Chapter 1541 Rules and Ideals

Northeast, Changchun.

In the city, tall buildings and factories are everywhere.

Compared with later generations, Changchun's status in the country at this time is obviously more important.

Whether in economy, heavy industry, or even military, it occupies a pivotal position.

A snowfall makes people here dare not go out in the low winter temperature.

Fortunately, there is no wind in the past two days, otherwise it would be sad to stay at home.

Crunch

Crunch

Stepping on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, the middle-aged man coughed from time to time, then raised his head to look at the direction of the office building in front, tightened his thin cotton coat, and continued to move forward.

Behind him, there was a long string of footprints.

"Team Leader Liu! Good morning!"

Just when the middle-aged man finally stepped into the door, a weak greeting came from the side.

Liu Xiangdong looked sideways and saw a girl wrapped like a big white dumpling, with her mouth covered tightly, and she was obviously a person who was afraid of the cold.

"Ningning, good morning!"

Cough cough cough

As soon as he opened his mouth, the middle-aged man coughed again because his respiratory tract was stimulated by the cold air.

Jiang Ningning saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to pat his back.

After a long time, Liu Xiangdong calmed down.

"Don't come if you are like this. Don't we still have you? Stay at home and take care of yourself."

Jiang Ningning spoke, but Liu Xiangdong calmed down and looked at the office building in the distance.

"It's finally my turn. If I don't come again, the research will be stopped for more than half a month. How can I work without taking over?"

After a few words, Liu Xiangdong was panting.

Jiang Ningning could only help patting on the side.

During this time, several people came over, all of them were from the factory.

When they saw the two people, some walked by indifferently, and some came forward to greet them.

Jiang Ningning was not surprised.

This kind of thing has been seen many times!

After a long time, Liu Xiangdong calmed down and glanced at Jiang Ningning.

"Ningning, you don't have to come back."

Hearing this, Jiang Ningning lowered her head, her expression a little gloomy.

Before leaving Sijiu City, her family also told her the same thing.

It's just that she thinks that work should be completed from beginning to end, and she can't give up halfway, and she has also put a lot of effort into this research.

So she resolutely came back.

Seeing Jiang Ningning didn't say anything.

Liu Xiangdong didn't say much, just sighed deeply.

The two continued to walk towards the office with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When they arrived at the research room, they pushed open the door and saw

Three or five people waiting.

The room was very cold, and several people were rubbing their hands together.

"Team Leader Liu is here!"

"Hello, Team Leader Liu."

"Team Leader, are you okay?"

Several people came forward to show concern, but Liu Xiangdong smiled and waved his hand.

"It's okay. I'm fine!"

"Almost fine!"

Only Jiang Ningning knew. Team Leader Liu's physical condition was far more serious than what we saw now.

"Are you all ready?"

Liu Xiangdong didn't want everyone to care too much about him, so he focused on the work.

Seeing this, everyone nodded immediately.

"Team leader, we took advantage of the night break to classify the spectra..."

"Good, good job, where are we at?"

Liu Xiangdong said happily, his eyes softened.

These people are both colleagues and children to him.

Seeing their children strive for success, how can parents not be happy?

Jiang Ningning was in charge of the progress and was about to step forward to speak, when the door was suddenly pushed open.

Three people walked in swaggeringly.

The leader was tall and straight, wearing a blue work suit, a yellow coat on the back, a cotton hat with a red star on it, and a serious face.

"Director Li!"

Several people near the door spoke one after another, but their faces were a little afraid.

Director Li didn't say anything when he saw it, but just nodded slightly.

"Liu Xiangdong, what are you doing?"

Director Li walked in and looked around, looking at the machines and equipment that were about to start, and finally his eyes fell on Liu Xiangdong, his face was not good.

Liu Xiangdong frowned, then replied, "It's time for rotation, we are ready to start research!"

"Research? Research here?"

"Liu Xiangdong, stop pretending, if you want to go to Sijiu City, go quickly, why are you pretending to be a good person here."

Before Director Li could speak, a person walked out from behind him. He was not tall, and if he hadn't spoken, no one would have seen him.

At this moment, he spoke in a weird tone, which surprised the faces of several people around him.

When Liu Xiangdong heard the other party say this, and saw the expressions of the students, he couldn't help but frowned, his expression serious, "Wang Ming, it's not true, don't talk nonsense."

"When did I say I was going to Sijiu City?"

Cough cough

Liu Xiangdong was excited and coughed again while speaking.

Wang Ming snorted coldly, "Need I say this? Everyone knows this, you're really good at pretending!"

After that, he continued to stand beside Director Li, looking very proud.

"You..."

"Wang Ming, don't say grapes are sour!"

Just when Liu Xiangdong was furious, a figure suddenly rushed to him, it was Jiang Ningning who was watching from the side.

"Team Leader Liu was favored by Sijiucheng, that's the team leader's ability. Whether he goes or not is up to the team leader, why do you have to be so pretentious and sarcastic?"

"Who are you talking about being sarcastic?"

Wang Ming was scolded and pointed at his nose, and he jumped out immediately, shouting, "Why am I being sarcastic?"

"Ha, being jealous of others is sarcastic!"

"If you have the ability, let the people of Sijiucheng invite you yourself?"

"You!"

Just when Wang Ming opened his mouth to refute, Director Li stretched out his hand to interrupt, and then looked at Jiang Ningning. He knew about Jiang Ningning's identity and knew that some people could not be touched.

If he moves, he cannot bear the consequences.

But not being able to move does not mean that he cannot do anything.

"Comrade Jiang Ningning, does not being invited by the Four Nine City mean that you are incompetent?"

"Can't you contribute to the revolution?"

A cold voice came, and Jiang Ningning's face froze, and then blushed, and she was anxious.

"Is this your attitude towards revolutionary comrades?"

"Or do you have this picky attitude towards the revolution?"

Director Li spoke, and there was silence around him.

Jiang Ningning felt heavy on his head, as if covered by a thick cotton hat, and he was a little breathless.

"Director Li!"

Liu Xiangdong stood up and protected Jiang Ningning behind him, "Whether you can contribute to the revolution depends on whether you do things and do the right things!"

"Not everyone can stand on the road of revolution by shouting a few slogans."

Since Director Li made it clear that he was here to find fault, Liu Xiangdong was not completely ignorant.

Previously, he just compromised and wanted to complete the task and realize his ideals.

But now, he had to stand up, for the sake of research, and for Jiang Ningning.

Hearing this, Director Li stared at Liu Xiangdong with a stern face.

"Team Leader Liu, I remember the original rule, going to the workshop to recall the bitterness and sweetness for three days, and then you can rotate for one day!"

Director Li changed the subject and did not continue to pursue Jiang Ningning's wrong words.

Instead, he talked about the things in front of him.

This made the people in the research team frown.

Since Director Li came to the institute, he has carried out a series of actions.

In particular, under the slogan of recalling the bitterness and sweetness, physical labor is the most glorious, it was decided that everyone would go to the factory workshop to work for three days every week, and then they could return to their own positions to work.

This is why the research has been postponed again and again, and there has been no progress.

Liu Xiangdong nodded, "Yes, that's the rule."

"So, isn't it three days later?"

Director Li sneered after hearing this.

"Three days? It's only one day. You've been lying at home for two days, and you haven't finished this week's task yet!"

Ahem

Liu Xiangdong coughed violently.

"Well, let's finish it today, and I'll make up for the remaining three days this week, okay?"

Liu Xiangdong also knew that the rules must be followed, but everyone was prepared today. If he was not present to control the overall situation, it would probably cause the experiment to fail.

So he proposed a compromise.

"Hehe..."

"Can the revolutionary construction be made up?"

Director Li shook his head and refused, "Team Leader Liu, you can do the research, but finish the three-day quota first."

"Otherwise, not to mention that I can't pass this test, even the majority of workers can't stand it!"

Liu Xiangdong breathed rapidly and coughed involuntarily, "Director Li, this research is very important. If it succeeds, it will be of great significance to the country, so..."

"No so!"

Director Li rudely interrupted Liu Xiangdong's explanation, "Don't think that only you can contribute to the country. Who here is not working hard for the revolution and is devoted to it?"

"Whose contribution is meaningless to the country?"

Liu Xiangdong was angry and coughed continuously.

Jiang Ningning patted his back and looked at Director Li with disgust.

"Also, how long have you been researching? Half of the institute's funds have been spent on you, but what about the results? Have you produced any results? No!"

"You keep saying it will be soon, but now, at the end of the year, you are still researching!"

"Everyone wants to have a good year. Can you not toss and turn?"

After Director Li finished speaking, many researchers in the room lowered their heads.

Liu Xiangdong took a breath and didn't want to refute anymore. Since he had to go to the workshop, he would go. It was only two days, and he could hold on.

"Okay, I'll go to the workshop!"

There was more reluctance in his words!

He wanted to prove that he was doing the right thing.

Cough cough cough

Liu Xiangdong said seriously, Jiang Ningning on the side hurriedly stopped him, "Team leader, but your health, how can you go to the workshop!"

Hehe...

Wang Ming suddenly curled his lips and sneered, "Why, your health is not good again?"

"Can I do research, but I can't go to the workshop?"

"It's really the right time!"

"Wang Ming, don't talk nonsense!"

"Team leader Liu is not that kind of person."

Jiang Ningning couldn't stand it, she said more than usual today, which also made people around her very strange.

Usually a little transparent existence, a good girl in everyone's eyes, what happened today?

"Haha, whether she is that kind of person, can't you see it now?"

Wang Ming said indifferently, stimulating Liu Xiangdong.

"You, you"

"Wang Ming, don't think we don't know that every time you go to the workshop to work, you are nominally working, but what do you do?"

"You are not sitting around lazily, and you are supervising everyone's work. You are going to work, who needs you to supervise?"

"Also, it's obviously the work of female workers, but you insist on doing it. Are you a woman?"

"Or do you have improper thoughts about female comrades?"

Jiang Ningning suddenly burst out with incredible toughness, as if this was the "justice" that was originally in her bones and belonged to the Jiang family.

Wang Ming's face flushed, but he was speechless.

Seeing this, Director Li looked back, and Wang Ming immediately shrank his head and hid behind, with hatred for Jiang Ningning in his eyes.

Liu Xiangdong on the side also saw the fierce light in Wang Ming's eyes, and his eyes also became cold.

"Ningning, stop talking."

Liu Xiangdong endured the discomfort in his chest and lowered his voice, not allowing any rebuttal.

Jiang Ningning stood behind him with a tangled look on her face.

Liu Xiangdong met Director Li's gaze, and this time he did not avoid it.

"I will go to the factory director to explain it in person. As for the importance of research, Director Li does not understand this matter, and I don't blame you."

Director Li's face turned cold, but he heard Liu Xiangdong continue to speak, "But who dares to destroy these instruments and threaten my people."

"I, Liu Xiangdong, will never let him go."

Director Li took a deep breath, looked at Liu Xiangdong's determined face, and a fear arose in his heart.

"As long as you follow the rules, no one will break the rules."

Liu Xiangdong took a deep breath, "It's better to do so."