Although An Shizheng is already an adult, he still couldn't help but tear up after receiving the letter from his parents.
"Grandpa, are my parents still alive?" There was a glimmer of hope in his eyes, and he stared at An Jingzhi closely, fearing that this glimmer of hope would disappear in an instant.
"Yes," An Shizheng finished reading the letter, and An Jingzhi also read it. "Although there is no signature, it should be your parents."
An Shizheng has no relatives and his grandfather has passed away. Apart from his parents, there is no one else who can care about him so much.
The letter contained some questions about An Shizheng's situation, and you could vaguely see some tear marks. The writer was crying while writing this letter of greeting.
An Shizheng squatted down, hugged the letter in his arms, and a beast-like cry of grief and joy came from his throat.
An Zhigang patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Why are you crying? This is a great thing. From now on, you will have two parents."
An Jingzhi sighed, "Cry, cry out all the fear, grievance, and longing in your heart."
The sobbing in An Shizheng's throat intensified, and he choked with sobs: Dad, Mom...
An Jingzhi stopped An Zhigang, who wanted to continue to persuade An Shizheng, and said, "Come and sit down. Let him cry."
An Zhigang and An Jingzhi accompanied An Shizheng to help him calm down.
After he recovered, An Jingzhi said, "You should be able to feel it if you often go to the county. The management is not as strict as before."
"The fact that your parents sent this letter proves that the situation over there should have improved." Otherwise, they wouldn't take the risk of implicating their son by writing such a letter after almost ten years of no contact.
"Now all you have to do is wait, wait for things to get better so you can be reunited with them."
An Shizheng asked hurriedly, "Grandpa, is it true? Will my parents ever be vindicated?"
"certainly."
In fact, the content of the newspaper can reveal some clues. "You are such a smart kid, can't you see the current direction of the trend?"
Of course, it can be seen that he is just worried and confused. As long as it involves his closest people, An Shizheng's mind is not as flexible as it used to be.
"That's great, that's great..." he murmured.
The newspapers reported many cases of redress. After An Shizheng's parents sent the letter, he paid more attention to current affairs in the newspapers.
After staying at home for a few days, he went to work in a machinery factory. The factory was short of housing and he had no place to live for the time being, so he could only ride his bicycle back and forth every day.
As for An Zhigang, there were naturally no extra jobs waiting for him.
Now I work in the fields with my parents and earn work points.
An Jingzhi observed him for a while and found that although An Zhigang felt lost, he did not give up on himself and followed his parents to work honestly every day.
"grandfather?"
After half a month, he felt sore all over his back and waist, as if his soul had left his body.
Just as I was about to wash my feet and go to sleep in the yard, An Jingzhi came over.
Under the moonlight, An Jingzhi walked aside and sat on a bamboo chair.
"How do you feel about the past half month?"
An Zhigang also sat down on a chair nearby, thinking about his life in the past half month, and for the first time he understood the difficulty of supporting a family.
"Grandpa, it's so hard to earn work points."
"How did you support my father and my uncle?" He was able to help his two sons get married and start their own families. An Zhigang's admiration for his grandfather was beyond words.
"As long as you think about how your uncle and your father wouldn't be able to survive if I didn't work hard to earn work points, what else could you not persevere?"
An Zhigang was a little shocked.
"Why do you think it's so difficult?" An Jingzhi asked.
"I'm so tired."
"Why are you tired?" An Jingzhi asked guidingly.
Why am I tired? Of course it’s because I’m not used to it. No, that’s not what Grandpa wants to ask.
An Zhigang thought for a moment before speaking: "Because the efficiency is too low, you have to put in twice the effort to get half the results."
"Then how do you think we should solve this problem?"
"If there were machines to help, one person could do the work of several people, and it might not be so tiring."
There are transplanting machines for transplanting rice seedlings, harvesting machines for harvesting, and weeders for weeding, which will greatly free up manpower.
"But our team can't afford those machines." An Zhigang said dejectedly.
"We can't afford it because the quantity is small, and the small quantity is because it is difficult to manufacture and the manufacturing cost is high."
"I remember you told me before that you like to study mechanics, so grandpa will give you an assignment."
"Think about how to speed up the harvest. Can you make a tool that can increase the efficiency of harvesting with your own hands?"
"Myself? How is that possible?"
"Why not? You can read all those books on physics, dynamics, and mechanics that Grandpa found for you. If you don't understand something, you can ask Shi Zheng."
"Don't you want a stable job? If you can really improve effective harvesting tools, you might even find a stable job right here."
An Zhigang was a little moved after hearing this, "Is this true?"
An Jingzhi laughed and said, "Really? You'll know if you try it yourself, or do you want to work in the fields for the rest of your life? If that's what you really think, then just pretend Grandpa never said anything."
An Jingzhi really couldn't get An Zhigang a stable job. The favors he had accumulated with Old Man Liu had become increasingly deep over the years. If Old Man Liu had any news, he would definitely inform him. So An Jingzhi knew the result without asking.
It all depends on An Zhigang himself. If he can really make a name for himself, it will benefit the whole village.
If you can't figure it out, at least you've gained some hands-on experience.
Anyway, in two years, or one and a half years to be exact, An Zhigang will have to take the college entrance examination.
"I'll do it!" An Zhigang said firmly.
He immediately stood up and hurriedly greeted An Jingzhi, then ran back to his room and found all the books that had been prepared for storage.
An Shizheng, who was preparing to rest in his room, was confused by his actions. "What are you doing? Aren't you going to sleep?"
"Grandpa gave me a task." He recounted their conversation.
An Shizheng also found it very interesting. He didn't even sleep, got out of bed in his slippers and helped, "I'll help you too."
"Don't help me. Go to sleep. I'll find the book and put it away. I won't disturb you. You have to go to work tomorrow."
An Shizheng said, "You still have to get up and go to work tomorrow. It's okay. I just left, and there's nothing important for me to do."
An Jingzhi heard the conversation between the two, smiled, and leisurely returned to his room.
In recent years, the relationship between the two brothers has become better and better, almost like that between real brothers.
An Shizheng is more talented. With his help, we might be able to figure these things out.
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