Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Faced with Huang Wei's teasing, Zhou Tian felt a little embarrassed.

After all, compared with many scientists of this era who are willing to make sacrifices, Zhou Tian's approach is undoubtedly criticized. Fortunately, he is still young and his contributions to the country are not small, so people are more likely to ridicule him for this approach.

However, Zhou Tian still said gratefully: "Thank you very much, Professor Huang!"

"Hahaha, what's the big deal? I should be thanking you. After all, you have opened up a new track for our chemical biology field!"

Huang Wei said straightforwardly, but the sincerity in his eyes was not concealed at all.

As an expert in the field of chemical biology, he is very clear about what Zhou Tian's research represents to the field of chemical biology.

Next, Zhou Tian got rid of the boring job of guarding the cultivation furnace and began to actively prepare to return to the fertilizer plant. Of course, there were some things he needed to deal with before leaving, such as the affairs of nearly one thousand widows of martyrs in the boiler factory.

After communicating with the Ministry of Machinery many times, they finally determined the number of workers to be recruited. Based on the principle of giving priority to the widows of martyrs, the entire sugar factory needed a total of 20,000 employees. In order not to delay the production of the sugar factory, they planned to recruit all the workers before the New Year.

Then Zhou Tian asked Xu You and Commissioner Lu to compile the total number of widows of martyrs in Heihe and report a total of three thousand people. After several twists and turns, the Ministry of Machinery finally settled the matter of these widows of martyrs.

Two days later, when the decision was conveyed, Xu You held Zhou Tian's hand and burst into tears.

"President Zhou, I won't say anything more. I want to thank you on behalf of the 3,000 widows of Heihe martyrs!"

As he said that, Xu You let go of Zhou Tian's hand, wiped away his tears, took a step back, straightened his body, and saluted him with a standard military salute. Although he was still the same person, for some reason, Zhou Tian felt that Xu You's figure was so tall at this moment.

"Director Xu, you're welcome. It's my honor to help these widows of martyrs!"

Zhou Tian was also shocked by Xu You's sudden action. He quickly returned a military salute and said hurriedly.

But he didn't think he was worthy of such a gift. Although he considered himself not a good person, he knew that without those soldiers fighting bravely on the battlefield, they would never have such a peaceful life.

People should learn to be grateful, so after knowing Xu You's deeds, he did his best to help him fulfill his long-cherished wish. Now that things have been done, it is time for him to leave.

The next morning, he said goodbye to Xu You, Commissioner Lu, and Huang Wei. Although Xu You and Commissioner Lu had a premonition that Zhou Tian would not stay in Heihe for long, they did not expect Zhou Tian to leave so suddenly.

Xu You and Commissioner Lu originally wanted to persuade Zhou Tian to stay for a while longer. After all, the sugar factory was still under construction. They thought of letting him go only after the sugar factory was put into production. However, thinking about what Zhou Tian had done for the people of Heihe during this period of time, they finally swallowed what they were about to say.

Only after they saw him driving away in the jeep did the three of them turn around and leave with different thoughts in their minds.

"Commander, you can take a rest for a while. We will probably be back at the fertilizer plant by 3pm!"

In the driver's seat, Chang Wen looked at Zhou Tian who had been silent. He thought that the leader was reluctant to leave Heihe, so he couldn't help but break the silence.

"Well, I'm fine, Chang Wen, don't you think it's a bit selfish for me to go back like this?"

Zhou Tian nodded, closed his eyes, and suddenly asked.

"Commander, why do you say that?"

Chang Wen was stunned when he heard this.

"Just like the establishment of the sugar factory this time, if it were according to my intention, I would not leave until the factory was completed and everything was on track. But now I want to go home early and leave all this to Professor Huang, Director Xu. Do you think I am a little selfish?"

In fact, he had kept these words in his heart for a long time. When he was in Beijing, he saw many workers and scientific researchers working and researching for a project day and night.

In Heihe, he also saw Huang Wei's obsession and selflessness in his efforts to extract the bacteria from starch as soon as possible.

But what about him? He clearly has the ability to change all this, but in order to have enough time to accompany his family, he chose to live a self-disciplined life.

Except when receiving urgent tasks, he never took the initiative to work overtime. In order to prevent people in the institute from working overtime, he even specially formulated working time rules for the institute.

It can be said that in this era where everyone emphasizes dedication, he has become an out-of-place outsider.

"Commander, why do you think so? In fact, you have done a lot. Even many scientists have not made as great a contribution as you. Besides, I think you did nothing wrong!"

"Only when your family is harmonious can you concentrate on your research, right?"

Chang Wen listened to Zhou Tian's words and racked his brains to comfort him. He himself was not a good speaker, and the reason he could say these things was because he had listened to many speeches by political workers when he was in the army, so he could say such reasonable and well-founded words.

After he finished speaking, he broke out in a cold sweat. It was really no wonder that he was not the kind of person who could comfort others, let alone comfort a scientist like the leader. He didn't know if these words would be of any use to the leader.

After hearing what Chang Wen said, Zhou Tian couldn't help but shook his head, feeling that he was asking a blind man for advice.

But even though I thought this in my heart, for some reason, at least that strong sense of shame had dissipated a lot.

"Yes, only when my family is harmonious can I concentrate on my research!"

In his heart, he couldn't help but use Chang Wen's words to comfort himself.

The jeep was not going very fast. Just like when they came, the road was still bumpy and made Zhou Tian feel like vomiting from time to time. It was not until three o'clock in the afternoon, when the jeep was driving on the cement road in Liaodong, that he felt much better.

When the jeep stopped in front of the expert building, Zhou Tian immediately got out of the car impatiently, went back to his room and started vomiting.

"I think I'd better avoid riding in this kind of jeep in the future. It's really uncomfortable!"

After vomiting, Zhou Tian flushed the toilet with water, and then he felt a little better. He looked at his pale face in the mirror. He thought with lingering fear.

"Captain, are you feeling better?"

As soon as I came out of the bathroom, Chang Wen came in with a towel and asked with concern.

"It's okay, I'll just take a rest in the afternoon!"

Zhou Tian took the towel and wiped his mouth. Then he remembered that the expert building seemed unusually quiet when he entered it just now. He couldn't help asking, "Are all the experts gone, Big Brother?"

Chang Wen was slightly stunned. After all, he just saw the chief get out of the car and run to the room. He was afraid that something might happen to the chief, so he didn't pay attention to it. However, he quickly reacted and said, "Chief, how about I go and ask around?"

"Well, go ask!"

He seemed to remember that Fields had once told him that they would leave in June. Now it was almost July, and he estimated that they should have left, but he still asked Chang Wen and the others to confirm it!