Eight years!
Since he was knocked down and taken away, he was sent to a reform farm.
Liu Guopeng has not returned to this prosperous Far Eastern metropolis for eight years and has not seen his wife Guo Linxian and daughter Liu Rumeng.
Many times in the middle of the night he dreamed of returning to Shanghai. Liu Guopeng wanted so much to hug his wife, but every time he woke up from the dream the moment he hugged her.
When I opened my eyes again, there was an endless Gobi Desert and a farm for labor reform.
It has to be said that such torture made even a soldier like Liu Guopeng want to give up on himself at one point.
Fortunately, his wife and daughter are the motivation for him to persevere.
Finally, after all the injustices were redressed, the dawn of victory came.
After his rank was restored, Liu Guopeng immediately boarded a military plane and flew back to Shanghai from the Northwest.
The small Western-style building in the military compound where he used to live had long been taken back. After much inquiries, Liu Guopeng found out that his wife had been assigned to a small alley on Nanjing Road.
He did not stop and asked the driver to drive the military jeep over here.
really……
As soon as he arrived at the intersection of the alley, Liu Guopeng recognized his wife Guo Linxian at a glance.
Even though she was assigned to street labor reform and had to do rough, tiring and dirty work that ordinary people didn't want to do, she still maintained the elegance and pride of a Shanghai woman, with a very fashionable fur collar coat, a cold and slightly tired face under her curled hair.
Liu Guopeng couldn't help himself and hugged her excitedly as soon as he got out of the car.
He really thought about this hug for a long time.
Then, he briefly explained his experience and the process of redress, and finally focused on asking about the situation of his daughter Liu Rumeng.
But when his wife Guo Linxian mentioned her daughter Liu Rumeng, her expression suddenly changed.
From the inexplicable surprise just now, his face suddenly became full of worry. He bit his thin red lips, not knowing how to start the conversation.
"What's wrong? Ah Xian, what happened to Meng Meng?"
Seeing his wife's troubled look, Liu Guopeng's heart sank.
It's been eight years, and things and people have changed a lot. A lot of things can happen.
When I left, my daughter Liu Rumeng was just a little girl who had just turned ten years old.
His mood also became heavy, and he said with rapid breathing:
"Ah Xian, don't hide it from me. Tell me honestly, what happened to Meng Meng? Is she sick? Or... or injured? Or..."
Liu Guopeng couldn't bear to continue talking about the last possibility.
He really couldn't bear such an outcome. He was able to survive just to come back alive to see his wife and daughter.
If his own daughter were to die in the accident, his heart... would be so painful that he would have difficulty breathing.
"No... no! No! Mengmeng is fine! Old Liu, you... you don't have to worry about it."
Guo Linxian quickly comforted him because she saw her husband's eyes turned red.
"So what exactly happened? Where is Mengmeng now?"
Liu Guopeng asked as he followed Guo Linxian back to the alley.
These small alleys in Shanghai and the old houses inside are actually similar to the courtyard houses in Beijing.
These were originally spacious and comfortable residences, but were artificially divided into many households.
Every household lives in a cramped space with poor lighting and ventilation, which can only barely accommodate people to sleep.
Guo Linxian put down the emptied toilet and placed it next to the bed.
Because the whole room is only about 7 or 8 square meters in size and can only accommodate a bed and a shabby wardrobe.
There is also a dressing table made of several wooden boards, with a transparent round mirror on it.
And these are all the belongings of Guo Linxian, the former eldest daughter of the Guo family in Shanghai.
Liu Guopeng, who had been asking about his daughter's whereabouts, took a deep breath when he saw the scene in the room.
Then, without saying a word, he hugged Guo Linxian again with red eyes.
"Ah Xian, I'm sorry! Following me has caused you so much suffering. You have really suffered these years."
Liu Guopeng apologized and promised, "Don't worry! Now that I have been rehabilitated, the higher-ups are arranging new housing for us. The back pay I received over the years will also be paid to us as soon as possible..."
Yes!
For these rehabilitated leading cadres, the state has a special preparatory committee that will pay all the unpaid wages over the years in one lump sum.
At the same time, restore the positions of these leading cadres so that they can return to their posts as soon as possible and continue to contribute to the country's construction and development.
"Really? Old Liu, I don't want anything. I just want our daughter. Can you find some connections and send a return order to our daughter, plus some money and tickets, so that she can come back soon?"
When Guo Linxian heard this, she also smiled and said, "Compared to you... and my daughter, the suffering I have endured is nothing!
At least, on the street, although they looked down on me because I was the daughter of a capitalist and occasionally criticized me, at least I had food, clothing and a place to stay.
To be honest, the work is quite easy.
Compared to the work you did in the labor camp, and compared to my daughter's starvation and freezing in the rural Northeast, I... I am enjoying a good life."
"Mengmeng is working in the countryside in Northeast China, right? Great! I'll get someone to approve a return order and transfer Mengmeng back to the city."
At this point, Liu Guopeng sensed something was wrong and asked, "Ah Xian, tell me honestly, what happened when Meng Meng went to work in the countryside in Northeast China? Why do you have this expression and attitude? Something must have happened, right?"
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