In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 11: Poor Family, Rich Road, Another Dark Department Head

"Leaving today? No need to go through the formalities?"

Before dawn, Xie Wei returned home and started packing.

This made Liu Mei unhappy.

"I haven't killed the spotted rooster for my son yet!"

"You can eat chicken anytime. There aren't many opportunities to join a research project team, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a hurry. All the formalities have been completed."

The reason why Du Guowang was in a hurry to bring Xie Wei back was to participate in a key technology research and development project.

"It's late at night, and the leader doesn't even sleep?"

"Here's Harbin Institute of Technology! Who wouldn't give it some face?"

Xie Jianguo said with a grin.

Wei Guobing personally found someone to do it, and no one refused to give him face even before dawn.

"This……"

Liu Mei's face was full of reluctance.

"It's best if he leaves today. You know what kind of people Huang Ying and her family are. When she was in junior high school, she got pregnant and wanted to marry our son. In order to force us, Xu Zhihui accepted the gifts and did not agree to let Xie Wei work as a temporary worker in the factory! If Huang Ying shamelessly pesters my son, or her family spreads the news that they slept together, just think about the consequences..."

Xie Jianguo's expression turned serious.

"Yeah, it's better for him to leave! It's better for him to leave!" Liu Mei shuddered when she thought of the consequences. "It's cold in the Northeast. He's afraid of the cold in winter. How can he survive? I'll go and bring him the quilt I prepared for his wedding."

As he spoke, tears kept falling.

Xie Wei had no personal belongings except three sets of underwear, two old sweaters, two thick coats, a quilt he usually slept on, and a bed sheet with many patches on it.

Wrap the toothbrush and toothpaste in a towel and put them in an enamel cup for rinsing your mouth. Put the cup, thermos, and aluminum lunch box into the DHS basin and lift them up with a net bag.

It’s not that Xie Wei wanted to bring a thermos, this thing requires industrial coupons!

There is not even enough industrial vouchers for factories, let alone schools.

"Mom, didn't we say we were going to have chicken for lunch? Why haven't you killed the chicken yet?"

Xie Rou got up from bed and rubbed her eyes. She didn't hear the rooster crowing, nor did she see any signs of her parents plucking the chickens or taking them to the water. She pouted and complained in dissatisfaction.

"Crack~"

Liu Mei, who was wiping tears because Xie Wei was about to leave home, patted Xie Rou lightly and said, "Eat! You only know how to eat! Your brother will be gone soon."

"It's not a life-and-death farewell. I'll be back during the winter break."

Xie Rou, who was already craving for chicken, pouted and answered dissatisfiedly.

In her opinion, her brother going to college was a sign of progress, but to her, it was far less important than satisfying her craving for chicken.

"All you do is eat! Did you starve to death in your previous life? If you have the talent to get into college, don't even think about eating chicken. Even if you want to eat the stars in the sky, I'll poke them down with a stick!"

"Just wait, I'll get into college next year, and then I'll see how you can poke stars for me to eat with a stick."

Xie Rou rolled her eyes, turned around and went into the room.

Watching the mother and daughter bickering, Xie Wei and his father looked at each other in silence.

"Drip~"

Soon, the horn of a jeep was heard outside.

"Dad, Mom, I'm leaving. I'll be back during winter vacation."

Xie Wei calmed himself down, suppressed his reluctance, said something to his parents, and turned to walk out.

"Where's the quilt?"

"Ah~"

Liu Mei finally reacted, "Son, wait a minute."

She rushed into the house and came out holding a bright red new quilt embroidered with green mandarin ducks.

Upon seeing the brand new quilt, Xie Wei sighed helplessly, "Mom, keep it for my wedding. If I take this to school, people will think I'm rich..."

When Liu Mei heard the word "tu hao", scenes of beating up the tyrants and fighting the landlords immediately came to her mind.

I felt a sudden realization and stopped forcing it.

The wedding quilt Liu Mei made for Xie Wei was a 1-meter double quilt. Together with the sheets, it used 4 feet of cloth and was filled with 24 kilograms of cotton!
Chengdu is located in the hinterland of the southwest, neither in the south nor in the north, and each person is only entitled to half a pound of cotton coupons per year.

As for the cloth, each person only has 15 feet.

Clothes, bed sheets and quilt covers for all seasons require cloth coupons.

If Xie Wei took such a quilt to school and lived in the dormitory, the consequences can be imagined.

"Brother, this is the notebook I received as a reward from the school that ranked first last semester. I'm giving it to you! I'll also go to college at your school next year."

Xie Rou, who didn't eat like a chicken, came out skipping and jumping, holding a thick black-covered notebook in her hand.

"You still have two years of high school before you graduate next year! Look at what you can do!" Liu Mei said unhappily.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at Harbin Institute of Technology. If you pass the entrance exam, I'll ask mom to give you a star to eat, and I'll get some credit from you!"

Xie Wei took the thick notebook with a smile.

Xie Rou's learning ability is directly proportional to her eating ability.

During the college entrance examination review period, Xie Rou had been studying with Xie Wei and had mastered most of the high school knowledge.

With Xie Wei's problem-solving ideas and the review notes he left behind, and another year of review, I may not be able to rank among the top few in the country, but I should have no problem getting into Harbin Institute of Technology.

Next year will be the third college entrance examination after its resumption, and the restrictions on application conditions will not be so strict.

If Xie Rou wasn’t only 13 years old this year, she would have also signed up for the exam.

Liu Mei looked at her son and glared at him unhappily.

The sadness of parting was diluted a lot.

"Leader, I'll have to trouble you to take care of me when I go to school next time!"

Liu Mei's tears started to flow again.

Xie Jianguo's eyes were also red, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he scolded Liu Mei: "My son is not going to join the team, he is going to college now!"

"Don't worry, you two. We will take good care of Comrade Xie Wei!"

Du Guowang, who was standing beside the car, spoke seriously to Xie Jianguo and Liu Mei and their spouses.

After Xie Wei got in the car, he sat by the window, knowing that a short pain is worse than a long one. After Du Guowang got in the car, he whispered to the driver to drive.

As soon as the car started, Xie Jianguo threw a package wrapped in a handkerchief into the car window.

When Xie Wei opened it, he found not only ten black Great Unity notes, but also a thick stack of national food coupons!
All of a sudden, my eyes turned red.

Du Guowang and Wang Zheng looked at Xie Wei, whose eyes were red and who was trying to look back, without saying a word.

Parting is sad after all.

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"What? Gone? How is that possible? He didn't even get a letter of introduction yesterday, nor did he transfer his organizational relationship..."

Looking at Xie Jianguo and his wife in front of him, Yu Guofeng, who had come to their house early in the morning with canned food and malted milk, felt sick.

"Director Yu, you should know Director Du Guowang, right?"

"Du Guowang? Damn it! He's so sneaky. I should have come earlier..."

When Yu Guofeng heard that it was Du Guowang who transferred Xie Wei's organizational relationship overnight and took his men on the T7 train departing from Chengdu at 58:8 in the morning for the capital, he knew that his trip was in vain.

I can only go back to school and find a way to recruit people.

He put the gift he had bought from the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning into Xie Jianguo's hands, then turned and left.

"Mei, do you think our son is too good, or Harbin Institute of Technology is too bad? Department chairmen come one after another..."

Now, Xie Jianguo is a little jealous of his son.

Not to mention that he didn't get into university that year, even if he did, it would be impossible for the department head to visit him.

"It must be that our son is outstanding! Harbin Institute of Technology is also good."

Liu Mei said proudly, "How can my son not be outstanding!"

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"Director Yu, if we go back like this, I'm afraid we'll be laughed at by the whole school..."

The teacher who came with Yu Guofeng looked melancholy on the way back.

If I had known this, I would not have come.

"What do you mean we're going back like this? Du Guowang is a bastard who only thinks about the beginning and not the end. Even though Xu Zhihui has been arrested, if Huang Ying continues to cause trouble, or shamelessly throws dirty water on Xie Wei, then..."

Hearing this, the others all felt a chill.

If Huang Ying really took the attitude of destroying it if she couldn't get it, and directly spread rumors that Xie Wei slept with her, Xie Wei's life would basically be ruined.

Even if he didn't get Xie Wei now, he would still go to Harbin Institute of Technology.

The outstanding talents of Harbin Institute of Technology cannot be ruined by such an undisciplined woman.

Yu Guofeng arrived at Hongguang Machinery Factory earlier than Du Guowang!

"But we..."

"Huang Ying has always been undisciplined. She has also gained benefits for herself and her family at Hongguang Factory. How can such a black sheep be allowed to stay in the factory?"

Yu Guofeng said through gritting his teeth.

Only he himself knows whether it is a personal revenge or not.

On the same day, Hongguang Factory re-hired Xie Jianguo as acting factory director. The first thing Xie Jianguo did when he arrived at the factory was to report a case to the police station: Huang Ying had an immoral lifestyle and had stolen factory property.

Soon, the police station arrested Huang Ying.

(End of this chapter)