Chapter 615: Chen Xueru Encounters Trouble

He Yuzhu brought Liu Xiaohua into the East Suburb Warehouse of the Liushi Trading Company.

Liu Xiaohua spotted the four brand-new tanks at a glance, his eyes widening into perfect circles as he exclaimed, "Zhuzi, you're too incredible! You actually managed to bring back four new tanks!"

He Yuzhu smiled and lowered his voice, "Your Military Factory takes quite a bit of steel from our Rolling Mill every year. If I get you more of these tanks, can you set aside some steel for us? The pressure on our Anti-Disaster Group is too great."

Liu Xiaohua scratched his head, a look of difficulty appearing on his face: "The tanks you bring me can only be used for research. I won't hide it from you, the more tanks you bring back, the more steel we use—we have to research them, we have to replicate them!"

He Yuzhu sighed and smacked his lips: "Then I'll have no choice but to smelt the other tanks as scrap steel."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaohua's eyes nearly popped out of his head; he grabbed He Yuzhu by the arm: "You give me ten tanks, and I'll set aside the steel for you based on the amount of steel used for ten tanks."

He Yuzhu nodded, not mentioning that he still had over forty more in his possession.

Liu Xiaohua lowered his voice and said: "The situation is bad right now. Even if I take ten tanks from you, I have to say they were captured. I can't expose the name of the Liushi Trading Company; it might even bring trouble to the Liushi Trading Company."

He Yuzhu nodded.

In his heart, he felt that his friend Xiaohua was a decent person, knowing to warn him at a critical moment.

He Yuzhu asked: "How is the research going on the plane I brought back for you?"

Liu Xiaohua said: "We have already built our own High-altitude Reconnaissance Plane. Your blueprints and the plane have advanced our aviation industry by at least five years."

"That's good. I was afraid we wouldn't be able to build it based on our industrial foundation."

Liu Xiaohua laughed: "I haven't been busy for nothing all these years; we have also achieved great results in terms of Special Steel."

He Yuzhu nodded and said: "You know, whenever I get my hands on good things, I want to send them to you."

Liu Xiaohua laughed: "We should strengthen our cooperation in the future. I've brought a few of your students to our factory, and they've improved our efficiency quite a bit."

He Yuzhu said: "Actually, while cooking on the side, I also taught a genius named Man Yatou. If you have any important scientific research tasks, she can help."

"That's great. Let me meet her another day," Liu Xiaohua said.

He Yuzhu returned home. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw He Yushui, Dahua, Xiaoqi, and Xiaomi wearing their school uniforms, jumping rope in the yard.

He Yuzhu patted He Yushui on the shoulder and asked with a smile: "What's this? Did all four of you get into the Music Conservatory secondary school?"

He Yushui said with a grin: "I don't know why, but Dahua seems to have had a breakthrough. She scored so high on her Russian exam that it actually made up for her scores in other subjects."

Dahua immediately defended herself: "I'm not very good at physics and chemistry, but this year's questions were particularly simple. My Russian has always been quite good, so it's normal to get a high score."

"Dahua just got lucky this time!" He Yuzhu said happily. "You four little sisters have played together since you were small; if you can go to secondary school together, that's a good thing. By the way, that Yu Haitang you mentioned, did she get in?"

He Yushui shook her head and pursed her lips: "She wasn't very lucky; she missed it by over fifty points."

He Yuzhu asked again: "I haven't been to the factory for two months. Did she go to the Rolling Mill?"

He Yushui shook her head: "Not yet. She's been waiting for you to come back, wanting you to help introduce her."

He Yuzhu was truly impressed by this girl's determination; she had waited for over two months, and even though everyone else had started school, she stubbornly hadn't gone to register at the Rolling Mill.

He Yuzhu asked again: "Regarding your performance, did He Daye make arrangements for you?"

Xiaoqi hurriedly chimed in: "He Daye made the arrangements for us, and in the end, he even gave us a little money!"

He Yushui pursed her lips and said: "Brother, Yu Haitang's sister is going to marry Yan Jiecheng. Don't you think that's inappropriate?"

He Yuzhu pulled He Yushui aside and said: "Why are you meddling in other people's marriage affairs?"

He Yushui said: "There isn't a single good person in the Yan family."

He Yuzhu earnestly lectured his younger sister: "If Yu Haitang asks you about them on behalf of her sister, just tell the truth. Don't bring in personal emotions, but don't go out of your way to speak ill of others either."

He Yushui nodded.

He Yuzhu then returned to Chen Xueru's place in Qianmen and saw He Zheng playing by himself in the yard.

"Son, come here, let Daddy give you a hug."

He Zheng scurried into the house on his short legs.

He Yuzhu sighed.

He always felt that this child wasn't close to people; perhaps it was because he was too busy and had no time to accompany him.

Chen Xueru was still very happy to see He Yuzhu return home, and she threw herself into He Yuzhu's arms.

He Yuzhu said: "Why are your brows always furrowed? Is there not enough food at home again?"

Chen Xueru shook her head, "Zhuzi, our garment factory can barely afford to pay wages anymore. What do you think we should do?"

He Yuzhu asked: "Don't you make a lot of down jackets every year to export to the Russians? Are there no orders now?"

Chen Xueru nodded and said: "The Russians are quite nasty. Now, they mainly collect our agricultural products and mineral resources, and they don't want anything with high added value. They just don't want us to earn their money."

He Yuzhu asked: "Does the Liushi Trading Company still source goods from you?"

Chen Xueru nodded and said: "Their business only accounts for one-third of ours. The volume of goods taken is the same as before, but our domestic market and the Russian market are basically gone. So now, we are shut down half the time every month."

He Yuzhu thought for a long time and said: "Can you make jeans?"

Chen Xueru said: "You mean the clothes that cowboys wear in American movies?"

Every time He Yuzhu collected items from the United States, he would accidentally bring back some magazines and newspapers, and he would secretly show them to Chen Xueru, so Chen Xueru was no stranger to overseas fashion trends.

He Yuzhu said: "You contact those fabric manufacturing factories and make this kind of durable denim. On one hand, make them into work uniforms for various factories; on the other hand, I will design some styles for you to export."

He Yuzhu did as he said; he immediately picked up a pen and began sketching away—tight pants, bell-bottoms, and those stylish denim jackets and denim skirts, not missing a single one.

Chen Xueru leaned over to look, her brows furrowed so tightly they could crush a fly: "Such ugly things, would foreigners like to wear them?"

He Yuzhu stifled a laugh and nodded: "Never mind whether they're ugly or not. Make a batch and let the Liushi Trading Company try exporting them, and you'll know, won't you?"

Chen Xueru was stunned for a moment, then her eyes darted, and she suddenly became spirited, her eyes lighting up. Without hesitation, she grabbed the phone and called those fabric manufacturing factories.

On the second day of He Yuzhu's work, he arranged for Yu Haitang to join the Propaganda Department of the Rolling Mill.

This girl had grown up with He Yushui and could be considered a good sister. Since He Yushui had asked, He Yuzhu couldn't just watch her wander around in society without a job.

As for the Yan family, after Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li went on a blind date, Yu Li suddenly proposed a breakup.