Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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“I’ve already talked to her about it. Being a teacher is a good job. It’s just a bit of chalk dust. Other teachers can do it, so why is she the special case?”

"It's alright, it's not that difficult. There's a new machinery factory that's been set up in the neighborhood and they're short-staffed. I'll arrange for her to join them later."

Xu Xiaomei has been a teacher for so long and is a high school graduate herself. No one will say much about her being transferred to the office.

"Won't this be a lot of trouble?" Xu Zhaodi asked.

"It's not too much trouble, it's easy to handle. Besides, since the child's aunt has asked, I can't just refuse, can I?"

Xu Zhaodi asked a couple more questions, and only after confirming that she wouldn't have to give too much of a favor did she stop talking.

Then, after thinking about it, a thought suddenly popped into my head: Could it be that He Yuzhu has also taken a liking to his sister?

Once this thought took hold, I couldn't help but think about many things. Before, Xu Xiaomei was a teacher in a literacy class, and she was so busy that I could hardly ever see her.

But if I work in an office in the machinery factory, I'll be able to spend almost every day with He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu is a person whose strengths he knows very well.

Who knows, that lecherous old man He Yuzhu might make a move on his own sister.

Xu Zhaodi hesitated for a moment. She couldn't ask that question. She couldn't very well ask if he was after her sister.

Isn't this a veiled reminder that if he doesn't have this thought, wouldn't things be even worse?

He Yuzhu had no idea that Xu Zhaodi would think that way. He just held her and tried to coax her to sleep before going back.

After all, one cannot simply withdraw one's ruthlessness after using it and then immediately leave.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. He Yuzhu finished Xu Xiaomei's paperwork and then found her and said, "I've taken care of everything for you. Come to the machinery factory to work on Monday."

"Really? That's great! What's my position?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to work in an office? From now on, you'll be an office clerk."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!" Xu Xiaomei jumped up and down happily.

He still acts like a child.

At this point, there are 5 years of primary school, 2 years of junior high school, and 2 years of senior high school. Even if someone starts school at 7 or 8 years old and graduates from senior high school, they are still not an adult. They are still children.

"Why are you talking nonsense again?"

"Yes, yes, I was talking nonsense. I won't say it again."

Xu Xiaomei was in a great mood and didn't argue with He Yuzhu. Being able to change jobs was a huge favor.

On Monday, Xu Xiaomei rode her bicycle to the machinery factory, where He Yuzhu completed her onboarding procedures and assigned her work.

The machinery factory was just a small factory, and even the factory director didn't have a full-time secretary, so He Yuzhu certainly didn't either.

All related work was handed over to the office, as He Yuzhu wanted to train Xu Xiaomei to be his secretary.

After settling her in, I went to the workshop to continue learning about lathes.

Xu Xiaomei is a meticulous worker. She quickly sorted out her thoughts and managed the office work in an orderly manner.

He Yuzhu's skills improved rapidly, and he reached level three in just half a month.

Three months later, the steel rolling mill found a reason to transfer Ding Guangtai back, and He Yuzhu began to train apprentices.

Since a level-three worker was already qualified to be a mentor, He Yuzhu stopped looking for someone else to be his teacher.

After all, even the best among them were only at the first-level worker level, and He Yuzhu was fully capable of teaching them.

Once they reach level two, He Yuzhu will definitely be able to become a senior.

Besides mentoring apprentices, He Yuzhu also conducts research, with machine tools being his primary research subject.

After all, this is the only batch of machine tools available. There is no after-sales service or spare parts, so if they break down, they can't be repaired.

He Yuzhu has the ability to sense extremely subtle changes with his mental power. In other words, he can draw all the dimensions of the existing lathe without disassembling it.

Moreover, when making parts, there is no need to measure to know whether the parts are up to standard, whether there are any deviations, and whether further machining is needed.

Each part is made by his hands, almost always in one piece, without any deviation.

This is one of the benefits of mental energy scanning.

Although Director Shen was only nominally in charge, he actually worked at the cannery and only came over once or twice a week to handle some trivial matters.

Later, when Xu Xiaomei, an office clerk, joined the office, she came even less often.

He Yuzhu didn't get involved; he was only responsible for teaching his apprentices and handling daily production, leaving everything else to Xu Xiaomei.

At this time, lathes were all manual, with no control system or electronic equipment; they were all mechanical parts.

In theory, the corresponding parts can be produced and then assembled, thus enabling the production of machine tools from machine tools.

He Yuzhu's current idea is to start production himself.

Starting with the simplest components, a drawing and technical specifications were created for each part produced, and then handed over to the apprentices for production.

These are all unimportant components; the slightly more complex and technically advanced ones were all made by He Yuzhu himself.

Each one is stored in a separate warehouse after production, so that it won't be impossible to assemble into a lathe later and become a laughing stock.

Of course, these parts won't go to waste; who knows when a used lathe might break down, so having spare parts is a good thing.

Even after everyone had finished get off work that day, He Yuzhu didn't rush to leave. Instead, he waited until everyone had left before starting to make the product.

He Yuzhu was engrossed in his work when he suddenly turned his head and saw Xu Xiaomei standing not far away.

"Didn't you already leave work? Why are you still here?"

Xu Xiaomei explained, "My stomach hurt just now, so I lay down in the office for a while. When I came out, I saw that the lights were still on here, so I came over to check."

Then they asked, "What kind of part are you making? It doesn't look like something from a diesel engine."

At present, the main products of the machinery factory are five models of diesel engine heads. As long as they can be produced, they can be sold immediately and the sales volume is relatively good.

Xu Xiaomei has become very familiar with all the parts of a diesel engine thanks to her recent training. However, the parts that He Yuzhu is currently working on are not the ones that are needed for a diesel engine.

"This is a part of the machine tool; I'm making a spare."

"Oh, I see."

He Yuzhu continued operating the machine. After a few minutes, he turned around and saw that Xu Xiaomei was still there, so he asked, "Why aren't you going back yet?"

"I'll wait for you to go together."

"I still have plenty of time, why don't you go back first?"

Xu Xiaomei shook her head and said, "I'll wait and see how much longer."

Helpless, He Yuzhu was working on the most crucial and final component today. He wanted to take advantage of the night to assemble the entire machine tool and see if he could put it together as a new machine tool.

If assembly is successful, testing will be conducted to see if a qualified product can be produced.

"I'm still early."

"Then I will accompany you."

He Yuzhu was helpless and too lazy to pay attention to her. He thought that if he was bored, he would go back after a while.

Then I focused on making the parts.

After watching for a while, Xu Xiaomei turned around and left.

He Yuzhu didn't confirm whether she had left or not. After more than an hour of work, the connection was finally successfully completed.

He Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt uneasy and carefully checked the dimensions again. They were exactly the same as the dimensions of the parts on the lathe.

He smoked a cigarette, rested for a bit, then carried the parts out of the workshop and into the small warehouse next door.

In the middle of the warehouse was a lathe that was only half-assembled. He Yuzhu put the parts on it and then took other parts from the shelf to assemble it.

Just as the installation was finished, the door suddenly opened, and Xu Xiaomei came in carrying a bowl of noodles.

"Are you hungry? I made you a bowl of noodles and added two eggs."

He Yuzhu then realized that she hadn't left yet, but he was indeed hungry, so he took the noodles and started eating.

Looking at the brand-new lathe in front of her, Xu Xiaomei asked in surprise, "You can make new lathes?"

He Yuzhu nodded: "It's alright!"

He was actually quite proud of himself. After the assembly was complete, He Yuzhu was certain that he had produced a brand new machine tool.

"Does it work?"

"If you underestimate someone, how could it not be usable just because it was made?"

He Yuzhu reached out and pressed the switch, and the machine tool started to turn.

Xu Xiaomei looked at the smug He Yuzhu with great surprise, then suddenly hugged He Yuzhu and jumped around, unable to resist giving him a kiss, exclaiming with delight:

"Brother-in-law, you're amazing."

Chapter 259 Accident

After being shocked, Xu Xiaomei realized that she had been too forward, and her pretty face turned red with embarrassment.

Overwhelmed with shame, she quickly released the embrace, took two steps back, lowered her head, picked up the bowl and chopsticks beside her, and ran out.

He Yuzhu was also a little stunned. This was too sudden. He hadn't even decided whether or not to make a move on Xu Xiaomei, and she had already delivered herself to his doorstep.