"Lao Li, Lao Meng, are you really going back?!"
Cai Qingwen, Lao Feng and the others looked at Aunt Li, Uncle Meng and the other four in disbelief, their eyes wide and their voices trembling uncontrollably.
Lao Meng and Lao Li were so excited that they kept nodding vigorously at them, and the couple was speechless.
Their son and daughter-in-law beside them kept nodding their heads and excitedly held each other's hands.
Who could have imagined that, from being sent down to the countryside in 1969 until now, the four of them had given up and were in despair, thinking that this was how their lives would be. Who could have imagined...
"A notice was sent out, and people from the city, county, and commune came. The team leader brought them to us, and then they showed us the documents. It was real."
Lao Meng told Lao Feng and the others what had happened in a trembling voice. In fact, he himself couldn't believe it. It was like a dream. How could their house suddenly become empty?!
I can't believe it!
Unbelievable!
If this document wasn't genuine, if so many people hadn't personally delivered it, if it weren't for the captain's certification, he would have thought their family was going to be sent to another place.
"Our house is empty, let's go back."
Lao Meng muttered to himself, and tears suddenly fell down unexpectedly. This was what he had always hoped would happen in his dreams, and now it had come.
"Congratulations, Uncle Meng, Aunt Li, Xiao Meng and Xiao Hu. You have finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. There will only be good things in the future."
At this time, Qiao Jiuru, Su Huaiyuan, Su Ze and Zhou Wanwan's family also rushed over after hearing the news.
Qiao Jiuru congratulated the Meng family with a smile and was sincerely happy for them.
Unexpectedly, among all of them, the Meng family was the first to leave and go back.
Very good.
"Thank you, Old Joe. I believe it will be your turn soon, everyone's turn."
Aunt Li finally found her voice again and spoke to Qiao Jiuru and everyone else excitedly.
Cai Qingwen, Lao Feng and the others only had envy and blessings in their eyes at this moment, but they also felt a little disappointed, as they were afraid that everyone had left and they were the only one left.
"We believe this."
Su Huaiyuan also smiled and said that he was a little envious, but not much, because Aru had said that their family's exact time of reunion would be around the end of next year.
Although it is still at least half a year away, I don’t find it difficult now that I know the time.
"Lao Su, do you really believe that we can leave here too?!"
The two friends seemed to be very confident, but Cai Qingwen had no idea where their confidence and assurance came from.
"Why don't you ask Lao Meng and his family what they do?! Our family and yours are both teachers, and we've never done anything bad, so why aren't we doing it?!"
Su Huaiyuan confidently asked his friend directly, this is a problem of the times, but it is not their problem.
Now, things are finally starting to go right.
"Old Meng is also a professor, but his direction and work unit are completely different from ours."
These people have been here for so many years and have known each other for so many years, so they already knew the situation of the other side.
Old Meng is a professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, Aunt Li works in logistics, her son is a teacher at a military academy, and her daughter-in-law is a high school teacher.
Ah Ru had said long ago that the first ones were all those with military backgrounds, and the second were people like them. They would come in waves, and no one would be left behind.
Therefore, the school where Lao Meng worked had this background, so his family came here earlier than them.
Su Huaiyuan's words made Lao Feng, Cai Qingwen and the others fall into deep thought. They were not stupid, and after thinking for a while, they began to understand the meaning of his words.
After receiving the notice, Lao Meng and his family decided to leave tomorrow, but they planned to invite everyone to get together in the evening.
After Bai Lianshan learned about the documents submitted by Lao Meng's family and heard that they had asked for leave to entertain guests, he readily approved it.
Aunt Li quickly went to the production team and bought four big fat chickens, two ducks, and ten eggs.
Qiao Jiuru, Zhou Wanwan and Zhou Meihua also left work an hour early to go to Lao Meng's house to help.
After receiving the documents and recovering from their excitement and mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, Lao Meng's family worked together to pack up almost everything, with only some food left to deal with.
"I don't know when rations and other things will be distributed after we return. We plan to take back ten pounds of fine grains and wild delicacies. We'll eat some of the rest for dinner and share the rest with everyone."
Old Meng and his wife discussed it quietly. They decided it wouldn't be convenient to take everything back. There were more than a thousand kilograms of food, and the four of them couldn't carry it. So, they decided to treat the guests to some and share the rest with the others.
"You can ask the captain to exchange your remaining food for more than ten kilograms of fine grains or wild delicacies. The rest of us will also share some, and then exchange it for cash notes for you. You will need cash notes on this journey."
Qiao Jiuru did some calculations for Lao Meng's family and thought that they could exchange more fine grains and wild delicacies to take away, and the rest could be exchanged for banknotes, which would be very practical.
Zhou Meihua nodded. Their family really wanted 200 kilograms, but they didn't have much money, so they could only pay money or give them wild delicacies.
"My family needs 100 catties. I'll give you some notes. The rest you can exchange for fine grains or notes with the team leader."
Soon, the old Meng couple took out the food for dinner, put away the food that Zhou Meihua and Qiao Jiuru wanted, and finally went to find Bai Lianshan.
That evening, in addition to the people in the cowshed and Su Huaiyuan's family, Bai Lianshan, Uncle Jiu, and the production team cadres were all invited to dinner at Old Meng's house.
A big pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms, a big pot of fried duck with ginger, a big pot of scrambled eggs with leeks, shredded beans, pickled radish, fried lettuce and so on, a big table full of them.
Early the next morning, Bai Lianshan drove an ox cart to the cowshed.
The old Meng family put the luggage on the ox cart, then bowed deeply to Cai Qingwen, old Feng and others, Su Huaiyuan's family, Uncle Jiu and the production team cadres, and then followed the ox cart and left the production team.
Zhou Meihua, Lao Feng, and Cai Qingwen all had tears in their eyes as they watched the figures of Lao Meng and his family getting smaller and smaller until they disappeared.
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