Humans are emotional animals. How could the little girl feel comfortable if she didn't say anything?
In fact, she became unemployed after dropping out of school. This time, the street assigned her a job as a textile worker because her brother-in-law was the director of the infectious disease hospital.
Otherwise, based on the Pan family's background, at most they would be given a temporary job in a small street factory, pasting matchboxes every day, or even sweeping the streets.
When Pan Ye heard what her husband said, she realized that her attitude was wrong and she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly apologized:
"I'm sorry, second sister, I, I..."
Pan Cen smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay, big sister, I was just talking casually. You are pregnant now, so don't worry about my affairs."
Lin Sanqi smiled and said:
"Your elder sister doesn't have to worry about it, but as your brother-in-law, I definitely have to worry about it. Don't worry, your future is in your brother-in-law's hands. He doesn't have any other skills, so it's easy for him to arrange things for you and Pan Ren.
I won't say whether you'll go to Hong Kong or not. I have two options for you. One is that I'll arrange for you to enter the Infectious Diseases Hospital, and then go to medical school under the hospital's sponsorship. After you get a diploma, you can become a doctor."
This is a manifestation of the superiority of socialism.
These days, you can recruit workers first. For example, Pan Cen is now recruited from the society to work in the hospital, gets a regular job, and then goes to the workers' medical school.
You can earn a salary while studying, and you can become a doctor directly after graduation without any worries.
But there is a problem with this method: can it avoid the storm in a few years? After all, Lin Sanqi himself is not sure how long he will serve as the director of this infectious disease hospital.
Lin Sanqi continued gently at this time:
"Another arrangement is what you just mentioned, going to Hong Kong. But you have to think about what you can do in Hong Kong. If you want to continue your studies, your brother-in-law can pay to send you in, but you have to pass the language barrier first.
If you don't want to go to school, you can help out in our clinic or at the pharmaceutical factory. I think you'll always have a job. But going to a place where you don't know anyone will inevitably make you lonely, so you have to think carefully."
People are snobbish. If you come from a famous family, you will be treated as a guest of honor wherever you go.
But if you are just an ordinary child from an ordinary family, it is inevitable that you will be discriminated against in Hong Kong.
After all, the Pan family is not the Lin family. The Lin family is from Dongguan and has the same roots, origins and language as Hong Kong, so there is no problem integrating into the family.
When Pan Cen heard his brother-in-law's two options, he looked up and thought for a moment, then glanced at his elder sister.
"Brother-in-law, I've made up my mind. I still want to go to Hong Kong. I saw the Hong Kong magazines you brought back, and I like the beautiful clothes there. I want to wear beautiful clothes, but I want to design and produce them even more.
If I go to Hong Kong, can my brother-in-law arrange for me to learn tailoring? Even if I open a tailor shop on the roadside in the future, it will be enough to support myself. Then I can bring my parents and younger brother to Hong Kong, so they won’t go hungry every day.
When Lin Sanqi heard this, he sighed and said with emotion:
"Second sister, you are a good child. You even thought of your parents. Then, your trip to Hong Kong will be left to your brother-in-law. You should also prepare yourself. We will leave together after the New Year."
When Pan Cen heard this, a smile immediately broke out on his face:
"Really? Thank you, brother-in-law. You're the best!"
When Pan Ye heard this, he thought of his parents and younger brother, so he asked:
"Sanqi, can you bring my parents and younger brother with you to Hong Kong this time?"
Lin Sanqi thought, since his whole family had gone out, they probably wouldn't stop the Yue family, right?
It’s just that the Pan family has a lot of problems, and Lin Kucan has always been keeping a low profile in Peking, not caring about worldly affairs, and being as low-key as possible.
However, Professor Pan had a bad habit of intellectuals, which was that he could not control his mouth and always wanted to give advice on other matters, and then he got into trouble. Before the storm came, he became an old rightist.
Therefore, Lin Sanqi's original plan was to bring the Yue family to Hong Kong as well, so as to avoid...
"Okay, that's fine with me, but I need to ask my parents for their opinion. You know, many elderly people don't want to leave their hometowns, so we should respect their choices."
Pan Cen was excited when he heard this, so he quickly suggested:
"It's only 9 o'clock in the evening. My parents must still be awake. I'll go wake them up."
Lin Sanqi looked at his watch and nodded, "Okay, let's go."
Pan Cen happily opened the door and ran to the backyard, his mood seemed to be flying.
Lin Sanqi helped Pan Ye drink the maternal milk powder and take some folic acid, then took her coat and put it on. They both walked towards the backyard.
Pan's father and mother, as well as Pan Ren and Pan Cen, did not live in the front yard rooms, but in the back yard of the courtyard, in order to leave the young couple with a private space independent of each other.
To go to the backyard, you need to go through the hanging flower gate on the side.
When Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye ran to the backyard wearing their coats, Pan's father and mother had changed their clothes and were waiting there, and even Pan Ren was sitting on the bed.
Father Pan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Xiao Qi, why did you think of asking us to go to Xiangjiang together?"
Of course Lin Sanqi would not tell the truth, so he made an excuse:
"Dad, Mom, let you go to Hong Kong. This is also the inspiration given to me by my second sister. I think instead of taking my second sister alone, it is better to take your family with you. My parents are both in Hong Kong, and the two families can take care of each other, right?
Besides, Dad, you're a top student at the University of Lyon in France. If you lose your job now, all your skills and talents will be wasted. With your diploma, it won't be difficult to find a university teaching job in Hong Kong.
Besides, going to Hong Kong is only temporary. You can always come back when you want in the future. So I thought, since we're going through the back door anyway, it's better to take the whole family with us instead of just one person."
When Pan's mother heard this, her eyes sparkled:
"I think your son-in-law has a good idea. Old Pan, if Xiao Yezi hadn't found a good son-in-law for us these years, I'm afraid our family would have been in trouble.
Now that we have the opportunity to go to Hong Kong, we can't miss it. This is a great opportunity that others can't even ask for. I agree to go to Hong Kong, and our whole family will go."
Lin Sanqi looked at his father-in-law and thought, isn't he a stubborn old man? He'll say, "If you want to leave, you can leave. I won't leave. I want to stay and build the motherland."
This is not impossible, isn't it how it's played out on TV?
The illness is serious.
Father Pan thought for a long time, nodded slightly and said:
"Hong Kong is fine. I have many old friends and colleagues there. They followed Principal Hu back then, but I stayed behind as a progressive. I even laughed at them for that. Now it seems, haha, Principal Hu was the one with the best vision."
Lin Sanqi thought to himself, "Father-in-law, please save your energy and stop talking about Hu Jixi."
The reason you are in this situation today is because you said a few good words for Principal Hu at a rally in 1955, and then...
So Lin Sanqi quickly changed the subject:
"Okay, that's settled. I'll apply to my boss first, and then we'll go to Hong Kong together after the New Year. As for housing, don't worry. My dad left me a building with 14 units, which is enough for our family to live in."
When Pan's mother heard this, tears were about to fall:
"Good, good, good things have finally come to our family."
Pan Ren was also happy to hear this:
"Brother-in-law, can I go to Hong Kong too? I heard from my sister that you can eat meat there every day, and the streets are full of all kinds of cars, and the buildings there are dozens of stories high?"
Lin Sanqi also laughed and said, "I'm afraid you'll eat meat every day and become a little fat."
Hehehe~~~Everyone chuckled.
After returning to the Central Courtyard, Lin Sanqi lay in bed but couldn't fall asleep. He remembered that among the materials he had looked up for time travel, there was a book called "Southward Journey and Northward Return".
There is a scene in the book that he has never forgotten.
At the last moment, when the last plane landed at Jinling Airport, Hu Shi ran forward full of hope, but what he saw was an empty cabin.
None of his colleagues at Peking University, senior intellectuals in Peking, and even his youngest son came. They all wanted to stay in the mainland and were unwilling to leave.
This is the famous scene of Hu Shi crying at the airport.
Why did Hu Shi cry?
In the last moments of his life, did his youngest son think of his parents who were far away on the other side of the sea?
Did this group of senior intellectuals who stayed behind really use their technical expertise to build the country?
Is it good or bad to stay? Will going to Hong Kong or the other side of the strait necessarily lead to a good outcome?
Everyone will always encounter different choices at different stages of life. One thought can lead to heaven or hell.
Lin Sanqi didn't know whether his current choice was right or wrong. Was he walking on a tightrope, potentially ruining two families from two different eras, or would he become rich and powerful from now on?
Having less money is not necessarily a good thing, but having more money is not necessarily a good thing either. How do you strike the right balance?
He is just an ordinary intern, and sometimes he is also very confused.
Outside the house, the first snow of 1961, and possibly the last snow, was getting heavier and heavier, and slowly the entire earth was covered with a white blanket.
I guess that night, many people were excited and praying for a good harvest in 1962. They were really scared of starvation... (End of this chapter)
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