I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 428 Anna Arrives

Chapter 428: Chapter 428 Anna Arrives

This crossbow was personally designed and manufactured by He Xiuyu; it was only in the final tuning stage. Therefore, when it was used, he needed to personally supervise, but actually, it only involved tweaking some minor details. It didn’t affect the overall use of the crossbow.

Qingyu asked He Xiuyu, "Why do you want to make this?"

It seemed there weren’t many opportunities to use it at that time.

He Xiuyu didn’t want to elaborate. He planned to make a smaller one for Qingyu, more convenient and with better accuracy. Though one should not harbor intentions to harm others, it is indispensable to guard against potential harm.

After playing with Qingyu for a while, He Xiuyu took her for a tour and then brought her back to the office.

He Xiuyu’s office was not a new place to Qingyu; although she wasn’t completely familiar with it, as it was still a workplace and not like a home, Qingyu still placed a pot of Soothing Grass from her Space Device on He Xiuyu’s desk.

It was perfectly facing the direction He Xiuyu sat.

Regardless, it was beneficial to health.

Those who were unaware would think it was just an ordinary green plant.

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The base was planning to merge two workshops recently.

That is, combining two heavy industry workshops—a move that would bring many benefits. By next spring, they intended to construct a new building.

This new building was set to be like an experimental block.

Divided by area, it would not only have laboratories but also large design rooms.

What’s important is that the heavy industry workshops are currently producing experimental equipment for the base’s lab. This equipment is considered leading edge worldwide.

Moreover, the most crucial point was that, thanks to He Xiuyu’s unceasing efforts, the base welcomed a new group of senior experts, including a few agricultural specialists.

Their arrival was for afforestation in Xichuan and the broader Northwest region to combat wind erosion and desertification.

This presented an excellent opportunity to discuss potential cooperation with Lu Ye.

Qingyu and He Xiuyu were at home discussing this matter when suddenly, Rongrong called out for He Xiuyu from outside, "Uncle He, Uncle He, someone is looking for you."

He Xiuyu peered outside, and Qingyu also stretched her neck to look. Generally, on Sundays, no one came looking for He Xiuyu, and if there were any urgent matters, they would make a phone call.

Rongrong and Xiao Hu were outside cleaning snow.

A light snow had fallen the previous night, leaving small, sparse flakes everywhere. The lack of sunlight prevented it from melting; if there were sunlight, it would have melted already.

Therefore, the children cherished it dearly. Rongrong and Xiao Hu volunteered to sweep the light snow off the road and pile it up, ready to make a snowman.

With this, it was already the fifth snowfall of the year.

It was one more snowfall than the same period in previous years.

So, at the moment, He Xuerong and Li Mingguang were standing at the front door.

Then Qingyu spotted a beautiful girl who looked just like a doll.

She couldn’t help herself and blurted out, "Who is that, she’s so pretty."

At He Xiuyu’s house, a group of people stood at the door, most of them in their thirties or forties. Among them, Qiao Qingyu recognized two people: Old Wei and a secretary from the office. The other three were strangers to her.

The beautiful girl stood amidst the crowd, also at the doorstep of He Xiuyu’s house.

Her slightly curled long hair, fair skin, and deep, beautiful, delicate features, especially a pair of eyes that seemed to speak.

Qiao Qingyu didn’t know this girl.

He Xiuyu, with Qiao Qingyu, quickly came out to meet them.

But from the way she looked at her own man, Qiao Qingyu knew this was someone familiar to He Xiuyu. Who could it be? Qiao Qingyu couldn’t remember such a person from her memories.

He Xiuyu’s brow furrowed slightly, his surprise fleeting.

He truly hadn’t expected Anna to come.

He turned to Qiao Qingyu beside him and said, "That woman is Anna, Anna from the compound..."

Anna had come with Old Wei from the base. On the way here, her forehead was constantly furrowed, she had always known the environment here wasn’t good, but she didn’t expect it to be this bad.

At the gate, Old Wei also had a bland expression. Just now, after this lady from country S had looked around, she turned to him and said, "... Why does Huaxia still have such poor and backward places? How can you let our great scientist live here, this shows neglect on your part..."

What was he to say? There was much to say, but now, standing at the doorstep of He Xiuyu’s house, he could only swallow his words back.

But it seemed like there was a knot in his heart.

Something didn’t sit right with him.

And at that moment, Anna’s gaze finally fell on Qiao Qingyu, who was walking toward the door.

She was walking beside He Xiuyu.

In Anna’s mind, He Xiuyu’s wife from the countryside, even if her status had changed, would still inherently be like all the girls who grew up in the countryside, with a face weathered by hardship and sorrow, tanned skin from the sun, wearing clothes that were both tacky and old, a demeanor so timid she’d dare not look up at others, and she wouldn’t even have a decent pair of shoes to wear.

Their backs were forever hunched, the dirt under their fingernails could never be scrubbed clean, with no regard for personal hygiene nor manners. These were her general impressions of women from Huaxia’s rural areas.

She thought Qiao Qingyu was fortunate to have married He Xiuyu. Because she married him, her life would be entirely different. With He Xiuyu guiding her, she might learn how to dress and how to socialize.

But at the end of the day, the old saying held true: You can’t change what’s in your bones.

Nobility always remains noble, and peasants will always be peasants.

Even though these thoughts were in her heart and she wouldn’t say them out loud, they were deeply ingrained, instilled by her grandmother.

Anna looked at all the girls from Huaxia’s countryside or even small cities with pity.

But this pity was not directed at the girls themselves but at He Xiuyu. She felt indignant on behalf of He Xiuyu, felt that he was wronged.

In her heart, He Xiuyu was a man as handsome as a clear sky after rain, and to this day, she hadn’t found any man who could measure up to him. How could he have married such a woman?

This was nothing short of the greatest insult to He Xiuyu.

Anna felt she herself wasn’t quite worthy of him, but what she never expected was that He Xiuyu would end up marrying such a woman. She even believed the so-called Wu Family’s grandfather was a figment of either He Xiuyu or Qiao Qingyu’s imagination.

Before her arrival, many things had been deeply rooted and formed a fixed impression, so when she saw Qiao Qingyu walking toward the door alongside He Xiuyu, Anna was truly stunned.

That must be Qiao Qingyu. The old leader by her side was already waving his hand, greeting with a smile and expression decidedly different from the one he used for her, "Qingyu, Chief Engineer He..."