Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 250: Too bold

Mrs. Chen next to him was not as complicated as Chen Tuo thought.

The moment she saw Chen Luyang, Mother Chen glanced at Chen Jinyue intentionally or unintentionally.

Women’s intuition…!
Before, she was wondering why the sound of firecrackers stopped as soon as Chen Jinyue went down.

And my daughter took so long to buy a bottle of soy sauce,

Now it seems that she was clearly seduced by Chen Luyang!
Sure enough, when Chen Jinyue saw his mother's eyes, he looked a little guilty.

Mother Chen turned and looked at Chen Luyang.

It's really strange,

I don’t know why, but the more she looked at Xiao Chen, the more she liked him.

This guy is really good-looking!
"Xiao Chen is here, come in and sit down!"

Mother Chen enthusiastically led Comrade Chen Luyang into the house and changed his slippers.

She hadn't noticed before that this guy was really tall!

Tall and straight!
Taller than his family’s Lao Chen!

"Auntie, I don't know what to give as a New Year's gift, so I bought some wine and fruit. Please don't mind."

The young man's face was filled with shame and embarrassment.

"Hey kid, just come here, what are you taking?"

"Is it cold out here? I'll get you a glass of water."

Seeing my daughter-in-law's hospitality,

Although Chen Tuo looked calm, he was gritting his teeth in hatred in his heart!

This silly wife!

Back then, at least I had said a few nice words to trick the person into giving me money.
But now, Chen Luyang hadn't even said a few words, and his wife was about to surrender to the enemy.

"Sit down, Xiao Chen."

Chen Tuo unconsciously put on airs, sat on the sofa, and crossed his legs.

Chen Luyang took a look!
Hiss...this posture!

Quite impressive!

"Uncle, do you also read Heine?"

Chen Luyang caught a glimpse of the pink poetry collection and began his plan to capture his father-in-law.

The last time he came to Chen Jinyue's house, he discovered that Chen Tuo had a lot of books at home.

Seriously speaking, Chen Tuo grew up to be a true literary youth.

It is more important to cater to his interests and talk about what he is interested in than anything else!
Chen Tuo glanced at the young boy.

What does “也” mean?
"Do you know Heine?" Chen Tuo raised his eyebrows.

"I know! I can recite many of his poems!" Chen Luyang was confident and calm.

Before crossing over, he was considered a well-known figure in the field of compilation.

I have translated countless literary works like this with great effort.

Some verses of poetry are engraved in my mind and I can’t forget them even if I want to.

Chen Luyang didn't hide it either, he opened his mouth and recited a few poems.

Chen Tuo was slightly stunned: "Not many young people like to read Heine!"

Chen Luyang smiled and said, "I read a lot of different books. I read everyone's books. I also like Rabindranath Tagore's poetry collection."

Chen Tuo looked at Chen Luyang suspiciously: "Are you still reading Tagore?"

"Look!" Chen Luyang nodded with a smile.

Before traveling through time, Chen Luyang had participated in the reprinting of books by not only Tagore, but also Goethe, Shelley, Byron, Dante, Dickens, Rousseau and other writers.

Chen Tuo initially joined the provincial newspaper because of his love for literature.

Hearing that Chen Luyang was also a literature lover, the two of them immediately started chatting with each other.

At first, Chen Tuo had the attitude of "testing how deep you are", like an examiner, trying to figure out how much knowledge this guy had.

But Chen Luyang didn't care about his problems at all.

Not only does he have profound insights into these poets and their works, but even the poetic sentences he utters casually are more exquisite and delicate in their choice of words and phrases than the poetry book in Chen Tuo's hand!

Chen Tuo was shocked...

"The poem you just mentioned is a little different from the translation I'm reading, but it sounds more beautiful."

"Where did you read this poem?"

Chen Tuo has a large collection of books at home.

Although a lot of them were burned before for some reason.

But he remembered almost all the books he had read in his mind, and he had almost seen all the books that had been published on the market.

Chen Luyang smiled and said, "I saw all of this in the library of the Machinery Factory High School."

Originally, Chen Luyang wanted to say that these poems were translated by him.

But at that time, there were still few original foreign language books.

Besides, we just talked about so many poets and writers. It is impossible for him, a student who just graduated from high school and has never even left the provincial capital, to have read so many original foreign books in different languages.

Chen Luyang simply pushed everything into the Machinery Factory High School library.

"Is that so... no wonder!" Chen Tuo showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

As a large factory in the provincial capital, it is normal for the machinery factory to have a few good books hidden in the school.

But even so, Chen Tuo still had some secret faults:
"As a young person, you can't just keep reading these soft literary works. You should learn more about something more powerful."

He is so young, but he is enjoying this kind of romantic love poetry and the upper-class melodies that are almost utopian.

It would be fine if it was just an embellishment of life, but if you really get into it, you will feel jealous.

Chen Luyang said reservedly, "I've also studied Selected Works of Marx and Engels, Capital, and political economy."

Chen Tuo almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

If you're talking about literature and poetry, if you're interested, you can just read a lot of books.

You have also studied Selected Works of Marx and Engels, Capital and Political Economy... What did you study?
How many strokes are there in the title of a research book?

If Marx and Engels were something that even a kid like him could understand, then what was the point of having teachers at the Party School?!
Coincidentally, not long ago, Chen Tuo gave a party class to the teachers of the Party School on the theme of "Marx's Practical Human Studies".

"You said you have done research, so can you tell me about the intrinsic connection between materialism and socialism?" Chen Tuo said with a smile.

Chen Luyang smiled shyly.

In The Holy Family, Marx and Engels wrote an article entitled "A Battle Against the Critique of French Materialism," which brilliantly explained that socialism stems from a materialist view of society and is the embodiment of "materialism applied to social life." The intrinsic connection between materialism and socialism lies not in its superficial details but in its fundamental standpoint and attributes. Of course, this does not mean that any materialism can give rise to socialism...

When these words were spoken, not only Chen Tuo was shocked.

Even Chen's mother and Chen Jinyue were dumbfounded.

He actually read Maan?!

They listened for a long time, but they couldn't understand what Chen Luyang was saying!
Although they didn't understand, Chen Tuo listened attentively! !
The province's theoretical study focus for next year is Marx and Engels. Chen Luyang has something up his sleeve!

This time Chen Tuoke couldn't help it anymore, and the two of them started chatting again.

As long as it has nothing to do with science, Chen Luyang can almost speak a few words.

At first, Chen Jinyue was worried that Chen Luyang would not be able to communicate with his father and would be embarrassed by his father again.

But seeing the two of them chatting back and forth, she finally let go of the worry in her heart.

Mother Chen was also standing nearby, and the more she looked at Chen Luyang, the more she liked him.

This child is so handsome!

Seeing that it was almost noon, Mother Chen wanted to keep Chen Luyang for lunch, so she turned and went into the kitchen.

Although Chen Luyang was talking to Chen Tuo about Marx and Engels, he had very sharp ears!
He noticed it when Mother Chen went to cook.

Seeing that the food was starting to come out of the pot, Chen Luyang stood up in a pretentious manner and said:

"Uncle, aunt, I'm going home first. You guys can eat slowly at home."

How could Mother Chen let him go!

"Xiao Chen, why are you so shy? Auntie specially prepared a meal for you today. Stay and eat with us!" Chen Luyang's invisible arrogant tail instantly raised up!

Made especially for me! ?
Any hesitation for even a second longer would be disrespectful to Mother Chen!
"Yes, Xiao Chen, sit down and have a meal together."

Chen Tuo took off his glasses, stood up and led Chen Luyang to the dining table.

Ever since he became the Minister of Propaganda, he has been busy attending meetings or listening to reports every day.

It was a great honor to have Chen Luyang come today and chat with me.

At least you have to invite them to have a meal!

Besides... he hasn't talked enough yet!!

Seeing that Chen Tuo agreed, Chen Luyang's invisible tail immediately lifted up and swung left and right like crazy.

"Sister Yue, I'm sorry to bother you today."

Finally, Chen Luyang seriously asked his leader for instructions.

Chen Jinyue was originally standing quietly by as a spectator, doing his job well, but was caught off guard when Chen Luyang called his name. He froze for a moment and nodded awkwardly.

A small square dining table.

Chen Tuo and Chen Luyang sat opposite each other, while Chen's mother and Chen Jinyue sat opposite each other.

Originally, Chen Tuo wanted to continue chatting with Chen Luyang about Ma En, but the dining table was Chen's mother's home turf!

"Xiao Chen, how are your parents?" Mother Chen asked with a smile.

"He's in great shape," Chen Luyang said with a smile. "At noon, when the sun is shining, my dad practices Tai Chi with our factory director."

"My mom likes to dance in a group. Last summer, she represented the machinery factory in a provincial group dance competition and even came in second!"

When she heard about the "group dance" competition, Mother Chen's eyes lit up immediately.

"Is the group dance competition you're talking about the one held at the Workers' Cultural Palace?"

"I'm participating in that, too!"

"We in the First Courtyard are dancing the Joy Dance... You see how fast time flies, it's almost Chinese New Year."

Chen Luyang was also a little dazed.

Last summer seems just around the corner.

At that time, he could never have imagined that the beautiful female manager of Songting Hotel would become his partner!

"Do you have any brothers or sisters at home?" Mother Chen smiled and started chatting.

Chen Tuo's face fell.

What is the wife asking!!!

Chen Jinyue clenched his chopsticks nervously and couldn't eat a single bite of the rice in the bowl.

But Chen Luyang ate with relish.

"Auntie, there are three children in my family. I have an older sister and a younger sister."

"My sister is a teacher in the factory kindergarten, and my brother-in-law is the head of the factory's security department."

"My younger sister is studying in the factory high school, and I have a nephew who is in the third grade of elementary school."

Mother Chen listened to it and thought about it... Not bad!
Not everyone can become the head of the factory security department.

This brother-in-law is also very nice.

"Xiao Chen, do you have any plans to publish a book this year?" Mother Chen asked with a smile.

She is a person who likes culture and loves reading!

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been deceived by Chen Tuo, the literary young man.

But no matter how many books Chen Tuo read, he never wrote a book!
Chen Luyang was stunned for a moment.

He really hadn't thought about this problem.

After all, his previous book was published by a provincial publishing house by chance.

“I haven’t thought about that yet…”

Chen Luyang thought for a moment and said, "I probably won't consider publishing a book in the first half of the year."

"After the New Year, I have to go to the Pianercheng Auto Show with the factory, and I also have to study for the college entrance exam. If I publish another book, I simply won't have enough energy and time."

Chen Jinyue's heart trembled.

There was a trace of barely perceptible sadness and reluctance on her pretty face.

When Chen Luyang confessed to her just now, she said she didn't care.

But now her feelings for Chen Luyang are growing deeper, and they are happier together, and she doesn't want to be separated from him more and more.

It would be great if Chen Luyang could get into a university in the provincial capital, and the two of them could meet often.

If Chen Luyang was admitted to another place, I don’t know how painful it would be to separate from him.

"You want to go to college?"

Chen Tuo and his mother looked at Chen Luyang in surprise, thinking they had heard it wrong.

If an ordinary worker wants to change his or her destiny by taking the college entrance examination, they will definitely support him or her unconditionally.

But Chen Luyang’s situation… this is too special!!!
Nowadays, even if college graduates are assigned to work in factories, they cannot reach Chen Luyang’s position.

What is this kid thinking?

"Yes, uncle and aunt, I have been studying for the college entrance examination."

Chen Luyang never hides anything and always says what he is.

"I want to go to college and broaden my horizons. Increase my knowledge."

Mother Chen frowned: "What about your work?"

Chen Luyang thought for a moment and said, "I haven't discussed this with the company yet. It would be best if they agree to let me study while working."

"If the factory doesn't agree, I'll quit my job and go to school!"

The smile on Mother Chen's face froze slightly.
But Chen Tuo's eyes lit up!

"Have ambition! Have courage!"

"Young people should take advantage of their youth to read more, see the world, and broaden their horizons!"

Mother Chen knew that her old man's literary illness had come back, and she frowned and asked:

"Have you told your family about this idea? Do they agree?"

"My family supports me very much." Chen Luyang was very proud when talking about this.

Even though Lao Chen and Lao Peng beat him up for no reason, they really support him when something happens!
From the time he started preparing for his review until now, no one in the family has said a word of ridicule, let alone asking him to work instead of going to school.

"Master Chen is also a generous and sensible person!" Chen Tuo praised.

At this moment, Chen Tuo began to like Chen Luyang a lot more!
The meal went quite harmoniously.

It’s a pity that I didn’t get to say a few words to Chen Jinyue.

Before leaving, Mother Chen took out a big cloth bag and filled it with a lot of milk powder, malted milk, sugar and snacks for him to take home and give to his family.

Chen Luyang looked down.

Most of the things in this cloth bag were food he bought for Chen Jinyue.

Look at the many gifts and food placed next to it,
Chen Luyang guessed that there were too many New Year's gifts coming to Chen Tuo's family, and Chen's mother cleaned up so much that she forgot which ones belonged to which ones.

I simply took out a few decent-looking gifts from inside and put them in the box for Chen Luyang.

"Auntie, I've already eaten at your house, how can I take anything away?"

"I'll come see you again on the Lantern Festival!"

Chen Luyang waved enthusiastically at Chen Tuo and Chen's mother at the door.

Then he smiled and waved at Chen Jinyue:
"Goodbye Sister Yue!"

Chen Jinyue blushed as she watched Chen Luyang eat a hearty lunch at her house and then leave with a wave of her sleeves.

"You're really brave!"

After closing the door, Chen Tuo said something incoherent, then took the newspaper and went to the toilet to take a shit.

(End of this chapter)