On January 11, 1968, Ye Zhiqiu successfully disembarked at Lijiawan, but he heard the sad news from Li Mingliang: Li Daqi had passed away a year ago...
Ye Zhiqiu followed Li Mingliang and Li Mingzhi to pay tribute to Li Daqi, and then returned to the Li family to listen to them talk about the recent situation.
Ye Zhiqiu frowned and asked, "Can you guys still control the situation here? Don't let anyone stir up trouble, it will be very troublesome."
Li Mingliang shook his head and said, "No, we are all from the same ancestor here. If anyone dares to jump out and cause trouble, we will not let them go!"
Ye Zhiqiu nodded. Although the village of a family also had its problems, they had the same ancestor after all, so they could be more consistent in their dealings with the outside world.
This era is no joke. National laws are no more important than family laws. In many places, people still abide by family laws at home and national laws outside.
Ye Zhiqiu asked them about what supplies they were short of. The Li Mingliang brothers did not expect that even after their grandfather passed away, Ye Zhiqiu still recognized this relationship and was willing to help them get supplies.
The two of them immediately whispered about the supplies they were short of in the black market.
Ye Zhiqiu was dumbfounded. He said helplessly, "No, how did you do it? Why are we short of food now? What happened to the way you got food before?"
Li Mingzhi said with a depressed look on his face, "Brother Ye, the countryside is taking a hit right now. The grain production has decreased this year, and the places where we used to trade grain are also in turmoil every day. Aside from villages like ours that are relatively stable and are run by one family, many other places are in a state of chaos, with no interest in farming and production."
Ye Zhiqiu sighed and said, "Okay, when I return to the capital, I'll come over and bring you two carts of food. You can help me collect some dried seafood! I'll then exchange the food with you and take it directly to Hong Kong on the ship."
The two brothers smiled and pulled Ye Zhiqiu back to the cafeteria and asked someone to cook for him.
After a delicious seafood feast, Ye Zhiqiu, feeling satiated, told the two that he would leave for the capital and stay there for a day to get them some food. He would return the day after tomorrow, drop them off here, and then bring back some food for them. He would then exchange it for dried seafood before heading to Hong Kong.
Rejecting their proposal to send him into the city, Ye Zhiqiu left Lijia Bay. After walking for a distance, he released a Jiefang truck from the space and drove back to the capital.
To be honest, this kind of domestic car is really hard to get. There are only a few domestic cars in Hong Kong. Ye Zhiqiu spent 20,000 Hong Kong dollars to get it!
There was no other way. Even if he didn't have a license plate, he could still use the excuse that he was on a mission and didn't want to leave it unidentified. But if he drove a foreign car, it would be difficult to pass inspection. At the very least, he would have to go to the national security department to confirm that there was no problem before he could leave.
To Ye Zhiqiu's surprise, the road back to the city was truly difficult! He was stopped and inspected five times. Previously, he would enter and exit Tianjin once, and then enter and exit the capital once. Now, there were checkpoints in between as well!
He frowned. If that happened, he would have to ask Uncle Chen for permission to get a certificate before he could bring people through. There was no need to look at the reason for such strict inspections; it was simply because too many people had left.
When Ye Zhiqiu returned to the capital, it was already seven o'clock in the evening. The capital was very cold at that time, and there were piles of snow everywhere. The temperature was estimated to be at least around minus ten degrees Celsius.
He started putting things in the car, but he couldn't put anything that was obviously foreign. Now he was in trouble and couldn't live a petty bourgeois life.
So many of the things he brought didn't need packaging bags, so he just wrapped them in oil paper.
When the car returned to the vicinity of Sanlitun, he got out, parked the car, picked up the two bags and tightened his coat. The wind was whistling loudly, and he walked quickly back home.
At this time, in the Ye family yard, Ma Banghua and Zhou Yongjun were having a headache because it was too difficult to find work now. They were worried about Qian Xiaofang's work. If they delayed it any longer, she would have to go to the countryside!
Liu Cuihua said helplessly, "Let her take my job! Otherwise, the neighborhood office will come and urge me again. If I don't find a job for Xiaofang, this will be troublesome."
Ma Banghua sighed, "There's nothing we can do. It has to be this way! My dad and his family are retired now, and I've been trying to get a lot of our old connections to come back, but they're all trying to be all-around. It's really like people are gone and the tea is cold!"
Zhou Yongjun asked, "Aunt Qian, have you asked Uncle Chen?"
Liu Cuihua shook her head and said, "That won't work. Brother Chen is in great danger right now because he can't handle everything on his own. If anyone catches him arranging work like this, they'll bite him like crazy. We can't let him get hurt because of us."
Qian Yuanjun, who had been silent the whole time, slowly said, "Mom and Dad, we should have followed Big Brother back then! Big Brother has protected us so well over the years, and now that something's really happened, I realize how useless I am..."
Everyone rushed to comfort him, but Qian Dafu complained, "How can you talk like that? If your eldest and second brothers knew you were so upset, they would definitely be angry."
Zhou Banghua laughed and said, "Haha, Uncle Qian, stop talking. I wasn't wrong about reinforcements! It's because my parents are here, otherwise I would have taken Xiuying and the others with me and my brother-in-law to Hong Kong to enjoy life!"
Zhou Yongjun also nodded and said, "Zhiqiu's family is very rich. If we go there, just give us some money, which will be enough for our family to live a rich life."
Qian Dafu sighed and said, "Alas, we don't know anything. We'll just be idlers there. We've received so much kindness from your Uncle Ye's family. We can't repay them enough. How can I have the nerve to follow them..."
Qian Xiaofang said with a worried look on her face, "If I were to choose again, I would follow Big Brother even if I died! Going to the countryside was miserable. Many female educated youth wrote letters to their families complaining about not having enough to eat or wear, but no one could do anything..."
“…Open the door…door…”
Everyone sighed, and Qian Yuanjun suddenly pricked up his ears. He asked in surprise, "Am I missing Big Brother too much? Why do I seem to hear Big Brother yelling, 'Open the door?'"
Qian Dafu laughed and said, "Haha, son, you may miss them too much. It's only been a few months. What do you think..."
"...Uncle Qian...Aunt Liu...Come and open the door..."
Everyone stood up at once, with ecstasy on their faces, because they all heard it this time!
"It's Zhiqiu's voice! Go open the door and take a look!"
Everyone hurried to open the door of the living room. Once they went out into the yard, they could hear it more clearly. It was indeed Ye Zhiqiu shouting to open the door!
It was because the door was closed and the wind was howling that they didn't hear it at first!
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