Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 162 Come again

Road bicycles are required to be lighter, faster and lighter, so aluminum alloy materials are needed.

The city bicycles currently produced by Schindler Bicycle also use aluminum alloys, so they have cooperation with aluminum alloy factories and there is no problem with the materials. When carbon fiber materials become available in the future, carbon fiber can be used and the bicycle will be lighter.

In order to make a bicycle faster, the aerodynamic design of the car is needed. At the same time, due to the high riding speed, the design of the brakes and tires needs to be optimized.

After Wen Qing returned, she designed two styles and four models of road bicycles according to the body characteristics and operating habits of men and women.

The new bike she designed has lower handlebars, a smaller frame angle, a forward-shifted center of gravity, and uses extra-hard steel for the flywheel. The flywheel's gear ratio is optimized, and the problem of the flywheel easily falling off has also been addressed. The chain and flywheel now work better together.

Two months later, Wen Qing gave the drawings to Zhuang Xien, Fang Yuan and Lin Qingyuan. If they felt there were no problems, they would produce a prototype car first.

In late May, Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang came again after planting the crops.

This time, Zhuang Xiaodi and Lanhua did not come along. According to Zhuang's father, they should come after they finish the work in the fields at home.

Although Zhuang Xiying and his wife did not come, Zhuang's father and mother brought a pair of siblings named Yang, the elder sister Yang Xiaoqin and the younger brother Yang Xiaojun.

Zhuang's mother said that they were the children of her distant cousin, which meant they were Zhuang Xien's cousins, and also relatives.

Zhuang Xien frowned. They didn't have any contact with each other normally, so how could they be considered relatives?

Yang Xiaoqin is 23 years old and Yang Xiaojun is 20 years old. Yang Xiaoqin is very pretty and wears patched clothes. Yang Xiaojun is a little silly and both of them are very thin.

Wen Qing asked privately: "Didn't the two siblings get married?"

Zhuang Xien replied: "I don't know."

After asking Zhuang's mother, I learned that Yang Xiaoqin had been married once, but they divorced because the man was abusive. In order to avoid the gossip in her hometown, she came out to work with her brother.

Zhuang Xien was not happy about the two of them living in their home for a long time, so he said to the Yang siblings, "We have a cooperative factory in Jizhong City and they are hiring workers. Are you willing to go?"

The Yang siblings said happily, "Sure, how do we get there?"

Zhuang Xien said, "I'm going there in two days, you guys come with me."

Yang Xiaoqin said: "Okay, cousin, we will go with you."

Zhuang Xien glanced at her and said, "Just call me by my name."

Yang Xiaoqin blushed and changed her words to "Brother Sean."

Yang Xiaojun asked: "Brother Sean, what are we going there for?"

Zhuang Xien said: "There are many types of jobs in the factory, you can learn skills."

Zhuang's father and mother said, "Big brother, you must take good care of your cousins."

Two days later, Zhuang Xien took the two away, and Wen Qing stayed at home with the two elderly people.

As soon as Zhuang Xien left, Zhuang's mother would ask about the winery in a roundabout way from time to time. Wen Qing kept laughing, and Zhuang's mother didn't dare to make any direct requests, so she couldn't do anything about her.

After the New Year, the district held a meeting on enterprise technology development. The Industrial Bureau submitted a report to the District Planning Commission, analyzing the technological transformation pressure faced by enterprises in the district and hoping that the Planning Commission could set up enterprises as soon as possible and carry out technological upgrades in batches.

This report attracted the attention of district leaders. After research, the Planning Commission selected the first batch of five enterprises for technological upgrading and transformation.

The projects of technological transformation are determined by the enterprises themselves. The Industrial Bureau provides a new technology catalog to the five enterprises. The enterprises can refer to the new technologies based on their own conditions and determine the transformation and upgrading projects, which will be implemented after being reviewed and approved by the Industrial Bureau and the Planning Committee.

The funds for technological transformation are provided partly by the district finance, partly by bank loans, and partly by the enterprises themselves.

The Industrial Bureau designated Director Ye and his technical department to fully cooperate.

After receiving the order, Section Chief Ye brought three generals from the Heavy Industry Department to the front line to guide the company in formulating a feasible plan.

Wen Qing's work pressure suddenly increased, and she had to leave home early and come back late every day.

She gives 50 yuan to Zhuang's mother every month for household expenses. There are only three people in the family now. The food is taken out by Wen Qing from the space. She also catches chickens and rabbits from the space from time to time. 50 yuan is enough for monthly living expenses.

Zhuang's mother is frugal and she doesn't even spend 30 yuan a month. In the past six months since she came to Pingjing, she has saved more than 200 yuan.

Zhuang Xian went to Ji Zhong in early June. The two contacted each other by phone and solved the problems that arose during the production of the prototype vehicle in a timely manner.

Wen Qing is very concerned about the production progress of the new bicycle, mainly because the handlebars need to be molded, the brakes, flywheel and chain have been improved, and the tires are also newly designed. She is a little worried.

In July, Zhuang Xien called her, first to ask about the family situation and his parents' situation, and second to ask Wen Qing to take time to go to Jizhong, because the development of the new bicycle was not going smoothly and some problems needed to be solved by her as a designer.

Wen Qing has been very busy in the past two months. As the company is focusing on technological transformation, they have to go to the company from time to time to solve problems.

On weekends, she and three people from the grain company traveled to all the communes near Kyoto to sign purchase and sales agreements for sorghum and corn to ensure the supply of grain after the winery expanded production.

Zheng Xiaoqiang introduced her to a new variety of sorghum for brewing wine. She wrote a letter to the Agricultural Science Institute and bought seeds. Now she has planted the seeds in the space, and she also takes time to observe the growth of the new variety of sorghum in the evening.

There are many people at home, so she cannot enter the space at home, so she can only return to her own courtyard in Huashuijing Lane where no one will disturb her.

She bought a new variety of sorghum seeds at the end of May and grew them in the space for more than a month. July was the harvest time.

Hearing Zhuang Xien asking her to come over, Wen Qing could only answer: "I still have some things to do in the winery. I will come over next week after I finish it."

Wen Qing harvested and dried the new variety of sorghum and sent it to the grain company. She called Zou Jie and asked him to deliver it to Wang Jianguo.

She also specifically reminded Wang Jianguo that this batch of sorghum was a new variety and needed to be made into wine separately, and she wanted to test the wine production.

Wen Qing was very busy. Seeing that she spent little time at home, Zhuang's mother was very unhappy and said to Zhuang's father, "Our eldest daughter-in-law is away from home all day and I don't know what she does.

The daughter-in-law of other families has to serve her parents-in-law, but in our family, the mother-in-law serves the daughter-in-law."

Zhuang's father fanned the flames and said, "I heard that he is busy with business and doesn't care about his family. He is busy all day long."

Zhuang's mother became even more dissatisfied.

When facing Wen Qing, she would unconsciously bring out this dissatisfaction and ask Wen Qing to take care of the family more.

Wen Qing also tried to explain, "Mom, I have a lot of things to do recently. Once I sort them out, things will get better and I will have time in the future."

He added: "I also do a lot of housework. As long as I'm at home, I cook and clean the room. There is nothing I don't do."

Zhuang's mother raised her head and said, "I buy vegetables and meat every day. Isn't it tiring? I still have to cook and wash clothes at my age. God, I have raised my son in vain."

Wen Qing saw that she was starting to act like a fool and didn't want to pay attention to her. "If you don't want to do these things, just leave them alone. I'll do them later."

So Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang started to not do any housework, but Wen Qing didn't get angry. She grew vegetables in the space. Before going home, she would go into the space first and pull out two vegetables. She would catch chickens, fish and rabbits from the space in turn. In that era, no one ate meat every day.

But what made Wen Qing speechless was that not only did Zhuang's mother not wash their clothes, but now she even asked her to wash their underwear, which made her a little unbearable.

So, Wen Qing hired a neighbor sister named Wu to help take care of the two elderly people. She was responsible for washing clothes and making lunch for the elderly couple every day. Wen Qing paid her 20 yuan a week.

Mrs. Wu doesn't have a job, but she doesn't spend much time cooking and washing clothes for Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang. Her monthly salary is higher than that of working men, so she is naturally willing to do this.