745: Return to the capital
Later, Yu Xiaoye went to the headquarters again and married Zhou Ziheng. Although they lived together after marriage, Zhou Ziheng stared at Yu Xiaoye as if he was staring at the meat in the bowl, and wanted to be with her all the time, leaving the old father and mother with almost no time to be alone with their daughter, let alone enter the space.
Now that Zhou Ziheng is not at home and has finally returned their daughter to them, they will of course seize the opportunity to go back and stay for a while.
Feel the flavor of the 21st century, otherwise after a long time, you will almost forget how you got here.
Returning to the long-missed yacht deck, gazing at the bright stars in the sky, feeling the salty sea breeze gently brushing my face, that feeling is so good!
Xu Ying also forgot about taking a bath. She and Yu Jiahui rushed to the side of the boat to go sea fishing. They put all the fishing lines into the sea and cast the fishing net into the deep sea. Then they lay leisurely on the lounge chair, looking at the starry sky, waiting for the fish to bite.
The old couple really came here for vacation.
Although Yu Xiaoye rarely spends time in the space, he can always spare a few minutes a day to come back, but he hasn't come back to sleep for a long time.
I'm used to sleeping on a big kang, so I feel a little uncomfortable sleeping on such a soft bed.
She felt even more uncomfortable without Zhou Ziheng's embrace.
Thinking about what had happened at home in the capital and how serious the situation was, she couldn't sleep anymore. She simply got up and went to the deck to help her parents.
The family worked until midnight, scooped up a net of seafood, sorted it out, and finally became too sleepy to open their eyes, so they went to wash up and then went back to sleep on the big kang in the cabin.
Yu Xiaoye finally fell asleep next to Xu Ying.
The New Year’s Day meeting was held as scheduled.
On the day of the conference, Yu Xiaoye was extremely busy. He was responsible for arranging the performances of the Propaganda Department, performing the duties of the director on behalf of Zhou Ziheng, settling all matters related to the conference, and giving a speech on stage on behalf of Zhou Ziheng. He was extremely busy.
She knew that the forest farm canteen was selected as an advanced collective this year, and thought that she could see her elder brother Yu Zhengxian at the meeting. However, her elder brother did not show up as if he had disappeared. It was other people from the forest farm who came to the stage to accept the praise on behalf of the canteen.
Yu Xiaoye knew that his elder brother liked Chen Ci and had deep feelings for the mother and child. Chen Ci's leaving with the child must have been a heavy blow to his elder brother, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Originally, the return of educated youth to the city would cause a large number of families to be separated. Even if they did not separate now, they would probably have to face this difficulty in a few years.
What's more, the entanglement between the eldest brother and Shen Ci is even more complicated.
Therefore, divorce and returning to the city are inevitable.
As for what happens in the future, it all depends on my brother's luck. I hope he can cheer up and truly start a new life.
After finally finishing the New Year's Day meeting, Yu Xiaoye went straight to find Jia Song who was coming to the meeting.
Coincidentally, Jia Song was also looking for her in the crowd.
After finding it, Jia Song squeezed over and asked:
"Where is Zhou Ziheng? Why didn't I see him? Why did you get to speak on stage?"
"Brother Jia, I was just about to tell you this. He went back to the capital, saying something happened at home. I don't know what it was. Are you going back to the city to visit your relatives this year? If so, I'll go with you. If you don't, I'll go to the capital by myself."
When Jia Song heard that Zhou Ziheng had returned to Beijing, he began to wonder:
"What could be happening at his house?"
Zhou Ziheng's parents were not the kind of people who would bother their children at will, and they would never suddenly call their son back from thousands of miles away for no reason.
It seems that something big is happening in the capital.
Jia Song also became curious.
After thinking for a while, he said:
"Well, I hadn't planned to go back to the city to visit my relatives this year. But for your sake, I'll go back with you."
Yu Xiaoye smiled brightly:
"Brother Jia, you are so nice!"
"Tsk, you're a flatterer, you just flatter people all day long." He said with disgust, but he was very happy in his heart.
The two agreed to return to the capital together, and Jia Song went back to the company to ask for leave first.
After returning home, Yu Xiaoye told his parents about his trip to Beijing, and then went back to his unit to make work arrangements.
After New Year’s Day, the unit was relatively quiet and there was less work, so it was easier to arrange and I settled in quickly.
Two days later, Jia Song came to the headquarters with his luggage and set off for the capital with Yu Xiaoye.
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Zhou Ziheng took a train for several days and arrived at his home in Beijing first.
I was worried all the way, always worried that something might have happened to my parents.
So as soon as I got off the train, I rushed home without stopping.
When he got home, his mother Zhuang Huaijian was very happy to see him back, but she looked behind Zhou Ziheng and saw that there was no one behind him. She asked disappointedly:
"Why did you come back alone? Where's Xiao Ye? Didn't Xiao Ye come with you?"
Zhou Ziheng didn't bother to answer. He looked his mother up and down. Seeing that his mother was in good health, her legs and feet were very agile, she was not sick or injured, and her complexion was very good, he felt relieved.
"Mom, what's the rush to call me back? What happened at home? Where's my dad? How is he?"
"Your dad is fine."
Zhou Ziheng was puzzled:
"Nothing? Why did you call me back if nothing happened?"
"I mean, I have nothing to do with your dad. This is about you."
"About me?"
Zhou Ziheng didn't understand what his parents were keeping secret, but fortunately, his parents were in good health and had not suffered any illness or disaster. He was finally completely relieved.
"Come, wash your hands and drink some water, then take a rest first."
Zhou Ziheng went to the bathroom to wash his hands and face. Zhuang Huaijian was busy pouring water for him, while saying with a hint of complaint:
"Your father is such a jerk. He didn't even explain the situation clearly when he sent you a telegram. He only sent you a few words. You can't even feel at ease on your journey, right?"
Zhou Ziheng hurriedly washed his face, came out and asked:
"What's going on?"
Zhuang Huaijian handed a cup of hot tea to his son:
"Let your father come back and tell you."
After that, Zhuang Huaijian went to Zhou Jingru's office.
The office called.
When Zhou Jingru heard that his son had returned, he said coldly:
"Tell him to come to me."
Zhuang Huaijian put down the phone and turned to Zhou Ziheng:
"Your father asked you to go find him."
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Zhou Ziheng had no choice but to go out and look for his father again.
When we arrived at the military office building, we saw a brand new military jeep parked in front of the building and suddenly honked its horn.
Zhou Ziheng looked towards the jeep and saw a hand reaching out from the window, gesturing to come over.
Zhou Ziheng looked down and found his father sitting in the back.
After going through so much trouble, what is the purpose of this suspense?
Zhou Ziheng had no choice but to open the car door and get in.
Zhou Jingru sat in the car with the help of a cane, looked at his son who had come from afar, and said:
"It's pretty fast."
Zhou Ziheng: "I thought something happened to you two elders, so I put down all my work and rushed over here. How could I not be fast?"
There was a hint of resentment in his tone.
Forcing him to give up his important work and his beloved wife at home is secondary. The key is that he was frightened all the way, unable to eat or sleep well. How could he not feel resentful?
"Next time you send me a telegram, could you please include a few extra words as a reminder? I'll pay for the telegram."
"What reminder do you need to come back?"
"------" Zhou Ziheng sighed slightly, "You asked me to come back in such a hurry, there had better be a good enough reason, something important enough."
"The Great Northern Wilderness Corps is going to be disbanded. Is this matter important enough?"
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【Author's Digression】:
In the chapter published yesterday, a reader asked about Zhou Ziheng’s long-distance calls, and I’d like to talk about that here.
In the 1970s, communications were very backward and long-distance calls were difficult to make. First of all, the telephones at that time were old-fashioned dial phones without programmable equipment. To make an outgoing call, you had to first connect to a switching center, and the operator at the switching center would manually transfer the call to the other end of the phone.
Suppose Zhou Ziheng makes a long-distance call to his home in Beijing. He must first dial the city's switching center, and the operator at the switching center will then transfer the call to the provincial switching center, and the operator at the provincial switching center will then transfer the call to the next place.
The Mishan County in the article is more than 1,700 kilometers away from the capital (the prototype of Mishan County is Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province). The distance of more than 1,700 kilometers is separated by mountains and many switchboards. As long as one of the switchboards has a problem or the operator is unwilling to help connect, or the telephone line is busy, or the signal is poor due to weather reasons, it is possible that the call will not be connected, and even if it is connected, it will take a very long time to wait.
Moreover, it was not certain that they could reach the capital at that time.
Even if they went through great pains to call the capital, the compound was a place of high confidentiality and was under strict supervision. Mandarin telephone operators did not dare to connect external long-distance calls to the compound in the capital.
Therefore, although Zhou Ziheng had a telephone in his office, he could not make long-distance calls home freely.
On the other hand, it was difficult to make a long-distance call to Zhou Ziheng in the capital, so Zhou Jingru chose to send him an urgent telegram.
At that time, the timeliness of emergency telegrams was about four hours. If there was an emergency, a telegram might be more efficient than a long-distance call.
So after receiving the urgent telegram from home, Zhou Ziheng did not make a long-distance call which might not go through, nor did he send a telegram back to inquire. Instead, he went back directly because he did not want to waste time.
(Of course, this also has something to do with the way the father and son do things.)
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