Chapter 133 Chapter 133 Responding to the Call

After finishing this important task, Xia Junshan was finally able to get off work and go home on time.

"Let's go to the city this weekend and relax."

At the dinner table that day, Xia Junshan proposed with a smile.

"Okay! Mom said she would take me to eat shrimp dumplings and double skin milk." Xia Qinqin happily raised her hand in agreement.

Xia Junshan smiled and said, "Okay, let's go eat something delicious."

Xia Qinqin turned her head and said, "I have to take Brother Yannan with me. This time I will hold Brother Yannan tightly and will not let the bad guys take him away again."

Lu Yannan pursed his lips and said, "Last time it was an accident."

Xia Junshan smiled and assured: "I am here this time, and I will not let the bad guys get close to you again."

Xia Qinqin raised her thumb and praised, "Dad is the best. Dad is a hero who catches bad guys."

Listening to his daughter's praise, Xia Junshan felt as if he had drunk honey in his heart, and he couldn't help but smile.

After dinner, the two children went to the study to practice calligraphy, while the two adults were outside cleaning the table.

Meng Yufei asked: "By the way, how will Tong Caifeng deal with this?"

Xia Junshan piled up the empty bowls and said, "Collusion with spies, arson, kidnapping... they are all serious crimes. It depends on the sentence. The lighter one is life imprisonment, and the heavier one is... execution by shooting."

"She really... brought this upon herself."

Although she felt that Tong Caifeng deserved it, Meng Yufei couldn't help but sigh after hearing it. Life was so good but she had to act like a troublemaker.

"That's right, it's all her own fault. She caused everything by herself. If she does something wrong, she has to pay the price. Although she was deceived, she did a lot of bad things." Xia Junshan picked up the dishes and walked towards the kitchen.

Meng Yufei went over and asked, "Where's Captain Fang?"

Xia Junshan said while washing dishes: "He didn't even notice that his lover had been in contact with the spy for nearly a year. The organization believed that he lacked the basic qualities of a soldier and was extremely incompetent. He was relieved of all his duties and expelled from the army."

This matter involves domestic and foreign spies, as well as a national confidential project. It is extremely serious in nature, and Team Leader Fang's dereliction of duty has been dealt with very seriously.

Since Tong Caifeng came to the military family compound as his wife, he had to be responsible for her behavior.

Meng Yufei heard this and sighed, "It's just pity for his two children."

The mother was arrested and the father lost his job, and the two children didn’t know what their future life would be like.

Xia Junshan said: "The leaders took into consideration that Captain Fang had been in the army for many years, so they asked someone to arrange a job for him in the machinery factory in his hometown. He is an ordinary worker with no official rank, but he can still raise children, which is much better than going home to farm."

In this day and age, if a worker uses his salary frugally, it is not a problem to support a family.

But Captain Fang is not even 40 years old yet, and it is impossible for Tong Caifeng to come out again. If he gets married again, it is uncertain how the two children will live.

But after all, these are other people's family affairs. Meng Yufei thought about it and decided not to say anything.

…

Since the elimination of this group of spies who had been lurking for many years, the coastal troops' counter-espionage activities have achieved a phased victory, and there have been no information leaks for a long time.

In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, the military alert on Nanya Island was raised to a higher level, and stricter control was imposed on people and ships from outside the island. Because of this, the violent movement outside did not spread to this small island, and everyone still lived an ordinary life.

On the eve of the college entrance examination this year, we suddenly received a notice to postpone the college entrance examination. This notice changed the fate of many people and also made many parents with children studying at home worried.

However, for Xia Qinqin, who has not yet entered primary school, this matter is still far away from her. She still happily goes to kindergarten every day, learns dancing, painting, and calligraphy.

Meng Yufei was also shocked when she first heard the news. She even went to the city to call home. At the beginning of the year, the telephone line between Qiongzhou Post Office and Haishi was finally connected, and ordinary people could go to the post office to make calls with money and work certificates.

When the call was connected, Meng Yufei couldn't help but ask, "Dad, doesn't the country's development need college students?"

Father Meng was silent for a moment, then said earnestly, "The country's policy is based on macro considerations. The reason for suspending the college entrance examination is that the higher authorities feel that the current college students are mainly from urban families and cadres' families. The proportion of college students from rural families and worker families is too low, and there is a trend of decreasing year by year. This is because the distribution of educational resources is unfair. The country has introduced this policy to alleviate this trend."

Meng Yufei still didn't understand: "But if the college entrance examination is suddenly suspended, what will happen to so many students? And what about the country's technological development..."

Father Meng said: "The country has special selection channels for top talents, so we don't have to worry about that. As for ordinary students..."

At this point, a very light sigh came from the other end of the phone. Father Meng did not continue to speak, but comforted: "No matter what time, the development of the country needs intellectuals. The college entrance examination will be restored. We ordinary people just need to adapt to the times and live our lives well."

Finally, he did not forget to remind Meng Yufei, "Fei Fei, you must not slack off on Qinqin's cultural education. Don't relax her education just because you think she won't be able to go to college in the future. Learning is a lifelong thing."

Meng Yufei nodded: "Yes, I know."

Not long after the news of the suspension of the college entrance examination came out, Meng Yufei was surprised to find that the first person around her to be affected was Zhang Dasao's family next door.

There is no high school student in Zhang Dasao's family. Her second daughter, Ma Weimei, just finished her high school entrance examination this year. Her grades were good and she was successfully admitted to the high school in the town.

But after only half a semester, the girl suddenly came back and said that she didn't want to go to school anymore. She wanted to respond to the country's call and go to the countryside to work as an educated youth.

Mrs. Zhang was furious. She had been farming for half her life and finally had enough commercial food, but why did her own daughter want to go back to the countryside to farm?

She refused to agree no matter what, but who knew that Ma Weimei was so opinionated that she actually went to the Youth League Office to register on her own.

Mrs. Zhang almost fainted when she heard the news. She, who had a good personality, couldn't help but pick up a rolling pin and chased after the man to hit him.

The noise next door naturally attracted the attention of Meng Yufei and the others. Xia Qinqin, who was playing chess with Lu Yannan, asked curiously, "Mom, who is Aunt Zhang arguing with?"

Meng Yufei said: "I'll go take a look."

Xia Qinqin, the little tail, immediately stopped playing chess and ran over to hug Meng Yufei tightly, "I want to go with you too."

Lu Yannan also put down the chess piece in his hand and stood up.

Meng Yufei said with a smile: "Okay, then let's go together. But when we get to the next door, children should not interrupt when the adults are talking."

Xia Qinqin nodded immediately: "Yeah, I know." She covered her mouth with her hand after she finished speaking.

When Meng Yufei brought the two children to Zhang Dasao's yard, Zhang Dasao pointed at Ma Weimei and shouted angrily: "You heartless thing, do you know how hard life is in the countryside? Your father risked his life to give you kids commercial grains, and now you want to go back to farming! You...you don't know what's good for you!"

Ma Weimei ran a long way to avoid the rolling pin. When she heard this, she immediately said righteously: "Mom, this is not right. The farmers work so hard, we should be grateful to them. Building the countryside is the duty of us young people. It is an honor. How can you turn it into a suffering in your mouth? You are also a farmer, so be careful with your words."

Mrs. Zhang was shaking with anger: "You...you are a brainless person. You believe everything others say? Now you are lecturing me. I will beat you to death today..." As she said that, she picked up the rolling pin and chased after him.

Ma Weimei quickly ran away, shouting as she ran: "Mom, why do you hit me just because I said a few words?"

Meng Yufei hurried forward to stop Mrs. Zhang and advised, "Sister-in-law, if you have something to say, please talk to her nicely and don't hit the child."

When Mrs. Zhang saw Meng Yufei, she quickly grabbed her and complained, "Sister, you don't know how annoying this girl is! She actually signed up for the Youth Educated Student Office and will be going to the countryside next month!"

As she spoke, she pointed at Ma Weimei and said angrily, "Look at her thin arms and legs. How can she do farm work? She will be dead in less than three days..."

Seeing people passing by looking over here curiously, Meng Yufei hurriedly whispered, "Sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, let's go inside and talk. If we make such a big commotion in the yard, it won't take long for a bunch of people to come and watch."

Mrs. Zhang knew that Meng Yufei was doing this for the good of her family. After all, sending educated youth to the countryside was a policy strongly advocated by the country. Although it was understandable that she was against her own child going there, if someone with ulterior motives caught her, it would definitely cause trouble.

"Okay, let's go inside and talk it out." Mrs. Zhang took a deep breath, glared at Ma Weimei, and went into the house.

Meng Yufei went over and pulled Ma Weimei into the house, "Your mother is worried about your future, talk to her."

Ma Weimei followed Meng Yufei into the house and shrugged, "I've been trying to talk to her nicely, but she won't listen."

Xia Qinqin's eyes widened in surprise. She ran to Fangfang who was standing in the corner of the yard and asked with concern: "Fangfang, did Aunt Zhang hit you with a stick?"

Fangfang shook her head: "No, my second sister made mom angry, so mom beat her."

Hearing that Fangfang was not beaten, Xia Qinqin breathed a sigh of relief and took Fangfang's hand and said, "Sister Fangfang, next time if you make Aunt Zhang angry, run to our house and I will let my mother save you."

Fangfang nodded seriously.

Inside the house, Mrs. Zhang sat on the sofa, pointing at Ma Weimei and cursing, "You stupid girl! I won't let you go to the countryside, did you hear me? You sneaked over to the Youth Educated Office and signed up, and you'll go and cancel it tomorrow morning, saying your family doesn't agree, or that you're not in good health, anyway, you're not allowed to go!"

Ma Weimei said, "That won't work. Once you've registered with the Youth League Office, you can't cancel it without reason."

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she was about to get up and hit someone again, but Meng Yufei quickly held her back, "Sister-in-law, don't be impatient. I don't think Wei Mei is an ignorant child. She must have her reasons for doing this. We might as well listen to them."

Ma Weimei nodded and said, "That's right, Aunt Meng is right, don't start shouting for war and killing right away."

Mrs. Zhang said, "What excuses can she have? I think she is just stupid and was fooled by others. You said, it would be great if she finished high school and got a stable job. If that doesn't work, you can send her to the army, which is also a good way out! How can she be so stupid..."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "I think Wei Mei is a very smart girl. She is not someone who is easily influenced by others." Then, she turned to look at Ma Wei Mei, pointed at the sofa next to her and said, "Come on, Wei Mei, sit down and tell me why you must go to the countryside."

Ma Weimei sat down on the sofa obediently, cleared her throat, and said in a serious tone: "I went to the countryside to make a career!"

As soon as she said this, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but start to curse, but Meng Yufei stopped her and advised, "Let's listen to her."

Ma Weimei continued, "I originally wanted to study hard, but I can't learn anything in school these days. Classes are suspended every other day, so staying in school is just a waste of time."

Meng Yufei thought for a moment and said, "A new policy has just been introduced. In the future, you can be recommended by grassroots units to go to university. If you perform well in school..."

"Aunt Meng, I understand what you mean." Ma Weimei said with a strong opinion: "I don't want to go to a university like that. If you don't get into a university based on your grades, then I don't think you will learn much knowledge in university. It will just be the same as high school now."

Mrs. Zhang said, "Why do you care what you study? We'll just assign you a job after you graduate."

Ma Weimei said: "In the past, college students really had something in their heads and were able to do the job when assigned to them. Now, they can't learn anything at all, and even if they are assigned a job, they can't do it!"

Mrs. Zhang said, "Nowadays, everyone has a stable job. Once you get a job, you won't be fired unless you make a mistake in principle. At most, we can just give you another job."

Ma Weimei shook her head: "Isn't studying in college a waste of time? When the college entrance examination is resumed in the future, the next batch of college students will definitely be more valued than me when they get to work. How can I compare with them?"

Mrs. Zhang sighed and said, "As a girl, you just need to have a stable job. Why do you have to compete with others? We don't ask you to be a leader."

"Why can't I be a leader?" Ma Weimei raised her eyebrows and said unconvincedly, "Who said that girls can't be leaders? Director Wang, Director Tian, ​​and Aunt Meng, aren't they all women?"

Mrs. Zhang was choked up for a moment, and after a moment she lowered her voice and said, "You...you can become a leader by going to the countryside?"

Ma Weimei smiled and said, "I didn't go to the countryside to become a leader. I just thought it was more interesting there than in my current school. The Chairman has said that the countryside is a vast world where we can achieve great things! This is the policy of the country and the call of the times. We young people should follow the trend and make great efforts."

As she spoke, she suddenly stood up and said, "Mom, I know you are doing this for my own good, but my brother has already joined the army. If I don't go to the countryside either, then one of Wei Liang and Fang Fang will have to go to the countryside. We can't have four children who don't respond to the policy just because Dad is the head of the regiment, right?"

Mrs. Zhang was stunned. She never expected that her sixteen-year-old daughter would think so much.

"There will always be a way... How can I feel at ease if you, a girl, go to the countryside..." Mrs. Zhang's eyes became sore as she spoke. She didn't care at all about the hardships she had endured in the first half of her life, but she couldn't accept letting her child go there again.

Ma Weimei walked up to Mrs. Zhang and said with a smile: "Mom, I also learned some boxing from my dad when I was young. It's not that easy for others to bully me. Besides, I have the army as my backer. You forgot about my dad. He is the regiment leader. This can be very bluffing in the countryside. If others want to bully me, they have to think carefully. Don't worry."

Meng Yufei looked at Ma Weimei's still somewhat immature face, her eyebrows and eyes full of confidence and fighting spirit. She smiled. This is a child with a lot of ideas.

"Sister-in-law, I think with Wei Mei's personality, she won't be bullied anywhere she goes. Just let her go. She is only sixteen years old and has a long life ahead of her. Just let her explore." Meng Yufei looked at Mrs. Zhang and smiled.

Mrs. Zhang was still a little hesitant: "This..."

Ma Weimei said quickly, "That's right. I'm only sixteen. Give me ten or eight years to try. If it doesn't work out, I can ask my dad to bring me back. With you guys as my backers, it would be a waste if I don't go."

She was not that stupid. She had thought it through long ago. If she really had to farm for the rest of her life or couldn't afford to eat, she could still ask her parents for help.

By the way, I have an older brother. Even though they used to quarrel all the time, he would not stand by and watch me die.