It was January 1978, and a month had passed since the college entrance examination. I heard that the educated youth in the neighboring village had received their admission letters, but no one in Zhengjiatun had received one yet.
Liu Jingjing and Lin Muren were indeed a little anxious. They sat on the kang in the room and talked and laughed.
Sun Yuqi came back from outside and shook off the snow on her body at the door. Then she entered the house and saw two people sitting there.
"Why are you hungry? Are you still worried about the admission letter? Think positively. I don't know if you will definitely pass the exam, Muran. Besides, the exam is almost a month away, and the application has already been submitted. Let's just leave it to fate! There's no point in worrying now! It's better to live happily."
After hearing what Sun Yuqi said, Liu Jingjing nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, the exam is already over, so let's just wait. If we really don't pass, we can just take it again next time."
A small village in the eastern suburbs of Beijing.
Gu Zhengshan was chatting with Zhuang Xinlan in the house when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the door and frowned.
"Old woman, what's going on outside? Go out and take a look."
Zhuang Xinlan was also curious about what was going on, so she put on her shoes, got off the kang and went out.
As soon as Zhuang Xinlan walked out of the house, she saw two police officers and several villagers escorting a teenager to the gate of her yard.
"Auntie, is this Gu Zhengshan's house?"
Zhuang Xinlan's heart tightened. The experiences of these years made her a little nervous, but she had to muster up the courage to ask.
"Yes, what are you doing...?"
One of the public security comrades smiled.
"Auntie, the truth is, we caught a thief gang a few days ago. One of the thieves said he had stolen something from your house before, so we came here to verify the situation."
When Zhuang Xinlan first heard that a thief had been caught, she felt relieved. But when she heard that the thief had stolen things from her family before, her eyes suddenly widened. She looked at the thief who was being escorted by the police. However, the thief kept his head down, and she couldn't see his face clearly.
"Um, Public Security Comrade, it seems like nothing has been lost from my house?"
At this time, Gu Zhengshan, who was in the house, also heard what happened and came out.
"Comrade Public Security, it seems nothing was stolen from our house. Did you make a mistake?"
A trace of doubt flashed in the eyes of the public security comrade. He looked at the thief who was being escorted here and finally asked
"Uncle, this thief said he stole two gold bars from your house. Is that true?"
When Gu Zhengshan heard the word gold bars, his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had thought of something, and he immediately turned around and went into the house.
Not long after, Gu Zhengshan came out again with a worried look on his face. He looked at the police officer and then at the thief who lowered his head.
"Comrade Public Security, I did lose two gold bars. They were the only gold bars I had."
Upon hearing this, the public security comrade took out a notebook and said.
"Uncle, let's make a record. This thief stole too many things, and many of them have already been sold. We may not be able to recover them for you, but don't worry, we will do our best to find them for you."
Gu Zhengshan knew that things had come to this point. Since the public security comrade said so, he couldn't do anything, so he nodded.
"I know everything. I'll trouble you, comrades, for public security."
Zhuang Xinlan was already slumped on the ground. That was her dowry back then! She had been reluctant to take it out for so many years, fearing it would attract thieves, but in the end, it was stolen by thieves. Thinking of this, she stood up and walked towards the thief, reached out and grabbed his hair, pulled him over, and started beating him in the face.
Zhuang Xinlan hit the thief out of hatred, so naturally she used a lot of strength. After just two hits, she made the thief scream in pain.
"Grandma, please stop hitting me. I'm your grandson!"
This shout immediately stunned Zhuang Xinlan, who was beating someone, and even Gu Zhengshan, the public security comrades and the onlookers were stunned.
Zhuang Xinlan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly reached out to lift the thief's hair, which was nearly a foot long. Only then did she see clearly that the thief was Gu Yulin.
Zhuang Xinlan was a bit incredulous when she saw Gu Yulin, who was now bruised and battered. Furthermore, the couple had been sent down to the countryside a few years ago, and Gu Yulan was only a few years old then, and now she was a teenager. Zhuang Xinlan couldn't recognize him at all.
Gu Zhengshan also walked over and looked at Gu Yulin's face. After looking for a long time, he confirmed that the young man in front of him was the third brother's adopted son. But then he remembered that the man in front of him was not a member of the Gu family, so naturally he was unwilling to recognize him.
"Comrade Public Security, the man in front of us has the same surname as us. Back then, he was the son of my third son, but not anymore. His father is someone else, not my ill-fated third son, so you can take him away!"
Gu Zhengshan no longer cared about his face at this moment, and decided to completely sever his relationship with this thief!
After hearing this, the public security comrade nodded to indicate that he understood.
"Well, now we've confirmed that he stole two gold bars from your house. So we'll take the thief back first. If we recover the gold bars, we'll send someone to notify you to come and claim them."
After the public security comrade finished speaking, he took Gu Yulin away.
Gu Zhengshan glanced at Zhuang Xinlan with a complicated expression, then turned and went into the house.
The villagers who were watching outside also left one after another. Zhuang Xinlan was now exhausted and slowly returned to the house.
Gu Yulan stood not far from the yard and watched the farce. After thinking about it, she hurried back home. She didn't expect her brother to be arrested so quickly.
Zhuang Xinlan entered the room and sat on the kang and started crying. Gu Zhengshan was helpless and thought about it.
"Old lady, we still have some money on us, and we've received the letter from the second brother. Let's go to the south in the next two days!"
Zhuang Xinlan didn't say anything, but nodded to indicate her agreement.
Meanwhile, Sun Yuqi's place was filled with joy. Today, Sun Yuqi, Lin Muran and Chen Hao all received admission letters from Peking University.
Liu Jingjing and Qi Aiguo had both been accepted into the Teachers College in their hometown. Only the brothers Zhang Jianlin and Zhang Jiansong hadn't received their acceptance letters yet. However, they were very positive, perhaps because they hadn't held out hope from the beginning. So, they weren't particularly disappointed. Instead, since Chen Hao and the others had already received their acceptance letters and were about to return, the brothers dragged Chen Hao back into the house to review.
Fang Zhou and Chu Yan were not very lucky either. Perhaps because they had too little time to study and were not well prepared, they did not receive the notification letter. However, there is still time and they may receive it in two days.
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