Fengjing.

As the sun sets, golden rays of light scatter all over the place.

When Bao Xiangwen was about to step out of the company's door, he couldn't help but glance back, wasting ten years of youth in this broken place.

The moment he submitted his resignation, he smiled for the first time in a long time.

Without the iron bowl of rice, in the future, you will have to rely on yourself.

"Teacher Bao, do you really want to leave?"

At this moment, a young man hurriedly chased after him, looking incredulous.

"Yes, while you still have some energy, otherwise in a few years, I'm afraid you will lose even this courage."

Bao Xiangwen patted the young man's shoulder and said with feeling.

"Teacher Bao, I'll invite you to have a casual meal, let's have a drink."

The young man said with a smile, showing great enthusiasm.

Bao Xiangwen has been working hard in the company for many years, and is recognized as a good person, 60% of the newcomers have been guided by him, so the young staff who have just come in often shout "Teacher Bao" and "Teacher Bao".

"Go back, the director of the province will give you small shoes, you are still young and have a bright future."

Bao Xiangwen smiled, he had brought so many rookies, and the person in front of him, stupid, dared to run to see him off.

"I'm not afraid, it's a big deal to resign."

The young man giggled.

"Aren't you afraid that your old father will break your thighs with an iron bar?"

Bao Xiangwen teased.

“……”

The young man opened his lips, not knowing what to say, and this sentence hit the nail on the head, making him unable to refute it.

His parents have cultivated him for 20 years, and watching him graduate from Fengjing Aviation University and enter the local aviation research institute, the old couple pointed to him as a glorious lintel.

"Just have this heart, I'm still in Fengjing for the past two days, and I'll come to me again when you get off work, Brother Bao will invite you to eat gourd chicken, spicy garlic and sheep blood."

Bao Xiangwen saw the young man's hesitation, but he didn't blame it in his heart.

Once upon a time, he was also a young man in his prime, and he was also the pride of his parents, and he also wanted to contribute his best years to the aerospace industry.

But when he entered the research institute, he suddenly understood that reality and imagination are not the same thing at all, and his enthusiasm was struck day after day and was forcibly extinguished.

It's obviously my own research results, but I don't even have the right to sign it!

Obviously, it should be his turn to be promoted, but he was easily cut off by the director's relatives!

It's obviously a day off, but I still have to write a journal paper for the precious young master of my superior!

This kind of "fucked-up" life, he has been suffering for ten years, just because he is afraid that he will disappoint his parents.

"Teacher Bao, a word is a certainty."

The young man looked at him with burning eyes.

"Brother Bao can still lie to you? Let's go back. ”

Bao Xiangwen grimaced and hurriedly urged.

Seeing that the young man was obedient and ran back to the office building with a cigarette, he couldn't help but feel relieved and strode away without looking back.

"That's Bao Xiangwen from the Rocket Propulsion Department? The brain is not good to make, and young people are still in a mood at a young age! ”

"Sooner or later, regret it, just wait!"

"Is there a shortage of people in our institute? A bunch of Ph.D. students, squeezing their heads and trying to get in! ”

“……”

In front of the glass window, some former colleagues were discussing with each other, and in their opinion, Bao Xiangwen definitely had a bubble in his head to do such an impulsive thing.

"Hey, husband, are you off work? Mom and Dad let us go to Jinghai Restaurant, and the grandson of the second uncle's family put on the full moon wine, don't be late. ”

Riding a small electric donkey, halfway down the road, my wife called.

"I know, it's going to take about fifteen minutes to meet at the door in a moment."

Bao Xiangwen replied.

After that, he greeted the evening breeze and galloped towards his destination, feeling particularly happy.

He and his wife have been married for eight years, and with the help of their parents, they have mortgaged a two-bedroom apartment in Fengjing.

He has worked in the research institute for ten years, and his salary has risen from 5,000 Chinese dollars when he joined the company to more than 10,000 yuan, deducting five insurances and one housing fund, 7,000 yuan per month, and paying off the mortgage, so he can only make do with it.

Over the years, he has worked hard to save more than 100,000 deposits, and in order to facilitate his wife's commuting, he still took it out directly and bought a scooter for his wife.

He himself still rides a shabby little electric donkey, coming in the wind and going in the rain all day long.

"Man, it's okay to live roughly."

He said happily to his wife.

Wanting to give his family a better life and get rid of the quagmire working environment, he decided to quit his job and go to Kotoshima to work hard after discussing it with his wife.

"With me at home, you can rest assured that you will definitely be able to take care of the child."

The wife was very supportive of his idea, and after getting married, the husband's state deteriorated visibly.

She knows very well the pickled things about the bullshit in the research institute, and she is distressed but powerless.

After a while, Bao Xiangwen came to the door of the hotel and saw his intellectual and gentle wife from a distance.

"Why don't you know how to wear a hat? Cheeks are flushed! ”

The wife stepped forward and said in a slightly reproachful tone.

"Hehe, feel the temperature in Fengjing again, and in a few days, you will have to go to Qindao."

Bao Xiangwen said calmly.

"Got your resignation letter? You say, how do our parents explain it? ”

The wife frowned, and she was a little troubled.

"When I stabilize on Qin Island, tell them again, and hide it for this time."

Bao Xiangwen explained.

He knows best what his parents are, but if they let the old couple know that he has resigned from the research institute, he will not faint on the spot.

"Alright, let's go inside."

The wife nodded, agreeing to the operation.

The two walked into the banquet hall hand in hand, and saw that his father was drinking with his second uncle, he leaned over, politely greeted a group of relatives, and pulled his wife to sit aside.

"Xiang Wen is here, how is the work at the institute? Still working on rocket design? ”

The second uncle asked with a smile.

"Yes, Second Uncle."

Bao Xiangwen didn't have much experience in lying, and he was a little weak in his words.

"Let me introduce to you, this is my eldest nephew, an aviation expert from our Fengjing Aviation Research Institute, the kind that builds rockets!"

The second uncle and Yourong raised their wine glasses and boasted to friends nearby.

Bao Xiangwen and his wife looked at each other, a wry smile flashed in their eyes, glad they didn't tell their parents, otherwise they would immediately make a fuss.

"What is there to show off! A few thousand dollars a month is not enough for my car gas. ”

The cousin pursed his lips and said with a disdainful expression, his voice was very small, but Bao Xiangwen, who was sitting next to him, could hear it clearly.

That's right, it's hard for ordinary people to imagine that a researcher in charge of aero engines only gets a few thousand yuan a month.

No matter how tall the appearance is, it can't hide the fact that there is no money.

Since he was a child, he was educated by his father to learn from his cousin, get into a good university, and find a glamorous job in the future.

But he is not that material at all, smoking, fighting, and molesting female classmates are what he is best at, so he enjoys "fried shredded pork with a belt" a lot.

When he grew up, he opened an auto repair shop with his daring temperament, and then he became a well-known multimillionaire in just a few years.

As for Bao Xiangwen, who receives a meager salary of several thousand yuan a month, what qualifications does he have to compare with him?

"Cousin, I didn't mean to target you on purpose, it's really that your research institute is too deceitful, and a high-achieving student like you only gives a few thousand yuan a month, which is really a bit excessive."

The cousin had a hippie smile and said deliberately loudly.

"Smack"!

The second uncle slapped the wine table and said coldly: "Bad calf, apologize to your brother!" ”

"I'm not wrong, I'm sorry!"

The cousin stiffened his neck, not caring about the Tao.

"Second uncle, don't be angry, my cousin has a point, I should quit this job."

Seeing this, Bao Xiangwen got up and stopped in front of the second uncle, he didn't care about his cousin, he was mainly afraid that the second uncle would be angry.

From childhood to adulthood, the second uncle took a lot of care of him, and he couldn't help but appreciate it.

When the cousin saw that his old man was angry, he hung his head and drank sullen wine.

"Xiang Wen, don't listen to your cousin's nonsense, stay in the research institute to ensure the harvest of drought and flood, and you can't do foolish things."

The second uncle sat down again and said earnestly.

"Yes, I understand."

Bao Xiangwen looked at his father, opened his mouth, never said anything, and sighed secretly.

That's why he didn't dare to confess to his family, not to mention his parents, even his relatives couldn't get through.

"Yo, it turned out to be Engineer Bao, who just resigned in the afternoon, and he can still use the name of the institute to deceive him at night, do you want to be ashamed?"

Suddenly, a piercing taunt reached everyone's ears.

Bao Xiangwen's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he was frighteningly white, and he subconsciously turned his head to see that he was the most unpleasant colleague in the company.

"Boy of the Zhang family, what do you mean by this? Let's be clear! ”

Bao Xiangwen's father stood up with a stiff face and asked.

"Haven't you told the old man the good news? Then I'll say it bluntly, Bao Xiangwen took the initiative to resign, looked down on the institute, and wanted to go out and climb the high branches. ”

Although he is a distant relative of the Bao family, he didn't even say hello in the company because he didn't get along with Bao Xiangwen's personality.

"Xiang Wen, tell me, is this true?"

Father asked in a deep voice.

"Dad, I'll explain to you when I get home."

Bao Xiangwen looked at the other party hatefully, and at the moment he just wanted to appease the old man.

"Xiangwen, tell your dad quickly, it's fake."

The second uncle put down his wine glass and said eagerly.

"Dad, second uncle, since I can't hide it, I don't bother to deceive you, I'm resigning, and I'll go to Qindao in a few days."

Bao Xiangwen simply put it in a bad way and said with a big grin.

"You...... Are you going to me off? ”

The father was anxious and dry, his eyes turned red instantly, he gasped for breath, and sat down dejectedly, his face full of disappointment.

"Xiang Wen, work hard, why did you quit just quitting."

The second uncle comforted the eldest brother while reprimanding Bao Xiangwen.

"It's too aggrieved to live, I want to change my way of living."

Bao Xiangwen replied in a sullen voice.

His ideal is to be an outstanding and excellent aeronautist, not a waste who cannot keep his scientific achievements.

Every day, I almost kneel and lick the rotten toes of my superiors, what is the point of such a day?

"Okay, the wings are stiff, you dare not discuss such a big matter with me, don't think about going to the door of the house in the future."

The father put down a cruel sentence and brushed his sleeves away.

"Cousin, I support you, that broken company, what's there to do, follow me with your bag, and open 20,000 yuan a month for you, is it interesting?"

The cousin grinned and sneered.

Bao Xiangwen glanced at him coldly, pulled his wife, and walked straight out of the banquet hall under the gaze of everyone.

"What to do? Go home first and admit your mistake? ”

The wife smiled gently and tentatively said that he was afraid that his husband would be soft-eared and would be scolded by his father-in-law, and he would regret it.

"No need, the old man's dog temper, I know best, I'll talk about it after this time."

Bao Xiangwen stood on the side of the road, and he had already made up his mind.

"Do what you want, I support you."

The wife said softly.

"Thank you."

Bao Xiangwen's heart was sour, and he held his wife in his arms, if he didn't have her support, would he really dare to resign?

"Let's go home, don't you have a final meeting to prepare?"

The old husband and wife, the wife's face rarely showed a trace of coquettishness.

"It's a piece of cake for me, and I'm going to teach you a good lesson when we part."

Bao Xiangwen blew a breath of hot air.

"Just you? I'll give you a lesson. ”

The wife pushed her glasses, she was really an elementary school teacher.

……

Two days later.

Bao Xiangwen pushed his suitcase and stepped on the flight to Qindao, which was the first flight, and the sky was just dark.

He has lived in Fengjing for more than 40 years, and when he left for the first time, he was full of emotion in his heart for a while.

As the planes took off, the hometown became farther and farther away.

Along the way, he never closed his eyes, and his mind was full of thoughts, including attachment to his family and confusion about the future.

It wasn't until 8:30 a.m., when he landed at Qindao Airport, that he came back to his senses.

Follow the crowd and walk slowly outside.

Walking to the exit, he took out his mobile phone, clicked on the email, confirmed the destination, and stopped a taxi on the side of the road.

"Master, please send me to the Yunkun Aerospace Headquarters."

He commanded in a loud voice.

"Okay, please fasten your seatbelts, it's a bit far, are you an aviation expert who came to join?"

The master asked with a smile as he looked familiar.

"No, it's just an interview, master, why do you ask? Are there a lot of employees who have recently been hired? ”

Bao Xiangwen asked curiously.

"It's not just a lot, it's a lot, I can pull a few of them every day."

The driver was very talkative.

"I wish you a smooth interview, work and live well in Kotoshima, the beer and clams here are delicious, you must try them."

The driver pointed to a beer shop outside the window and enthusiastically introduced it.

"Okay, thanks, I hope everything goes well."

Bao Xiangwen said politely.

After going around for more than half an hour, I drove into an empty coastal area, and the road was smooth in front of me.

"Whoa! Brother, right here, the building in front of you is their headquarters, you just have to register with the doorman, and someone will lead you there. ”

The driver reminded.

"How much?"

Bao Xiangwen turned on his mobile phone and prepared to scan the code to pay.

"No!"

The driver waved his hand, got into the car directly, poked his head out and asked, "Brother, you leave a name and call it." ”

"What do you mean?"

Bao Xiangwen wondered.

"Yun Kun has already paid, I don't mind if you give me another copy."

The driver couldn't help but quip.

"Oooh, thank you."

Bao Xiangwen's heart warmed, although it was only a few dozen yuan of fare, it made him feel a different kind of attention.

Waving goodbye to the taxi driver, he carried his suitcase and looked at the complex in front of him.

R&D headquarters, production workshops, launch pads and other facilities are readily available, and most of them are under construction.

Even the headquarters building looks a little shabby.

He didn't have time to think about it, and strode forward, completely unthinking that this decision would change his life.

(End of chapter)