Chapter 377 Further Expansion of Business Territory!
Ning Jing's small frame visibly wavered. She secretly swallowed, her little hands gripping the edge of the stool.
Su Yue, carrying a plate, deliberately walked behind Ning Jing and exaggeratedly took a deep breath: "Oh my, it smells so good! This cake is so big, but no one is eating it, so Mom will have to eat it all by herself."
Ning Jing suddenly turned around, her big eyes staring intently at the cake, a glistening drool hanging from the corner of her mouth.
Su Yue suppressed a laugh, cut off a small piece, and brought it to her lips: "Really not going to eat it? Then I'll give it to my brother?"
Ning Jing finally couldn't hold back anymore.
She burst into tears and buried her face in Su Yue's arms, her two muddy little hands clinging tightly to Su Yue's neck.
"Mommy's bad... Waaah... Mommy won't leave... Jingjing, be good..."
Su Yue's heart melted.
She held her daughter's soft body tightly, tears streaming down her face: "Mommy won't leave, Mommy will never leave again."
One is sorted out.
The remaining one is even more troublesome.
Ping An is stubborn, just like his father.
The cake smelled delicious, but he was a man with backbone.
Gu Beichen blew away the sawdust from the carved wood and walked up to Ping An.
It was a small wooden submachine gun. Although crude, it had a trigger, a sight, and could even fire rubber bands.
Gu Beichen handed over the gun without saying a word.
Ping An looked at the gun, and his eyes lit up.
But he still didn't move.
Gu Beichen sighed, put the gun on the ground, and then made a move that shocked everyone.
He stood ramrod straight, legs together, hands pressed against his trouser seams, and gave a standard military salute to his son, who only reached his knees.
"Comrade Gu Ping'an, Gu Beichen is reporting for duty! Requesting to return to the unit!"
The sound was so loud that it made the leaves on the trees tremble.
Ping An was stunned.
He blinked, looking at his usually imposing father, who now stood before him like a soldier who had made a mistake.
The little guy sniffed and finally let go of his leg.
He staggered over, picked up the small wooden gun from the ground, and, imitating Gu Beichen, raised his hand and gave a crooked salute.
"Approved!"
Gu Beichen laughed loudly, bent down, picked up his son, lifted him above his head, and let him ride on his shoulders.
Let's go! Let's ride a horse!
Ping An hugged Gu Beichen's head and giggled, tears still glistening in the corners of her eyes.
Laughter and cheerful voices finally returned to the courtyard.
Zhang Huilan watched from the side, wiping away tears while laughing: "These two are such nemesis, we must have owed them something in our past lives."
Dinner was very plentiful.
To welcome Su Yue and Gu Beichen, Zhang Huilan killed an old hen, stewed a big pot of soup, and also stir-fried a plate of cured meat.
The two little ones ate with their mouths full of oil, but they still refused to let go, insisting on sitting in their parents' laps while eating.
As Su Yue wiped Ning Jing's mouth, she watched Gu Beichen remove fish bones from Ping An's mouth, feeling a sense of peace she had never known before.
This is home.
In that boundless yellow sand, in that black storm where life and death were uncertain, what sustained her determination to return alive was this lamp, this bowl of soup, and these few people.
After dinner, I coaxed my two little darlings, who were tired from playing, to sleep.
Even in his sleep, Gu Ping'an was restless. With a kick of his little foot, he landed right on Gu Beichen's face.
Gu Beichen wasn't annoyed. He tucked the little foot back into the blanket and then tucked the blanket around him a bit more.
The two tiptoed out of the bedroom and came to the grape trellis in the yard.
The moon rose, bathing the courtyard in a silvery light.
Su Yue took out a thick stack of manuscripts from her bag and placed them on the stone table.
She organized this on the plane back.
An analysis of all cases of heavy metal poisoning at Red Star Farm, and the "deadly formula" altered by Lin Wan'er.
"You want to send this out?" Gu Beichen picked up the manuscript and flipped through a couple of pages.
"Not only should it be published, but it should be published in the most influential publications." Su Yue poured herself a glass of water. "This matter at Red Star Farm cannot be left like this. More than 130 people have suffered. If we don't nail this kind of behavior of destroying the environment for personal gain to the pillar of shame, there will be a second and a third Lin Wan'er in the future."
Gu Beichen nodded: "Commander Zheng also means the same thing. The military region is already drafting a report, which will be submitted to the central environmental protection department."
“This paper of mine is meant to hand them a knife.” A fierce glint flashed in Su Yue’s eyes. “I want everyone to know that polluting the environment comes at a price.”
Gu Beichen looked at her, a slight smile playing on his lips.
His wife always manages to radiate an irresistible brilliance at times like these.
"Oh, right," Su Yue said, as if remembering something, "isn't the factory due to release new products again?"
"Huo Wenxuan was just saying a couple of days ago that the pearl cream was selling so well that people had started to copy it, and he asked you if you had any new ideas."
Su Yue took out a small glass bottle from her pocket, which contained a golden ointment.
"This is the 'Jade Skin Cream' that I made in the Northwest. Its main ingredients are sea buckthorn oil and mutton fat. The women there all say it's great."
Su Yue shook the bottle. "I want to improve it and turn it into a brand new series—'Sea Buckthorn Repair Cream.' It's specifically designed for damaged skin, focusing on barrier repair."
"Just to commemorate this trip to the Northwest?"
“Not entirely.” Su Yue smiled. “I think beauty shouldn’t be the exclusive domain of city girls. Women who make a living in the wind and sand also deserve to use good things.”
Gu Beichen held her hand; his palm was warm.
"Okay. I'll have Huo Wenxuan prepare it tomorrow."
A cool night breeze rustled the grape leaves.
"Gu Beichen".
"Um?"
"I want to eat dumplings. Chives and egg filling."
Gu Beichen stood up and dusted off his pants: "Wait here. I'll go knead the dough now."
Su Yue watched his busy figure in the kitchen. The Commander Gu, who struck fear into the hearts of the enemy on the battlefield, was now clumsily tying an apron and struggling with a bowl of flour.
She lay on the stone table, her chin resting on the back of her hand, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.
These days are wonderful.
The summer of 1971 was unusually hot.
The expansion project of LanHai Daily Chemical Plant has just been completed, and the third phase of the plant has been put into use. The towering chimneys spew white smoke day and night, and the roar of the machines can be heard through two walls.
In order to keep up with production capacity, the factory specially applied for a batch of technical quotas from the province and recruited three college students.
This is a rare thing in this day and age.
College students are precious; they need to be treated like royalty wherever they go. But among these three, there's one named Li Wen who's an exception.
This person was twenty-three or twenty-four years old, wearing black-rimmed glasses, fair-skinned, and refined. He was a top student at the Provincial Chemical Engineering College.
Logically speaking, those who work in technology should be in the laboratory dealing with bottles and jars, but Li Wen does not.
He liked to go to the factory manager's office.
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