Cheng Xuedong was very close to Nan Binghuai, and when he saw that he was a little emotional, he guessed his thoughts, so he echoed: "Teacher Nan is right, our Tianyan Project can have the current achievements, in addition to Teacher Nan's own Zen efforts, there are countless workers and their families behind it." Take this night of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, how many families can't be reunited because of it? ”

Nan Binghuai slowly stood up and said with a solemn expression: "Xiao Cheng's words just now represent my heart. With so many people working on this great project, there is no reason for me, as the project leader, to build it well. Otherwise, we will not only be ashamed of the family who has paid for this project, but also live up to the trust of the country and the people! ”

Cheng Xuedong, as a scientific and technological person who has lived here for the longest time, can't help but sigh: "In the years I have lived here, I have seen batch after batch of builders shed their hard sweat here. Young people even get married for the project, and all kinds of sacrifices are made by people with family reasons. For example, some people have missed the opportunity to send their elderly to their deaths. ”

Nan Binghuai felt the same and happily poured himself a glass of wine.

Everyone looked at him silently, and they all looked surprised at each other.

Nan Binghuai picked up the glass of wine and said aloud to everyone: "You all think that I have paid a lot for this project because I am the chief scientist. But don't be overlooked, behind this project there are still many unsung workers who have made their own efforts. We should have a toast to the unsung heroes! ”

Hearing him say this, no one could stop him from drinking that glass of wine.

Cheng Xuedong and Liu Xiaoguang, as his most proud assistants and core technicians of the project, naturally wanted to respond to his call, so they poured wine for each other, and also poured wine for their lovers.

Zhang Meina didn't want to spoil her wife's interest, so she obediently picked up half a glass of wine in front of her.

As soon as the Nanyun brothers and sisters saw the general trend, they raised their wine glasses with their respective lovers.

Nan Binghuai's pair of grandchildren also improvised their cups.

Nan Binghuai saw that all the members had responded positively, and he was extremely excited, and said affectionately: "Cheers!" ”

That night, there was more of his wife Zhang Meina in Nan Binghuai's bedroom, although today was Chinese New Year's Eve, they couldn't stay up all night like ordinary people, and they returned to the bedroom to rest before witnessing the midnight bell. Because Zhang Meina saw that his wife was a little floating, she accompanied him back to the bedroom to rest.

However, they can't have a passion like those young couples who have been separated for a long time and are newlywed, they looked at each other quietly for a moment, Zhang Meina couldn't help but put her hand on her wife's sideburns emotionally-

"Binghuai, you're much older."

Nan Binghuai smiled bitterly: "Why aren't you?" Time is really a knife. ”

Zhang Meina's face suddenly became solemn: "Binghuai, please tell me the truth, is there anything wrong with your body?" ”

Nan Binghuai knew his wife's suspicions, and quickly explained: "I have that kind of physiological reaction because I am a little greedy for cups. Besides, I'm so excited. ”

Zhang Meina's expression was still solemn: "But... I feel that you are already sick and should go back to Northern Qi for a careful examination. ”

"You're really worried, if I feel unwell, will I drink so much alcohol tonight? Besides, I still have Meng Meng by my side to take care of me, and I often have physical examinations. ”

Zhang Meina smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Mengmeng, that girl is just everyone's health care doctor, how can I find out that you have a serious illness?" Besides, what can be found in the physical examination at the construction site? ”

Nan Binghuai frowned: "I said Meina, do you really hope that I can detect some disease?" ”

"Of course I don't want to, but we can't afford to face it. If the body really finds any problems, it can be treated in time. ”

Nan Binghuai sighed bitterly in his heart, his illness was incurable, although he had been taking the special medicine prescribed by the old doctor in the provincial capital, he felt that his condition was still developing. After all, no matter how good the medicine is, it only has a buffering effect on his tumors. “

"Alright, don't worry about it. I just went to the provincial hospital here a few months ago for a comprehensive medical check-up. At that time, there was only some inflammation in the body, and after taking medicine, it was fine. ”

Zhang Meina couldn't help moistening her eyes: "Binghuai, you have to take care of your body." ”

Nan Binghuai had a sour nose: "I will... You too..."

When Zhang Meina heard that her wife's tone was wrong, she couldn't help but wonder: "You... Excited about what? ”

Nan Binghuai saw that he couldn't hide it, so he had to indulge his emotions: "Mina... I'm so happy..."

"Happy?"

"Yes, on this night of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, I will spend it with you... It's so nice..."

Zhang Meina's heart was hot: "Then let's rest later and keep the New Year together." ”

Nan Binghuai sighed gloomily: "It's a pity that we can't indulge in this festive atmosphere like young people. Now, every time I experience such a festival, I know that I have grown old for another year, and I also know that I still have a lot of unfinished work. ”

Zhang Meina saw that her wife was really a little too sad, and couldn't help but comfort: "You can't always think about the future, since you have reached this age, you should recall some good things in the past." While revisiting them, it feels like you've lived up to it. ”

Nan Binghuai couldn't help but sigh: "Yes! When people get old, they will always inadvertently recall the past. For me, the happiest and warmest thing is to meet and love you... You are the best gift God has given me..."

"Binghuai!" Zhang Meina interrupted shyly, "You did drink too much... Don't talk nonsense. ”

"No, I'm drunk and spitting out the truth... Without your company... There is no such thing as my Nan Binghuai today... You're my miracle..."

Zhang Meina blushed more and more, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Why did you talk about the lines in those romance dramas?" ”

"Do I have any? What I say comes from the bottom of my heart. ”

"Binghuai, actually... I'm just an ordinary woman, I just met you when you were at your most emotionally tormented..."

"Mina, but my current feeling is that you are the most beautiful scenery I have encountered in my life, and you have always accompanied me and made me move forward in happiness."

Zhang Meina smiled bitterly: "You are so old... Why did the speech become numb? ”

"Mina, it's not that I've changed, it's that I'm usually too reserved, and I haven't told you many of my inner feelings!"

"Oh, how the hell do you feel about me?"

Nan Binghuai had a premonition that he couldn't accompany his wife for a long time, and while he was full of regrets in his heart, he also let his passion be interpreted to the extreme-

"Mina, in the vast sea of people, meeting you is the most beautiful legend in life, the most beautiful love, just like the surprise of a butterfly meeting a flower. It is also like the gentleness of a snowflake and a cold plum. Since I met you, I have understood the true meaning of love, even if I am separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, I can still feel your breath. I want to be the person who understands you and loves you the most in the world, so I have been reading you with my heart, loving you with my life, and I want to understand yourself better than you. I hope you are the same, but also the person who understands me and loves me the most in the world, I am withdrawn by nature and unwilling to open my heart to others, only for you, I have no reservations. There are no colorful phoenix wings, and the heart has a little bit of a heart, and is willing to be a winged bird in the sky, and is willing to be a branch in the ground. A fate, a love, the spirit is blended, the beauty of the meeting, you are my most beautiful legend in the world. When I meet you, I meet beauty, because you are the person I love most in this life! No matter how things change in the world, I want you to know that there is a person in this world who will always love you, and you are the person I love the most in my life. I miss you in the morning and twilight, and I love you for the rest of my life······"

Zhang Meina first listened to her wife's poetic confession with stunned eyes, and then shed emotional tears.

"Binghuai... Are you finished? ”

"Mina, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish what you want to say for the rest of my life, but I'm afraid you'll get tired of hearing it and have to stop."

Zhang Meina smiled with tears: "I only know that you are an astronomer... How did you become an artist... Your words are like a love poem that has been processed by literature and art! ”

"Mina, in fact, the ultimate in our life is literature and art. If those literary and artistic interpretations are taken to the extreme, it will be real life! ”

"Binghuai, you seem to have changed from an artist to a philosopher again."

Nan Binghuai was stunned: "Mina, I have great courage to tell you my true feelings in my heart, don't you like to hear this?" ”

Zhang Meina's eyes blurred with tears in an instant: "I like it... Listened to your confession full of artistic lines... It seems like it brought me back to my girlhood... Even if today's girls can hear their sweethearts say these words... I'll die happily too..."

Nan Binghuai couldn't help but be moved: "It seems that you have too few requirements for me, maybe some coaxing words will satisfy you, but it's a pity that I used to be too stingy with these beautiful words." ”

Zhang Meina's mood gradually returned to calm: "It's not too late for you to say it now, as long as it comes from the heart, it makes me enjoy it very much." ”

"Mina, since you feel that it is a kind of enjoyment, then I will have more in the future..."

Nan Binghuai stopped abruptly when he said this, realizing that he was a patient who had not been dead for a long time.

Zhang Meina was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "You go on." Since I missed saying those things before, I'll say them to me when I retire, until..."

She couldn't help but stop at this point, because she didn't want to say something like 'the end of life'.

Nan Binghuai's words couldn't help but move his wife and himself, holding her hand excitedly, those deep eyes were unwilling to leave her face for a long time.

After Zhang Meina led her children to spend the first and second days of the Lunar New Year at the construction site, she was about to leave in a hurry. The family traveled thousands of miles just for three days before and after the New Year.

At the moment of parting, Nan Binghuai tried his best to restrain his emotions, and reluctantly pretended to say goodbye to his family with a smiling face.

As soon as the bus carrying the family left, his smile disappeared instantly, and he quickly turned around, tears of pain came out of his eyes-

He knew in his heart that this parting was probably the life and death of him and his family!

Cheng Xuedong and others at the scene thought that he was emotionally fragile because of his age, and he actually parted with injury, but Li Mengmeng in the crowd of send-off people read different content. She stared at him with a questioning look on his face that was getting more and more haggard—

(End of chapter)