Chapter 22: Dreams

Shen Mengxi often had to go back to Baoshan to supervise the production of military uniforms and spot check the quality of products, but the transportation was very inconvenient.

Approaching the date of the delivery of the first batch of military uniforms, Shen Mengxi borrowed a car from Zhang Jiaxuan and took his fourth sister-in-law, Laura, and Mrs. Lin back to Baoshan. She has walked this route many times, she dared to drive, and the three of them also dared to sit, just like that, all the way to Baoshan with laughter.

As soon as she saw Shen Mengxi, Zhang's mother complained that she didn't bring Ah Huan back, Shen Mengxi laughed and said that Ah Huan's schoolwork was too tight, she was just staying for a short time this time, why bother with the child.

- Actually, there are no seats in the car.

On the other hand, Wang Shouqing also sent a logistics director surnamed Li to supervise and confirm whether the delivery could be made on time.

The factory is in full swing, cutting, clothing, ironing, buttoning, sorting and packing...... The division of labor is clear, each performs its own duties, and Laura is excited.

Shen Mengxi asked Director Li to go to the warehouse to randomly select a few boxes of military uniforms, and found that the stitches of the clothing were dense, the size was standard, and even the direction of the button pattern was the same, Director Li was very satisfied, Shen Mengxi smiled proudly, she took Sister-in-law Lin's sorting control, and got it to be supervised and accepted.

The military uniforms have been completed eighty percent, and the first batch of orders will definitely be completed on schedule in the remaining time.

The Zhang family set up a banquet at home, and invited Director Li and his entourage, accompanied by Zhang Jiaheng and Zhang Jiadong, during the banquet, Zhang Jiaheng saw that Director Li put down the chopsticks every time, and then held the cup with his right hand, so he talked and laughed, shook his hand, and then clicked twice under his armpit, Director Li was taken aback, and did not understand why the gentle and elegant Mr. Zhang was so rude, and moved his left hand, only to find that the astringent numbness just now had completely disappeared, ah, got up and bent down to worship, "Divine doctor!" I don't know when this arm will not be good, and it will not work after watching it a few times, but I didn't expect that my fate is in Baoshan! ”

Zhang Jiaheng waved his hand, "Don't dare to be a miracle doctor, it's not a big problem with you, it's just a misplaced tendon." Don't use your left hand for these two days, it's fine. ”

Director Li responded again and again. After the meal, Director Li and the others drove away, Shen Mengxi gave a few paper bags of gifts, and Director Li left satisfied.

Shen Mengxi and the four of them played in Baoshan for another day, and Mrs. Lin was invited by Zhang's mother to chat, and their topic was to praise each other's son, which was also pleasant.

Afterwards, Mrs. Lin and Shen Mengxi said: "Your mother is really a good woman, the best life I have ever seen." ”

"Hehe, I'm probably the worst part of her life!"

"You know! She's really worried about you, let me keep an eye on you, don't let people deceive you. ”

"Hahahaha!" Shen Mengxi laughed.

"However, your father's two concubines are good, they are pitiful, the one who gave birth to three sons is better, he has a seat when he is older, and the younger one, with a little little feet, stands behind your mother, and doesn't even dare to lift his eyelids."

"It's for the guests, and they're usually fine."

"What do you know, how can there be any wives and concubines and beauty, they are all made for the head of the family, and they can't wait for the other one to die immediately!"

"Hah! You know it!"

"My son's daughters-in-law, I have already seen it! The most important thing is your father, as long as your father is not partial to spoil the concubine......" Old Man Lin glanced at Shen Mengxi, "Look at you, you haven't opened up." You, divorced your mother is worried, if you remarry, it is estimated that she will be even more worried, hum! ”

"If you don't get married, you won't get married, and you will live by yourself like you in the future."

"Phew! What good is it like me! ”

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This time driving aroused Shen Mengxi's addiction, and she officially asked Zhang Jiaxuan to help her find a second-hand car. It's a bit ostentatious, but it's really convenient.

Zhang Jiaxuan was not worried about her driving skills, but only perfunctorily agreed.

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Shen Mengxi's column has always been written steadily, with a regular readership, and the editor often forwards stacks of letters, of course, some people write articles to scold her. She is not annoyed, she still publishes one article a week, replies to a reader's letter every day, and saves a thousand words a day, just like meditating and doing tai chi every day, it is just a kind of persistence.

It doesn't matter if others like it or not.

It doesn't even matter how much you get paid.

After the establishment of the Nationalist Government, great importance was attached to education, and the law clearly stipulated that the central government's investment in education should not be less than 15% of the total budget, and amended the "Regulations on the Qualifications of University Teachers" to stipulate that the salary of professors is 400-600 oceans, associate professors are 260-360 oceans, and teaching assistants are 100-160 oceans.

So, Shen Mengxi raised his salary again, 550 oceans per month. There is no longer to pay the rent, and there is only one newly hired young maid A Qing at home, and then there is Zhao San'er, a coachman, who supports the family and is rich and rich.

The editor once read her reply to a reader and found it very interesting and inspired, suggesting that she send another reply to the reader once a week.

It's still the workload, but the remuneration has increased, and Shen Mengxi readily agreed.

Shen Mengxi has just written a novel called "Dreamland".

It is written about a 20-year-old girl Meng Yuan of the Republic of China, who is in the second year of a women's university, on a thunderstorm night, she was struck by ball lightning and fell into a coma, and woke up to find herself in a completely unfamiliar "new world", she found herself becoming a different girl.

The first time Meng Yuan walked out of the house, she locked herself out, and she couldn't open the door no matter what, she squatted at the door and cried, and with the help of her young neighbor, she used her fingerprint to open the lock.

Meng Yuan lied that she had hit her head and forgot a lot of things.

The neighbor named Jin Jia enthusiastically helped her, taught her how to use the electrical appliances in her room, and just pressed her finger on the phone, and the phone lit up, and a picture of her appeared now, looking at her with a smile. It turned out that her fingers and pupils could unlock a lot of items, and she turned out an "ID card" from her purse, and it turned out that her name was still Meng Yuan.

Jin Jia takes her out shopping, watching movies, and meeting new people. After more than ten days of adaptation, Meng Yuan gradually fell in love with the life of the "new world", free, peaceful and bright.

Meng Yuan fell in love with this enthusiastic and sunny big boy, but Jin Jia only helped her, and he had a girlfriend who had been in love for two years. He is a police officer by profession and he says he is serving the people.

Meng Yuan was very sad and angry, feeling that Jin Jia had taken such good care of him and provoked him, but he turned around and left.

Soon, her attention was diverted. She found that it was now more than 100 years since she left the Republic of China, but it was no longer called the Republic of China. Many things she knew and experienced were recorded in history, and she found a horrific historical event, that is, her hometown, ten years after she left, suffered a massacre of aggression, she read articles, pictures, movies, hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered, and it was horrific.

She couldn't help but cry.

As she learned more about the world, she found that the country she lived in was not carefree, there was poverty, darkness, dumping and fraud, and even if it was so powerful, there were still various political, economic, and military frictions in the world.

Meng Yuan was bored at home every day, and she couldn't help but watch the news and movies about the massacre, knowing that her family would not be able to hide from it, and she would cry every day because of it.

A hundred years later, in the new world, natural and man-made disasters continue, the environment has been seriously damaged, the glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic have melted, the sea level has risen, some cities have been flooded by the sea, and there are disasters on the earth every day, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, wildfires, insect plagues, wars, Meng Yuan feels that she has no courage to live well after watching these every day.

But this is a strong girl, women are always prone to bring out their potential in the face of adversity, and she bravely goes out of the house.

She found that in this world, she seems to be the only one complaining, everyone else is still happy and active, young people are busy working, old ladies are dressed in the square, dancing square dances, their tomorrow is also unknowable, the only thing that can be grasped is today.

Meng Yuan writes beautifully with a brush, and she teaches calligraphy to some children who are interested in traditional culture. She did a good job as a female celebrity, so she started classes to teach, although it was harder, but her life was settled.

Meng Yuan's parents in the "New World" are also working, and they will not retire until they are 70 years old, and through the "little movie", she found that her parents are still very young, her father is 58 years old, with black hair and a beardless face; Mother is even more, wearing lipstick, and talking like a coquette.

Meng Yuan gradually gained a foothold in the "New World", she did not return to her parents, and she also had a boyfriend, and she was a soldier, which made her feel very safe. The treatment and status of the "New World" soldiers are very high, and they need to pass the political examination when they get married, and Meng Yuan is known as a military wife.

She once felt that she was a new thinker, that she wanted to break with all the old things and ideas, but now it seemed that the world had been renovated, and she herself was the oldest thing that had been hidden.

She takes care of her family very much, but she will never give up her career, and her husband admires Meng Yuan's independence and self-improvement, virtue and love for her family. He is not like some officers in the Republic of China, who has many aunts and wives. Military personnel are well paid, but military discipline is also severe.

Although they often live separately, her status as a military wife makes her respected by society.

She concealed it very well, she didn't know that she was Meng Yuan of the Republic of China, only in mid-December every year, she would go to her former hometown alone, go to the Holocaust Memorial Hall, she had already found the name of her family on it, and every time she prayed with tears for a long time, praying that the space was still connected, and someone on the Republic of China could hear it, and she sent the alarm to the people in her hometown.

The article is not very long, it was sent out in three parts, the first article was published, and it received a warm response, I have never written such a novel, and the future world is depicted in such detail, the second week of the newspaper, someone has already followed the trend and commented, and the sales have increased significantly, the editor smiled from ear to ear, and contacted Shen Mengxi to write another article quickly.

Shen Mengxi smiled helplessly, the editor only saw the sales volume, and he couldn't see the warning at the end of the article. I hope someone can understand it.

In the third week, all the articles were posted, and in the fourth week, a full page of review articles on "Dreamland" was posted. Shen Mengxi carefully read them one by one, and she noticed an article written by a "reporter in Shanghai", and it was obvious that he understood the deep meaning of the article, and directly pointed out that it was possible that Meng Yuan was "hometown" of several cities, and also narrowed down the countries that caused the massacre to three.

Xu Shizhe's article is very interested in the "new world" concept of marriage, "Dreamland" mentions that many people will never marry and have children for life, and there is a kind of love attitude that people do not take the initiative, do not refuse, and are not responsible.

Some people even commented on the automobiles, buildings, and electrical appliances mentioned in the article. For a time, everyone in Shanghai was talking about the "new world".

There are also people who write articles to analyze Mengxi, guess his identity and gender, have study abroad experience, the vernacular is natural and fluent, the writing has both the delicacy of a woman and the arrogance of a man, and the article covers a wide range of topics, eating, drinking, and having fun, love and family, car weapons, novel gossip, all of them. The person also lined up the people who have returned from studying abroad in recent years, and asked everyone to find out who is Mengxi. Shen Mengxi found that his name was impressively listed.