At the end of March, Zhou Rong received a letter saying that Feng Huacheng's unit had come forward and rescued the person. I was detained for a month and nothing happened. He also said that when Feng Huacheng returns, the two will reconcile and then pack up and return to Jichun.
At this time, Shao Jingwen came over again to see if Feng Huacheng had returned. He also said that if he didn't come back, he would not be able to catch up with this special issue on commemorating the leader, and he would have to work together next time.
Zhou Bingkun said with a smile that he would contact Feng Huacheng when he came back, and sent Shao Jingwen away warmly. He remembered what his good brother said, so there must be truth to what he said. And to be honest, after what happened before, he felt that Feng Huacheng was not very reliable. He is educated and famous, he admits and admires him at the same time. But he didn't understand why the poem had to be read in a crowd of people? After all, if you don’t read it, there won’t be such bad things. He thought Feng Huacheng had something wrong with his head. So even though he had the troublesome poem in his hand, he was obedient and didn't spread it out.
He didn't take it upon himself to think that since Zhou Rong had already written a letter, it would be fine. Because compared to his elder sister who doesn't even understand the world, he prefers to believe in a good brother who always talks about what he says and has a higher position.
Of course, Feng Huacheng did not disappoint.
When Zhou Rong breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to pack up and return to her hometown after a long absence, she did not wait to return to Feng Huacheng. After asking around, she found out that Feng Huacheng had gone to the capital.
In a hurry, he made three more phone calls to Zhou Bingkun, Cai Xiaoguang, and Wang Yan to explain the matter. She told Zhou Bingkun that she was going to the capital, and that her children would stay at home first, and not to tell Li Suhua. She also asked him to take good care of Li Suhua and Feng Yue, and told him to contact Cai Xiaoguang and Wang Yan if anything happened. Tell Cai Xiaoguang, explain what happened, and ask him to take care of Zhou Bingkun. Tell Wang Yan that he needs to worry more and take care of his family...
After some time, news came back that a large number of people had been arrested in the capital, but no news was received from Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng...
In mid-April, spring returns to the earth and swallows return to their nests.
In the cafeteria of the First City Hospital, doctors in white coats were bustling with people. Zhou Bingkun munched on white steamed buns: "Brother, will my sister and Feng Huacheng be in trouble?"
Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal. I just arrested him and locked him up for a while. It's not a big deal."
"Brother, dear brother, it's not a big deal, right? If my mother knew about this, she would fall for her immediately. Believe it or not!"
"Then you don't let her know. You've been hiding this for a month. It won't be a big problem if you hide it for a few more months. I've been recuperating my aunt over the years, and she's in good health. In fact, it won't be a big problem if she knows, but we can't take risks. , Just keep it a secret. I guess it will be fine a year ago."
"That can only be like this." Zhou Bingkun nodded, feeling a little lucky: "Thankfully I didn't give the poem written by Feng Huacheng to Shao Jingwen before, otherwise I would have to go in this time, thank you. Ah brother."
"Take advantage of this again." Wang Yan kicked him, but he dodged with a chuckle: "You have to thank yourself, I meant what I said, but if you don't believe it or listen, no one can save you." Can’t help you.”
"You are my brother, so I still can't trust you?" Zhou Bingkun said: "Then what should my mother do? It's only April now, and there are still eight or nine months before the year. My sister has not been there for such a long time. Can she not think too much about the movement?"
"Why don't you just write the letter yourself? She doesn't know how to read, so she just passed by Hu Nong Hu Nong."
"Well, that's okay. Then I'll write a letter later when my mother starts talking about it. But I guess she won't be able to stop talking about it. There are three elders and one younger one in the family, and they work all day long. My mother wakes up early every day. Just fell asleep."
For a while, Wang Yan threw his child at Lao Zhou's house. There were many children there, not counting Zhou Jianhua and Feng Yue, but also boys from other families. The gang of boys were having so much fun that Wang Jianye was not willing to come back. After all, with his mother, he basically just reads and recognizes words at home, while with his father, he still reads and recognizes words. He spends little time playing and doesn't have much company, but Lao Zhou's house is still lively.
After chatting with Zhou Bingkun about the children for a while, lunch passed, and then everyone went about their own business. Life went on as usual, and it was not affected by the affairs of Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng...
In July, another important leader passed away, and once again the whole country mourned. However, before people could react, bad news came one after another. In late July, a major earthquake in Tang City affected hundreds of thousands of people. It broke out in the middle of the night without any preparation. Many people died in their sleep, and many more were suffering underground. , died in pain. Countless people looked at their ruined homes in despair, unable to shed a single tear.
After confirming the situation, it is appropriate for the government to urgently carry out earthquake relief. As the first miracle doctor in Northeast China and an outstanding party member, Wang Yan volunteered to lead a team to the disaster area. His apprentices, including Zheng Guangming, all followed him, as well as some other doctors, who urgently gathered to go south.
After an earthquake occurs, it is very dangerous because there will be aftershocks. This greatly increases the difficulty and danger of disaster relief. During this process, there were tens of thousands of casualties in disaster relief operations. As the saying goes, there is no love for a big disaster, there are all kinds of touching stories, all kinds of sacrifices and dedications, the army and the people are united, and the great power of the people is once again displayed.
At this time, personal power is actually limited. Even if Wang Yan led people around, his contribution to the entire disaster would be negligible. But I still paid for it, and I felt at peace.
At the end of August, Wang Yan returned to Jichun with a bunch of tired doctors.
In September, the great leader passed away and the whole country mourned.
In October, going to the mountains and countryside is over...
In November, there was finally news about Zhou Rong, who had not been heard from for a long time, saying that she had been released and was going to go back to Guizhou Province with Feng Huacheng to do some work. The child should be here first, letting Li Suhua, Zhou Bingkun, Wang Yan and others worry more. Of course, they also did not forget to inform Cai Xiaoguang. Cai Xiaoguang is a real business person. In the past six months, he has come over from time to time to see how Li Suhua is doing. He is quite close to her.
Also this month, speculation led to the release of Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin, who had been imprisoned for six years. After quickly disposing of the house here and getting a sum of money, I went directly south without stopping. They have a bright future and become one of the first people to become rich after the reform. Of course, that was the original fate, and it is still unknown.
During the Spring Festival of 1977, none of the Zhou family's relatives who were away came back. Zhou Zhigang still sent a letter asking Li Suhua to take care of his health, and asked Zhou Bingkun and Wang Yan to do their jobs well and educate their children well. Zhou Bingyi sent a letter explaining the reason, and also said that Hao Dongmei's biological father will resume work after the year, and will most likely still be in the Jiangliao Provincial Committee. Zhou Rong said that they had not returned to Guizhou Province for half a year and had many things to do, so they could not leave for a while. She also told them to take good care of Feng Yue and Li Suhua.
Li Suhua is very sad because her wish to reunite her family has not been possible for eight years and they are always separated. But I wasn’t too sad, because the son, daughter-in-law, nephew, nephew-in-law, and a whole house of little kids around me were always very lively and always gave people hope for a bright future.
Years ago, Zheng's mother fell ill. After Wang Yan was cured, Zheng's mother failed. Her body collapsed and worsened. Wang Yan told Zheng Juan with certainty that this was Zheng's mother's last year. So this year, Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming came together instead of waiting to get together later.
On the third day of junior high school, at a gathering between Zhou Bingkun and a group of good friends, although Xiao Guoqing's daughter-in-law Wu Qian was still so talkative and nagging about her parents' shortcomings and being particular about this and that, overall they were pretty good. Most people at the same time were better.
Cao Debao, Lu Chuan, and Tang Xiangyang are still working in the soy sauce factory to extract slag. Although they still have some complaints about Qu Xiuzhen transferring Zhou Bingkun to the sales department in 1973 and earning more than them, that's not the case. Can't understand. After all, Zhou Bingkun was indeed kind to others, and at that time, his good brother Wang Yan had been transferred to the city hospital and had become somewhat famous, which they could not match.
Besides, Wang Yan didn't rely on help from others. He diagnosed each disease one by one, even though those patients all had some status. But in the final analysis, it depends on your own technology. They are also convinced that people of similar age to them have achieved so much in a short period of time. And most importantly, they have benefited a lot over the years. Not to mention medical treatment, even during the Chinese New Year, the good things Zhou Bingkun gave them were not easy to buy and not cheap. Of course they knew that Wang Yan had brought them all back.
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao were still working in the lumber factory. Their wives, Wu Qian and Yu Hong, still work in state-owned hotels and sugar factories. They are all quite stable, they are all state-owned employees, holding the so-called iron rice bowl. There is some pressure in life, after all, it is not easy for anyone except Zhou Bingkun, but it is not too much, just normal and trivial.
They would not have imagined that this gathering would be the most relaxing one they have ever had. The country is about to undergo great changes, which will pose a severe challenge to everyone living in this land. Most people have been singled out, and they are no exception.
Everyone thinks that they are the center of the world and the protagonist of destiny, but only at a certain time do they realize that they are just ordinary people among all living beings. Wang Yan learned about it when he graduated from college and found a job in sales. But later on, he really became the destined protagonist.
In April, Zheng's mother, who had lived for a few more years, finally collapsed. On the warm kang in the two-room room in Taiping Hutong, Zheng's mother held the hands of Zheng Juan and Zheng Guangming and talked about their childhood. Picking it up. She told Zheng Juan what happened at that time, and the interesting story about Zheng Juan asking where her father was when she was a child. She told it with a smile, and left with a smile...
Seventeen-year-old Zheng Guangming is a good boy, but he is also stubborn. He didn't want to cause trouble to Zheng Juan and insisted on living at home by himself. Wang Yan used his own example to persuade him, and then he moved to Lao Zhou's house to live with him. Of course Li Suhua is welcome, there is no room at home, and Zheng Guangming is very rare. Zheng Guangming took over the work of carrying water and taking out garbage. He is not as strong as Zhou Bingkun, but he is not bad at diligence. If he can't do it once, he can do it twice, and he can do things in one trip. Li Suhua said that he was the same as Wang Yan when he was a child.
At the end of August, rumors spread that there was some controversy among the higher-ups on whether to resume the college entrance examination. After that, the recommendation to go to college was suspended, and many colleges and universities announced the postponement of the start of school, which proves this. Countless men and women in many fields and factories saw hope and picked up books again.
In October, the national leadership unified its opinions and announced the resumption of the college entrance examination. In the middle of the month, radio stations and other media used headlines to announce the resumption of college entrance examinations. This exciting news quickly spread throughout the country.
Workers, farmers, educated youth who have gone to work in the countryside or returned to their hometowns, demobilized servicemen, cadres and recent high school graduates who meet the enrollment requirements can voluntarily sign up. The time of the college entrance examination is determined by each province, and the questions are also independently set by each province.
The college entrance examination examination room, which had been closed for eleven years, reopened its doors, and more than 5.7 million candidates from different origins, ages, and identities poured into the examination room. Starts in mid-November and ends in late December. Wang Yan knew that less than 300,000 of them could enter the university.
Chen Jing, who had been preparing for two years, of course also took the college entrance examination, and she applied for Beijing University. The questions this time were simple, and Wang Yan provided guidance from time to time, so there was no problem. In the previous correspondence, Zhou Bingyi, Hao Dongmei, and Zhou Rong also told the news about taking the college entrance examination, and advised Zhou Bingkun to also sign up for the exam. There was also a letter from Zhou Zhigang, saying something like this, which meant that we would decide whether it was feasible or not.
Zhou Bingkun had listened to his brother's advice two years ago. He had figured it out at that time and was mentally prepared for it, so he didn't even sign up and was too lazy to compare.
During the Spring Festival of 1978, it was another year when no one came home in the old Zhou family.
Before the New Year, a group of people from Lao Zhou's family began to communicate with each other and discuss matters about returning home for the New Year. After writing letters and making phone calls back and forth, I finally made it clear. Brother and sister Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong are confident that it will not be a big problem to get into college because they have never given up studying over the years and have been studying courses on their own. This time the questions are easy and they are very confident.
So they decided not to go home for the Chinese New Year this year. It’s such a long way back and forth, so why bother? Wait until after school and come back during the summer vacation. Zhou Zhigang originally didn't want to come back this year, but when he saw that he was going to have a happy reunion, he happily agreed, and when the time came, he would go home for a vacation and reunite.
"Oh, in five or six months, they will all be back. It's great."
On the night of the thirties, Li Suhua, Zhou Bingkun, Zheng Juan, Wang Yan, and Chen Jing sat on the warm kang, drinking tea, eating melon seeds, and listening to Li Suhua's chatter. As for the little brats, Zheng Guangming is taking them outside to set off small whips.
Zhou Bingkun said: "Mom, I know you are looking forward to it. You have been saying this since childhood, and I am tired of hearing it."
"What, your mother is not happy to listen to you after just talking about it for a few days?" Li Suhua slapped the second son angrily: "I'm tired of seeing you every day. Go and stay away from me."
"Mom, we don't have the same experience as him. You have hope and are happy."
"By the way, it has to be Juan'er. Bingkun is able to marry someone like you because he burns such incense."
Zhou Bingkun said with a smile: "Then you can't be attracted to me?"
Li Suhua curled her lips and ignored her old son.
After the laughter, Zhou Bingkun exclaimed: "Brother, I am already twenty-seven this year, and I will be thirty in a blink of an eye. Didn't you say before that I could make several thousand-yuan households? I haven't made a fortune yet. When?"
"What's going on? How many households worth ten thousand yuan are there?"
Not only Li Suhua was surprised, Zheng Juan and Chen Jing on the side also said hello.
Zhou Bingkun said with a smile: "Mom, that time in 1973, when Cao Debao was sleeping under the quilt, have you forgotten? My brother said he read a fortune for me and said I could make a fortune before I was thirty. During the Chinese New Year the year before last, my brother and I When I gave it to my eldest brother, he said that your old son could earn several thousand yuan."
"Don't let your brother fool you. There are several thousand-yuan households. It's good if you can earn just one." Li Suhua said, "If you want to make money, you have to be educated. Your dad asked you to sign up and give it a try, but you didn't go. I don’t have much money for that thing. What if I pass the exam? Oh, I get angry when I talk about this. You said your eldest brother, your second sister, Dongmei and Jing’er, they all passed the exam. You try What can I try?"
"Auntie, you have misunderstood Bingkun." Wang Yan explained with a smile: "I asked him the year before last, and he said he knew how much he weighed. He was not good at school. He also said he had to earn money to support the family. I have to take care of you, Zheng Juan and the others, we can’t live without someone at home.”
"Well, it's true that you're not good at school. If you want to take care of me, should I use you to take care of me? Your dad is responsible for making money. He is an eighth-level worker. Isn't it easy to support us?"
Speaking of Zhou Zhigang's eighth-level job, Li Suhua was very proud. After all, could his own man earn it? There are only a few eighth-level workers in the entire phototype field, which is much worse than theirs. Of course, she was also very touched by her old son's hard work. For so many years, it was just my old son who took care of it.
But after Li Suhua finished speaking, she smiled and patted her old son gently: "I can't say that you are not good at studying. It's just that you have been naughty since you were a child and didn't put your mind into studying. Is it true that you are good at studying? Not coming out.”
Zhou Bingkun was in a good mood. He shook his head and said, "Mom, please stop comforting me. I have read books and fallen asleep when I couldn't sleep these years. Why study? Brother, please stop changing the subject and talk quickly." It’s about me getting rich.”
"It depends on timing and courage. Now that your wealth has shown up, it's not a big problem to make a small fortune, but it's still a bit too early. Let's wait and see. I guess it will be fine after we are reunited. , when the time comes, you can come to me and I will give you some advice."
Before Zhou Bingkun could speak, Li Suhua said: "Why do you need so much courage? Xiaoyan, Bingkun is not as capable as you, so don't let him do anything outrageous. If anything happens to him, my aunt can follow him. You are in a hurry."
"No, Mom, can you hope for something better from me? Something happened when you didn't do anything? Besides, can my brother still hurt me?"
"Isn't that what I'm afraid of?"
Glancing at Zheng Juan who was also worried next to him, Wang Yan said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, I guarantee that Bingkun is safe and healthy. If you just want to make money, you must pay. Sometimes you can't look forward and backward, right? ? Hesitant, it must be a bad thing."
"That's true." Li Suhua sighed and said: "You really can't hesitate to do this. You don't know that when I gave birth to Zhou Rong, it was difficult to give birth. The doctor asked me to protect the baby and the baby. I said "baby baby" without even thinking about it. Then Your eldest brother was not that big at that time. If I were gone, your eldest brother would be in trouble. Later, his father even praised me for being decisive. Zhou Rong doesn’t know about this, so you can’t tell her. Otherwise, You think I’m the mother, what’s going on, what did we say?”
The four of them kept it secret, praised Li Suhua's decisiveness, and made the old lady laugh happily.
Wang Yan said: "Auntie, Bingkun, speaking of the second sister, I have something to tell you."
"Look at you kid, just tell me if you have something to do."
"Isn't it time to take the Beijing University entrance examination? When school starts in the next year, I plan to take Jianye to send Jing'er to school. I will take a look at the capital by the way. I haven't been there in these years. I was wondering if I should ask two questions Sister, would you like to send Yueyue over?" Wang Yan waved his hand and said: "Auntie, Bingkun, I don't have any other intentions. It's not that I dislike Yueyue or anything. This child came here when he was three years old and is now five years old. , I understand. You are used to staying here with us. From now on, you will no longer kiss your second sister and second brother-in-law. It will be difficult to pick her up when the time comes. This is a big deal and cannot be ignored. "
"With such a small child, what can she understand?" Li Suhua shook her head and said: "It won't matter if it takes a long time, just spend more time with her parents. Besides, I took care of this child for two years, and suddenly gave it away. I feel weird about it."
"Auntie, I understand what you mean. But you can't just ignore your child because he is young. If you don't understand anything else, then you don't understand who to kiss or get close to? She might not remember things before she was three years old, but now she does. Son, to be honest, aunt, if you hadn’t taken photos every day to let her recognize people, she wouldn’t even know what her second sister and her second brother-in-law look like. If this continues to develop, aunt, it really won’t be possible to do it with just a few places. It works.
Let’s not talk about Yueyue, let’s talk about Bingkun. When he was young, he even met my uncle. My uncle went out to work and was gone for a year or two. Bingkun, when you were a child, were you a little nervous when you met your uncle? "
Zhou Bingkun grinned sheepishly and touched the back of his head: "I'm not alive anymore. I'm scared. My dad came back and kicked me once. After we were together for a few days, I started to feel something. My dad kicked me and left. Now, why don’t we give birth?”
"You are so naughty, how can your dad not beat you up because of his temper?" Li Suhua smiled and touched his old son's head: "If you say so, this is really a problem. Xiaoyan is the one who knows the most in our family. Bingyi and Zhou Rong are neither here, and they haven't seen each other much, so his worry is indeed a matter. Hey... just ask, when we can talk on the phone, Bingkun will call your sister. "
"Okay, then I'll ask and tell her what my brother said."
"Is this child stupid? Don't make small talk, just say it's what you think about, and make it clear. It's not that you don't want to take care of Yue Yue, but that you are worried about their feelings."
"Auntie, anyone can say it, I don't care so much." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Okay, it's almost time, let's make dumplings."
"Make dumplings, make dumplings."
"Oh, another year..."
