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Her husband, Wang Yongjun, felt a dark cloud pressing down on them again.

No matter how outstanding you are, you will be suppressed.

Now Wang Yongjun just wants to know: how much money does his brother-in-law actually have?

He embezzled quite a bit when he was at the steel rolling mill!

"Have you collected them all?" Yu Shoucheng and Li Chunlan stopped telling him not to waste money.

If someone can spend 30,000 yuan on a gift, would they really waste money?

Even if it's just a waste of money, how much can it really amount to?

Chapter 125: Absolute Crushing Power from Outstanding Young Scientists!

"Uncle Wu...come, come...sit down, sit down..."

As they were talking, Yu Fazhan brought over a stool.

That's just being polite.

However, as an employee of a long-established state-owned enterprise, Mr. Wu knew proper etiquette. Since it was someone's birthday celebration, he certainly couldn't sit down.

"No, no... I have things to do!" said Grandpa Wu. "Come, come, Shoucheng, here's the newspaper, I'm leaving now!"

Grandpa Wu originally wanted to ask some questions, but unfortunately it wasn't the right time, so he left first.

He plans to come back and ask later.

After Grandpa Wu left, Yu Fazhan put the newspaper in the inner room.

Then we all ate together.

This time, Yu Haitang and Wang Yongjun were no longer as smug and arrogant as before.

He stopped making sarcastic remarks.

Li Chunlan and Wang Yongjun, however, were more concerned about Liu Aiguo's situation.

"Patriotism..."

Yu Shoucheng said, "I heard from Haitang that our steel rolling mill went bankrupt, is that right?"

"Hmm!" Liu Aiguo said, "It went bankrupt. The company was barely surviving. Nowadays, steel mills all produce integrated 29-inch steel rolls. There are too many steel rolling mills. Three steel rolling mills were merged into one, and the third steel rolling mill just disappeared!"

"What are you going to do?" Yu Shoucheng said, "This doesn't make sense... You're the deputy director of this factory... and also the head of logistics. They couldn't have fired you too, could they? Why didn't they transfer you to a steel plant?"

“I’ve been transferred!” Liu Aiguo said, “I didn’t want to go. After the No. 3 Steel Plant, a TV factory came. It’s from Hong Kong. I’m very familiar with this company, and the benefits are pretty good, so I stayed. I’m even the head of logistics!”

"Oh oh oh..."

Yu Shoucheng didn't know much either, so he didn't dare to say more.

"Don't worry, Dad!" Yu Li comforted him with a smile, "We're doing very well, don't worry about us... But how's the development going?"

As they talked, the conversation shifted back to development.

The development is not bad. I teach at a university in Beijing. Now that the storm has passed and the reform and opening up has brought about the concept of respecting knowledge and culture, university teachers must be good.

His monthly salary is over two hundred, which is about the same as that of Director Liu Aiguo.

They're living a pretty good life.

Moreover, Yu's wife is also a middle school teacher.

Everything's fine!

Yu Li doesn't need to be Voldemort.

After dinner, the women chatted together, but Yu Haitang was noticeably less talkative than before, and her eyes sometimes seemed a little dazed.

Liu Aiguo played a game of chess with his father-in-law, while Yu Fazhan watched from the side.

After watching it, I cut a big watermelon.

Eating a watermelon on a hot summer day is so refreshing!

About an hour later, Grandpa Wu strolled over again.

Several women in their fifties and sixties were following behind him.

"Chunlan, is this your birthday celebration?"

"We had no idea your kids were here!"

"That's great...that's great. I heard Lily bought you a giant ginseng root that cost over 30,000, right?"

"Can you let us take a look?"

"Yes, yes, we want to see what these 30,000+ ginseng roots look like?"

Li Chunlan smiled wryly.

But since the neighbors are all here, let's just take them out.

He took out the ginseng and showed it to the neighbors. They all praised it, saying it was good, regardless of whether they understood it or not.

Someone asked Yu Haitang.

"Haitang... your sister bought your mother a ginseng worth over 30,000 yuan, what did you buy for your mother?"

Yu Haitang's expression immediately became unnatural.

"What to buy, what to buy..." Li Chunlan quickly stepped in to defuse the situation, retorting to the person who asked the question: "Why would I need to buy anything for my own daughter? Just give me money... My eldest daughter gave me ginseng, my second daughter gave me a large sum of money, is that alright... You, Sister Liu, what has your daughter ever bought for you?"

Liu Erjie was scolded, but she didn't get angry and just laughed heartily.

Overall, this courtyard is infinitely more harmonious than Liu Aiguo's courtyard.

Yu Haitang's embarrassment was relieved, but her inner conflict remained.

"Maintain the status quo...maintain the status quo..."

Grandpa Wu asked Yu Shoucheng, "Did you read the newspaper I gave you?"

"No..." Yu Shoucheng said, "The children are all at home, I don't have time to look after them..."

"Go, go, go... bring me the newspaper!"

Yu Fazhan went into the inner room to get the newspaper.

then……

Grandpa Wu pointed to a line of text on the newspaper and said, "Look at this, what is it?"

Yu Shoucheng frowned and said, "List of the Top Ten Outstanding... Youths in the Country..."

"Correct!"

Grandpa Wu said, "Look at this... Liu Aiguo, the deputy director of the state-owned No. 3 Steel Rolling Mill... isn't he your eldest son-in-law?"

"Same name, same job title...isn't that right?"

"what?"

Yu Shoucheng, Yu Fazhan, Wang Yongjun, and others quickly stood up and looked at the newspaper.

Outstanding Young Scientist?

Outstanding young people nationwide.

That must be an incredible honor.

How could this kind of thing fall to a mere deputy factory director?

impossible?

And... it's even ranked first?

This……

shuh...

shhhhhh...

All eyes were on Liu Aiguo.

Outstanding Young Scientist!

There are only ten outstanding young people in the entire country.

It's important to understand that this isn't a model worker; there are thousands of model workers in a country every year.

But there are only ten Outstanding Young Scientists.

In other words, Liu Aiguo was one of the ten most outstanding young people in the entire youth population.

But how is this possible?

"Patriotism... Is this you?" Yu Shoucheng asked excitedly.

This 330 is not just Liu Aiguo's honor. If it really is Liu Aiguo, his father, Lao Yu, will also be proud and can brag to his neighbors: "My eldest son-in-law is a National Outstanding Young Scientist."

This is infinitely more hype-worthy than that ginseng.

"Yes!"