Chapter 49

“What’s going on, Little Ji?!” Aunt Yulan was also quite startled by the scene. After all, in their large courtyard, when children caused trouble, the first thing they did was to find their parents. They wouldn’t just beat up the child without any explanation!

Ji Wanqing felt much better after giving him a good beating. She glanced at the Yan family of three, “The little rascal threw mud balls with stones in them at people. If he had better aim, and hit me or Daniu or Ye Yaman, we would be dead by now.”

Whoa!

Throwing stones at people, and even wrapping them in mud?!

“You’re lying!” Old Lady Yan was heartbroken holding her child, “My Little Tiger was at home recovering from his injury, and you barged in and beat him without saying a word! You’re in the wrong!”

Ji Wanqing had no intention of wasting her breath on someone who was unreasonable, “If you have anything to say, let Deputy Regiment Commander Yan come and find me after work. Aunt Yulan, look at the mud under that rascal’s fingernails and the mud pit by the wall, you’ll know if I’m wrong.”

She left with her rattan cane. He Xiaomiao had pushed her shoulders a couple of times and it still hurt.

She could only watch helplessly as Ji Wanqing left gracefully.

Outside, Aunt Cui E and Sister Qiu Xia were both trying to persuade her, saying not to bother with a child, that he was just a child after all, and it would be troublesome if something happened.

They were persuading her mainly because they were intimidated by Ji Wanqing’s attitude today.

Whose family doesn’t have a bad kid? If one day someone didn’t have their eyes open and bumped into Ji Wanqing, they would definitely be beaten up like Little Tiger!

Ji Wanqing smiled gently, her expression unchanged, “Aunt, today Little Tiger dared to throw stones at people, tomorrow he’ll dare to kill and set fires. Since Deputy Regiment Commander Yan loves his child and is reluctant to discipline him, don’t blame others for taking action for him.”

Of course, she wouldn’t be bothered by the mud if it didn’t hit her. Daniu spoke up, “Little Ji is right, Little Tiger was really over the line today! The three of us were having a nice meal in the courtyard, and a few clumps of mud fell from the sky, and there were stones in them! Like Little Ji said, we were lucky this time, next time he throws blindly and hits Jiang Che and his wife, whose fault will the injury be?”

Ye Yaman also said, “The mud splattered down, not only did it ruin the food on the table, but all three of us were covered in mud. Can you blame Little Ji for being angry?”

Aunt Cui E and Sister Qiu Xia couldn’t say anything in return, they just felt strange afterwards, how did Little Ji get involved with the sickly beauty next door? And she even invited her to dinner?

After saying goodbye to Daniu and Ye Yaman, Ji Wanqing went home, went into her space, took a shower, changed clothes, and went straight to the military factory to report for duty.

Seeing the burning flames in Old Lady Yan’s eyes, she knew that there would definitely be a big drama waiting for her tonight.

But she, Ji Wanqing, wasn’t a pushover either. Officials with higher ranks could crush people. Her Jiang Che was at a disadvantage against Deputy Regiment Commander Yan, but didn’t she have a leader with a higher military rank to support her? Humph.

Chief Engineer Xiao was the happiest about Ji Wanqing’s arrival.

Especially when she went to the training ground in the afternoon, tried out the new pistols brought by the Shanghai military factory, took the blueprints, scribbled on them, changed the size and shape of a few parts, and the simulated firing trajectory after calculation was truly eye-opening.

She said that after the modification, not only would the recoil be reduced, but the lethality and penetration power would also be significantly improved.

When the apocalypse first came, China banned guns, and everyone used these low-level thermal weapons for a long time. Ji Wanqing had even studied and assembled them herself in the early days of the apocalypse.

And the technology in the future was at least forty or fifty years ahead of the present. The things they developed now were like toys in Ji Wanqing’s eyes, there was no difficulty at all.

Ji Wanqing stretched, showing off her skills, which was enough for Chief Engineer Xiao and Factory Director Zhao to praise her to the skies.

Especially since the blueprints were from Shanghai, seeing Zhou Xi’s resentful and jealous eyes, the feeling of satisfaction just soared!

“Little Ji, take a look at the blueprints of our military factory, see if there’s anything you need to change?” Chief Engineer Xiao was amiable, where was the imposing demeanor of someone who used to shout and scold people?

Ji Wanqing smiled shyly, “Chief Engineer, it’s just that I have an old revolutionary in my family, and I used to take apart guns as a child, so I have a little bit of experience. As for the things your factory researches, like the shells and missiles that are mounted on planes and tanks, I’ve never even touched them, I can’t really play with them!”

Chief Engineer Xiao was regretful, but his appreciation for Ji Wanqing had clearly reached an unprecedented level.

In this era, the college entrance exam had been abolished for eight or nine years, and those with real skills were either sent down or executed. The talent pool was severely depleted!

To be able to meet a genius like Ji Wanqing by chance was a blessing for their An Province military factory!

Ji Wanqing was like a fish in water at the military factory. Her colleagues in the research department were very welcoming of her joining, especially He Jianhua, who was burdened with five research projects. He looked at Ji Wanqing like she was family!

He couldn’t wait to hand over half of his burden to her!

“Heh, I’m new here and have little experience, how can I take on the responsibility of being the head of the project team? Chief Engineer, let me adapt at the front line for three to five years first. When I’m completely familiar with our research department, we can talk about other things.”

She played a round of Tai Chi, and Chief Engineer Xiao finally understood. This girl was smart, but she was lazy, pure laziness.

But then again, she was lazy, yet she came in today and modified the blueprints for several pistols. Her enthusiasm was incredible. He even had fantasies about her, thinking he could take a look at the blueprints of their military factory together.

Before leaving work, Ji Wanqing smiled, “By the way, Chief Engineer, do you want to go to the family quarters with me to get acquainted? I won’t be coming in the morning, so if there’s anything urgent, it’ll be easier to find me.”

Chief Engineer Xiao thought it was reasonable, so he asked Ji Wanqing to wait, and he would go take a look after finishing his work.

Who would have thought that the big drama she had anticipated wouldn’t happen until the evening, but Old Lady Yan was already at the gate of the military factory, howling with her child in her arms, demanding an explanation.

The current workplace was more involved than the employees’ parents, from taking medicine and seeing a doctor to children going to school, they took care of everything.

Old Lady Yan seized this opportunity to cause trouble for Ji Wanqing, but who told her that she was now working at the military factory?

“This is unjust! She came to our house and beat up my child. Your unit doesn’t care about such a hooligan, I’ll hang myself at the factory gate!” Old Lady Yan was looking for death with her grandson at the gate, old and young, the guards at the gate were instantly in chaos.

“Quickly go and get Deputy Regiment Commander Yan! Ask him to take her back! What kind of mess is this, gathering at the gate like this!” Director Zhao was very troubled to encounter such a thing right before leaving work.

“Why just get my son? Get that bitch’s husband too! If the leaders of the factory and the army don’t give me an explanation today! I’ll die right here at the gate!”

Old Lady Yan was making a bigger fuss, Little Tiger was also crying loudly, and it was almost time to leave work, so people from the nearby state-run stores and state-run markets gathered around.

They hadn’t seen such a spectacle for a long time, and they all crowded around, unwilling to leave.