to the pot, place on the stove and start heating the rice.

While waiting for the meal to be hot, the thunderous carving began again. After carving the final cut on the blank, the meal was almost ready. In order to celebrate the completion of the design and manufacture of the mechanical exoskeleton, he took out a bottle of Moutai.

By the time all the meals were wiped out, there would be little left of a bottle of Moutai. He picked up the bottle and shook it, brought it to his lips, craned his neck, and drank the wine from the bottle.

Dizzy, he went back to bed, fell down and fell asleep.

When I woke up the next day, I sat on the bed, was stunned for a while, rubbed my face with my hands, washed, practiced, and rode my bicycle to the rolling mill without eating early.

Sitting behind his desk, he was still a little dazed, without any desire to work. After thinking about it, Zhao Ting seems to have not been home for 5 days, and today's state should be a little worried about her safety. Next time I go to the old man's house, ask if I can adjust her work. It's too dangerous, and it always makes me uneasy.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Li Huaide hurriedly came to the laboratory, tried the exoskeleton in person, and then instructed everyone in the laboratory to keep it a secret before leaving with Wu Liankui.

It's really in a hurry, and it's a hurry to go.

The bored Li Guocheng climbed to the window and watched Li Huaide and Wu Liankui get into the car, and the direction of the car should be the factory gate. After watching the smoky car disappear from his field of vision, he returned to his chair, holding his teacup in a daze.

"Xiao Li, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Gong and Master Yi, who had already paid attention to Li Guocheng's state, finally couldn't help it, and the two walked to Li Guocheng's side and asked.

"Ah", Li Guocheng looked up at Master Yi and Wang Gong, and after a while, his eyes regained focus, "What's wrong?" ”

The two looked at each other, but Master Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Xiao Li, you are not in the right state today, what happened?" ”

Li Guocheng, who returned to his soul, didn't want everyone to know his worries, "Uncle Yi, Wang Gong, drank too much yesterday, and now he is a little sober."

The two of them looked at Li Guocheng's sincere eyes, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Scare us, drink less in the future!" The two returned to their seats, laughing and crying.

Li Guocheng picked up the basin, took half a basin of cold water, washed his face, and after feeling a little sober, he started working.

first checked the work that Zhou Xiaojuan and Tang Danian were responsible for, and found that Zhou Xiaojuan had been completed, and Tang Danian's work was nearing completion.

After arranging for Zhou Xiaojuan to continue mapping the exoskeleton, she found Wang Gong to understand the manufacturing progress of the vacuum furnace. Without saying a few words, he suddenly received a call from Zhao Lao, asking him to meet in the evening and bring an exoskeleton.

After putting down the phone, Li Guocheng immediately came back to life, thinking that he would mention Zhao Ting's work transfer to the old man in the evening.

I took some canvas from the warehouse and returned to the office in a hurry, "Xiao Zhou, you scrub the exoskeleton, I'll be useful after work."

"Brother Li, Uncle Li, I don't want to toss people so much, I want it here for a while, and I want it there for a while", Zhou Xiaojuan dropped her pen and protested to Li Guocheng indignantly.

"Nonsense, hurry up, I'm going to report to work after work," Li Guocheng said with a smile.

"Xiao Zhou, Li Guocheng is really in trouble", Wang Gong helped to play the round.

"Hmph" Zhou Xiaojuan was still a little unhappy, but then she helped scrub the exoskeleton.

Li Guocheng smiled, sat down and began to cut the canvas, then sew, and finally finished the work before getting off work. Two canvas bags appeared on his desk.

Zhou Xiaojuan was not happy just now, but now she helped disassemble the exoskeleton, and then handed it to Li Guocheng. Li Guocheng put the three-part module into one of the canvas bags. Picked up another canvas bag, went to the assembly workshop, looked around, and put the military exoskeleton and drawings in the secret realm into the canvas bag.

Back in the office, as soon as she put the bag on the desk, Zhou Xiaojuan, who ran over, saw the military exoskeleton inside, and was immediately attracted by the matte appearance with modern aesthetics. Unfastened the rope buckle of the canvas bag, took out the leg module from the inside, held it in his hand, looked left and right, and his eyes were full of small stars.

"Xiao Li, what kind of craft are you?" Wang Gong, who was attracted by Zhou Xiaojuan's exclamation, asked.

"In the matte process, the metal surface is polished first, and then soaked in lye for 3~5 minutes to get the current effect," explains Li Guocheng.

Wang Gong took out the crotch module from his bag, observed it carefully, and couldn't stop sighing.

After work, Li Guocheng walked out of the laboratory with a canvas bag in one hand. I saw a young soldier at the door, and when he saw Li Guocheng, he stepped forward and saluted, "Hello, I am sent by Chief Zhao to pick you up."

"You know me?" Li Guocheng asked suspiciously.

"I saw you when I was on duty at the chief's place," replied the young soldier in a calm tone.

"Please wait", Li Guocheng returned to the laboratory with his bag.

"Hey, grandpa, it's me, Li Guocheng, did you send someone to pick me up from the factory?" Through layers of transfers, I finally contacted Mr. Zhao by phone.

"Hahaha, yes, don't worry", and hung up.

In Zhao Lao's study, there was an extra old man in military uniform who was about the same age as Zhao Lao, and the four pockets on his upper body showed that he was a cadre. Because the military rank system was abolished last year, cadres or small soldiers can only be identified from their pockets, and it is impossible to identify how big an officer is.

"How? Old Ma, Xiao Li's vigilance is high enough", before getting off work, he wanted to call Li Guocheng to send a car to pick him up, but he was stopped by the soldier surnamed Ma in front of him, saying that he wanted to test Li Guocheng.

"Lao Zhao, you can become a sperm by sticking your hair, how can you find a son-in-law is the same as you, you are a monkey spirit at a young age."

"Hahaha, envy go, you horse cannon fight."

Back next to the car, the young soldier helped open the back door, and Li Guocheng put the two canvas bags on the back seat, bypassed the body, and sat in the passenger seat.

In less than 15 minutes, Li Guocheng put the bag on the ground in Zhao's study.

At the request of Zhao Lao, it only took 5 minutes to put the simple version on Zhao Lao, and the military version on the old man in military uniform. If an active-duty military member is proficient in dressing, it will not take more than 1 minute at most.

The two walked around the study, observing each other's equipment, and a few minutes later, with the help of Li Guocheng, they disarmed the exoskeleton and sat back in their seats.

"This is the mechanical exoskeleton you designed and built yesterday?"

Old Man Zhao's expression was undisguised, and his face was incredible.

"It's not that exaggerated, in fact, it was conceived a long time ago, and I just wanted to design a power-assist device for advanced fitters to improve their strength and physical stability. In the design process, it slowly evolved into the present two versions."

"Young man, that's amazing," said the old soldier with a smile on his face.

(End of chapter)