Zhao Xiaochen left, Zhao Hongjun and Lin Baiyu developed the habit of turning on the radio early in the morning to listen to the news and read the newspaper. The family got up very early, Zhao Xiaoxing wanted to sleep lazily, and was directly taken away by his father. In the winter, I didn't have a quilt, so I had to get up obediently. complained to his father, and his father glared: "Your sister gave you a sandbag for exercising, so that you can get up early every day to exercise, and you still want to live up to her kindness and sleep lazy? ”

The child's tears, no wonder my sister's smile at that time gave him a bad taste, and sure enough, it was so! But there was no way to fight, so the child could only tie a five-pound sandbag and go out for a morning run. After running, he has to practice a set of boxing techniques taught by Lin Baiyu.

The news on the radio was still very timely, and the state specially sent war correspondents to the front line to grab the news: from February 27, 1979 to March 5, 1979, the troops of the eastern front of China captured Lang Son and Quang Yuan, and the troops of the western front captured Sapa, sealed the soil, and paved the building, and completed the scheduled combat mission. From March 6, 1979 to March 16, 1979, the Chinese army retreated while clearing and suppressing, and at the same time blew up important military and political facilities in northern Vietnam and seized a large amount of supplies that were supported to Vietnam that year. The Vietnamese army transferred back part of its troops from the Cambodian battlefield to defend Hanoi, but it did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army, so it could only follow the retreating troops of the Chinese army from afar. In the process of withdrawing troops, a small number of Chinese troops were attacked by local Vietnamese troops and armed civilian troops, causing certain losses. On March 16, all Chinese troops withdrew to the territory of the country, and the war ended.

The war was over, but Zhao Xiaochen did not come back and was stationed on the border with the army. The little Vietnamese were not subdued, and sometimes carried out provocations on the border between the two countries, constantly creating bloodshed, taking advantage of the retreat of the border guards, swaggering to occupy many riding points on the border between the two countries, and once again illegally occupied the Luojiaping Mountain, Phaka Mountain, Kuolin Mountain, Lao Mountain, Zheyin Mountain and other Chinese border areas, and continued to attack farms, villages, and other Chinese border areas in China. Schools opened fire, killing and wounding hundreds of soldiers and civilians on the Chinese border, forcing the Chinese border residents to leave their homes and live in caves, making it difficult to cultivate and manage more than 30,000 mu of land, making it impossible to harvest hundreds of thousands of mu of rubber, and forcing 52 schools to suspend classes. Unable to bear it any longer, the Chinese army was once again forced to defend itself and fight back. This kind of war will last for ten years.

Zhao Hongjun and Lin Baiyu received a call from Zhao Xiaochen. Zhao Xiaochen happily said how lucky he was, he was only slightly injured once when he went to the battlefield, and he was scratched when he was running; the battles he participated in were all ended in victory, and even in battles that had attracted the attention of the enemy's large forces and were ready to be sacrificed, he was able to win more with less, and his luck was simply strange. Because of this luck, Zhao Xiaochen won one special merit, one first-class merit, and three second-class merits, and now he is a company commander.

Lin Baiyu pursed her lips and smiled, the talisman she made was of course effective.

Zhao Hongjun laughed happily, his son is so capable, he has a successor!

Lin Baiyu returned home and found that there was one more person in the family. In the living room, a young man with glasses and an intellectual appearance was talking, talking to Zhang Qiuju. Zhang Qiuju was very enthusiastic about it, and Zhao Hongjun also sat on the side, although he was not smiling, but his demeanor was very kind. Only Zhao Xiaoxing sat aside unhappily, puffing out like a little toad.

"Yo, Xiaoyu is back, come here, I'll introduce you. Zhang Qiuju was so happy that her whole face was full of chrysanthemums, and she suddenly waved to Lin Baiyu, "This is Li Jie, my fellow countryman." But this kid is amazing, and now he is a student at Capital University. ”

"Li Jie, this is your Uncle Zhao's daughter, although she didn't hurt the university, her medical skills are very good. ”

"Hello. Lin Baiyu stretched out her hand and shook hands with Li Jie, turned her head to look at Zhao Hongjun, and saw joy and approval in her eyes. What else is there that I don't know? This is introducing her to someone!

Lin Baiyu silently walked to Zhao Xiaoxing and sat down, letting Zhang Qiuju and Li Jie greet each other in various ways, giving people the appearance that they didn't like to talk.

Zhao Hongjun occasionally interjected into the conversation between Zhang Qiuju and Li Jie, and Lin Baiyu knew from their conversation that Li Jie's parents and Zhang Qiuju were fellow villagers, and even had a bit of a roundabout relationship, Li Jie's parents were local petty officials, and they took more care of Zhao Hongjun because of Zhang Qiuju's relationship. Zhao Hongjun reciprocated, so now Li Jie's father is already their county magistrate. Li Jie is the youngest in the family, but he likes to read since he was a child, and he was admitted to the university in one go after the resumption of the college entrance examination, which is the pride of the entire old Li family.

To be honest, Li Jie is not bad, a college student, enterprising, and has good family conditions, no wonder Zhao Hongjun is so optimistic about him and supports Zhang Qiuju to introduce Li Jie to his daughter.

After eating, Li Jie offered to take his leave.

Zhao Hongjun spoke: "Xiaoyu, you go and send Li Jie." ”

This is a special opportunity for the two of them, and the two know it.

The two of them walked silently on the path of the compound of the military region, lined with plane trees, and when late autumn came, the leaves on the trees fell one or two with the wind.

Lin Baiyu stretched out her hand to catch the leaves that fell in front of her eyes, and heard Li Jie speak: "Comrade Zhao Xiaoyu, I think knowledge is the most important. You shouldn't waste your youth, you should work hard to get into college. So that we have a common language. ”

Lin Baiyu shook her hand, let the sycamore leaf be played out, fell to the ground, and said in a cold voice: "I'm sorry, classmate Li Jie, I have no plans to go to college in China." ”

When Li Jie heard this, he didn't say anything more, but both of them knew that there was no possibility for them to continue in the future. Li Jie is a senior intellectual, and the wife he is looking for is also a senior intellectual, a "non-enterprising" girl like Lin Baiyu, no matter how high her status is, he doesn't like it.

As soon as Lin Baiyu got home, Zhao Xiaoxing pounced: "Sister, do you want to deal with Li Jie? Can you change someone, I don't like him." Like a little old man all day long, he knows how to discipline me. ”

Zhang Qiuju pulled the child away: "Go, go, your sister's lifelong event will not allow you to interfere as a child." ”

She approached Lin Baiyu's side with a smile and asked, "How is it, Xiaoyu? Li Jie is a good kid, right?"

"It's pretty good. Lin Baiyu said honestly, "But people shouldn't have taken a fancy to me." The girlfriend he wants is a college student who shares a topic with him. ”

Zhang Qiuju was very sorry when she heard this, why did you say that Li Jie was so picky? It was also "Zhao Xiaoyu" who was not angry and did not even get into a university.

"After that, Auntie will help you introduce other boys, and the conditions must be no worse than Li Jie. Zhang Qiuju hurriedly said.

"No need. Lin Baiyu walked to the rattan chair in the living room and sat down, facing Zhao Hongjun, "Dad, I don't want to get married now, you don't need to help me introduce people in the future." ”

I finally came up with a way to kick you out of the Zhao family, how could I give up, and without waiting for Zhao Hongjun to speak, I said: "Xiaoyu, you are not young, how can you not deal with your partner? Look at you now that you have nothing to do at home all day, and you just have time to fall in love!"

Zhao Hongjun nodded supportively when he heard this: "Your aunt is for your good." You're a big girl, and you spend all day at home doing nothing, like what?"

"Who said I had nothing to do?" said Lin Baiyu, "I have received an admission letter from the California Institute of Technology in Los Angeles, and in January next year, I will go to Citigroup to study." ”

Zhao Hongjun and Zhang Qiuju were stunned. What the hell? "Zhao Xiaoyu is quietly going to study in other countries? Didn't she say that she wouldn't take the university entrance examination?

"Didn't you say you didn't take the university entrance exam?" Zhang Qiuju couldn't help but ask.

"I don't go to universities in my country. Lin Baiyu said lightly, "The teaching quality of domestic universities is not very good today, and I want to learn more advanced knowledge, so I can only study abroad." ”

"Naga, is it good to add any university?" Zhao Hongjun said angrily.

"It's the California Institute of Technology. Lin Baiyu said, "This university is a world-renowned private research university, with a long reputation in the world's scientific and technological circles, and its advantageous disciplines include physics, chemistry, astronomy and space science in basic science, ranking among the top in the academic ranking of world universities, and is an assistance unit to assist Citigroup's NASA." With dozens of Nobel Prize winners, this school has the highest Nobel Prize-winning density in the world and is recognized as one of the most typical elite universities. Professor Qian Xuesen and Professor Qian Weichang both graduated from this school. ”

Although Zhao Hongjun is a rough man, he has also heard the name of the Nobel Prize, a world-renowned award, not to mention that he knows Professor Qian Xuesen, who is a strongman who helped Huaxia develop a director and a rocket.

"Are you really false? What is the school called? Oh, Caltech is really that powerful?" Zhao Hongjun asked.

Lin Baiyu: "Don't you know Professor Qian? ”

Since Lin Baiyu said so, it should be true, Zhao Hongjun believed his daughter's words, but he was still full of doubts: "When did you get in touch with a university abroad? You didn't do anything to betray the country, right?"

"Of course not. "Lin Baiyu really doesn't know what people in this era think in their heads, and those who have connections abroad are spies?

Lin Baiyu put on a dignified face and responded to Zhao Hongjun with a lofty reason: "Isn't this the beginning of the year when China and Citigroup established diplomatic relations? I think going to Citigroup to study can be regarded as a contribution to promoting the friendship between the two countries, so I tried to submit an application and send it abroad." Unexpectedly, the people of Citi were very welcoming, and they immediately approved my application and welcomed me to go to their school. ”[.]