That evening, Bonnie talked to Gu Ye about it, and she still felt a little uncomfortable.
"Tell me, should I not meddle in my family's affairs? I didn't intend to, but if this matter isn't handled properly and something happens to my father, we will also be affected. At that moment, the first thing I thought of was ourselves."
I ran to the dock as fast as I could, afraid that Song Xiaolan would leave by boat. I really used all my strength. The moment I saw her hiding in the cabin, I had an impulse, a urge screaming inside me to throw her into the sea without a care in the world.
"Why do you have to be so reckless and court death? If you want to die, fine, but don't drag us down with you!" Bonnie suppressed her anger and led Song Xiaolan off the ship. In this era where status is everything, in this era of exceptionally strict political vetting, living is incredibly difficult.
Faced with the unexpected event, Bonnie's first thought was that her father couldn't be hurt, otherwise they would all be in trouble. Her babies, Liujiu and Sanqi, were so small and adorable; she couldn't let her children be affected. As for her older and younger children, she really didn't think about them at the time—that's human nature.
Gu Ye could hear the fear in Bao Ni's voice, and he felt a little guilty, but even more so for Da Bao and Er Bao.
“You did the right thing. If Song Xiaolan had escaped, things would have been complicated for your father-in-law. Everyone would have been affected, especially your second brother and Lin Bo, who might have had to retire from the army.”
Gu Ye knows more than Bao Ni, and the consequences could be more serious.
The two leaned against each other, listening to each other's heartbeats, both thinking that they must protect their home.
Within two days, Song Xiaolan was sent away. Whether she regretted it or not, no one knows, because Lin Yu divorced her, the Revolutionary Committee sent the punishment results to the Song family, and her parents and brother immediately published a notice in the newspaper severing ties with her. No one from her family came to see her.
The series of events that occurred at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University ended after the quota was set.
Based on the individual performance of those who met the criteria, all officers of the island team selected suitable candidates. All candidates then took a unified exam, and the two with the highest scores went on to university.
This is a fairly fair selection method, and no one has any objections.
In the end, Lin Shan came in first place and Wang Jiefang came in second.
After the spots were finalized, Bonnie's dad held a meeting and made it clear that this matter was over and there was no room for underhanded tactics. Even if you managed to get the two people who got spots to give them up for some reason, no one else would be chosen. The spots would be returned at the meeting, and no one should go.
These words completely dashed the hopes of those with ulterior motives.
Bonnie's dad also said, "If anyone is found to be deliberately undermining the unity of the island team, he will kick that person out of the island team."
Captain Lin's words were not unfounded. In this era, the captain still wielded considerable power, especially since their team was mostly composed of members of the Lin clan.
After Captain Lin finished speaking, he left. During this period, because of the quota and Lin Yu's wife, Bao Ni's father had been worried a lot and had lost weight.
Bonnie heard about the quota, but she was happy for her third uncle and aunt. With this opportunity, Lin Shan would at least have a formal job and wouldn't have to go out to sea to fish anymore.
Wang Jiefang was a sent-down youth in the same batch as Han Weidong, from Shanghai. I don't know much about his family's financial situation, but they rarely sent him anything. He wanted to join in seaweed farming at the time, but gave up because the pay was too low.
He turned misfortune into a blessing, because he had to work hard to support himself. Wang Jiefang was the most capable of all the educated youth, and he also had the highest work points. That's why he had the opportunity to become a candidate. Even after graduating from high school, he didn't abandon his studies after arriving.
That's why they say opportunity always favors the prepared mind.
There was still some time before school started, so Lin Shan naturally attended classes at school; he hadn't received his high school diploma yet.
Wang Jiefang continued working. He had no intention of going home; it was too far, the round trip would be too expensive, and his family might not want him to return. There was no place for him at home anymore.
This time, Lin Shan and his friends went to a school in the city to study accounting.
July is sunny and perfect for drying seaweed. Bonnie noticed that seaweed dried in this season is better than that dried in autumn. It's greener and tastes better.
The seaweed on the beach is half-dried; it will need to be rolled up in a couple of days.
Grandpa and his old friends had already prepared straw ropes for Bonnie to tie up seaweed rolls. They had all been twisted by Grandpa and his friends in their spare time, and the ropes were about the same thickness as hemp ropes and very tough.
Bonnie couldn't let the old men's efforts go to waste, so she went out of the island and bought two bottles of good wine and two pounds of pork belly, which her mother then cooked into a braised pork dish. Grandpa and his old friends ate and drank heartily, and Grandma was quite pleased with herself.
The island is thriving; the crops have yielded a bumper harvest, there's more seaweed than before, and they'll receive some money at the end of the year. Sons are getting married, daughters are getting married—money is needed for everything.
Everyone else's life is getting better, but Bao Ni's older brother, Lin Yu, has become depressed.
Song Xiaolan went to a labor camp. She doesn't know how to do housework, and the house is a mess, which is all Da Bao's responsibility to clean up. The food is cooked half-cooked and half-baked, and the clothes are wrinkled and never washed properly.
"Lin Yu, did you lose your parents? Who are you trying to fool with this half-dead look? You're over thirty, a father of two, can't you pull yourself together and live a good life? You don't know how to live without your wife, do you?"
Tidy up the house properly, and take care of yourself. You're almost older than your dad. Da Bao and Er Bao don't have a mother anymore, and you're making their father practically dead too? How can you be so heartless? Why don't you just fly to the moon?
The more Bao Ni's mother talked, the angrier she became. She grabbed a wooden stick from the door and started hitting Lin Yu, who was pretending to be dead, on the head.
Lin Yu just stood there letting his mother hit him, neither dodging nor flinching, his whole being vacant.
"Grandma, don't hit my dad, I can't live without him. Waaah..." Da Bao and Er Bao hugged their grandma's legs and cried their hearts out.
During this time, they have experienced too much. Their mother was taken away, their father is like a puppet, and the children on the island no longer play with them, saying that their mother is a bad person.
The child's cries drew Lin Yu's attention, and her eyes cleared somewhat.
He has been reflecting on where he went wrong in the past few days.
Later, I thought about it and realized that if he hadn't acted impulsively and quit because of unfair treatment when he was a temporary worker in town, wouldn't he have been promoted to a permanent position, and wouldn't he have found his true love?
He made one mistake after another, resulting in him being a complete failure in his thirties. His family fell apart, he failed to take good care of his children, and he couldn't even be filial to his parents, making them a laughingstock. He was truly a failure.
These emotions had been troubling him for so long that he had been living in a daze for so long.
"Mom, I promise, starting today, I'll live a good life with Da Bao and Er Bao. Really, please believe me one more time, Dad, I'll definitely change."
Lin Yu knelt before his mother, making repeated promises while sobbing uncontrollably.
Bao Ni's mother threw down the stick in her hand, went out of the yard, and tears fell down her face. It was all a tragedy!
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