Chapter 159 All These Years

"First time on a plane?"

"Yes," Tang Yuan nodded, looking at the dense white clouds outside the window and smiled, "If I hadn't come back so soon, maybe I would have had the opportunity to be the first person to board an airplane in the 1980s."

Although those vests were in different places at that time, she did not need to take public transportation to travel back and forth. Wen Jiaqi also took a boat from Hong Kong back to the mainland.

Suddenly returning to the modern world, she felt a little uncomfortable, as if everything that happened before was just a dream.

The body sitting next to her was familiar to her, but the system controlling this body was unfamiliar to her. Now, the two people sitting on the plane together were just strangers.

For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

The plane flew northeast, and the two didn't talk much along the way. It was not until they got off the plane and walked out of the airport that Tang Yuan saw someone waiting not far away.

To her, it had not been long since they last met, but when they met now, even though her face was obviously very different from before, she still recognized her at a glance.

"Nice to meet you again." The other party opened his hands.

"Yes, we meet again," Tang Yuan took a few steps forward, stretched out his arms and hugged her, "I used to think that the worlds before and after I experienced were two completely different things, but I didn't expect..."

"It's different, I guess. In the world before you traveled through time, I was definitely no longer in this world. I'm lucky in this life," he hugged her tightly. "Tang Yuan, I'm glad I can see you in person."

"Nice to meet you, too," Tang Yuan smiled and called out the other person's name, "Tang Yuan."

"I'm used to people calling me Engineer Tang now," said the 60-year-old "Tang Yuan," holding her hand and whispering, "After you left, the system kept communicating with me. It told me that you would show up again. I didn't expect to wait for so many years."

The two men have similar faces. Although "Tang Yuan" is older now, he still looks young. When they stand together, it is easy for people to think they are relatives.

Tang Yuan's emotions have not fully recovered. After all, she once thought that she would live and grow up in the 1970s and 1980s, and by the modern time, she would become an old lady like "Tang Yuan".

And she was totally unprepared for the idea of ​​traveling back in time.

However, this restless mood is slowly calming down after seeing "Tang Garden".

"Everyone calls you Engineer Tang. Did you go to work in a machinery factory after graduation?" Tang Yuan asked speculatively.

"Yes," Tang Gong nodded, "There are some things I should have told you long ago. They have been hidden in my heart for a long time. Now I finally have the opportunity to tell you one by one."

She held Tang Yuan's hand all the time and slowly told her the words she had prepared for a long time.

"When I first became conscious, I was in the boiler room. You should be busy at that time, with only a trace of consciousness left in your body. I didn't understand what was happening, but all I could see was the book in front of me. I was really bored, so I started reading."

"I couldn't understand it at first, you know. I only studied for two years. Then my family couldn't afford it, so I stopped studying."

"But the page in front of me had been there for so long, and I couldn't move at all in my body. Over time, I memorized every page of the book."

"Slowly, I could hear the voices of everyone in the boiler room. They were chatting and talking about things, and the voices also reached my ears. That kind of life seemed particularly peaceful and happy."

"Then one day, the Tang family came..."

"Tang Yuan" was conscious at that time. She was extremely afraid of the Tang family and even wanted to escape from her body, until the Tang family was intercepted by Tang Yuan again and again and sent back to the village.

Later, Tang Jianguo also left the machinery factory.

As things happened one after another, she suddenly realized that the Tang family did not seem as scary as she remembered. She even had the leisure to continue reading, and continued to memorize the contents of the book page by page in her heart.

"Then one day, intelligent control appeared," Tang Gong said, glancing at the person standing not far away, "She said that she could let me control my body, so I... started to go to school."

"I was the one who decided on the intelligent control. I was busy at that time, and everyone in the machinery factory was urging me to go to school, so I did that. If I had known that you were conscious at that time, I would have returned the body to you long ago." Tang Yuan said.

"No, if you need it, I can give it to you then," Tang Gong's eyes were bright, "You have brought me many changes and made me realize the joy of learning."

Tang Yuan turned his head to look at her, then looked at System Xiaofang not far away.

"She wants you to go back, but the situation at that time was special. You must return to your own body. No matter how well your soul fits into her body, it cannot compare to the original soul," the system said, looking at the elderly Tang Gong, "She is very noisy and annoying."

"You could have done better, but you sent her back without saying anything. It's your fault," Tang Gong, who had just spoken gently, suddenly became furious. "You didn't ask her opinion when you took her there, and you didn't ask her opinion when you sent her back. We are willing to give our bodies to her, and you can keep her!"

"If she stays, your souls will disappear." The system retorted.

"Just disappear. We should have died anyway, but you shouldn't have not asked her opinion," Tang Gong said angrily. "She doesn't know anything, and you're dragging her around like this. Isn't that your problem?"

"She is still the same age when she comes back, nothing has changed, and..."

"I don't care, it's your fault!"

Tangyuan: ...

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, she quickly reached out and held them down: "Stop quarreling, stop quarreling. I don't think it's a big deal. After all, I am still the same age after coming back, and I have lived a few more years. It's not a loss."

She first comforted Tang Gong, and then went to comfort the system: "You are right. If I can choose, I will definitely choose the current situation. If they don't have souls, it's fine. But if their souls are still there, they will naturally be the main ones. Your choice is right. If you ask me one more question, I will choose the same."

Seeing that both of them had calmed down, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "It just came out of nowhere. You know what I was thinking? It's just like when I traveled through time. Just give me some time and I'll be able to recover."

According to the system, the souls of several vests are recovering, so it should be a matter of time for her to come back. However, she was forced to make one of the choices without any preparation, and it would take time for her to accept it.

However, she didn't expect that "Tang Yuan" and the system would actually quarrel.

From their previous conversations, she had always thought that the other party should be a very gentle person.

"Let's continue talking about the following matter," Tang Yuan turned around, "When we met before, you had just finished the college entrance examination. Did you do well?"

"It's OK," Engineer Tang said in a low voice. "Later, I was admitted to university and chose mechanical engineering as my major. After graduation, I thought about the help the machinery factory could provide us, so I returned to the machinery factory. Over the years, the machinery factory has been split and integrated, and I have always been there."

"The leader of the machinery factory is really good." Tang Yuan nodded. She had thought about it more than once. Given the situation of the machinery factory, even if it was Tang Yuan herself who came instead of her, the machinery factory would definitely provide help.

But at that time she had no idea that "Tang Garden" would ever come back.

But it was better for her to come back than for me. After all, given my situation at that time, I would probably not be able to stay in the machinery factory for long.

"Then..." Tang Yuan looked at her and asked a word.

"Tang Jianguo and the others?" Engineer Tang smiled, his gentle smile carrying a hint of sharpness. "Not long after you left, my acceptance letter came in. Everyone in the machinery factory was very happy. The Liu family knew about it, and the news also reached the Tang family."

"They wanted to come and make trouble again. I followed your example and asked the leader of the machinery factory to help me and stopped them. Later, when I returned to the machinery factory, the leaders of the factory protected me even more and did not let the Tang family come to find me."

"I only heard that the situation there was not good, but I didn't inquire about it carefully. I didn't communicate with them much, but focused on my work."

"Then, I heard the news of Tang Jianguo's death."

Tang Yuan replied: "This is good, we don't have to pay for the old-age pension."

"Yes, I saved a few hundred dollars on my pension," Tang Gong smiled even more happily, holding her hand all the time, "I knew you would understand my approach, but this is what you taught me. You let them deal with it themselves. You taught me that when something happens, compromise is not the only way out."

"Well, if we can't afford to offend them, we can afford to avoid them," Tang Yuan said with a smile on his face. When he looked out the window, he suddenly saw the sign on the factory area not far away, "This machinery factory..."

"It's the remodeled version of our old machinery factory," Engineer Tang opened the car door and pulled Tang Yuan out of the car. "I'll take you inside for a walk and a meal. Let me tell you, the canteen at the machinery factory is really good now, much better than before."

"I remember the cafeteria before. Whenever there was something fishy, ​​everyone would run to the window to buy it," Tang Yuan recalled. "But later I didn't care much about the cafeteria because I could buy myself more."

Wen Jiaqi's vests came very early. At that time, she could buy meat directly in Xiangjiang. Also, except for "Tangyuan", several vests were not allowed to eat outside food. She could buy some meat and eat it happily. Naturally, she would not be tempted by the fishy food in the cafeteria anymore.

"I know. Later, when I went to school, I still had a lot of money," Tang Gong said of the situation at that time. "You know what? I was almost the richest student in the school at that time."

"The richest?" Tang Yuan was surprised.

"Yes, because you were making money outside at that time, and I could continue to wait for the salary and receipts from the machinery factory, plus the remaining savings, I could eat whatever I wanted, and never had a shortage of money," Tang Gong smiled happily, "My classmates envied me at that time, but at that time, I could work and study at the same time, which was also rare. The salary from the machinery factory alone was enough for me."

"Let alone other things in the machinery factory, wages and receipts are all given on time." As the two were talking, they arrived at the current machinery factory... the cafeteria of Hongxing Machinery Group Company. As soon as they entered, a strong aroma of meat wafted from the cafeteria.

"It's my treat, eat as much as you want." Mr. Tang put a card in her hand.

Tang Yuan held the card and took a look at it: "Wow, a gold card."

Mr. Tang said proudly: "No, I am a senior employee."