"Can't believe it, can you?" Zhao Qinglan chuckled.
Li Huai nodded blankly.
She probably wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't experienced it herself.
"Our country is becoming increasingly powerful, and our capital hosted the Olympic Games."
The Olympics, is that the one he knows about? "A world-class event?"
"Yeah, what else did you think?"
"Not only did we host the event, but we also topped the medal table, leaving all other countries behind." While we may have had the advantage of being the host country, it's also proof of our strength.
"First place?" Li Huai was utterly shocked.
He thought it would be good enough if his country could participate in the Olympics and win a few medals, but he was surprised that his country could win first place.
"Yes, it's number one." She was very proud when she mentioned it.
As she talked about happy things, she became even more excited. If they weren't worried about their voices being too loud and their mother outside hearing them, they would both be cheering together right now.
"What other big things are happening?" Li Huai swallowed, becoming somewhat expectant.
"Let me think... Oh right, our spaceship went into space, the manned kind." It was widely reported in the news.
"What is a spaceship?" This touched on a blind spot in Li Huai's knowledge.
"Huh, you didn't know? I remember that people in the West should have already landed on the moon by now." She couldn't quite remember which year the Americans landed on the moon, but she remembered it was quite a while ago.
Li Huai really didn't know that someone had indeed landed on the moon back in 1969. However, because the two sides had a bad relationship and had not yet established diplomatic relations, coupled with the tense situation in China, they did not publicize the event.
Within China, only some high-level leaders and scientists knew about this.
Zhao Qinglan had no choice but to explain the concept of a spaceship to her husband again.
"How amazing! How incredible!" Li Huai couldn't help but exclaim.
“Our country has many highways and high-speed railways. Places that would take two or three days to reach by train now will only take a few hours to get there.”
"And online shopping, which involves computers. Do you know what a computer is?" She looked over.
Li Huai shook his head again.
"Computers can be used to chat with people, browse web pages, read news, watch TV, listen to music, and even buy things. You can choose what you like online and make electronic payments without cash."
Li Huai felt increasingly overwhelmed as he listened; the country had developed so well in the future!
Things that were unheard of before, along with convenient lifestyles, have somehow become commonplace in every household.
"Oh right, and a cell phone too. Smartphones already existed when I passed away." Smartphones are so convenient! Li Huai even bought her the best one on the market.
"You can think of a smartphone as a portable mini computer. You can make calls anytime, anywhere. Almost everyone has one. Almost everything a computer can do, a mobile phone can do too. It's so convenient for everyone to communicate."
Well, Li Huai was completely numb to it.
"Oh right, we have our own aircraft carrier now. You know what an aircraft carrier is, right?" Her eyes lit up.
Of course he knew that. An aircraft carrier? We actually have our own aircraft carrier now! He nodded quickly.
"In addition to aircraft carriers, we also have many powerful weapons, and our technological development is very rapid."
Hearing this, Li Huai felt gratified. With our military strength catching up, we will no longer be afraid of the threat from Western powers.
As she spoke, Zhao Qinglan remembered something particularly important.
"Both Hong Kong and Macau have returned to China; we have taken them back."
"Really?" Li Huai was instantly excited.
"Absolutely true. By the way, in a few years, the Prime Minister's wife will be coming here to discuss the return of Hong Kong to China."
"That's great, that's great! What about the other side of the strait?" he asked quickly.
"Over there," Zhao Qinglan sighed. "I wasn't back when I passed away over there."
Li Huai felt a little regretful upon hearing this, as taking back that place was probably the wish of every Chinese person.
Besides this, Zhao Qinglan thought of some other things she felt she could share.
Although Li Huai felt a little regretful that they didn't come back, he was still happy and proud to know that the country had become rich and powerful.
Zhao Qinglan's throat was dry from talking, so Li Huai went out to pour her some water.
She stopped when she couldn't think of anything else to share, and by then it was late at night.
Mrs. Sun only heard the young couple whispering to each other, but she didn't know what they were saying. She didn't want to interfere, so she went back to her room to sleep.
When Li Huai returned with the water, he found it somewhat amusing to see his still excited wife.
At this moment, my wife really does seem a bit childlike and adorable.
"Our country has always been at peace, and we haven't fought a war, right?"
Although he was a soldier, he always hoped that the country would be peaceful and free from war, and that the people could live and work in peace and contentment.
As for war, she remembered that there had only been two since the founding of the People's Republic of China: one was on the Korean Peninsula, and the other was...
Suddenly, her expression froze.
She remembered that in 1979, a war broke out between her country and that small country on the border.
Li Huai immediately sensed something was amiss from her expression.
"What's wrong with Qinglan?"
"I remember that the following year, we were at war with another country."
"What country?"
Zhao Qinglan stated the name of the country.
It was them!
Li Huai frowned.
Unfortunately, even if he knows now, it's not easy for him to warn anyone. Even if he does speak up, no leader will believe him, and he'll probably be misunderstood as some kind of weirdo.
Thinking about this made him feel powerless.
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