Chapter 41: The Factory Director (6)

  Huh? As soon as Lin Hongfei returned home, he felt that the atmosphere in the house was filled with a kind of excitement, which was completely different from the usual warm and peaceful feeling. The tempting aroma of braised chicken with mushrooms wafting from the kitchen... According to the "tradition" of the Lin family, every time there were two happy events at home, Lin Hongfei's mother would cook a dish of braised chicken with mushrooms to celebrate... According to Duan Yuzhen's words, this was learned from Taizu, and it had a similar flavor to Taizu's must-eat Ma Shi red-braised pork after every victory.

  "Mom, have you been promoted to senior teacher or something good?" Lin Hongfei entered the kitchen and took advantage of Duan Yuzhen's unpreparedness. His hand quickly reached for a plate of braised pork on the kitchen counter, picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. The braised pork was tender and flavorful, with just the right amount of sauce, not greasy at all.

  "You little stinker," Duan Yuzhen's hand slowed down, stretched out to slap Lin Hongfei's palm but missed, somewhat "irritated", "All you know is eating, have you washed your hands?"

  "I washed and washed, as soon as I came in the door, I washed," Lin Hongfei said with his eyes wide open, preparing to see if he still had a chance to sneak another piece of comfort from the fragrant dishes on the kitchen counter to comfort his already hungry stomach. He didn't forget to continue asking Duan Yuzhen, "Mom, what's going on?"

  Lin Hongfei entered the kitchen as soon as he came in, how could Duan Yuzhen not know? He raised the spatula and "threatened" Lin Hongfei with a fierce momentum, "Do you think I'm deaf? You came in as soon as you entered the door, it's strange if you didn't wash your hands, hurry up and wash your hands for me."

  Liu Hongfei was quite helpless. At home, his old mother was a person who said one thing and meant two. If he didn't wash his hands, the great work of "stealing vegetables to eat" was unthinkable, so he obediently went to the bathroom.

  At home, Duan Yuzhen was extremely delighted to encounter such a good thing, but the matter had not been settled yet. It wasn't suitable to say it outside, otherwise, it wouldn't have a good influence. However, from the bottom of her heart, Duan Yuzhen urgently wanted to find someone to talk to about it. At this moment, Lin Hongfei became the best person to confide in. Her voice was filled with excitement, "Hehe... you know? The rail thing your dad made has been considered by the provincial military district leaders as a military equipment invention of great significance, filling the gap in our military equipment. I heard Liu Dajie say that this time your dad will at least be awarded a second-class merit. If he is valued by the leaders in our Shunqian Military District, who knows, maybe he'll even get a first-class merit."

  Is everything settled then? That means this matter is basically set in stone? Lin Hongfei suddenly became excited, "Really? Aunt Liu said so too?"

  "That's right, this afternoon when I got off work, I happened to meet Liu Dajie at the gate of our compound. Liu Dajie told me personally, can that be fake?" Duanyu Zhen's face was full of pride and self-satisfaction.

  Liu Dajie is the wife of Liu Fengcai, commander of the Beijun City Military Sub-district. In the small Beijun City Military Sub-district, she is a dignified "First Lady" with great influence.

  Although among the leaders' wives in the municipal military district, her age is only in the middle, but among the leaders' wives in the provincial military district, she has always been in the position of "big sister". All the leaders' wives would respectfully call out "Liu Big Sister" when they see her. Given Liu Big Sister's special identity, what she says is quite credible.

  In Lin Hongfei's view, it was no problem for the "Lin-style tactical rail system" to be awarded a second-class merit, but whether it could be awarded a first-class merit depended on how hard the leaders of the Beijun City Military Sub-district worked... Don't think that whether or not to award a first-class merit is just Lin Weiguo's personal matter. For a municipal-level military sub-district like this one, if someone can get a first-class merit, the entire military sub-district will be honored, and all the big and small leaders will feel proud. If there was no hope, then so be it, but if Lin Weiguo's invention really had a chance to win a first-class merit, the Beijun City Military Sub-district would spare no effort to reserve this honor for him. In peacetime, it was really too difficult for soldiers to achieve a first-class merit.

  Of course, more importantly, Lin Weiguo's invention was made under the support of the Beijun City Military Sub-district Party Committee and Command, Lin Weiguo himself is a first-class meritorious deed, how can Beijun City Military Sub-district not follow suit? A collective second-class merit is indispensable, this is a big military achievement, representing the leaders' leadership is good, future promotion and salary increase, this is hard political performance and persuasive power.

  "It's probably going to be like this, nine out of ten," Lin Hongfei said with genuine excitement as he saw his original plan being gradually realized. "Mom, you'd better show off your culinary skills tonight."

  "Get out, get out, get out! Every time you come in, you mess up the kitchen...!" Seeing Lin Hongfei washing his hands and about to sneak in without even drying them, Duan Yuzhen, who was in a great mood, raised her ladle as if to hit him, warning Lin Hongfei, "Don't you know that your dad hasn't slept well for days because of that thing with the guide rail? Today's meal is to celebrate his success, don't cause trouble."

  At this moment, in Duan Yuzhen's mouth, Lin Hongfei's previous design that was not appreciated by her automatically became Lin Weiguo's credit. Lin Hongfei didn't mind at all, they were all family members, sharing honor and shame together, and the old man benefiting from it represented the whole family benefiting, this logic Lin Hongfei couldn't possibly not understand?

  In fact, that Picatinny rail thing doesn't have much technical content, and even those tactical accessories don't have much technical content. It's just that those weapon designers who still hold high ideas in their bones are still muddled with the pedantry of intellectuals. They're not designing what the military needs, but rather I'm told to design something so I design it, and you have to use whatever I design. Otherwise, how can we even launch a military satellite if we can't even make a simple tactical rail?

  "Cheers! How can we celebrate without celebratory wine?" Lin Hongfei thought for a moment, turned around and went out, "Mom, there's no good wine at home, I'll go buy a bottle."

  "The money is in the drawer of my bedroom." Such a joyful event, it's natural to drink celebratory wine. However, Duan Yuzhen knew that Lin Hongfei didn't have much money on him, so she instructed, "Don't buy too good of one, just go to our service department and buy a bottle of Wuliangye will do."

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  P.S. Originally said four updates, but yesterday there was a sudden matter and only one update was made, today I will die to make up for the four updates, otherwise my reputation for thousands of years will be completely lost.