"Captain, I suspect someone in the post office leaked my manuscript. I want to go to the post office in the name of the team and ask the leaders of the post office to investigate the matter. Is it possible?" Li Xia asked.

"Of course." The captain nodded and immediately went to the only phone in the brigade to call the post office.

The call was quickly connected, and the captain explained the reason to the other party and hung up the phone: "I have just explained the reason to the leader of the post office. They also said that they will find out the matter as soon as possible and give us a reply. Let's wait patiently for a while."

"Yeah." Li Xia nodded.

About two hours later, the phone finally rang again.

The captain answered the phone and said, "Captain Gu? We have just checked it out."

"It turned out that a staff member in our bureau had been following the novel Zhao Di. That day, he saw that the letter was sent to the New Evening News, so he wanted to see if there was anything related to Zhao Di in it. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the original manuscript of Zhao Di."

"He copied the manuscript and planned to take it back as a souvenir, but he lost it on the way. I guess it was picked up by the educated youth named Tan from your team.

Captain Gu, please apologize to Comrade Qingzhou on behalf of our post office. Many people in our post office like to read her novels. This incident has caused her trouble. We will definitely punish this person. "

After hanging up the phone, the captain relayed the result to everyone in the expectation of everyone, and then said to Tan Ming, who was pale, "Tan Ming, you dared to pretend to be someone else in order to go to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. It seems that the education you received here is not comprehensive enough!"

Tan Ming was punished. At that time, he didn't know that the movement would end in more than a year and the educated youth would be able to return to the city.

However, the Youth League Office in the city would be unlikely to accept educated youth like him who had been severely punished, because by that time there would be a large wave of educated youth returning to the city, and the city’s educated youth office would not be able to accommodate them all. Such punished educated youth might very well be troublemakers, so why would they find themselves such a hot potato?

Not only that, Tan Ming's behavior was despised by other educated youth, and his life in the educated youth site would not be easy in the future.

Tan Ming collapsed and curled up there, unable to utter a word.

He felt that he was extremely unlucky. He originally thought that he could become a college student through this incident, but it turned out that the real author of "Zhao Di" was in Yongning Village!

If I had known earlier... If I had known earlier, he would have said that he was the author of "My Years as an Educated Youth"!

This time he really lost both his wife and his army. He was already expelled from the sugar factory and his reputation at the educated youth camp was not very good. This time he was completely finished...

"Comrade Li, I didn't expect you could write articles. You're amazing!"

The captain changed the way he addressed Li Xia from "the daughter-in-law of the Acropolis" to "Comrade Li".

"Yes, Comrade Li, your novel Zhao Di is so good that it made me cry several times. But after reading it, whenever I think of Zhao Di's good qualities of not fearing difficulties and moving forward courageously, I feel motivated to do things. I also want to be like Zhao Di!"

"I think Zhaodi and I are similar. I have two older brothers. Actually, I shouldn't have been sent to the countryside, but in order to prevent them from going to the countryside to join the production team, my parents changed my age by one year and registered my name.

I was just 15 years old when I went to the countryside. Thanks to everyone who took care of me and helped me with all the heavy work, I felt like I couldn't make it every day. I still feel like I can't make it now, because I feel like no one cares about me.

But after I watched Zhao Di, I saw that Zhao Di, who had a harder life than me, would not give up no matter how difficult it was, and would strive to climb up even if she was stuck in the mud. I was really touched. I thought, Zhao Di can do it, so why can't I?"

"And me, seeing how hard Zhaodi studies, I couldn't help but start reading these days. I didn't have the patience when I was in school before, but now I have found a set of junior high school books and read them every day. Next time I plan to find a set of high school books to see if I can study on my own."

"Comrade Li, although I am a gay, I couldn't help but be moved when I read your novel Zhao Di. I never thought that there was any inequality between men and women before, but after reading Zhao Di and thinking about it carefully, I found that it seemed to be the case."

“…”

Of course, some people wanted to ask Li Xia about the next plot. Gu Yongnian took the initiative to stand up for Li Xia and said, "My sister-in-law is a professional writer. She won't tell you the plot in advance. If you want to see it, just wait for the next episode."

He hasn't even seen it yet!

Li Xia was surrounded by this group of educated youth, chattering non-stop.

Except for a few who asked about the next plot, Li Xia was very moved by everything else she heard.

Yes, this is the meaning of her writing "Zhao Di"!

When faced with people who have the same desire to study as Zhaodi, she strongly encourages them to continue studying.

The college entrance examination will be resumed in two years. The foundation they lay now will bring them one step closer to university in the future.

Of course, she could only think about taking the college entrance examination in two years in her heart and would not tell anyone.

…

Li Xia and Gu Weicheng had originally planned to leave on the 16th day of the first lunar month, but they suddenly decided to go to the city to attend the newspaper's celebration party and see the ice sculptures, so they had to set off on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Considering that Grandpa Gu's health has not recovered yet, Gu Weicheng will not take him back to the army this time. After Grandpa Gu recovers, he will take leave and come back to pick him up.

After all, it takes nearly 40 hours to take a train from Eastern Province back to the army. The old man's illness has not yet fully recovered and he can't stand such bumps. It would be bad if something happened on the way.

Li Xia and Gu Weicheng discussed it and decided to leave some money for Gu Hongjun and Chen Dongju to help take care of Grandpa Gu.

Afraid that they would not want the money, she specially put it under their pillow. After they left, Chen Dongju would find the money when she was cleaning up the house they lived in. By then, she would not be able to pay it back even if she didn't want to.

"Mom, are we going back to the army?" An An couldn't sleep at night.

"Well, we'll stay in the city for two days on the way. After mom attends the newspaper's celebration party, she'll take you to see the ice sculptures, and then we'll go back to the army. What's wrong?" Li Xia said gently.

An An was a little depressed: "I am reluctant to leave everyone, but I miss the party and the others. I want to go back to the army but I don't want to go back to the army. Mom, will we come here again in the future?"

"Of course, this is Dad's hometown. Whenever Dad has a home visit leave, we will come back here." Li Xia said.

An An felt relieved when he heard this. It was good that he could come back. He still wanted to play with sister Xiaofu and brother Xiaoman.

The next morning, Gu Weicheng took his wife and children to Grandpa Gu's room to say goodbye to him.

"Grandpa, when your health gets better, I will ask for leave and bring you to the army to live with us." Gu Weicheng said.

To be honest, when Grandpa Gu first heard Gu Weicheng say that he wanted to take him to the army, he was not very willing. He had lived in Yongning Village all his life and had long been accustomed to this place. But now that he saw his grandson was going to take his great-grandson and granddaughter-in-law back to the army, he was reluctant to let him go.

This reluctance made him clear about his feelings. He was old and didn't have many years left to live. What would be wrong if he could live a good life with his grandson and his family in the remaining days?

"Okay, Grandpa will wait for you to come back and pick him up." Grandpa Gu said with a smile, "And An An, remember to write to Grandpa when you return to the army. Grandpa is waiting for An An's letter."

An An nodded and reached out to hug Grandpa Gu's arm: "Grandpa, I will write to you as soon as I get back."

"Xiao Xia, thank you. Grandpa is really grateful that you married Weicheng and gave birth to such a smart child for Weicheng." Grandpa Gu said to Li Xia.

Li Xia shook his head and said, "Grandpa, I should be thanking you. Thank you for teaching Weicheng so that he can be so responsible."

…

The family packed their luggage and prepared to set off. Gu Yongnian was responsible for taking them to the county railway station on a tractor.

Uncle Gu and his family accompanied them all the way to the village entrance. Gu Baozhu even took half a day off to see them off. "Cousin, cousin, this is a new variety of sugar made by our sugar factory that I bought through my connections. You can't even buy it in department stores outside. Take it and try it. If you like it, write to me and I'll send it to you later."

Gu Xiaofu: "An An, remember to write to us!"

Gu Xiaoman: "Brother An'an, next time I come over I'll take you to blow up cow dung. I promise I won't blow myself up again!"

An An: “…”

Gu Hongjun, Chen Dongju, Ding Hehua: "Be careful on the road."

Several female educated youth came to see Li Xia off.

Looking at the faces filled with reluctance, Li Xia couldn't help feeling sad in her heart. This was parting.

Ji Feng didn't expect that several female dogs in the village would come to see him off. He was so scared that he didn't dare to get off the tractor. After arriving in Yongning Village, he ran around the village happily at first, but when he heard that he was going to be bred, he was so scared that he didn't dare to leave the Gu family yard...

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