Chapter 271: Those Years in the Great Northern Wilderness (107)
Chapter 271: Those Years in the Great Northern Wilderness (107)
This year's snowstorm was so fierce that you had to shout to speak within three steps. As soon as you opened your mouth, the strong wind would blow a mouthful of snow powder.
Liu Wei hesitated for a long time and finally went into the health center.
Yun Tinglan looked at the visitor in astonishment, rubbed his ears, and asked again, "Divorce?"
Liu Wei hummed softly, lowered her head, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes in a concealed manner.
The two have been entangled for decades. When Zhu Xueer was paralyzed, she stayed with Geng Bao and never left him.
Now that Zhu Xueer has passed away, the two of them have...
Yun Tinglan asked, "Is there any difficulty?"
"Shanwazi... Shanwazi is dating... a girl..." Liu Wei couldn't hold back any longer, and her murmurings turned into sobs.
She had blamed, resented, and even hated Geng Bao, but over the past few decades, walking hand in hand through wind and rain and leaning on each other for warmth had become a habit and an instinct.
Can……
"Is it that girl who minds Brother Geng's affairs?" Yun Tinglan had seen that girl before. Years ago, Shanwazi took her to watch a movie in front of the government building. The girl had a pair of dimples on her face. She was at that age of innocence and had a sweet smile.
"No," Liu Wei shook her head, with a look of mockery and understanding on her face, a very contradictory mood, "The girl is very good, it's her parents who don't agree. You also know the hat on Leopard's head..."
Zhu Xueer is dead, and Zheng Sheng also helped to redress the treason against Geng Bao. He is considered a figure in the Reform Institute, but only in the Reform Institute.
After leaving the island, in the eyes of others, Geng Bao was still a capitalist roader and a labor camp prisoner. Shanwazi was still the child of the five black categories and a bastard.
He was rejected for military enlistment and was not included in various performance evaluations by the unit. In terms of skills and work ability, he was better than all the other people who joined the company at the same time. However, the phrase "bad background" put the reality that they had deliberately ignored right in front of them.
Tell her that it was her stubbornness that caused Shanwazi to have a flaw in his birth and be inferior to others in every way.
"...Anyone who loves their daughter would not agree. After her parents sent her to college, Shanwazi seemed to have lost her energy and spirit and became silent every day. I can do whatever I want, but I can't ruin the child..."
Inside the Reform and Reconstruction Academy, Geng Bao said the same thing, "...I am sorry for him. I am not a competent father and I have always dragged him down. Old Zheng...Brother, I have never begged anyone in my life. This time...I will take care of Shanwazi's matter."
Song Jinhan didn't take Geng Bao's cigarette, but handed him a cup of tea, "This university... can also go. You and your sister-in-law are divorced. I will create a new file for Shanwazi in the regiment, and only fill in sister-in-law as the relative relationship, blurring out his background.
It's too conspicuous to go out of the province, how about the city? Agricultural College and Chinese Medicine College, my husband and I can talk to them, political review... I'll say hello to Captain Wu.
"Leave quietly and don't tell anyone. If someone asks you, just say that Shanwazi has been seconded to another unit. Where exactly? It's hard to say where he will go. It's just a matter of time."
Understand! He understands!
Geng Bao had a relieved smile on his face, but his back was bent. The faith he had always held in his heart collapsed at this moment.
This is not a world where you can argue about right and wrong. Don’t you see? The world is full of chaos and obscurity.
People, you have to live!
The strong wind was dancing between heaven and earth, and the sturdy birch trees around were forced to bend down in compromise in the blizzard.
"Dad, how do you teach at university?" Yining's curious words startled the couple. Yun Tinglan asked her, "Are you curious about university?"
She was thinking that when the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine started, she would ask for a day off for her children, and take them with her when she went to teach, so that they could experience college life at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Yining shook his head, his eyes full of confusion, "Some people only went to elementary school, how can they understand when they go to college? Shouldn't people be selected through exams?"
Yes, just... not now.
Song Jinhan rubbed her head and told them about the ancient selection system, from the Wei and Jin dynasties' "no commoners in the upper class, no gentry in the lower class", to the imperial examination that broke down the old clans, and then to the modern university entrance examination.
"...History can only move forward. As it is now, going to university through recommendation will not last long..."
“Can we resume the college entrance examination when we grow up?”
"Yes!" The couple looked at each other and answered firmly. Only then did the twins regain their heartless nature.
Geng Shan kept a low profile about his schooling, and he never came back for four years. When Yun Tinglan saw him again, he had grown into a 1.8-meter-tall boy.
It was the wheat harvest season at that time, and Yun Tinglan was making rounds. He ran in hurriedly, carrying Wu Qingqing on his back.
The little girl's face was pale, and her army green pants were all red. She saw Yun Tinglan crying loudly, "Aunt Yun, I was wrong. I will never bully Zheng Yining again. Please save me. I don't want to die."
Geng Shan was still trying to describe the situation at that time. "I came back on foot and saw her lying on the ground crying. There was no one around. She was covered in blood, so I sent her to the hospital. I am not sure how she was injured."
Yun Tinglan held his forehead helplessly. He was a guy in his twenties who had even dated someone, but he didn't even know what "menstruation" was. He was really naive.
And Wu Qingqing, she is fifteen, right? How can Zhou Jufang be a mother? She doesn't care about her child's delayed menstruation? She doesn't even teach her child some basic physiological knowledge.
Wu Qingqing was obviously having her first menstruation and suffering from dysmenorrhea. Yun Tinglan used acupuncture to relieve her pain and asked Luo Jingjing to take her to change her clothes. She also told her about menstruation and refreshed her physiological knowledge.
When Wu Qingqing came out, she was holding her dirty pants, her face as red as a cooked crab, and she ran around Gengshan with her back bent and her head lowered. But after a few steps, she had to stop, holding her stomach, and carefully moved home.
Geng Shan was puzzled by what he saw, but he didn't take it to heart. It was just a small favor, so it didn't matter whether he was thanked or not.
"Is this a holiday? Or graduation?" Yun Tinglan habitually took out candy from the drawer. Geng Shan was delighted when he saw it. Yun Tinglan was also stunned for a moment, shaking her head and sighing, "Time flies so fast."
Yes, he is already twenty-two.
Geng Shan still took the candy, peeled one and put it in his mouth, "Sweet." The sweetness went straight into his heart. It turned out that nowhere was as comfortable as the island. Here there were people who missed him and people he cared about.
"I graduated and took the initiative to apply to be assigned back to Yanwo Island."
"Are you the new seed breeder at the agricultural station?" No wonder Song Jinhan smiled without saying anything. Yun Tinglan smiled and said, "That's great. There are many female educated youth there. I'm sure your mother will be happy."
Geng Shan scratched his head, "My mother asked you to introduce me to someone again?"
"Of course not. Your son Dunzi is already half a year old. How can your mother not be anxious?" In a blink of an eye, it was already 1975. Time flies.
The two chatted about family matters along the way. He insisted on sending Yun Tinglan to her home, and on the way he met Song Jinhan who came to pick her up.
Song Jinhan put the straw hat with a large brim on Yun Tinglan, then patted Geng Shan on the shoulder and said, "You're back. Go report in this afternoon and start work officially tomorrow."
"Okay!" Geng Shan watched the two of them leave.
Under the scorching sun, they walked side by side, their shadows blending together. He was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was the kind of love he had been expecting.
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