◎First update◎
After putting the photo back to its original place, Chen Siming searched through a pile of data files and finally found the historical purchasing data of the National Cotton Mill. Chen Siming quickly flipped through it, wrote down the names and data, and while no one was home yet, he restored everything and went out.
Guo Mingli slept uneasily and lay there for half an hour. Then she got up and went to talk to her second son.
This time, Chen Siming came back much more sensible, and spoke and acted calmly, so she felt relieved.
"Siming, don't argue with your father and your elder brother in the future. We are a family and we can't hurt the harmony. Others may hurt you, but the people in your family won't!"
Chen Siming's lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm, which turned into a gentle and warm smile in an instant. He said to his mother, "Mom, don't worry, I understand now, and I will definitely not do that again in the future!"
"That's good. Your sister will be happy when she comes back later. She said she missed you a few days ago."
"Mom, I miss you too. I want to come back soon, especially since you are in poor health and often have backaches. I am even more worried about you staying at the farm."
"You're so sensible that you miss your mother so much!" Guo Mingli felt a pang of sadness when she heard her son speak so openly for the first time. Chen Siming still had a year and a half to go before he could be reformed. She couldn't bear it. "I'll find a chance to talk to your father and your eldest brother and see if we can come up with a solution..."
It is unknown what method they use, but both of them are capable.
"Oh!" Chen Siming came back mainly to start with his mother. She loved him the most, so how could she bear to let him go back to the farm for transformation for another year and a half? He told her all about the suffering he had experienced in the past six months, which made Guo Mingli feel even more distressed.
"You've suffered so much! Siming, don't worry, Mom will definitely let you come back soon."
The mother and son were both crying and snotting, but it was a rare moment of tenderness.
After wiping away his tears, Chen Siming thought of the photo. He felt that he had heard the name Wu Huacui somewhere, so he spoke tentatively.
"Mom, is there a person named Wu Huacui in the National Cotton Mill?"
Guo Mingli was also a worker at the National Cotton Mill. She stopped working and stayed at home after she married Chen Yong and had a child. When the photo was taken, Guo Mingli had not yet left the National Cotton Mill.
Guo Mingli, who was originally looking at her son with a loving face, suddenly changed her expression, her eyes widened slightly, as if she had heard it wrongly, her voice suddenly became sharp, harsh and unpleasant, "Who are you talking about?"
"Wu Huacui?" Chen Siming noticed his mother's expression and noticed that her pupils dilated instantly when she heard the name. "Mom, do you know her?"
"I don't know him!" Guo Mingli looked away with a wooden face, her eyes looking elsewhere, her voice stiff, "I've never heard of this name. You must be tired after coming back today, go and have a rest, I'll go see what to eat tonight."
Guo Mingli left in a hurry. Chen Siming looked at her back thoughtfully. This reaction did not seem like unfamiliarity. Instead, there must be some origin!
Liang Baojun hadn't been back to Damian Village for a few days. He came back this morning to talk to his family and then hurried back to the Youth League Institute.
After the renovation, the Youth Hostel looked brand new; even the walls were much cleaner and tidier. However, the Youth Hostel, who used to eat and chat during lunch break, now stayed in the room, reading papers while eating.
The news of the resumption of the college entrance examination gave them hope, like the only light in the darkness, giving them the motivation and courage to move on.
There are currently six educated youth living in the Youth Home in Damei Village. Unfortunately, they only got two books, so they can only borrow books from each other and copy them in advance.
Xu Shuping was sitting on a small stool copying a book. Ma Zhiqing went to the town and found a high school mathematics textbook. Today was her turn to copy it. The mathematics book was placed on the wooden stool, and she was familiar with every number.
Boom boom boom
There was a knock on the open door.
Only one of the six educated youths looked up. Ma Zhiqing saw that it was the second son of the Liang family, so he stood up and walked over, "Comrade Liang Baojun, is there anything I can help you with?"
Hearing the three words "Liang Baojun", Xu Shuping looked up reflexively, and her eyes met his. She hurriedly lowered her head again.
"Oh, I'm looking for...Comrade Xu Shuping. The captain told her to go to the commune to answer the phone."
"Xu Shuping, your phone number." Ma Zhiqing called out and went back to continue eating.
Phone call? Xu Shuping put down her pen and paper and walked out doubtfully. Who would call her at this time?
My family is still undergoing transformation and cannot easily touch the phone, so the two sides have been communicating through letters.
"Comrade Liang Baojun, who called me?"
After walking a few hundred meters, Liang Baojun turned around and told her that no one was around during lunch break, "No one called you."
"You, why are you lying?" Xu Shuping regretted what she said the moment she said it. She understood instantly.
"I haven't been back for a while, and I want to see you. It will be bad for you if I don't say this."
Xu Shuping felt that this person was too shameless, always telling her that he wanted to see her.
Liang Baojun saw Xu Shuping's cheeks turning red and knew that he was too straightforward!
I can't let myself look careless in front of others. Thinking of what I just saw Xu Shuping copying, I immediately changed the subject, "What were you writing just now? You look very serious."
"Copying questions." Xu Shuping knew that Liang Baojun only went to primary school, so she added, "The college entrance examination has been reinstated, and we all want to take it again. But the textbooks are hard to find now, and Ma Ge had to work very hard to get two."
The educated youth have been working during the day these days, and have been studying hard during lunch breaks and evening rest time, looking forward to the college entrance examination in a month.
"Oh, go back?" Liang Baojun was a little dazed when he heard this word. He knew that Xu Shuping had good grades in school before. It would be a good thing if she could really get into university and return to the city. It was really a waste for a young girl to work in the fields.
But if they go back to the city, it will be difficult for the two to see each other.
Liang Baojun gathered his thoughts and looked at Xu Shuping's enthusiasm for the college entrance examination. He hoped that her wish would come true. "What book do you want? I'll help you find it."
"Really?" Xu Shuping's eyes sparkled and she quickly told him a list of book titles.
Back at the Liang family, Song Chunhua and Liang Baoying were cooking in the kitchen, while Liang Baoling was doing homework in the yard, with her back hunched and her head buried.
"If you lower yourself any lower you'll fall into the book."
After looking up at her second brother, Liang Baoling lowered her head and continued writing, "Second brother, you don't understand the hardships of us first-year junior high school students!"
"Hey, you're really being pretentious, aren't you?" Liang Baojun sat down next to his younger sister and looked at her handwriting. It seemed that her handwriting was much better than before. It was really useful to practice writing every day.
"Don't disturb me while I'm doing my homework." Liang Baoling looked at her second brother with disdain. It wasn't that she was too studious, but her mother had heard from her third sister about the students in the city last time, and she was jealous of them. Now she actually stared at her little daughter's homework every day.
"Okay, okay, keep working hard." Liang Baojun was about to stand up, but then he remembered something and sat down again. "Baoling, tell me, can my second brother get into college?"
Didn’t we say that this time for the college entrance examination, anyone can register and take the exam!
This time Liang Baoling reacted greatly. She suddenly raised her head and looked at her second brother, her mouth opened as if she could swallow a whole egg. But her second brother did not graduate from elementary school. "Second brother, don't joke. If you can get in, I can get into Peking University!"
Kyoto University is the best university with a long-standing reputation, so you can imagine how difficult it is.
Liang Baojun: "...Whose girl is this? She deserves a beating!"
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The next day, Liang Baojun, who was self-aware, had already forgotten about taking the college entrance examination. Everyone knew his own abilities and that he was not born to be a writer.
He got a letter of introduction and went into the city. He first went to the soda factory for a stroll, and then got a few books from his brothers who were doing business on the black market. Xu Shuping knew that books were in short supply now, and people all over the city and even the country were looking for them. He didn't dare to be picky, and it was good enough to have any.
Carrying a sack of books, Liang Baojun went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought two cans of maltose and a pound of peach cakes and went to Yueya Hutong to visit Baozhen.
Last time he came, he brought an old hen and twenty eggs from his home. Today, he used his own money to buy some nutritional supplements for Baozhen.
Zhou Yun received him warmly and wanted to make him a pot of tea, but Liang Baojun couldn't bear to bother his grandmother, so he poured him some warm water to drink.
"Brother, why are you buying so many things?" Liang Baozhen thought that her second brother really found a job in town. Although it was better than digging for food in the fields, his monthly salary was only more than ten or twenty yuan. How could he buy so many things? "Are you not going to save money for your wife?"
She knew about her second brother and Xu Zhiqing. They were both interested in each other, but they were separated by distance.
"Zhe's wife is here." Liang Baojun patted the sack, which made a crisp sound when it hit a pile of books.
These books are not expensive, but they are precious! The time for the college entrance examination is very short, and those who can find a way to get the books must have some connections.
"How are you and Xu Zhiqing doing lately?" Liang Baozhen asked with concern, not knowing whether her second brother's relationship would be smooth.
"It's fine. Don't worry about me. Take care of yourself. If you feel uncomfortable, tell your brother-in-law. Don't force yourself to eat or use what you want."
"Don't worry, I won't let myself down!"
"By the way, I went to the soda factory today." Song Jianguo's words sounded nice, but he was still worried. Today, he quietly went to ask around and found out that this man was relatively honest and focused on his work. "It was said that Song Jianguo worked overtime every few days and often swapped night shifts with others. His overtime pay and night shift allowance were much higher than other workers."
"My brother-in-law still cares about my eldest sister and Mengmeng." Liang Baozhen has become a mother. Although the child has not been born yet, the feeling is different. She believes that her brother-in-law Song Jianguo will not abandon his wife and daughter-in-law.
"Okay, I'll go back first. There won't be any buses left soon." Liang Baojun stood up and said goodbye to Zhou Yun.
Liang Baozhen wanted to walk him to the alley entrance but was refused, "You are ill, don't do that. Get some rest."
When he walked out of the alley, he ran into his brother-in-law Xu Shengjie who had just returned home. Liang Baojun walked up to him and exchanged pleasantries. Although he had no children and was not married, he still had to act like a brother-in-law.
"It's not easy for Baozhen to be pregnant. Please take care of whatever happens to you."
"Of course, you and your parents will be relieved." Xu Shengjie wanted to take responsibility, but his wife didn't give him any room to do so. Thinking of Lu Yuan riding a bicycle around the city last year and buying things everywhere, he actually felt a little envious! It's a sense of participation, isn't it?
After get off work today, he went to Hong San'er's place first. Hong San'er knew that he could assemble a radio and wanted him to help build one, but the materials were too difficult to collect. After more than two months, Hong San'er finally collected all the materials and asked Xu Shengjie to go home with him to get them.
"What's in that bag in your hand?" Liang Baojun looked at the bulging bag and felt curious.
"Assembling radios." Xu Shengjie answered without hesitation, not being on guard against his own family.
Liang Baojun was a little surprised, his eyes lit up. His brother-in-law could assemble a radio? With this skill, couldn't he sell it on the black market? The big brother who cooperated with him last time was a tactless person. He said that since he got married and had a wife, Gu's family didn't want to participate anymore.
Isn't this stupid!
If my brother-in-law comes... forget it. Liang Baojun thinks about his sister and realizes that he still has to take care of the family!
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Liang Baojun: You should just be a good family man! @许盛傑
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