Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 40 Father's Anguish

Jiang Chen drove into the Aerospace family compound on a crossover. It was already autumn, and the tall sycamore trees on both sides of the road were already a little red, and some leaves were gradually turning yellow, and some of them had already withered. The sprinkles on the road add a bit of color to these old buildings full of vicissitudes of life.Jiang Chen admired the beauty in front of him, and unknowingly came to his door.

Probably because they heard the sound of the car, the two little girls rushed to Jiang Chen from the yard and shouted, "Brother, brother!"

"Hey, Xiao Xin, Xiao Qian, do you miss your brother?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.

"I think, brother, mom said you went to see grandpa." Xiaoqian looked at Jiang Chen and asked.

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Brother is going to work at Grandpa's place."

"Then have you seen Grandpa?" Xiao Xin asked.

"Of course I saw it." Jiang Chen patted the little girl's head and replied with a smile.

"Does Grandpa miss us?" the little girl asked, looking at Jiang Chen with wide eyes.

"Of course I thought about it. Grandpa even asked me if you two are good at home." Jiang Chen made up a lie and replied.There was intense work all day long, and Lei Zhan was the leader this time, taking care of everything, so naturally he didn't have time to ask the two little girls.In order not to disappoint them, Jiang Chen probably told a white lie.

"Good! We are very good!" The two little girls rushed to answer first.

"Well, just be good, let's go into the house." Jiang Chen walked into the house with the two little girls in his arms.

"Mom, I'm back." Jiang Chen put down the things and shouted.

"I'm back, take a rest, I'm in the kitchen." Lei Dan's voice came from the kitchen.

Jiang Chen didn't care about the two little girls he was playing with, walked into the kitchen and took out a cucumber from the washed dishes and broke it in half, then he leaned against the door frame and gnawed on the cucumber while looking at the busy Lei Dan and asked, "Would you like me?" Where's dad? Why don't you see him?"

While busy washing vegetables, Lei Dan replied, "I'm busy with something in the factory, and I'll be back in a while."

"I've been busy for a few days since I came back, why don't you take a break?" Jiang Chen asked with some doubts.

"Hehe, you thought it was you. He has just completed the launch mission and has a lot of follow-up work to do. He has been meeting and giving reports for the past few days, and he doesn't usually leave home." Lei Dan explained with a smile.

"Oh, it turns out that this is what happened. The leaders of the Aviation Institute are too big. They have been away on business for almost half a year, and they still don't let them rest for a few days." Jiang Chen complained.

"Stinky boy, what are you talking about? Your dad did it voluntarily. But, what's the matter with you? It's been a few days since you've been back, why don't you go home? I only found out when your grandfather called." Lei Dan grabbed Jiang Chen's ears feigned anger.

"Aiyo, aiyo, Mom, it hurts!" Jiang Chen pretended to beg for mercy, but Lei Dan didn't screw too much, and Jiang Chen was just trying to please his mother.

"Tell me, what have you been doing these few days since you came back?" Lei Dan still insisted.

"Mom, it's actually like this." Jiang Chen told Lei Dan a series of embarrassing things about him on the train.

After hearing this, Lei Dan covered his mouth and laughed, "Boy, what kind of bad idea is this thinking? You don't know that so many people worry about you."

"Mom, I won't dare again next time." Jiang Chen said coquettishly.

"Hehe, I can't control you anymore. Hurry up and marry Xiaoyun and let her take care of you. You don't know. I heard from Siyan that Xiaoyun grabbed her and went to see you off when you got into the car that day. It's over." Lei Dan said while starting to cook.

"Oh? Really, why didn't I know." Jiang Chen was surprised, because they got in the car really late that day, he didn't expect this silly girl to see him off in person, but why didn't she show up, I didn't give She said, don't give it away when it's too late, why is she so stupid?

It's not easy to show it in front of his mother, Jiang Chen asked again to eliminate his embarrassment: "Has my father met? What did he say?"

"You don't need to say that your father met the day he came back. He is very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. He also said that finally someone can take care of this bastard like me." Lei Dan proudly said, she didn't expect her own The husband would be so satisfied, and he would be angry that he thought he had made up his mind after just calling him.In fact, she didn't know that Jiang Keming was actually a little angry. If you said such a big matter, you just call me and talk to me. Although my Jiang family is not a wealthy family, not everyone is worthy of it. yes.But after he came back and met him, he completely changed his previous opinion. This little girl is very quiet and complements his naughty son's personality very well. Moreover, this girl has a good background and she has received a good education. The immature kid is very reassuring to her.

"I'm just so worried, you guys don't care about me, you want me to start a family as soon as possible, I want to eat your food for a few more years." Jiang Chen deliberately pretended to be a little unhappy.

"Don't pretend, it's cheap and good-looking. I don't know if I have a handsome daughter-in-law and remember me as an old lady." Lei Dan said with some taste, she didn't understand her own son, it was for herself Playing a rogue.

"How could it be? I will definitely remember our own old lady. Not only will I remember, but I will let her remember too. Come and honor you and my dad." Jiang Chen flattered again.

"Go, go, make me happy, go rest by yourself for a while, I've already cooked, and I'll have dinner when your dad comes back." Lei Dan waved his hand to signal Jiang Chen to leave.

"That mother, let me do it, you rest." Jiang Chen walked to the front and said.

"No, no, I'll come, I'll be fine in a while."

"Come on, mom, you go and rest, besides, my dad probably hasn't eaten the food I cooked yet."

"Okay then, call me if you have something to do, and I'll go and urge the two ghost girls to do their homework. This semester's grades have dropped a lot." Lei Dan could only agree with a smile on his face.

Jiang Chen shook his head when he heard the noise made by his mother going to the two little girls, and began to cook his own meals. They were all home-cooked ingredients, and there was no special preparation. Maybe it was because he came back and bought it. For a fish, the parents are usually quite simple. They are all people who have lived a hard life, so they have always maintained this tradition.

"Where's your son?" Jiang Chen was cooking when he heard a rough voice from outside, and Jiang Chen instinctively realized that his father had returned.

"Yo? My son is cooking. I'm so blessed to hear your mother praise you to the sky." Jiang Keming picked up the cucumber that Jiang Chen broke and looked at Jiang Chen while eating and said with a smile, I have to say that this habit is really her own, and definitely not from the old Wang next door.

"Dad!" Jiang Chen yelled with a smile and started to get busy again. He needs a process of acceptance now. Even though he has made enough preparations, he still can't adapt to meeting suddenly.

"Well, it's dark, but also strong, and has become a lot more mature." Jiang Keming carefully looked at Jiang Chen with doting eyes.

"Dad, no matter how it changes, I'm still your son." Jiang Chen replied with a smile. In fact, he was a little bit nervous, and he was very nervous. Could it be that the old man noticed something?
"Yes, no matter how it changes, he is still my precious son. Hurry up and cook, let me taste your cooking. Your mother said it when she called me. I have been looking forward to it." Jiang Keming replied with a smile.

"Okay!" Jiang Chen began to cook with a smile in his heart, and Jiang Keming seemed to feel a little tired and went to lean on the sofa for a while. Jiang Chen lowered his voice after noticing it, and Lei Dan He also took a blanket and put it on it, and motioned the two little girls to keep their voices down.

The whole family was satisfied with the meal, Jiang Keming repeatedly praised Jiang Chen's craftsmanship, saying that he is definitely a master chef, and finally ate half a bowl of rice on purpose.Needless to say, the two little girls ate too much, and Lei Dan was worried that eating so much would cause indigestion, so he asked the two little girls to go out for a walk to digest food.Jiang Chen's aunt, Lei Juan, was not there. She went to the countryside for inspection and hadn't come back yet, and Liu Yun and the crazy girl Li Siyan also didn't come, probably because Jiang Chen's father was a little shy when he came back.After the meal, Lei Dan started to tidy up the kitchen. Originally, Jiang Chen wanted to tidy up, but Lei Dan refused. In her words, she didn't like Jiang Chen's work.

Jiang Keming made a cup of tea and lit a cigarette and read the documents leisurely, while Jiang Chen was embarrassed to interrupt and picked up a book and read it boringly. The time after dinner was very leisurely, which made Jiang Chen feel Rare happiness.

After a while, Jiang Chen noticed that Jiang Keming's expression was getting worse and worse. He didn't throw the document on the table until he finished reading the last page and cursed: "It's getting worse and worse. Go on like this. Not useless yet."

Seeing his father getting so angry, Jiang Chen put down the book and said in surprise, "Dad, what's the matter, what made you so angry?"

Jiang Keming lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and sighed: "The funding of the Academy of Aviation is insufficient, and some funds for scientific research projects have to be cut to ensure the normal operation of the Academy of Aviation."

"Oh, so that's the case." Jiang Chen finally understood why his father was so angry. The aerospace system in this period has just recovered, and it is still very weak, not as powerful as the later generations.Now the entire system is fully supported by state funding, but you can only get part of the financial support when you receive a launch project, and you can only maintain it at ordinary times, and this kind of project is not as intensive as later generations. Dozens of times.Now there are very few launch missions, sometimes even once a year, and they cannot receive projects, so it is very difficult. The widely circulated "missiles are not as good as selling tea eggs" during this period is a good portrayal.

"But this has nothing to do with you, you are the deputy chief teacher, no matter how you cut it, you can't cut it to your side." Jiang Chen tried to comfort him.

"I feel sorry! If these projects stagnate and the scientific researchers are disbanded, it will be difficult to pick them up again in the future. Why don't these leaders look far away?" Jiang Keming sighed with a painful expression .

Seeing his father's distressed appearance, Jiang Chen was very distressed.He knew that during this period, many scientific research projects were indeed abandoned due to economic difficulties. Later, when the country wanted to re-research, it found that it was impossible to start. Some materials had been lost, and some researchers had passed away, so they could only re-research slowly.The most representative ones here are large aircraft programs (many for military and civilian purposes), nuclear submarine programs, ship programs, and of course rocket and missile programs.Thinking of this, Jiang Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He thought that he could use the advantages of his father and the Aviation Academy to join forces with his own factory to develop a weapon. Jiang Chen remembered that a certain weapon equipped in the army of later generations is showing great power now. When I was very excited.

He tried to calm himself down and smiled at Jiang Keming: "Well, Dad, are you interested in working on a project with us to earn some scientific research funds?"

"Oh?" Jiang Keming was a little surprised: "What project are you researching? Don't say you are researching rockets and missiles, that is a serious violation of discipline, and it must not be allowed."

"No, we haven't done so much research. We want to develop a kind of..." Jiang Chen slowly told his father what was going on in his head.

And Jiang Keming also listened and his eyes became brighter and brighter, until finally he said excitedly: "Yes, if this project is successful, it will solve a large part of our expenses! But I can't make the decision, it has to be handed over to our party/committee Only discuss and study, you wait for the news."

After speaking, Jiang Keming walked outside quickly regardless of the gradually darkening sky outside and the persuasion of Jiang Chen and Lei Dan.

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