Chapter 153

Magic Mirror, “”

The Magic Mirror said quietly, “Definitely not Five year olds don’t even know what love means! They’re emotionally pure, only knowing who they like and who they don’t”

Xu Wen thought about it and was relieved Opening his eyes, he spoke, “I’m just making an analogy Just like you and Fuwa were always good friends, right? Would you dislike Doudou just because of Fuwa?”

“No”

“Then Doudou wouldn’t dislike you because of Liu Bin Besides, they’re just playing together, so you can join in! This way you can still play with Doudou and have another friend, is not it?”

Dongsheng thought for a moment, still shaking his head, “I just don’t like them playing together! I only like to play with Doudou and not with Liu Bin”

Xu asked: “”

A stubborn child is indeed not cute

In the past, when Lu Yuanzheng said that Dongsheng was prone to bullheadedness, Xu Man thought it was a communication problem, but now it seems that Lu Yuanzheng was right

After thinking for half a day, Xu Wen didn’t know how else to persuade him, and said to Dongsheng, “But, you being unhappy here doesn’t solve the problem, right? Look at how angry you are Doudou is still having fun with Fatty, and Doudou doesn’t know why you’re angry She will only think that you do not want to play with her, then she will be sad, Fatty took the opportunity to coax her, then they will become better friends and will slowly alienate you, so you can really lose doudou this good friend!”

Dongsheng stood up, startling Xu Man

About drinking milk relationship, Dongsheng this year did not grow a lot, so standing than sitting Xu Man is even taller, a face of reluctance: “No I do not agree! I don’t agree!”

“If you don’t agree, then why are you still sulking at home? Shouldn’t you do something to make Doudou like you more?”

Dongsheng thought deeply and nodded, slipping out of bed to find his shoes

Xu asked, “Where are you going?”

“To rob Doudou!”

Xu Wen: “”

Xu Man was afraid of being pestered by those sisters-in-law again, plus her back pain did not get better, so she simply stayed at home to rest

She was four months pregnant, and her belly was already visible

Xu Wen put her hands on her belly, still recalling the almost illusory movement of the fetus

At sixteen weeks, her baby greeted her for the first time

With a shallow smile on her lips, Xu Wen gently patted on her belly, “Baby, whether you’re a boy or a girl, I just hope you’ll be healthy!”

The drawings for the Kaya were all finished in mid-November

Ma Liang was like a treasure, and Deng Kai was thrilled

As they left with the drawn drawings, they made it a point to come and say goodbye to Xu Man

“Comrade Xu Man, frankly speaking, when I came here I wasn’t actually confident that you could remember much I apologize to you for my initial bias” As an elder who was also at the top of the industry pyramid, Ma Liang frankly admitted his mistake of belittling people in the first place, bending apologetically towards Xu Man

Xu Man was busy shaking his head and waving his hands to indicate that there was no need, “Don’t you say that! I’m indeed an amateur who knows nothing, I just have a slightly better memory”

It was Ma Liang’s turn to wave his hand, “You’re too modest This is not called a little bit better! It’s simply amazing!”

Actually, Ma Liang shouldn’t have come to Rainbow Island, he wasn’t an ordinary shipbuilding designer, but the chief designer of a certain destroyer

“Before seeing your drawings, our project was once stuck in a bottleneck, and we have not been able to break through After seeing your drawings, I also just came over with the attitude of coming to find inspiration”

At that time, Ma Liang thought that even if Xu Wen couldn’t make it here on Rainbow Island, at least he could see the Kaya with his own eyes, so he might be able to get some inspiration

But he didn’t expect to come and see the Kaya after even more blows, the Kaya’s technology ahead of them too much too much

But not yet had time to feel the frustration was Xu Man’s printer stunning, but also caught up to give the Kaya ship to send off

It was really too painful!

What’s more, she didn’t expect that Xu Man’s memory was so terrifying that she really had to clearly keep in mind all that she saw

With these drawings, it wouldn’t take long for them to build a battleship that was a bit more advanced than the Kaya!

Initially, Ma Liang and Deng Kai were rushing the drawings day and night, afraid that if they drew slowly, Xu Wen would forget again

However, Ma Liang was old and his body couldn’t stand it for a few days before he fell ill, which delayed the progress even more

Xu Man kept comforting them, saying that it was okay to draw slowly, so that they could draw more finely, so that they could rest assured that as long as she had seen it, she would definitely not forget it

Can she forget? That’s the picture taken by the magic mirror, if you forget, you can look at it again

Ma Liang let out a long sigh and couldn’t hide his appreciation, “You are really a marvelous lesbian! I’ll say thank you on behalf of our scientific research institute!”

Ma Liang bowed, this sentence in addition to saying thank you was also considered revealing his identity

Unfortunately, Xu Man didn’t quite understand what the Scientific Research Institute was, and didn’t understand what his sentence represented, and hurriedly helped Ma Liang up, saying that he should

Ma Liang got on the boat, thought for a moment and then fell back to ask Xu Man: “Are you willing to come and follow me to learn how to design a boat?”

Xu asked, “I’m sorry, Mr Ma, I’m still studying at the university, and I’m also a pregnant woman, so I can’t spare any energy for the time being”

Ma Liang also knew this, that he was just sparing his talent, and could only leave with regret

Lu Yuanzheng put his arm around Xu Man’s waist and lamented, “It’s so fast! Another year is coming to an end!”

It was December of 1979 in a flash

Lu Yuanzheng called in his vacation report

They had one vacation every year, and this year, with some additions, there were two months

The year’s year counted and expired

Knowing Xu Man was his seventy seven year vacation

Last year, he went back to his hometown for seven or eight years of vacation

Now take seven or nine years off

Lu Yuanzheng flipped through the calendar with Xu Man

The Spring Festival of 1980 is in February of the solar calendar

Xu Man’s final exams were at the end of January

That means they have a month of free time

Taking advantage of the fact that Xu Man’s stomach wasn’t particularly big and she could still take care of herself, the three of them decided to take Xu Man’s baby, who didn’t have the right to vote, and slowly return to the north by touring the mountains and playing in the water together

In the past, she was still concerned about the lack of money, but now Xu Man is a little rich

Xu Wen pays her rent, gives her dividends, and returns part of the loan she made when building the house

All of them can not not want, otherwise Xu Wen does not feel at ease

These would be enough to cover the travel expenses for their family of three

The bulk of the income came from Luo Zemin

He gave Xu Wen twenty thousand dollars at once, and told Xu Wen that this was just a deposit

There would be more money when the order was completed

What was the concept of 20,000 dollars?

It can buy the computer with not so good configuration that Xu Man wanted before, which is equivalent to the one million and two hundred thousand dollars in the future

Xu Man thinks that in 1979, the scarcity of ten thousand yuan households is about the same as the difficulty of taking the entrance examination for Tsinghua University in a large province a few decades later, isn’t it?

Lu Yuanzheng was stimulated by the sight of these twenty thousand dollars

This year, a lot of things happened on Rainbow Island, especially the Kaya this matter is handled particularly beautiful, his military medals and two more, one of which is Xu Wen’s credit, she is not the military, the credit is credited to him

Twenty thousand dollars thick pile of money, military medals small two, placed together, the visual impact is a little big

Lu Yuanzheng body more or less with a bit of northern men will generally have the machismo, mainly in the breadwinner this matter, feel that this is their own responsibility

He thinks that his personal ability can be, only twenty-five years old has been a deputy regiment-level cadres, the average down to the monthly allowance can be to three digits, barely counted on the young talent, right?

At least this kind of resume in the military is still quite excellent

But then again excellent also can not not eat earthly fire

Lu Yuanzheng sighed and said quietly, “Daughter-in-law, although soft rice is good for digestion, it is not good for the teeth”

Xu Wen was amused, “Comrade Lu Yuanzheng, do you have an inferiority complex?”

Lu Yuanzheng’s gaze once again fell on the stack of Duanjie, sighed softly, “More or less”

Money, who doesn’t like it?

However, his wife’s income is more than what she has earned in ten years This matter put aside which man, the heart more or less will be a little twisted

Putting aside the aura of his profession, Lu Yuanzheng was just an ordinary man

Xu Wen thought for a moment, pushed Lu Yuanzheng to sit on the sofa chair, and sat himself down beside him, “I think we need to have a good talk today about this issue?”

In return, Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows in surprise, “No need? I’m not that petty! I’m proud that my daughter-in-law is so outstanding!”

He wasn’t so careful that he couldn’t see Xu Man making more money than him

It was an affirmation of Xu Man’s ability

“One twenty thousand dollars might not be so bad What about ten twenty thousand dollars? What about a hundred twenty thousand dollars?”

Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips, the excitement would be really big

“I’m not a greedy person, I don’t want to make a name for myself and live a particularly tiring life I just want to live simply with you and our children But also don’t want our lives to be lived in deprivation The future economic development will be very rapid, frankly speaking, the wage is not rise than the price of housing

I don’t want to be some kind of richest woman or strong woman, but I still hope that our family’s economic conditions will be better, so that our children will have more choices in the future”

Lu Yuanzheng listened quietly

“I mean, our family might have more money in the future, but I don’t want this matter to put too much pressure on you”

Lu Yuanzheng didn’t say anything, his eyes once again falling on the twenty thousand dollars

“Likewise, I don’t want this matter to affect your work You’re well suited to be a soldier” Xu Man picked up the medal and gently placed it on the top of the bill, “In my eyes, the weight of this one medal is far greater than this money Because money can be earned by anyone There will be a particularly popular saying in the long run that says ‘even pigs can fly on a windfall’ For making money opportunity is sometimes more important than ability

But for war, there is no such thing as a fluke Behind this medal stands the integrity of the territorial waters, the territorial integrity, and to a lesser extent the peace and happiness of the people, which are guarded by you and yours That’s not something that just anyone can do!

In my eyes you with your gun pointed at Caster are the most handsome!”

Lu Yuanzheng bit the tip of his tongue and summarized, “Daughter-in-law, are you trying to tell me that in the future, it’ll be the norm for you to make a lot of money in our family, so that I’ll be able to eat soft food in peace?”

Hearing that his mindset was still quite talkative, Xu Wen nodded, “You can understand it that way But what I mean is that there are specialties in the arts You really have to be an exceptionally good soldier your home turf is right here, don’t put your sights on fields that you don’t really like because of pride”

Lu Yuanzheng laughed softly, shaking his head and nodding again, “Fine! It’s your turn to raise me!”

He knew what Xu asked what those words meant

It was to comfort him as well as to tell him not to move on from the idea of switching careers because of this

Lu Yuanzheng reached out and hooked his hand around Xu Man’s waist, “Don’t worry, I’m not that careful Although it’s a bit unpleasant, I’ll work harder Strive to be worthy of you

”Xu Man, I’m very happy that you would take my feelings into consideration and seriously comfort me But it’s men who are incapable who mind that their wives make more money than they do! Men who are capable will strive to become better until they can match their beloved woman!”

Men who resent a woman for working harder than they do as well as being more capable than they are, for any reason, are not worthy of a good woman!

However

Lu Yuanzheng thought about it and added, “Of course, what I mean is that I work harder and better in other areas”

As of right now, he just sacrificed himself in a heroic way, but he couldn’t exchange it for 20,000 dollars of condolence money, and counting on the allowance was even more unthinkable

Only, become even better within his own profession, the kind that would make her proud!”

Xu Wen sighed in relief at this

“However” Lu Yuanzheng continued, “Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, I’ll say my piece Raising a family is a man’s business, this point cannot be changed Although my allowance isn’t much, it should be enough to cope with a family’s food and drink As for whether you want to invest the money you earn or buy any rare things, I have no opinion”

Xu Wen didn’t say anything

Lu Yuanzheng’s chin rested on her shoulder, “Leave your man some room to maneuver”

Xu Man responded with a hmm

She thought that this was a necessary conversation to avoid any future conflict or even estrangement between the two sides because of this Getting things off her chest ahead of time was important for their relationship as well as family harmony

Lu Yuanzheng approved of her approach, although he didn’t feel that it would affect their relationship and life

After a few days, Lu Yuanzheng’s leave application was approved

Their luggage was also organized

Xu asked Lu Yuanzheng to take Dongsheng and go to Pengcheng first to say goodbye to Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing as well as Second Uncle

Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing is a business, can not close so early to go home for the New Year, they have to at least a month later when the construction site are on vacation to go home

Then the family set off from Pengcheng all the way to the north

With Lu Yuanzheng’s current level, it is possible to buy a train sleeper The trip was relatively less painful

Their first stop was still Guilin

Because of the absence of Lu Yuanzheng last time, Xu Wen always felt a little regret in such a beautiful scenery

From Guilin to Jiuzhaigou, from Jiuzhaigou to Zhangjiajie, and finally to see the Terracotta Warriors

As usual, I learned while traveling

In the past, Xu Man only talked about geography and history and local humanities

Together with the road expedition, Dongsheng’s journey added a lot of military-related content

Already six years old, Dongsheng’s ability to draw on knowledge has grown a little stronger, and he is able to understand more of the content

The train in 1979 had not yet picked up speed and was particularly slow

Walking and stopping, a month passed in the blink of an eye

They rushed to the capital two days before Xu Man’s final exam

The family of three still picked a scale, environment are relatively good guest house, asked for a suite, two bedrooms kind of

Dongsheng big, need their own room A separate room and do not worry about his safety, suite is just right

After a short rest, during the day, Lu Yuanzheng took Dongsheng around, leaving the room to Xu Wen

During this month’s journey, Xu Wen had been reviewing during her free time The last two days she was also reading well

She never failed to take the exams to heart just because she was sure of herself

When Xu Man took her exams, Lu Yuanzheng brought Dongsheng with him and told him how awesome this university Xu Man attended was

“I want to be as awesome as Ma Ma when I grow up! I’m also going to take this university”

“Then you have to work hard, this school of Ma Ma’s is hard to get into!”

The president of the difficult university called Xu Man into his office to talk to her after she finished her exams

“A few days ago, I visited Academician Ma and he mentioned you Only then did I realize that our school’s students are so outstanding!” Seeing that Xu Man was a bit bewildered, the principal added, “Prof Ma is Ma Gong, who went to the island you’re on now a while ago”

Only then did Xu Man realize that the principal was talking about Ma Liang, and he busily said, “Thank you, principal, for the compliment That’s because Ma Gong is too flattering to me”

The principal shook his head, “Do you know who he is?”

Xu Man nodded, “Not the chief designer of a certain battleship?”

Principal: “”

“You’re right to say so But he’s also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences It’s also my former teacher” Seeing that Xu Man didn’t quite understand Ma Liang’s true identity, the principal was a bit at a loss as to how to explain it instead, but it didn’t matter, so he simply picked out the purpose of looking for Xu Man directly, “Fellow student Xu Man, if it’s convenient, could you wait for the school year to begin, and you give a speech to everyone? Just share your experience on the island”

If it wasn’t for Academician Ma, he wouldn’t have known that this female student who had created so many miracles in their school was also a reigning king on the sea island

“Huh?” Xu Man struggled for a while or told the truth, “Headmaster, it’s not that I’m ungrateful You know that my lover is a soldier His vacation time is limited, and we have to return to the island on the first few days of the year If it was before, I could leave a few days later But now ”

She looked down at her stomach, “I’m traveling alone by myself, and I’m afraid my family won’t feel at ease”

Xu Wen was now five or so months pregnant, and her stomach was already obvious

The principal hesitated, “Then tomorrow after the exam? I’ll arrange for a vacation when you finish your speech”

“But many students have already bought train tickets to go home, so it’s not good to delay everyone Otherwise, is tomorrow morning or this evening okay?”

The principal nodded after thinking about it, “Tonight then!” There happened to be no classes in the evening after the afternoon exams

Xu Wen left the office building, and Lu Yuanzheng and Dongsheng were waiting for her by the roadside, with Dongsheng playing in the snow nearby

The snow had just fallen not long ago, and would melt away when it fell to the ground, and Dongsheng could only use his hands to catch it, but the snow would still melt when it fell on his hands

Even so, he played happily

“Why are you two waiting here? How cold it is outside!”

“It’s snowing, the road is slippery, I’m afraid you’ll fall”

Lu Yuanzheng quickly walked a few steps to reach out and pull her

On such a cold day Lu Yuanzheng’s hand was still as dry and warm

“Come on, let’s go eat” Lu Yuanzheng held Xu Wen and greeted Dongsheng

“Let’s eat!” Dongsheng trotted ahead and led the way

The three members of the family dragged long shadows under the dim streetlights, making people feel cozy

In the evening, Lu Yuanzheng and Dongsheng accompanied Xu Man to the school auditorium to give a speech

This is a bit sudden, Xu Man afternoon is still busy with the examination, there is no time to write a speech, really is a random talk

She talked about the difficulties of Shanghai Island and now she can basically start her daily life

She is picking the interesting part of the speech, which is particularly unfamiliar to most of the students life, everyone listened very carefully

Xu Wen knew what the principal meant and conveyed what needed to be conveyed, such as the spirit of hard work of the soldiers, such as the fact that some countries are more advanced than us in various aspects

The best thing is to encourage everyone to study well, in order to contribute to society, add bricks and mortar to the construction of the motherland, making the motherland become more powerful

Only a strong country can have a say in the world

Her speech was not very long, because there is an exam tomorrow, the students still have to study, Xu Wen did not want to delay everyone’s time

So, because of this speech, Xu Man became the man of the hour in school once again

His classmates and seniors had already gotten used to it

Every time Xu Wen was at school, she had to make a big fuss

Only the freshmen didn’t even know about her

The older siblings said that it was normal not to know, but as long as Xu Wen hadn’t graduated, she must make you remember her name once a year

Only you can’t think of anything she can’t do

And can only hear the legend of Xu Man, see her face don’t think about it

After all, she only frequented once a year, the principal to see her one side are difficult