Quick Travel System: Age Strategy

It took about four days for Quan Hang to return home.

His family originally lived in a house allocated by his mother's unit, but later due to changes in circumstances the house was taken back.

The family had no place to live and had been a one-man family for three generations. When the grandparents learned about the situation, they let the whole family move into the old house.

The old house was passed down from my great-grandfather. It might seem a bit lonely for my grandparents to live alone in the yard, but it would be just right for their family of three.

When we moved here, many old neighbors looked on with sympathy and advised my grandparents that they would not live in peace if they did this.

How could they not pay attention when the little guards moved in? They searched their house every few days, which made it difficult for the family to sleep well and also made the neighbors uneasy.

There were quite a few people who were opposed to this, and they would stay away from them as if they were the plague.

My grandparents resisted the pressure and insisted that they move in, but the plan went ahead. From then on, we would often encounter suspicious people wearing red armbands walking around the door.

When I returned home and saw my family whom I hadn’t seen for a long time, it would be a lie to say I didn’t miss them.

After spending some time with my family, I told them about my worries about my family these days and asked about the situation at home.

Fortunately, my parents and grandparents are still in the city, but I still encountered some problems.

My father's job was not resumed, and he was transferred to a printing factory by a newspaper to do text rubbing. He was scheduled to complete a certain amount of work every day, and he was paid the lowest salary in the factory. If the printing was not up to standard, it would be considered as not meeting the completion amount that day, and he would not be paid for that day.

My mother was also replaced from cleaning toilets at school to a more tiring job in the Workers' Propaganda Team, responsible for promoting the ideas of great men along the streets. Sometimes she was paraded through the streets as a negative example, which was even more tiring. Not only was she pointed at and talked about every day, but she was also beaten and spat on.

My grandparents were the least affected, probably because they were semi-retired. The factory did not do anything to the elderly who had worked there for so many years, and their salaries were paid as usual, but gossip was still inevitable.

When I was old, my old friends who I had known for most of my life were stopped by their families from visiting me. When I went to work or ate in the cafeteria, I was kept away from them. Not to mention my son's father-in-law's family. Both of them were teachers and they were assigned jobs like sweeping toilets and streets. I didn't even see them.

Every time I wanted to see him, the guards would confiscate my belongings. Since the changes began, the two families haven't really sat down to have a meal together.

The good thing about Nian is that we are still in the city, but the bad thing is that it is really difficult to see each other and say a word every time I want to.

They can only look at each other from across the street, and have no idea whether the other person is alive, how they are doing, or whether they are eating well.

Moreover, my parents and grandparents have to work every day without any rest, so my grandparents sometimes stop by to visit and tell them about the situation.

The last time I sent him a letter was when he had just been assigned to work. Now that things at home have become more difficult, I probably won’t be able to help the child much.

If you are stopped from finding a partner, living in the countryside won't be good when you get older, and you're worried that you won't be able to survive without someone who cares about you.

Now that they saw their children coming back to visit, the Quan family smiled for the first time in a long time, and the yard was filled with laughter.

Just when Quan Hang was asked by his mother about his partner and was about to take out the photo to show his family, the door was pushed open.

"You are Quan Hang, the son of the Quan family, right?"

"it's me."

"Come with us."

After saying this, Quan Hang was taken away by the people with red armbands.

The Quan family members rushed forward to try to stop them but were cruelly pushed away.

"We'll take him in for investigation. You all stay here quietly."

"Leader, my son did nothing wrong!"

"He just came back. Can you let him wait for a day before going..."

"My grandson came back legally. He didn't run around."

As soon as the Quan family spoke, they were angrily rebuked, "There is no room for negotiation. If there is no problem, he will bring it back naturally."

After Quan Hang was taken away, the Quan family was also under guard and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.

The happy smiles of the Quan family members inside the door disappeared, leaving only deep bitterness, and the haze once again enveloped the place.

It was three days later that Quan Hang was brought back. His case was legal and he did not suffer any harm.

He was just locked up with the rats in there for three days, and when he came out he looked even more dishevelled.

I opened the door with the key and went home. No one was home as they all had gone to work.

He was bored at home, so he quickly took a shower and then walked around the house.

There were fewer things and furniture than when he left, but his room looked unchanged.

After changing his clothes, Quan Hang went out to the state-owned store.

I plan to cook something at home and buy some food for dinner as well.

Jinsha Township made a lot of money from tofu, and the villagers who helped were also given some money.

After deducting various expenses, he had enough money to buy meat.

This time I plan to buy some meat and bones to feed my family. They look so thin from hunger.

His parents' situation has become so bad, and living with his grandparents costs money to make a living. He has sent him money several times, and it seems that he can't afford to eat well.

He wanted them to live a good life, and these were the only trivial things he could do right now.

After buying the meat and vegetables, Quan Hang went to mail a letter to his partner who lived thousands of miles away. The letter was the first thing he wrote after he returned.

It has been a week since I arrived by bus, and I only have two weeks of vacation.

I hadn't contacted my girlfriend for such a long time and I was afraid that she would worry, so I sent her a letter.

It will be another week before he returns, so the letter might arrive before him.

I didn't choose to call her partly because I was afraid that it would affect her studies. High school is a very important time and although the chance of going to college is slim, it is not impossible.

The other part is that the learning atmosphere in schools has become weaker, and there are so many messy things. If I make a phone call at this time and someone finds out, who knows how it will spread.

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In the evening, the whole family sat around the wooden round table and talked about everything, which gave them a sense of their previous lives.

When his grandparents saw him come back, their depressed mood was relieved a little. They were glad that the youngest child in the family didn't have to suffer much.

The reason these people live is to see their younger generations live a peaceful life. Now that they can be reunited like this, it is already very good for them.

The oranges that Quan Hang was reluctant to eat on the way, his family members didn't dare touch them, and they were all shared and eaten as they were about to go bad.

Knowing that the oranges were bought by his girlfriend, his family members praised him for finding a good partner and for being so thoughtful to come and give him a gift while he was in school.

When Quan Hang heard this, he thought of his partner and talked about the interesting things that happened on the train and showed the photo to his family.