The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 475 - 446 Not Taking the Blame_1

Chapter 475: Chapter 446 Not Taking the Blame_1

Time flew by, and before I knew it, the twelfth lunar month had arrived.

The twelfth lunar month was the coldest but also the liveliest month of the year.

Because they had received money, grain, and a lot of meat, festivities took place in the village every other day, and people like Village Chief Qi and He Jingyu really went from eating at one household to another.

He Tiantian worried about Snake King; it had been a month since she had made contact with Snake King and she didn’t dare to summon him, afraid of disturbing his cultivation.

That day, the postal worker came to deliver mail.

He Tiantian received a letter from Qi Xiaoyan and two packages from Yanjing.

One was prepared by Qi Shuliang for Third Grandma Qi, and the other was from Bai Qiongyu for He Tiantian’s family.

Inside were thick, warm jackets.

Yet the letter she most wanted to receive was not among them.

Because she did not receive a letter from Huo Yingjie, even the good mood from receiving her grandmother’s parcel faded.

What was he doing that he couldn’t even send a single letter?

He Tiantian couldn’t figure it out, so she wrote letters to Jiang Lifang and Huo Zhekun and sent them directly to the Huo Family in Yanjing.

Since New Year’s was approaching and Uncle Huo and Aunt Jiang were heading to Yanjing, sending the letters to Nan City would mean waiting until they returned before getting a response.

Ah, this kind of waiting, there’s no knowing when it will end!

Although He Tiantian had a young body, she possessed the heart of an adult.

Her wait seemed endless!

Seeing her daughter like this, Wang Shuping spoke privately with Third Grandma Qi, "A girl doesn’t stay at her parents’ home forever!"

"Indeed, keeping her might end up creating enmity!" Third Grandma Qi laughed, "By the way, what’s the situation with Huo Yingjie? If he can’t come in person, he could at least send a letter."

"Ah, he’s involved in an important project," Wang Shuping said, "I have no idea when it’ll end."

"Huo Yingjie is a good lad, but his job..." Third Grandma Qi didn’t finish her thought, but Wang Shuping understood. With such a job, He Tiantian was destined to face life’s challenges alone.

"Ah, let’s hope things can change in the future," Wang Shuping said with a wry smile, "That girl Tiantian, she’s so stubborn; once she’s set on Huo Yingjie, unless he doesn’t want her, she’ll never leave him. If I hadn’t watched Huo Yingjie grow up from childhood and knew he was a good young man, I would never have agreed to this marriage."

"You can’t have your cake and eat it too!" Third Grandma Qi said, "Fortunately, Tiantian is still young and can afford to wait."

"Ah, that’s the only way to comfort ourselves," Wang Shuping said, then muttered on about various things related to Huo Yingjie and He Tiantian’s childhood.

He Tiantian, with her exceptional hearing, could overhear her mother and grandma muttering in the courtyard.

Ah, those were such sweet memories of childhood!

She could stand loneliness and endure longing.

Miles away, in an unknown location, Huo Yingjie and Zhou Yuan Chao were holding their lunch boxes, devouring their food.

"Boss, eat more, I’ve noticed you’ve gotten thinner recently," Zhou Yuan Chao said, "The work here is so demanding, not eating properly won’t do! Your wife is so pretty; if you get too skinny, you won’t make a good couple anymore."

"Eating isn’t going to shut you up," Huo Yingjie said, having been bothered by mouth ulcers lately.

I couldn’t go home, and I couldn’t even send letters.

He knew He Tiantian was sensitive, and it must have been hard for her not having received any letters from him for so long; he hoped his mother could send out the letters he had prepared as soon as possible.

"Heh, boss, are you missing your sister-in-law?" Zhou Yuanchao teased with a wink, his sister-in-law was so beautiful, not only did the boss miss her, but sometimes he thought of her too.

But it was just thinking, nothing more!

"Eat your food," Huo Yingjie glared at him, always bringing up the worst possible thing to talk about!

How could he not miss her!

As he had guessed before, this time they were modifying heavy tanks and anti-tank missiles; without three to five years, don’t even think about getting out.

If he had known earlier, he would have gone into politics instead of research.

Even though it was his interest and hobby, it wasn’t good to always be apart from Tiantian.

He missed her in his heart, and his body yearned too!

After they ate, the two returned to the dorm to rest a bit.

"Boss, when do you think we will complete the mission?" Zhou Yuanchao said. Although he felt honored to be involved in the mission, he was not happy to be here.

The boss was right, where there were people, there were politics.

In the past, he always thought of the older generation of scientific researchers as selflessly devoted, and while devotion was present, they also had their own selfish desires.

The good projects and benefits were funneled into their own groups; there was so much infighting that less thought was put into scientific research.

He and the boss were young, and even though they previously had several commendable projects, they were nothing in front of these elders!

Not being able to independently establish a research team was one thing, but being assigned to other groups was another. In those groups, aside from the two of them, the other eight were acquainted with the team leader, either as students or subordinates from the same unit.

In contrast, the two of them were outsiders, unloved by anyone.

"If it goes smoothly, three years; but with the progress and atmosphere like this, we won’t get it done in less than five years," Huo Yingjie said. He did want to contribute, but every time his reports were rejected as unreasonable and were never brought up for discussion.

"So what should we do?" Zhou Yuanchao said, "Our suggestions and proposals don’t get the team leader’s approval. If it goes on like this, we won’t have any achievements and will waste all this time for nothing."

"Yeah, we can’t leave here until the project is completed," Huo Yingjie was also troubled. The research atmosphere here couldn’t compare to Nan City.

Ultimately, in Nan City, there was Chief Engineer Sun, who knew how to use people wisely and didn’t underestimate them because of their age.

But here, those people saw their youth and actually questioned whether they had studied calculus.

Calculus my ass!

In scientific research, if you haven’t studied calculus, you’d be ashamed to say you’re in research.

The little calculus isn’t difficult at all, thinking you’re impressive just because you’ve learned a bit of calculus!

When I was learning calculus, you didn’t even know where you were!

"Then what do we do?" Zhou Yuanchao said, "Boss, think of something, should we take some action against them?"

Huo Yingjie’s eyes rolled, "We can’t go on like this; I know those directions are wrong, but I’m still required by the team leader to do it, wasting time and effort without getting results, only to be scolded. I’ve never felt so frustrated in my life!"

"Exactly, his analysis is clearly wrong, yet he still makes us do it, wasting manpower and resources," Zhou Yuanchao said. "There will be a new project tomorrow; we’ll look at it first. If there are problems, we’ll reflect them to the team leader. We’ll put forward our suggestions, and if he doesn’t listen and still makes us do the same things, we’ll submit our own organized materials, as well as the previous ones; we can’t carry the blame for this."