Chapter 504: Chapter 213: Top-grade Classical Literature (Part 5)_2
Neighbors were abuzz with gossip.
In the crowd, someone’s lips quivered a few times, but they ultimately chose not to speak.
Sigh, in front of someone’s real mother, it’s best not to mention those disgraceful things about He Tiantian.
It’s just that, someone’s child came back and told, and only then did people realize, He Tiantian not only freeloaded food and drinks at the family courtyard, but she also lost face at the small western-style building.
The small western-style building housed the Soviet experts who were here to assist with Hua Country’s construction.
Therefore, Hua Country people had to tighten their belts and endure hunger in order to supply the best of everything to these experts.
The meals in the small western-style building were exceptionally good, with milk, bread, roast meat, red wine... Such treatment seemed like an Immortal’s feast in the eyes of Hua Country people.
Children, being young and unaware, would occasionally drool over the small western-style building.
But, the adults at home kept strict control, and even the greediest of children did not dare to run to the small western-style building to ask for food or drink, for fear of losing their family’s face and even more afraid of damaging the dignity of Hua Country people.
The only exception was He Tiantian!
"Secretary He and Director Wu have lost all face because of their good-for-nothing daughter!"
"If my kids ever did that, I’d break their damn legs!"
"That He family girl is different, she grew up in the village chief’s house and suffered a lot, Old He and Xiao Wu both feel they owe her!"
"What’s there to feel sorry about? Those years were tough, many children, all—— She’s already very fortunate to be alive, what more does she want?"
Neighbors had plenty of secret discussions about this.
They despised He Tiantian for being shameless, and even more so, they saw her as an ungrateful wretch.
But towards He Yaohua and Wu Zhuoya, everyone held a common perception: they were a sincere couple and were beyond reproach when it came to their children!
So, when the doctor finished examining He Tiantian’s condition and looked at Wu Zhuoya with suspicion, neighbors leaped to her defense.
After hearing the neighbors speaking up from all sides, the doctor was a bit puzzled, "Based on what you all are saying, this child shouldn’t be like this, strange, really strange!"
And then, something even more strange happened.
He Tiantian fell into a coma, despite being given glucose and fed millet and brown sugar porridge; she still did not wake up.
The entire He Family was frantic.
As if things weren’t bad enough, He Tiantian fell sick, and there was also trouble with the Soviet experts.
Suddenly, this group of experts received orders from above to evacuate immediately, catching the Chinese side completely off guard.
The military factory was just beginning to make progress with many of their research projects, and the sudden withdrawal of the experts left them, them——
But, as the experts insisted on leaving, the Chinese side could not stop them.
He Yaohua, as the head of the military factory, received the order from above and smoked half the night alone in the study.
The next day, he arranged for a farewell dance party at the factory to send off the Soviet experts back to their country.
These experts would take away a large amount of material upon their departure. What could not be taken was to be burned on the spot.
Instead of being upset over the experts’ sudden withdrawal, the military factory was even cordial, joyfully holding the farewell banquet.
Many of the experts felt somewhat guilty, personally, they liked the Hua Country students very much.
They were intelligent, hardworking, willing to suffer hardship, sincere in their interactions, and respected their teachers... In short, they had never encountered students who possessed such an array of positive qualities.
Seeing how desperate they were for knowledge, many experts intentionally went easy on them.
They would purposely leave notebooks containing their research insights and technical summaries in the office, allowing engineers to quickly copy them.
When burning the materials in the rain, they didn’t burn them sheet by sheet but threw them all in at once.
After throwing them in, they didn’t wait for the materials to turn to ash before leaving...
As the experts turned a blind eye, Hua Country personnel desperately tried to salvage what they could.
An unspoken agreement allowed the Chinese side to gain some very important materials.
The same script played out in many places across Hua Country.
The military factory was no exception; music filled the small western-style building as people danced, while engineers in the factory frantically pieced together some "discarded" materials.
He Weijun, who had just graduated from university and was still learning from his mentor, also came to help.
Everyone was racing against time to rescue the materials, with Wu Zhuoya having to attend to factory matters and also finding time to visit He Tiantian in the medical room.