Cheng Huasheng wiped away his sweat and thought to himself, "No wonder it's so heavy."
He originally thought it would be quite remarkable if Jiang Ci could buy half of the books on the list, but he never expected that she would find all of them.
Cheng Yehan watched as Cheng Huasheng opened the package, his eyes lighting up at the stacks of books inside.
Li Ailian checked them all, then picked up a scientific journal and exclaimed in surprise, "These are..."
“I bought some foreign science journals that have been published recently. They contain a lot of technical articles about nature, medicine, physics and the like. I thought you would be interested in them.”
As expected, Cheng Yehan and Cheng Huasheng followed the scent and went over to investigate.
Paul Cottber completes the first human MRI image, validating the principles of MRI.
Is the era of personal computers about to begin? A new generation of handheld computers has been released by a company in Country M!
The US Ministry of Energy has invested heavily in photovoltaic research, resulting in a significant improvement in the efficiency of monocrystalline silicon cells.
There were many similar titles in the journal, and the three members of the Cheng family stared at the dense foreign text on the journal, unwilling to look away.
Cheng Yehan felt the heaviest burden.
The technologies described in the articles published in the journals are not studied at all in China.
They rely on technology from other countries, lack innovation and breakthroughs, and there is a vast chasm between them and those countries in various advanced technologies.
"Talent, talent, talent!" Cheng Yehan sighed three times.
Cheng Huasheng nodded in agreement, “It’s not just about talent, but also about technology. Human CT scans have been widely adopted abroad, but only a handful of hospitals in our country have a brain CT scanner that has been phased out in other countries.”
"We are lagging behind in many areas, including healthcare, transportation, computers, and aerospace."
Cheng Huasheng was promoted to chief engineer of a research institute in China. He was deeply aware of the pain of the talent gap and felt anxious, but he had no practical solutions.
Li Ailian sighed, "All we can do is look at these journals to understand just how far behind we are compared to other countries!"
"But things are different now than before." A smile appeared in Cheng Huasheng's eyes as he whispered, "I heard the leaders held a meeting and decided to abolish the Workers', Peasants', and Soldiers' Universities and reinstate the college entrance examination!"
Jiang Ci asked in surprise, "Brother, where did you hear this news?"
"Our institute's director revealed this privately," Cheng Huasheng said. "An elder in his family attended the symposium."
This demonstrates the usefulness of personal connections.
Jiang Ci gave Cheng Huasheng a thumbs up.
Cheng Huasheng laughed, "Xiao Ci, how about we ask Shen Conghe to get you some books and practice papers so you can start reviewing and try to get into university?"
"I'd like to, but we'll have to see if I have the time."
"Um?"
Jiang Ci said, "I asked my superiors for leave and plan to go back to Shanding Brigade."
Not to mention the Cheng family of three, even Zhou Mingli was somewhat surprised.
But Zhou Mingli was only surprised for a moment. After thinking about it for a while, he understood Jiang Ci's intention.
"For Zheyue's father?"
Jiang Ci nodded. "I plan to bring back the remains of him and his colleagues."
"Then you really should go back, just by yourself?"
Jiang Ci turned to look at Zhou Mingli.
Zhou Mingli decisively replied, "I'll go with you."
Jiang Ci smiled and said, "And Zhe Yue, I plan to take him back with me too."
"Yangyang and Miaomiao can't take any more stress, so I'll have to trouble you to look after them for a while longer."
Cheng Yehan made a decision, "What's the big deal? Taking care of them just means watching them go to school and picking them up after school. What trouble could there be?"
"Huang Zhiyuan's matter cannot be delayed. Get it done as soon as possible, so that not only you, but also Zhe Yue can go to school with peace of mind."
Li Ailian and Cheng Huasheng had no objections.
Jiang Ci nodded, "Okay, it's settled then."
After tidying up the books, Li Ailian unpacked other things, as well as the gifts Jiang Ci had prepared for them.
Li Ailian and Cheng Ke were given two wide-brimmed sun hats, one large and one small, resembling straw hats, adorned with pearls and a circle of lace, which looked very elegant.
Li Ailian fell in love with it at first sight. When Cheng Ke returned, she put it on her as well. The mother and daughter stood together, wearing the same hat, and said that they would look even better with a dress.
Cheng Huasheng, who was standing to the side, smiled gently as he watched.
The gifts from Cheng Yehan and Cheng Huasheng were relatively simple. Cheng Huasheng's gift was a Pelikan fountain pen he bought in Country D.
Neijiang porcelain had his name engraved on the shop.
Cheng Yehan's gift was a model.
A model airplane.
This model seemed a bit too childish to give to Cheng Yehan, but Cheng Yehan himself was overjoyed, looking at the airplane model again and again.
He said, "This is my favorite airplane, the one I most want to design!"
The old man's somewhat childlike words made everyone burst into laughter.
The arrival of Jiang Ci's family made Cheng Yehan's family have a very pleasant evening.
Before returning home, Jiang Ci reminded Cheng Huasheng not to forget to call Zhou Gou and ask him to bring Zhou Huai to their house when Zhou Gou was resting.
Cheng Huasheng agreed and saw them off at the intersection.
Zhou Mingli had something on his mind. After getting the three children back to rest and returning to his room with Jiang Ci, he asked Jiang Ci, "Why didn't you mention going back to Shanding Brigade yesterday?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ci almost rolled her eyes.
"I'd like to ask you, did you give me a chance?"
She had only said half of what she wanted to say last night when Zhou Mingli invited her to bed.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Ci was so focused on having fun that she put aside the rest of the story.
Zhou Mingli thought of last night and fell silent.
He immediately hugged her and asked, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Jiang Ci thought for a moment and said, "Wait for Mingzhu to tell me that if the jade seal is brought back, we will take Huang Zheyue to see it together."
Zhou Mingli noted this down as well, "Anything else?"
"That's all, isn't it?"
Jiang Ci couldn't think of anything.
"Sure?"
"I'm sure."
Zhou Mingli agreed, then carried her to the kang (a heated brick bed).
Jiang Ci exclaimed, "What are you doing?"
Zhou Mingli said, "Do you think you can make up for three months' worth of food in one night?"
Jiang Ci: "…………"
Zhou Mingli seemed to have some kind of skin hunger disorder, staying close to her all night.
Jiang Ci, having gotten a chance to catch his breath, said to him, "It's good to be young. Zhou Mingli, who's almost thirty, only does it five times a month at most."
Zhou Mingli: "…………………"
He was so angry at Jiang Ci that he laughed, and he bit and kissed her incessantly chattering mouth.
"Jiang Ci, can't you be reasonable?"
What does "a maximum of five times per month" mean?
Jiang Ci gasped in shock as he bit into it.
Zhou Mingli gritted his teeth in anger, "It's not that I can only do it five times at most, it's that the time I have to meet you is so short that I'm only allowed five chances to make my move."
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