60s researcher

Lu Jian cleaned his room carefully on Saturday morning. Today he rests and plans to visit Professor Xie's house.He hasn't seen Professor Xie since graduating from high school. The last time he planned to go, he was delayed because he returned to the factory temporarily.

He took the bus directly to the urban area, went to the supply and marketing agency to find Director Wang to get his bicycle, and rode his bicycle to the Polytechnic University.

Professor Xie's home is inside the University of Science and Technology. It is a small two-storey western-style building. It is said that it was built by people from country Y. It is backed by Mount Annan and is full of European style.There are a total of [-] small bungalows over there, all of whom are faculty and staff of the Polytechnic University, but several houses have changed owners a while ago.

When Lu saw it, Professor Xie was pruning flower branches in the yard. Because Mrs. Xie loves roses, Professor Xie planted roses all over the yard for her.

Mrs. Xie was born in a scholarly family. She studied ancient Chinese and was proficient in Sinology since she was a child. She has a close relationship with Professor Xie as a childhood sweetheart. She used to be a professor of Chinese language at the University of Science and Technology. Unfortunately, she was hospitalized for a month because of a sudden illness last winter. He was rescued many times, but finally passed away, leaving only Professor Xie alone.Although Mrs. Xie passed away, Professor Xie still took good care of the rose field, and every once in a while, a few roses were placed in front of her grave to talk to her.

The two have no children. Since Mrs. Xie passed away, Professor Xie has lived alone, and because many old friends have had accidents in the past two years, he looks much older. It began to appear in pieces.

"Professor." Lu Jian stood at the door for a long time without Professor Xie noticing him. He knocked on the courtyard door and then gently pushed it open.

"Seeing Lu is here." Professor Xie turned his head and saw that he was very happy, and was about to come out to welcome him.

Lu Jian hurriedly walked a few steps to support him, and took the scissors in his hand to his own.

"What did you mention?" Professor Xie saw the thing in his hand at a glance, and his face sank instantly.

"I just bought some vegetables. I'll cook later. We haven't eaten together for a long time." Lu Jian quickly explained that he really didn't dare to buy any gifts, so he brought some vegetables, which he bought by the way. .Professor Xie has always tabooed students from giving things, and he dared not violate his taboo.

"Oh, you can also cook?" Hearing this, Professor Xie's face softened, and he was still in the mood to make a little joke.

"It's just edible." Lu Jian really knows how to cook. He has lived alone since he was a teenager, and all the basic life skills are scripted. The cooking is not very good, but there is no problem.

"Really, then I have to taste it carefully." While talking, the two had already walked into the room. Professor Xie broke away from Lu Jian's hand and went to the kitchen to wash his hands. Lu Jian also followed in and put the dishes on the chopping board. Early, no need to deal with it for now.

After Professor Xie finished washing his hands, Lu Jian helped him to sit on the sofa in the living room, went to the kitchen to pour two glasses of water, handed a glass to Professor Xie, and took a glass to Professor Xie's side.

"How's work going recently? Director Wu has praised you many times in front of me!"

"It's all good, it's going well."

"That's good. Although I went to the bicycle factory, why don't I do research? As long as I have the opportunity, I must persist." Professor Xie said this earnestly. His current situation is not very good, although life is not a big deal. impact, but many important scientific research tasks cannot be participated in.

"Professor, don't worry, work is going well recently, the project in hand has been completed, and a new research project is already under planning." Seeing that he was a little depressed, Lu quickly talked about his situation.

"That's good. You are working on an air conditioner project right now! It's been very popular recently. I heard that it was sold out as soon as it arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative." Professor Xie thought of the recently sold air conditioner, and the smile on his face hung up again. stand up.

"It's just listed, so the demand is relatively high, and there will be fewer people who can buy it after a while."

"That's right, there are still a small number of people who can afford it now, just like TV sets. We are still too poor now, and many good things cannot be popularized." Professor Xie was a little emotional, but compared to when Huaguo was first established, now The days are much better.

The Xie family was a well-known prominent family in City S 40 years ago. There were several large factories in City S. The old man of the Xie family once squeezed out foreign goods to the point where he could not survive. He was a well-known patriotic businessman and had been secretly funding the cause of the War of Resistance.Because they refused to submit to and serve the people of country R, ​​the entire family members were assassinated by agents sent by people of country R. In the end, there were only three brothers and sisters left in the entire Xie family, Mr. Xie and Professor Xie.This incident caused a sensation in the entire city of S. In a rage, Mr. Xie donated most of his assets to the current ruling party of Huaguo. It is said that the money can buy half of the city of S, and in exchange for their stable life now .

After disposing of the family assets, Mr. Xie took a pair of children and settled in Hu'an City. Since then, he has never returned to that sad place. Even Professor Xie's brothers and sisters no longer set foot in S City.

"Professor, I want to do motorcycle research next." Things about Xie's family flashed through his mind, and Lu Jian pulled back his thoughts.

"Motorcycles? I remember that in [-], the No. [-] Auto Parts Factory had already developed five heavy-duty military motorcycles? Jingmu brand motorcycles have also been developed for more than ten years." Professor Xie was very puzzled. In his opinion, now Motorcycles are enough, and people use bicycles more in their lives, and it seems that it is not necessary.

"..." Lu Jian was silent, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. In his opinion, the current motorcycle is really unqualified, and its performance and speed are very average.

"The internal combustion engine we are using now is from Su Guoxue. It is not a matter of a day or two to improve it. There are many more important things to do." Professor Xie disagrees that he is wasting time now. on the product being used.

"Professor Xie, I will think about it carefully." Lu Jian's mind is still a little messed up now, and he doesn't know whether to persist or give up. Indeed, he is a bit idealized now, and the projects he comes up with are all decided by his brain. , I feel that I can do what I want, as if it is for my own convenience, whether it is an air conditioner or a motorcycle.

"We're doing research! It's not for our own convenience but for the convenience of most people. Now all parts of our country need development, and we need to distinguish what is the most urgent." Professor Xie patted Lu Jian on the shoulder, somewhat emotion.

"Understood, professor." Lu Jianlai's time in this era is too short, and every day is only at home and in the factory. The memory of the original owner is all about learning.To be honest, I don't know much about this country.What people need now is not enjoyment, but a better life.

"Well, recently there was an oil exploration project in province L that asked me to go there. Why don't you go out with me and have a look, and stay in one place all the time, it's not good." Professor Xie always felt that this student had a very smooth life, I didn't experience any difficulties. Even if the college entrance examination was cancelled, I entered the factory immediately. My thinking was always somewhat idealized, and I couldn't see the real difficulties.

He didn't know that Lu Jianben came to an idealized era, and his thinking was always very different from that of people at this time.

"Should I apply for this?" Lu Jian hesitated for a moment.

"I'll just ask Province L to send a letter of assistance, and the other side will give it to me." Professor Xie smiled. Although he is not in a very good situation now, he is still a well-known mechanical expert in the country anyway. I beg him There are many people doing business. "When will it be over?"

"Two days later, I will leave on Tuesday morning, and the letter of assistance can be faxed to your factory manager tomorrow."

In the end, Lu Jian nodded in agreement.

"That's good. Talk to your family. It's been a long time this time, at least half a year. Maybe you won't be able to go home during the Chinese New Year." Professor Xie smiled happily, but reminded him of the time.

"Understood." Lu Jian nodded and didn't have any opinions. Research is like this. Half a year is already very short. Sometimes the time span of a project may be several years, ten years, or even two to thirty years.

"But professor, there are two colleagues on my side who have been doing projects with me." Lu Jian looked at him with some hesitation.

"In this way, it happens that the tractor factory in the provincial capital is going to trial-produce a new model. The person in charge is an old friend of mine. They can go there to study for a while, and it is very close to us." Professor Xie thought that this student is now considered a The little leader couldn't help but feel a little funny, he's still young, so he needs help.

"Thank you so much, Professor." Hearing this, Lu Jian immediately cheered up, and promised that Zhao Lei's motorcycle was ruined, and he couldn't run away by himself, so they didn't even have an arrangement.

"It's still called Professor Xie. Gong Zhou and the others all said that you are my student, why don't you admit it?" Professor Xie pretended to be angry and made a face.

"Hey, teacher." Lu Jian quickly changed his address.

"By the way, speaking of Zhou Gong, I went to the capital some time ago and met them at the Capital Machinery Factory." Suddenly, Professor Xie's tone became more serious, and even his expression became serious.

"?" Lu Jian was stunned. He hadn't heard from the two old researchers for a long time. He had been very busy recently and had never met Qin Hui. He didn't even know the current situation of the machinery factory.

"They are now working on CNC machine tools, but it seems that the progress is very slow, there are many problems, and people look a lot haggard." Professor Xie was a little emotional. He knew about their trip to the capital before, and he was very happy for them at that time. I was suddenly transferred to the Capital Machinery Factory. I heard that my family members have passed away recently, and the project is not going well.

"Is the project not going well?" Lu Jian was a little puzzled. Although there were no details, there was still a general idea. It shouldn't be so fast to reach an impasse, right?

"I don't know. The time is too short, so we just had a face-to-face meeting. It seems that it is not going well. Some people in the machinery factory have proposed to abandon the numerical control and continue to improve the old machine tools." Professor Xie didn't know the details. Situation, none of them spoke.

Lu Jian nodded, and didn't know what to say. After all, it was his first project in this era, and he felt a little reconciled. However, it has been a long time and he has been too busy, so he has almost forgotten it.

"Teacher, it's almost time. I'm going to cook. You sit down for a while." Lu Jian glanced at the picture hanging on the wall. It was already 10:30, and it was time to cook.

"Okay, I still have everything. Your teacher's wife bought it before. Go and have a look." Professor Xie picked up his teacup and began to drink water. He seemed to think of his wife again. He was a little depressed, as if immersed in memories.

Lu Jian didn't bother him, and went directly into the kitchen. The kitchen was very clean, the seasoning bottles were full and neatly arranged, and the pots and utensils were cleaned very brightly, as if the hostess had just cooked yesterday.

Lu Jian looked around and planned to light up the stove first. Now all the stoves are coal, he found a piece of waste newspaper and lit it and put it in the stove, then added a few pieces of wood, and put the coal on it when the fire came up. .When the stove finally started to heat up, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he asked Zhao Lei in detail when he came over, otherwise today's meal would really be impossible.

Lu Jian made three dishes, one fried eggplant, one Chinese cabbage, and a pot of crucian carp tofu soup.Just like this, he made himself sweat all over, mainly because he had never killed fish before, and the ones he bought in the supermarket before were all killed. It’s not like today, all the fish are still alive and kicking, but he was exhausted to death, it’s okay Professor Xie is old and his ears are not so sensitive, otherwise he would have come in long ago.

Lu Jian put the dishes aside, quickly tidied up the kitchen, and tidied himself carefully by the way. When he came out, he could no longer see the mess he was in before.

Lu Jian put the dishes on the table in the living room, and went to the kitchen to bring over two bowls of rice.Professor Xie has a high salary, and now he is alone again. The staple food at home is only rice and some flour, so he directly cooked a pot of rice and added more water, so the cooked rice was softer.

Before Lu Jian could call him, Professor Xie went to the kitchen and took two empty bowls, filled two bowls of fish soup, sat down with a bowl and drank it slowly, Lu Jian quickly took his own portion , also did it down.

"Not bad, but not as good as your teacher's wife."

Lu Jian didn't speak, he missed his teacher's wife again.

The dining table was very quiet for a while, and both of them obeyed the rule of not talking when eating or sleeping. Seeing that they ate very slowly this time, Lu deliberately waited for Professor Xie, and they put down their chopsticks almost at the same time.

Before the dishes were finished, Lu Jianyong took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash them, and then came back to cover the dishes with a vegetable cover.Professor Xie was already sitting on the sofa and started listening to the radio, which was playing Huangmei Opera.

Lu Jian added some water to his glass, sat quietly on the single sofa on his right without disturbing him, looked sideways at the scenery outside the door, and thought about the next thing.

When the song was over, Lu Jian turned his head and found that Professor Xie had fallen asleep, lying on his side on the armrest of the leather sofa, with a smile on his face, as if he had dreamed of something, and his eyes were bright.

Lu Jian stepped lightly, walked closer and took a closer look, and went straight up to the second floor on tiptoe without disturbing him.

There is a library on the second floor, which contains books related to machinery collected by Professor Xie.Before that, he would come to Professor Xie's house almost every Saturday and Sunday to help tidy up the library and read books.However, the number of books in this period has decreased a lot. For safety, all books related to foreign countries have been disposed of.

Lu Jian opened the door directly, thinking that he would enter the oil exploration project after a while, so he found a book about drilling machinery, opened the window, sat on the chair by the window and began to read.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and the breeze blew through the window, passed over his hair, and disappeared into a corner of the room.

The door of the study was gently pushed open, and then slowly closed again.

Light golden sunlight came in through the window, moving slowly until it fell on his face.Lu Jian covered his eyes with his hands a little uncomfortable, and squinted to look out the window. The sun had already set in midair, and it seemed that it was going to go down soon.He put the book away and carefully put it back in its place.

When he went downstairs, Professor Xie had already reached the dining table, where two bowls of rice were placed. Lu Jian walked down the stairs a few steps, walked over and sat down.

"Teacher, I've forgotten the time. Did you cook it yourself?" Lu Jian scratched his head a little embarrassedly. In his memory, he always forgot the time while reading, and it was always when his wife went upstairs to call him when it was time to eat.

"I still know how to cook a meal, eat it quickly! Go back early after eating." Professor Lu tapped his bowl with chopsticks, telling him to eat quickly, as if treating a disobedient child.

Lu Jian could only obediently start to eat, it was still the noon dish, because the weather was very hot, so he ate it without going back to the pot.

After dinner, when Lu Jian cleaned up the kitchen and came out, he found that Professor Xie was not in the living room. He looked in the yard downstairs and found no one.He should have gone upstairs. He sat on a chair and was going to go back after Professor Xie came down.

After a while, Professor Xie came down, holding a bunch of things in his hand, which seemed to be for food.

"Take it, you take it all back." Professor Xie directly threw a bunch of things into Lu Jianhuai.

"Teacher, what are you doing? I have money myself." Lu Jian looked at the things in his arms. There were two cans of malted milk, a bag of candy, and several cans, some dry goods. There were quite a lot of things. , he couldn't hold it anymore.

"You can still have more money than me. I am a lonely old man now, and I can't use up all this."

"But……"

Lu Jian still didn't want to take it, it's fine if he didn't bring anything, how could he still take the teacher's things.

"Take it, I have no children, and my only sister is married far away. You are my closed disciple and the only one by my side. They say that you will be a teacher for one day and a father for life. I robbed half of your parents' son. What's the matter with giving them something. Or are you going to leave me alone?" Professor Xie directly interrupted Lu Jian, staring at him with burning eyes.

"Of course not." Lu Jian was speechless.

"Then take it, and just come to see me more in the future. When I get old and can't move, I will depend on you." In order to let Lu Jian take it with peace of mind, he also spoke very directly.

"Definitely." Lu Jian nodded vigorously, feeling a little uncomfortable and touched. This is really a good person. Fate did not treat him kindly, but he treated fate kindly. He has been living very hard and seriously.

"Okay, let's go! I've already called Director Xu about your going to Province L, and I've made arrangements for your two colleagues. Remember to arrive at the train station before ten o'clock on Wednesday morning. Rest Two days, I can just go home and stay for a few days." He sent him to the yard and reminded him not to forget the time.

Lu Jian bid farewell to Professor Xu, and returned to the bicycle factory with a load of stuff.