535: Goodbye, Beidahuang

Bai Zongdan took out the letter he wrote to Section Chief Wei.

He also gave Yu Xiaoye the print he had drawn last night.

Yu Xiaoye saw the print "photo" of her and Zhou Ziheng and liked it very much. She carefully put it on her desk.

Then, Bai Zongdan packed his bags and followed Comrade Zhang, who came from the capital to recruit workers, and another female educated youth.

The three people got on the jeep in the square in front of the building.

Zhou Ziheng, Yu Xiaoye and others saw them off in front of the square.

At this time, the fact that Bai Zongdan was recruited to work in the capital was exposed.

Before this, people in the office building probably only knew that the Construction Bureau was coming to recruit workers, but because there were only two vacancies, and it was probably a "targeted recruitment" conducted behind the scenes, with no chance for others, this matter did not attract much attention.

It’s none of my business anyway.

When they saw Xiaobai carrying his luggage and following the recruiters, they were all shocked and ran downstairs to surround him.

Bai Zongdan was also very moved when he saw so many people coming to see him off.

Before getting on the bus, he bowed to the leader beside him from the bottom of his heart:

"Thank you all for your cultivation. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely come back to see you all."

Someone said:

"Xiaobai, take care on your journey!"

"When you get to the capital, you must work hard and cherish this opportunity."

"Write back often and tell us what's going on over there."

“…”

Everyone said goodbye to Bai Zongdan one by one.

Bai Zongdan just kept nodding his head, his throat was stiff and he couldn't utter a word.

After a while, the driver started urging us to get on the bus.

Bai Zongdan choked up and said:

"I'm leaving."

Before getting on the car, Bai Zongdan looked back at the office building on the northern border again, and looked at the auditorium where he had stayed for several years.

Turning back, I look at the vast and hazy sky in the north in winter, and I don’t know when I will be able to come back.

Can I come back again?

His military service career ended so suddenly.

Goodbye, Great Northern Wilderness!

Goodbye to these six unforgettable years of Corps life!

Bai Zongdan withdrew his blurred vision, bent down and got into the car. The door closed, the driver stepped on the accelerator, and the jeep slowly left the compound.

Sitting in the closed carriage, looking through the glass at the familiar streets and houses outside that were whizzing past, Bai Zongdan tried to hold back but still couldn't help but shed tears.

The female educated youth sitting next to him saw him crying so sadly, took out her handkerchief from her pocket and quietly put it next to his hand.

Bai Zongdan vaguely saw the handkerchief, and without thinking too much, he picked it up and wiped his tears.

The jeep took them to the train station, and the three of them boarded a southbound train heading towards Beijing.

From then on, Bai Zongdan bid farewell to his identity as an educated youth sent to the countryside and a soldier in the Corps, and became an employee of the Beijing Construction Bureau.

He also became one of the first group of educated youth to return to the city.

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After seeing Bai Zongdan off, discussions began quietly in the office building.

Everyone was shocked by Bai Zongdan's sudden departure.

But different people have different opinions.

Some admired the director's magnanimity and thought he would take revenge on Bai Zongdan, but in the end, he was given the extremely precious recruitment quota, which was really unexpected.

Some people also said that the director did this just to transfer Bai Zongdan away, deliberately separating Bai Zongdan and Yu Xiaoye so that he could rest assured.

There are all kinds of opinions.

But no one dared to go to the director to find out what was going on.

Someone asked Secretary Jiang, but he refused to say anything because he was as confused as everyone else.

Although he helped Bai Zongdan with some procedures, he originally thought that the farm manager was doing this for Bai Zongdan in order to transfer him to other departments or other farms.

I never expected that the recruitment quota would be given to Bai Zongdan.

I really can't figure out the director's thoughts.

This can probably be considered as "repaying evil with kindness", right?

When he got off work at noon, Yu Xiaoye went to the office to find Zhou Ziheng as usual.

Smiling, he handed the sixteen-inch print to Zhou Ziheng:

"Look, this is from Xiaobai."

Zhou Ziheng raised his eyes to look at the print, and saw the half-length portraits of himself and Ono on it, and nodded in praise:

"The painting is good. The facial features and spirit are all there."

Especially when Yu Xiaoye turns her face to the side with a smile on her face, she looks so sweet and beautiful.

It's just that my expression is a little serious.

Maybe Bai Zongdan has some misunderstanding about himself?

He is usually not so serious in front of Ono.

Zhou Ziheng wanted to take another look, and Yu Xiaoye shyly turned the print over.

"I just discovered that there is another line of small words at the end."

Zhou Ziheng looked at the line of words:

I wish Director Zhou and Yu Xiaoye a happy and lasting marriage.

“Puff——”

Zhou Ziheng smiled.

He stood up, hugged Yu Xiaoye in his arms, kissed her on the forehead, and said softly:

"Bai Zongdan's words really touched my heart. When will we be able to live happily ever after?"

Yu Xiaoye was embraced by the broad chest, and felt warm and comfortable all over:

"Hasn't it already been agreed that we have to wait for my parents' consent before we can proceed?"

"Your parents' opinions are important, but they are not as important as yours. What about you? When do you want to marry me?"

Yu Xiaoye blushed and smiled:

"I'm not ready either."

After saying this, my heart couldn't help but beat fast.

Fortunately, there was a thick cotton jacket between them, so Zhou Ziheng didn't notice her accelerated heartbeat for a moment, but her blushing face was seen by Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng couldn't get enough of looking at her, and couldn't help but kiss her again:

"Would you like to eat meat?"

Yu Xiaoye was shocked: Eating meat?!

Which meat to eat?

She stared at Zhou Ziheng with wide eyes.

Seeing her expression, Zhou Ziheng smiled and said:

"Little greedy cat, it's just a meal of meat, why are you so excited? I'll ask someone to buy me some pork belly. Tomorrow after work, come straight to my house and I'll stew some braised pork for you."

Yu Xiaoye felt relieved: Oh!

It turns out they were eating braised pork!

It's my fault!

Thinking that she had actually thought in the wrong direction, she buried her face in Zhou Ziheng's arms in shame:

Hey, why are you speaking so jumpily?

It makes people think too much!

We were just talking about getting married, and suddenly we're talking about eating meat. Who can switch gears?

Zhou Ziheng was really speechless about this girl. It was just a meal of braised pork, but she was so excited that she rubbed against him in his arms. Why didn’t he realize that she was so easy to coax before?

If I had known this earlier, I would have stewed meat for her every day!

Yu Xiaoye rubbed Zhou Ziheng's arms for a while, then pushed Zhou Ziheng away and prepared to go eat.

Zhou Ziheng looked at her blushing face, pulled her back, and smiled:

"Don't leave yet. If someone sees you coming out of my office with your face so red, they might think I did something to you."

Although Yu Xiaoye could not fully understand the deep meaning of this sentence, he also felt that it was a bit inappropriate for him to go out with Zhou Ziheng with a red face, so he waited until his face was no longer red before leaving.

Zhou Ziheng collected the prints sent by Bai Zongdan, prepared to frame them and hang them at home.

This was also the first photo of him and Yu Xiaoye.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ziheng proposed:

"Xiao Ye, let's go to the photo studio and take a group photo. We don't even have a group photo right now."