Siheyuan: How many worlds does the system integrate?

I heard Li Xuewu ask the workshop director.

Sun Wenliang smiled mysteriously: "Master, you will never guess who the new workshop director is! You are very familiar with this person."

"Who is it? I know him very well, how can I not guess?" Li Xuewu was really confused now. How could he not guess who was capable of being the workshop director? It could only be those people from the steel rolling mill and the machinery factory. The more likely ones were the directors of the machinery factory.

"This was requested by Master's wife herself!"

"Oh? Jingru had to go and invite him personally. What a great honor! Who is it?"

Just when he was wondering, an extremely familiar figure walked over from the depths of the workshop. Li Xuewu couldn't believe his eyes. He rubbed his hands hard and looked again to confirm. Yes, it was him.

Li Xuewu took two steps at a time and ran over, then knelt on the ground with a plop: "Master!"

That’s right, the person who came was Chen Shouzheng, the mentor who had supported the western region for nearly twenty years.

"Xuewu, you have made great progress. Now you can run such a big factory!" Chen Shouzheng stretched out his hand to help Li Xuewu up, patting his shoulder and said with satisfaction.

"Master, when did you come back?"

Chen Shouzheng smiled and said, "I have been back for more than two months. I retired from the front line at my age and came back to enjoy my retirement. I wanted to take a good rest, but Jingru insisted that I be the workshop director. I couldn't persuade her, so I came here."

"Hahaha, you're only in your 60s, it's far from retirement age. I feel relieved to have you in charge of the factory!"

Chen Shouzheng is a top-notch craftsman. If it weren't for their master-apprentice relationship, it would be impossible to hire a talent like him to work. The key is that having a master to be the workshop director can quickly help Li Xuewu train a large number of mid- and senior-level workers.

There was no time to inspect the workshop now. Li Xuewu pulled Chen Shouzheng and said, "Master, let's go, let's find a place to talk!"

Arriving at the office prepared for Li Xuewu, after they sat down, Li Xuewu held Chen Shouzheng's hand and said, "Master, for so many years, I have always wanted to visit you, but I couldn't because of discipline. Now that you are back, I can show my respect to you."

Chen Shouzheng was also very happy: "You have done well enough. You have taken care of the family all these years when I was not at home! I heard that your master's wife said that you often sent food and drinks to the family, and arranged Huiting and Shengli to work in the machinery factory, and even allocated buildings to them. I should thank you!"

"Look at what you said, these are not what I should do!"

"It seems that I was right about you. It's a blessing to have you as my disciple! It's a pity that it was still a little short. If you and Hui Ting had succeeded, I would have been even happier!" Chen Shouzheng still felt a little regretful.

There were some signs of love between Li Xuewu and Chen Huiting back then, but somehow they were unable to continue their in-depth contact. They each found a partner, got married, and the story was over.

Besides, Chen Shouzheng was very pleased that among his disciples, Li Xuewu was the most filial and had the highest achievements. The other disciples were all workers. Even the senior workers usually just came to watch and could not help much if something really happened.

During the years he was away, Li Xuewu not only took very good care of his family, but he also helped with his children's schooling, jobs, and marriages. It can be said that Li Xuewu made a great contribution to the ease with which their family had lived over the years.

This was the main reason why Chen Shouzheng came without hesitation when Qin Jingru invited him to work in the automobile factory.

"To learn martial arts, there is another person you should ask for help. I think he can be of great help to you!" Chen Shouzheng said.

"Who? You're not going to say...?"

"Yes, it's the person you are thinking of, Secretary Cheng Shaozhi."

"Teacher Cheng has also retired?"

Chen Shouzheng nodded: "Yes, he has retired. The conditions in the northwest are difficult. Secretary Cheng's health has not been very good in recent years. He has just reached retirement age, so he was arranged to retire and recuperate. He came back half a year earlier than I did!"

"Then why didn't the teacher come to see me?"

"Maybe I don't want to trouble you!"

"Then do you know where Teacher Cheng lives now?" Li Xuewu asked excitedly.

"I heard that he lives in his daughter's house. The old couple only had one daughter in their lifetime, so he must live with his daughter when he gets old! I really don't know the exact location, but it's in the capital. You can ask around!"

It would be easy as long as we were in Beijing. We could just ask someone in the department and find out. If Mr. Cheng from Qingdao could be the director of the automobile factory, then we would really have a lot less worries.

When Li Xuewu was still an apprentice, Teacher Cheng was already the factory secretary. He had extraordinary experience and connections. But I don't know if I can invite this great man to do this, and I don't know whether the higher-ups will allow it or not. I have to ask the big boss.

Being able to reunite as master and disciple after so many years, there were endless things to talk about. Li Xuewu and Chen Shouzheng chatted in the office from noon until dark, telling each other about what had happened over the years, while Sun Wenliang and Liu Guangtian listened quietly beside them.

Sigh from time to time.

As the sky darkened, Li Xuewu said, "It's getting late. Master, let's go home. I'll ask Jingru to cook some delicious dishes and we'll have a good drink!"

"That won't work. I wanted to go with you after I came back, but Jingru said you went to Hong Kong. If you want to go, you have to go to my place. I asked your mistress to do it for you."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Okay, we'll go wherever you say. I haven't eaten the food cooked by Master's Wife for a long time. I really miss it!"

Then he turned to Sun Wenliang and said, "Don't just stand there, go buy some groceries, buy some good ones. You know where your master's house is, right?"

"Yes, I know. I've been there with my master's wife! I'll go right away!" Sun Wenliang agreed with a smile, stood up and walked out first.

"Master, let's go!"

When they returned to Chen Shouzheng's house, the master's wife was very happy to see Li Xuewu. She asked them to go into the house quickly and started to get busy with her daughter-in-law.

After dinner, Li Xuewu chatted with his master and his wife for a while before they said goodbye and left home. As they got in the car, Li Xuewu was still sighing: "I really didn't expect that the master would come back. It's great."

Liu Guangtian, sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said, "Alright, stop sighing. We will meet many times in the future. Where are you going? Are you going back to the hospital?"

"Well, let's go back to the yard. I haven't visited my parents since I came back!" Li Xuewu nodded.

After returning home and meeting his parents, Li Xuewu returned home. He walked to the backyard and found that the lights were off. He pushed the door open and found no one inside. He shook the thermos and found that there was no water in it. He could not help but mutter, "Where did this person go? He is not at home! There is not even hot water."

This is really unfair to Qin Jingru. Li Xuewu has been in Hong Kong for more than half a year. Qin Jingru and her colleagues have a lot of work to do at the garment factory, and the children are taken care of by their grandparents, so she simply devotes herself to the factory. She lives mostly with Chen Xueru, so naturally she comes back less often.