Chapter 192 (Chapter 192) Wearing Brocade in the Night
Before Zhou Xiangyang could speak, Lin's mother, hearing the voices from the living room, rushed out. She approached Lin Yuanshu anxiously and asked, "How did it go? Did you win the award?"
Lin Yuanshu smiled and nodded, a hint of pride in his voice, "I won two national medical and health science awards and one advanced individual award at the National Medical and Health Science Conference. However, the former does not belong to me personally, but to the collective. I guess I have lived up to everyone's expectations!"
In this era, there was no "award limit" mechanism; in fact, multiple awards were encouraged to boost the enthusiasm of the entire industry. Unfortunately, she failed to think of this beforehand and failed to find a way to submit all her research results. She made a mistake.
However, she was already very satisfied with winning three awards, especially the Outstanding Individual Award, which would definitely make her resume stand out in front of the leaders.
There are many people who receive awards for medical and health sciences, but not so many who receive awards for outstanding individuals.
Lin's mother's eyes lit up as she looked at the red certificate of honor in Lin Yuanshu's hand. She carefully took the certificate, which read "Advanced Individual," and cherished it dearly.
She exclaimed excitedly, "Winning one award is already a stroke of good fortune, but you won two! This isn't just good fortune, it's like your ancestors are shining with golden light! Your father and I have never amounted to anything in our lives, our only achievement is having such an amazing daughter like you. We'll take the certificates of honor to the temple sometime and have them photographed; I want to burn them for our ancestors to see..."
Let's see who dares to say that she has severed the Lin family's lineage. For generations, the Lin family has never produced such a capable and outstanding person.
Lin Yuanshu had already been excited for a while, so she sat down to rest and watched her mother and Zhou Xiangyang chatter excitedly, with Lin's mother doing most of the talking and Zhou Xiangyang responding.
It's good to have more people in the family, at least in times like these, there's someone to share the joy with.
Half an hour later, Lin's mother and Zhou Xiangyang's emotions gradually stabilized.
Lin's mother moved a chair and sat down next to Lin Yuanshu, whispering, "Little Shu, such a joyous occasion has happened. It's fine if you don't hold a banquet, but you can at least go back to the production team and tell the ancestors about this happy event, so that they can continue to bless you with smooth work. What you're doing now is like, what's that word again? Wearing fine clothes in the dark."
Lin Yuanshu raised an eyebrow and teased, "Mom, how come I didn't know you valued the Lin family's ancestors so much?"
Lin's mother touched her nose sheepishly and said softly, "Our ancestors don't need to save face, but your father and I do! You don't know how awful their words were before. They said your father and I were incompetent, which is why we couldn't keep our family line. They even said that if we didn't adopt other people's sons, no one would take care of us when we got old, and no one would even notice when we died. I just couldn't swallow that insult..."
She grew angrier as she spoke, because the Lin family had no son, which had caused her a lot of grievances. She was often ridiculed by the people in the production team. It wasn't until Xiao Shu started to stand out, not only getting a job in the city but also helping the production team build a mosquito coil factory, that they stopped mocking them and went from looking down on them to envying them.
Lin Yuanshu patted his mother's shoulder and comforted her, "Don't get angry over those unimportant people. Getting angry will harm your health. I'll go back to the production team with you tomorrow so that you and Dad can hold your heads high and never have to be unable to stand tall because of these things again."
She could understand Lin's mother's desire to show off. After all, in the countryside, not having a son meant being inferior to others. Showing off other things was a bit difficult, but showing off certificates of honor would not cause any trouble.
Lin Ma burst into laughter through her tears and was about to agree when she suddenly remembered Wenwen. After hesitating for a long time, she finally made up her mind and said, "Let's forget it! Wenwen is still too young to travel such a long distance. Wait until Wenwen is a little older before you go back to the production team."
While it's important to feel proud and elated, family is even more important.
Lin Yuanshu frowned with a serious expression. She wasn't angry because of her mother's change of heart, but because she was thinking about what to do about Wenwen.
To be honest, she was hesitant to entrust her to the Zhou family's care. Even though Wenwen was Zhou Ma's own granddaughter, it wasn't uncommon for grandmothers to harm their own granddaughters in this day and age.
Seeing Lin Yuanshu's troubled expression, Zhou Xiangyang took the initiative to say, "You can go back to the production team to pay respects to our ancestors. I'll stay home and take care of Wenwen. Mom has been so good to me, it's time for me to repay her."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ma's sadness vanished instantly. She didn't dare to agree on her own, glanced at Lin Yuanshu, and tentatively asked, "Xiaoshu, do you think Xiangyang's arrangement is acceptable?"
Lin Yuanshu thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "If Xiangyang has no objection, then I have no objection."
Lin's mother was overjoyed. As she returned to her room, she said, "I'll go and prepare my luggage for tomorrow's trip back to the production team."
After Lin's mother closed the door, Lin Yuanshu hugged Zhou Xiangyang tightly and whispered, "Thank you."
Zhou Xiangyang said nonchalantly, "It's nothing special. Saying thank you is an overstatement. If you really want to thank me, then never abandon me."
Lin Yuanshu agreed without hesitation, "Okay."
Early the next morning, Lin Yuanshu rode his bicycle to the research institute to deliver the certificate of honor, while Lin's mother went to the state-run photo studio to take photos of Lin Yuanshu's personal certificate of honor.
She originally planned to have her mentor take a photo of her receiving the certificate of honor, but after thinking about it, she decided that it would be better to take a photo of herself holding the certificate, which would make her look better.
Lin's mother took ten photos in one go. She burned one for the Lin family ancestors, one for her parents, two for the family, one for the production team to see, one to be carefully kept, one for Xiaoshu's family, and one for her in-laws...
Sending one photo here, one photo there, it feels like 10 photos aren't enough. Luckily, she helps take care of Wenwen, and Xiaoshu pays her a salary, otherwise she really wouldn't be willing to spend money to take 10 photos.
The only downside is that the photos can't be obtained immediately; it takes a week. It's a pity that Xiaoshu can't burn them for the ancestors herself, but it's the same if her lover does.
After the photo was taken, the photographer asked frankly, "Are you a family member of Comrade Lin Yuanshu?"
Lin's mother asked, quite surprised, "How did you know?"
The photographer pointed to the certificate of honor and said with a smile, "Comrade Lin Yuanshu's name is on it. No one would steal the certificate of honor to take pictures, since it wouldn't make much sense. So it must be Comrade Lin Yuanshu's family."
"You guessed right, I am her mother," Lin's mother said with immense pride.
The photographer gave a thumbs up and praised, "Your daughter is so beautiful. She won three awards at once, bringing honor to our Beijing."
Lin's mother exclaimed again, "How did you know she won three awards? This news spread so fast in Beijing?"
The photographer explained, "It's all in the newspaper."
Lin's mother's eyes lit up instantly, and she quickly asked, "What newspaper?"
The photographer thought for a moment and said seriously, "I saw it in the Health Daily. It was also mentioned in the People's Daily, but only briefly. It wasn't as detailed as the Health Daily. The National Medical Science Conference was so lively that all the newspapers were reporting on this, just with different focuses."
Lin's mother nodded thoughtfully. After leaving the photo studio, she went straight to the post office. She planned to buy a copy of all the newspapers for the day, and more if any mentioned her daughter.
Although Xiaoshu can't burn photos himself, he can burn newspapers!
On the other side, Lin Yuanshu handed the certificates of honor to Director Huang, who then showed them to Team Leader Zhuang and the others, since the final destination of these two certificates of honor would be the institute's honor display area.
Director Huang praised Lin Yuanshu's performance at the conference yesterday and even prepared to treat Lin Yuanshu to a meal at great expense.
Lin Yuanshu politely declined, saying, "I have to rush back to the production team later, so I really don't have time to have a meal with you. I'll treat you to a meal myself when I have time."
Director Huang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed heartily and said, "After all, this is a joyous occasion that brings honor to our ancestors, so it's time to go back to the production team. I won't take up any more of your time."
After saying that, he took out a reward receipt approval form that he had prepared in advance from the drawer and instructed, "When you have time in the future, go to the logistics department to register and collect these supplies."
Lin Yuanshu glanced at the approval form and found that Director Huang was quite generous this time. Not only were there cloth coupons, but also meat coupons, industrial coupons, kerosene coupons, and so on. He also approved ten yuan on the side.
Of course, the most common type of voucher was the industrial voucher; they gave out 25 at once, enough to buy half a watch.
"I won't forget," Lin Yuanshu said sincerely.
No sooner had Lin Yuanshu left than the secretary invited Team Leader Zhuang and the others into the office.
Hong Shuang'er was incredibly excited, after all, both awards were related to her, which was an indelible honor. She couldn't calm down at all, and the smile on her lips never left her face since she heard the news.
Although she may not become the team leader, it's only a matter of time before she's promoted to associate researcher.
She glanced at Team Leader Zhuang; these two honors were hard-earned for her and Deputy Director Lin!
Director Huang wasn't as enthusiastic towards them. He first praised them, then handed them the reward receipt approval form, without ever mentioning treating them to a meal.
On the other hand, after learning that Lin Yuanshu had returned to the research institute, Deputy Director Ye thought about it again and again, but still did not have the courage to see Lin Yuanshu. Although she knew that Lin Yuanshu would not laugh at her, she still felt quite embarrassed.
If Lin Yuanshu's penicillin research results hadn't been reported in the end, alas, she almost ruined the research institute!
Lin Yuanshu was completely unaware of what had happened at the research institute. At this time, she and her mother had already boarded the bus back to the production team.
She looked at the large stack of newspapers in her mother's arms with a puzzled expression and asked, "Mom, why did you bring so many newspapers home? You can buy newspapers in the county town!"
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