Ever since Zhu Youliang and Liang Yuan realized the urgency of making money, they began to consciously modify existing electrical appliances. Direct inventions were too conspicuous, but with their current status, modification was still acceptable. To this end, Zhu Youliang even visited various electrical appliance manufacturers near Chang'an City, negotiating with them wherever they had a breakthrough. He earned a considerable amount of money simply by selling his technology.
When he and Liang Yuan were about to graduate, they received offers from numerous electrical appliance factories, but they all declined. The reason for their refusal was the same: they wanted to return to their hometowns, where the people needed them.
On campus, they were considered department stars. This was partly due to their handsomeness, and partly due to their dedication to their studies, which was undeniably impressive, to avoid any questioning about their success. They never slacked off in class, spending their days in the lab and library after class. They answered every question the teacher asked, boasting about their achievements daily. It was impossible not to be famous. Upon learning they were returning to their hometown to build their community, department leaders and professors stopped trying to keep them and instead praised their high level of awareness.
Of course, some of their younger classmates also applauded their departure, but I won’t go into details here.
In the summer of 1982, after receiving their diplomas, Zhu Youliang and Liang Yuan boarded the train back home, waved by Chen Lingling. After applying to higher authorities, they were assigned to a machinery factory in Sanshui County, with specific positions yet to be determined.
At the Sanshui County Machinery Factory, Guo Dagang, having just received this year's personnel assignments, came to Director Liu. "Old Liu, take a look at this guy. Is he the one who modified the electric fan earlier?"
Liu Dayou put on his glasses and nodded, "It's him, that's right."
"That's great. They said he's a capable person and that he specifically applied to come back to build his hometown. I heard that he came here as a couple, so we can make use of him." Guo Dagang nodded.
Director Liu pondered for a moment and said, "After the past few years of restructuring, we've finally gotten the factory in order. Now, everyone is assigned their own position. If they were ordinary graduates, they could just be assigned to Master Ji. But these two aren't so easy to assign. If they were just ordinary researchers, I'm afraid they'd have second thoughts. Plus, our previous friendship wouldn't make it work."
Guo Dagang nodded and said after a while, "We'll talk to them when they arrive. We can't treat capable comrades unfairly, but the rules can't be changed. The title will still be researcher, but we can give them the salary of a mid-level engineer. What do you think?"
"I think it's okay."
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Elementary school didn't switch to a six-year system until 1980, so Zhu Xingtong has already graduated from junior high and will be entering high school in the second half of the year. Her family isn't worried about her high school entrance exam results; after all, she never touches a book after school, and yet she consistently tops the exams. Calling her a child prodigy is no exaggeration. Their only concern is that she's too young and wonders if she'll be able to adapt to high school.
According to Zhu Xingtong's wishes, she hopes to skip another grade, and preferably take the college entrance examination directly. For her, who possesses super S-level mental power, her brain is a high-speed computer. As early as when she was on Planet 233, she had learned all the theoretical knowledge that could be learned. But she knew that it was impossible, as it would be too conspicuous. Although there is a junior class now, she does not want to go, as it is better to have the freedom now. Summer vacation finally came, and her new body, which she had nurtured for several years, had gradually accepted her powerful mental power, so she started the physical training she had done when she was in the interstellar space. However, without the assistance of advanced nutrient solution, she did not dare to train too hard. She only dared to train half a day every day, and spent the remaining half day helping with some housework.
It's no longer the era of eating from the same pot. Land was contracted to large households, and each family lived independently. Because her parents were transferred to the school, they were only allocated a few acres of land. But the Huangmei couple also had land, and adding hers to the family's land still made it difficult to manage. Fortunately, Zhu Youtian helped, otherwise the old couple would have been overwhelmed. As for Zhu Youjie and Zhu Youxian, Zhu Youjie was admitted to a junior college in his province in 1979. He said he wouldn't return home during the summer vacation, thinking of finding a job in the city to earn some living expenses. Zhu Youxian failed the first year, and then took the exam again the following year, but still failed. Through her boyfriend's introduction, she now works at a plastics factory in the county.
At that time, Zhu Xingtong was taking Tongtong to the mountain to cut grass. The rabbits at home were growing more and more, and they had already grown to a considerable size, so they naturally had more to eat.
Not far from them, Old Zhu was also mowing grass, but he was mowing pig grass. Ever since the government lifted restrictions on raising chickens and other things, the family had not only added a cow but also two large, fat pigs. Just caring for these animals was a huge effort, but the old couple worked very hard.
Suddenly, Uncle Zhu, standing on the opposite hilltop, called out, "Second Brother, come home quickly! Sixth Brother and his wife are back."
"What? Lao Liu is back. Atong, you take care of the cows, I'm going home first." After Old Zhu shouted over here, he walked quickly towards home.
"Sister, did you hear that? Mom and Dad are back, I'm going home first." Zhu Xingtong slung the basket over his arm and ran towards home.
Zhu Xingtong shook his head helplessly, took the grass cut by Tongtong and put it into his own basket, then walked slowly towards the cow. This was a well-cared-for blue cow, in its prime, with shiny fur. You could tell it was well-cared-for. Old Zhu treated it as a treasure of the family, and even forbade Tongtong to ride it. In private, Zhu Xingtong and Tongtong had secretly ridden it many times. Once, they were seen by Old Zhu, and if Huang Mei hadn't stopped them, they would have been beaten. Since then, Old Zhu would not let the two children herd cattle. This cow was also quite smart. When Old Zhu was around, it would not even look at Zhu Xingtong. Now, when Old Zhu was not there, it did not dare to stick out its hooves, but ate the grass with its eyebrows lowered. Zhu Xingtong put two baskets of grass on its back, but it did not dare to throw them away, and let Zhu Xingtong pull it back home.
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