Chapter 39 Family
"It's been robbed!"
Just as Liu Tao was visiting the house and comparing it with his memories, a voice screamed.
The scream woke Liu Tao up from his thoughts. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a girl in plain clothes with a panic on her face.
When he saw this girl, a name popped up in Liu Tao's mind-Liu Ziyu!
That is, his sister!
In this era, family planning has not yet been implemented.
Under the call of the great man "Strength in numbers", everyone gave birth to more children.
Liu Tao's parents had four children, which was not considered many, but ordinary. There were many people who had five or six children.
"Sister!" Liu Tao shouted naturally.
When Liu Ziyu heard the familiar voice, his running steps stopped abruptly and he looked at the familiar face in the room.
"Brother~~" Liu Ziyu shouted in surprise.
Liu Ziyu had never thought that Liu Tao would come home.
"Brother, weren't you in Yun Province? Why are you back?" Liu Ziyu took Liu Tao's hand and looked very intimate.
Because there were limited rooms when they were young, the two lived in one room, with bunk beds, and the brother and sister had a good relationship.
In the past, Liu Tao would tutor Liu Ziyu in study, or take Liu Ziyu out to play.
Liu Tao smiled and said, "I came back on vacation and did some things by the way."
The two siblings chatted, and time passed quickly. Liu Tao's parents came back from get off work.
Liu Tao's father, 'Liu Zhenbang', saw Liu Tao coming back, and he didn't show any joy. Instead, he said with anger, "You are in Yunnan Province, on the front line, and you are a cadre. Don't you know that you have to stick to your post at this special moment? You are a deserter!"
Since last year, various materials have been continuously transported to the front line across the country, but the two military factories in Yunnan Province and Guangxi Province are the busiest. After all, the weapons and equipment of the troops should be supplemented and replaced as close as possible.
At this time, Liu Tao returned to Beijing, and in Liu Zhenbang's eyes, he was a deserter.
"What are you doing? The child finally came back, and he got so angry! Are you eating gunpowder!?" Liu Tao's mother, 'Chen Fang', glared at Liu Zhenbang and said unhappily.
Chen Fang held Liu Tao's hand, "Son, I'll go buy some meat and vegetables later and make you delicious food."
"Dad, I've arranged my work, asked my superiors for instructions, and got their approval." Liu Tao said confidently, "Although this is a vacation, I have official business to return to Beijing."
Liu Zhenbang was speechless.
Last year, the two had a quarrel about where Liu Tao would go after graduation.
In the end, Liu Tao did not do what Liu Zhenbang wanted, but chose to participate in the Third Front Construction and was assigned to the Panshan Machinery Factory in Yunnan Province.
The result was beyond Liu Zhenbang's expectation. Liu Tao actually did amazing things in less than a year and developed a series of excellent firearms.
Liu Tao's deeds have now spread throughout the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.
Even Wang Baoguo was transferred to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and became Liu Zhenbang's direct superior. He vigorously promoted the deeds of Panshan Machinery Factory and Liu Tao in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.
In a few months, Liu Tao's honors have far exceeded his.
Even now in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, many people call Liu Tao a 'genius firearms designer'.
This really made Liu Zhenbang very proud.
"Mom, wait a minute, I have something for you." Liu Tao said, opening his backpack, and then took out various tickets and passbooks from the backpack.
He only kept the tickets he needed during this period, and the others were prepared for his family.
He was in Panshan Machinery Factory, and his food, drink and accommodation were all provided by the government, so he didn't need to spend his own money at all.
"So many tickets?" Chen Fang looked incredible. There were all kinds of tickets, all of which were universal throughout the country, even precious industrial tickets such as bicycle tickets, TV tickets and plane tickets.
When Chen Fang opened the passbook, she was even more shocked, "Son, you didn't do anything bad, did you?"
It was a full tens of thousands of yuan, which was definitely a huge sum of money in this era.
Chen Fang's salary was only 99 yuan a month, and Liu Zhenbang's salary was 110.5 yuan a month. The combined monthly salary of the two was only 209.5 yuan, and the annual salary income was 2,514 yuan.
The passbook Liu Tao gave her was almost equivalent to the salary income of the two for five years.
It's not that the two have no savings, but their savings are far less than Liu Tao's.
Not to mention that Liu Tao still has so many tickets.
"Mom, this is the bonus I got in the past few months, all from the factory and my superiors." Liu Tao said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Comrade Wang Baoguo, he is now transferred to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building."
Liu Tao's past years have been clean, and he is full of confidence.
"You are disrespectful, now you have to call me Minister Wang." Chen Fang rolled her eyes at Liu Tao.
Liu Tao smiled, he knew that Wang Baoguo was not the chief minister, but the deputy, but he was a deputy with real power.
His grandfather lived at the peak of his time, that's all.
As for his father, he probably won't reach this point in his life.
Chen Fang took Liu Ziyu out, and when he came back, there were already fish, meat and vegetables.
Normally, the family lived frugally, and they might not eat meat several times a month.
Although the two sisters got married in recent years and the living environment at home has improved a lot, they still have to live frugally because they have to support the two sisters' families.
His two sisters were educated youth and got married in the local area a few years ago. As a result, when the educated youth returned to their hometowns last year, according to the policy, they automatically lost their educated youth status and could not return to the city.
Liu Tao had not seen his two sisters for many years.
After a sumptuous lunch, Liu Tao followed him to the Fifth Machinery Department in the afternoon. This time he came to the Fifth Machinery Department to visit Wang Baoguo and get some fresh air.
What he wants to do cannot be accomplished without the Yun Provincial Defense Management Office, let alone the Fifth Machinery Department.
If the Fifth Machinery Department disagrees, even if he gets the order, it will be useless and he will still be unable to complete the order.
After all, in the final analysis, this area is under the control of the Fifth Machinery Department.
Among Liu Tao's acquaintances, Wang Baoguo had the highest rank.
"Son, remember to be low-key and humble at work, watch more, listen more and talk less." Chen Fang warned, "When you see Minister Wang, be polite."
"I know, Mom!" Liu Tao agreed.
Liu Zhenbang said, "Don't think that you will be complacent just because you have developed a few firearms. A great man said that humility makes people progress, and pride makes people fall behind. You have only made some achievements now, and there are many people who have made greater achievements than you." ”
Having said that, Liu Zhenbang actually admires what Liu Tao has done, because the development of firearms is very complicated, especially for China's current weak scientific research strength. If you want to develop a firearm, you have to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and it is not necessarily success.
Just like this "Red Dragon's Roar" military operation, the Type 63 automatic rifle was disliked by front-line combat troops. The soldiers would rather have the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle than the Type 63 automatic rifle.
Liu Tao not only successfully developed one firearm, but developed four, all of which were official models and received high praise and recognition from the military. At the same time, it also made up for many deficiencies in the field of Chinese firearms.