When the two returned home, Song Liyun was once again under Huang Caihong's strict control.

A few days later, Song Liyun's injuries had healed somewhat, and Huang Caihong took her to work.

Song Liyun can forget about slacking off now. The entire Li family hates her, and no one speaks up for her. If she doesn't earn the number of work points Huang Caihong mentioned in a day, she'll complain about eating less.

Song Liyun didn't want to go hungry, so she had no choice but to obediently work.

Because her leg wasn't treated in time, she really became lame.

In the last few days of 1974, Yu Rujia's family received wedding candy from Wu Xinjie and Ding Xiaoxi.

When Zhu Jiaojiao was receiving treatment at Yu Rujia's clinic last time, she kept staring at Duole. Yu Rujia guessed that Wu Xinjie would be facing a wave of pressure to get married, but she didn't expect that the person he was looking for was Ding Xiaoxi, who had saved him back then.

While others are heroes rescuing damsels in distress, in Wu Xinjie's case, it's the damsel in distress rescuing the hero. Well, it seems there's no trace of heroism in Wu Xinjie.

However, apart from being a little short, Wu Xinjie is quite good in other aspects.

Wu Dazhu and Zhu Jiaojiao are not harsh people.

If Ding Xiaoxi had stayed in the countryside, marrying Wu Xinjie would have seemed like a good choice.

Yu Rujia: "Congratulations to Comrade Wu and Educated Youth Ding! I wish you a happy marriage, many children, and a long and happy life together."

Gao Shujing: "Congratulations to Comrade Wu and Educated Youth Ding! I wish you a happy marriage, a long and happy life together, and a lifelong bond."

Wu Xinjie stuffed candy into the children's hands and replied smugly, "Thank you, thank you."

Duo Shou: "Ding Zhiqing, even after you get married, you should still keep in touch with me often."

Ding Xiaoxi would specially bring Wu Xinjie to the Yu family to spread sweetness because of her friend Duoshou. The two people, who are more than ten years apart in age, have been gossip buddies for many years.

Ding Xiaoxi: "You too, if you hear anything interesting, don't forget to tell me."

Wu Xinjie had already given the candy to Duole. He looked at the little bun in front of him, a small, chubby, fair-skinned, and pretty doll. It was indeed beautiful. No wonder his own mother kept talking about Duole.

Wu Xinjie generously stuffed a handful of candy into Duole's hands and filled his pockets with candy before pulling the little dumpling along, saying, "Duole, you're so cute, can I hug you?"

Having received several times more candy than his older brothers, Duole wasn't a stingy child, and happily nodded his little head.

Duole stretched out her two little arms and said with a grin, "You can hug me for a bit."

With permission, Wu Xinjie picked up the chubby little boy. The soft, fluffy little bun made him instinctively shrink back, worried that he might accidentally hurt Duo Le.

Duole giggled and asked, "Brother Wu, are you happy?"

Wu Xinjie carefully wrapped his arms around his little body: "Gao Xing, when your brother has a baby in the future, Duo Le will take him to play, okay?"

Duole said in a childish voice, "I don't want a baby who doesn't cry, or a dirty baby."

After exchanging a few more words, Wu Xinjie reluctantly put the little one down and took Ding Xiaoxi to the team to distribute candy.

During the Spring Festival, Wei Han returned to his home in the capital and brought them the latest news upon his return.

Wei Hanjie: "The higher authorities are very dissatisfied with the actions of certain individuals and have established a special organization to investigate the cases they handled, with the intention of clearing the names of some innocent people who have been wronged. Some of them have already been reinstated."

Yu Rujia already knew about this, but when she actually heard it, she was still quite excited. It meant that the light the Xia family had been waiting for was about to arrive.

The usually composed Gao Shujing couldn't help but squeeze Yu Rujia's hand: "Hanjie, are there any people in our family with similar backgrounds who have been reinstated?"

Wei Han was unaware of Gao Shujing's true identity. In his mind, Gao Shujing only became connected with the Xia family because he married Yu Rujia.

Seeing that he was more excited than Yu Rujia, the adopted daughter of the Xia family, she was a little puzzled, but still answered his question.

Wei Hanjie: "The first to be restored will be some veteran cadres. The Xia family's background is more complicated, so they will be a little later, but that day will come sooner or later."

The Xia family has never done anything wrong. They have helped many people and made many contributions in the past. Wei Han believes that the Xia family will definitely regain their freedom, but it will just take a little more time.

Yu Rujia: "Thank you, Wei Zhiqing, for bringing us such great news. This is the best remedy."

When the Xia family suffered a major disaster in the capital, Xia Taishun and others in Jiangcheng also struggled to maintain their jobs.

Xia Jingrong, despite being a graduate of a military academy and having accumulated numerous military achievements, remained a platoon leader for over a decade due to his family background.

If it weren't for the income and the fact that it wasn't appropriate to make any changes at this time, Xia Jingrong would have considered changing careers.

The situation has changed. It will take two or three years for the Xia family members in the cowshed to get ahead. Xia Taishun is already in a high position, and his position cannot be changed until the Xia family's affairs are resolved.

However, Xia Jingrong's position will definitely change in the next year or two.

Having endured ten years of suppression, Xia Jingrong's path to promotion will be much faster than that of ordinary people, provided he doesn't make any mistakes.

All that perseverance finally paid off.

After seeing Wei Hanjie off, Gao Shujing and Yu Rujia came to the cowshed that evening to share the situation with the Xia family.

Han Meifeng and Xu Xiangyue were both on the verge of tears after hearing this.

The men's eyes also welled up with tears.

Yu Rujia patted Han Meifeng's back and said, "Mom, this is a good thing. You will be free soon. You should be happy."

Han Meifeng grasped her hand, her voice trembling slightly: "Mom is happy, so happy, but I never expected this day to come so soon."

At the time, Yu Rujia analyzed that it would take fifteen years, but now, less than nine years have passed and things have already started to loosen up, so it definitely won't take fifteen years.

Xia Yuanqiang's voice was a little hoarse: "This is a big event, and it won't be settled so quickly. It will take at least two or three years. You should keep that in mind."

Xia Yuanqiang is 76 years old this year, which is definitely a long life in this day and age.

If it weren't for Yu Rujia's health-preserving pills and the "Bright Moon Heart Sutra," he certainly wouldn't have lived to see the light of day.

He is still in relatively good physical condition. He hasn't been sick much since he came to Shangfen Brigade, and he should live for at least another ten years.

I thought he would be buried in this small mountain village for the rest of his life, but I never thought he would have to go back one day.

Xia Taiping said excitedly, "We've made it through eight or nine years, and we can afford to wait the next two or three years. As long as this trend continues, there is hope."

After several hours of adjustment, Gao Shujing had regained his usual composure.

Gao Shujing: "That's true, but we still need to be careful. Those people won't be willing to lose like this and will definitely launch a fierce counterattack. Let's just pretend we don't know anything about these things and act the same way we always have."