Immortal Father
Chapter 585 - 585 206 He Attempts to Educate the Heavenly Dao

585: Chapter 206 He Attempts to Educate the Heavenly Dao 585: Chapter 206 He Attempts to Educate the Heavenly Dao ‘Dad?’

Li Ping’an called out softly.

The young man ahead did not hear his call and continued to joke with the figure by his side.

After several attempts, Li Ping’an realized he was just a spectator who could only watch from the sidelines.

Many of the things he was about to witness were stories he had heard from his parents during his childhood.

He never imagined those lighthearted words from his father could have such a heavy, stifling weight when they actually happened.

To his father, starting a factory was the most significant event in life.

In the spring of 1990, following his academic setback, his father, arranged by his grandfather, joined a factory with thousands of workers and secured a “iron rice bowl” job.

With his grandfather’s networking and years of accumulated honors, his father quickly became a rising star and a technical and interpersonal backbone in a workshop, waiting only for enough years of service to become the workshop director.

Working in the factory required not only labor but also being socially active, which was indeed a double physical strain.

Li Ping’an followed his father, who was young at the time, and watched him chat and laugh with familiar uncles, a smile unconsciously spreading across his own face.

Ah, they even told dirty jokes.

Indeed, no matter how times change, this is always a kind of productivity.

Li Ping’an watched for a while, then suddenly remembered that he had come to remind his father ‘not to be mesmerized by Heavenly Dao’.

‘I can’t just follow behind my father in circles.’

Li Ping’an closed his eyes in thought, with multiple ideas surfacing in his mind.

His figure suddenly soared to ‘high altitudes,’ and as he looked down, he saw rows upon rows of closely arranged lattices of light.

Each lattice represented a particularly profound memory of his father.

Li Ping’an maneuvered above it but did not find the ‘human form’ Heavenly Dao had taken.

However, his own insights revealed that his father must be confronting Heavenly Dao in some corner.

What to do now?

Li Ping’an grimaced, but determination surged within him.

He was going to search every single one!

His figure suddenly turned into a streak of light, rushing back to the factory he had just left and began searching every corner.

Within the Illusionary Realm formed by memories, the main images always revolved around the subject of the memory.

In corners beyond Li Dazhi’s ‘line of sight,’ the factory was empty and dark.

Soon, Li Ping’an left his father in his youth and entered the second light lattice.

He suddenly stopped in his tracks, his gaze slightly trembling.

There, by a sunny windowsill, a young-looking woman in a dress and a red sweater, curling her trendy wavy hair, leaned out looking outside.

“I’m back!”

The sound of the door opening and closing was heard, and the young man who entered took off his scarf, hung up his work clothes, glanced at the women by the window, and then hurried over.

“Oh!

Comrade Wang Qinfen!

Don’t catch a cold from the draft!”

The woman laughed lightly, “I’m waiting for the candied haws seller.”

“You can listen for his shouting with the window open.

Why stand there?

If we can’t buy any today, I’ll cycle and get you some.

Come here!”

The young man led his wife back to the living room, helping her to sit down with great care.

His wife couldn’t help but laugh continuously, her eyes brimming with joy.

“I’m fine, really, I’m not so delicate.”

“You young comrade, your level of ideological awareness is too low!”

The young man muttered,

“Right now, you’re in the early stages of pregnancy, and the doctor said it’s not very stable; you have to be extremely cautious.

Always be safety-conscious, maintain high mental focus, face difficulties without fear, remember your mission, smoothly get through the tough early pregnancy, succeed in the landing to the vast plain of the midterm pregnancy, and be a representative of the new era’s young pregnant women!”

His wife laughed with her mouth wide open and scolded, “You got promoted to director already?

Why so pompous?”

“Yours truly, petty officer of group three five eight!

Known as ‘Steel Factory Zhao Zilong’!

Holder of a level-six fitter certificate, a heart full of love for the party!

Always ready for the position of workshop director!”

“Stop joking, I’m going to cook!”

“Hey!

Sit down, I’ve got this!

I will bring it right over, don’t move a muscle!”

The triumphant young man hummed a popular ditty, donned an apron, and started manning the kitchen stations.

He had only been at it for a few minutes when the long-missed hawking sound echoed outside.

The house was bustling again.

The wife, slowing moving to the windowsill to call out, and the husband, clumsily removing his apron and rushing to the door, plus that door they hadn’t managed to shut.

Li Ping’an silently watched his mother’s youthful appearance for a few moments and then slipped away from the room.

Although he also wanted to take his time and appreciate the images of his young parents, he was indeed short on time now.

After passing several lattices, Li Ping’an stopped once again in this room.

The time when his mother was pregnant seemed to have an especially dense concentration of lattices.

He carefully recalled what his parents had once told him, much of which he could no longer remember clearly, but during that time, his parents must have suffered quite a bit.

Like…

“Our factory optimized away our entire workshop.”

His wife, already showing signs of pregnancy, sat tearful at the table with a bowl of uneaten meat porridge next to her, as her husband tried to comfort her repeatedly.

“Don’t cry!

This is a normal thing.

The sweaters from your sweater factory couldn’t sell anyway.”

The husband quickly said,

“Don’t worry, I’m here, our home won’t fall apart.”

His wife said with red eyes, “But what about the money for the child?”

“No matter how we raise it, we will raise it.

Didn’t we have nothing when we were kids?

Our parents had it even tougher back then; you don’t have to worry.”

The husband chuckled,

“There’s a meeting in the province recently, they’ve made our area a pilot project.

In the past few days, some bankers have visited the factory, offering very low-interest loans, encouraging us to start small businesses.”