Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

In the bedroom, Xiaoxue hesitated for a long time before asking the question in her mind, "Brother Tian, ​​what is the purpose of uncle's visit today?"

Although the two brothers of the Li family usually interacted with each other, Li Huaide and Li's father had never drunk as much as they did today. Moreover, at the table, the two of them kept shouting that Li Tianyi brought honor to the Li family.

Li Tianyi noticed Xiaoxue's uneasiness. He took his wife's hand, patted it gently, and then said, "My uncle came here today to congratulate me on my transfer to the Academy of Sciences, and also to improve the relationship between our two families. I won't have much time in the steel mill in the future, so it will be difficult for my uncle to get promoted by relying on me."

"Originally this matter was kept confidential, so I didn't tell anyone about the job transfer. My uncle probably knew about it because he heard the news from his father-in-law. His father-in-law was also there when the minister read out the transfer order."

After listening to Li Tianyi's explanation, Xiaoxue felt relieved.

In the next two days, Li Tian was drawing blueprints in the office. Mr. Tang came once and looked at his blueprints. He only said one sentence: "Xiao Li, don't worry about anything else. Just finish the blueprints as soon as possible."

After that, no one came to disturb him. Li Tianyi took the finished blueprint to find Mr. Tang, who put on his glasses and examined the blueprint carefully.

More than an hour later, Mr. Tang took off his glasses and exclaimed, "Young people are really formidable!"

If the computer on Li Tianyi's drawing is actually built, its performance will be several times better than the computers currently manufactured. Combined with integrated circuit chips, Mr. Tang believes that this will be the most advanced computer in the world and will surpass all countries.

"Xiao Li, let's go find Dean Zhang and get this project started as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Mr. Tang picked up the blueprint and walked out, with Li Tianyi following behind him.

When they arrived at Dean Zhang's office, Mr. Tang handed the blueprint to Dean Zhang and began to explain the advanced features of the blueprint, which made Dean Zhang very excited.

Finally, Dean Zhang slammed the table and said, "Xiao Li, gather everyone to start work immediately. I will also urge the transistors and chips here. When those things arrive, I will notify you and Old Tang."

"Thank you, Dean Zhang. I'll be out first."

After Li Tianyi left the office, Dean Zhang asked, "Old Tang, tell me the truth, was this really drawn by Xiao Li?"

Mr. Tang nodded solemnly, "Yes, I've been to his office before. He was drawing a picture at the time. I stayed there for more than an hour and saw with my own eyes that part of the picture was drawn. What an amazing young man!"

Dean Zhang nodded. "Then we have to keep him. Old Tang, I heard before that when he went abroad to participate in exhibitions, some large foreign companies wanted to recruit him, but he rejected them all. At that time, he only showed his talent in mechanics. If people abroad knew that he had such high attainments in cutting-edge technology such as computers, I am worried that those people abroad would work even harder to lure him to go abroad."

"Old Zhang, your worry is justified. By the way, Old Zhang, when will Xiao Li be awarded the title of Academician?"

"According to the plan of our superiors, once the new computer is successfully developed, Xiao Li will be elected as an academician."

Elder Tang nodded, "Then keep a close eye on him during this period of time. Don't let him come into contact with any external forces."

"The superiors have always arranged that after he submitted the paper, he was surrounded by sentries. One is to protect his safety, and the other is to eliminate the external forces around him."

Mr. Tang understood what President Zhang meant. It sounded nice to say that it was to eliminate external forces, but in fact it was to monitor Li Tianyi and prevent him from going abroad through external forces or leaking technology to foreign countries.

While Mr. Tang and Dean Zhang were talking, Li Tianyi had already called a meeting of engineers and technicians to study the drawings together.

For the following week, everyone was busy drawing exploded views and then arranging people to go to various factories for production. After the produced parts were brought back to the Academy of Sciences, Li Tianyi would personally check whether they were qualified. If there were any unqualified ones, they would be sent back for redoing until they were qualified.

During this period, Li Tianyi went out early and came back late, and sometimes even worked overtime until late at night. He would spend the night on the sofa in the office and continue working the next day.

It has been a long time since he has devoted himself so seriously to a job, and the result is that Li Tianyi has lost weight visibly.

After half a month of hard work, the new body of the computer was finally manufactured. Looking at the silver-glittering computer in the workshop, everyone shook hands with each other excitedly. Li Tianyi asked someone to notify Mr. Tang and Dean Zhang to come.

After a while, President Zhang led the team, including Mr. Tang and a group of veteran academicians to the small workshop. President Zhang first congratulated Li Tianyi's team, and then walked around the fuselage, exclaiming as he walked, "What a perfect masterpiece!"

The old academicians behind him were also amazed. Dean Zhang came to Li Tianyi and patted him on the shoulder. "Xiao Li, work is important, but your health is more important. You must take care of yourself!"

Dean Zhang knew Li Tianyi's working state during this period, which could be described as forgetting to eat and sleep. Therefore, when the transistors were sent to the Academy of Sciences, Dean Zhang did not inform Li Tianyi. Li Tianyi was too devoted to building the computer body, and Dean Zhang was afraid of disturbing him.

Afterwards, Dean Zhang gave everyone two days off and asked everyone to go back and have a good rest. Only then did Li Tianyi feel tired. He came out of the Academy of Sciences, returned home in a trance, and fell asleep.

Li Tianyi slept until 9 o'clock in the evening. When he opened his eyes, the dim light came into view, and Xiaoxue's concerned voice came to his ears, "Brother Tian, ​​are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"

Li Tianyi sat up slowly and waved his hands, "I'm fine, I was just tired these days, so I fell asleep as soon as I came back."

"Wife, is there any more food? I'm hungry!" Li Tianyi felt his stomach was empty and wanted to eat something.

"Yes, when I came home from get off work today, my mother saw you sleeping in the room and didn't disturb you. But when it was time to eat, I couldn't wake you up. So we cooked some of the rice. It's warming in the pot now. I'll get it for you." After saying that, she put on thick clothes and went to the kitchen.

After a while, Xiaoxue came in with two bowls, one bowl of cornmeal porridge, half a bowl of fried cabbage, and two steamed buns made of two grams of flour on top.

Li Tianyi went to the living room to wash up in the washbasin, then sat down at the table and began to eat voraciously.

After eating a steamed bun, Li Tianyi's panic was relieved. Xiaoxue didn't say anything, but just sat quietly beside him and looked at Li Tianyi with gentle eyes.