November 1976
Beijing Railway Station
Gu Tingyan stood at the exit and looked at everything that was once familiar to him, feeling deeply moved.
"Dad, you're back? I'm here to pick you up!"
Gu Tingyan turned around when he heard the voice and saw his tall son running towards him. A smile appeared on his weathered face and he reached out and patted Gu Xueyuan on the shoulder.
"Good boy, you've grown stronger."
Gu Xueyuan chuckled and said, "Dad, we haven't seen each other for almost seven years. Let's go home first."
Gu Tingyan nodded and handed the bag in his hand to Gu Xueyuan.
"Let's go home."
Gu Xueyuan rode his bicycle and took Gu Tingyan around in circles until they arrived at the gate of a courtyard.
"Dad, this is the house I've been renting for these years. All the houses in the compound have been taken away. I live here occasionally when I come back from the army. I've been thinking about when you'll come back so we can have a home."
A hint of sadness flashed across Gu Tingyan's eyes, but it disappeared immediately and he smiled.
"You did a great job. You...do you know how Third Uncle is doing now?"
Speaking of Gu Tingkai, the joy on Gu Xueyuan's face disappeared instantly, and he said with indifference.
"I don't know. I've never asked about him."
Gu Tingyan glanced at his son's cold expression.
"Have you heard anything about your grandpa and grandma in these years?"
Gu Xueyuan had a calm expression.
"I haven't asked, and I can't find out."
Gu Tingyan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I know you have a problem with your grandparents. It's not your fault. They did go too far back then, but they are my parents. As a son, I can't be unfilial. Dad won't force you to be filial to them."
Gu Xueyuan didn't say anything and waited for a long time before speaking.
"I met my uncle's daughter a while ago. She was an educated youth in the countryside."
Gu Tingyan was stunned for a moment and smiled sarcastically.
"That girl was able to go to the countryside as an educated youth. I'm afraid her motives are not pure, right?"
After listening to his father's words, Gu Xueyuan realized that he might have misunderstood, and said again.
"I'm talking about my uncle's eldest daughter, the one the Shen family wanted to send back but my grandparents and third uncle didn't want."
Only then did Gu Tingyan realize that he had misunderstood. He was stunned again and asked hurriedly.
"Are you saying that you saw the child that the Shen family wanted to send back?"
Gu Xueyuan nodded. "She is very beautiful and is currently working in the countryside in Northeast China."
"Dad, you've suffered a lot in the Northwest these years. My mom went back to the South after divorcing you. You...?"
Gu Tingyan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about what happened between me and your mother. I was the one who wronged her back then. Let's just live like this from now on!"
Gu Xueyuan opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.
"By the way, have you seen that child? Have you recognized him?"
Gu Xueyuan laughed at himself.
"As a member of the Gu family, what identity should I use to recognize her? That girl has already experienced the cold-bloodedness and selfishness of the Gu family seventeen years ago. Do you think she can recognize us?"
Gu Tingyan remained silent. His son was right. The Gu family was selfish and cold-blooded to the core. Whether there were such relatives or not, they were all the same people. Why should he recognize such relatives?
For dinner, the father and son had a bowl of noodles.
"Dad, why did you come back this time?"
Gu Tingyan put down his bowl and chopsticks and glanced at his son.
"The SRB collapsed, and the country is in ruins. I was asked by the organization to return to work, but I don't know where I will be working yet."
"Son, before I go to work, I want to go to that country you mentioned and see that kid. What do you think..."
Gu Xueyuan looked at Gu Tingyan in surprise.
"Dad, do you want to go see her? Or maybe not! I think she probably doesn't want to see the Gu family, and I didn't reveal my identity when I was there, so she doesn't know who I am."
"The branch of the Chen family is the director there, and I've asked him to take good care of that girl."
Gu Tingyan hesitated for a moment, but still insisted.
"We're just going to take a look. We're not going to recognize her."
Gu Xueyuan looked at his father's eager eyes, and finally did not say the words of refusal, but nodded.
"Okay then. I'll arrange it."
Gu Tingyan warned worriedly.
"You'd better hurry up, I'm afraid that once the work arrangements come in, I won't have time!"
Gu Xueyuan returned to the kitchen with the dishes and responded casually. He was quite curious why his father wanted to see that sister.
It is November now, and the Northeast has already seen several snowfalls. Except for the occasional cleaning of the roof, the rest of the snow in the yard, except for the road surface, has been piled up in one place.
At the beginning, Sun Yuqi, Lin Muren and others made several snowmen, but when they woke up the next day, the snowmen were covered with heavy snow and their appearance could no longer be seen, which made everyone lose interest.
These days, the weather is cold, and Sun Yuqi and Lin Muren go into the mountains from time to time to catch some pheasants, rabbits and the like. During this period, they live a very good life, and there is fragrance wafting above the Youth League Courtyard every day.
Fortunately, the weather is cold now and the villagers rarely go out. I don’t know that the people in the Youth League Home are living a very comfortable life.
Liu Jingjing and Qi Aiguo are now in the midst of a sweet love affair. Occasionally, they would ask Lin Muran or Sun Yuqi for a deal to buy a pheasant or something. With the addition of Lu Chen, Zhang Jianlin and Zhang Jiansong could also catch pheasants in the mountains from time to time.
Chu Yan and her husband Fang Zhou lived in a house that was too simple. A few days ago, it snowed so heavily that one of the beams was about to break. For safety reasons, the team leader let the couple live in the home of an elderly widower in the village and also took care of the elderly widower.
So it is very quiet here in the Youth League Home. Since the SRB was crushed in October, the educated youth have also sensitively realized that many things have changed.
And during another conversation, Lu Chen said that the college entrance examination might be resumed, so during this period of time, all the educated youth were studying and reviewing high school knowledge in the house every day, and if they didn’t understand, they would ask Sun Yuqi, Lin Muren, Chen Hao and others.
Lu Chen has become familiar with everyone during this period of time, and everyone knows that he is Lu Yao's brother, so they are very friendly to him.
Sun Yuqi and Lin Muren both knew that Lu Chen came for a mission, but they didn't know what level the mission was.
After lunch, Sun Yuqi looked at the meat left in the space and found that there was not much left. There was only a wild boar leg, two wild rabbits and a pheasant.
Maybe it was a habit of hoarding supplies from her previous life, but whenever she ran out of things, she would start to feel pressured and want to continue hoarding supplies.
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