The mood is heavy.

"Um."

"My family called me for dinner this morning, but there was no response for a while. When I walked in, I was already hard."

The man was silent, and the woman sighed, "All the men in their family are gone, and there is only a widow with two children. Without the help of the old man, life will be even more difficult."

"you go!"

"Well, I took a dollar."

At this point the woman looked at the man.

But when I saw that the man was not angry, I felt relieved.

"Is there still food at home?"

"This month's food has been eaten." The woman whispered. The whole family depended on the man in front of her. She, a peasant woman, could not do anything.

The man nodded, "I'll pick up next month's money tomorrow."

"By the way, give half of it to eldest sister and the others. It will be more difficult for their family."

The woman nodded, this is the norm.

At least their family has income every month, which is much better than that of their relatives.

This is also the reason why she loves men willingly.

Although those people are her natal family.

"I'm going to cut a piece of meat tomorrow. The little tiger just wanted to eat it."

An Zhongsheng took the bag and took out a stack of money. This was his wages for this month.

Twelve dollars and a half.

Small county, small steel factory, low wages.

Take one out of it and give the rest to the woman.

"This money must be paid off first."

The woman nodded and accepted it solemnly.

When I heard about eating meat, I smiled with satisfaction.

Their family hasn't seen meat in more than half a year.

Suddenly there was a burst of cheers in the room. It turned out that the three siblings had been listening to the news and were very excited when they heard that they could eat meat tomorrow.

An Zhongsheng looked at his wife and children, feeling guilty in his heart.

If you weren't incompetent, how could you make them unable to afford meat?

From now on, we must support this family.

The woman put the money away and came back with an envelope in her hand.

The man reached out and took it.

"This was delivered by the post office a few days ago."

As the woman spoke, An Zhongsheng glanced at the envelope, then leaned under the kerosene lamp and looked at it carefully.

When I saw the signature was Li Junming, I immediately thought of the students who were with me many years ago.

"I didn't expect that this kid would write to me."

An Zhongsheng sighed with emotion. How many people had happened to him in life and thought about him?

An Zhongsheng tore open the knot and folded the two pieces of paper together. An Zhongsheng came to the lamp and took a closer look.

The greetings at the beginning made his heart warm, and he felt like he was already there.

But the next topic made his hands tremble.

What did he see? Is there a factory that wants to make a converter?

This is what he always wanted to implement back then.

Read it carefully, it doesn't say much. But Li Junming made it clear that the company called Hongxing Iron and Steel Works is studying oxygen top-blown converters.

And it is determined that the converter must be modified and new technology must be used.

This time, it's not a cannon fire.

At the end of the letter, Li Junming also invited him to give guidance at the steel plant.

After An Zhongsheng read the letter, the excitement on his face slowly disappeared and was replaced by solemnity.

Red Star Steel Factory? Is there such a factory in Sijiu City?

Although he has been away from Sijiu City for many years, he is still a worker in a local steel factory and knows a lot of information.

I have never heard of this Hongxing Steel Plant.

"Lao An, soak your feet to relieve fatigue."

While I was lost in thought, my wife came over with a basin and placed it at my feet.

An Zhongsheng put down the letter and said, "I can do it myself."

"It's okay, your waist is not good, I'll do it."

His wife said wisely, but An Zhongsheng had already taken off his shoes before he could react.

Faced with his wife's tenderness, An Zhongsheng looked at the three children in the room.

He was away from home for more than half a month at a time, and everything at home fell on his wife. In this life, he owed too much.

"What does the letter say?" An Zhongsheng said with a smile as his wife rubbed the dead skin on her feet, "A former student of mine sent a letter to say hello."

The wife nodded and didn't ask any more questions. In her eyes, her husband was a capable and ambitious man.

Otherwise, with so many people in the town, he would be the only one to become a factory technician?

It was late at night, his wife and children were sleeping, but An Zhongsheng was lying on the pit unable to fall asleep.

Whenever he closed his eyes, the memories evoked by that letter would appear in his mind.

When I was young, I aspired to build industry. I saw the injustice of the big steel giants born in foreign countries. I was unwilling and struggling to face the reality. Later, I had the joy of going abroad to learn advanced knowledge. But in the blink of an eye, I was severely thrown away by reality.

hand.

In the face of new technologies, people show not acceptance but skepticism, fear in the face of uncertainty.

This made him frustrated.

In reality, it was even more difficult. In the end, the students following behind had to face reality and go their separate ways.

And in the end, I had to bow my head to five buckets of rice and come to the factory to make a living for my family and shine.

But the fire that originally rose in my heart gradually faded away bit by bit over time.

"His father!"

Just when An Zhongsheng was holding his head in his hands and lost in memories, his wife's voice came to his ears.

"Well, why haven't you slept yet?"

Looking at his wife close at hand, An Zhongsheng stretched out his arms to hug her.

The wife stretched out her hand to cover herself with the quilt, and then answered affirmatively, "Are you worried?"

"I can see that you were like this when you were worried in the past!"

"Is it about work? Or about life?"

There was a hint of fear in the wife's voice, fearing that she would not do well and make the man dissatisfied.

An Zhongshang sighed, but hugged his wife tighter.

At that moment, he no longer concealed anything and told what was written in the letter, "I didn't expect that Junming would find a place to realize his dream. I'm very happy for him."

But his wife remained silent and leaned beside An Zhongsheng, "Actually, it's not far back to Jiucheng."

An Zhongsheng was stunned for a moment, knowing that he was worried about his wife.
Chapter completed!