Chapter 193: Always the Same

Lin Xiangnan merely mentioned her business trip, and received the support of her entire family.

In this family, except for Lin Xiangnan, everyone had a strong sense of ambition.

The only one who was reluctant to let her go was Aunt Hua, but Aunt Hua was good at self-comforting.

“The 130th Factory is close to the city. When I go to the city, I can also go to the factory to find you.” Aunt Hua expressed eagerly, “When I get my retirement pay, I’ll come to visit you.”

At home, she had good food and a good place to live. Lin Xiangnan had been struggling for a long time before she finally achieved her current comfortable life.

But this business trip, everyone was eager for her to leave, making Lin Xiangnan feel a little embarrassed to refuse.

She carried her rattan suitcase listlessly and, together with Sun Yi, boarded the factory’s car to the 130th Factory for support.

As soon as she got on the car, she couldn’t help but sigh. Worried.

“It’s not for long, don’t be like that.” Sun Yi’s expression was excited.

“If it weren’t for thinking that Jin Baoguang and the others are not easy, I wouldn’t go.” Lin Xiangnan said resentfully, “We’ve worked together for so long, we’ve developed feelings, making it hard for me to refuse.”

Sun Yi chuckled, “Our conditions are here. You can’t find an excuse.”

When arranging for office personnel to go on business trips, Chief Engineer Zhang wasn’t just making random assignments. It was just that the two of them had no burdens at home, so they could leave freely.

The others in their office, either had to take care of their elderly parents or their wives and children, so they couldn’t leave at all.

Sun Yi said enviously, “Do you think everyone is like you? With your mother and younger brother helping out.”

“It’s just a coincidence. My mom just retired.”

Lin Xiangnan also knew that Hu Meili had helped her a lot, and she didn’t dare to speak harshly to Hu Meili.

Especially when something happened back home and Hu Meili worried about her from afar, Lin Xiangnan would feel inexplicably guilty.

If she hadn’t brought Hu Meili to the family courtyard, when Hu Meili was angry, she could at least vent her anger physically. Now, she could only stew in her own anger.

Lin Xiangnan and Sun Yi chatted on the car, and soon they arrived at the 130th Factory.

As soon as she saw the factory gate, Lin Xiangnan exclaimed in surprise, “Wow, the 130th Factory is so grand?”

“Of course. Their factory is huge.” Sun Yi said sourly, “Didn’t you see this road, it’s directly built from the city to their factory gate?”

Lin Xiangnan had only seen a few large factories in total, and she originally thought that her current unit was already good enough.

Now, she suddenly realized that their unit was quite simple.

The 130th Factory not only had a grand gate, but also had more buildings inside. The factory area not only had a permanent medical room, nursery, but also a gym, movie theater, dance hall, and singing area…

When assigning accommodation, Lin Xiangnan was even assigned a single room.

“Life at the 130th Factory is actually so good?” Lin Xiangnan’s tone, also influenced by Sun Yi, became sour.

Sun Yi didn’t diminish his own factory’s prestige, “In terms of strength, our factory is definitely stronger and more comprehensive. But due to location reasons, in the past, they were the ones who received foreign experts, the 130th Factory.”

Their factory’s location was a bit special, bordering a military base, and even if they invited experts from the Soviet Union, they wouldn’t dare to bring them to their own factory.

With this explanation, Lin Xiangnan understood.

“No wonder the entertainment room’s decoration style is so European, with big chandeliers and a grand piano. Now, everyone dares not decorate like that.”

Sun Yi said involuntarily, “It’s still good at our factory, simple and practical. I don’t like this exaggerated style.”

Lin Xiangnan glanced at him with disdain. If Sun Yi hadn’t been so happy when he knew he was going to the 130th Factory on a business trip, his words would have been more believable.

They had worked with the technicians from the 130th Factory, so Jin Baoguang was enthusiastic but not polite when he saw them.

He gave them a month’s worth of meal tickets, left them half a day to pack their luggage, and then arranged for them to start work.

On Lin Xiangnan’s first day of work, she immediately declared, “My situation…”

“I understand, I understand, old rules.” Jin Baoguang was very understanding.

He directly took Lin Xiangnan and Sun Yi to the office and shared loudly, “The reinforcements you’ve been talking about have arrived. Lin Gong and Sun Gong from the 132nd Factory. Everyone, give them a round of applause.”

A group of people applauded excitedly, looking very happy.

Someone coming to help share the workload, how could they not be happy?

Lin Xiangnan and Sun Yi went to their temporary workstations and began to look at the materials.

In his own factory, Jin Baoguang’s momentum was even stronger, and even his scolding was more powerful than when he was at their factory.

He didn’t have the same timid demeanor as before when he secretly wiped away tears.

Because the results were not ideal, the people in the office worked nervously, fearing that Jin Baoguang would catch them making mistakes.

Lin Xiangnan, tired of looking at the materials, secretly poked Sun Yi’s arm and asked curiously, “Didn’t you say that the 130th Factory used to learn from foreign experts? Why does it feel like the research strength isn’t very strong?”

“Don’t mention it. A few people were sent to the countryside for labor reform because they had good relations with Soviet experts and had private correspondence.” Sun Yi said with a pained expression.

If you want to learn from someone, you naturally need to build a good relationship with them. It’s quite innocent to be picked on for this kind of thing.

Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but shake her head when she heard this.

“The 130th Factory’s library has a lot of Russian professional books. If you know the language, you can go check them out.” Sun Yi suggested.

Sun Yi could read and write Russian, English, and German, but he wasn’t very good at speaking. China’s technology was lagging behind, and if you wanted to learn, you had to learn from abroad. You couldn’t do it without a spirit of exploration.

Although they were working for the 130th Factory, the skills they learned were their own.

Sun Yi couldn’t wait for Lin Xiangnan to become even more skilled.

Lin Xiangnan was intrigued by Sun Yi’s suggestion. It wasn’t for the purpose of studying, but just to see what books the factory had.

Lin Xiangnan was always quick at looking at materials and doing preliminary preparation. The two hours in the morning were enough for her to go through the materials in her hands.

As soon as the time was up, Lin Xiangnan stretched and stood up, saying to Sun Yi, “You continue. I’ll go to the library for a while.”

The people next to her quickly said, “Lin Gong, the materials for this project are all in the iron cabinets at the back.”

“I’m just going to the library to take a look.” Lin Xiangnan explained.

As she was speaking, Lin Xiangnan caught a glimpse of Jin Baoguang outside the office. She nodded to him and calmly left.

Jin Baoguang was deliberately watching the situation at this time, secretly observing.

Seeing that Lin Xiangnan was the same as before, leaving on time, he felt a sense of disappointment that his expectations hadn’t been met, but he also felt that it was as it should be.

Lin Xiangnan was always the same.