The father dropped his chopsticks, lost his appetite, and got up to go back to his room.
One thing after another eroded the original affection between husband and wife. Fan's father regretted that he had married such a short-sighted wife just for her pretty face.
He wasn't stupid. His superiors had personally praised him, and although he didn't know what his second daughter had been doing in the countryside, the higher-ups had clearly hinted that the Fan family should bring her back. But Zhou Xuehua…
My wife is really good at pretending to be compliant while being disobedient. She agreed to my face, saying she had already sent a message to Xiao Fan, but later I found out...
What was sent was not a letter asking Xiao Fan to come back, but rather the formalities for becoming an educated youth that his wife had secretly completed behind his back.
Zhou Xuehua was humiliated by her husband in front of their child, and looking aggrieved and unable to bear it, she also left the dinner table.
Fan Yunli's gaze fell on Fan Yunyan at this moment. She remembered that her older brother had not gone to Qingcheng in her previous life.
That makes sense, though. In his previous life, Fan Xiaofan was already considered "dead" at home at this time. But in this life, news keeps coming in, so it's not surprising that Fan Yunyan is going to Qingcheng.
Thinking of Fan Xiaofan, Fan Yunli couldn't help but grit her teeth. She had tried so hard to hide it, but she just couldn't. Everyone in the compound knew that Fan Xiaofan was not dead, and Zhan Yuan'an knew it too.
He even wanted to go to Qingcheng to find Fan Xiaofan in person, but his family wouldn't allow it.
For the Zhan family, the Fan family was a complete mess, and they didn't want their adopted son to get caught up in this quagmire.
Fan Yunli was full of scheming, while Fan Xiaofan was in poor health and timid. Although she felt some pity for the child, she did not think she was up to the position of the matriarch of the Zhan family.
For Zhan's mother, neither Fan Yunli nor Fan Xiaofan would be a suitable daughter-in-law.
The Zhan family considers their precious son, Zhan Yuan'an, to be the most deserving of the best.
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Fan Xiaofan was too lazy to pay attention to the changing situation in Beidu. At this moment, she was being pulled aside by Wu Tieqiang and asked a series of questions.
They've been in Jiaxing for quite some time now, and President Zhang is even more excited than the people processing the parts. He's practically waving a flag and cheering them on, his smile practically reaching his ears.
Fan Xiaofan had serious doubts about how big Zhang's mouth would be after the first multi-speed bicycle was assembled...
He stroked his chin and sighed, "Humans truly have limitless potential."
Wu Tieqiang's hands were calloused and covered in black oil, just like the workers in the bicycle parts factory. These calloused hands were the result of years of hard work, showing him to be a very hardworking and resilient person.
After receiving the blueprints, he was so eager to work day and night that he said sleeping and eating were a waste of time.
Comrade Fan Xiaofan, with a stern face, earnestly lectured Wu Tieqiang: "Comrade Wu, food is as essential as iron, and you must know that sharpening your axe won't delay your work."
Wu Tieqiang's face twitched as the little girl lectured him. How could he, a grandfather, be lectured by a junior?
However, with the workers rushing to finish the job, they finally produced the parts that Fan Xiaofan needed. Fan Xiaofan also personally worked on it, and in just one afternoon, China's first geared bicycle was born here.
This place is just a small county town, and even the bicycle parts factory next door looks like a dilapidated, cramped shed.
President Zhang nervously rubbed his hands from time to time, but when he saw Fan Xiaofan riding on that geared bicycle that he was itching to own, his eyes lit up like searchlights.
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