Chapter 21: Temporary Pass To The Research Institute
Qin Hengzhi neatly put down the telephone, then called in the secretary Xiao Su: “Is there any new information from the Meteorological Bureau?”
Xiao Su: “No, they are closely monitoring, but Engineer Meng said that our terrain is high and the dam is well built, so even if there is a super heavy rain, it won’t affect the production and life at the military factory.”
Qin Hengzhi knew that what Engineer Meng said was right, but he didn’t know the inside story.
If the mechanism couldn’t be started, any accident could happen.
When Old Jia reported to him, he said it was Master Lu who told him.
And Master Lu heard it from his mother’s analysis.
Qin Hengzhi gazed out the window, the sky was pitch black, only dim yellow streetlights dotted the spreading night.
He stood up and strode toward the outside of the office.
At this time, Lu Zhiguo was no longer just the initial three people.
There were already more than a dozen people.
Almost all were Lu Zhiguo’s buddies.
Although the children in the compound were all from military factory families, they were actually divided into several levels.
The group that Lu Zhiguo always hung out with was the layer of ordinary worker representatives.
Liu Feng was a driver, his family had many cadres, and he didn’t usually play much with Lu Zhiguo and them.
Lu Zhiguo also mocked like this: “Usually you ignore me, but when it comes to taking the blame, you remember your brother me, what’s up, do you want me to thank your whole family and thank eight generations of ancestors of the Old Liu family…”
Zhang Xiaogang, standing idly by, pushed Liu Feng: “When you let Zhi Guo bro and Qiao Ge sis take the blame, you were pretty talkative, why are you silent now?”
Liu Feng was called out by Lu Zhiguo.
Now downstairs in the apartment building, there were still many onlookers gathered.
Liu Feng had bitterness he couldn’t speak.
He truly regretted it in his heart; he didn’t expect Lu Qiaoge to dare kick him—his chest still hurt now—and he didn’t expect Representative Qin to be on a blind date with that damn girl. Regardless of truth or falsehood, Representative Qin was on Lu Qiaoge’s side.
Today he really lost his wife and lost his soldiers too.
Facing more than a dozen people, he didn’t dare to act tough and could only obediently keep apologizing, admitting fault, and saying nice things.
Lu Qiaoge kicked him once and he didn’t dare say anything, but he didn’t want to get beaten up by Lu Zhiguo again.
At this time, Lu Qiaoge had already arrived at the research institute and coincidentally ran into Director He, who seemed full of worries.
Lu Qiaoge carried the bucket and held books as she ran up, happily saying: “Director He, what a coincidence. I was still worrying about how to see you in a bit. I’m here to return the books, and this is rice fish from our Hongxing Lake, all alive. You can make fish sauce with them; paired with big steamed buns, it’s so delicious.”
Director He cast aside her earlier suppressed emotions. She was very surprised, didn’t look at the iron bucket, but took the book, flipped through it, and asked: “You’ve finished reading it all?”
Not to mention anything else, this fun mathematics book was very thick, and not a storybook; it required brainpower to understand and memorize.
And this was still the junior high school version.
Lu Qiaoge nodded: “Yeah, all finished.”
Director He thought to herself, probably just skimmed through it?
“Did you memorize it?”
“I memorized it all.” Lu Qiaoge said confidently.
Director He opened Beautiful Ocean, found a simple one, and casually asked: “Then do you remember ‘when a whale falls, everything comes to life’?”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t expect Director He to test her.
She immediately replied: “Yes, it refers to after a whale in the ocean dies and sinks to the seabed… The place where the whale falls is often called a desert oasis, a place where life begins again…”
Lu Qiaoge had indeed memorized it all; it was simple content anyway. She felt Director He was treating her like a kid.
Seeing Director He’s thoughtful expression, Lu Qiaoge didn’t know what she was thinking.
Actually, Director He had just asked casually. But somehow, it touched her thoughts.
These scientific researchers of theirs were unknown, some even only recognized by name and research results after death.
But their research results benefited humanity and continued endlessly.
Didn’t it fit “when a whale falls, everything comes to life”?
Thinking further, weren’t they the most precious wealth?
The information… if it couldn’t be found, so be it. Blindly blaming wouldn’t help; worst case, start over.
Director He wasn’t a sentimental person. After suddenly figuring it out, those complex emotions vanished in an instant.
She looked at Lu Qiaoge with interest and asked two more.
Unexpectedly, she answered them all.
So, Director He pulled Lu Qiaoge into the courtyard. Lu Qiaoge handed the iron bucket to the smiling Sun Qin, and she was led by Director He into the house.
This was a row of staff dormitories, only Director He’s dormitory was a bit larger.
Director He asked: “Do you still want to read books?”
She didn’t expect Lu Qiaoge’s memory to be so good, reciting them word for word—it was shocking.
Lu Qiaoge obediently said: “Director He, I want to start working, then study while working.”
Director He also nodded, didn’t find books for her, but gave all three books to Lu Qiaoge: “These three are for you. You want to study and need to review textbooks; I don’t have that, figure out a method yourself. I have a study that’s open; if you want to read books, you can go now, remember to register.”
After saying that, she was about to walk to the back.
The back led to the research institute’s experimental area.
Lu Qiaoge blinked her eyes, just about to say thank you, when Director He paused, looked at Lu Qiaoge warmly: “I’ll have your fourth uncle get you a temporary pass, so you won’t have to wait at the main door.”
Lu Qiaoge was a bit surprised but immediately smiled with curved eyes and sweetly thanked her.
No matter the reason, she happily accepted this kindness.
Director He also smiled.
She always liked polite, upward-striving little girls who weren’t pretentious or fake.
Especially a clever and quick-witted one like Lu Qiaoge; if she didn’t study well, she would be heartbroken.
Director He no longer minded Lu Qiaoge; anyway, Sun Qin would send her out in a bit.
Director He went straight toward the experimental area.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t have a watch, but Director He had a wall clock here; it was now eight fifteen.
Fourth Uncle had gone home from work long ago.
Fourth Uncle used to be Director He’s guard, was removed due to some incident, did farm work at a farm for a few years, and only followed her back when she returned—this spring.
Fourth Uncle was now the logistics administrator. She didn’t know about the research institute’s vegetable supply issue, so she asked Sun Qin, who was surrounding her with questions: “Do you have tension with leafy greens usually?”
Sun Qin nodded: “Yes, your fourth uncle goes to the supply office every day to grab vegetables. Leafy greens aren’t as storable as radishes and aren’t easy to buy in large quantities.”
The research institute side had its own supply office. The food store was responsible for the family courtyard.
Lu Qiaoge said: “Tomorrow I can get a batch of leafy greens, around noon, at the neighborhood committee. But Sister Sun, no need to pick them up; I’ll deliver them. By the way, what vegetables does Director He like?”
Sun Qin’s eyes lit up: “She likes spinach and lettuce.”
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