Chapter 238 1976
Nineteen seventy-six.
Little He Zhi is already four years old.
The situation in Hai City is becoming increasingly chaotic.
Even the military region was implicated.
Director Liang’s case of helping his nephew buy admission to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University was still dug up.
The one who reported her was none other than Miao Yuan.
Chen Tang didn't believe that there was no one behind Miao Yuan.
A person who had gone to the countryside as an educated youth was actually able to send a letter of denunciation to the Revolutionary Committee.
Seeing that Director Liang was under investigation, Shen Tang resigned. The water here was muddy, and she had no mood to stay.
Perhaps it was because the revolution was about to end and the power of the Qin family and other counter-revolutionary groups far away in the capital was weakened, but Commander Tan, who was part of a new faction, was transferred to the position of deputy chief of staff of the army.
At the same time, Chen Tang also received news that her parents were transferred back to Kyoto.
In these three years, He Xu has been promoted to the position of group leader.
If he gets one step closer, he will most likely be transferred to Kyoto.
Chen Tang was in a very good mood and bought a piece of meat to cook at home.
Aunt Zhang is old, so she returned to her hometown at the beginning of this year.
Although He Zhi was reluctant to leave and wanted to cry and make a fuss to keep her, Aunt Zhang was not his biological grandmother after all, and he had grandchildren to take care of at home, so he returned to Kyoto.
There is no kindergarten in the staff quarters, but Chen Tang has time to teach He Zhi numbers and pinyin every day.
The little guy is quite smart and learns quickly, but he lacks patience. He refuses to learn after just a few tries and only wants to play with other kids all day long.
He Xu didn't teach him martial arts because he saw that his bones were not yet formed. However, he was quite good at it. He learned a few moves and was cunning enough to provoke a few kids to fight. Then he used those moves to subdue them all and suddenly became the king of the kids.
The kids were so impressed to see him taking on three people at once and looking so calm and collected that they acknowledged him as the leader and handed over the candies in their pockets to him.
He Zhi refused while putting his money into his pockets. He also patted their shoulders sincerely and said that he would protect them in the future.
When he got home, he stopped pretending. He held on to the wall, grimacing, and limped to find safflower oil.
Chen Tang didn't know about this at first, but she suddenly felt that the child had grown up and didn't want her to hug or kiss him anymore.
She was still feeling lost for a while, but she also respected his thoughts. After all, she knew that the child was smarter and more mature than his peers, so it was understandable that he had his own secrets.
But when the wind blows, the pungent smell of safflower oil makes people sober.
The little guy grinned awkwardly, and as expected, his butt got hurt again.
When she found out that this guy was after a few candies, she became furious.
Children are not allowed to eat too much sweets as it will easily cause their teeth to rot. She controls him every day. But He Zhi is quite capable. When he can't get any sweets from her, he actually plots against others and ends up hurting himself.
She never hit the child when punishing him. After making him face the wall, she gave him some candy and asked him to return it to the other children.
I don't know how this little guy paid it back, but those children were so moved by him that they swore to go through fire and water for him.
Oh, the kids didn’t know how to pronounce these two idioms, so they said “to walk through fire and water for He Zhi”, which scared He Zhi so much that he secretly wiped a sweat.
After He Xu came back from the mission and heard about this, he scolded little He Zhi in front of Chen Tang, but secretly gave him a thumbs up.
Worthy of being his son.
So the next day, after he took He Zhi for a run, he taught him a few more moves.
Three days before the New Year, the little guy beat Chen Fang.
When Chen Tang learned the news, it was as if the sky had fallen.
Over the years, Chen Fang gave birth to three children for Captain Feng.
Almost one every year.
So Feng Feng's six-year-old child became the only older child in the family and had to help Chen Fang with various housework.
When other children were playing, he took care of his younger siblings sensibly.
During the Chinese New Year, every household would buy two sets of clothes for their children, but Feng Feng had been wearing the same clothes year after year, leaving his ankles exposed even in the cold winter.
He was very thin. Kids of that era were all very thin, but not as thin as him. It was not just about being thin. He also had a cowardly and introverted temperament.
Chen Fang is not the only stepmother in the family compound.
There are even those who abuse and beat children.
Everyone had a good impression of Chen Fang. After all, it wasn't like she didn't provide food and drink for the child.
But Feng Feng feels a little bit sorry.
These poor people can at most be allowed to watch the show, and they will not really intervene to help the children.
Chen Fang didn't know whether she felt that her position was secure or what, but this year during New Year's Day, she actually let her children go to the river to wash clothes.
Because there were so many people at the sink, and many people were washing clothes and sheets in the sun by the river, she naturally didn't care about a six-year-old child falling into the frozen river.
But an accident happened.
Children with timid personalities will be targeted by children with strong personalities, and the children in the family compound also use fists to decide who listens to whom.
The child Feng Feng became the target of bullying by many other children.
He Xu lived close to him, so he would take care of him and teach him how to beat people.
Feng Feng was the slowest at washing clothes. A child passing by saw him and, while no one was paying attention, viciously knocked his basin into the river.
Feng Feng didn't care about the cold river water and rushed to grab the basin, nearly drowning.
Fortunately, an adult nearby saw it and pulled the child up.
The adults knew that the children's fathers held high positions and did not dare to take any action, so they just scolded them a few words.
The children made faces, ignored the people who were scolding them, and mocked Feng Feng, calling him a motherless bastard.
Feng Feng couldn't hold back his anger and rushed up to beat the man.
When they returned home, the children's adults went to the Feng family to ask for an explanation.
Chen Tang took the child and He Xu to the city, and when he came back he heard that the Feng family had apologized and paid compensation.
Feng Feng was punished to kneel in the snow.
Captain Feng was also at home. He also felt that his son had gone too far, especially since there were many children in the family and his three children were all well-behaved. He was even more dissatisfied with his eldest son who was causing trouble.
The family's income was mainly from his salary. Chen Fang did not have a job, so the family lived a relatively frugal life.
This time, Chen Fang punished Feng Feng by making him kneel down after paying the compensation. Captain Feng agreed, thinking that he would teach his son a lesson.
When Chen Tang and He Xu came back, Feng Feng had already fainted from the cold.
The two of them rushed the man to the hospital. Feng Feng fell into the water and didn't even have time to change his clothes. He knelt for an hour and started to have a fever when he arrived at the hospital.
When He Zhi saw how miserable his friend was, he was immediately filled with guilt.
When he got home and saw Chen Fang walking on the road, the little guy's eyes rolled around and he suddenly kicked a piece of ice skate to Chen Fang's feet. Chen Fang lost her balance and fell heavily.
There was a bump on my forehead from the fall.
"Aunt, are you okay?"
Seeing He Zhi saying caring words with a look of pride in his eyes, she couldn't hold back her anger and started yelling at him, "You son of a bitch, you little bastard, you little bastard, you deliberately made me fall, I'll tell your parents."
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