Chapter 64 Going back for a meal
After happily spending a busy day in the factory, Jiang Hui rode his bicycle quickly towards the dormitory building of the clinic.

Tomorrow is the weekend, and the two of them are going to go back to Capital Institute of Technology to have dinner.

If you don't leave early, you will return late.

There are as many bicycles on the road as ever. Jiang Hui has gotten used to it and his cycling skills are also very good.

When I got home, Zhu Lin was already waiting for me downstairs of the dormitory.

The couple didn't have anything to pack, so they continued riding after reuniting.

"You're getting a raise so soon. At this rate, won't you have several more opportunities for raises in the next year?"

Along the way, Jiang Hui briefly told Zhu Lin about today's situation.

Such happy events should naturally be shared in a timely manner.

"It's hard to say, anything is possible."

"At the review meeting yesterday, the leaders from the First Ministry of Machine Building must have had a good impression of me."

"In a few years, we may not have to ride bicycles anymore."

Although he is used to riding a bicycle, Jiang Hui would be very satisfied if he had a car, even if it was a modified BJ212.

There is no traffic jam these days, so just step on the accelerator and drive very fast.

Why worry about wind and rain?
"I knew you could do it."

"The upgrade of the BJ212 is such an important matter that you are now in charge of promoting it. There is no engineer in the entire Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant who is better than you."

Zhu Lin is very confident in the professional level of the person next to him.

Even his father, a senior professor, has to admit defeat, so you can imagine how amazing Jiang Hui's level is.

"By the way, the factory gave me a TV ticket as a reward today. Can I go buy a TV tomorrow afternoon?"

Having a TV is such a blessing for a family in this era.

Even if there are only a few channels to watch, or even if there are no programs to watch due to regular equipment maintenance on Tuesday afternoons, it is still happiness.

Jiang Hui himself doesn't care, but he still cares about Zhu Lin's feelings.

"TV tickets?"

"Your factory is so generous that you even give out TV tickets as rewards."

"Of course I have to buy it. I will tell my dad tonight and ask him to support me."

It turns out that the little cotton jacket has been leaking air all the time.

Comrade Lao Zhu is probably going to be in a depressed mood tonight.

"There's a state-owned grocery store over there. Let's go buy something there as a dinner."

In those days, there was a small grocery store every few alleys, selling daily necessities such as meat, condiments, and candy, and it served as a "shopping center" for nearby residents.

Grocery stores are usually located at the entrance of alleys. They are not large in size, have similar layouts, and have a single function. The items they sell are uniformly allocated by the state, ranging from spare ribs to fruit candies. They are small but have everything they need, and can basically meet the daily needs of the people.

Of course, almost everything here can only be purchased with a food coupon or various tickets, but there are a few things that do not require tickets.

For example, cooked food made from leftover ingredients like braised pig ears, chicken feet, and tripe can be bought with money without a ticket.

Since these things generally don't have much oil and are not cheap, they don't sell particularly well.

By the time Jiang Hui and Zhu Lin went in to buy them, they were still available.

The couple bought half a pound of pig ears and half a pound of tripe, and continued to pedal their bicycles.

It was around 7:30 in the evening that we finally returned to the staff quarters of the Capital Institute of Technology.

I greeted many familiar neighbors along the way, and when I entered the house, Zhu Jiansheng and Fang Zhen were already waiting in the living room.

The weather is very hot, but there is no need to worry about the food on the table getting cold.

"You're back just like that. Why are you buying things? I was worried that you wouldn't have anything to eat." Although it was Jiang Hui who carried the food, it was Zhu Lin who was "scolded".

My mother-in-law used to look down on Jiang Hui, but now her attitude has changed a lot.

As a doctor, her emotional intelligence is not low and she would not do anything to set a trap for her daughter.

So even if she had opinions about some things between the couple, she would definitely not criticize Jiang Hui, but would say that Zhu Lin did not do a good job.

No matter if it was really Zhu Lin’s fault or Jiang Hui’s fault, in Fang Zhen’s words, it was his daughter’s fault.

I have to say, this is really not easy.

In later generations, many families are in chaos, and a large part of the reason is that the elderly have low emotional intelligence.

"Yesterday, Xiao Jiang performed very well at the 4MT manual transmission review meeting. Several factories were vying to have him pass through."

"I guess there should be some rewards from the Capital Automobile Factory today, right?"

Zhu Jiansheng was very smart. From the couple's cheerful expressions, he could guess that something good was going to happen today.

Although he concurrently serves as deputy chief engineer and deputy director of the BJ212 upgrade project team office at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, he only goes there one or two days a week.

I went there yesterday, so naturally I didn’t go today.

So he doesn't know the specific situation yet.

"Dad, you are so amazing. You guessed it right away."

Without waiting for Jiang Hui to explain anything, Zhu Lin, who had just washed his hands, started chattering and explaining.

She has always been very enthusiastic about introducing the outstanding deeds of her partner to her family.

"That is to say, the status of workers, peasants and soldiers has greatly declined since the college entrance examination was resumed. Otherwise, the factory would not have promised him the position of a chassis group leader, but a deputy section chief or even a section chief of the technical department."

Zhu Jiansheng pointed out the problem directly.

The situation is changing very quickly. We used to learn propaganda from workers, peasants and soldiers, but now there have been some changes.

At least the status of workers, peasants and soldiers college students has declined significantly.

For example, those workers, peasants and soldiers who have not yet graduated from the Capital Institute of Technology are now much more low-key in their work.

On the contrary, those college students who passed the college entrance examination in grades 77 and 78 are now full of energy and vigor in school, as if the future belongs to them.

In fact, they are not wrong.

The future truly belongs to them!

"Dad, now that you're saying this, does Jiang Hui need to take the college entrance examination again?"

Zhu Lin himself was also a worker-peasant-soldier college student, so he could actually understand what Zhu Jiansheng was saying.

That's why she suggested that Jiang Hui should consider taking the college entrance examination again and get a diploma with high value.

"If Xiao Jiang's skills are average, he can take this path. Whether it's taking the college entrance examination again or studying for a master's degree, it's a good choice."

“But now that I have such a strong technical background, it doesn’t make sense to continue taking the college entrance examination.”

"A diploma is just a stepping stone. To really enter a factory, you still need real skills, especially for high-tech jobs. You can't do it without hard work."

As a university professor, Zhu Jiansheng has always had clear ideas.

He has already seen through the current situation of Jiang Hui and his wife.

"What Dad said makes sense. I just need to continue working at the Capital Automobile Factory for a short period of time."

"As for the future, let's talk about it later!"

Jiang Hui drank a bowl of soup prepared by his mother-in-law and nodded in approval.

I don't know whether he was saying that the soup was delicious or agreeing with Zhu Jiansheng's point of view.

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