"Merry Christmas!" Daniel stood in the doorway with a large box of chocolates and said to everyone who was busy.

Li Xiaohong has been transferred to the day shift, and her relationship with Feng Zhao is deteriorating at a rate that is visible to the naked eye. Her gray hair grew more and more, exposing her sorrow, and she was thin and deformed. She didn't think about this Christmas, which had nothing to do with the Chinese but was gradually becoming popular in China, but just nodded to Daniel. Next to it, a group of girls who changed their work clothes took off their work clothes, and their bulging youth showed their dew. One by one, they screamed and pounced on Daniel, who generously handed each of them a large piece of chocolate. Xiaoqiu ran out of the workshop like a cat smelling fish, holding the pockets that reached into the overalls and pants one by one, looking like a man urinating and taking off his trouser belt, which made everyone laugh. A female worker in her thirties with dark skin came out and said solemnly, "Do you want to work anymore?" Xiaoqiu ran back gracefully and threw a wink at her before entering the door.

After Wu Siying's accident, the team leader was replaced by a newcomer. The woman with dark skin is called Chen Li, with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, although she is not as smart and good at counting as Wu Siying, but she also relies on experience and meticulousness to manage the dozens of girls in the workshop.

"Hello, will you have a chocolate?" Daniel said in a snarled tone.

"Okay, you're big, you've been here for almost half a year, and I don't know what my mother's name is." Chen Li said angrily. The hand honestly took a chocolate from the box and said "beautiful Chris".

In a few days, it will be the New Year's Eve, and all the manipulators have been in place, upgraded, and debugged everything, but the output has dropped. Once the Christmas season is over, the company will face another mediocre quarter, and the orders in April will be relatively large, because of the high demand during the summer vacation season. Chunlai no longer needs to travel to Dongguan for the time being, but he still maintains frequent contact with Chu Li, and even closer. He had figured out the details of the motor's heat dissipation and began to try to improve and extract the maximum performance of the manipulator. It's just that I have to carry Zhang Guoqiang on my back, and the progress is very slow. To add insult to injury, Chen Cheng recently resigned, and there is no one to cover. Having lost this brother, Chunlai realized that his drawing design ability was relatively weak, and he had almost no way to start, so he naturally could not systematically complete the design and purchase accessories alone.

Chu Li called Chen Cheng to ask about the situation, and he thanked Chu Li for his previous arrangement, and also said the reason for his resignation. It was only said that he had found a better job in Shenzhen, so he decided to resign from Zhang Guoqiang's company. Later, Li Xiaohong told herself that he went to the same company as Feng Zhao. In fact, in my heart, the current industry is already going downhill. He still remembers that Chen Yusen said when he chatted with him two years ago that the industry will be replaced by semiconductors sooner or later, and it will not be replaced now, but it has reached its peak and is about to appear an inflection point. The flood in Thailand was the final madness. Feng Zhao's company in Shenzhen is also engaged in storage, and its market share is not large, and it is said that the work pressure is very high, and the performance is not good. Li Xiaohong is no longer as long and short as before. The company where these two people went to Shenzhen, in Chu Li's view, is not a very good choice, on the contrary, the manipulator and the provision of automation solutions are the future. Although Zhang Guoqiang's temple is not big enough, the people's route is absolutely correct.

On this day, he was in his office flipping through the latest materials from Ciro, and accidentally turned to a drawing. He took a closer look and recognized the workshop layout drawn by Wu Siying, the team leader in the workshop, and he couldn't help but admire this girl's basic skills in mechanical design. The girl's lines are decisive, the shadows are correct, and the size proportions are well grasped, although there are many loopholes in the actual operation, and if it is an assignment, it is almost impossible to find any fault. It's a pity that this girl was actually destroyed by Xu Weilun. He remembered that after Chun said that after Chen Cheng left, there were no drawings, and he was like a headless fly. Looking at the drawings again, I couldn't help but feel a burst of joy. He put on his overalls and came to the workshop, where he saw Li Chen, who had a sad face, busy sewing and mending a motherboard with a soldering iron. And Daniel Monkey chatted with the quality engineer in the supervisor's office.

"Where's Sister Xiaohong?"

"Inside. Boss, why did you come down? I'm not busy right now. I don't have any goods to do online, so I'm chatting. ”

"You can rest for a while, this rosin volatilizes and hurts your eyes, you put on your goggles."

Li Chen smiled and said it was okay.

Wearing a mask and gloves, I entered the door and saw that the production line was in a depression. Xiaoqiu was talking poorly with Chen Li, and Gong Qing was holding the mask with his hand next to him and laughing. Seeing Chu Li coming in, Xiao Qiu's eyes turned quickly, and he glanced at Gong Qing. Gong Qing turned his head and saw Chu Li, and ran over to say hello. Xiaohong slowly walked out from behind the server. Chu Li looked at the notebook in her hand and said with a smile: "Are you still recording the yield rate?" “

"It's nothing to do, it's a little boring. Beat it off. “

"Now you can capture data directly in the background." Chu Li looked at the two of them and said, "I have something to ask you, have you seen the drawings of Wu Siying before?" “

Gong Qing nodded, and Li Xiaohong also said that she had seen it. At that time, Sun Ning took it down and discussed it with everyone.

"What do you think?"

"It's really good, anyway, my mechanical drawings are back to the teacher. You call me to paint now, and I don't paint as well as her. ”

"Sister Xiaohong, what do you think?"

Although she didn't know what Chu Li wanted to do, she felt that Wu Siying's drawings were good because they had more things that others didn't have. "It's not just good. I think this girl is very creative, to be honest, just to say that the drawing is accurate, now any mechanical student with a correct learning attitude can draw so accurately, but the key is that she is creative. She is able to take what she doesn't have and turn it into a realizable drawing, probably because she has some industrial design thinking. And usually when you look at the cartoons she draws, they are all very creative and thoughtful, and some people can draw them beautifully, but at most they are copying, and there is no ...... There is no soul. ”

This is Chu Li's answer, Li Xiaohong's observation is meticulous, cautious and attitude.

"How is she now?"

"I'm recuperating in the hospital now. This girl is really too bitter, what kind of pit did she become by Xu Weilun! Gong Qing shook his head.

Li Xiaohong felt very uncomfortable when she heard this, after all, Xu Weilun was recruited by herself, and she must have her own unshirkable responsibility here. "I went to see her the other day. She's in a much better state of mind now, and hopefully she'll get better soon and get back to work. ”

"It's too condescending to come back to work!" Shaking his head constantly, Chu Li suddenly grabbed Li Xiaohong's arm, "I think she should go to school." Don't waste your youth here. ”

Gong Qing kept talking.

"Husband! Come and see! Chen Li shouted, and everyone burst into laughter. The unrestrained Chen Li was not shy about glaring at those young girls. "The surname is Gong, what's wrong?" After speaking, he also let out a heroic laugh that could shake the doors and windows.

Li Xiaohong also looked at Gong Qing with a smile, and then turned back to Chu Li and said, "Do you want to go and see her?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Xiaohong smiled, and the corners of her mouth under the mask secretly bent into moon buds.

Chu Li and Li Xiaohong went to Chang'an Hospital on Sunday afternoon, just as he was planning to go to the bookstore, and then he could invite Li Xiaohong to Grandma Ye's store for dinner in the evening. When he left the workshop, he saw Daniel still talking to the engineers in the quality department.

On New Year's Eve, the bookstore was pitifully crowded, and the familiar bookstore girl had resigned and gone home, replaced by a forty-year-old eldest sister, who was more approachable. Close to Zhu Zhechi, people immersed in the fragrance of books have a common tacit understanding, knowing that people will not destroy books, and he especially prefers mechanical books, and generously introduces new books on the shelves. Naturally, she didn't know that the previous bookseller had given the few electronic books to this person for free. She always has respect for people who love to learn, and she always vacates the innermost table for Chu Li. This time, the people generously bought several books on mechanical design, which was the first time in the world, and it was never seen again.

Wu Siying is in the inpatient department of Chang'an Hospital, and she can basically get out of bed and walk around after three months of recuperation. Xiaoqiu came in the morning and was called back by herself, she knew that Xiaoqiu was busy with work and didn't want her to ask for more leave. At this moment, he was just struggling to get up and prepare to go to the toilet, and then he saw Chu Li standing at the door, almost falling off the walker.

I have never seen her outside the factory, and she has always been tightly covered in the workshop, leaving only a pair of eyes to look forward to. Now that I can see it clearly, when Chu Li just walked to the door, he saw a long-haired girl with her head down, holding a shelf. Wu Siying has not cut her hair since she got sick, her long hair is shoulder-length, her face is round and looks very cute, even when she doesn't speak, the corners of her mouth are bulging, she has the typical good skin of a Hunan girl, not particularly white, but there is no flaw. After being bedridden for a long time, his face was slightly yellow, and the hospital gown was empty on his body, looking unusually thin. Wu Siying obviously recognized Chu Li as soon as she looked up, and thought she was wrong. His hands trembled, his legs were weak and he couldn't bear it, and he gritted his teeth and persevered. Chu Li hurriedly ran forward, grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and slowly helped her move to the bed. The girl looked up at him, her sparkling eyes filled with surprise and questions.

Chu Li looked at this ward, a single room, about fifteen square meters, an independent bathroom, the sound of the central air conditioning is extremely low, cool and comfortable. The windows are bright and clean, and the floor is spotless. The beds are also wider, with rounded beige curtains, which are neatly divided on both sides at the moment. There is a bedside table on each side of the bed, and on the left side there is a bottle of unknown flowers, with dew on the petals, and the other side is full of books, some of which have been turned to the edge of the roll, and from the side of the spine Chu Li can see a copy of "Fundamentals of Processing Technology", and the other books are older, and the spine has been spent and cannot be identified. This is naturally the best service in the hospital. I was secretly full of admiration for Manager Miao. He heard that all the girl's medical expenses and nutrition expenses were borne by the company, and he expected that the dispute team of the personnel department would arrange it.

"Hello!" Chu Li smiled a little awkwardly. And the girl did not look at herself. Instead, he lowered his head and looked at the books in his hand. I bought four books by myself: "Mechanical Design", "Engineering Drawing", "Metal Materials", and "Interchangeability". These four books are actually undergraduate textbooks, and I guess that Wu Siying is a person who has gone to secondary school, so she should have enough foundation to study these four books.

Chu Li hurriedly put his hand on the bedside table. "Are you okay? How's the recovery? ”

"Why are you here?"

"I'm coming to see you." Chu Li gradually felt a sense of distance, and he secretly thought that it would be better to let Sister Xiaohong come to inquire first. Where did Li Xiaohong go, and how did it take so long to buy a fruit......

"Thank you." The girl looked up at Chu Li, her eyes red.

The palms of his hands were sweaty, and he didn't know what to say, Chu Li saw that the iron shelf was a little in the way, and moved to the corner of the room. Then he turned around and laughed.

"That's my walker, you move there, am I going to fly there?" The girl smiled suddenly, and the tip of a tiger tooth was very conspicuous, and her eyes were shining again.

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry." Chu Li hurriedly moved it back to the bed.

The girl smiled, and the atmosphere relaxed. "Why are you here?" This question was asked a second time.

"Just look at you, I don't know if the recovery is good or not."

"You jump off here and see how long it takes." The girl said thoughtlessly.

The awkward atmosphere came again, and Chu Li looked at her, wondering what was wrong.

"I can't die." The girl smiled again and showed her little tiger teeth.

"Oh, does it still hurt?" After asking, I scolded myself for being stupid.

"It's okay, it's just not enough."

"Then lie down and rest."

"Doctors say it's slower to recover from being paralyzed in bed."

This girl is not easy to deal with, and she speaks with prickliness.

"Oh, oh, have you eaten it?" When the embarrassment is extreme, I can only find nothing to say.

"It's four o'clock in the afternoon, it's a little late for lunch, and it's too early for dinner."

Chu Li was a little discouraged, he could understand the girl's anger, he was Xu Weilun's boss, and he was a gambler. It is also reasonable to be angry when you see it. Since it's not right to say anything, it's better to just shut up. He carried the other bag in his hand, feeling extremely heavy. The air seemed to solidify, so quiet that you wanted to take a big breath, but you were too embarrassed to open your mouth.

The girl slowly opened the plastic bag containing the books, and she slowly took out the four books and flipped through them, without speaking.

"You've got a good picture."

"It's a pity that it's useless."

"Do you want to study?"

"Two years earlier was fine. Not now. ”

"What's impossible?" Chu Li turned his face sideways, looking at her childish face staring at the book.

Wu Siying smiled. For the first time, she said in a mature tone that was very inconsistent with her age, without ridicule or self-deprecation: "Reading is a luxury." ”

Chu Li didn't understand what she meant, and he took out the drawings he brought from the plastic bag. He had folded it neatly, but now it was spread out again and spread out on the bed. Wu Siying recognized at a glance that it was painted by herself, and observed it indistinctly.

"I can't fault it."

"Obviously, you all said no."

"No, it's because you're not standing in a good position. If you stand taller, you're good to go. You see, you just didn't consider the supply of label paper, the convenience of quality inspection and spot checks, the entry and exit of personnel handover, and so on. ”

"I don't know what you're talking about, since there are so many problems, I can't find fault with it, and I can say that I just stand taller." Wu Siying began to refute Chu Li with sharp teeth again. "Is it so hard to say a word around the bush?"

"When I say I can't find fault, I mean that you draw well. I said that it is okay to stand taller, which means that if you know the situation of the incoming materials, the situation of the quality, you can do it. Because you don't know, you don't think about it, so you can't be blamed. ”

"You can really talk. Anything that is dead can be said to be alive. ”

"That's not what you're good at, are you?" Chu Li was a little thirsty, "Do you have water?" ”

"I'm just a cup." Wu Siying pointed to the water cup next to the vase.

Chu Li picked it up and saw that there was still half a cup of water in the cup, so he raised his head and drank it cleanly.

"Have you studied part design?"

"Of course, that's the basis of mechanical drawing."

"You can read these books, right?"

"Ouch, your university likes to laugh at us secondary school students. I don't understand, okay! Although she was able to mock herself, Wu Siying's face looked a lot better. Even if I can read this kind of undergraduate textbook, I don't have the time. ”

"I'll have time back to school."

"Back to school?"

"That's right. Progression to junior college. “

"I think so. But what's your business? “

"I ...... I asked Xiaoqiu about your family. Chu Li paused for a moment and decided not to go around in circles anymore. Learn about some of the difficulties if there is money. I would like to sponsor you. “

"Are we acquainted?" Wu Siying's left hand was protected on her chest, and the back of her right hand stretched out to Chu Li, drawing a "distance".

"No, no, don't get me wrong. We would like to sponsor you. We. “

"Who?"

"I, your sister Xiaohong. and Li Chen. “

"Why?"

"You're in the workshop, and it's a little buried."

"Are there still few people buried in Dongguan? Can you help? “

"You think about it anyway. If the way back to school is still clear, you can try. ”

"You have such a big favor, who can pay it back?" Wu Siying suddenly blushed.

"I don't want you to pay it back. We will sponsor you with $50,000. Complete a two-year junior college. Didn't Xiaoqiu say that your school always asked you to go back and continue your studies? “

"I really don't know how much difference there is between studying for another two years and now."

"It's definitely better to read than not to read."

"Will I still be an operator if I can't find a job?"

"If you can't find a job, you can come back and work as an operator."

"I have more than 30,000 now, and I have saved it. The company paid me 20,000 yuan, I saved 10,000 yuan myself, and I should pay 20,000 yuan after I was discharged from the hospital. ”

Chu Li laughed, "You don't have to tell me how much money I have." I can sponsor you fifty thousand. Seeing her still confused expression, "I-we! ”

"Why is it so good to me?" She narrowed one eye and questioned Chu Li with extremely suspicious eyes. "You're so good to me, you don't want me to promise me, do you?" Wu Siying's chili-like personality is open-mouthed.

"No, no, what if you have a chance in the future? Or can you do me a favor, who knows? Study hard. Be responsible for yourself. Even if you learn well, help me later. ”

Wu Siying squinted at Chu Li, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"If that's the case, I have to go back to Changsha in the first month of next year, and I don't know how this leg can recover?"

"If you don't recover well, you will wait for next summer. Don't be in a hurry these months. When I skipped class as a child, I was beaten by my father, and my mother said, 'A hundred years of study is not a day's work.' ‘“

Wu Siying smiled and leaned back. "Then you're still so good at reading?"

"I'm not a good reader at all. You must be better than me. ”

"Don't you college students know that being too modest is hypocrisy?"

"Someone else's humility can be hypocrisy, but I'm not humble. But I tried hard. I was just studying in a bookstore. ”

"Why did you study in a bookstore?" Wu Siying immediately covered her mouth and smiled after speaking, "Oh, I know, you slam the door!" People eat overlord meals, you read overlord books. ”

Li Xiaohong didn't know when she appeared at the door, carrying a large bag of fruit in her hand. Wu Siying heard the knock on the door, tilted her head around Chu Li's shoulder, and shouted loudly: "Sister Xiaohong! “

Chu Li hurriedly ran over and took the fruit from Li Xiaohong, who was smiling crookedly, and looked down at it, pineapples, bananas, and apples were all available.

The two chattered, Chu Li couldn't insert a word, he picked up Wu Siying's old books placed on the bedside and began to flip them one by one, Wu Siying's handwriting was small and cute, but the notes were unambiguous. There is an English book that is full of dense sentence patterns and notes. Many people say that according to a person's attitude towards learning, you can roughly see his or her attitude towards life. Wu Siying must be a big person, but when it should be fine, she is still a person who can get in. The education method of the secondary school is closer to practice, although the foundation is weak and the theory is not deep enough, but the practical ability is indeed much stronger.

At five o'clock, Chu Li heard the neat laughter of the two, raised his head, and saw that both of them were looking at him and laughing.

"Let's go?"

"Okay."

When Chu Li left, he asked Wu Siying for his mobile phone number, and said that he must study hard. Pay attention to the first few chapters in the engineering drawing, and check the information immediately if you don't understand it.

Li Xiaohong thought for a long time and hesitated, not knowing whether she needed to tell Chu Li.

Soon after Wu Siying's accident, Xu Weilun resigned, and Xiaoqiu found herself late after getting off work, saying that she was uncomfortable and wanted to talk about it. Li Xiaohong treats the girl online like a younger sister. She feels that this place is cruel like an adult kindergarten, many girls have just turned eighteen years old, one by one is not deeply involved in the world, and she is much older than herself, some things girls tell themselves, she plays the role of a kindergarten aunt, but the "children" here in addition to growing up troubles, but also need to work day and night. Xiaoqiu said a lot, including the situation at Wu Siying's family. After the accident, my mother came for two days and then went back to take care of my younger brother, who was still studying, and no one from the house ever came. Xu Weilun found a job again, outside the Shenzhen Gate. and Wu Siying is the class president in the class, and her grades are very good, and the teacher wants her to go back to study. In the end, I told her that in fact, Wu Siying liked Chu Li at first, and she may have secretly put it in her heart because of some inferiority, and then Xu Weilun pursued her, she had no emotional experience, and soon fell into it.

"In fact, people like us are very lucky to be with a boy who loves himself, has ability, and has potential." Xiaoqiu said.

Li Xiaohong did not criticize Xiaoqiu for reading the diary, and in her own opinion, she is still a "little friend". I am very pleased that Xiaoqiu can say these words to herself.

Seeing Chu Li's sudden concern for Wu Siying today, she knew that the little girl must be very happy. But she didn't understand why Chu Li did this. She believes that men have their own reasons, and she believes that Chu Li is measured.

She decided not to tell Chu Li the secret of the little girl Wu Siying.