When Qingping and Qingning were three years old, He Liping and Liang Yueming had another son, whom they named Qingliang.
In that same year, He Lixue, the eldest son of the He family, finally got married.
He Lixuan married Mu Jie, the daughter of a herdsman from the expert team.
Mu Jie came to Whale Island a year ago and now works as a teacher at the island's primary school.
As the island develops and more people come to visit, the marriage problem of single young men has become an issue that cannot be ignored.
In the past two years, the company has consciously created more job positions suitable for women, which has attracted a number of young, unmarried women with excellent qualifications to come to the island.
Mu Jie is one of them.
Before she came here, because of her poor family conditions and lack of connections, she had been assigned to work as an educated youth in a very remote northern mountainous area.
Many others are in the same situation as Mu Jie.
Also in that year, Ye Puan, Qian Feiyue, and more than a dozen other older singles found suitable partners.
Since the birth of Qingping and Qingning, Shiyue and her husband have not had any more children.
Seeing that their sister-in-law's family had another son, and that the two of them didn't even show any intention of having another child, the people around them couldn't help but feel a little impatient.
Many people came over to ask about the situation. Some were too embarrassed to ask the couple directly, but knowing that Cui Yun had a good relationship with them, they secretly inquired with Cui Yun about it.
Cui Yun was also extremely annoyed and came over specifically to ask Shi Yue.
Shi Yue also looked helpless, saying that He Lixuan was determined not to have a second child.
They insisted that having two little sisters was enough, that now that men and women are equal, boys and girls are the same, and that they didn't want to compete for a boy.
Cui Yun opened her mouth several times, but couldn't utter a word of dissuasion.
In fact, Cui Yun herself could understand Shi Yue and her husband's situation, mainly because she had not had any more children since having Hu Zi and Niu Niu.
Cui Yun also felt that two children were just right, and any more would be a burden.
Although raising children doesn't cost much money these days, it still takes up a lot of energy!
Putting everything else aside, no one can take your place during pregnancy and childbirth!
Not to mention the worries that come with raising them from birth.
But at least she had a son, Hu Zi, while Shi Yue's family didn't have a son yet, so Cui Yun felt she couldn't agree with the saying "it's the same whether you have a son or a daughter."
After all, there are still some differences.
But Shiyue thought it was fine this way.
Because the couple read a lot of books on eugenics and prenatal care, they had a much better grasp of this knowledge than people around them.
They were all well aware of how serious the damage pregnancy and childbirth could do to the mother's body.
It would be too lonely for a family without a child, but now that she has two, Shiyue feels that's enough.
She was very satisfied.
Qingning and Qingping are getting prettier as they grow up.
The two children seem to have inherited the best qualities of their parents; anyone who sees them at first glance would love them.
Moreover, because Shiyue's family was well-off and she was willing to spend money on her children, the two girls were dressed up beautifully and kept clean and tidy every day.
When they walk together, they look like a pair of beautiful sisters; it's a delight to see.
As a result, no one kept nagging Shiyue and her husband about having a second child.
Everyone thinks that the reason why she was able to raise her daughter so well is because she doesn't have many children and has a smaller family burden.
Days passed by, and before they knew it, Qingping and Qingning were nine years old, and it was now 1977.
Because of the books they had read, Shiyue and her husband had a timeline in mind. Although they lived on a small island, far from the outside world's conflicts, they knew that the country was about to face a major change!
Sure enough. One autumn evening, Shiyue received a notice from the camp, instructing her family of four to prepare to leave the island the next day.
When Shiyue received the notification, she was a little confused and didn't quite understand what it meant.
Since Uncle Lü was transferred from his current unit five years ago, Shiyue has not received many notifications from higher-level units.
Because Whale Island had successfully completed its secret mission five years ago, it had effectively been transformed into a civilian island.
In other words, although the island is still mainly a military factory and is engaged in work that serves the military, it is no longer at the same level of secrecy as before.
Apart from the core members, most of the other peripheral staff have already left the confidentiality period.
In this situation, it's actually quite easy for people like Shiyue and the others to go off the island whenever they want.
As long as you apply in advance, you can simply travel back and forth on the supply ship.
So, while Shiyue and her family had many opportunities to leave the island, this was the first time the whole family had been ordered to leave together.
The soldier who came to inform Shiyue was a new recruit in the guard battalion, and Shiyue was not familiar with him.
All I could ask was, "Is it just our family of four who went off the island? What about the others?"
The young soldier gave her a sheepish smile and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't know. That's what the battalion commander told me to tell you. But I saw the battalion commander go towards the experts' building; he must have gone to talk to Engineer He."
Hearing that the battalion commander had gone to find her husband, Shiyue agreed and didn't inquire any further.
A few years ago, when the team rotated out of the squad, Wu He and Qi Feng were also transferred, and both of them were promoted.
Wu He has now become a regimental commander, while Qi Feng is said to have gone directly into the division headquarters and has now been promoted to section chief.
However, due to limited resources, the connections between everyone are not as close as before.
After the young soldier left, Shiyue went to her sister-in-law's house first.
The elementary school hadn't let out yet, so her second sister-in-law was definitely not home. She went straight to find Liang Yueming.
Liang Yueming was also a little surprised to hear that Shiyue and the others were being allowed to leave the island, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.
She said she had not been notified.
Shiyue went around in circles but didn't get any definite news.
Fortunately, when she returned home, her husband was already back and was standing in the yard waiting for her.
Knowing what Shiyue was going to ask, He Lixuan said directly before she could speak: "The battalion commander said he received a notice from the higher command to take the official materials from that year to the division. He said that an investigation team from above has come and needs to see the original documents left by my grandfather."
Shiyue frowned: "Wasn't that matter already over? Why are you looking at it again?"
He Lixuan's expression revealed an undisguised excitement.
His lips curled into a wide smile: "Although everyone on Zhuang Wenxuan's side has been brought to justice, Grandpa's identity hasn't been definitively confirmed yet. Maybe this is a good thing, a way to give Grandpa legitimacy and implement policy!"
Her husband's words made Shiyue's heart skip a beat, and her eyes lit up.
Knowing they were leaving the island, their families all came over that evening.
He Siyi, the father, also agreed with his youngest son's guess and repeatedly urged Shiyue to make sure that everything was prepared.
Since the country announced the official end of the revolution last October, everyone has been filled with hope, especially the experts who had gathered on the island for various reasons.
It can be said that the notification that Shiyue and the others received made everyone's anticipation even more urgent.
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