These days, having overseas connections is actually a taboo.
Even if some neighbors you don't get along with find out and report that you have overseas connections, at the very least you will lose your job and be criticized, or at worst you will be locked up and carefully interrogated to see if you are a spy sent from there.
Before the turmoil, Guo Linxian worked in the Translation Bureau of Shanghai because of her proficiency in foreign languages.
Fortunately, I was working in the Translation Bureau, where there were more international correspondence, so it was not a big deal for Guo Linxian to receive some letters from Hong Kong.
If an international letter were to arrive in an ordinary unit, it would immediately cause an uproar.
The letters that Guo Linxian brought back at this time were those that had been sent to her continuously since 1974 until this year.
The address is Hong Kong Island, and the signature is her father, Guo Letian, and her brothers.
When she saw their names, Guo Linxian couldn't help but her eyes turned red.
After all, they are blood relatives, and they have been separated for so many years and have not been able to see each other.
When the news suddenly came, how could I not be excited and cry!
After wiping her eyes, Guo Linxian made sure that the door of her house was closed tightly before she walked to the dressing table and sat down to open the letters one by one.
In fact, more than ten years before the founding of the People's Republic of China, she also received many letters from her father and brothers, which also described their situation after arriving in Hong Kong Island.
Hong Kong Island was still very chaotic at that time. The Guo family moved there. Although they brought a lot of gold and silver jewelry with them, they still had to be careful and cautious everywhere.
After 1989, Guo Linxian realized that something was wrong with the overall environment and stopped correspondence with Hong Kong Island.
In her last letter, she also told her father and brother to refrain from sending letters in the next few years and wait until the weather is better.
so……
When Guo Linxian opened the first letter in chronological order, it was one sent in 1974.
This letter was written by her father, Guo Letian. It was full of longing and worry for her. He was afraid that she was suffering here and had poor food and accommodation, and hoped that she could find an opportunity to come to Hong Kong Island.
Moreover, in the letter, the father stated that the Guo family has now established a firm foothold in Hong Kong Island, and is known as the "Three Guos" of Hong Kong Island together with the Guo Desheng family of the four major families and the Guo family of Wing On Department Store.
Although not as famous as the first two, he has still made a lot of achievements in the fields of real estate and finance and accumulated a lot of wealth.
"That's great! Dad, as long as you are living well in Hong Kong Island, that's good! That's good!"
While reading the letter, Guo Linxian's face was already red with tears.
Over the years, she was actually very worried. Hong Kong Island was so chaotic, with various forces entrenched, and her family had a lot of wealth. Would they be slaughtered like fat sheep by these forces?
Fortunately! Her father and brother had truly settled down in Hong Kong Island, and the whole family was safe and sound. She finally put her mind at ease.
Then, there were letters from several brothers, all of which expressed their longing for her and hoped that she would find a chance to come to Hong Kong Island.
Even several brothers who were originally unwilling to accept Liu Guopeng agreed in the letter that as long as Guo Linxian was willing to come to Hong Kong Island, they would accept Liu Guopeng and acknowledge him as their brother-in-law.
Moreover, in these letters, several brothers described at length how developed Hong Kong Island is now, how it is the true Pearl of the Orient, a free trade port, full of opportunities and wealth, and unparalleled prosperity and civilization.
There were quite a few photos in the letter.
There are their family photos, as well as many photos of Hong Kong Island’s scenery and cityscape.
For example, Victoria Harbour at night, the villa complex on Victoria Peak, and the Guo family villa in Deep Water Bay, etc.
The purpose of sending these carefully selected photos to me was obviously obvious, which was to make my sister fall in love with them and come to Hong Kong Island to find them.
"Hong Kong Island! After the founding of the People's Republic of China, I didn't take Lao Liu with me to find an opportunity to go to Hong Kong Island. I really... I really regret it."
Originally, Guo Linxian was more "Western-worshipping" and believed that the moon was rounder abroad.
Now that I see Hong Kong Island has become so prosperous and developed under British rule, I naturally feel even more fascinated.
“We must get Mengmeng back soon, and then find a chance to take Mengmeng to Hong Kong Island.
I have missed so many years, I can't let Mengmeng be delayed any longer.
She has her youth and cannot waste it in China. If she goes to Hong Kong Island, with the help of her uncle and grandfather, her life will be more exciting and brilliant than mine..."
Guo Linxian looked at the Hong Kong Island in the photo, with its tall buildings and brilliant lights.
This is the city and life of her dreams!
"The order to return to the city was sent out yesterday. I wonder when Mengmeng will receive it and when she will be able to return to Shanghai!"
Putting down these letters and photos, Guo Linxian thought of her daughter again.
However, she did not have any photo of her daughter's current appearance, only a black and white photo of her daughter taken when she was fourteen years old.
Liu Rumeng's sweet smile in the photo was innocent and romantic, but it made Guo Linxian's heart ache.
My daughter is only eighteen or nineteen years old!
She was forcibly married by a farmer in the countryside.
The best years of our youth must not be wasted on the black soil of Northeast China.
…
On the other side, Lin Huowang arrived at the county on Liu Wenzhen’s tractor.
County magistrate Xiong Xingwang's injury has not healed yet and he is still working despite the injury.
When the forest fire was raging, he was in his office, having a headache over a pile of documents!
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