Chapter 247: Useless Emotions
Lin Junfeng knew that his parents had some good things and had said they would divide the property equally later, but Elder Sister didn’t want any, Third Sister and Fifth Sister were both at the aviation base, and he was Second Brother, also the parents’ only son.
But the Lin family didn’t have a preference for sons, treating their four children equally.
Of course, he couldn’t miss his parents’ things.
He hadn’t fallen to that level yet.
But now, he couldn’t even miss them if he wanted to.
Now Mom and Dad’s hearts were all on Little Brother; ever since they found Little Brother, they seemed like different people.
As if he, their second son, didn’t exist anymore.
Thinking of this, Lin Junfeng suddenly stopped.
Little Brother had endured half a lifetime of hardship, and nearing thirty, he hadn’t had a few good days yet.
How could he have such thoughts?
No, he had to go see Little Brother.
Best to invite him home; Su Lan would surely be very happy.
The leaders had all left one after another; after all, the machines weren’t installed yet, and the labels were all in foreign languages, so no one knew which was which.
They had to wait for the machines to operate and produce products before knowing if the things were useful.
Director Hao and Lu Qiaoge said, “Little Lu, don’t pressure yourself; we’ll take it slow.”
Secretary He said, “He’s a real penny-pincher; he’s worried you’ll rush to test and start the machines, wasting electricity.”
Director Hao laughed heartily and said to Qin Hengzhi, “Sorry to trouble Representative Qin.”
Old He pulled him toward the exit; the man was eager to go, so don’t dawdle—hurry up and leave.
Qin Hengzhi and Lu Qiaoge couldn’t help but exchange a smile.
Lunch was eaten there at the food factory; Qin Hengzhi was also someone who got completely immersed in work.
Secretary Xiao Su delivered four large lunchboxes, which were lunch for him and Lu Qiaoge.
Lu Qiaoge walked a circle around the factory building and already had a good idea of how to use them; those foreign languages that were like heavenly script to others were naturally no obstacle for her to read.
But she hadn’t expected Qin Hengzhi’s foreign language to be so good too.
In one morning, he had sorted out all the instructions.
Then he copied them out and gave Lu Qiaoge a copy; Lu Qiaoge had Hu Ze copy them down immediately and paste them on the machines according to relevance.
In the afternoon, Qin Hengzhi began inspecting the machine parts.
Qin Hengzhi wasn’t just a soldier; he was a soldier engaged in scientific research.
So these machines were no difficulty for him at all.
He even lingered a bit to talk more with Lu Qiaoge, but after all, these were new-type machines, and he quickly figured them out.
Qin Hengzhi knew in his heart that in certain aspects, we lagged far behind foreign countries.
Just the technology for one precision part hadn’t been broken through domestically yet.
Qin Hengzhi placed his hand on the machine’s surface and sighed in a low voice, “We started too late.”
While looking at the machine, Lu Qiaoge said casually, “Good food isn’t afraid of being late; eating it late makes it tastier.”
Qin Hengzhi chuckled, “What kind of metaphor is that?”
Lu Qiaoge understood the anxiety of Qin Hengzhi, Director Hao, and Director Hu; rushing wouldn’t help.
But they would catch up sooner or later; that was the inevitable law of thing development.
However, Qin Hengzhi didn’t continue sighing; for him, that was the most useless emotion.
At this time, Meng Qingshan had gone out on some business, leaving only Lu Qiaoge and Qin Hengzhi in the factory building.
Qin Hengzhi said softly to Lu Qiaoge, “Divers have been transferred in along with salvage equipment; I think operations will start in a few days. I told Hua Hua not to go play at Hongxing Lake these days.”
Lu Qiaoge nodded; she had also told the swallow and the sparrow.
Tao Tao and Nini were still discussing; they didn’t want to migrate south, but with three little ones, no matter life or death, as swallows born this year, they had to go through this trial.
This was also the first nest of chicks for the two swallows.
Though they had no intelligence yet, they still had emotions.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t know what to say.
She didn’t dare guarantee that staying would be better than flying away.
But with Hongxing Lake under control recently, those few shouldn’t go chat with the old turtle.
Lu Qiaoge said, “How long will the restrictions last?”
Qin Hengzhi: “Until there’s a major discovery.”
After a pause, Qin Hengzhi added, “They might conduct all-around or large-scale exploration and testing, but no salvaging; that’s already been stated, and there’s a dedicated small team responsible for safety management.”
Lu Qiaoge had also considered this problem; if salvaging the wooden box affected or harmed her little animals, she’d rather let those boxes sleep eternally underwater.
Big Pike told her to relax; as long as it wasn’t deliberate large-scale salvaging, they few would be fine.
After so many years, they still had some self-preservation methods.
Lu Qiaoge believed Qin Hengzhi could handle it well; she smiled and said, “I trust you.”
Qin Hengzhi also smiled.
This trust weighed heavily.
Currently, Qin Hengzhi couldn’t figure out the exact connection between Lu Qiaoge and Hongxing Lake, but he could affirm she didn’t want large-scale salvaging.
Or rather, small fish and small shrimp were fine, but something like the old turtle absolutely not.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come to him for help stopping the fishery company.
So this time he applied for a special small team, dedicated to Hongxing Lake’s safety.
The main task was to prohibit salvage personnel or exploration and other professionals from salvaging.
You do what you should; don’t reach for other things.
But actually, he was preventing trouble before it arose.
Our professionals had no time to go fishing; they knew what they should do.
So this small team was for safety management.
He said softly, “No way to predict how long it’ll take, but I’ll get some small fish for Hua Hua, who loves eating them.”
At this time, someone from the infrastructure section walked by outside; Qin Hengzhi smoothly changed the topic and asked Lu Qiaoge, “What are your thoughts on the packaging raw materials?”
Lu Qiaoge decided to use plastic packaging; raw materials actually weren’t lacking in Jiangcheng.
With some effort, they could produce them.
Mainly, this set of equipment wasn’t for paper packaging.
Once she developed the appealing flavors for the instant noodles, everything would be OK.
You know, once upon a time, instant noodles were one of people’s must-haves for business trips and travel.
On the train, brewing a bowl of instant noodles could scent an entire car.
At first, ordinary people were reluctant to eat them often; later they were disliked, but they still had their unique market charm.
There were times when not eating them made you crave them badly.
Lu Qiaoge felt that as long as the braised pork in the pot was stewed well, she could definitely find tableware to hold it.
She said, “Packaging isn’t urgent; I need to make the noodle cake and seasoning packet first. Once the master that Director Hu finds arrives, we’ll start trials.”
The food factory didn’t lack money now.
Indirectly, the neighborhood committee didn’t lack money either.
Zhen Xi’s advance payment was ten thousand yuan.
Enough for various seasonings and ingredients for trials.
One good thing now was that for instant noodles that might bring in foreign exchange, everyone up and down was very supportive.
Director Hao specially notified the department store manager that the food factory under Xiangyang Neighborhood Committee might recently need ingredients and seasonings; anyone coming with a food factory letter of introduction should be satisfied as much as possible. If not available here, they could call the city department store, which had also been notified and would fully cooperate.
