Feng Shenghui was described as emaciated, skinny, and haggard. Although he was in his early thirties, he looked like a man in his fifties, and even had a few strands of gray hair on his head.

It had only been a short while since they last saw each other, but Yao Cuihong almost didn't recognize him.

Yao Cuihong brought Feng Fulong to pick up Feng Shenghui. Feng Fulong was holding a big apple and eating it. I don’t know if he didn’t recognize Feng Shenghui. He took one look at Feng Shenghui and was so scared that he hid behind Yao Cuihong without calling for help.

"Mom, Fulong." Feng Shenghui spoke in a hoarse voice.

Yao Cuihong responded, but Feng Fulong said nothing and just kept eating his apple.

"How did you become like this...my son..." Yao Cuihong held Feng Shenghui's face.

Feng Shenghui pushed her hand away.

"Forget about it. Now that you're out, let's not talk about what happened inside. Where did you get the bail money for me? Where's Cuixiang?" Feng Shenghui looked left and right, but couldn't find Li Cuixiang.

"He ran away, took the money from the sale of our house, and I..."

Yao Cuihong wiped her tears and told Feng Shenghui everything that had happened recently.

Feng Shenghui's eyes suddenly turned red with anger.

"That bitch! She actually did such a thing! Doesn't she want her son anymore? Call the police! Bring her back! Call the police!" Feng Shenghui cursed with gritted teeth.

After scolding for a while, he suddenly reacted.

"Mom, what did you just say? You said you sold the house and the land? Mom! How could you do such a thing!"

Feng Shenghui grabbed Yao Cuihong's shoulders and pinched her hard without controlling herself, causing Yao Cuihong great pain.

"Shenghui, what are you doing! Let go! Why are you still trying so hard! How can I get the money to protect you if I don't sell my house! Who could have thought that Li Cuixiang would run away with the money! She took all the money away, and the police couldn't find her. If I want to protect you, I have to sell my land, right?

If I hadn't sold the land, you would still be locked up in there. Look at what you are like now! If I hadn't bailed you out, you might have died in there!

Look at how much flesh you have left, and the white hair on your head, which is more than I, your mother, have. If I hadn’t sold the land, you would still be in prison. And now you blame me! You are such a fool! "

"Mom..." Feng Shenghui was scolded by Yao Cuihong and was so devastated that he couldn't even stand. He sat on the ground, holding his head and crying.

"Mom, you sold all the land... That was our Feng family's ancestral property. Now the ancestral property left by our ancestors is gone, gone, gone...

The house has been sold. Do you remember how glorious we were in the village when our house was just built a few months ago?

Our house is the most imposing one in the village. At that time, I felt the wind under my feet wherever I walked in the village. Now...it's only been a short time, it's only been a short time.

The house is gone, the grand house is gone, even the fields at home are gone, everything is gone..."

Feng Shenghui sat on the ground crying and howling.

He suddenly remembered how good Shen Huanxi was. When he was doing well, Shen Huanxi was his wife, and it was Shen Huanxi who earned money to build the house for their family. After he divorced Shen Huanxi, life at home became worse and worse.

He was put into the detention center, and when he came out he had lost his house, his land, and all his money had been taken away by Li Cuixiang...and it was only a short time.

"Okay, stop crying. You're making a fool of yourself. Now you're out, aren't you? As long as you have life, you will have a chance to survive. Stop crying and get up!" Yao Cuihong went to pull Feng Shenghui.

Feng Shenghui was paralyzed and unable to get up.

"Mom, we used to have firewood. A few months ago, we had money, a house, and everything. Now we have nothing..."

"Bah! What are you talking about the past? Don't you have a son now? In the past you had a house and money, but no son! Things are much better now!"

As Yao Cuihong spoke, she pulled Feng Fulong out from behind her.

"Look, this is your son. You have a son now. Fulong, call me dad."

"Wow!" Feng Fulong was holding Apple and couldn't shout out. When he saw Feng Shenghui's horrible look, he was scared and cried, and hid behind Yao Cuihong again.

Yao Cuihong frowned.

"What's wrong with you, kid? Why are you crying when I tell you to call me daddy? Come out!" She tried to pull him away, but Feng Fulong was stubborn and refused to get close to Feng Shenghui.

When Feng Shenghui just saw Feng Fulong, he called him Feng Fulong. Now that he saw Feng Fulong was hiding from him, he didn't care anymore and was even a little indifferent.

He thought of Chang'an and Changning.

The two girls used to be very close to him. They would call him daddy whenever they saw him, and would want to share with him any delicious food in Changan. But he was annoyed by them, despised them, and would scold them whenever he saw them, and sometimes even hit them.

Over time, the two girls were afraid of him and dared not get close to him.

He never hit Feng Fulong or scolded Feng Fulong. He was very nice to Feng Fulong, but Feng Fulong never got close to him.

For Feng Fulong, he even sacrificed his family's inheritance. What was he trying to gain?

Feng Shenghui looked at Feng Fulong, feeling a little dazed. He felt that Feng Fulong's face turned into Chang'an's face. He waited for Chang'an to come over and call him Dad, but the next second, Feng Fulong's crying brought him back to reality. That was Feng Fulong, not Chang'an.

Yao Cuihong was almost going crazy when she saw that she couldn't call Feng Fulong to action, but she couldn't bear to hit him, so she had to ask Feng Shenghui for help.

"Shenghui, please take care of your son. Look at him! He won't listen to me!"

"Mom, what is the purpose of life?" Feng Shenghui asked an irrelevant question and ignored Feng Fulon.

Yao Cuihong was already upset about Feng Fulong's disobedience, so she had no time to talk about life with Feng Shenghui.

"Why? Living is just for living, just for living, just for living a good life, what else can it be for? Fulong! Are you listening or not?"

"Since the purpose of living is to live a good life, why do we have to have a son?" Feng Fulong asked again.

Yao Cuihong was just busy trying to take care of Feng Fulong, but when she heard Feng Shenghui's question, she seemed to have heard something extremely outrageous and stopped paying attention to Feng Fulong.

She stared at Feng Shenghui fiercely.

"How can you ask such a ridiculous question! If you don't have a son, how can you hold your head up high in the village! If you don't have a son, how can you be proud of yourself, how can you carry on your family line, how can you face your ancestors when you die!"

"But you just said that we live to live a good life. If we have to live a miserable life for this son, why should we do it? If we lose our house and our inheritance for the sake of a son, will we be able to hold our heads up high?"

"You!" Yao Cuihong felt like an earthquake in her heart when she heard what Feng Shenghui said. How could her son say such a thing?

"Feng Shenghui, you are such a jerk! What man doesn't want a son? You are so unfilial! How come you have changed so much after being in the detention center?"

"Mom. □□ led us to destroy the four olds and told us not to believe in monsters and demons. Now is a new society, and we should not believe in those things even more.

Besides, if there really were ancestors, wouldn’t they want their descendants to live a better life? Mom, look at what has become of our family now…”

Feng Shenghui did not argue with Yao Cuihong. He said these words in an extremely calm tone, without even looking at Feng Fulong, and left with his luggage.

While in the detention center, he met several inmates. One of them was imprisoned for accidentally injuring someone. While in prison, he actively worked hard to reform himself and strive for a reduction in his sentence, just to get out as soon as possible and buy candied haws for his daughter.

Feng Shenghui saw the light in his eyes when he mentioned his only daughter. At that moment, Feng Shenghui suddenly felt that the prisoner was happy because he held on to hope...

…

Shen Huanxi found a weekend and set up a stall at the entrance of the market.

Nowadays, the most crowded place in the city is not the shopping mall, but the market. Besides, there are not many shopping malls in this era.

Stamp collecting has become popular in Yunnan City. As soon as she set up her stall at the entrance of the market, people came to ask about the prices.

"Eighty cents a piece, no bargaining." Shen Huanxi said briefly.

There are two special family planning tickets in total, one is "Promoting a couple to have only one child" and the other is "Population, Arable Land and Food".

She put out five of each type of ticket so that people wouldn't think she had too many.

After hearing her offer, some people said it was too expensive, while others immediately paid for it. After all, this was a special stamp and once the post office had issued a sufficient number, they would not print any more. It had long been out of stock at the Yunnan Post Office, so if one wanted to buy it, they could only buy it from others.

Stamp collectors will not buy in large quantities, and are willing to pay even 80 cents. Stamp speculators are even more so, as they make money by hoarding stamps and selling them. Stamps that cost 80 cents each may look expensive, but when they think about the higher price they can get in the future, they don't think twice and just buy them if they have spare money.

Shen Huanxi set up her stall at the entrance of the market for an hour and sold all the stamps she had brought out that day. After returning home, she counted the money and found that she had earned more than 3,000 yuan in one morning.

Shen Huanxi had some spare money on hand, so she planned to use the TV tickets given to her by her unit as a reward.

I went home and told my children, and all four of them were very happy.

"I've watched TV at Chenchen's house, and the people in it could move and sing. It's just like the movies in our village! But it's in a box and I can watch it at home. We're going to have a TV at home too!" Changan said happily.

The other three children also looked excited when they thought of the TV.

Shen Huanxi found a time when Xiao Shanhe was also free, and the couple took the TV tickets and went to buy a TV together.

If you want to buy a TV these days, you go to a state-owned appliance store. There are a variety of TVs on display in the TV section, some imported, some domestically produced, some larger, some as small as 14 inches.

After the family arrived at the store, Shen Huanxi went to ask about the price.

An imported television costs three to four thousand yuan, while domestically produced ones, such as the Venus, Panda, and Yellow River brands, are cheaper, ranging from three hundred to six hundred yuan.

Shen Huanxi looked around and found that even the state-owned electrical appliance store did not have any color TVs.

Yes, it’s only 1983 now, and she can’t even remember whether there were color televisions in the country that year.

There were quite a few people in the store. Some came to buy electric kettles, some came to buy radios, and some came to buy small items such as light bulbs and fans.

There were also many people watching TV, but they just watched and could not buy.

In this era, televisions, whether imported or domestically produced, could not be purchased by anyone with money. One had to have a commercial ticket for the television. If one wanted to freely purchase a television without a commercial ticket, one had to wait until after 1985.

The salesperson thought that Shen Huanxi and his family were also there to watch TV, so they didn't treat them well. When Shen Huanxi asked about the price or any other questions, they just gave perfunctory answers until Shen Huanxi took out the TV ticket.

"I want to buy that one, the 14-inch Panda TV, the one that costs 360 yuan." Shen Huanxi pointed at the Panda TV he liked.

When buying something that requires a commercial invoice, the price is fixed, so there is no need to bargain or worry about being ripped off.

When the salesperson saw that she actually took out a commercial ticket, he was so surprised that he rushed over.

Many customers in the store heard that someone wanted to buy a TV, so they came over to take a look.

"Oh, you really bought a TV! Where did you get the commercial tickets? We can't buy it even if we have money!" asked a woman in her early forties with a head full of curlers.

"It's a reward from the unit." Shen Huanxi answered truthfully.

Now everyone is even more jealous.

"You work for a government-run company? People who work for the government are different. I heard that state-owned factories also issue commercial bills. I'm really jealous. For us who run our own businesses, sometimes we don't have much money to spend. It's not even as much as the tens of yuan a month that other people earn."

"Yes, my cousin works in a state-owned machinery factory. Last month, their factory held a badminton competition, and the winning team gave each member a TV ticket. I was so jealous."

"I heard that many households in state-owned factories have TVs. It's incomparable."

…

Everyone did not hide their envy towards Shen Huanxi.

Shen Huanxi smiled.

"Don't worry. In a few years, everyone will be able to buy a TV. Then tickets won't be necessary."

"Oh comrade, you are really good at comforting people."

"I'm not trying to comfort you. Think about it. In the past, you needed tickets to buy food, oil, rice, and noodles, but now you don't need them, right? The same goes for home appliances like televisions. You still need tickets now, but in the future, you won't need tickets anymore."

"I really hope so. If so, I will buy a big TV and watch it every day!"

…

Shen Huanxi didn't say much to them. He picked out the TV, checked it and found no problems, then took the TV ticket and went to pay.

After I paid, the salesperson helped me wrap up the TV, put it on a small three-string bungee and took it home. Before leaving, he also set off two strings of firecrackers. The crackling sound was so festive that it felt like Chinese New Year. People on the street couldn't help but look over here.

Seeing someone buy a TV, many people became jealous.

Four children stood beside the little Sanbeng, looking very proud. Changan saw his classmates and greeted them.

"Lily! This is our TV! We bought a TV!"

The girl called "Lily" ran over and looked at Changan with envy.

"We don't have a TV at home anymore, and my parents can't buy TV tickets."

"Then you can come to our house. You are always welcome."

"Great!" Lily was very happy to hear that she could go to Chang'an's house to watch TV.

"Okay, Chang'an, say goodbye to your little classmate and go home first."

"Okay!" Chang'an was very obedient and said goodbye to Lily first.

After the TV was delivered back home, Xiao Shanhe contacted some people and connected the lines that day. There was also a "big pot cover" to receive the signal and a very high antenna to be placed on the roof.

While he was still pretending, the children from Guixiang Village came running over to watch the excitement.

The first TV in Guixiang Village was bought by Jiang Xiaomei's family. It was also because of this TV that Chenchen was envied by other children.

Later, Guixiang Village had a few more televisions, but the number was small, so Shen Huanxi's family buying a TV was still big news. In the next few days, the topic of conversation among the neighbors in Guixiang Village after dinner might be "Xiao Shen bought a new TV."

It took the staff about three hours to install the signal receiver and antenna.

The children who had come to see the excitement just now also followed into the house. They were all children of the neighbors in Guixiang Village. They were about the same age as those in Chang'an and Changning, and were all a few years old.

Chang'an and Xiao Yutang were very proud and now they both acted like masters.

"Sit a little further back, in rows, don't crowd the front. The younger ones should sit in the front, and the older ones should sit in the back. Don't block the way. Brother, go get two more benches."

"Okay." Xiao Yutang was willing to follow Chang'an's instructions. Seeing that the sofas and small stools in the room were all filled with children, he went to the kitchen to move a stool.

Shen Huanxi plugged in the TV and the picture appeared.

It was an advertisement for laundry detergent. In the picture, several women were washing clothes with buckets of water. After soaking the clothes, they took out a packet of laundry detergent and squeezed it into the clothes, singing the melodious slogan:

"Please use the dry cleaning brand laundry detergent. The clothes will be clean after a gentle wash."

The children watched the ad and happily sang along: "Please use the laundry detergent. Wash your clothes gently and they will be clean."

After all, it was the first time they heard the slogan, and it was not certain that they could learn it well. The children almost didn't sing it in tune, but they were very happy.

Xiao Yutang brought back a stool and started singing along tunelessly.

Televisions are really rare these days. Kids can be so excited just watching a commercial.

After the laundry detergent ad, there is an ad for a thermos.

"I'll change the channel for you guys and see if there's anything good to watch." Shen Huanxi stood next to the TV.

The children nodded. They all knew that the TV channels could be changed and that different channels played different things.

In fact, not to mention the children, Shen Huanxi himself was very excited.

She was reborn from several decades later and had long been accustomed to electronic products such as television, computer, mobile phone and iPad. After her rebirth, all these were suddenly gone and she was still a little uncomfortable.

Now this TV makes her feel like she has returned to the electronic age.

Televisions of that era did not have remote controls, so if you wanted to change channels, you could only turn the rotary button on the TV.

Shen Huanxi turned around and the TV screen went distorted.

Zhang Guifen, who was watching TV with them, was shocked.

"Oh, this is bad."

"It's okay, it's okay! Grandma, we watched TV at Chenchen's house before. It's easy to get distorted screen when changing channels. Just adjust it!" Changan said.

Just as he finished speaking, Shen Huanxi tuned the channel and the picture came up. This time it was a replay of this year's Spring Festival Gala skit, but just when the skit was ending, a commercial started.

Zhang Guifen felt that the question she asked just now seemed a bit rustic and felt a little embarrassed.

Shen Huanxi continued to tune in. She looked and found that there were not many TV stations that could be received. There were only three in total. One was the central station, one was the provincial TV station, and the other was the Yunnan City TV station.

In 1983, Shen Huanxi was satisfied with receiving three units.

The TV series "Huo Yuanjia" was being broadcast on CCTV, and Shen Huanxi saw that the children seemed very eager to watch it, so she showed it to them.

At that time, Mandarin films were still in their infancy, and there were basically no TV dramas. We would have to wait a few more years for the likes of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Journey to the West". The animated film "Black Cat Sheriff" had not yet been completed.

TVB has produced quite a few TV series, such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes, which was completed this year and has already been broadcast in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but it was not introduced to the mainland until 1985, so it is impossible to watch this year.

Shen Huanxi also needs to rewatch those TV series, but that will have to wait a few years.

"You guys watch it." Shen Huanxi had watched "Huo Yuanjia" before, so she decided not to watch it with the children. She went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Xiao Shanhe also had no interest in the TV series, so he went to his study.

Zhang Guifen didn't feel comfortable letting Shen Huanxi cook alone, so she wanted to follow him out, but was pushed back by Shen Huanxi.

"With so many kids from the neighborhood at home, I can't afford to let anything go wrong. Mom, just help watch them today. Don't let them touch the kettle or anything, especially don't let them mess with our TV. I'll make lunch today."

"Oh, that's right. Thank you for your hard work today." Zhang Guifen was also afraid that her TV would be damaged, so she went back to the living room.

In fact, Shen Huanxi saw that Zhang Guifen also wanted to watch TV, so he let her sneak down to watch.

By the time she finished cooking, Huo Yuanjia had already finished airing and the next episode would not be aired until this time next Saturday. The children from the neighboring houses all went home for dinner, so Shen Huanxi turned off the TV and told her own children to eat.

"Is the TV good?" Shen Huanxi asked the children.

The four children nodded. Xiao Yutang was particularly excited.

"I want to be a hero! I want to be strong! I want to learn Kung Fu! I want to defend China! I can't let foreigners bully us!"

This kid is obsessed with watching TV.

"Mom, foreigners are so annoying. I also want to defeat them." Changan continued.

Yes, all the children were influenced by Huo Yuanjia.

"Okay, then you must study hard, serve the motherland and revitalize China in the future." Shen Huanxi said as he gave each of the four children a piece of braised pork.

"But you have to eat well and not watch too much TV. Watching too much TV will make you nearsighted. Do you understand?"

"Got it!" the four children said in unison.

"Huo Yuanjia is only broadcast on Saturday and Sunday mornings. We have agreed that you are allowed to watch Huo Yuanjia on Saturday and Sunday, and you must study hard the rest of the time."

"Only by studying hard can we defeat foreigners and revitalize China," Zhang Guifen added.

It seems that she was also influenced by the TV series.

The children did not make any noise and nodded one after another.

Shen Huanxi couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. Four children were not a small number. If one of them was disobedient, she would be worried to death. Now it seemed that she didn't have to worry, as all four were very obedient children.

After lunch, the children went to take a nap. After waking up, they didn't ask to watch TV. Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yu were playing outside with glass beads, and Changan and Changning also took the skipping rope and went out to play with the girls from the neighboring houses.

Shen Huanxi had nothing to do that afternoon, so she went to the living room to watch TV. She herself couldn't even watch the TV program properly.

Zhang Guifen also had a great interest in television. She was originally knitting a sweater in the sun in the yard, but when she saw Shen Huanxi was about to turn on the TV, she came into the house with a basket.

How could Shen Huanxi not see that she liked watching TV? But Zhang Guifen seemed embarrassed to turn on the TV herself.

"Mom, I'm going to work tomorrow. I won't be home during the day because the kids have to go to school. If you want to watch TV, turn it on like this. Come here and I'll teach you."

Zhang Guifen felt a little embarrassed, but still walked over.

"This is the on/off button. Press it once to turn it on, and press it again to turn it off. This button is for adjusting the screen. You can turn it to adjust the screen. If the picture is not clear or the screen is distorted, you can adjust it left and right, and turn it slowly until the picture is clear."

"Okay." Zhang Guifen listened very carefully.

"Sister Zhang, are you at home? Are you going to Brother Zhou's to buy peanut oil?" A middle-aged woman's voice came from outside, and Zhang Guifen seemed to remember something.

"Oops, I forgot I had an appointment today. Huanxi, I'm going out first."

"OK."

Zhang Guifen went out and heard her conversation with the person who came to see her.

"Didn't you say you were going to call me? I've been waiting for you for a long time, but I didn't see you coming, so I came to look for you."

"Hey, we just bought a new TV, but I was so excited that I forgot about it. I'm sorry."

"Hey, you bought a TV, no wonder you're so excited. It's okay, it's okay, I understand you're happy about buying such a big item, let's go, don't be too late or the peanuts will be gone, Brother Zhou's peanuts are full and everyone likes them, if we go too late we won't be able to buy any."

…

Only Shen Huanxi and Xiao Shanhe were left in the living room.

There were only three channels. The first one Shen Huanxi watched was a local TV station in Yunnan City, which broadcast commercials. The second one was a provincial TV station, which broadcast local news. Shen Huanxi took a look and saw that it was mainly about the development of Yunnan City in recent years.

Let’s change to another channel, which is CCTV, which is also broadcasting news.

"Look at this." Xiao Shanhe, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said while looking at the TV screen.

Shen Huanxi didn't plan to change the channel at first. There were only three channels anyway, and the other two were for news and advertisements. She didn't want to watch the advertisements, and the news was almost the same no matter which channel she watched, so she didn't change.

The CCTV announcer's voice was very rich and clear:

"Our country has a vast land area, ranking third in the world, but the total mileage of railways is less than 900,000 kilometers, less than half of that of the United States.

In addition, my country's train power technology is also very backward. Today, train power in developed countries such as Japan has entered the electric era, while the main power for my country's railway transportation is still steam locomotives, which is far from meeting production needs.

Under such a serious situation, it is imperative to develop and enhance our country's railway power.

However, our country lacks experience in railway power and talent, and faces many difficulties in the development of internal combustion engines..."

…

Shen Huanxi was not very interested in the news in this area, but he saw that Xiao Shanhe was watching intently and attentively, as if he was afraid of missing any word.

Shen Huanxi kept silent and didn't disturb him.

She suddenly thought of the calligraphy written by Grandpa Xiaoping that she saw in his study.

"It is well connected, unobstructed, safe and on time, and you should be a good pioneer."

It also seems to be related to rail transport.

There is also a portrait of Zhan Tianyou hanging in Xiao Shanhe's study.

Who is Zhan Tianyou? He is the "Father of Chinese Railways".

Xiao Shanhe said that Grandpa Xiaoping's calligraphy and Zhan Tianyou's portrait were given to him by others, but if he himself didn't care about them, why would he hang both the calligraphy and the portrait in his study?

About twenty minutes later, the TV program was over. Xiao Shanhe said nothing during the entire process and watched it intently. Shen Huanxi also said nothing and did not disturb him until he finished watching it, then she poured him a glass of water.

"You seem to be very interested in railways?" Shen Huanxi said casually.

Xiao Shanhe nodded and shook his head, confusing Shen Huanxi.

"Um?"

"I focus on railway power. I used to be the chief engineer of a railway power design team."

"Ah..." Shen Huanxi was startled and almost dropped the water cup in his hand.

It turns out that the "Chief Engineer" in "Chief Engineer Xiao" mentioned by Xiao Shanhe's two former colleagues actually means chief engineer.

"Drink...drink some water." Shen Huanxi handed over the warm water in his hand.

She was surprised, not because of Xiao Shanhe's job, but because she was surprised that Xiao Shanhe would tell her about his previous job without any warning.

From the moment she married Xiao Shanhe, Shen Huanxi was very curious about what kind of job he did.

She knew that he was unable to stand because he had injured his leg at work, so in order not to rub salt into his wounds, she did not ask.

Let it be, he could tell her whenever he wanted. But she never thought he would tell her so suddenly today, and this was what surprised her.

"Are you surprised?" Xiao Shanhe asked when he saw Shen Huanxi's expression.

Shen Huanxi nodded, shook his head, and simply repeated what Xiao Shanhe had just done.

When she made this move, the couple suddenly looked at each other and laughed.

They both realized that the other person had made the same move as themselves.

"I was a little surprised."

"Yeah." Xiao Shanhe picked up a mortise and tenon mechanism box on the table.

“My father was a carpenter when he was alive. I followed him since I was a child and listened to him talk about many things about carpentry. He told me the harmonious beauty of Chinese mortise and tenon joints, and he also hoped that I could become a carpenter.

For a long time when I was young, I thought I would become a carpenter when I grew up, until I saw the pulleys and tractors in the wood factory. I found that the operation of machinery is also a kind of harmonious beauty.

At that time I knew that what I really wanted to do was to work in machinery and apply the "beauty of harmony" to machinery, so I studied mechanical engineering in college and later joined an agricultural machinery factory as a chief technician. Later, because of my outstanding work, I was selected by the country to go to the capital and work as a power engineer.

I..." Xiao Shanhe started talking nonstop. But as he was talking, he suddenly realized something and stopped.

Shen Huanxi had always thought that Xiao Shanhe was a man of few words. This was the first time she heard him speak so much in a long speech.

Xiao Shanhe himself was a little surprised. He didn't know that he had such a strong desire to express himself.

He had never mentioned these words to anyone before, nor did he want to say them. But he never expected that he would say them to Shen Huanxi, whom he had just met and married not long ago.

"Sorry, even after I've said so much, you may not be interested." Xiao Shanhe smiled bitterly.

Shen Huanxi shook his head like a rattle.

"No, no! Keep talking! I'm very interested! I just realized that what you're doing is such a sacred cause! You're amazing!" Shen Huanxi was a little incoherent.

She truly, truly and emotionally, admires and appreciates Xiao Shanhe.

When Xiao Shanhe saw that Shen Huanxi, who was usually very calm and composed, was so excited, his eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up slightly.

"Why do you think I'm so great? I can't make any money, and I'm injured. My colleague made a mistake during a power test and nearly lost his life. I rescued him, but I broke my leg and I can't stand up anymore. If one day you feel you can't live with me, you can divorce me at any time." Xiao Shanhe said seriously.

This was the second time Shen Huanxi heard him mention divorce.

The first time was when they had just gotten married. At that time he also said that he agreed to the conditions she had proposed before, that if they couldn't live together, they could get a divorce.

He was extremely calm when he said those words. Shen Huanxi even wondered if this man had no emotions. He even talked about marriage and divorce so lightly, as if it was nothing like going to buy vegetables.

And this time... She didn't know if it was because she was too sensitive, but she felt that when he mentioned the word "divorce", his eyes dimmed noticeably.

"I'm not divorcing you, and I won't divorce you just because I think you're not making money. I don't think you're doing anything wrong, and I think what you're doing is a great thing.

As mentioned on TV just now, our country's train power technology is also very backward, far behind developed countries, and can no longer meet production needs.'

The situation is so serious. I think everyone who devotes themselves to the national railway power research is great. They are all making contributions to our motherland and doing the most meaningful things. Xiao Shanhe, I am proud of you. I am proud to marry you. "

Shen Huanxi said seriously.

She didn't mean to be corny on purpose, and what she said was from her heart, from her true feelings, so it wasn't corny.

"But you will suffer if you follow me. Researching train power requires countless experiments. My legs and feet are inconvenient, so I can't follow up on my own projects. The unit doesn't have the extra funds and manpower to take care of me alone..."

"No." Shen Huanxi interrupted Xiao Shanhe. She was very serious and solemn.

"That's because the conditions are not yet in place. In the future, the country will know that you are a mechanical engineer, not a laborer. You will return to your post, continue to shine, and continue to contribute to the railway power industry of the motherland!" Shen Huanxi was determined.

Others don’t know, but she knows, and she knows it very clearly.

When she died in her previous life, Xiao Shanhe went to sign for her cremation and bury her. He was sent by the army. The car he rode was a Beijing brand, and the soldiers in the army respectfully called him "Mr. Xiao".

That means he will return to his post, will go back to being "Chief Designer Xiao", will accomplish great things, and will become a highly respected "Mr. Xiao"!

Xiao Shanhe looked at her serious expression, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, there was light and warmth in his eyes.

But he still felt that she was comforting him.

"I'm glad you understand me."

"Of course I can understand you! I really think you are doing something very meaningful. Shanhe, Jiang Xiaomei told me something about their family when she came to see me last time."

"What is it?"

"Doesn't her husband run a canning factory? She said that the canned food sales are now saturated, and they have a lot of stock in the warehouse that they can't sell. The expired ones have to be destroyed, which will waste a lot of money.

And they are still worried about next year's production. Mainly worried about raw materials. Because transportation is not well developed now, the cost of transporting raw materials is very high, which will increase their production costs accordingly.

The high transportation cost is a traffic problem. There is only one railway from Yunnan to the provincial capital, and there must be many factories facing the same difficulties as theirs.

If rail transportation can be developed, they will no longer face these problems, and not only their lives, but also the lives of ordinary people will be much more convenient.

Transportation is related to economic development and people's livelihood, so I think you are really doing something meaningful, and I can certainly understand you!"

Shen Huanxi talked a lot, so how could Xiao Shanhe not believe that she didn't really understand him? If she was just pretending, or just trying to comfort him, she wouldn't have said so much.

She also said that transportation is related to economic development and people's livelihood. The fact that she had this idea shows that she really understands him.

"I can't make money and can't give you a better life." Xiao Shanhe said suddenly.

Shen Huanxi was disdainful.

"As for money, I have it. I'm the richest man. I don't need it. What's the point of money?"

"Um?"

"Well…