Chapter 138

Qiao Wei was so sure that Yan Lei became serious.

"If my son has such ability, let alone leaving home for 30 years, even if we were separated for a lifetime, I, as his father, would support him."

Yan Lei is a typical person of this era. Qiao Wei was silent.

Yan Lei saw it and turned to Yan Xiang: "Xiang Xiang, what do you think?"

Yan Xiang had been listening carefully from the beginning, and finally knew why his mother hesitated.

Seeing that his father had given him the right to choose, he hesitated and glanced at Qiao Wei.

Qiao Wei sighed and said, "You don't have to worry about me. Just tell us your truest thoughts and we'll listen to them before we make a decision."

Yan Xiang asked, "If that's the case, will I be able to see more and learn more in the places I go?"

Qiao Wei understood Yan Xiang's choice with this sentence.

After all, the county town is not a place for this kid to spread his wings.

The document was handed over through the official channel through Yan Lei's hands.

Because the National Defense Science and Technology Commission has another official name, called the National Defense Science and Technology Commission of the People's Liberation Army of China.

The military channel is the most reliable.

Three months later, someone came from Beijing.

When Qiao Wei saw the man, she gasped slightly and shook hands with him respectfully.

Young people of her generation only admired this man, but they could only admire him on the Internet. Qiao Wei never thought that one day, thanks to Yan Xiang, she would be able to meet and shake hands with such a great scientist.

That person was the chairman of the Science and Technology Commission, and he came in person.

He talked with Yan Xiang behind closed doors for several hours, and when he came out, he said to Yan Lei and Qiao Wei: "Please give this child to me."

Just as Qiao Wei predicted, Yan Xiang was going to be taken away.

But this... was also what Yan Xiang wanted.

Yan Xiang, who was standing behind that person, had a light in his eyes that Qiao Wei had never seen before.

For the first time in his life, he had such a deep conversation with someone of the same height. The other person could understand what he said.

During this conversation, Yan Xiang exclaimed "Wow~" several times.

It was a long sound with twists and turns, and even a curve.

It was as if he had returned to his childhood and discovered the world.

Qiao Wei saw Yan Xiang's eyes were so bright, and he was looking forward to going to a new world and meeting many smart people, or the smartest people in the world.

Qiao Wei knew that it was finally time for him to spread his wings and leave his parents to fly.

Yan Lei shook hands with that man: "He is our son, and even more so the son of the party and the country. From now on, Yan Xiang will be handed over to the country."

After two days of wandering, Yan Xiang was going to leave with those people.

Qiao Wei said: "Take two photos of your home with you. Take them out and look at them when you miss home."

Yan Xiang said: "Okay."

Qiao Wei gave him two photos.

One is a family photo of four people. It was taken at the end of last year and is still very new. Yan Fu's face is like an apple.

She sucks her fingers, which smells especially good.

The other photo is a single portrait of my mother from more than ten years ago.

In that photo, my mother was very young. She was just a teenager at that time. Maybe because my grandmother had not passed away for long, there was no smile on her face.

Yan Lei glanced at the photo and said nothing.

Yan Xiang said, "Don't we have recent photos? Take a recent photo of you."

Qiao Wei said, "Family photos are recent photos. If you are alone, you can take this one."

She said, "Remember, this is my mother."

Yan Xiang nodded.

Yan Xiang carefully put away the photo, said goodbye to his father and mother, and kissed Yan Fu's little face: "Brother is leaving, you must listen to mom."

He got into the black car and set off on the road to leave home.

It is rare to see so many cars at once in a small place, and many people gathered to watch. They didn't dare to get close, but watched from a distance, whispered to each other, and pointed.

When the car drove onto the street, he occasionally looked back and saw the army chasing the car in the distance.

The strong and tall boy waved his arms vigorously.

But the speed of the convoy was getting faster and faster. The boy finally couldn't catch up and stopped, shouting something in this direction.

The noise of the car was too loud, and the boy was too far away. Yan Xiang didn't know what he was shouting in the end.

The figure of the boy became smaller and disappeared as the convoy turned a corner.

Yan Xiang turned around and knew that his childhood was over.

[At first, I would write letters to my family. Although those letters would be censored, they would still reach my parents.]

[But later, I had nothing to write to them. Because the most important part of my life is the things that cannot be written in letters.]

[Later, I entered a place with a higher security level, where I was not allowed to contact the outside world. I lost contact with my family.]

[At that time, I truly understood my mother's hesitation. This is what parting is like.]

[Although I can't contact her, I know that my mother will understand.]

[She will understand that I am very happy here.]

Qiao Wei did not cry when Yan Xiang left.

But after he left, she kept crying that night.

After all, children spend more time with their mothers. Since she traveled here, the person who has been with her the longest is not even Yan Lei, but Yan Xiang.

He grew from a tiny little guy to a man taller than her. Every little thing about him is an important part of her life and even her life.

Yan Lei comforted her for a long time.

The next day, he saw her squatting in front of the stone in the corner of the yard, as if she was saying something.

He did not go over, but just watched from a distance.

Two years after Yan Xiang left, Weiren passed away, and the whole country was shocked. Soon after, the Four X Gang anti-X life group was crushed.

People rushed to tell each other.

Qiao Wei looked at the huge headlines on the front page of the newspaper, knowing that the chaotic and absurd era was finally coming to an end, and she let out a long sigh.

But at the same time, the reckoning began.

Those who had risen like rockets to seize power during the movement were liquidated one by one. Some even went to prison.

Meng Zuoyi rehabilitated many people.

Those who had lost their property due to house searches had their property returned, and those who had been thrown into the X-shed and lost their jobs were reinstated.

But those who lost their lives will never come back.

The large backdrop of the auditorium in the Revolutionary Committee compound was removed.

Meng Zuoyi only learned about this when the director of the library led people to move away a dozen boxes hidden in the back as counterweights.

"Are these the books that Lao Xiao can't let go of?" he asked Qiao Wei, "Did you hide them?"

Qiao Wei said, "It would have been better if I hadn't agreed to him."

Meng Zuoyi comforted her, "Don't think too much, it's fate. Lao Xiao's body can't bear it. It doesn't matter whether you leave early or late. The earlier you leave, the less suffering you will suffer."

Meng Zuoyi turned around and prepared to leave, but Qiao Wei called him, "Director. " Meng

Zuoyi turned around .

Qiao Wei told him, "Zeng Yue and I hid them together. I couldn't do it alone."

Meng Zuoyi paused and nodded slightly, "He has always been very capable."

He turned around and left.

In fact, even in the five years when Meng Zuoyi was persecuted, Bocheng did not stop developing.

Huang Zengyue has been implementing the development plan and grand blueprint he formulated at the time.

In fact, when people in later generations mention that decade, the impression in their minds is chaos, absurdity and disorder, and they will ignore the fact that even at that stage, the country's GDP has been growing.

No matter how chaotic the political winds at the top are, the farmers and workers at the grassroots have never stopped working and building. They are the most solid foundation of this country.

On October 21 of the following year, major newspapers across the country issued a notice to resume the college entrance examination.

5.7 million candidates, from young boys and girls to middle-aged parents, with a wide age span, from various positions, picked up pens and books again, wanting to realize a dream of going to college.

In the winter of this year, the college entrance examination, which had been stagnant for ten years, was restarted. This is also the only time that the college entrance examination was held in winter.

The spectacle of fathers and sons studying together is a unique feature of this era.

Xiao Wu from the library was admitted to university, and Director Zheng ran to the government compound two blocks away to tell Qiao Wei the good news.

Qiao Wei was very happy: "We will give her a treat when the time comes!"

She also planned to give Xiao Wu a big red envelope.

Who knew that before the money bank meal was over, Zheng Ai suddenly broke into the government compound with Xiao Wu, whose hands were covered in blood, to ask Qiao Wei for help.

"Her husband and mother-in-law refused to let her go to university and locked her up. She broke the glass and jumped out of the window to escape." He said hesitantly, "Director, what should we do?"

When Qiao Wei first went to the library, Xiao Wu was less than 20 years old, and she had only gotten married at the end of the year before last.

She escaped from her husband's house and ran to the library for help, and Zheng Ai knew that he had no ability to help her. But he also knew very well who could help her. He took Xiao Wu and ran into the government compound to find Qiao Wei.

Qiao Wei first looked at Xiao Wu's hand. Fortunately, it was just a cut on the skin, and no tendons were injured.

Qiao Wei took her to the bathroom for first aid bandage.

Xiao Wu had tears in her eyes, but she tried not to cry out in pain, but asked: "Director, what should I do?"

Qiao Wei had prevented so many things in the library during those years. She was extremely majestic and tall in the eyes of the librarians.

In their hearts, there was nothing that Qiao Wei could not solve.

Qiao Wei asked her: "Let me ask you, if you can only choose one of the two, college or marriage, and you have to give up one, and there is no other way to go, what will you choose?"

Xiao Wu's lips trembled.

In this era, there is no such thing as the idea of ​​not getting married and not having children. Women are daughters, wives, mothers, and daughters-in-law. They are considered to be sacrificed for the family, and their first task is to fulfill these responsibilities that society has imposed on them.

It is very difficult for a person to break free from the shackles of mainstream social cognition without the support of the larger environment.

Xiao Wu couldn't give an answer immediately.

Qiao Wei didn't force her. People live in the environment, and it is too difficult to go against the current.

She explained to Zheng Ai, and then took Xiao Wu back to her home.

"You will live here today." She said, "If you have thought it over, tell me your choice. I will decide whether to send you to college or send you home."

At that time, the tuition for a semester in college was 3 yuan. But the government gives college students subsidies, which are enough to pay for tuition and living expenses. Going to college will not cause financial burden.

Because in this era, college students are really valuable and have gold content.

Xiao Wu's mother-in-law came back from buying vegetables and found that the window was broken and her daughter-in-law ran away. She was furious, threw down the basket of vegetables and went to her son's unit to find her son: "Oh no, your daughter-in-law ran away!"

Where could she run to? The mother and son gathered several relatives and neighbors, and rushed to the library in a hurry.

But at this time, Zheng Ai had already handed Xiao Wu over to Qiao Wei, and Qiao Wei had taken Xiao Wu back to her home in a car to protect him.

Director Zheng pushed up his thick glasses and, relying on Director Qiao's influence, told them: "Director Qiao took her away to treat her injuries."

"Director Qiao said that you should calm down today and don't need to look for her. She will bring Xiao Wu over tomorrow."

"Everyone calm down and we'll talk tomorrow."