448 Thirty Years in the East, Thirty Years in the West
Su Taotao was ashamed, she only wanted to make money by riding the wave, while Fu Yuanhang received the traditional education of this era and inherited the character of the Fu family. His starting point has always been to serve the country, the people and the society.
She feels inferior to him.
But no matter what their starting point is, their goal is the same, which is to contribute to the development of socialism.
"As long as you know what you want, we all support you."
Fu Yuanhang smiled with his eyes squinted.
His sister-in-law has always been his guiding light. With her around, he will never get lost.
Chen Chen raised his head and asked, "Mom, what about me? What am I going to do in the future?"
Su Taotao rubbed the child's head and said, "Don't be in a hurry. You still need time to think about it slowly. Tell us when you have figured it out."
In fact, Chen Chen had some ideas when he was a child (when he was three years old), such as designing a big ship to go out to sea to find his grandfather, or designing an airplane to fly into the sky so that he would no longer have to squeeze into a smelly train.
As he grew older, he began to realize that his ideas were immature. Even if he designed a ship or an airplane, it was not easy to manufacture it. Even if it was manufactured, he had to hand it in. It was not his origami and he could not claim it as his own.
Even if he could claim it as his own, even if he learned how to sail or fly a plane, he could only follow fixed routes and could not go wherever he wanted.
The more Chen Chen knew, the more difficulties he found, and the more he knew he couldn't do whatever he wanted, so he became a little discouraged:
"Okay, Mom, I don't really want to grow up."
Su Taotao hugged the child in her arms and said, "Silly child, do you think you have improved now? Mom never thought that she would be able to take the college entrance examination and have a second chance to choose her own destiny. Things will only get better in the future."
Your era has not officially begun yet. Trust mom, Chenchen just needs to grow up well and welcome the prosperous era that belongs to you."
The slight smell of dust came and went quickly, and was soon forgotten by him.
If Mom gets admitted to a university in the capital, the family will have to follow Mom to the capital, which is bigger and more prosperous. Will he know more, or may he have different ideas in the future?
"Mom, I want to go to the zoo today to celebrate that you finally don't have to do the test paper anymore!"
"Okay, let's go to the zoo. We'll leave after we pack up."
Su Taotao drove the car herself today and had originally planned to take them around the city. Since Chenchen wanted to go to the zoo, then they went.
Just as I was about to leave, the old lady from last time came again.
Judging from the sound, there is more than one coming this time.
"Here, here, here, Director Hao, this is it. It's empty and no one lives here. You know the living conditions in our house. My eldest sister-in-law is going back to the city soon. By then, let alone sleeping, there will be no room for standing in the house."
Director Hao was speechless: "This is a private residence, not a government-owned house. How can you just live here whenever you want? You have to ask the other party to rent it to you."
Director Hao was also impressed by the old lady. He went to the street office three times a day to make trouble and forced them to solve the housing problem.
"You can't say that. As the saying goes, all under heaven belongs to the king. The blue sky and white clouds, every brick and tile, every piece of wood and every piece of soil, don't they all belong to the country? If they are distributed unfairly, shouldn't they be redistributed?
If there were people living in it, I wouldn't be able to say anything, but now there's obviously no one living there, it's just empty, why can't we live there?
Besides, we are not living here for free. I don’t believe the leaders will watch these houses sit empty while we sleep on the streets!”
You know what, what the aunt said was quite eloquent. Even Su Taotao almost felt that it made sense. It was her fault for not giving up the house.
Director Hao sighed and said, "Aunt Li, if you had said this a few years ago, someone might have come to your aid. Don't you know the situation now?
The college entrance examination has been resumed and the situation has changed a lot. Many of the houses that were originally confiscated have been returned to individuals, not to mention those houses that originally belonged to individuals.
Let alone a small bungalow like this, even if someone has a large yard of several acres that is empty and unoccupied, it is still private property. No one can move in without the owner's consent. You, don't be jealous."
It's rare for Director Hao to speak so earnestly.
In those days, there were indeed cases of malicious accusations like the one made by my grandmother, and the house was confiscated and the accuser was allowed to move in.
That chaos was finally over, and now that life is getting better and better, we can't let chaos continue.
"Don't make yourself sound so pitiful. I know the situation in your family very well. What do you mean a family of eight living in one room? Aren't you and your wife usually the only ones living in your room?
Your daughter and son all have work units and live in dormitories on weekdays. When they come back for a break, they squeeze together to eat a meal and eight people live in one room? Isn't that the case with every family these days? Then don't my family have more than ten people living in one room?"
Aunt Li still didn't give up: "No, Director Hao, isn't my son dating someone recently? They're getting married soon, so he can't just move into a single dormitory with his wife and children, right?
And my eldest sister-in-law went to the countryside in the 1970s. She finally came back this year. She must have a place to stay, right?
This house is obviously empty here, so why don't you give us a hand and let us live here?
It’s not like I won’t return it. I’ll just return it to them when the conditions are right.”
Director Hao was so angry that he laughed: "I have never heard of such a person hitting a dog with a meat bun and getting the upper hand. Do you think I am the king of the world and I have the final say on everything?
Aunt Li, every family has its own rules and every country has its own regulations. We should implement whatever the higher-ups say. If you continue to make trouble, even if they call the police, you will still be the ones to bear the brunt of the consequences.
"Okay, okay, who doesn't have a family like this? Who doesn't have one or two educated youth who went to the countryside? Think of another way, don't keep staring at other people's houses."
Su Taotao originally planned to go out and argue with her, but unexpectedly the staff of the street office were quite clear-headed and directly persuaded Aunt Li to leave.
"Ah Hang, please collect the title deed, keys, and some valuables and take them away. It's not safe to leave them here."
Fu Yuanhang nodded: "Okay sister-in-law, the teacher is a clean-handed person. He doesn't have any valuables, only some calligraphy and paintings and ornaments."
Su Taotao thought that these things might not be worth much now, but they would be priceless and invaluable in the future.
"Take it with you."
Fu Yuanhang thought for a moment and asked, "Sister-in-law, will we come back in the future?"
Su Taotao shook her head: "It's hard to say. Things change over time. It's not certain that this place will develop better in the future, and it's not certain that it will come back."
After the reform and opening up, cities in the south developed the fastest and best.
Fu Yuanhang didn't say anything else and went in quietly to pack his things.