Chapter 78 Big Family and Small Family
"If you like him, you can give him some hints..."

"I don't have that kind of intention towards him!" Lin Yueying blushed and immediately changed the subject: "By the way, do you have time this Sunday? I want to do some extra lessons."

"Are you sure you really want to take extra classes?" Liu Siying smiled and continued, "How about we go shopping in the county town together?"

"Sure!" Lin Yueying gritted her teeth and said, "I want to go to college with you!"

"If you have the ambition, then I will study with you."

"Yeah." After hearing Liu Siying's answer, Lin Yueying nodded with satisfaction.

……

After returning home, Liu Siying took off her coat and went straight to the kitchen.

"Mom, Dad hasn't come back yet?"

Seeing the food in the pot, Liu Siying asked.

“I should be back by now…”

"Bang bang bang!"

Just as Liu Siying was talking to her mother Zhao Xiufang, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"dad!"

When she opened the door and saw her father standing at the door, Liu Siying quickly greeted him.

"Isn't today the weekend? Why are you back so late?" Zhao Xiufang asked with a frown.

"Xu Kai and his wife from Workshop 2 are fighting again. I'm going to mediate..."

"If they want to fight, let them do it. You are the factory director after all. What's the point of meddling in these trivial matters?"

Seeing her husband's tired face, Zhao Xiufang felt distressed and angry. Although she knew her husband's character was like that, she still couldn't help but say something.

"What do you know? Family conflicts are also a factor that affects unity within the factory. Xu Kai has a bad temper and sometimes he hits people without mercy. I'm worried that if he and his wife fight, something might happen..." Liu Biao said, rolling his eyes at his wife.

"I think everyone in the factory combined doesn't worry as much as you do!"

"Mom, you're right. My dad is just too enthusiastic." Liu Siying smiled slightly and said gently, "Dad, my mom is worried every time you come home late. She reheated the meal several times today. You must feel sorry for her, right?"

"What could possibly happen if I come home late? It's probably not for work. Forget it. I'll try to go home earlier next time." Although Liu Biao's tone was tough, he always chose to compromise when facing his daughter.

For Liu Biao, his daughter Liu Siying is absolutely the apple of his eye.

Back then in Shanghai, the young Liu Siying was frail and sickly. In order to get her medical treatment, Liu Biao would carry her on his back to several hospitals in a day, without having time to eat or drink water. It can be said that Liu Siying was half of his life. For his daughter, Liu Biao was willing to give everything.

"Let's eat first." At this time, Liu Siying had helped her mother bring out the food that was hot in the pot and greeted her father.

Cabbage stewed with tofu, fried shredded potatoes, a can of fermented tofu, and steamed buns as the staple food, this is the dinner for the director of a large factory with 10,000 employees. In fact, Liu Biao and his wife and daughter had high salaries in the factory, but Liu Biao was a man of that era after all, and he always lived frugally, never particular about food and drink, and only occasionally cooked some meat dishes such as chicken, fish, meat and eggs to improve his daughter's life.

But in fact, Liu Siying has never been a pampered girl. Like her father, she is strong and tough in her bones.

"...Xiufang, find me a new set of clothes tomorrow. I have to go on a business trip to the provincial capital the day after tomorrow."

After taking a bite of the steaming bun, Liu Biao said to his wife.

"Go to the provincial capital? What are you going to do in the provincial capital?"

"Didn't our factory organize a campaign to collect military-to-civilian products? One of the technical transformation plans was favored by experts from the province, so they asked me to go over and discuss the plan in detail..." Liu Biao paused, then continued, "If this plan is approved, we can at least get a grant of hundreds of thousands of yuan, which will be of great help to our factory in improving its efficiency!"

"A grant of hundreds of thousands? So much money?" Zhao Xiufang said in surprise.

"Yes, the money will definitely not be less, but it is still unknown whether the superiors can approve it. This time I go to the province to try to convince those experts and leaders. No matter what, I must get back every penny of the money that belongs to our factory!" Liu Biao said in a firm tone.

"Convince those experts? Dad, do you understand technology?" Liu Siying said with a smile.

"I, your father, don't understand any technology, but we have people in our factory who do. Besides, this project was solicited from a previous event, so I just need to bring over the person who proposed the technical solution," said Liu Biao.

"Actually, I think you can go by yourself. It's just a sofa anyway. It's totally a manual labor."

"Sofa? What sofa?" Liu Biao was stunned when he heard it.

"Isn't the first prize in our factory's military-to-civilian recruitment campaign a sofa? I heard that the winner used to be a carpenter in the village with excellent skills..." Liu Siying said.

"That's not it, you're wrong!" Liu Biao smiled and continued, "That sofa was indeed selected as the first prize by the factory, but the provincial experts chose another plan. That plan was proposed by a worker named Xu Qiang in the chemical workshop!"

"Xu Qiang!?"

When Liu Siying heard the name, she was stunned.

"Yes, this worker is called Xu Qiang. This guy is quite pitiful. His father died in the line of duty some time ago, and he took over and joined the factory. He is currently working as a porter in the chemical workshop."

"This child is quite pitiful..." said Zhao Xiufang.

"I used to feel sorry for this guy, and his workshop leader wanted to fire him, but I stopped him..." When Liu Biao said this, his brows slightly frowned, and then he said, "I talked to him this morning and found out that this guy is a sly guy. He negotiated with me before doing any work, and asked me to make him a regular employee. He has no awareness of contributing to the company at all!"

"Aren't all young people nowadays like this? What about our generation? We go wherever the country needs us, without discussing conditions and only talking about dedication. Now, let's not talk about the young people, just look at the cadres under you, who doesn't have his own little calculations?" Zhao Xiufang said.

"Actually, it's natural for this kid to do this. If he can really help the factory get project funds, there's nothing wrong with the conditions he proposed. I have always cared about the vital interests of employees, but I just think that someone as young as him shouldn't be too materialistic. People who are too selfish won't go far," said Liu Biao.

"Dad, what plan did Xu Qiang design? I saw him go to the information department to check the drawings before. Is it for this plan?" Liu Siying asked suddenly.

"That's right. I gave him permission to look up information in the Information Department. That guy is very courageous for wanting to transform the chemical workshop." Liu Biao paused, then continued, "But this time we're going to the province to face the most powerful experts in the province. It will be extremely difficult for Xu Qiang, a junior high school student, to convince them..."

(End of this chapter)