People originally thought that the cancellation of the Spring Festival holiday was only temporary, but they never expected that it would happen the following year.

Moreover, according to insiders, the situation in other regions is still very bad, which makes people suddenly realize that the resumption of the Spring Festival holiday seems to be a long way off.

More than a year passed in the blink of an eye, and it was December 1968.

During this period, the environment in Tang County remained stable and people's lives were acceptable.

For the Li family, life is still ordinary, except that there are five more people in the family.

They are Li Chen's daughter-in-law Zhou Miao, their child Li Yuxiang, Li Ping's fourth son Li Fengyu, Li Mei's son Li Bingjun, and Li Xu's dream daughter Li Leyun.

Since having this daughter, Li Xu and his wife have been smiling every day, and they seem to have no idea what worry is.

Fortunately, the oldest children, Li Wenbai, Li Hongtao and Li Botao, no longer need care. Otherwise, Yang Dong and Hu Guilan alone would not be able to take care of so many children.

That night, Li Xu came home from get off work and hugged Li Leyun as usual, and kissed her little face several times.

Li Leyun, who had already turned one two months ago, giggled and kept calling out, "Daddy, Zha."

Hearing this, Li Xu freed one hand and touched his mouth. He felt that his beard was indeed a little long, so he stopped kissing her, put his arm around her and sat down on the stool.

At this time, several little kids in the room gathered around and called out "Second Uncle".

As for why there is no other name, it is because Li Xu’s two sons did not come over and were playing nearby.

Li Xu touched their little heads one by one, then put his daughter on his lap. He then reached out and picked up Li Ping's daughter Li Ruike and put her on his other lap, teasing them happily.

Seeing this, Hu Guilan said with a smile, "Xiao Xu, since you like daughters so much, I think you and Xiao Hong should have two more children."

Looking at the girl on his legs who looked very similar to Du Hong, Li Xu said with emotion, "Xiao Hong and I have already discussed that as long as we give birth to a daughter, we will not have any more children. Besides, it is too difficult to have a daughter. Just like you and big brother, you wanted to have another daughter, but you didn't expect to have another boy.

Besides, those two bastards at home are enough of a headache for Xiaohong and me. If there's another one like this, we won't be able to handle it."

"That's true. Your eldest brother and I also decided not to have any more children because of this incident." Hu Guilan smacked her lips and continued to persuade, "If you ask me, you should stop scolding Wenbo and Shaoyuan all the time. They've finally become close to you two. If they understand you scolding them, they'll go back to their old ways."

It’s a bit embarrassing to say, not only are Li Wenzhe and Li Xu not close to each other, but even their youngest son Li Shaoyuan is the same.

Li Xu and his wife thought about it and thought, if it was just one son, it would be fine, but they only have two sons, how can they both be like this?

So the two of them decided to do something to restore the relationship between their two sons.

So far, there have been some results, but they are not very significant.

Li Xu knew Hu Guilan was thinking about him and his wife, so he smiled and said, "I'll be more careful in the future and try not to scold them as much as possible."

The two chatted for a while, and then Yang Dong and Du Hong came in with food. Sun Xiu and others also arrived home one after another.

But Li Ping and Li Mei's faces looked extremely ugly.

Seeing them like this, everyone asked, "Why do you two look like that? Did something happen?"

The two exchanged glances, and then Li Ping sighed. "We received a notice today requiring educated youth to go to the countryside to receive re-education from the middle and lower-poor peasants. All junior high and high school students still in school this year will be sent to the countryside. Anyone in every household who is of school-age and unmarried and unemployed must also go."

Li Xu knew that this was the "Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside" movement described in books later.

The scope of the impact is so large that it can be said that no family in the city can escape it.

Although the school has not resumed classes yet, the students' academic records are still retained.

That is to say, they were first-year junior high school students more than two years ago, and they are still first-year junior high school students now.

Later, the junior and senior high school students of the 1966, 1967 and 1968 classes were collectively referred to as the "Old Three Classes".

After thinking for a moment, Li Jiakang asked, "What's the appropriate age?"

"Fourteen."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Li Ju at the same time.

In the Li family, she is the only one who is unemployed and unmarried at this age.

At this time, Hu Guilan pondered and said, "Please explain the situation more clearly. What do you mean by re-education?"

Li Ping explained, "It means participating in the work like farmers and being self-sufficient."

"Ah?" Li Jiakang and the others exclaimed, "Will these people be able to come back in the future?"

"They say it's possible, but the duration is hard to pin down. It could be three to five years, or even more than ten years."

"Where will we go to the countryside? Can we go to a rural area in this county?"

"No, the places these people are going to are basically all in the border areas."

Hearing this, Li Jiakang quickly stated, "Our Xiaoju can't go. If you can't find her a job, I'll transfer my job to her."

"Even if you transfer the job to my younger sister, someone from our family will still have to go," Li Mei said bitterly. "The higher-ups have a requirement that, unless there are special circumstances, at least one member of a cadre's family must go to the countryside to set an example. But given our situation, who should we send?"

"Anyone can go, but my little sister can't go." Li Xu shouted without thinking.

Li Ju has grown up now, and she is obviously a beauty.

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