Siheyuan: Fighting against the beasts under the pressure of the system

As soon as I stopped, I heard an old lady yelling loudly.

"Hey, have you heard? The kid from the Zhang family in Yard 92 has come back from the Northwest. The Street Office doesn't care about this matter~!"

Another old man said unhappily.

"Oh, what do you know? I can't control it now. Too many people are running back home. I heard that they can't stay in the countryside anymore, so they run back to the city."

"Many children have returned home, and the subdistrict office has no way to manage them."

"Hey, these kids have really suffered a lot. They have been in the countryside for nearly ten years, and they don't have enough to eat or drink. Do you think they can stop running back?"

This sentence resonated with people. Because of the policy, every household had children who participated in the Up to the Countryside Movement. After they left, they had not seen each other for many years.

Some families with better conditions may come back once every two or three years. Some families with poor conditions cannot even afford tickets to come back. They can only write letters to their families constantly.

Some families with good connections would let their children stay in the countryside for a year or two, and then find an opportunity to take them away, either by arranging for them to serve in the army or by arranging for them to come back to work.

This is what is called "same person, different fate."

Nanluoguxiang is full of working-class families, who don't have the spare money to help their children. Basically, they stay in the countryside, but running back now is not a good idea.

The files are all local!

After they came back, they had no city rations at all and could only rely on their family members to squeeze out the food rations to make ends meet.

Well, when this happened, the neighbors were obviously moved. Seeing the neighbors chatting enthusiastically, I knew they all wanted their children to come back.

As the crowd grew, the news spread faster and faster.

There was a glimmer of hope in everyone's eyes.

After Zhang Minghui heard this and understood what was going on, he did not join in the fun and pushed the cart into the yard.

Zhang Minghui could foresee what would happen in the future. The brave ones would write to their children and ask them to sneak back. The timid ones would wait and see if the subdistrict office would intervene.

In the next few years, the people who keep returning will become the hottest topic in the city.

Every household may be happy at first, but in the long run they will definitely feel helpless because there is one more person eating for free in the family.

It may not be just one person, but some educated youth will bring their entire family back to the city after getting married, which will inevitably increase the difficulty of feeding their families.

Of course, there are also those who are so ruthless that they abandon their wives and children just to return to the Forbidden City. There are also quite a few such people.

It can only be said that this batch of educated youth was definitely the hardest hit group back then. They experienced everything they should and shouldn’t have experienced.

Now there are only dozens or hundreds of people running back, and when tens of thousands of people rush back from all over the country,

The public security of the old city will face a huge test.

think about it!

Millions of people poured into the city at the same time, all of them were already quite old. The government had no jobs for them, so they could only hang out on the streets.

Will it not be chaotic by then?

The unemployed educated youth could only make a living by themselves, secretly buying and selling. This also foreshadowed the rise of reform and opening up in the old city.

By then, there will be countless people setting up stalls and selling goods in the streets and alleys.

The street office has no way to manage it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Minghui knew that he had to prepare in advance. By then, not only the market but also the black market would face huge challenges, and there would be many brave and aggressive people returning to the city.

Without any skills, they would definitely rush to the black market and challenge the black market in Sijiu City.

But Zhang Minghui has already thought that with the reform and opening up of the city, the black market, a historical product, will gradually lose its status.

Why should you go to the black market and pay a high price for something that can be bought on the street?

In fact, it can be seen in recent years that the black market is slowly declining. If it were not for the support of gold and foreign exchange, everyone would have been unwilling to go to the black market.

This is also the reason why Zhang Minghui asked his brothers to go to Hong Kong.

If you want to support these brothers, you must find a good business. But the current situation in Sijiu City is not clear, and private transactions are too risky.

That's why Zhang Minghui thought of a way out early on.

Zhang Minghui stepped into the yard and saw Yan Fugui chatting excitedly with the neighbors. Zhang Minghui leaned in to listen and found that Yan Fugui was also talking about going to the countryside.

It seems that this matter has become a hot topic at the moment.

When he got home, he saw Zhang Weihong holding a history book and reading it in detail. Zhang Minghui was a little surprised by her concentration.

Female transformation.

He's really different every year. Zhang Weihong was causing trouble everywhere in the past two years.

He has obviously become much quieter in the past two years. I learned from Zhang Minghui that the college entrance examination will be resumed soon.

Zhang Weihong seemed like a different person, picking up her books again. She studied so hard that Zhang Minghui couldn't help but touch her head.

I want to see if there's something wrong with her brain.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Weihong gave Zhang Minghui a deep eye roll and said dissatisfiedly.

"Brother, you don't understand. I have come to my senses now. Reading can make you wise. Many things can be found in history books."

"Over the years, I have increasingly felt that factory life is not suitable for me. I can see the end of my life at a glance. Every day I go to work and go home. There is no change in my life."

"It's not fun at all. I don't want to live a monotonous life. I want to change myself. I want to go to college. I want to see more of the world."

"I want to find like-minded people in college and go through life together."

Zhang Minghui immediately slapped her on the head, grabbed her little face and tore it apart, and gave her a look to let her understand.

Zhang Weihong broke free from her brother's clutches and stuck out her tongue.

"Brother, it's true. It's mainly because the factory is too boring. It's boring to stay there. Just as you said that you would resume the college entrance examination, I wanted to give it a try. If I pass the exam, wouldn't it bring honor to the Zhang family?"

In fact, Zhang Weihong's real thought was that she was afraid of her brother and sister-in-law's urging her to get married. These two people kept nagging her, like chanting a spell every day. Her head hurt from the nagging.

There is no other way, I can only rely on the college entrance examination. Otherwise, my brother and sister-in-law will definitely drive me crazy.

It's true, since Zhang Weihong decided to take the college entrance examination, Zhang Minghui also postponed forcing her to marry him, thinking that taking the college entrance examination was a good thing. If she was admitted to the university,

You can live a good life without relying on yourself.

Zhang Minghui came to Zhang Weihong, who was studying hard, holding a large teacup, and called out softly.

"Wei Hong, stop reading. Take a break and drink some water to relieve your fatigue."