The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

In the winter of 1990, there was still heavy snow in the capital.

Chen Guohua and his family huddled in the living room which was as warm as spring, eating mutton hotpot. It was a lively and happy scene.

"Sister, you haven't taken the high-speed train yet. You don't know that I was in Baiyun City in the morning, and I was already at the Beijing High-speed Railway Station in the afternoon."

At the table, Chen Xiaomei, who is already 40 years old, said excitedly:

"Three hundred and fifty kilometers per hour, and often even three hundred and ninety or four hundred kilometers per hour. Sister, you know, this speed is really fast."

"Ten years ago, I took a train to Baiyun City to work as the director of an auto parts factory. At that time, the train speed was only 70 to 80 kilometers per hour."

"In just ten years, our country's railways have undergone tremendous changes. Sister, you have not experienced it, so it is difficult for you to understand. I think you should go out more often."

The more she talked, the more Chen Xiaomei recalled the bitterness of the past and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Her man Zhang Xitang was sitting next to her and couldn't help but hold her hand.

Her daughter Zhang Shujia is already six years old. When she saw her crying, she came over with red eyes and hugged her.

"Mommy."

"good"

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, while Chen Guohua, Chen Xiaoyue, Chen Xiaomin and others looked at each other.

They didn't quite understand why Chen Xiaomei was so excited. Probably only those who had experienced this would understand.

It was as if in his previous life, Chen Guohua saw the ending of the movie Wolf Warrior 2, with a passport as the background image and the sentence on it: Citizens of the People's Republic of China, when you encounter danger overseas, don't give up! Please remember that behind you, there is a strong motherland.

At that time, Chen Guohua had just returned from the Maple Leaf Country. Having experienced unfair treatment abroad, he could empathize with the power of this sentence and was deeply touched.

Chen Xiaomei was feeling a bit like this at the moment, so she was so excited.

Her elder sister Chen Xiaoyue has been in Beijing all the time and has not been anywhere.

In 1966, Chen Xiaoyue married Lu Jiaxi. She was already 21 years old that year.

In that era, it was quite rare for a 21-year-old lesbian to be single.

Even though she got married at an older age, and the man she married, Lu Jiaxi, was ten years older than her, it was originally thought that her marriage would not be very happy.

On the contrary, her marriage was the happiest among the three sisters.

Chen Xiaoyue had never left the capital, so she couldn't empathize.

The two sisters chatted for a while about the high-speed rail, but they didn't expect Chen Xiaomei to be so excited.

"Eat, eat." Yu Mo left and said with a smile, "Xiao Mei, you are really something. You shouldn't be so excited about such a happy thing."

"And you, too, Boss. The high-speed rail has been on the news for a long time. Didn't you even read it?"

In 1987, the high-speed railway from Beijing to Baiyun City had already started trial operation. It has been in operation for nearly four years now, and the technology has become quite sophisticated.

Although other major branch lines of the high-speed railway are still under construction, this high-speed railway line alone has already given a huge boost to the mainland economy.

"Let's talk about something happy. Xiaomei, do you want to come back to Beijing to work?"

Chen Guohua smiled and changed the subject.

However, his sister didn't want to go back to the capital. Firstly, she had already gotten used to the life in Baiyun City, and secondly, she was already married and wanted to stay with Zhang Xitang as her main life.

Third, the sandstorm weather and winter weather in Beijing are still very cold.

Based on these considerations, Chen Xiaomei naturally didn't want to come back.

"And most importantly, unlike in the past, transportation is inconvenient now. Today's high-speed trains and airplanes are very fast and safe. If you want to go back to Beijing, you can come back anytime."

Having said that, in reality, the adult world is not so easy to leave whenever you want.

She didn't want to live in the capital, but her children wanted to stay there.

Chen Xiaomei and Zhang Xitang have three children in total. In addition to the eldest child, Zhang Shujia, there are the second child, Zhang Zhongshi, who is already four years old, and the third child, Zhang Xiaoyan.

That means her second child is twins.

Logically speaking, Chen Xiaomei had already implemented family planning before she got married, so she would have given birth to only one child at most.

However, Zhang Xitang's family would rather pay a fine than give birth to two more children.

Zhang Xitang's family is from Chaoshan area, and he is very stubborn when it comes to children.

If they only have one child, it would be the same as taking their lives.

They have only given birth to three children now, but they will definitely have more children after a while.

Because Chen Xiaomei is already very old and needs to recuperate, the preparation time for pregnancy took a little longer.

"Then you guys stay at your uncle's house, and I'll go back with your father, okay?"

After hearing what her mother said, Zhang Shujia and the other three children were of course unhappy, because they were not very familiar with Chen Guohua's family, and of course they were reluctant to let them stay here.

Even though the Chen family had many rooms and there was no shortage of food for Zhang Shujia and the other three children, and they even had two elderly people, Chen Gonglu and Yun Wanshang, to help take care of them, but they could not play with Chen Zhongshou and Chen Qi and the others.

The brothers Chen Zhongshou and Chen Qi, who are six years old this year, are already in the second grade and have already shown their talent in mathematics.

These two brothers are better than their master. Although they are still young, their talents are indeed terrifying.

Although they like to play normally, they only play with other kids who are several years older than them, and can even chat with adults. Their intelligence and maturity are far beyond that of ordinary children.

Therefore, how could Zhang Shujia and her two siblings possibly play together with the two brothers Chen Qi and Chen Zhongshou?

There is such a huge difference!

"Ha ha!"

Seeing the dazed expressions of Zhang Shujia and her two siblings, everyone laughed.

"Come on, come on, drink."

Chen Guohua did not join in the little kid's topic anymore, but clinked glasses with Lu Jiaxi, Zhang Xitang, Zhu Ronghui and others.

Zhu Ronghui is the husband of the youngest sister, Chen Xiaomin. He also does not work in Beijing. He was transferred to the Northeast a few years ago. Three years ago, Chen Guohua called him to work in Chang'e Town.

Originally, Zhu Ronghui worked as a rocket engine researcher at the Fifth Academy. Later, after marrying Chen Xiaomin, he went to the Northwest.

After three years in the northwest, she and Chen Xiaomin were separated for a long time. Although she supported her husband's work, it was no different from being a widow. So one day, she couldn't bear it anymore and ran to her eldest brother Chen Guohua, hoping that he could help her find some connections.

At that time, Chen Guohua had already appeared on TV and announced his identity as the chief designer of the Nantianmen Space Station.

Even though Chen Xiaomin didn't know much about aerospace matters, she knew a little bit that her elder brother was definitely in a leadership position.

So it shouldn't be difficult to apply for the transfer of a rocket engine researcher like Zhu Ronghui, right?

However, although Chen Guohua did help, there was no suitable job for Zhu Ronghui in Beijing.

Finally, he went to Harbin Institute of Technology in Northeast China to teach and calm down.

Chen Xiaomin had no choice but to take her child there with her.

Although Harbin Institute of Technology is located at the northernmost tip of the motherland, it is definitely the provincial capital city with the coldest weather, no doubt about it.

After a few more years, Harbin Institute of Technology was still too cold, and Zhu Ronghui didn't really like being a teacher. He preferred to stay at the forefront of scientific research.

It happened that Chang'e Town was launched, and Chen Guohua suggested that he go there to be responsible for one of the engine research projects. He agreed without hesitation.

After seeing the beautiful scenery over there, Chen Xiaomin did not hesitate and left her child behind and followed there.

She married Zhu Ronghui in 1972, and Chang'e Town was fully launched in 1986.

So in 1986, she and Zhu Ronghui brought all their children, who were now in their teens, back to Beijing to live with their grandparents.

This doesn’t count as left-behind children, right?
Chang'e Town is a really beautiful place. We have been there for three or four years. Zhu Ronghui and Chen Xiaomin like it very much and will stay there often.

This time it was not easy. She colluded with her second sister, and the two families returned to the capital together.

After all, she and her second sister are not in the capital, so they have to go back occasionally to see their parents and get together with their eldest brother.

Returning to the capital from Chang'e Town would not be as convenient as her second sister starting from Baiyun City.

You know, Chang'e Town does have an airport, but so far, it is not open to the public.

Until now, Chang'e Town is still called a town, not a city.

Therefore, we can also know from here that if everyone wants to leave Chang'e Town, they generally have to report and apply in advance.

It's impossible to leave just because you want to.

You can leave only after approval from above.

Then you buy your plane ticket and take the flight away.

There are only three flights departing from Chang'e Town every week, so it is not very convenient to leave Chang'e Town.

As for these three flights, not all of them are passenger flights, they are most likely cargo flights.

If it is a cargo plane, there will not be so many seats.

No matter what, the couple returned to the capital, and the four siblings were finally reunited for the first time in recent years.

"Brother, the wine you stored tastes really good. The smell is not that strong, but it is very fragrant and has a strong aftertaste."

Zhang Xitang toasted with a smile and started talking about wine.

Ever since he married Chen Xiaomei, he has never lacked wine to drink every year, because every time he visits Chen Guohua's house, he would take away a few bottles of wine from the cellar.

Especially now in 1990, everyone knew the amount of wine Chen Guohua cellared every year ten or twelve years ago.

He directly purchased the raw wine in jars, and one jar contained 75 liters of wine, which is 150 kilograms.

Why buy the wine jar directly?
Because wine stored in jars is more fragrant.

You should know that the reason why liquor becomes more fragrant as it ages is that during the aging process, it undergoes a series of physical and chemical reactions with the air, the container, and itself, making it mellower and more fragrant.

Generally speaking, pottery jars are made of clay fired at high temperatures. Their unique material structure brings about four wonderful reactions for the aging of liquor: breathability, micro-oxygen, catalysis and nutrition.

Good air permeability is conducive to the volatilization of low-boiling point substances such as aldehydes and sulfides in new wine, reducing the irritation of the wine, and the metal ions in the ceramic body catalyze and accelerate the rate of the aging reaction.

Pottery jars contain nutrients. Trace elements such as iron, potassium, calcium, zinc, and selenium in the pottery seep into the wine, which not only increases the mellowness of the wine, but also provides active factors that are beneficial to human health.

This is the advantage of purchasing wine jars directly for cellaring.

However, there is not much wine stored in these pottery jars, and Chen Guohua has set a time for them. It is impossible to take them out before the time comes.

Because the wine stored in this way is more fragrant, mellower and more delicious.

"If you like to drink, then drink more. When you go back, take more with you," Chen Guohua responded with a smile.

Because they seldom see each other very often, Chen Guohua prepares as many gifts as possible for them every time they come.

Wine may seem expensive, but it's actually just that.

At present, the most valuable item is the jar of Moutai purchased thirty years ago. However, Chen Guohua does not plan to open and drink this jar of wine in the next few years.

The best time to drink this Moutai liquor that has been stored in the cellar for more than 30 years is at least 1997 or 1999.

Especially the year 1999, around the millennium, was definitely more meaningful.

It’s a pity that Chen Guohua didn’t find the Moutai produced in 1949. Otherwise, the fifty-year-old wine would have tasted even better.

Of course, the flavor of such old wine is really very light.

"Brother, according to the current plan, when can we achieve the moon landing? And can we really achieve this grand goal of landing on the moon before Moscow?"

Unlike Zhang Xitang, Zhu Ronghui is more interested in the topic of moon landing.

When he asked this, not only Zhang Xitang became interested, but even Lu Jiaxi, who had been in a daze, started to listen carefully.

This broad question does not involve confidentiality. Zhu Ronghui is naturally very clear about it. Zhang Xitang and Lu Jiaxi also understand it very well.

Newspapers, television stations and other media have already made rough plans for the moon landing program, but they have not specified the specific time.

The first step of the three-step lunar landing plan is the Nantianmen Space Station, the second step is the lunar orbit space station, and the third step is the lunar landing plan.

The construction of Nan Tianmen lasted from 1974 to 1981, a total of seven years. The construction of the lunar orbiting space station began in 1982 and will probably be completed next year.

Then it would take about nine years to complete a lunar orbital space station.

Based on the time required for the first two steps, the third step is likely to take about ten years or even longer. (End of this chapter)