Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

Yuan Xia took the train back to Suyang, took the bus to Xiangyang Road as usual, and got off at Suyang Middle School Station.

The distance from the platform to the shop is 200 meters, Yuan Xia felt a little timid due to his closeness to his hometown, and his pace slowed down.

Eight years ago, Yuan Xia opened Yuanfang Bookstore on Xiangyang Road. This small shop gave hope to the whole family and supported their family.

It is impossible to say that there is no emotion, especially grandpa, who should have the deepest affection for this bookstore, and he probably already regards the small shop as his sustenance.

Yuan Xia dared not think about how grandpa would react if he said that he was not allowed to open a shop.

Now that eight years have passed, Xiangyang Road has undergone considerable changes. Some families who have made money have torn down their old houses and replaced them with new ones. The floors are higher, the houses are more beautiful, and the stores are more spacious.

But because the whole street has not been uniformly renovated, the new houses look like new patches on old clothes, which actually looks a bit awkward.

The local government departments do not yet have the spare capacity to manage these things, so they can only let the new patches continue to be applied. Maybe one day, there will be more new houses than the old houses, and it will look like they have been patched for a long time. At that time, the old houses will be required to be stripped Build a new house.

Yuan Xia walked slowly towards the shop, looking at the shops on both sides of the street along the way, most of them were old shops, but some were replaced by new shops.

A familiar neighbor greeted him: "Isn't this the boss of Lao Yuan's family? Is it back from vacation today? It doesn't seem like it's the weekend."

Yuan Xia smiled: "I'm on vacation, come back and have a look."

He walked outside the distant bookstore, and there was a shelf at the door. On the shelf was a frame, which contained the cakes baked by grandpa. The price had risen from three cents to five cents, making no money.

Yuan Xia felt that it was too hard to let grandpa make it, but after it was not sold, children often came to ask: "Is the cake sold out today?"

Grandpa was afraid that the children would be disappointed, so he branded it again, just to give the hungry children a thought.

The characters on the plaque in the bookstore had long since faded to the point where they could not be seen clearly. Last year, Chongyang, who thought he had practiced calligraphy well, retrace it.

As a result, the word "Fang" had a bad handwriting, which was not good-looking, but it was hung up like this, and it became the dark history and warning of Chongyang, reminding him all the time: he still has to work hard to practice calligraphy.

Coming in from the outside, the light in the store is a little dark, so it takes a while to get used to it.

It was class time at the moment, and there were no customers inside. Books for rent were placed on the shelves on the left and inner walls, stationery items for sale were on the shelf on the right, and some audio tapes were on the front.

The tapes that Yuan Xia brought back that year were sold out long ago, but students often came to ask, so grandpa asked Yuan Xia to buy some more, so he had to ask Si Haibo to help send some.

Si Haibo was such a big boss, he also took the trouble to send tapes to his grandfather every time, because he lived in this small shop for one or two months and ate the meals his grandfather cooked for two months.

At this moment, grandpa is not in the store, and a tape recorder on the cash register is babbling and singing Henan opera that grandpa loves to hear.

Yuan Xia heard the sound of cooking vegetables being put into the pot from inside, and knew that grandpa was cooking lunch inside.He hesitated for a moment, but still lifted his feet and walked in, shouting: "Grandpa!" He didn't dare to go quietly to surprise grandpa, the old man was too old to be frightened.

Even so, Yuan Dehou inside was still taken aback. He held up the shovel, turned around quickly, saw Yuan Xia, was stunned for a moment, and said, "Xia Xia is back." His expression was a bit complicated, but he was happy Still can't hold back.

Yuan Xia stepped in quickly: "Grandpa, I'm cooking, let me do it." He took the shovel from his grandfather and turned the vegetables in the pan. The stuff in the pan was shredded potatoes, and there was nothing else. vegetable.

Yuan Dehou looked at his eldest grandson, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Xia Xia, I heard people say that you are opening a factory?"

Yuan Xia pretended to be natural and said: "That's right. My original factory was failing and couldn't pay wages, so I came out and partnered with Xingyi to open a small factory in Yuecheng."

Yuan Dehou was full of doubts and anxiety, but when he heard Yuan Xia say this, he was stunned: "Can't pay wages? Isn't that a state unit?"

Yuan Xia said: "It's a state unit. Isn't it the reform and opening up now? The state unit has to be responsible for its own profits and losses, and the government won't cover the bottom line. Our factory is not profitable and is about to close down. Many people have come out."

Yuan Dehou fell silent when he heard the words. It was not the first time he had heard the word closure. The neighbors of the agricultural machinery factory often talked about the closure of the factory.

He just didn't want to believe that they were all good state units, the iron rice bowl that rural people dreamed of, synonymous with security, and the factories would close down one day without paying wages.

Yuan Xia stir-fried the shredded potatoes, dripped some vinegar, sprinkled some salt, fried them to a hot and sour taste, and served the potatoes out.

Yuan Dehou looked at the bowl in his grandson's hand and said, "You're back, let's scramble another egg. I steamed an egg for Yangyang, I'm afraid it's not enough."

Yuan Xia said: "Grandpa, do you eat this at noon? Why don't you buy meat?"

Yuan Dehou said: "I don't buy it every day. Then what they said about you being in the newspaper is true?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "That's right. Xiao Qiu was the one who interviewed me, and she wrote the report."

Yuan Dehou was very surprised: "Xiaoqiu wrote it to you, but can he still report it? Do they know that you are brother and sister?"

"Why don't you know? Xiaoqiu's report for me was approved by their leaders. They knew that we were brother and sister, so they specially asked her to interview me." Yuan Xia said, took out a few eggs from the cupboard, and started frying Eggs, the elderly are reluctant to eat, and they buy meat and eggs for their grandchildren.

Yuan Dehou laughed when he heard the words, he felt very proud that the eldest grandson wrote for the newspaper, and the eldest granddaughter wrote it, how wonderful!

He added: "Yangyang said that people who appear in newspapers are very powerful people, Xia Xia, you are also very powerful now, right?"

Yuan Xia laughed: "It's not bad, it's a little bit powerful."

Yuan Dehou nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, that's good!"

Yuan Xia breathed a sigh of relief, his grandfather's acceptance was much better than he expected, and also, after experiencing so many major blows, this matter to him is nothing at all.

Of course, I also have to thank Xiaoqiu for the report. Although it revealed my own situation, it also made a good foreshadowing and buffer.

Yuan Xia fried the eggs, added some water and boiled them into a soup, the old man could digest the soup easily.

After the meal is ready, they set up a dining table in the store, serve the dish, cover it with a cover, and wait for Chongyang to come back from get out of class for dinner.

Yuanchun is in high school, and eats three meals a day in the school cafeteria, and only comes back to sleep at night. The school can board, but it is inconvenient to take a shower. She is not willing to live in the school.

Yuan Xia began to think about how to arrange things at home.Yuanchun still has one year to graduate, and it is impossible to transfer to another school. Let her board at the school alone, and he will take grandpa and Chongyang to Yuecheng?In the last year, it seems that this is not very good. I am afraid that the change will affect her state of mind and delay her studies.

Grandpa's body looks pretty tough, stay here for another year, and move there after the college entrance examination in Yuanchun?

What about Chongyang, he will be promoted to high school next year, so going directly to Yuecheng to study in high school may not work, after all, he has not passed the local high school entrance examination.

Is it necessary to take him to Yuecheng to go to school a year in advance, but the third year of junior high school is also a critical year, can he adapt to the changed environment?What if I can't pass the high school entrance examination?

He suddenly thought of Yu Xingyi again, he is the teacher of Da Yue, so it should be no problem to arrange for him to study in Da Da High School.

Yuan Dehou didn't know what he said, Yuan Xia was immersed in his own thoughts and didn't hear it, Yuan Dehou had no choice but to call his name: "Xia Xia!"

Yuan Xia came back to his senses: "Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Yuan Dehou said: "I want to ask, how many people are there in the factory you opened?"

Yuan Xia said: "Now there are about forty people. Miss Dongfang works in my factory."

Yuan Dehou was very surprised: "Really? I heard that Dongfang works in Yuecheng, so he works in your factory. No wonder Anmin and his wife are very kind to us. They often give us food, buy briquettes and so on. Buying together, and Jianjun too, I often come to the store to see if I need help, I thought you asked them to take care of it."

Yuan Xia laughed: "Forget it, I told Jianjun to come and see it when he had time. Uncle Ma and Aunt Li are both very good people."

Yuan Dehou nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, these two are good people, we can help if we can."

Yuan Xia said: "It doesn't count that I help Sister Dongfang. Sister Dongfang is very capable. She came to work in my factory and helped me a lot."

Yuan Dehou looked at his eldest grandson and felt very relieved. He always knew that his eldest grandson was capable, so when he heard people say that he opened a factory by himself, he didn't believe it at first, but after thinking about it slowly, the more he thought about it, the more he felt Perhaps, the eldest grandson is so capable.

Yuan Xia said: "Grandpa, I have an idea. You are getting older and your body is not as strong as before. Your younger brothers and sisters are all young and have to go to school. If you have a headache, they may not be able to take care of it. I want to take you to Go across the city."

Yuan Dehou was stunned: "Go to Yuecheng? What about Chun'er and Yangyang? What about this store? It won't open?"

Yuan Xia licked his lips: "I was thinking about this just now. So I want to ask for your opinions. I have a few plans, let me tell you first, and ask Chun'er and Yang Yang for their opinions when they come back .”

Yuan Dehou didn't speak, just looked up and looked around this small shop. He has been guarding here for eight years, accompanied by these books every day, watching those lively and lovely children grow up slowly one by one. Go away in batches.

The grandchildren also rely on this small shop to grow up healthy one by one and go to school smoothly. This shop has given them too much, and they are reluctant to leave anyway.

Yuan Xia saw the nostalgia in Grandpa's eyes, and could only sigh secretly.Just at this time, the school was over, and students passed by the door one after another, and some children came to rent books and buy things. Grandpa immediately cheered up and greeted the little guests.

Yuan Xia saw those children were also very polite, and affectionately called grandpa "Yuan Dae", renting books from grandpa without even asking for a deposit, and not even registering, just took the books and left, some children even ran into the back room to drink water, Some daring children even lifted the cover on the table to see what they would eat for lunch.

These children don't see the outside world at all, and treat this place as their own home, and some just buy a cake, sit on the pony and read a book while chewing.

Grandpa didn't say anything, just collected money and books with a smile.

Yuan Xia suddenly thought that what this bookstore brings to grandpa is not only the income to support the family, but also companionship and comfort. In their busy days, there are still these strange children accompanying grandpa, so that he will never have to worry about it. feel lonely.

Yuan Xia was a little shaken again. Grandpa followed him to Yuecheng, that is, to retire for the elderly, and he will definitely not be allowed to work again. How will he spend his days in the future?

Let him live in Xingyi, go out for a walk every day, chat and play chess with the old people in the neighborhood?Maybe not even the language.Or let him stay in the factory and wander around in and out of the factory every day?Chat with Lao Liangtou?

No matter what, he will definitely not be as happy as he is now. Looking at those children who are springing up like bamboo shoots every day, his heart will grow younger.

Chongyang came back, seeing Yuan Xia, jumped on his back excitedly: "Brother, you are back!"

Yuan Xia turned around with his back on his back, put him down, and said, "Go wash your hands and eat."

Chongyang glanced at Grandpa, pulled him, and said in a low voice, "Brother, come here."

Yuan Xia followed him in with a funny face: "Why?"

Chongyang lowered his voice and asked, "Is it you who opened the Xingyuan Machinery Factory that was reported in the newspaper?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Yes."

Chongyang looked back: "When did you drive it? Did you tell grandpa?"

Yuan Xia said: "I said it. He wasn't angry. Our factory's efficiency is not good, and it won't work if we don't come out. We can't pay wages."

Chongyang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good!"

The grandparents and grandchildren ate around a small table. From time to time, children would come to rent books or buy things. Grandpa would say: "Take it yourself, put the money on the table." Or "Go find the change in the drawer by yourself."

Obviously, he and the children have built a world of mutual trust.

Yuan Dehou ate a few mouthfuls and said, "Xia Xia, have you seen elementary and middle school students writing essays in Yuecheng? Buy some and bring them back. Some children want to read them."

Yuan Xia said: "Okay, I'll go back and have a look."

Yuan Dehou said again: "Has Jin Yong released any new books? I have also bought a few copies. Last time a child borrowed that set of "Dragon and Babu", lost a copy, and lost a few dollars, but the book If one copy is missing, you can’t read it completely, so you can buy two more sets.”

"it is good."

He told Yuan Xia one by one, as if what Yuan Xia said before to take him to Yuecheng hadn't happened.

Yuan Xia had no choice but to respond one by one.

After dinner, Yuan Xia packed up the dishes and went to wash, Chong Yang wiped the table, took out the papers and started to do homework, the final exam was coming soon, he was in the review stage.

Yuan Dehou followed Yuan Xia into the kitchen, and said, "Xia Xia, grandpa knows that you are doing well now, and grandpa is happy for you, but I won't go to Yuecheng. Your younger siblings still have to go to school, and I'm fine. The work is easy, and I can handle it. You must be very busy opening a factory, and I can't help you even if I go, and I have to make trouble for you."

Yuan Xia didn't know what to say.

At some point, Chongyang stood at the door and said, "Grandpa, brother, what are you talking about?"

Yuan Xia said to him: "I originally planned to take you to Yuecheng to live, and you go to Yuecheng to go to school."

When Chongyang heard Yuecheng, there was a moment of joy on his face, but it quickly dissipated: "I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up, so I should stay in Suyang. The teacher said that my grades have improved and I should be able to enter high school. I also I miss the teachers and classmates here.”

Yuan Xia said: "You all don't want to go, so let's talk about it. Chun'er is in her third year of high school, she must not be able to transfer, and she will still study here in her last year."

Yuan Dehou breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's do this first."

Yuan Xia asked: "How many days are left for Yangyang and Chun'er?"

Chongyang said: "I still have two days to take the exam, and I have to take the exam for three days. My second sister is on summer vacation two days later than me."

Yuan Xia said: "Then come to Yuecheng when you guys have summer vacation."

Yuan Dehou was about to go out, when he heard this, he stopped again: "Didn't you say you can't go?"

Yuan Xia said: "Dongdong said to invite you to play in the former residence of the great man, did you forget?"

The grandparents and grandchildren breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, this matter, go. When is Dongdong going on vacation?"

Yuan Xia said: "I reckon it will be these two days. He will come to pick you up then."

Yuan Xia stayed at home for one night, chatted with Yuan Chun, and Ma Anmin and his wife.

They all thought that after Yuanchun finished the college entrance examination, grandpa was in good health, so there shouldn't be any problems. Ma Anmin and his wife said they would visit the store often.

Yuan Xia bought fruit, cigarettes and alcohol to ask the neighbors around him to help take care of his grandfather. After all, he is 80 years old. If there is any problem, it will not be a small problem. He has to be sent to the doctor in time.

The neighbors fully agreed, but they were still unwilling to collect things. The old man is a warm-hearted person. He knows carpentry. Usually, the shops in the street across the street from the neighbors need to nail a shelf to make a table. He is willing to help, and the accumulated popularity Much better than Yuan Xia expected.

Yuan Xia returned to Yuecheng with peace of mind.

When Yu Xing saw that he returned empty-handed, it was completely expected, in fact, he could guess that it is difficult to leave the homeland, especially for the elderly.

He said: "Let's wait for Chun'er to finish the college entrance examination. Yangyang will also be promoted to high school at that time. Go to the school to register first, and then transfer to the high school attached to the University. I will ask someone to find a relationship."

Yuan Xia looked at Yu Xingyi: "Do you know the leaders of the attached middle school?"

Yu Xingyi said: "I don't know each other, but there are teachers in our school who do. Don't worry, Bao Zhun will arrange it for you."

Yuan Xia began to arrange the factory. Half of the order has been delivered, and the remaining one month can be completed, and the delivery can be made on time.

He explained the situation to Liang Hongchang. He would be away for about a month, and he was in charge of all the affairs in the factory. He would call back every once in a while to inquire about the situation.

Although Liang Hongchang didn't quite understand why Yu Xingyi went to Xinjiang to find his sister, why did Yuan Xia go with him, but of course he had to agree to the boss's arrangement.

Two days later, Yuan Dong came back from Beijing, he went back to Suyang to pick up his grandfather and younger siblings to Yuecheng, and settled down with Yu Xing's family.

It can be seen that grandpa likes the old house of Yu Xing's family very much.

Yu Xingyi tempted him: "Grandpa, you can move to Yuecheng. My house has been packed for you. You can live in this room when you come. I will buy you a birdcage and raise a starling. Go out and walk the birds."

Grandpa smiled and shook his head: "Your place is spacious, but it's not as lively as mine."

Yuan Xia took his grandfather to visit his own factory again. The old man visited it inside and out, and was obviously satisfied. He pointed to an empty space and said, "You can dig up here to grow some onions and garlic."

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Grandpa, come over and plant. I can also go outside the factory and find you a plot of land to grow vegetables."

Grandpa stroked his beard and said, "Let's wait until Chuner and Yangyang graduate."

Yuan Xia and Yu Xing looked at each other, and it seemed that they hoped to persuade the old man to come over.

Yuan Xia accompanied his grandfather to visit Yuecheng for two days, and went to the former residence of the great man with his younger siblings.

This time Yu Xingyi also went with him, even Yuan Qiu was transferred to leave, the whole family traveled together and played for a few days.

Except that the weather was a little hot, everything else was perfect, and grandpa was very satisfied.

After returning from the former residence of the great man, Yuan Xia and Yu Xing started to pack their luggage for Xinjiang.

In order to allow more time to find people, they took a flight from Yuecheng to Beijing, and then transferred from Beijing to Urumqi.

They set off on July 7th, arrived in Beijing that day, stayed in Beijing for one night, and boarded the plane to Urumqi the next day. There was no way, the transfer was such a hassle.

But even so, it is much faster than taking the train. From Yuecheng to Urumqi, it takes at least three days and three nights.It only takes two days for the plane to arrive, and it doesn't suffer that much, but the price is a bit expensive, but now this little money is nothing to them.

It was Yu Xingyi's first time to fly, he was a little nervous, he looked at Yuan Xia beside him, he moved his body uneasily, clenched his fists and let them go, and wiped his palms on his knees from time to time.

Yuan Xia noticed his uneasiness, looked at his face again, and found that he was sweating a lot, so he took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat: "Why are you sweating so much? Are you nervous?"

Yu Xingyi licked his lips, and smiled awkwardly: "A little bit. I just glanced through the window, and I was a little flustered."

Yuan Xia reached out and pulled down the curtain of the plane: "Are you afraid of heights? Then let's change seats. I'll go in and you sit outside."

Yu Xing nodded, got up and changed places with Yuan Xia.

Yuan Xia asked the stewardess for a blanket, put it on her lap, held Yu Xingyi's hand under the blanket, and gently rubbed the back of his hand with her thumb to calm his emotions.

After a while, Yu Xingyi stopped sweating, he turned his head to look at Yuan Xia, showing a sorry smile.

Yuan Xia comforted him in his ear: "It may be the first time, just get used to it."

Yu Xingyi said, "Isn't it your first time too?"

Yuan Xia smiled slightly, this was not the first time for him, he had traveled around the earth in a plane for countless times: "It means I have a strong adaptability."

The plane arrived in Beijing smoothly. After arriving in Beijing, as soon as he got out of the airport, he was greeted by Liu Yang.

Since graduating, the brothers in the dormitory went their separate ways, and it was very difficult to meet again. This time I came to Beijing and had time, so I wanted to see each other no matter what.

Liu Yang also specially asked for leave, borrowed a friend's car, and drove to the airport to pick him up.

As soon as the old classmates met, they immediately gave a warm hug.

Liu Yang laughed and patted Yuan Xia's shoulder: "Liu'er, why haven't you changed at all? You're still like a student."

Yuan Xia looked at Liu Yang's thin figure and said, "Why are you so thin? Are you under too much pressure?"

Liu Yang waved his hand: "Oh, don't mention it, I was ill a while ago and haven't recovered yet."

Yuan Xia knew that he was sick and hospitalized, and he had stomach bleeding from drinking, but he didn't expect it to be so serious, Yuan Xia patted him on the back: "Brother, you have to take care of your body, there is nothing you can't overcome, just look forward. "

Liu Yang nodded: "Well, look away, let's go. Brother Yu, give me the luggage, the car is over there."

Yu Xingyi didn't let him carry the luggage, and took it by himself: "I'll do it myself, thank you for coming to pick us up."

Liu Yang said with a smile: "Which one of us is with whom? Liu'er is my real brother. If he comes to Beijing, can I not come to pick him up?"