Chapter 95 As long as we can continue to study, we will go

"Their residence should be in front." Lu Liangchen said.

Jiang Haitang couldn't help but quicken her pace towards the straw hut. When she got closer, she found that the light coming from the house was not from the lamp, but from fire.

There was a broken basin on the ground of the straw hut with a few sticks of firewood lit in it. Two people were writing and drawing on a notebook by the firelight.

Jiang Haitang's eyes were sore.

In their previous lives, they once said that even during the most difficult years, they never gave up studying and researching in the straw hut.

She had also seen the notebooks they wrote, but she never imagined that those dark and dirty notebooks were written in such an environment.

People like them have to suffer in such an environment.

Lu Liangchen patted her on the back: "It will pass."

The two of them spoke very softly, but they still woke up the people in the room.

"Who?" The hoarse voice was filled with fear.

Gu Yundi quickly stuffed the notebook in his hand to his wife, stood up and walked towards the door with a hunched back.

Shu Qihua quickly stuffed the notebook into a pile of firewood on the ground and stirred the firewood with his hands.

Gu Yundi opened the wooden door, and the firelight reflected on the faces of two people at the door, whom he did not recognize.

"You are..." Gu Yundi asked cautiously, with a wary look on his face.

"Hello, Professor Gu, we are from Jincheng Textile Factory." Lu Liangchen spoke without hiding his identity.

Gu Yundi was silent for a moment and wanted to close the door, but Lu Liangchen stopped him.

"Professor Gu, can we go in and talk? Don't worry, there's no one else here, it's safe."

In the end, Gu Yundi chose to invite the two in.

Walking into the straw hut, there was an earthen kang in the simple hut, and the bedding on it was all tattered.

The kang was connected to the earthen stove, on which lay a chipped pot and two broken bowls.

Next to the brazier were two wooden stakes, where they had just sat.

Although the whole room was well ventilated, it was filled with smoke from the burning brazier, and my eyes felt sore and painful as soon as I entered.

Jiang Haitang looked at the two people with heartache. Perhaps because of the long-term hunger, the two of them were very different from when she saw them in her previous life.

Now they are so thin that they are just skin and bones.

How did they persist in writing those notes in such an environment where they were hungry, cold, and had to rely on braziers for lighting?

"The conditions are difficult, don't be disgusted, sit down and talk."

Shu Qihua spoke gently and asked the two to sit down on the wooden stakes.

Jiang Haitang and Lu Liangchen did not sit down, they just stood.

"Young man, I don't know why you're here, but you shouldn't be here."

Gu Yundi sighed and spoke. His face looked even older in the firelight, much older than a sixty-year-old man.

But Professor Gu is only forty years old now, which is the prime age for him to do things and start businesses.

Lu Liangchen handed the basket to Jiang Haitang. Jiang Haitang took the basket, took out the mooncakes cut into fist-sized cubes, and handed one to Gu Yundi and Shu Qihua respectively.

"Professor Shu, here are some snacks we prepared. These are the mooncakes we steamed ourselves. They are very soft. Please try them."

"This..." Shu Qihua hesitated. Although he was holding the mooncake, he didn't eat it.

"Professor Gu, eat something to make your stomach feel better. Don't mind me, I just saw you pressing your stomach with your hand."

During the years they lived in the straw hut, the long-term hunger caused serious stomach problems. Jiang Haitang didn't know if it would get better if she started taking care of her stomach from now on.

The two of them did not eat dinner at night, and their stomachs were already rumbling when they smelled the fragrant mooncakes.

This is a mooncake steamed with white flour and brown sugar, a luxurious food that they have not seen in more than three years.

In the end, the couple took the first bite.

The sweet, fragrant and soft taste made them forget their reserve and they quickly devoured the entire mooncake in small mouthfuls, not even leaving a single crumb.

"I also brought you some millet, eggs, and lard. You can cook them yourself to nourish your stomach." Jiang Haitang's voice was choked with sobs.

"Girl, we can't accept it..." Shu Qihua quickly refused.

Every gift has a price and nothing comes for free.

I don’t know what these two young people are trying to achieve given their current identities.

"We are from the Jincheng Textile Factory. We are here to see you two on behalf of the factory director..."

Lu Liangchen briefly explained the situation, saying that their factory had encountered a bottleneck in production and needed capable and talented people to solve it, so someone recommended them.

Gu Yundi was silent for a long time.

"Young man, you shouldn't have come. Anyone who gets involved with people like us will get into trouble."

Even their former students and relatives avoided them as much as possible. These two young people were so rash.

"As long as you two agree, the factory can find a solution and there won't be any trouble. It's just..."

Lu Liangchen felt embarrassed to speak when he saw the two elders looking so miserable.

"Just what?" Shu Qihua asked.

"It's just that, once you get to the factory, we can't give you the treatment you deserve."

"The treatment we deserve? Now we are the ones who have been demoted. I dare not even think about the treatment we will get." Gu Yundi said with a wry smile and shook his head.

Being able to survive is already good enough, who would dare to think about the issue of treatment?

"Once you're at the factory, you can continue to engage in professional research and help solve problems. The workload will increase significantly, but you won't receive the corresponding compensation. Are you willing to do that?"

After all, he was a demoted person, and his status would not change just because he went to a textile factory.

This is also the reason why Director Hu asked them to seek their opinions first.

Shu Qihua asked in a trembling voice, "Can we really continue to engage in professional research?"

She dreams of returning to research.

Lu Liangchen nodded seriously, glancing at the pile of firewood beside him: "Yes, from now on, we don't have to be sneaky anymore. We can do research openly."

When Shu Qihua saw Lu Liangchen's eyes, she knew that the young man had seen her hiding something.

"You can think about it and give me an answer."

The two exchanged glances and spoke with unwavering determination, "No need to think about it any further. As long as it allows us to continue our research, we'll go."

"Do you have any other requests for treatment? Although we can't provide you with expert-level treatment, we will meet any requests we can."

"Can we not criticize and struggle against each other?" Gu Yundi asked.

He had also heard that some old friends were criticized and tortured every now and then after being sent down to the countryside, and one of them even committed suicide because he could not bear the humiliation.

The couple was lucky. Although the people from the Changhe Brigade would stay away from them when they saw them, they did not suffer any other torture.

"Definitely not. Your working conditions are the same as those of everyone else in the factory, except that the pay is a little lower. However, you will have no problem eating and dressing warmly." Lu Liangchen promised.

"Can we let our old Gu check his health?" Shu Qihua asked tentatively.

She wasn't sure whether such a request was reasonable or not, but she still wanted to give it a try.

Even if they don't agree to a physical examination, it would be fine if they could be provided with some medicine.

"Yes, the factory will arrange a comprehensive physical examination for both of you. If you have any health problems, you can also let the hospital treat you." Lu Liangchen promised.

"Young man, do you have the final say? Don't you need to discuss this with the factory leaders?"

Shu Qihua was still not sure.

Being able to leave the straw hut is a blessing from heaven.

"I am specifically responsible for your affairs, and my words are final."

"Let's go."

"Okay, you two elders, please get ready. We will arrange for someone to pick you up and take you to the hospital in seven days. Then, we will go directly to the factory from the hospital."

After saying these words, Lu Liangchen said goodbye.

"Professor Shu, Professor Gu, the things in the basket are enough for you to eat for the next few days. I also prepared painkillers and stomach medicine. They are all in there. Don't be stingy."

Thinking that she was about to leave, Jiang Haitang kept talking.

Because of the care and guidance given to her by the two elders in her previous life, she was very attached to and admired them, and was even a little reluctant to leave.

"Haitang, let's go back first. In a few days, we'll be able to be with the two professors. There's no need to rush."

Jiang Haitang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, nodded, and left the straw hut, looking back every few steps.

Gu Yundi and Shu Qihua watched them walk away, still unable to believe that this was true.

"Old Gu, pinch me!" Shu Qihua pulled her husband's hand and asked him to pinch her.

"It's true, the thing is still on the ground." Gu Yundi gently held his wife's dry hand.

Because of long-term hunger, the two people had long been unrecognizable. The wife who was originally plump was now so thin that she was just skin and bones.

"Qihua, it's because I didn't know people well that you suffered so much."

"We are husband and wife, and we share the same difficulties. No one can guarantee that the person you meet is a human and not a wolf." Shu Qihua comforted her husband.

For more than three years, the husband has been blaming himself. He said it was he who let the wolf into the house, which led to being reported and causing both the couple to be demoted.

But at the beginning, the young man looked honest and simple, and no one expected that he was such a black-hearted person.

They eat their food, drink their drinks, and receive many benefits, but not only do they not know how to be grateful, they also report them for trying to climb up the social ladder.

Shu Qihua lowered his eyes and looked over. There were many things in the basket, which were brought to them by the two young men just now.

After all, there are still more good people in this world.

"I'll cook some porridge." Shu Qihua saw the millet in the basket and said while touching his empty stomach.

"Okay, cook more and heat it up for tomorrow morning. But we can't let anyone find out. We have fine grains. And these things need to be hidden too. If they are discovered, it will bring trouble to them."

The couple immediately divided the work, one was responsible for cooking porridge and the other was responsible for hiding things.

Shu Qihua cooked porridge and even extravagantly added two eggs into it.

"These two kids are so honest. They took so many eggs." Shu Qihua said with emotion.

They really met a good person this time.

"Eat. Only when you're full can you contribute to the textile factory and repay their kindness to us."

"Well, let's eat and nourish our bodies."

When the aroma of millet porridge wafted from the straw hut, Lu Liangchen and Jiang Haitang had already returned by car.