Siheyuan: Wang Bo's Happy Life

The two then came to Jia's house. Qin Huairu was about to go out to work. After she handed the candy to Banggeng, she looked at the handsome man and beautiful woman in front of her and felt jealous.

Once upon a time, I was so young and beautiful, but time is merciless. I have become bloated and look a bit like my mother-in-law.

Qin Huairu, who was lost in thought, forced a smile, said "congratulations" to the two of them, and then went to work.

The two came to Sha Zhu's house again. Sha Zhu was also packing up to go to work. When he saw the two people come in, he just frowned and didn't say a word.

The last time they were all arrested, Sha Zhu realized that Wang Bo was capable and talented, and had real feelings for Yu Shui, making him a good match for her. But he just didn't like Wang Bo, especially since Wang Bo never showed mercy when he bullied him and never gave him, his brother-in-law, any face.

Yu Shui knew that her brother had this bad temper, so she put the candy on the table and said with a smile: "Brother, here are some wedding candies for you."

Seeing that Sha Zhu ignored the rain, Wang Bo teased Sha Zhu again.

"Silly Zhu, get off work early this afternoon, come back and cook for me and Yu Shui, and set up the feast at my house tonight."

Hearing Wang Bo directly assigning him to work, Sha Zhu was furious. This guy really didn't take his brother-in-law seriously. He dared to order him around like this on the wedding day.

"Why should I cook for you!" Sha Zhu glared and shouted, "Wang Bo, didn't you say you are good at cooking? If you have the ability, just cook it yourself."

"Ah, what do you know."

Wang Bo said with a look of awe: "I've said before that my kung fu and cooking skills have reached the pinnacle. There are no more challenges in front of me, so I have no interest in trying anymore."

Sha Zhu didn't believe it at all. "Four ounces of fish can be used to make half a pound of oil. Just blow it as hard as you can!"

"It's up to you whether you want to do it or not. Of course, it's up to you whether you want to go or not," Wang Bo said indifferently, "I'll invite Li Cuilan and Lin Xiu to a banquet tonight, and then I'll introduce Lin Xiu to someone. Anyway, there are a lot of single men in our patrol team."

Sha Zhu stared at Wang Bo and took a deep breath. After suppressing the anger in his heart, he gritted his teeth and said to Wang Bo: "I'll go!"

Wang Bo came to the backyard again, first went to Li Cuilan to give her wedding candy, and then invited her and Lin Xiu to bring Youyu to dinner in the evening, then went to Liu Haizhong's house, and finally went to Xu Damao's house.

Looking at Xu Damao lying sick in bed, Wang Bo was concerned.

"Da Mao, you still have a long life ahead of you. You have to persevere and don't be defeated by the disease. I hope that you can live a life like Pavel Korchagin, bravely fighting against suffering to the end!"

Xu Damao was quite touched at first, but after Wang Bo left, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Finally, he figured it out and lay on the bed cursing.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it was spring of 69.

The frenzy of the past two years was like a tsunami that destroyed everything and left a terrible sight.

Now that they have secured their positions, they all stay in their own turf, licking their wounds and reaping the profits.

Another movement was in full swing, that is, sending educated youth to the countryside.

The No. 95 compound had once had a heroic feat of five people working together to aid Xinjiang. The subdistrict office naturally took the No. 95 compound as a model. Wang Bo slammed the table on the spot to express his position at the mobilization meeting of the subdistrict office.

"There are no cowards in our No. 95 compound who are afraid of hardship! Back then, I led a group of people to open up wasteland in the freezing cold border of the northern country. The younger generations in our compound will be like me and dare to go to the most difficult places in the country to contribute to the people!"

"Director Wang, please don't worry about us. We will send our educated youth to wherever the situation is most difficult and hardest in the country!"

Director Wang was so happy, he is worthy of being Wang Bo, he really doesn’t treat the children in the compound as human beings!

In this way, Liu Guangfu and Yan Jiekuang went to the countryside one after another.

Liu Guangfu's family background was good, so he went to Mengla Farm in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan as an educated youth. From his reply letter, we learned that he first sat in a hard seat on a train for three days and three nights, then sat in a truck with a bucket for five days, and finally got on a tractor, crossing mountains and ridges before arriving at Mengla Farm in the deep mountains and forests on the China-Laos border.

There, they lived together in a damp thatched house, ate corn rice and salt soup, and went up the mountain every day to reclaim wasteland, dig terraces, and plant rubber. Due to long-term overwork, they were hungry and tired, and he had fainted several times.

As Yan Jiekuang was a small business owner, he went to Shanxi to work as an educated youth. When he arrived at his destination, the endless yellow land made him cry on the spot.

The place where Yan Jiekuang was sent to work was called Xinzhuang Village. The village had more than 5,000 mu of saline-alkali land, and even the drinking water was so bitter that it was difficult to swallow. They worked in the yellow soil all day long, and soon their faces became cracked and their backs bent with fatigue.

Through the reply letter, people in the compound learned that Yan Jiekuang was now the team's oxcart driver. He raised and drove cattle every day, which was much easier than before, but he often had to pull manure, which made his whole body smell like feces.

Like millions of educated youth who went to the countryside, Yan Jiekuang and Liu Guangfu did not know their future and fate. They could only numb themselves with hard work all day, fantasizing that one day they would be able to return to the old city they had always longed for.

In the courtyard, Qin Huairu's family was having dinner, but Qin Huairu had a sad look on her face at the dinner table.

Seeing that her mother kept digging in the bowl with her chopsticks but didn't put any food into her mouth, Xiao Dang asked worriedly, "Mom, are you feeling unwell? Why aren't you eating?"

Seeing that Xiao Dang still cared about her, Qin Huairu smiled a little, "Mom is fine, I'm just worried about your brother."

"What's wrong with me?"

Banggeng ate the steamed bun with big mouthfuls, still so heartless.

"What's wrong with you? You will graduate next year. If you can't find a job, you will have to go to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth like Guangfu and Jiekuang. Then you will have to leave the city and you don't know when you can come back."

Bang Geng didn't care at all. "Hey, I've thought about this a long time ago. After the Chinese New Year next year, I will go to the steel mill to take over. By then, I will have a job and won't have to go to the countryside anymore."

Qin Huairu was stunned by Banggeng's words. She had never thought that Banggeng had set his eyes on her workstation. After a while, she said hesitantly:

"Bang Geng, if you take over, our family's income will drop suddenly. Will we still be able to support our family then?"

"Why not?" Bang Geng said nonchalantly, "Xiao Dang and I are both grown up, so we can let grandma go back to the countryside to retire. Now there are only three of us left in our family. If you can find some odd jobs on the street, our family will definitely not have a bad life."

After hearing this, Grandma Banggeng's face turned dark.

Qin Huairu still didn't give up, she continued to ask: "Have you ever thought about it, if you, as the brother, take over the job, what will happen to Xiaodang when she graduates? Should you let her go to the countryside?"

Bang Geng also put down his chopsticks, stared at Qin Huairu and said solemnly:

"Mom, have you ever thought about this? If I go to the countryside and let Xiaodang take over, then I will definitely not be in Beijing anymore. In the future, when Xiaodang gets married and has children, will she still support you? Is her husband willing to support you? Even if her husband is willing to support you, are you willing to live in someone else's house and have to face other people's opinions?"