I went home to report the good news to Mianmian.

At the dinner table, Xiang Lili was the first to congratulate her: "Great, little sister! Your score is definitely higher than that of a technical secondary school major in chemical engineering. That means you'll be in the same major as me~"

Zhang Jidi breathed a sigh of relief and picked up a piece of food for Xiang Mianmian. Although this child has always had good grades, who knows if something unexpected will happen to him.

She was always worried and not very confident about her little daughter, fearing that she might make a mistake.

Normally, there are four people living in the house, and the whole family only gathers together on weekends or when there are happy events.

Among the three brothers, Xiang Liguo and Xiang Lidang separated and became independent families, and Xiang Lihua joined the army and was not at home. He would only come back once or twice at most.

Among the three sisters, the second one, Xiang Meimei, is married and lives with Chen Wei in the management room of the match factory. She doesn't often go back to her parents' home.

Now Xiang Hongqi and Zhang Jidi live in the master bedroom of the house, and the fifth sister Xiang Lili and the youngest sister Xiang Mianmian each live in a room.

If there are guests, the two sisters will live together and the other room will be left for the guests.

It was not the weekend, so there were only Zhang Jidi and his wife and sisters Xiang Lili and Xiang Mianmian at the dinner table.

Xiang Mianmian smiled, then shook her head after hearing what Xiang Lili said: "Sister, I don't plan to study chemistry. I want to study maintenance."

"That's not good. I remember those classmates doing maintenance work on trucks. It was always dirty and tiring. There were no girls doing that, right?"

Xiang Lili looked puzzled. She thought back to her junior college days and saw that all the maintenance work she saw were dark-skinned men changing tires and greased trucks, which was dirty and tiring.

Xiang Mianmian had already thought of an excuse. It wasn't like she was really in the car repair business.

"I saw Lu Dong and Zhang Mingyu break into one of Brother Su's machines. The machine was worth 16,000 yuan, and repairing the panel alone cost 1,000 yuan. I decided I had to learn this skill so I could be no worse than them."

She couldn't remember exactly when China and the Soviet Union became enemies, but she knew it was probably in the late 1960s, definitely before the reform and opening up in 1978.

So how do we repair these machines?

The Soviet experts have withdrawn, and we can only rely on our country's machine maintenance professionals. She took office at this time because she saw the opportunity of the times.

Xiang Lili thought seriously about who Lu Dong and Zhang Mingyu her younger sister was talking about. It took her a while to dig out these two idiots from her memory.

It turned out that they were the idiots who got into trouble by fighting, which resulted in one being fired and the other being kept in the factory on probation, and they were also fined 550 yuan.

She frowned, still not optimistic. After all, the methane plant was better. "Forget it, little sister. It would be great if you could come to my place. I can still protect you."

She couldn't say she was that great, but at least her sister was in the same group and could still help her.

Zhang Jidi agreed after hearing this: "Yes, Mianmian, listen to your sister and live a smooth life. We don't need you to make a lot of money, just live a safe and smooth life."

Just hearing the word "maintenance" sounds like hard and tiring work. It's not like Xiang Lili's job, which is a craft. She doesn't have to worry about being unemployed, and she wears a clean and tidy factory uniform every day, which is also comfortable.

How many people want to study chemistry but can't even get the score.

Xiang Mianmian passed the exam, but he threw it away.

Xiang Mianmian slowly analyzed, "This major has been popular for two years. Sister, by the time I graduate, the methane plant will have already graduated its fifth batch. Will they still recruit so many employees?"

After hearing what Xiang Mianmian said, Xiang Lili subconsciously frowned and began to think.

She found that Yaomei's idea was actually correct.

Xiang Mianmian looked at Xiang Lili calmly, "Think about it. The first methane plant recruited over a hundred people, the second almost three hundred. What about the third and fourth? By the time it's my turn, how many people will there be in the fifth class?"

No factory can expand indefinitely.

Factories in county towns generally have a few hundred employees. Are there so many orders for employees to handle?

The chemistry major is a bonus of the times for Xiang Lili's class and the next class. It is relatively easy to get in, but the popularity fades as you go further and you can only swim naked.

Xiang Lili was speechless and couldn't think of any rebuttal, because this consideration was indeed correct.

Her voice trembled: "You already knew..."

Xiang Mianmian sighed, nodded, and said, "I wasn't sure at first, but the chemistry score line this time confirmed this idea."

With an incredible score of 371, it is obvious that they are the top students in only one class in the entire county. These people can barely enter the methane plant, but the methane plant will never recruit more people.

Leaving home to work in another chemical factory? Who wants to go to a place where they don't know anyone?

Xiang Lili opened her mouth and then closed it.

Zhang Jidi saw this and knew that the chemistry major was on the decline and not suitable for her. She frowned and asked, "There are so many good majors out there, why did you choose maintenance?"

According to current thinking, as long as Brother Su's maintenance experts are here, the maintenance profession will have no chance of making a breakthrough.

Because the machines provided by their country are of course what they are most familiar with, no one is allowed to be present during maintenance to avoid technology leakage.

At that time, there was no obvious hostility between China and the Soviet Union. Who would have thought that all the Soviet experts would withdraw?

Therefore, people in our country who learn maintenance can only do some hard labor, such as repairing cars and tires, and there is no such salary as 80 yuan a day.

Xiang Mianmian raised an eyebrow and lowered his voice: "I got full marks in physics, and I don't plan to go into mechanical maintenance. I want to do electronic maintenance, which I think is quite simple."

The factory assembly line currently uses semi-automated machinery, which will sooner or later evolve into electronic automation, so her employment prospects are broad.

The mother and daughter completely couldn't understand the difference and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xiang Mianmian could only explain, "I tried it on the methane plant's assembly line. Electronic repairs are pretty simple."

Xiang Lili was surprised: "When? How come I didn't know?"

"One time I went to see my brother-in-law and there was a problem with the assembly line. I replaced a small part and it worked."

Xiang Lili's eyes widened: "When you say repair, are you repairing this?"

She didn't expect that her sister was actually looking for a job in precision electronic machinery repair, which was not the traditional repair industry that she had imagined was dirty and messy.

Xiang Mianmian spread his hands and said, "Yeah, didn't I tell you that if Big Brother Su doesn't repair the machinery in the repair shop one day, we can do it ourselves."

It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others.

Zhang Jidi was persuaded by the argument, which was well-founded and had a record of practical experience. "Okay, go ahead and give it a try. If it doesn't work out, I'll cover for you."

She has money and confidence, and is not afraid of trial and error. At worst, she can give her job to her daughter.

Xiang Mianmian hugged her arms and said, "Mom loves me the most. I'm so happy. Trust me, my judgment won't be wrong. If I'm wrong, I still have Mom here. What's there to be afraid of?"

After all, Xiang Lili's major in chemistry was not very popular at first, and it was Xiang Mianmian who guided her sister in this direction by starting the construction of a methane plant.

Now it seems that I made the right choice, it happened to be the peak period of this profession, so I was able to get the job easily. Now I earn more than 30 yuan a month, the same as many people with more than ten years of work experience.

Xiang Lili had no choice but to trust her sister, who showed great foresight this time and was able to accurately choose a good major.