My 1979

Jiang Aiguo said, "Look, I was deceived by you."

Li He smiled and said, "I almost didn't recognize you in a suit and tie. It seems like you are doing well out there."

"I worked as a temporary worker for a few days. In principle, public students are not allowed to work, but who cares? Just doing anything can be worth a lifetime's income in China. So I am not immune. In that case, in order to make money , I have to bow to the capitalists and be exploited honestly." Jiang Aiguo said with a self-deprecating smile, "The per capita income in the United States has exceeded 15,000. Remember, it is US dollars, converted to the exchange rate, not to mention farmers. Even you and I who are getting paid from now on will never be able to earn anything in our lifetime!”

"This is very practical." Li He lit a cigarette and sighed softly.

"When I returned to China, my professors also advised me not to come back. It would be no problem to get an offer from an American laboratory. Some classmates even advised me not to come back. Why? Look at the huge gap between China and the West. How can I catch up? ? How can they catch up? They really don’t have the courage to come back."

Li He blew out a big smoke ring, lingering in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but think that if he had the opportunity to go abroad in his previous life, he couldn't guarantee that he would have the courage to return. He even understands those who do not come back. They are not necessarily greedy for wealth, but they suddenly see the gap and have lost the confidence to make progress. Returning from an advanced country to a backward country, the current situation will only make them more miserable. Depressed and hesitant.

That's why Li He said that those who dare to return home are the ones with great perseverance.

Of course, many who have not returned to China are not necessarily a complete brain drain. Many who have not returned from studying abroad also take advantage of the convenience of information abroad to participate in the review of many domestic science fund application projects and maintain academic exchanges and relationships with their former colleagues and classmates. connect.

The loss may be an inevitable price, and historical experience also proves that it is necessary for developing countries to exchange for technological progress at the cost of part of the brain drain.

"Come on, okay, bring the table over quickly." Zhao Yongqi neatly prepared several plates of vegetarian dishes and poured all the braised food he bought into the basin. "Xiao Lizi, where's the wine? You can't just let us do it like this." Let’s eat it dry like this.”

"That can't be done. There's really no shortage of wine." Li He took two bottles of Maotai from under the table in the main room.

Zhao Yongqi looked at the rows of wine under the table and said with a smile, "Don't forget to bring me two bottles if you really want to."

"Sister-in-law, you can't say I gave you a bribe," Li He joked.

"Fuck you, you're making fun of me again." Zhao Yongqi suddenly remembered something again and asked Li He, "He Fang hasn't come back recently?".

Li He said, "Her school allocated a house and she lives there. Do you have anything to do with her?"

Zhao Yongqi said, "My eldest son is in junior high school this year. That girl Ma Jincai didn't know who to listen to and said that junior high school affects a child's life. She insists on finding a key middle school. This girl is not particular about food and drink. She can live rich and poor. But when it comes to my children’s schooling, I feel like a different person. I have to find a good school for my children, and I get into trouble every day.”

"Do you want your child to go to the High School Affiliated to the Polytechnic?"

After Zhao Yongqi had a drink with Jiang Aiguo, he took a sip, and then said, "You know my temper. I don't want to go out to find people to owe favors to, so I can only think of He Fang. Let her help with this. The High School Affiliated to the Polytechnic is also a key point. The middle school is not far from home."

His face is still relatively thin, and he can't bear to look for others, so he can only find a way in the circle of acquaintances.

Li He said, "That shouldn't be a problem. I'll give you her office number later, and you can just call her."

"Okay," Zhao Yongqi stood up and said, "Cheers to meet again."

After two glasses of wine each, Li He asked Jiang Aiguo, "Zhao Qing didn't come back? Didn't she go out with you?".

Zhao Qing, a girl who lived in the same dormitory as He Fang, once helped Li He in the maintenance room. When she was in school, she met a married man, who was also awakened by Li He.

Jiang Aiguo said, "We went to New York together, but she moved after graduation. People from the embassy and consulate came to me several times to inquire, but there was no news about her. I don't know much either."

Li He stopped asking.

After drinking until three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Aiguo and Zhao Yongqi were staggering to go home.

Li He asked Jiang Aiguo, "Where do you live now, or move to me? My place is big."

Jiang Aiguo's eyes were blurred, and he said unsteadily, "There are many dormitories at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. I'm afraid there will be no place to live, so you don't need to worry."

Li He sent the two people out of the alley, stopped a taxi, pushed them in, paid 20 yuan to the driver, and asked to take the two people to the ground.

There was no cloud, a scorching sun overhead, no wind, and all the trees stood listlessly and lazily.

Summer is coming so quickly, and within a few days people will deeply understand what it means to be unbearably hot.

Li He suddenly missed the air conditioner.

I had no choice but to wear big pants and squat in a ventilated area at the entrance of the alley to enjoy the cool air.

Shoushan came swaying with his hands behind his back, followed by a boy, both of whom were holding dogs in their hands.

The big yellow dog was about to pounce on Li He no matter how far away it was, but there was a dog harness around its neck and the rope was being pulled by Shoushan, so he could only worry.

When Shoushan loosened the rope, he jumped into Li He's arms.

Li He was almost knocked down. This guy was fat again. It seemed that the food in the hotel was good. He petted the dog's head affectionately and then kicked it into the yard.

"Why do you have time to come?".

Shoushan sent the boy home without saying much, and just said, "I'm going to Pujiang to open a restaurant, eight out of ten."

Li He said, "Didn't your daughter not let you go?"

"How can she take care of my affairs? I plan to go there next month."

"You'd better not go. You're old, why bother?" Li He suddenly thought of Old Man Yu. Such a tough man was gone, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Shoushan said, "I am in very good health, no worse than you young people."

Li He shook his head, "You should arrange for someone you trust to go there. There are so many things here, and you can't get away from them. Just listen to me, and you won't have to fight anymore."

"Okay, then I'll let Zhao Zunian go? But this kid just got married this year, so it's not a good idea to split the relationship." Shoushan people are mature and mature, and they never rely on their old age to sell off their old age. They still adhere to the principle of 'everything the boss says is right'.

Li He asked, "Does his wife have a job?"

"No, how can a working woman like him?"

"Then just take us there together." Li He finally made the final decision. He looked at Shoushan's face carefully and said with a smile, "You haven't thought about finding another wife?"

Shoushan blushed and stamped his feet, "I'm just talking nonsense. Let's go and see Zhao Zunian."