Chapter 020 Chapter 20

Many years later, when Xiong Zhaodi was able to lead a project design team independently, she still remembered this day.

"Sister Zhaodi, if you believe in me, you should believe in yourself even more. Because I believe in you very much."

"As long as you show the courage and hard work that you put in when you were admitted to college, you will definitely not be as good as Comrade Ji ." , and his friends are bad. "

"If five years of college is a long-distance race, then we have just started. Where are we now? It's too early to be discouraged."

In Xiong Zhaodi's view, Lin Yilan's words were like a torch, igniting and awakening the flame in her heart that was almost extinguished.

The confusion on her face gradually faded away, and she became more determined.

She is not someone who gives up easily, otherwise she would not be able to get into college.

"Xiaolan, you are right. We have just started, and there are still more than four years to go. It would be too early for me to give up now."

"Speaking of which, when I was in high school, all the teachers in my class said that boys Gays are smarter than lesbians. Although I don't believe this statement, is there any evidence to prove it? Until -"

"Until you appeared in front of me, Xiaolan, I found that gays are not smarter than lesbians. So I did. You shouldn't admit defeat, otherwise those people will really think that lesbians are worse than gay men."

Lin Yilan looked at the fighting spirit in Xiong Zhaodi's eyes, and she knew that even without her words, Xiong Zhaodi would not give up easily. . All she did was try to add more fuel to make the fire burn again when the fire in Xiong Zhaodi's heart dimmed.

"Ah?"

I didn't expect Sister Zhaodi to be so excited, so she touched her face blankly.

Forget it, it doesn't matter, as long as Sister Zhaodi can persevere and don't give up easily.

"Yeah."

For this reason, Lin Yilan also looked like she had been beaten to death.

Xiong Zhaodi put her hands on Lin Yilan's shoulders, "Xiaolan, you go to the library to study. I won't disturb you. I also want to go back to the dormitory to read the collection of works by Master Mies again."

"Don't worry, it won't happen . Live up to the expectations of the organization!" Lin Yilan nodded seriously, "By the way, Sister Zhaodi, I will write you the book list when I come back from the library." "

Okay, I'm not in a hurry now.

I'll leave first, see you in the dormitory later, Sister Zhaodi." Lin Yilan waved and turned towards the library.

"See you later!"

Xiong Zhaodi looked at Lin Yilan's back and suddenly laughed.

It’s great, it’s great to know such a classmate!

Lin Yilan's figure became smaller and smaller, but in Xiong Zhaodi's eyes it became brighter and brighter.

She seemed to have found a direction to work towards.

After Lin Yilan's back disappeared, Xiong Zhaodi also turned around and walked towards the dormitory building. On the way back to the dormitory, she couldn't help but hum the song she heard on the radio.

On the way back, she met a male classmate in the class who was talking to a female classmate, "Hey, Mr. Han - student?"

Looking at Han Zhifang who pretended not to hear anything, Xiong Zhaodi curled his lips.

Isn't it just because someone in my family works in construction? Why should I be arrogant?

In her opinion, although the kids from the design institute were better than her, they were just mediocre. Even the Comrade Ji Xuecheng they are after is not as powerful as they say.

Because she has seen a really powerful, talented and hard-working person, that is her roommate Lin Yilan.

Although she doesn't know how to do architectural design yet, she has learned to appreciate it. She has carefully read the homework of all the students in the class. Xiaolan is obviously much better than all the other students in the class.

Xiong Zhaodi never thought that because of this group of people, she would be reminded for the rest of her life not to underestimate anyone.

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When the day agreed with Lai Chengrong came, Lin Yilan took the design tools she had spent a lot of effort and money to buy, and called her third brother Lin Li to wait for Lai Chengrong at the school gate.

Five minutes before the appointed time, Lin Yilan saw a black car parked slowly in front of them.

I saw the person in the driver's seat rolled down the window, revealing a face that was somewhat similar to Lai Chengrong.

"Miss Lin, right? I'm Lai Jialin, nice to meet you."

Lin Yilan looked up and saw Lai Chengrong getting out of the co-pilot, "Ms. Lin, long time no see, I'd like to trouble you and this gentleman today."

After saying that , , he also opened the back seat door politely and made a gesture of please.

She glanced at her third brother and nodded, "Mr. Lai, Mr. Lai Jialin, thank you."

After Lai Jialin waited for his father, Lin Yilan, and the unknown man to get in the car, he immediately stepped on the accelerator.

Along the way, Lin Yilan was whispering to her third brother what she needed to pay attention to, completely ignoring the scenery inside and outside the car.

Before coming, she also agreed with her third brother that this time he would not only accompany her, but also help measure the house data.

For this, Lin Yilan paid for a Quanjude roast duck as a reward.

"... Third brother, is there anything else you don't know? If you are unsure about anything then, just come and ask me directly."

Although Lai Chengrong's parents live in a rural area of ​​Beijing, not far from the county seat, Lin Yilan also She had done all kinds of homework in advance, as well as some measures that could improve the safety of her and her third brother.

[By the way, third brother, I brought steamed buns that you can eat at noon. Don’t eat at Mr. Lai’s parents’ house at noon. And for the sake of safety, we will try not to separate later. ]

Lin Li nodded when he saw the sentence in Xiao Wu's notebook.

In 1979, the urban area of ​​Beijing was not very large. Cars quickly drove to the transition between urban and rural areas, and the quality of the roads also began to decline. The originally smooth journey began to become bumpy.

Lin Yilan silently reached out and grabbed the upper handle, fastened her seat belt and reminded her third brother.

As the road became undulating and dusty, Lin Yilan finally saw the faint shadow of rural mud houses gathered together.

The green farmland on both sides of the road is receding, which makes people who have watched the leaves falling for a long time rarely feel in a good mood.

"Where did the car come from?"

"Hey, is that boy Cheng Rong driving back?"

The old people gathered at the entrance of the village stood up excitedly when they saw the shiny Santana front.

"I guess so. Otherwise, who would drive to our village?"

"I saw Cheng Rong and his family."

"Just talk nonsense. You are so blind, what can you see?"

After Lin Yilan opened the car window, she heard the chatting of the old men outside.

Looking at them, she suddenly remembered the village where she grew up. Every October, as soon as the sun comes out, the elderly in the village will come out to bask in the sun. Now it seems that the elderly have this need.

She immediately wrote this idea down in her notebook.

The car slowed down to a stop. Lin Yilan unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car with the other three people in the car.

Although the shiny car was partially obscured by dust on the way here, it still attracted most of the people in the village.

Many children couldn't help but gathered around the car, stretching out their hands to touch but not daring to touch it.

Lin Yilan didn't say anything when she saw this scene. After seeing Lai Chengrong finish his greetings with the villagers' relatives and break away from the crowd, Lin Yilan immediately followed.

She watched Lai Chengrong greeting people in the village all the way until she stopped in front of an earthen house.

"Designer Lin, this is my parents' house. After we separated a few years ago, they have been living with the eldest brother's family."

When Lai Chengrong knocked on the door, Lin Yilan stood up and looked into the yard. Yes, and then I looked at several neighboring houses.

As she had expected, they were all earthen houses.

Recalling that along the way she came here, there were basically mud houses, and there seemed to be only three or two brick houses.

As for the two-story houses, there are none.

It seems that at this time, the rural areas in Beijing City were the same as the rural areas before them, and there was no big difference in economic development.

So the house she designed this time should be made of bricks.

As for reinforced concrete, she has not considered it at all. Both the acquisition of raw materials and construction are very troublesome. In addition, after Lai Chengrong leaves here, his parents will still live in the village, so it is better not to distance themselves too much from the villagers. good.

Lin Li, who was following Xiao Wu, started to be in a daze. After occasionally peeking at what his little sister wrote in the notebook, he continued to be in a daze again.

"Designer Lin!"

Lai Chengrong's voice came, and Lin Yilan closed the notebook and stuffed it into her bag.

"Here you go, Mr. Lai."

As soon as she entered the Lai family's courtyard, Lin Yilan felt eyes on her.

There were so many people, it felt like everyone in Lai Chengrong’s family was here.

She watched Lai Chengrong greet his parents and then began to greet his brothers and sisters. There were even aunts and uncles who came.

There were so many people -

the Lai family's relatives almost packed the house to the brim, leaving no room for them to stay.

Coupled with the way they looked at Lin Yilan, she became even more uncomfortable.

"Mr. Lai, it's like this. I'm going to measure the data with my brother first, so I won't disturb you and your family."

Lai Chengrong naturally knew what she was here for. He nodded, "Thank you and your brother for your hard work." "Yes ."

Lin Yilan said politely, "You're welcome."

After saying this, she took her third brother and left the house quickly.

"Xiao Wu, there are too many people in this family." Lin Li was obviously frightened.

Lin Yilan took out a tape measure from her bag, "I've never heard of the saying that wealth in the mountains has distant relatives. And the people in the yard should be relatives on both sides of Lai's father's family. The real distant relatives haven't come yet."

" Okay, help me work. You've eaten your ducks, so work more efficiently."

Lin Li reluctantly took the ruler from Xiao Wu. He really didn't understand why Xiao Wu was so anxious to make money. He was very skeptical about what Xiao Wu said about training his design skills, but it was true that he could make money.

"Let's go, Third Brother, get ready to go into the room. The work in the yard is done." Lin Yilan put away the tape measure and patted Third Brother on the shoulder.