Chapter 393 Solution 3

Why didn't he go to Wang Zhengjun's house? Sorry, he didn't know Wang Zhengjun's home address.

Wang Zhengjun was probably afraid that people from his hometown would come to ask for money, so he got married in the canteen of the Mining Bureau. His brothers and sisters from his hometown had never been to his house to drink a sip of water, nor had they ever entered his son's new house.

"Comrade, don't park the mule cart at the gate." said Old Li, who was guarding the gate of the Mining Bureau.

However, his voice was very soft, because he saw the old man in front of him wearing a tattered dog-skin hat and an old cotton-padded jacket with patches on top of patches. The jacket had no buttons and was tied around the waist with a hemp rope. He was wearing black cotton trousers underneath with the cuffs tied, also with patches on top of patches. On his feet were a pair of black cloth shoes with patched soles. His whole body revealed two words to indicate his identity: farmer!

The old farmer had a bronze face full of wrinkles and big hands and feet, and it was obvious that he often did farm work.

Wang Zhengguo stepped forward, shook Lao Li's hand, and said honestly: "Comrade, I'm here to look for my brother. Could you trouble me to ask him to come out? It's not easy for me to drive dozens of kilometers to come here. The sky is overcast and it seems that it will snow again. I have to go back early to avoid freezing the mules of our production team."

"Comrade, who is your brother? Why don't you go to his house? Have you found his unit?"

Old Li was very puzzled. When someone sent gifts to the hometown of a worker in his unit, who wouldn't hide it for fear of being discovered? They would quietly send it to the home instead of directly to the unit.

Besides, if they are brothers, how could the older brother not know the address of his brother’s house?

Wang Zhengguo touched the patch on his dog-skin hat with embarrassment. "I have never been to my brother's house, so I don't know where he lives. My brother said that his niece-in-law is pregnant, and the family doesn't have enough food. He wanted to borrow the reserve grain from the production brigade from me, but the reserve grain belongs to the collective, so how dare I touch it? Even if I am the brigade leader, I can't touch it. I have to set an example. I refused at the time, but later I thought that no matter how difficult it is, I can't let my brother and my niece-in-law starve. I heard that my niece-in-law's father is an official of the Mining Bureau, so I talked to my wife and squeezed out some food from my teeth to send to my brother."

After stuttering out the reason, Wang Zhengguo continued, "Oh, I forgot to tell my comrades my brother's name. My brother's name is similar to mine. My name is Wang Zhengguo and his name is Wang Zhengjun."

When he heard that it was Wang Zhengjun, Lao Li's expression changed slightly and he looked at Wang Zhengguo carefully.

Seeing this, he quickly shook Wang Zhengguo's hand and shook it vigorously, "Comrade Wang Zhengguo, it must have been many years since we last met. You are a good secretary and captain of the Wanglou Brigade. Even though I am guarding the gate now, I often hear your name!"

"Ah?" Wang Zhengguo was stunned.

"My wife's name is Fenghua. She was also a beauty in your Wanglou Brigade!" Old Li was very proud. "The national policy was good. After liberation but before the founding of the People's Republic of China, my husband and I went to the city to work as workers. You should know that, right? Fenghua has been back to Wanglou Brigade before and should have met you. Later, I was injured in the mine and couldn't do heavy work. Two years ago, I was transferred to the Mining Bureau to guard the gate and send and receive some newspapers and documents. My wife worked in the coal mine for several years and became the director of women's affairs. My daughter is a small clerk in the county committee. I heard that the county committee praised Wanglou Brigade by name during the meeting. No one starved to death in three years!"

As soon as he heard the word "Fenghua", Wang Zhengguo knew who he was, "You are Li Dazhu!"

(End of this chapter)