Eating melons

Chapter 776 Choice

Time flies in the ordinary days, and in the blink of an eye, little Dumpling is already half a year old.

The child changes every day, and now he no longer looks like the ugly monkey he was at the beginning.

However, the little dumpling's ugly monkey appearance was kept by his unscrupulous parents, who would take it out to admire it from time to time.

Although the little girl is adorable, he is also becoming more and more like his father in terms of toughness. This scares the Xiao family a lot, and everyone except Wei Wei starts to learn how to raise a child.

Only Wei Wei thought they were making a big fuss. Apart from the fact that the little girl was a little more energetic, Wei Wei didn't see any problem.

"What are you thinking about?"

A familiar voice came from the door. When Wei Wei turned around, Xiao Xuemu had already pushed the door open.

Xiao Xuemu had just returned from the laboratory and saw Wei Wei sitting by the window in a daze, which was rare. Thinking that Wei Wei was not feeling well, he reached out and touched her forehead.

"Are you feeling well?"

There have been a lot of colds recently, so he was worried that Wei Wei would catch a cold.

Wei Wei shook her head and pulled his hand down. "Brother Shiyuan came to the lab to see you today?"

If Li Shiyuan hadn't looked for him, Xiao Xuemu would have returned long ago.

"Ah."

Xiao Xuemu sat down beside her, his eyes falling on the sleeping little girl's face.

Although I knew that the little girl could fall asleep skillfully even with the noise, I still lowered my voice.

"He brought new semiconductor component blueprints and wanted to see if he could increase the speed of the old computer. He said that if we had more advanced chip technology, we could try to make a microcomputer."

Xiao Xuemu's fingertips gently stroked Wei Wei's palm. Wei Wei felt a little itchy and pulled her hand out directly.

Xiao Xuemu didn't care and continued to grab Wei Wei's hand and knead it.

"He also said today that personal computers are already available overseas, and if our country can catch up, many scientific research projects will be able to avoid detours in the future."

Wei Wei's throat moved, she knew that Li Shiyuan was telling the truth.

The chip optimization design diagram is located under the "Electronic Engineering" category in the system mall, and there are even more advanced storage technologies, but how dare she take it out?

"Xiao Xuemu."

Wei Wei looked up at him, her throat a little dry. "Tell me...what will happen if I hand over the system?"

Xiao Xuemu paused and looked at Wei Wei in shock, his eyes full of disapproval. To be honest, Xiao Xuemu had never even thought about this idea.

But thinking that this was Wei Wei's thing, Wei Wei had the right to deal with it.

Xiao Xuemu was silent for a few seconds before he slowly spoke, "Do you want to hand it over?"

"I went to see Teacher Li's children yesterday."

Wei Wei's voice trembled a little, "The child's lips were dried up by the fever, and he was waiting for penicillin to save his life.

There are plans to double penicillin production, new drug formulas for treating childhood pneumonia, and so on."

The flu has been particularly severe these days, and Wei Wei doesn't dare take Xiaotuanzi out for fear that he will be infected.

Little Tuanzi didn't get sick, but the grandson of Professor Li, who cared about her very much, did. He got pneumonia and waited in line for penicillin at Union Hospital, which almost delayed his treatment.

She went to visit and seeing the helpless look on Professor Li's family's faces, Wei Wei couldn't tell what she felt in her heart.

Many things really cannot be obtained just by having money and power.

Does Professor Li have no money? Yes, but they just don't have the medicine. The production volume is there, and even if they have money, it's useless because they can't buy it.

There is no stock, but she has it. In the system mall, there is not only an optimized plan for penicillin, but also a more effective broad-spectrum antibiotic formula. If it can be taken out, how many children will suffer less.

But as soon as this idea came to her mind, she suppressed it. She still didn't dare to risk the safety of herself and her child.

But now that Xiao Xuemu brought up this issue again, the idea that had been extinguished resurfaced.

If she handed over the system mall, the problems with Xiao Xuemu and Li Shiyuan would not be a problem at all.

The more Wei Wei thought about it, the more she wanted to hand it in. If it were the 21st century, she would have handed it in without even thinking about it.

"And your experiments with Shiyuan-ge, you always have to run all over Jing City just for a component.

There are ready-made production drawings of precision components in the mall. If they can be given to the country, how many laboratories will suffer less?

As for those design drawings, if you submit them, you won't have to rack your brains to think of how to get them out properly, nor will you have to work hard to modify the design drawings so that they are full of defects.

By then, how many things can be released earlier? Our personal power will always be insignificant.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just the thing about vaccines. Little Tuanzi is already more than half a year old and can receive many vaccines, but those vaccines are not available yet.

Although we have it, we cannot inject it ourselves without the supervision of a professional doctor. If we hand it over to the system mall, we don’t have to worry about these things.

If we had handed it in, we wouldn't have to bear so much pressure."

Xiao Xuemu didn't interrupt her, but just reached out and held her in his arms.

Wei Wei's face was pressed against his shirt. She could smell the faint scent of turpentine on him, a common smell in the laboratory. "I know this."

"But Vivi."

Xiao Xuemu's hand gently patted her back, as if coaxing a child.

“We have to think clearly, this is not as simple as exchanging some food or selling some things.

The system and space are tied to someone's life. If we hand them over, will we... Weiwei, never underestimate the evil of human nature."

He didn't say anything else, but Wei Wei understood.

What they fear is not "contribution" but the "unknown", being treated as "outliers", being isolated for research, and being afraid that someone will use their secrets to hurt their families.

"I know, so I'm hesitant. I'm afraid."

Wei Wei buried her head in Xiao Xuemu's arms like an ostrich, her voice muffled.

"I'm afraid they'll take me away, afraid I won't be able to see little Tuanzi, afraid you and Brother Shiyuan, as well as my parents, uncle and aunt, and grandparents will be implicated.

I am also afraid that after I hand it over, someone will use the technology to do bad things, and that everything will fall into the hands of bad people.

I'm also afraid that my interference will disrupt the trajectory of space-time progress and trigger some uncontrollable variables."

She had been holding these words in for a long time. Every time she saw the shining technologies in the system mall, she felt like she was standing on the edge of a cliff.

Taking a step forward is for the sake of family and country, and taking a step back is for the safety of family.

The education she received from childhood to adulthood was that national interests came first.

In normal times, she learned the spirit of selfishness, always protecting herself first and putting her own interests first.

But the premise of all this is not to compare it with national interests.

She is a student of literature and is now a teacher. She has read so many sentences about "worrying about the world before worrying about herself".

But when it comes to risking myself and my family, I realize how heavy the word "righteousness" is.

Xiao Xuemu hugged her tighter, he knew Wei Wei's dilemma.

He had read Wei Wei's books from that time and knew what kind of education she had received, so he also understood her dilemma.

When Li Shiyuan told him that day, "If we had chip technology, we might be able to enter the information age twenty years earlier," the first thing that popped into his mind was not technological progress, but the faces of Wei Wei and Xiaotuanzi.

He is a graduate student in physics and understands the value of technology, but he is also a husband and father and understands the weight of "protection".

The most important thing is that he doesn't believe in human hearts, or rather, he doesn't believe in the hearts of outsiders.

Compared to those external things, he cares more about the safety of Wei Wei and Xiaotuanzi.

"We're not in a hurry."

Xiao Xuemu gently kissed the top of her head and said, "Think about it slowly. No matter what you choose, I will be with you."

If Wei Wei thinks that he should hand over the system mall, then he will hand over the space.

If Wei Wei doesn't want to, he will do his best to protect her.

Wei Wei nodded. She also knew that such an important matter could not be decided in a moment, otherwise she would not have hesitated for so long.

Three days later, Li Shiyuan also came. It was Saturday. Xiao Xuemu didn't have to go to the laboratory. He was squatting by the window changing Xiaotuanzi's diaper, while Wei Wei was making milk powder for Xiaotuanzi.

"Weiwei, where's the little dumpling?"

Wei Wei pointed to the inner room and said, "She just changed her diaper and is lying down playing."

After saying that, he put the bottle on the table and said, "Go wash your hands, and then help me bring the bottle in."

Hearing this, Li Shiyuan went to wash his hands without saying a word.

Wei Wei didn't even need to think about it, she knew that Li Shiyuan must be here for scientific research.

In the past, I came here either for experiments, to study and look up information, or to eat.

But the aunts we invited today are all at home, so the possibility of experimenting is greater, and Xiao Xuemu and Li Shiyuan are both working on a project at this time.

Sure enough, after just two minutes of teasing the little girl, Li Shiyuan started discussing with Xiao Xuemu.

"Lao Xiao, yesterday I went to the Academy of Sciences to deliver some materials, and I saw that their imported computer was broken, and several senior professors were circling around the machine anxiously.

If we can come up with the chip optimization solution we mentioned earlier, it might be able to help."

Li Shiyuan spoke quickly, with a familiar eagerness in his eyes.

That is the excitement that scientific researchers feel when they encounter a breakthrough opportunity.

"Think about it, if we can make chips that are better than imported ones, domestic laboratories won't have to rely on foreigners anymore. They won't have to wait three months for a component. Isn't that great?"

Xiao Xuemu didn't say anything. It was not that they couldn't do it, because Wei Wei had the blueprints. It was only a matter of time for them to make it.

But the main question now is where the drawings came from and how to explain this.

It is impossible that everything was designed by the two of them. No scientist who has made a name for himself in any world can do this, let alone two ordinary people in their twenties and thirties.

Wei Wei heard this as soon as she came in. She clutched the corner of her clothes with her fingertips, and the scale in her heart began to shake again.

She knew that what Li Shiyuan said was right, but coming up with a plan meant exposing the system, and she didn't dare to do so. She was still hesitating.

"Brother Shiyuan," Wei Wei said softly, "I have the plan...but can you find the right time to present it?"

Li Shiyuan sighed, "It's not that easy to get. We can't do it too often. Last time, when I was trying to make a new component in the lab, the department director almost asked me where it came from. I was panicked for several days."

Xiao Xuemu has a deep understanding of this. "I was like that before. When I was doing experiments, the professor kept asking me where the principles came from and how I derived the formulas."

Li Shiyuan gave a wry smile and said, "I've already been very satisfied with the little things you guys made with me over the past few years.

After all, I had to be careful in everything I did before, and I didn't even have anyone to confide in. Logically, I should be content with the situation now.

But the last time I went to Shanghai, I saw electronics factories there still using equipment from the 1960s, and I couldn't help but wonder, we clearly have better technology, why can't we use it?

There was a hint of grievance and unwillingness in his voice. Wei Wei knew that it was the time traveler's feeling of powerlessness in the face of the "gap between the times".

They have seen the prosperity of the future and know how much technology can change the fate of many people, so when they see the current backwardness, they feel even more anxious.

Not to mention that they know how to change and improve, but they can't say it out loud.

Li Shiyuan sighed, "I almost changed a drawing for them, but luckily I held back.

If I could change a blueprint just by looking at it, I wouldn't be called a genius anymore. I would definitely be treated as a monster or an alien and would be captured and sliced ​​into pieces."

"But if we take it out, we have to risk everything."

Xiao Xuemu sighed, his voice heavy, "Little Tuanzi is still young. If something happens to him, he will lose both his parents, and his other relatives will also be implicated.

Shi Yuan, you want to go back to the 21st century, but if we are isolated and you can't even enter the laboratory, how can you do scientific research? How can you talk about going back?"

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Li Shiyuan's head.

He fell silent, his fingers unconsciously stroking the rim of the cup. The room became quiet, with only the occasional babbling sound from the little girl in the inner room.

Wei Wei felt uncomfortable looking at Li Shiyuan's expression.

She remembered that last winter, Li Shiyuan and Xiao Xuemu stayed up three nights in the laboratory to make coils for the generator, and their hands were burned several times.

I remember that when he got the improved soil tester, he was as happy as a child.

He said, "In the future, farmers will no longer have to rely on their feelings when farming."

Li Shiyuan is not greedy, nor does he lack justice, he just wants to go home.

"It's not that I don't want to hand it in."

Wei Wei took a deep breath and expressed all the confusion in her heart.

"When I was browsing the system yesterday, I saw 'low temperature preservation technology for polio vaccines'. Our country is still promoting vaccines.

However, in many remote areas, children cannot get vaccinated because the vaccinations are not available.

I want to bring this technology out, but I'm afraid something might go wrong, as the current situation is not stable."

She was afraid that if she handed it over, what awaited her would not be protection, but surveillance, imprisonment and exploitation, because she didn't know the decision of the people above and whether those parasites had been kicked out.

"How about... should we wait a little longer?"

Li Shiyuan hesitated and said, "Wait until the little one grows up a little, wait until our scientific research has a better foundation, wait until the situation is more stable, maybe then the environment will be better."

Wei Wei leaned in Xiao Xuemu's arms, nodded, and then shook her head. She knew that "waiting" was the most uncertain thing.