Chapter 63(1)
Far away from the village, she took out the thermal imaging. Start searching along the way. Determine whether they are your three children based on the shape and size of the images.
He searched all the way to his sister's house but couldn't find the child, and the naughty kid wasn't there either. Gu Yan was really panicked. When her sister and brother-in-law heard the news, they advised her not to worry, and they immediately mobilized relatives and friends to help look for the body.
"I'll look for it again."
Seeing her disappear in a flash, Sister Gu stamped her feet anxiously. He urged his family to light torches and go look for him together. It's different at night than during the day. What should you do if you encounter a wolf?
"Your sister is really brave. She dares to scare people around by herself. If she encounters a wolf..."
"Shut up, go find it quickly, and don't talk nonsense."
Brother-in-law Gu glanced at his increasingly unbridled wife, gritted his teeth, said nothing, and turned out. Put yourself in his shoes. If it was his brother's child who was lost, he would be worried sick too.
Gu Yan went to the wilderness again. It was dark as ink in the wilderness. Let alone finding anyone, it was good enough that he didn't get lost. Where did the three naughty kids go? Where can two six-year-old children with a little kid hide in the middle of the night?
"Xiaoya, Leilei, Niuniu, where are you? Come out quickly, mom is here to look for you."
In the inky night, Gu Yan felt like crying but had no tears. Why is it so difficult to raise a child? If you are too lax, he will not grow up to be a good child. Just scare the kid by telling him not to play with fire, and that can scare the bad kid away. It makes people's hearts hang in their throats late at night.
I only hit Lei Lei once for stealing something, and it was just a few slaps on the hand, which was not too serious. How can something happen to scare a child away? If you do something wrong and tell your mother the truth, at most you will be punished. But instead of going home, you run away with your sister and disappear.
He searched around in the fields, calling out to his child and staring at the thermal imager. Small dots flashed across the sky, all of them were small animals like mice and birds.
At this moment, she was eagerly hoping that the three little ones would appear up there. As long as she found the children, she would not care about anything else. From the previous anger towards the child, to the worry that now fills my heart.
Baby, come back! Mom won’t punish you. Whether you were disobedient and set fire to the haystack, or you didn't know the seriousness of the situation, and instead of admitting your mistakes you hid away, mom doesn't care. All I want is for you to come back.
A heart was placed in the frying pan and was repeatedly fried. Gu Yan was so anxious that he bit his lips until they bled. Until she met Li Zhongxia who had returned from her sister's house, she no longer cared about anything else and took out another thermal imaging camera for him.
"Don't ask anything. I'll explain it to you later."
She took out something that was only available in the military industry out of thin air. This time she was completely exposed in front of him. If he had any ill intentions towards her, in the face of powerful interests, she would most likely be sent to the laboratory for sectioning.
Space and superpowers, just these two items, not to mention in China, once the news gets out, it will cause a worldwide scramble. One step closer, and there is no distance between two hearts anymore. If one step is lost, the whole family will be doomed. At this anxious and dangerous moment, she chose to believe him and be honest with him.
Li Zhongxia did not hide his surprise, but he obediently asked nothing. The couple's aura changed in an instant, as if they were comrades entering the battlefield. Nodding silently, they searched in opposite directions back to back.
Less than ten meters after walking, images appeared on both of their instruments at the same time. Without saying a word, the two of them quickly retreated back together.
"It's a pack of wolves. There are less than ten of them." Li Zhongxia said in a low voice, "Do you have weapons? If not, it will be difficult to deal with them with only the sickles in our hands. We have to retreat quickly or light a fire and wait for help. If there are more people, they will retreat naturally."
"It's too late." The wolves had already begun to attack them. Gu Yan said no more and took out two AKs and handed one to the man. "Fight side by side, don't think about anything else."
"We live and die together. I have your back."
Before he finished speaking, Li Zhongxia had already fired the first shot. A wolf was hit on the head and fell to the ground with a grunt. The leader wolf also noticed the danger, raised his head and howled, ordering everyone to attack collectively.
"Tattatata..." There was a dull but still muffled sound. As the couple fired continuously from their weapons, none of the eight gray wolves could escape. All fell to the ground.
A crisis was quickly averted. Li Zhongxia handed her the weapon and then started to pile the gray wolf corpses into a pile. The torch in his hand was intended to burn away the evidence that would reveal the gun. I tried to light it several times but failed. The surface of the gray wolf was covered in blood and was wet and not flammable.
He was just about to find something flammable to start a fire, but he saw his wife raise her hand and the pile of meat instantly caught fire.
The couple looked at each other, then bent down and picked up the bullet casings on the ground. The cleanup work was completed in a few minutes. Looking at the pile of ashes, Li Zhongxia's surprise had reached its peak.
Is this the real-life version of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"? Weapons and equipment that were ahead of their time, and a fire that was beyond common sense. Who exactly is his wife?
"Find the child first."
The man nodded and continued looking for the child without saying a word. Not far away, I saw a cave. He lifted his legs and entered without hesitation, and the two of them searched carefully along both sides.
The cave is very deep, and there are traces of smoke and fire on the walls. It should have been used to avoid invaders during the Anti-Japanese War. The further you go in, the more branches there are. When Li Zhongxia was hesitating about what to do, her daughter-in-law took out a big loudspeaker.
"Leilei, Xiaoya, Niuniu, are you there? Mom and Dad are here to see you." Without higher-power thermal imaging, they had to use this primitive method. "You come and shout. You haven't hit the kids. They have a better relationship with you."
Li Zhongxia took the loudspeaker and began to speak into it, his voice very softly. "Children, Daddy is here. If you are here, please come out quickly. Daddy brought some delicious food. You haven't had dinner yet, so you must be hungry. There are roast chicken and roast rabbit..."
"That's ridiculous."
"It's nonsense. How can a child of such age have any logic?"
Gu Yan nodded, thinking that Li Zhongxia had grown up really fast. From not understanding children at all before, he now knows all the little ones very well. Everything you say can hit the child's spot.
"Dad, Dad, is there really roast chicken?"
"Dad, I want some water."
“Don’t eat the rabbit.”
The three little ones came out hand in hand. At this moment, the couple felt relieved but could not help laughing or crying. You naughty kid, you made the adults so anxious and you almost became food for the gray wolf, but you are still thinking about eating.
Li Zhongxia gave the loudspeaker to his wife and said, "Put them all away quickly." After reminding her, he went over and took the naughty kids over.
The two of them carried the child out of the cave, carefully identified the direction and walked back. This place is about three or four miles away from the village. The members should have found it, so why is this naughty kid still hiding in the cave?
"Several groups of people came to us just now, but we didn't agree." Lei Lei answered proudly, tilting his head and asking Li Zhongxia, "Dad, you can't go back on your word. You said there would be roast chicken."
Niu Niu was sleepy and hungry, and hid in her mother's arms and wanted to sleep. The little girl didn't dare to say a word in her father's arms, and was obviously more alert than her brother.
"Why are you hiding?"
Li Zhongxia asked questions, and Gu Yan took out three boxes of milk from the space and gave one to each person. The tired and thirsty child swallowed the water with gulps as if it were sweet dew. After finishing the drink, Gu Yan put away the packaging and repeated the man's question again.
"Why are you hiding? You didn't come out even when the adults came to look for you. Don't you know how worried your parents would be if they couldn't find you?"
This time Leilei remembered what he had done wrong, and he lay on his father's back and stopped asking for roast chicken. The little girl also hid and pretended to be dumb. Niuniu was full after drinking, so she lay in her mother's arms, yawned and fell asleep.
"Forget it, let's talk about it later!" Li Zhongxia carried one on his back and hugged another, looking at his wives with a helpless look on his face. Gu Yan nodded, looked at the time and saw that it was already twelve o'clock in the night, so he stopped for the time being.
On the way, they met members who were still searching, and the couple thanked everyone one by one.
"Tomorrow night I will treat everyone to millet rice. Everyone who helped today will have a share."
"Oh!" The people who were feeling lost just now suddenly became energetic, thinking that their hard work tonight was not in vain. In order to earn a bowl of rice, people nowadays can help others carry corn stalks for two or three hours. They can also earn a bowl of rice after searching for a few hours, so it is not a loss for the work.
The alarmed Li Bailu's family and Sister Gu's family also ran to the Kono Brigade. When they saw that the child had been found, they patted their chests in fear.
The younger aunt and the eldest aunt patted the children, their faces full of anger and laughter. "Silly child, I don't know what you are thinking. If you made a mistake, just admit it and accept the punishment. Why are you running? It's so scary in the middle of the night."
"Of course. A child in our village made a mistake and was beaten and ran away. He has not been found yet and no one knows what ate him."
Sister Gu hugged Xiao Ya, patted her and kissed her. "Don't do that again. It's very dangerous out in the wild. If you make a mistake, admit it to your mother. You'll get spanked at most. Don't run around in the middle of the night."
"Got it, Xiaoya, I won't dare to do that again."
"Leilei doesn't dare to do that anymore."
After the child was found, the people who came to help quickly dispersed. Bai Lu and Sister Gu also said goodbye and left, politely declining their offer of food, saying that they had already eaten. It's the busy farming season now and no one can afford to stay any longer.
They had to cook when they got home. Now that Gu Yan had been exposed, they simply cooked the noodles that were not much left at home. The old lady didn't know the situation. Li Zhongxia...she had all the weapons and equipment, so it was no big deal to cook some more noodles.
After the meal, the couple put the children to bed, blew out the lights and went to bed. Gu Yan thought the man was going to ask something, but he didn't say anything for a long time.
"Don't you want to ask?"
If you have bad intentions, you won't be so quick to deal with the aftermath, for fear of being discovered. When asked about the gunshots, he covered it up by saying it was just cannons and rocks being fired to scare away wild animals. If I didn't have extremely high trust in you, I might have killed you right now. But it’s better to make things clear. It’s so unclear and I always feel like something is hanging.
"If you can say it, just say it. If you can't say it, just pretend that what happened today never happened." Li Zhongxia pondered for a long time after saying this, and suddenly asked her, "You are not the original Gu Yan at all, right?"
"right."
"So these children are not yours. You are infertile at all? You lied to me and said you were taking birth control pills."
"Li Zhongxia, where have you been? Is the important issue now whether we have children or not?"
"We are husband and wife. For me, this is the most important issue." The man turned over and faced her sideways. "You can start a fire and turn into many things for no reason. But you won't burn me with fire. You even helped me secretly at the fire scene last time. I have vested interests in everything you turn into. Why should I question it? Then as your husband, isn't this the only thing I should focus on?"
I was worried to death, but he made me laugh all of a sudden. Gu Yan crawled into his bed, hugged him and laughed so hard that she shook with laughter. It took a while for her to stop.
"You don't think of me as a monster?"
"What's wrong with a monster? Monsters in Liao Zhai are much cuter than gentlemen. You rushed into the fire to save me, helped me find medicine, and treated several unrelated children as if they were your own. This is just what you did in public. I don't know what you did for us behind the scenes. Even if you are a monster, you are still my good wife. You can suck my blood or do whatever you want. I promise not to resist."
"Haha...you big idiot, you are the monster." After saying that, she briefly explained to him what superpowers were and the cause and effect of the matter.
"I gave birth to Leilei and Xiaoya myself. In this backward place, if you want to go to the county hospital, you need a letter of introduction from the brigade, and women don't get a letter of introduction at all. And I inquired in advance, the level of the obstetrician and gynecologist in our county hospital is not much better than the midwife in the brigade. She is also from a training class and has never been to college.
I had to do everything I could to hide my preparations for delivery, but high blood pressure still triggered eclampsia during the birth. One leg was in the gate of hell and there was almost no way back. The old woman from the Han family even threw Xiao Ya away while I was unconscious. You have no idea how angry I was at that time. I wanted to shoot them all with an AK. ”
"I'm sorry, you've been wronged. Wife, you mean that in the original book I died in a fire. Now I'm gone, leaving only Niuniu and my mother to depend on each other."
"Yeah. That's why I took every precaution to protect you from the fire. I thought I was level 10 in the fire element and that you would be fine as long as I was there. But I couldn't find you in the fire for a long time. I was so worried."
"Thank you."
"You believe it completely and have no doubts at all?"
"It's very bizarre and unbelievable. But there are two things I can be sure of. First, you will never hurt me. Second, you have absolutely no intention of harming the country. So nothing else matters. We are husband and wife, we will share weal and woe and live and die together. Nothing else matters."
"Should I say now, with a husband like this, what more could a husband ask for?"
"I should be the one saying this. With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?" The man closed his arms and hugged her tighter. "Tell me everything from now on, don't keep it to yourself. It would be very tiring to keep such a big secret by yourself, and it would be easy for it to be leaked. With me here, I can definitely cover it up."
"When I was feeding the pigs before, I was secretly feeding them feed from the future. But after you helped me, I had to sneak in every day to feed the pigs like a thief. I had to be on guard against outsiders and you, my wife."
"You, I told you that it's impossible for a pig to grow that big if it only eats swill and a little bran. By the way, our two chickens lay two double-yolked eggs every day. Isn't that also your contribution?"
"Well, the chicken is a breed of laying hen from later times. It has a high egg production rate. I also feed it chicken feed, so it lays eggs so diligently."
Li Zhongxia smiled lightly and happily, "I will cover for you from now on."
"Um."
Gu Yan was also very happy and took out a tape recorder to play the conversation for him. Sharing will reduce the pain and increase the happiness. Having someone she could completely trust and someone she could share her big secrets with, she felt as relaxed as a child.
"You guessed his intention, so you made preparations in advance? You are leading him into a trap with every word you say."
"That guy was so arrogant, I was on guard against him. Who knew this idiot would actually fly up and say anything. Of course I can't let him go."
"My wife is so amazing." Li Zhongxia praised her generously and bent down to kiss her. "I was thinking, can we find a way to get my comrade to our brigade? The conditions there are too poor, and it will have a huge impact on his health over time. Also, if I hadn't left, he might not have been the first to bear the brunt of the impact."
Gu Yan thought about it. "It's probably going to be tough. After all, you were too close in the past, so you have to avoid suspicion. However, I can burn down the shack he lives in, and then let that guy help build a new one. And you can take care of him secretly, that will be better."
"Haha...my wife is just smart."
"Of course...if you want to do it, do it early, or you'll suffer when the weather gets cold."
The couple had a thorough communication tonight. Li Zhongxia's affairs were clear at a glance, but Gu Yan's secret was really big and he needed more time to digest it.
The next morning, the two naughty kids who had made a mistake thought that their parents would give them a good scolding, or maybe even a beating. As a result, they were just asked to stand at the foot of the wall for an hour and promised not to play with fire in the future and not to run around if they made a mistake. Then they were let off.
The two little ones were secretly happy and stood at the wall, facing the wall and thinking about their mistakes.
In the afternoon, I borrowed the brigade's big pot and cooked a big pot of millet and cornmeal rice for everyone, and enjoyed it with pickles to entertain the members who came to help.
"Director, you probably ate up all the food for the whole family in one meal. How are you going to get by this month? You can't just keep your mouth shut, can you?"
"Yes, Director. These two of yours are really good at making money. They just ran away and lost dozens of dollars."
Gu Yan and his wife both had helpless expressions on their faces and smiled at everyone. "We can't help it. The kids are too naughty. Everyone has one bowl. No more. Otherwise, our family won't have enough to drink."
"Haha, don't worry, one bowl per person, no more. Anyone who dares to come here without help, I'll chase them away."
Everyone chatted for a while and then shared the rice with their bowls. The workload is heavy in autumn and food rations are tight, so it would be a waste not to eat this free meal.
After fulfilling the promise, Sister Xu cried while eating, and Brother-in-law Xu also had a painful expression on his face. Gu Yan was amused.
"It's okay. It's just half a pig's worth."
"That's not a big deal. Half a pig can't save that much money in a year. You've ruined it with this meal."
"Being safe is better than anything else. We can save money again."
"It's not that easy. Nowadays, no one is allowed to raise pigs. After a year's work points, there is only a few left for living."
"It's okay. Being safe is better than anything else."
The two little guys looked at how much food was lost because of their running around, and they cried loudly in regret while washing the pot. Gu Yan took the opportunity to teach them a lesson.
"Are you going to run again? If you run again next time, Mom might spend more money than this to find someone. We don't have enough money for you to run twice. Do you two want to run again next time?"
"I won't run away." The little girl cared more about money than her mother, and her face was covered with tears and snot. "Mom, I won't run around anymore. Next time I make a mistake, I'll wait for you to punish me and won't run around with my brothers and sisters."
Leilei also cried along with his sister. "I said I wouldn't run. But my sister insisted. She said mom kept telling us not to play with fire, and we burned the haystack, and the adults said they would tell mom and punish us. I ran away because I was scared. I hid from people several times on the way. If I had been seen, I wouldn't have to run."
"Stupid Leilei, mom has promised to give fifty yuan to whoever helps find the person. When we find him, we'll give the money directly to him. We won't run away next time. At worst, we'll get beaten up, which is better than giving away fifty yuan!"
"That's right!" Lei Lei and Xiao Ya have both spent money and have their own concept of money. The two children can already do addition and subtraction within 100, and roughly know how much 50 yuan is. The more I thought about it, the more distressed I felt. "Wow... fifty! Enough to buy dozens of kilograms of pork. My meat..."
"My flowered fabrics, new clothes, new shoes, I can buy a lot of them."
The two children cried so sadly and heartbrokenly that Gu Yan finally felt relieved this time. Looking at her husband's smiling face. You naughty kids, I can't deal with you anymore. This time I have let you know that you cannot break your promise, so you must fulfill your commitment. It also lets you know that everything has cause and effect. If you are not afraid of heartache, just do it randomly.
Everyone is busy with the autumn harvest, millet, beans, sorghum, sweet potatoes...all the grains are stored in the warehouse. Everyone gets up before dawn and returns home after dark. The women are exhausted every day, and they have to cook when they get home. They are so busy that they don't even have time to wipe their faces. The children are left alone outside. As the weather got colder, when Gu Yan went to the commune to deliver millet, he also brought back the six educated youths who had been promised earlier.
When she arrived at the village at night, it was already dark, and she delivered the goods door to door according to the previous assignments. When she was going home, she met Li Zhongxia who came out to pick her up.
"Your enthusiasm for work is as high as that of Yu the Great."
"Did you see the visitor in the West Room?"
"No, I heard someone talking. So I came out to pick you up."
"You should go and see her. She's such a rare beauty. Eighteen years old is the age when a flower is about to bloom. When we came back, a war had already started because of the seat."
"Is this what you're worried about?"
"Comrade Gu Yan, as the leader of the brigade and a female comrade, you must take on the daily responsibilities of several young people. Try your best to help them in production and life, and be careful and attentive at work."
Gu Yan repeated the secretary's words in a low voice and then laughed. "Am I a leader or a mother? The secretary said so, and the branch secretary also said so. Do I look like I have a good temper and am very patient?"
"Haha... to our children, yes. You are very patient and good-tempered. This is obvious to all and everyone thinks so."
"Well, that's a misconception. I just... forget it, they are all delicate city kids, I'll be more patient."
"The secretary and the others probably expected you to do this. You are a person who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside."
Am I soft-hearted? Gu Yan smiled and said nothing.
The next day, each team officially started digging sweet potatoes. There were no machines in those days, and everything depended on manpower to dig out the dirt with a hoe. A grown man could only dig two or three centimeters at most in a day, and there had to be someone to pick it up behind. The brigade has thousands of acres of sweet potatoes, and this major project usually takes nearly a month. It has only been a few days since we started digging, so we will have to work for some time.
Gu Yan gathered all the six children who came to the countryside into Team 5. She herself belonged to Team 5, so it was convenient for her to manage them as she was nearby.
Seeing the girl in the west room early in the morning, she pointed at her clothes and said, "Go back and change into an old one. Picking sweet potatoes usually requires kneeling on the ground. Your new pants will be worn out at the knees in a few days. Your good clothes will be ruined."
The girl looked down at herself with a somewhat reluctant expression. Mrs. Li from the west room said, "I told you that you need to change your clothes. You work in the fields, facing the earth, and it's hard, tiring, and dirty. Why wear something so good? You're not going to a party."
Gu Yan fulfilled his duty of reminder and didn't say anything else. He turned around and walked out of the courtyard carrying his head. The girl looked down at herself, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided not to change. I went to the sweet potato field wearing brand new corduroy pants and a pink printed overall.
After the little incident about clothes, a male educated youth in the field tried to show off his ability by digging sweet potatoes, but he ended up cutting his own calf, and his trouser leg was immediately covered in blood. This guy seemed to be afraid of blood. When he saw that he was injured, he fainted with a cry.
The other three male educated youth saw their classmate like this and came over to carry him back. As a result, the three boys worked together to lift the dog, but they were unable to get out of the sweet potato field and it fell back to the ground with a thud.
"That's enough." Seeing that they wanted to try again, Gu Yan hurriedly shouted to stop them. When she was about to call him her man, Li Zhongxia had already walked over, bent down and picked him up.
Gu Yan picked up the crank and turned to greet Captain Five. "Watch them, don't let anything go wrong."
"Got it, go without worry." After agreeing to Gu Yan, the man turned to the educated youths and said, "Just squat on the ground and pick up the trash honestly. Don't make any more trouble. Even though you are stupid, it's not difficult to make a living on the ground. But you have never done farm work before, so you should start with the simplest ones."
After the accident, everyone became much more obedient. I dare not despise these ordinary physical labors anymore. It may seem like simple repetition, but it actually involves some skills that you can't just learn by doing.
The girl in the new clothes began to squat for a while before her legs were so sore that she could not support herself anymore. She saw those who were used to doing farm work kneeling on the ground, and it was impossible for them to continue squatting and working. He looked down at his new clothes, gritted his teeth and insisted on squatting to pick them up.
You have to move while squatting, and this movement cannot be maintained for long without special training. She couldn't pick up many and she couldn't hold on any longer, so she stood up to relax her legs.
There was a large group of people squatting and working, and she suddenly stood up, immediately attracting everyone's attention. The newly arrived educated youth were fine, but she seemed to see contempt and disgust in the eyes of the old farmers. It was as if he was laughing at her with his eyes.
This made the girl, who thought she was superior, a little unbearable, and she squatted down to work again without giving in. It’s just picking sweet potatoes. What’s so difficult about repeating the same action over and over again?
The boy was pulled by Gu Yan and turned halfway to go to another place to call the brigade's barefoot doctor. After a lot of trouble, I went home to clean his wound and bandage it and apply medicine.
Leaving the young man at home, they hurried back to the fields. It's the busy farming season and we can't afford to waste time.
After working all day, Gu Yan went to cook when he got home in the evening. He boiled water in the pot and washed the sweet potatoes to prepare sweet potato porridge. After washing up, Li Zhongxia fetched water to wash clothes. In the yard, under the light of a dim lantern, she scrubbed the dirt off the clothes.
"Is the Director here?"
A timid female voice reached his ears, and Li Zhongxia looked up to see a beautiful face. She was still wearing the same beautiful new dress, which made her look slim and youthful. Two shiny braids draped over her shoulders, and her big eyes dodged like a deer.
"Yes," the man pointed in the direction of the kitchen. "Cook over there."
The girl got the answer but did not leave, still standing there timidly. Li Zhongxia was about to change the water, but she was blocking the way, so he had to ask.
"Is there anything else you need?"
"I..." The girl seemed frightened and took two steps back. He looked around to see that there was no one around, and quickly took out something from behind him and stuffed it into his hand. "For you."
I don’t know if it was the first time she stuffed something into someone’s hand, but the girl was so nervous that she didn’t even pay attention to whether the other person accepted it. She loosened her hand in panic, and the thing fell into the basin of water on the ground.
It was impossible for Li Zhongxia not to be able to catch it with his skills, he just deliberately didn't catch it. He let the thing fall into the water before reaching out to pick it up.
"You lost something."
Two boxes of Dadao brand cigarettes were obviously not something that this girl, who didn't even smell of cigarettes, would smoke. The thing she wanted to give away was stuffed back to her, and the girl was confused for a moment.
"This... this is for you. It's the brand my father always smokes."
"I don't smoke." Li Zhongxia smiled and said, "You are looking for my wife, she is in the kitchen, go find her yourself."
The man walked away with the basin. The girl hesitated, looked around to see that there was no one around, and quickly put the cigarette back into her pocket. Then he walked back to the south wing where he lived. After dinner, I lifted the door curtain to peek at the situation and finally caught Gu Yan holding the child alone in the north wing.
"Director, I want to talk to you about something."
Gu Yan was just about to coax Niu Niu to sleep, but when he heard this, he patted the child helplessly, signaling her to be good and that her mother would sing a song and tell a story to her later.
"explain."
"That is..." After a long pause without saying anything else, Gu Yan felt a little annoyed. You've come to me twice late at night. If you have something to say, can't you just say it directly? Why are you dragging your feet?
"Just say what you want to say. You see, it's time for the child to go to bed."
To put it bluntly, the girl couldn't waste any more time this time. He took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, took out the things and put them on the table for her.
"Could you please arrange an easier job for me?" The girl seemed embarrassed and lifted her sleeves to explain. "Look at my hands. They've become like this in just one day. The gloves I wore all morning have holes on the tips of my fingers. My legs are still swollen from squatting. I didn't even have dinner..."
Niu Niu was half-kneeling down and looking at this beautiful sister, her big eyes full of curiosity. Gu Yan patted her lightly as usual and pointed with his other hand at the malted milk and cigarettes the girl had brought.
"Meng Yun, take the things back. I can't agree to your request..."
"Why? You can let me be the team accountant. I graduated from high school, so I can do some writing and math, and I'm sure I can do better than them."
"The squad accountant, including me and the branch secretary, in addition to our work as a team leader, also has to go to work and lead everyone to work together. The squad accountant's centimeters are just a side job, and it doesn't interfere with his work."
"But can't I just do accounting work? It would be better if you could give me fewer work points."
"Starting next year, you will no longer receive subsidies and will have to earn work points to support yourself. I can see that you come from a well-off family, but Meng Yun, have you forgotten the original purpose of coming to the vast world?"
Seeing that the girl lowered her head, she took the opportunity to persuade her again. "Go to the vast world and receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants. If your behavior today falls into the eyes of those with ulterior motives, do you know what you will face?"
"sorry."
The girl raised her face, her pretty face still pale as ever. I am a brick of the revolution, and I will be moved wherever I am needed. She was actually unwilling to accept the organization's arrangements and refused to accept re-education. This big hat could crush her. Not to mention relaxing and returning to the city, she might be torn to pieces by those crazy people.
"I was wrong. Director, please just pretend I was never here. I'm leaving now."
"Wait." Seeing her turn around, Gu Yan pointed to something on the table. "Leave it to yourself to improve. You may not be used to it when you first come to the countryside. It will get better slowly."
The girl bowed to her and took the malted milk and put it in the bag. "I don't smoke either, so I'll save it for your meetings. Give it to the male comrades."
As soon as he finished speaking, the girl disappeared. Gu Yan was too lazy to chase after her. After coaxing the child to sleep, he took a few kidney bean buns and gave them to her.
"Kidney bean buns, I added sugar and they taste good, you can keep them to improve your diet."
The girl stood on the ground feeling a little awkward. "How embarrassing."
"Nothing, you gave me the cigarette back."
"Thank you, I really like kidney bean buns. Thank you for your kindness."
"Well, go to bed early. You have to go to work at five o'clock tomorrow morning."
The next day at noon, he went to see the male educated youth whose legs had been chopped off and expressed his concern. When I got home, I saw my daughter who was supposed to be at school.
"Xiaohua, today is not the weekend, why are you back?"
When the child saw her, he rushed towards her, and it was obvious that he was in a bad mood. Gu Yan patted the child and pulled her to sit in the ear room.
Raising his hand, he gently stroked the top of the child's head and asked softly, "What's wrong? Did anyone bully you?"
"No." Xiaohua raised her head and bit her lips for a while before saying, "Our teacher was criticized. Mom, I don't understand why they want to bully the teacher? The teacher is usually very nice to us, responsible in class, and explains the questions very clearly. Why are so many teachers criticized?
They were like crazy, jumping onto the desks one by one, saying they would overthrow the mountains that were pressing down on them. But a teacher is there to impart knowledge, and he manages students just to impart knowledge and answer questions, so how can he be a mountain of oppression? ”
Isn’t this the way it is in this era? This is how it was played out on TV that she watched. Many relatives exposed each other and became enemies, let alone teachers and students.
As an outsider at that time, I could say whatever I wanted, and if I didn’t like it, I could just turn off the channel. Now that she is at the center of the era and as a part of being swept by the torrent, she also feels the helplessness during this period and can no longer utter those light-hearted words.
“Times make heroes, heroes make times. We are not heroes, we are just a tiny speck of dust in the rolling torrent. But we can also keep our original heart while drifting with the tide. Don’t be shaken by words, don’t be defeated by difficulties. Strong winds reveal strong grass, and turbulent times reveal loyal ministers. Take these as the tempering brought by time. When the storm passes, we will finally usher in the rainbow.”
Li Zhongxia came in and spoke something that sounded like a speech on stage. Children in later generations who have seen this chicken soup often don’t care about it, and even feel disgusted by it. But Xiaohua, a simple child, benefited greatly from it. He nodded several times towards his father. Gu Yan gritted his teeth, secretly admiring this guy's ability to speak in flattering terms.
"That's what our teacher said. He said that as long as the hardships in life don't defeat you, they will eventually become your wealth."
Li Zhongxia nodded, and Gu Yan quickly asked: "Did you go to see the teacher?"
"Well, I secretly gave her two steamed buns. She had to be locked up for a day, and I was afraid she would be hungry." The child waved his hands and said, "I was very careful. No one would see me in the middle of the night."
"Yes. Mom is just worried about you. Just be careful." She reached out and touched the child's head. "So what's going on with you now? Are you on vacation for the time being?"
"Well, there is no teacher in class."
"Your father is here, let him teach you in the evening."
"But...Mom, now that the college entrance examination has been abandoned, is there any point for me to study?"
"Our country has been selecting talents through examinations for thousands of years, and it has been proven to be a very good method. Don't worry, one day the country will restore this selection method. What you need to do now is to be prepared and accumulate enough knowledge. When that day comes, you will not miss it due to your own reasons."
Mom’s predictions about the future are always accurate, and Dad’s eyes are full of approval. The child suddenly became full of confidence, his previous decadence was swept away, and he was full of hope for the future again.
My elder sister is back and won’t have to go to class for the time being, which makes my younger brothers and sisters very happy. Now you can be led to
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