Chapter 227 Little Peach Cried
"Offense and defense are easy to change, Haitang, I suddenly believe what you said before. We can really do it." Lu Liangchen said softly, his eyes sweeping over every face.
"We can definitely do it." Jiang Haitang looked determined.
"Comrades, foreign machines aren't made by gods. If they can strangle us, we can break their grip!" Lu Liangchen suddenly declared, "From today on, a technical research team will be established. The composition of the team will be determined by the factory. Any supplies needed will be allocated to the entire factory first! We must never repeat today's mistakes again."
The workers looked at each other, and it took a while before someone realized what Lu Liangchen had said.
I don't know who shouted "Fuck him" first, but the workshop suddenly erupted in thunderous response.
Jiang Haitang looked at Lu Liangchen's resolute profile and suddenly understood why he made such a decision. It was not recklessness, but the responsibility of a party member.
She silently took out a homemade vernier caliper from the toolbox and walked towards the core of the machine in everyone's surprised eyes.
"Look here, country Y deliberately widened the tolerance by 0.1mm, aiming to prematurely destroy the bearing," she said, pointing to a tiny scratch on the bearing seat. "They hope to constantly constrain us. Our job is to avoid being constrained."
A fitter came closer to take a look and slapped his thigh: "Son of a bitch! This was intentional!"
“I suggest that from now on, we focus on researching the localization of machinery and transforming the imported machinery in our factory to avoid similar situations in the future.
No one expressed any objection to Jiang Haitang's proposal. Everyone felt that it was normal and should be done.
By the time these things were over, it was already noon.
At this time, the workshop was still filled with the warmth of technical discussions, but Jiang Haitang couldn't wait to rush out of the workshop.
It's been a month! A whole month!
When she returned from Huacheng exhausted, what greeted her was this imported machine that was the bottleneck of the entire factory. The continuous overtime work, debugging and tackling of the problems made her run like a top.
She didn't even have time to hug Xiao Taozi properly. The little guy must miss her very much, especially these days, when even Lu Liangchen was busy. The little guy must be even more sad because he couldn't see his parents, right?
At this moment, her heart was filled with longing. She hadn't seen Xiao Taozi's little face for a month, and she didn't know whether it had gotten fatter or thinner. She also imagined her aggrieved eyes. The guilt almost overwhelmed her, and she was eager to go home.
She ran all the way, not bothering to wipe the sweat from her forehead and the dark oil stains on her cuffs and front, and went straight to the factory-run kindergarten.
I ran to the paint-chipped wooden door of the kindergarten and saw the little ones playing in the yard.
She glanced around eagerly, searching for a familiar figure.
On a small bench in the corner, a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar little figure sat with his back to the door, playing with a wooden duck with the paint worn off. His little shoulders were drooping, and he looked exceptionally quiet, even a little lonely.
It’s Xiao Taozi!
"Little Peach!" Jiang Haitang's voice was trembling and hoarse with uncontrollable force, and her steps were staggering.
Hearing the voice he had been thinking about day and night, the small figure suddenly stiffened and then turned around quickly.
When she saw the figure at the door, covered in grease, with an anxious and exhausted face, her big eyes instantly filled with tears. Her mouth first opened slightly in disbelief, then suddenly drooped.
"Wow--!!!"
The crying was not an accusation of grievance, but a huge release of a month's pent-up longing, anxiety, fear and the sudden sight of loved ones. It was like a flood that broke through the dam and could no longer be controlled.
The teacher was suddenly startled when he heard Xiao Taozi crying.
Xiao Taozi is a very well-behaved and obedient child. She rarely cries on weekdays.
"Xiao Taozi, what's wrong?" The teacher immediately trotted over to Xiao Taozi.
Little Peach pointed at the front door with her little hand: "Mommy! Mommy! Wahh ...
The teacher looked in the direction Xiao Taozi pointed and saw a dirty woman. Wasn't that Jiang Haitang?
Xiao Taozi didn't know that Jiang Haitang had returned, but the teacher knew that Jiang Haitang had returned. He also knew that Jiang Haitang had been working almost non-stop for the past few days since he returned for the sake of the factory's machines.
It seems that he just finished his work and came to pick up Xiao Taozi.
The teacher felt a pang of sadness and picked up Xiao Taozi and walked towards the door.
Little Taozi was held in the teacher's arms, crying heart-wrenchingly, her little body shaking violently, as if she wanted to cry out all the emotions that had accumulated over the past month.
The teacher's eyes turned red when he heard the little guy crying so miserably.
"Mr. Jiang, you're finally...finally able to come and see the child! Little Taozi has been complaining about missing her mother every day these days. She doesn't even play with other children during breaks. She always sits alone, speechless. Poor little thing..."
As the teacher spoke, he couldn't help but feel sad.
Xiao Taozi is a poor child. It is thanks to the kindness of Director Lu and Engineer Jiang that they treat this child sincerely.
Jiang Haitang's heart was torn and crushed by her daughter's crying.
She hugged the little body, which was crying so hard that it was hot all over and out of breath, tightly in her arms!
The bitterness of a month's separation and the intense emotions of reunion at this moment came flooding back, causing her own tears to burst out instantly.
Jiang Haitang was heartbroken by the little boy's crying. She had always known that Xiao Taozi lacked a sense of security because his mother left him early.
She has been trying desperately to make amends with Xiao Taozi, but such feelings are difficult to repair.
But, in two days, she will leave Jincheng again...
"My dear! Mommy's little peach! Mommy is back! I'm sorry... I'm sorry... Mommy made you wait for too long..."
Jiang Haitang's voice was choked with sobs. She hugged her daughter tightly, almost rubbing her into her bones and blood. Her cheek was pressed tightly against her daughter's tear-soaked face, and she kissed her forehead, eyes, and hair non-stop and incoherently.
"It's Mom's fault! Mom is bad! Mom is too busy at work... Mom misses you, Mom..."
Little Taozi felt the embrace that was so familiar to the depths of her soul and her mother's hot tears, and she cried even more fiercely.
She buried her little head deeply in her mother's neck, and her little hands tightly grasped her mother's work clothes stained with thick oil. Her nails were scratched white, as if she had used up all her strength to regain the sense of security that she had lost in the past month.
The little one cried until her face turned purple, and she could hardly breathe. She shouted incoherently, "Mom... don't... don't go... Taozi is good... Taozi misses her mom... Woo waa ...
"No, no, no! Mommy won't leave! Mommy loves Xiao Taozi the most!" Jiang Haitang's heart was broken. She hugged her daughter tighter, tried to calm herself down, and comforted her gently over and over again.
She loosened her arms a little, and with her oily but warm fingers, she wiped the tears, snot and saliva that were crisscrossing her daughter's face with great tenderness and care.
"Mom...it stinks...it stinks..." Little Taozi was probably finally tired of crying. She sobbed and whispered intermittently. She rubbed her little nose on her mother's collar which was covered with engine oil and metal dust, but her little hands still held her mother's clothes tightly like pliers, afraid that her mother would disappear if she let go.
Jiang Haitang was amused by her childish words with a tearful tone and wanted to laugh, but the bitterness in her heart became even stronger.
A month may be just busy for adults, but for a young child, it is like a long torture.
She lowered her head and rested her forehead against her daughter's, tears streaming down her face again. "Yes, Mommy is dirty. Mommy smells like machines. Mommy has been fighting with machines every day for the past month, and she's covered in their stench. Little Taozi, do you dislike Mommy?"
Little Taozi shook her little head vigorously, tears rolling down her face. She stretched out her little hand and clumsily wiped the tears from her mother's face.
She spoke with a heavy nasal voice and said very seriously: "No... I don't despise... Mom... is a hero... Mom is a hero who broke the machine..."
She seemed to be trying hard to express what she had heard from adults about how "remarkable" her mother's job was.
Jiang Haitang understood instantly. Although everyone had tried their best to keep it a secret from the little one these days, the little one still heard clues from everyone's words and knew that she had returned.
So, the little girl was crying so hard, was it because I had returned to the factory but didn’t go to see her?
Thinking of this, Jiang Haitang felt even more guilty. She felt that she might have done something wrong and should have let Lu Liangchen take the child over to have a look.
Her daughter said she was a hero, but the word "hero" was like a heavy hammer, hitting Jiang Haitang's heart hard.
An indescribable complex warm current instantly broke through the levee, mixed with endless heartache, guilt and a heavy sense of responsibility.
In her previous life, she had no children, so she couldn't understand this feeling. But in this life, because of Xiao Taozi, she suddenly understood how difficult it is for working women to balance between family and work.
I want to be with my children, but I also want to work hard...
She hugged her daughter tightly, burying her face in her little shoulder: "Silly child... Mom is not a hero... Mom is just an ordinary worker who wants to do her job well and protect everyone... But the one Mom feels most sorry for is my little Taozi..."
"Mom, Xiao Taozi wants to go home!" Xiao Taozi said softly while hugging Jiang Haitang's neck.
"Let's go home." Jiang Haitang took a deep breath, as if to suppress all the fatigue and sadness, and as if to absorb the pure life force from her daughter.
She picked up her daughter, carefully straightened her wrinkled clothes, smoothed her sweat-soaked hair, and said in a voice hoarse from crying but remarkably firm, "Mommy will take Xiao Taozi out to eat. What does baby want to eat? Mommy will buy it for you, as much as you want!"
Little Peach snuggled in her mother's long-lost arms, with her little head resting on her mother's shoulder. Although she was still sobbing from time to time and her eyes were as red and swollen as a little peach, her whole tense little body was obviously relaxed, revealing a great sense of relief that had been lost and regained.
She whispered timidly and dependably, "Eat...eat the noodles mom made..."
The bowl of noodles with a poached egg that her mother made for her before she left a month ago has probably become the warmest taste in her memory during this period.
"Okay!" Jiang Haitang nodded vigorously, hugged her daughter, turned and walked towards the door.
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