My 1979

Li He was sitting on the threshold drinking porridge. A pair of shiny leather shoes came into view. The trousers were also very elegant. He raised his eyelids and looked at his shirt. It was snow-white. When he suddenly saw that face again, he immediately shouted in surprise, "Jiang Aiguo." !".

Regardless of the job in hand, she still gave him a bear hug.

"Hey, I'm covered in famous brands. Be careful not to get them dirty." Jiang Aiguo pushed Li He away in disgust.

"Look at you, you look like a bear. When did you come back?" Seeing Zhao Yongqi standing next to him, Li He asked, "You two are hooking up."

Jiang Aiguo smiled and said, "I met him by chance, otherwise he would have brought me to your place to have a meal."

Li He finished the last few mouthfuls of porridge and said, "Let's go, hurry into the house."

After entering the house, Jiang Aiguo walked around inside and outside the house and said with a smile, "No wonder Lao Zhao said you are a rich man and you live in a luxurious house."

Li He took the tea can and asked them, "Tieguanyin or Longjing? I want coffee, I have it too. I have it."

Jiang Aiguo looked at the two cans of tea, smelled them one by one, pinched them, and finally said with certainty, "Longjing. I'm not used to Tieguanyin."

Zhao Yongqi also chose Longjing, and smiled and said to Jiang Aiguo, "I thought you would get used to coffee after being out for so many years. I heard that all foreigners drink this stuff, and few drink tea."

Jiang Aiguo shook his head firmly, "It smells burnt and a little bitter. Whoever likes it can drink it. I'm too lazy to touch it."

Li He also never drinks coffee. No matter how good the coffee is, he thinks it has the same taste and is more suitable for drinking tea. The taste of good tea in your mouth is not that strong, but it is very pure. The aroma rises from the tip of the tongue and slides down the throat. After drinking it for a long time, there seems to be an aroma lingering at the base of the tongue. This feeling is not found in coffee.

The three of them started reminiscing about their college life and chatted all over the world until noon.

Li He wanted to take two people to a restaurant, and Jiang Aiguo said, "You buy the groceries, and I'll cook. It would be nice to have some home-cooked food in any restaurant."

Zhao Yongqi also nodded in agreement with this opinion, "You go buy some braised meat and some peanuts, and we can have a drink."

Li He went out and bought some pork head meat and a bag of peanuts. When he saw a tofu seller, he also weighed two pieces.

When I came out of the market, I met the old lady from the Feng family. The old lady is now selling rice wine at the door of the market. The business is still good.

Seeing that Li He was carrying a lot of things, the old lady asked, "Are there any guests?"

Li He smiled and said, "Two classmates are here."

Mrs. Feng said, "You can't be so casual. I'll ask Feng Rui's mother to cook for you. I'm old and have a fever, otherwise I'll cook for you."

Li He said, "No, no, it's too much trouble."

Looking at the items in the vegetable basket, it seemed that there was a little shortage, so I bought several kilograms of plain-cut mutton and roast duck.

When he got home, Zhao Yongqi took it in his hand, rummaged around in the basket, and said with a smile, "I also bought sesame cakes, which are very good. I fried these green vegetables and mixed them with tofu. You two continue chatting. .It’ll be fine in a while.”

Li He didn't stop him either. A warm-hearted family man like Zhao Yongqi would feel uncomfortable if you didn't let him do something.

He handed Jiang Aiguo a cigarette, and the two of them lit it up.

"Have you seen his other classmates? Are you not coming back?".

Jiang Aiguo pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose, flicked the cigarette ashes with his fingers as usual, and then said slowly and leisurely, "We have gathered together several times, including the embassy's sorority and hometown gatherings, and there are many opportunities to gather together. I won't come back. It’s normal, there is a Pacific Ocean between heaven and hell.”

Li He smiled bitterly and said, "Then why did you come back?".

Jiang Aiguo smiled and said, "It's not because of you!".

Li He said, "How could it be because of me? We haven't contacted each other for many years, and I didn't even know you were coming back."

"When I was leaving the country, you held a farewell party for us. Everyone was drunk. Do you remember what you said?"

Li He shook his head, "It's been five or six years, who still remembers?"

Jiang Aiguo blew out a smoke ring and said, "You said at that time that you would not dare to return to China without great perseverance. I asked you why? You said that you will feel scared after going abroad. I asked too much, but I said no. In a war-torn country, what should we fear?”

Li He patted his head, "I finally remembered. I said at the time, you went to the United States, which is the world's most powerful country. It is torture and fear for people like you."

Jiang Guoguang put out the cigarette butt, lit another cigarette, and continued, "You are right, it is indeed fear. The gap between the two countries is huge. Many American students drive cars to school, let alone I’m talking about ordinary American families. As for us, we are still eating steamed buns and salted radish in the middle of winter. It’s good if we can eat steamed buns. At that time, I collapsed a little. It’s really a joke to catch up with Britain and the United States.”

Li He smiled and said, "But you are still back."

"So I became what you call a person with great perseverance. Many people are struggling to get out, and many people will never come back. I understand. It's not that they are unpatriotic, but they can't face reality. Everyone wants to repay Motherland, but how to repay? How can we fill such a huge gap? Most people think that no matter what they do, it will not help. They are discouraged and simply become a small building and live in peace in the United States. Live your own little life."

Li He said sincerely, "Believe me, your choice will not be wrong."

He couldn't remember when Jiang Aiguo came back in his previous life, he only knew that he was having a rough time.

Jiang Aiguo laughed loudly, "I hope so. Engineering in China is still in its infancy, and the gap is so big that I can't even imagine it. The more I understand the gap, the more frightened I feel."

Li He also smiled and said, "Science is shared, transparent and open. Engineering cannot be shared, we can only do it step by step. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has room for you to play."

Engineering is a discipline that studies the application methods and methods of natural science in various industries. People who practice engineering are called engineers.

With China's opening up to the outside world, various scientific academic journals and various research results are available to the Chinese people, but practical application is very difficult. For example, the principle of a car engine can be said to be extremely simple, and this principle has never changed in the hundred years since the internal combustion engine has existed: it is a simple energy conversion, and the expansion of fuel combustion gas causes piston movement.

But actually? Everyone knows this simple principle, but there are only a few countries in the world that can make automobile engines.

It's the same as simple steelmaking and brewing. Everyone knows how to do it, but the problem lies in how to do it well.